Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Is a healthier lifestyle in your future?
The C om m u n ity
Health Improvement Part
nership (CHIP) o f Morrow
County would like to en
courage you to visit your
local resta u ra n t, deli or
eatery soon. Why would a
health improvement orga
nization encourage people
to eat out? Because many
local businesses have com
mitted to helping Morrow
County residents partici
pate in the Biggest Winner
w eight loss com petition
and healthy lifestyle pro
gram, or just make healthier
food choices. Look for the
“Biggest Winner” insignia
when you visit to identify
participating eateries and
featured items.
January is also the
perfect time o f year to find
an exercise you enjoy or
to try incorporating a new
activity into your life. To
that end, Todd Buchholz
and Jean Cassidy will be
leading yoga classes from
6:30 to 8 p.m. on Tuesdays
from January 10 through
March 27 at Hope Lutheran
Church. 675 S. Alfalfa in
Heppner. The classes are
free o f charge; call 541-
521-4249 for information
or to register.
Cindy Sumner will
be teaching aerobic exercise
that incorporates step, low
impact and Zumba steps,
weight lifting and stretch
ing at the Morrow County
Fairgrounds. Two class ses
sions w ill be offered lasting
5 weeks, and one session
w ill last four weeks. Class
es will meet most Tuesdays
and Thursdays from 6 to
7 p.m. The cost is $25 for
five weeks or $20 for four
weeks. Call 541-989-8514
for a complete schedule or
to register for the class.
S e v e r a l B lu e
Mountain Community Col
lege com m unity courses
also w ill be offered for
winter term. Interested stu
dents are encouraged to
pre-register at www .bluecc.
edu, as minimum enroll
ments must be met to hold
the class.
Jazzercise will be
instructed in H eppner at
the Morrow County Fair
grounds by Orissa Burghard
on Saturdays, January 14
through March 17 from 8 to
9 a.m. The cost is $29. Call
541-422-7040, 541-481-
2099 or email Anne Morter
at amorter@bluecc.edu for
more information on this or
the following classes.
Jazzercise will be
instructed in lone by Orissa
Burghard on Monday and
Wednesday evenings from
5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the
lone High School cafeteria.
Classes will begin Monday,
Jan u ary 9 and co n tin u e
through March 14. The cost
is $49.
lone group ex er
cise will meet M ondays,
Wednesdays and T hursdays
from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at
the lone school from Janu
ary 9 through M arch 15.
These sessions are free o f
charge.
C ir c u it tra in in g
will be held Mondays and
W ednesdays at Riverside
High School from 6 to 7
p.m. beginning January 9
through March 14. The cost
is $49.
Strength Training
will be held Tuesdays and
T hursdays from 5:30 to
6:30 p.m. at Riverside High
School January 10 through
March 15. Cost $49.
Zum ba class will
be held in Irrigon at A.
C. Houghton Elementary
School on M ondays and
W ednesdays from 5:30
to 6:30 p.m ., January 9
through March 14. The cost
is $59.
Strength training
will be held at Irrigon Jr./Sr.
High School on Mondays
and Wednesdays from 6 to
7 p.m., January 9 through-
March 14. The cost is $49.
For more informa
tion, see the com m unity
health information and re
sources at http://www.ohsu.
edu/MCCHIP.
Girls State applications
available
A p p lica tio n s are
now available for senior
girls wishing to participate
in the A m erican Legion
Auxiliary Girls State. Ap
plications can be obtained
at H eppner High School
and must be returned to the
A m erican Legion A uxil
iary #87 by February 10.
The 2012 Girls State will
be June 17 through 23 at
W illam ette U niversity in
Salem.
A m erican Legion
Auxiliary Girls State is a
nonpartisan program that
teaches young women re
sponsible citizenship and
love for God and country.
T his ex p e rien c e can be
inspirational, educational,
life-changing and fun.
High school girls
who have completed their
ju n io r year are com peti
tively selected to participate
in an intensive w eek o f
m ock governm ent where
they learn about civics and
A m erican governm ent in
a fast-paced, interactive
program o f campaigning,
debating, voting and elect
ing m ock local and state
leaders.
The $350 expense
associated with attending
this program is paid by a
sponsoring American Le
gion Post, a local business
o r a n o th e r c o m m u n ity -
based organization.
- THREE
Local man takes
own life
Local man Andrew Burt. 33, apparently took his
own life last week.
According to the Morrow County Sheriffs re
port, the sherifTs office received a call regarding a sui
cide or attempted suicide around 7:55 a.m. on Thursday,
January 5.
Other sources say Burt’s father, A1 Burt, discov
ered his son’s body in a pickup in his driveway. Burt had
an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Area school districts
hold meeting
An inform ational
meeting with the Morrow
C ounty School D istrict
and lone C harter School
District will be held Mon
day, January 23 from 6 to 8
p.m. at the Morrow County
School D istrict office in
Lexington.
The meeting is to
discuss House Bill 2509,
which was recently passed
into law (O RS 336.455
& OA R 581-022-1440),
requiring age-appropriate
sexual health education to
be taught beginning in the
6th grade. This topic and the
associated curriculum were
briefly discussed at previous
board meetings last spring,
and then tabled until such
time as more information
could be gathered, along
with input from stakehold
ers and patrons.
The lone and Mor
row County school districts
have jo in tly been w ork
ing with Brad Victor from
the Oregon Department o f
Education in aligning and
m apping the health cu r
riculum. That preliminary
process is now complete.
The two districts would like
to invite interested patrons
to an informational meeting
o f teachers, parents, health
care professionals, the faith
community, board members
and administration.
From this meeting,
an advisory committee will
be form ed to help guide
boards in this process o f
selecting the curriculum .
The com m ittee is called
the School Health Advisory
Committee. Both districts
will select their own com
mittees.
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