EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 31,2012
Chamber Chatter
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; weekend
getaway for up to six people
for Dec. 21-22 at Seaside
Worldmark; $25 Visa Gift
Card, with the proceeds to
benefit United Way of Uma
tilla and Morrow counties.
Drawing will be Dec. 1 but
you need not be present to
win. There will be a maxi
mum 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 purchased
at Columbia Bank or Ban
ner Bank in Hermiston;
Sterling Bank and White
Elephant on Main in Pend
leton.
Saturday, Nov. 3: Ar-
tifactory Craft Fair, spon
sored by the St. Patrick
Senior Center, will be held
on Saturday, Nov. 3, from
9 a m. - 4 p.m. Contact
the senior center to reserve
a table/space at 541-676-
9030.
Monday, Nov. 26-Dec.
20: Collect the local rewards
cards when you shop local
for the opportunity to win
some great prizes donated
by merchants. Receive $10,
$20 and $50 denom ina
tions, depending on how
much your local purchase
is. Shop local and plan
on coming to H eppner’s
Celebrate Christmas Com
munity Event on Thursday,
Dec. 20.
T hursday, Nov. 29:
Girls get cheering
lesson from HHS
squad
The Heppner High School cheerleaders held a cheer clinic
Oct. 22-23 and Oct. 25. Girls preschool through fourth grade
learned a cheer and a dance from 2012 HHS cheer squad
members Kelly Nelson, Jordan Jones, Sanim Lemmon, Faith
Jones and Erica Nelson. The junior cheerleaders will perform
at a future high school basketball game. Top: The HHS cheer
squad members show the girls some cheering moves. Bottom:
The entire group shows off their cheer power after the clinic.
-Contributed photo
Chamber lunch meeting
This week’s lunch meeting o f the Heppner Chamber
of Commerce will be held on Thursday, Nov. 1, at noon in
the St. Patrick’s Senior Center dining room. The meeting
will be an all entities report.
Cost of lunch is $9. Willow Creek Diner will cater.
Lunch attendees are asked to RS VP no later than noon
the Wednesday before to accommodate enough meals.
OBAMA'S REPORT CARD
23 million unemployed or underemployed
4 7 m illio n on Food S ta m p s
$ 716 Billion in Medicare Cuts
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Mark your calendar for the
upcoming Merchant Holi
day Open House and Parade
of Lights starting at 5:30
p.m., to include hanging
o f homemade ornaments
on the tree outside of the
post office by Heppner Day
Care and HES students, and
local carolers. Pick up your
parade entry at the chamber
office and participate in this
great “wintery” event. Plan
to stay and shop downtown
and get a head start on the
Christmas presents.
Sunday, Dec. 2: Christ
mas Is com m unity pro
gram held at the Methodist
Church with two perfor
mances, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Tickets will be sold; more
information at a later date.
T hursday, Dec. 20:
Heppner’s Celebrate Christ
mas C om m unity Event
will be held at the Morrow
County Fairgrounds, start
ing at 6 p.m. with dinner,
and drawing of the rewards
cards winners, raffle and
penny board items starting
at 7:30 p.m. Plan to come
and spend a great evening
with the rest of the com
munity. Pictures with Santa
will also be available.
SAGE STORE: Calling
all local artists. The Board-
man C ham ber o f C om
merce will be opening up
a retail space in the highly
anticipated SAGE Center
com ing in M arch 2013.
The Store at the SAGE
Center will offer a variety
o f products ranging from
souvenirs, artw ork and
gifts. The Chamber hopes
the store will expand the
SAGE Center experience,
continue education and
enhance the knowledge,
appreciation and enjoyment
of Boardman and the Port
of Morrow. To enhance the
visitor’s shopping experi
ence, the Chamber would
like to sell original and
handcrafted, local art work,
not limited to pottery, pho
tography, jewelry etc. We
will be contacting local art
ists to submit their artwork
for consideration to be sold
in The Store at SAGE Cen
ter and would like as many
options as possible. If you
or someone you know is
a local and talented artist
and would like to be con
sidered to have work to be
displayed and sold through
the Store at SAGE Center,
submit the artist’s name
and mailing address so we
may contact them. You
may submit information to
the Boardman Chamber by
phone at 541-481-3014 or
email at amber@boardman-
chamber.org.
Morrow County Fair:
Morrow County Fair has
two opening for Fair Board
members; the 2013 theme
contest will end on October
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.
Pies more than just dessert
for basketball program
Fall pie sales help fund girls 'summer
basketball camp
By Andrea Di Salvo
Residents o f Heppner
and the surrounding ar
eas are finding themselves
tempted again by the prom
ise of a variety of tasty pies,
courtesy o f the Heppner
High School girls’ basket
ball team.
The girls aren’t sell
ing the pies just to wreck
people’s diets, though. The
fundraiser, which features
Wild Plum Pies, is an in
tegral part of funding the
girls’ basketball program,
including a recently-estab
lished summer basketball
camp.
In fact, last year's pie
sales funded most o f last
summer’s week-long bas
ketball camp at Wallowa
Lake. HHS girls' basketball
coach Jeromy Wilson said
the girls had to chip in a
little bit for housing, but the
rest of the camp, including
a basketball clinician and
a fun day at the lake, was
paid for by—you guessed
it—the pies.
The camp was a new
idea for the girls’ basketball
program. Wilson, who is
now in his second season
coaching the girls, said
that, as far as he knew, the
program had never offered
such a camp to the girls.
He and junior varsity coach
Melissa Lindsay wanted a
new approach to teambuild
ing and training.
“ We w anted to try
something new, fresh,” he
said. “It turned out really
well.”
The purpose of the bas
ketball camp was to spend
time on the court as a team,
developing skills and team
building, as well as having
fun, Wilson said. Eleven
high school girls, ranging
from sophomores to se
niors, attended the camp.
The mornings were filled
with drills and time with
the basketball clinician, and
most of the afternoons were
taken up with games.
Wilson said the results
o f the camp were amaz
ing; the girls beat three 4A
schools in their afternoon
games. The clinician was
also impressed, and spent
extra time with the Mustang
team.
“He saw how well the
girls were meshing and
playing,” said Wilson.
The girls did take an
afternoon off to have some
fun on the lake, renting go
carts and paddle boats for
some relaxation time. It was
all part of the goal, Wilson
said, “ ...to really build off
team camaraderie.”
“(The purpose was) to
play basketball on the court
but also have fun together,”
he said, adding that the goal
was accomplished. “The
The Heppner girls’ basketball team took a break during their
rigorous training regime last summer for some fun around
Wallowa Lake, including time on the miniature-golf course.
Pictured (back to front) are: Coach Jeromy Wilson, Kelly
Wilson, Maddie Lindsay, Micha Hintz, Macy Gibbs, Bailv Ben
nett, Emma Osmin, Kayla Kindle, Alana Wilson, Paige Grieb,
Makenzie Correa and Ryan Dougherty. -Contributedphoto
girls really enjoyed it. It
was a fun time for coaches
and players. It’s a credit
to the community and the
people who bought pies and
helped us be able to afford
that.”
O f course, the goal of
this year’s pie sale is to fund
another such experience
for the girls next summer.
All Mustang girl basketball
players will be pre-selling
pies throughout the month
of November.
The girls will offer
an extensive list o f pies,
including apple, peach,
cherry, marionberry, peanut
Heppner Garden
Club to meet
The next meeting of the Heppner Garden Club will
be held Monday, Nov. 5, at 6 p.m. at St. Patrick’s Senior
Center. Club leadership would like to remind members
that this is an important meeting at which many decisions
will be made, and input is needed from all members.
“If you care, be there,” says a spokesperson.
Shared Ministry
celebrates All Saints
This Sunday, Nov. 4, the shared ministry of Hope
Lutheran Church and All Saints Episcopal Church will
celebrate All Saints Sunday by worshiping at All Saints,
beginning at 10 a.m. More information about activities
at the Shared Ministry is available by calling the church
office at 541-676-9970.
Golf memberships
available at Artifactory
The Willow Creek Country Club will have a booth
at the Artifactory Christmas craft fair planned for this
Saturday, Nov. 3, at St. Patrick’s Senior Center.
WCCC will have memberships available in addition
to information about the glow ball tournament.
Those stopping by will also have an opportunity to
talk to the “pro” manning the booth about golfing sup
plies.
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butter chocolate, pumpkin,
razzle dazzle and straw
berry rhubarb. Sugarless
pies are also available. All
pies are $12; sugarless pies
are $13.
Orders are due by Fri
day, Nov. 16. Pies will be
available for pickup on
Nov. 20 at 6 p.m. at the
HHS gym.. .just in time for
Thanksgiving.
Contact any high school
girls basketball player to
order pies, or call Coach
Wilson at 208-739-8509 or
Coach Lindsay at 541-256-
0366 with questions.