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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 3,2006 - FIVE Chamber Chatter By Claudia Hughes, Exec. Dir. May. How could that p o ssib ly be? T h e re ’s a website that lets you know how m any days until Christmas and St. Patrick’s Day. 1 won't be visiting it; time would go even faster and 1 might hyperventilate in the process. It’s beautiful in the Willow Creek Valley and everyw here in O re g o n ’s Rugged Country with wild flowers popping up, streams running, green budding out and the retu rn o f w arm su n sh in e. V isitors have begun to take spring drives. T hey com e through the Chamber door praising our tow n, w anting to return, some want to move here from E lgin, P rin e v ille , Vancouver, WA and Pasco, WA. If we could just get them to open a business. Change is happening and we need to have some Town Hall meetings to think c re a tiv e ly about opportunities for Heppner and what we can do to keep it vital and alive. W here there's a will, there’s a way. Share your thoughts with us on this. Are you flexible, are you c re a tiv e , are you forward thinking, are you w illin g to see H eppner change, are you spending dollars at home, are you th in k in g of future g e n e ra tio n s? Som e businesses are expanding; this change is good. New ideas are being tossed around from a them e community to the pros and cons o f a bedroom community. O f course jobs are needed and many are w orking on th is, as are people in hundreds of other small towns around the state. We don’t just sit and wait, we diversify. We are tough enough. A frien d from Phoenix visited last week. When she was here three years ago, we gave three women on a bird watching excursion the bunkhouse to spend the night in. They were total strangers in need o f beds. She still h a d n ’t gotten over the shock of that story, when this time we sent our car to Prineville with a couple whose vehicle had quit on H ighw ay 74 last Sunday. It's eastern Oregon after all. It’s been a week and they keep touching bases as they wait for it to be fixed. My frien d , being from Phoenix and maybe paying too much attention to the media fear factor, thought we had lost our minds. It’s no fun to live in fear, one needs to trust and think positive thoughts. Whatever will be will be, as we do our best to live by the Golden Rule: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” The three women sent us a wonderful bird book and an invitation to stay with any o f them in Spokane, Edm onds or Gig H arbor anytime. We trust our car will be back in our driveway one day soon. In the m eantim e, H eppner is a great place to call home. T hou g h t for the Week: "What you put in your mind stays there, fill it with good thoughts.” St. Patrick’s Senior Center news St. P atrick’s Senior Center resident, “Chance.” Pork roast, baked potato, green beans with bacon and onion, w hole wheat rolls, cake and ice cream is the menu for the May 10 noon meal at St. P a tric k 's S enior C enter. W illow C reek B aptist Church volunteers are hosts of the day. Marge Spangler is a new volunteer at the center o ffice , on T uesday afternoon. She replaces Eve Ironhawk who has become a m em ber o f the re lie f p erso n n el. R ita Van Schoiack has moved from the community. R egard in g last w e ek ’s re sid en t introduction: Did you guess who 1 am? My nam e is “C h a n c e .” My m om m y, K athy T urner, c a lls me “Pound Puppy,” because I was ad o p ted from the Humane Society. We have traveled many miles to come to Heppner. I enjoy meeting new people. I am a cocker spaniel. My mommy walks me and my sister, Sam, every day (twice) and she always carries a doggie bag so we don’t leave a mess behind. No one likes to step in that- not even us. T han k s for w elcom ing us. Do say, “Hello.” Give me a chance. Oxarc and Norco provide FFA student support Students receive awards for poster contest Smokey Bear Poster Contest winners: l Back Row): Teacher Cara (I.-R): Jason Thomas, Norco (Pendleton), Harold Mattox, Oxarc Osmin and Heppner Carden Club president JoAnne Burleson: (Hermiston), Jay Tracy, Oxarc (Pendleton), Sam Ramey, Norco )Fr()nt Row L_R>. j,._ Joe Schmidt. 2"d- Jason Kendrick, 3rd- Ross (Pendleton) and Stacey Feik, Norco (LaGrande). Cutsforth and Honorable Mention- Makenzi Hughes. Two local area com panies have provided numerous dollars and man hours to assist the FFA pro g ram in the Blue Mountain FFA District for m any years. O xarc and Norco, two welding supply companies that service much of eastern Oregon were on hand during the district FFA shop sk ills co n test in Pendleton last week. The FFA district is comprised of FFA chapters from Condon, H erm isto n , P en d leto n , M ilton-Freewater, Athena Weston, Irrigon. Stanfield and Pilot Rock. Both of these companies have been long time supporters and proponents o f agriculture e d u catio n and have v o lu n ta rily in v o lv ed th em selv es in the ag m ech an ics area o f the program. Both companies bring sales representatives to help ju d g e qnd host the c o n te s t(s ), su p p lie s for particular areas like plasma cutting and oxy-acetylene welding in addition to prizes awarded to top individual students in each events. “The am ount o f dollars donated by Norco and Oxarc is tremendous and the support is remarkable,” said FFA advisor, Erin H eidem an from Condon. "We couldn’t provide these opportunities for students without their help.” FFA is the largest youth organization in the world w ho’s mission is to p ro v id e stu d en ts w ith premier leadership, personal growth and career success th ro u g h a g ric u ltu ra l education If you would like more information about FFA and the o p p o rtu n itie s it provides students log onto www.oregonffa.com. Woodsy Owl Poster Contest winners: (Back Row): Teacher Cara Osmin and Heppner Garden Club president JoAnne Burleson; (Front Row L-R): l sl- Allie Allen. 2nd- Maty Gibbs, 3rd- Maddie Lindsay and Honorable Mention- Kelley Wilson. The O regon State Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc., gave certificates of cash aw ards for the yearly Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl poster competition. The fo llow ing th ird grad ers received $15 for first place, $10 for second, $5 for third and a c e rtific a te for honorable mention. The winners were: Sm okey B ear- I s'- Joe “T his ev en t is specifically for the kids," said ODFW D istrict Fish Biologist Tim Bailey. “We want to encourage children Terry McElligott, a as they learn to fish, and 1976 graduate of lone High hope they enjoy an activity that can provide lifelong School, was recently named Teacher of the Year by the recreation.” Anglers 13 years of members of the Classroom age and under can fish for Law Project and awarded a free. A juvenile l.cense is check for $1000. The required for anglers 14-17 P ro ject is a n o n p ro fit years of age. All state fishing program in O regon that re g u la tio n s co n tin u e to w orks with teachers and students in kindergarten apply. The pond is located through 12th grade to teach at Cutsforth County Park, 22 civics, government and law miles southeast of Heppner through partnerships with on Willow Creek Road (Blue the legal, b u sin ess and com m unity. Mountain Scenic By-Way). ed u catio n For m ore McElligott was honored for information contact Betty her d ed icatio n to her Gray with Morrow County students and democracy. Public Works at 989-9500 or Marilyn Cover, the director Bailey at ODFW’s Pendleton o f the C lassroom Law P ro ject, in tro d u ced office at (541 >276-2344. McElligott at a Legal Citizen dinner April 11. M c E l l i g o t t ’s accom plishm ents include involvement with the We the People curriculum the past 10 years; We the People h earin g s she started at C hehalem Valley that became a model for middle Youth fishing event scheduled for Cutsforth Pond Oregon Department of Fish and W ildlife and Morrow County Parks today announced a youth fishing event May 6 at Cutsforth Park F ishing Pond near Heppner. ODFW will stock 650 trout in the pond for the e v en t, in clu d in g som e trophy-sized fish as part of the Youth A ngling Enhancement Program now in its third year. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Prizes will be awarded to the angler catching the biggest fish in age groups six and under, 7 to 9, 10 to 12 and 13 to 14. Volunteers from the Elks Lodge of Heppner will be serving the kids hot dogs and h am burgers. ODFW will provide young anglers with loaner rods and reels, bait and tackle, and volunteers will be available to help the kids clean and care for their catch. Schm idt, 2 nd- Jason K endrick, 3rd- R oss Cutsforth and H onorable Mention- Makenzi Hughes; and Woodsy Owl- l sl- Allie Allen, 2nd- Macy Gibbs, 3rd- M addie L indsay and Honorable Mention- Kelley Wilson. Allie Allen was sent on to regional for further awards. Terry McElligott honored as Teacher of the Year Leadership... For A Change! schools across the nation: her students’ success in the Project Citizen portfolios at state and n atio n al competitions; and her state and national mentoring for the Project Citizen and We the People Institutes in the summer. M cElligott is an eighth grade social students and language arts teacher at Chehalem Valley M iddle School in Newberg. M c E l l i g o t t ’s classro o m p ro je c ts are featured in the recen tly published Holt. Rinehart and Winston textbooks “Civics in P ractice: P rin cip les of G overnm ent and E co n o m ics.” The text d escrib es tw o P roject Citizens projects done by students in M cE llig o tt's class. M cE llig o tt. the daughter of L.J. and the late M aryan M cE lligott. will travel to Russia this fall for the Eisenhower People to People A m b assad o r program. Join Us for a Mexican Buffet on Chco de Mayo (May 5th] from 5 8 p.m. ALL YOU CAN EAT! ‘Mattier* D a y Sunday, ‘May 14tfi - JOHN’S PLACE - m f 1: am running for Governor to provide leadership for Oregon's future - to change the way state government operates," -Ron Saxton M.iin Street. 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