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TEN - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 13,1998
Quartet to perform at Catholic Church |<re|js selected as 4-H ambassador
The Shepherd’s Staff Quartet
The Shepherd’s Staff Quartet
of Walla Walla, a musical group
combining the talents of Dave
Streeter, Bill Ritter, David Will
iams and Curt Skifstad, will
present a concert on Saturday,
May 16 at 7 p.m. at the St.
Patrick’s Parish Hall in Heppner.
The m inistry o f The
Shepherd’s Staff is family-ori
ented and the music varied-a
blend of inspirational ballads and
contemporary selections.
The group, in existence since
1984, is known in the Northwest
and has toured throughout the
United States and Jamaica. Their
music is featured on four record
ings, “Come Celebrate,” “Behold
Him,” “Yes!” and “From This
Moment On.”
The Oregon 4-H Ambassador
program has selected 115
outstanding
Oregon
4-H
members from across the state to
participate in its activities during
the coming year.
Locally, Jessica Krebs, lone,
was selected to the program.
"This group represents the
largest number of 4-H members
ever chosen for the prestigious
program and is a reflection of an
increase in 4-H membership in
recent years," said Duane
Johnson, Oregon State University
Extension
4-H
youth
development specialist
Last year, more than 50,000
youth took part in 4-H programs,
an increase of 8,500 participants.
"Participation in the ambassador
program is one of the highest
honors a 4-H member can earn,"
Johnson said.
To become an ambassador, 4-H
members must undergo a
rigorous
review
of their
accomplishments in 4-H and in
community and school activities.
Ambassadors must be at least in
the 10th grade.
The ambassadors fulfill an
important function for the OSU
Extension 4-H Youth Program.
They promote the 4-H Program
throughout the state and
participate in a variety of state,
Andersons to host barbecue
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
more about their responsibilities
to help represent and promote the
4-H program at the 4-H
Ambassador Weekend, June 19-
21 at Linfield College in
McMinnville.
The weekend, sponsored by the
Oregon Farm Credit System, will
also include classes on life skill
ievelopm ent,
workforce
preparation and citizenship,
Johnson said. The focus of this
year's training includes effective
communications,
teamwork,
resume development, and youth
leadership in community and
state issues.
Some of the ambassadors will
be invited to participate in the
1998 National 4-H Youth
Congress in Memphis later this
year.
51st Spray Rodeo to be held May 23-24
HJHS band students perform in festival
Some 44 Heppner band students
recently experienced the thrill of
playing in a bigger band when
they and over 200 other band
students participated in the Tn-
County Junior High Band
Festival.
The festival was held at the
Columbia Middle School on
April 30. Seven area schools
were represented:
Heppner
Middle School/Junior High,
Columbia
Middle
School,
Stanfield, Echo, Arlington, Helix
and Weston-McEwen.
According to Heppner band
director Ralph Wemer, his 44
students included nine fifth
graders, 25 sixth graders, nine
seventh graders and one eight
grader. There are more seventh
and eighth-grade band students,
but most of them were involved
in the Centennial student
exchange program that same
week and couldn't attend.
Students spent the day
practicing together and preparing
for the concert that was given in
the evening. Each of the bands
also performed individually in
the morning. Heppner’s Sixth
Grade
Band
performed
"Lowdown Hoedown". After the
individual performances, the
students were divided into two
bands.
The Select Band
rehearsed with guest conductor
John Mancinlli, band director at
Pasco, Washington, High School.
The larger Concert Band, made
up of the rest of the band
students, was conducted by four
of the band directors present.
The evening concert started
with over 200 students in the
Concert Band playing "Royal
March", "Safari", "Careless
Clyde the Crazy Composer", and
"Louie, Louie".
Then the school band director's
ensemble played three Dixieland
tunes for the audience. Ralph
Wemer played the tuba with that
group.
The Select Band of about 60
students performed "Raider
March", "Anthem", "Flurry for
Winds and Percussion", "Mystic
Legacy" and "Blast From the
Past".
A good sized crowd attended
the
evening
performance,
including some 20 parents of
Heppner students. According to
director Ralph Wemer, "The
parents were complementary of
the young band members' fine
efforts."
The Heppner band students will
perform some of these same
songs in their upcoming concerts.
The fifth and sixth-grade bands
will be in concert May 20 and the
junior high/high school band will
perform the following night on
May 21.
HHS, HJHS to have academic awards
The Heppner High School
academic awards dessert for
grades nine-12 will be held
Monday, May 18, beginning at
6:30 p.m.
The academic awards dessert
tor students in seventh and eighth
grades will be held June 2.
Parents of students to be
honored will receive a letter from
the school.
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Call Sam at Lexington Pump,
989-8448
The 51st Annual Spray Rodeo
will be held May 23 and 24. The
weekend starts out with a
cowboy dance Friday, May 22, at
the Spray School Gym at 9 p.m.
with music by "Cross Country".
At midnight the buckeroo
breakfast begins in the school
cafeteria. It is being put on by
the Wheeler County Fair Board
and runs until 11 a.m. Saturday
morning.
At 8 a.m. on the morning of the
May 23 the Eastern Oregon Half-
Marathon begins at Service
Creek and ends in downtown
Spray with all the runners back in
time for the parade which begins
at 11 a.m.
Presiding over the parade will
be Queen Billie Garcia from
Goldendale, WA, and the grand
marshall Wilbur "Web" Alford
from Spray.
At 1 p.m. the rodeo begins with
rodeo stock furnished by Craig
"Bo" Pinz P9 Rodeos from
Parma, Idaho. The rodeo is
approved by the Northwest
Professional Rodeo Association,
the Idaho Cowboys Association
and the Washington Professional
Rodeo Association and will be
announced by Scott Allen from
Klamath Falls.
Saturday evening another
Cowboy dance is held and once
again the Buckeroo Breakfast
begins at midnight and runs until
11 a.m. on Sunday.
Sunday morning a cowboy
church service is held in the ,
grandstand at 9 a.m. and the final
performance of the rodeo begins
at 1 p.m.
For more information call (541)
468-2442.
Local farmers Eric and Mamie
Anderson will host a barbecue for
Oregon House Speaker Lynn
Lundquist on Friday, May 15 at
4 p.m. at their Gilliam County
farm on Shutler Flat. The
Andersons say they wish to pub
licly thank Speaker Lundquist for
his work in passing the wheat re
search package in 1997 and to
provide the opportunity to their
friends and neighbors to do the
same.
“The Speaker’s support of the
wheat research package was vi
tal in 1997,” said Enc Anderson.
“We want to publicly thank him
for his work on our behalf and
express our hope for future work
in the 1999 legislature.”
Lundquist represents all or part
o f M orrow, C rook, G rant,
W heeler, G illiam , Sherm an,
Baker and Wasco counties in the
Oregon House o f Representa
tives.
The Anderson farm on Shutler
Flat is 15 miles south of Arling
ton on State Highway 19. Every
one is welcome to attend.
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May 15th - Friday
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Social Hour: 6-7 p.m.; D inner 7 p.m.;
A uction 8 p.m.
Bingo every Wednesday night a t 7:30p.m.
Regular Pining on Fridays and Saturdays
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Last day to apply for hunt tag, May 15
The Oregon Dept, of Fish and
Wildlife reminds people that the
last day to apply for a controlled
big game hunt tag is Friday, May
15. Applicants are encouraged to
Basin
workgroup sets
meeting
The John Day Umatilla Basin
working group will hold a public
meeting on Tuesday, May 19,
from 9-11 a.m. at the St. Patrick
Parish Hall in Heppner.
For more information, contact
one of the following USDA-Natu-
ral Resources Conservation Ser
vice employees: Loren Unruh,
Heppner, 676-5021; Bob
Adelman, Pendleton, 278-8049;
or Tom Bennett, Condon, 384-
2671.
purchase their applications as
soon as they can and to have their
hunt choices ready before going
in to apply. Applications may be
purchased at the Coast to Coast
store in Heppner, M & A Auto
Parts in Condon and Fossil Hard
ware in Fossil.
Gazette-Times
676-9228
Keith E. Lewis
"Dedicated to the Needs o f AH
M orrow County Citizens"
• Fair and Impartial
• Solid Background in Law Enforcement
• Experienced in Budget Finance
and Public Administration
• Life-long Resident of Eastern Oregon
Keith Lewis
elect
M orrow County Judge
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