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HeppnerGazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Tellechea, Renfro win May featured gardens Pam Renfrom (L) and Kathy Tellechea (R) won the Garden Club’s Featured Garden Award for May. -Contributedphoto ing the limits to see what can grow” here and encourages others to give themselves “time to figure out where a plant will grow best” and to also “have fun.” With a love of gar dening that comes from both sides of her family, back to her grandparents, Pam’s style of gardening is “the more the merrier,” with full beds and no dirt showing. Her favorite plant is whatever is in bloom and whatever will live through our late spring and early autumn frosts. Part of the Renfro household includes John’s pet sheep, dog Dundee, laying chickens, doves and fantail pigeons. Kathy and Pam’s gardening spills out into the alley separating their At Community Bank we recognize the Importance of education and would like to encourage our student- customers*in their academic success.* homes. Views across their park-like properties this time of year showcase a large number of colorful tulips and daffodils greeting all who pass by. The Featured Gar den recognition honors those with exceptional sea sonal highlights, special outdoor projects or rural lo cations. To suggest a place for this honor, contact Kay Proctor of the Heppner Garden Club. A whimsical bunny peers out of the flowers in one of the winners’ gardens. -Contrib- uted photo Nearly 40 students from Umatilla and Morrow counties showed off their spelling prowess during the 2011 Umatilla-Morrow Spelling Contest on May 9 at Blue Mountain Com munity College. The spelling con test, sponsored by the Um atilla-Morrow Education Service District, brings together 1” through 12,h grade students who are the spelling champions in their respective divisions in their schools. The students take a written spelling test during the contest, and first through third place winners are selected in each of three divisions for each county: Division 1 (1st through 5th grade), Division 2 (6,h-8th grade), and Division 3 (9th- 12th grade). T h is y e a r, 39 students represented 33 schools in Umatilla and Morrow counties. An awards ceremo- Boardman Scouts celebrate Cinco De Mayo Pays $1 for every "A" (or top grade) that our 1st through 12th grade students receive on their end- of-the-year report cards. No minimum balance required to obtain bonus Reports cards are presented at the local Commu nity Bank branch during the months of lune or |uly of the same year of the dated report card. Bonus will be deposited on the same business day that the report card is reviewed Account must be opened before bonus can be paid There is a $25 minimum opening balance required for the Youth Savings Account. lQk°r immunity BANK After presenting the flag for salute during the Cinco De Mayo celebration at the Boardman Marina, Scout Pack 615 conducted a special cleanup project at the Boardman Library. Rear to front (L-R): Arrik Russell, Nicholas Richards, Josh Mathews, Ethan Harper and Cody McCulloch. Front Row (L-R): Nathan Ellis, Braydyn Russell, Daniel Crist and Miles Harper. -Contributed photo Local Money Working For Local People www communitybanknet com •Pick up a brochure at your local branch for more information M em ber FDIC LOOK WHO'S TURNING 80 1 Jf W yt Please join us for a birthday luncheon iM flP ) in honor °f Eddie NO GIFTS PLEASE Sunday May 29th, 2011 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm ___________ Heppner Elks Lodge__________ •Get $30 Back on every _ Energy Star* Window or Patio Door ,ta ny was held immediately following the completion of the test scoring. Winners from each Morrow County division include: Division 1 l 5t Place: Olivia Schmidt, Heppner Elementary 2nd Place: Jared Miller, Windy River Elementary 3rd Place: Dvita Sharma, Sam Boardman Elemen tary Division 2 Pat Struthers and the H eppner Cham ber of Commerce will host a technology open house on Thursday, May 19 at 7 p.m. at Heppner City Hall. This event will be gin with a proposal by the hosts to organize a local computer user’s group, which would provide an informal atmosphere to al low computer users to get answers to common (and not so common) questions about technology issues. At the conclusion of the meeting, Struthers will conduct a short Q&A session on computer secu rity, maintenance and anti virus issues as a follow-up to a series of articles he wrote for the Gazette-Times a few years ago. A number of local businesses will be making presentations and helping host the monthly meet ings. Sibbea Browning of Entirely Equine Marketing will be doing presentations on web-based marketing for small- and home-based businesses. She is also an expert photographer and ■Your Hometown Contractor" S tel CALL TODAY FOR A FREE -NO PRESSURE" ESTIMATE C o., IflCi U.S.D.A. 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The hosts of this open house are confident that a good mix of beginning and more experienced users, meeting on a regular basis, could begin to remedy a lot of the frustration in volved in making technol ogy work. Struthers, the Wil low Creek Valley Economic Development Group (WC- VEDG) Technology Com mittee and the Chamber are happy to continue to host such a group if the local community finds it useful. Community Lunch Menu Rain Gutters & Insulation r ~q 1st Place: Ryan Ibarra, Riv erside Jr/Sr High School 2nd Place: Riley Lawson, Ir- rigon Jr/Sr High School 3rd Place: Oskar Peterson, lone Community School Division 3 1st Place: Corbin Tegner, Ir- rigon Jr/Sr High School 2nd Place: Christine Raible, lone Community School 3rd Place: Andrew Bara, Heppner High School Technology open house to be held this week » Mr. In s u la tio n I quarter-mile relay race and ranch bronc riding. Rodeo stock will be furnished by: 2010 stock contractor of the year, B-Bar-D Rodeos; 2010 announcer of the year, Scott Allen; 2010 contract act of the year, JJ Harrison and 2010 bullfighter of the year, Jason McCall. Festivities Satur day will finish with a dance at the school gym, with music by Hired Guns of Hermiston. A cowboy church service will be held Sun day at 9 a.m. in the rodeo grandstands. The final per formance of the rodeo will take place at 1 p.m. For further infor mation about these events, call 541-468-2442. Morrow County Division 1 winners (L-R) Olivia Schmidt, Jared Miller and Dvita Sharma pose with their certificates. -Contributed photo Steak PLVGEM ^W indows . c“ and will be prepared by students and parents in the Spray High School athletic programs. The parade will begin at 11 a.m. on Satur day, May 28 at the Spray General Store. Queen Sara Marcus will lead; grand marshals will be past and present rodeo clowns. The rodeo itself will begin with the grand entry at 1 p.m. Contes tants include members of the Northwest Profes sional Rodeo Association, Idaho Cowboys Associa tion and Pro West Profes sional Rodeo Association. Aside from the usual rodeo events, there will also be a kids’, women’s and men’s quarter-mile race, three- S-P-E-L-L-I-N-G a breeze for students Earn While You Learn Program HPMAX Triple Pane for the price of Double Pane -FIVE Spray rodeo and half-marathon Memorial Day weekend The annual Spray Rodeo and Eastern Oregon Half-Marathon will take place in Spray May 27-29. The 64lh annual Spray Rodeo will begin with slack on Friday May 27 at 11 a.m. There is no admission charge for Fri day, and concessions will be available on the grounds. Saturday kicks off the main events with the Eastern Oregon Half-Mar athon at 8 a.m. It is the lon gest-running half-marathon in the state, with a 13.2 mile course from Service Creek to Spray. Saturday and Sun day mornings will feature a “Buckaroo Breakfast” in the school cafeteria. The breakfast will run from early morning until 11 a.m. By Kay Proctor Close friends and close neighbors, Kathy Tel lechea and Pam Renfro of Lexington, have been cho sen by the Heppner Garden Club for its May Featured Garden recognition. When Kathy and her husband, the late John Tellechea, moved onto their comer lot in 1978, the land was bare. Over the years, fencing and outbuildings were added and the soil en riched with sheep and rabbit droppings from Kathy’s own animals. Kathy raises vegetables and has land scaped the yard and beds with a wide variety of plant ings, including 200 roses. Her well-maintained yard and home causes traffic to stop to admire the many blooms. Her favorite plants are both floribunda and hy brid tea roses. Kathy got her love of gardening from her mother, the late Dorothy Burcham. She describes her gardening style as “neat and tidy...everything has a place.” Her undomesti cated Barbado sheep help by keeping weeds down on the large town property. Her three heelers, Annie, Dallas and Chula, help by keeping watch over everything. Visiting sons John and Phillip keeps Kathy busy, and she and Pam share a hobby of raising and showing Mini Rex rabbits. Moving from the Willamette Valley in 1995 with husband, John, Pam tackled the challenge of gardening in eastern Or egon. Her comer lot had an older yard, which Pam has added to and enhanced while John does the veg etable gardening. She enjoys “push- Wednesday, May 18,2011 JOHN'S PLACE 164 W. Main » Heppner 541-676-5017 \ Willow Creek Bap tist church members will be serving lunch on Wednes day, May 25 at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. The meal will in clude lasagna, mixed veg etables, applesauce, garlic bread and cake. Menu is subject to change.
