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Booster Club dinner and auction set for O ct. 18 P ' Ok, all you armchair quarterbacks out there. This is your big chance. The first four plays (with certain stipulations) of the Mustangs in the Heppner-Pilot Rock home football game planned Friday, October 24, will be auctioned off to the highest bidder at the annual Heppner High School Booster Club steak feed and auction. The dinner and auction will be held on Saturday, Oct. 18, at the Heppner Elks Club. Greg Grant, HHS football coach and auction chair, says that the auction will provide "fast- paced family fun for everyone." Grant says that as of Tuesday, the event has 80-plus items to auction off. "We think there's something for everyone," he said. "We have everything from a horse to a pickup to a puppy— fishing trips, airplane flights, buck hunting trips-lots of great items. The community has been r» u 0 h lone festivities scheduled fantastic in their generosity of donations." In addition to the auction, the evening will also include a silent auction and a Ducks Unlimited- style raffle table with over 30 items. Raffle table tickets may be purchased for $1 each, six for $5, 15 for $10 and 30 for $20. Anyone purchasing a dinner ticket will be eligible to win a television set, which will be given away as one of the door prizes. The dinner will be served from 6-8 p.m., with the auction to get underway at 8 p.m. and expected to conclude around 9:30 p.m. The dinner menu includes steak, potato, salads, beverage and dessert for $7.50 each. Lee Ansotegui and crew will be the cooks. Around 30 high school students will be helping before, during and after the dinner and auction. Anyone who would like to donate or assist at the dinner or Brosnan to run for commissioner By Nova Rietmann V 0L.116 NO. 41 10 Pages Wednesday, October 8,1997 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon HHS homecoming activities underway this week Heppner High School students are gearing up for homecoming week, to be culminated in volleyball and football games Thursday, Oct. 9, and a dance Friday, Oct. 10. The activities got underway last Thursday and Friday with hall decorating at the high school. Monday's activities included the noon-time "swamp water challenge", a water carrying contest, and a Tarzan and Jane dress-up contest Tuesday the dress-up theme was "bandage day" with a "hunting and gathering" bean shoot contest. Wednesday was "camo day", with kids dressing up in camouflage outfits, and a banana eating contest. The HHS cheerleaders also planned "Bungle in the Jungle", which includes a bonfire and pep rally Wednesday from 7-8 p.m. at the fairgrounds. Thursday will feature a tug of war and a Blue and Gold theme. The homecoming parade, through downtown Heppner, will leave the high school at 2:30 p.m. This year the parade route will travel down Main Street, where the students will hold their pep rally at around 2:45 p.m., then tum onto Willow Street and go up Gale Street. This varies the usual route by Coast to Coast It looks like a hospital ward, but it's just the Heppner High School hall as sophomores Michael Schonbachler (left) and Jake Roy (right) and junior Tim Dickenson give their best performances for bandage day as a part of HHS homecoming festivities. because of the downtown construction. Volleyball games against Wahtonka will include C-team, JVs and varsity and will get underway Thursday at 5 p.m. A baked potato feed, sponsored by the cheerleaders, will be held on Thursday from 6-8 p.m. at the fairgrounds before the homecoming football game against Stanfield. Prices are as follows: baked potato with chili meal, $4, and baked potato meal, $3. Toppings will be available and all meals include a drink and dessert. The football game begins at 7:30 p.m. The Friday homecoming dance will be held at the high school from 9 p.m. to 1 a m. with music by Dan Bums . A breakfast for students attending the dance will be held at the high school following the dance. Both the music and the breakfast are sponsored by Oregon Together. Joan McDaniel is in charge of cooking the breakfast. Bellamy purchases pump business from M C G G auction may contact Grant, Booster Club President Sonja McCabe or dinner chairperson Marcia Kemp. McCabe added that the auction is the main fund raiser for the Booster Club, which supports activities at Heppner Jumor/Semor High School. She said that the club recently received a letter and a generous donation from an alumnus who wrote that the sports program at Heppner made a difference in his life. The alumnus said he started school as a poor student but, through his involvement with the track program, was able to raise his grades, get on the honor roll and get through eight years of college. He sent his donation with a note that he wanted to give something back to the program. "When that happens, you know you've made a difference," said McCabe. lone High School's homecoming week is October 13-17. Monday through Thursday is spirit week and the high school will be dressing up to show off their school spirit. On Thursday, October 16, there will be a powder puff football game at 6:30 p.m., where the Lady Cardinals will get a chance to play football on the field, freshman and juniors versus sophomores and seniors. After the football game, the boys will play volleyball in the gym. The junior class will have a spaghetti feed in the cafeteria from 5-7 p.m.. A bonfire will start between 7:30 and 8 p.m.. On Friday, October 17, Dan Brosnan Daniel Brosnan, Heppner, has both the middle school and the registered as a Republican high school will play Condon. candidate for the Morrow County The middle school will play Commissioner position one, now volleyball and football at 2 p.m.. held by Raymond French. The high school will play Brosnan, 54, is the youngest of volleyball at 5 p.m. and the four children of Jerry and Marian football game will start at 7:30 Brosnan of Little Butter Creek, a p.m.. The homecoming queen sixth-generation Morrow County will be announced during half ranching family. He attended time of the football game. A school in Heppner, where he was active in 4-H, FFA and sports. steak feed will be held in the He also worked on the Brosnan cafeteria from 4:30-7 p.m., and cattle ranch until his graduation. concessions will be available After high school, he entered the during the games. After the U.S. Air Force in 1961, serving football game the homecoming two years in Louisiana and two dance will be held from 10 p.m.- years in Japan. Following an honorable discharge, he returned 1 a.m.. to Heppner and married Dons A. Morris in 1966. Brosnan attended Blue Slottee scholarship applications open Mountain Community College, focusing on law enforcement courses and joined the Oregon State Police Department in May 1968. He worked for the OSP in Newport, Gilchrist and Ontario before becoming a sergeant and transferring to the Salem District !! office. He served as an interim assistant commander of the Portland District I and commander of the Bend District V offices. He earned promotions to lieutenant and then to captain as assistant commander in charge of operations of the Fish and Wildlife Division in Salem state headquarters. He retired in October 1993 and returned to Heppner in 1994. Brosnan graduated from Northwestern University's School of Police Staff and Command. He served as Oregon's law enforcement representative on the Pacific Fishery Management Council for five years and Oregon’s representative on the Columbia River Law Enforcement Committee He graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Boat Enforcement School in Yorktown, Virginia. He has served on the Heppner Coordinating Council, the Heppner Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and the Morrow County Jail Committee He currently serves on the St. Patrick Church Parish Council and recently became chairman of the Morrow County Museum Commission. The Brosnans have two grown children, Damon and Darci. Applications are now available for the Elizabeth Slottee Memo rial Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded annually to a junior, senior or graduate student at an accredited four year college or university. “The award is given to recog nize and remember the enthusi asm, spirit and dedication that Elizabeth inspired in her stu dents,” said a spokesperson. “It is also given to rem em ber Elizabeth’s love of music and her wish to share it with others.” Slottee, a music teacher at lone and Heppner, died in a car acci dent. The scholarship is given annu ally, in order of priority to: first- a student majoring or minonng in music; second-a student who has been accepted into a school of education. Applications may be picked up from the South Morrow County Scholarship Trust at the school district office in Lexington. Ap plications for the award, which is $500 this year, will be accepted until Friday, Oct. 31. The schol arship will be awarded soon af ter. Criteria used in awarding the scholarship include scholarship, leadership, citizenship, financial need, suitability o f course of Ha's baack. Morrow County District Attorney Earl R. Wood», Jr., wa* study and probability of success back on the job October 1 at the courthouse in Heppner after nearly eight months serving with his National Guard unit in Bosnia in the student’s chosen field. D A back on job after eight month stint in Bosnia F arm and H ardware S ale Sam Bellamy of Lexington has purchased the domestic and small irrigation pump repair and replacement business from the Morrow County Grain Growers. Joe Yokum, who has been operating the business for the past 36 years for the Grain Growers, will be helping Bellamy out for awhile then he will be retiring. Bellamy's office will be located in the old co-op building in Lexington. His phone number is 989-8448, and his home phone is 989-8567. He invites anyone with domestic or small irrigation pump repair or replacement needs to contact him. E nds S aturday , O ctober 1 1 SAVE NOW BEFORE IT'S OVER MORROW COUNTY GRAIN GROWERS Lexington 989-8221 1 -800-452-7396
