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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 4,2012 - THREE Possible lightning strike at Morrow County’s Relay courthouse for Life a success Anyone running late the weekend of June 22-24 might be able to blame the M orrow County C ourt house clock. The clock was off time from Friday, June 22, until the following Monday, when it was finally able to be reset. Though no one saw the cause. Morrow County Court Executive Secretary/ Personnel Director Karen Wolff said the clock’s mal function was unofficially blamed on a “ lightning event,” probably a lightning strike, early that morning. “Since no one saw it strike, we don’t know for sure; where it hit, we don’t know for sure,” she said. Wolff said she was one of many people who heard the thunder associated with the lightning strike around 3 a.m. June 22. “Lots of people got up because they thought it hit their house. There’s a mark T he M orrow C ounty C ou rth o u se clock stopped keeping tim e the weekend of Ju n e 22-24, one of many results o f th a t F rid ay 's storm . The problem s have been blam ed on a possible lightning strike, giving rise to jokes about DeLoreans an d flux capacitors. -Photo by Andrea Di Salvo on my ceiling where 1 had to peel m yself off,” she joked. Wolff said she knew of at least one person who had damage to their personal equipment. Aside from an off-time clock, Wolff said the courthouse suffered damage to the elevator, the air-conditioning system and much o f the technology equipment downstairs. The state court upstairs, which has its own equipment, also reported a lot of damage. Fundraiser planned for new rodeo queen lone’s Fourth of July celebration will also in clude some fundraising efforts for newly-crowned Oregon High School Rodeo Queen Lilly Sandford. A dunk tank will be held in the lone City Park after the Red, White and Blues Parade July 4. Sand- ford will also be raffling off a butchered pig, cut and wrapped, donated by M ike’s Mobile Slaughter of Stanfield. The drawing will take place right before the fireworks begin. As a reminder, a good luck party and fundraising dinner will be held on July 7 at 6 p.m. at the Morrow County Fairgrounds. The event will be a tri-tip and chicken dinner with silent Lilly S andford and live auction items and music. Adults are $20, stu- dents $10 and children $5; under five are free. Sandford is raising money to attend the Na tional High School Rodeo finals and queen pageant in Rock Springs, WY next week, July 13-21. Call Sylvia at 541-571- . • ' . i . t . ... 1 • ' « . v n r .n i 5930 for information. Seth Moses Roofing is not affiliated with Jerid Wicklund. • • i . f m n Earn While You Learn Program __ A t C o m m u n ity Bank w e recognize th e im p o rta n c e o f e d u c a tio n and w o u ld like to en co u rag e o u r s tu d e n t-c u s to m e rs in th e ir a c a d e m ic success. P ro g ra m F e a tu re s * : • • • Pays $1 directly into an open Youth Savings Account for every "A” (or top grade) that our 1 st through 12th grade students receive on their end-of-the-year report cards. Reports cards must be presented at the local Community Bank branch during the months of June or July of the same year of the dated report card Students do not have to be previous customers - a Youth Savings Account must be opened before bonus can be paid .ommunity BANK Local Money Working For Local People www.communltybanknet.com *No minimum balance required to obtain bonus Bonus will be deposited on the same business day that the report card is reviewed $25 Minimum opening balance required for the Youth Savings Account Current Youth Savings customers that turn 18 during their senior year can still receive the bonus as long as they have continued to have an open savings account Top grades include any grade of an "A" (A-. A, or A+) Bonus paid once per main school subject per grading period Top grades should be noted on report card and could include ''S+" for above satisfactory, "E" for excellent, or any other grade explained on report card to be the top grade for that grading system Report cards must be originals, no copies please Member FDIC Participants voted Mor row County’s Relay for Life event this last weekend a huge success both finan cially and personally, as well as beneficial to local communities. A nyone who w ould like to make a donation still ticanme; make a donation online through August 31 at http://relayforlife.org/hepp- neror or drop off a donation at Bank of Eastern Oregon, Community Bank or Hep pner Chamber, and they’ll get it to the right place. Several food vendors were on hand to help feed the teams as they walked seem ingly endless laps. Quality Concessions was there from 3 - 11:30 p.m. on Saturday; Team CCS offered a Taco/Enchiladas fundraiser meal from 12-2 a.m. and The Stable o f Youth (Bobbette Lovgren) set up from 1-5 a.m. on Sunday morning. Heppner Chamber o f Commerce has a few lost and found items (black, short umbrella and a color ful rain jacket with hood in a pouch bag); the items may be picked up at the Chamber Office. T he Relay for Life C om m ittee is looking for the identifica tion o f a c h a ra c te r (called “ Yetti” ) who cam e d u rin g the wee hours o f Sunday m orning to en tertain the w alkers, borrow ing som eone's p u rp le hero cape and m odeling one of the donated Port o f M orrow backpacks. He w as seen hanging out at the “ I Believe” tent. If anyone has inform ation on the identification of “ Yetti,” contact the H ep p n er C h am b er to receive your prize (upon validation of identity) -Contributedphoto Those who purchased day, July 13. luminaries for a loved one Look in next week's can pick them up at Com paper for more information munity Bank through Fri- about this event. Award-winning children’s entertainers to visit Heppner Sisbro Studios to present family programs at Heppner and Boardman libraries An award-winning au- thor/filmmaker/entertainer team from the international ly-acclaimed Sisbro Studios will make special appear ances at the Heppner and Boardman libraries in early July. Area residents o f all ages are invited to come and enjoy a lively Sisbro perfor mance o f music, comedy and fun on Wednesday, July 11 at 2 p.m. at the Heppner Public Library, Anyone who missed that performance is welcome to attend the evening perfor mance at 6:30 p.m. at the Boardman Public Library, 200 S.Main St. Sisbro is the creative sister and brother team of Laura Sams and Robert Sams, whose dream was to create high-quality films, books, educational media and curriculum that help people discover the natural world. Laura and Rob noticed a need for better family and children’s programming, so they set out to create stories that “are so clever, funny, beautiful and catchy that people can’t help but share them again and again,” ac cording to their website, www.sisbro.com. Their work has been honored with more than 50 international awards, including a W ildscreen Panda Award (w hich is often called the “Green Oscars”), a KIDS FIRST! Best of the Year Award, a National Parenting Publica tions (NAPPA) Gold Award, a Special Jury Award at the International Wildlife Film Festival and many more. A m ong th e ir b e s t selling books and videos L au ra an d R obert Sam s for children are the “ In the Woods” series and the “Riddle Solvers” series. Rob and Laura have performed live visits at hundreds o f schools and libraries nationally and internationally, with ven ues from the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in D.C. to the Chicago Field Museum to schools as far away as Dubai. Sisbro programs are interactive and age-appro priate, and provide a dy namic mix o f education and entertainment, mixing stories, music, video clips, art, and humor with learn ing theory. “We’re so pleased to be able to help bring Sisbro Studios to Boardman and Heppner. Sisbro has had rave reviews elsew here and w e’re hoping for a good turnout,” said Mar sha Richmond, director of the Oregon Trail Library District. The presentations are sponsored collaboratively by the Oregon Trail Library District, Hermiston Public Library and Libraries of Eastern Oregon (LEO). For further information, contact Marsha Richmond at 541 - 481 -3365 or LEO executive director Lyn Craig at 541 - 763-2355. Community VBS held Several area churches combined forces for a commu nity-wide vacation Bible school, held June 25-29 at Hope Lutheran church. VBS began each evening with a free supper before the kids embarked on Bible les sons, games, crafts and singing. Above: Baptist youth minister Michael Ehrsam imparts a lesson to his group of kids during game time. -Photo by Megan Futter Located in the Rolling Hills near Hardman. This remote location is perfect for your private functions. 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