Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 7,2006 - FIVE
Cruise the Blues car club visits
Heppner
Cruise the Blues car club from Hood River, filled with Porches
and Corvettes, as well as other interesting vehicles, visited
Heppner on Friday, June 2.
Hunter Education Course to be
held
A Hunter Education
Course will be held June 20,
22, 27 and 29 from 6 to 9
p.m . at H eppner High
School, with a field day at
the Lexington Gun Club on
June 24 in the morning. Pre
registration is required and
a $10 fee w ill cover
materials.
All hunters under the
age of 18 must possess a
valid H unter E ducation
Completion Card in order to
hunt in the State of Oregon.
Instructors for the
course are Jim and Darlene
Marquardt. Register for the
course by contacting Jim at
(541) 969-8465 or area
coordinator Greg Barron at
(541) 922-4657.
U of I awards scholarships
The U niversity of
Idaho has o ffered 2640
potential new students more
than 5300 in d iv id u al
scholarship awards for the
2006-07 academ ic year.
T otaling m ore than $10
million in cash and tuition
w aivers, the aw ards are
given to stu d en ts to
acknowledge their academic
achievem ent, leadership,
interest and excellence in
particular fields and/or to
secure financial access to the
university.
Brian Lee Morter of
Heppner received an award.
Founded in 1889, the
University of Idaho is the
s ta te ’s fla g sh ip higher-
education institution and its
/
Condon 4th of July to host first
annual memorial BBQ cook-off
This y e ar’s 4th of
July in Condon will see a
new event. The 1st Annual
Allen H am ner M em orial
BBQ Cook-Off is set to take
place on West Gilliam Street
off Main Street on July 3-4,
2006. The local nonprofit
o rg an izatio n
C ondon
D o llars for S ch o lars is
providing volunteer help and
all proceeds from the Cook-
Off will go to support the
C ondon
D o llars
for
Scholar's mission to provide
co lleg e sch o la rsh ip s to
graduates of Condon High
School.
The C o o k -O ff is
named after the late Allen
Hamner, best known as the
p h arm acist at M u rra y ’s
Pharmacy for more than 30
years, who died of cancer in
late 2005. H am ner was
active in many community
organizations, including the
C ondon
C h am b er of
Commerce and the Condon
C ity C ouncil. H am n er’s
daughter and son-in-law.
Kim and Ryan O sitis of
Seattle. WA. have started the
Cook-off as a way to honor
A lle n ’s m em ory and his
commitment to the people of
Condon. "My family and 1
are so excited about the
Cook-Off because my dad
was committed to bringing
in new events and activities
to help boost C o n d o n ’s
economy. Nothing would
have made him happier than
to have an ev en t w here
everybody gets to eat great
food and help out the town
at the same time," says Kim
Ositis.
According to Ositis,
the goal in the first year of
the Cook-Off is to have a fun
and casual ev en t w here
hom e cooks have the
opportunity to show off their
favorite BBQ recipes to the
com m unity in a good-
natured co m p etitio n for
m ore than $700 in cash
prizes. In future years, the
organizers plan to apply to
be a sanctioned event of the
P acific N o rth w est BBQ
Association. As a sanctioned
event, the C ook-O ff will
attract teams from around
the Pacific Northwest who
compete on a region-wide
circuit of BBQ events.
Registration and set
up b eg in s at noon on
Monday, July 3 and all teams
must be registered by 6 p.m.
A m an d ato ry C o o k 's
Meeting takes place at 6 p.m.
to be followed by a Meat
In sp ectio n . Team s may
compete in one or all of the
fo llo w in g
c ate g o rie s:
chicken, pork ribs, b eef
b risk et and pork bu tt.
D ouble-blind judging for
these categories begins at
noon on Tuesday, July 4.
Keith Potter, executive chef
at Hotel Condon, has agreed
to be the Head Judge for the
event.
S p e c tato rs
are
encouraged to watch the
team s in action and
participate as a P eo p le’s
C hoice ju d g e . For $6,
People's Choice judges can
sample and vote for their
favorite team to win the
$ 100 People's Choice prize.
The P e o p le ’s C hoice
competition begins at noon
on Tuesday, July 4. Cook-
O ff w inners w ill be
announced that evening
during the program at the
community BBQ in the City
Park.
Pre-registration is
required. Spaces are limited.
The early bird entry fee is
$50 per team before June 15.
Pick up a registration packet
at Condon businesses or
o n lin e
at
www.condoncookoff.com.
For more information, visit
the Cook-Off website or call
Kim and Ryan Ositis at (206)
542-5300.
principal graduate education
and research university,
b rin g in g
insight and
innovation to the state, the
nation and the world. UTs
student population includes
first-g e n e ra tio n co lleg e
stu d en ts and e th n ically
diverse scholars. Its high
academic performers include
34 National Merit Scholars
and a 2005-06 freshm an
class with an average high
school grade point average
of 3.42. Offering 106 degree
options in nine colleges, UI
combines the strengths of a
large university with the
On Saturday, June 10, the H eppner U nited
intimacy of small learning
Methodist women will once again hold their annual Indoor
communities.
Yard Sale. The sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the
For in fo rm atio n ,
basement of the Heppner Methodist Church. There will he
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lots of bargains, but no early sales.
In previous years, there has been an excellent
selection
of gently used goods, including kitchen and
Heritage Land Co. Realtor
household items as well as a good selection of tools, which
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are expected again this year as every church member has
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been finding items to donate. There also will be many
miscellaneous items that are too numerous to mention.
$219,000 Heppner
Money from this sale is used from youth programs,
Restaurant/Bar - Main Street location,
repairs and refurbishment of the manse, as well as other
seats 50, meeting room, full bar with
church needs that are not in the budget. The UMW ladies
lottery, turn key, includes most furnish
really appreciate all the support that is received from the
ings and equipment
community.
For the best choices, be sure to plan on being at the
church when the doors open at 9 a.m.
$125,000 Heppner
Heppner United Methodist women
to hold annual indoor yard sale
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with basement and in-law apartment
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Central heat and air on a se
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Sixth graders wrap up Rome
project
Examples of mosaics made by sixth grade students study ing about
Rome.
Mtcrn*:
Students in sixth grade completed a unit on Rome
by making mosaics. The art was done by tearing little pieces
of paper to complete their design. Students also enjoyed a
Roman feast, sampling various foods the Romans usually
ate, while in a reclined position.
22 students receive Troedson
grants
awarded from a fund provided
The
selection
committee for the Carl W.
Troedson Educational Fund
has awarded grants-in-aid in
the amount of $ 1 (XX) each to
the following Morrow County
high school seniors for the
2006-2007 school year:
H eppner
High
School: Daniel Basile. Mikel
Britt. Kyle Carlson. Matthew
Kenny, Laurie Murray. Kry stal
Naims. Roy Proctor, Heather
Rill. H eather Yocom and
Matthew Van Cleave.
lone High School:
Tyler Brown. Ashly Grams,
Jennifer Griffith. Amy Jepsen
and Kelly Thompson.
R iverside
High
School: Curtis Darrow, Jace
Jones, Kry stal Kegler, Ruben
Mendoza, Aubhree Padilla,
Christina Sautto and Melinda
Ybarra.
These grants are
by the Last Will and Testament
of Mr. Troedson, a prominent
wheat rancher of the lone
area.
These students will be
eligible to apply for renewal
of their grants in the following
years o f th eir college or
training programs provided
that they m aintain good
academic standing during their
first year of post high school
study.
The
selection
committee consists of the
M orrow C ounty School
District Superintendent, the
Pastor of the Valby Lutheran
C hurch and the M orrow
County Judge, as specified in
Mr. Troedson’s will.
Award
of
the
Troedson
grants
was
announced at the recipients'
respective high school
graduation ceremonies.
OCA to hold conference and
trade show
The
O regon
C attlem en 's A ssociation
(OCA) will hold their Mid-
Year Conference and Trade
Show on June 22-24. 2006
at the G rant C ounty
Fairgrounds in John Day.
Events will be kicked
off with a golf scramble at
the John Day Golf Club at 1
p.m. on June 22. OCA Allied
Industries will be hosting this
event and a BBQ dinner
Thursday evening. OCA
meetings will begin at 8 a.m.
on
June
23.
OCA
com m ittees will d iscu ss
issues surrounding ODA
brand
fee
in creases,
p roposed
le g islativ e
concepts, public land grazing
law su its, BLM grazing
regulations, water rights and
w olves. Speakers during
Friday’s session will include
Umatilla County Sheriff John
Trumbo, EPA District 10
A d m in istra to r M ichael
Bogcrt and Tim Sundles.
O regon
S tate
U n iv ersity
P ro fe sso r
Emeritus Dean Frischknecht
will be the speaker during the
Friday evening banquet,
w hich w ill also be a
celeb ratio n o f the G rant
C ounty Stock G ro w e r's
100-year anniversary. Dr.
Don
H ansen,
State
Veterinarian and other ODA
personnel will be present. On
June 24. OCA
w ill
reconvene their meeting at 8
a.m. and conclude business
by 11 a.m.
For
m ore
information on attending the
meeting, contact the OCA
office at (503) 361-8941 or
visit www.orcattle.com.
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