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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 26, 2007 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow H eppner GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 240-420 Morrow County ’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner. Oregon under the Act o f March 3, 1879 Periodical postage paid at Heppner. Oregon Office at 188 W Willow Street telephone (541) 676-9228 Fax (541) 676-9211 I -mail editor« rapidserve net or david/a heppner net. Website: www. heppner net Postmaster 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 Das id Sykes.............................................................................................Publisher Autumn Morgan........................................................................................... Editor All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 pm . 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BMCC Boardman Cam pus to hold flaggers cer tification class Obituaries Ada Nadine Waddill Hunt A ■ • Ada Nadine Waddill Hunt died Friday, December 21, 2007. The funeral will be held Thursday, December 27, at 10 a.m. at St. Cecilia Catholic Church at 5 105 SW Franklin Ave. in Beaverton. A full obituary will appear in next week’s edition o f the Heppner Gazette-Times. C.B.E.C. director attends certification training C o lu m b ia B a sin Electric Cooperative Direc tor Roy Carlson o f Fossil recently attended several classes in his quest to be come a certified cooperative director under a program sponsored by the National Rural Electric Cooperatives A ssociation. Carlson was appointed as a Director of CBEC in January of 2007, and elected to the position at the annual m eeting in November. The class work re cently attended dealt with director roles and respon sibilities. The Certified Co- e -M Roy Carlson operative Director program involves up to four years o f co n tin u in g ed ucation coursework. Area snowmobile club plans play day The Four Comers Snowmobile Club invites all area snowmobilers to a play day to be held on Sunday, January 30. The event w ill be at Kelly Prairie, off o f the Heppner-Ukiah FS Road #53. “We have good snow now, and w e’re hoping to get more by January 30,” said Cliff Dougherty, club president. A warming fire should be lit by I0 a.m. with chili, hot dogs, and hot cocoa available about noon. A Poker Run is planned for those wishing to go a trail ride. Riders should plan on parking at Cutsforth Park, as the Coal Mine Hill road has been closed for the winter. “We expect to have a great turnout, if the weather holds,” added Mike Gorham, club secretary. Blue Mountain Community College in Boardman has scheduled a certified flagger’s class for Wednesday, January 16, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Class topics will include setting up the work zone, proper flagging techniques and other information pertinent to being a qualified flagger. Students must be 18 years of age and able to pass an open-book test at the completion o f the six hour class. Upon successful completion o f the class, students will receive a Certified Flagger Card valid in Oregon. Washington, Idaho and Montana. Students must register by January 7 so that supplies may be ordered. The cost of the class is $75 per person and all materials are included in the price of the class. Students may register online at www.bluecc.edu The Heppner Cham using the Student Wolfweb. The Course Identification is 009.05140. For assistance or further information, students ber o f Commerce w ill not should contact Anne Morter, Morrow County Coordinator, have the regular luncheon at 422-7040 or 481-2099. on Thursday, December 27. The next scheduled lun cheon will be January 3 and H eppner D aycare 28, beginning at 4 p.m. The will be held at the St. Pat's will hold a spaghetti feed cost is $5 and includes spa Senior Center. during the basketball tourna ghetti, rolls, salad, dessert ment on Friday, December and drinks. Chamber lun cheon canceled for this week Daycare to hold spaghetti feed Moisture meters available OSU Extension Service grow th. M oisture meters are available at electronics stores with digital readouts that tell the relative humid ity, or the amount o f mois ture in the air on an ongoing basis. The EPA recommends that indoor environments be kept between 30 and 50% relative humidity. “The key to mold control is moisture control,” says the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). High levels o f moisture in indoor air encourage mold growth which contributes to allergy and asthma out- Kami Combe's name was recently drawn as the winner of the giant stocking tilled with goodies from Devin Oil/ Heppner Shell Station. Ian Sweek presented the stocking to Kami, Kaden and Mariah Combe. -Photo by Autumn Morgan Couple arrested in forgery case On December 18 at about 8 :15 a.m., the Boardman Police Department, w ith the assistance o f the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office and the City o f Boardman animal control officer, executed a search warrant at 78539 Paul Smith Road located just outside the city limits. This search warrant was a part of an ongoing inves tigation o f persons forging U.S. currency and using this forged currency to make purchases from local merchants. A rrested at the residence were Wayne Bradley Schwabrow, 32, and Am ber Danielle Gomez, 20, Both were lodged at the Umatilla County Correctional Center for the crimes of forgery, criminal posses sion o f forged instruments and criminal possession o f a forgery device. Addition ally, Schwabrow was lodged for felon in possession of a restricted weapon and felon in possession o f a firearm. Additional ar rests will follow as evidence in this case breaks and is destructive to possessions and building materials. For more informa tion call the Morrow County Office o f OSU Extension Service at (541)676-9642. They can also supply copies o f a “Mold Control, Home Inspection C hecklist,” to help individuals determine the so u rces o f m o istu re in their home and steps to control it. This handout and additional m aterials Recently two guest are also available at http:// extension.oregonstate.edLi/ speakers, both Oregon State Police officers, spoke to stu fcd/m olds. dents in Beth Dickenson’s Freshm an C areers class about opportunities in law TAYLOR’S RESTAURANT IN IONE enforcement and the diverse pathways that can be chosen - NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY - within law enforcement. The speakers, Karl Open at 5 p.m. Farber and Dennis Wagner, N a z a re n e /S e v - Barbecue Pork Rib Special enth Day Adventist church are both part o f the East members will be serving ern Oregon division o f the DJ. from 9 p.m.-1 a.m. lunch on Thursday, De Bomb Squad. They spoke Breakfast served at 1 a.m. cember 27. The menu w ill about their experiences, how Party Favors include roast beef with they got to their present ca brown gravy, Yorkshire reer and why they love what and Champagne! pudding, copper pennies, they do. 0Celebrate With Us! “You may think that sliced peaches, hot rolls, the decisions you make right We will be and chocolate peanut but now as a 14 or 15 year old ter pie. closed New will have no effect on your Year's Day life, but truly- that is not the way life works," Karl told TAYLOR'S RESTAURANT • 4 2 2 -9 8 0 0 the students. “Decisions you make now can come back to have larger consequences than you realize.” The kids favorite part o f the presentation, We also have special financing: six months no interest, no payments on $1,500 other than trying on the or more of Case IH parts and service from Sept. 1, 2007 through Dec. 31, 2007 bomb suit, was w atching WE WILL BE CLOSED NEW YEAR'S DAY. HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY HOLIDAY! them blow up a PVC pipe Morrow County Grain Growers with the $160,000 robot that they brought along for Lexington 9 8 9 -8 2 2 1 • 1 -8 0 0 -4 5 2 -7 3 9 6 n r farm equipment. visit our web lit« at »«w men not “show and tell.” Moisture meters that check moisture in air, a pre dictor o f mold growth, are currently available for loan from the Morrow County Office o f OSU Extension Service located at 54173 Hwy 74 in Heppner. How do you know if there is too much moisture in your home or business? If moisture condenses on windows or toilets, the air smells musty, odors from cooking linger for hours, or a moisture meter indicates over 50% relative humidity, there could be enough mois ture present to allow mold Combe wins ultimate is further uncovered. Money forged in this case consisted o f $5, $ 10, $20, and $50 bills, which upon close examination, are easily identified as fakes. Merchants should be aware these types o f forged bills are often used to make change after a small purchase so the criminal gets legitimate bills in return. Merchants should caution their employees to screen all bills they take in and to be especially careful when their place o f business is very busy, criminals use this time to pass these forged bills in the hopes the cashier will be too busy to take the time to examine the money. Right now during the holidays a lot o f these types o f crimes take place. If you receive any money that does not look or feel right, do not hesitate to tell the person your not comfortable accepting it, and then notify your local police. OSP officers speak to students about law enforcement careers Senior Center Menu 1 0°/o OFF PARTS A N D LABOR through February, 2008 Top picture: Freshman Career students watch the remote screen via the four cameras on the robot that the officers brought along. Bottom picture: Nick Kempas tries on a bomb suit. 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