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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 10, 2016 Heppner FFA receives Food For All grant Heppner FBLA members qualify for to help ight hunger INDIANAPOLIS— The Heppner FFA chap- ter in Heppner has been awarded $2,500 as part of the FFA: Food For All program. The nationwide program provides grant money to local FFA chap- ters to support year-long service-learning projects that address local hunger needs. The Heppner FFA plans to help fight hunger by replacing laying hens they currently have to continue to provide fresh eggs to the Neighborhood Center. The grant will provide monies to help pay for the hens and their feed. In addition, Heppner FFA will have some stu- dents who will raise broiler chickens to be processed to provide a protein source for families through the Neigh- borhood Center. The grant will help to fund purchas- ing 100 chicks, the feed to raise them and the monies needed to process them in a USDA certiied facility. “We hope to learn a lot through this process and have the opportunity to tour a USDA certified poultry processing facility,” said Heppner FFA Advisor Beth Dickenson. “Students will have the chance to learn new skills and share state competition Heppner FFA members hold the new hen chicks that will be raised to produce eggs to be do- nated to the Neighborhood Center as a part of the Heppner FFA Food For All Grant project. These 25 chicks will begin laying eggs when they are about six months of age. The FFA chapter received ive breeds, including Grey California, Blue Wyandotte, New Hampshire, Barred Rock and Ameracauna. Pictured are: Front row kneeling—Riane Dompier, Kaelyn Lindsay, Kolby Currin and Jake Lindsay. Standing—Rylee Kollman, Logan Grieb, CJ Kindle, Patrick Collins, Kevin Murrray and Taylor Nelson. -Contributed photo their new knowledge with community members via a workshop that will be held in the spring.” The FFA: Food For All grants are sponsored by Donaldson Foundation, Elanco, Land O’Lakes, Na- tionwide Foundation, Nutra Blend, Sealed Air, Tractor Supply Company and Ty- son as a special project of the National FFA Founda- tion. The program provided nearly $360,000 to FFA chapters in 40 states and the Virgin Islands. In addition, the FFA: Food For All grant program is part of the Na- tional FFA Organization’s Hunger Home platform. More information about the program can be found Heppner senior class plans dessert auction for Friday -Continued from PAGE ONE March 24. Each session will meet from 2:30-4 p.m. in the dining room at St. Patrick’s Senior Center, 190 N Main St., Heppner. Pre- registration and attendance at the irst class is required. For more informa- tion or to register, contact Health Promotion Coor- dinator Helena Wolfe at 541-561-5443 or hwolfe@ capeco-works.org. If you are interested in this pro- gram but cannot attend at this time, contact Wolfe to be added to a waiting list for future classes. Join us for Valentine's Day 2016 February 14th Valentine's Breakfast $10.95 Rib Eye, Hashbrowns, 2 eggs, toast & Coffee Valentine's Dinner $14.95 Choice of Pork Loin, Seafood Alfredo, Steak or Prime Rib Choice of Potato- Twice-Baked, Baked or Mashed Garlic Bread - Soup & Salad -Dessert PLEASE MAKE RESERVATIONS MUSTANG DINER with her dedication but said, “We just don’t have the re- sources. The money isn’t here.” He said the best they could do was maybe have council members talk to people about the problem, but that would be about the extent of assistance. Herzog told the Hep- pner Gazette-Times that anyone who would be able to help is encouraged to call her at 541-676-9000. In other business at Monday’s meeting the council: -Heard that bid opening for construction of the new ire hall will be on Feb. 18; -Was told that council member John Bowles will be the new Morrow County Undersheriff; -Heard that City Man- ager Kim Cutsforth was recently appointed to serve on the Oregon Community Foundation, which oversees some $18 billion in funds, proceeds of which are given out to Oregon Communities as grants. The council also heard the following report from the public works director: Water Dept. Replaced 1 Y 2 inch water meter at All Saints Episcopal Church and ixed ken, Sydney Maben and Riane Dompier; ifth, Cara Arbogast, Jaiden Mahoney and Claire Grieb. Introduction to Finan- cial Math—fourth, Sophie Grant. Introduction to Parlia- mentary Procedure—sec- ond, Keegan Gibbs. Marketing—sixth, Madison Combe and So- phie Grant; eighth, Taylor Hamby, Caitlynn Baily and Kaelyn Lindsay. Sports & Entertainment Management—third, Pat- rick Collins, CJ Kindle and Ryan Smith; fourth, Kevin Murray, Weston Putman and Logan Grieb. All of these students have qualified to partici- pate at state competitions in Portland April 7-9 at the Double Tree Hotel. at FFA.org/foodforall. The National FFA Or- ganization provides lead- ership, personal growth and career success training through agricultural edu- cation to 629,367 student members who belong to one The Heppner High School senior class will hold a of 7,757 local FFA chapters dessert auction Friday, Feb. 12, during the half times of throughout the U.S., Puerto the varsity boys’ and girls’ basketball games. Rico and the Virgin Islands. CITY COUNCIL Caregiver classes a water leak at Public Works can’t do all this by myself,” ofice. Sewer Dept. in Heppner this week she said. Cleaned contact basins The Mayor empathized CAPECO is offering a short-term educational program called Powerful Tools for Caregivers in Heppner beginning next week. This free six-week series is designed to help family caregivers take care of themselves while caring for a relative or friend with a chronic health condition. All participants will receive The Caregiver Helpbook, a book developed speciically for the class. The series of six week- ly one-and-a-half-hour ses- sions begins Thursday, Feb. 18, and continues through Even after leaving Hep- pner at 5 a.m. and traveling in terrible winter condi- tions, the Heppner High School FBLA (Future Busi- ness Leaders of America) met with success last Thurs- day at the FBLA Regional Contest in La Grande. After taking hour-long exams in each event, most of the members who competed placed and qualified for state competition. Students who placed and their events are: Agribusiness—second, Kevin Murray; fourth, Pat- rick Collins. Computer Applica- tions—ninth, Carson Bros- nan. Helpdesk—eighth, Emily Cecil and Meranda Lemmon. Hospitality Manage- ment—third, Jessica Kemp- once, painted the sewer plant ofice, did nine septic dumps, completed the re- cycled water report and sent it to DEQ, and inished the DEQ Supplemental Envi- ronmental Project proposal. If approved, this will help subsidize some of the viola- tion ine and also beneit the community. Streets Dept. Got most of the lights fixed up at Frank Gillam Drive, took down Christ- mas lights, wreaths, and banners, had one snow and ice event, swept streets one time, replaced stop sign on Chase St. and installed a poly blade on the snow plow. Parks Dept. Rehabbed three Hager Park picnic tables and three City Park tables, burned a ditch and cleaned out the storm drain at the kids’ park and put up new lags at Memorial Park. The council also ad- opted the following goals for the coming year. Heppner City goals for 2016: 1) Update the Master Water Plan - to aide in prioritiz- ing water projects and to seek funding. Investigate funding opportunities, li- aise with Anderson and Perry. Prioritize developing a plan to ix reservoir 3 and replace water pipes at Can- non, Green and Matlock Streets. Develop a plan to implement a GIS mapping system to GIS system to aid in the mapping and mainte- nance of our water system. 2) Update the Transporta- tion System Plan to aide in prioritizing street improve- ments. Research methods for updating in-house. 3) Review personnel man- ual and make changes as necessary. 4) Revise and establish an Emergency Action Plan. In- volve the hospital, HVFD, MCSO, etc. 5) Update Urban Growth Area (UGA) Code and Inter Governmental Agreement with Morrow County. 6) Fence the perimeter of the City Yard on River- side Ave. with a chain link fence. 7) Amphitheater—set up program for summer events, movies, music. 8) Install auto lushers in the restroom at the City Park near the library and add automatic sprinkler timers. 9) City Hall—start planning for exterior repairs, replac- ing failing windows and installing a ventilation fan. Bathroom in public meet- ing area. 10) Install an alarm at the sewer plant to alert pub- lic works about overlow or pump problems. 11) Update or correct ordinance inconsistencies or errors as they are noticed, such as clarifying the dog ordinance. 12) Establish nonsmoking areas in the city parks where children play. 13) Begin planning for a replacement for the sewer jet truck. 14) Replace the community holiday tree at city center with a healthy tree. 15) Develop a plan to repair tree-damaged sidewalks on Main Street. 16) Schedule city clean-up days for the spring and fall. Community lunch menu Christian Life Center volunteers will serve lunch on Wednesday, Feb. 17, at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. Lunch will include navy beans and ham, mixed vegetables, broc- coli slaw, corn mufins and raspberry cookie bars. Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change. 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