Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 4,2012
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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-
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Seth Moses Roofing
is not affiliated with
Jerid Wicklund.
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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
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