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Valesco celebrates 10th

year at Main Street Shell

Riverside High School gradu-ate Dora Valesco will celebrate hertenth year of employment withHattenhauer Distributing Com-pany on March 11th.

“The Hattenhauers are a familyrun company; they’ve treated mereally good,” exclaimed Valesco ofher employers.

Dora started working part-timeat the Main Street Shell while alsoworking for Don Russell’s BP ser-vice station. When Russells soldtheir BP station, Dora went to fulltime at the Shell. She has beenthe Manager of the station for thepast eight years.

She moved from Mexico in1993, Dora attended Riverside andgraduated in 1997. She’s marriedto Juan Reyna, the mechanical su-pervisor at RDO Farms and to-gether they have two children, Jas-mine age 14 and Juanito age 6.

Dora is excited for everyone tostop by the Main Street Shell tosee their remodeling. Theypainted, reset all their shelves andspruced things up. The Shell of-fers full gasoline service, a deli andmini-mart.

Dora’s supervisor Don Ramsaytold Dora to plan an anniversarycelebration and customer apprecia-tion party, which she has done.

On March 11th from 11:00 am to3:00 pm, they will offer free ham-burgers, hot dogs, chips and soda.Gasoline will be discounted duringthose hours. Many prizes will begiven out, including gas cards and$1,000 worth of prizes. Radio Sta-tion La Vaquera 101.7 FM will bebroadcasting live at the station.The Pepsi Distributor will be thereand will be giving away a freescooter. Everyone is welcome, sostop by 100 Main Street, Boardman.

At the Boardman Chamber of Commerce annual banquet February 5th, the above volunteers werehonored: (L-R) Pioneers of the Year Barbara & Stan Henkle; Citizens of the Year Sam & JaneEsterbloom; Educator of the Year Dirk Dirksen; Business Person of the Year Kate Close. Seestory and additional photographs on pages 8 and 9 of this newspaper. Photo Contributed

At the monthly Chamber mem-bership lunch Judge Terry Tallmanwill discuss the Wind Farms beingbuilt in Morrow County. What ishere? What is proposed? What isthe economic benefit for Boardmanand Morrow County?

Carla McLane, County Planner

will discuss the status of the trans-mission and power lines being pro-posed for Morrow County. Arethey coming? If so, when andwhere will they be located? Whatwill they do for the economy ofBoardman?

Come to the chamber lunch and

find out the answers to these ques-tions on Wednesday, March 17,2010 at the Port of Morrow. Thelunch will be catered by BoardmanSelect Market and the cost is $10.00per person, RSVP is required byMonday, March 15. Call the cham-ber at 541-481-3014.

Chamber to hold membership lunch

As reported byThe East OregonianBOARDMAN - The Oregon De-partment of Transportation is gear-ing up to close the Interstate 84/Main Street bridge in Boardmanthis summer for repairs.

The project will result in a four-week closure during June, July orAugust. ODOT hasn't settled onspecific closure dates, but said thebridge will be open during the July4 holiday. Pedestrians will haveaccess over the structure and thefreeway ramps will remain open.

"The work is needed to repaircracks and other damage to thebridge deck before it gets to thepoint where more extensive repairsare needed," said project leaderTim Rynearson. "If we wait toolong, it could lead to more exten-sive impacts and longer, morecostly delays."

The project includes grindingout damaged sections of thebridge deck and resurfacing theentire deck with new microsilicaconcrete. The bridge closure is

needed to ensure proper prepara-tion and curing of the concretesurface and to expedite the comple-tion of the repair work.

Boardman City Clerk LilaKillingbeck said the nearest detourwill be the Port of Morrow freewayexit, about one and a half miles east.

"We will be working closelywith (ODOT) in the next couple ofweeks to get everyone informedthat needs to be," she said.

For more information, callRynearson at 541-963-1364.

ODOT to close Boardman I-84 bridge

Dora Valesco is celebrating her 10th year of employment.

5 Storyhour (most Fridays) Oregon Trail Library Boardman @10:45 8 Morrow County Veterans Service Officer (each Monday & Thurs-

day) 8:00 am to Noon & 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm, 290 NE Main, Irrigon,Public Health Clinic (each Monday &Tuesday ) 8:30 - 4:30 pm closed 12:30 - 1:00 pm Boardman - County BuildingIrrigon Senior Meal (each Monday) Stokes Landing in Irrigon - NoonBoardman Fire Corps monthly meeting at the fire station, 300 SW Wilson Lane, Boardman at 6:00 pm.Community Womens Club (2nd Monday) 7:00 pmGardening Friends meets (2nd Monday each month) 2 pm at Margie Parks home, call 481-9457 for directionsGreenfield Grange Meeting (2nd Monday) 6:30 pm, Boardman Grange

9 Boardman Senior Meal (each Tuesday & Thursday) Noon, Senior Center Boardman, located by the City HallGreenfield Grange Pinochle (each Tuesday) - 10:00 am - 2:00 pmGrange Women meeting 2:00 pm, in the home of Hazel Miller, 111 NW Boardman Ave.Morrow County Fair Board meeting at 6:00 p.m. Heppner Fairgrounds Office.

10 Domestic Violence/Womens Support Group (each Thursday) 4:00-6:30 pm at SCF Office in BoardmanBoardman Rural Fire Protection District Meeting, (2nd Thursday of

each month) Fire Hall 300 SW Wilson Lane. @1:00 pmColumbia River Harvesters meeting (2nd Thursday each month) at The Greenfield Grange, Boardman, 7 pm

14 Valentine’s Day15 President’s Day16 Boardman City Council - (1st & 3rd Tuesday each month)27 County Court - Boardman - River Front Center - 9:00 am

Boardman City Planning Commission - City Hall - 7:00 pmBoardman Chamber of Commerce Luncheon Noon, Port of Morrow

18 Boardman Kiwanis Meeting (1st & 3rd Thursday of each month) River Lodge & Grill @ 6:30

23 Boardman Park & Rec District Board Meeting Park Office #1 West Marine Drive @ 7:30 pm

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On Sunday March 14th, 2010the Oregon East Symphony (OES)will present its third Symphonicconcert of the season with “Timefor a Trio”. The afternoon concertwill be at 3:15 pm in the Vert Audi-torium, on SW 4th and DorianStreets in Pendleton and will featurethe Columbia Trio and Beethoven’sTriple Concerto for Piano, Celloand Violin. Music Director Candi-date, Dr. Suzanne Gindin of LosAngeles, will conduct the orches-tra as it also performs the melan-choly Letter from Home by AaronCopland and Anton Dvorak’s livelyCzech Suite.

The OES is eagerly anticipatingthe second of six audition concertsto be held over 2009-2011 in thesearch for a new Music Directorand Conductor. Maestro SuzanneGindin most recently served forfour years as Music Director of theManchester Symphony Orchestra(North Manchester, IN), from its65th to 69thseasons. She has ledconcert performances with theNorthshore Chamber Orchestra(Evanston, IL), the MetropolisYouth Symphony (ArlingtonHeights, IL) and the Oregon BachFestival Orchestra and Chorus. Dr.Gindin was twice accepted into theconducting class of the OregonBach Festival working withHelmuth Rilling. She participatedin the American Symphony Orches-

OES presents Time for a Triotra League workshop in Los Ange-les with Daniel Lewis, MichaelMorgan, and Elizabeth Schulze,and served two seasons with theFort Wayne Philharmonic as acover conductor for EdvardTchivzhel.

Dedicated to music education,Dr. Gindin currently teaches band,orchestra, and piano at RooseveltHigh School in the Los AngelesUnified School District. She is alsoworking directly with the Los An-geles Philharmonic education staff,under the direction of GustavoDudamel, to build youth orches-tras in under-privileged areasthroughout the city in the spirit ofEl Sisteme of Venezuela.

The Oregon East Symphony in-vites all our patrons to participatein the Music Director’s selectionprocess by attending the concertand completing a survey abouttheir experience.

The Columbia Trio was founded 1998. Dr. Mathew Coo-per (piano) is an Associate Pro-fessor of Music and Director of theJazz Ensemble at Eastern OregonUniversity. Dr. Lisa Robertson (vio-lin), is Artist-in-Residence at EOUwho teaches violin, viola, andcoaches chamber music. She isalso the Interim Music Director andConcertmaster for the Oregon EastSymphony. Dr. Edward Dixon (con-ductor/cellist) is a Professor at

Whitman College in Walla Wallaand the Conductor of the WhitmanCollege Symphony.

The Trio members, residentsof LaGrande, Walla Walla and Fos-

sil, are united not only by their loveof chamber music, but also by therivers, all flowing into the Colum-bia River, near which they live. TheColumbia Trio has performed inchamber music series around theNorthwest in addition to regularperformances at their respectiveschools.

Tickets for this performance are$16/$20 for adults, $13/$17 for se-niors and $3/$8 for students. Chil-dren under 12 are free. Tickets canbe purchased at the OES Office, bycalling 541-276-0320 or via email atwww.oregoneastsymphony.org, orat the door.

“No shirt, no shoes, No ball-room blues. Put on a grin, Stayhome and Win!” Non-dancers ofall ages - Impress your sweetie bypurchasing tickets to the 6th An-nual Jokers Ball. A wonderful time(in spirit only) will be had by all.Purchase tickets by March 31. Tick-ets are $10.00 each. The Jokers Ballis a fundraiser organized by theNorth Morrow Community Foun-dation to benefit “Arts ImpactYouth” programs in Boardman andIrrigon Schools. It is a great eventand no one needs to be there.

For each $10.00 ticket you pur-chase, your name will be placed ina prize drawing. There are prizesgalore! Drawing to be held at 4 pmApril 1st; winners need not bepresent to win. A large variety of

prizes for all ages will be distrib-uted at the 2010 Ball. 2010 Prizes(So Far): Visa Gift Cards;Wal Mart Gift CertificateWine Collection- Daltoso Family;Pizza for a Year-Papa Murphy’s;Thermal Beverage Set-BannerBank; Haircut-Mouse Factory;Nookies Gift Certificate; Tri-CityAmericans Hockey Tickets; Ster-ling Silver jewelry-Boardman Phar-macy; Family membership-Colum-bia Court Club; Banana Split Party- Boardman Select Market; PrivateRiding Lesson- CottonwoodFarms; Dog or Cat Boarding-Em-ber Ridge Kennels; Jiffy Lube GiftCertificates; Two night stay inBoardman Marina Campground;And Much More!

Jokers Ball proceeds have en-

riched arts programs in Boardmanand Irrigon Schools for since 2002.Jokers Ball tickets are available atBoardman Branches of: BannerBank; Bank of Eastern Oregon; &

Oregon FirstCredit Union.Mail a $10.00check payableto NMCF to:PO Box 3,Boardman, OR97818. Includeyour tele-

phone number, and a drawing ticketwill be filled out for you.

North Morrow CommunityFoundation is an IRS 501(3) tax ex-empt organization for the publicbenefit. NMCF Tax ID number is:93-1317109.

7th Annual Jokers Ball to be April 1st

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An audition will be held for theMissoula Children’s Theatre(MCT) original adaptation of“KING ARTHUR’S QUEST,” at12:30 pm Monday, March 22, at SamBoardman ElementarySchool. Sam BoardmanElementary School is lo-cated at 301 W. WilsonLane, Boardman, OR.Those auditioningshould arrive at 12:30pm and plan to stay fora full two hours. Someof the cast members willbe asked to stay for arehearsal immediatelyfollowing the audition.

King Arthur, of leg-end and song, strodeacross Medieval En-gland with courage andconfidence…or did he? Among the roles to becast are: Damsels inDistress, the Lady ofthe Lake, Camelotians,Ghost of Arthur’s Fa-ther, the Giant, KingArthur, the Dragon. Morgan le Fey,Mordred, Knights, Squires,Guinevere, Merlin, Taleisin, theRaven and Lancelot. All students,grades Kindergarten through 12th

grade), are encouraged to audition.No advance preparation is neces-sary. Assistant Directors will alsobe cast to assist with the technical

Missoula Children’s Theatre auditions

set March 22 for King Arthur’s Quest

aspects of the production.The Missoula Theatre touring

productions are complete with cos-tumes, scenery, props and makeup.The Tour Actor/Directors will con-

duct rehearsals throughout theweek, starting time to be an-nounced at auditions. Participa-tion in the weeklong workshop isFREE to Irrigon and Boardmanyouth.

“KING ARTHUR’S QUEST,”will be presented on Saturday,March 27 at Sam Boardman Elemen-

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Boardman, OR 97818

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The Pharmacy for all your health care needsHours: Mon. - Sat. 9 am - 6 PM Closed Sundays

We Have Irish Liquors,

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Shop here for March 17

Vegetable and Flower Seeds Are Here

We have Seed Starting Supplies:

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Russell Stover & Whitman’s Fine Easter Chocolates

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Easter Basket Supplies -

Marshmallow Eggs; “Ty” Baby

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tary School. The Missoula Theatreresidency in Boardman is broughtto you by North Morrow Commu-nity Foundation with funding sup-port from: Community Women’s

Club, Pastor PaulBerthelot, Barb & WayneHuwe, Susan Russell,Boardman Foods, Ameri-can West Properties,Kathy & Gary Neal, Port-land General Electric Co,Taylor Transfer, Inc.Wheatland InsuranceCenter, Inc, A+ Storage,Eric Miller, ColumbiaRiver Community HealthServices, BoardmanHealth Mart Pharmacy &Hardware, GreenfieldGrange #579, ColumbiaRiver Processing, Inc,Anna & KennethBrowne, Irrigon MooseLodge #2486, Mary Lou& Dan Daltoso, LynnPrag, Carol Michael,Wilcox/Daltoso Family,Doug & Jane Pope,

Boardman Main St. Shell, UmatillaElectric Cooperative, Banner Bank,Irrigon Chamber of Commerce, Morrow County Unified Recre-ation District, and Morrow Co.Cultural Coalition.

For more information, callBoardman Community Coordina-tor Kim Finley, 541 481-2852.

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In 2009 the Boardman KiwanisClub put together a team, K-Walk-ers, and joined close to 110 walk-ers in Heppner to raise funds forresearch and help for those withMS. This year they are challeng-ing other Boardman clubs & busi-nesses to join them in Heppner onSaturday, April 17th by forming ateam and walking for a cure.

“It was an awesome experienceto join other walkers with one com-mon goal to end the devastatingeffects of this disease”, saidMichelle Erickson. “We want tostep up, make a difference and bringmore awareness to our communityof the help that is out there.” If youcannot form your own team, jointhe K-Walkers! We just want asmany people from Boardman aspossible. The K-Walkers are alsolooking for sponsors, if you can’tmake the walk on April 17th butwould like to support the cause bea K-Walkers sponsor. ContactMichelle Erickson (541-314-2127) ifyou’d like to be a part of the K-Walkers team, need sponsor infor-mation or would like more informa-tion on forming your own team.

On-site registration begins at 8a.m. in Heppner at All Saints Epis-copal Church on 140 NW ChurchSt. The walk begins at 9 a.m. at thecity park. After the walk, people can

K-Walkers meet the challenge

return to the church for a free pan-cake meal.

Multiple Sclerosis is an unpre-dictable, often disabling disease ofthe central nervous system. ThePacific Northwest has one of thehighest incidence rates of MS inthe country. The Oregon Chapterof the National MS Society holdsan MS walk in various citiesthroughout the state to raise fundsfor research and to support pro-grams & services for people withMS.

Join the walk and sign up to-day! Pre-register online atwww.walkMSoregon.com, or byphone at 1.800.344.4867. Walkersmay register at any time, includingthe day of the event.

MS Walk brochures with regis-tration information will be locatedin local businesses. If you haveany questions you can also con-tact Co-Chair Merilee McDowell at541-676-5238 or Joan Basile at 541-676-5832.

Boardman Kiwanis members formed a team of K-Walkers in2009 helping to raise funds for MS pictured L-R are Ernie andMichelle Erickson, Pam Docken and Joe Taylor. Photo contributed:

King Arthur’s Quest

Audition: 12:30 pm Monday, March 22,

Performances: 3 pm & 7 pm - Saturday, March 27

Sam Boardman Elementary School

301 W. Wilson Ln, Boardman Oregon

Adults $2.00 Children $1.00 General Seating,

Doors Close 5 minutes before show time

RE-ELECT

Terry TallmanMorrow County

JUDGE

A VOTE for Terry is a vote to

continue County Government

we can all affordPaid for by committee to elect Terry Tallman Judge

Kristofer McAllister, PA-C

Dr. Arian Kargar, DO, FACP

Dr. Robert J. Boss, MD

Columbia River Community Health Services

Matthew Radel, PA-C

We accept most major insurance plans including Medicare, OregonMedicaid, and Oregon Health Plans

Call: 541/481-7212 for your appointment201 SW Kinkade Avenue * Boardman * Open Monday - Friday 8 am - 5 pm

Some of our services include:* Well Baby/Child Exams* Childhood Immunizations* Sport Physicals* Men’s and Women’s Health Exams* CDL Physicals* Pre-employment Drug Screening* Chronic Disease Management* Diabetes Management* Adult Immunizations* Flu Shots* Access to dental care* Sliding Scale Fee Arrangements

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US Senator Ron Wyden was in Boardman on Sunday, February21 for a town hall meeting at the Port of Morrow Riverfront Room.About 50 residents attended the meeting at the Port of MorrowRiverfront Center. Mayor Chet Phillips welcomed SenatorWyden and orchestrated the questions from the audience.

US Sen. Wyden holds

Town Hall meeting

Photo contributed:

Boardman reappoints

Ganvoa to Budget

Committee

At the February 2nd meeting ofthe Boardman City Council, BlaineGanvoa was appointed to serve asecond term on the Boardman Bud-get Committee. The Budget Com-mittee is comprised of seven resi-dents at large, the Mayor, and CityCouncilors. They meet annuallyin May to prepare the budget forthe City and the Urban RenewalDistrict for recommendation to theCity Council.

Mr. Ganvoa served on the Bud-get Committee for three years priorto his term ending in December; hisnew term will expire in Decemberof 2012. Ganvoa is a long timeBoardman resident and a RiversideHigh School graduate. He lives inBoardman with his wife and chil-dren.

The Budget Committee is oneof two committees the Council ap-points volunteers to; the other isthe Boardman Planning Commis-sion. Currently the Budget Com-mittee has one vacancy and thePlanning Commission has two va-cancies. Interested parties wish-ing to serve on either of these com-mittees should send a letter of in-terest to City Manager KarenPettigrew at City Hall.

In other City news, the Councilappointed the City’s Finance Of-ficer, Thomas Kligel to serve as the2010 City Budget Officer. Council-ors approved a letter of support forthe Port of Morrow to obtain fund-ing for a steam distribution line ex-tension.

Blain Ganvoa Photo contributed:

The Boardman Tillicum Club isalready planning the annual Eas-ter Egg Hunt. The event will takeplace at the Boardman Marina Park(as it did last year), on Saturday,April 3rd. The hunt starts at 10:00a.m. and we will be prompt withthe deadline, so plan to arrive ontime! Kids from babies through4th grade are welcome so comeearly and clown around with theclowns, and have your picture

Tillicum Club planning 2010 Easter Egg hunttaken with the Easter Bunny! There will be lots of goodies, andwe will have special prizes for find-ing the “golden eggs”!

Tillicum always welcomes thehelp from the community to put onthis fun event. Any donations ofmoney or plastic eggs would begreatly appreciated! Please contactPhyllis Gilbertson, 481-4632 or 571-0670 if you have any questions.

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Boardman Buzzzzzzzz

Diane Wolfe, CEO

Hello Boardman Community!Spring is in the air, the flow-

ers are blooming and the grass is

Prizes:

Visa Gift Cards

Wal Mart Gift Certificate

Wine Collection- Daltoso Family

Pizza for a Year-Papa Murphy’s

Thermal Beverage Set-Banner Bank

Haircut-Mouse Factory

Nookies Gift Certificate

Tri-City Americans Hockey Tickets

Sterling Silver jewelry-Boardman Pharmacy

Family membership-Columbia Court Club

Banana Split Party - Boardman Select Market

Private Riding Lesson- Cottonwood Farms

Dog or Cat Boarding-Ember Ridge Kennels

Jiffy Lube Gift Certificates

Two night stay in Boardman Marina Campground

And Much More!

NEED NOT BE PRESENT TO WIN!

Tickets available at the door

Tickets only $10.00

North Morrow Community Foundation

Is a 501©3) tax exempt organization.

EIN #93-1317109

If you would like a receipt please check ___

Name____________________________________

Address__________________________________

Phone____________________________________

Tickets are available at Boardman Branches of: Banner Bank;

Bank of Eastern Oregon; & Oregon First Credit Union, OR Checks

payable to NMCF can be mailed to: PO Box 3, Boardman, OR

97818. A drawing ticket will be filled out for you.

North Morrow Community FoundationCordially Invites You to Attend

April 1, 2010In Spirit Only 7th Annual Jokers Ball

turning green! We certainly can’tcomplain about our winter thisyear!

February turned out to be abusy month! It started out with abang at the Annual Awards Ban-quet. It certainly looked to me likeeveryone was having a great time.The award winners were onceagain outstanding, and I think ev-eryone had fun at the gamingtables. One lucky winner wenthome with a 50" TV!

In the middle of February the

Chamber Board of Directors heldtheir annual planning session.Susan Huntington, formally thechamber director at The Dalles,was our facilitator for the day. Wehad a discussion on what eachboard member thought our cham-ber represented; we will then takethat perception and make sure it iswhat we want our chamber to bedoing for the businesses and thecommunity. We should have somelively board meetings in the nextfew months!

March is gearing up to be an-other really busy month. We willbegin our hospitality trainingcourses with the first one being atthe Main Street Shell Station. Wewant to encourage all the busi-nesses in Boardman to participatewith this hospitality training (cus-tomer service). We will be glad tocome to your business and workwith your employees. Just let usknow you are interested so we canget a date set.

We will host our annual Frost-

bite Golf Tournament and thenew social night featuring aCalcutta. S u z iFrederickson, Kathy Neal and Iwill be attending the NorthwestChamber Leaders Conference inCoeur d’Alene. It is alwaysgreat to have the opportunity tovisit with other chambers andget ideas that we can use herein our community.Till next month, Diane

Chamber Annual BanquetThe Boardman Chamber of

Commerce hosted the 20th AnnualCitizen Awards Banquet and WildBill’s Casino Night. The eveningstarted with a delicious Hawaiianbuffet sponsored by River Lodge& Grill. After dinner KathieMcGowan, 2009 Chamber Presi-dent welcomed everyone and in-troduced Kellye Finch as she in-troduced the Business Person ofthe Year: Kate Close, Branch Man-ager of Banner Bank. Debbie Radieintroduced the Citizens of the Year,Sam and Jane Esterbloom; Ray andCarol Michael introduced the Pio-neer Award Winners, Stan and Bar-bara Henkle and Anna Browne in-troduced the Educator of the YearDirk Dirksen, Principal of RiversideHigh School.

After the awards, the gamingbegan! The seats were full and thegaming was lively! We had somegreat prizes for the casino winners,including: a Laptop Computer;Mariner’s Tickets donated fromMcKinstrey Reklaim; Two roundtrip airline tickets to Las Vegas do-nated from Allegiant Air; GooseHunt donated by Threemile Can-yon; Electric Scooter donated fromRiver Lodge & Grill; and a 50" TVdonated by the Wal Mart Distribu-

tion Center. Congratulation to theaward winners, the Casino winnersand a GREAT BIG THANK YOUto all the sponsors!

Frostbite Golf TournamentSaturday, March 27 is the date

for the annual Frostbite Golf Tour-nament. I have once again put inmy order for good weather (Ihaven’t been very successful withmy requests, but I’ll keep trying)but I will guarantee the weather willnot be wetter than last year! It maynot be dryer, but won’t be any wet-ter!!! Golfers, you need to be or-ganizing your teams and gettingyour registration forms into thechamber office. We have space fora maximum of 20 - 4 person teams.The cost is $200 per team or $50 foreach player. If you did not receivea registration just call the chamber481-3014 and we’ll get a form outto you. Lunch is included with yourregistration, as well as tickets forthe raffle drawings and tickets tothe Calcutta/social.

We are currently soliciting do-nations for the raffle drawings, soif your business would like to do-nate something, please let us know.Hole sponsorships are just $50,send your sponsorship money tothe chamber and help us promotethis worthwhile event. All pro-

ceeds go to the Riverside HighSchool Scholarship fund, so sup-port this event and help us to giveas many Seniors as possible themuch needed tuition money forcontinuing education!

This year we are adding a newevent with the Frostbite Golf Tour-nament. Saturday is always sobusy getting everyone registered,and starting the tournament thatwe don’t have any time for theteams to get to visit with each other– so – on Friday, March 26 we willhave a Calcutta/social at the Portof Morrow beginning at 7:00 pm.We will have snacks for you tomunch on, beverages includingbeer, wine and soft drinks thenabout 8:00 we will start the Calcuttagiving you the opportunity to buyyour favorite teams.

Sponsors and golfers your tick-ets to the social are included withyour fees, if you want to bring aguest, or anyone else wanting toattend the cost is just $10 for theevening. The more people biddingon teams the more opportunitiesfor scholarship funds and theteams making a bit extra. Call thechamber if you have any questionson the Frostbite Golf Tournament,to sponsor a team, register a team,or donate a raffle item: 481-3014.

Frostbite Open Golf TournamentSaturday, March 27

Calcutta/Social Friday, March 26

To enter: $200/4 person team

Call 481-3014 for more information

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Boardman Chamber awards volunteers. . . .Page 8 North Morrow Times March 5, 2010

Sam and Jane Esterbloom were awarded Citizens of the Year.

The Boardman Chamber ofCommerce annual awards banquetwas held at the Port of Morrow’sRiverfront Center on February 5ththis year. Along with the awardsrecognizing volunteers from thearea, a casino night of fun was alsoheld. Those recognized were:

Sam & Jane Esterbloom,Citizens of the Year

The Esterblooms foundBoardman while they still lived inthe Willamette Valley, vacationingin the Boardman area over and overagain, until they bit the bullet andmoved to Boardman in 1992. Theirdaughter Debbie Radie, who madethe presentation to her parents,spoke of their quick involvementin the Boardman community aftermoving here, and the urge to pitchin and help whenever need arise.Jane is a regular volunteer for theKiwanis Halloween party, FunshineExpress and the Chamber’s 4th ofJuly Horseshoe Tournament.

“Sam’s passion is his gardenand supplying the flowers, fruitand vegetables to the citizens ofBoardman. That has given him anopportunity to share his faith andlove for life with so many,” saysdaughter Debbie. She added thather parents have passed on totheir children the responsibility to

be good citizens and to be of ser-vice to the community.

Kate Close, Business Personof the Year

Kate Close is a long term em-

ployee of Banner Bank (formerlyInland Empire Bank in Boardman),serving the firm for over 20 years.As the manager of the Boardmanbranch, Kate not only is the con-summate professional banker, butshe also believes in being of ser-vice in the community. When thebanks put up the Giving Trees atChristmas time, Kate is the hands-on volunteer encouraging her cus-tomers to support the donationsto children in need. She is an am-bassador for the Boardman Cham-ber, and always does her best tomake sure that Banner Bank andits employees are well representedin everything the Chamber does.She’s an active member of KiwanisClub, and has served as co-chairof the Halloween party more thanonce. Kate is on the board of di-rectors for Boardman Head Start.She’s a strong supporter of herhusband, Greg who is a member ofOregon DMAT, a team which re-sponds to national and interna-tional crisis. The mother of twoyoung ladies, Kate has show themby example how to be strong andthe value of giving of one’s self.

Stan & Barbara Henkle,Pioneer Award

Stan’s family deserves the “pio-neer” recognition because hisgrandparents emigrated from Ohioto Oregon Territory in 1853 andsettled in Moro, Oregon. Alongwith his three brothers and threesisters, Stan was born at the fam-ily farm east of The Dalles. Hewent on to earn a degree in Agri-cultural Production at OSU andserved in the Army during the Ko-rean Conflict. His family says hedoes not talk much about Korea,but it is known that he met theoriginal “Hot Lips Hoolihan” at aMASH facility in the course of hisduties. This versatile Pioneerraised registered polled Herefordsin Gilliam County, then moved to aranching operation on Kunze Roadin Boardman. Later he built thefamily home on Wilson Road andworked at Dewey’s Chevron Sta-tion. He and his wife saw the needfor a Boardman based contractingservice, and Henkle Homes wasborn. He built homes in Hermistonand Boardman but focused on re-modeling, building decks and farmbuildings. It is said that Boardmanladies with remodeling plans wept

Kate Close was selectedBusiness Person of the Year.

when he retired from constructionto focus on his other life: huntingand fishing. The couple squaredanced competitively and traveled

annually to the National Rodeocompetitions in Las Vegas.

Barbara Henkle grew up in TheDalles. She attended OSU, major-ing in Home Economics. Hermother and Stan’s mother werefriends, and engineered a blinddate with the youngman whom she latermarried. Barbaraworked at the C & DDrive Inn until sheand her husbandstarted the construc-tion business. Latershe worked at theBoardman Pharmacyuntil her retirement.An OSU Master Gar-dener, she generouslyshares her expertiseand tomato startswith others.

Dirk Dirksen,Educator

of the YearWith over 29 years serving in

the Boardman community withMorrow County School District,Dirk Dirksen has been involved inmany capacities. He has been amath teacher, football coach, girls’

Barbara and Stan Henkle received Pioneer Award of the Year.

basketball coach, and most recentlyprincipal at Riverside Junior/SeniorHigh School. This past year, Riv-erside was awarded a national rec-

ognition for “improvement and ex-cellence in education”. Accordingto the teachers at Riverside, this isdue to the environment of collegi-ality where everyone wants towork together. Other commentsinclude “He asks what I need to

better make learning happen;” “Heis hands down the best ‘think-out-side-the-box’ person I have everworked with;” and “I know I havemy back covered and am free to dothe work of teaching.”

Chamber President Kathie McGowan (left)and Anna Browne (right) 5th grade teacherat WRE presented Dirk Dirksen withEducator of the Year.

Page 9 North Morrow Times March 5, 2010

And enjoys a Casino night of fun!

All Chamber photoscontributed -- Thank You!

Page 10 North Morrow Times March 5, 2010

March, 2010

Riverside Sports Calendar

15 Home Boys Baseball -V- Stanfield - 4:30 pm16 Away Coed Varsity Tennis@ Sherman Co.- 4:00 pm

Away Girls Softball@Mac-Hi- 3:00 pm18 Away Girls Softball@Pendleton - 4:00 pm

Away Coed Varsity Track@Pendleton - TBA19 Away Boys Baseball@Irrigon - Noon

Away Girls Softball@Pendleton - 4:00 pm22-23 Home Boys Baseball - Riverside Tournament -TBA

Home Girls Softball -Riverside Invites - TBA29 Away Girls JV Softball@Heppner - 3:00 pm

Away Boys JV Baseball@MacHi- 4:00 pm30 AwayGirls V Softball@Pilot Rock- 4:30 pm

Away Boys Baseball@McLoughlin Union- 4:00 pmAway Coed V Tennis@Weston McEwen - 4:00 pm

April

2 Home Boys Baseball -V- Condon/Wheeler - 1:00 pmHome Girls JV Softball -V- Pendleton - 4:00 pmAway Coed V Track@ MF-Tournament - 11:00 amAway Coed V Tennis@Griswold - 3:30 pm

This year was the first year forthe Lil’ Hoops developmental bas-ketball program for boys and girlsin second and third grades.

Lil’ Hoops is a non-competitive,basketball skill development pro-gram that focuses on fun and fun-damentals. We had a great turn-out this year and the kids all had agreat time every Saturday morningat Windy River Elementary.

Lil’ Hoops would like to say‘THANK YOU” to this year’ssponsors, both Devin Oil,Martinez Photography, and Con-Agra. In addition, we would liketo thank our many volunteers forwithout them we would not havebeen able to of had such an out-standing first year. Lastly, wewould like to thank both WindyRiver Elementary and SamBoardman Elementary for the useof the gyms.

CYB 2010 will be looking to hostsign-ups for Boys grades 4-6 inOctober and we always are look-ing for additional volunteers forboth CYB and Lil’ Hoops.

Thanks for another great bas-ketball season,Sarah Ganvoa & Cheryl TaylorCYB Co-Directors

Third grade Lil’ Hoops was coached by Dan Daltoso. Photos contributed:

Second grade Lil’ Hoops was coached by Rick Gilbert, AngieDavis and Tim Wilkins. The program was started to developbasketball skills for youngsters.

Lil’ Hoops completes first year of

2nd & 3rd grade basketball

FEBRUARY Academics Academics Theme - Honesty/ IntegrityBeagle Dipshika Pradhan Eloy Hernandez Cari BartonBoor Brianne Bishop Giovanni Hernandez Ruben VillaBrowne Bianca Gutierrez Minerva Pena Jose AvilaFoster Karina Llamas Jose Perez Sonia MedinaWainwright Natividad Garcia Aileen Velasco America AyusoDames Ana Barajas Zachary Ferguson Manuel HerreraKeefer Jessica Calvillo Jassiel Carmona Noe MadrigalPrindle Skylar Wightman Felix Aparicio Maydi BarreraStrebin Luis Hernandez Carmen Puerta Kristen Frederickson

Windy River Elementary Students of the Month - February

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A Salute to our Honor Students

Riverside 4.0 students: (L-R Front Row) Amanda McKnight, Kayla Nelson, AvikaSharma, Aleksandra Smigelska-Richardson, Marieke Van Son, and Leticia Alvarez.(L-R Back Row) Ethan Aldrich, Atrayu Corpus, Cody Frederickson, Brigham Hansen,Briton Hansen, Jason Hendricks, Matthew Hyder and Cain Murillo.

Windy River 4.0 students: (L-R Front Row) Ruby Barrera, Larry Lopez, KevinMadrigal, Misael Madrigaland Cody McCullough. (L-R Middle Row) FabianMeza, Ivonne Navarro, Daniel Rodriguez-Pena, Taylor Hamby, and LaceyMashos. (L-R Back Row) Jennifer Rodriguez-Pena, Kristen Frederickson,Juana Martinez, and Jordan Mashos.

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Riverside Jr./Sr. HighQuarter 2 Honor RollGRADE 7: 3.5-3.9Barrera, Yvette MGanvoa, GabrielleKeefer, M Jlyn RPacheco, Diego APonce, LauraPratt, Marissa NRodriguez, MariaGRADE 7: 3.0-3.49Aldrich, Bethany AAscencio Ramirez, MiguelCardenas, Joan PConlon, Elijah MHasbell, Adara RHearn, Megan LKoehler, SierraMelendez, BrianaMendoza, BrianMiller, Clay DMuniz, AntonioObrist, Sara JPena, Paulina NPeralta, RobertoRockwell, Hans IRodelo, AbelSnyder, BriannaTaylor, MirandaGRADE 8 : 4.0Sharma, AvikaGRADE 8: 3.5-3.9Corpus, Arik VGuerra, CristinaHernandez, SamanthaPacheco, Jesus

Taylor, Katelyn GGRADE 8: 3.0-3.49Bose, Sarah PCalvillo, EvetteGonzalez, Brian AJimenez, Karla GLezama, JaquelineMedrano, Rosa AMendoza, ClarissaRegalado, JoseTinoco, FranciscoFRESHMEN: 4.0Alvarez, LeticiaFRESHMEN: 3.5-3.9Cornelius, Emily SLeon, StephanieMorales, CinthiaMurillo, OmarNelson, Shelby LOrozco, Michael EFRESHMEN: 3.0-3.49Cuevas, PaolaFregoso, MayraGarcia, Jorge Jr.Hearn, Caitlin MMadrigal, GustavoMashos, Alissa FMcLaughlin, TessaNavarro, EdgarRea, Taylor MResendiz, OmarRios, Georgina ARodriguez, DeirdreStrong, Joshua WTorres, StephanieSOPHOMORE: 4.0Hansen, Briton J

SOPHOMORE: 3.50-3.9Martinez, Cristina MWightman, Taylor JSOPHOMORE: 3.0-3.49Barrera, Sonia ABose, Lance RGraff, Trevor RKeefer, Mykel ENavarro, NereidaPradhan, DeepeshPrado, MayraRamirez, AlondraRea, Devon HRodriguez, ErickSanchez, AraceliJUNIOR: 4.0Frederickson, Cody JHansen, Brigham WMcKee, KaLynn MSepulveda, StephanieVan Son, MariekeVesteng, Inger MarieJUNIOR: 3.5-3.9Connell, Jordan NDoherty, Emily AFuentes, StephanieGaytan, JuanaGutierrez, BriandaKummer, Michael JMcLaughlin, CindyMejia, MelanieMurillo, CainRamirez-Romero, NuviaReece, Whitley ASubba, SaritaJUNIOR: 3.0-3.49Cardenas, Michelle

Chapagai, HemantaCorrea, JackelyneFernandez, Jose JGameros, GuadalupeLomas, Joanna MMadrigal, OscarMendoza, AlejandraOrcutt, John HParker, Cody LRodriguez, Ezio SVillegas, NoelSENIOR: 4.0Corpus, AtrayuHendricks, JasonMcKnight, AmandaSmigelska-Richardson,AleksandraSENIOR: 3.5-3.9Aldrich, EthanCox, Gabriel SHyder, MatthewNelson, Kayla LWightman, MichaelSENIOR: 3.0-3.49Anderson, AshleyBarrera, Iovani EBenson, ChristopherCallow, Shannon RCastaneda, FernandoChapagai, PamphaDrago, Shelby LGarcia, EvelynLomas, JanivaNavarro, GladysSimpson, Chase HVilla, Victor Jaime

5th Grade 4.0Hamby, TaylorMashos, Lacey RRodriguez-Pena, Jennifer5th Grade 3.5-3.9Hasbell, Sadie FMcCullough, Kassidy KThomas, Caleb CWeatherford, Sadie MDaltoso, Mirna LTaylor, Kirsten MRockwell, Aristotle JCastillo, Eon RPena, MarinoLomas, BelindaMiller, Gabrielle ERodriguez, Veronica SCalvillo, Marvin GEscobedo, Ivan MWinchester, Morgan A5th Grade 3.0-3.49Madrigal, NoeGilbert, Katie MGarcia, Jorge ARodriguez, David EGarcia, YanivaVelasco, Xenia YHernandez, Abram MSepulveda, EmilyBedolla Jr, AdolfoFarias, Sergio MGhising, AnishaGhising, DixitkaLopez, Ruben CMendoza, TaniaRosales, Ricardo RSifford, Vizta STorres, Edward

6th Grade 4.0Frederickson, Kristen AMartinez, Juana LMashos, Jordan T6th Grade 3.5-3.9Puerta, CarmenVelasco, Edith ECorpus, Ariana LKillion, Wayne BMadrigal, Stephanie MMendoza, JenyBarton, Cari LFernandez, SaulJuarez, GemaMadrigal, AndreaMelendez, Natalie LNavarro, Briselda SIbarra, RyanMcLaughlin, Kelly L6th Grade 3.0-3.49Alba, GabrielaCalvillo, VanessaUlloa, JoelGonzalez, Dixie LLopez, MaribelStrickland, Brandon DAyuso, America SHernandez, Luis ARea Camacho, MarceloSanchez, Elizet PBingaman, Derek JGarza, NicolasGuzman, JulianaLopez, Yolanda PPradhan, DipshikaRodriguez, Edgar

4th Grade 4.0Barrera, Ruby NLopez, LarryMadrigal, KevinMadrigal, MisaelMcCullough, Cody MMeza, Fabian ENavarro, Ivonne CRodriguez-Pena, Daniel4th Grade 3.5-3.9Kirby, Emily DCalvillo, Alicia KHernandez, AbigailMedina, Sonia ICastillo, Quincy MLlamas, Karina LOlvera, Luis FFinley, Lisa ACalvillo, JessicaCorpus, Aramis MFlores, Yonatan UMelendez, Andy MSmith, Malyssa NAmaya, Gustavo EBarajas, Ana MMedel, Zuleyma RZapata, Samantha AZuniga, LizethBozarth, Abigail PCalvillo-Rosas, Ulises4th Grade 3.0-3.49Ferguson, Zachary ESalamanca, Juan MWade, Kaylee ATaylor, Emily RChapagai, Durga MEubanks, Daniel RPeralta, Jose MPerez, Angelic J

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Cub Scout pack 615 Boardman collected about 200 lbs of canned and non-perishable food for thelocal food bank, the Columbia River Harvesters. Pictured are Cody McCullough, Josh Mattews,Arrik Russell, Nick Richerson and Ethan Harper.

When you need a prescription filled, how do you decide where to

go? Convenience and price are the factors that drive most of us. I’d like

to suggest that there are additional factors to consider. IN fact, there are

many reasons to think and act locally, not only to get your prescriptions

filled quickly and at a fair price, but also to ensure that our community

thrives.

While we see chain stores popping up everywhere, did you know

that there are 24,000 independent community pharmacies in the US

today? And that their local pharmacists fill 44 percent of the retail

prescriptions sold each year? These pharmacies do an excellent job not

only in filling prescriptions but helping customers understand how and

when to take their prescriptions. A 2002 Consumer Reports survey of

32,000 readers found that 85 percent of surveyed Consumer Reports

readers were very satisfied or completely satisfied with their experience at

independents compared with 58 percent of chain-drugstore customers.

These same Consumer Reports readers also reported that

independent pharmacies were most likely to have fast service and helpful

pharmacists. This may be partly due to the entrepreneurial character of

independents, which puts their owner-operators at least one step closer to

their patients than other types of pharmacies. This often translates into

fewer delays in filling orders, shorter waits in line, and more personal

attention from pharmacists. Consumer Reports readers found

independent pharmacists to be accessible, approachable, and especially

knowledgeable about both prescription and nonprescription medications.

Local community pharmacies are often a good source of hard-to-

find medications. The Consumer Reports survey found that when these

local pharmacies were out of a medication, they were able to get it for

patients within one day 80 percent of the time. Other types of pharmacies

were only able to restock within a day about 55 percent of the time.

So what about costs? Cost is less of an issue at independents

today than it was in the past because most pharmacies accept insurance

plans. Your copayment will be the same at all pharmacies. The Consumer

Report’s research found that the chains they evaluated charged the

highest prices, presumably for prescriptions not covered by insurance.

But beyond the personal attention, professional service, high

standard of care, and lower costs of independents, there are other

reasons to shop locally at independent pharmacies. Economics is one.

Local businesses tend to hire locally for positions that are often centralized

in a chain’s headquarters. Compared with the select inventory of chains,

independents also carry local items in addition to national brand items.

And the profits from locally-owned businesses more often make

their way back into the community. In face, a 2003 Independent Business

Alliance economic impact study conducted in Texas found that more than

three times as much money stayed in the community when it was spent at

local businesses than when it was spent at chains. Add to this the higher

costs for road maintenance and public safety services of the chains, and

you have some strong financial arguments in favor of independent

pharmacies.

When you spend your money with local independent businesses,

too, you are having a critical say in the look and feel of your town, and

taking one step toward helping to preserve its unique character. That’s

something that can’t be measured in dollars.

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Heppner, Oregon, BEOBancorp (OTCBB:BEOB) and itssubsidiary, Bank of Eastern Or-egon, announced consolidated2009 earnings of $387,000. “BEOBancorp remains profitable for2009 despite charging $4.158 mil-lion during the year to income toadd to the provision for loan lossesand a $1.275 million charge to ac-count for a decrease in collateralvalue in other real estate,” saidChief Financial Officer, MarkLemmon. He went on to say, “Ournet interest margin is in the upperechelon of banks in the nation.This is caused by securing low costsources of funding and maintain-ing a strong liquidity position.”

“In the current banking envi-ronment, showing a profit for 2009is something that many banks werenot able to do. Our core earningsremain strong and provide a solidbase for the bank to build upon,”according to President and CEOJeff Bailey. “As has been statedon numerous occasions, 2009 wasa very challenging year for banksin general and this was true forBank of Eastern Oregon. We con-tinue to make sure our provisionfor loan losses is funded at an ap-propriate level to weather possible

BEO Bancorp reports 2009 profitprolonged deterioration in the na-tional and regional economy,”added Bailey.

Chief Operations Officer GaryPropheter said, “Total depositsended the year at $204.4 million, up8.2% year over year. Depositgrowth is indicative of customertrust in the stability of the bank,and the quality of service and pro-fessionalism delivered by our bank-ing teams. The board of directorsand employees take great pride inthe fact that this year marks the 65th

year that Bank of Eastern Oregonhas been serving our rural easternOregon communities. Other insti-tutions have come and gone, butwe remain constant and committedto the economic prosperity of east-ern Oregon.” “Bank of Eastern Oregon has anet interest margin that ranks in the98th percentile among our peers,”said Chief Credit Officer, E. GeorgeKoffler. “Total (net) loans are down4.2% year over year. This has comeabout due to economic factors thathave temporarily decreased loandemand in our markets and thestructuring of our balance sheet.”Koffler went on to say, “We arepleased with the progress we havemade during 2009 in managing

problem credits.”“Total assets grew 5.2% year

over year to just under $240 mil-lion and shareholders’ equity in-creased 6.1% over the same period.We are well capitalized by all in-dustry standards and have a TierOne capital ratio of 9.5%,” saidBailey. “BEO Bancorp launched asubordinated debt offering late in4th quarter which bolstered our capi-tal levels at the bank. We arepleased with the results of the debtoffering, but still have concernsover the economic recovery in ourtrade area along with Oregon as awhole. National economic indica-tors tell us things appear to be im-proving, but high unemploymentlevels and low consumer confi-dence in the overall economy arestill issues, as are concerns in theglobal financial markets. The boardof directors will continue the safeand prudent course of buildingcapital through retained earningsduring these uncertain economictimes. Therefore, the board of di-rectors has voted not to pay a cashdividend for fourth quarter 2009.”

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dent Council decided their schoolshould do their part in showingsupport for the people of Haiti. Acoin drive was begun, with all pro-ceeds to be donated to the HaitiRelief. The teams with the leastamount of points at the end of thetwo week drive had to kiss a pig infront of the entire school at theirFebruary assembly.

WRE wants to personally sayTHANK YOU to everyone in help-ing our COIN WARS be such suc-cess; $1,100 what a GREAT CON-TRIBUTION!!

We also want to update you onwhere exactly our money was go-ing. The organization is calledSchools for Children of the Worldand its mission statement is “com-mitted to improving educationalopportunity in under-developedcountries with quality school fa-cilities.”

We have spoken with someonedirectly in the administration officeand have verified their nonprofitstatus (as well as researched theirwebsite) and 100% of our donation

will go directly on the rebuildingof schools in Haiti. What a great

way for our students and staff toshow empathy for others in termsof helping give back the gift of edu-cation!

The website is:www.schoolsforchildren.org in

case you would like to gather ad-ditional information and they will

also be updating us on theproject….perhaps this can becomea project of our own to continue toparticipate in….Thank you all once again for yourgenerosity!

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classes, call Child Care Resource & Re-ferral at 1-800-559-5878 or 541-564-6878Medic First Aid and CPRCost: $45.00 TBANeeded for CCD registration and toqualify for the DHS Enhanced Rate . Thisclass will teach you how to perform CPRon infants, children and adults. First Aidtopics include what to do until emer-gency medical help arrives. 2 year certi-fication. Pre-registration and pre-pay-ment is required. There are only 12 slots.Call to sign up today!The Very Hungry CaterpillarMarch 10, 2010 6:30-8:30 pm HermistonUsing the Very Hungry Caterpillar we willexplore a variety of ways to build andenhance children’s language and literacyskills. Participants will each receive acopy of the book to take home along witha variety of ideas and props to use withchildren.You Are ‘Weird’… ‘No You Are!’Cost: $5.00March 16, 2010 6:30-8:30 pm PendletonWe all want to be accepted…by encour-aging positive character development wecan teach children how to treat otherswith understanding, respect, compas-sion, and acceptance regardless of in-terests, education, cultural & economicbackground, level of ability and /orphysical differences. Explore and buildon the concepts that create the incred-ible, heartfelt story of Zink the Zebra.

Check www.chinookequine.org, www.tulipsprings.org andwww.richlandriders.org for

full list of individual equine events.Central Washington Hunter JumperAssociation will also be holding someshows this year. Please let me know ifyou have questions about any ofthese events and I will try to put youin touch with the show/event man-agement. We all appreciate everyoneworking together to help keep theequine sports going in our area. If youhave an event to add to this emaillist, please let me know. As always, agreat source of information is the Tri-Cities Horse Calendar:http://tchc.home.att.netThanks to Nell Cliff for all the timeand energy she puts into this en-deavor.March 6-7 Tulipsprings – JimmyWofford ClinicMarch 13 - Spring Into Action OpenSchooling Show – CottonwoodFarms, Boardman, ORcottonwoodfarms@centurytel.netMarch 20 - A Horse A-Fair at theHermiston Community Center

FREE TAX HELP-AARP TAX-AIDE!You’ll be able to get that help you need with your taxes.

Every Monday & Wednesday the AARP Tax-Aides will be

at the Boardman Senior Center—100 Tatone Street in

Boardman �To Schedule a TIME

Call the Boardman Chamber: 481-3014

Please bring the following with you:

* Copy of last year’s income tax returns (s);

* unemployment compensation

statements;

* SSA-1099 forms (1099-INT,1099-DIV, 1099B, etc.)

showing interest and/or dividends and documentation

showing original purchase of sold assets;

* 1099-misc. showing any miscellaneous income;

* 1099-R form if you received a pension or annuity;

* All forms indicating federal income tax paid;

* Dependent care provider information (name, employer,

ID, Social Security number;

* All receipts or cancelled checks if itemizing deductions

* Social Security Cards or other official documentation for

yourself and all dependents.

�Times available between—1:00 pm and 6:15 pm

Send us your community eventseach month: lprag@centurytel.net

Don’t Forget:

Daylight Savings Time begins

Sunday, March 14th

Spring Forward...

Academics: Italia Rodriguez, Nathan Ellis, Caleb Cambero, Leonardo Rodriguez, EdwardSalazar, Abraham Cervantes, Stephanie Gonzalez, David Ghising, Zac McDonough, GunnarLivingston, Arrik Russell, Francia Rodriguez, Omar Castillo, Melanie Mendieta, Jocelyn Lezama,Jose Napoles.Respect: Hunter Dyer, Anai Madrigal, Mariela Mendoza, Corbin Price, Dulce Frausto, FranciscoChavez, Sarah Groves, Tony Rivera, Karen Cambero, Kelly Ashe, Kannon Wilkins, Brian Franco,Ana Calvillo, Daria Sanchez, Chantal Lemus, Hanna Payne, Ivan Franco.Responsibility: Marisol Pacheco, Brock Barrett, Wyatt Wilson, Rigo Martinez, Jonathan Araiza,Zulema Gaytan, Alondra Caldera, Brandon Harris, Lilly Davila, Natalie Wade, Dvita Sharma,Rosella Brister, Moises Lopez, Natalie Reed, Gabriel Morales, Roberta McConnell.Safety: Elvis Medrano, Isabella Miller, Alynia Garcia, Alissa Kennedy, Edward Salazar, DavidAraiza, Emma Finley, Rose Jurcich, Delmy Barrera, Anddy Martir, Vanesa Sanchez, DestinyAldrich,Savannah Morris, Adair Rodriguez, Hailee Pratt.

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HERE’S MY CARD

The

Mouse Factory

Beauty Salon

481-3216

200-B NW First- Boardman

Linda Toms,

Owner/Manager

PC Repair, Upgrades,

Troubleshooting

Home and Office Networking

Clean Virus, Spyware, etc.

15 Years Professional Experience

Phone: 541-310-1242

Web: www.astrocomnetworks.com

E-mail: dharper@astrocomnetworks.com

Dustin Harper

PC Technician

Boardman, OR 97818

J & D Electric

481-2571

Commercial & Industrial Electrical Contractor CCB#14129

Watch for posters around town for

our HUGE J & D AUCTION this month!

Boardman Senior Center March Menu

Boardman Senior Center Breakfast Saturday, March 6

7:30 - 10:30am Only $4.00

Tuesday March 9

Spaghetti

Spinach

Tossed Salad

Garlic Bread

Fruit Cobbler

Tuesday March 16

St. Patrick’s Day

Corned Beef & Cabbage

Boiled Potatoes & Carrots

Watergate Salad

Corn Bread

Brownie Mint Sundae

Tuesday March 23

Chili Burgers

Macaroni Salad

Pickled Beets

Pineapple Upside Down

Tuesday March 30

Sauerkraut & Kielbasa

Roasted Potatoes

Broccoli Puff

Zucchini Slaw

Hot Rolls

Poke Cake

Thursday March 11

Meat Loaf

Scalloped Potatoes

Green Beans

Biscuits

Carrot Raisin Salad

Lemon Bars

Thursday March 18

Birthday Dinner

Ham & Sweet Potatoes

Applesauce

Peas

Orange Fluff

French Bread

Cake & Ice Cream

Thursday March 25

BBQ Country Ribs

French Fries

Carrots

Tossed Salad

Biscuits

Cherry Banana Pudding

MISCELLANEOUS

THE NEXT EDITION OF NORTHMORROW TIMES will be in yourmailbox April 2. Deadline foradvertising and story ideas is Friday,March 26. Mail your entries to:North Morrow Times,PO Box 907, Boardman, OR 97818Fax: 481-9200E-mail: lprag@centurytel.net

ROOM FOR RENT to share my house,washer, dryer, cable TV, DSL, utilities paid.$250.00 month $100.00 DEP. 541-922-2495.

FOR RENT

SENIOR SERVICES

CHERYL TALLMAN’S FOOT CLINIC is heldon the 1st Monday of every month, unless aholiday, then it moves to the next Monday,from 1:00 to 4:00 pm at the new Senior Cen-ter building , 100 Tatone St., next to City Hall.No appointment necessary. Sponsored byMorrow County Health District Home Health.$20 charge.

CONSTRUCTION WORKERS: FOR RENT inthe country 2 miles from Boardman: 1-roomfurnished cottage and also 2-spare rooms.Very clean, includes all utilities, Direct TV,high speed Internet; laundry & kitchen avail-able. By the week or month. No deposit.Call 481-7460 or 541/300-0837.

FOR SALEFOR SALE: TOTAL GYM with all accesso-ries + 5 videos. Used two times. Paid $1,200will sell for $575. Call 481-7460 or 541/300-0837.

70° Degrees Heating and Cooling(541) 481-7070

Products we repair and install: Air conditioners -Air Purifiers - Fire places - Furnaces - Heat pumps -Refrigeration - Ventilation - Water heaters and more.

Get up to $1,500 tax credit on qualified heat pumps.We will save you money! Servicio en Español

Call for your free estimateCCB#186546

COME ON OVER TO HEPPNER FOR OURMARCH 12-14, 201028TH ANNUAL WEE BIT O’ IRELAND CELEBRATIONAmateur Boxing Smoker Event – Friday evening

St. Paddy’s “Arenacross”KUMA Coffee HourSheepdog Trials – Saturday and SundaySt. Paddy’s Cruz-InGreat Green ParadeCeili – The Irish Singers and moreIrish Road Bowling - SundayFood, Fun & Shenanigans Galore

And much, much more activities- come and enjoy a great greenIrish weekend with us!

“Tiller’s Folly” will be performing at the Heppner ElementarySchool Gymnasium from 7:00 – 9:30p.m.; intermission with “BrendaSue” and the “Old Time Fiddlers” at the Morrow County Fair-grounds dance hall, beginning at 6:30 p.m. No Admission Charge– funded by Morrow County Unified Recreation District.For more information & full schedule of events Contact Heppner Chamber ofCommerce at 541-676-5536 or www.heppnerchamber.com

Sausage/Ham, Eggs/ Pancakes, Hash Browns,Biscuits & Gravy, Coffee/Juice

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Main Street Shell

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Radio Station

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Discounted Gas from

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March 11th * 11 am to 3 pm

Must be present to win all prizes

A special program about therich cultural history of early Chi-nese immigrants in Eastern Oregonwill be presented at the Oregon TrailLibrary District Boardman Library,200 South Main Street, on Tues-day, March 30, at 6:30 p.m. Christina Sweet, curator of theKam Wah Chung & Co. Museum

Kam Wah Chung & Co. program coming to Boardman

Ing Hay of Kam Wah Chang & CoPhotos contributed:

in John Day, Oregon willbring artifacts from the mu-seum.

She will discuss how theChinese worked in the goldfields and railroads of earlyday Oregon and how theylived in a culture so differ-ent than their own nativecountry.

The Kam Wah Chung &Co. Museum is a formerapothecary, mercantile,opium den and residencethat served as the heart ofthe Chinatown that existedat present day John Day acentury ago. At the turn ofthe last century nearly30,000 Chinese workers

lived in Oregon, contributing sig-nificantly to area development.

Over many years at the KamWah Chung building “Doc” IngHay and his partner Lung On im-ported goods from Asia, wrote let-ters and managed finances forChinatown residents, and bridgedcultural differences between life in

the American West and mainlandChina.

Lung On was an astute busi-nessman who brought one of thefirst automobiles to Eastern Or-egon. Hay was known throughoutEastern Oregon for his skills as aphysician, often diagnosing ail-ments by feeling one’s pulse.

After the death of Doc Hay, thethick-walled stone building wassealed for decades, causing the his-toric site to be carefully preservedwith its contents intact. The KamWah Chung has been meticulouslyrestored by Oregon State Parks,which assumed the historic site afew years ago and opened an an-cillary interpretive center near theKam Wah Chung museum build-ing.

For further information, contactthe OTLD Boardman library at 541-481-2665. Additional informationabout the Kam Wah Chung & Co.Museum can be found at http://o regons t a t epa rks t rus t . o rg /O u r W o r k / E a s t e r n O R /kamwahchung.

Shelves in the Kam Wah Chung store were lined with supplies ofevery kind. Pictured here as seen a decade ago and nowpreserved in time at the John Day Museum. Check out theirwebsite:http://oregonstateparkstrust.org/OurWork/EasternOR/kamwahchung