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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - THREE
Awana Grand Prix
races rescheduled
for April 10
D ue to a c o n flic t
with an event at Heppner
Elementary School, the
H ep p n er A wana C lub
Grand Prix race previously
scheduled for this Thursday,
M arch 20, h as b een
rescheduled for Thursday,
April 10.
The event is for all
A wana kids and th e ir
families and will be held
at Willow Creek Baptist
Church starting at 5:30 p.m.
Weigh-in will begin
at 5:30 p.m. with a hot
dog meal will be provided
beginning at 5:45 p.m.;
opening ceremonies will
begin at 6:30 p.m. with the
races to shortly thereafter.
Awards will be given
and lots of fun is planned
for the whole family.
Questions, contact Dale
Bates at 676-5773 or 541-
980-5694.
Cub Scouts plan
canned food drive
Cub Scout Pack 691
of Heppner is planning a
canned-food drive to benefit
the local Neighborhood
Center.
On March 24 around
4 p.m., the scouts will be
visiting neighborhoods and
leaving flyers announcing
the canned-food drive and
letting people know when
they can leave their canned
goods on their porches for
pick-up.
March 26, around 4
Nazarene church to welcome visiting
missionaries
The Kerr family, Dave, Rosie,
Grace and Anna. -Contributed
photo
Gilmore St, Heppner on
Thursday, March 27. The
event will begin with a no
host potluck dinner at 5:30
p.m., to which the public is
invited, with the program to
start at 6:30 p.m. The Kerrs’
daughters. Grace and Anna,
will be with them and will
share in the program.
The K errs are now
living in Fiji after serving
in Papua New Guinea for
two and a half years.
In 2011 D ave was
n o m in a te d to be the
Chancellor for South Pacific
N azaren e T h eo lo g ica l
College (SPNTC). He is
working with district and
educational leaders in many
South Pacific countries,
including Solomon Islands,
Vanuatu, Fiji, Samoa and
Guam, in order to give
pastors and lay leaders
educational and discipleship
experience. Dave served
at the Bible C ollege in
Papua New Guinea as a
Director of two programs
and consultant for church
leaders there.
Before that he served
the Caribbean Region as
Discipleship Coordinator,
Literature Coordinator, and
IT Coordinator.
He m et R o s ie at
N o r th w e s t N a z a re n e
College in Nampa, ID.
R osie is a m edical
doctor and has served at the
Kudjip Nazarene Hospital
and at the Bible College
c lin ic in P apua New
Guinea. She says she loved
the interactions with both
church leaders at the Bible
College and the patients and
staff at the hospital. She is
now looking for a way to
minister in Fiji. Rosie also
will be doing research in
reaching unreached people
groups in Fiji.
B efo re s e rv in g in
P a p u a N ew G u in e a ,
Rosie was the Personnel
C oordinator, C hildren’s
Ministries Coordinator, and
assistant Compassionate
Ministries Coordinator in
the Caribbean.
Grace and Anna have
shown themselves to be
flexible and w illing to
embrace new friends and
new situations in their
travels. They were the first
people to tell their parents
that they felt like moving
to Fiji was a good idea,
and their parents say they
continue to “be a blessing.”
The Heppner Church
of the Nazarene will host
m issionaries David and
p.m., the boys will return
Rosie Kerr from Fiji at
to pick up canned goods
the Nazare/ie Church, 335
at the houses where they
delivered flyers.
U n fo rtu n a te ly , the
s c o u ts say th e y w ill
not be able to hit every
single home; if anyone
In te re ste d p erso n s
would like to donate but
are
invited to sign up for
does not receive a flyer,
the
April
24 tour of the
they are encouraged to
historical
B R eactor at
drop their food off at the
the
Hanford
complex in
Neighborhood Center, or in
Washington.
The
Morrow
the box that will be set up at
County
Historical
Society
is
the post office in Heppner.
handling the arrangements
for this tour of an important
historic development in our
region, in cooperatibn with
Morrow County Special
Transportation Service.
A M orrow C ounty
Special Transportation bus
will leave Heppner at 7:30
a.m. on April 24. It will pick
up participants in Boardman
and lrrigon and travel on to
the tour site. The tour will
begin at 11:15 a.m. and last
approximately four hours. It
does not include climbing;
can accommodate canes,
walkers, and wheelchairs,
although some areas will
be tight; and chairs are
available for sitting when
needed. Participants are
responsible for their snacks,
drinks and sack lunches.
I n d i v i d u a l s are
encouraged to get on the
list o f participants now.
S ign-up will close on
April 10. Handling sign
ups in Heppner is Louis
C arlson, 541-676-5302.
In Boardman is Mildred
B aker, 5 4 1 -4 8 1 -4 2 1 5 .
and in lrrigon is Donna
Eppenbach,541-922-3197.
The Wranglers Riding
Club will kick off its 2014
season with a meeting on
Tuesday, March 25, at 6
p.m. at the fairgrounds
annex building to discuss
u p c o m i n g pl a y days,
fundraising, and electing
new officers for the year. All
members are encouraged to
come. Anyone interested in
participating may contact
He a t h e r He ndr i c ks at
541-676-5637 or like on
Facebook.
Wranglers Riding Club
is a small, non-profit, local
club for families to have
some fun on horseback.
The club offers three events
every week—barrels, poles,
and a varied third event each
week—plus a stick-horse
race to start off the weekly
fun. The club also offers
four play days annually,
on the last two Sundays
in April and the first two
Sundays in May.
The club will also be
starting its annual can drive
this week. They will have a
trailer parked in the parking
lot behind Les Schwab
Tire Center in Heppner
starting this Friday and
going through the first week
of April. This is the club’s
main fundraiser every year;
funds raised go towards
paying for insurance and
participant awards at the
end of the season.
For those who do not
have any cans or bottles
to donate, but who would
still like to show support, to Wranglers Riding Club,
d o n a t i o n s are al ways PO BOX 924. Heppner. OR
welcome and can be sent 97836.
Sign-up deadline approaching for
Hanford tour
S enior citizens and
individuals with disabilities
w ill have priority if interest
exceeds the maximum of 44
per tour.
The suggested donation
per person will be $10 for
the bus ride. The tour is
free.
An i n t e r n e t vi s i t
to h an fo rd .g o v o ffers
additional inform ation
about the World War II
phenomenon, the B Reactor.
M.C. school
district employees
recognized for years
Wranglers Riding Club kicks off season
of service
Heppner High School and Heppner Elementary School
Principal Matt Combe presents employee longevity pins to
two Morrow County School District employees. Jessica Stelk,
a Heppner Elementary classroom aide and custodial stalT,
received her five-year pin and HES fourth-grade teacher
Sue Gibbs received her 15-year pin. The two employees were
recognized at a recent Morrow County School District board
meeting. -Contributedphoto
Chamber lunch
meeting
This week’s lunch meeting of the Heppner Chamber
of Commerce will be on Thursday, March 20, at noon
in the Heppner City Hall conference room. The Ford
Leadership 2nd Cohort Team will be giving a presentation
on the project they have selected.
Cost o f lunch is $10; Sweet Productions will cater.
Chamber lunch attendees are asked to RS VP at 541 -676-
5536 no later than the Wednesday before to guarantee a
lunch.
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