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    TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
U.S.P.S. 240-420
Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
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David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher
Bobbi Gordon................................................................................................ Editor
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be placed in the classifieds under “Card of Thanks” at a cost of $10.
Ash Wednesday
service to be held
A Hope Lutheran/
All Saints Episcopal Ash
Wednesday service will
be held at Hope Lutheran
Church on February 14.
The evening will begin
with a soup supper at 6
p.m., followed by an Ash
Wednesday service with
imposition of ashes and
communion. Everyone is
invited to attend.
Community lunch
menu
Christian Life and Firelight volunteers will serve
lunch on Wednesday, Feb. 21 at St. Patrick’s Senior
Center. Lunch will be chicken pot pie, green beans, car-
rot salad, garlic bread sticks and lemon bars for dessert.
Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is
$3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change.
Vendor space
available for St.
Pat’s
The Neighborhood
Center, located at 441 N.
Main St in Heppner, has
vendor space available in
their parking lot for the St.
Patrick’s weekend celebra-
tion.
Spaces are 10 by 10
feet for $35 or 10 by 20 feet
for $38 for the entire week-
end. Vendors may set up
at anytime Friday through
Sunday and are responsible
for all clean-up. Vendor fees
are non-refundable; elec-
tricity and public restrooms
are not available.
All proceeds from the
vendor fees are used to
purchase food for the food
pantry. For additional infor-
mation, contact Lisa Patton
at 541-676-5024.
Little League Sign Ups
February 15th & 21st
6:00pm-8:00pm
AT HEPPNER
CHAMBER
Call Jesse
with questions
541-256-0740
Chamber lunch
meeting
The next lunch meeting
of the Heppner Chamber
of Commerce will be the
hosted annual luncheon for
Willow Creek Develop-
ment Group to be held at
noon on Thursday, Feb. 15,
in the senior center dining
room. Gary Neal, General
Manager of the Port of Mor-
row, will be the speaker for
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the luncheon and the public
is welcome.
There is no charge for
lunch, but attendees were
asked to RSVP by Feb. 12.
Alvin Liu of Gateway Café
will be catering the lunch,
serving BBQ ribs, BBQ
chicken, BBQ beans, potato
salad and dessert.
the Good Shepherd Com-
munity Health Foundation,
the Oregon Community
Foundation and the Oregon
Parks and Recreation De-
partment.
A spokesperson stated
that the Willow Creek Park
district is looking forward
to this park and the benefits
it will provide to commu-
nity members of all ages.
According to the news
release, support from many
community entities assisted
in finalizing the park proj-
ect. Some of those were
Larry Mills representing
the Morrow County Agri-
cultural Museum, the Hep-
pner Chamber of Com-
merce, Heppner Junior/
Senior High school, Mor-
row County Health Depart-
ment, Community Health
Improvement Partnership
of Morrow County and the
Morrow County board of
commissioners.
Silver Creek Contract-
ing LLC., a local business,
is the contractor for this
project and reports that the
park is scheduled for com-
pletion in late May 2018.
The Wellness Initia-
tive for Senior Education
(WISE) Program celebrates
healthy aging and educates
older adults on a variety of
topics. This free program
will take place at the Ione
Community Church at 395
E. Main in Ione beginning
Mar. 12 at 1 p.m. There
will be one class a week for
6 weeks.
This interactive and
educational program offers
six lessons that cover a wide
range of topics. Participants
will have an opportunity to
meet new people and learn
about the aging process
and how to make healthy
lifestyle choices; celebrate
this exciting stage of life
and all the benefits that
come with it; discuss risk
factors and behaviors older
adults should avoid to stay
healthy; examine how al-
cohol, prescription medica-
tions and over-the-counter
medications affect seniors
differently and how they
can avoid problems and
learn how to use simple
tools to help them feel more
empowered about their
health and the healthcare
they receive.
Free refreshments will
be served at each lesson,
and all program participants
will be eligible to receive
giveaways for participating
in the program.
To register or for more
information, please contact
Kris Boler at 541-397-
0548.
Cattle Barons
seeking scholarship
applications
Free program
to educate older
adults
Pendleton Cattle Bar-
ons Weekend is currently
seeking scholarship appli-
cations from young adults
in Umatilla and Morrow
Counties. In 2017, the Cat-
tle Barons organization,
with a boost from its many
sponsors, provided $12,000
in scholarships to eight de-
serving students involved in
agricultural studies.
Applications for the
Pendleton Cattle Barons
scholarships are currently
available on the Cattle Bar-
ons website - https://www.
cattlebarons.net/. Applica-
tions are due Apr. 20, with
final selection of scholar-
ship awards to be made
during the Cattle Barons
events May 11-12. Appli-
cants for the scholarships
must currently be, or plan to
be, enrolled in undergradu-
ate or graduate agricul-
tural studies and be from the
eastern Oregon counties of
Umatilla, Morrow, Grant,
Baker, Wallowa and Union.
This year’s event, held
Mother’s Day weekend,
will feature a stock sad-
dle bronc championship,
a ranch rodeo, an invita-
tional select gelding sale,
a working cow dog sale,
an engraved jewelry and
leather work exhibition
and demonstrations and the
buckaroo barbeque chal-
lenge.
Net proceeds from
sponsorships and activities
of the two days are dedi-
cated to the scholarship pro-
gram that has contributed
over $60,000 to support the
education of young adults
that preserve the ranching
heritage of eastern Oregon.
More information
about the Pendleton Cattle
Baron’s Weekend schol-
arship programs and the
events of the May weekend
can be found at https://
www.cattlebarons.net/.
Chamber announcements, events
Wednesday, Feb. 14
from 5-9 p.m., The Gate-
way Café will be serv-
ing a special Valentines
Steak and Seafood dinner.
Reservations are strongly
recommended and can be
made by calling 541-676-
6000 or texting 541-980-
2014. Leave a message
with your name, contact
number, number of people
and preferred time. Orders
from the regular menu will
also be offered.
Thursday, Feb. 15, the
Willow Creek Valley Eco-
nomic Development Group
is hosting their annual lun-
cheon from 12-1 p.m. in
the Senior Center dining
room with Gary Neal as
the speaker. RSVP no later
than Tuesday, Feb. 13 to
guarantee a lunch. Lunch
will be served by Alvin Liu
of Gateway Café and the
menu will consist of BBQ
ribs, BBQ chicken, BBQ
beans, potato salad and des-
sert. Contact the Chamber
at 541-676-5536 to RSVP.
Sunday, Feb. 18 at 8
a.m., Sweetheart’s Break-
fast at the Heppner Chris-
tian Church. Breakfast will
consist of pancakes, eggs
and bacon. The breakfast
is free.
Tuesday, Mar. 6 from
10-11:30 a.m., Walla Walla
VA Medical Center Town
Hall meeting. This Town
Hall presentation on VA
Modernization – the next
chapter in VA’s story of
change will be held in the
Irrigon Library and is for all
Veterans and any interested
community members. Mor-
row County transportation
will be provided by The
Loop, call 844-676-5667 to
secure a seat.
Friday, Mar. 16 through
Sunday, Mar. 18, 36 th An-
nual Wee Bit O’ Ireland St.
Patrick’s Celebration. The
St. Patrick’s committee is
busy planning this year’s
event. If you are interested
in volunteering for any part
of the weekend, contact the
Heppner Chamber at 541-
676-5536. Father Condon’s
play “Searching for Mean-
ing” will be performed on
Thursday, Mar. 15 at 7 p.m.
at the St. Patrick’s Parish
Hall.
Heppner Public Library
is offering Drop In Teen
Time on the 2 nd and 4 th
Thursdays of every month
at 6 p.m. Upcoming events
include Minute to Win it
games on Feb. 22. Contact
the Heppner Library at
541-676-9964 for more
information.
Ione celebrates FFA week
Ione school will be cel-
ebrating FFA week Feb.
20-23. Each day will host
multiple activities, includ-
ing different dress up days.
Tuesday Dress Up day
is Camouflage day and will
include Ag trivia on an-
nouncements, elementary
coloring contest and a straw
bale bucking contest as the
lunch time activity in the
shop.
Wednesday Dress Up
day is John Deere vs. Case
day and will also include
Ag trivia on announce-
ments, an assembly at 1:30
p.m., food presented for the
MC Back Pack program,
announcement of the el-
ementary coloring contest
winners, the Dr. Brown
reception in the shop at 2:30
p.m. and chapter meeting
from 4-5:30 p.m.
Thursday is Pajama
dress up day, with a log
sawing contest in the shop
as the lunch time activity
and Ag trivia on announce-
ments.
Friday will be FFA
Blue and Gold dress up day
where members who wear
official dress all day will
earn tickets into a drawing
for FFA gear every hour, Ag
trivia on announcements
and ice cream sundaes in
the shop for the lunch time
activity.
Heppner Les Schwab would like to congratulate this
year’s Town & County Award recipients
Sophie Grant
Dr. Ken Wenberg
Virginia
“George”
Nairns
Bill Gentry
Sarah Matheny
Dick Temple, DVM
and Karen
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