Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Chamber Chatter
Friday, Nov. 17 – Fri-
day, Jan. 12, nominations
will be accepted for Hep-
pner Chamber’s Annual
Town and Country Commu-
nity Awards. Pick up nomi-
nation forms at the Bank of
Eastern Oregon, Heppner
Chamber, city hall, Com-
munity Bank and the Post
Office to submit nomina-
tions for Man and Woman
of the Year, Business of the
Year, Youth Award, Citi-
zen-Educator of the Year
and Lifetime Achievement
Award. The nomination
forms can be dropped off
at Kuhn Law Office or the
Heppner Chamber of Com-
merce or emailed to hep-
pnerchamber@centurytel.
net. Contact the Chamber
office at 541-676-5536 for
more information.
Monday, Nov. 20 –
Thursday, Dec. 14, the Re-
wards Cards program starts
for shopping local. Start
collecting your rewards
cards when you shop local
at participating businesses.
The denominations are $10,
$20 and $50 and cannot be
given on payments to ac-
counts. Bring your family
and come out to spend a
great evening on Thursday,
Dec. 14 and spend your
rewards cards on prizes that
have been donated by local
and out of town merchants.
There will be pictures with
Santa, a dinner available for
purchase and Scrooge will
also be there. Contact the
Chamber if you have any
questions at 541-676-5536.
Now through Wednes-
day, Dec. 20, Community
Bank Charity Drive Food
Bank. Drop off any mon-
etary donation to the Hep-
pner Community Bank and
they will match up to $500
at .50 cents on every dollar
collected. The donations
will support The Heppner
Neighborhood Center.
Thursday, Nov. 23 at
1 p.m., free community
Thanksgiving dinner. The
dinner this year will be
coordinated by Elohim
Church and will be held
at the All Saints Episcopal
Church. Guests are asked
to bring a salad or dessert
to go with the meal. If you
would like to help serve
or cleanup, please contact
Melba at 541-626-1732.
Saturday, Dec. 2 from
9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.,
Annual Artifactory Holi-
day Bazaar at St. Patrick’s
Parish Hall. This bazaar
is sponsored by Heppner
Day Care. Vendor applica-
tions can be obtained by
contacting Andrea Nelson
at 541-720-4399 or Petra
Payne at 503-507-9670.
Applications may also be
completed online by visit-
ing the Heppner Day Care
Facebook page.
Thursday, Dec. 7, Hep-
pner Downtown Merchants
Open House organized by
the Heppner Chamber.
Check out all that is going
on during the day by our
local merchants and plan
on staying after the light
parade until 7 p.m. to take
in the activities and pick
up a couple of Christmas
presents while you are at
it. Contact the Heppner
Chamber for more info at
541-676-5536.
Thursday, Dec. 7 at
5:30 p.m., Parade of Lights
organized by the City of
Heppner. Pick up a parade
entry form at city hall. The
parade will be start at 5:30
p.m., with all participants
at the city park by 5 p.m. to
line up. Contact the Hep-
pner City Hall at 541-676-
9618 for more information.
Sunday, Dec. 10 at
6:30 p.m., Free Community
Concert with Christopher
Duffley. This event is being
sponsored by Community
Counseling Solutions and
will be held at Heppner
High School. Concessions
will be organized by the
FBLA Club and will offer
light dinner selections and
will open at 5 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 14 at 6
p.m., Heppner Christmas
Event at Morrow County
Fairgrounds. A spaghetti
dinner prepared and served
by the Track and Cross
Country Team parents will
be limited to the first 200
people (you will receive a
$10 reward card for each
meal purchased). There
will be pictures taken with
Santa and his elves from
6-7 p.m. for $5. Scrooge
will be around to grump-
ily hand over $10 rewards
cards and drawing of the
rewards cards, raffle and
penny board winners will
wrap up the evening.
Thursday, Jan. 18 from
12 noon to1 p.m., Heppner
Chamber of Commerce an-
nual luncheon in the Senior
Center dining room. The
Chamber Board decided to
move the annual luncheon
to Jan. 18 instead of right
after the holidays. Mark
the date and time on your
calendar and plan on join-
ing us. There will be more
information available closer
to the event.
Thursday, Jan. 25,
Business Education and
Training seminars co-
ordinated by Boardman
Chamber of Commerce.
The Boardman Chamber is
coordinating a seminar pre-
sented by Paul Hutter. The
seminar will include morn-
ing and afternoon sessions
with morning to be Health
Care Update, marijuana in
the workplace and Oregon
overtime rules for manufac-
turers. The afternoon ses-
sion will include discussion
on motivating and retaining
your employee. Cost for
a half day as a Chamber
member is $200, $250 for
a non- member. Heppner
chamber members will re-
ceive the member rate. Cost
for a full day is $350 as a
member, $400 for a non-
member. Small businesses
with 10 employees or less
are offered a $50 discount.
Multiple employees from
the same company may at-
tend for one price. Contact
the Boardman Chamber
at 541-481-3014 for more
information. Registration
begins on Nov. 13.
Thursday, Feb. 8 at 6
p.m., Heppner Chamber’s
Annual Town and Coun-
try Community Awards
Event at Morrow County
Fairgrounds. Nomination
forms are available now
and tickets will be available
for purchase soon. Plan to
come and spend a great
community evening as we
celebrate our recognition
of the Man and Woman of
the Year, Business of the
Year, Youth Award, Citi-
zen-Educator of the Year
and Lifetime Achievement
Award.
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Morrow County
looking for
volunteers
Morrow County is
looking for volunteers to
represent Boardman and
Ione on the Morrow Coun-
ty Planning Commission.
Planning Commissioners
serve four-year terms, so
the available appointments
will fill terms ending Dec.
31, 2021.
The Planning Commis-
sion generally meets once a
month, alternating meeting
locations between Heppner
and Boardman. Duties of
the Planning Commission
include approving land
use actions, maintaining
the county’s subdivision
and zoning ordinances and
working with the Morrow
County Board of Com-
missioners to manage the
county’s land use compre-
hensive plan.
Parties residing in Mor-
row County who are inter-
ested in taking a more active
part in land use planning in
the county are encouraged
to submit a letter of inter-
est to the Morrow County
Planning Department, P.O.
Box 40, Irrigon, OR 97844
by the close of business
Friday, Dec. 8. For more
information contact Carla
McLane or Stephanie Lov-
ing at 541-922-4624.
More information
about the Planning Com-
mission can be accessed at
www.co.morrow.or.us.
Community lunch
menu
All Saints Episcopal and Hope and Valby volunteers
will serve lunch on Wednesday, Nov. 29, at St. Patrick’s
Senior Center. Lunch will include fish and chips, jo-jo
potatoes, coleslaw, spiced pears, bread sticks and choco-
late mousse for dessert.
Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is
$3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change.
Marriage Licenses
The Morrow County Clerk’s office has released the
following report of marriage licenses:
November 16, 2017: -Juan Antonio Lemus Garcia,
36, Hermiston and Mariana Calvillo Mendoza, 30,
Hermiston.
4-H achievement night held
The Morrow County
4-H Achievement Night
was held on Sunday, Nov.
19 at the Morrow County
Fairgrounds in Heppner.
The program honored 4-H
leaders and members for
all of their accomplish-
ments during the past 4-H
year. Awards were be given
out for achievements at
the 2017 fair and other
accomplishments made
throughout the 2016-2017
4-H Year. The awards night
was emceed by 4-H ambas-
sadors: Keegan Gibbs and
Cami VanArsdale, honorary
ambassadors: Casey Fletch-
er, Roy Collins and Grace
Ogden and ambassador ad-
visor: Jeannie Collins. This
year Morrow County 4-H
honored two businesses as
recipients of the Friends of
4-H Award. These are busi-
nesses that have worked
closely with the OSU Ex-
tension Service in support-
ing the Morrow County
4-H Youth Program. This
recognition is for those
who provide sustained and
significant contributions to
the 4-H youth program in
Morrow County. With great
pleasure, this award was
given to Three Mile Canyon
Farms and Lamb Weston of
Boardman.
Every year the Mor-
row County 4-H programs
honors one leader who has
stood out above the rest for
service and commitment to
the program. This year’s
recipients was Pat Tolar of
Columbia Junior Ranchers
4-H Club. Pat’s years of ser-
vice and humble dedication
to the 4-H members, clubs,
fair, and the entire pro-
gram have been significant
and appreciated. The next
award is one in particular
that is given as special rec-
ognition, the Becky Smith
Memorial Award. This
award is given to someone
the 4-H Leader’s Council
consider the most enthu-
siastic, first year member
in a large animal project
area. Emphasis is given
towards sheep members,
but they must also exhibit a
positive attitude, be some-
one who doesn’t necessar-
ily place high, takes good
care of their animals and
be willing to help others.
Zaleta Masterson was this
year’s 2017 recipient of
the Becky Smith Memorial.
Another special recognition
award that was given is the
All-Around Achievement
Award. This award is de-
signed to recognize the 4-H
member who is involved
in all aspects of 4-H. This
award is a great accom-
plishment in a 4-H’ers ca-
reer and is one that should
receive special recognition
for the hard work that our
members put forth not only
in order to apply for, but
also to receive. This year’s
winners were: Madison
Orem, Junior Award and
Grace Ogden, Intermediate
Award.
Special awards were
given for Outstanding 4-H
Record Books, winners
were: Kellen Joyce, Me-
gan Joyce and Daemon
Worden in the Junior Divi-
sion; Cody Fletcher, Casey
Fletcher, and Eva Martin in
the Intermediate Division;
and Joe O’Brien, Morgan
Orem, and Ashley Price in
the Senior Division.
County medals are
awarded to seventh through
twelfth grade 4-H members
in project or activity areas
who have demonstrated
advanced development
of life skills, accomplish-
ments in 4-H projects, as
well as in leadership and
citizenship activities. This
year’s County Medal win-
ners were:
In the Intermediate Di-
vision: Quinton Orr, Pho-
tography; Emma Hermanns,
Photography; Isabella Orr,
Public Speaking; Kylie
Boor, Clothing and Tex-
tiles; Grace Ogden, Sheep;
Harley Anderson, Horse;
Lillian Richardson, Horse;
Nathanial Wedam, Dairy
Cattle; Casey Fletcher,
Community Service; Cody
Fletcher, Beef (Breeds)
and Kael Osmin, Swine
(Market).
In the Senior Division:
Dakota Durfey, Swine and
Shayna Osmin, Swine
(Breeds).
Also awarded were
Club Attendance Awards,
recipients were: Sew Fan-
tastic and Ukiah Commu-
nity Club, both winning
the Bronze Club Status.
Camp Counselors for the
Tri-County 4-H Camp were
given a special thank you
too, Morrow County Mem-
bers that served as counsel-
ors were: Brooke Harrison,
Cami VanArsdale, Gibson
McCurry, Isabella Ganvoa,
Jacee Currin, J’aena Arella-
no-Desirey, Jake O’Brien,
Zaleta Masterson, winning recipient of the Becky Smith Me-
morial Award. -Contributed photo
Joseph O’Brien, Julian-
na Joyce, Keegan Gibbs,
Kylee McClure, Matthew
Orem, Quinton Orr, Rileigh
McClure and Tyler Cart-
er. Memberships pins are
given to Cloverbuds and
all of our first, third, fifth,
seventh and ninth year 4-H
members. All members who
recently completed those
years in 4-H will be recog-
nized. For more informa-
tion or any questions please
contact the OSU Extension
Service office at: 541-676-
9642 or email julie.baker@
oregonstate.edu. Follow us
on Facebook at Morrow
County 4-H Oregon for up-
dates, reminders and photos
of Morrow County 4-H.
HELP A CHILD IN OUR COMMUNITY
There is a Giving Tree available at Heppner Les
Schwab for community members who wish to
purchase gifts for foster children in Morrow County.
GIFTS NEED TO BE RETURNED
TO LES SCHWAB BY
FRIDAY DECEMBER 8TH
124 N. MAIN STREET HEPPNER OR 541-676-9481