Dinner at the Cemetery ‘dram -edy’
planned for Saturday
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HEPPNER
Judge H.J. Bean (aka Cliff Green) dues not have time to put up with harassment from Penelope
Pruitt, the Temperance Lady (aka Janet Greenup). He has many cases to settle in “*Murder and
Moonshine", the play to be presented this Saturday, June 16, at the Heppner Masonic Cemetery.
The dram-edy begins at 6:30 p.m.. Tickets are $10 and available at the Chamber Office, Bank of
Eastern Oregon and Murray Drug.
School board learns Sam Boardman fire
damages to exceed $3 million, cleanup,
McNamee were reelected to
repairs underway
their positions on the board.
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VOL. 126
NO. 24
12 Pages
Wednesday, June 13,2007
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
H ES fourth graders enjoy fossil beds field trip
Heppner Elementary School fourth graders in Sue Gibbs’ class experienced a practice
paleontology dig at the John Day Fossil Beds visitor’s center. The students visited the center as
a field trip.
Sixth annual pie baking contest set Friday
The sixth annual
“C elebrate H eppner” pie
baking contest will be held
this Friday, June 15. The pies
w ill be au ctio n ed off
beginning at 6 p.m. at the
Heppner City Park.
The contest is open
to the public and cash prizes
will be given to the top three
pies selected by the Chamber
o f C om m erce panel o f
judges.
Anyone interested in
entering a pie in the contest
Heppner talent show, free
barbecue June 15
In conjunction with the “Celebrate Heppner” festivities,
the Heppner talent show will be held in the Heppner City
Park Friday, June 15, starting at 6 p.m. following the free
hamburger barbecue which gets underway at 5:30 p.m. The
barbecue is put on by the Bank of Eastern Oregon.
Everyone is invited to “sing a song, do a dance,
perform an act, show off your pet’s talents, read a poem or
tell some jokes." The talent show has four entry categories:
ages five and younger, six-12 years old, 13-17 years old
and 18 and over. Talent acts will be interspersed with the
pie auction.
Entry forms for the talent show may be picked up
at and returned to the Heppner Chamber of Commerce.
should pick up entry forms
at the Heppner Chamber.
Pies should be taken to
John’s Place restaurant on
M ain S treet in H eppner
before noon on June 15.
Judging will take place at 2
p.m.
All entries become
the property of the Chamber
o f C om m erce to be
auctioned off as a fundraiser
for the Chamber.
Criteria for judging
include: A ppearance-40
p o in ts; T aste/F lav o r-4 0
points; Texture-10 points;
and C rust-10 points. Bonus
points may be awarded for
“extrem e c re ativ ity and
beauty” , said a Cham ber
spokesperson.
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The Morrow County
School District Board, at
their Monday night meeting
at the d istric t o ffice in
Lexington, heard a report
c o n cern in g
the
fire
restoration project for Sam
B oardm an E lem entary,
following the school's library
fire on May 21. MCSD
S u p e rin ten d e n t
M ark
Burrows told the board that
damages from the fire will
exceed $3 million and clean­
up and repairs are estimated
to take around 80 days.
The fire, w hich
started around 4 a.m. May
21, caused damage to the
lib rary , a work room ,
classro o m s, as w ell as
structural dam age to the
building from the heat. Due
to the extent of the damage
district officials closed SBE
10 days early. The majority
of work is expected to be
completed in time for school
to open as scheduled.
The fire, believed to
have been started by a
heating unit near the library
and work room, burned hot
and got up into the building's
attic, according to MCSD
officials, forcing fire fighters
from
B oardm an
and
Hermiston to cut a hole in
the school’s roof to fight the
flam es and release the
smoke, said district officials.
The damage to the
school was “significant,”
with around 20 percent of
the school damaged by fire
and more than 50 percent
dam aged by w ater and
smoke.
A fire restoration
crew is already in the process
of repairing the damage. In
som e cases, how ever,
co n ten t item s w ill be
replaced if it is determined
that it would not be cost
efficient to clean or repair
them.
Burrows said that
Brett Cook, building official
for the city of Boardman and
the
M orrow
C ounty
Planning Department, has
been “wonderful" to work
with as he determines what
is required to meet code
d u ring
rep airs
and
restoration.
Also at the meeting
Dan Daltoso was sworn in
as board member. Daltoso
\\
was elected in the recent
school board election to
replace Ken Matlack, who
declined to run for another
term . In cu m b en ts C raig
Miles, Bill Kuhn and Pat
B urrow s
has
reassig n ed
som e
administrative staff and hired
new sta ff fo llo w in g the
resignations of four district
continued page 3
Celebrate Historic
Heppner this Friday
and Saturday, June 15-
16
The weekend is chock full of activities with the
annual “Celebrate Heppner: festivities underway. Activities
include a downtown merchants’ sidewalk sale, a pie contest
and auction, dunk tank, a free barbecue in the city park put
on by the Bank of Eastern Oregon, a talent show, the historic
‘Dinner at the Cemetery', fiddlers, a small dog race and
lots of activities for kids.
Friday’s activities include: Sidewalk Sale - all day,
downtown Heppner; Tricycle Race for three to five year
olds, 10a.m., Heppner City Park; Chalk Drawing all ages,
10 a.m. to 1p.m.; Egg Race for six to 10 year olds, 10:30
a.m., Heppner City Park; Hot Dog eating contest all ages,
11:30 a.m., City Park; Dunk Tank noon to 2 p.m.. City
Park; Small Dog Races, 2 p.m.. City Park; free hamburger
and hot dog barbecue, 5 p.m. City Park; Pie Auction, 6
p.m. City Park; Talent Show, 7 p.m., City Park.
S a tu r d a y ’s e v e n ts in c lu d e : D inner at the
Cemetery, historic production and dinner, 6:30 p.m.,
Heppner Masonic Cemetery; Blue Mountain Old Time
Fiddlers, 8 p.m., City Park
Celebrate H istoric H eppner
Schedule ol Events
Friday, June 15th
A ll Day- S id e w a lk Sales
10:00 a.m. - Tri-Cycle Races for 3-5 year olds
at City Park
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Chalk drawing for all
ages at City Park
10:30 a.m. - Egg Races for 6-10 year olds at
City Park
11:30 a.m. - Hot Dog Eating Contest for all
ages at City Park
12:00 - 2:00 p.m. Dunk Tank at City Park
2:0 0 p.m . - Sm all Dos R a ce s a t C ity P a rk
5:00 p.m. - Barbecue in the Park (City Park)
6:00 p.m. - Pie Auction
7:00 p.m. - Talent Show at City Park
Saturday, June 16th
6:3 0 p.m . D inner a t the C em etery: "M u rd e r
a n d M o o n sh in e"
8:00 p.m. Blue Mountain Old Time Fiddlers at
City Park
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