E IG H T - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
A View from the Hill
By Doris Brosnan
There is a time and
place for everything, ac
cording to an almost age
less adage, and Barbara
Struthers has decided that
now is the time and Willow
Creek Terrace is the place.
Just 19 days after her 91s*
birthday, Barbara moved
from the St. Patrick Senior
Center Apartments to the
Terrace. Since Oct. I, she
has been settling into her
new apartment, visiting
with many familiar neigh
bors, and trying to adjust to
letting someone else cook
and clean for her. Barbara
is missed at the Senior Cen
ter, where she was the first
resident to move in almost
24 years ago, but her new
neighbors view her arrival
as a fine contribution to
their community.
Barbara brought with
her an idea to share. On Oct.
11 and 18, she will show the
other residents how to cre
ate some spookily fun treats
for the “Ghosts and Gob
lins” who will come to the
Terrace’s annual Halloween
party for preschoolers.
The residents and staff
will welcome these scary
little people on the 30,h
with pumpkins, tasty treats
and activities, and welcome
Trick-or-Treaters brave
enough to enter on the 31s1
from 4 to 8 P.M.
This year’s pumpkins
for the youngsters will not
be from the Terrace’s gar
den, which did not yield
as much food for the resi
dents and friends this year.
Though production, in gen
eral, may have been normal,
the main beneficiaries were
the deer that come daily to
munch through the garden,
flowers and grass. One resi
dent reports seeing six or
seven four-legged foragers
every day, and they seem
confident enough to amble
away only when a person
walks to within approxi
mately five feet of them.
T his situ a tio n w ill
change, reports Manager
Naims, when the Willow
Creek Terrace Staff wins
the current “Biggest Win
ner" contest. Seven of the
Terrace employees have
formed the “Garden Girls”
team of weight-losing com
petitors who have their eyes
on the prize. Confident that
they can and will be victo
rious, they already know
what the prize money will
be used for: a deer-proofing
fence around the garden.
W hile w atching for
signs o f progress in the
staff's weight-loss efforts,
the residents will be busy
with their daily routines
and with the special events
that will mark sometimes
strange and unusual and
sometimes serious obser
vations on the calendar.
Frowns might greet visitors
on Oct. 15, if residents and
staff take National Grouch
Day seriously. One might
be able to guess what one
discussion topic and at
least one menu entry will
be on Oct. 24, National
Bologna Day. Among some
of the favorite special days
will be those that celebrate
desserts, but "Make a Dif
ference Day” on Oct. 27
is an example of the days
that will stimulate serious
thoughts and conversa
tions.
Conversations about
birthdays will be prevalent
for part of the day on Oct.
26. Mabel Heath will cele-
brate another birthday with
her neighbors and friends,
this one her 91s'. Mabel
reports that she feels almost
great and would feel great if
this reporter would “take”
her chronic back pain.
When the Old Time
Fiddlers come to visit and
perform later this month,
Mabel and her neighbors
will have some great en
tertainment to take minds
off aches and pains, at least
temporarily. The Fiddlers
are always welcome on the
Hill, and this visit will cul
minate with some freshly-
baked apple pie for the mu
sicians and the residents.
The apples for the pies,
some applesauce, and baked
apples have come from
gardens of some generous
donors. Recently, Gene
Orwick, Jim Jepsen, A1
and Donna Osmin, Ed and
Marie Struthers, Rod and
Meg Murray, and the Odd
Fellows have shared food
and garden harvests with
the Terrace. Harriet Hall’s
family has brought some
flowers, and Marion and
Sharon Biddle have pro
vided some supplies.
Friends like these, en
tertaining activities, diverse
menus, relaxing moments
in the sunshine, caring
personnel—these all con
tribute to the positive view
residents seem to have of
life on the Hill. They miss
Virginia Wilkinson, who
moved out last month, leav
ing an empty spot in life on
the Hill, but wish her well at
her new location. An empty
apartment at the Terrace
now awaits a new resident,
so life on the Hill may soon
take another new turn.
Chamber Chatter
Boardman
Boardman Quilt Show:
The eighth annual quilt
show will be held Oct. 12-
13 at the Port of Morrow
Riverfront Center. Hours
are 10 a. m .- 4 p.m. Admis
sion is $3. Lunch is avail
able for purchase.
Chamber Board Elec
tions: The Board of Direc
tors will have two positions
open for terms serving from
January 2013 through De
cember 2015. If you are
interested and would like
more information, let the
chamber know. The elec
tion will be in November.
Candidate Forum: Be
fore you cast your ballot, at
tend the candidates' forum
on Monday, Oct. 22 from
7-9 p.m. at the Port of Mor
row. Candidates for Board-
man City Council, mayor
and Morrow County Com
missioner have been invited
to attend. The evening will
begin with opening remarks
from all the candidates and
a short question and answer
period. The candidates will
then be available for one-
on-one questions.
Halloween: The Ki-
wanis Club of Boardman is
looking for volunteers for
the Community Halloween
Party. Anyone interested
contact Michelle Erickson
at 541-314-2127 or at mi-
chelle.erickson@conagra-
foods.com.
A Very Poplar Run on
the Boardman Tree Farm: A
Very Poplar Run is a fund
raiser for Hermiston Agape
House. Saturday, Nov. 17.
Registration 7 - 8:45 a m.
One-mile kids race, 9 a.m.;
5K and 10K, 9:30 a.m.
(walkers welcome in all
events. For more informa
tion, go to http://w w w .
averypoplarrun.com.
H arvest Fundraiser:
Help support the Kiwanis
Club of Boardman and feed
your family with local crops
donated by your local busi
nesses. Customer Pick-up at
the Senior Center, Nov. 10
from 9 - 1 1 a.m. Twenty
pounds potatoes (donated
by ConAgra), 20 pounds
onions (donated by Board-
man Foods), 1.5 pounds of
dehydrated onions (donated
by Cascade Specialties),
all just $10 each. Shipping
available for just $20 more.
Contact any Kiwanis mem
ber or get an application
form from the Boardman
Chamber office.
Morrow County Fair:
Court tryouts are Nov. 4
at 1 p.m. at the Morrow
County Fairgrounds. Ap
plication deadline is Oct.
26. Pick up an applications
at the Fair Office or call
541-676-9474.
Heppner
United Way of Uma
tilla and Morrow Counties:
United Way’s K ick-O ff
Campaign is now under
way. Win your choice of a
2012 Honda Metro scooter;
a red and blue tribal pattern
Pendleton blanket; week
end getaway for up to six
people for December 21 -22
at Seaside Worldmark; $25
BURNING
f
t
LIFTED
A s of October 5, 2012,
the Fire Chief
of the City of Heppner has
lifting the burning ban
I,
Visa Gift Card, with the
proceeds to benefit United
Way of Umatilla and Mor
row Counties. Drawing will
be Dec. 1; need not be pres
ent to win. There will be a
maximum 2,000 tickets to
be sold, so call the United
Way office at 541-276-2661
and purchase some tickets,
or they can also be pur
chased at Columbia Bank,
Banner Bank in Hermiston;
Sterling Bank and White
Elephant on Main in Pend
leton.
Eastern Oregon Word
Round-up - October 26-27,
2012, 9 a.m -10 p.m.: You
will find writing and pub
lishing workshops, authors’
readings, book art, book
fair, trade show. Sponsored
by Libraries o f Eastern
Oregon, Oregon Cultural
Trust, W ildhorse Foun
dation, Wildhorse Resort
and Merlo Foundation. For
more information, email
eowordroundup@ gm ail.
com.
Saturday, November
3: Artifactory Craft Fair,
sponsored by the St. Patrick
Senior Center, will be held
on Saturday, Nov. 3 from 9
a.m. - 4 p.m. Contact the
senior center at 541-676-
9030 to reserve a table/
space.
S u n d a y , D e c . 2:
“Christm as Is” com mu
nity program held at the
M ethodist Church with
two performances, 2 p.m.
and 7 p.m. Tickets will be
Caitlynn Bailey’s breads:
Making some dough
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Young teens don’t often
think about getting a job, let
alone starting a business.
But Caitlynn Bailey, now
14 and a freshman at Hepp
ner High School, is not your
run-of-the-mill teenager.
She had been working
for her older brother, Jor
dan, in his lawn mowing
business and decided she
wanted to do something
different. When she dis
covered her options for
employment were limited
as a teen, Bailey decided to
start her own business.
Jeannie Collins, Bai
ley’s Language Arts teach
er, baked yeast bread to sell
at the local farmer’s market.
During the summer of 2011,
when Bailey was an eighth
grader, Jeannie invited her
student to bake and sell
items with her. Taking ad
vantage of the opportunity,
Bailey not only baked cook
ies and other treats, but also
made a couple of loaves of
quick bread. She said she
only made about $50 the
first week, but people loved
her bread and she received
requests for more. Listening
to what her customers had
to say led to an important
conversation.
Bailey said, “We made
a pact. Mrs. Collins was
making yeast bread, but
she encouraged me to make
more loaves of quick bread.
Yeast bread is dough, but
quick bread is a batter.”
By making quick bread,
she could offer her custom
ers a wide variety of choic
es, increase her sales and
profit, but not negatively
impact her teacher’s sales.
Following this conversation
and making changes to her
plan, Bailey’s business sky
rocketed.
Wfr+le m any te en s
spend Summers sleeping
in and relaxing, Bailey
began a rigorous sched
ule—one that lasted every
week throughout the entire
summer.
“I purchased my ingre
dients on Sunday. On Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednes
day, I got up early and spent
the whole day baking quick
bread.”
As the w eeks p ro
gressed, she stopped mak
ing cookies altogether. She
was solely committed to
quick bread and that first
summer she sold a little less
than 300 loaves.
Jeannie was unable to
participate in the farmer’s
market this summer, so
Bailey began making and
selling yeast bread, too.
“Because I wanted it
to be really fresh, I baked
the yeast breads all day on
Thursday. Friday m orn
ing, 1 would go to farmer’s
market. The market started
sold; more information at a
later date.
Morrow County Fair:
Morrow County Fair has
two openings for fair board
members; the 2013 theme
contest will end on Oct. 31.
Court tryouts are Nov. 4 at
1: p.m. at the fairgrounds.
Application deadline is Oct.
26. Pick up an application at
the Fair Office or call 541-
676-9474.
DA’s Report
M orrow C ounty
D istrict A ttorney Justin
Nelson has released the
following report:
-Saul Salas, 24,
was convicted of one count
of Assault in the Fourth De
gree, a Class A misdemean
or; sentence of 180 days jail
time was suspended and
the defendant given two
months bench probation,
to include no contact with
the victim, 80 hours com
munity service and anger
management evaluation.
Total fines, fees and assess
ments were $530.
-Juan R odriguez
Pacheco, 41, was convicted
of Unlawful Possession of
Methamphetamine, a Class
C felony, and sentenced to
18 months supervised pro
bation subject to 90 sanction
units and 30 jail units. Pro
bation conditions included
substance abuse evaluation
and recommended treat
ment, successful comple
tion of social reeducation/
life skill training, and five
custody units converted
to 80 hours com m unity
service. Fines, fees and as
sessments totaled $970.
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Part of Caitlynn Bailey’s bread business was a stand at the local
farmer’s market during the summer, where the teen (L) did
booming business with her quick breads. -Contributedphoto
at 10 a.m., and 1 was com
pletely sold out in an hour
and a half.”
Bailey’s parents helped
get her business started by
purchasing the ingredients
at first. In just a few weeks,
she was able to begin re
imbursing them. Now she
pays for them on her own.
Her business is generating a
profit and she has great de
mand for her product. She
goes through 100 pounds of
flour a week.
“That’s a lot o f flour
and it gets expensive,” Bai
ley shared.
C a itly n n B a ile y ’s
Breads is much more than
a summer activity and mon
ey-making business. It’s
also her Supervised Agri
culture Experience (SAE)
for FFA. Her FFA advisor
is Beth Dickenson. Joining
FFA as an eighth grader,
Bailey learned the agricul
tural program is made up
o f classroom experience,
FFA, and an SAE. She
chose Entrepreneurship.
Competition is part of her
project and, this year, the
Beginning Team took first
place at a competition held
in Stanfield. Bailey partici
pated in the salesmanship
portion of the competition.
She said, “1 baked my
bread, put it in a basket,
made it look really attrac
tive, and ‘sold’ it to my
pretend custom er—ju st
like I do every week at
farmer’s market. It’s hard
work baking bread and, at
one point, I told my Mom
I was so tired...but I just
kept baking bread. When
someone comes to me at
farmer’s market and is so
excited about my product
and wants m ore...it’s all
worth it. I love it.”
W hat’s been the big
gest challenge with her
business?
“Saying ‘no.’ I don’t
like disappointing people,”
Bailey said. “It’s reward
ing to see my customers so
happy.”
But Bailey is done bak
ing bread for now—until
next summer, that is. She’s
a busy young lady with
responsibilities at school,
sports, FFA and, of course,
to her family.
“My whole family is
my role model,” she said.
“My Mom and Dad work
so hard—so do my broth
ers. They’re so important
to me.”
Gary N eal, G eneral
Manager for the Port o f
Morrow, said, “I’m proud
o f Caitlynn Bailey’s ac
complishments, and she is
exactly the type of entre
preneur we need in Morrow
County.”
“It is so beneficial to
have the Small Business
Development Center locat
ed on the campus of East
ern Oregon University so
we can help entrepreneurs
like M iss Bailey lever
age resources they need to
grow their business. I con
gratulate her and wish her
continued success with her
business and educational
endeavors,” said Eastern
Oregon University Presi
dent Bob Davies.
Greg Smith, Director of
the Eastern Oregon Small
B usiness D evelopm ent
Center and State Repre
sentative from M orrow
County said, “I cannot tell
you how impressed I am
with this young lady. It is
rare to find all of the traits
necessary for a successful
entrepreneur in someone
this young. It’s one thing
to have an idea, talent or
passion for something, but
it takes a strong work ethic
and determination to bring
success. FFA is an impor
tant program for our youth
and I will continue to do
everything I can to support
it. These young people are
our future—and with kids
like Caitlynn, our future
looks very bright.”
Anyone interested in
learning more about Cait
lynn Bailey’s Breads can
visit her Facebook page.
For more information about
the Supervised A gricul
tural Experience, go to
https://www.ffa.org/About/
W hoW eAre/SAE/Pages/
default.aspx.
Wheat growers plan
annual meeting
The Annual Member
ship Meeting of the Oregon
Wheat Growers League has
been set for Monday, Nov.
12, from 2:30-4 p.m. at the
Coeur d ’Alene Resort in
Coeur d’Alene, ID in con
junction with the Tri-State
Grain Growers Conven
tion.
R eg istratio n to the
conference is not a pre
requisite for attending the
annual meeting.
The business meeting
agenda will include the
election of officers, intro
duction of the 2013 board of
directors, review of 2011/12
fiscal year audit report,
acceptance o f committee
priorities for 2013, and the
traditional presentation of
the Winn-McRae Gavel to
the incoming president.
Members of the asso
ciation in good standing are
welcome and encouraged
to attend. Wheat producers
wishing to actively par
ticipate in the annual meet
ing who are not currently
members of the association
are welcome to contact the
OWGL office in advance of
Oct. 31 to remit member
ship dues prior to the annual
meeting. Questions can be
directed to the OWGL staff
at 541-276-7330.
The OWGL Nominat
ing Committee is accepting
nominations for candidates
for the secretary/treasurer
position. To qualify, can
didates must be members
in good standing o f the
association and must be
wheat producers. Interested
producers should contact
Craig Reeder at 541-376-
5055.
Nominations will re
main open until Nov. 1.
Any producer wishing to
submit his/her name should
be present at the annual
meeting.