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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 9, 2008 - THREE Bredfield wins Human Fund Race A view from the hill By Doris Brosnan Such a busy place Willow Creek Terrace has been since the traditional Thanksgiving dinner sig naled the beginning of the holiday season. The many visitors, the beautiful music, and the camaraderie that brought 2007 to a close give residents reason to view this New Year with hopes for memorable times to come. Residents enjoyed hosting the hospice volun teers in November for an afternoon of OP Time Fid dlers’ music. In December, they enjoyed the musical talents of the Heppner High School choir, the Heppner Elementary students, and carolers from the First Chris tian Church, the Church of Latter Day Saints, All Saints’ Episcopal and Hope Lutheran Churches, and the VanCleave family. Kenny Turner delighted residents and staff by coming by to lead a sing-along at the piano. These and other visitors on the hill experi enced the added pleasure of the decorations added throughout the Terrace by the staff. Some staff also accompanied 13 residents to the light parade in Hep pner. Had it not been for a quarantine resulting from a cold-virus outbreak, more visitors would have shared more holiday moments with the Terrace community. Always up for some fun and frivolity, the resi dents and staff took time for a “Flannel PJ Day” last month, a day when everyone was encouraged to spend the day in relaxing PJ’s. And any day of the week will find many or all residents participating in some form of entertainment: Bingo and crafts ottered by Nazarene Church members Shirley George and Eve Ironhawk; card-playing led by Joe Burleson and Shirley Rugg; Bingo and lunch out at the St. Patrick Senior Center; sharing of the Heppner Ga zette Times with Suzanne Jepsen, Melissa Monaco, Betty Carlson, or Sharon Woodside; games or crafts with members of the St. Patrick Catholic Church; weekday exercises with staff; Saturday afternoon matinee movies; and library- book/tape exchanges with Sally Walker and Suzanne Jepsen. Frequent visitors to the Terrace, Jack and Jo Meligan and the Hisler fam ily have graciously donated several Bingo prizes, adding to the fun. Lyle and Virginia Peck have continued the garden-harvest donations with selections from their late garden, as well as some holiday oranges. And the Meligans and the Episcopal Church members brought some poinsettias, flowers, and oranges to the Hill. This month promises more activity at the Terrace. A Frisbee Toss will recog nize National Frisbee Day on January 13. National Hat Day shares the calendar with Winnie-the-Pooh Day on January 18, so colorful and stylish hats will grace the heads of many residents and statt', some of whom might also wear a Pooh-themed piece of costuming. Who knows what National Pizza Week will bring, beginning on January 20? Readers are invited to do as the Terrace com munity will be doing on January 23: striving to otter at least five compliments to individuals on National Compliment Day. This co incides with National Pie Day, so residents expect to compliment the cook for her pies that day! Speaking o f the Cook, this month’s Spotlight shines brightly on Anne Gump, who has earned the respect of coworkers for her leadership and teamwork efforts and her positive at titude. The residents love her great cooking abilities and the tastes of a new style of recipes. “Anne is a great addition to our team at Wil low' Creek Terrace,” reports Manager George Naims. As life on the Hill fin ishes up January with some w ild outfits and chuckles on National Clothes Clashing Day and Global Belly Laugh Day, the residents and staff appreciate everyone who has given their time, talents, and treasures in 2007. “Your gifts bring much Life, Love, and Laughter into our home. Thank you all, and may you be blessed in this New Year.” Annual Holiday Playday held by snowmobile club The Four Comers Snowmobile Club of Heppner had their annual Holiday Playday at Kelly Prairie Sunday, December 30. Many snowmobile enthusiasts and their families were there to enjoy the fresh powder snow, chili and hot dogs, and the annual poker run that paid out 100% of the entry fees. A $2 entry fee and a good running sled around about a ten mile poker course gave four lucky snowmobile riders a cash return. Curtis Zeller took first with a flush, Jacob Lindsay came away with second sporting a hand of three aces, JeffCutsforth nailed down third with three kings, and Gary Grabeal took a strong fourth with three queens. The club will have other events this winter, for information about the club contact Mike Gorman at 541-676-9623 or Cliff Dougherty at 541-676-5491. Morrow County Health Department calendar Thursday, Jan. 10 - Heppner Clinic 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (closed 12-1) Monday, Jan 14- Boardman Clinic 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (closed 12:30-1) Tuesday, Jan. 15 - Boardman Clinic 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (closed 12:30-1) Thursday, Jan. 17 - Heppner Clinic 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (closed 12-1) Tuesday, Jan. 22 - Boardman Clinic 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (closed 12:30-1) Thursday, Jan. 24 - Heppner Clinic 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (closed 12-1) Monday, Jan. 28 - Boardman Clinic 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (closed 12:30-1) Tuesday, Jan. 29 - Boardman Clinic 9 a.m. -4:30 p.m. (closed 12:30-1) Thursday, Jan. 31 - Heppner Clinic 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (closed 12-1) AFFORDABLE FULL COLOR PR IN TIN G Flyers Letterhead Brochures Business Cards Our new full color printing system will deliver the quality you want at the price you can afford! Tfeio U not a ceCot copy machine. It is quality color printing from your digital files, or from our designs. CALL TO DAY TO DISCUSS YOUR N E X T COLOR PROJECT! David Sykes Heppner Gazette-Times Printing 1 8 8 IV. Willow * Heppner, Oregon ( 541 ) 676-9228 david@heppner.net Robin Bredfield, fresh from competing in the Las Vegas half marathon, blew the field away to win the inaugural Get Fit Hep pner Human Fund Race on New Year’s Day. After starting out slow, she quickened her pace in the second half of the 5K to w in in the runners division. Craig and Debbie Gutierrez tied for first place in the walking division. There was some contro versy at the finish line and the judges conferred and declared a tie. Debbie and George Koffler finished a distant third and fourth place. Unfortunately, Patty Hughes was disqualified near the end of the race as the judges determined that Pepper and Red Dog had been dragging her for most of the race. Race organizers do nated S100 for each entrant to the Human Fund. Plans are now being formulated for the second annual Get Fit Heppner Fun Run/Walk. Oregon East Symphony to present “Phoenix Rising” concert In keeping with the concert theme, “Phoenix Rising,” the Symphony will perform Stravinsky’s Fire bird Suite on Saturday, Feb ruary 2, at 7:30 p.m. at the Vert Auditorium in Pend leton. This energetic work, often ranked as one of the most popular works among American audiences, was chosen for performance very shortly after the fire that destroyed the Symphony offices in March 2007. In the second half of the program, Jorja Fleezanis (see below for her biogra phy), concertmaster of the Minnesota Orchestra and one of the most respected musicians in the world to day, joins the OES as soloist for Elgar’s Violin Concerto. This concerto is perhaps the ultimate challenge for any violinist, w idely considered the most epic and difficult piece ever written for the violin. Michael Steinberg, NPR commentator from Performance Today and author of the best selling lis tening guides The Sympho ny and The Concerto, will be a special guest speaker. Steinberg will be on hand to guide audiences through this fascinating program. Tickets are available at Armchair Books in Pend leton, and at the door (Adult S15/S20, Senior S12/S17, Diamonds & Roses teleflora's diamond & roses bouquet Here’s a dazzling gift that will sweep her not just off her feet, hrit into a Sweepstakes that could bring her a pair of $50,000* diamond earrings! O r a diamond pendant necklace! That’s because every Valentine who receives this gloriously romantic gift automatically rhmmmA f- * - r . gets a chance to win big in this very special game of love. For details about Teleflora s Diamonds A Roses Sweepstakes go Sweepstakes not available m Ouebec ^ p u r chase necessary to enter or win teleflora. ^ M umuj ' j Diiuq 217 North Main • Heppner Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426 Student S3/S8). Call the Or egon East Symphony office at (541) 276-0320 for more information. Jorja Fleezanis has been concertmaster of the Minnesota Orchestra since September 1989, assum ing that position after nine years with the San Francisco Symphony, eight of them as Associate Concertmas ter. Aside from her perfor mances with the Minnesota Orchestra, she has played numerous concerts in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Twin Cities, including performances with the FOG Trio, which she founded in 1984 together with pianist Garrick Ohlsson and Mi chael Grebanier, principal cellist of the San Francisco Symphony. Ms. Fleezanis has also made many violin re cordings over the years. The Minnesota Orchestra has commissioned two major solo works for her, the John Adams Violin Concerto and the Ikon of Eros by John Tavener, the latter recorded on Reference Records. The complete violin sonatas of Heppner Little League will meet at the Heppner Neighborhood center on Tuesday, January 15, at 7 p.m. to diamoodsandroses com valentine’s day is thursday, February 14 Jorja Fleezanis Beethoven with the French forte pianist Cyril Huve were released last year on the Cy pres label. Other recordings include Aaron Jay Kemis’s Brilliant Sky, Infinite Sky on CRI, commissioned for her by the Schubert Club of St. Paul, Minnesota, and Ste fan Wolpe’s Violin Sonata with Garrick Ohlsson as her partner for Koch Inter national. Her performance of the premiere of Nicholas Maw’s Sonata for Solo Vio lin, commissioned for her by Minnesota Public Radio, was broadcast on Public Radio International’s Saint Paul Sunday Morning in 1998 and in 1999, she gave the British premiere at the Chester Summer Festival. In 1998, she was the violin soloist in the American pre miere of Britten's recently discovered Double Concerto for Violin and Viola. Ms. Fleezanis is a member of the faculty of the University of Minnesota, where she teaches violin, conducts courses in orches tral and concertmaster train- ing, and leads sectional rehearsals. She has been Artist-in-Residence at the University of California at Davis, leads master classes, seminars, and sectional re hearsals for the New World Symphony in Miami, and has been artist-teacher for nine summers at the Round Top (Texas) International Festival. She is an occasion al host on nationally dis tributed Minnesota Public Radio's popular chamber music program Saint Paul Sunday. Heppner Little League to hold meeting •Approximate retail value For nationwide or local delivery, call or visit our shop. Serving Heppner Lexington A lone i George Koffler was among the participants in the first Get Fit Heppner Fun Run/Walk. If you lik e Co S o cia lism , F ascism , th e n vo te D e m o c ra t I R e p u b lic an . 989-8118
