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EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 7.1997
Sullivan named as
Big city kids take to country life
Girls State delegate
(L-R): Jessica Westberg, Ms. Strange, Aaron Griffith, Carl Miller and Ste
fanie Hanson. Not pictured is Matt Young.
The Heppner Elementary
School fifth and sixth-grade
art
class
made
the
Morrow County Livestock Growers serve up a barbecue lunch to Centennial Middle School students.
The faces were just as fresh
this year and the excitement
just as high as Heppner Junior
High eighth graders traded
places with the Centennial
Middle School eighth graders
for the 17th year in a row from
April 26 to May 3.
What do the Centennial
students think about it all?
Following are some of their
observations.
Josh Weissert, 13, Boring,
who stayed with the Doug and
Carley Drake family, says,
"It's a lot o f fun. We rode four-
wheelers and a go cart. I can't
do it at home because it will
tear up the ground." Josh, who
says he likes the out-of-doors,
says that he got to go up in a
plane, flown by his host father,
Doug. He says that he likes
seeing familiar faces in
Heppner. "At our school, you
don't know half of the people.
You can't leave anything out,"
says Josh.
Rhiannon Boettcher, 14,
Portland,
says that her
experience has been "really
fun". "Middle school here is
more like high school at home.
Our middle school has a
system o f three teams, but at
high school you go to different
classes." She says that she
likes not having a lot o f people
around, but adds that it "takes
so long to get everywhere."
Rhiannon stayed with the
Charlie and Marsha Anderson
family.
After a week full o f
activities, including tours o f a
wheat ranch, Kinzua, the
Morrow County Museum, the
Heppner Ranger District and
North Morrow County, in
addition to classes at Heppner
High School, the Centennial
students and their hosts ended
their week with a hamburger
barbecue put on by the
Morrow County Livestock
Association and a program on
rodeo.
The kids watched rodeo
videos; Butch Knowles spoke
about rodeo and explained
events; and Bob Mahoney
spoke about the High School
Rodeo Association. After the
program, the students went
outside for a demonstration by
local high school rodeo club
members and some hands-on
activities. Sherree Mahoney
answered questions from the
kids and Mike Mahoney
assisted in the arena. High
Joe Cioeta, 13, Gresham,
school rodeo club members says that he enjoys the rural
who helped out included environment. "I like how there
Annie Hisler, Lexi Matteson, isn't so much pollution," says
TifTanie and Angela Munkers, Joe. "It's nice because it's open
Emmett Evans, Brian Knowles and free and there are animals.
and Katie McCoin. Lacey 1 really like animals." Another
Matteson also helped out with positive aspect, says Joe, is
that "Everyone's so dam nice
the demonstration.
out here. There is no crime
whatsoever." The worst part,
he adds, is the driving. "You
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to go shopping." He said that
during his week in Morrow
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Amber Holcombe, 14,
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horse for the first time at the
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activity during her stay. Her
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least favorite activity was the
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long bus rides to various
activities around the county.
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Besides horseback riding, she
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went bowling and four-
wheeling with her host family,
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Don and Judy Barber and
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children.
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Jasmine Jones, l4, also went
horseback riding and four-
wheeling with her host family,
Kay and Mike Proctor and
children.
She says that she
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liked the smaller school at
Heppner. "The Heppner school
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Emmett Evans (right) of Heppner High School shows Josh Weissert of Cen
tennial Middle School how to tie a calf.
is a lot more personal because
classes are smaller and block
periods are longer," says
Jasmine. "At Centennial they
try to do that, but teachers
have 200 kids they try to teach
every day. It's better here."
She says she also likes the
familiarity that a small town
has. "It's like a really big
family
community
in
Heppner," says Jasmine. "Not
everyone gets along, but they
respect each other. I don't even
know my neighbor diagonal
from me at home." Like many
o f the other urban kids,
Jasmine also remarked about
the distances that Morrow
County people drive. "It's
pretty secluded. If you go to a
movie, you have to travel way
far away. I used to think I
lived in a suburban area."
Next w eek-the Heppner
students
give
their
observations on city life.
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Four local piano students were
among
36
students
who
participated in adjudications in
Hermiston on April 18. The
adjudications were sponsored by
the National Guild of Piano
Teachers.
Amy Jepsen performed 10
pieces and received a superior
rating.
She was declared a
national winner and received a
gold pin. Amy is the daughter of
Bill and Nancy Jepsen of
Heppner. She is taught by Sharon
Jones o f Hermiston.
Darren Van Cleave performed
three pieces and received a
superior rating with honors.
Matthew and Nathan Van Cleave
each performed three pieces and
received superior minus ratings.
All three boys were declared local
winners and received bronze pins.
They are the sons of Tim and
Myma Van Cleave o f Heppner,
and are taught by their mother.
The National Guild of Piano
Teachers sponsors adjudications
in 843 centers throughout the
United States. Each student who
successfully
completes
an
adjudication is entitled to a one-
year membership in the National
Fraternity of Student Musicians.
W C P D m e etin g date changed
The Wednesday, May 7, 1997
m eeting o f the W illow Creek
Park District has been changed to
Tuesday, May 13 at 7 p.m. at the
Heppner City Hall.
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wish to thank everyone
for a successful first year.
Watch for our 16-unit
expansion to start early June.
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Jenny Sullivan, 17, lone has
been selected as a delegate to
Oregon Girls State by the lone
American Legion Auxiliary
Unit #95.
Jenny, the daughter o f Brian
and Lorie Sullivan o f lone, is a
junior at lone High School.
She is a member o f Honor
Society, Drama Club, the lone
Youth Group and International
Club. She plays volleyball and
tennis and is the junior class
vice-president. She was active
in 4-H and was the sophomore
class vice-president.
Girls State will be held June
15-21 at Linfield College at
McMinnville. During her
experience at Girls State,
Jenny will participate, along
with other girls sent by
American Legion Auxiliary
units, in a mock government.
Each girl is assigned to a
"county"
and
then
the
"counties" are organized into
cities. The girls then name
their cities and elect city
officials—a mayor, council
members and a city recorder.
Then county elections begin
and the girls elect county
commissioners, a county clerk,
a sheriff, district attorney,
county recorder, district judge,
environmental engineer, board
o f education member, labor
commissioner, three party
delegates, three alternate party
delegates and two justice
candidates.
After city and county
elections are held, state
elections begin, with a
governor, secretary of state,
attorney
general,
labor
commissioner, superintendent
o f public instruction, six
senators
and
12
representatives.
Two candidates are then
elected to represent their
county for Girls Nation, the
federal continuation of Girls
State.
In addition to learning about
government,
girls
also
participate in athletics, have a
barbecue, party conventions, a
campaign rally and whistle
stops for the two governor and
secretary o f state candidates.
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Neighborhood Center a little
more visible and definitely
more decorative.
The class, with teacher Jean
Strange, decorated a post at
the center, which is located on
Main Street in Heppner. The
students started before St.
Patrick's Day and, because o f
typical spring weather, were
able to finish up last week.
The post now has a western
and St. Patrick's Day theme.
Students participating in the
project
include
Jessica
Westberg, Matt Young, Aaron
Griffith, Stefanie Hanson and
Carl Miller.
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