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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 11,2007 - NINE Where will the pink flamingos show up next? Pink llamingos decorate the front of Tom and Karen Wolff’s house on Kock Street. Recipients of the flamingos must pay a minimum of $5 to have them removed, hut may pick their next destination. The flamingos are a fundraiser by the Heppner Chamber of Commerce to raise money for new speakers on Main Street. -Photos by Autumn Morgan Mr. Bill’s Traveling Trivia contest to be held Mr. Bill’s Traveling Trivia is back! The trivia contest will be held Saturday. April 28, at 7 p.m. at the Heppner Elks Lodge. Proceeds will go to the Heppner Daycare/ Preschool. Teams may consist of up to six players and will compete in categories such as sports and leisure, music, TV, movies, history, geography, science, nature, and children's trivia. The entry fee is $ 120 per team. Door prizes will be featured throughout the evening. Second and third place teams will win special prizes and the team placing last will win a consolation prize. The winning team will receive special prizes, bragging rights, their picture in the newspaper, and their w in on “Mr. Bill’s” website. Entry forms and fees must be turned in to Heppner Daycare/Preschool at 330 NW Gale Street or the Heppner branch of the Bank of Eastern Oregon by April 23. For more information call Tiffany at 676-5988 or Cari at 676- 8001. For practice questions go to www.mrbillstrivia.com. Holly Rebekah Lodge news Holly Rebekah Lodge has been busy the last few months. They have w elcom ed four new members: Diann Nagels, Yung N elson, Marlene Pointer, and Dwyla Yocom. For fundraisers they have held their monthly card parties, sold lunches to the Old Time Fiddlers and plans are currently underway for a yard sale. For community service the Lodge sold raffle tickets to raise funds for Emma Gray Clemens who has Cystic Fibrosis. They are now saving can pull-tabs for the Kidney Association. Anyone who would like to Catch of the day Jimmcr Lankford and Cliff Lankford show off their catch of the day. .linimer Lankford caught a 26” trout and Cliff Lankford caught a small mouth bass out of “No Name" Creek in the Heppner area. Willow Creek Symphony and Singers to perform The Willow Creek Symphony and Singers will present a spring concert on Sunday, April 15. at 4 p.m. at the Heppner Elementary School gym. Joining them for the concert will be the Wallowa Valley Orchestra. The combined orchestras and choir number over 70 musicians from throughout Morrow, Um atilla, and Grant counties, including 24 youth and adults from South Morrow County. The two orchestras will perform several pieces together, including music from the movie, “Pirates of the Caribbean,” “Russian S ailor’s D ance,” and Dvorak's “New World Symphony." The Singers will perform a variety of songs including "Au Clair de La Lune,” Mozart's “Alleluia,” Red Hat Society Tea and “Sweet Caroline” by Neil Diamond, performed along with the orchestra. The orchestras and singers are conducted by R. Lee Friese from Athena, along with three assistant conductors, including Karl Blaeuer. music teacher at the lone Community School. A dm ission is free, and refreshments will be served follow ing the concert. help by saving pull-tabs can call one of the members to arrange to pick them up. This will be an ongoing project. Members traveled to M ilton Freewater for instillation of officers on April 1. Officers for 2007- 2008 are Nobel Grand, Dorothy Jackson; Vice Grand, Edie Papineau; Secretary. Marlene Gray; and Treasurer, LaRae Kindle. Anyone wanting more information about the Lodge and/or is interested in joining can call one of the officers. HHS/HJHS April schedule April 12 - Golf at home; softball at home; 6- parent meeting eighth grade celebration April 13 - Golf at Wildhorse; track at Union; JrH track at Moro April 14-Softball at home; baseball at home April 15 - G olf fundraiser at Willow Creek at 9 a.m. April 16 - JV baseball at home; 7- play “Radium Girls” April 17 - Golf at home; baseball at Wasco; track at home April 18 - Wildlife Management to Portland April 19-Softball at Echo; Wildlife Management to Portland April 20 - Golf at Condon; JrH track at Pendleton; JV baseball at Condon April 21 - Track at Moro; softball at home; baseball at Pilot Rock Cardinal Booster Club meets Cardinal Booster Club met Monday, April 2, at the school library. President Lynn Dee Ramos reported on the weight room project. A new site for the project may need to be selected due to FEMA guidelines. Jerry Gentry and Brett Cook are working with Ramos on the club's options. The framed motivational posters the club purchased have been put up in the high school hallway. Dean Robinson is writing an article with more information regarding the lone High School Hall of Fame. It will be on the school website under Booster Club. The Hall of Fame application is already available at that site. It was suggested the club have a web page on the school site. Robinson will check with the tech class teacher to see if the students could create the page. The club voted to provide the speech team with $200 to attend the state competition. Robinson expressed concern over the price of officials at the basketball tournament. Several fund raising ideas were suggested to offset the cost. Club members expressed appreciation to Debbie Morgan for notifying people and collecting money for the district basketball ad. The next meeting of Cardinal Booster Club will be Monday, May 7, at 7 p.m. in the school library. Morrow County District Attorney Elizabeth Ballard has released the following report: -Jose Joel Ramirez Jr, 30, was convicted of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, a class C felony - one year suspended drivers license, 18 months supervised probation, 90 sanction units with 30 jail units, 80 hours of community service, other numerous conditions, $923 in fines, fees, and assessments. -Jose Joel Ramirez, 21, was convicted of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, a class C felony, and was convicted of recklessly endangering another person, a class A misdemeanor - one year suspended drivers license, 18 months supervised probation, 24 months bench probation, 90 sanction units with 30 jail units. 180 days in jail with 150 days suspended, 120 hours of community service, $2056 in fines, fees, and assessments. -G om ez Ernesto Vargas, 24, was convicted of improper use o f an emergency reporting system, a class A misdemeanor- 180 days in jail with 180 days suspended, 24 months bench probation, 40 hours of community service, $266 in fines, fees, and assessments. DA’s Report HES lists its April schedule April 12 - District math contest at ACH April 16 Kindergarten Roundup from noon to 4 p.m. in the gym April 18 - Joint Community Education Committee Meeting at 7 p.m. at Sam Boardman April 27 - Writing Festival MC Health Department lists its April schedule April 12 - Heppner Clinic 8:30 to 4:30 (closed 1MJ, , April 16 - Boardman Clinic 8:30 to 4:30 (closed 12:30-1) April 1 7 -Boardman Clinic 8:30 to 4:30 (closed 12:30-1) April 19 - Heppner Clinic 8:30 to 4:30 (closed Irrigon opens Clinic 8:30 April 23 - Boardman (closed skate park 12:30-1)April to 24 4:30 - Boardman 12 - 1 ) The City of Irrigon will hold a Grand Opening for the city skate park on Saturday, April 14, at noon. There will be refreshments, professional skaters, and the band Clay W heels will perform. Clinic 8:30 to 4:30 (closed 12:30-1) April 26 - Heppner Clinic 8:30 to 4:30 (closed 12 - 1 ) April 30 - Boardman Clinic 8:30 to 4:30 (closed 12:30 - 1 ) Heppner Ag program to host plant sale Pictured clockwise from bottom right are Tim Hauer. Dennis Kennv. Aftan Betsinger. Tony Haguewood. Kylie Doherty, and Cyde Coil. The Red Hat Society held a Red Hat l«u on Thursday April 5, at Janette Padberg’s house. Pictured are some of the members that attended. I l Students in Beth Dickenson’s Horticulture/ Wildlife Management class are working on the identi fication of 33+ varieties of flowers being grown in their greenhouse during a quiz. The students in volved in the course have been busy this year rebuild ing the greenhouse, as well as growing thousands of plants that are going to be sold at the Heppner Ag Pro gram's first, hopefully annu al. plant sale. The sale will be open to the public May 9 and 10 from 3 to 6 p.m. and May 11 and 12 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. There are many variet ies of plants for the home, garden and any place in bc- tween, including vegeta bles. hanging baskets (de signed by the students), petunias, marigolds, lobe lia. portulaca, begonias, geraniums, and impatiens. Pansies are available now. For more informa tion, contact Beth Dicken son at 676-9138. exten sion 2542. I