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.
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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
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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.
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Ione Oregon. 97843
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3rd Sundays 10:00 am
Available for:
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Family Events
A light meal will
be served.
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