FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 1,2005
Chamber Chatter
lone auction this Saturday
Seniors appeal with pennies
By Claudia Hughe*, Exec. Dir.
G ra d u atio n
has
arrived Many w onderful
young people are getting
ready to launch their futures
as they leave Heppner Some
o f them, we hope, will be
able to return and some have
business/job opportunities
right here Wherever they
go, the Heppner Chamber of
C om m erce w ishes them
well
We encourage our
graduates to remember their
roots, to remember their
community cares about them
and to remember not to get
immersed in negatives Have
we taught them to selectively
turn off the negatives, be it
media, peers, television or
the Internet and to go for the
p o sitiv e s?
H ave
we
mentioned that they alone
can choose to create good
new s and follow th e ir
personal interests? Did we
show them that hard work
should be about what they
enjoy or a way to reach their
goals while doing their best
for their employer?
H ave
we
encouraged
them
to
volunteer and thus get to
know themselves and people
with diverse interests? Do
they know that they will be
most satisfied if they work
at becoming the individual
they are meant to be by
pursuing their talents9
C olleg e is not
im m ediately available to
everyone There are many
o th e r o p p o rtu n ities for
g ro w th and ed u catio n
Learning is ongoing and on-
the-job experience helps one
discover individual talents
and work skills, as well as
opportunities for the future
E veryone has unique
q u a litie s, som e are ju st
hard er to sort out than
others At any age, one can
be open to ideas, challenges
and goal setting To our
graduates we say, “Grow to
know y o u rs e lf and like
yourself Have patience, take
your time and remember that
your community cares.”
St. Patrick’s Senior Center news
H eppner Christian
Church volunteers are hosts
on June 8 for St Patrick’s
Senior Center noon meal
The menu o f the day is fish
fillets with tartar sauce, oven
fries, coleslaw with carrots,
fru it je ll-o , bread and
strawberry shortcake
M ore than 100
p eople
a tten d ed
the
M em orial Day din n er
L ow ell
G ribble
w as
recognized as the oldest
person attending John and
Nella Britt and Grace Drake
tied for the largest family,
each w ith six m em bers
attending. Clyde Britt, Clyde
Britt and Michael Reed were
the youngest.
Joann Byrd, from
Seattle and member o f the
Green family, was present
and able to connect with
many who remember her
parents and grandparents
and have stories to tell of the
Heppner Flood o f 1903. She
is well into her research for
her book about the flood and
its impact on the people and
community. She said she
would be making many visits
to the community while the
project is in progress
Floyd Jones made a
list of 26 different families he
could identify from where he
was sitting. To read it is a
study o f connections- with
fam ilies- w ith historical
ev en ts-
p ro fessio n al
in terests- and p articu lar
personal experiences which
foster respect for people and
landscape o f the Heppner
community.
Garden Club projects highlighted
around Heppner
June 5-11 is Garden
Week. In honor of this, the
H eppner G arden Club
wishes to share with the
community, projects done
each year These projects
throughout the community
will be marked with green
and white balloons.
T hroughout
the
year, club members have
been planting, w eeding,
deadheading and watering
A lso helping w ith the
projects have been the City
o f Heppner and Green Feed
and Seed
New members are
always welcome to the club
Meetings are held on the first
Monday o f each month at 7
p m at St Patrick’s Senior
Center.
Garden Club to meet
The Heppner Garden Club will be meeting on June
6 at 7 p m. at the St Patrick’s Senior Center Hosts for the
evening are Eve Ironhawk and Dorothy Jackson
The program for the evening will be installation of
new officers and finalizing the previous year
in
Texas Star quilt to be auctioned at lone Community Church’* St. Patrick's Apartment residents (Left Side- Front to
Back): Bill French, Mabel Heath and Adine Stone and
43“1 annual auction.
S om ething
for
everyone can be found at
lone Community Church’s
43rd annual barbeque and
auction, to be held Saturday,
June 4 at the W illow s
Grange Hall in lone The
in door “ C o u n try S to re ”
opens at 10 a m and the live
auction begins at 10 :3 0 am ,
with Ken Grieb o f Lexington
as the auctioneer
For those who like to
be on the go, a 1990
Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme
in good condition has been
d o n ated by a longtim e
church member The car has
only 80,000 miles and comes
with four snow tires
For th o se who
would rather stay cozy at
home, a “Texas Star” quilt
is being offered that was
handmade by church pianist
Yvonne Morter, with help
from lone Christian Youth
group The quilt is on display
at Bank o f Eastern Oregon
in lone
Also up for auction
Tractor Training and Safety
workshop to be held
The Tractor Training
and Safety W orkshop is
offered for youth who are 14
to 17 years old The
workshop takes place at the
MCGG store in Lexington
and is a d a y -a n d -a -h a lf
program that emphasizes
farm safety, equipm ent
o p eratio n and ro u tin e
maintenance Participants
will have the opportunity to
operate tractors, a combine
and swather and a front-end
loader A tractor-training
certificate will be awarded to
those who pass a written
examination and an in-the-
field driving test The driving
test includes an opportunity
to back a tractor-mounted
implement or trailer through
obstacles
The workshop runs
from 7:30 a m to 5 p.m. on
Tuesday, June 14 and will be
continued from 8 a m to
“ about
noon”
on
W ednesday, June 15
Participants will need a lunch
on T uesday and are
Heed the
Warning!
This sign - which is post
ed at substations and near
other electrical equipment -
means what it says. Elec
tricity can be deadly, and
should always be respected
Take this warning serious
ly. and teach young children
- e\en those too y oung to
read - to recognize the warn
ing sign and steer clear of
the hazard
A message
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are antiques, home baked
g o o d s,
co llectib les,
furniture, books, toys, home
and garden goods, shop and
farm implements and crafts
by church m em bers and
friends, as well as a wide
variety o f services
At 12:30 p m., a full
b arb eq u e dinner will be
served fe a tu rin g b e e f
barbequed overnight in a pit
h eated with applew ood
coals. The live au ctio n
resumes after a dinner hour
and usually continues until
about 4 p.m. Bids in the
silent au ctio n fo r small
collectibles and antiques are
opened at 2 p m.
Proceeds from the
au ctio n and b arbeque
support the mission and
o u treach o f lo n e ’s only
Protestant church ICC is
affiliated with the United
Church o f Christ, Christian
Church (Disciples o f Christ)
and the National Association
o f Congregational Christian
Churches
brought to you in ;i4 _ o
the interest of <
safety by
Columbia Basin
Electric Co-Op,
In c .. your locally
owned & opera tec
electric utility.
encouraged to bring water to
drink during in-the-field
activities Participants who
are not already enrolled in 4-
H will be charged a $5 fee
to co v er the cost o f
insurance
P re-registration is
required and can be done by
calling the Morrow County
Extension Office art 676-
9642 by Friday, June 10 if
you want to participate in the
workshop
The w o rk sh o p is
sp onsored by M orrow
County Grain Growers and
O regon State U niversity
E x ten sio n S ervice in
Morrow County.
SWCD/Weed
Advisory Board
meeting to be held
The Morrow SWCD
R egular/W eed A d visory
meeting is scheduled for
Tuesday, June 7, at 12 p.m.
at th e P ettyjohn O ffice
Building in Heppner Agenda
items include minutes o f the
May meeting, tre a su rer’s
report, written staff report,
office building purchase
report, WFD power point
presentation and partner
agency reports. There is
prospect o f an executive
session according to ORS
192.640(2) Meetings of the
Morrow SWCD are open to
the public.
(Right Side- Front to Back): Marion Brosnan, Bonnie
Gates and Ruby Steers; (Not pictured: Ellis and Katie
McRoberts and Dorris Graves) decided to pay their
$20 rent increase in pennies and other coinage in an
appeal to the Housing Authority Board.
The residents o f St
P atrick ’s A partm ents are
hoping to get the Housing
A u th o rity
B oard
to
reconsider their decision to
raise the rent at the
ap artm en ts $60 to $80
dollars over the next 12 to
18 months
The first increase o f
$20 will be seen on the June
1 rent bill Originally the
board was planning on an
$80 increase, in increments
of $20 every six months, but
are now p ro p o sin g at
increase of $60 and then a
consideration on the final
$20.
As a way o f getting
the board to reconsider,
ap artm en t re sid en ts are
paying their $20 increase in
pennies and other coinage.
While they know that this
peaceable protest may not
change the board members’
minds, they feel they still
need to appeal
M any
of
the
residents expressed that the
u ltim ate resu lt o f this
increase will be the need to
move out o f the apartments
and find other affordable
housing. They are hoping the
coinage payment will get the
board’s attention and allow
them to be heard
TSP public hearing to be held in
Irrigon
The com m unity is
Local citizens and
interested parties are invited
to attend a Morrow County
C o u rt public hearing
reg ard in g the M orrow
C ounty T ran sp o rta tio n
System Plan (TSP) update,
the co-adoption o f local city
transportation system plans
and the supporting proposed
changes to the county zoning
documents. The meeting will
start at 1 p m. on June 8 at
the
S to k es
L anding
Community Center, located
at 195 NW Opal Place,
Irrigon
The co u n ty 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
c o u n ty ’s tra n sp o rta tio n
network will be able to serve
the entire county over the
next 20 years The proposed
co d e rev isio n s include
clarifications for private road
standards, sight distance
re q u ire m e n ts, site plan
review requirements, gravel
road design stan d ard s,
updated access management
standards for county roads,
and ap p licab le access
management descriptions for
state highways. The updated
TSP will also insure that the
county is consistent with the
requirements o f the State of
O regon T ran sp o rtatio n
Planning Rule The c o
adoption o f TSPs for the
cities o f Irrigon, Boardman,
L exington, lone, and
H ep p n er will also be
co n sid ered during the
hearing
M.C.C.9.
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AND PROVIDING:
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* FARM EQUIPMENT SALES, PARTS AND SERVICE
* ATV SALES, PARTS AND SERVICE
* FERTILIZER AND FARM CHEMICAL SERVICE
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* DIESEL AND GAS SALES
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m ■ K aw asaki
l »1 the good times roll
invited to atten d 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
H ow ard Roll at CTS
Engineers by telephone at
(503) 597-2903 or email at
hroll@ctsengineers com or
Joyce Jackson at Mitchell
N elson G ro u p by mail,
telephone, or email Her
address at Mitchell Nelson
Group is 2116 NW Wilson
Street, Portland, OR 97210.
Her direct phone line is (503)
225-0822, ext. 5 and her
em ail
a d d re ss
is
jlj@mngi.com.
Blood drive to be
held in Heppner
An American R ed
Cross bloodmobile will be at
St Patrick’s Senior Center in
Heppner on Monday, June
13 from 1-6 p.m Donors
must be at least 16 years old,
weigh a minimum o f 110
pounds and be in good
general
health.
For
appointm ents, call (800)
787-9691.
For questions about
donor eligibility, call (800)
G IV E LIFE or email
C anIDonate@usa. redcross oig.
For inform ation on ARC
N o rth w est R egion visit
www. nwblood redcross org
Over the Tee Cup
The Willow Creek
County Club ladies gathered
May 24 for ladies’ play.
Corol Mitchell and
Jan Paustian tied for low
gross o f the field Lois Hunt
took low net o f the field and
Luvilla Sonstegard took
least putts o f the field
In flight C, Linda
Riney took low gross and
Barbara Gilbert took low
net
Long drives went to
Paustian, Hunt and Gilbert
Paustian also had longest
putt on hole #5.
An
18-hole
invitational will be held on
Tuesday, June 7.