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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday April 1,2009 - IHF L t Rep. Greg Smith votes to create jobs for Oregon’s youth Rep Greg Smith (R- Heppner) today supported a grant request directing federal stimulus dollars to a state program that pro motes youth employment on public and private for estlands. The $6.25 million grant, approved today by the Ways and Means Education Subcommittee, is expected to put 2,000 Oregon youth to work on natural resource conservation and restoration projects. “I am pleased to sup port this measure to create jobs for young Oregonians while improving the health o f our forestlands and natu ral resources,” Smith said. “The grant will support a public-private partnership that provides education, training and new opportuni ties for at-risk kids through out our state. The grant stim u lates our econom y while improving the skills and work ethic o f Oregon’s youth.” The U.S. Forest Ser vice grant will allow the Oregon Youth Conservation Corps (OYCC) to expand program s o fferin g teens and young adults hands- on experience working on natural resource projects. OYCC estimates that 2,000 kids will participate in vari ous natural resource projects during the 2009 and 2010 sum m er m onths and will partner with 25 alternative high school programs during the school year. “With legislative ap proval of this grant request, OYCC can offer new jobs that would not otherw ise be av ailab le,” Smith ex plained. “Over the next two summers, thousands o f kids will begin building trails, removing invasive species, improving fish and wildlife habitat and completing otfyr important work.” The grant request now moves to the full Committee of Ways and Means next week. Chamber lunch meeting changes announced C h a n g e s to th e ing basis. The cost for lunch C ham ber lunch m eetings will remain at $9 each. The will go into effect on April meetings will continue to be 2 . from 12-1 p.m. The weekly m eet It is important that ings will now be held at those planning to attend St. Patrick’s Senior Center RS VP to the Chamber office cafeteria and local chamber or respond to the weekly food vendors will be cater email by Wednesday at 5 ing a boxed lunch from their p.m. so the food vendor can specific business. All cater know how many to plan on ers who wish to participate for lunch. will be scheduled on a rotat « 4 . ». » »» Perhaps you sent a lovely card, or sat quietly in a chair. Perhaps you sent a floral piece, if so we saw it there. Perhaps you spoke the kindest words, as any friend could say; perhaps you were not there at all, just thought of us that day. Whatever you did to console our hearts, we thank you so much whatever the part. A special thanks to the Hardman and Heppner Community for the dinner given for the family and friends of Ivan. Why we walk T T rrrn rq ■ f Pictured are: (front row) Peggy Fishhurn, Sally Walker and pet Gabby, (back row) Jean Strange, pets Jake ami F.llie, Rosemary Burns, Mike Burns, and Barb Haves. -Contributed Photo Sally Walker and her husband Ralph have lived in Heppner for 20 years. She taught for 18 years, 12 o f them in the Morrow C ounty School D istrict. She is also the team captain for Walker’s Walkers and they will be participating in the Hep pner MS Walk on April 18. “ When they can, my daughter C arrie and her best friend, Jill Messecar, come over from Portland to walk on my team. If they can’t make the walk, they always collect money for my team. I have had a great group walking with me for the past four years.” When asked why she walks she stated, “ I w alk b ecau se I have a dear friend here in Hep pner who has more and more trouble walking ev ery day. So, if I can walk for a cure that may help her walk well again with me someday soon, then I have achieved my goal.” Walker challenges ev eryone to join her in the fight against MS on April 18 in H eppner. M oney H e p p n e r High School will be holding par ent teacher conferences on Thursday, April 2, from 4-8 p.m ., Friday, April 3, by appointment from 10 a.m.- noon, and Tuesday, April 7 from 4-8 p.m. Parents are invited to enjoy refreshments, pick P R I D E C O M M U N I T I E S llc H O U S I N G raised from the walk helps with the purchase o f medi cal equipm ent, provides respite care and funding for medical research. Reg- istration/check-in is at All Saint's Episcopal Church on Church and Gale Street at 8 a.m. The walk b e gins at 9 at the city park downtown. After the walk enjoy a free ham and pan cake breakfast back at the church. Recruit your fam ily, friends and co-workers and join us by w alking, volunteering or sponsoring a walker. There is no regis tration fee for participants and walkers are asked to raise a minimum o f $25 per person. Prizes can be earn ed for o u tstan d in g fundraising, starting with a T-shirt for raising $75. Register on-line at www. walkMSoregon.com or by phone at 800-344-4867. You can also register the day o f the walk. If you have any questions contact Merilee McDowell at 541 - 676-5238 or Joan Basil at 541-676-5832. HHS to hold parent teacher conferences The Ivan M cD an iel Family: Punk, S a m , Mary, P ete, The G r a n d k id s a n d B o b & J a m ie “ Y O U R Inland Northwest Musicians ensembles to hold combined concerts S O L U T I O N ” Homes starting at $ 45,900 1280 sq. ft., 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom comments, "It’s lively and fun- o f course my fav orite piece is the Trumpet Volun tary by Purcell.” Joe’s son Cody also plays trumpet in the symphony. The Willow Creek Singers are also a part of this concert. They will be performing Gloria Patri by Palestrina, Pie Jesu by Greg G ilpin and a variation of Amazing Grace. We hope you will find time to attend one of these fine performances. As alw ays, the concerts are free to the public. Times and locations are: Saturday, April 4 at 7 p.m. at Stanfield Elemen tary School gymnasium; and Sunday, April 5 at 4 p.m. at W allowa High School gym. M.C. Arts and Crafts Club takes tour, sponsoring classes Pictured is Ruth Pitman with one of her art pieces. Contributed Photo up report cards and visit with teachers. Heppner Garden Club to meet The Heppner Gar den Club will be meeting on Monday, April 6, at 7 p.m. at St. Patrick's Senior Center. Hosts will be Danny Picard and Ida Farra. On the program w ill be: plans for Blue Mountain District meeting on April 18 at St. Patrick's Catholic Par ish Hall; and the annual Gar den Club’s plant exchange at St. Patrick's Senior Center dining room on May 2 from 8 a.m. until noon. Fair Board announces meeting changes The m onthly Fair Board meetings have been changed to the second Tues day o f the month. A pril's meeting will be on April 14 at 6 p.m. at the Port of Mor row building in Boardman. The Morrow County Arts and Crafts Club took a tour to Madras on March 19 to view the art work of Ruth Pitman, who is featured on the American M asters of Stone website. In the early 1960’s Ruth started lapidary work. In 1964 she began m ak ing rock tapestries, an art form she continues to this day. She has taught early American art, Tole painting, Norwegian rosemaling and other forms o f art. Making stone tapes tries is her passion and it is a laborious time consuming enterprise. Each pinhead size piece (meticulously crushed and sized, 150-200 screen ings required) is put down individually with tweezers. The rock and minerals she uses are all natural colors. She uses some 6,000 dif ferent shades of rock. Each tapestry is between 900 and 1,500 hours to finish. Ruth and her work have been seen on TV many times on Channel 2 in Port land. Her tapestries have been featured in many news paper articles and m aga zines. Her work has been displayed in several mu seums. R uth’s w ebsite is www.RuthPitman.com. The Morrow County Art Club has sponsored Art in the Schools, travels to various locations to visit art galleries and visit with art ists. The club is in charge o f the exhibits at the Morrow County Fair, was instru mental in starting the mural committee in Heppner and encourages the field o f art and music in our communi ties. The Morrow County Art and Crafts Club is spon soring an oil painting class by Bob Walton in April and a water color class in June. Anyone interested in joining can call Sharon Harrison at 989-8496. Trish Sw eeney at 676-9226 or Betty Mills at 676-5546. The club meets the fourth Thursday o f each month at the Stable o f Youth at I p.m. Your Household Hazardous Waste Rendering may show select option* look for lobel marked "Warning" and "Danger AVAILABLE IN THE FO LLO W IN G C O U N T IE S: Baker • Gilliam • Grant • Morrow • Sherman Umatilla • Union • Wallowa • Wheeler Two of Inland North- west Musicians’ orchestras w ill be joining forces in Stanfield and Wallowa on April 4 and 5. The Willow Creek Symphony (Irrigon) and the W allowa Valley Orchestra (Wallowa) have com bined efforts to p er form a concert in each of their regions. Jeff Searles and Randy Morgan are the associate conductors to R. Lee Friese. "Playing w ith the sym phony is ab so lu tely awesome,” says Joe Rich ardson- trumpet player w ith W'illow' Creek. “I almost live for it! This is the thing 1 love doing second only to spend ing time with my family.” When asked about the mu sic to be performed in this pair of concerts Richardson Turn Them In! 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