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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 30,2007 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner G AZETTE-TIM ES U S PS 240-420 Morrow County's Home-Owned Weekly New spaper Published weekl) and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner. Oregon under the Act of March 3. 1879 Periodical postage paid at Heppner. Oregon Office at 188 W Willow Street Telephone 1 5 4 1 I 676-9228 Fax (5 4 1 1 676-92 ll fc- mail editor(f1 rapidserve netordavid9heppner.net Wehsite: www.heppner.net. Post master send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, PO. Box 337, Heppner. Oregon 97836 Subscriptions: $26 in Morrow County; $20 senior rate (in Morrow County only: 62 years or older): $32 elsewhere; $26 student subscriptions. David S y k e s.................................................................................................... Publisher Autumn M organ.................................................................................................. Editor All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. For Advertising: advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Cost for a display ad is $4.90 per column inch. Cost for classified ad is 50c per word. Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to 100 words. Cost for a classified display ad is $5.50 per column inch. For Public/Legal Notices: public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Oates for publi cation must be specified. Affidavits must be required at the time of submission. Affidavits require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be specified if required). 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On the HEPPNER WEHSITE: wyiM.heppner.net • Start or Change a Subscription • Place a Classified Ad • Submit a News Story • View Real Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! Birth Announcement Essay and artwork contest held O regon and M orrow County family and Community Education members (formerly know as Home Extension or H om em akers) jo in e d the members across the nation in sponsoring an essay and artwork contest for fourth grade students. This contest is held annually and this year the them e was Trustworthiness, one of the Six Pillars of Character. This year's first place w inner was Macy G ibbs. H onorable M entions were D anielle M cCorkle, Makenzi Hughes, and Eriq Thompson. Trustworthiness By Macy Gibbs I think trustworthiness is like saying that I will be there on time and being responsible. You do what is right. You’ll stay focused. Trust is saying that I can - 4 IT T _Î — Î3S4& >.X A. o V / .• jjs u ___ ! This was the winning drawing hy Macy Gihhs. trust you if I gave you $5. Will T hat is what 1 think you pay it back? To keep a trustworthiness is. 1 can trust my promise. I can trust my friends friends and family, and family. Boardman Tillicum presents music in the parks On Monday nights during the sum m er, free outdoor concerts will be held at the Boardman and Irrigon Marina Parks. The evenings will consist of entertainment and food along the Columbia River. This y e a r’s event organizers, the Boardman Tillicum Club and Donna Eppenbach of Irrigon, have arranged for a variety o f entertainers, beginning with sin g e r/so n g w rite r Tony Graham in Boardman on M onday, June 11. Concessions provided by the Boardman Tillicum Club and the Irrigon Booster Club will also be available O ther entertainers scheduled are the Bram Brata Steel Drum Band, the Sidew alk Stom pers D ixieland Jazz B and, guitarist Doug Diamond , sin g er Shanon W ahner, Saxophone Man Ted V anderford, sin g e r/ sto ry te lle r Joe L indsay, award-winning fiddle player Dan Emert, the Hot Shot Tap Dancers, classic rock by Tony M adrigal, and 98% Angels. Be sure to check the program schedules posted in each community for exact performance dates. Music in the Parks co n ce rt series is made p o ssib le by g rants from M orrow C ounty U nified R ec reatio n D istrict and Portland General Electric. This free concert series will run through Monday, August 13, alternating each Monday betw een B oardm an and Irrigon Marina Parks. All shows begin at 7 p.m. For more information, contact the Boardman Chamber of Commerce at 481-3014. Creative Arts & Crafts to hold raffle M orrow C ounty Creative Arts & Crafts will hold a raffle to benefit the group in som e o f th e ir projects. The painting was done by Gail Elliott and given to the group by Laurie Barrows. Tickets will be available at Heppner Days during the BBQ. Tickets will also be available at the Bank of Eastern Oregon and at the fair. M orrow C ounty Creative Arts & Crafts brings in artists for classes and prom otes arts and crafts. Two classes are now in the process of being organized, one in oil painting by well known artist Robert Walton (our mural painter), and the other one by Joyce Anderson in w aterco lo r. She is a college teacher from Walla Walla. All funds will benefit the arts. Heppner Garden Club news The H eppner Garden Club will be meeting M orrow C ounty at JoAnne Burleson's at 7 M akaylah L atrice District Circuit Court has p.m. on June 4 at 655 Hagar C a m p b e ll - D erek and released the follow ing Street. New officers will be Nicola Campbell announce report: elected at this im portant -David Greg Durfey, the birth o f a daughter, meeting. Makaylah Latrice Campbell, 39, Pendleton and Kathleen T he H eppner at Bremerton Naval Hospital Ann Durfey, 35, Irrigon have G arden C lub had a in Bremerton, WA. At birth filed for divorce. successful plant exchange in she weighed six pounds, 12 conjunction with the high ounces, and was 20.5 inches school plant sale. The in length. Garden Club has provided Oregon Association of ESDs Conference coming to Pendleton in 2009 She joins a brother, plantings for the Assisted Cameron. For the first time and other promotional items, Service Districts’ convention officials and their families Living Center as well as the G ran d p aren ts are ever, the Oregon Association including inform ation on in Pendleton will give our from around the state, but mini parks within the city. state-w id e it's also a great opportunity Kelly and Debra Campbell of o f E du catio n S erv ice various activities, tours and com m unity lone and Joe and Hazel Districts (OAESD) will hold attractions in Pendleton, exposure,” Meunier said. “It to highlight Pendleton and Jepsen receives Fauloskv of Bremerton. WA. its annual conference in courtesy of the Pendleton is a real ho n o r that our Eastern Oregon. Chamber of Commerce. region was selected as the “This is really an chemistry award Pendleton in 2009. Birth for the 2009 exciting opportunity for the The OAESD’s board site A1 Meunier, interim su p erin ten d en t o f the o f directors obliged and convention. The Umatilla- Umatilla-Morrow ESD, as at CWU Announcement J o c e ly n M a rie Umatilla-Morrow Education agreed to come to Pendleton Morrow ESD will join other w ell as the city o f Amy Jep sen , a W a g e n b la st - Sara and Service District (UMESD) in 2009. The conference will Eastern Oregon ESDs in P e n d le to n ,” said C asey freshm an at C en tral the state White, UMESD Director of D avid W agenblast o f petitioned the OAESD at its lik ely be held at the hosting Washington University in C om m unity R elatio n s. Spokane, WA announce the 2007 conference over this P endleton Red L ion, in convention.” E llen sb u rg , WA, was N ot only is the “We’ll also be able to show birth o f th e ir daughter, past weekend in Redmond to co o rd in a tio n w ith the UMESD, which will help co n feren ce a great others from around the state recen tly honored at the co n sid e r allo w in g the Jocelyn Marie Wagenblast, ch em istry d e p a rtm e n t’s how h o sp itab le on Monday, May 21, 2007, U M ESD to host the plan the event with other opportunity for the UMESD ju s t annual barbeque by being and other Eastern Oregon Pendleton can be and how at Holy Family Hospital in conference in Pendleton in Eastern Oregon ESDs. aw arded the CRC Press “Having the Oregon ESD s to show case much the city - and Eastern Spokane. At birth she the future. M eunier took O u tstan d in g Freshm an weighed seven pounds, 14 pamphlets about Pendleton, A ssociation of Education them selves to other ESD Oregon - has to offer.” C hem istry A chievem ent ounces, and was 2 1 Vi inches 94th annual Morrow County Fair Award. lone grad to compete NWAACC in length. Each y ear the information Grand parents are track and field championship The 94lh annual Morrow County Fair, “Showin' & general chemistry instructors Jan and Paul M achtolf of Kelly Thompson, a 2006 graduate of lone High Ropin’ in Morrow County” and the 85lh Oregon Trail Pro at CW U c o lla b o ra te to Spokane and Vicki and Steve identify the top student in the W agenblast o f Spokane. School and the 2006 1A state champion in the 400 meters Rodeo will be held August 17 and 18, and the Morrow year long 15 credit general Great-grandparents are Ann is competing in track and field for Lane Community College County Rodeo will be held on August 19th. le ctu re/lab The Premium Books will be available soon with c h em istry and Tom M ach to lf o f in Eugene. Thompson will finish his season this weekend sequence of classes. Spokane, Lee Wagenblast of at the NWAACC (Northwest Athletic Association of each of the following departm ents having their full Jepsen was selected H erm iston, and Fran Community Colleges) Track and Field Championship, held information in the book: booths, livestock, commercial as the top scholar out of crops, fruits and vegetables, flowers, clothing, needlework, Bardenhagen of The Dalles. at Mount Hood Community College. some 140 chemistry students Thompson is entered in four events including the quilts/comforters, canning, foods, arts, creative writing, who are fin ish in g the 200 meters, 400 meters, 4 x 100 meter relay and 4 x 400 photography, crafts, kids, superkids, and juniors, along with Marriage sequence. Chemistry Dept. meter relay. He comes into the competition with the fourth all the 4-H/FFA information needed. C h air Dr. M artha K urtz Licenses For more information contact Ren’ee at the Fair best time in the NWACC in the 400 meters at 49.45. The presented Jepsen with the The County Clerk's Lane long relay team is ranked second in the conference Office 676-9474. 87,h E dition o f the CRC O ffice at the M orrow w ith a best time of 3:20.58 and their short relay is third in The Fair Board would like to emphasize youth and Handbook of Chemistry and C ounty C ou rth o u se in 42.62. encourage all to participate. Physics as part of her award. H eppner released the Remember to start saving those kids art and craft Thompson has improved all of his personal bests Jep sen , a m usic following marriage license this season, recording an 11.41 in the 100 meters, a 22.73 items. Finish your craft and sew ing projects. Take major at CWU, is taking information: photographs and write poems. Don't forget about canning, in the 200 meters and 49.45 in the 400 meters. -R oy Sam uel baking and art items. Gardeners and horticulturist remember chem istry as part o f the re q u ire m e n ts to earn a to enter your fruits, vegetables and flowers. Thurston, 62, Heppner and Justice Court Report Connie Elaine Delay, 54, 52” X 45” spots are available for community second degree in the health Judge Charlotte Gray. Heppner Justice Court, has Heppner. o rg an izatio n s w ishing to en ter the fair this year. care field. released the following report: -Tony Allen Fox, 38, Reservations need to be made by August 4lh. -Albert L. Kindle, 57, Heppner, Failure to use Heppner and Ronda Kay Open Class livestock must be registered by Friday, DA’s Report seatbelt, $76 fine. Helfreeht, 44, Heppner. July 20lh. M orrow C ounty District Attorney Elizabeth Ballard has released the following report: I ' -Mr £ . 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