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
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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
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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
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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 ”
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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.
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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.
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"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
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ing time with my family.”
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