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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 18, 2005 - FIVE Heppner teacher awarded Crystal Apple Wranglers winners and participants Chamber Chatter B\ C laudia Hughes, Exec. Dir. (L-R): 8 and 9 year old winners and participants: Tied for I'1- Blake Greenup, Bobbie Correa, 2"d- Garrett Robinson, 4“- Ryan Dougherty, Meeka Boyd and Maggie Collins. Not pictured: 3rd- place Tate Gentry and participant Steven Thompson. Photo h\ Nancy Jepsen [Editor’s note: The pictures o f the 8 and 9 year old winners and participants and Most Improved were missing from last week's Wrangler’s article ] Overall winners in the 8 and 9 year old category for the Wrangler’s Riding Club inlcuded: tied for 1st- Bobbie Correa and Blake Greenup, 2nd- Garrett Robinson, 3rd- Tate Gentry and 4th- Ryan Doughtery Bobbie Correa o f Echo received the award for Most Improved Bobbie Correa- Most Improved. Photo by Angie Hughes St. Patrick’s Senior Center news United M ethodist volunteers will be on hand May 25 to serve at the senior meal The menu is country style pork ribs, scalloped potatoes, green beans, Jell- O with pineapple, corn bread and birthday cake to celebrate May birthdays. At the current meeting, the new brochures will be reviewed for final approval and arrangements for new pictures to be taken, which illustrate the various activities at the Center. Some new kitchen utensils and coffee pots have been purchased Others had been burned out beyond repair Included in the purchases is a 100-cup urn Plans are still underway for purchase o f round tables for the dining room Eve Ironhawk is a new office volunteer on duty each Tuesday morning You are invited to stop in to welcome her to the staff o f persons who keep the center operating Merchants to plan Celebrate Historic Heppner All interested Heppner merchants are w elcom e to attend the Heppner Chamber M erchants Com m ittee meeting on Wednesday, May 25 at 8 a m . at the Cornerstone Gallery across from Northwestern Motel. Plans are underway for the July 29-31 “Celebrate Historic Heppner.” The com m ittee meets the fourth Wednesday o f every month to plan marketing strategies and upcom ing events for Heppner During these meetings, those present are introduced to seminar opportunities, em ployee tips, ideas for building Heppner and other marketing information “Alvin Liu, chair o f the Merchants Committee, is full o f energy and new ideas for growing Heppner,” said Claudia Hughes, executive director o f the Heppner Chamber Hughes also believes that it’s the networking and sharing o f ideas by all o f Heppner businesses that nets the most successful results. It’s truly weather for ducks (and beavers) Even so, visitors are starting to take the opportunity to travel the back roads. Many want to leave the beaten path, as did the couple from Grants Pass who passed through the Chamber office today. Now we can say, “Yes, the Blue Mountain Scenic Byway is open ” Then we tell them about the museum, historic courthouse, the stores, flood memorial, hunting, fishing, golf course, water park and ATVing If that d o esn ’t convince them to spend a while in Heppner, then they are invited back for one o f our Heppner Happenings Visitors, marketing, events and positive energy are all a part o f the Heppner Chamber o f Commerce goals for 2005. In addition, the Board puts a strong em phasis on pro-active legislation , relocation, prom otion, events and youth Whatever can be done to diversify H eppner’s economy to assist in keeping and bringing in people and jobs is on the Chamber target list Youth is identified as being an important part o f Chamber President Nancy Gochnauer’s 2005 agenda She has done some interviews to learn what youth would like to see happen in this community and continues to research activities available here for young people One wish expressed was for a movie theater. The Chamber is looking into some ideas We have appreciated having input from the student council during our First Thursday All Entities Report m eetings The youth o f Heppner are our future and are one o f the many reasons numerous people are working to create jobs in this community. On legislative and community: Congressman Greg Walden has been visiting Eastern Oregon communities and working on solutions for the growing meth addiction As more and more is learned about meth, one begins to see the ongoing problems it causes communities, businesses, families and individuals One wonders how we can make a difference0 We need to set exam ples to prove that nature, laughing, caring, kindness, friendship and doing things for others is the best kind o f high We need to help people to feel good about themselves and to not give up We need to find more activities to encourage individual talents. It’s about knowing and liking who you are, putting your priorities in the right places and then giving life your best shot Thought for the Week: The following was a quote from an article about the dangers of meth, “Try me once, I may let go; try me twice, I own your soul ” Pass it on. Morrow County TSP update meeting to be held in Irrigon Local citizens and interested parties are invited to attend a Morrow County Planning Commission Public Hearing regarding the Morrow County Transportation System Plan (TSP) update, the c o adoption o f city TSPs, and the supporting proposed changes to the county zoning documents The meeting will start at 7 p m on May 25 at the Stokes Landing Community Center located at 195 NW Opal Place, Irrigon The county will consider the adoption o f the Morrow County TSP as well as code revisions required to implement the plan. The updated TSP insures that the cou n ty’s transportation network will be able to serve the entire county over the next 20 years The proposed code revisions include clarifications for private road standards, sight distance requirem ents, site plan review requirements, gravel updated access management standards for county roads, and applicable access management descriptions for state highways The updated TSP will also insure that the county is consistent with the requirements o f the State o f Oregon Transportation Planning Rule The hearing will also consider the co-adoption o f the TSP for the cities o f Irrigon, Boardman, L exington, lone and Heppner The community is invited to attend and comment about the current and long-term transportation needs, plans, and code revisions for enhancing the road system for everyone who uses it. If you are unable to attend but want to share your thoughts, please contact Howard Roll at CTS Engineers by telephone at (503) 597-2903 or email at hroll@ ctsengineers.com Another contact is Joyce Jackson at Mitchell Nelson Group by mail, telephone, or email Her address is 2116 NW Wilson Street, Portland, Oregon, 97210 Her direct phone line is (503) 225- 0822, ext 5 and her email address is jlj@mngi com M e ta l & P la s tic S ig n s Sold H ere Heppner Gazette-Times 676-9228 Featuring Cfuitfnini Emerald* make a yreat yift far a 'May hirtftday 1 P R I M E R I B 1 Every F rid a y C H EC K O U T O U R S P E C IA L S ON S A T U R D A Y ! Peterson’s Heppner Jewelers O p en 6 a .m .-9 p .m . T h u r s d a y - S a t u r d a y 6 a .m .-2 p .m . S u n d a y 676-9200 If JO H N S PLACE M A IN S T R E E T . H E P P N E R Cara Osmin Cara Osmin, third grade teacher at Heppner Elementary School, was honored with the Crystal Apple award The Umatilla-Morrow Education Service District presents the Crystal Apple award for excellence in education Osmin, along with 35 other education professionals were honored May 11 at the Pendleton Red Lion Van Liew to graduate with honors Local student activities such as Habitat for Matthew Van Liew will be Humanity and the National graduating from Stevens Kidney Foundation’s Walk in Institu te Central Park Van Liew served as president and has Technology r ■ ■ ■ b been recognized on the on May national level by the 26. Van W « fraternity. L i e w U ’**' Van Liew is also graduated B B i l jB active in several other f r o m H| gm organizations. He js a Heppner K V y 'M brother o f the Sigma Nu H >gh | l fraternity and active in the School K ■ Christian Fellowship and American Culture Club 2000 One o f his latest projects and left was a steel bridge Matthe« Van Lie« for school com petition for the at Stevens in Hoboken, NJ. American Society o f Civil Stevens is well Engineers (ASCE) where he known amongst engineering was one o f the designers c o lleg es and is located Student teams must design directly across the Hudson and construct a 20 foot long River from New York City. steel bridge capable o f Interested in civil carrying over one ton o f engineering and specifically weight Bridges are judged structural design, Van Liew on several criteria including enrolled in the co-operative assem bly time and education program This is deflection Even though a five-year program in which Stevens has not competed in students take classes and recent years, they placed first work at internships overall in the regional alternating sem esters com petition and first in Through this program Van assembly time, load and cost Liew had many interesting They will be com peting internships, including one nationally over Memorial where he worked on the Day weekend in Orlando, Empire State Building He FL will graduate magna cum Van Liew was also a laude with a 3 9 gpa and will recognized student leader on be receiving both a campus He was elected as bachelor’s and m aster’s president o f the student body degree In recognition o f his government his junior year accomplishments, he has and inducted onto the Gear been inducted in to the and Triangle and Khoda engineering honor senior honor so cieties fraternities o f Tau Beta Pi Through these groups he worked with administration and Chi Epsilon Beyond his studies. and faculty to improve the Van Liew has found time to Stevens’ campus. After graduation, give back to his community During his freshman year, he Van Liew will be staying on joined a co-ed community the east coast He has service fraternity Alpha Phi accepted a position with Group Omega The fraternity is Washington committed to community International and will be service both on the campus residing in the Princeton, NJ and in the local community area. There he will be a Through the fraternity. Van structural engineer for their Liew volunteered in many power plant division Heppner resident graduates from Boise State University B oise State U niversity, the largest university in Idaho, granted degrees or certificates to 1608 students during its 75th commencement ceremonies on May 14 in Taco Bell Arena, with President Bob Kustra officiating Krista L Adams, of Heppner, was awarded a bachelor o f arts degree in mass com m unication/ journalism B oise State University is a four-year public institution located in Boise, ID Boise State is Idaho’s metropolitan research university, located in the state’s population center and capitol city The 18,456-student university offers undergraduate, graduate and technical programs with more than 180 fields o f interest in eight co lleg es. For more inform ation, visit www boisestate edu Al-Anon meetings to be held iii Heppner Weekly Al-Anon meetings will be held in Heppner on Thursdays at Heppner Christian Church The meetings will begin this Thursday. May 19 at 7:30 pm Heppner Christian Church is located at 293 N Gale Street in Heppner
