FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Celebrate Heppner Days held this past weekend
Winners announced for various events
T he annual Celebrate
1 ieppner Days weekend was
held this past weekend with
many events held through
out the community. There
were gam es for children
of every age and everyone
seemed to hav e fun, whether
it was the tricycle race, egg
race, water balloon toss or
wheelbarrow race.
Larry Palm er pro
vided a run for in terest
ed youth. There was free
strawberry shortcake from
Sweet Production Ice Cream
Parlour and Diner/Victorian
Rose and shaved ice was
donated and served all day
by Murray Drugs. The For
est Service had cake and
refreshm ents to celebrate
their l()(),h year anniversary
and Smokey the Bear even
made a special appearance
at the festiv ities.
The D essert A uc
tion had 15 various desserts
this year. All proceeds from
the auction go to help the
Heppner Chamber of Com
merce promote and market
Heppner and to be able to
continue holding events
throughout the year.
Adult Division: 1st
Place - April Sykes with a
Lemon Lush -lemon cream
pie with cream cheese till
ing, $40 prize; 2nd Place
-C h ris Bailey with a Rasp
berry Brownie Cheesecake
Delight, $30 prize; 3'd Place
- Nancy Gochnauer w ith a
sugar-free Povarino Tira-
misu, $20 prize; and Honor
able Mention - Melissa Jo
Monaco with a Blueberry-
Lemon Bread, $ 10 prize.
Junior Division: 1st
Place - Caitlynn Bailey with
a chocolate chip cheesecake
with chocolate sauce, $25
gift certificate to The Video
Store; 2nd Place - Meeka
Boyd with a Striped Des
sert made of cream cheese,
O reo, pudding and cool
whip, $15 gift certificate
to The Video Store; and 3rd
Place - Meeka Boyd with
Peanut Butter Bears and
Cookies, $ 10 gift certificate
to The Video Store.
The winning recipes
can be found throughout this
week's edition o f the Hep
pner Gazette-Times.
Nancy Vanderdoes,
Peggy Fishbum and Katie
Foster were judges for the
event. The announcer was
C liff Green and John and
Nancy G ochnauer helped
organize the event.
This y e a r’s talent
show was also a success.
6-12 years o f age:
1st place - Kai and Cara
A rb o g ast sang "B razzle
Dazzle Day” from Pete’s
Dragon, $25 first prize; and
2nd place - Emily Pappas
sang “Change the World,”
gift certificate to The Stable
o f Youth.
13 to 17 years of age:
Is1 place - Jared Hedman
and John Boyce played and
sang “Thunder,” $25 first
prize; 2nd place - Connor
Pappas playing “Star Wars
Theme” on the saxophone,
gift certificate to The Sta
ble o f Youth; and 2nd place
- Yvonne G oodson sang
“Human,” gift certificate to
Willow Creek Diner.
18 and o ld er: 1st
place - Mark White sang
“Love Sick Blues,” $25 first
prize; and 2nd place - Ger
ald Hamer sang “How Do
You Like Me Now?,” gift
certificate to The Stable of
Youth.
M o rro w C o u n ty
Grain Growers donated a
flatbed, Dale Bates was the
soundman, and Joe Lindsay
was the announcer for the
talent show. The judges were
Sharon Harrison, Lisanne
Currin and Sheryl I Bates.
The hot dog eating
contest was very popular
this year. There were 98
hotdogs, buns and a case o f
water consumed. Heppner
Family Foods donated the
hotdogs and w ater and Ad
ams D istributing donated
the hot dog buns. The grand
prize winner o f the partici
pants was Matt Best.
H eppner D aycare
supplied the tricycles for the
tricycle race.
First Race: 1st Place
-A rden Croswaithe; and 2nd
Place - Adan Guerra.
S eco n d R ace: 1st
Place - Joseph Sherman;
and 2nd Place - Jace Coe.
S m all D og R ace
w inners were: 1st Place was
Peanut - Satin Dorman; 2nd
Place was Sassy - Hannah
Jones; 3rd Place was Shepoo
- Greg Smith Family; and 4th
Place was Fluffy - Ed and
Lorraine Bates.
D ick an d K aren
Temple donated dog food
and treats for this event.
Bank of Eastern Or
egon worked hard to make
sure th e re w ere enough
hamburgers, hot dogs and
all the condiments to go with
them, about 325 to be exact,
for the barbecue. Morrow'
County Fair put together a
great salad and baked beans
spread and John and Nancy
Gochnauer served ice cold
soft drinks.
O f course, it wouldn’t
have been the same without
our merchant sidewalk sale
with lots and lots of bargains.
Monetary donations and gift
certificates were provided
by several m erchants in
cluding Bank of Eastern Or
egon, Cornerstone Gallery,
H ow e’s About Pizza, Les
Schwab, M orrow County
G rain G ro w ers, M urray
Drugs, Northwestern Motel
& RV Park, Peterson’s Jew
elers, The Stable o f Youth,
Sw eet P ro d u ctio n s, The
Video Store, Willow Creek
Diner, Wheatland Insurance,
and Willow Creek Realty.
All were instrum ental in
supporting Celebrate Hep
pner.
This y e a r’s Dunk
Tank participants were: JetY
B ailey, Steve R hea, Joe
Lindsay, Les Paustian, and
Tucker Rice. They prov ided
a lot o f entertainm ent to
those watching.
P e tra P a y n e pu t
together a group o f high
school students to help with
the events. Those students
were: Lacie Wagoner, Mark
McCabe, Keenan Jack, Joe
Pranger, Stephanie R ill,
Chris Lein, Ashley Wolff,
Jared Huddleston and Brent
Eckman.
As you can see, any
event, such as C elebrate
Heppner Days, encompasses
lots o f people in giving their
time to make this happen.
Striped Delight
Lemon (or Lime) Lush
By April Sykes
First, make crust, then make pudding filling, then cream cheese filling, then assemble and top with Cool Whip.
Peggy Fishburn’s Easy Pie Plate Crust
Measure into a 9-inch pie plate: 2 cups flour, 2 Tablespoons sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, 2/3 cup oil, 3 Tablespoons
milk or cream. Using a fork, mix ingredients together. Using your hands, press dough around bottom and sides
of pie plate. Bake 350 degrees 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool.
Lemon or Lime Pudding filling
Mix together in saucepan: 1-1/2 cups sugar, 3 Tablespoons flour, 3 Tablespoons cornstarch, dash salt. Gradually
stir in 1-1/2 cups water. Cook and stir over medium high heat until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat. Cook and
stir two minutes more. Remove from heat. Slightly beat 3 egg yolks with fork. Gradually stir about 1 cup hot
mixture into egg yolks. Pour egg mixture back into saucepan, stirring constantly. Bring to gentle boil. Cook and
stir two minutes more. Remove from heat. Stir in 2 Tablespoons butter and 2 teaspoons finely grated lemon or
lime peel. Stir in 1/3 cup freshly squeezed lemon or lime juice. Cool. Force through fine strainer with spatula for
smoother pie.
Cream cheese filling
In bowl, beat until smooth one 8-ounce package cream cheese. Beat in 1 cup powdered sugar. Fold in I 9-ounce
carton Cool Whip.
Spread cream cheese filling in cooled crust. Spread cooled pudding on top of cream cheese filling. Spread ad
ditional Cool Whip on top, making peaks. Sprinkle with yellow or green sugar. Refrigerate. (You can also use
chocolate pudding for Chocolate Lush & shake on chocolate sprinkles.)
By Meeka Boyd
35 Oreo chocolate sandwich cookies, finely crushed
(about 3 cups)
6 Tbsp. butter or margarine, melted
1 pkg. (8 oz.) Philadelphia cream cheese, softened
% cup sugar
2 Tbsp. o f cold milk
1 tub (12 oz.) Cool Whip whipped topping, thawed,
divided
3 Vi cups cold milk
7 pkg. (4-serving size each) Jell-O chocolate flavor
instant pudding and pie filling
Mix crushed cookies and butter in medium bowl.
Press firmly onto bottom o f 13x9 inch baking dish.
Refrigerate 10 minutes.
Beat cream cheese, sugar and 2 Tbsp. milk in medium
bowl with wire whisk until well blended. Gently stir
in 1 V* cups of the w hipped topping. Spread over
crust.
Pour 3 V* cups milk into large bowl. Add dry pudding
mixes. Beat with wire whisk 2 minutes or until well
blended. Pour over cream cheese layer. Let stand 5
minutes or until thickened. Drop remaining whipped
topping in by spoonfuls over pudding; spread to cover
pudding.
Refrigerate at least 4 hours. Cut into 24 squares. Store
leftover dessert in refrigerator. Makes 24 sen ings, 1
square inch.