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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 26,2012 Heppner Home Fair wrap-up coming next week planned The H eppner 2012 Homecoming will be held next week, Oct. 1-6. For this year’s homecoming game, the Heppner Mus tangs will be playing the Elgin Huskies. This year’s Homecoming theme will be “Hit the Huskies.” The days for Homecoming week will be: Monday: Western day Tuesday: Twin day Wednesday: Celebrity day Thursday: Blue and Gold day The 2012 bonfire/mud tug-of-war will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 3 at the Morrow County Fair grounds. The junior high tug-of-war will start at 6 p.m., and the high school will follow; the bonfire will immediately follow. There will be a noise parade and community pep assembly starting at 2:15 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 4. On Friday, the football team will play Elgin starting at 7 p.m. The Homecoming dance will be held right af ter the game. On Saturday, the M ustang volleyball team will play a tournament at home starting at noon. 4-H club raffles quilt D.I. Y. Kids 4-H club is still raffling off the quilt they made at Quilters Affair in Sisters, OR. Members will be selling raffle tickets during halftime at lone's home football games, or track down members Emily Holland, Stacee Halvorsen or Julianne Carlson to purchase. Tickets are one for $1 or six for $5. The quilt will be raffled until the last home basketball game, where the winner will be announced. Morrow County resi dents are reminded that a fair wrap-up potluck dinner is scheduled for Oct. 3 at 6 p.m. at the Morrow County Fairgrounds. Those with last names beginning A-L are asked to bring a salad; last names beginning M-Z are asked to bring a dessert. Call 541-676-9474 for more information. Residents o f Morrow County also are invited to submit entries in the Mor row County Fair Theme C o n te st. The d ead lin e for entries is October 31, 2012 . The them e must re flect all of Morrow County (Boardman, Heppner, lone, Irrigon, Lexington, etc.) and must be easy to incorporate into decorations. A committee made up o f com m unity members will decide the w inner; the com mittee’s decision is final. The winner will receive $50 in 50-cent. Ev eryone is asked to keep in mind that next year is the centennial of the Morrow County Fair. Entry forms are avail able at the fair office. Forms can be returned to the of fice, where a box will be available for theme sugges tions, or they can be mailed to Morrow County Fair, PO Box 464, Heppner, OR 97836. Finally, the fair board is still seeking members interested in being part of the centennial celebration. Board member require ments include attending monthly meetings, working during fair tijne and going to convention, if possible, in addition to other times of the year when members may be asked to volunteer or help out. The term is for three years, with no limit to the number of terms served. To become a member, send a letter indicating such to the Morrow County Court. P.O. Box 788, Hep pner, OR 97836. Thank you to the 2012 Honour County 4-H/FFA Livestock Auction Supporters GRAND CHAMPION MARKET STEER GRAND CHAMPION MARKET LAMB Kolby Currin Buyer- Montana Coat Company Makenzi Hughes B u ye r. port|and Qenera| E|ectrjc GRAND CHAMPION MARKET SWINE NW Farm Supply, Beef Northwest, Starvation Farms, M&M Accounting, Triple A Trucking. Alexis Bray Buyer . Ron gray 1 1 The M orrow County Livestock Growers would lik e to thank the follow ing for th eir support o f the 2012 M orrow County 4-H/FFA Auction! BUYERS 12-H Farms/Hansell 4-C Ranches 4-T Ranches Abe McNamee Baker Hay Bank of Eastern Oregon Banner Bank of Boardman Beef Northwest Feeders Boardman Foods Inc. Bob & Bonnie Ball Bob & Pam Worden Bonavia Timber Company Brian & Susan Thompson Bruce Young Logging Buttercreek Cattle Cannon Chiropractic Cascade Specialties Caithness Energy Charlie & Marcia Anderson . Community Bank Community Counseling Solutions Corsair Angus Corey Miller Craig Miles Dan & Ashley Lindsay Dave & Anita Pranger Devin Oil Dick Temple DVM Dorothy Brown estates Double T Farming Doyle Electric Elmer's Irrigation Eric & Brandi Orem Fiesta Foods of Hermiston Frederickson Farming GAR Aviation Gerald & LeAnn Rea Greenwood Resources Grieb Farms Healy Ranches Heppner Family Foods Huwe's Rentals - Wayne & Barb Huwe Horseshoe Hereford Ranch IRZ Consulting & EZ Wireless Jason & Terra Proudfoot Jerry & Ann McElligott JS Cattle Co. John Ripple Lakeview Heights Lamb Weston Larry Palmer-Palmer Ranches Lesperance Farms Les Schwab of Heppner Les Schwab of Hermiston Lexington Pump Lindsay Ranches Feedlot Loren & Della Heideman Marcia Anderson Mark Jones Mark & Pam Wunderlich Mark & Shannon Miller McGee Wealth Management Merlin & Claudia Hughes Mid Columbia Producers Mike's Mobile Slaughter Miller Wheat Farming M&M Accounting Service Montana Coat Company Morgan Ranch Morrow County Grain Growers Murray's Drug Murray's Farms NW Farm Credit Services NW Farm Supply NW Metal Fabrication Old West Federal Credit Union Oregon Hay Pattie Crawford Pedro Farms Peg Leg Farms PGE Pioneer Memorial Physical Therapy Proudfoot Ranches Raymond Doughty RDO Ron Bray Ron Williams Trucking Rosco & Kay Qualls Shelley McCabe Simplot Snow McElligott Starvation Farms T- Bar Construction Teresa Van Doom Terry Thompson Thompson Land Company Three Mile Farms Triangle Ranches Triangle Resource Triple A Trucking Twins Flags Distributing Umatilla Electric Co-op Wes & Mary Killion Wheatland Insurance Wilbur Ellis Wilkinson Ranch SPECIAL THANKS TO : Bank of Eastern Oregon Ken Grieb Beef Northwest Feeders Mitch & Tag Ashbeck Rob & Jennifer Ashbeck Kyle & Darcee Robinson Garrett Robinson Brett Harrison Carlton Farms John Qualls Lori McCabe Morrow County Grain Growers Cenex Harvest States Ashley & Scott Jones Nancy Gorham Sara Bevington Angie Hughes R1NOMEN: Rod Taylor Kyle Robinson Jeromy Wilson Chris Rauch Jim Kindle Morrow County 4-H Ambassadors Heppner schools offer new website Heppner Elementary School and Heppner Junior Senior High School have a new website for parents, students and the commu nity, where anyone can check out the events for both schools. To find the website, go to the HES website at www. hes.morrow.kl2.or.us; on the left-hand side, click on HES/HJSHS EVENTS and it will take you to the rSchoolW ebsite. Parents and community members can view by day or week, or find the “advanced view” and select the types of events they would like to look at. Viewers will also have the option to print pages. The other great feature is the “Notify Me” option for anyone who would like to receive updates as things change or are cancelled. On the website, click on “No tify Me!” on the right side of the page near the calen dar. Fill out the information for email or text messages and select the events about which you would like to be informed. The first page will ask about the sports activities; click “continue” to find school events. It is quick and easy, and a great way to know about last minute changes. School administrators say they hope Heppner will find this new website easy to use and a helpful way of getting information quickly. They are also looking for feedback on the website; contact Brandi Sweeney at 541-676-9128 or brandi. sweeney@morrow.kl 2.or.us to share your thoughts. The schools will con tinue to have school events on their home w ebsites and sent home in Monday folders. Cardinal Booster Club memberships available lone Cardinal Booster Club memberships are now available to businesses and families. Businesses that pur chase memberships will get their ads on the lone com munity calendar as well as on the sport schedule post ers for lone Community School. The businesses will also be listed on all district and state newspaper ads, and will have their names listed on the back of fall and winter sports programs at home games. All of this is available for $100, or $50 for only the calendar ad. Family memberships include names on all district and state new spaper ads and listed on the sport schedule posters. Family member ships are $50 per year. A nyone in te re s te d in buying a membership should contact booster club president Jeri McElligott at 422-7257 or PO Box 4, lone. Questions can be e-mailed to McElligott at jerimce@hotmail.com. All checks should be made out to Cardinal Booster Club. All membership money will be used to support academic and athletic programs at lone Community School. HHS Booster Club to hold steak feed The Heppner High School Booster Club will hold a steak feed and auction Saturday, Oct. 13, at the Hep pner Elks Lodge. The dinner will begin at 6 p.m. with the auction to follow at 8 p.m. Cost of the dinner is $12; proceeds will benefit the Booster Club, which supports youth academics and athletics. 4-H planning session cancelled The planning session for the OSU Extension Service and Morrow County 4-H program scheduled for Oct. 16 has been cancelled. Morrow County Extension agents say they appreciate the interest and support Morrow County 4-H has received and regret any inconvenience this may have caused. cHzfijinzi and done, cdfomzcominc] V iu L f, Oatoljsi 5- [ò o n t foiyd to count jjícíi oui ijoui coniarti We have Halloween items!!! Come check out our Christmas sidewalk sale-Friday October 5th 9 am- ? Tty out huckleberry Yo Cream!! • Double Chocolate Mocha 3.75 Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate $2.50 Weddinct Tables A ndrew Johnson & Holly W ame October 6, 2 0 1 2 Miuuuj'i Dwj Serving Morrow, Wheeler & Gil iam counties Since 1959 217 North Main S t, Heppner • Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426
