FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 8, 2005
Garden Club installs new officers
Engagement
Walton-Hand
(Back Rim L-R): Chuck Bailex, JoAnnc Burleson, Eve Imnhavsk
anil Bebe \lunkers; (Front): Peggy Connor.
Shannon Walton and Robert Hand
New Heppner Carden Club President JoAnne Burleson (left)
presents Ka> Rene Qualls (center), member of the Support Our
Troops support group « ith a donation for $200, along %vith Peggy
Connor (right), member of both the Garden Club and Support
O ur Troops.
At the June 6
m eeting o f the H eppner
G arden C lub, JoA nne
Burleson was installed as the
new president by outgoing
president Chuck Bailey The
other officers m aintained
their current positions with
Eve Ironhaw k as vice-
president, Bebe Munkers as
treasurer and Peggy Connor
as publicity manager
Also at the meeting,
the Garden Club decided to
donate $200 to the Support
Our Troops support group
It
w as
also
announced that Bailey and
his wife, Betty, Burleson and
Judy C o w ett w ould be
traveling June 13 and 14 to
The Dalles for the State
Garden Club Convention
The next meeting of
the Garden Club will be an
ice cream social held July 11
at 7 p m., at the Burleson
hom e
P lanning
for
upcom ing program s and
creation o f new committees
will be on the agenda All
Garden Club members are
encouraged to attend this
meeting
Balloons to highlight Garden
Club projects
Paul and Sue Walton
o f Long Creek are pleased
to announce the engagement
o f their daughter Shannon
M arie W alton o f W alla
Walla, WA to Robert James
Hand ofW alla Walla
The bride-elect is a
1998 g ra d u a te o f Long
C reek High School She
receiv ed her b a c h e lo r’s
d eg ree in elem en tary
e d u catio n in 2002 from
Lewis-Clark State College
and a m aster’s degree in
curriculum and instruction in
2004
from
E astern
W ashington University in
Cheney, WA She is currently
employed by the Walla Walla
School District as a second
grade teach er at Berney
Elementary
The groom-elect is a
1997 W alla W alla H igh
School g ra d u a te
He
receiv ed his b a c h e lo r’s
degree in business marketing
in 2001 from the University
o f Idaho in Moscow He is
c u rre n tly em ployed by
N elson
Irrig a tio n
Corporation in Walla Walla
The couple plans a
July 30, 2005 wedding at St
Patrick’s Catholic Church in
Walla Walla
Heppner Water Wilkinson
Control District Arena adds
to meet
token machine
A board meeting o f
the Heppner Water Control
D istric t will be held
Wednesday, June 15 at 7
p.m at the Pettyjohn Office
Building conference room
Items on the agenda include
appointm ent o f the new
board member, review of FY
2006 budget and a review of
the election results
The meeting is open
to the public.
The
W ilkinson
A rena at the M orrow
County Fairgrounds now has
a token machine Tokens will
cost $ 10 each and are good
for one hour; this will cover
the expense o f lights and
rental com bined B efore
receiving the tokens, proof
o f liability insurance will be
required
For
m ore
information, call Renee at
676-9474
Over the Tee Cup
In celebration of Garden Week, June 5-11, incoming Heppner
Garden Club president JoAnne Burleson and former president
Chuck Bailey tie balloons around at bird house in the mini-park
next to the Post Office in Heppner to highlight one of the many
Garden Club projects completed this past year.
Ten ladies gathered
at Willow Creek Country
Club on Tuesday, May 31 in
cool and breezy conditions
for ladies' play.
Pat
Edm undson
took low gross o f the field
Corol Mitchell took low net
o f th e field and Pat
Dougherty took least putts
o f the field
In flight A, Luvilla
Sonstegard took low gross
and Loa Henderson took
low net
In flight B, Lynnea
Sargent took low gross and
Jackie Allstott took low net
In flight C, Lorrene
M ontgom ery to o k low
gross
Blue Basin Hike offered
Gift
Suggestions
for Dad
on
Father’s
Day
John Day Fossil
Beds National Monument
will offer a ranger-conducted
hike into the spectacular
Blue Basin fossil beds. This
two-hour hike will feature
the geologic landscape and
fossil history o f the basin
The hike will begin
at 10 a m , on Saturday, June
11 at the Blue Basin
trailhead, located three miles
north o f the Sheep Rock
Unit visitor center along
state route 19. There is no
fee and participants should
bring good hiking shoes, a
sun hat, jacket, water bottle
and a camera
For
fu rth er
information, call (541 ) 987-
2333.
HOUSE
FOR
SALE
Peterson’s
Heppner
Jewelers,
676-9200
1976 2-story home, large fenced corner lot,
3234 sq ft., 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, office,
indoor shop, 2-car garage New heat pump and
furnace, 2 fireplaces, paved pad for RV Large
covered porch, in-ground sprinklers with water right.
Walking distance to schools, park & swimming pool.
A s k in g p rice : $148,000
For information, please call (541) 1576-5043
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Despite rainy weather, MS Walk
in Heppner raised over $10,000
On Saturday, April
23, the Oregon Chapter o f
the N atio n al M u ltip le
Sclerosis Society held its
largest fundraising event, the
17,h annual MS W alk,
presented by MS Lifelines, in
Heppner The weather was
cold and rainy, but this didn’t
deter more than 100 walkers
determ ined to show their
support for the fight against
MS
So far, w alkers in
H eppner raised $10,003.
More pledges are expected
to be turned in If you were
unable to attend, you can
send pledges to National MS
Society, Oregon Chapter,
1650 NW Naito Parkway,
Suite 190, Portland, OR
97209. So far, the MS Walk
has raised $501,000
T his y e a r ’s top
fundraiser for the Oregon
Chapter was Rachel Lenz,
who raised $10,865. This
year and last year’s top youth
fundraiser was Chris Koenig,
11, o f Corvallis. He raised
$3,903 this year Last year,
he raised $600 within just
five weeks o f his m other’s
diagnosis o f MS He formed
a team called LLA M A
(L o v in g L lam as A iding
Medical Advances).
This year, the walk
was held on Saturday, April
16 in Portland, Vancouver,
Forest Grove and Salem and
on Saturday, April 23 in
Ashland, Bend, Corvallis,
E u g en e,
H eppner,
L aG ran d e, M errill and
R o seb u rg
M erilee
McDowell was the chair o f
the Walk in Heppner.
Every year, knowing
that one footstep can bring
the cu re clo ser, 3,700
participants all over Oregon
and in Vancouver, Wash,
each walk 3.1 miles with the
goal o f raising $500,000 to
fund research, treatment and
programs for the more than
6,400 people in Oregon and
Clark County, Washington
that have MS.
E very w eek 200
Americans are diagnosed
with multiple sclerosis The
N atio n al MS S o ciety is
d ed icated to ending the
devastating effects o f MS,
which has its highest incident
ra te here in th e P acific
N orthw est- five times the
national average. In many
cases, it robs people o f
sig n ifican t physical and
cognitive abilities In others,
it is a disease lying in wait.
When all the pledge
money from each site is
totaled, top fundraisers will
earn prizes as individuals and
as teams. The first prize
winner will receive a two
night stay at Kah-Nee-Ta
R esort; the second prize
winner, a two night stay at
Spanish Head; the third prize
winner, a two night stay at
M ount B achelor V illage
R eso rt; the fo u rth prize
winner, a digital camera; and
the fifth prize winner, a DVD
player. The youth first prize
w in n er w ill re c eiv e a
Nintendo Game Cube; the
youth second prize winner,
a $ 100 Target gift certificate;
and the youth third prize
winner, a $50 Target gift
certificate
The MS W alk is
made possible through the
generosity o f its sponsors,
which include presenting
sponsor MS Lifelines, and
supporting sponsors Berlex,
Biogen, Courtesy Ford, Teva
Neuroscience, and US Bank.
Local sponsors for
the MS Walk in Heppner
included Bucknum’s Tavern,
Central Red Apple, Bank o f
EO, and Murray’s drugstore.
Local committee members
included Aloha D eSpain,
Bob
D eS pain,
John
Edmundson, George Naims,
Moe Devin, Joan Basil and
Debbie Basil. The All Saints’
Episcopal youth group also
volunteers by handing out
brochures and have formed
a Walk team
F or
m ore
in fo rm atio n ,
v isit
www.mswalkoregon.com or
call 1 800.FIGHT.MS.
Methodist
C utsforth to ladies to hold
graduate from annual yard
OIT
sale
Melissa Cutsforth o f
Heppner has been named a
candidate for graduation at
the conclusion o f the 2005
S pring Term at O regon
In stitu te o f Technology.
Commencement ceremonies
will be held at 10 a m.,
Saturday, June 11, 2005 at
John F Moehl Stadium in
Klamath Falls.
C u tsfo rth
will
graduate with a bachelor o f
science degree in radiologic
science
The
M eth o d ist
women will be having their
annual yard sale on Saturday,
June 11 from 9 a m. to 1
p.m ., in the M eth o d ist
Church basement
Originally, the sale
was held o u td o o rs. The
ladies would move the tables
outside and work for several
days setting up One year
was an especially wet spring,
so they decided it was so
much easier, and found that
they a ctu a lly had m ore
space, that they moved the
sale indoors and it has been
there ever since.
As always there is
A Dance Camp will
be held June 10-12 at ex p ected to be a g re a t
Cutsforth Park for girls in variety o f items
grades 7-12. The camp will
include camping, meals, t-
shirt, dance instruction and
M a g n e ti c
an obstacle course. Cost for
D o o r S ig n s
camp is $65.
HERE
The camp is limited
to the first 50 to register For
m ore in fo rm atio n or to Heppner Gazette-Times
676-9228
register, call Jodi Chapa at
676-8161
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be held
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