Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner. Oregon
HHS holds annual Veteran’s Day Celebration
By Jodessa C'hapa
On Thursday, No
vember 12, Heppner High
School held the annual
Veteran's Day Celebration
to honor all of the men and
women who have served in
the Armed Forces.
The morning began
with veterans paying visits
to classrooms where they
shared their experiences and
students asked questions. In
each room there were two
to three veterans. Many
veterans participated in the
informal “interviews.”
In one classroom
were George Griffith and
David McCurry. Griffith
served in Iwo Jima. He
spoke with great emotion,
telling us that “(Iwo Jima)
was w here creation ended.”
McCurry joined the Na
tional Guard in 1990 and
he is still on active duty.
McCurry served in Bosnia
in 2000 and in Afghanistan
in 2006-07. He is currently
awaiting deployment to Af
ghanistan again. McCurry
spoke about the drug w ar in
Afghanistan and of the very
different cultures of Bosnia
and Afghanistan.
After an hour o f
question and answer, the
veterans, HHS student body,
and faculty headed into the
gym for the ceremony.
While people seat-
Top Photo: Area veterans were honored at Heppner High
School's annual Veteran's Day Celebration program. Bottom
Photo: John “J um pe r" Bitters was the guest speaker for the
Veteran's Day program. -Photos by Sandy Matthew s
ed themselves, the HHS
band played a selection of
patriotic songs. The en
trance o f the color guard
w as followed by the singing
of the National Anthem by
the HHS choir.
The ceremony con
tinued with a slide show
and a speech given by John
"Jumper" Bitters. After his
speech came the memorial
to the veterans we have lost
and a performance of Taps
by Drew Johnson and Jor
dan Hatfield. The ceremony
concluded with a group pic
ture and a lunch provided
for the veterans and their
families.
When asked how
she felt about the Veteran’s
Day ceremony, Jodi Chapa
replied, “It’s very nice to be
recognized by the commu
nity for our service."
HHS Drama Club Receives Donation
On Nov. 6, 2009,
the United Methodist Wom
en held their annual holi
day bazaar and luncheon.
Along with the bazaar and
luncheon, the UMW has
added a raffle for the past
five years to earn money
to donate to local organiza
tions.
Last year the mon
ey was split between the St.
Patrick’s Senior Center and
the South Morrow County
Neighborhood Center. This
year, the UMW decided to
donate the raffle money to
the Heppner High School
Drama Club so that they
could continue producing
two plays this year since
their budget has been cut in
half this year.
This year two quilts
were donated for the raffle.
Phyllis Piper made one
quilt, and the late Beth Bry
ant made the other, which
Jo Meligan finished. Both
the UMW members and
the Heppner High School
Drama Club members sold
raffle tickets with the draw
ing for the quilts being held
at noon on November 6 at
Heppner Methodist Church minister Jonathan F.n/ presents
drama club advisor Jodi Chapa and the drama club with a
check for $1,015. -Contributed Photo
the bazaar. Meg Murray
won the Yo-Yo quilt and
Tracy Bunch won Beth’s
quilt.
Along with sell
ing raffle tickets, seven of
the drama club members,
Cherisse Lemmon, YoYo
Chan Lok Yiu, Gabby San
chez, Victoria Bosch, Kath-
rine Bach, Laerke Nielsen,
Daisy Victorio helped to
clean up during and after the
lunch. Gibson and Tresslyn
McCurry and Devin and
Garrett Robinson, members
of the church, served the
lunch.
Last Saturday at
rehearsal for “It’s A Won
derful Life, A Live Radio
Play,” the drama club's first
play, Jonathan Enz, Meth
odist minister, presented
the students with a check
for SI,015.
Perform ances of
the Drama Club’s first play
will be produced on No
vember 30, December 1 and
2. Donation for the second
play can be made at the
performances o f the first
play, or can be dropped off
at Sweet Productions.
C ham ber lunch m eeting to host ZeaChem Inc. speaker
This w eek’s cham-
ber lunch meeting guest
speaker will be Carrie Ati-
yeh, director of public af-
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for the meal is $9.
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Wednesday. November 11,2009 - FIVE
Veterans recognized at lone School
Led into a crowed
gymnasium w ith American
flags waving and students
cheering, local m ilitary
Veteran’s from lone were
aeknow ledged for exempli
fying the true character of
the American spirit- person
al courage, love of country
and devotion of duty during
a special ceremony held at
lone Community School
last Thursday in honor of
Veteran’s Day.
The event held
very special meaning for
several students at the
school while they watched
their grandparents file in
amongst their classmates
and neighbors. ASB Presi
dent, Mikey Raible, serv ed
as master of ceremonies as
students recognized com
munity members for their
military service.
The assembly was
brought to order by the
singing of the national an
them by sophomore. Shan
non Metcalfe, followed by
a Veteran’s Day video dedi
cated to the veteran’s of our
nation. After a presidential
address by Mikey Raible,
the elem entary students
sang 'Grand Ole’ Flag' and
passed out cards. Students
also had the opportunity for
a tutorial on flag etiquette
by Ladies Auxiliary Legion
member, Maureen McElli-
gott and assisted by eighth
graders Jason Thompson
and Emily Holland. The
program ended with the
playing of Amazing Grace
lone School ASB officers hosted a Veteran's Day Assembly
on Tuesday, November 10. Top Photo: Rindergartncr Maize
Hill hugs her grandpa, Paul Tews. -Contributed Photo Bottom
Photo: Students at lone Community School sing during the
Veteran's Day Program presented at the school. -Photo by
Andrew Sykes
on the violin by Eric Jepsen
and accompanied by his
sister, Rebecca Jepsen as
Veteran's were excused the
walking through a throng
of cheering students into a
reception in the cafeteria.
“It was a tremen
dously mov ing event," said
1sl grade teacher, Linda Ne-
iffer "It brought tears to my
eyes to watch the Veteran's
be escorted in with such
reverence.”
Morrow County Court weekly meeting held
The Morrow Coun
ty Court met on November
12 in Irrigon with Judge
Tallman and Commission
Rea in attendance. Follow
ing is a summary o f the
meeting provided by Leann
Rea.
The court reviewed
and approved accounts
payable in the amount of
S 1*95,829.92.
The court rev iewed
and approved the minutes
o f the N ovem ber 4 and
November 5 meetings.
The court met with
individuals interested in
the formation of the Com
munication Special District.
After some discussion it
w as decided the two-county
district should consist of
five zones with elections
to be decided by an “at
large” vote. With any in
terested resident of Morrow
or Umatilla Counties being
eligible to run for a posi
tion on the board. A public
hearing date and place w ill
be announced in the near
future.
The court conduct
ed the follow business:
Reviewed and approved
the holiday schedule for the
2010 calendar year. A list of
properties that have been
taken by the county for non
payment of property taxes
w as review ed and declared
as “surplus property". The
court will have the assessor
prov ide an appraisal of the
properties. Then the court
will decide upon minimum
bid amounts and direct the
sheriff to offer the proper
ties at public auction.
The 2009 Certifi
cation of Taxes provided
by Greg Sweek, county
assessor, was rev iewed.
The c o u n ty 's assessed
value is approxim ately
$1,326,000.000 with a real
market value of approxi
mately $1.605,000,000.
Total taxes and special
assessm ents am ount to
$5,433,979.76.
Reviewed and ap
proved a request from the
City of Boardman to use
excess “Needs & Issues”
award dollars to purchase
picnic tables. The original
application was to fund
lighting for the basketball
and soccer fields. The light
ing project came in under
budget, so they requested
the change in use.
Miscellaneous cor
respondences and meeting
notices were review ed.
Comm issioner Rea pro
vided the court with the
latest information regarding
the H1N1 case numbers
state w ide. As of Tuesday,
November 10, there have
been over 1,000 individuals
hospitalized w ith 33 deaths
state w ide.
Any one wishing
to be placed on the list to
receive county minutes
can contact Karen Wolff at
(541)676-5620.
HES students honored for first
quarter perfect attendance
Forty students at
Heppner Elmentary School
received a certificate for
perfect attendance for the
first quarter of the 2009-10
school year. The students
are: Kaden Combe, Zander
Fisher. Brett Jewett. ZaBre-
na Masterson. Roen Waite,
Jackson Lehman, Marlee
M itchell, Tyson Vawser.
Suzanneah Cason. Jacob
H ines, M ason Lehman,
Jason Rea, Charles Cason.
Madison Combe. Jacee Cur-
rin, Zavier Glover, Madison
Jewett. Tina Lozano. Cason
Mitchell. Jacob Owen, Leo
Waite, Ethan Akers, Carson
Brosnan, Tony Delay. Riley
Gorham, Kacie Gray, Kait-
lyn Martin. Nichole Shaw.
Naleah Stone. Reiah Waite,
Sophie Grant, Payton Leh
man. Michael Reed. Nalani
Stone, Clyde Britt, Kaden
Lehman, Josh Dowdy, Em
ily Pappas, Kolby Currin,
and Alyssa Palacios.
Heppner Garden Club to meet
On December 7. at
noon, the Heppner Garden
Club w ill hold their regular
meeting.
The program will
include a light lunch fol
lowed by “An old fashioned
Christmas." Members are
asked to bring a favorite
Christmas poem or short
story to share. Songs of the
season will be sung, inter
spersed w ith the sharing of
stories and poems; piano
accompaniment by Dorine
Enz.
The special guests
will be last year's “Yard of
the Month" recipients. The
program committee will be
the hosts.
attendance by Wednesday He p p ner C h am b er seek in g com m u n ity volu n teers
so enough lood can be
provided.
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trees on Monday, Novem-
a
ber 23. starting at 3:45 p.m.
Anyone who would like to
help can call the chamber at
676-5536 or just show up.
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