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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday. April 9, 2008 - ' H> EE Kam Wah Chung program to be held April 10 at Heppner Library A special program about the rich cultural his tory o f early Chinese im migrants in Eastern Oregon w ill be presented at the H eppner Public L ibrary on Thursday, April 10 at 7 p.m. Christina Sweet, cu rator of the Kam Wah Chung & Co. Museum in John Day will bring artifacts from the museum. She will discuss how the Chinese worked in the gold fields and railroads o f early day O regon and how they lived in a culture so different than their own native country. The free program is open to persons o f all ages. “ W e ’ re r e a l l y pleased to bring this pro gram to H ep p n er,” said Marsha Richmond, director o f the Oregon Trail Library District. “ It’s going to be most interesting and we're hoping for a good turn-out. The Kam Wah C hung is one o f the treasures o f rural Oregon.” T h e K am W ah Chung & Co. Museum is a former apothecary, mer- cantile, opium den and resi dence that served as the heart o f the Chinatown that existed at present day John Day a century ago. Over many years at the Kam Wah Chung building “Doc” Ing Hay and his partner Lung On im ported goods from Asia, wrote letters and man aged finances for Chinatown residents, and bridged cul tural differences between life in the American West and mainland China. L ung On w as an astu te businessm an who brought one o f the first auto mobiles to Eastern Oregon. Hay was known throughout Eastern Oregon for his skills as a physician, often diag nosing ailments by feeling one’s pulse. After the death of Doc Hay, the thick-w alled stone building was sealed for decades, causing the historic site to be carefully preserv ed with its contents intact. The Kam Wah Chung has been m eticulously restored by Oregon State Parks, which assumed the historic site a few years ago and opened an Justice Court Morrow County Justice Court Judge Charlotte Gray has released the follow ing report: -Margaret A. Baker, 48, Heppner, Failure to Use Seatbelt, $76 fine. -William E. Mabe, 52, Heppner, Failure to Use Seatbelt, $76 fine. -Lawrence L. Conklin, 74, Culver, Failure to Use Seatbelt, $76 fine. -Charles H. Page III, 51, lone. Driving While Sus pended Violation, $429 fine. Marriages Morrow County Clerk Bobbi Childers has released the following report o f marriage licenses issued: -April 7: Nicolas Landeros Navarro, 35, Boardman and Jasmine Denae Freel, 24, Boardman. ancillary interpretive center near the Kam Wah Chung museum building. T h e p ro g r a m is sponsored by the library d istrict and L ib raries o f Eastern Oregon (LEO) as part o f a regional project called “A Sense o f Place.” Through the project a wide range o f program s in the arts, sciences and humani ties are brought to public libraries under the common theme o f place and its many interpretations. Funding for “A Sense of Place” has been provided by the Institute o f M useum and L ibrary Services, a federal agency that promotes collaboration for cultural opportunities among libraries and muse ums. The O regon Trail Library District is a member of LEO, a consortium o f 47 public libraries in 14 Eastern Oregon counties. For further information, contact district director Marsha Richmond at 541- 481-3365 or LEO executive director Lyn Craig at 541-763-2355. Boardm an adopts new accessory structure requirem ents D uring T u esd ay ’s meeting, the Boardman City Council adopted an amend ment to the City’s Develop ment Code. The language change puts B oardm an’s Development Code in line w ith the S tate B uilding C ode’s maximum limit o f 200 square feet for building a structure w ithout a build ing permit. The language changes also allow acces sory structures o f 40 square feet or fewer to be abutted to the property’s primary structure, providing six feet is left open for emergency access. In other city busi ness, councilors approved spending S400 towards Bry son C o o k ’s Eagle Scout project to build four refuse containers to be placed near the Main Street benches. The Tree Committee report ed the public works depart ment planted 20 trees along NE and NW Front Streets. C o u n cilo rs also heard a presentation by Boardman Police Officer Nat Hughes and Gilliam County’s Ser HHS Golf Schedule geant Studebaker regarding April 10 - at Condon, 3 starting a drug dog program p.m. at Boardman Police Depart ment. The council has asked April 11 - 2A Invitational for more information before at Wildhorse, 10 a.m. April 13 - Mustang Scram making a decision about the program. ble at 10 a.m. The Boardman City April 15 - Girls at Echo, 3 C ouncil w ill discuss in p.m. creasing water and sewer April 18 - at Condon 3 rates at their next regularly p.m. scheduled meeting. The next April 24 - at Condon Golf meeting will be Tuesday, April 15, at 7 p.m. at Board- Club, 3 p.m. man City Hall. April 25 - Nixyaawii 1A/2A/3A Invite at Wild horse, 10 a.m. May 2 - Enterprise Invite at 10 a.m. WANTED A view from the hill By Doris Brosnan So, the weather just teased everyone for a while and has again turned too chilly for that spring plant ing that Willow Creek Ter race residents have looked forward to. This, too, will change and dirt-digging w ill surely begin soon. Everyone is determined to plant flow ers on A rbor Day. In the meantime, other activities keep residents and staft'busy on the Hill and out in the community. With St. P atrick 's Day and E aster both in March, many residents w ere coming and going for fun and faith activities. In ad dition to the events noted in last month’s report, they appreciated the Irish music shared by visitors Denny Evans and Justin Williams. And the Easter lilies from M urray’s were lovely to look at. April has already hit the calendar with a quick pace. On the 3rd, residents looked for rainbows because o f National Find a Rainbow Day, but the w eather en couraged looking inside for those metaphorical rainbows in each person’s life. On M onday e v e ning, the 7lh, several ladies attended the Women’s Ecu menical Salad Supper held at the St. Patrick Church parish hall. They were eager to hear Kay Proctor report on churches she visited in Europe last year and to hear N athan and K risten Van Cleave discuss their recent trip to Rwanda. N a tio n al G o lfe rs Day, on Thursday the 10th, has to receive proper recog nition, o f course, so a put ting contest will be in order. Would this be considered a spectator sport? Some residents are enthused about “The Big Read,” which is a country wide project sponsored by the National Endow m ent for the Arts. The novel that all participants are read ing is Amy Tan's “The Joy Luck C lub," and resident readers will attend a public discussion o f the book on the 14,h. “Fingernails by Di ana Ball” - o n e might call it - also has some residents en thused. She has announced plans to visit the Terrace monthly w ith her offer to do manicures, and her first \ isit will be on the 24th. In celebration o f Na tional Poetry Day, on the 28th, the Terrace has inv ited Heppner Elementary School teachers to share student poetry. The poems will then be on display around the facility. M aybe “ W h at's up, Doc?" will be a line in a poem or two, since the debut o f Bugs Bunny is commemorated on the 30lh. Surely, carrots w ill be on the menu that day. The re sid en t c e l ebrations remain some o f the most enjoyable at the Terrace, no matter w hat the government has denoted as national days that honor one thing or another. And this month offers three special birthdays to celebrate with three special people. Mary Goheen was an April 1 baby a few years ago. Elmer Me- ligan had his birthday on the 5th. Juanita Martin will choose her favorite birthday treat on April 20. Residents view the sharing o f these festivities as an important part o f life on the Hill. Third annual Pheasants Forever banquet to be held Saturday - April 12th - 9am till 3pm We will be in the corner parking lot next to Willow Creek Diner & Bakery - Heppner , , We p a y CASH $$ f o r LEVI’S 501 'S, Gold Silver Coins & Other Items _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WE PAY THE FOLLOWING for LEVI’S 501s: UP TO UP TO UP TO UP TO UP TO UP TO $10 $50 $100 $250 $500 $1,000 50l ’S FROM 50PS FROM 50PS FROM 50PS FROM 50PS FROM 50PS FROM 1978 TO NOW 1968 TO 1977 1960 TO 1967 1950 TO 1959 1944 TO 1949 1943 & BEFORE Price is Determined by Axe, Size and Condition WE ALSO PAY CASH FOR THE FOLLOWING: LEE & WRANGLER JEANS & JACKETS FROM 1970 & BEFORE Unwanted or Broken Gold & Silver Jewelry All Silver Coins Dated 1964 and Before All Coins from 1964 & Before Anything Gold or Silver - Chains, Bracelets, Rings, Silverware, Bullion, Ingots, Pins Military Flight Jackets - Leather & Nylon WWI, WWII Pins, Items & Memorabilia Boy Scouts of America Uniforms & Memorabilia T-Shirts & Sweatshirts from the 1970's & Earlier Zippo Lighters \ Columbia Plateau Chapter Pheasants Forever Board members Misty Bennett and Chet Fladley show off a couple of the many guns to be raffled off April 19 at the Pheasants Forever banquet at the Elks Club. -Contributed Photo The Third Annual Columbia Plateau Pheasants Forever banquet w ill be held Saturday, April 19, at the Heppner Elks Club begin ning with a hosted beer and wine social hour at 5 p.m. and prime rib dinner at 6:30 p.m. “This has been a real fun event for the community the last couple o f years," said Skip M atthew s, PF Chapter President, “We have raised over $40,000 the last two years at these banquets. We have used those funds here locally to purchase equipment, labor, guzzlers, seed and plants and to sup port our Youth Hunters w ith events just for them.” Tickets are $50 for a single dinner w hich includes a PF membership. A couple is $75. Young people 15 and under costs $30 which includes a Ringneck Mem bership, a PF ringneck hat, one banquet youth gun raffle ticket and 10 youth raffle tickets. Other sponsor pack ages can be purchased for $125, $250, $500 or $1,000 that includes many bonus items. There are many o f quality items in this years auction for both a silent auction and a live auction including artwork, hunting and fishing trips, and o f course several firearms to be raffled and auctioned off. The Banquet gun this year is an SKB 505 12 gauge O/U, and the youth banquet gun is a Henry Golden Boy .22 rifle. New this year is the Oregon Department o ffis h and W ildlife video wing- shooting game for the ring- necks. Raffle tickets will be earned according to score which will include a youth shotgun. This year the penny raffle gun is a Ruger 10 22 Race Rifle with laminated custom stock, heavy barrel and matching scope. G en eral raffle tickets will he on sale for $5 each. Tickets for the banquet gun arc included in some packages or may be purchased tor $20 each.
