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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 3,2012 Heppner Booster Over the Tee Cup Club plans auction A few of the many items already donated for the Booster Club’s auction are on display in the window of Holloman's in Heppner. -Photo by Megan Futter The Heppner Booster Club will hold its annual steak feed and auction on Oct. 13; donations are wel come. Items already donat ed for the event include a Wildhorse getaway pack age, Wi 1 low Creek Country Club single membership, two skybox Duck tickets with parking pass, two Sil- verwood day passes, one load o f gravel delivered within 20 miles, a $300 gift certificate to Les Schwab, a Heppner softball state championship signed bat, and one ton of large-bale grass or alfalfa hay. Some of the items are on display in the window o f Hollo- man’s on Main Street in Heppner. The m ission o f the Booster Club is to support the scholastic and athletic achievement o f the area’s young people. The club makes it possible to pur chase items for their contin ued success that would not otherwise be possible, as well as present four scholar ships to graduating seniors each year. Funds generated from the annual steak feed and auction help support these activities. A nyone w ith q u e s tions regarding the event may contact Kay Fowler, Booster Club President, at 541-314-2038. COAL DEPOT UPDATE -Continuedfrom PAGE ONE said the present goal for the coal project is to start “moving coal by June of 2014.” Smith again, as he has in the past, pointed out the economic benefit not only for Morrow County but also the entire state of Oregon. He said for every ton o f coal shipped through the Port o f Morrow, 10 cents will be given to local schools. With the estimated eight million tons shipped each year, that would mean $800,000 per year for edu cation in Morrow County. There will also be $1 mil lion in shipping fees going to the Port o f Morrow. Ambre has not asked to be included in the Enterprise Zone at Boardman, so will not receive any special property tax breaks, Smith pointed out. Smith also said the project will benefit Oregon as a whole, as 24 barges would be constructed in the Portland area and the entire shipping project will mean $200 million in benefit to the state. Smith says almost all the opposition to the proj ect has so far come from outside Oregon, much of it from the East Coast. Smith reiterated that “not a piece of coal” will touch the ground or the water in the shipping operation. “You can take care of the environment and build enterprises and create jobs,” Smith said. “The US has 250 years of coal in the Powder Ba sin,” Smith pointed out. “We are the Saudi Arabia of coal and it is clean coal.” He said the public comment period on the environmen tal review would begin shortly and would last 30 to 45 days. “We are going to ask people to show up,” Smith said. “There is going to be busloads o f people from outside the area, so we are going to ask local people to show up (at the hear ings).” The WCCC Ladies last play day was held on Tues day, Sept. 25. M em bers enjoyed a morning of team (Best Ball) play. After play, they held their semi-annual meeting, gave out special awards for the year 2012, and held election o f officers for 2013. To close out the day, a luncheon was served by the 2012 officers. Awards for the play of the day went to the first- and second-place teams. Tied for 1” Gross were: Team of Loa, Lorrene and Laura; and team of Pat E., Carrie and Betty. Tied for 2nd Gross were: Team of Darcee, Su zanne and Jackie; and team of Janice, Karen and Toni. N o w in n in g team claimed to have used the Special Event Rule #2 on holes #5 and #7. Karen Thompson had the only chip-in for the day on #6. 2012 year-end awards Birdies: 1" (tie), Nan cy Propheter and Virginia Grant J Chip-in: 1** (tie), Coral Mitchell and Lorrene Mont gomery, Ann Elgin and Pat Edmundson E c le c tic : 1“ , Tony Nichols 2nd (tie), Carri Grieb and Lorrene Montgomery Club Championship: Nancy Propheter Eddi Skow: Pat Ed mundson A special presentation was made to Pat Edmund son for serving the past two years as the Ladies Club President. New Officers elected for 2013 were: President, Jackie Allstott; Vice Presi dent, Jill Miller; Secretary/ Treasurer, Corol Mitchell; and Board Members Darcee Mitchell (2013), Tony N ich- ols (2014) Pat Edmundson (past president). Thirty-five men played in the annual Men’s Club Cross Country Golf Tour nament on Sunday, Sept. 23. The tournament was played on the traditional cross-country layout, which stretches the course to a par- 69 challenge. Results were the fol lowing: Gross: 1, Greg Grant, 71; 2, Ron Bowman, 80; and 3, Jim Martin, 81. Net: 1, John Bowles, 66; 2, Stacy Wilson, 70; and 3, Char lie Ferguson, 73. Special events: David Allstott and Greg Grant. Hosts were David Allstott and Dave Gunderson. Before play, a M en’s Club m eeting was held, and Duane D isque was elected to a position on the Men’s Club Board for a term o f five years. Don Eaves was recognized for his service as the outgoing board member. Officers for the coming year are Matt Scrivner, President; Ron Bowman, Vice President; John Edmundson, Secre tary - Treasurer; and Tom Shear and Duane Disque, Members at Large. The men voted support for continuing monthly special Sunday plays in 2013, including the Par 3 Challenge, the Ryder Cup Matches, the Shootout and the Cross Country. Also, the board will consider or ganizing a Member/Guest event. The Wednesday Night Team Play has finished, and the winning teams are the following: 1, John Bowles/ Randy Samples; 2, Mike Sweek/John Kilkenny; 3, K elw ayne H aguew ood/ Mark Schlicting and 4, Rod Wilson/Tim Wright. District to meet O ctober 14,2012 9 a . m . at P ioneer M emorial H ospital V olunteer A mbulance D rivers N E E D E D FO R H E P P N E R , B oardman , and I rrigon C all R usty at 541-676-2922 for additional information M O R R O W C O U N TY HEALTH DISTRICT Excellence In Healthcare > Heppner Elementary School has announced the students of the month for September. Top (L-R): Jorden Sweeney, Kenneth Troxell, Brock Hisler, Hunter Nichols, Madelyn Nichols, Jaiden Mahoney and Jacee Currin. Bottom (L-R): Irelynn Kollman, Aubriana Rodriguez, Paul Lindsay, Jack Mathews, Hallee Hisler, Landon Mitchell and McKenna Bray. The character trait for September was self-concept. -Contributedphoto Math students of the month announced Heppner High School has chosen the following people as stu dents of the month in math: Frederick Tortolani and Kevin Murray for Algebra; John Propheter and JC Putman in Al gebra 2; Jessica Kempken in Geometry and Mallorie Jones in Technical Math. -Contributedphoto Chamber plans candidate forum Heppner Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a candidate’s forum for the Morrow County Commis sioner position on Thursday, Oct. 11, during the regular chamber lunch meeting. This forum will be moder ated by Bill Kuhn. Anyone with specific questions is asked to submit them to Sheryll Bates at the Chamber of Commerce. At tendees also will be given an opportunity to submit questions at the beginning of the luncheon. The public is welcome, but those who would like to have lunch are asked to RSVP to the chamber. Ghost-hunting program coming to Heppner library Legion, Auxiliary to meet S u n d a y HES students of the month WCCC Men’s Club news Ghost Hunters North ting-edge technologies and west (GHNW), an orga equipment used in investi nization that investigates gating paranormal activity, paranormal activities in including a few inventions cluding reported sightings that the team has created to o f ghosts, will present a help them in their work. community program, “Proj The one hour “Project ect Spooky!” at the Hep Spooky!” program will pner library on Tuesday, be followed by a question Oct. 9, at 6:30 p.m. and answer period with at The program is free and tendees. all ages are invited. Based in Umatilla and Team members from headed up by three area cor GHNW will present in rectional officers—GHNW formation on topics such founder, investigator and as what ghosts are and the technology manager Chris different types o f haunts. McCauley, co-founder and They will explain and dem lead investigator Doug onstrate the newest cut- Sanders, and investigator A joint meeting of the American Legion and Auxil iary will be held Tuesday, Oct. 9, at the Heppner United _ _ 7 * 1 1 1 Tfc 1 Methodist Church; the event will begin with a potluck i at 6:30 p.m. A special program will include a short talk by Deena Price. Price works with a variety of organizations con nected with the Red Cross. Willow Creek Park District will hold a regularly Plans for the year’s activities also will be discussed scheduled meeting on Oct. 9 at 5:15 p.m. at Heritage Land at the meeting, so both new and established members are Co., 278 N Main St. in Heppner. They will be discussing invited to come and express their ideas. the pool season and the RV park. A mbulance D rivers C lass - FIVE ATTENTION! Medicare Open Enrollment Every Tuesday 3-5 pm Hermiston Public Library Trained SHIBA volunteers will answer your medicare questions & assist you with open enrollment strategies & explain Medicare benefits Open Enrollm ent < Dee. T ill, so use this opportunity to review the Medicare plan that is right for you. For more information. 541-667-35Ó2 Dusty W ilson— GHNW work. The team also has was formed in 2011 by a mission to help educate members who had previ their clients and the public ously been involved with at large about paranormal other paranormal investi events and the latest infor gating teams. mation and beliefs about GHNW’s mission is to them in relation to the reli investigate places where gious, spiritual and occult. paranorm al activities— The program is spon sightings, sounds, smells, sored by the Oregon Trail touch—have been reported Library District and Li and to try to find natural braries of Eastern Oregon explanations for such oc (LEO). For further infor currences. The team uses mation, contact district di specialized technology and rector Marsha Richmond equipment to docum ent at 541-481-3365 or LEO such activities. director Lyn Craig at leoli- GHNW members do braries@gmai 1 .com. not charge clients for their A l l ■ • A m b l l l i U l C C 01*1X ^61*8 needed Volunteer ambulance drivers are needed for Heppner, Boardman and Irrigon. Call Rusty at 541-676-2922 for additional information. Also, an ambulance drivers' class will be held Sun day, Oct. 14, at 9 a.m. at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner. Community lunch menu United Methodist Church members will be serv ing lunch on Wednesday, Oct. 10, at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. The meal will include pork chops, mashed po tatoes and gravy, sauerkraut, green salad, apple sauce, hot rolls and apple cobbler. Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change. M EG A Ladies’ Night!! O cto b e r 4 <£>-<? Everyone invited Route 74 Restaurant, Ion Live Music by Cory Peterson Clothing, Jewelry, Handbags, Cosmetics and more! Cocktails, snacks and LOTS OF FUN! < 4M
