SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 24,2007
Irish road bowling date set Two Ag
Irish Road Bowling weekend events. Last year
will return to Heppner on St. was their first encounter with scholarships
Pat’s weekend this year, so road bowling, as it was for
adults up to the challenge, the other players, and as available
Irish or not, are encouraged
to join the fun on Sunday,
March 18, at 1:30 p.m.
T hough
road
bowling has been a sport in
Ireland for centuries, last
year brought the sport to
Heppner for the first time.
Tim Daly, w ho was raised on
Little Butter Creek and now
lives in w estern Oregon,
suggested the sport to the St.
Pat's committee, supporting
what two members of that
committee had been thinking
for quite a while. Daly had
seen the sport played while
in Ireland and knew it would
be a fun-filled addition to the
Wee Bit O ' Ireland
celebration. He was so sure,
he donated the “bowls” (iron
balls) used in the sport and
cam e from P o rtlan d to
participate last year.
A trophy displayed
in City Hall is topped by a
bowl and is etched with the
nam e o f the first y e a r's
w inning p la y ers from
Redmond, Oregon: Kirk
and Lottie Holcomb come
virtually every year for the
annual celebration and are
oftentimes participants as
well as spectators at the
soon as the p rizes were
awarded, they and their two
other team members, Kirk's
daughter Keri and husband
Jero d
L opez,
w ere
la u g h in g ly
“ p lan n in g
strategy for next year.” A
second winning team’s name
will be added to the trophy
this March and each year for
years to come, the St. Pat’s
committee hopes.
M ore inform ation
will appear in future editions
of the Gazette Times, and
information on road bowling
is available on the Internet.
Teams will consist of at least
two and up to four members,
who take turns tossing the
“bow l” (sm all, iron ball)
through a course of one to
two miles of city streets and/
or country roads.
The team
that
reaches the finish line with
the fewest tosses wins the
prize money, bragging rights,
and the honor of having their
team ’s name on the trophy.
Each participant will
$5 to play, and the winning
team will receive half of the
total purse, with the other
half going to the St. Pat’s
fund.
Education achievement
standards forums to be held
The
O regon
Department of Education
will host “Making Sense of
the Achievement Standards”
as part of a series of seven
reg io n al
m eetings
th ro u g h o u t the state to
present recom m endations
from the D ecem ber 2006
S tan d ard s S etting Panel
meeting.
Achievement levels
(“ cut sco re” ) for test in
reading, math, science and
E nglish
L anguage
P ro ficien cy A ssessm ent
(ELPA) will be presented
with examples of test items.
Participants will be
asked to respond to the
recommendations. Results
of participant responses and
comments will be reported
to the S tate B oard o f
E ducation befo re the
standards are adopted in
March.
Educators, parents,
and com m unity/business
members are encouraged to
attend. Registration is not
required, but is requested to
en su re that ad eq u ate
meeting space and materials
are available.
Meetings will be held
in the following locations:
Monday, January 29,
at 4 p.m. - Umatilla-Morrow
Education Service District
(U M E S D ), L o d g ep o le-
Ponderosa meeting room,
2001 S.W. Nye A ve.,
Pendleton
Monday, January 29,
at 7 p.m . - H erm iston
School District Office, board
m eeting room , 341 N.E.
Third St., Hermiston.
To register for either
lo c atio n , log onto the
O regon D ep artm en t o f
E d u c a tio n ’s Web site at
http://www.ode.state.or.us/
news/events/.
For
m ore
information contact Barbara
W olfe at the O D E at
barbara.wolfe@ state.or.us,
or K acie M oss for the
Pendleton forum (541) 966-
3220, or Kathy Rankin for
the Hermiston forum (541)
667-6010.
The
O regon
A g ric u ltu ra l E d u catio n
F o u n d atio n
(O A EF)
announces the availability of
two scholarships for Oregon
high school g rad u ates
attending a junior college or
a fo u r-y e a r co lle g e or
university in Oregon, with
plans to pursue a career in
the agriculture industry.
The O regon Farm
B ureau
M em orial
Scholarship is open to new
and continuing full-tim e
students, who are pursuing
an agriculture-related major.
Two scholarship winners will
receive S1,500 and there will
be a number of $1,000 and
$750 aw ard re c ip ie n ts,
d ep en d in g on a v ailab le
funds. (Typically, eight to 10
students are honored each
year.) It is possible to reapply
for the scholarship annually.
The W illam ette
V alley Ag A sso c ia tio n
Scholarship is available to
full-time students who are
c o lle g e -le v e l ju n io rs or
higher, and are pursing an
agriculture-related major. A
num ber
of
$1,000
scholarships will be given,
d ep en d in g on av ailab le
funds.
A
c u rren t
application must be used
w hen ap p ly in g fo r the
Academic Year 07-08. The
deadline is April 1.
Both ap p licatio n s
are available online at http:/
/www.oregonfb.org (under
the “ P ro g ram s” m enu -
“ O regon
A g ricu ltu ral
Education Foundation” -
“Farm Bureau M em orial
S c h o la rsh ip ” )
or
by
contacting Betty Brose at
(503) 399-1701, ext. 327, or
e-mail betty@oregonfb.org.
The goal o f the
OAEF scholarships is to:
“ S upport stu d en ts that
would have a positive impact
on production agriculture
and o th e r a g ric u ltu ra l-
related fields.”
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Sub junior - Austin
Harris, 12.
A nnie O ak ley s -
Childers winning one, and
Schlicting and G oodhead
each winning two.
The next gun club
shoot will be held Sunday,
Jan. 28 at noon.
Yo S u n d a e s
Y o M o c h a s
Yo L a tte s
Yo s n
Y o
a k e s
flo a ts
It is tim e to take
dow n the tree lig h ts on
H e p p n e r’s M ain S treet.
Lights need to be removed
by the week of January 29.
Lights can be brought to the
Chamber in a bag with your
name on it and will be stored
for next year if you do not
wish to store them yourself.
HOT SOUP FOR
COLP PAYS!
£oup and Two
Breads+icks for <3
Monday: Baked Potato
TRY OUR NEW FROZEN NON-FAT
YOGURT TREATS!
Tuesday: Chicken and Dumplings
Wednesday: Clam Chowder
Thursday: C ooks Choice
N E W LIN ES O F
M A D E IN O R E G O N PR O D U C TS!
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' ^ M B B T n / M ade in Oregon Jams & jellies
Lots of Valentine’s Day Items!
V a l e n t i n e ’s Day is
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Pictured are: kneeling (L-R) Zach McCarl, Kylie Van Arsdale, Erin Price, Kellee Jones, Joshua
Gaines, and Forrest Reed. Middle Row (L-R) Lane Wight, Brandon Garcia, Tomas Elguezahal,
Jessica Hughes, and Chris Lien. Back Row (L-R) Andre Rauch, Frank Meyer, Brent Eckman,
Torri Lovgren, VVacy Coil, Jordan Hatfield, and Mrs. Collins. Not pictured are Lacie Wagoner
and Catherine McElligott.
The
H ep p n er
G arden C lub, under the
d ire c tio n
o f JoA nne
B u rleso n , a ssisted in
sponsoring 18 local students
from Heppner High School
in the National Garden Club
2006-2007 H igh School
Essay Contest.
The topic this year
was Preserve the W orlds
D e licate T apestry. The
minimum length of the essay
was 500 words.
The students were
sco red
on
c o n ten t,
composition and manuscript,
w ith e m p h asis on the
rainforest, rivers, oceans, or
the atmosphere.
All 18 entries attend
M rs. C o llin s 9 ,h grade
English class. Out of the 18,
three placed in the top four
Friday Cream o f B roccoli w/Cheddar
(Two different soups per day)
W e H a v e N ov je w e lry
Lots o f N e w
Products
C o m in g Soon!
217 North Main, Heppner
Phone 676-9158
Floral 676-9426
spots statewide. Winners will
be recognized at the State
Garden Club Convention in
June in Eugene.
First place w inner
was a junior who attends
Lincoln High in Portland.
Second place was
Lacie Wagoner, third place
was Erin Price, and fourth
place was Lane Wight.
Heppner Christian Church to host seminar
Heppner C hristian
Church will hold a free five-
hour sem in ar S aturday,
January 27, at 1 p.m. The
seminar will be led by Lee
Turner and is based on a
rev ealin g e x p o sitio n of
Ezekiel Chapters 38 and 39.
P rin ted n o tes w ill be
a v ailab le
fo r
every
participant. Refreshm ents
will be served at the halfway
point.
The Bible gives great
insight about that ‘final w ar’
between Islam and the West.
The wars in Afghanistan, in
Iraq and in Somalia are only
the prelude to a much wider
all-out war. In the March 20,
2006 issue of U.S. News &
World Report, the editor,
M o rtim er B. Z u kerm an
wrote that “just a few days
b efo re the P a le stin ia n
election, Ahmadinejad met
Mashal and Hamas;' another
leader-in-exile, Musa Abu
Marzuk, in Damascus, along
with the leaders of nine other
Syria-based terrorist groups.
The Palestinian conflict, they
concluded, will become a
‘focal point of the final w ar’
betw een Islam and the
West.’
T u rn er sp en t 15
years in Pakistan and left
only because he lost his Visa.
He and his son took a six-
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Clerk
released the following report
of marriage licenses issued:
-January 1 6 - Ralph
W illiam
D eboer, 58,
L ex in g to n , and Burul
Bakishevna U razova, 41,
Lexington.
Morrow County Gun Club news Time to take
down lights
The Morrow County
G un C lub rep o rts the
following results for their
last shoot:
S in g les -
Je ff
C u tsfo rth ,
24;
Dick
G oodhead, 23; H arvey
C h ild e rs, 23; and M ark
Schlicting, 22.
Three HHS students place in top
four in Garden Club essay contest
by Doris Brosnan
D ecem b er was a
wintry whirlwind of activity
at Willow Creek Terrace,
and January does not appear
to be much less busy, which
is just fine with the residents
and staff who view visitors
and activities as mainstays to
life on the Hill.
R esidents enjoyed
their participation in the
H eppner C ham ber’s Tree
Auction, enjoyed viewing
the towns’ Christmas-lights
displays, and watched the
light parade. The Terrace’s
dining room was the hub of
a c tiv ity
th ro u g h o u t
December, as visitors and
several groups of carolers
sh ared th e ir jo y for the
Christm as season, helped
d eco rate c o o k ies, and
enjoyed Christmas and New
Year’s Eve dinners with the
re sid e n ts. M ayor D ave
DeMayo and his wife, Neva,
jo in e d the re sid e n ts in
“decking the halls” for the
season and returned for the
wonderful prime-rib dinner
on Christmas. Crab was the
main fare at the table as 2006
was ending.
Of
c o u rse,
D ecem ber also included
some “snuggly" moments
reminiscent of wintry days
gone by, like the hot
chocolate and cookies after
one outing and the “pajama
d a y ” a few days b efo re
Christmas.
Wintry weather has
continued in January, making
the T errace a w elcom e
refuge from the cold, and
celebrations and activities
have co n tin u ed to bring
variety beyond the scheduled
ev en ts each w eek. The
F risb ee Toss a ttra c te d
several resid en ts during
morning exercises on the
12lh. On the I7lh, a fitting
tribute to Ben F ranklin's
b irth d ay and one o f his
scientific discoveries was a
c an d le lig h t dinner. This
followed a tribute earlier that
day: c o o k ies baked and
delivered by staff to the
maintenance workers on the
hill and in H eppner, for
keeping the icy roads to the
Terrace so well graveled.
Hat Day on the I9lh resulted
in a profusion of styles and
colors, as residents and staff
sashayed and went about
their routines in their best
looking headgear. The vast
variety in clu d ed French
beret, stocking cap, beanie
with propeller, visor, derby,
and baseball cap. Always
welcome at the Terrace, the
Fiddlers returned for a jam
session on the 2 1'1, and the
local Book Worms returned
for their monthly meeting
w ith th eir tw o resid en t-
members. Mary Goheen and
Sylvia McDaniel, on the 23"1.
Such good fortune for them
that they met on what was
also Pie Day! Young, local
month tour o f the Middle
East on their way out of
Pakistan. They visited every
Middle East country except
Iraq. He had a church in
Philadelphia for 9 years and
has 5 churches started in
Pakistan.
On Sunday, January
28, Lee w ill be doing a
serm on e n title d “ New
Horizons For The Mission
C o m m ittee. How The
Heppner Church Can Have
Influence For God Around
The World.” Sunday School
starts and 9:45 and church
services start at 11:00 a.m.
at H ep p n er C h ristia n
Church.
Rural Oregon
Day to be held in
Salem
Rural Oregon Day
w ill be held M onday,
February 12, at the Oregon
S tate C ap ital B u ild in g ,
G a lleria
in
Salem .
Legislators will be available
for
m eetin g s
by
appointment.
For
m ore
information contact Chris
M arko, O regon R ural
Development Council, and
RAC at 503-228-1780 or
email to cmarko@rcac.org.
Career Showcase
to be held
The C areer Show
case will be held at the
Pendleton Convention Cen
ter on Wednesday, February
14. N early 1,300 eighth
g rad e
stu d en ts
from
U m atilla, M orrow and
Gilliam counties will attend,
along with around 50 booths
highlighting various career
paths. Leadership students
from Pilot Rcx'k will assist
throughout the day.
The annual event is
sponsored by the Umatilla-
Morrow ESD.
Morrow County
Road Committee
to meet
A special Morrow
C ounty Road C om m ittee
m eetin g w ill be held
Wednesday, January 24. at
the School District Office in
Lexington at 7 p.m.
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