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.
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$
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body shop and a 1 bedroom apartm ent newly re
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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.
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HEPPNER
PENDLETON
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P.O. Box 337
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25 S W Emigrant
Pendleton, O R 97801
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