Heppner Gazette-Times Heppner, Oregon
Oregon East Symphony presents
“Cello’s Greatest Hits Recital”
The O regon East
Sym phony will finish its
concert season with a cham
ber m usic recital at the
Pendleton C enter for the
A rts (214 N. M ain) on
S aturday, M ay 30, at 7
p.m. The program will fea
ture Kevin Hekm atpanah
on cello and Sheila Zilar
Gephart on piano.
Hekmatpanah is a
professor of cello at Gon-
zaga University in Spokane,
and has toured and recorded
extensively. Zilar Gephart
lives in Richland, where
she teaches choir and piano
and is a sought-after ac
companist.
Music for the per
form ance includes works
by Brahms, Chopin, Boc
cherini, Popper, and Bloch.
“ We’ve been referring to
this program as ‘C e llo ’s
Greatest Hits’,’’ says OES
Executive Director, Chris
tina van der Kamp, “1 am
excited to hear this won
derful m usic brought to
life by these two top-notch
performers.”
Tickets are $5 and
are available at the Oregon
East Symphony office (in
the Vert Community Build
ing) or at the door. Wine
and refreshm ents will be
served.
For more informa
tion, call ( 541 ) 276-0320 or
log onto www.oregoneast-
symphony.org.
Wednesday, May 27,2009 - THREE
Donkey Basketball Game to be held Friday
The Heppner FFA
Chapter will be holding the
3rd annual Donkey Basket
’
ball Game on Friday May,
29, at 7 p.m. at Heppner
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High School.
This year a new ad
dition has been added prior
to the gam e. The newly
established Alumni Chap
ter is holding a pre-game
barbecue at 5:30 p.m. at
the high school. Fam ily
entertainm ent and games
will also be available.
Tickets are for sale
at HHS. Tickets purchased
prior to the game will cost
$8 for adults, $6 for stu
dents and $4 for children.
If purchased at the door the The annual Donkey Basketball Game will be held Friday eve
cost will go up one dollar. ning at Heppner High School. -Contributed Photo
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Morrow County Court weekly meeting held Morrow SWCD Board
The Morrow Coun to be done on some o f the ules for the county; Heard meeting to be held
ty Court met on May 13 in
Irrigon with Judge Tail-
man, Commissioner Grieb
and Commissioner Rea in
attendance. Following is a
summary of those meeting
provided by Leann Rea.
T he c o u rt a p
proved the minutes o f May
6, 2009.
The court reviewed
and approved accounts pay
able, retirement taxes and
payroll in the am ount of
$251,897.86.
The Road Depart
ment provided the follow
ing report: The crew will
be concentrating all efforts
on the paving job on Depot
Lane in the Irrigon area.
If all goes well, that job
should be finished by May
22. T hen the crew w ill
move to Myers Lane. There
is still some work that needs
gravel roads. If the crew is
rained out on the paving
job they will work on the
gravel roads. Dave Pranger
is working on his spraying
projects except when he is
needed to fill in with the
paving crew. The OHV Park
was busy last Saturday, with
an estimated 750 campers,
and 250 contestants in the
poker run. The Household
H azardous W aste Event
appeared to have been very
successful with more than
twice as many participants
than last year’s event.
The court conduct
ed the following business:
R eview ed and approved
two new job descriptions
for Court Clerk I and Court
Clerk II with the Irrigon
Justice Court; Reviewed
and adopted new fee sched-
the first reading, by title,
for the newly revised Code
E nfo rcem en t O rdinance
Amendment; Reviewed and
signed a resolution regard
ing the National Forest Re
lated Safety Net Payments;
A pp ro v ed a req u e st for
the Behavioral Health and
Public Health to rearrange
some office space in the
Gilliam Bisbee Building;
rev iew ed m iscellan eo u s
correspondences.
T he c o u rt heard
an update from the Oregon
International Motor Speed
w ay folks regarding the
establishment o f four race
commitments. The have a
commitment for two races
in 2011 and two in 2012,
providing the track is con
structed to meet the design
and safety standards.
Morrow/Gilliam County Wheat
Growers Benefit Golf Scramble set
The M orrow/Gil-
liam Wheat Growers Ben
efit G olf Scram ble is set
for Thursday, June 4, at
the Willow Creek Country
Club in Heppner.
Registration opens
at 8:30 a.m. and play begins
with a shotgun start at 9
a.m. Foursomes and indi-
The M orrow
SWCD Board has a meeting
scheduled for Tuesday, June
2, 1 p.m. at the Ag Service
Center in Heppner.
Agenda items in
clude: A pril, M ay 2009
meeting minutes, treasurer’s
report, written staff report,
budget review, and agency
reports. A conference call
may be necessary.
M e etin g s o f the
Morrow SWCD are open
to the public. The meeting
location is accessible to
persons with disabilities.
A request for an interpreter
for the hearing impaired or
for other accommodations
for persons w ith disabilities
should be made at least 48
hours before the meeting to
Janet Greenup, (541) 676-
5452, ext. 109.
Mural to be painted at
lone elementary gym
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Students at lone Community School voted to have this mural
painted in the elementary school gym. Max Trahan is the art
ist. -Contributed photo
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Spring Is Here - And
So Are Great Rates
Ladies Play Day
was held on Tuesday,
May 19, at the Willow
C reek C ountry Club.
Results are as follows:
April 19
Low g ro ss o f
the field was Virginia
Grant. Low net o f the
field was A nn Elgin.
Least putts o f the field
was Betty Christman.
F light A wi n
ners were: low gross
w as N ancy P ro p h et-
er; low net was Karen
Thompson; least putts
was Jan Paustian; and
long drive was Nancy
Propheter.
F light B w in
ners w ere: low gross
were Lorene Montgom
ery; low net was Pat
D ougherty; and long
drive was Pat Dough
erty.
F light C w in
ners w ere: low gross
was Jackie Allstott; low
net was Laura Rogers;
least putts was Burl De
Boer; and long drive
was Ann Elgin.
KP: Jackie All
stott
Chip-ins: Lor-
rene Montgomery.
L o n g e st Putt
was Jan Paustian.
Coming Events:
WCCC Ladie’s 18-hole
Invitational June 2.
MS Walk
announces
final total
Advertise with the
vidual players are welcome.
There will be awards for
teams and individuals.
For information, or
to register, call the Oregon
W heat G row ers L eague
office at 541-276-7330, or
visit www.owgl.org for a
printable registration form.
Ladies Play
Day results
Foster qualifies for national rodeo finals,
Silver State International Rodeo
This past weekend.
Bo Foster, a senior at Hep
pner High School, qualified
for the state o f Washington
to compete in the national
rodeo finals in Farmington,
NM and the Silver State In
ternational Rodeo in Fallon,
NV.
in team roping, fourth in
steer wrestling, sixth in calf
roping, and third in the all-
around. He has chosen to
bypass the national rodeo
finals in New Mexico and
instead will compete in the
Silver State International
Rodeo in Nevada July 5-9.
Foster placed fifth
The Heppner
MS Walk final total was
$13,328, which is the larg
est amount raised since the
walk’s conception. “We had
more walkers this year and
people really gave gener
ously,” stated an MS Walk
committee member. “It was
an exciting day, you could
just feel the love and sup
port all around you.”
“The amount that
we raised says a lot for
this com m unity and the
outlining areas,” said Co-
Chairman Merilee McDow
ell. “I would like to invite
everyone to next y e a r’s
walk. Join the Movement,
a world free of MS.”
Mustangs take
8,h place in state
golf action
OTLD Heppner branch receives
new children’s books
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The H e p p n e r
branch library recently re-
ceived a Libri Foundation
Books for Children grant,
The Heppner Friends of the
Library contributed the nec-
essary matching funds. The
library also received a bo-
nus grant o f $350 worth of
math and science books. All
o f the books were unveiled
recently at the library.
The 80 new chil-
dren’s books are now avail-
able for checkout,
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Senior Josh Shank putts in
d u rin g the state golf to u r
n a m e n t held in Banks on
Q uail Ridge G olf C ourse.
The Heppner Mustangs tied
for 8,b place in the I A, 2a. &
3A state tournam ent. Chris
Lien placed 13rt individual!)
and Joe Pranger placed 21”
individually. Photo by Sandy
Matthews
EOU announces
winter term
dean’s list
More than 500 stu
dents enrolled at Eastern
Oregon University for w in
ter term 2009 have been
named to the dean's list. To
qualify for the dean's list,
students must achieve and
maintain a grade point av
erage of 3.5 or higher on a
4.0 scale while completing
a minimum of 12 hours of
graded courscwork for the
duration of the term.
Blair K cithley o f
Heppner qualified for the
winter 2009 dean’s list.