Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Benefit spaghetti
A benefit spaghetti
dinner and silent auction for
Rich and Sheridan (Sweek)
Zita will be held on Thurs
day, September 17, at the
Heppner Elks Club on #358
from 5-8 p.m.
S heridan is the
daughter of the late Clay
ton Sw eek and Evelyn
Sweek o f Heppner. She
is a 1982 Heppner High
School graduate. She is
a grade school teacher at
Echo grade school.
Rich is the son of
Dorothy Cutsforth Hawk
ins. He works for Western
States Equipment in Pend
leton.
B oth R ich and
Sheridan are battling can
cer. Sheridan has pancreatic
cancer. Rich has cancer of
the lymphatic system. They
are both undergoing cancer
The Zita Family
treatments in Walla Walla,
WA.
They have tw o
sons: Cory, 19, a sophomore
at University of Idaho, and
Nicholas, 17, a senior at
Pendleton High School.
Cost of the dinner
is $7 for adults and $5 for
kids. Everyone is welcome
to attend.
Silent auction items
will include: men’s Armani
w atch. Nouveau Spa signa
ture pedicure. Nouveau Spa
massage, two HHS sports
passes for the year, Wii
system, Pendleton Whiskey
lamp, two handmade wine
holders with wine, home-
made afghan, Mexican din
ner, one day of handy man
labor, and much more. A va
riety of baskets w ill also be
available: Several wine and
cheese, picnic, Mustang
logo items. Hair Expression
of goodies, kitchen items
with fall theme, Demarle
Cookware products, and
Arbonne Spa products.
An account has
been set up for the Zita
family at Community Bank
and can donations can be
made at any branch.
For additional in
form ation or to make a
donation contact Kaedene
Bailey at 676-5110. Checks
for the dinner or auction
can either be made out to
St. Patrick’s Altar Society
or the Zitas at Community
Bank. All donations are tax
deductible.
Army of free tutors in place for Eastern
Oregon students and lifelong learners
As the school year
gets underway, an army of
skilled tutors stands ready
to help students and persons
of all ages in Morrow Coun
ty and elsewhere in eastern
Oregon with homework,
writing, resume-building,
G.E.D. assistance, citizen
ship tests and many other
studies.
The free service is
available through public
libraries in 15 rural Or
egon counties and can be
accessed by anyone seven
days per week, from 2 p.m.
to 10 p.m., wherever there
is an internet connection.
S tu d e n ts fro m
kindergarten through 12Ih
grade, hom e-schoolers,
those in introductory-level
college courses and adult
learners can simply visit
any library in the 15 coun
ties served by LEO or a
library’s website to get on-
demand, interactive help
from qualified tutors.
All that’s needed
is a library card or to re
quest the tutoring service
pass-code from any public
library in eastern Oregon.
A ccess can also
be made directly through
the LEO website: www.
librariesofeasterrtoregon.
org. Live, on line tutoring
services have been made
available for this school
year in Morrow County
with funding contributed
by The Chalkboard Project,
Libraries of Eastern Oregon
(LEO), and the Oregon
Trail Library District.
The project is part
of “LEO Learns,” an initia
tive to bring programs and
services to persons of all
ages across the region.
A dm inistered by
Tutor.com, the LEO Learns
suite includes “Live Home-
work Help,” the College
Learning Center, and the
Adult Career Center.
“Live Homework
Help” connects students
in grades K-12 with expert
tutors in match, science,
social studies and language
arts.
The College Center
provides remedial help for
higher education courses
and reports, essays and
papers in a wide range of
subjects. The Adult Learn
ing Center provides as
sistance with studies for a
high school diploma, U.S.
citizenship tests, crafting
a resume, and job search
services.
Tutoring is avail
Health Department
Schedule
The Morrow County Health Department has
released its September schedule as follows:
Wednesday, September 16: Heppner Senior
Center Flu Clinic, 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; lone Fire Hall
Flu Clinic, 4-7 p.m.
Thursday, September 17: Heppner Clinic, 8 a.m.
to noon; 1-4:30 p.m.
Monday, September 21: Boardman Clinic, 8:30
a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 1-4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, September 22: Boardman Clinic, 8:30
a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 1-4:30 p.m.; Boardman Senior Center
Flu Clinic 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Thursday, September 24: Heppner Clinic, 8 a.m.
to noon, 1-4:30 p.m.
Monday, September 28: Boardman Clinic, 8:30
a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 1-4:30 p.m.; Boardman Clinic Flu
Clinic 4-7 p.m.
Tuesday, September 29: Boardman Clinic, 8:30
a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 1-4:30 p.m.
7 th Annual
Fund Raising Dinner
To Benefit
lone Education Foundation
501 (c)3 non-profit corporation.
AUCTION a n d RAFFLE ITEMS
S aturday, S e p te m b e r 26th
lo n e A m e ric a n L eg io n H all
Social h o u r at 6 p .m . / D inner at 7 p .m .
M enu : Prim e Rib, Salm on, Salad,
Baked Potato, Bread, Dessert.
TWo drinks included w ith meal
(choose from beer, w ine and soft drinks).
Ticket Prices:
Adults - $25.00
Children 7 - 12 - $10.00
6 and under - Free
Come enjoy a fun evening and
help support the lone School.
able in both English and
Spanish.
Students and tutors
can review specific home
work questions, as well as
subject-specific concepts
using features such as con
trolled chat, an interactive
white board, and shared
web browsing. There is also
24/7 access to worksheets,
videos and tutorials in just
about any subject. All tu
tors are certified teachers,
college professors, pro
fessional tutors, graduate,
or undergraduate students
from across the country.
Tutor.com has more than
2,000 highly qualified, cer
tified tutors serving 1,800
libraries across the country,
although few in Oregon
outside of this region. To
date, nationw ide the service
has conducted over 4.5 mil
lion sessions.
“ W e’re re a lly
pleased to have this help
from the Chalkboard Proj
ect and some local libraries
to have this service avail
able in the region,” said Lyn
Craig, LEO executive direc
tor. “The learning suite is
easy to use and significantly
increases the library's pres
ence and responsibility in
the rural communities.”
Launched in 2004,
the nonprofit Chalkboard
Project was organized by
a consortium of six of Or
egon’s leading foundations
to help bolster education
with a goal of making the
state’s K-12 public schools
among the nation’s best.
Chalkboard Proj
ect aims to help create a
more informed and engaged
public to address issues
required to build strong
schools, and to enable state
wide programs that can be
applied at the local level to
improve school quality, ac
countability and funding.
To le a rn m ore
about Chalkboard Project
and its efforts, contact proj
ect director Kylie Grunow
at 877-YOUR-K12 or see
www.charlkboardproject.
org.
LEO serves public
libraries in Baker, Crook,
Gilliam , Grant, Harney,
Jefferson, Lake, Malheur,
Morrow, Sherman, Umatil
la, Union, Wallowa, Wasco
and Wheeler counties. For
more information, contact
Craig at 541-763-2355 or
OTLD director M arsha
Richmond, who serves on
the LEO board, at 541 -481 -
3365.
Lemmon graduates from
Pacific Coast Banking School
M ark L em m on, Mark and his wife, Alaina,
Chief Financial Officer for have six children and live
Bank o f Eastern Oregon, in Lexington.
“Mark once
recently graduated
again proved him
from Pacific Coast
self to be a leader
Banking School.
amongst his peers,”
PC B S is
said J e ff Bailey,
touted as the pre
President and CEO
mier graduate level
of the bank. “The
banking school in
PCBS coursework
the country. For the
is quite intense. We
past three summers, Mark
Lemmon
are very proud of
Mark has attended
M ark ’s a c h ie v e
the two-week pro
gram at the University of ment. His dedication to the
Washington in Seattle. The bank and desire to increase
curriculum included courses his knowledge in banking
in lending, law, accounting, is another example of w hat
leadership, and numerous sets us apart from our com
inter-year problems, as well petition.”
“1 appreciate the
as a thesis. Lemmon gradu
ated as an honor roll student opportunity to further my
being specifically recog banking knowledge,” said
nized in the top 10% of the Lemmon. “The interaction
with other bankers was a
graduating class of 228.
Lemmon joined the valuable experience.”
bank in 2006 and is a CPA.
Arlington Saddle Club
queen tryouts to be held
T ryouts for the
2010 Arlington Saddle Club
Queen w ill be held Sunday,
September 27, at 11 a.m.
at the A rlington Rodeo
grounds.
The pageant is open
to girls ages 16 - 24, who
are committed to represent
ing the Club at 10 manda
tory events. Contestants do
not need to reside in Gilliam
County to apply.
For more informa
tion, contact Eileen Potter,
Advisor at 541-384-6251 or
e-mail to epotter@jncable.
com.
To the people who write letters degrading our city council and
workers using filthy language or writing about a deceased person
who is like a sister to us, you are living cowards because they will
not put their names on these letters.
Any letters I send out, no matter who they go out to, I always sign
my name because I am not a living coward like those who send out
filthy letters.
Jim Nelson
Lexington. OR
989-8118
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
- THREE
A view from the hill
By Doris Brosnan
Any given Saturday afternoon at Willow Creek
Terrace almost always finds some residents enjoying
a matinee movie, and they always welcome visitors to
view it w ith them.
Saturday matinees are just one of the routine
activities per week on the Hill that must be worked
into a schedule that also includes a variety of special
activities every month. Any designated day is never too
insignificant for a celebration, especially when the day
involves such activities as creating and drinking root
beer floats (August 8), sneaking zucchini to your neigh
bor (9th), remembering and discussing and listening to
the music of the King, Elvis Presley (9lh), making and
eating s’mores (13th), paying tribute to right-minded
people - those left-handed people in our midst - and
trying to write with that hand if you are right handed
(16th), telling jokes because it is Tell-a-Joke Day (16th),
learning something more about aviation and seeing
whose paper airplane can fly the farthest (21st), and
having peach pie for dessert on Peach-Pie Day (26th).
September has begun with similar busy-ness
at the Terrace, as everyone was encouraged to read a
book on the 7th, had hot dogs for lunch on that tasty
cuisine’s birthday (12th), and followed up on the 13th
with a tasty tribute to National Chocolate-Milkshake
Day. Residents will be invited to make a hat on the
19th, talk like a pirate on the 20th, create something
impressive on Play-Doh Day (21st), think of something
to do to celebrate the patent of the ice cream cone
(25th), discuss and read comic books and also study
information on Native Americans on the 26th, figure
out in some tasty, creative way why there is a National
Mocha Day, and see the month close while having a
chew on Chewing-Gum Day.
September will also bring the birthdays of the
youngest and the oldest residents at the Terrace. This,
of course, means that residents will have to celebrate
with Gloria and Stubby over some delicious birthday
treats. And Manager Naims reports that residents might
be able to work in a trip through the mountains this
month. With colors turning, September might offer
an especially enjoyable ride to Ukiah, with especially
enjoyable ice cream at that end of the trip.
Since their garden, which will be featured in
next month's Ruralite, now requires a little less atten
tion, some residents have a little more free time this
month. The staff, however, continues to prepare the
produce for meals and to freeze some for winter menus.
The Terrace freezers are nearly filled to the brims, w ith
these and other small containers and the 4-H pig that
the Odd Fellows donated, along with the two beeves
that Charlie and Marsha Anderson donated to the Com
munity on the Hill. Friends who have shared their own
garden harvest with the residents recently are Debbie
Warren, A1 and Donna Osmin, Tom and Arlynda Gates,
and Daisy Collins. And the cookies from Floss Watkins
were instantly and greatly appreciated.
Appreciated every day by the Terrace residents
are the members of their staff, and Manager Nairns re
ports that three new members are already proving to be
great additions: Michelle Greenup, Jessica Lentz, and
Hilaree Stewart. Visitors are encouraged to come by
to meet the new faces, play games, chat w ith residents,
take in a movie. Visitors might just sit and relax...
unless they happen to show up during any of the busy
activities that the residents view as one reason life on
the Hill can be a pleasure.
Oregon Cattlemen announce
Stewardship Fund Scholarship winners
For the upcoming
2009-10 academic year,
the Oregon C attlem en’s
Association announces its
Stewardship Fund Scholar
ship winners. Scholarships
went to five college-bound
Oregonians each receiv
ing a prestigious $1,000
academic award, including
Shanna Rietmann of Hep
pner.
Rietmann is cur
rently a first-year veterinary
student attending Oregon
State University’s College
of Veterinary Medicine.
“The Oregon Cat
tlem en ’s A ssociation is
proud to honor students
in the community who are
working to advance the
economic, political and so
cial interests of the Oregon
cattle industry,” said Kay
Teisl, executive director
of the Oregon Cattlemen's
Association.
The Stewardship
Fund is available to cur
rent Oregon Cattlemen's
Association members and
members of their family.
Applicant requirements in
cluded sophomore, junior,
senior or graduate level
and full-time enrollment
at a community college or
university for the 2009-10
academic year. All majors
may apply; however, some
relevance to the livestock
industry must be demon
strated. For scholarship
questions, please contact
the OC A office at 503-361-
8941 oremailtokatiegoff@
orcattle.com.
Morrow County Soil Conservation
Farms Recognized September 27
Wheat producers
and interested persons are
invited to attend a reunion
o f Morrow County Soil
Conservation Winners 1948
through 1998. The event
will take place at the OSU
Extension Service Office
in Heppner on September
27 at 3 p.m.
The Oregon Wheat
Growers League honored
producers throughout the
state for their conservation
efforts for 50 years, until
conservation became the
regulatory standard, and the
program was retired. A cel
ebration has been planned
to preserv e this history and
acknowledge the farms that
w ere selected from Morrow
County.
The reunion will
take place at the Morrow
County OSU Extension Of
fice. located at the old Kin-
zua Mill Office site. North
o f Heppner on Highway
207. A plaque identifying
the farms will be placed
on the north wall of the
conference room along w ith
the personal plaques of the
nine Morrow County Farms
honored by the State.
This soil conser
vation program was pro
moted by the Oregon Wheat
Growers League and sup
ported by the County Wheat
Growers League, and by the
Oregon State University
Extension Service in each
County.
For more informa
tion or to RSVP contact
Louis Carlson at 541-676-
5302.