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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 28, 2008 Hospital Foundation awards scholarships The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 240-420 M orrow C o u n ty ’s H om e-O w ned W eekly N ew spaper Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon. Office at 188 W Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676-9228. Fax (541) 676-9211. E-mail editor s rapidserve.net or david(u rapidserve net. Web site: www heppner. net Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O Box 337, Heppner. Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $27 in Morrow County; $21 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 62 years or older); $33 elsewhere, $27 student subscriptions. David S ykes..................................................................................................... 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On the HEPPNER WEBSITE: www.heppner.net • Start or Change a Subscription • Place a Classified Ad • Submit a News Story • View Real Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes The Pioneer Memo rial Hospital Foundations has announced its scholar ship awards for the coming year. Dr. Wallace Wolff, who was long time doctor in the area, had a scholar ship founded by his family. This year the award goes to Trisha Adams who is in her fourth year of medical school at OHSU. The award was for $1,500. Trisha is a graduate of Heppner High School and is the daughter of Mike and Tonia Adams. First year awards to students who wish to work towards a career in a health care related field were each awarded $350. Whitney Matthews plans to pursue a career in radiology and is enrolled at Boise State University. Whitney will be an honor graduate of Heppner High School and is the daughter of Skip and Sandy Mat thews. Ben McCarl has cho sen to pursue a career as a lab tech. Ben has enrolled at BMCC to start his studies in this field. He will graduate from Heppner High School and is the son of Lee McCarl and Leah Hyatt. Sonja Bradley will attend BMCC to pursue a career in nursing. Sonja will graduate from River side High School and is the Garden Club scrapbooks available for viewing daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Bradley. Davis G ordanier will attend Eastern Wash ington University and major in nursing program. He will graduate from Irrigon High School and is the son of Gary and Mari Gordanier. Laura Montes will attend Eastern Washington University and major in nursing. Laura will gradu ate as an honor student from Irrigon High School and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fausto Montes. Elise Ross plans to attend Oregon Institute of Technology for a degree in medical imaging technol Creative Care Preschool hoi^ teddy bear picnic The Heppner Garden Club has purchased a book case to store all scrapbooks made by lone and Heppner clubs. They are well done and have so much information about the goings on during the years. These scrapbooks can be found at City Hall and may be checked out. Anyone wishing to check one or more out can call Jo Anne at 676-8981. • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! Davis, Hendricks announce upcoming wedding Vi Heather Davis and Brandon Hendricks M att Je p se n , a former Heppner student, was honored at the annual Staff Awards Reception this month for outstanding achievement at the Univer sity of Idaho. Jepsen is the primary computer program- mer/developer for engineer ing outreach, the graduate distance-education arm of the College of Engineering. He was nominated by his co-workers and supervisor Heather Erin Davis of Heppner and Bran- dCfli Jacob Hendricks of Heppner announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Heather is the daughter of Ted and Mary Ann Davis of Heppner. She is a graduate of Hep pner High School. She is currently employed at Pioneer Memorial Clinic in Heppner. Brandon is the son of Mike Hendricks of Clatskanie and Chris Catrain of Femdale, WA. He is a graduate of Clatskanie High School. He is currently employed at P.G.E. in Boardman. The wedding will take place on June 21, 2008 at Anson Wright Park. before noon on June 13. Desserts should be taken to John’s Place in Heppner. Judging will take place at 2 p.m. on June 13. Cash prize awards will be given to the top three desserts selected by a panel of judges. Criteria forjudg ing will include: appearance - 45 points; taste/flavor - 45 points; and texture - 10 points. Laurie Lindsay Mur ray of Heppner has accepted membership in The National Society of Collegiate Schol ars (NSCS). She will be honored during an induction convocation this fall on the campus of Oregon State University. Laurie is finishing her sophomore year in pre pharmacy program. She has already been pre-admitted to the professional pharmacy Great Father's Day Gifts! 29 " N A P A 7-P c . Combination Wrancb Sot Juego deUaoes Inglesas Combinadas de 7-pas. SAPA |99 lSAEi#1307P {Metric} #1307MP Cortfless LEO Oroplight I mz de Ttebefo LED sin Cordón 29 99 -10 00 . *999-1470 199 deliver thousands of course videos online as an alterna tive to mailing DVDs. He had to design and write the software for all of this to happen. Jepsen is the son of Bill and Nancy Jepsen of Heppner. He and his wife and two children live in Moscow, ID. Matt graduated from U of I in 2003, and he has been working for the college ever since. program. The pharmacy program is a seven year program earning a Pharm. D. degree. NSCS is a member of the Association of Col lege Honor Societies and is the nation’s only interdisci plinary honors organization for first and second year col lege students. Membership is by invitation only, based on grade point average and class standing. NSCS has more than 650,000 lifetime members and 228 chapters in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. For more informa tion about The National So ciety of Collegiate Scholars call 202-265-9000 or visit NSCS’ website at www. nscs.org. lone grad chosen to lead procession at CWU commencement lone High School graduate and current Cen tral Washington University chemistry student Amy J. Jepsen of lone has been selected as a member of the 2008 Silver Cortege for Central’s 117th commence ment on Saturday, June 7 in Ellensburg. The Silver Cortege, which leads the procession of graduates into commence- ment, consists of a select group of junior students who have achieved academic excellence at CWU. Each student is chosen based on grade point average and must have completed 75 credits. Central commends Amy for her high degree of achievement. Fair board meeting announced N A P A 3 7-Pc Sear W rench Access Bit Set ml V T Reversible Wrench The next Morrow County Fair Board meeting will he held on June 2 at 6 p.m. in the fair office. Uose Intasa daW con THngoateiJaago nV-to.as. Sal« Pnc« ........... 19 99 Less M ü W b R*hat« * 10 00 Morrow County for the award - which in cluded a plaque and check for $500. Jepsen designs web applications for students, staff and faculty. These programs include creating a new internal database, video-on-demand viewing, a download interface for students, and a grade and homework tracking system for faculty. This past year he put together servers to National Society of Collegiate Scholars welcomes Murray as new member Celebrate Heppner Days dessert contest to be held Sri» Pnce less Mari-m Rebate Prices good starting June 1st ‘ m W gan zem <d W «•Ore »ent V IS E-S N IP Ea st Release Lacking Pliers Pinas da Preston do Uberxxm Ràpida VtSt-GfdP ( t n t Pelean 7CA) rut 12.99 (Fast 10CW) < i i t (Fast Rwteas« 91N) 13.99 risi 16.99 Lexington 989-8221 * 1-800-452-7396 *v Teddy bears went for a picnic in lone at Creative Care Pre school. Shown here with a giant teddy bear is the four year old class: (front row) Taylor Rollins, Annika Collier, Tiffany Hollis, Ava Heglar, Marlee Mitchell, Ola Rietmann, Cameron Crum, and Chase Meiers; (middle row) Eva Martin, MaLinda Morter, Larysa Burright, Morgan Browning, Hunter Padberg, and Malychi Wenberg; (back row) teachers Janet Holland and Betty Rietmann. -Contributed Photo Matt Jepsen honored by U of Idaho for outstanding service ME w Metric t y •! if Heppner Garden Club announces time change for meeting The Heppner Garden Club will meet at 1 p.m. on Monday, June 2 at Les Paustian’s home at 340 Barratt Street, right across from the tennis courts. Due to limited parking, it is suggested that those attending car pool. The program is how to make a birdbath from rhu barb leaves. Hostesses will be JoAnne Burleson and Eve Ironhawk. The public is welcome to attend. For more information contact JoAnne Burleson at 676-8981. The 2008 Celebrate Heppner Days dessert con test will beheld June 13-14. All entries will be auctioned off at 6 p.m. on June 14 at City Park as a fundraiser for the Heppner Chamber of Commerce. Entry forms can be picked up at the Hep pner Chamber. The contest is open to the public and desserts should be entered ogy. Elise will graduate with honors from Irrigon High School. Elise is the daughter of Valerie Ross-Richmond. Jasm ine W agner plans to attend college and pursue her goal of working the health profession. Jas mine will graduate from Ir rigon High School and is the daughter of Susan Wagner. These scholarships are renewable if the student meets foundation criteria and remains in a health care field. The foundation board of directors was very im pressed with the quality of all candidates and wishes each of them the very best in their future. •99 V B E - S N I f 3-P c . 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Wes Sackman of Hermiston will lead worship on June 1. Rev. Lea Mathieu will lead worship on June 8. The community is wel come to attend. Valby’s confirma tion students recently as sembled 20 health kits from items donated by church members. Health kits are sent to Lutheran World Re lief for meeting the imme diate needs of those who face natural disasters and displacement due to war. The need is urgent. More information about preparing and sending health kits is available at www.lwr.org. Marriages Morrow Count y Clerk Bobbi Childers has released the following re port of marriage licenses issued: -May 23: Brandon Jacob Hendricks, 31, Hepp ner and Heather Erin Davis, 27, Heppner.