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.
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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
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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
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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.