Blackhawk helicopter stops in Heppner
Photo by Joyce Hughes
Blackhawk, a helicopter with the special forces of the U S. Navy flew into Heppner and landed
on the track field at Heppner High School Tuesday, March 28 to show students the helicopter
and answer any questions they may have about the U.S. Navy. Flying the helicopter was Bob
Sagely s bro* ¡er Mike, who has been with the Navy for nine years. U.S. Navy personnel also set
up demonstrations of radio air craft equipment.
First Interstate donates to rodeo bleachers
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First Interstate Bank, through
its LAT Program, has awarded
$2,500 to the Oregon Trail Pro
Rodeo Committee and Oregon
Trail Boosters to help w'ith their
construction of the bleacher
project at the Morrow County
rodeo grounds new site.
"These funds have been set
aside by First Interstate Bank
for community spending,”
stated Marilyn Garcia of the
Heppner Branch. "The Oregon
Trail Pro Rodeo Committee and
Booster organization is very
grateful for these funds and
commend First Interstate Bank
for their community involve
ment and spirit," said Marlene
Currin Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo
secretary.
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lone residents win Blazer All Star honors
Jeri McEligott and Cathy Halvorsen with their awards
Jeri McElIigott and Cathy
Halvorsen, both lone, were
honored at a Trail Blazer/Bud-
weiser All Star award presen
tation Sunday, March 26, at a
Blazer game in Portland.
The pair were among 11 peo
ple selected out of 60 to receive
an award. They were chosen
for their work with the
homeless as leaders for the lone
Interdenominational Youth
Group.
McElIigott and Halvorsen
received a $500 award to be
donated to their favorite chari
ty, a plaque, a night's lodging
at the Marriott Hotel and tickets
to a Blazer game. The presen
tation took place during the
Blazer warm up time.
Halvorsen and McElIigott
decided to give the $500 to the
Jason Halvorsen Scholarship
Fund. Jason, Cathy's son, died
in an automobile accident last
year. He was active in the
youth group and enjoyed ac
companying them on trips to
Portland to help the homeless.
The idea was born when
Cathy traveled with a group of
students from the lone United
Church of Christ to San Fran
cisco, CA. to help out in a soup
kitchen for the homeless. The
first trip for the lone Youth
Group w'as in 1990 when they
traveled to Portland through
the United Church of Christ to
help serve food in an overnight
shelter.
The next year, through the
Catholic Church, Jeri took part
in the ''Portland Plunge” . She
spent a week in Portland help
ing the homeless through dif
ferent organizations and de
veloped around 10 different
contacts, which were helpful in
setting up youth trips.
Jeri says that some kids who
accompany her and Halvorsen
EMTs to raffle stereo equipment
The EMT Association will raf
fle off a stereo, complete with
CD player, AM/FM and
cassette player during the Roll
ing Hills run breakfast, April
27.
Tickets are available for $1
each or six for $5 at Miller's
Mini Mart in Heppner. The
stereo, currently displayed at
Miller's Mini Mart, will be on
display at various merchants on
a rotating basis.
Proceeds will go toward am
bulance equipment for Hepp
ner, Lexington and lone.
Parent-teacher conferences slated
Parent-teacher conferences
will be held for students atten
ding Heppner High School on
Thursday and Friday, April 6
and 7. Karen Smith-Griffith
will be at HHS on April 6 and
at lone on April 7. Parents may
visit with teachers on April 6
from 5-9 p.m. at the high school
and on April 7 from 7:30 a.m.
to 11:30 a m.
The end of the third nine
weeks period is March 31.
Report cards will be in the mail
April 5.
are comfortable the first time,
but most are a little apprehen
sive. But, she says that the kids
soon learn that they have
nothing to fear from the home
less people and that most of
them are "very nice, very
grateful” and often want so
meone to talk to. "People
down there have a lot to teach
us,” added Jeri. "We go to help
out, but we don't go down to
rescue them.
Over the years the pair and
their charges made chili and
hundreds of sandwiches,
sometimes supplying the food,
served lunches and dinners,
delivered meals, washed w alls,
cleaned apartments, sorted
clothes and helped with office
work and supplies. Service
organizations the group has
assisted include the Blanchet
House, Loaves and Fishes,
Outreach Ministries, Recovery
Inn, Sisters of the Road and
Greenhouse Youth Shelter.
"Jeri and Cathy have shown
great commitment to local
youth and to the homeless in
the Portland area,” said Jean
Jepsen, lone, who nominated
them for the Blazer award.
"Last August they encouraged
36 people to gather pledges and
travel to Portland to participate
in "The Human Race", a fund
raising walk for service
organizations in the Portland
area. As a result the lone con
tingent won first prize for total
amount collected, which result
ed in an award for their bene
ficiary, Outreach Ministries.”
"These women,” continued
Jepsen, "make an impact on
the youth of lone, but even
more importantly, every time
one of these people strike out
on their own, they transport
the end result with them. Manv
of the youth only fully realize
the impact of the experiences
shared with the Youth Group
after leaving it behind.”
Jepsen said that in forming
the group, Halvorsen and
McElIigott wanted to provide
an organization that would
provide peer support for the
youth, make them aware of
social problems and more ac
tively involved in solving them
"Despite publicity to the con
trary, the young people really
wanted to tackle some of the
social problems but had no idea
where to begin,” said Jepsen.
The Youth Group also be
came involved in the communi
ty, shoveling snow and deliver
ing homemade bread to senior
citizens.
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Photo by Joyce Hughes
L-R: First Interstate branch manager Marilyn Garcia presents
check to OTPR board members Marlene Currin and Mike Mills.
Other bank employees are Sharon Harrison, Andrea Mortimore
and Florene Robinson.
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Fencing Sale Ends
Sat., April 1st
Morrow County Grain Growers
Lexington 989-8221
1-800-452-7396
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