FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 19, 1997
Engagement
Elks Club announces contest winners
Ryan Pence studies in Costa Rica
Ryan Pence
L-R: Shanna Rietmann, Cara Kennedy and Lillian Calvert
Gesek - Jones
Carey Gesek o f Dublin, CA and Steven Jones of Danville, CA,
announce their engagement.
( ¡esek is the daughter of Walter and Lon Gesek of Dublin, CA. She
works for Chevron International Overseas Petroleum in San Ramon,
CA.
Jones is the son of Bob and Sue Jones of Heppner. He graduated
from Oregon Health and Sciences University in Portland and is now a
doctor of internal medicine at Kaiser Permanente in Walnut Creek,
CA. *
1 he couple will be married Sunday, June 22, in Livermore, CA.
\n open house has been planned on Wednesday, Nov. 26, to intro
duce Carey to the local community.
Quilt winner announced
Heppner Elks #358 has
announced the winners of this
year's
"Elks Eye Injury
Prevention Poster Contest".
First place was awarded to
Cara Kennedy who received a
$100 savings bond. Other
winners are Shanna Rietmann
and Lillian Calvert, both of
whom received $50 savings
bonds.
The purpose of this contest is
to acquaint students and the
general public
about the
increasing frequency of eye
injuries to the youth of our state,
said an Elks Club spokesperson.
The injuries are caused by
thrown objects, running with
sharp instruments, explosive
objects such as shells or
firecrackers and BB or pellet
guns.
The local Elks, with the
assistance of schools and
Ryan Pence of Heppner spent
January studying in Costa Rica
through a special study program
at Linfield College.
Pence, the son of Cara Osmin
of Heppner, took the class
Indigenous Art of Costa Rica.
This on-site studio art course
covered five indigenous cultures
in Costa Rica with special
attention to local art/craft forms
such as mask-making, bark cloth
teachers, are striving to educate
children in the importance of eye
safety. Heppner Elementary
School (HES) principal Bill
Karwacki, and HES teachers,
Patricia Hentges and Mary
Haguewood,
and
lone
Elementary
School (IES)
principal Dick Allen and IES
teacher Dean Robinson helped
promoting the cause.
These three winning posters
were sent to Milton -Freewater
Elks for the Northeast District
The Pendleton Bucks JYs
finals. If successful there they
broke it open in the third inning
will go on the state finals.
Elks Eye chairperson Jay of the game against the Heppner
Straley
commended all the Mustangs on Thursday, March
students' efforts in the contest. "It 13.
was very difficult to select only
The Bucks racked up three
three as every poster submitted consecutive hits in the third and
was informative and creative in scored three. They added one
describing how to prevent eye
more in the fourth and another in
injuries," said Straley. "Every
the fifth to make it a 5-0 ball
student did an excellent job."
game before the Mustangs turned
up the pressure.
Chris Paullus reached third base
via
a walk, a stolen base and a
scholarships to sons or daughters
fielder's
choice. Shane Matheny
of Farm Credit customers who
reached
second on a walk and a
are high school seniors within the
association's northwest territory. stolen base. With two on base,
The students must plan to attend Eric Schonbachler ripped one
a higher education institution between the legs of the first
within the next year. The stu basemen, scoring two. With the
dents are chosen based on
scholarship, leadership, extra
curricular activities and a written
essay about their future plans and
The Heppner Garden Club met
benefits of further education.
The Pendleton office of Farm March 3 at the St. Patrick’s Se
Credit Services provides financ nior Center. Cal Giesler of Arling
ing to farmers, ranchers, agri ton, a retired employee from the
Oregon Dept, of Fish and Wild
businesses, timber producers and
life. presented slides he had taken
rural home owners in Morrow,
on Oregon wildflowers. Many of
Umatilla, and portions of Gilliam
the slides were from this area. The
and Union counties.
wildflowers were “very beautiful
and interesting, and made us ap
preciate the beauty of our moun
tains and meadows,” said a gar
den club spokesperson.
The following business was
conducted: club members will
decorate the Main Street planter
Keelie Keown of Heppner has
been named to the George Fox
University dean's list for the fall
semester of the 1996-97 aca
demic year.
To be included on the academic
honor roll, a student must earn a
3.5 grade point average (GPA) or
higher while taking at least 12
graded credit hours of classes.
A senior majoring in mathe
matics, Keown is the daughter of
Michael and Kan Keown of
Heppner.
George Fox University is a
four-year Christian liberal arts
university with campuses in
Newberg and Portland. It was
founded in 1891 by Quaker
pioneer settlers.
painting and gourd-carving.
Hands-on
workshops
were
balanced with lectures and
discussion on these five local
cultures as they undergo increas
ingly rapid acculturation.
Pence was among 155
students participating in on-site
study programs through Linfield
College's January term, a four-
week period of concentrated
study in which students enroll in
one course. The program is
designed to help develop global
awareness and insights into
major issues of the times as well
as broaden the-understanding of
American society and western
culture, said a Linfield news
release.
Eleven courses were offered
this year and included inter
national travel in England, Ger
many, Russia, Finland, Chile,
Costa Rica, Japan, Mexico,
Romania,
Thailand
and
Malaysia. Within the United
States, students also studied in
Hawaii and Oregon.
HHS loses to Pendleton JVs
Luke Swanson selected candidate
score 2 - 5 and Schonbachler on
first, Tim Sumner took one out of
the park, to make it a 4 - 5 ball
game.
Josh Coiner finished out the
game on the mound for the
Mustangs, relieving Schon
bachler, who had a strong first
outing.
In the sixth, the
Mustangs had men on base, but
failed to come up with any runs.
Then Coiner shut down the
Bucks.
The Mustangs had one last
chance in the bottom of the
seventh. With no one on base
and two out, Sumner took one
deep, but the Bucks' center
fielder went back to the fence,
made the catch and ended the
ball game.
Heppner Garden Club enjoys slides
Jean Johnson (left) o f Pendleton was the winner o f the quilt
raffle held during St. Patrick's Day. With her is Daisy Collins
v\ ’ along with Maxine Gray and Barbara Fears made the quilt.
Bnlls to celebrate anniversary, birthday
A combination 50th
anniversary open house for
Don and Lorraine Ball and
90th birthday party for Anna
Ball will be held on Saturday,
March 22, at the lone Grange
Hall from 2-4 p.m.
Don and Lorraine were
married by a justice o f the
peace on April 4, 1947, in
Heppner. They are both
lifetime residents o f the
community.
Lorraine retired in 1990
after 21 years as a clerk with
the U.S. Postal Service in
Heppner. Don retired in 1993
after 36-1/2 years as Morrow
County Public Works director.
They are involved with the
Heppner Elks Lodge, the lone
Mason's Lodge and the Tri-
County Shriner's Club. They
also enjoy hunting, fishing and
spending time with family.
Anna Ball was bom March
22, 1907 at Chicago to Pete
and Elsie Peterson. The family
spent time in Washington
before moving to lone. She
was a member o f the first class
to graduate from lone High
School in 1925.
On Aug. 29, 1925 she
married Lewis Ball. They
spent their years living in the
lone-Heppner area while he
worked in the tracking
business, on the Morrow
County Road crew and
farming.
When he passed
away in 1978, she moved to
lone. In 1995, she lived at Hill
House in Heppner and then
lived in lone before moving to
Hermiston.
Mrs. Ball has four children,
Don, lone, Wayne, Portland,
Ellis, Panama City, FL, and
Betty
Loy, Beaverton, 15
grandchildren and 26 great
grandchildren.
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Luke Swanson
Luke Swanson, lone High
School senior, w as chosen as the
top scholarship candidate from
the Farm Credit Services
Pendleton office.
Swanson qualified to compete
for the two $1,000 Oregon
scholarships offered annually by
Farm Credit Services to high
school seniors in the state.
Swanson will be considered
along with 11 other students in
the state for the scholarships.
The winners will be announced
later this month.
Luke is the son o f Jim and
Monica Swanson of lone.
Pendleton office manager
Andy VanderPlaat said that the
competition was very strong
among the applications received
by the office. The local board of
directors for the Pendleton office
chooses the top candidate to go
on to the state competition. The
scholarship winners are chosen
by the association's board of
directors.
Northwest Farm Credit Ser
vices offers eight $1,000
George Fox lists
honor student
boxes for the St. Pat’s Celebra
tion; items will be donated to the
St. Pat’s Auction; and plans for
next year’s activities are being
made. Members are asked to
bring suggestions for the 1997-98
program at the next meeting.
The next meeting of the Hepp
ner Garden Club will be Monday,
April 7, with a potluck dinner at 6
p.m. Blue Mountain District 19
chairman Sharon Hammer o f
Condon will visit. The program
will be on decorating with veg
etables, presented by Garnett
Huddleston. The public is invited
to attend.