Heppner gazette-times., December 07, 2005, Image 1

Community Giving Tree goes up in Central Market
Bessie Wetzell Newspaper Library
University o f Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403
HEPPNER
(L-R) Marlene Currin and Bert Houweling place tags on the Giving Tree at Red Apple
Market.
H ope and Valby
L utheran and All Saints
E p isco p al C hurch jo in
together to bring Christmas
to children in the South
Morrow County area. Each
year the Giving Tree is part
imes
VOL. 124
NO. 49
8 Pages
Wednesday, December 7,2005
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Lexington Fire
Fund schedules
meeting
of the holiday tradition in
Heppner.
The tree is decorated
with tags printed with each
child’s needs and wishes for
Christm as along with the
c h ild ’s sex and age.
Members of the community
are encouraged to take a tag.
purchase the items on the list
and take the wrapped gift
and tag to the Neighborhood
Center no later than Dec. 19
to insure that the gifts can be
delivered before Christmas.
The tree was put up
in C en tral M arket on
Tuesday.
Ken Grieb announces his
candidacy for Morrow
County Commissioner
The Lexington Fire
Fund will be meeting at the
L exington Fire Hall on
Ken Grieb, 45, filed
Friday, Dec. 16 at 7 p.m.
M onday, Dec. 5 for the
position of Morrow County
Commissioner. Position 2 in
the County Clerk’s office.
Grieb has lived in north and
community projects. These
south Morrow County and
included: Town & Country
is interested in being of
H oliday Style Show and
service to its citizens.
Wreath-Making, Artifactory,
Grieb is currently a
Talent Show, annual tours.
m em ber o f the M orrow
Coloring Contest HES K-3,
C ounty
P lanning
annual Youth Citizenship
Commission, Soil and Water
Award for two graduating
Conservation Board and has
S en io rs (la te r nam ed
served as the state president
Scholarship Award), Senior
for the W heat G ro w ers'
Girls' Luncheon, rummage
L eague. He e x h ib its a
sale, joined the Lions Club
continued interest in the
in fruit sales, held candy and
issues facing citizens o f
bake sales, raffles, and sold
Morrow County especially
so u v en irs at the C ycle
those facing area farmers.
Oregon event. Soroptimist
G rieb lives on
International donated to area
Bombing Range Road with
projects such as the Oregon
his wife Carri and children
Trail Library in Heppner,
Paige, Logan and Claire.
Ken Grieb
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
for eq uipm ent, H eppner
tennis court lighting and
plants/care of the Welcome
Sign planter.
M e m b e r s
participated in hostessing a
Approximately twenty-five local piano students will
Wine Tasting Party for the
perform
at a recital on Sunday, Dec. 11,6 p.m. at Christian
C ham ber o f C om m erce,
c o lle cte d
bears
for Life Center in Heppner. The students will play their favorite
C h ild re n ’s Services and Christmas pieces. Teachers of the performing students
U nited Way, provided include Wendy Appleton. Chandra Arbogast. Amy Jepsen,
refresh m en ts
for the Kristen Van Cleave, and Myma Van Cleave of Heppner,
N eig h b o rh o o d
C enter, and Shirley Bredlinger of Portland. The public is invited to
M o th e rs’
M arch, attend.
v o lu n teerin g at P ioneer
M emorial Nursing Home
Pheasants Forever coming to
with the Blue Birds, and
arranged for the Motorcycle
Heppner Thursday, Dec. 15
C lub to pass through
There will be an organizational meeting for a
Heppner.
local
Pheasants
Forever Chapter, Thursday evening,
Som e
m em bers
Dec.
15
at
7p.m.
in
the Pettyjohn office conference room.
atten d ed
m eetings
throughout the United States Gabe McMasters, Pheasant Forever Regional Biologist
and abroad. Local meetings will be on hand to give a presentation, answer questions
included guest speakers and help with getting a Pheasants Forever Chapter going
in Heppner.
from various b usinesses
P h easan ts F o rev er (PF) is a n o n -p ro fit
p ro v id in g
e d u catio n ,
in fo rm atio n
and
fun o rg a n iz atio n d e d icated to the p ro tectio n and
enhancement of pheasant and other wildlife populations
activities.
As the Willow Valley Service in North America through habitat improvement, land
Club it continued similar m anagem ent, public aw areness, and education.
activities for fund raising and Pheasants Forever’s unique system of county chapters
community support. These allows 100% of net funds raised by chapters to remain
at the chapter level for local habitat projects. This is a
in clu d ed
sp o n so rin g
Artifactory. Music in the unique distinction. Pheasants Forever is the only national
Park,
S en io r
G irls ’ wildlife conservation organization that leaves all of the
funds raised locally to stay at the local level.
continued page two
Willow Valley Service Club disbands after 57 years
The Willow Valley
S ervice C lub re tire d its
serv ices to the various
com m unities follow ing a
m eeting Dec. 1 at G D ’s
Banquet Room.
Originally chartered
as Soroptimist International
on A pril 10, 1948 w ith
Elaine George as president.
G in g er K eith ley was
president w hen the club
became the Willow Valley
Service Club on August 1,
1999.
As
S o ro p to m ist
International the club won
ribbons for floats entered in
the M orrow C ounty Fair
Parade, wrote a newsletter
entitled Soroptimistings, and
corresponded with a sister
club in Tamworth, England.
The club sponsored
many activities to raise funds
for financial support for
First snowfall comes to town
Piano students plan
Christmas recital
photo by Mahaley Huddleston
Gene Orwick gets out in the season's first snowfall last Thursday December 1 in Heppner.
Local ‘gang’ runs the chains at Semifinals
CHRISTMAS TREES FOR SALE
The Heppner Mustangs football team played in Hillsboro Saturday, but the local chain
gang, left to right, Rick Johnston, Jerry Healy, Ron Bowman and Jim Kindle, were also
called into duty at the State Semifinals. More sports and pictures on page 3.
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