SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Student council makes sure HES Community Bank’s charity
well-equipped for play
drive beneits Neighborhood
Center
Through Dec. 18, Com-
munity Bank is conducting
its annual charity drive.
The program is an effort to
collect funds from the com-
munity, to be used in that
same community during the
holiday season.
Funds collected will be
matched at .50 on the dollar
up to a maximum of $500 in
matching funds per branch.
This year the goal for each
Community Bank branch is
to work with their commu-
nity to raise at least $1,000
to support their charity of
choice.
For each branch meet-
ing or exceeding the $1,000
goal, the local charity would
Heppner Elementary student council members Zander Fisher, Landon Mitchell, Kason Cim- receive at least a $1,500
miyotti, Derrick Smith, Trevor Nichols and Cody Fletcher show off the new playground equip- donation ($1,000 from the
ment that was donated to the school by the 2014-2015 student council. The HES students will community with a $500
enjoy playing with new footballs, volleyballs, basketballs, soccer balls, hula hoops, jump ropes
and Frisbees during recess. –Contributed photo
WCVEDG GRANTS
-Continued from PAGE ONE #726 received $786 for and play equipment for its
tional $24,922.51 awarded
to eight organizations for
nine different projects.
Recipients are as fol-
lows:
-Morrow County Mu-
seum received $4,050 to
create an exhibit that shows
visitors how a grain el-
evator operates. Includes
painting a 1947 IHC truck,
placing it on scales and re-
enacting the process.
-The City of Ione re-
ceived $2,000 to complete
development of the Howard
Mullins Memorial Park
with log picnic tables and
tree planting.
-The City of Heppner
received $1,722.69 for
Hager Park playground
improvement.
-Lexington Grange
purchase and installation of
a heater in the basement of
the building.
-Heppner Chamber of
Commerce received $800 to
rehabilitate and relocate the
“Welcome to Heppner” sign
currently on Willow Creek
Country Club property.
-The Heppner Jr./Sr.
high Booster Club received
$4,500 for the purchase and
installation of acoustical
paneled folding partitions
for separation of the stage
and cafeteria areas.
-The Neighborhood
Center of South Morrow
County received $4,934.82
to upgrade the eficiency of
its food pantry facility.
-Heppner Day Care
received $2,700 to replace
and purchase new sports
Community Bank match).
Since the Community
Bank Charity Drive began
in 2010, the total amount
given to area charities now
exceeds $95,400, an aver-
age of almost $19,000 per
year.
The Heppner branch
has again chosen for local
funds to go to the Neigh-
borhood Center food bank.
Other charities that will
beneit this year are: Baker
City is collecting for food
banks in the Baker City
area; College Place and
Walla Walla branches are
collecting for the Walla
Walla Senior Citizen Cen-
ter; the Elgin branch for
the Elgin Food Bank; En-
terprise and Joseph branch-
es are collecting for the
Community Connection
Food Bank; the Hermiston
branch is collecting for
Martha’s House; La Grande
branches are raising funds
for the EOU Foundation
Scholarship Fund; Milton-
Freewater for the City Light
and Power Energy Assis-
tance Program; Pendleton
branch is collecting for
Neighbor 2 Neighbor; and
the Wallowa branch collects
for the Wallowa Food Bank.
Branches will have
donation jars available
through Dec. 18. All types
of monetary donations are
accepted such as personal
checks, bills and coin. Con-
tact the local branch man-
ager with questions about
the charity drive.
Topic club tours Maryhill,
Stonehenge
outdoor space. The day care
also was awarded $3,429 to
replace windows and doors
to improve eficiency.
Applicant organiza-
tions had to have been local
organizations, clubs, spe-
cial districts or governmen-
tal entities who reside in
the South Morrow County
Service Area (as defined
by the WCVEDG Service
Area Map).
The requestor had to
have at least 50 percent of
funding, which could in-
clude in-kind and cash con-
tributions from local and
regional sources, for the
total project budget com-
mitted before application,
Ione Topic Club went on the road for its regular monthly meeting in October. Group member
with exceptions granted at Margo Sherer chose to take the group across the Columbia River to tour Maryhill Museum
the discretion of the board. and the Stonehenge replica near Goldendale, WA. Ten of the 20 club members were able to
attend. The group also chose to utilize the up-and-running Morrow County Special Trans-
portation bus, driven by Ed Struthers, which group members said enabled them to have a
fun time and a good lunch without worrying about directions and trafic. Pictured (L-R) are:
Marie Struthers (guest), Becky Doherty, June Crowell, Betty Rietmann, Kathy Morter, Kristy
Crowell, Margo Sherer, Virginia Martinez, Nancy Miller and Betty Gray. Not pictured: Susan
Crum. –Contributed photo
ODFW recommends delisting
gray wolf from state ESA
throughout Oregon
Commission to consider at Nov. 9 meeting in Salem
SALEM, Ore.—
ODFW staff believe gray
wolves have met the criteria
to be delisted from the state
Endangered Species Act
(ESA) and will recommend
this action to the Fish and
Wildlife Commission at its
Nov. 9 meeting in Salem.
The meeting begins
at 8 a.m. at ODFW Head-
quarters, 4034 Fairview
Industrial Drive SE, Salem.
It is open to the public and
public testimony will be ac-
cepted during the meeting.
Consideration of wolf del-
isting is the only item on the
agenda. Written comments
will also be accepted until
Friday, Nov. 6, at 5 p.m.
and can be sent to odfw.
commission@state.or.us.
More information about
the meeting is available
at http://www.dfw.state.
or.us/agency/commission/
minutes/15/11_november/
index.asp
Wolf management in
Oregon is guided by the
Wolf Plan, which was origi-
nally crafted in 2005 by a
broad group of stakehold-
ers balancing competing
interests. The plan called for
initiating a process to con-
sider delisting wolves from
THE L ANDING
RESTAUR ANT
Will be Closing for the Season
November 16 @ 5 pm
the state ESA when eastern
Oregon had a population
of four breeding pairs of
wolves for three consecu-
tive years, an objective met
in January 2015.
“The state’s Wolf Plan
adopted in 2005 was an
agreement between stake-
holders reached after one
of ODFW’s largest public
processes,” said Russ Mor-
gan, ODFW wolf coordi-
nator. “The plan called for
delisting consideration after
wolves reached a minimum
Community lunch
menu
Heppner United Methodist Church members will
serve lunch on Wednesday, Nov. 4, at St. Patrick’s Se-
nior Center. Lunch will include Salisbury steak, mashed
potatoes and gravy, green salad, orange-kissed beets, hot
rolls, and cherry crisp.
Nazarene and Seventh-day Adventist church mem-
bers will serve lunch on Wednesday, Nov. 11. Lunch
will include grilled cheese sandwiches, clam chowder,
coleslaw, sliced tomatoes, and chocolate cake.
Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is
$3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change.
MILES &
MILES OF SMILES
we will be back next year
Stop by Saturday Nov. 14 for a piece of Birthday
cake and wish Barb well on her 60th Birthday
Prime rib
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$6.95
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conservation threshold and
envisions wolves being
delisted as Oregon moves
into future phases of man-
agement.”
“Delisting would result
in no immediate changes
to wolf management in
Oregon. Wolf management
is guided by the Wolf Plan
and its associated technical
rules, not the species’ ESA
listing status,” added Mor-
gan. “But delisting allows
the plan to continue to work
into the future.”
Chamber Chatter
Taste of Heppner and
Surrounding Communities
cookbooks, a fundraiser
for St. Pat’s Parish Hall
renovations in Heppner, are
being ordered for Christmas
delivery: There are 674
recipes, and the cookbooks
are being sold at $25 each.
Please contact Mary Hague-
wood at 541-676-9759 or
Ashley Lindsay at 541-376-
8285 or send an email to
stpats2015@hotmail.com
to order. Leave a message
with your name, phone and
quantity to be ordered.
Saturday, Nov. 14 – 9
a.m. – 2 p.m. – Lexington
Grange Annual Holiday Ba-
zaar: Make sure you stop by
and check out the holiday
items for sale with a soup
meal available for purchase.
To reserve a table, email
lex.grange726@gmail.com;
10x10 tables are $20 each.
More information to be an-
nounced soon.
Saturday, Nov. 14 – 9
am. – 3 p.m. – Ione Ameri-
can Auxiliary’s fifth an-
nual Holiday Bazaar – Ione
Legion Hall – 325 W. 2 nd
Street: Stop in and check
out all of the vendors and
get some of your Christ-
mas shopping done early.
Breakfast available for
purchase from 8-10 a.m.;
a lunch will be available
for purchase from 11:30-2
p.m. If you are interested
in being a vendor, the table
rent is $10; space is limited.
Contact Becky Rietmann
at 541-4227230/541-720-
2040 or Becky677.br@
gmal.com, or Sharon Ri-
etmann at 541-571-0738.
Santa will be there so bring
your kids and get their pic-
ture taken. Proceeds go to
Creative Care Preschool.
Saturday, Dec. 5 –
9:30a.m.-2:30 Artifactory,
sponsored by Heppner Day
Care, will be held at the
Catholic Church parish
hall: Contact Heppner Day
Care at 541-676-5429 for
more information.
Community
Thanksgiving Dinner
at All Saints Episcopal Church
Thanksgiving day at 1 PM
Contact: Shelli Britt #676-5478
Happy Thanksgiving