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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 31,2006 Dr. Barretta places fourth in Spray half-marathon St. Patrick’s Senior Center news Chamber Chatter Chicken chow mien with vegetables, steam ed rice, fruit cup and fortune cookies are on the menu for the June 7 noon m eal gathering from 11:3() a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the senior cen ter. H ope-V alby L u th eran c h u rc h e s are providing the volunteers for the day. Ray R andall, b rother-in-law o f M arge S p an g ler, p rovided entertainm ent during the May 24 meal. He treated the group to “ o ld ie s and goodies” like "Springtime in the Rockies,” "Let the Rest of the World Go By” and “Home on the Range;” then for his encore piece, he was joined by Flossie Watkins, Keith Brudevold, Vi Oliver, Barbara Struthers, Walter May and Betty McDonald to treat guests to a rousing “ You Are My Sunshine.” R andall w as here from Montana for a few days to visit Spangler. His singing was a parting gift to the whole community. Sunday, May 28, beginning at 12:30 p.m., is the M em orial w eekend event. Dinner serving begins at 1 p.m. Cost is $6 for adults and $3 for children six and under. Families with visiting relatives and all members of the community are invited. The crew o f v o lu n teer assistants, chaired by Jack Melligan are ready to great each one. Barbara Struthers is our honored resident this w eek. She and her late husband. Ralph, were among the first residents o f St. P a tric k ’s ap artm en t co m plex. They began residing at the apartments in 1989. Barbara was born in a log cabin in Wyoming, on her grandfather’s homestead in 1921. She was the first born of six children. When she was six, the family left to settle in the oilfields of Casper, WY. She attended a one-room school at Rocky Point. Her grandmother was the teacher, who also lived in the school. They had a kerosene cook stove and kerosene lights. They were a musical family- her father was a fiddler and her mother a pianist. Barbara graduated from Vale High School at age 15. She and R alph moved to Heppner in 1985. He had worked for the state highway department. They were married for 62 years at the tim e o f his death in October 2001. They had two children, a daughter, Evelyn McKinney, who has three children and a son, Ed, who has four children and lives in Heppner. Barbara has 16 great-grandchildren. B arbara en jo y s painting and watercolors. In a d d itio n , she has done considerable volunteer work through the years- serving as a member of the board of the N eighborh o o d C en ter; assisting for six years with a second grade reading class; giving unnumbered hours to the senior center; and in 1998, she was presented w ith the L ifetim e A chievem ent Award for community service by the Chamber of Commerce. She is also an active m em ber o f St. P a tric k ’s Catholic Church. She enjoys living here in Heppner. "The people are friendly and help one another,” said Barbara. Births__ Zane Jam es Acock- a son. Zane James, was bom May 23, 2006 at G ood Shepherd Medical Center in H erm iston to R honda Wilhelm and Zachary Acock of Boardman. By Claudia Hughes, Exec. Dir. As those of you who have read this column over the years have com e to realize, not very many days in the Chamber office (or in my life, for that matter) are routine. In a way though, no matter what we do, there is some routine and sometimes a m em ory m aking ex p erien c e tak es us by surprise. Such was the case at the H ep p n er O regon Rugged Country meeting last week where people from Mi l t on -F re e water, H erm isto n , P en d leto n , Lexington, Boardman and Heppner gathered to plan m arketing strategies and e v en ts for The B ite o f Oregon. All m et at A lvin Liu’s Cornerstone Gallery for their drink of choice and then moved to the Bank of Eastern Oregon conference room until lunch. Rain caused the picnic invitation by Liu to move to Plan B, a catered luncheon by Liu and crew at Lynda Crane's. This was no ordinary lunch mind you. Meeting attendees were escorted into the dining table by two good-looking young gentlemen and were seated at a candlelit, linen covered table. Cloth napkins in a napkin ring graced by a live flower, decorated the plates. Starters were crackers, dip and a raspberry lime punch in beautiful goblets. The presentation of lunch (one could hardly call it lunch) left all in awe as they gazed down at grilled pineapple, lemongrass rice, barbequed pork with red curry coconut sauce, balsamic salad, secret in g re d ie n t g arlic bread, am b ro sia and p ick led asparagus. Attendees conversed about the w o n d erfu l, complimentary meal and a v ariety o f to p ics from Oregon’s bounty, to frogs. IO N E C O M M U N IT Y C H U R C H 44th Annual Auction & Barbecue The T radition Co^tl^vues Date: Saturday, June 3,2006 Location: The Willows Grange Hall Country Store & Silent Auction begin at 10 a.m. ■*Y. w aterm elon, rodeo, wine and leprechauns. Liu shared stories ranging from his first impression of Heppner to being perm anently bow - legged from his introductory three-hour horseback ride in Morrow County. As people laughed, raved about the dining experience, met the “family” who catered and got to know each other, dessert arrived in the form of straw b erry ch ee sec ak e , tiramisu cake and coffee. All were treated royally... city managers, motel managers, chamber directors, economic development folks and tour planners. Guaranteed, they will remember Heppner. Moral of this story is: don’t avoid meetings; you never know what you might miss. Secondly, this is just one type of experience that leaves people talking about a community to everyone they meet. I’ve heard that sometimes an overnight stay at N o rth w estern M otel in clu d es a b re a k fast comparable to the “lunch.” Just an example of some of the things Heppner has the opportunity to offer. Guests thrive with special treatment and unexpected surprises. What a delight. Additional Heppner guests, members of a Hood R iv er c ar clu b , w ill be visiting Heppner on June 2 and dining at John’s Place. It will be fun to view their vehicles and give them a Heppner welcome. It also never hurts to point out opportunities available to encourage them to return here or move here and start their own business in one of Heppner’s ideal locations. T hough for the Week: “If you dream it. you can make it happen.” Litter pick up improves look of Heppner highways May 25 the Chamber of Commerce carried out an Adopt-A-Highway/ODOT litter pick up project along the state highways through town. Six volunteers were able to do the pick up in an hour's time due to the efforts o f the b u sin esses and residents along the route. The volunteers were Teri Baker, Gail Arbogast, John Edm undson, Denis Lein, Becky Weseman and Kim Houweling. Cooperators for the project included the City of Heppner, which provided orange vests, Heppner T.V. and the Heppner Gazette- T im es, w hich p ro v id ed p u b lic serv ice announcem ents and Stop Oregon Litter and Vandalism (SOLV), which provided litter bags for the businesses and re sid e n ts along the highways. As a result o f the combined effort of everyone who helped, Heppner looked good for the Memorial Day weekend. I)r. Ed Berretta as he crossed the finish line at the Eastern Oregon Half-Marathon in Spray on Saturday, May 27. Dr. Barretta was fourth to cross the finish line, with a time of 1 hour 37 minutes 40 seconds. Photo by Jannie Allen. A group of kids from lone also ran during Spray’s Half- Marathon. I Back Row E-R): Rebecca Jepsen, Paul Neiffer, Eric Jepsen, Amy Jepsen. Jeff Hunt and Adam Neiffer; (Front Row L-R): Jacob N eiffer, S tephanie H olland and Julianna VandenBrink. Photo by Jannie Allen. Red Hatters to meet, compete and eat On Wednesday, June 7, all Red and Pink Hat m em bers and those who would like to join are invited to bring a brown bag lunch to the city park adjacent to the library at noon. To be a Red Hat member you must be 50 years old or older. Linder 50 is a pink hat m em ber. Prior to eating lunch, there will be a table decorating contest. Members who plan to attend should form teams of three or four people as soon as possible. If you are not sure who is a member, or you want to be put on the list to become a member, call Sally W alker, Pat Edmundson, Phyllis Piper or Julie Saling (Pfeiffer) for more information. O nce you have a team, get together, put on your "thinking camps” and plan c re a tiv e , fun and original ways to decorate your table. Then on June 7, bring all the items you plan to use to decorate and you will be assigned a table. Tables will be judged for creativity, originality and eye appeal. Let your imagination run wild. Tables w ill be judged while everyone is eating. If the w eath er is inclement that day, the lunch and co m p etitio n w ill be m oved to the H eppner United M ethodist Church basement. Come one, come all and have a great time with your friends and neighbors. Morrow County in top ten list of agriculture producers T w en ty -n in e of O re g o n 's 36 co u n ties rep o rted an in crease in agricultural sales last year according to prelim inary statistics released this spring by Oregon State University. The latest figures underscore the importance of agriculture to both the local and state econom y. O reg o n ’s total agricultural sales figures for 2005 are up ab o u t five percent at $4.1 billion with several counties recording double digit increases this past year. O nce ag ain , the diversity of agriculture in Oregon resulted in winners and losers among various commodities. The mixed bag of results continues to tweak the rank order of counties when it comes to 2005 gross farm and ranch sales. Still, the top ten list contains the sam e nam es. M orrow County placed seventh at $233.3 million. This was a nine percent increase from last year. Rebekah I^odge cancels June party, ends for season Due to area graduations and the lone A uction, H olly R ebekah Lodge will not be holding their card party on June 3. Lodge members appreciate all who attended the parties this year and look forward to seeing everyone back in October. AN A M E R IC A N R E V O LU TIO N Auction begins at 10:30 a.m. Pit Barbecue Beef Dinner at 12:30 p.m. FOR 60 YEARS, WE HAVE SUPPORTED THE COMMUNITIES WE DO BUSINESS IN. 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