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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 19,2006 A view from the hill C ham ber C hatter By Doris R rosnan By Claudia Hughes, Exec. Dir. The Willow Creek Terrace community views the passing of their friend and neighbor Fred Painter as a great loss. Fred was a thoughtful gentleman who helped each person at the Terrace feel special each day. He will be missed. Residents continue their variety of activities on a daily basis, finding no shortage of games, crafts, cards, exercise and musical entertainment in their lives. But they also view the uncom m on and surp rise e v en ts as im p o rtan t ingredients in life on the hill. March was full of such e v en ts, w ith St. Patrick’s Day activities and the special luncheon for O re g o n 's Hom e H ealth Nurse of the Year, Donna Schonbachler, and our other medical providers. And April has already brought several enjoyable activities to the hill, with more to come. N atio n al L ibrary Week started the month with emphasis on reading and on the service available at our Oregon Trail Library. During that week also, the Red Hat Ladies hosted a tea for the residents - the men and the women - on the April 5. A large group enjoyed the c o n v ersa tio n and tasty morsels and tea. E lm er M eligan celebrated a birthday with neighbors and fam ily on April 5, also, and Juanita Martin will receive many “happy birthday” wishes on April 20. S ince N ational Gardening Week fell from April 9 through April 15, the community and some of the Board members braved the weather to plant flowers on A pril 10 and 11. They re la x ed on A pril 12 by listening to the melodious sounds of the singing group “Has Been Wanna Be’s.” Staff and residents enjoyed an egg hunt on April 13, and on the April 14, some special young visitors joined in coloring some more E a ste r eggs. S everal residents attended Easter services with friends and family last weekend. This week, on April 18, residents and staff were invited to join the National Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day by d ressin g appropriately. N ext w eek, on T hursday , A pril 27, the community at Willow Creek Terrace will host a reception for Suzanne Jepsen at 6:30 p.m. Suzanne is leaving the Board of D irectors, after serv in g as a c ata ly st in b ringing the T errace to Heppner, for she had a vision that could not be shaken by nay-sayers who said it could not happen. She has headed the B oard th ro u g h the co n stru ctio n and the m anagem ent of the completed and successful facility but now must turn to other demands in her life. The staff and residents invite the W illow Creek Valley communities to join them at the reception on April 27 as they pay trib u te to this person who has served so determinedly, faithfully, and successfully. They view such dedication with respect and appreciation. L adies9 E cum enical soup and salad supper to be held The Church of the N azarene w ill host the Ladies Ecumenical Soup and Salad Supper on Monday, April 24, beginning at 5:30 p.m. The event will take place in the St. P atrick's Church Parish Hall. The guest speaker this year will be P astor ■ C onnie Jo Y utzie from A rlin g to n . Pastor Yutzie is an ordained pastor in the Pastor Yutzie Church of the Nazarene. Her theme will be M ountains V alleys and Living in Reality. “For Eternity” will provide music. They are a t r i o from Yakima w h o have prefcmuJ not only around o u r area but also in India For Eternity and Ukraine. This event is open to all ladies in our area and we hope all will attend and enjoy the evening. For more information, contact Kathy Jones at 676-5529. R eb ek ah L od ge to hold bunko party Holly Rebekah Lodge will be hosting a Bunko party this Sunday, April 23 at the Odd Fellow Hall in Lexington. Play will start at 3 p.m. Fun. food and prizes will be provided. The cost is $5 per person and is open to the public. For further information please call LaRae Kindle at 676-5223. * jr / % * I / % 0 / % 4 % 0 0 h' N a tio n v M ulti pit . SCLER O SIS SOCIETY * lo all those w n o helped with the 2 0 0 6 I leppner M S Wall? THANK YOl le a rn s & I n d i v i d u a l Vtalhers A ll V o lu n te e r s L a st O r e g o n ia n • H e rm is to n H erald H e p p n e r G a z e t t e - T i m e s • I h e I im e s J o u r n a l D onors: C o l u m b i a B a s i n E le c tr ic W est C o a s t A u t o - H e r m i s t o n G re g s S leep C e n te r - H e rm is to n C reativ e Touch S alo n - H e rm isto n B u c b n u m ’s la v e r n - H e p p n e r H e p p n e r F a m ily P o o d s • H e p p n e r I.V. T h r iv e n t F in a n c ia l for L u th e ra n s M orrow C o u n ty H o m e H ealth N M S S - O reg o n C h a p te r S taff “April showers bring May flowers.” This would be true this year. One of the reasons M orrow C ounty was selected for the Oregon International Speedway was because we have 300 days of sun here, so by c u rren t calculations if we want any more rain the rest of 2(X)6, it must be close to some blue sky time. During each session about the speedw ay, we learn more facts. For those who have not attended, visit with someone who has or visit www.YESmcs.com to discover what this major motor sports racing complex w ill m ean to M orrow County and to our small communities. Say, “yes” to 100-200 full-tim e family wage jobs; 750 construction jobs for three years; and all the opportunities for new b u sin ess a ttra c te d to a destination speedway. Your C h am b er o f C om m erce believes it is a positive for Heppner, don’t you? W hat, you d o n 't want change? It has been proven over and over that change happens daily. We see it as we walk down the street. It is up to us to look aro u n d , think about the future of our young people, dream o p p o rtu n itie s for them and move forw ard toward positive change. In my mind, 1 always wanted to race in the Grand Prix. Do you suppose there’s an event for g ra n d m o th e rs? Just about every other kind of race will be offered at the O regon In te rn a tio n a l Speedw ay, in clu d in g amenities for young and old to experience. Visitors who want to stay awhile in 15,000 RV sites will want to venture on to Heppner, of course. I t’s about c re a tiv e and forward thinking to stimulate the economy and create jobs. Join us as we focus on all kinds o f possibilities and make them reality. T h o u g h t for the Week: “What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. P ersev ere.” - Ovid Oregon East Symphony to present M ahler’s Second Symphony T he O regon E ast Symphony is celebrating its 20lh season with the biggest musical project that has ever been done in Oregon east of the C ascad es: G u stav e Mahler’s Second Symphony with over 150 musicians on stage, conducted by Music Director Kenneth Woods. The concert will take place at the Vert Auditorium, 500 SW Dorion in Pendleton, at 3:15 p.m. Sunday, April 23. Tickets can be reserved at (541) 276-0320 for A dults/ $15 and S en io rs /$ 10. Student admission is free. N inety m u sician s will almost double the usual size of the orchestra and will be joined by a chorus of 70 singers, necessitating the construction of several new platforms to triple the size o f the stag e ex ten sio n . Almost half of the orchestra will be on the extension to provide enough room for the chorus. A ty p ical large symphony concert might have fo u r h o rn s, tw o trumpets, three trombones and a tuba. The Mahler calls for ten horns, six trumpets, four trombones and a tuba, and the woodwind section is also twice its normal size. T here w ill even be an offstage band playing the part o f m usicians in the distance, n ecessitating a video hook-up so that they can see conductor Woods. The local core of musicians will be joined by leading players from all over the Northwest, including the Spokane and O regon Sym phonies. As w ell, a trumpeter is coming from Illinois, and Woods’ wife, violinist Suzanne Casey, who soloed in the p rev io u s concert, will travel from their home in Cardiff, Wales. Soloists are Soprano Amy Paden and m ezzo- soprano Angela Nicderloh. Paden recently completed her master’s of music degree in vocal performance at the University of Washington, w here she stu d ied w ith V incent C ole. Her latest ro les w ere in w orks by Offenbach, Stravinsky and Mozart. She received her bachelor of arts from Lewis and Clark College and sang with the P ortland O pera Young Artists Program. A ngela N iederloh was a finalist in the 2000 M etro p o lita n O pera National Council Auditions and in 2004 won first place and audience favorite in the prestigious Eleanor Lieber A w ards. She recen tly completed her tenure as a m em ber o f the H ouston G rand O p era S tu d io , appearing in Verdi’s “ La Traviata” and “Falstaff.” In Portland, she has appeared in Handel’s “Messiah,” the B ern stein “ M ass” and Mahler's “Symphony No. 2” with the Oregon Symphony. About 20 years ago Gustave Mahler surpassed B eethoven as the m ost popular com poser in the world, with his music selling more recordings and concert tic k e ts than any o th er classical composer. They both p u b lish ed nine symphonies. He was also the greatest conductor of his time, leading orchestras in Vienna and New York. To read the conductor's words on this “ode to the resilience of the human spirit and testament to the pow er o f spiritual re d e m p tio n ,” go to www.oregoncastsyniphony.otg and scroll down on the home page to Mahler Journey. We Print Computer Forms Heppner G azette 676-9228 R e tire m e n t C e le b ra tio n (Suzanne J e p s e n b oard Chair; WCVAL Stargazing program set for and is currently H eppner The O regon T rail Library District is offering a starg az in g p ro g ram in Heppner to explore the night skies of eastern Oregon. The program will be offered for area residents at the Heppner H igh S chool lib rary on Saturday, April 29 at 7 p.m. T he starg az in g program is free and open to persons of all ages. It will be presented by Bob Duke, professional astronom er from A storia who w rites the m onthly “ S k y w a tc h ” astro n o m y column for the “Oregonian.” The program w ill start at the HHS library with an introductory session for about 45 minutes and will then m ove o u tsid e to observe the night sky. Duke will bring a portable observatory and several other telescopes for program attendees to use. He w ill also d e m o n strate how to effectively use the library d is tric t’s new A stroscan telescopes, how to locate hidden objects in the night sky, telescope basics and how to purchase one. H is pro g ram includes a collection of slides including co n stellatio n s. Duke will also demonstrate how to use a planisphere to identify constellations and will have these cardboard wheels available. D uke has tau g h t observational astronomy at Mt. Hood and C olum bia Gorge community colleges W illow C reek Sym phony to present Young P eop le’s concert M em bers o f the Willow Creek Symphony, under the baton of R. Lee Friese o f A thena who is M usic D ire c to r and C o n d u cto r o f In lan d Northwest Musicians, will make an educational and co n cert p resen tatio n for elem en tary stu d en ts and o th e rs at the E cho C om m unity B uilding on Thursday, April 20, 2006 at 10:30 am. S ch o o ls p articip atin g to date are U kiah, E cho, A .C. rX r-' sX r t H oughton o f Irrigon and lone. The program is a part of the Inland Northwest Musicians mission to bring fine music to the citizens of N o rth e a st O regon and Southeast Washington. Two such concerts are performed each seaso n by In lan d N o rth w e st M u sician s ensembles; one was given in Wallowa in January by the Wallowa Valley Orchestra. The event is sponsored in part by the City of Echo. HHS announces honor roll students H ep p n er J u n io r/ Senior High has announced their quarter 3 honor roll. Following is a list o f the honor roll students: Eddie Collins. 10lh Grade- Viktoria Koch 4.0, Whitney Mathews 4 .0 , Sean M urray 4.0, M egan O rr 4 .0 , B aillie 7, h Grade- Joseph Keithley, Luke Basile, Kate Armato 4.0, Justin Gutierrez K endrick, K elsey W olff, 4.0, Brett Harrison 4.0, Julia Jen n a B ow m an, Ignacio Meyer 4.0, Ian Murray 4.0, E lg u ezab al, K elsie Fox, Devin Robinson 4.0, Daisy Patricia Little and Taylor Victorio 4.0, Kolleen Chapa, Kempas. Lindsay Cutsforth, Donald 11th Grade- Regina M athew s, Kelsi Putm an, Seitz 4.0, Chesley Little, Taighler Dougherty, Willy Justin Delveaux, Chelsey Gentry and Sarah Kendrick. Foster, Lyndi Patton, Sarah 8, h Grade- Jordan Price, Kimberly Crumbliss, Hatfield 4.0, Keenan Jack C asey O ’N eal, A aron 4.0, Frank Meyer 4.0, Emily Allstott and Quinn Peck. T h om pson 4 .0 , L aci 12th Grade- Lynan Wagoner 4.0, Ashley Wolff Bingham 4.0, Katie Britt 4.0, 4.0, Lane Wright 4.0, Curtis Nichole Gibbs 4.0, Matthew Harper, Andrew Johnson, Kenny 4.0, Julianna Moore Christopher Lien, Brynna 4 .0 , L aurie M urray 4.0, Rust, Jared Huddleston, Erin K rystal N airns 4.0, Roy Price, Jessica Hughes, Kellee P ro cto r 4 .0 , B rittn ey Jones, Jodessa Chapa, Bryan Herbison, Amanda Davis, Holland and Brent Eckman. Heather Rill, Daniel Basile, 9, h Grade- Maggie Rory Kilkenny, Abby Key, Armato 4.0, Spencer Palmer Brenda Victorio, Amanda 4 .0 , S h erily n Peck 4.0, M iles, C olton H elfrecht, Jordan Shepherd 4.0, Grant M ikel Britt and Veronica Smith, Joseph Pranger, Luke Wilhelm. Young, Kathryn Moore and IMIlllllllMIIIIMimiimilllNMimillHIIIINIINtfNIINimillNIHIIHtlfllllHnilflllllllllllllimNnNIIIIItlMINIfllNNItlllimN TAYLOR S RESTAURANT IN IONS - Saturday, A pril 22nd - Thursday. April 27th. 6:30 p.m. at the Willow Creek Terrace BLACKJACK at 8 p.m. KARAOKE at 9 p.m. 'Everyone is invited to attend All S a i n t s F p i s c o p a l C h u r c h l o p e L u t h e r a n C h u r c h • \ a l h y l.u t lie r a n C h u r c l rjtf- working with the Colum bia Gorge Discovery Center to develop its educational astronomy p ro g ram s. He tra v e ls throughout the northw est b rin g in g astro n o m y e d u ca tio n to ru ral communities and schools. D uke’s program is b ro u g h t to H ep p n er by OTLD and the Libraries of Eastern Oregon (LEO). F o rty -fiv e p ublic libraries in eastern Oregon recently received telescopes and GPS units for patron c h ec k o u t from LEO. Funding for the equipment w as p ro v id e d to the nonprofit by the Swindells C haritable Trust and the O regon C o m m u n ity Foundation. The e q u ip m en t c o m p lem en ts reg io n al programs launched by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (O M SI) in partnership with LEO. The O M S1-LEO p artn ersh ip is called the STARS program- Science, T ech n o lo g y and R ural S tu d en ts- and su p p o rts d ista n ce e d u c a tio n , professional development of lib ra ria n s and te ac h e rs, d e liv e ry of v id eo conferencing programs to rural areas and lifelo n g learning for persons of all ages. For fu rth e r information, please contact Oregon Trail Library District director Marsha Richmond at 4 8 1 -3 3 6 5 or LEO ex ecu tiv e d ire c to ry Lyn Craig at (541) 763-2355. - TAYWR’S RSSTAURAHT • 4X1.9000 -
