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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 9, 2009 13th annual Parade of Lights held A lth o u g h th e weather was turning colder by the minute, and the event had to compete with out of town basketball games and the “Civil War Game,” nothing stopped Heppner’s 13th annual Parade of Lights and tree lighting decorating celebrations. Many merchants were ready to roll out the start of the Christmas sea son by offering special “custom er appreciation” meals, prizes, activ ities and made sure there w as Christ mas inventory for early shoppers. Many merchants extended their regular hours to accommodate shopping after the Parade of Lights. The Christmas tree is located by the Post Of fice. The decorations and ornaments were handmade by Heppner Elementary students and Heppner Day Care children. This added to the fun as the crowd watched (and helped) the children hang the orna ments on the tree. O f course, the eve ning wouldn’t have been complete without the Pa rade of Lights, sponsored by Columbia Basin Electric Co-op. as they maneuvered their way up Main Street. David Sykes announced the event. The parade was led by Jim Kindle’s "Grinch of Christmas" which was awarded "Best Individual Float”. "Ginger & Spice and Everything Nice @ BEO” was the theme for this year’s Bank of East ern Oregon float and was awarded Best Commercial Float. Representative Greg Smith and family had a float w ishing us a "Merry Christ mas”; The Quilter’s Round up and Fine Baskets float theme was “ Warm Your World with Quilts”; and “Journey to Bethlehem” was entered by Heppner/ Hermiston Seventh Day Adventist Churches and was awarded the Best Com munity Float. All schools were represented this year with a “Merry Christmas” from Heppner Elementary School; Heppner Junior High was aw arded the Best School Float; and classes 2011 -2013 were lit up and represented as well. HHS November Students of the Month announced Heppner High School Students of the Month were nominated in November for the characteristics of motivation and work ethic. Picture from left to right are: Emily Thompson, Devin Robinson, Zech Hintz, C'idnev Coster, and Ricky Sanchez. Not pictured isAli Lovgren. Contributed Photo Oregon East Symphony receives $7,500 donation The Oregon East Symphony has received a $7,500 grant from The Col lins Foundation of Portland. Funds from the foundation will be used to support general operations of the symphony and chorale. The Foundation’s purpose is to assist in im proving, enriching, and giving greater expression to the religious, educational, cultural, and scientific en deavors in the State of Ore gon, thereby improving the quality of life in the state. The foundation supports Volunteers work on Community Firewood Project Like clock work, December rolls around and it’s time for community firewood project. This year. Forest Service em ployees, their families, along with retirees, were joined by community members young and old split and delivered 12 cords of w ood. There was enough wood to stock pile some at the Neighborhood Center for those who may need wood later this winter. Again, high school teacher John Flaherty showed up with Heppner High School students, and, along with community members Terry Harper and Dick Sargent, filled 16 pickups and a trailer headed for Heppner and Lexington. Don Moody of'La Grande donated his time and equipment to deliver the truck load of wood. Pictured above are volunteers that donated their time to cut and deliver the wood. -Contributed Photos Pastor Adams to lead renewal service at Valby On Sunday, D e cember 13, Pastor Mark Adams will lead the renew al service at Valbv Lutheran Church. Pastor Adams has been the pastor at Bethle hem Lutheran Church in Hermiston for the past 20 years. He attended Concor dia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, IN, before taking leadership at Bethle hem Lutheran Church. “ B ethlehem Lu theran Church is very ex cited to be involved in pro viding pastoral assistance to the renewal services program at Valby Luther an Church,” said Pastor Adams. “Our focus is to provide an opportunity to learn God’s word. I will be leading the Bible study on the Christmas songs of the prophets. The focus Sun day, December 13, will be on Isaiah 9. We will be fol lowing the Bible study with Service of the Word.” The Bible study will be held at 3 p.m. in the parish hall. The worship service will follow at 4 p.m. All are invited to attend. For more informa tion about Bethlehem Lu theran Church visit www. bethlehemhermiston.org, or call the church office at 567-6811. The historic Valby Church is located at 60492 Valby Road, 16 miles south of lone, or 25 miles west of Heppner. The church phone number is 422-7515. proposals subm itted by colleges, universities, orga nized religious groups, arts, cultural and civic organiza tions, as well as agencies devoted to health, welfare and youth. For m ore in fo r mation about the Oregon East Symphony’s regular concert season, special ac Erin Heideman’s horticulture class at lone School tivities and music educa tional opportunities for area still has Christmas trees for sale. The trees are $30 and young people, contact the can be delivered this week. For more information contact symphony office at (541) Erin Heideman at 422-7131. 276-0320 or email info@ oregoneastsymphony.org. lone horticulture class still selling Christmas trees Chamber lunch meeting planned for Thursday At the Chamber lunch meeting on December 10, Larry Mills will be announcing the closing of nomina tions for chamber board positions, as well as announcing new board members. The remainder of the meeting will encompass discussion on 2010 goal setting for the Hep pner Chamber. Sweet Productions will be the caterer. They will be serving two homemade soups, a beefy stew and a creamy potato, hot rolls with butter, and cherry cheese cake for dessert. Morrow County Court weekly meeting held The Morrow Coun ty Court met on November 25 in Heppner with Judge Tallman, Com m issioner Grieb, and Comm ission 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 $218,297.70 and credits in the amount of 8,612.96. One payment in the amount of $300 was held until fur ther research regarding the invoice could be com pleted. The court reviewed and approved the minutes of November 12, 2009. R oad R e p o rt: Bunker Hill and Meadow Brook - The crew finished with the grindings o f the used asphalt and used the product on Meadow Brook and Bunker Hill Roads. The crew patched and graded other bad areas on Bunker Hill Road. Upper Rhea Creek Road - Completed the placement of roc on the shoulders along the new asphalt. The center line markers were installed and reflectors were installed on the corners and intersec tions. Cattle Guards - Re moved a cattle guard on Morgan Road and one on Immigrant Trail Road. The cattle guards on Immigrant Road and Baker Lane were cleaned and repaired as needed. Gabion baskets - Installed some gabion baskets on the intersection of lone Gooseberry Road and Pipe Line Loop Road. More gabion baskets have been ordered so the project can be continued. Bombing Range Road and Highway 207 intersection - On No vember 23 the crew began working on this project by moving the cut material from the south side of the project to the north side fill area. Also, identified phone lines and fiber optic cables in the area and are in the process o f having them lowered. Grading - Reviewed a list of all roads that were graded during the month of November. Miscellaneous - Preparation work for w inter sanding and ongoing sign repairs and installation of new signs and posts. Plow ed snow and sanded on Willow Creek, Coal Mine and North Fork Roads. Placed some gravel on some light areas on Dee Cox Road. The court approved an access for Cleaver Land, LLC from Depot Lane. C ounty C ouncil Ryan Swinbumson, Coun ty Sheriff Ken Matlack, Emergency Management D irector C asey Beard, Health Department Direc tor Sheree Smith, County Accountant Fred Carlson and the court discussed the need to develop a written policy regarding purchas ing and procurement. The county has procedures that are very adequate, how ever, they are not written. Reviewed the first draft o f these procedures and suggested some possible additions. This item will be further discussed in the very near future. The court conduct ed the following business: A pproved a return o f a double payment of prop erty taxes in the amount of $1,959.91. Judge Tall man was appointed to the GEODC Board of Direc tors. An amendment to an EPA Grant in the amount of $49,259.40 was approved. The payments that have been received from the Echo Windfarms Project and the Willow Creek En ergy Community Service Fees were reviewed. The treasure was directed to make the payments to the various taxing districts as soon as possible and to hold the county’s portion in their respective accounts until the county determines how they w ant to allocated these funds. Reviewed various correspondences and meet ing notices. Any one wishing to be placed on the list to receive county m inutes can contact Karen Wolff at (541)676-5620. Duck fans celebrate Get your reward cards here and collect reward cards. Redeemable for great Prizes at the December 17 Celebrate Heppner Event Y)t^vA York Peppermint Patty W * Mocha 24 oz. $3.50 ^ Marriages Morrow County Clerk Bobbi Childers has re leased the following report of marriage licenses issued: -December 4: Richard Donald Blanchard, 59, Boardman and Barbara Ann Long, 58, Boardman. You re invited to come to a. (bit f Sludia !M iday Open M m e Denise Smith Studio JfT i 772 Little Buttercreek Rd. : -g Fine Art, Photography & Giftables, Refreshments Jy SATURDAY. DECEMBER 12 12 noon -6 p.m. 676 5013 m Congratulations $100 Treasure Hunt Winners Kai Arbogast- Youth Lynn Uitto- Adult Sv/fc doling Tobk B rett Barber & Shannon M illigan December 5, 2009 ^ MuA/uuj'j D*ug Pictured is Pat Kilkenny just after Oregon, Oregon State, “Civil War" game ended. Chris Anderson, former Heppner resident, Oregon State graduate, and editor of The Oregonian had these front pages printed up in advance. Anderson was sitting in a box with Kilkenny and surprised everyone hy handing them out just as the game ended. With their w in over Oregon State, the Ducks will be going to the Rose Bowl. Kilkenny, former athletic director at University of Oregon, played a role in hiring Oregon head football coach Chip Kelly last spring. - Contributed Photo Now Open Sundays! ‘Petermn a 'jeweler* will be open on Sunday 12/13 Sunday 12/20 12:00 p.m. ta 4:00 p.m. 217 North Main • Heppner • Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426 Serving Heppner, Lexington & lone t i
