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Music scholarship awarded 16 years later B E S S I E WETZr i u OF OFF • f e . ' ...» JL' w • 1 n AKER « : ~ ••• ok Kevin Gutierrez of Heppner got his high school music scholarship a little bit la te-16 years late Gutierrez was awarded a $50 music scholarship at his bac calaureate ceremony at lone High School in 1974, but never received the money. He got it in the mail last week from his high school music teacher. "Through the last 16 years she’d contacted me several times to ask if I’d gotten it. I told her not to worry about it,” said Gutierrez. "The last time she contacted me was in 1985. She was living in Utah. She was still worried about it.” "Then this letter showed up in the Kevin Gutierrez presents scholarship check to Geneva ' mail and I couldn’t believe it. She Mathews. sent a self-addressed, stamped didn't keep it. the lone school music program for envelope and a piece of paper to Gutierrez, who is employed with a scholarship. lone schools music report to her what I did with the the U S. Forest Service, is still in teacher Geneva Mathews says she’ll money.” volved in music. For two years he it in the bank as a scholarship for The teacher, Sherrie Bahr, who worked booking bands with a talent put "some music major.” But taught two years at lone High agency. Now he plays drums in the at least deserving Sherrie Bahr must have got School, asked Gutierrez to give the community band and the jazz band. ten a load off her mind. money to someone deserving it if he Gutierrez donated the money to LIB 0 7 p 1 The Heppner azette VOL 108 NO. 15 Wednesday, April II, 1090 imes Heppner 25c Woman struck by train Family Science festival April 16 in critical condition An lone woman was critically in jured when the car she was driving was struck by a train on April 6. According to the Morrow County 8 Pages Sheriffs Dept., the woman, Myrna E. Johnson, 50, was driving east on ‘H’ Street in lone when the train, traveling from Lexington to lone, struck her car broadside around 9:40 p.m. A sheriff s department spokesper son said that Johnson was believed to be driving to her job at Lamb Weston in Boardman when the ac cident occurred. The train was unable to stop. Johnson was taken to Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner and then transported by air to Walla Walla where she remains in critical condition. lone students hold tree planting ceremony l Local students to stage “Jack and the Beanstalk” The Missoula Children’s Theater will put on a musical version of "Jack and the Beanstalk” including area children and will conduct workshops in the schools on various aspects of theater. Museum director and project coordinator Marsha Sweek says that they will need housing for the two- person team that conducts the workshops, parents to supervise and help during rehearsals, a pianist ac companist, and additional financial support. The two-person team from the tJteater will come to Heppner May 14 through May 19. Auditions for children and teens, grades kindergarten through 12, will be held Monday, May 14 and a partial cast rehearsal will follow that day. Rehearsals will be held Tuesday The lone Elementary School held a tree planting ceremony at the city park on Friday, April 6. to celebrate Arbor Week. Students sang ‘ This Land Is My Land" and "America The Beautiful.” Teacher Diana Kin caid gave a history of Arbor Day. Students planted a European white birch tree and buried a container with a message about caring for our earth with the date and signatures of all the students in the elementary school Forest Ranger Tonya Bowers talk ed to students about how trees help us. Artist in the schools, Carol Groobman, led the students in sing ing “ Trees,” a song which she taught them. Smokey the Bear was an honored guest for the activity. Jim Rudisill, city custodian, prepared the tree site and assisted with the planting. Rudisill has been doing extensive work on the city park the last two years. He planted pin oak, red oak, filberts and English walnut trees to provide food for the English fox squirrels he brought to the park last year. In addition to the nut trees, Rudisill planted cut leaf, weeping birch, red maples and snowfountain flowering cherry trees. "His efforts have made the lone ci ty park one of the beauty spots in the area," said lone elementary school teacher Betty Rietmann. through Friday, after school and evenings. The performance is scheduled for Saturday evening. Sweek says that more than 30 children will appear in the play. She says that while not all children audi tioning may be chosen, those children not selected to perform in the play may be involved in workshops at the schools. Six to 10 older kids not performing will be needed as assistant directors and will be responsible for some of the technical parts of the production. Sweek says that around half of the $1.350 needed to fund the program has been raised through organization and private donations, but additional financial support is needed. For more information, donations, or help in hosting the theater team, call Sweek. 676-5121 or 676-5524. rounded the Volkswagen Rabbit. "W e're originally from the Portland area." said Smith. "You’d expect something like that to happen in the bigger cities, but not here. We just moved here. We don’t know anybody here, so it wouldn’t be revenge or anything like that." The Smiths moved to Lexington from Monument in December. "This was not an isolated incident," continued Smith. Ours was the second vehicle this happened to." Smith said that an estimate from Lexington Auto Body calculated $755.80 for repairs to the vehicle. A similar incident in volving a United Parcel Service (UPS) truck, occurred prior to the Smith’s encounter, according to a UPS spokesperson. Program earns computer software for school Heppner Elementary School teachers, children and members of the community saved a total of $6,551.49 in Fred Meyer receipts. "Even though this was not enough for a new computer. Heppner Elementary was able to obtain some computer software for their classes." said Karen Beck, teacher and project coordinator. The school has ordered computer program "Math Blaster Plus" says Beck. The ladies of St. Patrick's Catholic Church are searching for articles missing from the Parish Hall in Heppner, most importantly tables and chairs. The tables are eight-foot banquet tables and the chairs are the metal folding type If the leprechauns have left some of these items (or something else belonging to the parish hall) in your basement, garage, or store-room, please call Janet Greenup. 676-5452 or 676-5822 for pickup. St. Pat’s ladies search for tables Sewing seminar May 5 There will be a meeting of the Morrow County Weed Advisory Board on April 17 at 7:30 p.m. in the conference room at the Pettyjohn Building in Heppner. The main item of discussion will be this year's weed tour. The public is invited. Twenty-three seventh and eighth grade chorus students, directed by Kitty Bredemeier, will present the musical "Tumbleweeds,” Wednes day, April 18. Showtime is at 7 p.m. in the Heppner Elementary multi purpose room. In the musical. Tumbleweeds returns to Grimey Gulch to find the citizens anxiously awaiting the ar rival of school girls from back East. "From bank robbery, Indian attacks and trials to love and weddings, there's never a dull moment," says Bredemeier Major characters are: Tum bleweeds-Len Brittner; Hildegard Hamhocker-Sara Greenup; Deputy Knuckles-Ryan Munkers; Judge Frump-Sam Sumner; Snake Eye McFoul-Travis Wilson; and Prudence Lovely- Gretchen Berretta. Tickets are $2 for adults, $1 for senior citizens and students and $5 for families (includes immediate family only). Saturday The annual Elks Easter egg hunt will be held in Heppner this Satur day, April 14 beginning at 10 a.m. Pre-schoolers will hunt at the city park, next to the museum; children in grades one and two will hunt at the lower field and third and fourth graders will hunt on the Hager Park. The Easter Bunny will also be on hand again this year at the city park. Weed board meeting set Musical play ‘Tumbleweeds’ April 18 Man says students beat on car Egg hunt A group of Heppner High School students surrounded a vehicle, pounded on it. causing over $750 in damages, and cursed at the driver. Carmen Smith. 25, of Lexington, according to her husband, Don. Heppner Police Chief Doug Rathbun, Morrow County DA Jeff Wallace, and Heppner High School Principal Steve Dickenson confirm ed that an incident did occur with a group of Heppner High students, but were not able to elaborate until after a grand jury which was scheduled for 9:30 a.m. April 11. Smith said that his wife had been traveling from the post office in Heppner around 1:15 p.m. on April 5 when the HHS students, thought to be a senior PE class on an aerobic walk, blocked the road, and sur A family science festival for the whole family will be held on Tues day, April 17 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Heppner Elementary multi purpose room. Science teacher Sarah Carlson says the seventh and eighth grade students are doing “ make and take” projects for each grade level - kindergarten through first grade: se cond and third grade; and fourth, fifth and sixth grades. Children visiting the festival will be able to get involved and actually make something of their own to take home. The seventh and eighth graders will be doing the projects in lieu of their usual annual science project. Other grades will exhibit their pro jects at the same time at the festival. The festival is free to the public. ■j) % ‘Tumbleweed’ cast L-R Holly Eckmans, Chris Cookston, Len Brittner and Ryan Munkers. Parents to plan Jr-Sr banquet Was your schedule too full for you to attend the Pendleton Needlemania There will be a short meeting on ‘90 Sewing Festival on April 7? You Thursday, 12. at 6 p.m. in the have another chance for a sewing up high school April cafeteria to form com date on Saturday, May 5 in The mittees for the junior/senior banquet Dafles. which will be held Friday. April 27. "Spring Into Fashion," a one-day All parents of Heppner High seminar, luncheon and style show juniors are invited to attend. For will be presented by Washington more information call Susan State University and Oregon State Johnston at 676-5562 or Janet University Cooperative Extension. Greenup at 676-5822 One-hour workshop topics in clude: "Choosing Serging Beyond the Basic Seam” ; "Building Blue Ribbon Kinds Out of White Ribbon Projects” ; “ Lovely Lingerie"; "Color and You"; "Counted Cross Stitch"; and more. The cost for the seminar is $10. Pre-registration is important. For % detailed information and a registra tion form, contact Carol Bennett, Morrow County Extension Agent at 676-9642. PO Box 397, Heppner. OR 97836. Weather Report by City of Heppner April 3 - 9, 1990 High LOW Prec Tues. 72 37 .0 Weds. 71 39 .0 Thurs. 71 41 .0 71 39 .0 PH. 73 32 .0 Sat._ AO 31 .0 Sun. Mon. 67 •37 .0 Market Report Compliments o( ttw Mor on County Gr»m Growers April May June Tuesday, April 10 Soft White July Aug. Bariev April May July Aug. Pik *3.74 *3.76/*3.74 *3.72/*3.69 *3.65/*3.61 *3.60 *110 T *111 T *104 T *105 T *96,/2 ** ONE YEAR CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 7.75 APR 7.98 % yield Q A iJK — = _ M XjJZastem Ureqon F of Arlington • Heppner • lone "Your Independent Home Owned Bonk
