Celebrate Heppner Days to be held in June
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C e le b ra te H e p p
ner Days will be held June
13-14.
A c tiv itie s fo r all
ages will begin Friday, June
13, beginning at 9:30 a.m. in
the City Park. The day will
be filled with a sidewalk sale
by dow ntow n m erchants,
games and activities, oppor
tunities to visit H eppner’s
museums, and the 100 year
anniversary celebration by
Heppner Forest Service Of
fice. The day will wrap up
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Bessie W et/ell Newspaper Library
University o f Oregon
Eugene, OK 97403
with a barbecue sponsored
by Bank o f Eastern Oregon
and M orrow County Fair
will be providing salad and
baked beans. A dessert auc
tion will be followed by the
C om m unity Talent Show
and Joe Lindsay sharing
some o f his renditions o f
songs he has written.
Special treats that
will be provided by some
o f the merchants on Friday
include: a giant strawberry
shortcake, donated by Sweet
Productions Ice Cream Par
lour and Diner and The Vic
torian Rose, will be built and
served to the first 200 cus
tomers; shaved ice will be
donated by Murray Drugs;
ice cold soda pop will be
donated by Jo h n ’s Place;
and anniversary cake and
p u im i
pi
the Forest Service.
On Saturday eve
ning there will be an alumni
football game which is being
organized by Jess Osmin.
To get involved with
C elebrate H eppner Days
e\ ents, contact Sheryl I at the
Heppner Chamber office at
676-5536.
Annual Mustang Mop Up held
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VOL. 127
NO. 19
10 Pages
Wednesday, May 7,2008
Heppner High School held
their annual Mustang Mop l!p
on Thursday, May 1. Stu
dents from the school worked
throughout the day to spruce
up the community. The work
crews completed 57 civic
community based projects.
Crews picked up garbage
throughout Lexington and
Heppner. Students could be
found working at the museum,
hospital, county annex build
ing, the Stable of Youth, Hager
Park. Willow Creek Country
Club and many other places.
Approximately 15 yard clean
ups were performed for el
derly and handicapped people.
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Shrine game players honored
-Photos hr Andrew Sykes
Yamaha Awards Grant to Morrow County OHV Park
Front Row: Coach Dennis Stefani, Shriners Archie Ball and Dick Crist, and Coach Greg Grant.
Back Row: 2007 Player Quinn Peck, 2008 Player Nacho Elguezabal, alternates Andre Rauch and
Kip Krebs. - Photo by Sandy Matthews
T h e T r i- C o u n ty
Shrine Club held a recogni
tion dinner for the East-West
shrine Game players and
alternate players.
Club president Ar
chie Ball said the dinner
was held in honor o f Nacho
E lg u ez ab a l(p lay e r), A n
dre Rauch and Kip Krebs
(alternates)and last years
player Quinn Peck, who are
from the Tri-County Shrine
club area that covers Mor
row, Gilliam and Wheeler
counties.
The dinner was held
in Heppner On April 28 at
the Heppner Elks. The guest
speaker for the evening was
Dick Crist, the Potentate
Representative from District
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Head coaches Greg
A horse of a different color
Grant and Dennis Stefani
spoke on the outstanding
qualities o f the four young
gentlemen on and o ff the
field.
The p la y e rs also
spoke o f their experiences
from football and praised
their coaches, parents and
siblings for helping them
with their accomplishments
so far in their lives.
T h e E a s t-W e s t
Shrine game will be held
Saturday, August 2 at Baker
City. Tickets can be pur
chased in advance by call
ing Gene O rw ick, before
May 15.
Fishing derby to
be held May 10
Oregon Department
o f Fish and Wildlife, along
with Morrow County Parks,
will be sponsoring a fishing
derby on Saturday, May 10,
at Anson Wright Park fish-
The Morrow County
OHV Park in Heppner re-
cently announced that it has
received a Yamaha OHV
Access Initiative GRANT o f
$2,785.00 for youth safety
eq u ip m en t and su p p lies
for training. The grant was
awarded as part o f Yamaha’s
OHV Access Initiative pro
m oting safe, responsible
riding and open, sustainable
riding areas.
Senate Bill 101 was
signed into law' by Governor
Ted Kulongoski on August
15, 2007. The law requires
that all Oregonians operat
ing Class I (quads) or Class
III (motorcycle) All-terrain
Vehicles (ATV) for recre
ational purposes on public
lands* successfully com
plete an ATV safety educa-
tion course. It also includes
new requirements for adult
superv ision of youth under
16 years o f age, fastening
o f helmet chin straps, and
properly m atching youth
under 16 with a correct size
quad. These new require
m ents w ill be phased in
over a period from January
1, 2008 through January 1,
2014. The following sched
ule shows when each o f
these specific requirements
will be put into effect.
M o rro w C o u n ty
OHV Park has Sandi Put
man, Jerry Roberts and Don
Stroeber that are local certi
fied instructors, trained from
the ATV Safety Institute.
The Morrow County OHV
Park also houses the training
facility which includes Steve
Myren and Greg Close as
the MSF (Motorcycle Safety
Foundation) Coaches. This
training building was funded
with ATV Grant Program
funds. This training facility
and funds for supplies for
these classes w ill be the pri
ority to provide structured
riding classes under quali
fied instructors in a safe and
friendly environment for the
users o f the Morrow County
OHV Park and surrounding
areas.
For More informa
tion about Yamaha’s OHV
A ccess Initiative, go to:
o h v a c c c s s - For s c h e d
uling a class please call
541-989-9500 or http://
www.atvsafety.org/.
Morrow County Health Department calendar
Thursday, May 8 - Heppner Clinic 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. (closed 12-1)
Monday, May 12 - Boardman Clinic 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (closed 12:30-1)
Tuesday, May 13 - Boardman Clinic 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (closed 12:30-1)
Thursday, May 15 - Heppner Clinic 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (closed 12-1)
Monday, May 19 - Boardman Clinic 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (closed 12:30-1)
Tuesday, May 2 0 - Boardman Clinic 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. (closed 12:30-1)
Thursday, May 22 - Heppner Clinic 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (closed 12-1)
Monday, May 26 - Closed for Memorial Day.
ing pond This ta fishing G a z e tte -T im e s to run se n io r r p age
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derby is for children up to
14 years o f age and will be
from 8:30-11 a.m.
To volunteer or do
nate to this event call Betty
G ray at M orrow C ounty
Public Works Department
at 989-9800 or email to bg-
ray@co.morrow.or.us.
Jordan Jones stands beside the horse statue donated to
Heppner High School by J&G Services. Marianne Smith,
art teacher at HHS, painted the statue. - Photo by Autumn
Morgan
ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE:
MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M.
The Heppner Gazette-Times will once again be running a "Congratulations
Seniors” page on May 21. Anyone wishing to extend their good wishes to graduating
Heppner and lone students by adding their name can call 676-9228, fax to 676-9211.
or send an email to david@rapidserve.net or stcphu/ rapidserve.net by Monday, May
19. The cost is $10.
Heppner High School graduation will be May 31 at 2 p.m. lone High School
graduation will be May 30 at 7 p.m.
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