EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 10, 1999
Heppner Garden Club to participate in show
lone Elem entary hosts open house
Five years of planning, growth,
and hard work has paid off for
the producers of the Portland
Home and Garden Show. The
mission was simple, build a
nationally recognized show and
bring together the best in
landscaping, gardening and
home accessories.
Now, the final element has
been added: A Standard Flower
Show.
The Oregon State
Federation of Garden Clubs and
the Lewis & Clark District of the
Washington State Federation of
Garden Clubs will exhibit
hundreds of specimens and
displays. More than 150 clubs
will participate in this first ever
flower show event.
The Heppner Garden Club will
participate in the show which
will be held February 24-28 at
the Expo center in Portland.
Jane Rawlins of the Heppner
club is on the horticulture
schedule committee for districts
eight through 12 and will assist
with placement from those
districts.
This is the first time that all
the Garden Clubs in Oregon will
participate.
"For years patrons of the show
have been requesting a floral
show component where the
Many parents and community
members attended an open
house recently at the lone
Elementary
School as a
culmination of a two-week Artist
in Education program.
Every year the school
participates in a state wide arts
program
administrated
by
Eastern Oregon University
which brings professional artists
to schools to share their
knowledge with students.
This year Linda Peterson of
LaGrande instructed students in
kindergarten through sixth grade
in the various techniques in the
art of weaving.
Peterson is a gifted artist who
shared
her
water
color First graders Brandi Hong and Brianna Peterson
techniques with students at the
school several years ago.
Because of her past experience
as a classroom teacher, she was
able to share her knowledge with
children at various skill levels.
Fifteen parent volunteers
assisted classes on a daily basis
during the two-week period.
This enabled students to have
the direct assistance important in
the intensive work of weaving.
Seventy-two students produced
a finished weaving project which
made a colorful display at the
school "art gallery".
Teachers commented that the
art program had been greatly
enjoyed by the students and was
a useful enrichment of their
Linda Peterson with kindergartener Tanner Rietmann
curriculum.
finest in horticulture displays
could be observed," according
to a news release. "They wanted
the chance to learn flower
arranging, see various styles of
artistic crafts and see floral
designs by the hundreds. Their
persistence has paid off. A state
show, Oregon's largest, will be
staged as part of the Portland
Home and Garden Show. "
Nearly 4000 members will be
involved in the planning and
execution of this sanctioned
floral competition.
The components of a
sanctioned flower show this size
are horticulture, education, floral
design,
special
exhibits
including educational exhibits,
artistic crafts and a youth
division.
The theme for the competition
will be "In and Around Oregon."
In some classes entrants are
required to theme their entries
and use plant material around
several categories such as:
Oregon at Play, Hood to Coast,
City at Night, The Coming of
Spring and Timber Days.
Horticulture and floral displays
will have the look and feel of
Oregon natural and city areas.
Imagine a simple floral design
with
elements
from
the
Cardinals lose Brogue contest
part of St. Pats
again this year
to Blue Devils
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Local piano
student wins
competition
Amy Jepsen, a local piano
student, was recently a winner in
the Jr. Bach Festival held in
Pendleton.
The competition included
students from Morrow and
Umatilla counties. The Bach
Festival is sponsored by the
Oregon
Music
Teachers
Association and is held each
year to encourage students to
play music by J. S. Bach and
other baroque composers.
Amy will advance to the
regional competition to be held
in Hood River on Sunday,
February 21.
Amy is the daughter of Bill and
Nancy Jepsen of Heppner. She
is taught piano by Myma Van
Cleave.
Sinspiration
. scheduled
A community singspiration will
be held at the Christian Life
Center, 535 W. Morgan St.,
Sunday, Feb. 14, at 7 p.m.
Everyone is invited to attend
as different congregations gather
to sing praises and offer
thanksgiving to God.
A special time of prayer will be
held concerning those directly
involved in the shutdown of the
Kinzua mill. Some will come
ready to sing special numbers.
A time of fellowship with
snacks, juice and coffee will
follow the singing.
Justice Court
Report
The Justice Court office at the
courthouse annex building in
Heppner reports handling the fol
lowing busmess:
Ron Gene M cDowell, 54,
Heppner-Violation of the Basic
Rule, 73 mph in a 55 mph zone,
$72 fine;
Lee Ephrem, 54, Portland-Driv
ing on Closed Road (Regulated
Hunting Area), $75 fine;
Howard L. Breidenbach, 25,
Heppner-Expired Plates, $54 fine;
Darin E. Tweed, 31, Salem-No
State Waterfowl Validation, $77
fine;
Brian R. Borlet, 33, Beaverton-
Hunting Ducks Closed Season,
$57 fine;
Scott L. Friderich-No Signed
Federal Migratory Waterfowl
Stamp, $77 fine;
Robert Craig M aker, 23,
Beaverton-Giving False Informa
tion to a Police Office for a Cita
tion, $626 fine, Discarding Trash
within 100 yards of Water, $74
fine, Theft D, 180 days m jail, $826
fine, jail sentence and $200 sus
pended with no violation of pro
bation on the charges of burglary
and rape.
By Merlyn Robinson
Please don't let me burst your bubble. But if you think we're in
for an early spring because the groundhog didn't see his shadow on
February 2, well, there's another reason. That fat, little hedgehog
would have lost all his fur if he had ventured forth that day.
Our persistent wind has blown for hard that one could sail all the
way to Canada using only a bed sheet. I did see a squirrel out
lately, probably getting a mid-winter snack, or maybe he blew out
of his burrow. I wouldn't be surprised to see a pig flying by
cushioned by all the Jim Hill Mustard stalks that have piled up on
fences.
It depends on your outlook as to whether the proverbial glass is
half-empty or half-full. For a snowmobiler, more winter weather
is welcome. But for those of us that enjoy warmer days, it's one
day closer to spring.
That little woodchuck, alias Punxsutawney Phil, isn't the only
creature that likes to burrow into warm places. If you read the
article about body beasts in the December issue of the National
Geographic, it makes a person want to spend the rest of the time
in the shower.
According to that article, the human body, especially the face, is
the natural habitat for two species of mites—one in the hair
follicles, and the other in the sebaceous glands. According to the
author, no man is an island, we're an ecosystem. You'll be pleased
to know that the two square yards of skin on the average human
body is a habitat for roughly as many bacteria as there are people
in the United States. And Mom always preached about washing
your hands!
We like to think of ourselves as scrubbed squeaky clean, free of
connection to the natural world. But there are zillions of dust
mites in our pillows and carpets that feed on millions of human
cells shed each day. Just what was Martha Steward referring to
when she said, "I have always been inspired by nature." Even
couch potatoes shouldn't be lonely as they, too, are a haven for
these low-life hangers-on. For even with soaps and medicines
these mites continue to thrive.
On the brighter side, we hardly know we are carriers. There are
far worse parasites that carry bubonic plague, malaria and tick-
bome Lyme disease. Makes one want to rush outdoors, right?
Too, I'll never lightly use the word 'nitpicking' again, which
originated from picking lice nits off hair follicles and is still the
best way to get nd of head lice.
Now that I've got you itching and scratching, I'll bow out. It's
time to take another shower.
The lone Cardinals boys'
varsity stepped up to the
challenge and .gave the Condon
Blue Devils a run for their
money on Friday, February 5.
The Cardinals' outstanding
defense and smooth running
offense kept the Cardinals hot on
the heels of the Blue Devils and
the Cardinals lost only by eight
points, 60-68.
lone sent Condon a message
when they outscored the Blue
Devils, 16-11, at the end of the
first quarter. Condon retaliated,
scoring 22 points in the second
quarter, closing the first half at
33-32 with Condon leading by
one point.
Once again lone
accepted the venture by adding
another 14 points in the third
quarter leaving the Blue Devils
trailing by one at the end.
lone and Condon kept tying the
score throughout the fourth
quarter until the last two minutes
of the game when Condon was
able to score a total of 23 points
to lone's 14.
Mark McElligott led the
Cardinals with 28 points, three
from the three-point region.
McElligott also led the Cardinals
with 10 rebounds, two steals and
two blocked shots. McElligott
received help from sophomore
Korey
Morgan
who
manufactured 14 points and
seven assists for the lone squad.
John Ferguison had a notable
defensive
game
for
the
Cardinals,
grabbing
five
rebounds and capturing one steal
from the Blue Devils.
Coach
Dennis Stefani said he was
pleased with the entire team's
performance on Friday and was
"delighted to see them play
exceptional team ball."
Start practicing your best Irish
brogue, because once again the
KUMA coffee hour during the
St. Patrick's celebration will be
holding the second annual Irish
brogue contest.
There will be a $50 first place
cash award to the best sounding
Irish man or woman. Second
place will win $30 and third
place gets $20.
Contestants will recite a
poem, joke or short story and be
judged by the crowd for the best
Irish brogue.
All contestants will be heard
on the air of KUMA radio,
which broadcasts live from the
Elk's Club .
Anyone wanting to enter the
contest should contact David
Sykes at the Heppner Gazette-
Times.
mountains and coast or one
which that reflects the colors of
spring. Now imagine nearly 900
of such displays and you have a
flower show of epic proportions.
HES site
council meets
H eppner Elem entary Site
Council heard an update on the
fifth and sixth grade basketball
reading program at their meeting
Feb. 1. At present about 50,000
minutes of reading have been re
corded.
The students of Heppner El
ementary School (HES) had a
canned food drive recently.
Eighty-one pounds of food were
delivered to the Neighborhood
Center.
A Dr. Seuss celebration will be
held in honor of his birthday on
Tuesday, March 2. Cook’s choice
that day will be green eggs and
ham. Each teacher will do his own
activities in class, perhaps story
problems, graphing favorite books
or older students reading to
younger students.
The council was shown vari
ous new sletters from all the
classes at HES. It was agreed that
the newsletters are good ways to
communicate with parents to in
form them about what is happen
ing in the classes.
Jannie Allen, fifth and sixth
grade HES teacher, explained how
the statewide writing assessments
are scored and how students are
taught to reach benchmarks.
Members present were Kay
Chinen, Bill Karwacki, Jannie
Allen, Kelly Boyer, Cindi Doherty,
Kathy Cutsforth, Lorrie Fox,
Karen Clough and Sharon Mor
ris.
The next HES Site Council
meeting will be Monday, March 1 *
in the HES staff room. The public
is invited to attend.
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