FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Heppner Elks announce local scholarship winners
Foreign Exchange
Student Spotlights
Emilie Blak Anderson
By A m ber (¡ray
volleyball and is excited to
Emilie Blak Ander­ play other sports.
son is from D en­
One way
mark. She lives with
th a t E m ilie sa y s
Ginger O'Brian.
D e n m a rk d iff e rs
Emilie
from America is that,
came from the city
in Denmark, people
and has never seen
do not have to pay
or touched an ani­
to go to college, so
mal until she came Km ¡lie Blak
m ore p eo p le end
to O r e g o n . S he Anderson
going to co lleg e.
loves it here and
There is a lot more
thinks there are so many land over here compared to
cool people here. She has the city.
a lot o f new friends and
Emilie wants to ex­
everyone has been very perience ev ery thing she can
nice to her.
before she goes home.
She enjoys playing
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David Berntsen
By J a re d Hedman
In S w ed e n , one
David Berntsen is thing they do differently is
one of the many new
eat healthier. David
foreign exchange
says their bread is
students at Heppner
m uch ta s tie r and
H igh S c h o o l. He
better for you.
comes from Lulea,
I f Davi d
Sw eden. His host
had to p ick one
parents are John and
thing that he miss­
Ann Murray.
es, he would have to
S o m e o f David
choose his friends
the th in g s D avid Berntsen
and family. When
really likes about
he has a little free
Heppner are football and time he enjoys spending the
all o f the nice people. Some night out on the town danc­
o f his hobbies are working ing the night away with all
out, hanging with friends, of his buddies.
knitting.
Mustangs end season
with loss to Kennedy
Kric Jepsen
Lane Wright
Emily
Thompson
Keenan Jack
The Heppner Elks Boys
p la c e
Lodge #358 announces the
local w inners o f the Elks Jepsen (IHS), $700
2 nd p l a c e - L a n e
National Foundation 2009-
2010 Most Valuable Student Wright (HHS), $350
3rd place- Keenan
Scholarship Awards. The
Ja ck (H H S ), $ 2 0 0
w inners are as follows:
Willow Creek Women’s Ministry
sends gift packs to Russia
Women from Wil­
low Creek Baptist Church
assembled and mailed 120
gift packs to two orphan­
ages in R ussia this past
week.
The p ack ag es
contained tooth brushes,
to o th p aste, dental floss,
pencils, erasers, packages
o f Kleenex, and Christmas
candy. Earlier this fall at
their Septem ber meeting,
the church ladies and teen­
age girls held a silent auc­
tion and raised almost $200.
They used that money to
pay for the postage to mail
the gift packs to Russia.
The Willow Creek
W omen’s project was in­
spired by Katy Malakova,
a Russian university student
who spent the summer in
Heppner living with Tom
and Pam N orton. K aty ’s
parents died when she was
very young. Tom Norton
met her at an orphanage in
Russian on one o f his visits
there. He has been going to
minister to the children in
Russia since 2001. Before
returning to R ussia this
fall, Katy spoke at a Wil­
low Creek Baptist Church
service and she shared that
the gift she liked the most
that the church had sent
her was a toothbrush. Dr.
Greg Jones o f Hermiston
and Dr. Clifford Johnson of
Portland donated the dental
items for the gift packs.
Willow Creek Bap­
tist hopes to send another
package to R ussia soon.
There is a continuing need
for socks o f all sizes at the
orphanages there. Pairs of
new socks can be dropped
off at the church, or con­
tact Tom or Pam Norton at
676-8987 for more infor­
mation.
Ash lev Wolff
Girls
1“ p la c e - E m ily
Thompson (HHS), $700
2nd p lace-A sh ley
WoltY(HHS), $350
3 rd p la c e - S a r a h
Sarah
Stillman
Stillman (IHS), $200
Jepsen and Thomp­
son's applications will be
forw arded on to the district
com petition on Saturday,
December 12.
Annual Light Parade
to be held next week
The 13,h annual Light
Parade, sponsored by Colum­
bia Basin, will light up Main
Street in Heppner, starting at
6 p.m. on Thursday, Decem­
ber 3. Local merchants will
hold open houses and special
activities.
At 5 p.m., there will
be a special tree lighting cer­
emony at the tree outside the
post office. Heppner Day­
care and Heppner F.lementary
School students have their
homemade ornaments hung on
the tree. There will be carol­
ing and extended store hours
throughout the evening. The
parade will begin at 6 p.m.
Through Thursday,
December 17, rewards cards
can be collected for the Cel­
ebrated Heppner Christmas
Event to be held at 6 p.m. at
the Elks Lodge. A list dona­
tion items will be available at
a later dater.
Morrow SWCD Board
meeting to be held
T h e M o r r o w sary.
SWCD Board has a meet­
M e etin g s o f the
ing scheduled for Tuesday, M orrow SWCD are open
December 1, at noon at the to the public. The meeting
Ag Service Center in Hep­ location is accessible to
pner.
persons with disabilities.
Agenda items in­ A request for an interpreter
clude: Oct., Nov. meeting for the hearing impaired or
minutes; treasurer’s report; for other accommodations
written staff report; Joint for persons w ith disabilities
Annual M eeting; OACD should be made at least 48
Convention report; audit hours before the meeting to
-E arm ark project
review and m otion; and Janet Greenup at 541-676-
status for House Bill 2001
agency reports. A confer­ 5452, extension 109.
- Oregon Jobs and Trans­
ence call may be neces-
portation Act.
-Draft 2010-2013
Statew ide Transportation
Improvement Plan (ST1P)
The monthly Kin­ Joe and Patsy M cM inn,
zua lunch was held at Ser­ John and Midge Geer, Pete
update
-ST1P Public Meet­ vice Creek on Novem ber and Jackie Hester, Bonnie
20 with 20 people in at­ Campbell, Rollene Allen,
ing update
Time has been set tendance.
M ontell M cD onald, and
aside for public comments
In attendance were Marilyn Garcia.
The next lunch will
regarding project proposals M arge H oellier, OL and
and other tran sp o rtatio n Jean Ann Adams, Bob and be December 11, at 11:30
related topics. To schedule Peggy N elson, Bob and a.m. at the Apple Peddler
time on the agenda at future Mary Lee Britt, Ada Schell, in Prineville.
NEACT m eetings, please Bill and Judy Potter, Billy
co ntact G lenis H arrison
(541)963-3179.
An Area Commis­
sion on Transportation is
an advisory body chartered
The fourth annual Heppner FFA G reenhand
by the Oregon Transporta­
initiation
will be held on December 10 at 7 p.m. in the
tion Com m ission to help
HHS
cafeteria.
Refreshments will be served following the
address all aspects o f trans­
ceremony.
The
community is invited to attend.
portation. More inform a­
tion about ACTs is available
at the ODOT Web Site at
www. Oregon.gov/ODOT/
C O M M /actrnain.shtml .
The OSU Morrow County Extension Service
For more informa­
tion about any of the agenda announces the following holiday closures:
Thanksgiving - Thursday and Friday, November
item topics, please contact
Tom Strandberg at (541) 26 and 27.
Christmas - Thursday and Friday, December 24
9 6 3 -1 3 3 0 , or via em ail
at thom as.m .strandberg@ and 25.
New Years - Friday, January 1, 2010.
odot.state.or.us .
NE ACT to meet Dec. 3
Top Photo: Senior Mustang Chris Lien makes a tackle during
the Kennedy versus Heppner game Saturday in Mt Angel. The
Mustangs played hard in the mud but Inst to Kennedy 7-0.
Bottom Photo: It was muddy final game for the Mustangs.
-P ho to s hy Sandy Matthews
Les Schwab to hold
annual tov drive
T he N o rth E ast
A re a C o m m is s io n on
Transportation (NEA CT)
will hold its next meeting
on December 3 from 9 a.m.
to noon at the Oregon De­
partment o f Transportation
(ODOT) Region 5 Head­
quarters, located at 3012
Island Avenue, La Grande.
The NEACT, com­
p rised o f tra n sp o rta tio n
stakeholders from Morrow,
Umatilla, Union, Wallowa
and Baker counties, and
the Confederated Tribes of
the Umatilla Indian Reser­
vation, helps identify and
prioritize transportation-
related projects in the five-
county area.
On the agenda are
the following key topics:
-G eneral updates
on Oregon Transportation
C om m ission and O D OT
projects
-B y w a y s C o m ­
m ittee review and transit
update
-League o f Oregon
Cities / Assoc, o f Oregon
Counties update
-L o c a l p ro g ra m
update
-C onnect O regon
III update and sub-commit-
tee selection
Monthly Kinzua lunch held
FFA Greenhand
initiation to be held
Extension Service announces
holiday closures
On D ecem b er 2 donated to the H eppner
Les Schwab Tire Center in Neighborhood Center.
Heppner will begin their
annual toy drive. Toys can
be dropped o ff through
M orrow C o u n ty
Laurel Cannon will celebrate her 80th birthday
December 19.
District
Attorney
Elizabeth
on Saturday, December 12, from 4-8 p.m. at Taylor’s
The toys will be Restaurant in lone. All are welcome to attend.
Ballard has released the fol­
lowing report:
Cannon to celebrate 80,h birthday
DA’s Report
-Robert Gene Mor-
ley, 41, was convicted o f
Failure to Register Mis Sex
Offender, a Class A misde­
meanor, and was sentenced
to 90 days incarceration
with 60 days suspended,
two years bench probation,
complete 32 hours o f com­
munity service, other condi­
tions, and pay $463 in fines,
fees and assessments.
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