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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 15, 1973)
HITPNEH (ORE.) AZKTTETIMES. Thurd. February IJ. 1973 12-Hour Test Day V.'tY Homemaker's JVs Win Two ane and Lose One nf: ML (iff is. in V M 0 Alvina Johannes relaxes between lests as the other members of the GED class work through another section of the test. Success was the word of the day last Wednesday when eight adults took GED tests during what developed into a marathon session at the Neighlxirhood Center. In all 27 tests were Riven and everyone passed according to Anne Doherty, the instructor. Alberta Johannes of Heppner, Thelma Epping and Debbie Pettit of Lexington successfully completed all five GED tests over the 12 hour period. Carolvn Huston. Heppner and JoLynn .Morns, Lexington, had fewer tests to complete, both earned their GED certificates, also. Other persons well on their way to completing their GED requirements ae Leah Hoark. Irene Bonner and Ann Stewart. Pat Harris who came over from BMCC to administer the tests was pleased with the success of the students. She is planning another testing session this spring. Two Needed to Complete Cast Arthur f;n.v i . the Salem witch craft trials. "The Crucible," has been selected by the Heppner Com munity Drama Club for its spring production. Director Mrs. Lynda Slusher has completed casting for this long three-act play. The cast will be as follows: Betty Parris. Alice Abrams; Rev. Samuel Parris, Jim PIov har; Tituba, Michele Evans; Abigail Williams, Linda DeSpain; Mrs. Ann Putnam, Holly Walker; Mercy Lewis, Lynda Baker; Mary Warren, Tami Meador; John Proctor, John Rawlins; Rebecca Nurse, Jane Rawlins: Giles Corey, Randy Morris; Rev. John Hale, Bob Jesperson; and Elizabeth Proctor, Mary Abrams. Others in the cast are Francis Nurse, Lloyd Wilson; Ezekiel Cheever, Tom Roberts; John Willard. Dave McLeod; Judge Rheas at OSU Dads' Weekend Mr. and Mrs. Carl Rhea and Lori spent last week-end in Corvallis with son, Steve, for Dad's week-end. They also visited their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kelly. On Sunday everyone went to Forest Grove to see another daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Klenke. While there thev at tended a Community Theater play, "Music Man", which their son-in-law directed. Hathorne, Allen McCabe; Deputy Governor Danforth, Greg Davidson; Sarah Good, Sally Winters; Hopkins, John Healv; and Martha Corey, Helen Byrne. Two parts in the play have not yet been cast. People are still needed to play the parts of Thomas Putnam, a middle-aged man with 30 lines, and a girl to play the part of a young girl with five lines. Anyone who might be interested should contact Mrs. Slusher or anyone else in the cast. Tentative dates tor the pro duction are April 12.13 and 14. BMCC Adds Home Ec Course A new one-year program in Home Economics has been added to the Blue Mountain Community College liberal arts curriculum, President Wallace W. McCrae announced today. The program, which includes courses in Orientation to Home Economics and Nutrition, is recommended for Home Economics students planning to transfer to Oregon State Uni versity. Students transfering to Ore gon State University after one year at BMCC may complete requirements for their bachelor's degree with three additional years of study. GED Students Wanted Persons interested in study ing towards their GED sliouid contact the Neighborhood Center or Anne Doherty at 676-5050. "We want more GED students" Mrs. Doherty said Thursday. "If everyone keeps passing tests, they'll work me out of a job." ' Ironically, Mrs. Doherty has just acquired a new assistant. Mary Pat Lande. to help with the once large and now dimin ishing evening class. WOW Uses Wide Variety of Resource Peopie Pre-registration for the 1973 addition of the World of Work career day will continue in all schools this week reports Jerry Brog. County Extension Agent. Final date for pre-registration in the school is February 16. The World of Work program, to be held March 3, affords students in the 9th thru 12th grade an opportunity to select four groups of careers to learn about. In all, over 125 different career opportunities will be discussed by resource people in these fields. The career day is sponsored by the Extension study groups in Morrow and Umatilla counties in cooperation with Blue Mountain Community College. While most resource people will be from the two county area, according to Brog, sev eral are scheduled in from out of the area. Included in this group are : Ed Condon and Dave Gosser, oceanography and Roger Fendall, agriculture, all of Oregon State University; Sue Ferguson, Salem for modeling; Mr. Fender, Executive College of Barbering, Portland; Mrs. Raymon Hawkins, dancing, Walla Walla; Miss Sally Bay, home economics, Hillsboro; Sgt. Wayne Dav, marines, La Grande; and Sgt. Dick Hall air force, Pasco, Washington. Contest The State Homomuker of Tomorrow, to be selected from all school winners in the state in judging centering on results of the Dec. 5 test, will receive a $1,500 college scholarship. A 20-volume reference work. "The Annals of America," will also be presented to the state winner's school by Encyclo pedia Brltannica Educational Corporation, The second ranking student in the state will receive a $500 scholarship. In late April, the SI Betty Crocker Ilomemakers of To morrow representing every state and the District of Columbia - each accompanied by a faculty adviser - will gather in Washington, D.C., for an expense-paid educational tour of the capital city and Colonial Williamsburg, Va. Personal observation and inter views during the tour will be added to state-level judging reslults in the selections, to be announced at a dinner in Williamsburg, of the 1973 Betty Crocker All-American Home maker of Tomorrow and three runners-up. Scholarships of the four national winners will be increased to $5,000. $4,000, $3,000 and $2,ooo. Instituted in last year's Betty Crocker Search, a $1,000 Nutri tion Scholarship is also part of the program again this year. Recipient of this award will be the participating student who plans a college major in nutrition or a related field, ranks among the highest in his or her state on the overall examination and, from those meeting these two criteria, achieved the top score on the exam's nutrition questions. Science Research Associates, Chicago, constructed and grades the written examination, and is responsible for all judging and selection of winners. A total of 665.600 seniors were enrolled in this year's Search, the first in which boys were eligible to participate. Approx imately nine million students have taken part in the program since its inception in the 1954-55 school year and, with this year's grants, total scholarship awards will exceed $2 million. RpearHine thp inclusion nf boys in the program. General R A fltS U ITI 21 D I II G irirallv Hv GREG GREEN On Tuesday, Feb. 6, the Heppner Junior Varsity defeat ed the Wuhtonka JVs 75 to 66. Mike Mills led the Mustang offense with 17 points, while Tom Roberts and John Kil kenny added support with 12 and 11 points respectively. IVrcentage-wise, the Mustangs were outshot 41 to 33 percent from the field and 77 to 58 percent from the line. Tutting more points through the hoop, however, assured the Heppner victory, Tom Roberts hud 11 rebounds to lead the Mustangs to a 52 to 41 edge off the boards. On Friday night, the Heppner JVs dropped a hard fought game to the Condon Blue Devils. Poor shooting from both the field (.339) and foul line (.333) led to the Heppner defeat. Mike Mills again led the offensive attack with 17 counters, while John Kilkenny swept the boards with 17 rebounds. The final score was 49 to 45 in favor of Condon. Helix Hits Pirates After playing a hard game Friday night, and still playing without several key players who were out with the flu or injuries, Riverside lost on Saturday night to Helix, 80 44. Helix shot .419 from the field, connecting on 36 -86 shots, while Riverside hit 17 - 57 for a .298 percentage. Dale Lindell had 13 points and 13 rebounds for Riverside. The Helix JVs won 53 - 48. C.-T Photo J I ' ' -ft ti (f4 n V ' RANDY BAKER Riverside Mills said, "While historically, the feminine homemaker has usually exerted the major influence in shaping the home, teamwork between husband and wife has long been the ideal. In today's changing society, that teamwork will undoubtedly become increasingly important during the years ahead. That is why high school senior boys as well as girls are now eligible to join the Betty Crocker Search with full opportunity to earn scholarships and, hopefully gain the other educational benefits of participation." Riverside defeated Umapine 64-54 Friday night, by hitting 55 percent of its field goal attempts. Riverside made 29 - 53, for a .547, as Umapine managed a .301 percentage making 25 - 83. Mark Mesteth was high point man for Riverside with 16, Jerry Zielinski 14, Randy Baker 12 and David Richards 10. Umapine's Mike Maurer led all scorers with 21 points and picked off 18 rebounds. Saturday night saw the locul JVs bring their season record to 9 and 6 with a 62 to 43 victory over the Umatilla Vikings. .Balanced scoring and good defense were the keys to the victory as no one broke double figures in the point column. John Kilkenny was lost to the team for the season, as he suffered a broken nose from a collision going after a loose bull in the second quarter, Line Scores : 75-Heppner: Mills 17, Roberts 12, Kilkenny 11, McLeod 8, Dunlap 8, Munkers 5, Chitty 4, Harrison ?, Cutsforth 3, Gentry 2, Gouty 1, Kenny, Hagucwood4, Hunt. 66-Wahtonka; Watson 10, Listenberger 22, Lawrence 8, Tripcrings 6, Mann 8, Phillips 6, Doune 2. 45-Heppner: Mills 17, Roberts 9, Kilkenny 8, Gentry 6, Munkers 2, McLeod 2, Cutsforth 1, Chitty, Harrison, Dunlap. 49-Condon: Pierce 13, Kack ley 12, Phillips 6. Miller 6, Weatherford 4, Logan 2, Pattee 2. 62-Heppner: Roberts 9, Gentry 8. Kilkenny 7, Mills 7, McLeod 6, Hunt 5, Haguewood 4, Dunlap 4, Harrison 3, Gonty 3, Munkers 2, Cutsforth 2, Chitty 2, Kenny. 43-Uniatilla: Baumgart 14, Morris 14, Bledsoe 6, Anderson 3, Carrick 2, McCoy 2. Riverside Overtakes Echo in Last Seconds In spite of four players sidelined by the flu and injuries, Riverside still managed a victory over Echo, 77 - 75. "We had other people playing who were weak from the flu, but they really put out. They never let down," said Riverside Coach Gail Enright. Echo led 15 -1 and 26 6 in the first quarter, but Riverside was in the lead at halftime. Echo went ahead again in the third quarter, but Riverside batted them down in the fourth. The Cougars led 75 -74 with eight seconds left, when Jerry Zielinske was fouled He made his two free throws to send the Pirates ahead by one. David Richards led the Pi rates with 24 points, Zielinski had 19. Lindell had 15 rebounds and Richards had 10. The Pirate JVs won 46 - 43 in overtime. Cardinals 60-55 Win Over Echo (i-T I'hotor r r ' 1 1 rnm) I j lA 'J"- ' V,r-' f Youth Council to Promote David Noble to Act as POW Escort Airman 1C, David Noble, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Noble of Lexington is one of seven men at Travis AFB chosen to serve as a POW escort. David graduated from Crow High School near Eugene in 1972. He will meet his POW at Travis and accompany the man to his home and help with his readjustment period. U DAVE WAItKKN lone Races Past Umapine tone's Cardinals, behind at the end of the first quarter, caught fire and went on to a 67 47 victory over Umapine on Saturday. lone started running and put in 32 points in the second period for a 42 - 18 halftime lead. Dick Snider led lone with 19 points, and Umapine's Mike Maurer had 18. Gregg Wilson 11 rebounds. Dave Warren 10 and Snider 9. leading the Cardinals to a 51 - 35 rebounding edge. In the first game, Ione's JVs beat Heppner Frosh 50 - 41. Padberg of Heppner led scor ing with 15 points. MCGG Team on Top The Morrow County Grain Growers basketball team play ed the top team in the League, Eastons, on Feb. 7, and were victorious 60 to 46. They all felt good because it was such a good team effort and was a running game. Scoring were John McCabe 18, Del LaRue 16, Frank Halvorsen 12, Lee Padberg 12, Gordon Meyers 2 and Calvin Ashbeck and Marvin Padberg also played. On Sunday the MCGG team had a practice game with The Office. Their next game was to have been Tuesday night with the A&W in Hermiston. On Feb. 27, they will play Meade's Floor Covering, Hermiston. AAUW Looks at 'Women's Role in U.S. ' lone, led by Dave Warren, scored 28 points In the second quarter to insure their 68-53 win over Echo Friday night. Warren scored 10 points that period to help give the Cards 20 point halftime advantage. ' Warren was high point man with 19, Phil Carlson and Dick Snider had 14 apiece, KenU Gutierrez 11 and Gregg Wilson, 10. Joe Correa had high point for Echo with 13 points and 11 rebounds. Ione's JVs won 56-33 with Mike Warren leading In points with 17. lone Girls 2nd in Tourney On Saturday, Feb. 3, the girl's basketball team traveled to Pilot Rock for their second annual girls basketball tourna ment. Other teams attending included Athena and Stanfield. The first game of the tourna ment was played by Pilot Rock against Stanfield, with Pilot Rock coming out on top. lone was matched up against Athena in the second game. The first quarter was evenly played with a score of six to six, but by half time, lone pulled ahead with a score of 14 to 11. By the end of the third quarter,- the Cardinals were still winning with a 22 to 17 lead and finally they won with a good score of 35 to 23. High scorer for lone was Mary Pat McElligott with 13 big ones. Others contributing to the score were Micki Hoskins with 9. Joan McElligott 9, and Sherri Wilson and Ann Hoskins, both with two. The championship game with lone and Pilot Rock, left lone on the bottom with a half time score of 12 to 17. The Cardinals never caught up to the Rockets winning streak and were de feated 14 to 38. High scorer for lone was Micki Hoskins with five points, followed closely by Mary Pat McElligott and Jan Ekstrom with 4 points apiece and Joan McElligott with one point. After the final game, the awards were given out, with . Pilot Rock receiving the first place trophy. The other teams were all presented with ribbons. The lone players and coach Mrs. Talley should be com mended for a job well done in winning second place standing. Breaks Wrist Rachel Parsons, who owns the Irrigon Motel, broke her wrist early Sunday morning. She was taken to the hospital but it will be a day or two before the bone can be set due to the swelling. ) lone ' High School V Drama I J : . Presentation I Morrow County Youth Coun cil, with representatives pres ent from all high schools in the county, met recently at Board man to consider events of concern to all older youth in the area. Plans for the Responsible Adulthood conference to be held in Boardman and Heppner in April were reviewed. The World ' of Work career exploration clinic scheduled for March 5 at BMCC will be actively promot ed in each school by Youth Council members. Jim Cutsforth to Salem An executive committee meeting of Youth Council members will be held in Salem, February 22. Jim Cutsforth, regional vice president of Ore gon Youth Council will attend as delegate from this area, as will advisors Carolyn Davis, Mor row County Juvenile Counselor, and Birdine Tullis, Extension Aide. Purposes of the county youth council are to bring representatives of county schools together to discuss WOW recommendations and action for solving common problems and to promote better inter school relations, to provide ; opportunity for the youth to study and discuss processes in - our society, particularly those affecting youth, to make recommendations and state freely their opinions and pro blems and work together to . solve these problems, and to work for a good image for youth in the community. Reps named Representatives to the County Youth Council are Jim Cuts forth, Mike Mill's, Judy Bennett, Heppner High School ; Dave Warren, Sherri Wilson, Phil Carlson, lone High School; Daryl Pummel, Darrel Frederickson and Jerry Dono van, Riverside High School. Ernie Teal, Morrow County Schools curriculum coordinator has attended as counselor representing the schools. Guest at the Boardman meeting was Dan Daltoso, Principal, River side High. Irrigon LOCAL POSTMASTERS ATTEND MID-WINTER CONFERENCE By FRANCES ROSE WILSON Mrs. Al Partlow who is the Irrigon Postmaster attended the Mid-Winter Conference of the National Association of Post Masters of the United States, held at the Ramada Inn in Tualatin. She was accompanied by Mary Ann Huxoll of Stanfield. Mrs. Partlow visited at the home of her sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Berg in Vancouver, Wash. Also attending the conference was Mrs. Charles O'Connor, lone Postmater. Mrs. O'Connor was appointed State Historian. The American Association of University Women held their Feb. meeting on the 5th at the home of Diane Kincaid in lone. Topic for the meeting was "Women's Role in America." The program was introduced to members by a recording of the song "I Am Woman" by Helen Reddy. The members were asked to fill out a questionnaire on the rights of women. Several of the questions touched off discussions, including some on abortion, discrimination against women in the working world, women's place in society, and the woman's image as presented on television commercials. The program was presented by Karen Beck and Maxine Rietmann. The next AAUW meeting will be held on Saturday, March 3 at 11 a.m. at the home of Kathy Maynard. Guest speaker will be Bob DeSpain. The AAUW has started two study groups, one on Shake speare and the other on crafts. The Shakespeare Study group will be reading and discussing several plays and will be planning a trip to Ashland this summer to view several of the Shakespearean plays. The Crafts Study Group started this week with lessons on Macrame. After learning this craft the group intends to study other handicrafts. The study groups are open to everyone, we would welcome you to participate. Please call 676-5532 if you are interested in joining either group. Don't forget AAUW is spon soring "The Artifactory", an arts and crafts fair and book sale to be held on April 14. We're collecting books, Please call 676-9454 or 676-5006 if you have extras to donate. Also if you are interested in displaying your hobbies or crafts at the fair please call the above numbers. ' Everybody is welcome, call now for your exhibit space. pre Boy Scouts Window Displays "Take Three Girls" 3 -Act Comedy Wednesday, Feb. 21 & Monday, Feb. 26 at 7:30 p.m. lone High School MISS MARY LANGSTON, DIRECTOR Students 50C - Adults $1 THIS MESSAGE SFOHSOHZD IT TOOT BOMX-OWITED SAKE AS A COMMUNITY SEA VICE DANK OF New Coordinator Seeks to Cut Red Tape for Handicapped UZostem Oreqon IOHE BBAHCtf MEMin. TXDZMAL DEVOUT DTSUAAJfCX COKTOBATIOff Jerry Calavan has left the Umatilla County Boys Ranch where he served as counsellor 2'2 years to be services coordinator for developmental disabilities for mentally retard ed, those with cerebral palsy and epileptics in Umatilla and Morrow Counties. He works with volunteer organizations as well as governmental agencies. He works with families to cut through the red tape dealing with these problems that is so frustrating to families. Since accepting the new job, he has developed a Directory of Services available that can be of help to families. Presently he is attempting to develop a list of clients. From this list, he will be able to project the needs for the clients and develop new pro grams to fill the gaps. Mr. Calavan is a Portland native and a graduate of Portland State. He is married to the former Pat McGee of Athena and they have three sons. In his leisure time, he plays basketball, reads and likes to play golf. The Calavans re cently took the three boys down to see the Trail Blazers play. They like camping and recently purchased a self-contained unit to travel and see the northwest. Mrs. Frank Stewart of La Grande accompanied her grandson, Tom Stewart to Irrigon for the week-end, where she visited her son Vernon and her mother, Mrs. Ruth McCoy. Tom is a student at E.O.C. in La Grande. IE ; 7' -v j , v 7 LHSGu ine Heppner-Lexington Boy Scout Troop No. 661 had displays in three Heppner business windows last week. The boys prepared the displays themselves and each one de picts a different part of the scouting program. The Beavers Patrol had the display at Murrays. They exhibited their 1973 Activity Schedule, showing the things to be done this year, their Merit Badge Sheet, and the candles arranged as they are in a candlelighting cere mony. The red, white and blue candles in the center are for the Boy Scout promise, and there are six white candles on each side representing each of the ooy scout Laws. Gardners window was done by the Rams Patrol. There was a display for each of the Boy Scout Laws which are: A Boy Scout is Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean. Trustworthy, v Loyal, Friendly, Courteous, Helpful, Kind, Obedient, and Reverent. The Flaming Arrow Patrol set up a camping site in Sears window. They had a sleeping bag. back pack, and a campfire.
