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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1981)
10th annual Elks9 Hoop Shoot Contest to be held Sat. Arti factory a treat for everyone Th Heppnor and Innp competition for the tenth annunl Elks Hoop Shoot, the national free throw shooting contest for youngsters age eichl through thirteen, will be held at Heppner and lone on December 12 from 9 to 11 a.m. Almost three million young sters from throughout the country entered last year's competition for boys and girls in age categories 8-9. 10-11 and 12-13. Each contestant has 25 shots at the hoop. Theboyand girl in each age group with the best scores will advance through four tiers of competi tion to qualify for the national finals at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, said a spokes person. IiOcal winners will compete against other contestants in the district event at Herrnis ton. January 9. Names of the" national winners will he in scribed on the Flks National "Hoop Shoot" plaque, on .permanent display in the Naismith Memorial Basket ball Hall of Fame in Spring field, Massachusetts. Winners also receive trophies. The program began as a local Flks Activity for young hoys in Corvallis in 194fi. Within 12 years, support for I he event had grown enough for the Flks Oregon State Association to take it to the slate level. And in 1972. the "Flks Hoop Shoot" was ex panded to include contestants from 19 states. By 1974. girls were added to the competi tion, and the program has continued to grow ever since, he added. Winners advance through four tiers of cnmpetitinn--the local, district, slate and re gional semi-finals-until only 3fi hovs and 3fi girls remain. From this final group, one hov and one girl emerge as national champions in each category. Families of finalists on the stale, regional and national levels attend the competition as guests of the Elks, and are encouraged to play an active part throughout the contesL One girl from LaGrande has gone to the national finals two times, winning all the marbles one venr and she came in second the nest year. It is possible for anyone to win, the spokesperson said. "Please come to lone or Heppner December 12. Satur day from 9 to 11 a.m. and watch our young people com pete." said lone coordinator. Jim Swanson. This is Swanson"s seventh year to help with the annual Elks' Hoop Shoot. When Jim , was in the seventh grade he was a winner in the hoop shoot coolest, he went on to finish fourth at the state competition at OSP in Corvallis. Dale Holland will be in charge of the Heppner competition. 11 .,... -- ....... i - ST n - I - oil yfzj-L. r f ; 1 I c . . nir i i iv' ! ... -k x rtJLi4i&.4iii EKTill STr.EFiOTH IliSI! FOMCY viTAf.::;j & r.';;:Enri syppurfJT II you're not eatino right, under stress, rBCOverino from Illness or taking certain medications, you may be depleting vitamins from your body. But don't replace them with just any high potency supple- ' ment. Shop and compare. 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The students invite anvone to at'end the dinner, especial ly th se who would otherwise be ah.ne at this special time. Mrs. Mclean added. There is no charge for the dinner Financial contributions to the dinner activity are tax deductible and checks should be made out to BMCC -Christmas MHil Checks ma v be sent to the college in care of the Counseling Cen ter at P.O. Box UK). Pendleton. Oregon H7H0I . Besides the festive dinner, the evening also features presents for the guests, mu sical entertainment and sinc- i of carols armind the Christmas tree Last year. 4r0 people were served in the college union ROAD REPORT The Morrow County Public Works Dept. has released the following Work Report for the week ending December 5: The Division Street Bridge in Irrigon is now open for traffic. The detour was removed and guard rails will be installed this week. Gravel was spread nn O Peterson Road. J Dogherty Road. Brenner Canyon. Carl son. Milton Morgan Road. Bergevin Road. Bergslrom and Keck Canyon. Roads bladed were: Straw berry East. Homestead. Irri-gon-Ordnance. McElligott. P Tews and D O. Nelson. On Upper Rhea Creek banded tires was used to stabilize a bank. Greg Close was hired to work in the Irrigon area as a helper under Ken Evans. The Morrow County Road Crew has gone back to working eight hours a day. five davs a week. During summer months they worked four days a week ten hours a day. On Saturday December 5. Morrow County held a sealed bid auction to dispose of some obsolete equipment. 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