First Citizens named at Town & Country
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University o f Oregon
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VOL. 126
NO. 3
8 Pages
Wednesday, January 17,2007
The
H ep p n er
Chamber of Commerce held
th e ir annual Town and
C o u n try
B anquet
on
Thursday, January 11, at the
Elks Club.
A w ards
given
included: W oman o f the
Year. Man o f the Year,
C itiz e n -E d u c a to r o f the
Year, Youth R ecognition,
Business of the Year, and
L ifetim e A ch iev em en t
Award.
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
‘Little Angels making angels
’
Four-year old preschool students at Heppner Daycare Inc. take advantage of the snow to
make snow angels on Thursday, January 11. More snow pictures page 3.
3 new members sworn in to lone Council
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photo by Andrew Sykes
Left to right - Karen Padherg, Kathy Cates. Mayor Mark Bruno and Jeff Evnetich .
New council members council members Bob Ball. 2007 council.
were sworn in to the lone Jim Swanson, and Dennis
lone m ayor is Mark
City Council on Tuesday, Stefani.
B runo. The city c le rk /
The new members join recorder is Gayle Eynetich
January 9.
Kathy G ates, K aren co u n cil m em bers C raig and William Bergstrom is in
Padberg, and Jeff Eynetich Holland. Wayne Hams, and charge of city maintenance.
take the place of outgoing Dave Heagy to make up the
Stargazing program to he held at lone
A free starg azin g
program for persons of all
ages interested in exploring
the night sky will be held at
the public library in lone on
Wed., Jan. 31 at 6:30 p.m.
and led by astronomer Bob
Duke of Portland.
D uke w rites the
astronomy column for The
Oregonian and has taught
astronomy at the Goldendale
O b serv ato ry , C olum bia
Gorge Discovery Center and
v ario u s c o lle g es and
m useum s
a cro ss
the
N orthw est as well as for
cruise ship tours.
The program will
begin inside the library,
where Duke will give a 40
m inute slide show about
telescopes and stargazing,
including a demonstration of
how to use the Astroscan
telescope that is available for
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The Woman of the
Year is Arlynda Gates. Gates
supports numerous school
and community activities.
She is an active member of
the lone Booster Club. lone
Education Foundation, lone
Community Church's annual
auction, and is an American
Legion Auxiliary member.
She was treasurer of lone
Community Church for a
number of years. She helps
at the lone Fourth of July
fe stiv itie s, also helping
C huck N elson w ith the
"Blues Cruise” every year.
Gates also coordinates the
Booster Club concessions
for the two day basketball
tournament
that lone
School
has before
t
h
e
basketball
season
starts. She
was born
i
n
H eppner
and was
raised and
liv es in
lone. She
is married Woman of Year
to Tom Arlynda Gates
and has two children and
three grandchildren.
The Man of the Year
is Ken B ailey. B ailey
graduated from H eppner
High School in 1979 and
w ent to Blue M ountain
C om m unity
C ollege
obtaining a two-year diesel
mechanic degree in 1981. He
has worked with the County
Road Department. Pioneer
Implement and Van Arsdale
Construction. In 1983 he
went into business with his
brother-in-law, and has been
a logger. He and his wife
now ow n and o p erate a
construction business. Bailey
has been involved in many
com m unity im provem ent
projects including the rodeo
grounds and the high school
track. He
barbecues
for
the
h i g h
school
B o o s te r
C l u b
auction
dinner and
B o o s te r
C l u b
ta ilg a te
p a rtie s .
He also Man of Year
helps feed Ken Bailey
the ath le tic team s after
gam es. C urrently Bailey
serves as president of the
Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo and
has been on the rodeo board
for years. He has been a 4-H
leader for 12 years and he
and his wife were honored
as 4-H leaders of the year in
2004. He is a member of the
Odd Fellows and Elks. He
was instrumental in starting
the St. Patrick's moto cross
races and puts on the East
of Ditch Clam Feed with
Mike Proctor. He also serves
as the coach for the high
school wrestling program.
He is married to Kaedene
and has three ch ild ren :
M eghan is a sen io r and
Madison is a sophomore at
Eastern Oregon University,
and their son Lane is a junior
at Heppner High School.
Dave Fowler, a shop
teacher at Heppner High
School was named Citizen
Educator of the Year. Fowler
sta rte d a
Technokigy
S tu d e n ts
Association
C lub at
the high
school
and
is
active
w ith the
FFA. His
classes
h a v e
helped
w i t h
numerous Dave Fowler
p r o je c ts Citizen Educator
including storage sheds,
p icnic tab le, to y s, and
kitchen items.
The
Youth
R eco g n itio n Award was
given to
R
J
F a rre n s .
H
e
attends
aw arded
to
JoA nne
Burleson. She serves on the
Assisted Living Board of
Directors and is president of
the Heppner Garden Club.
She works with fellow club
members to help supply and
care for the summer hanging
baskets along Main and May
streets, and helps care for the
flo w ers d isp la y ed
at
Memorial Park and the floral
area su rro u n d in g the
Welcome to Heppner sign at
Heritage Plaza. Burleson is
also heavily involved with
projects involving care and
upkeep of the tennis court.
Each Christmas she chairs
the green's workshop where
approximately 60 Christmas
wreaths to be sold and help
o th ers m ake th eir ow n.
Proceeds from this project
go to help beautify the city
and for scholarships for our
youth. She also heads the
A m b assad o rs G re eters
committee that puts together
visitor
packets
a n d
d e liv e r s
them to
newcomers
in tow n.
She was
a l s o
r e c e n tly
elected to
the city
c o u n c il.
B urleson
a l s o
e n j o y s Achievement to
h e l p i n g JoAnne Burleson
w ith the St. P a tric k ’s
c e le b ra tio n by h elp in g
prepare the Irish Stew Feed
and assisting in organizing
the St. Patrick's Day parade.
The
H ep p n er
G arden C lub p ro v id ed
decorations. The Heppner
High School senior class
were servers for the evening.
Students from the Heppner
E lem en tary
School
presented a program led by
Joe Lindsey and Michelle
Stone.
H e p p n er
H i g h
School
where he
is
a
me mb e r
of
the
f oot bal 1
a n d
basketball
teams. He Youth
is
a Recognition
Award given to
me mb e r
of
the RJ Farrens
National Honor Society and
was the 2006 Social Studies
Student of the Year at the
high school. Farrens is also
president of the student body
at HHS. He also participates
in the Heppner Elementary
Colt basketball program, the
B ooster C lub A uction,
canned food drives, and is a
child mentor for Morrow
County Behavioral Health.
The 2006 Business
of the Year is Cornerstone
G allery. T h is b u sin ess
su p p o rts the C ham ber,
serves on the B oard o f
Directors, and volunteers for
v ario u s
c o m m ittees.
Cornerstone Gallery put on
two fishing derbies at Willow
C reek R eserv o ir w ith
p ro ceed s d e sig n ated to
m arket H eppner. T h eir
m otto is “Give people a
good experience and they
w ill
re m em b er!”
Cornerstone G allery puts
Heppner on the map in a
positive innovative way.
Alvin and Linda Crane Liu
run Cornerstone Gallery.
The
L ifetim e Alvin and Linda Crane Liu
A chievem ent Award was receive Business of the Year
for Cornerstone Gallery.
Morrow County Fair & Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Court was in
troduced at Town & Country Banquet. Left to Right are prin
cesses Becky Schiller, Makayla Anderson and Jessica Hamilton
and Queen Josie Miller.
Men’s breakfast to be held
A men's breakfast w ill be held Sunday. January' 21,
at 8 a.m. at the Christian Life Center. 535 W Morgan Street.
Christian Life Center. Heppner Christian Church and the
Nazarene Church will sponsor the breakfast. All men are
welcome to attend. A short devotional will be held after
the breakfast.
A t t h e M C G G G R E E N F E E D S T O R E in H e p p n e r :
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e a ch p a ir
Fieldmaster
MUCK
SHOES
$5 OFF
e a ch p a ir
The
Muckster
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242 W. Linden Way. Heppner • 676-9422 • 989-8221 (MCGG main office)