FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 10,2009
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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.
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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
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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.”
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f - o r tkose athletes wko w ant to ke active:
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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
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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
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