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
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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
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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.