Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 25,2014
Heppner Lions Club elects
2014 officers
HES Summer Enrichment was
a real ‘racket’
vzu m e
The Heppner Lions Club held its annual barbecue last week and elected its 2014 officers.
Pictured (L-R) are Jim Fichter, Tail Twister; Dean Robinson, President; Steve Rhea, Secretary/
Treasurer; Dan Van Liew, Vice President; and Andrew Johnson, Lion Tamer. The Lions Club
conducts various community service projects throughout the year, and anyone who would like
to become a member should contact a Lions Club member. - Photo by David Sykes
Local players in Little League
tournament this week
The L ittle L eag u e
District 5 All-Star
Tournament will be held in
Hermiston this year.
The John Day River
Little League has fielded
two teams, a 9/10 All Star
Team and an 11/12 All Star
Team.
Local athletes on the
9/10 team include Mike
Jaca, Tucker Ashbeck and
Joe Sherman of Heppner,
and B lake C a rte r and
Carson Eynetich of lone.
The John Day River
11/ 12 Al l St ar Team
in cludes lone students
Hunter Padberg and Tyler
Carter, as well as Heppner
students Keegan Gibbs,
Hayden Hyatt, Drew Coe,
Gavin Hanna and Cody
Wizner.
The 9/10 team opens
th eir play with a game
against Hermiston at 3:15
p.m. on Saturday, June
28. The 11/12 team's first
game is Sunday, June 29,
at 3:15 p.m. against the
w inner o f the Saturday
matchup betw een Redmond
and Bend N.
The John Day Little
League fields teams from
Maupin, Dufur, Sherman
Co., Arlington, Condon,
lone. Fossil and Heppner.
Catholic church children
‘adore’ VBS
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u ay
the Heppner Elementary
S umme r Enr i chment
Program there were some
very excited students, not
only because it was the last
day of class, but because
they had earned a tennis
racket, a can of tennis balls
and a tennis lesson.
After another morning
of reading and math skills,
the class welcomed Jo Anne
Burleson to the classroom.
She began by teaching the
students the correct way to
hold their rackets. Then she
carefully moved on to how
to hit the ball. Next, she
explained where the ball
should land in order to be
a successful tennis player.
Finally, the students were
able to start practicing.
The class’s tennis coach
said she was pleased to see
Students in the Summer Enrichment Program at Heppner
Elementary were surprised with tennis rackets and a quick
lesson at the end of their classes. -Contributedphoto
how many students were
very talented tennis players
after only one short lesson.
“O f course, we think
th e s t u d e n t s l e a r n e d
quickly because they had
an extraordinarily terrific
coach!” said teacher Mary
Ann Elguezabal. “ Mrs.
Burleson was just one of
The H eppner Grow
‘Em & Show ‘Em 4-H
group will be at Les Schwab
on Thursday, June 26, from
12-3 p.m. for a by-donation
car wash.
The group has been
s a v i n g up mo n e y to
purchase a pair o f lamb
clippers.
T hey will a lso be
looking to buy a small set of
trimmers for the members
with pig projects.
In order for these show
animals to look their best
at the fair, club members
say they need community
members to come down and
get their cars washed.
Boardman chamber to sponsor
July 4 horseshoe tournament
The B o a r d m a n
Cham ber o f Comm erce
is sponsoring a horseshoe
tou rn am en t d uring the
Boardman Thunder Fourth
o f July C elebration on
Friday, July 4. Debbie Radie
w ith B oardm an Foods
is running the horseshoe
tournament, which will start
at 1 p.m. at the Boardman
Marina Park.
Registration will begin
just prior to the tournament.
The entry fee is $5 per
person, with the first- and
s e c o n d -p la c e w in n e rs
receiving a 50 percent pay
back.
The chamber reminds
interested competitors that
the more entries they get,
the more people will have
a chance at winning.
This event has been
going on for many years,
and chamber members say
they are looking forward
to a great turnout again
this year.
For more information
please call the Boardman
chamber at 541-481-3014.
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the many volunteers we
had during our summer
program.”
E l gu e z a b a l also
ex ten d ed appr eci at i on
to Kane Sweeney, Reiah
Waite, Petra Payne, Ivy
Zimmerman, Cecilia Drake
and Ignacio Elguezabal, as
well as Jo Anne Burleson.
FIRE THREATENS HEPPNER
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their shoulders. All along
all those back streets, there
w ere at least 60 or 70
people with garden hoses
and shovels there to protect
the houses.”
H eppner’s A ssistant
Fire C hief and Training
Officer Steve Rhea agreed.
“ I j us t a p p r e c i a t e
everybody's support and
1 think Rusty does, too. 1
think some people don’t
pitch in and help because
they don’t think we want
them to, but that’s not the
case,” he said. “Any time
someone can come in and
help run a shovel or drag a
hose, we’ll take that help. 1
appreciate all the folks that
helped. It was good to see.”
E s t i m a t e s on t he
number of acres consumed
vary, but Rhea said he
Townspeople help create a line of defense against the fire
west of the Heppner housing line beyond Gale Street. -Photo
by Megan Fuller
“There was a lot o f
good stuff in that shed,”
said Elguezabal.
She said the fire also
melted everything along
one wall o f their large
carport.
St. Patrick's Catholic Church held vacation Bible school last week, June 16-19. The program
had a good turnout, with 45 children from St. Patrick's and St. William's participating in
Bible lessons, games and crafts throughout the week. The children met with St. Paul, who told
them about his life with Jesus, and Solome', a mother of a fisherman, who taught them how
to live the Beatitudes. Pictured is Father Kumar teaching the children about the Adoration.
-Contributed photo
4-H club to hold car wash this
Thursday
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A haze of smoke blinded and made breathing difficult as vol
unteer firefighters from around the county worked to quench
the flames around Heppner. -Photo by David Sykes
would place it at between
600 and 800 acres.
“I look at it as a farmer;
is it a section? M aybe,”
Rhea said. “ It’s hard to
gauge in an environment
that has a lot of hills and
draws and things.”
Estes said it took only
two or three hours to get
the fire knocked out, though
there was a minor flare-up
later in the evening.
“ I started relieving
guys, letting people go, at
about seven, and we were
just mopping up hot spots,”
he said.
Though the fire spread
quickly and crept right
up to the line of houses at
the city limits, the quick
response of the firefighters
and people of Heppner kept
it from doing any major
property damage. The only
structural loss was on the
Elguezabal property, near
where the fire started. Mary
Ann Elguezabal reported
that they lost a shed that
contained, among other
things, a wooden bassinet
in which all of her children
and grandchildren had slept.
Estes said there were no
reported injuries.
Rhea, who works as a
wildland firefighter during
the fire season, said that,
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while certainly far from the
worst fire he has ever seen,
it was a bit unique for this
area.
“ To m e, the onl y
difference between this
fire and other fires is we had
more structures threatened,
we had a lot bigger audience
than we norm ally have
watching the fire operations
and, on the tame token, we
had a lot of citizens pitch
in and help,” he said. “We
have a lot more large fires in
the course of the year than
we had here, but this had a
lot more impact in the threat
of the homes, which made
this more unusual.”
Rhea and Estes both
gave credit to their local
firefighters and the people
who pitched in and helped.
“We have an awesome
departm ent and a great
bunch of guys,” Rhea said.
“It was wonderful for
the outpouring of help we
got,” added Estes. “It was
wonderful.”
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Emergency vehicles form a temporary base of operations at
the west end of Willow Street during the fire last Thursday.
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