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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 3,2010 REST STOP FLU CLINIC food processing plants (to share with employees) in the North End of the county advising people to get their flu vaccines. “There may be a resurgence (of H1N1) and we want people to be pro tected,” Smith says. “It is not gone and there may be a third wave.” -Continuedfrom Page ONE S. M ain every Thursday S m ith a lso sa id there is still a lot o f vac cine available for free at the county clinics. The Board- man clinics are held at 101 Boardman Ave. from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. every M onday and Tuesday. The regular Heppner clinic is upstairs at the Gilliam building at 120 from 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. There will also one more large clinic planned at Boardman Select Market Feb. 17 from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. where anyone may get vaccinated for free. Smith says. The Health Depart ment will be posting flyers and providing letters to the HES announces students with perfect attendance Heppner Elementary School and Les Schwab have teamed up to recognize our perfect at tendance students for the first semester of the 2009-10 school year. Les Schwab’s Pride in Performance certificates included five chances to win a Murray’s gift card. The students with perfect attendance are: Top Row (L-R) - Ethan Akers, Josh Dowdy, and Clyde Britt. Middle Row (L-R) - Riley Gorham, Kaden Lehman, Nichole Shaw, Madison Combe. Jacee Currin, Kolby Currin, and Nalani Stone. Bottom Row (L-R) - Marlee Mitchell, Gavin Hanna, Kaden Combe, Jackson Lehman, Carson Brosnan, and Jason Rea. Perfect attendance recipients not pictured are: Mason Lehman, Cason Mitchell, Kaitlyn Martin, Naleah Stone, and Emily Pappas. - Contributed Photo HES announces Student of the Month recipients Nominations open for 11th annual Crystal Apple Awards T he U m a tilla - Morrow Education Service D istrict an n o u n ces that nominations for the 2010 Crystal Apple “Excellence in Education” Awards are now being accepted through T hursday, A pril 1. This year’s event will take place Wednesday, May 19, at the Pendleton Red Lion. T his is the 11th year for the Crystal Apple program , w hich is spon sored by the UMESD, with support from Mid Columbia Bus Company, Pendleton Red Lion, East Oregonian and the Hermiston Herald, among others. Last year’s awards also were sponsored by Community Bank, Bank o f Eastern Oregon, Oregon First C om m unity C redit Union, and the Pendleton Rotary Club. The purpose o f the awards is to recog nize individuals who help to make our schools the best they can be. “ We o fte n ta k e for granted the extremely hard work our local educa tors and education staff do each day, so it’s nice to be able to recognize some o f them for their efforts,” said Casey White, Crystal Apple Awards director. “These outstanding people inspire our youth and make a dif ference in our com m uni ties, and they deserve this prestigious honor.” T he a w a rd s are open to all m em bers o f the regular classified and certificated service in Uma tilla and M orrow county school districts. It is not open to a d m in istra to rs, though administrators are encouraged to nom inate exemplary employees. The award can be given to indi viduals who work full-time or part-time in any capacity other than administration. The cum ulative total o f regular service must be at least one year, and the staff member must have worked in his or her current posi tion for at least one year to qualify. Anyone in the general public may submit a nomination. In addition to the C ry s ta l A p p le A w ards, nom inations also are be ing accepted for the Doug Flatt Memorial Leadership Award, which recognizes an outstanding administrator. Doug Flatt, the late chief executive officer o f Mid Columbia Bus, was well- known to school districts throughout Oregon, partic ularly those in the Eastern Oregon region. Doug lost his life in a tragic plane crash while on business six years ago. In guiding the grow th and operation o f MidCo, Doug exemplified the finest qualities o f lead ership, attention to detail, service to his community, interpersonal relationships, and customer service. The purpose of this award is to recognize a school admin istrator or superintendent who exemplifies the same qualities for which Doug was legendary. Nomination forms, qualifications and a list of past winners are available on the Crystal Apple Web site, www.umesd.k 12.or.us/ crystalapple. The deadline to m ake nom in atio n s is T hursday, A pril 1, at 4 p.m. HHS students raise money for Haiti R ecently several Heppner High School stu dents decided to organize a fundraiser for the Haitian people. This sm all com mittee was responsible for planning and carrying out the project. Each class partici pated in a competition to see who could raise the most money. The seventh g rad ers w on, w ith over $200. All of the classes con tributed, some even donated fundraising money. Other students donated a Sunday afternoon to sort pop cans with the FFA who donated half o f their proceeds. The planning com m ittee also asked for donations at the wrestling match and bas ketball games. With the help o f the community the students raised over $1,700. This money has been sent to Doc tors W ithout Borders, an organization that will pro vide medical supplies and personnel to Haiti. H e p p n e r H ig h School appreciates the help of the students and the com munity. Friends of the Heppner Library to host “Love Your Library Celebration” The Heppner Elementary School Students of the Month for January were announced on Janu ary 28. The character trait was citizenship. Pictured are: Top Row (L-R) - Tresslyn McCurry, Keegan Gibbs, Kolby Currin, Caitlynn Bailey, Janice Munkers, Nalani Stone, Dakota Howard, and Olivia Schmidt. Bottom Row (L-R) - Kegan Steagall, Conor Brosnan, Kylie Boor, Madelyn Nichols, and Gracie Orem. Not Pictured are Cody Fletcher, Mason Lehman, Madison Jewett, Payton Lehman, and Kaden Lehman. -Contributed Photo Marsha Richmond who will share information about the “ Live Museum Programs,” H eppner L ib ra ry ’s live, interactive video programs where we traveled to the Smithsonian Museum and OSMI without leaving Hep pner. Bill Kuhn will present the Friends’ of the Heppner Library annual report. The public is invit ed to attend. Refreshments will follow the program. Morrow County Court weekly meeting held Community Bank We’re 55 & Thriving Help Us Celebrate Our 55th Birthday! Local Money Working For Local People... Just like Jane & Margaret. Margaret McClain will be celebrating her I OOth birthday In March! Pictured with her Grand daughter lane. Margaret has banked with us for 51 of our 55 years In business. We have an excellent relationship with Community Bank I feel very safe and would never dream of changing banks lane Harshman Ruby Peak Naturals Enterprise. OR " - Get Gold Checking FREE For One Year* Receive the benefits of a Money Market account without the restrictions Tiered interest rates (higher balances mean higher returns) Write unlimited checks FREE telephone, online banking and bill pay services Unlimited personal attention from our bankers Must open account by February 28th, 2010 Get A $25 VISA Gift Card For Adding Direct Deposit* • Friends of the Hep pner Library will be host ing an annual “Love Your Library C elebration,” on Thursday, February 11, at 7 p.m., at the Heppner City Hall. The speaker will be Process a new direct deposit to any Community Bank checking account by March 31. 2010 (offer good for existing customers) Stop By Your Local Branch Today To Help Us Celebrate (Community BANK Local Money Working For Local People Heppner 127 N Main St 541 -676- '5745 * After the first year the $10 fee can be avoided if an average monthly balance of $1 000 or combined balance of $5 000 Is maintained Minimum opening deposit is $100 Limit one gift card per household M em ber FDIC The Morrow Coun ty Court met on January 13 in Heppner with Judge Tail- man, Commissioner Grieb, and Commissioner Rea in attendance. Follow ing is a summary o f the meeting provided by Leann Rea. The court reviewed and approved the minutes of January 20. The court reviewed and approved accounts pay able and SUTA/WBF for the fourth quarter in the amount of $45,334.52. Blake Ranch Road. Have an accum ulation of approxi m ately one foot o f new snow on Coalmine Hill and 10 inches in the Sunflower Flat Road. Bid Awarded: A bid from W ilbur-EUis Company to supply herbi cides was reviewed and on the recommendation o f the Road Department approved and signed. Public Hearing The court conduct ed the following business: Approved a request from the American Legion Aux iliary for $300 to pay the tuition to send one young lady to Oregon Girls State. These funds were from the county court’s Discretion ary Fund. A request to in crease the credit card limit for the personnel director was approved. M iscella neous correspondences and notices for meetings were reviewed. Any one wishing to be placed on the list to receive county minutes can contact Karen Wolff at 541 - 676-5620. Held a public hear ing to approve and adopt a supplem ental budget and Road D e p a r t m ake corresponding ap propriations and to transfer ment B om b in g R ange appropriations within the Road: Closed the south end Morrow County Park Fund of the road on Monday the and the 911 Em ergency 25. The new dates for the Fund. closure have been extended to February 26. Since the closure, the old pavement has been ripped out from Strawberry Lane to High way 207. The material is being used as fill for the new sub grade as well as w orking on the concrete footing for the inlet end of the large culvert. Continu ing to monitor the detour routes and will grade and roll as needed. Had to work on signs along the detour routes that were vandalized over the weekend. Lexing ton Grange Road: The crew continued w ith w ork on the ditches and shoulders. Finished putting the base rock down and have started p u ttin g g rav el over the Ann Spicer and Margaret Flaherty are pictured with the new base rock. Miscellaneous: television set that was purchased by a national Wal-Mart Grant Repaired some washouts made possible by Tina Ridings, the Hermiston Wal-Mart per on Dry Fork and Dalzell sonnel manager. The Friends of the Heppner Library, knowing Roads. Had a grader and that the district's library budget was tight, decided to replace the old, inadequate television with a new one capable of facili plow truck plowing snow tating the viewing of the many interactive programs shown on the Sunflower Flat Road, locally. Ridings was not able to fund the request through the Hardman Ridge Road, Wil Hermiston Wal-Mart but submitted the request for a national low Creek Road and the Wal-Mart Grant and the Friends of the Heppner Library were Wal-Mart grant provides new television for Heppner Library awarded a $1,000 grant. -Contributed Photo I V
