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_______ . ___ ______ F r s 3 I £ _________ u or o r - r: ? . s p a p PR :. I n EUGENE Preparations begin EMTs sponsor awareness program W E T Z E L L OR for fair, horse show & 7 4 0 3 By Merlyn Robinson Heppner High School holds commencement Morrow County Fair superin tendents have been meeting regularly to update and en hance the indoor exhibit space and the decor for the 19% August 14-17 fair. Arrangement of exhibit space is planned to best display en tries for viewing. According to the committee, it is important that all county residents make an effort to participate. From backyard garden produce to canned and baked foods, as well as arts, crafts and needle work, everyone is encouraged to enter his handiwork. To add to fair decor along with colorful flowers, plants and paintings, superintendents are scheduling a scarecrow making workshop at 10 a.m., Wednesday, June 19. Everyone is invited and all participants are to bring clothing articles or materials to dress a scarecrow. These characters could resem ble a cowboy, a country gal or even take on an animal form. All changes in the fair format will be listed in the premium book to be published by the Heppner Gazette-Times and to be circulated in June. As part of the fair, the Mor row County Open Horse Show, July 28, has undergone changes. This year's classes are open to all participants and are not limited to Morrow County residents. A $2 per class or $10 all-day entry fee per person will be charged. Class ribbons, awards and premium money are to be awarded to winners. Judges this year are Ann and Mel Gahaley of Eagle, Idaho. Entry forms are available at various stores and offices. From halter classes to walk/trot, lead line and costume classes, there are classes for all ages. Riders may compete for high point awards and junior and senior performance horse. The show offers pleasure and equitation classes in English and Western, reining classes, working hunter and trail. Entries are due at the fair office by July 24. A large turnout is anticipated. Ewes-R-Us plan can/bottle drive Heppner High School graduating class (Editor's note: A story on the lone High School graduation will appear in next week's Gazette-Times.) Heppner High School comj mencement exercises were held May 23 at the high school. Honor scholars were Tina Kemp, Ben Ewing and Kristina Grant, honor speakers, and Phillip Spicerkuhn. Heppner High School Prin cipal Steve Dickenson welcom ed those in attendance and presented awards and diplo mas. Morrow County School Superintendent Chuck Starr gave the affirmation of gradua tion. Colin A nderson, Renee Devin, Jossie Evans, Shaun Hisler, Donnie Pointer, Chris Sykes and Rod Zumwalt presented honored guests, G inger Bowman, Karen Clough, Mark Dowdy (unable to be present), John and Millie Hanna and Joy Krein. Jessica Sumner, Renee Devin and Rod Zumwalt organized the slide show. Grand marshals were Lind sey Waterland, Eric Schon- bachler; candlelighters, Brandi Marshall and Brian Koffler; programs, Traci Dickenson and Toni Kemp; ushers, Josh Coin er, Brent Gunderson. Chris Jones, Justin Matteson and Phillip Tellechea; gifts, Lori Moeller and Mandi Gutierrez. The following awards were presented to the HHS gradua ting seniors: -Tina Kemp: Eastern Oregon State College Laurels, $2,766 a year for four years ($11,064); Tylenol, $1,000; Boise State University, out-of-state tuition award, $5,346; Oregon State Scholarship Com m ission award; Elk's Scholarship, $800; Booster Club, $200; 4-H Scholarship, $500; Masonic Lodge, $500; Heppner High Student Council, $200; South Morrow County Scholarship Fund, $500; Troedson Educa tional Fund, $750; Mike Currin Memorial, $800; Hilda Yocom, $ 100 . -Jessica Sumner: Blue Moun tain Community College tuition waiver, $1080 a year; Dr. Richard and Christy Carpenter aw ard, $500; Kinzua Re sources, $500; Pioneer Memo rial Hospital Foundation, $200; Elk's Scholarship, $200; Hepp ner High Student Council, $200; Troedson Educational Fund, $750. -Jossie Evans: BMCC tuition waiver, $1080 a year; Bank of Eastern Oregon, $500; Masonic Lodge, $500; Heppner Lions Club, $300; Troedson Educa tional Fund, $750. -Ben Ewing: Booster Club, $200; Morrow County Educa tion Association, $150; Hepp ner High Student Council, $200; South Morrow County Scholarship, $500; Troedson Educational Fund, $750. -Chris Sykes: Booster Club, $200; Heppner Lions Club, $300; Jim Barratt Award. -Donnie Pointer: BMCC tui tion waiver, $1080 a year. -Kristina Grant: BMCC tui tion waiver, $1080 a year. -Stephanie Johnson: Pioneer Memorial Hospital Foundation, The Ewes-R-Us 4-H sheep club will be conducting a bot tle and can drive on Saturday, June 1, beginning at noon in Heppner. Funds received from this pro ject will be used to purchase clippers for the club. Anyone interested in donat ing returnable bottles and cans to the club should call Janet Greenup, 676-6822, or Sonja McCabe, 676-5231 for pick up. Club members and parents are asked to meet at the museum at noon. IU C C auction to be held June 1 The South Morrow County EMT Association celebrated na tional emergency services week with an awareness and ap preciation program in both Heppner and lone. The EMTs sponsored a pro gram at Heppner Elementary School for kindergarten through fourth grade students. The fifth and sixth-graders were unable to participate because of a scheduling conflict with Tupper Outdoor School and other events, although they participated in a coloring contest put on by the EMTs. Kindergarten through fifth graders at lone participated in both the program and the col oring contest. Ribbons were presented at an assembly. En tries were judged not on ar tistry, but idea. "All the entries were excellent,” said a South Morrow County EMT. In the contest, the children drew on sacks which were put out at Central Red Apple Market. First, second and third place ribbons were awarded in each grade and a grand prize winner was selected from first place winners. Grand prize winner was Blair Keithly of Heppner. Other winners are as follows: lone School: kindergarten- first Justin Archer, second Alan Rietmann; first grade-first Rachel Parm, second Stephanie Holland; third Amber Patton; second grade-first Ashly Grams, second Abby Key, third William Grubaugh; third grade-first Kasie Peterson, se cond Kayleen Vosberg, third Alyssa Rietmann; fourth grade- first Natalie McElligott, second Sarah Barrow, third Cyd Tullis; fifth grade-first Diana McElli gott, second Koby Rea, third Caitlin Orem. Judges were Vickie Wagenblast and Betty Carlson. EMT Charity McElli gott presented the awards. Heppner Elementary: kinder garten-first Brittany Boothe, se cond Katie Kilkenny, third Kendra Rayburn; second grade-first Mikel Britt, second Jesse Kurts, third Emily Salyers; third grade-first Blair Keithly, second Jessica Wain- wright, third Kory Paullus; fourth grade-first Adam Wight, second Ariel Johnson, third Blake Allstott; fifth grade-first Tylynn Smith; second LaRena Penturf; sixth grade-first Mariah (last name unavailable at press time); second Rhonda (last name unavailable at press time). Judges were Sheryl Car- ty, R.N., Diana Grant, EMT I, and Herman Winter, emergen cy vehicle driver. EMT pre senters were Shanna Paullus, Diana Grant and Dawn Garrett. The EMTs and Pioneer Memorial Hospital sponsored a dinner at the Heppner Elks Club in appreciation of the volunteer EMTs, drivers, fireman and nurses who ride in the ambulance. Drs. Ed and Jeanne Berretta and Morrow County Health District administrator Kevin Erich made a special presenta tion to Dr. Ernie Atkins, who will become the new EMT supervisor. Pennie Miller was in charge of the dinner. Cooks were John and Cindy Breidenbach. Macy Rhea, Trisha Adam s and Danielle McDowell assisted in the dining room. PMH Foundation awards scholarships Pioneer Memorial Hospital Foundation has aw arded $2,300 in scholarships to Mor row County residents who plan to pursue careers in the health care field. The foundation has been awarding health care scholarships since 1980. Heppner resident Sheridan Tarnasky received $650 from the Dr. Wallace Wolff Scholar ship. Tarnasky will enter Ore gon Health Sciences Universi ty's (OHSU) physician assis tant program this September. Currently the director of nurs ing at Pioneer Memorial Hospital (PMH), she has work ed as a registered nurse in the Heppner community for 24 years. In addition to her work at PMH, Tarnasky was ad ministrator of the Tri-County Home Health Agency and an office nurse for Dr. Wolff. Tar nasky said her goal is to return to Heppner and practice as a physician assistant. Nine other applicants receiv ed awards from the Earl and Hazel Wilson Scholarship Fund. Mark Moeller and Chris tian Schultz, both of whom received scholarships from the foundation last year, received $300 each. Moeller, from Hepp ner, is attending Eastern Ore gon State College (EOSC). After graduating from EOSC, he plans to attend OHSU to become a physician. Schultz, also a Heppner resident, has been attending Walla Walla College. She will enter Boise State University in the fall to pursue a degree in radiation therapy. The remaining seven appli cants received $200 each from the Wilson Fund. Boardman resident Darcie Lappen was awarded funds to pusue a nur sing degree. She plans to even tually attend medical school while working as a registered nurse. Robert "Jaso n " Brown, of Irrigon, has been accepted at Whitman College. He plans to become a physician. Lori Bu- low, also of Irrigon, will attend Blue Mountain Community College (BMCC) this fall. She is interested in a career in socio logy or psychology. Melissa Wallace, of Lexing ton, plans to obtain a nursing degree. She has been attending college since 1993 and will be a student at the University of Portland in the fall. lone resi dent Marie Tworek plans to at tend BMCC this fall. She hopes to become a registered nurse. Stephanie Johnson, of Hepp ner, hopes to attend Southern Oregon State College. She is interested in a career in physi cal therapy or sports medicine. Lexington resident Jessica Sumner will attend Mt. Hood Community College in the fall and begin course work to ob tain her physical therapy assis tant certificate. She eventually hopes to earn a master's degree in physical therapy. The annual lone United Church of Christ auction and "Monsters" coming to Morrow County barbecue will be held this Why is it that only kids get to ed, "I'm Sorry, the Bridge is Saturday, June 1, at the dress up at Halloween? Did Willows Grange Hall in lone. Out, You'll Have to Spend the $ 200 . The auction will begin at you ever have the urge to howl Night," stars the Wolfman and -Phillip Spicerkuhn: Troed 10:30 a.m. with the pit barbe at the moon or perhaps have some of his fiendish friends. son Educational Fund, $750. The read-through will be this -Doashea Givens: Troedson cue dinner starting at 12:30 the desire to act? The newly formed Morrow Thursday, May 30, at the p.m. Cost for the dinner is $5 Educational Fund, $750. for adults, $2.50 for children six County Theatre group invites Heppner High School band to 12; with preschool children any interested community room at 6:30 p.m. "Join us for members to attend an informal an open casting call," said free. The country store, offering script reading for a fall "m on Wryn. ster" musical. No commitment foods, handcrafted items, For more information, call finalize acquisition of the pro or talent required at this time, Wryn, 422-7017, or Paul Mar books, toys and household perty at the Riverside site with items for sale, will open at 10 said organizer Debbie Wryn. shall, 676-9192. the state of Oregon. The state The musical comedy, entitl- a.m. earlier agreed to sell the district the property. In turn, the dis trict agrees to build a fence around a building near the site. Marks said that the district hopes to break ground in Oc tober. He said that if the winter is mild enough to allow con on all boxes and fuel tanks in stock thru June 8th struction, there may be swim ming the summer of 1997. However, Marks said that com pletion in time for next summer Lexington 989-8221 1-800-452-7396 is ''very conditional” . Riverside site chosen for pool A concensus of people atten ding a public meeting May 16 concerning the proposed Willow Creek Park District swimming pool site favors the site on Riverside Street in Heppner, according to swim ming pool project manager Gary Marks. An alternate site was at Hager Park, near George Waterland Field. The Willow Creek Park District Board authorized the architect to begin design of the pool and authorized Marks to Delta Truckbox Sale 10% off Morrow County Grain Growers
