TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 24,2011
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
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David Sykes................................................................................................Publisher
Andrea Di Salvo............................................................................................. Editor
Funeral Service
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T.K. Murphy
Funeral service for Pastor T.K. Murphy, Heppner,
will be held Saturday, August 27, at 2 p.m. at the Heppner
Christian Church.
A complete obituary was published in the August
17 Heppner Gazette-Times
Peck-Gregg engagement
announced
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Birth announcement
Frank Joseph Di
Salvo II-Carmelo and An
drea Di Salvo of Heppner
announce the birth of a
son, Frank Joseph. Frank
was bom at Good Shepherd
Hospital in Hermiston at
3:06 p.m. on Sunday, Au
gust 21, 2011. He weighed
eight pounds and was 21
and a quarter inches long.
Frank joins older
sister, Moira, age three.
Grandparents are Frank and
Pam Di Salvo of Cheek-
Amber Peck and Thomas Gregg
Amber Lene Peck, and Kathy Gregg, Baker
Heppner, OR, and Thomas City. He graduated from
Frank Joseph Di Salvo II
Andrew Gregg, Baker city, Baker High School. He
OR, announce their engage attend Oregon State Uni
versity and graduated from
towaga, NY; Lucille Di ment to be married.
Amber is the daugh Eastern Oregon Univer
Salvo of Buffalo, NY; and
Dexter and Corinne Miles ter of Lyle Allen Peck, Jr., sity, La Grande, OR. He is
and Patricia Hughes, both employed with Williams
of Heppner.
Heppner, OR. She gradu Gas Pipeline, Boise, Idaho.
ated from Heppner High The couple plan an October
InterMountain ESD holds
School and Montana State 15,2011, wedding at the top
University,
Bozeman, MT. of Colton Grade, Heppner.
grand opening
Thomas is the son of Patrick
The InterMountain community members.
The IMESD is the Oregon East Symphony receives
Education Service District
hosted its grand opening result of a merger between
celebration Aug. 18 at the Umatilla-Morrow ESD $8,000 grant from Trust
the IMESD main office in and Union-Baker ESD, Management Services, LLC.
which was completed on
Pendleton.
The Oregon East
“We are very May 30.
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funds
Symphony
has received non-profit organizations
The
new
agency’s
excited to begin the
2011-2012 school year as 250 staff members will an $8,000 grant from Trust throughout Oregon, by re
InterMountain ESD,” said now serve approximately M anagement Services, gion. Six regions comprise
IMESD
Superintendent 24,000 students in 21 LLC, to support “Playing the 36 counties in Oregon.
Dr. Mark Mulvihill. “We school districts in Umatilla, for Keeps the OES youth Three regions are funded
have a phenomenal staff Morrow, Union and Baker education program. The annually, each county is
Services
to program includes youth funded bi-annually.
who provide high quality counties.
orchestras, lesson scholar
schools
include
special
services for schools and
TMS actively seeks
ships, orchestra scholar grant applications with em
education,
technology,
students, and we’re looking
forward to continuing professional development, ships and an instrument phasis on education, com
our work in the Umatilla, a d m i n i s t r a t i v e loan program.
munity service, cultural,
“We are extremely youth activities and histori
printing,
Morrow, Union, and Baker services,
cooperative purchasing, grateful to Trust Manage cal preservation. For more
county school districts.”
and ment Services for their con information, contact TMS
The
celebration communications,
tinued support of classical at (5 4 0 563-7279 or by
featured local student more.
The IMESD also music education in eastern email: MarvL@trustman-
entertainment, as well as
comments from IMESD has an office in the Union Oregon” said Lisa-Marie agementservices.net.
and
school
district County building in La Patterson, OES executive
For more informa
director.
administrators,
and Grande.
tion about the Oregon East
Trust Management Symphony’s regular con
Services, LLC (TMS) was cert season, youth musical
organized to “contract with, opportunities, lessons and
assist and better prepare scholarships or instrument
charitable organizations to rentals, contact the OES
make sound funding deci at 541-276-0320, view the
sions and maximize respon web site at www.orego-
sible giving in Oregon, said neastsvmphonv.org or by e
an OES news release.
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“Card of Thanks” at a cost of $10.
Fair/rodeo volunteers tremendous, but
more hospitality may be in order
To the Editor:
A huge thank-you is hardy sufficient to acknowl
edge all the hard work of volunteers and donors who
make our fair and rodeo a success. The work of paint
ing, decorating and staging these events requires many
volunteer hours. The Bank of Eastern Oregon float in the
parade was outstanding.
In years past there were numerous floats. Other
people also remember the floats put together by Lois
Winchester, the Garden Club and various organizations.
If the Heppner Chamber continues to manage
this parade, an effort should be made to make contacts
to draw participation from both local and outside areas.
Morrow County does a lot of business in the Hermiston
area especially when it comes to equipment not available
locally. So they should be encouraged to reciprocate.
That shouldn’t be too difficult since floats made for their
parade could again be shown in our parade the following
week after the Hermiston fair. Prizes and ribbons are
a big draw. There again donations could help make this
possible. Even a basket of goodies often attracts partici
pation. As a sidewalk superintendent this year I received
very useful garden gloves.
A large segment of this year’s parade featured
the different entities from the Pendleton Roundup and
Happy Canyon and their mounted band. No small effort
is involved in transporting all those horses and people
to our town. Perhaps this is where Heppner failed in the
hospitality department.
A noon luncheon following the parade hosted
by our local court members for the visiting rodeo courts
and royalty was once the custom. Sadly our own fair and
rodeo court seems to be another lost tradition. However
money previously allocated for a luncheon and court
expenses out of the fair board budget might be a means
of hosting the Pendleton contingent. This year Pendleton
had a noon picnic in the Heppner City Park. Perhaps it
could be arranged to at least have drinks and a main dish
such as a barbecue for them. A few chairs would be nice
so that their court in their expensive regalia wouldn’t end
up sitting on the grass.
My “want to,” is hampered by my “can’t do”
anymore. However I’m applauding the efforts of others
who do make such a tremendous difference in our com
munities.
(s)Merlyn Robinson
Heppner
Northeast Oregon Area Health
Education Center offers mini
grants to 12 counties
Northeast Ore
gon Area Health Education
Center (AHEC) will award
$500 to each of the counties
it serves in Northeastern
Oregon. The mini grants are
intended to encourage youth
involvement in Community
Health Education events or
experiences. The funding
will support the promotion
of health career education in
a community setting and/or
use educational material to
promote science education
to their community’s youth.
The application deadline is
September 23, 2011.
Information will be
sent to hospitals and clinics,
other community health
non-profit agencies and
EMT education contacts.
Non-profit organi
zations are eligible to apply
for the mini grant if the
organization already works
with youth, in some capaci
ty, in Baker, Gilliam, Grant,
Hood River, Malheur, Mor
row, Sherman, Umatilla,
Union, Wallowa, Wasco
or Wheeler counties. Any
organization can apply for
funding if the activity will
meet at least three of North
east Oregon AHEC’s work
areas for health careers
education: health career
information, science educa
tion, role models/mentors
from the health care busi
ness community, assure
hands-on student health
career education activities,
give youth out-of-class ex
periences in health career
education and create health
career education networks
with the community
Northeast Oregon
AHEC was established in
1990. Their mission is to
attract and retain health care
professionals by providing
regional education oppor
tunities. Northeast Oregon
AHEC is a nonprofit or
ganization that primarily
serves 12 counties (Baker,
Gilliam, Grant, Hood River,
Morrow, northern M al
heur, Sherman, Umatilla,
Union, Wallowa, Wasco
and Wheeler) by working
in partnership with Oregon
Health Sciences University,
four other AHEC centers
and other health training
institutions to achieve its
mission. Northeast Oregon
AHEC accomplishes its
mission by providing: rural
education and training for
health professions students;
continuing education to all
health professionals; health
career education for youth,
learners of all ages and
teachers.
For more infor
mation about Northeast
Oregon AHEC, visit the
website http://www.eou.
edu/neoahec/ or contact:
adunkak@eou.edu: phone:
541.962.3800: or mail:
NEOAHEC, One Univer
sity Blvd., La Grande, OR
97850
Thank you to all the people who have
L supported me at my lemonade/bake stand.
kYou helped me earn my way for two
summer camps, a rafting trip and a
little extra to help my brother at
summer camp as well.
I loved my time at the camps.
/ou for helping me reach my
goals for the summer!
Sincerely,
Sebastian Wenberg