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Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 26, 2007 - THREE Greenhands initiated into Heppner FFA FFA and Garden Club create holiday decorations The Heppner FFA initiated Greenhands into their Chapter on Monday, December 17, at the high school. Congratulations to (back row L-K) Kellee Jones, Spencer Palmer, Donald Matthews, Lane Wright, Frank Meyer, Willy Gentry, Mo, Alex Pickles, Patty Little, (front row L-R) Justin Yocom, Jared Hedman, Devin Robinson, Brett Harrison, Chelsey Hedman, Taighler Dougherty, and Haley Petit. Not pictured: Jake Van Doom, Jarreid Miller, Torri Lovgren, and Eddie Ramirez. Applications being accepted for OSU Master Gardener Training Applications are cur rently being accepted for the 2008 OSU Master Gardener Training which will be of fered in Hermiston at the Hermiston Agriculture Re search and Extension Cen ter (HAREC). The classes, which begin January 16, will be on Wednesdays for a total o f eight weeks. Classes go from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with a break for lunch. The class fee is $95 which in cludes the course textbook, “ S ustainable G ardening: The O regon-W ashington M aster G ard en er H an d book” (a $30 value). C la s s e s wi l l be Santa arrives early taught by OSU extension agents, specialists, and local experts. The program offers a basic, practical course in plant science and horticul ture. F o r an a p p l i - catio n packet and a d d i tional information contact OSU Extension Service at 541-278-5403. The applica tion deadline is January 4, 2008. Application materials are also available on-line at http://extension.oregonstate. ed u/um atilla/m aster gar- dener/mghomepage.php Recently, the Heppner High School Horticulture class worked with the Heppner Garden Club to create w reaths, swags and holiday decorations. The class learned a lot from the wisdom of the ladies and gentlemen of the Garden Club and look forward to working with them in the future. In the top photo Stephanie Rill, Dillon Lutcher and Spencer Palmer display one of their creations. In the bottom photo Kelsie Fox learns how to make the beautiful bows from Dorothy Jackson. Local students graduate from u of I Santa, with his helpers from the Heppner Volunteer Fire Dept., delivered gift boxes from the South Morrow County Neighbor hood Center to families on Wednesday, Dec. 19. H EPPNER ELKS 358 676-9181 - "W here Friends M eet” 142 North Main Saturday. Dec. 2Sth - Boardman Tilli- cum Club gives donation The ladies o f the Boardm an Tillicum Club “felt like Santa Claus” Tues day night when they gave $10,000 to Sam Boardman Elementary School teachers. During a special presenta tion at the school’s Winter Concert, Principal Johnson accepted a giant check on behalf o f the teachers. Many o f these teachers sustained personal loss o f supplies and eq u ip m en t d u ring a fire at the school early last sum m er, w hich were not covered by insurance. The Tillicum Club received the $10,000 from a grant through the Morrow County Needs and Issues program, a program which disperses tippage fees from Finley Butte Landfill. The grant was divided between the twenty six teachers w ho were impacted. The Boardman Tilli cum C lub, o rg an ized in 1945, is made up o f Board- man area women interested in fellowships and service to the Boardman Commu nity. They meet the second Tuesday of each month. The Tillicum Club would like to thank the Morrow County Needs and Issues Commit tee for m aking the grant possible. Gingerbread houses galore The University of Idaho’s December commence ment held Saturday, December 8, celebrated the accom plishments of 736 undergraduate and graduate students. Since its first commencement in 1896, the University o f Idaho has produced 93,893 graduates and has granted 101,105 degrees. Local graduates included: Jamie Elizabeth Vanden Brink o f lone, bachelor’s degrees in special education and elementary education; Jeremy Til Tullis of lone, bachelor’s degree in general studies; and Daniel Robert Jepsen, bach elor’s degrees in animal science and foreign languages. Students display C hristm as news Students in Jannie Allen's class work hard at building their gingerbread houses on Wednesday afternoon. - Photo by Autumn Morgan Tom «$• J e r r y P a rty sta rti a y a t (ip.m . - MONDAY. DECEMBER Bist - JVetr Year's E re Crab Feet1 tip H am D inner sta rti nip a t ti pan. . <?/* * . 1 I "\s> \ ■'V» % é • r Estate By DAVID SYKES REALTOR LAND IN THE RIGHT LOCATION If you’re looking for land as an investment, one o f the key factors in your buying decision will be finding land in the right location. No mat ter what kind o f land you’re interested in. whether residen tial, industrial or commercial, you’ll want to invest in land that will be in the path o f the city’s growth. It may be five years or longer before this growth ma terializes, but when you buy land in the right location you stand to make a substantial profit. One clue to the future is past real estate trends. For instance, if you ’re looking for land with a potential for industrial development, I can show you those and other pat terns o f growth over the past 10 or 20 years. Land is one commodity that never becom es more plentiful. Its availability tends to decrease over the years. More important, its value tends to increase substantially when you buy land in the right location. Let me show you what I have to offer. Property listings are available at www.sykesreatestate. net 188 W. Willow • P.O. Box 337 • Heppner, OR 97836 (541) 676-9228 • Cell (541) 980-6674 Fax (541)676-9211 E-mail: david@sykesrealestate.net Students from Jannie Allen's fifth and sixth grade Language Arts class recently put together individual Christmas newspa pers. The newspapers included articles, weather reports, pic tures, captions, and various columns. Pictured are Tate Gentry, Blake Greenup, and Ryan Dougherty displaying their papers. -Photo by Autumn Morgan Jared Lemmon shows off his gingerbread house masterpiece. Photo by Autumn Morgan City of lone announces Christmas Lighting Contest winners The City o f lone recently held their Christmas Lighting Contest. The winners will receive $25 in gift certificates that were donated by Columbia Basin Electric. The winners are as follows” Best Use of Lighting - Bob and Claire Oliver; Most Original Set - Dennis Thompson; Mini and Brite - Brian and Sharon Rietmann; Spirit o f Christmas - Andre and B IG CLEARANCE SALE! S t a r lin g I h r d ay a f t e r I h r i« lm a * ( D w . 2 ft 111) A L L C H R IS T M A S ITEMS* 50 % OFF! *Exduding individual Hallmark cards P h is d o u b le p u n c h e s o n c o ffe e c a r d s ! 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