Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 25, 2018 -- TWO
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David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher
Bobbi Gordon................................................................................................ Editor
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Heppner Chamber
to cater meal
The meal for Murray’s
annual beer and wine tast-
ing event will be catered
by the Heppner Chamber
this year. The event will be
held on Thursday, Aug. 16
at 6 p.m.
Dinner, prepared by
Alvin Liu of Gateway
Café, will consist of teriya-
ki chicken with pineapple
on rice, homemade potato
salad, cookie and bottled
water for $10 per person for
adults and $5 for children
11 and under. Bottled water
will also be available for $1.
The Buttercreek
Boys to perform in
Irrigon
The Buttercreek Boys will perform in Irrigon July 30.
The Buttercreek Boys
will perform July 30 at 7
p.m. at the Irrigon Marina
Park for the Music in the
Parks outdoor concert se-
ries.
The group features
Lou Reeves, guitar; Winn
We s t o n , g u i t a r ; C u r t
Claughon, stand-up bass;
Rusty Roe, saxophone and
Jim Simpson, banjo and
harmonica. In addition,
several of the musicians
share in the vocals. They
also invite the crowd to
sing along.
The Music in the Parks
concert series is held each
Monday and is funded by
the Morrow County Unified
Recreation District and
Portland General Electric
and sponsored by the North
Morrow Community Foun-
dation.
In the event of inclem-
ent weather, the concert
will be held at the Irrigon
senior center. For additional
information, contact Jackie
at 541-720-1289.
A View from the Green
Senior golfers play
at Beacon Rock
Over the Tee Cup
Glow ball
tournament held
Men play golf
Five players from
Willow Creek Country
Club played in the Co-
lumbia-Blue Senior Golf
Association tournament at
Beacon Rock GC in North
Bonneville, WA on July 9.
The Beacon Rock course, in
the scenic Columbia Gorge,
plays to a par 72.
Local players results
are as follows:
-Columbia division
(handicap 13 and below)
gross was Jim Doherty in
first with 81 and net was
John McCabe in a fourth
place tie with 72.
The next CBSBA tour-
nament will be at Big River
GC in Umatilla on Aug. 13
with tee times at 7:30 a.m.
and 1 p.m. Players wishing
to reserve a cart should call
the Big River club house
at 541-922-3006. Lunch
will be available at nearby
Russ’s Tavern.
Willow Creek Country
Club hosted a glow ball
tournament on July 14, with
20 members and non-mem-
bers attending the event on
the warm evening. Glow
ball is played as a scramble
in the dark with a ball that
glows.
First place went to Rick
and Scott Johnston, second
to Della and Loren Heide-
man and third to Loa Heide-
man and Dave Stevens.
The last event of the
summer will be held on
Aug. 24 at 6 p.m. and will
be a two-person fun night.
The Neighborhood
Center is having a bag sale
on Wednesday, Aug. 1 from
9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The
first bag will be $15 and
each additional bag is $10.
The bag sale will include
clothing, shoes and books.
All other merchandise is 50
percent off.
The Neighborhood
Center is located at 441 N
Main Street, Heppner. For
questions about services,
contact Lisa Patton at 541-
676-5024.
Bag sale to be held
Aug. 1
Outdoor worship
service scheduled
The annual outdoor
worship service hosted by
Hopeful Saints Ministry
will be held at Hager Park
at 10 a.m. on July 29. The
informal communion ser-
vice will include some of
the popular vacation bible
school songs and special
music by Hand Chime
Choir. A potluck picnic
will follow. Everyone is
welcome to attend.
For additional informa-
tion about Hopeful Saints
Ministry, a Lutheran and
Episcopal partnership, or
the outdoor worship ser-
vice, call the church office
at 541-676-9970.
Community lunch
menu
All Saints, Hope and Valby volunteers will serve
lunch on Wednesday, August 1 at St. Patrick’s Senior
Center. Lunch will be lasagna, green salad, cucumbers
and onions, garlic bread and tiramisu for dessert.
Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is
$3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change.
Vegetarian cooking
class offered
A vegetarian and plant-
ed-based cooking class will
be offered Tuesday, July
31 at 7 p.m. at the Heppner
SDA Church located at
560 Minor Street, Heppner.
The theme for the night is
melons. Recipes will be
demonstrated and samples,
copies of the recipes and
nutritional facts will be
The Willow Creek
Country Club ladies play-
day on July 17 hosted 14
ladies on the sunny and
warm day.
Low gross of the field
went to Virginia Grant, low
net to Pat Dougherty and
least putts of the field was
Loa Heideman.
Low gross for flight A
went to Corol Mitchell and
low net was Karen Thomp-
son. Loa Heideman had the
long drive.
Flight B low gross was
Judy Harris. Low net went
to Betty Burns and least
putts went to Sarah Ruck-
er. Pat Dougherty got long
drive.
Sue Edson took low
gross on flight C and low
net was Bev Steagall. Kim
Carlson had the least putts.
Sue Edson had the long
drive for flight C.
Longest putt went to
Corol Mitchell and Shirley
Martin.
Eighteen golfers played
on Sunday, July 22 at Wil-
low Creek Country Club.
Low net was a tie be-
tween Rick Johnston and
Mike Bergstrom with a
score of 56 and third place
went to John Edmundson
with 57.
Low gross went to
Charlie Ferguson with a
64, second to Ron Bowman
with 67 and third to Dave
Pranger with a score of 69.
Rick Johnston got KP
on hole number four with
5 feet, eight inches. Dave
Pranger got KP on hole
number seven with seven
feet, five inches..
The next men’s play is
the two-day club champion-
ship on July 28 and 29. Play
begins at 5 p.m. on Saturday
and 8 a.m. on Sunday. The
men’s club will be hosting
the event assisted by Ron
Bowman, Greg Grant and
Larry Runyon.
The next Chamber
lunch meeting will be held
Aug. 2 from noon to 1 p.m.
at the Heppner City Hall
conference room. Morrow
County Commissioners will
be the guest presenters.
Lunch will be provided
by Gateway Café and the
cost will be $10. Call the
Heppner Chamber at 541-
676-5536 or email heppner-
chamber@centurytel.net no
later than July 31 to reserve
a seat and lunch.
The InterMountain Ed-
ucation Service District
(IMESD) is offering a grant
writing workshop on Fri-
day, Aug. 3, from 8 a.m. to
4 p.m. at the main IMESD
building at 2001 SW Nye
Ave. in Pendleton. Grant
Writing Basics: Finding and
Writing Successful Grant
Applications for K-12 Ed-
ucation will be presented
by Jann Tresham, IMESD
grant writer, who will share
tips and techniques for find-
ing and evaluating funding
resources for educational
projects.
Topics will include:
-Funding sources: how
to find them and determine
if you are eligible to apply
for a grant.
-Collecting data to
demonstrate need.
-Writing goals, objec-
tives & measurable out-
comes.
-Budget tips: what you
can, cannot and must in-
clude in a grant budget.
-Writing an evaluation
plan.
-Forms: what info you
need to complete them.
-Securing local part-
ners and letters of support.
The workshop is free
to employees of IMESD’s
component school districts
and available to anyone
for a small fee. To register,
visit the IMESD website
under Professional Devel-
opment at this link: www.
imesd.k12.or.us/profdev.
For questions or more in-
formation, please call 541-
966-3115.
Next Chamber
meeting to be Aug. 2
IMESD offers grant
writing workshop
available.
Cynthia Wenberg hosts
this class once a month on
Morrow County Justice of the Peace, Ann Spicer, has
the last Tuesday of every
month. Everyone is wel- released the following Justice Court report:
-Andrew Joseph Bennett, 43, Holland, MI was con-
come to attend this free
victed of violation of basic rule, 80/55 mph, $265 fine.
event.
-Tyler Allen Christian, 21, Heppner was convicted of
Contact Cynthia at 541-
561-9132 for additional violation of basic rule, 90/55 mph, fine $440.
- Chase Tel Boman, 31, Spokane, WA was convicted
information or to RSVP.
of violation of basic rule, 75/55 mph, fine $165.
-Morris Sheldon Dirks, Portland, OR was convicted
of violation of basic rule, 79/55 mph, fine $265.
-Georgia Carllena Rathbun, 71, Heppner was con-
victed of violation of basic rule, 65/55 mph, fine $115.
-James Walter Healey Jr, 67, Heppner was convicted
of violation of basic rule, 80/55 mph, fine $265.
-Pearl Lee Trahan, 63, Lexington was convicted of
violation of basic rule, 75/55 mph, fine $165.
-Diane Patrice Smith, 65, Veradale, WA was con-
victed of violation of basic rule, 75/55 mph, fine $165.
-Katie Lauren Woods, 33, Portland, OR was convict-
ed of hunting outside a controlled area, fine $110.
-Brandon Clark Davis, 29, Heppner was convicted of
disorderly conduct second degree, fine $70.
2018 Fair
& Rodeo
news
The 2018 Special Fair Edition of
The Gazette-Times will be
published August 8th, 2018
Submit your Fair & Rodeo stories &
Events to megan@rapidserve.net
to have them included, the deadline
to be included is August 1st, 2018
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