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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 11,2006 - THREE Chess Club prepares for tournament New Boardmembers installed Left to right Bert Houweling, Nancy Snider, Jeff Bailey, Alvin Liu, Jack Thompson, and Barbara Hayes. ________________________ Steve Rhea (center), representing the IOOF Willow Lodge #66, poses with third and fourth grade chess club students: Jason Kendrick, Makayla Kindle, Cade Arbogast, Shane Miles, continued from page one Misha Hintz, Kaid Peck, Jessie Boyd, Meeka Boyd, Ross Cutsforth, Jacob Price, Jessie three parades in Heppner, B arb ara H ayes Wolford and Jeff Dowdy. helping at Dinner At The received the “ H a t’s O f f ’ at H ep p n er award for her many years of Cemetery, and working on T he H eppner to Portland for the next level grade of play. Elem entary School meet volunteerism as the “woman all of the afore mentioned Elementary School Chess S tu d en ts gave each week after school to w ho takes your m o n ey ” functions. “Wherever there’s C lu b ’s 89 m em bers are p re p a rin g to go to the Willow Valley Service Club practice their chess skills. during all the many annual Chamber, there’s Hayes”, regional chess tournament in and Willow Lodge thank you Students also learn “ self Chamber events including says ex ec u tiv e d ire c to r Claudia Hughes. Hermiston on January 28. If cards for donating money to control, planning strategy Tow n and C ountry, A tten d ees at the the Chess Club for snacks and good m anners,” said C eleb ra te H ep p n er Pie the clu b places first or C ham ber Luncheon were M ary Ann E lg u ezab al, Auction, all weekly lunches second at the reg io n al and supplies. encouraged to attend the S tu d en ts in te ac h e r at H ep p n er and the C h ristm a s Tree tournament, they will travel Town and Country Banquet, kindergarten through sixth Elementary. Auction, to name a few. Not sponsored by Centurytel, to only has she voluntarily c o n g ra tu la te aw ard served as Heppner Chamber recipients and hear Jonathan Treasurer for many years, N ich o las, P o rtlan d she is visible organizing all Oregonian columnist. Rep. Greg Smith visits High School math class Rep. Greg Smith instructs Melissa Coiner's math class concerning tax issues in Oregon. H eppner H igh School math teacher Melissa C o in er in v ited O regon Representative Greg Smith, Heppner, to speak to her stu d en ts c o n cern in g tax issues in Oregon during her class on Monday, January 9. Smith began by explaining to stu d en ts how a representative is elected, the number of representatives in Oregon and the difficulty that rpral Oregonians have in getting their needs met in Salem , due to the sm all number of representatives. The students asked questions about the large percentage of their parents’ income going to taxes and w h eth er e astern O regon would be better off paying for th in g s th at c itiz e n s wanted directly instead of levying taxes to pay for them. One student asked if young people's individual m o n ey m ak in g v en tu res, such as lemonade stands, would be taxed at an “adult rate”. Discussion was lively as the stu d en ts becam e involved in problem solving of Oregon’s tax issues. St. Patrick’s senior center news W illow C reek Baptist Church volunteers will host the Wednesday, Jan. 18, noon m eal at St. Patrick's senior center. The menu o f the day is pork roast, mashed potatoes, peas and carrots, apple ju ic e , rolls, apple crisp and ice cream. The annual meeting of the board of directors will take place on the same day. The meeting will include a financial report, summary of the past year's activity and a STUDENT O F TH E M ONTH LA U RIE MURRAY Daughter of John and Ann Murray. Laurie was bom in Heppner and has attended school here her entire life. Laurie is very active in school sports and academic programs. She is a Senior this year and is involved in National Honor Society. Volleyball. Wild Horse Club. Chamber of Commerce Rep., St. Pat's Youth Group. 4-H, and is Student Body President. Laurie's resume of activities and awards is impressive. She has been an 4.0 honor roll student all four high school years. Her freshman year she won American Citizenship awards. Outstanding Mathematics awards, and Excellence in Word Processing award. Her sophomore year she was nominated for the Hugh O'Brien Youth Leadership Representative, was geometry student of the year, and won awards for excellence in Physical Science and Language Arts. Her junior year she was Student Bojiy Secretary. Spelling bee champion at the local and district level and won awards for Advanced Placement Biology and Language Arts. She was also was an East Oregonian Outstanding Student. This year tops it off with Student Body President. Student o f the Month is sponsored by Sherrell Insurance A gency-Farm er's Insurance Group 127 N. Main. Heppner • 676-5818 perspective o f what new challenges are ahead. The public is invited to attend. H eppner H ousing Authority will meet at its regular time on Tuesday. Jan. 31. This meeting is also open to the public. The Heppner Drive- In and Bakery provided all o f the ro lls fo r the co m m u n ity d in n e r on Christmas Day at the senior center. Those in attendance said they appreciated the thoughtful and generous gift. Honorary pages requested for State Capitol Barbara Hayes State Representative Greg Smith will again host h o n o rary p ag es at the C ap ito l d u rin g the next L e g isla tiv e S ession sch e d u le d to start this month. “This is a fun and in terestin g program that allows youth to work at the State Capitol for a day,” said Smith. Applicants must be at least 12 years old. Interested students may contact Shirley Gunter at (503) 986-1882. She will send out w ritten confirmation of the date and time of the visit. The House schedules only six honorary pages on any one day, so the date may be a few weeks aw ay. T hose w ishing to p a rtic ip a te should have several options available when they call. According to a news release, there is a dress code for participants. They advise that when honorary pages assist in the House Chamber during a floor session, they are in contact with elected o fficia ls and may be on telev isio n as part o f the gavel- to-gavel coverage. T hey recom m end clean, modest clothing respectful of the Oregon State Capitol, as well as comfortable shoes. U n n atu ral hair co lo r/ haircuts, nose rings/studs, extrem e clothing such as short tight sk irts and/or pants, low-cut blouses or shirts, logo T-shirts, etc., are not a p p ro p ria te fo r the House Chamber, said the news release. A typical day for an honorary page is from 8:30 continued from page 1 FREE FIREWOOD - YOU HAUL The Morrow C ou n ty Fair h a s free fire w ood at th e Fairgrounds th a t n e e d s to be h au led away. T he w ood is lo c a te d on th e g ra ss b e tw een th e W ilkinson Arena and th e P avil ion. The tr e e s had to be rem o v ed sin c e th e y w ere in danger o f dam aging th e tw o b u ild ings. Morrow C oun ty Fair Board and Morrow C oun ty is n o t resp o n sib le for in ju ries s u f fered during c u ttin g or rem oval o f w ood. T he r em o v a l w ill be d o n e on a fir s t co m e, first serve basis. For m ore in fo rm a tio n , call 6 7 6 -9 4 7 4 . a.m.-3:30 p.m. with a lunch period at noon. The day will begin w ith a d e tailed historical tour of the Capitol. D uring the d aily flo o r sessio n , pages have the opportunity to meet some of our Representatives. Duties for honorary pages in the afternoon vary in tasks such as using a copy machine, filing, and running errands. Students must set up their own transportation to and from the Capitol. They are also resp o n sib le for bringing a sack lunch or lunch money. For ad d itio n al inform ation, e-m ail Greg S m ith ’s o ffice at rep.gregsm ith@ state.or.us or call (503)986-1457. Program on Africa to be presented Ruth Swanson will present a program. “Sights and Sounds of Africa," at All Saints Episcopal Church on Sunday, Jan. 15, at 6 p.m. Sw anson is a re g istered nurse and an associate in ministry of the E v an g elical L utheran Church in America. She has made seven trips to Africa visiting believers and taking part in a medical mission in Cameroon, West Africa. She also visited Christians in Tanzania, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa and Namibia. “The program will bring some smiles as you see her photos of children, but there may also be some tears as you witness the faith of people who have a strong connection to God in the middle o f their poverty,” stated a press release. The public is invited to attend. For more details, call 676-5069. Heppner Little League meeting Heppner Little League will meet on Thursday, Jan. 19, at 7 p.m. in the Pettyjohn Building conference room. All interested persons are invited to attend Health District good so far. The district lost $48,378 in November. -rec eiv ed the following report: Pioneer Memorial Clinic had 360 patients in November with 16 new p a tie n ts and an additional 55 patients seen by a nurse; Irrigon Clinic had 181 patients with 40 new patients and an additional 76 seen by a nurse, and 23 no- show s; the H ep p n er Ambulance had 16 total runs w ith 15 tra n sp o rts; Boardman Ambulance had 17 runs with 10 transports; Irrigon Ambulance had nine runs with five transports; there was one life flight; total am bulance revenue was $26,314; Pioneer Memorial Hospital had six admissions, 403 o u tp a tie n ts, 67 em ergency room encounters, 1337 lab tests, 90 x-ray procedures, 31 CT scans, 39 EKG tests, one re sp ira to ry th erap y procedure; Home Health had 104 visits; Hospice had one ad m it; the pharm acy ad m in istered 1015 drug do ses for $44,231 in revenue. Heppner City Council continued from page 1 county would assist in the re c o n stru ctio n o f all o f R iverside Street. Part o f Riverside lies in the city limits and the far end by Devin Oil lies outside. T here was no written agreement for the exchange, however most of the council felt that there was an agreement and between the city and county, and they wished to maintain a good working relationship with the county. The R iverside Road reconstruction project cost over $300,000 so most council member felt the city got a go<xl deal out of the agreement; however, there was som e h e sitatio n in taking on ownership of roads outside the city limits.
