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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 29,2006 - FIVE Chess Mates end season with school tournament L ecion birthday celebrated in lon e lone American Legion Auxiliary members (Back Row L-K): Eunice McElligott, Marie Tworek Rose, Katie Tworek, Robin Krebs, Sharon Burghardt, June Crowell and Helen Crawford; (Front): Jean Jepsen. Tournament winners: (Back Row L-R): Cade Arbogast, Shane Miles, Bryce Fowler and Cody Nelson and (Front Row L-R): Joe Jones, Logan Grieb and Kai Arbogast. On M arch 20, the Chess M ates ended their season w ith a to u rn a m e n t. Each grade level, kindergarten through sixth grade, competed for a trophy. The judges for the to u rn am en t w ere Jam es Pappas, Clyde De Loach, A dam D oherty, D ave Kendrick, Dick Jones, Jeff Cutsforth and Wayne Seitz. Winners were: Joe Jones- K; Logan Grieb- lsl grade; Kai Arbogast- 2nd grade; Cade Arbogast- 3rd grade; Shane M iles- 4 'h grade; B ryce Fowler- 5"' grade; and Cody Nelson- 6lh grade. To fin ish o ff the e v en in g , the gro u p had pizza, pop and vegetables. The C hess M ates group sincerely appreciate the donations and discounts from Devin Oil, Peterson’s Jew elry , H o w e ’s A bout Pizza, HES Parent Teacher Club and Heppner Family F oods to m ake our last meeting so memorable. Research has shown that playing chess has many e d u c a tio n a l and social b e n e fits. W hen p lay in g chess, children are able to Heritage Museum to hold volunteer training session Doris Graves of Heppner, Morrow County Heritage Museum Volunteer, stands in the “Parlour,” one of several long-time displays that have been refreshed and revitalized for the 2006 season. Photo hy Kay Proctor. The Morrow County Heritage Museum is up and running for the 2006 season after opening during the St. Patrick’s Celebration with large attendance numbers. Since the museum is an all v o lu n te e r n o n -p ro fit organization, additional help is being sought for greeting the visiting public and other duties. A volunteer training session for new greeters or for past volunteers who need updated about the museum's new displays will be held Saturday, April 1 at 10 a.m. at the Heritage M useum. The session should last about an hour. Refreshments will be served. If you are interested, but c an n o t m ake this training, please call Merle C o w ett, v o lu n teer coordinator at 676-9216 or Kay Proctor at 676-9827. For volunteering at the Ag M useum , please contact C ow ett or C liff G reen at 676-5097. m sii walk Join the fight aginst Multiple Sclerosis. YOU can make a difference. Sign up today! www.mswalkoregon.com 1-800-FIGHT MS practice logical thinking, c o n ce n tra tio n , planning, pattern recognition, self- d isc ip lin e and tak in g responsibility for their own mistakes. Throughout the y e ar we have had 89 m em bers and great a tte n d a n c e . The three advisors, Deb C am pbell, Sherry Matteson and Mary Ann Elguezabal appreciate the d e p en d a b le and awesome volunteers for their (L-R): Bob Baker, Henry Krebs and Harold Rietinann support and insight during E ach y ear and Bob DeSpain; and 40 the year. th ro u g h o u t the U nited years- Harold Rietinann: and States, the American Legion 35 years- John Doherty, Bob A uxiliary celeb rates the Baker and Henry Krebs. Legion’s Birthday as a way H oltz, Irene of remembering the Legion Auxiliary President and June was founded 1919 just one C row ell, secretary, gave year after the end of WW1. m em bership year pins Dinner was served to to: Five y ears- Sharon about 5 0 -p lu s honored B urkhardt, Rhondi Tews C o lu m b ia B asin A m erican L egion and Jeans. Robin Krebs, Kylie Electric Co-Op announces a A u x iliary m em bers and and Mary McElligott, Liz planned power outage on guests at the lone American and Rene Peterson; 10 years- Saturday, April 1 from 8 a.m. Legion Hall on Tuesday, Kristy Crow ell, M iranda until 2 p.m. Re-energization March 21. Entertainm ent M cElligott, Erin Crowell will occur when the needed was provided by K ristal M oore; 20 y ears- Janet C arol work is completed, which Temple who sang and signed M cE llig o tt, could be earlier than 2 p.m. “ I'm proud to Be An McElligott Taylor; 25 years- T h is o u tag e w ill American” as a way to open Marie Tworek Rose, Katie affect the City of Lexington the ev en in g s fe stiv itie s. T w orek; 30 Years- June and closely outlying areas. District #6 Chaplain Grace C row ell; 35 years- Judy The outage is necessary to Baker gave the blessing. Jepsen Julio; 40 years- Loa remove the old transmission Anne Morter and Maureen M cE llig o tt and E unice McElligott; and 60 years- line that runs through the Krebs catered the meal. Bob B aker, Helen Crawford. City of Lexington. C om m ander and C onrad Invited guests for the CBEC regrets any T w orek, ad ju tan t, evening were: District #6 in co n v en ien c e this w ill cause. However, completion presented membership pins C om m ander Ed Baker, of this maintenance work is to: 60 years- Don Peterson District #6 Chaplain Grace very important. City of Lexington to have scheduled power outage Third-grade poster contest Morrow County Gun Club news winners announced Eleven shooters competed at the Morrow County Gun Club on Sunday, March 26. In singles, Mark Schlichting and Harvey Childers had 23 of 25. Garrett Wilhelm had 22 of 25. Dick Goodhead had 21 of 25. Jered Gorham, in the sub-junior category, had 12 of 25. In handicap, Goodhead had 23 of 25, Schlichting had 21 of 25 and Dennis Peck and Childers had 20 of 25. A nnies were shot w ith W ilhelm . Kelw ayne Haguewood and Rob Ashbeck each winning one. Ashbeck also won a round of golf. The next shoot will be held April 2 at 12 noon. & y Easter Is Coming! Jjp W e h a v e b e a u tifu l f lo r a l e e n le rp ie e e « ^ a n d lla x le r lilie s ^ N«-«' t h e f l o r a l d e p < . o r r a il « 7 « -» 12« April I sin ossi Spot idi: .¿( 5 C e ff Try a WHITE TATI II! (Milite Vatin A T iittcra t ti hi (460 Church & Gale) M u l t ip l i s c le r o s is society ^ * T M umuj ' j D m j t Cara Qsmin’s third grade class participated in a poster contest for the Heppner Garden Club and US Forest Service. Their entries were displayed in the Smokey Bear Booth at the Oregon State Flower Garden and Craft Show in Portland. The winners were: Isl place- Joe Schmidt, 2nd- Jason Kendrick, 3rd- Ross Cutsforth and 4lh- Makenzi Hughes, r — ------------------------ — — ------- — — — — — — — n WILLOW CREEK WATER PARK C archase o r m a k e p a f f m e a ts o a s e a s o n fta s s e s e a r ly ! • i 8125 I n di vidual F asses: 217 North Main • Heppner sto Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426 S w i m I cesso n s: S i t o (¡ver s e s s io n ) Serving Heppner. Lexington A Ione Thrivent Financial for Lutherans t f F a m ily F a s s e s ; 9 a.m. City Park - Walk begins SUTURAI. Contest winners (L-R): Makenzi Hughes, Ross Cutsforth, Jason Kendrick and Joe Schmidt. W Saturday, April 8th - Heppner 8 a.m. registration All Saints’ Episcopal Church Baker. Marcus Collier. Loyal and Betty Burns and Kristal Temple. The lone Post #95 hall has gone through many stages of improvements the past several years. Through all the various improvement p ro je c ts, there was one person who kept everyone motivated. Jean Jepsen was the driving force. For her many hours o f dedicated work, i.e. writing grants, organizing work parties, getting bids and doing all the things necessary to get the jo b s d o n e, lone Post Commander Bob Baker and the Unit Auxiliary President Irene H o ltz, read a resolution for a “standing vote o f thanks and appreciation.” She was also presented with a “certificate o f a p p re c ia tio n ” and a bouquet o f two dozen red roses. Therapy pool is open! Wednesday - Saturday $12.50 per hour To set up an appointment, call Merry, 676-5752 or 676-5756
