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
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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
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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.
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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.