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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 18, 1994 Fun at Outdoor School.... Tupper Outdoor School is like the camp songs that run through the hearts and minds of youthful campers. It just won’t die. Despite the slings and arrows of Ballot Measure 5, teachers and parents, some of whom attended Outdoor School themselves, are determined to keep the ex perience alive for future sixth-graders. Outdoor School could have been a casualty of Ballot Measure 5 budget cuts. This will be the last year that the week-long camping experience and many other school programs will receive school district funding. Outdoor School has been partially funded through 5th and 6th-grade fund raisers, such as ticket sales for a televi sion in Heppner and bake sales, bottle drives, free throw contests and other money-makers for schools. This year Heppner rais ed around $2,900. “ We usually make more than we spend,” said Heppner Elementary School sixth-grade teacher and Tupper veteran Dave Gunderson. Gunderson, alias “ Hoosier” , his camp nickname, is a strong proponent of the program. “ It gets better every year,” he said. Gunderson says that the real Heppner and lone sixth graders learn to make tracks Wednes benefit of the program is the day as part of the Outdoor school at the Tupper Guard Station. responsibility, cam araderie, cooperation and teamwork that the camp instills in the children, in addition to a great deal of knowledge about the outdoors. The Outdoor School has been in existence over 20 years. The staff is a real melding of the Heppner and lone communities. Gunderson is in his 8th year. Jan- nie “ Cricket” Allen, lone, also a sixth-grade teacher at Heppner Elementary, has been a camp teacher for six years and Dean “ Rowdy” Robinson, Heppner, language arts teacher at lone Schools, has been a Tupper teacher seven years. Fifth-grade HMS teacher Bill “ Honker” Ew ing has taught at the camp four years and sixth-grade HMS teacher Vicky “ Bro” Broden is on her second year. Greg “ Woody” (short for wood duck, his favorite bird) Likens, lone Students enjoy free time during a break in the day. science teacher, is a three-year veteran. Gunderson, Allen and tend camp this year during the to waive their normal cam Robinson were full time Tupper daytime. Boardman and Irrigon pground fee next year. The last teachers, while Ewing, Broden students attended Outdoor School two years the Tupper teachers and Likens taught part time. Bob- the previous week. received extra duty pay, but, says This year the district budgeted Gunderson, “ We have done it for bi Angell has been camp cook for $4,111 for the camp, which will years without extra pay.” the past five years. have to be raised by other means This year during the Heppner- The Heppner Parents Club has next year. Costs include wages already planned a car wash to Ione week, the camp housed 52 Heppner kids, 15 lone kids and for substitutes to replace the raise funds for Tupper, this Satur 15 high school counselors in ad teachers who are at Tupper, bus day, May 21, from 11 a.m. to 3 dition to the cook, staff members transportation and food, which is p.m., behind Les Schwab. The and assorted parents who come around $30 per student for the car wash will also feature hot up during the day to help out in week. The Forest Service has dogs, popcorn, pop and baked the kitchen. A handicapped stu discussed the rental of the Tup goods for sale. dent, Eric Rollis. was able to at- per Guard Station and may agree Lexington News By Delpha Jones from Yakima Valley, WA., visited in Lexington one day last week. -:-M r. and Mrs. Franklin -:-Alice Majeske has returned home after a stay in the hospital in Walla Walla, WA. -:-Mr. and Mrs. Ken Marshall Delta D IO •/• Messenger are spending some time in Lexington to be near his father Truman E. Messenger, Sr., who was a patient at Pioneer Memorial Hospital. -:-Graveside services were held Saturday in Illwacu for Myrtle J. Miller. Mrs. Miller was the mother of Earl Miller, former Heppner resident and a sister of Cecil Jones. Kenneth Jones at tended the service on Saturday. -:-The last of the series of card parties held at the Oddfellow Hall was Saturday evening. Winning prizes were: women’s high-Carol Norris, second-Kathy Tellechea; m en 's high-V ern K eithley, second-Bob Taylor; traveling-Sue Vinson and Delpha Jones. Refreshments were served by the host and hostess Mr. and Mrs. Bob Taylor. VOL ,:y ' ' ■x all pickup boxes through May 28th Approximately 35 kids and five adults pulled rye for seven hours Saturday at the Ken Turner ranch outside of Heppner. Money earned from rye pulling will be applied toward the students pay-to-participate job bank program. Extra money earned will be donated to the Wildhorse Club, which in the past has been used to build a weight room at HHS, buy a VCR and much needed extra equipment used for the students that has not been budgeted for. Along with Turner students and parents have pulled for Tommy Martin, Jerry Doherty and Irv Rauch. Students have two more weeks to pull rye. The program was started by Greg Grant about three years ago. Flood awareness week set The Morrow County Emergen cy Management Center, in con junction with the National Weather Service and the Army Corps of Engineers, has schedul ed Flash Flood Awareness Week from May 31 to June 3, Casey Beard, Emergency Management Center director, has announced. June 3 is the 91st anniversary of the catastrophic 1903 Heppner flood. Beard says that the Army Corps of Engineers has planned tours of the Willow Creek Dam May 31 and June 1 and 2, at 10 a.m ., 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. For group tours, call 676-5161. Those interested in taking the tours should meet at the base of the dam on the side opposite the baseball field. R epresentatives from the weather service and Corps will tell how flash floods occur and explain why H eppner is vulnerable. On June 3, a practice flash flood drill will be held in the mor ning to test the current flood plan. A critique of the drill has been planned for the afternoon. To schedule a speaker for groups or meetings on the flash flood awareness program, call Beard, 676-5161. Bike-a-thon May 22 By Anne Morter The lone St. Jude Bike-a-thon has been rescheduled for Sunday, May 22. The event was postpon ed due to rain last Sunday. Registration begins at noon near the lone Fire Hall. Two courses are available: a 22 mile ride from Ruggs to lone and a one mile circuit route within the lone City limits. Rides to Ruggs will leave at 12:30 p.m. for anyone needing transportation. Bicyclists may also register at Ruggs. Both rides will begin at 1 p.m. The lone St. Jude Bike-a-thon raises funds for the St. Jude Children’s Hospital in Memphis, TN ., the leading childhood cancer research center in the country. Anyone needing further infor mation should contact coor d inators, Anne M orter at 422-7429 or Janet Thompson, 422-7549. 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Eva Mabbot and Carol Mitchell of CAPECO were pre sent for the meeting. i . . ,.i ,ui The menu for the birthday dinner May 25 will be baked ham, com, potato rounds, carrot raisin salad, rolls, gingerbread and ice cream. Members from the Seventh-Day Adventist and Nazarene churches will serve. There will be a Health Choices meeting on May 24 from 6 to 9 p.m. These meetings are held to explain the Oregon State Health Insurance program. There are many changes that everyone should know about. Only one person attended the meeting in April. The Health Fair “ Wellness Through the Ages” will be held at the senior center Thursday, May 19 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. All ages are invited to attend. One table of pinochle was played Friday afternoon. Eight seniors were present for the movie Sunday, “ A Cry in the Wild” . Dates to remember: Monday, Bible study, 10:30 a.m.; Tues. and Thurs., exercise, 10 a.m .; Friday, cards, 2 p.m.; Sunday, movie, 7 p.m. Bedding Plants Flowers Vegetables Herbs Corinne’s Greenhouse Fuller Canyon Road 8-6, Mon.-Sat. Phone 676-5016
