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M M M I TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 13, 1992 FFA awards presented T e d S a m p s o n co n tin u ed from p a g e 7 daughter. Sampson has been a stockman/carpenter for the past 25 years and is employed with Associated Building Contractors. Sampson has a bachelor of science degree from Southern Oregon State College. He has been a Morrow County Fair Committee member, an Irrigon Precinct Committeeman and a Morrow County Democratic Central Committee member. Sampson is a member o f the American Angus Association, Oregon Pork Producers. He was a 4-H and FFA auction buyer at Umatilla, Milton-Freewater and Morrow County fairs. He is treasurer for the Eastern Oregon Carpenter Local. “ My practical, common sense type o f leadership will make me an excellent justice of the peace,” said Sampson. Air On You Florence Holt H eppn er O regon L-R: Jenni A shbeck and Scott C o e receive FFA aw ards from teacher Bill U m barger The annual Heppner Future Farmers o f America banquet was held May 4 at the Heppner High School cafeteria. Approximately 80 guests and members attended. Joe Lindsay was master o f ceremonies for the evening. Agriculture and proficiency awards were given to the follow ing members: Shelly A shbeck received awards in sheep production, poultry production and wildlife m anagem ent. Placem ent in agriculture processing-Scott Coe; sheep production-Brent Wright; beet production-Kelsie Evans; outdoor recreation-Jason Hanna and Kristi Winters; soil and water conservation-John Qualls; home and farmstead improvement- Rondi Robinson; agricultural mechanics-Casey O'Brien and agriculture sales and service- Ryan Munkers. Members receiving scholarship pins for having the highest grade point average in the chapter were Jenny Krein, Brent Wright, Kelsie Evans, Ryan Munkers an Dwayne Dunaway. Receiving leadership pins for their involvement in chapter ac tiv ities were C oe, Hanna, Dunaway, Munkers and Jenni Ashbeck. Elected to honorary member ship for their outstanding support for the FFA were Alvin and Julie Ashbeck, Tim and Jan Coe and Gary and Martha Munkers. C liff Green presented the Star Greenhand award to Kelsie Evans, daughter of Wayne and Sue F.vans, for her outstanding achievements as a first year FFA member. Larry Mills presented the Star Chapter Farm er to Jenni Ashbeck. This award is given to the member who has given outstanding effort and had the greatest achievement the past year as an advanced FFA member. Her parents are Alvin and Julie Ashbeck. You May Depend On Us Tomorrow Concluding the evening was guest speaker M ayor Jo e McLaughlin from Pendleton. McLaughlin reflected on the time that he went through the Hepp ner FFA program in the early ‘4 0 ’s. He said this experience gave him self-confidence that would help him later in life. He challenged the members to set goals and told them not to be afraid to go the extra mile. Births Kylie M arie Sieler-a daughter Kylie Marie was bom March 25, 1992 to Shelly Sieler of Heppner at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Pendleton. The baby weighed 5 lbs. 14 oz. Grandparents are George and Myma Sieler, Heppner. Javier Martinez, Jr.-a son Javier was bom May 2, 1992 to Maria Andrade o f Boardman at Good Shepherd Community Hospital in Hermiston. The baby weighed <> lbs. 6 oz. Florence and her hus band Millard received their first A ir Life Membership as a g ift fro m their daughter— after Florence tookherfirst Air Life flight W ith A ir Life's help, you can h ave the small town quality of life you w ant and the outstanding m edical care you need. Just ask Florence Holt of H eppner, O regon. W hen m inutes count, Air Life delivers critical care w herever it's needed: you r local airport, the hospital helipad, a rancher's field or a highw ay tem porarily blocked to allow the helicopter to land. Join A ir Life. Y o u r $45 annual m em bership investm ent will benefit your fam ily and help keep Air Life flying! Call us today for a m embersltip application. 1-800-522-2828 /im L ire . O f O fiECO N NEW! A MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH IN MULCHING TECHNOLOGY. 2x2 SPLIT LEVEL BLADE Only Snapper's Recycling Mulcher features the revolutionary 2x2 Split Level Blade. This innovative blade has 4 horizontal and 2 vertical cutting edges that suspend clippings in a deep drawn mulching chamber for repeated cutting. The grass clippings are cut so fine that your lawn will look like you bagged. You can only get this revolutionary blade on a Snapper. ^M orrow County Grain Growers ^ 1-800-452-7396 350 Main Lexington. Oregon 989-8221 ^ ONLX ^ LAND O LAKIS £2 "Air Life: My Life Depended On It" Join Today! in 1988. A ir Life flew Florence again in January 1992. This time, Florence doesn't owe a penny on her $4407 flight from Pioneer M e morial Hospital, Heppner to St. Charles M edical Center in Bend. You can count on Flo rence, an avid M ember ship supporter, to be wear ing her "I'm here because of A ir Life" pin and en couraging you to become an Air Life M ember, too. ■'» • I - »
