FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 21,1997
lone, Heppner thindads do well at league meet
By Shelby Krebs
lone and Heppner Middle
School thinclads did extremely
well at League Championships in
Pendleton May 10.
The
most
outstanding
performance came from the lone
Middle School Girls who scored
a whopping 194-1/2 points to
smash the second place team by
over 100 points.
Although they lacked in
numbers, the Heppner eighth
grade boys managed fourth place
with 52 points and lone was sixth
with 37.
Columbia Junior
High won the meet with 206
points.
Heppner seventh grade boys
were second while lone was
fourth. Heppner seventh grade
girls were fifth and lone, with
only one participant, placed
eighth.
The Cardinals were led by
Nonnee Walters who tallied up
36 points with wins in the long
jump(13'3"), triple jump (28'11-
1/2"PR) and the 100 meter
hurdles (18.56).
Shelby Krebs and Diana
McElligott were double winners
in the running events. Krebs
won the 800 in 2:53(PR) and the
400 in 1(PR).
McElligott
dominated the sprinting events,
winning the 100 in 14-06 and the
200 in 29.17. McElligott broke
the elementary 100 and 200
meter dash records earlier this
season.
Olivia Thompson and Allison
Halvorsen were also first place
finishers. Halvorsen won the
shot put with a put of 26'8" and
Thompson won the high jump
clearing 4'3"(PR). She was also
second in the triple jump and
third in the 200.
Krebs, Diana McElligott, and
Thompson combined with Salli
McElligott to run the medley
relay in a winning time of
3:38.24.
The team narrowly
missed the school record this
season.
Other girls placing in the top
three of their events were Katie
Bacon who claimed second in the
300 and 100 meter hurdles, Jaysi
Bennetto who was second in the
800 and Jeanette Brantley who
was third in the 400. Amelia
Peck was third in the discus.
Heppner's Ryan Matteson
dominated the 400, running it in
60.38. Matteson also won the
discus with a 112' toss.
Chris Peck checked in with
fourth place in the shot put while
David Piper was fourth in the
triple jump and high jump. Craig
Scott finished seventh in the high
jump and eighth in the long
jump.
Matteson, Peck, Scott and
Piper combined to break the
Heppner Middle School medley
relay record with a time of
3:01.37. The team shattered the
previous record of 3:19.
Eighth-grader Korey Morgan
was lone’s top placer. Morgan
placed third in the triple jump
and 800 meters. Morgan holds
the triple jump record with a
32'10" leap.
Cory Bennetto tied for third in
the 200 with a PR time of 27.6
and was fourth in the long jump
at 14'8".
Jeremiah McElligott ran to a
fifth place finish in the 1500
while Dustin Haguewood placed
sixth in the high jump (5'PR).
Stephan Matheny led the way
for the seventh grade with a win
in the 100 meters, second place
in the long jump and third in the
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Garden Club picnic postponed
The Heppner Garden Club
potluck picnic scheduled for June
1 at the Gonty's cabin at Lake
lone's seventh grader Brad
Bumght was on top of all his
events, including the 300 meter
hurdles (53.34), discus (1047"),
softball throw (184'2") and high
jump (4'8").
lone's team of Cayle Krebs,
Cameron Krebs, Cobv Rea and
Aaron Tworek sprinted to a third
place finish in the 4x100 relay.
Adam McCabe checked in with a
third place finish in the 100 and
two fourth places in the discus
and long jump.
Julie Proctor and Paula
Spicerkuhn piloted the way for
Heppner's seventh grade girls.
Proctor was first in the discus
with a 59’8" toss and second in
the shot put. Spicerkuhn beat a
Columbia runner to the tape to
win the 1500 in 6:17.10. She was
third in the 800 meter run.
Kids invited to join Young Eagle Program
Doug Drake, vice president and about 20 minutes of actual air
coordinator for Young Eagles time, he said. The flights will be
EAA Chapter 219, invites all tailored to the passengers and
kids ages 8 - 17 to the Lexington where they live or what they
airport on Friday, May 23, would like to see, he added. "We
starting at 9 a.m., to a free want this to be safe and enjoyed
by everyone.
airplane ride.
The EAA has a flight kit
The Young Eagles Program has
which
contains a registration
been developed by the EAA
Aviation Foundation to welcome record and a parent/guardian
more about their responsibilities classes on life skill development,
young people into the world of permission form that must be
to help represent and promote the work force preparation and aviation. "Aviation is exciting filled out prior to flight. The
4-H program at the 4-H citizenship, Johnson said.
and vital to our nation's future," forms will be available at the
Some of the ambassadors will
Ambassador Weekend, June 20-
said Drake. "Your child will airport or call Doug Drake 676-
22 at Linfield College in be interviewed and invited to
experience
a safe and enjoyable 9883 to get a copy ahead of
McMinnville.
The weekend, participate in the 1997 National
"This is open to the
flight
that
will give new time.
sponsored by the Oregon Farm 4-H Youth Congress in Memphis perspectives on the world and public and we encourage
Credit System, will also include later this year.
life in general. Participation in everybody to come and enjoy,"
the Young Eagles Program will said Drake. "I have a goal of
help him or her understand that sixty kids and hope we have one
an individual's potential is hundred."
Cookies punch and coffee will
unlimited."
The flights will begin at 9 a.m. be provided and the pilots will
and continue until everyone has stay until dark if needed.
For more information call
been flown. At least four aircraft
There were 85 present for the senior dinner May 14, including 14 will be available and they can Drake.
visitors from Condon and two from Imgon. Eleven meals were home take three passengers at a time
Registration forms are also
delivered. Members of the Heppner Christian Missionary Fellowship Drake said. They plan on making available at the Heppner and lone
Church served.
two flights per hour which means schools.
The family of Gladys Connor served a beautiful birthday cake in
honor of her 89th birthday and everyone sang "Happy Birthday". The
senior board met following the meal.
The menu for the birthday dinner May 28 will be salmon puffs,
augratin potatoes, peas, rolls and ice cream. Members of the Seventh-
day Adventist and Nazarene churches will serve.
Attendance at the Friday breakfast increased on May 16. The menu
for Friday, May 23, will be waffles with strawberries, bacon, and, as
usual, hot and cold cereal, juice and fruit, coffee and tea. Everyone is
welcome .
One table of cards was played Friday afternoon. Anyone who likes
to play pinochle is welcome to come join the fun. Other games are
available as well as a jig saw puzzle.
Five seniors watch the movie, "Zeus and Roxanne", Sunday
evening.
The bus is scheduled for a tour of the county on Saturday, May 24,
at 10 a.m. Those wishing to go may sign up at the office or call 676-
9030. Bring a brown bag lunch.
Tickets for the afghan raffle are available in the senior center office.
Proceeds will be used to buy much needed new aprons for the use of
the cooks and servers.
Dates to remember are as follows: Tuesday and Thursday, 10 a.m.
exercise; Wednesday, 11 a.m., blood pressures taken, 12 noon, senior
meal; Friday, 8-10:30 a.m., breakfast, 2 p.m., cards; Saturday, 10 a.m.,
bus trip; Sunday, 7 p.m. movie.
Elsie Huston, one of the tenants at the Senior Center had the
misfortune of falling on the steps to the side door Sunday evening. She
spent the night at Pioneer Hospital and was transferred to Hermiston
Monday morning. Fortunately her hip was not broken as was thought.
She was returned home by Lester and Joyce Grasser Monday
Claudia Hughes visits with Oregon Secretary of State Phil Keisling
afternoon.
last Wednesday. Keisling was in Heppner, where he attended a break­
fast and discussed vote by mail and other voting and election issues.
4-H members chosen ambassadors
More than 100 Oregon 4-H
members from throughout the
state have been selected for the
1997 4-H Ambassador program.
Participation in the Ambassador
program is one of the highest
honors a 4-H member can earn,
according to Duane Johnson,
Oregon
State
University
Extension
4-H
youth
development specialist.
"To become an ambassador, 4-
H members must undergo a
rigorous
review
of their
accomplishments in 4-H and in
community
and
school
activities," Johnson said.
Two Morrow County 4-H
members have been selected to
participate in the Ambassador
program. Jessica Krebs of lone,
daughter of Clint and Maureen
Krebs, and Kristi Worden,
Heppner, daughter of Bob and
Pam Worden have both been
outstanding 4-H members in our
county, said Johnson.
Ambassadors fill an important
function for the OSU Extension
4-H Youth Program, Johnson
said. They promote the OSU
Extension
4-H
programs
throughout the state and
participate in a variety of state,
county and local activities.
Included among those activities
are giving talks about 4-H to
community groups, setting up 4-
H displays in stores and shopping
centers, promoting 4-H activities
on radio and television talk
shows and recruiting new 4-H
members.
In addition, the
ambassadors train 4-H leaders
and members, and provide
leadership for 4-H educational
programs at the county and state
level.
The new ambassadors will learn
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400.
Michael McCabe placed
second in the softball throw
(183'2").
Travis Bellamy
followed him with a third place
in the shot put. Kyle Waterland
was third in the 200 with a time
of 30.81.
Penland has been postponed.
The potluck will be rescheduled
later.
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