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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 10,2011 - FIVE C ham ber C hatter Heppner H eppner’s Farm er’s Market will be held at the Heppner City Park on Main Street every Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. through October 7. Make sure you stop by and check out all the vendors. The Veteran’s As sociation has scheduled a “meet and greet” on August 11 for the new com mu nity provider/informational meeting regarding the new VA clinic opening in Mor row County. All Morrow County area veterans are invited to attend a meeting at the Irrigon City Hall at 9:00 a.m. or at the Port of Morrow Riverfront Confer ence Center in Boardman at 1 p.m. R e p r e s e n ta tiv e Greg Walden will be at Heppner City Hall for a Town Hall meeting from 3:30-4:30 p.m. on Thurs day, August 11. The C ham ber is coordinating the Gate Vol unteers for this year’s ro deo, August 19-21, and is looking for volunteers to fill specific time slots and gates. Volunteers receive free admission into the ro deo. Please let the chamber office know as soon as pos sible if you can help out. M orrow C ounty Fair and Rodeo is Wednes day through Sunday, Au gust 1 7 -2 1 . Join Senator Ron Wyden on Wednesday, Au gust 17 at 6 p.m. at the W heeler County C ourt house in Fossil for Oregon town hall meeting #600. On Monday, Au gust 22 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. there will be a Heppner blood drive at the senior center. Boardman Correction: Join the Columbia River Com munity Health Services in celebrating N ational Health Center Week at the Community Appreciation Barbecue - Thursday, Au gust 11 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Hope to see you there. A ground-breaking ceremony for Castle Rock A partm ents, “providing easy family living,” will be held on the comer o f Main and Wilson St. on August 24 at 3:00 p.m. Bring your family, friends, and every one else; light refreshments will be provided. Sunday, A ugust 14 at the Port of Morrow, the Columbia Youth Soc cer Club will be holding a “Meet the coach” night. Coaches will be given their equipment and their list of kids, as well as the opportu nity to see the smiling faces of those they will be coach ing. This is also a night for us all to come together and ask and answer questions. Music in the Park on Monday, August 15 is at the Boardman Marina Park at 7 p.m. The guest entertainers are the Rolling Hills Chorus (Sweet Ade line’s). This is the last of the season series for Boardman. August 22 will finish the season series with Sidewalk Stompers in Irrigon. Free Sports Physi cals are available by ap pointment only at Columbia River Community Health Services on August 10 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and August 29 from 3 to 7 p.m. Call 541-481-7212 for an ap pointment. The last Farmer’s Market of the season will be Monday, August 15 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Boardman Marina Park. Bow Fishing Tour nament The Kiwanis Club o f Boardman is holding w eekly S aturday night dances. Each evening will include dance lessons and open dancing from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Open to all indi viduals, but children under 14 will be required to have an adult present. Cost is free. Chamber monthly lunch will feature Wild- horse Resort and Casino as the speaker on Wednesday, August 17 at noon at the Port o f Morrow. Lunch is catered by Judy Scott’s Chuck Wagon and is $10 per person. RSVP by Mon day, August 15. The City of Board- man will pay for the col lection o f puncturevine throughout the month of August. The puncture vine and their seed pods need to be collected in bags provid ed by the city and returned to City Hall to receive $1 per bag in bounty, until the entire $300 has been paid out. Heppner Garden Club surprises yard of the month winners By Kay Proctor C ra ig and D eb Gutierrez both expressed disbelief when the Heppner Garden Club recognized their home at 460 S. Court as the July Yard o f the Month. “ A re you sure? We don’t have much in our yard,” were some of their reactions, along with claims o f not having “a green thumb.” They were reassured that recognition of all styles of yards, full and minimalist, was impor tant to the community. The couple has a goal o f a “ low m ainte nance” for their yard, which is kept neat and tidy year round. Front and back yards have an expanse of lawn with some clover. Sons Jus tin and Austin along with Craig share lawn-mowing duties, although Justin will be missing his turn when he begins classes at Wash ington State U niversity this fall. The home, built in 1958, was purchased in the mid-60s by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to provide housing for Heppner’s Dis trict Ranger. “The ranger’s resi dence” was home to several families until the federal government sold it to a pri vate party in the early 90s. Craig and Deb purchased it in 1996 and have aimed to do one major improvement yearly. Some of the projects have been new windows, gutters, garage doors and a roof. Cement driveway and curbing were also added. Future plans are to com plete the privacy fence. Willow Creek runs alongside the home, provid ing a cool breeze. A huge weeping willow tree used to tap into the creek and provide abundant shade. Unfortunately, it shattered during a storm a few years ago. Craig had no choice but to finish the job Mother Nature started. Although no damage was originally done, their garden shed was These are only three of the seven aprons vying for viewers’ dented while Craig was re choice in Quilter’s Roundup’s first-ever great apron contest. moving the tree’s remains. The wood was claimed 15 -Photo by Megan Fuller minutes after they placed it is encouraged to stop by voting is open to all local by their street with a “free” and pick a favorite. The area residents. sign. The long-gone willow and its character are still missed. Crimson and Au tumn Blaze maples were Quilter’s Roundup holding great apron contest Quilter’s Roundup is holding its first annual great apron contest. The entries are on display in the Quilter’s Roundup window on the comer of Main and Willow streets in Heppner. The first-time con test has had a good turnout, with seven aprons com peting for first prize and several more entered for display only. Prize winners will be selected based on judging as well as viewers’ choice. Voting for view ers’ choice will be open August 7-14, so everyone Make your dream home a reality with a mortgage loan from Bank of Eastern Oregon. BEO Mortgage Division provides a wide array of mortgage products to meet a variety of home financing needs! cals will be available at lone Elementary School from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, August 18. Physicals will be available for students grades six through 12. Students must have a sports physical every other year in order to participate in athletics. Students must have physical exam forms filled out and signed by parents; forms are available at the school office or at the OS A A website. For more informa tion on the free physicals, call 541-422-7131. planned All Morrow Coun ty area veterans are invited to attend one of two “meet and greet” events regarding the new VA clinic opening in Morrow County. The first informa tional meeting will be held on August 11 at 9 a.m. at Irrigon City Hall at 500 NE Main in Irrigon. Interested vets can also attend an open meeting at 1 p.m. on Au gust 11 at the Port of Mor row Riverfront Conference Center at 2 Marine Drive in Boardman. Host an Exchange Student Today ! Make a lifelong friend from abroad. Bank o f Eastern Oregon Ê Boardman Branch 541 - 481-3445 www.beobank.com 1 - 877 - 472-6217 \itcha from Thailand, 16 yn Enjoys dancing, playing the piano Enrich your family with another culture. N ow you can host a high school exchange stu d en t (girl o r hoy) from France, G erm any, Scandinavia, Spain, Australia, Japan, Brazil, Italy o r o th e r countries. Single parents, as well as couples w ith o r w ith o u t children, may host. C o n tact us for more inform ation o r to select your stu d en t today. Danielfrrm Denmark l"yrs Lows skiing playing w r r r and hopes to learn to pkn football and llw as a real American Cathy at 541-422-7107 OR Amy at 1 -800-733-2773 (Toil fi «) w w w .assehosts.tom a n d w w w .a.M c.iom /host o r em ail us at in fo ^ a s se .c o m . Hometown People Hometown Spirit ♦ planted, although digging proves challenging. The soil lies shallow over large river rock and boulders, and the house sits solidly on near-bedrock. Potentilla, barberry and boxwood shrubs line the house in beds added by the couple, with small river rock used as cover. An Oregon grape had to be moved when a volun teer Japanese elm grew through the middle of it to the eaves. Orange flower ing lilies along a side yard were planted as a surprise by C raig’s dad, the late George Gutierrez, because he wanted to add some color. Granite rocks are ar ranged in a well-groomed corner with thoughts o f George in mind. The low -m ainte nance goal has resulted in a pergola built for a hanging vegetable garden. Strawber ries grown in hanging bas kets were tried and did well, but wouldn’t winter over. Now, six plastic buckets, some painted black to retain heat, hang with a variety of healthy tomato plants grow ing from beneath. Craig put mulch in the bucket tops to retain moisture. When pep pers were grown, it was a challenge keeping up with harvest. Deb has worked for the USFS for 24 years and has been commuting to Pendleton the past six. Her father also worked for the USFS, and she grew up in various Oregon loca tions. Craig is originally from lone and has worked for Morrow County Public Works for 18 years. The two met at college in LaGrande. The family includes cat, Stanley, and chocolate Lab rador Retriever, Boggs. Spending minimal time in their yard frees the family up to follow sports. Deb has coached whiffle ball and Craig has been deeply involved with lo cal baseball for 26 years; watching, coaching, umpir ing, helping build fields and maintaining them. Seems like a “home run” for the Gutierrez family and the community. Yard of the Month recognition is co-sponsored by the City o f Heppner, MCGG-Greed Feed and the Heppner Garden Club. Lexington’s Sarah Stillm an, a graduate o f lone High School, was one of only a few area athletes named to the Northwest Conference all-Academic team for the 2010-11 year. Stillman made the women’s track and field all-academ ic list in her freshman year. She rep resents the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA, where she majors in international political eco nomics. In order to qualify for the distinction, students had to have a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or above and must have participated in varsity athletics throughout the season. lone offers free sports VA “meet Lexington girl named physicals and greets” to all-NWC squad Free sports physi (for 3,5 or 10 months) Irrigon Branch 541 - 922-2828 Top: July Yard of the Month winners Craig and Deb Gutier rez pose in their tidy yard on Court Street. Bottom: One of the appealing features of the Gutierrez yard is their hanging vegetable garden with its flourishing tomato plants. -Photos by Kay Proctor US News gives Heppner school bronze ranking H eppner Junior/ Senior High School re ceived a bronze in U.S. News and World Report magazine's rankings of best high schools in the nation. Schools that made the list from neighboring counties included Grant Union High School, Crane Union High School, Nyssa High School. McLoughlin High School (Milton-Free- water) and Pine Eagle High School (Halfway), all of which also received bronze rankings. No Oregon schools received gold status. How ever, there were 33 Oregon high schools that received ndedm I97i gram it a Pu V I I bronze or silver. Only 100 school nationwide received gold rankings, out of more than 21,000 public high schools included in the judging. Statistics in the re port for Heppner, which listed an enrollment of 226, with 33.2% o f those eco nomically disadvantaged. Heppner received a state test performance index of 104.0, with a disadvantaged students’ state test profi ciency rate of 63.2 and non- disadvantaged students’ state test proficiency rate of 83.9. There was a 22.3 disadvantaged students per formance gap.
