TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 24,1999
HHS site council discusses requests
lo n e Youth Group receives
Ecum enical M inistries award
1999 Ion« Youth Group member« with their award: L to R (Back): Cathy Haivoraen, Mark McElligott, Miranda
M cElligott, Camia Burright, Nlkl Sullivan, Nikki McElligott, Brad Burright, Jaramy Rlatmann, Jaramlah
McElligott, Koray Morgan, Shalby Krebs, Jerl McElligott and Allison Halvorsen.
L to R (Front) Sail! McElligott, Adrienne Swanson, Katie Tworek, Jessica Krebs, Colin McElligott.
Representatives from lone
Youth Group traveled to Portland
on Feb. 4 to receive the Ecumeni
cal Ministries of Oregon Service
Award. The group received the
award in recognition o f their spe
cial achievements in supporting
ecumenical ministries in Oregon.
Anne Morter o f St. W illiam’s
Catholic Church nominated the
group. The awards banquet was
held at V alley Presbyterian
Church.
Cathy H alvorsen and Jeri
McElligott are co-leaders of lone
Youth Group, which currently
draws youth from St. William’s,
lone United Church o f Christ and
Valby Lqtheran Church. The
group usually has 20-25 members
who support their community by
shoveling snow for senior citizens,
conducting a canned food drive
and helping with community
events. They participate in a
pledge-walk to raise money for
Outreach Ministry of Burnside
and make at least one service trip
to the Burnside area every year.
They also explore other faiths and
discuss social issues.
Attending the banquet, along
with Halvorsen and McElligott,
were youth group members Katie
Tworek, Jessica Krebs and the
Rev. Paul Clay o f the United
Church of Christ.
Degree team
here
By Dslpha Jonss
A degree team from the state
offices was present Sunday at the
Lexington Grange Hall for the
purpose o f giving the fifth
Pomona degree.
The team came from the fol
lowing granges: Sandy, Spring-
water, Frogpond and Clarkes.
The degree team master was
Nina Staples; overseer, Don
McKinnon; steward, Clarence
Buchanan; assistant steward, Tim
Sullivan; LAS, Ann Dickson; lec
turer, Jean Nelson; chaplain,
Zelma McDaniel; treasurer, Cecil
Jones; secretary, Delpha Jones;
executive, Tiny McDonough; mu
sician, Ruth Newman; spector,
Scott Dickson; gatekeeper, Scott
Dickson; Ceres, Joyce Buchanan;
Pomona, Trisha Kingsborough;
and Flora, Vema Brinda.
“The work was most impres
sive as the team know their
charges by heart and the musician
provided fine m usic,” said a
spokesperson.
Those taking the degree were
Linda Harshman, Jere LaDoux
from W illows, and Tom and
Dorthy Wilson and Jeanette and
Archie Padberg, Lexington.
The group expressed their
thanks for the dinner and hospi
tality.
Lexington News
_______ By Delphi Jon— _______
Mrs. Williams is recuperat
ing at her home after recent ma
jor surgery.
Bob and Luella Taylor met
their children in Pendleton on Sat
urday and all enjoyed dinner and
visiting.
The Heppner High School Site
Council discussed teachers'
conference requests at the site
council meeting February 10.
HHS Principal Ron Anthony
submitted
two
conference
requests, both for sports-related
workshops. The first involved
the All Sport Volleyball Clinic
for coaches Lana Orr and Tern
Gentry. This clinic will be held
February 19-21 in Seattle,
Washington, and will cost $454.
The second request was for
HHS athletic director Dale
Conklin to attend the Oregon
Athletic Association of Coaches
conference in Sun River April
18-20. The cost would be $175.
Discussion centered around
whether the monies earmarked
for use in improving staff
education should be used for
athletics. However, it was noted
that coaches also teach and that
they need to be aware of current
methods and rule changes. Both
requests were granted.
. Anthony mentioned that he also
will be going to a workshop-the
Crisis Response Clinic to be
held at the ESD. Because the
registration fee of $15 was due
on February 8, prior to the
meeting, Anthony pre-approved
the amount needed, which was
unanimously agreed upon by the
council.
Discussion then centered on
types of inservices needed for
the 1999-2000 school year.
Anthony had
asked
for
suggestions from his staff at the
last high school staff meeting,
but received no responses. Site
Council member and teacher
Steve Brownfield suggested that
interdisciplinary,
cross
curricular instruction be a topic
for an inservice. He mentioned
that teachers can grade papers in
their subject areas, but may need
help assessing the students'
ability in outside areas. An
example would be correcting the
syntax and grammar of a science
research paper. Other topics
brought up for inservice were
computers and the grade
machine program.
Anthony explained next year's
20-minute
reading/advisor
period. Each teacher at HHS has
been assigned eight students to
advise. These students will
work with this teacher until the
students graduate. A 20-minute
period will be set aside everyday
for advisor meetings and class
meetings. Any time left in the
period would be used for reading
in the Accelerated Readers
Program.
The ninth graders will be
taking state tests at the end of
this month. Because these tests
will be in four-hour blocks, a
suggestion was made to provide
refreshments for students during
their break.
The senior trip was also
mentioned.
According to
Anthony, the school board is
now reviewing the senior trip
policy. This was done partly
because of the cost of this year’s
trip ($17,000). It was brought up
that at some time in the past,
classes had money making
projects in the expectation that
the money would be used to
finance the prom. Any money
left over was used toward the
senior trip.
Present were members Steve
Brownfield, Tanya Scanlon, Ron
Anthony, Jason Just, Ginger
Bowman, Marianne Kahl, April
Sykes and Molly Rhea. Also
present was Kelly Merrill,
advisory
board
member.
Member Charlie Anderson and
Juan Elguezebal were not in
attendance.
Ripkas enroll in Angus
Shriners kick off 1999 football season herd program
L-R: Jerl McElligott, Cathy Halvoraen, Jessica Krebs and Katie Tworek
at the Ecumenical Ministry of Oregon awards banquet
Redmond was the setting for
the start of the 47th annual
Shnne East-West Football
Associations' activities. Shriners
from throughout the state
representing three Shrine temple
jurisdictions met to kick off the
1999 football season.
Also present were six of
Oregon high schools' league
winning coaches who are
responsible for the selection of
the players from A, AA and
AAA leagues.
Players are
considered on the basis of their
grade point average, athletic
ability, attitude, civic input and
social congeniality.
The players' squad for each
team consists of 30 young men,
backed up by an alternate squad
of 30. If a player becomes
disqualified for any reason, or
cannot attend, he is replaced
from the alternate line-up. If a
coach fails to submit the name
of his eligible players, he denies
them
an
opportunity
to
participate in the event, said a
Shnne news release.
Coaching for the East team will
be led by Bob Macauley of
Sisters, Capital Conference.
Assisting him will be Randy
Morgan of Enterprise, Wapiti
Conference, and Dave Courtney,
Crane, Olde Oregon Conference.
The West team will be headed
by
John
Woodward
of
Tillamook, Val-Co. Assisting
him will be Max Wall of
Monroe, Tri-Co, and Tim
France, Powers, Sky Line
Conference.
The 1998 season produced
$85,000 in support of Shrine
Hospitals for Children. The
East-West game has maintained
a second place standing for fund
raising in North America and is
the world's largest philanthropy,
according to the release.
The Portland office of Adidas
International supplied game
jerseys and jackets for players
and alternate squads, polo shirts
and jackets for coaches, team
managers, student managers and
committee members, shorts and
caps for coaches, team managers
and student managers. Their
donation added more than
$7,000
to
the
hospital
c o n trib u tio n s .
A didas
International has committed
their support to the 1999 season,
continued the release.
1999 first team East players
include:
Columbia Basin Conference
2A-Derek Gunderson, 57", 155
pound, wide receiver/defensive
back, Heppner High School,
Brandon King, 5’11", 210,
offensive
lineman/defensive
lineman, Weston-McEwen, and
Seth Boyer, 6', 180, running
back/linebacker. Culver;
Wapiti 2A-Travis Beach, 6'4",
225, tight end/defensive end,
Enterprise, Wes Jenning, 67",
260.OL/DL,
Joseph, . Josh
Burright, 6’3", 245, OL/DL,
Imbler;
Big Sky 1 A-Josh Cobb, S 'll",
214, RB/LB, Dufur;
Greater Oregon League 3A-
Isaac Stinnett, 6', 190, OL/DL,
Grant Union, James Glascock,
5'11",
200,
offensive
guard/DL,Vale, Drew Barr, 6 'P ,
190, RB/LB, Baker;
Big Fir 2A-Gabe LeMay, 6',
180, RB/LB, Yoncalla, Neil
Elliott, 6'1" 185, WR/DB, Gold
Beach, Marc Griffith, 6'1", 210,
center/DL, Glendale;
Capital 3A-David Martin,
5'11" 186, RB/outside linebacker,
and Bryce Gardinier, 6'4", 187,
safety, both Sisters, Jason Coutts,
5'11", 203, quarterback/DB,
Central, Nathan Aman, 6'1", 185,
DB/TE, Sweet Home, Steve
Nanez, 5'11", 160, RB/center,
North Marion;
Sky Em 3A-Joe Copley, 6'4",
200, WR/S, Marist, Kyle Kinion,
6'4", 240, OL/DL, Junction City,
Russ
Romas,
6'4",
325,
OL/defensive tackle, Sutherlin,
Hank Heath, 6', 190, offensive
guard/LB, Elmira;
Skyline 3A-Ron Wessels, 67",
245, TE/DL, Rogue River, Ryan
Juhl, 6'0", 190, RB/LB, Henley,
Andy Sakraida, 6'1", 203, inside
linebacker/TE, Hidden Valley
South Cascade 2A-Justin Pyle,
6', 180, RB/DB, Lost River, Jeff
Bentley, 6’3", 215,
TE/DE,
Chiloquin, Tim Milojevich, 6'3",
245, OL/DL, Cascade Christian;
Old Oregon lA-Glen Adams,
6'1", 180, TE/DE, Crane, Jeremy
Smith, 6'4", 250, OL/DL, Cove.
Keith Christianson, 6', 175,
RB/LB, Sherman County, was
selected as an East alternate for
the Columbia Basin Conference.
Dustin Lulay, 6', 190, end,
Regis, was chosen among the
first team West picks for the Tri-
River League.
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Gerald and Judith Ripka, lone,
have recently been enrolled in
the Angus Herd Improvement
Records program of the
American Angus Association,
reports Richard L. "Dick"
Spader, executive vice-president
of the national breed registry
organization in St. Joseph,
Missouri.
Angus Herd Improvement
Records
(AHIR)
is
a
comprehensive
evaluation
program used by registered
Angus breeders to help them
keep records of reproduction,
and growth rate on individual
animals. Each year hundreds of
Angus breeders use AHIR
records to produce more
profitable, efficient Angus
seedstock.
By weighing calves at 205
days of age and again at a year
of age, breeders not only identify
the cattle that grow the fastest
and most efficiently, they also
Identify cows that regularly
produce above average calves,
and bulls that sire outstanding
calves, said an association news
release.
The
American
Angus
Association in 1957 was the first
beef breed organization to offer
its members production records
program, according to the
release. Since that date, the
AHIR program has grown to the
point that breeders report more
than a half million birth,
weaning and yearling weights
each year, they said.
The
information is processed by the
association's computerized data
processing systems.
Holly Rebekah meets
By Delpha Jonas
Holly Rebekah Lodge met on
Thursday evening with the Noble
Grand Kathy Clark presiding.
Plans were further discussed
for the president’s visit in April.
Plans were also made to honor the
50 year members at the presi
dent’s visit. Around 7-8 people are
eligible.
Bertha Blades, the DDP of the
McNary District, will be present
at the second meeting in March
to qualify the officers-elect to their
respective offices and install the
officers for the coming year. Mrs.
Blades is from Integrity Lodge in
Milton-Free water.
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Gun Club
news
Luella Taylor has been recom-
mended to receive the decoration
of chivalry.
The card party is the first Sat
urday, March 6. Prizes will be
aw arded and refreshm ents
served.
A display case has been do
nated to the hall for display of
memorabilia from years past.
A report was heard about
Venice Hendrickson, a former
member, and member Faye Ruhl,
a patient in Pioneer Nursing
Home.
Refreshments were served by
the Oddfellows, as February is
their month for refreshments.
Jones family
donates
By Delpha Jonee
The Morrow County Gun Club
held their weekly shoot on Satur
day, Feb. 20 at the club in Lexing
ton.
Results of the 16 yard shoot
are as follows: first a tie between
Mark Schlichting and Harvey
Childers, 24 o f 25; second Kacy
Childers, 23 of 25; third Curt Day,
22 o f 25.
Twenty yard handicap results
were: first Kacy Childers, 23 of
25, and second Mark Schlichting,
21 of 25.
Twenty-three yard handicap
results: first Kacy Childers, 21 of
25; second a tie between Curt Day
and Mark Schlichting, 19 of 25.
The next scheduled shoot will
be Saturday, Feb. 27 at noon.
A showcase which was origi
nally part of the Leach Bros, store
has been donated by the Cecil
Jones family to the Oddfellows
and Rebekah Lodge.
The building was given to the
Oddfellows and Rebekahs at the
closing of the store to be used for
lodge meetings. The case is to be
used to display pictures, jewels or
anything of interest pertaining to
the Oddfellows and Rebekahs,
which could include old member
ship cards, pins, etc.
If at any time the Lodge is no
longer meeting, the articles will be
returned to the owners or desig
nated person. Call any Rebekah,
Zelma M cDaniels or Delpha
Jones. The Lodge will appreciate
any assistance given this project.
St. Pat's
committee
to meet
The Wee Bit O' Ireland St.
Patrick's Committee, co-chaired
by Cara Osmin and Claudia
Hughes, will meet Saturday,
February 27, at 8 a.m. at Twice
Upon A Time Bookstore in
Heppner. All interested persons
are welcome to attend.
"There's a job for everyone,"
says Hughes. Key chairpersons
will report and publicity will be
the topic.
Auction chair Doris Brosnan's
committee is busy soliciting
items of all shapes, sizes, ages
and textures to make the auction
the best ever.
Parade chair Bob Kahl is
receiving entries daily for the
annual
'green
parade",
organizing judges, getting street
closure permits, etc.
Judie
Laughlin, who sent out parade
entries, is busy making the
buttons. Remember, buttons
give you a change to win $100
pot o' gold drawings and admit
you to entertainment Saturday
and Sunday.
Mary Hamilton, formerly of
Heppner, who now resides in
Walla Walla, continues to chair
the sheepdog trails, located on
the Thompson Ranch.
KUMA Coffee hour long-time
chair Dave Sykes is organizing
another great morning with old
favorites and new voices. John
Doherty and the Irish Singers
will return to the coffee hour
and, along with Mountain Aire,
be featured during the Ceili.
Mike Duffy will again MC the
Ceili.
It wouldn't be St. Pat's without
Farley's Social Hour, the man
who started this whole festive
weekend. Tis truly the reunion
spot, thanks to chairpersons
Shanny Miller and Trish
Huddleston.
A new race event, the O'
Murphy Pace has been added to
the Bartender and O'Hanky-
Planky races, chaired by Kathy
Cutsforth.
Entrants greatly
contribute to the festivities of the
day.
Scores of other chairpersons
and behind-the-scenes workers
doing everything from cooking,
serving,
hosting,
planning
games, organizing events, and
providing music to make this
annual Wee Bit O'lreland in
Heppner Oregon possible. Tis a
great community and county.
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Volunteers
needed
By Dor!a Broanan
To give public recognition to
volunteers, call 676-5886. Let
our community know who is
offering you a helping hand.
This week, these needs exist:
-Volunteers to work on research
and writing for The Morrow
County Chronicles. Call 676-
5886.
-Volunteers to help with senior
meal-site set up on Wednesdays
and St. Patrick Senior Center
Bingo on Fridays. Call 676-
5313.
-Volunteers to work at the
luncheon at the Senior Center
during St. Patrick's Celebration
weekend. Call 676-9030.
-Volunteers to sell raffle tickets
for the quilt and substitute office
workers for the senior center.
Call 676-5405 or 676-9030.
-Anyone willing to loan home
videos of previous St. Pat's
Celebration. Call 676-5536.
-Volunteers to help with the
construction of the fairgrounds
multi-purpose building. Call
676-9474.
-Volunteers to be leprechauns
on St. Pat's Weekend. Call
Delanne at 676-9187.
To list your volunteer needs,
call 676-5886.
Garden Club to
have speaker
The program for the March 1
meeting o f Heppner Garden
Club will be on "Early Spring
Patio Gardens and Color
Bowls."
Tom Shear, former Eugene
plant nurseryman, will be the
guest speaker.
Many people may remember
Shear as a former art teacher and
high school golf coach. Now he
and his wife, Ruby, (formerly
Fulleton) have moved here to
retire.
The public is welcome to
attend at 7 p.m. at St. Patrick
Senior Center.
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