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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 1,2012 - THREE Chamber Chatter Heppner “Effective Organi zations” training through the Ford Institute for Com munity Building: The Ford Institute for Community Building is working on year two for Morrow County on Effective Organizations for non-profits and community organizations. Training is provided by Rural Develop ment Initiatives. This train ing is most beneficial for directors, board members, and staff and volunteers who work with non-profits and service organizations. It also has proven helpful to local government, service districts and institutions such as schools and clinics. We still have a few slots open and I would ask that you consider being a part of this program. You would be committed to attend two weekend meetings: Friday, Feb. 17 from 1 to 7 p.m. (O rganizational Leader ship) and Saturday, Feb. 18 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Stra tegic Planning), and Friday, April 13 from 1 to 7 p.m. (Resource Development) and Saturday, April 14 from 9 a m. to 3 p.m. (Resource Mgmt). Contact the Cham ber for a registration form (541-676-5536). H e p p n e r H ig h School 2012 Sober Grad Night presents Valentine's Dinner and Hypnosis Show featuring comedy hypnotist Russ Peak on Tuesday, February 14; lasagna dinner begins at 6 p.m. with the comedy show at 7:30 p.m. and an ice cream social to follow. Tickets available at Murray’s and the Hep pner High School Office: $5-show; $7-dinner;$ 10- dinner and show. Contact HHS at 541-676-9138 for more information. B lue M o u n tain Community College will offer a “Brown Bag” series of classes during the month of February to help indi viduals plan and save for re tirement. The four one-hour classes will be held at noon at the Blue Mountain Com munity College location in Boardman at 300 Front Street NE. The classes con sist of a two-part series; the first series is a primer on basic investment principles and the second series covers the fundamentals of retire ment planning. Depending on individual needs and knowledge, the series can be taken independently of each other or as offered. The goal o f the courses is to help attendees gain the skills to estimate how much money they need to retire, learn how to create retire ment goals, review invest ment basics, and more. The classes will be taught by Rita Van Schoiack, a finan cial advisor who is owner of Blue Mountain Investment Management. The class dates are as follows: Invest ment Basics Part I-Tuesday, February 7; Investment Ba sics Part 11-Tuesday. Febru ary 14; Retirement Basics Part I-Tuesday, February 21; and Retirement Basics Part 11-Wednesday. Febru ary 29. The classes are free and include a workbook for each series which can be purchased for $5 each. A dvance registration is required. Please call Anne M ortar at (541) 422-7040 or e-mail her at amorter@ bluecc.edu. Students may also register online at www. bluecc.edu. March 15-18: Hep- p n er's 30,h St. Patrick's annual Wee' Bit O' Ireland is com ing and we need you! We can always use volunteers, so think about giving some good old com munity time to help us make this the best weekend ever. Also. Heppner Chamber is looking for some boxers for our boxing event on Friday, March 16th; call the cham ber if you are interested or know of someone. This year the celebrations will start on Wednesday, with an FFA Donkey Basketball Game fundraiser at Heppner Jr./ Sr. High School. Community Health Improvement Partnership: Please take a moment to check out the Community Health Improvement- Part nership of Morrow County website at http://w ww.ohsu. edu/MCCHP. There is some good health information resources, details about the Biggest Winner Weight Loss and Healthy Lifestyle Program and a county-wide calendar listing physical fit ness opportunities. Upcoming speak ers for chamber lunch meet ings: - Thursday, Febru ary 9: John Turner, presi dent of BMCC -Thursday. Febru ary 16: Willow Creek Val ley Economic Development Group ( WCVEDG ) w ill be holding their annual lun cheon from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. and will have guest speakers Patricia Pilz, An drew O'Connell and others come and speak about the education needs and op portunities for w ind farm job opportunities. -Thursday, Febru ary 23: Port o f Morrow commissioners will be here to give updates on what is going on at the port and will allow time for ques tions and discussion. For this week, the lunch meet ing will be scheduled from 11:30 a .m .- 1 p.m. Garden club learns about greenhouses Anyone who wants to learn more about green houses is invited to mark February 6 on their calendars. The Heppner Garden club will meet next Mon day at 7 p.m. at St. Patrick's Senior Center to hear lone students share information about their greenhouse. All interested parties are invited to bring questions and soak up the data the students will share. CHECK OUT THESE ATE DEALS www.sykesrealestate.net • www.pendletonpropertys.com OWNER SAYS SELL IT! Good buy on this new Heppner listing. New listing. 2 bedroom 1 bath starter home or will make a good rental unit. New chain link fence, new electric wall heater, nice fixed up shop, good roof and foundation. 355 W. Linden Way Heppner. Priced right at $ 55,000 2 bedroom home on large lot in Lex Lots of room for a garden and other activities with this 2 bedroom 1 bath single wide mobile home in Lexington. Lots of upgrade including new floor ing, new roof, insulation, new vinyl windows, water heater and much m ore 2 Bedroom 1 bath home on 24.26 acres in Lexington. Close to town with your own piece of land. Rare small parcel with home and shop. 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Building has a good roof and ow ner says the shop has been com pletely rewired Real Estate Wanted- 1 have buyers interested in the following properties: - Wheat Farm with or without CRP land in the Heppner, Lexington, lone or Condon area. -Fixer upper homes in Heppner -Irrigated land in Boardman & Irrigon area. Please contact me if you have property to sell. MORE COVERAGE! MORE BUYERS! BECAUSE WE ARE RMLS MEMBERS List your property with Sykes Real Estate and receive wide exposure to selling agents in Oregon and Washington. This means more potential buyers see your listed property. In addition your listing will be shown on the www.realtor.com website. Call me today to list your property. David Sykes HEPPNER PENDLETON Phone: (5 4 1 )6 7 6 -9 2 2 8 Cell: (5 4 1 )9 8 0 -6 6 7 4 Fax: (5 41 )67 6 -9 2 11 188 W Willow P.O. 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