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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 15,2006 Pheasants Forever provides food St. Patrick’s Restoration continues at lone Legion Hall Senior source for bird population Center news FtK n i ro « ft . (L-R) Jamie Helfrecht, Green Feed; Misty Bennett, Pheasants Forever Banquet Chair; and Skip Matthews, Pheasants Forever President. R o o ster dogs, Emma and Chesa Bay are p re d ic tin g an ex cellen t upland bird season for next fa ll. The new ly form ed Pheasants Forever Chapter, Columbia Plateau, intend to make their dream s come true. The chapter is offering bird blocks to C ounty residents in an effort to bring attention to their developing chapter and provide food to local bird p o p u latio n s. Pheasants Forever has found a good source for the blocks in Jamie Helfrecht, of the MCGG Green Feed store. The chapter is providing the first two blocks free and more blocks can be obtained through Helfrecht for $8.95 per block. The pheasant blocks are most valuable to bird p o p u latio n s w hen snow ¿over makes it difficult for the birds to find food and increases their vulnerability to p redatio n . As spring approaches and the chances of snow cover diminish, the hen pheasan ts w ill still benefit by having one more source of n u tritio n to increase their reproductive success. O th er bird populations are expected to benefit from the food blocks. When you pick up your bird blocks, help yourself to an information sheet describing how and where to place the blocks and a leaflet on how to join the organization. T here w ill be a banquet to raise funds for this chapter at the Heppner Elks Lodge on Saturday, April 8. With the Ducks Unlimited banquet not being held this year, it is hoped that m any o u td o o r-m in d ed people and their families will now attend the Pheasants Forever social function. John K ilkenny, m em bership MCGG donates chaps to Rodeo Court chairperson, has already found 25 sponsors that have committed to supporting the banquet activities. If you have items or services to donate to the auction contact Kilkenny at 676-9910. Co chairs for the banquet are M isty B ennett and Judy Barber. Call Bennett at 676- 5798 or Barber at 676-5037 if you want to help with the banquet. Skip M athew s, president o f the ch ap ter hopes for a big banquet turnout. Pheasants Forever allow 100 percent of the net gain from fund raising events to stay at the local level. The Columbia Plateau chapter intends to use their profits to improve the local habitat for the birds and increase their population. Bill Ewing, co ch air o f the h a b itat co m m ittee, ex p ects the co m m ittee to m ake inform ation available on seed mixtures and planting tech n iq u es. The ch ap ter hopes to do at least one local habitat project this year. MCSB to hold community meetings The Morrow County School District Board of D irectors in cooperation with Oregon School Board A ss o c ia tio n 's “ B ridges Project” will be hosting a series o f com m unity meetings coming up soon. This project will be a process for gathering information from c o n stitu en ts about im port issues relative to students and their learning en v iro n m en t, sch o lastic achievement and direction for the future. Since it is possible that a majority of the board could be present at any one or all of these meetings, this w ill serv e as o fficial Morrow County Fair and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Court notification of the following Queen Heather Yocom and Princess Josie Miller wearing m eetin g s: H eppner at the chaps donated by Morrow County Grain Growers, Heppner Elementary School represented by John Ripple, MCGG general manager. library on Thursday, Feb. 23 at 7 p.m.; Boardman at Port o f M orrow R iv erfro n t Center on Tuesday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m .; and Irrigon at Stokes Landing Community Center. Wednesday, March 8 at 12:45 p.m. (during the C h am b er o f C om m erce APY* meeting). 4 . 00 % 11-month Certificate o f Deposit Heppner C hristian C hurch w ill p rovide volunteers for the senior noon m eal on Feb. 22. Serving begins at 11 a.m., following announcements and opening ceremony. The menu of the day is BBQ pork chops, potatoes au gratin, peas and carrots, cake and ice cream and fruit juice. Grace Drake, Tom W ilson and Ed B aker atte n d ed the q u a rte rly m eeting o f the advisory co m m ittee for the A rea A gency on A ging. The H erm iston Senior C enter h o sted the m eetin g on Thursday, Feb. 9 at 1 p.m., following lunch. After the usual reports, Eva Mabbott, ‘e x ec u tiv e d ire c to r, overseeing the operation of senior meal sites in Umatilla and M orrow c o u n tie s, discussed a recent survey of customer satisfaction, which was c irc u la te d during Jan u ary at each center. A m ong the com m ents written on the survey sheets, were questions about the $5.50 charge for those who are younger. A federal'grant, under the Older Americans Act, which provides funds with which meal sites are able to be organized, defines seniors as “those persons 60 years and older and persons with disabilities, any age.” Because the grant for services is for those 60 and over, and those disabled, the amount of the grant is determined by the number of persons in the over 60 or disabled bracket. The meal site provides a meal for less than cost only to those defined as 60 or over or disabled. Under the terms of the grant, a meal site cannot offer meals at less than cost to those not d efin e d as “seniors.” Meals for others are provided for full cost. The federal grant contact provides 40 percent o f the cost for the meal operation. The remaining 60 percent is provided by local sources. Factored in the total cost are food, staff salaries, supplies and other items. The amount of $5.50 has been calculated from these figures as a full cost charge for persons under 60. It was stated that those persons under 60 do assist the centers financially by their attendance. Their tab of $5.50 contributes to the 60 percent of the cost, which the local Umatilla-Morrow AAA group must raise to m eet the m atching requirem ent. All centers e x ten d w ords of appreciation to our younger participants, especially for your company at our tables. Justice Court report C h ristia n D anyel K ennedy, 29, H eppner. Failure to Register Vehicle, fine $84. Dwayne B. Losacco, 39, Heppner, Driving while Suspended-violation, fine $513. M ark D onald McDonough, 36, San Diego, CA, Speeding, 80 mph in a 65 mph zone, fine $185. Loyal Burns installs new light fixtures after the paint dries. Joe McEUigott (left) and Joe Kietmann (right) work on painting the lone Legion ballroom ceiling. W ith the help o f num erous com m unity volunteers, restoration on the American Legion Hall in lone has continued. The new est p ro ject was the p ain tin g o f the m ain ballroom ceiling and the installation of new lighting fixtures. Also repaired was a hole left by the removal of a chimney. The p ro ject was chaired by Jeri McEUigott and Bill Rietm ann. They w ere p leased w ith the am ount o f com m unity support and g reatly appreciated not only the time spent w orking on the project, but the materials offered as well. John Jepsen was instrumental in the prep work for the project, he placed the plastic on the walls and floors to protect them . P endleton G rain G ro w ers and Frank H alvorsen d o n ated sca ffo ld in g s and o th er com m unity m em bers donated battery operated paint ro llers. M any community members also came to help in the actually painting, which required two coats. During the painting. Collier's Market furnished lunch on Monday and the Legion A uxiliary Ladies G6 made lunch Tuesday. To finish off the project. Loyal Burns installed new lighting fixtures in the ballroom. The restoration on the hall is “almost done,” said Jean Jepsen, original re sto ra tio n c h airp erso n . There may be other projects in the future. Marriage Licenses Feb. 7: Gerald Lee Sandlin. 77, Hermiston and Leilani Jeanne Davis, 63, Hermiston. F eb . 13: R ichard Jam es Seew er, Jr., 20, Irrigon and Sabrine Lynn Cooley, 19. Irrigon; Clifton Brent Shaw. 45. Boardman and Kathleen Marie Martin, 47, Boardman. Births T e a g an M ich a e l R am sey - a son. Teagan Michael, was bom Sept. 14, 2005, in Klamath Falls to Sarah B aker and Randy Ramsey of Klamath Falls. He jo in s sibling, A m elia, 2. Grandparents are Steve and G lo ren e L esp eran ce o f Heppner. William and Vickie Baker of Tillamook and Bill and D onna M cB ean o f Pendleton. /fv4 Eastern Oregon M rm hfr FDIC •APY ( \n n n a l P ercen tag e M eld). M inim um opening deposit a n d balan ce to receive disclosed APY Is K.M M O ffer good J a n a a rv 17. 2MM. th ro u g h \ p r i l I. 2DM. 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