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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 7, 2018 Community grant funds available Wi l l o w C r e e k Va l l e y E c o n o m i c Development Group (WCVEDG) has funds available to be used for community and public enhancement for south Morrow County. Applicant organizations must be a local organization, club, special district or a governmental entity who resides in the south Morrow County service area (as defined by the WCVEDG service area map). The requestor must have at least 50 percent of funding (may include in-kind and cash contributions from local and regional sources) for the total project budget committed before applying. Exceptions may apply at the discretion of the board. A grant application has been developed for use in applying for funding through this grant. Completed grant requests will be accepted starting on Friday, March 9, through Friday, April 13. The review and decision of grants awarded will be decided by the WCVEDG board and the winners communicated. To r e c e i v e a grant application form Together We Are Stronger Merilee McDowell (L) and Barb Orwick,- Contributed photo Eastern Oregon Walk MS, headed up by Mer- ilee McDowell and Barb Orwick, both of Heppner, has been held in Heppner for the past 20 years. After such a long stint as chair- persons of the event, Mer- ilee and Barb have decided to pass the torch to Emily Nash, formerly of Pendle- ton and now of LaGrande. Emily also has MS. They are asking ev- eryone to join the Eastern Oregon Walk MS on Satur- day, April 21, beginning at 10 a.m. at Roy Raley Park, 1205 S.W. Court Ave. in Pendleton. Registration will begin at 9 a.m. with the walk getting underway at 10 a.m. Pre-register on the web at walkms.org or contact Tracy Leeper, NMSS Walk Manager, at 503-445-8342, tracy.leep- er@nmss.org. If you are unable to attend the day of the scheduled walk, you can still help the cause by registering as a VIRTU- AL WALKER and turn in funds raised to All Saints Episcopal church. Merilee and Barb have arranged for a bus to travel from Heppner to the walk in Pendleton. The bus will leave at 7:30 a.m. that day from All Saints Episcopal Church, 140 Church St. in Heppner, and will return at 2 p.m. from Roy Raley Park. The park is located at 1205 S.W. Court Ave. in Pendleton. One-mile and three-mile routes from the park have been planned. The route is online. People who would like to walk with the All Saints Hope for a Cure Team at the Pendleton walk should contact, Team Captain, Merilee McDowell, 541- 571-5853, or they may sign up on line. Anyone who is unable to participate in Pendleton, but who would still like to be a part of EO Walk MS activity may also call Sha- ron Inskeep of Heppner at Pettyjohn’s in Heppner, 541-676-9157, or email her at skiboxL@yahoo. com. “The hope is to have as much support for them as we have had in Heppner,” said Merilee. Donations still go to the NMSS Soci- ety, which is the same as in the past. The funds raised, help those with MS & their families and further re- search. “Together we’ve become a powerful force. With every step we take, we’re that much closer to ending MS forever. “To- gether We Are Stronger,” said Merilee. Class on “Love and Respect” scheduled A 10-week class on love and respect, entitled “The Love She Most De- sires and the Respect He Desperately Needs” will be held at the Heppner Chris- tian Church, 290 Gale St., starting Sunday, March 18, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The class will in- . clude videos, a book and supportive interaction. Cost is $10 for the book. Child care will be provided. Those needing child care are asked to sign up prior to the class to ensure that there is enough help. For more informa- tion, call Ray, 831-578- 6451 Please Join Us For a Birthday Celebration In Honor Of Rita Rose Bowman "Nana" Sat., March 10, 2018 At 4:00 PM at Heppner Elks Club and an “Eligibility and Exclusions” information sheet, contact Sheryll Bates at 541-676-5536, or email to heppnerchamber@ centurytel.net. Forms may also be picked up at Heppner, Ione and Lexington city hall offices. All completed grant applications will need to be forwarded to Sheryll at the Chamber office. Grants can be emailed, mailed, hand delivered or faxed to 541-676-5656, but must be received in the Chamber office no later than Friday, April 13 to be eligible for consideration in the grant review and decision process. - THREE St. Pat’s Parish plans potato soup supper during St. Patrick’s celebration Everyone is invited to enjoy the fellowship and homemade Irish Potato Soup (with bacon) made by St. Patrick’s Altar Society on Friday evening, March 16, at St. Patrick’s Church during Heppner’s Wee Bit O’Ireland Celebration. The meal also includes a potato roll, a slice of homemade pie and a bev- erage. Since this is a Lenten Friday, the bishop of the church’s diocese granted a special dispensation for Catholics to consume the potato soup with bacon on that day. Maya Payne (far right) serves homemade Irish potato soup to eagerly awaiting (left to right) Addison Coe, Isabel Payne and Jayden Macias at St. Patrick’s Parish Photo by Kay Proctor Prices are $8 for adults served from 4-8 p.m. at and $5 for children age 10 the parish hall behind the and under. Dinner will be church at 525 Gale St. Local scholarships now open The South Morrow County Scholarship Com- mittee will accept schol- arship applications from March 1 through April 5 by 4 p.m. In Heppner, they may be turned into Gin- ger Bowman at Heppner High School and in Ione, Cathy McCabe at Ione High School or a counselor. Criteria for a South Morrow County Scholar- ship is as follows: the com- mittee will award scholar- ships to a college-bound Heppner High School or Ione High School Senior based on academic achieve- ment, community involve- ment and financial need. Students must be continu- ing their education at a community college, trade school, or four-year college or university. Applications will be accepted and award- ed by the South Morrow County Scholarship Inc., Board of Directors using their “common local schol- arship application” and must include a transcript and principal/counselor evaluation form. The South Morrow County Scholarship Trust Committee, on behalf of the Del LaRue family, will accept scholarship applica- tions from March 1 through April 5 at 4 p.m. Com- pleted applications may be turned into Cathy McCabe.. The Coach Del LaRue Scholarship criteria is as follows: the Coach Del LaRue Scholarship was developed in memory of Del LaRue, a long-time teacher and coach at Ione High School. LaRue had a passion for coaching bas- ketball and track and loved seeing students set and achieve their goals. After retiring from teaching, he continued to coach track for 12 additional years. During this time he helped many student athletes achieve their goals and was honored as national Track Coach of the Year. This fund awards one $1,000 scholarship to a college-bound Ione High School senior based on demonstrated academic achievement and commu- nity involvement, with pref- erence given to students who have participated in the Ione High School track program. Students must be con- tinuing their education at a community college, trade school, or four-year college or university. Applicants must have a minimum 3.0 accumulated GPA, have attended Ione High School all four years of high school and shown involvement in community activities. Applications will be accepted and awarded by the South Morrow County Scholarship Inc. Board of Directors using their com- mon local scholarship ap- plication and must include a transcript. Student writers’ workshop CHAMBER UPDATE -Continued from PAGE ONE open to young authors Writers in grades three through 12 are invit- ed to register for the annual Student Writers’ Workshop (SWW) March 10 at East- ern Oregon University. The SWW invites young writers, alongside their teachers and parents, to participate in a Saturday of workshops to produce various kinds of writing. When workshops wrap up at about 3 p.m., partici- pants can share their writ- ing in an open mic session. Young writers can then choose to revise and sub- mit their work for inclu- sion in an anthology. Registration is open now and costs $30 for each student. The fee covers the opening ses- sion, workshops and lunch in the EOU cafeteria. Teachers and chaperones attend for free. Continuing running all over north to south,” he told the chamber. Wolff also reported on the updating the co-op is completing with the sub- stations in its service dis- trict, saying that the lines around the coverage area “are in pretty good shape. Now its time to work on the substations.” He said the one at Fossil was first to be replaced as it was 56 years old, so sold the co-op was not even able to buy insurance on it. The cost was $400,000. Next up would be Sandhollow, Wolff said, and it would be $550,000. After that would be Olex and then the Ruggs to Ione substation, which would also help Heppner by adding redundancy to that power loop. He said the co-op has also purchased a $600,000 portable substation that can be moved in quickly in the event a fixed substation goes down, which would our program. We are in the allow the co-op to get that second year of our FFA pro- area up and running fairly gram at Riverside and these funds will be a tremendous help in continuing to build has given more than $29 the program,” said David million to farming com- Norton, Riverside principal. munities since its inception, E a c h y e a r, t h e including more than $3 mil- Grow Communities pro- lion in 2018. The recipient gram, which is sponsored organizations reflect the by the Monsanto Fund, makeup and character of provides farmers the oppor- rural America, including tunity to support nonprofit emergency response orga- organizations important to nizations, schools, youth them in their local com- agriculture programs, food munities by enrolling for banks and many others. “Farmers play a a chance to direct a $2,500 pivotal role in rural com- donation to a nonprofit of munities, and through their their choice. The program commitment to the Grow Communities program, we are able to provide the mon- professional development units and graduate credit are available for teachers. Since 1992, the Student Writers’ Workshop has served over 3,650 students at EOU, about 150 attend- ees each year. Attendees expand their experience with creative writing, work alongside students and teachers for whom writ- ing is a passion, and learn to see themselves as pub- lished writers through con- tributing to an anthology. Support for this event comes from Eastern Oregon University and So- roptimist International of La Grande. For more informa- tion or to register, visit eou. edu/engwrite/student-writ- ers-workshop or contact Nancy Knowles at 541- 962-3795 or nknowles@ eou.edu. FFA receives grant Riverside Jr/Sr High School is a winner of the Grow Communities program. Morrow County farmer Joe Taylor directed a $2,500 grant to River- side’s FFA program as part of the America’s Farmers Grow Communities pro- gram, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund. As part of their mission, Riverside FFA will use the funds to at- tend the Oregon State FFA Convention as well as up- coming FFA competitions. “We would like to thank Joe Taylor for this donation to quickly. He said there is a back-log of substations from the manufacturers, and it now can take up to two years to get a new re- placement substation. Wolff also talked about the new irrigation pipe- line installed down Willow Creek to Lexington. The project has been ramrodded by Heppner rancher Brian Thompson and will save irrigators along the creek quite a bit of money in ir- rigation pump costs. Wolff said once completed there will be 15 pumps coming out of the creek and three out of deep irrigation wells along the eight-mile stretch of pipe, which, he says, in order to maintain pressure starts at 37 inches diameter and then drops to 23 inches when it gets to Lexington. The co-op also laid some underground conduit in the trench from the mill site to the Heppner golf course. He said the co-op will have use of the conduit for some future use. etary support these non- profit organizations need to make an impact,” said Al Mitchell, Monsanto Fund president. “We’re proud to play a part in helping these rural communities grow and thrive.” To see if a nonprofit in your local community is a 2018 America’s Farmers Grow Communities recipi- ent, visit www.GrowCom- munities.com. You can also learn more about the Grow Communities program by checking out Facebook. com/AmericasFarmers. Valby Lutheran Church Valby Road Ione Oregon. 97843 Church Services 1st & 3rd Sundays 10:00 am Available for: Weddings ♦ Funerals Family Events A light meal will be served. The presence or your company is the only gift required Old Country Church All are Welcome
