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.
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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.
We w ill sin c e re ly a p p re c ia te y o u r b u s in e ss
a n d w ill a lw a y s be a v a ila b le to ta k e ca re o j yo u a fter th e sale.
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