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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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