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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 21,2012 Track season begins for lone T he lo n e H igh School track team traveled to The Dalles last Saturday for the Mullin Leavitt In vite. Fourteen other region al teams attended the meet. Results are as follows: 100 M 3,<‘, Steven Holland, 12.16a 4 '\ Evan Rietm ann, 12.34a Bailey H aguew ood, 13.28a Karina Rios, 15.74a 200 IM Emily Holland, 33.58a 1500M 2nd, Charlette Burghard, 5:55.74a Shot Put J e re m y C o le m a n , 30’7” Raid Peck, 14’5” C harlette Burghard, 22’3” Dominka Senkerikova, 22-2” K a y te e B u rg h a rd , 20 10 ’ ” Discus 7 '\ Jeremy Coleman (finals), 92’9” 5th, Kaytee Burghard (finals), 76’2” Trent Cannon, 82’8” Kaid Peck, 40’ Javelin 7th, Bailey Haguewood (finals), 136’ 3rd, Dominika Senker ikova (finals), 85’5” 7*, Emily Holland (fi- Top: Senior Kaytee Burghard winds up for the discus throw at the Mullin Leavitt Invite in The Dalles last Saturday. Bottom: Senior Steven Holland takes it high to seal fourth place in the high jump March 17. -Photo by Paula Emmel nais), 82’8” K a y te e B u rg h a rd , 50’9” High Jum p 4 '\ Steven H olland, 5 ’ 6 ” COAL TERMINAL -Continuedfrom PAGE ONE tax incentives. The compa and also asked the council therefore try to block ship ping of coal on the Colum bia River, even though the shipping poses no threat to the environment. This project re quires no water or air per mits,” Smith said, mainly because the coal will never be exposed to the atm o sphere. He said the coal would be transported by covered trains to the Port of Morrow, unloaded through a vacuum system to elimi nate dust escaping, and then loaded once again on covered barges. “We have done ev erything we can to ensure that this is done correctly,” Smith told the council. Smith also said that the facility would employ 25 to 30 people with wag es between $60,000 and $90,000 per year, and that Ambre is not asking for any ny will pay over $750,000 per year in property taxes to Morrow County, $850,000 in fees annually to the Port of Morrow, and a 10-cent- per-ton fee dedicated to Morrow County Schools, which is expected to gener ate $300,000 to $350,000 in revenue to be shared with Morrow County and lone school districts. If the tonnage increases from the current 3.5 million tons per year to a maximum of eight million tons, the amount of money going to the schools will increase dramatically. A county group is presently in the process of setting up an education foundation similar to the one in lone to distribute the money. Smith passed out cards to be signed by those in support o f the project, to write a letter o f sup port. The council voted to write the letter. Smith also presented the project to the Heppner Chamber of Com merce, which endorsed the project. Smith said he has support so far from the City o f Boardman, Boardman Cham ber o f Commerce, Morrow County Commis sion, the Hermiston Cham ber of Commerce and the Willow Creek Tea Party. R e p r e s e n ta tiv e Smith currently serves as the officer to the board for Morrow Development Corporation, a private part nership with the Port o f Morrow, which provides financial management as sistance for business de velopment projects, as well as the Northeast Oregon Economic Development District. Phone Discounts Available to CenturyLink Customers The Oregon Public Utility Commission designated CenturyLink as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier within its service area for universal service purposes. CenturyLink’s basic local service rates for residential voice lines are $8.75 to $13.43 per month and business services are $16.01 to $27.25 per month. Specific rates will be provided upon request. CenturyLink offers Lifeline service to customers who meet eligibility requirements. The federal Lifeline program is undergoing some changes in 2012, but customers may be eligible if they participate in certain federal or state assistance programs or have a household annual gross income at or below 135% of the federal poverty level. Lifeline is available for only one wireline or wireless telephone per household. Lifeline is not transferrable and documentation of eligibility is required to enroll. Qualifying residents of American Indian and Alaskan Native tribal lands may be eligible for additional discounts. Students attend EOU writing workshop By Andrea Di Salvo Twelve Heppner students attended a writing workshop at Eastern Or egon University recently. Kids who attended the program were chosen based on short essays they wrote about why they want ed to go. Morrow County School District then gave scholarships to those that were felt to have the best essays. Heppner attendees included eight elementary school students and four from the high school. H ep p n er E le mentary School students were Hanna Palmer, Hai- lee M oist, M ason L eh man, Chance Jones, Cara A rbogast, Diana Healy, Sophie Grant and Olivia Schmidt. Hepppner High School students were Tessa G ould, Kaden Lehm an, Will Lutcher and Mallory Jones. Fourth-grade teacher Sue Gibbs led the group. They were among 39 students county-wide and more than 200 total students who attended the day-long w orkshop on March 10. It was a long day for participants, who left Heppner at 5:20 a.m. and didn’t return until 7:30 that night. Their writing ex perience started around 8 a.m. with registration and an opening ceremony. The children and teachers pres ent were able to listen to a writer from Alaska, who showed slides of Alaska and had the kids brain storm writing ideas from the slides. 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T ates, Fees, and Surcharges Applicable taxes, fees, and surcharges include a carrier Universal Service charge, earner cost recovery surcharges, state and local fees that vary by area and certain in state surcharges Coat recovery fees are not taxes or government-required charges for use. Taxes, fees, and surcharges apply CenturyLink To place an ad in the gazette contact david or Megan at The Heppner Gazette- Times 571-676-9228 or david@rapidserve.net or megan@rapidserve.net ' ■4 it , * s f Twelve students from Heppner schools attended a writing workshop at EOI' recently. They were among more than 200 students total who attended the hands-on workshop. -Con tributed photo then broke into sm aller groups with special work shops geared toward el ementary students, older kids and even teachers. High school stu dents got the chance to work more with the Alas kan author, as well as other authors and writing profes sors. Elementary students got to take a more hands-on approach. A crime scene provided inspiration for a mystery, while a room full of planets opened the way for science-fiction creation. Students also worked on poetry, creative writing and other genres. “ 1 thought it was really fun; we got to do a lot of writing. That was re ally cool to me,” said third- grader Hailey Moist. “My favorite was when we were writing about what planet we would go to. You got to use your imagination and make it up all your own. It’s fun to use your imagination and make up a planet.” Moist said she al ways considered herself a bad writer but, after her experience, she knows she’s a really good writer. M ason Lehm an, a fourth-grader at HES, agreed that it was fun, but said his favorite workshop was session B, where the kids wrote fantasy stories. "Y ou c o u ld do whatever you wanted to do,” he said. Both kids said they want to keep writing. Teacher p a rtic i pant Sue Gibbs said teach ers, though mostly with their students, also got the chance to attend their own workshops. She said they worked w ith professors about writing from elemen tary to high school levels, and the training needed along the way. The program ended with an open mic so the kids had the opportunity to read what they had written throughout the day before starting for home around four in the afternoon. Many of the pieces written during the day will be submitted to an anthol ogy for publication; the an thology will then be sent to the kids who participated. The program was not only fun for the kids but also provided a boost to their scholastic goals. “ The kids really had a good tim e,” said Gibbs. “One told me ‘Wow, this is what college is like; I think I want to go to college now.’” Get ready to walk to defeat MS “Walk MS: Eastern Oregon” will be in Heppner on Saturday, April 21, at 10a.m. All towns in East ern O regon are jo in in g forces to walk a 5K to defeat MS. The registra- tion/check-in begins on Saturday, April 21, at 9 a.m. at All Saint’s Episcopal Church, 460 N Gale Street in Heppner. The walk will start at 10 a.m., with brunch following the walk. Pre registration is appreciated, but day-of registration is available. Pre-register at www.walkMSoregon.com or by phone at 1 -503-445- 8342. There is no regis tration fee for Walk MS, but Last year’s Walk MS participants proudly display their banner by Heppner’s City Park. -Contributedphoto participants are requested to raise a minimum of $100 per person. Walkers can earn prizes for outstanding fundraising, including a T- shirt prize at the $ 100 level. Anyone who brings $100 the day of the walk will be eligible for a T-shirt that day, while supplies last. The 5K, marked route is wheelchair acces sible. W alk MS b r o chures, with registration information, will be located in all local businesses. Any one who has questions or who would like a poster or brochure can also contact Walk Chair, Merilee Mc Dowell, at 541-571-5853. ‘You are imitecf to the E. George Koffler Farewell Retirement Reception Lifeline eligible subscribers may also qualify for reliable home high-speed Internet service up to 1 5Mbps for $9.95* per month for the first 12 months of service. Further details are available at centurylink.com/intemetbasics. If you live in a CenturyLink service area, please call 1 -800-201-4099 or visit centurylink.com/lifeline with questions or to request an application for the Lifeline program. - FIVE BEO Heppner Branch Lobby Thursday, March 29, 2012 2:00 p.m . - 4:00 p.m. Cake, coffee, and punch (pfease join us in wishing (jeorge the very 6est! Bank o f
