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HHS drama to perform November 9 &10 Bessie Wetzell Newspaper Library University o f Oregon Eugene. OR 97403 Left to right: Sarah Johnson and Baillie keithley in “Help' I'm Trapi»*d In A High School' H ep p n er H igh School drama department will perform “Help! I ’m Trapped In A High School” on November 9 and 10 at 7 p.m. The performance will take place at the Heppner High School Cafeteria and admission is $ l . Jodi Chapa w ill direct the play with b ack stag e p ro d u ctio n direction by Baillie Keithley. Jodessa Chapa and Kolleen Chapa will be handling the sound, lights and curtains Jodi Chapa, Jodessa Chapa, K olleen C hapa, Jenna Bowman, Kendra Rayburn, Baillie Keithley and Katie Kilkenny did scenery. “Help! I’m Trapped In A High School” is an offbeat comedy, telling a story about students who are under the rules of a drill sergeant principal. There is an array of characters, each making you laugh. The cast includes Sarah Jo h n so n , B aillie Keithley, Jason Houweling, K endra Rayburn. Kelsey Wolff, Colton H elfrecht, lenna Bowman, Sarah Price, Je ssic a C onner, Eddie Collins, Stephanie Smith, Keshi Richmond, Brianne Jones, Veronica Wilhelm, Mahaley Huddleston. Katie Kilkenny. Brenda Victorio, Vicky Koch and Cyde Coil. Skip Matthews receives Super Supervisor award VOL. 124 NO. 45 8 Pages Wednesday, November 9, 2005 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon Terrace Drive wall project nears completion Skip Matthews, Thomas Hofeller, FSA Associate Administrator for Operations and Management, Whitney Matthews, 15, Skip’s daughter. New wall installed near courthouse In the recent past. Morrow County and the City of Heppner discovered that Terrace Drive, south of the C o u rth o u se w as not a dedicated street. The portion adjacent to the Courthouse parking lot however, is a dedicated city street came to light. Concrete barricades were placed at the top and bottom of the hill. This street could also be very hazardous in the ice and snow as well as when it was very wet. In the last month. Morrow County has tom out the old asphalt and filled the area in p re p a ra tio n for la n d sc a p in g . R oger Mortimore, Randy Henrichs, and Craig G utierrez took down by hand the previous wall that faced Terrace Drive and the blue basalt stones were saved. These stones were then used to face the new retaining wall that faces Court St. The new wall looks just like an extension of the older wall. M orrow C ounty Public W orks em ployees R andy H en rich s, C raig G u tie rre z , M ike Verley, Roger Mortimore and Simon Winters built the new wall and poured a new sidewalk. The wall on Court St. looks very p ro fe ssio n a l and matches the workmanship of the existing wall. Their skill and d e d ica tio n w ill be admired and noted for years to come. While the equipment was available, some dead and dy in g tre e s and sh ru b b ery w ere also rem oved. The process of landscaping and replanting trees, shrubs and greenery is ongoing and will continue into next spring. lone plans Veteran’s Day Celebration As American citizens across the United States pay tribute to all Veterans, the lone American Legion #95 and Auxiliary Unit will be hosting the Veterans Day service in lone. The observation will begin at 10:30 a.m ., T hursday, Nov. 10. The celebration will begin at the M em orial flag p o le. Following the ceremony at the flagpole, everyone is invited to the Legion Hall for re fre sh m e n ts and the completion of the program. Lieutenant Colonel Dan Hill will be the guest speaker. He is a C ircu it Judge for U m atilla and M orrow County. He has served in various capacities for the United States Army. He has just returned from New Orleans where his JAG team provided legal services and advice. He has been assigned to Afghanistan in 2006. LTC Hill is married. and has one child. His wife, Jacque, owns and operates IJ Gems in Hermiston. LTC Hill’s father, James Hill of H erm iston, served in the K orean c o n flic t. His grandfather served in the Navy. T he p u b lic is welcome to attend. In case of inclement weather, the services will be held at the Legion Hall in lone. MCGG will be closed Thursday, Nov. 24th through Sunday, Nov. 27th in observance of Thanksgiving. Have a safe & happy holiday! M o rro w C ou n ty Grain G row ers Lexington 989*8221 * 1*800*452*7398 For farm equipm ent, visit o u r w eb site at w w w m tgg.net Ronald M atthew s, “Skip” to his family, friends and coworkers, was honored in a cerem o n y in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 26 when he received the “Super Supervisor Award” from the Association for Persons with Disabilities in Agriculture. T h is annual aw ard recognizes supervisors who have taken extraordinary step s to su p p o rt USDA employees with disabilities. A PD A is an em ployee organization designed to celebrate diversity within USDA. C indy D oherty recommended Mathews for this award. While pleased to have been selected for this honor, Mathews, who is the County Executive Director in Morrow County. Oregon, is humbled at the same time. In 2003 Skip hired Adam Doherty as a program technician in the Morrow County Office. At age 23, D oherty had been in a w h e e lc h a ir since an automobile accident left him paralyzed when he was 16. Mathews says he hired Adam b ecau se, a fte r looking through the applications, his stood out at the top of the pile. “I can’t tell you how thankful our whole family is that Skip took a chance on Adam. Had he seen only the wheelchair, he would have missed the hard-working, sm art person that Adam really is. and not just a young kid in a wheelchair,” said Dr. Tom Kali], Master of Ceremonies and Assistant to the Deputy Administrator of Farm Loan Programs: Dale Moore, USDA Chief of Staff, Skip Matthews. Whitney Matthews, lo in k alil’s daughter with some Marines at the Iwo Jima Memorial. Cindy Doherty. Since he began working full-tim e, Adam has purchased his own home. * Adam says that Mathews has been a great boss and points out that even though the snowy winters in eastern Oregon can be pretty tough for som eone in a wheelchair to get around, M athew s has alw ays accommodated him. M athew s says, “Adam has been great to have as an employee. We would be lost without him. All our applications and payments arc heavily geared toward the computer, and m ost o f our w ork here in v o lv es co m p u ter map work. Adam did a great job for us as a temporary hire, and so, when a permanent opening came up he applied for it and was hired on as a full-tim e m em ber of our staff.” Lexington recall unsuccessful A recall election against Lexington councilmember Jean Brazell was unsuccess ful Tuesday, 62 no to 35 yes. ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M.
