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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 10,2009 Something for everyone during Zachry teaches students about flowers Over the Tee Cup invitational results announced Celebrate Heppner event I jt H eppner’s Main Street from Willow to May Streets will be closed from 2 p.m. - 9 p.m. to enjoy Celebrate Heppner event. Local artists’ are getting ready to show off their talents at City Hall from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. San dra Haynes will be having a scratch board demo; Ray Grace, Denise Smith, Alita Nelson, along with mem bers of the Morrow County Arts and Crafts Club mem bers Tricia Sweeney, Bob and Sharon Harrison, Betty Mills will also be available. Carol Right will be display ing her jewelry for sale and Carol Kline w ill be display ing and selling her “tie dye” items and will be set up outside CD’s restaurant on Main Street. Friday evening events begin at 5 p.m. with a hot dog barbecue meal served by Bank of Eastern Oregon employees, fol lowed by the dessert auc tion, a youth talent show and live, local entertain ment. On Saturday, June 13, "Rail, Riches & Rejec tion: The History of the Railroad in the Willow Creek Valley” will be held. Tickets are still available for the dinner theatre which will begin with dinner at 6 p.m. (catered by Dino’s De lectable Catering Services) inside the Agricultural Mu seum, with the play begin ning at 7 p.m. set up outside by the mural. There also will be a couple of garage sales that will be happening dur ing the Celebrate Heppner weekend. There is something for everybody this year at the 2009 Celebrate Heppner event. “The title of this Saturday’s stage production certainly captures much of the story that will be enact ed,” explains a spokesper son for the Dinner-at-the- Cemetery Players. “'Rails’ brought goods and people to the Willow Creek Valley for a hundred years. That serv ice combined with the shipping out of agricul tural and forest products to enhance the 'riches’ of the area. And ‘rejection’ describes what some locals felt w hen that long associa tion disappeared.” For newcomers, visitors, and long-time resi dents, the play will provide entertaining scenes of days long gone and more recent history and will offer some stories probably not even familiar to many in the lo cal audience. It will also present a scene unfamiliar to everyone, a scene from the future. "RR&R” features the worlds of romance, of business, of law and law lessness. And these worlds will be come alive through actors well known for their talents on the stage and newcomers to the world of theatre: Ed Berretta, Marty Brannon, Damon Brosnan, Louis Carlson, Maggie Collins, Dave and Neva DeMayo, Tim Dickenson, Macy Gibbs, Cliff Green, Janet Greenup, Sharon Harrison, Claudia Hughes, Andrew Johnson, the Brian- Amy-Rylee-Evan-Irelynn Kollman family. Bill Kuhn, Barney Lindsay, Joe Lind say, Butch Loughlin, Larry Lutcher, Jack Meligan, Cara Osmin, Erin Price, Steve Rhea, Band and sing ing members of Michelle Stone's music classes, Kane Sweeney, Terry Tallman, Dan Van Schoiack, and Tom Wolff. This histo rical drama will begin - after the 6 p.m. formal dinner served in the farm museum by Dino’s Delectable Ca tering - on Saturday at 7 p.m. on Riverside Street by. the museum mural, unless weather forces a change to the St. Patrick Church Parish Hall. Tickets for the entire event, the dinner and the play, are only $20 and are available, until sold out, at Bank of Eastern Oregon, Community Bank, Heppner Chamber Office, Heppner TV, and Murray’s. Dinner-at-the-Cemetery production to be held this weekend M.C. Court weekly meeting held The Morrow Coun ty Court met on May 27 in Boardman w ith Judge Tail- man, Commissioner Grieb and Commissioner Rea in attendance. Following is a summary of those meeting provided by Leann Rea. The court reviewed and approved accounts pay able and payroll taxes in the amount of $400,185.23. There was no Road Department report. The court conduct ed the following business: Review ed a letter to Oregon International Motor Speed way, LLC regarding race commitments; Reviewed a letter from the Oregon State Fair & Expo regard ing the state’s celebration of 150 years of statehood, and a letter to the fair board regarding the placement of a bridge at the fairgrounds; Discussed the needed re pairs on the museum roof; Reviewed an e-mail re garding issues regarding the closeout of the Army Depot. Commissioner Rea reported to the court on the Citizens Advisory Com mission meeting that she attended. CALEDONIAN GAMES JULY 11 AND 12 • CITY PARK - ATHENA "> < i A I bt T " ■ j % £ MY S in s h k Dave Zachry has been supplying Mrs. Elguezabal's classroom at Heppner Elementary School with flowers all year long. The students have not only enjoyed smelling the flowers, but they also have learned the names of 15 different kinds of flowers. Last week they learned how to spell Iris and Peony. The stu dents listed some of their favorite flowers as: roses, daffodils, tulips, bleeding hearts, daisies, iris and peonies. Pictured are: top row - Mrs. Campbell and Mrs. Elguezabal; middle row - Heidi McLaren, Derrick Smith, Andrew Looslie, Jazmin Bar rett, Logan Angell, and Mark Adams; and bottom row - Julie Teeman, Hailey Holmgren, Dave Zachry, Kegan Steagall, and Wyatt Wilhelm. -Contributed Photo da Dunn; low net: 1” Mary Mountain Willow Creek: Low gross-1 “ Pat Edmundson, 2nd Virginia Grant; low net-1”, tie between Pat Dougherty and Karen Thompson, 2nd, tie between Sandi Hanna and Corol Mitchell B irdies:K aren Thompson, #15, #18 C hip-in: Corol Mitchell, #11 Long Drive: Guest, Sally Dyer; Home, Pat Dougherty K.P.-Guest, Mari lyn Mabe; Home, Virginia Grant and Corol Mitchell Long Putt: Guest, Anna Carpenter; Home, Karen Thompson The WCCC Ladies 9 Hole Invitational is sched uled for Tuesday, June 30. gram is not something for kids to have the chance to just fool around with. “We want to make sure people understand w e’re being very clinical about this,” Thornburg said. He noted that the only expenses so far have been to purchase several Wii games, such as the sport pack. Outdoor Challenge and Wii Fit. All of the consoles and remotes were donated when Pendle ton Academies closed. The Wii Fit aero bics and balance programs have fun therapeutic move ments such as the hula hoop, penguin slide, ski slalom, tightrope walk and balance bubble. The Out door Challenge features a “mole stomper,” trampo line, water slide, jump rope and trail rider. These games help special needs students to improve their balance and motor skills. Through his re search, Thornburg has found other physical and occupational therapists across the country who are using the Wii systems in rehabilitation centers, assisted living centers and even for war veterans in VA medical centers. “Doing the physical therapy can be quite painful for some of the veterans, so using the Wii helps them with their therapy while helping to take their minds off the pain by doing something firn,” Thornburg said. Thorn burg also has connected with Mershon Hinkel, an occupational therapist in Philadelphia known as the “Wii OT.” The pair have shared various Wii thera py ideas and experiences. By refining the program through the pilot project, Thornburg hopes to collect enough tangible and effec tive data and experiences to apply for grant funding to help take the program take flight in more schools with the UMESD’s physical and occupational therapists. Physical, occupational therapists testing out “Wii-hab” Nintendo Wii has taken the video game in dustry and many American households by storm, and now the game system is starting to be used as a form of physical and oc cupational therapy to help improvement movement and motor skills. When Pendleton Academies closed its doors last fall, the Umatilla-Mor- row Education Service Dis trict (UMESD) acquired several used Nintendo Wii game consoles. They were handed down to UMESD Assistive Technology Spe cialist Lon Thornburg, who began to research the use of Wii systems in physical and occupational therapy with special needs students. The results? “Wii-hab.” Now Thornburg, physical therapist Jodi Garberg and occupational therapist Christi Sullivan are w orking together to cre ate a pilot program for the Wii therapy. They spent two days observing students us- ing the system and several games at Sandstone Middle School and Hermiston High School to develop a base line of activities and design a data collection model for the program. The trio are hoping to create a pilot program that will be used for six months at a time at two different schools (to be determined) next year. They’ll study the effective ness of the system to moti vate special needs students, as well as how well it helps to improve their communi cation and motor skills. The pilot program will also give them the opportunity to improve the program, its uses and effectiveness, as well as refine the data collection model. “We think it’ll also be a good tool for diagnos ing what some of these kids can't do,” Thornburg said. “I think there are just tons of possibilities with this system.” Thornburg emphasizes that this pro- Utah man speaks his mind while on the road If Teachers win all in donkey basketball game 1 9 Drillin';’ AID«« WILDCANCSS TH€ PCD CPRPCT TO SO CIALISM you B (U (V( IH G10BAIWARMING... UMV RR< VOU DRIVING? m o t ft I TO u t o n n i Jerry Koleppel of Utah makes his feelings known by display ing them on the back of his truck. -Photo by David Sykes A Utah man makes no secret of how he feels about the state of the nation, and especially the environ mental movement. In fact he prints it right on the back of his pickup truck. One line says: “Wilderness the red carpet to socialism.” “We (in Utah) are going the way you went with the spotted owl,” says Jerry Koleppel of Vernal, Utah, who was in Heppner this week visiting relatives. “They are counting cactus and shutting down the oil drilling,” he says about his home state of Utah. “They are taking away drilling permits and stopping all the oil drilling, and we need the oil.” Koleppel says he has had nothing but positive response to the messages on the back of his pickup. “People give me the thumbs up on the road,” he says. Some of the other messages on his pickup are: “If you believe in global warming- why are you driving?” and, “Go green and lose your job.” PUPPIES FOR SALE! B agp ip es, C ab ers, H ighland D an cing, Sh o p p in g and Fun! f - o r tkose athletes wko w ant to ke active: 5^ R u n , |—jorseshoe tournam ent, toss the ca b e r and lots o f S c o t t is h a th le tic events S p e c ta to r sports: sheep dog tria ls , Coaled onian P a r a d e , h-hghl and dancing com petition, (C e ltic I—l<xrp, Adorable six-week-old female Chihuahua puppies j t o n e s and bagpipe for sale $250 each. One fawn-colored short hair, one bands black long hair, both with markings. Have first shots. www.athenacaledonlangani9S.org WCCC Ladies held their 18 Hole Invitational on Tuesday, June 2. Twen ty-four players from neigh boring clubs enjoyed a day of sunshine, gentle breezes and some great golf. Low gross of the field: Nancy Propheter, WCCC, with a score of 69. Low net of the field: Luvilla Sonstegard, WCCC, with a net of 54. Winners by Club Big River G olf Club: Low gross-151 Paula Simmons; low net-151 Sandy Keyser China Creek Golf Course: Low gross- 1st Sally Dyer, 2nd Sarah Rucker; low net- 1st Alene Rucker, 2nd Kay West Kinzua Hills Golf Course: Low gross: 1st Lin Call April 676-9228 days, 676-9939 evenings. The teachers won the donkey basketball game for the firs time ever. Team members included: Jeannie Collins, Wend; Cannin, Petra Payne, Jason Palmer, Joe Lindsay, Luke Mur ray and Beth Dickenson. The May 29 fundraiser consisted o two games, and four teams playing. The teams included: tw< student teams of FFA members (freshmen, sophomores an< juniors), an FFA alumni team and a staff team. The Alumn beat their student opponents and the staff beat their studen opponents, as well- so the champion game was between th< staff and the alumni. -Contributed Photo FSA county committee nominations start June 15 Darcy Vial, County Executive Director for US- DA’s Farm Service Agency in Morrow County has an nounced that farmer and rancher candidate nomi nations begin June 15 for local Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committees. The nomination period continues through Aug. 3, 2009. Elections take place this fall. To be eligible to serve on an FSA county committee, a person must participate or cooperate in a program administered by FSA, be eligible to vote in a county committee elec tion and reside in the local administrative area (LAA) in which the person is a candidate. The form and othe valuable information abou FSA county committei elections are available on line at: www.fsa.usda.gov FSA/webapp?area=newsn om&subject=landing&to| ic=cce. Nomination form for the 2009 election mus be postmarked or receive« in the local USDA Servic Center by close of busines on August 3. FSA will mail bal lots to producers beginnin November 6. The vote« ballots are due back to th local county office eithe via mail or in person b December 7. Newly electe committee members an alternates take office Jar 1 ,2 0 1 0 .
