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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Lindsay to leave Bank of EO SEWING SHOP -Continuedfrom PAGE the lone schools. She taught ONE kindergarten, home eco student. Pointer went on to sew throughout her life, whipping up projects for herself, for her kids and as gifts for friends. “You wouldn’t be lieve how many sewing ma chines I’ve gone through,” she says. Pointer was bom in lone but raised in Arlington after the age of two. She graduated from Arlington High School and went on to attend Oregon State Uni versity and then Portland State, where she got a B.S. in elementary education in 1967. She taught for two years in Bend before she and her family moved back to Arlington in 1969. Point er then focused on raising her children while serving as a substitute teacher in the Arlington school sys tem. She also served as the Gilliam County land use planner during part of their time in Arlington. P ointer and her family moved back to lone Pictured are (L-R) Tresslyn McCurry, Kendall Dowdy, Ashley in 1980, and she spent the Geier and Alison Cecil doing The Stroll at the HES Sock Hop on April 7. -Photo by Zech Hintz next 23 years as a teacher in M elissa Lindsay has announced she is leav ing the Bank o f Eastern Oregon Mortgage Depart ment, where she has been department manager. Lindsay announced last week that she is leaving to spend more time with her family and to help her husband, Todd, run the fam ily farm. “It has been a very' hard decision because you know how much 1 love my job, love making the deal work for people and love Bank of Eastern Oregon. The bank has been very good to me, and together we have grown a very good and profitable division. I will very much miss work ing with the friends I have made in this business,” Lindsay said. She w ill be re placed by Gary Clow from the Bend area, who has extensive experience in real estate lending. HES sock hop a success The Heppner El ementary School Parent Teacher Club hosted their third annual Family Dance on April 7 in the school’s gymnasium. HES Families and staff boogied the night away to music from the 50s and 60s at the Sock Hop event. Dancers were treated to root beer floats, hot dogs, sliders and chips provided by the PTC. This free event has been sponsored by the Par ent Teacher Club, along with Wheatland Insurance and Bank o f Eastern Or egon Mortgage, for three years now, and has become a night everyone looks for ward to every spring. The sponsors have partnered with the Parent Teacher Club each year to spon sor Desert Springs Music Productions, a disc jockey from Hermiston, to come spin the tunes. “Having a real DJ with all of his special ef fects really makes the dance special and exciting for the kids,” said Matt Combe, HES principal. The theme changes each year. Physical Educa tion teacher, Terri G en try, spends several weeks beforehand teaching her students a variety of danc es that go along with the theme. This year the stu dents learned the twist, the stroll, the swing and the hand jive. At the dance, they participated in dance contests and were awarded prizes. Carri Grieb, PTC president, has been in volved in organizing the Family Dance for all three years. “ It’s a fun night for everyone. Students, parents, staff...they all get out there and dance and just have fun,” she said of the event. The Parent Teacher Club is a Heppner Elemen tary School organization that raises money to help supplem ent a variety o f academic programs, pro vides funding for field trips, school assem blies and classroom equipment, and supports teachers and students in an effort to maintain and enhance the quality educational envi ronment at HES. , Cards Balloons, W rap, Dorm Supplies and more! We will be closed Monday Have a safe & happy Memorial Day! S S m e s m r ttt V O C R EA M White Chocolate Hazelnut Mocha $3.50 Lemon Spritzer $2.25 Club members hold up their quilts for display. Left to right: Julianne Carlson, Stacee Halvorsen and Emily Hol land. -Contributed photo The DIY Kids 4-H Club is planning to attend quilting classes at the Quilters Affair in Sisters, OR July 4 and 5. Last year, the members of the club took a two- day beginning quilt class. Because of a very generous, random act of kind ness from an adult participant in the class, the club mem bers will be able to attend the event again this year. The club members are now taking orders for Krispy Kreme donuts to raise money for the materials they will need for the two classes. The club will be selling a box of a dozen glazed donuts for $8. The donuts will be available Tuesday, May 31. Anyone interested in placing an order for a dozen or more should call the DIY Kids 4-H Club leader, Sarah Carlson, at 422-7245. The Chamber lunch will be held Thursday, May 26 at noon at the Heppner City Hall. The guest speaker will be Peter Diffenderfer, director for Zephyr International an early-stage, Oregon-based, wind-energy research and develop ment firm. Diffenderfer will talk about the dev elopment of an “impulse turbine.” Cost for the lunch is $9; Willow Creek Diner will cater. Those planning to attend are asked to RSVP by Wednesday morning of each week. Come By Our Heppner Branch In April & May You’ll receive a free entry into our drawing for a Traeger Junior Pellet Grill just for coming by. Wedding Tables Janelle Healy & Jon Ellis Satu rday, June 18th June 1 deadline for 2011 DCP/ACRE sign up U SD A O re g o n Farm Service Agency (FSA) County Executive Director Kyle Camine reminds pro ducers that June 1, 2011, is the enrollment deadline for the 2011 Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) Program or the traditional Direct and Counter-cyclical Program (DCP). “ Farm ers in O r egon who are interested in enrolling in these programs need to add this important deadline to their list o f ‘must do’ jobs,” Camine said. “ Producers should contact their local county office right now to set up appointments before the June 1 deadline.” Annual contracts are required to be signed to receive program benefits. All signatures of produc ers receiving a share in DCP and ACRE payments are required by the June 1 deadline. Local Money Working For Local People Heppner 127 N Main 541-676-5745 INC 217 North Main • Happrwr • Phono I 7 Ì I1 M • Floral I7 I-M 2 I www communitybanknet.com Member FDIC I of the Star Theater was the Elks’ building. “The Star Theater in Film and on Stage” will, appropriately, be staged upstairs in the same building. Tickets for the play will be available beginning May 25 and cost $10 this year. The nature o f this year’s subject and the sets o f the play do not lend themselves to dinner the atre, but a concession stand will offer vintage movie snacks from three time periods in the theater’s his tory (unfortunately, vintage prices o f snacks are not available), and the audience will have opportunities to peruse and partake. Yes, the “Dinner- at-the-Cemetery Players” return to the stage for this final production by Sharon Harrison and Doris Brosnan with a twist: not at the cem etery and not with dinner! Once again, seat ing will be limited for each performance. Tickets will be available at the door until sold out, but early purchase will guarantee seating. Tickets will be sold at Bank o f Eastern Oregon, Community Bank, Murray’s and the chamber office. BANK S A LE ! - J U N E 10 MuMUj'J DjUUJ The Star Theater was one of the star attrac tions in Heppner for almost 60 years and is now a col orful piece of community history. The Dinner-at-the- Cemetery Players will bring this piece of local history to the stage during the Hep pner celebration on June 10 and 11. This production, “The Star Theater in Film and on Stage,” will offer a few firsts by the local thespian group, including two performances instead of one...an evening show beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Friday and a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday. This year’s show is also the first to cover such a long time pe riod, reaching from 1908 to 1962. The production will also incorporate technology not previously used by the Players. A signature of the historical productions has been and will again be the combination of drama and comedy as the actors entertain and educate the audiences. As the play pro gresses into the more recent past, it may develop into a walk down memory lane for some audience members. The last location community ( D O N 'T M ISS O UR SIDEW ALK ^ Students work in Marlene and Randall Peterson's yard in Heppner during the Mustang Mop-Up last week. Students com pleted more than 125 projects within the community during this sixth annual Mop-Up event. Best of all, said principal Daye Stone, the service learning project left the Heppner kids— and the community members they helped— as excited at the end of the day as at the beginning. -Photo by David Sykes Drawing Will Be Hel At Our Community Appreciation BBQ n May 31st, 2011. Nicole Wilson & Justin Miller l, Mustangs Mop Up Heppner (One entry per visit.) Saturday, M ay 28th - FIVE DIY Kids 4-H club holds Dinner-at-the-Cemetery Krispy Kreme fundraiser highlights Star Theater Chamber lunch meeting Check o u t o u r g ra d u a tio n g ift ite m s FLAVOR! nomics, eighth-grade math and kindergarten through 1 2th-grade art. She retired from teaching at the age of 58, but then decided to start a sec ond career as a seamstress. She began in partnership with a friend in lone, but soon decided she preferred the peace and quiet of work ing from home. She sewed at home for friends until Troxwell decided to retire and offered to sell Pointer her Heppner business. Pointer says she loves the little shop on Wil low Street, where peace and quiet are balanced with the chance to meet new people and stay busy. And Pointer does stay busy. Aside from sewing garments to order and doing alterations, she also sells projects she’s made of recycled material. She also says she’s wide open to new projects. “I like to be busy. Give me a challenge and I’ll do it.” Pointer says...with one arthritis-based caveat. “Just no upholstery.” Wednesday, May 25,2011 » Heppner GT deadline Monday’s at 5:00 pm
