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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 5,2011 “Chilly Willies” and “A Tell-Tale Heart” HHS Homecoming court crowned Master storyteller Christopher Leebrick entertains a group at the Heppner Library during the summer reading program. Leebrick promises to entertain with thrills and chills during this encore visit. - Photo by Andrea Di Salvo M aster storytell er C hristopher Leebrick will present a cultural mix o f fun and spooky tales from around the world on Thursday, October 6. The fun begins at 4 p.m. at the Heppner Elementary School. The stories are recommended for ages six and up only. Later the same eve ning, at 7 p.m., Leebrick will present a riveting perfor mance of Edgar Allan Poe’s masterpiece “A Tell-Tale Heart.” This performance will also be at the Heppner Elementary School, but is recommended for teens and adults only. The aw ard -w in ning theater artist has been spinning tales since he was only 13 years old. Since 1975, he has performed from coast to coast at fes tivals, theaters, conference halls, schools libraries and churches. His repertoire includes folk tales from around the world, narrative poetry, original stories and “whoppers.” All three o f Lee- brick’s CDs—two of which are available for checkout from the Heppner library— have won national Story telling World awards. When he isn’t on the road, Leebrick enjoys spending time with his wife, son and daughter at the home in West Linn, OR. Both programs are free, and are sponsored by the Heppner Friends of the Library and the Oregon Trail Library District. The Heppner High School homecoming court was crowed during half-time of the HHS game versus Enterprise September 23. Court members are as follows (L-R): Back row-senior prince Cody Orr, father Kelwayne Haguewood, father John Gould, father Chris Rauch; Middle row-junior princess Tessa Gould, senior princess Carrie Haguewood, senior queen Tayllor Gould, senior princess Natalie Rauch, junior princess Emma Osmin, father Jess Osmin; Front row-junior prince Bryce Fowler, pen nant bearer Sallie Orem, senior prince Drew Brannon, pennant bearer Eli Petzold, junior prince Camron Day, senior prince Aiden Wright. - Photo by Sandy Matthews Farmers market wraps up third season T ick ets for the Pendleton basket to benefit Roy Proctor will be on sale through Saturday, October 8 . T ickets w ill be available at the Heppner High School football game Friday, October 7; during the Heppner High School Booster Club dinner and auction Saturday, O cto ber 8 at the Heppner Elks Club; at Murray’s Drug or by contacting Shelli Britt, Community Health Services announces $25,000 challenge C olum bia R iver Comm unity Health Ser vices announces a grant of $200,000 from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust. The local capital campaign, “Investing in Boardman’s Healthy Fu ture” received a tremendous boost in fundraising with the recent award from the charitable trust, based in SW Washington. “This announce ment puts us over 90% of our campaign goal and well on our way to opening the clinic, debt free in the spring of 2012,” according to Mindy Binder, Executive Director of the Boardman clinic. “We are so grateful to have this support from the M.J. Murdock Trust at a critical time in our fundraising and completion of our $4.7 million clinic construction.” T h e $ 2 0 0 ,0 0 0 award from the M.J. Chari table Trust is contingent on a $25,000 local chal lenge that must be met by December 31, 2012. The effort to raise those funds includes outreach to River side High School through a brick campaign in which the Senior Class joined the philanthropic effort, raising money for the clinic while also creating a fundraising opportunity for the senior class. The clinic is shar ing the profit of each brick sale with the Riverside se niors to support their annual fundraising for their senior class project. Principal Robert Elizondo of Riverside said “This partnership experi ence of engaging our stu dents to learn about fund raising and support the Co lumbia River Community Health Services Clinic is a wonderful example of help ing our community.” The Riverside High seniors hope to sell more than a dozen bricks to as sist them with their class project. “I think you will see the Riverside seniors i around the Boardman com m unity m aking contact while having fun with this exciting concept of grass roots fundraising,” said Elizondo. “I am pleased to help this effort by making the first brick purchase.” Additional and re cent efforts to reach the local $25,000 goal include a carwash, paper brick sales at various locations, senior citizen outreach and other community outreach. The new clinic will open in the spring o f 2012 in a new 15,000 building serving the local area. G rants such the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, corporate gifts and individual donations are all part of the ongoing ef fort to complete the local community challenge ahead of schedule and before the ribbon cutting scheduled for spring of 2012. The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust was cre ated by the will of the late Melvin (Jack) Murdock, who was a co-founder of Tektronix, Inc. of Beaver ton, OR, and a resident of Vancouver, WA. Since its establishment in 1975, the Trust has focused its grant making efforts primarily on the Pacific Northwest. Although the primary fund ing interests are educa tion and scientific research, grants are also given to a wide variety of organiza tions, including those that serve the arts, public affairs, health and medicine, human services and people with disabilities. “We encourage the community to call or drop by with their questions or to purchase a brick [to help meet this challenge]. We know that we will reach our goal and look forward to serving the community with our new clinic,” said Binder. “It is a very exciting time for us and we thank the citizens, the business community, our students... everyone for helping us.” Tickets still available for Pendleton basket to benefit Roy Proctor Rhonda Winter or Amber Fritz at the Bank of Eastern Oregon. Tickets are $1 each or six for $5. The winner will be drawn at the Booster Club auction. Proctor, a Hepp ner High School alumnus, underw ent a bone m ar row transplant in his fight against Fanconi’s Anemia. He is the son of Kay and Mike Proctor of Heppner. lone holds annual Foundation Dinner i ' m4 .V Shoppers browse through produce at the table of Larry and Charlene Day at the Willow Creek farmers market in Heppner. The Days are among more than a dozen vendors who appeared weekly at the market, which experienced its most successful season yet; participants hope to see it better than ever when it reopens next June. The market’s last day this year is Friday, October 7. -Photo by David Sykes Local man wins Tea Party print drawing Norman Lee(R), Pastor of the Heppner Nazarene Church, was the winner of the recent Willow Creek Tea Party Pa triots Liberty Freedom print raffle. Barbara VanArsdale sold tickets and coordinated the drawing as a fundraiser for the group. -Photo by David Sykes íL J 1 $ lone Schools music teacher Jordan Bemrose leads the chorale group for entertainment at the recent lone Educa tion Foundation annual dinner. The dinner featured prime rib, salmon and an auction to raise money for lone Schools. -Photos by David Sykes Lions host second annual Irrigon skate tournament Correction Several of the FFA captions in last week’s paper were incomplete. Following are the corrected captions: FFA Sheep Showmanship results: Reserve Champion Green- hand Showman Shane Miles; Grand Champion Greenhand Sheep Showman Tate Gentry; Advanced FFA Sheep Show man Grand Champion Lilly Sandford; Overall FFA Sheep Showman Reserve Champion Tate Gentry, and Overall FFA Sheep Showman Grand Champion and Grand Champion FFA Breeding Ewe Lilly Sandford. Khayman Heard, freshman and FFA Greenhand member shows ofT one of the many baskets at the Murray’s Wine and Beer tasting/dinner event held at the Morrow County Fair. Heppner FFA Chapter is going to National FFA Convention in October and members are raising money for their travel expenses. Members who are planning on attending and oth ers who helped out donated their time and auction items for the trip. Garrett Robinson, Grand Champion Steer Showman, Lilly Sandford, Grand Champion Lamb Showman, and Sean Bar ron, Grand Champion Swine Showman, competed for FFA Grand Champion Master Showman. The Irrigon Lions Club is sponsoring the second annual skateboard tournament at the Don Bax ter Skate Park in Irrigon on Saturday, October 15. Competition begins at 10 a.m. The entry fee is $ 10 for those who register from now until October 12. Waiver and registration forms, as well as guidelines, are available at Christine’s, Inc., 1400 E Hwy 730, Ir rigon. All entrants will re ceive a blue/gold wristband which recognizes them as a participant. Registration from October 12 until the morn ing of the tournament are $15. Registration will be accepted until 9:30 the morning of the 15th. All participants un der 16 years of age will be required to wear helmets. Helmets are advised for all participants, regardless of age. There are five cate gories under which entrants may register according to their abilities: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Girls and Sponsored. The Friends of Irri gon Library will be operat ing a concession trailer with a diverse menu. Vendors offering skateboard equip ment, accessories, clothing and photography choices are encouraged to set up in the park. All proceeds from registration fees will go to the Irrigon Lions Club and will be used for local community needs, includ ing sight and hearing as sistance. Heppner sees warmest September on record According to pre liminary data received by NOAA's National Weather Service in Pendleton, tem peratures in Heppner aver aged much warmer than normal during the month of September. The average tem perature was 66.4 degrees, w hich was 5.3 degrees above normal. High tem peratures averaged 81.8 degrees, which was 5.9 degrees above normal. The highest was 94 degrees on September 12. Low tem peratures averaged 51.1 degrees, which was 4.8 degrees above normal. The lowest was 40 degrees, on the 29th. On six days, the temperature exceeded 90 degrees. Precipitation to taled 0.05 inches during September, which was 0.64 inches below normal. Mea surable precipitation o f at least .01 inch was received on 3 days, with the heavi est, 0.02 inches, reported on September 15. The outlook for O ctober from N O A A 's •r * -m-m J* I 10 11 1 * 1 » 5 I .. I 4 * 1 I » t «0 1*4 11 11 I , 1, IS 1 '4 r II ■ ;> a s i » ? S i l l » . L - o f I m i t a D a l l F irn id sl By I* lA A /N H w i» r u m i s i Climate Prediction Center calls for below normal tem peratures and above normal precipitation. Normal highs for Heppner fall from 68.0 degrees at the start of Oc tober to 61.0 degrees at the end o f October. Normal lows fall from 40.6 degrees to 37.2 degrees. The 30 year normal precipitation is 1.12 inches. This was the warm est September on record. The previous warmest was 66.2 degrees in 1990.
