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.
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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
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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.
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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.”
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