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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 6,2010 “Cabin Fever” concerts to be held January 9 ,1 0 John Wambeke & Friends have the cure for “cabin fever” with a pair of concerts Saturday night January 9, and Sunday afternoon, January 10 at the Hermiston Conference C en tc on Highway 395. The Saturday night performance begins with a Dutch oven dinner at 5:30 p.m., followed by the show with a variety of music and a healthy dose of comedy. The Wambeke Band is back by popular demand after some 500 people attended their first ever Cabin Fever Concert last January. John Wambeke of Hermiston is on guitar as singer and songwriter and is joined by his son Frazer, whose expertise is in piano, vocals, and jazz. Along with the Wambekes will be some familiar faces from previous concerts including Pictured is Eric Jepscn (right) during last year's performance of Cabin Fever. -Contributed Photo Pat Ward, Harry Noble, the Frazier Wambeke Jazz Trio, Jessica St. Hilaire, and lo cal musicians, Eric Jepsen on fiddle, and Rebecca Jepsen on harp. Although he doesn’t usually sing, Eric will perform a love song he wrote himself entitled, “Hey Mom, I’ve Got a Girl friend.” Rebecca will be playing harp for the dinner hour on Saturday night. Wambeke and side- kick Pat Ward will again be transforming themselves into Thelma and Eunice, the ladies of Dibbley Parish in one of their skits. The "ladies” have a habit of gos siping about whatever’s on their minds. This program will show them trying to lose weight as well. Harry Noble, a former bronc rider, will perform a Polynesian number he learned while stationed in Hawaii during military service. The Frazer Wambeke Trio, comprised of three talented performers on piano/vocals, drums, and bass, will add to the band’s musical talent. There are only 250 tickets available for the January 9 dinner and show. Cost is $28 each. Advance purchase is recommended. The Sunday afternoon mati nee performance of humor and m usic, w ithout the food, begins at 3 p.m. and costs $8 per person. Tickets can be purchased at the door or in advance at the Herm iston Conference Center by calling 567-6151. USDA implements new crop disaster assistance program USDA has imple mented the new Supple mental Revenue Assistance Payments program (SURE) in accordance with the 2008 Farm Bill. SURE p ro v id es crop disaster assistance payments to eligible pro ducers on farms that have incurred crop production or crop quality losses. The program takes into con sideration crop losses on all crops grown by a pro ducer nationwide. SURE provides assistance in an amount equal to 60 percent o f the difference between the SURE farm guarantee and total farm revenue. The farm guarantee is based on the amount of crop in- surance and Non-insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) coverage on the farm. Total farm revenue takes into account the actual value of produc tion on the farm as well as insurance indemnities and certain farm program pay ments. To be eligible for SURE, producers must have suffered at least a 10 percent production loss on a crop of economic significance. In addition, producers must meet the risk management purchase requirement by either obtaining a policy or plan of insurance, under the Federal Crop Insurance Act or NAP coverage, for HES Family Game Night to be held The Heppner El- em entary Family Game Night and title programs meeting will be held on Thursday, January 7, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the HES cafeteria. Those planning to attend are asked to bring a board game to share. Re freshments will be served and door prizes will be given out. Students must be accompanied by an adult. Certified We pomp your unwanted: Oil Used Motor Oil D u n m ls « necyciers Hydraulic Fluid Transmission Fluid Call: 541-676-5805 Fax: 541-676-5757 Heating Oil Diesel Oil Owner Jack Meligan DEQ Certified South Morrow County Scholarship and Trust to hold annual meeting South Morrow County Scholarship and Trust will hold their annual meeting and election of officers on Monday, January 25. For more information contact Sharon Harrison at 989-8496. Senior Center Menu Heppner Christian Church members will be serving lunch on Wednesday, January 13. The menu will include sweet and sour chicken, fried rice, stir-fiy veggies, sliced pears, egg rolls, and fortune cookie. HHS Varsity Wrestling Schedule Jan. 8/9 - Oregon Classic, 10 a.m. Jan. 14 - at Grant Union, 3 p.m. Jan. 15 - at home, 5 p.m. Jan. 30 - at Irrigon, 9 a.m. Feb. 6 - BEO Invitational at home, 9 a.m. Feb. 20 - District Tourna ment at Union, 8 a.m. Some years Mother Nature co-operates and some years she doesn’t. That’s agricul ture. But every year begins with the faith and hope that this year will be the year. HHS Boys JV Basketball Schedule Jan. 8 - Union at home, 4:30 p.m. Jan. 9 - at Weston McE wen, 4:30 p.m. Jan. 15 - Enterprise at home, 3 p.m. Jan. 16 - Elgin at home,4:30 p.m. Jan. 22 - at Pilot Rock, 4:30 p.m. That’s the spint o f agriculture we believe in. Get your ag loans from us. ♦R eal o f crf . dit lone High School Basketball Schedule Jan. 8 - Nixyaawii at home (GJV, BJV, GV, BV), 3 p.m. Jan. 9 - at Arlington (BJV, GV, BV), 1 p.m. Jan. 15 - Condon/Wheeler at home (GJV, BJV, GV, BV), 3 p.m. Jan. 16 - at Moro (GJV, BJV, GV, BV), 1 p.m. Jan. 22 - at Echo (GJV, BJV, GV, BV), 3 p.m. Jan. 26 - Central Christian at lone (GJV, BJV, GV, BV), 3 p.m. Jan. 29 - at Mission (GJV, BJV, GV, BV), 3’ p.m. Jan. 30 - South Wasco at home (GJV, BJV, GV, BV), 1 p.m. Feb. 5 - Echo at home (GJV, BJV, GV, BV), 3 p.m. Feb. 6 - at Condon (GJV, BJV, GV, BV), 1 p.m. Feb. 12 - Helix at home (GJV, BJV, GV, BV), 3 p.m. Feb. 13 - at Dufur (GJV, BJV, GV, BV), 1 p.m. Feb. 18-20 - District Tournament at Umatilla Heppner High School Boys Basketball Schedule Jan. 8 - Union at Home, 3 p.m. Jan 9 - at Weston McEwen, 1 p.m. Jan. 15 - Enterprise at home, 3 p.m. Jan. 16 - Elgin at home,l p.m. Jan. 22 - at Pilot Rock, 3 p.m. Jan. 23 - Weston McEwen at home, 1 p.m. Jan. 29 - Stanfield at home, 3 p.m. Jan. 30 - Irrigon at home, 1 p.m. Feb. 5 - at Enterprise, 3 p.m. Feb. 6 - at Elgin, 1 p.m. Feb. 9 - Pilot Rock at home, 3 p.m. Feb. 12- a t Union, 1 p.m. Heppner High School Girls Basketball Schedule Jan. 8 - Union at Home, 3 p.m. Jan 9 - at Weston McEwen, 1 p.m. Jan. 15 - Enterprise at home, 3 p.m. Jan. 16 - Elgin at home,l p.m. Jan. 22 - at Pilot Rock, 3 p.m. Jan. 23 - Weston McEwen at home, 1 p.m. Jan. 29 - Stanfield at home, 3 p.m. Jan. 30 - Irrigon at home, 1 p.m. loans HEPPNER ELKS 358 estate loans 676-9181 Bank of Eastern Oregon www.beobank.com County Historical Society. The local historical society was authorized by Morrow County Court to order and install replacement signage of various types. The artist is cur rently working on updating the Columbia River/Oregon Trail Route panel placed in Irrigon Park. As her time permits, she will update signage for agriculture pro cessing in Port of Morrow area, water fowl and upland birds in wildlife refuges, and Sam Boardman, in the City of Boardman. C olum bia R iver Heritage Trail is a 12-mile non-motorized, recreation al, and educational trail on the banks of the Columbia River. Future signage ac tivities will be updating/re- placing confidence and ju risdiction markers between Boardman and Irrigon. The final signage activity will be adding mileage markers along the trail. This is the final step, because the trail path seems to shift with de velopment and road realign ments along the route. Visit the trail web site: http://www.columbi- arivertrail.org. for a print able trail map and more information. American Legion and Auxiliary to meet Every year begins with the hope of good weath er and better prices ♦ T erm Updating and re placing interpretive panels along the Morrow County Columbia River Heritage Trail began last spring. The first phase was updating and replacing the trail map and highlighting trail access points. Trail eti quette guides were replaced on the reverse side of the maps. These informative signs are now in place. The second phase, updating, re-coloring and replacing the large interpre tive panels, is underway. Two interpretive panels will be replaced as soon as weather permits. One panel has information about Columbia River Ice Age Floods and the second in terpretive panel is about Colum bia Basin Native American History. Cheryl Christian, o f G raphics Illustrated, is the graphic artist for the project. Cheryl was selected as the illustrator for all project related ma terials in 2003. “We are fortunate that Cheryl is still involved with this project, even though she moved from this area several years ago. Consistency in illus tration style and theme is important to this project,” said a member of Morrow county by the Agriculture Secretary under a Secre tarial Disaster Designation. Regardless of a Secretarial Disaster Designation, indi vidual producers may also be eligible for SURE if the actual production on the farm is less than 50 percent of the normal production on the farm due to a natural disaster. For SURE, a farm is defined as all crops in which a producer had an Four Corners Snowmobile Club interest nationwide. holds annual holiday playday For more informa T he 4 -C o rn e rs cocoa. M orrow County tion on the new SURE pro Snowmobile club held its Grain Growers, the local gram, contact Darcy Vial at annual holiday playday at Polaris Dealer, brought up the Morrow County Farm Kelly Prairie Sunday, De two snowmobiles and gave Service Agency at 541 -676- cember 27. demo rides. 9011 or visit http://www. Any one interested The snow condi fsa.usda.gov. tions were very poor, but in becoming a member of over 15 members showed the 4-Comers Snowmobile up to enjoy the sunny day Club can contact M ike on the prairie. Everyone Gorman at 541-676-9623 in attendance enjoyed hot or Cliff Dougherty at 541- dogs, chili, s ’mores and 676-5491. The American Legion and Auxiliary will hold their regular meeting January 12 in the basement of the Methodist Church. The meeting will begin with a potluck at 6:30 p.m. all economically significant crops. For 2008 crops, pro ducers had the opportunity to obtain a waiver o f the risk management purchase requirement through a buy- in provision. Producers considered socially dis advantaged, a beginning farmer or rancher, or a lim ited resource farmer may be eligible for SURE without a policy or plan of insurance or NAP coverage. In addition to meet ing the risk management purchase requirem ent, a producer must have a farm ing interest physically lo cated in a county that was declared a primary disas ter county or contiguous The Spirit of Agriculture ♦L ines Re-marking Columbia River Heritage Trail enters second phase John Qualls, Lender Heppner Branch 541 676-9125 - Tucker Rice, Lender lone Branch 541 422-7466 - -W here Friend* M eet" 142 North Main LADIES NjgHT! Tacos, TacO/ÿ^Tànàarv Salads, { /■ ^ Tostadas 1§, d ! kîner § 6 pm HHS Girls JV Basketball Schedule Jan. 8 - Union at home, 3 p.m. Jan. 9 - at Weston McE wen, 3 p.m. Jan. 15 - Enterprise at home, 3 p.m. Jan. 16 - Elgin at home, 3 p.m. Jan. 22 - at Pilot Rock, 3 p.m.
