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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 28, 2014 Weed awareness week celebrated Elks recognize senior girls with with spray give-a-way mother-daughter tea Locals line up at Heppner City Park for the Free Spray Day held last Friday; the NRCS and SWCD gave away 330 gallons of the pre-mixed spray. -Contributedphoto O regon’s 10,h annual Invasive Weed Awareness Week was celebrated in Morrow County the week o f M ay 18-24 w ith a broadleaf herbicide give-a way sponsored by Morrow SWCD and NRCS. “ S p ik e ,” O re g o n ’s invasive weed m ascot, attended the county “Free Spray Days” held Monday in Boardman, Wednesday in Irrigon and Friday in H eppner to encourage invasive weed control, healthy w atersheds and clean water. A total o f 330 gallons of pre-mixed herbicide were given away. M o r r o w C o u n ty Grain G row ers donated the herbicide and Morrow SW C D p r o v id e d th e containers, labels and safety data sheets. The herbicide is labeled for lawn areas and some o f the weeds targeted were dandelions, puncturevine, mallow and bedstraw. “ Weed control is an important part of healthy watersheds and excellent public outreach tool,” said an SWCD spokesperson. E veryone receiving the herbicide signed an agreem ent statin g they would read and follow The lady Elks held a mother/daughter tea on May 21 to honor Heppner High School’s the label directions before graduating girls; Kim Cutsforth was guest speaker at the event. Pictured are (front from left) application. seniors Brittany Lesperance, Mallorie Jones, Lily Sandford, Micha Hintz, Ryan Dougherty, Kyla Dyer, Nicole Kempkin, Mckavla Kindle, Blake Greenup and Samantha Lemmon, and (back from left) Darcy Robinson, Shelly Jones, Sylvia Sandford, Teresa Hintz, Dawna Dougherty, Donna sherman, Becky Kindle, Tiffanie Greenup and Tonja Lemmon. -Contributedphoto Nazarene church to host visiting missionaries H eppner C hurch o f the N azarene w ill host a service with v isitin g missionaries Michael and Diane Chapman this Friday, May 30, at the church. The event will begin with a potluck dinner at 5 p.m. with the service to follow 6 p.m. The Chapmans have been Nazarene missionaries since 2007 and have lived in Papua New Guinea for the last four years. The C hapm ans are currently living at Kudjip Nazarene Mission Station in the Western Highlands o f Papua New G uinea. M ichael o v e rse e s the b u ild in g p r o je c ts at Melanesia Nazarene Bible College. Diane teaches the missionary children at the elementary school in K udjip. The couple says they enjoy working closely with mission teams visiting Papua New Guinea, hosting and p ro v id in g opportunities for teams to have an experience o f a lifetime working alongside the people of Papua New G u in ea. M ich ae l and D iane also w ork w ith the Nazarene College of M ustang golf girls take second at state Boys finish season strong -From PAGE ONE Michael and Diane Chapman N ursing adm inistration, staff and students. The couple originates from Alaska, where they lived for 21 years before feeling called to serve in Papua New Guinea. Their home church is Chapel of the Cross in Anchorage. The Chapmans have two sons. T heir oldest son Joseph lives with his wife Bekah and children Alexander and Jamilyn in Boise, ID. Their youngest son Jonathan and w ife Kathy live in Germany with their two children, Jonathan Gregory and Dexter. The C hapm ans say they have a great desire to make connections and build relationships with the people of Papua New Guinea. They say one of their greatest privileges as missionaries is going to rural bush churches and d e v e lo p in g clo se relationships with people there. “Many tim es we go intending to encourage th e lo c a l p a s to r and congregations but we end up the ones encouraged.” they say. Local students succeed at annual spelling contests S o u th M o r r o w during the contest, and Oregon State Fair. students took top then first- through The fo llo w in g is a honors in spelling third-place winners complete list o f Morrow w h en M o rro w w e r e s e l e c t e d County winners: C ounty stu d en ts in each o f three D iv isio n 1: F irs t, p articip ated in a divisions for each S e r e n ity R o d r ig u e z , spelling contest May county: Division 1 H ep p n er E le m e n ta ry ; 12 at Blue Mountain Serenity (first through fifth second, Mary Hammond, C o m m u n i t y Rodriguez g ra d e s), W in d y R iv e r College. D iv isio n Elementary; Serenity Rodriguez, 2 (sixth through th ird , B rittn e e H e p p n e r E le m e n ta ry ; eig h th g rad es), F o rd , I r r ig o n Olivia Schmidt, Heppner and D ivision 3 Elementary. Jr.-Sr. High School; and (ninth through 12lh Division Emily Holland, lone g ra d e s). 2: F irst, O livia Community School, W in n e rs Schmidt, Heppner r e c e iv e d Emily Holland w ere top placers Jr-SrHigh School; in their divisions. gift cards se c o n d , Em m a and trophies. Emma Rietmann, Rietmann, lone Community a ls o o f lo n e The first-place S ch o o l; th ird , F ab ian Community School, winner from each Mimada-Walk, Irrigon Jr- placed second in her Olivia Schmidt d iv isio n w ill be Sr High School. division. invited to compete Division 3: First, Emily at the state com petition Holland, lone Community The stu d e n ts each took a written spelling test Aug. 30 in Salem during the School. A lot o f people depend on me. Even w ith arthritis, / need to stay strong. If you get your heart rate up with moderate exercise, your arthritis won't slow you down. But it takes more than just staying busy. You need to walk, bike, swim, or choose an activity that gets your heart rate up for at least 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week. Or try 10 minute sessions, 3 times a day. In just 4-6 weeks, you'll notice less pain and stiffness. It will also improve your mood, and keep you strong. For m ore information visit «vww.cdc.gov/Arthrttla or call 1-800-C D C -IN F O (800-232-463«). CDC A kx ^! d 5! k ! n * kW V C jn H tÿ* The H eppner High School girls g o lf team finished in second place at the OSAA State G olf Championship last week. The Mustangs competed against 12 other teams and 70 individuals who were mostly from 4A schools, which are much larger than Heppner. M olalla (688) won the cham pionship, H eppner (772) second, V alley C ath o lic (777) finished third, Ontario (779) fourth and Henley (780) was fifth. At the end of the first day of competition the Heppner girls (386) were in second place behind Molalla (348). The Mustangs were only one stroke ahead of Valley Catholic (387) and eight strokes ahead o f Ontario (394) and Henley (394). Blake Greenup led the team by shooting an 85 on the day, and that score had her in seventh place overall. Paige Grieb played her best round of the year and followed with a 98. Maddie Lindsay was next with a 101, Macy Gibbs 102 and Emily Rea 107. On the second day the team knew they would not be catching Molalla. They also knew they would have to golf well again to stay in second place. They did do well and matched their first day score to hold off all challengers. Blake Greenup was the model o f consistency and shot another 85. Paige Grieb and Maddie Lindsay both shot a 99 on day two. Emily Rea was next with a 103 and Amanda Rea had a 117. W ith h e r tw o -d a y total of 170, senior Blake G reen u p fin ish e d the championship in seventh place. Juniors Paige Grieb with a 197 total and Maddie Lindsay with a 200 both finished in the top 25. Kylie Collom from Henley finished first and her twin sister Katie was second. The Heppner boys golf team finished in eighth place out o f 14 teams at the state championships. Nine o f the teams were from 3A schools and only Heppner pool to open June 7 Willow Creek Water P a r k ( W C W P ) wi l l celebrate its opening day Saturday, June 7, with free hot dogs, pop and snow cones. Opening day hours will be from 1 p.m. till midnight. After June 7, regular pool hours will be 1-8 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Rates will be $4 for adults 18 and up, $3 for students ages five to 17, $2 for children four and under, and $2 for seniors; family rate for a family of five is $14. I n d i v i d u a l se a so n passes are available for $75 with family season passes for $140; passes are available on opening day or by mailing a check to WCWP. PO Box 582, Heppner. Swim lessons will be given in three two-week sessions, Monday through Thursday, June 16-26, July 7-17 and July 28 through Aug 7. Lessons are $40 per child with a $5 discount with a pass. Pool parties can be scheduled. The therapy pool may also be available; P lease for questions on that or programs, call 541-676- any o f the other WCWP 5752. Morrow SWCD, Weed Board to meet The quarterly Weed Advisory Board meeting and regular meeting of the Morrow Soil & Water Conservation District Board are scheduled for Tuesday, May 6, at the Ag Service Center, 430 W Linden Way in Heppner, beginning at 7 p.m. The board will receive an update from the Morrow County Weed Supervisor on weed activities and future plans. Time will be set aside at the beginning of the meeting to receive comments from the public. Agenda items for the SWCD meeting include approval of the April meeting minutes; treasurer’s report; status of funding agreements; staff reports; and partner reports. The Director Zone position for the Boardman area will be filled by appointment. A board position representing Irrigon remains vacant. Meetings of Morrow SWCD are open to the public. EWING RETIRES -Continuedfrom PAGE ONE brother and his family this She says that, of course, she wants to spend more time with her son and three grandkids, but also looks forward to spending time with her brother and her parents. Ewing says she will go on an Alaskan cruise with her parents and her have your DECORATIONS REMOVED FROM THE CEMETERY BY T hursday J une 5 th Heppner Masonic Cemetery I i one 2A team placed higher than Heppner. A total of 80 golfers from all around the state competed. The Mustangs played well over the two-day tournament and their team score of 707 reflected that. On the second day they actually low ered th e ir day-one score by five strokes. St. M ary’s o f Medford won the c h a m p io n s h ip by shooting a 590. Dylan Wu of St. Mary’s won the state championship. Freshman Logan Grieb followed his district title with a top-20 finish at state. Grieb shot 81 in both rounds to finish in 19th place with a two-day total of 162. Tate Gentry played well and shot a 172 total to finish 32nd. Other scorers for the Mustangs were John Propheter, who shot a 184, Shane Miles with a 192 and Jesse Corbin, who carded a 195 over the two days. T he O S A A St a t e Cham pionship for both teams was held in Corvallis at the Trysting Tree Golf Club. I t July, adding that her mother is excited to celebrate their 69th wedding anniversary at the glaciers. At the sam e tim e, Heppner has become home, and she says she looks forward to spending her retirement here when she and Bill aren't travelling. “I’ve made some good friends here. Heppner is a close-knit community and I enjoy that a lot,” she says. “It’s nice to go downtown and everyone knows who you are.” DEADLINE FOR NEWS AND ADVERTISING: MONDAY AT 5 PM
