TWO • Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 8, 1999
lone Youth Group participates in Human Race
Left to right: Jeri McElligott, Emily Key, Jeremy Rietmann, Natalie McElligott, Jake McElligott, Caitlin
Orem, Korey Morgan, Bill Gates, Allison Halvorsen, Ashley Carmack, Nikki McElligott, Adrienne
Swanson, Jim Swanson, Laurel Cannon, Cathy Halvorsen, Virgil Morgan, Debbie Morgan, Betty
Rietmann, and Bill Rietmann.
lone Youth Group and mem
bers o f the lone community par
ticipated in the Human Race on
Sunday, Aug. 1 at W aterfront
Park in Portland. The Human
Race is a walk/run where non
profit organizations in the Portland
area can raise money for their
agencies.
This is the fifth year lone
Youth Group has participated in
the Human Race on behalf o f
Outreach Ministries o f Burnside.
They were inspired to walk in
memory of high school student
Jason Halvorsen, who was killed
in an automobile accident in 1994.
In addition to the walk/run, the
lone group wrote pledge letters,
sold hot dogs on the Fourth of July
BMCC
announces
closed days
Blue Mountain Community
College announces the campus
closed schedule for September.
On Friday, September 10, the
Pendleton Campus, Hermiston
and Milton-Freewater centers,
and EOCI Education Department
will be closed to the public. No
classes will be held. This day is
set aside fbr staff meetings and
development opportunities.
On Friday, September 17, the
BMCC main campus and all
district centers will be closed for
Round-Up.
Lexington News
By Delpha Jonss
Lucille Peck recently under
went major surgery at Good Shep
herd C om m unity H ospital in
Hermiston.
Recent visitors at the Bob
Taylor home have been their sons
and families from Washington and
Baker City.
Philip Tellechea spent sev
eral days visiting his brother Jim
in Portland. His mother, Cathy,
motored to the city to get him and
have a short visit with Jim. Cathy
and Philip also visited the Steens
Mountains.
-:- Loretta Lantis of Condon is
visiting with her daughter, Ellen
Kennedy, and family to be near
her husband, Floy, who is a pa
tient in Pioneer Memorial Hospi
tal.
-:- F riends o f V enice
Hendrickson, former Lexington
resident, were saddened by news
of her death at Hermiston. Ser
vices were held at Bums Mortu
ary in Hermiston, with burial in
Lexington. She was the mother of
Hilda Hocom, who preceded her
in death
-:- The Harvest Festival held
at RJ’s Restaurant in Lexington
was well-attended. Live music and
dancing were enjoyed, a magician
entertained the children and Willie
Hicks of Umatilla entertained with
some Indian dancing. Horseshoe
pitching was an attraction. Sand
wiches and coffee were served
at the tables in the area.
Let’s not forget that Grange
will start the fall meeting on Mon
day, Sept. 20.
and served Italian sodas after
church services at the lone United
Church o f Christ to raise over
$1,200 for Outreach Ministries.
The money collected helps the
ministry staff care for the chroni
cally ill and provide a family sup
port system by caring for the per
sonal needs o f the hom eless
people in the Burnside area of
Portland, said a spokesperson for
the youth group.
lone Youth Group received a
special award at the ceremony
following the walk/run and re
ceived certificates for “Going The
Distance” as they traveled further
than any other participant. Youth
group members who participated
in the walk will get their certifi-
cates at the group’s organizational
meeting on Sunday, Sept. 19 at 7
p.m. at St. W illiam ’s Catholic
Church; all high school youth are
welcome to attend the meeting.
Adult walkers from lone were
Bill Rietmann, Debbie Morgan,
Virgil M organ, Jim Swanson,
Cathy Halvorsen, Laurel Cannon,
Betty Rietmann, Jeri McElligott,
Steve Allen, Jake McElligott and
Jannie Allen. Participating lone
Youth Group members were Nikki
McElligott, Adrienne Swanson,
Allison Halvorsen, Korey Morgan,
Jerem y R ietm ann, A shley
Carmack, Caitlin Orem and Karl
Morgan. Eighth grade students
Bill Gates, Natalie McElligott and
Emily Key also walked.
Student prayer planned Sept. 15
The ,10th annual "See You At
the Pole National Day of Student
Prayer" will be commemorated
in Wednesday, September 15, at
7 a.m.
Students who wish to
participate may gather around
the flagpole at the main entrance
o f the school. This will be the
second year "See You at the
Pole" has been held in Heppner.
Adults who wish to support
the^ students may gather at the
Morrow County Courthouse
flagpole, also at 7 a.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 15.
"An annual prayer event has
taken on renewed urgency in the
wake o f the shootings in
Littleton, Colorado," according
to an event news release. "More
than three million youth are
expected to pray on their
campuses, observing the 10th
annual "See You at the Pole
National Day of Student Prayer."
The theme for "See You at the
Pole 1999" is "We Bow Down,"
taken from the Apostle Paul's
prayer in Ephesians 3:14-21.
"The passage records a heartfelt
prayer for God's people to know
Him more fully and experience
His power in their lives-primary
elements
of
spiritual
awakening," said the release.
"Young people have been
bowing in prayer at their school
flagpoles for 10 years as part of
"See You at the Pole", asking
God to bring moral and spiritual
awakening to the nation."
For more information, visit the
www.syatp.com website.
For local information, contact
Dan Jepsen, 676-5244, or Sam
Van Liew, 676-5050.
Senior class plans barbecue
The Heppner High School
Senior Class will hold a
barbecue at the Morrow County
Fairgrounds prior to the
Heppner High School football
game vs. Baker on Friday,
September 17.
The menu will include a
hamburger or cheeseburger meal
(including chips, brownie and
beverage)
for
$3.50;
a
chiliburger meal for $4; a hot
dog meal for $2.50; or a chilidog
meal for $3.
The barbecue will be served
from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The game
begins at 7:30 p.m.
Proceeds from the barbecue
will go toward the Class o f 2000
senior trip.
Local students winners at High School Rodeo
The first Oregon high school
rodeo action of the season took
place on Sept. 4-5 in Condon dur
ing the Gilliam County Fair. The
competition saw 156 contestants
from throughout Oregon compet
ing. The Columbia Basin High
School Rodeo Club sponsored the
contest.
Local rodeo youth were led by
Marne Wilkins, Condon, who cap
tured the breakaway roping title
with a 3.66 run. Wilkins also fin
ished eighth in the barrels with a
18.103. Joe Irzyk of Moro took
steer wrestling honors with a 5.15
time. Heppner’s Lacey Matteson
was named the Girls’ Rookie and
placed fourth in barrels with a
17.945 and fifth in poles with a
21.494.
Blake K now les, H eppner,
wrestled his steer to third place
with a 11.84. He was followed by
Chris Irzyk of Moro with a 20.39
for a fifth place finish. Calf rop
ing action saw Ryan Matteson of
Heppner finish fourth with a
16.35. Coy Patterson of Helix
turned in an 18.19 for sixth place,
and was followed by Sage Rew
o f Pendleton with a 23.98 in
eighth.
In rough stock events,
Hermiston’s Ty Sturza spurred a
63 in the saddle bronc for second
place. Travis Yutzie of Arlington
rode to a seventh place finish in
the bareback riding with a 54.
Jend Penturf, Heppner, split third
and fourth in the bull riding with a
68 .
Rounding out the top placers in
the g irls ’ events were Tracy
Griffith of lone with a seventh
place time of 18.138 in the poles,
followed by Ashlie Davis o f
Hermiston, who captured ninth in
the poles with a 21.828. Sybil
Krebs o f lone rode to ninth place
in the barrels with a 18.138. Krebs
also gathered ninth place points in
the breakaway with a 13.35 time.
Complete results are as follows:
All-Around Cowboy: Duke
Williams;
Best boys’ team: Central Ore
gon;
Bareback riding: first Jonathan
Rickman 72, a tie for second be
tween M itchell Rickm an and
Kyler Braseth 66Zi, fourth Josh
Davies 65, fifth Ben Londo 61,
sixth Luke Kleck 57, seventh
Travis Yutzie 54, eighth Troy
Wnght 51, ninth Cory Hamilton 50;
Saddle bronc riding: first Cyle
Hartzell 64, Ty Sturza 63, Blake
W est 61, Ky R osenberg 57,
Dwight Osborne 56;
Bull riding: first Jason Wright
74, Ben Londo 70, a tie for third
between Jeremy Roentz and Jerid
Penturf 68 Vi, Blake West 66, John
Osbum 63, Duke Williams 60;
Calf roping: first Bobby Bewley
13.61, second Ty Holly 14.33, third
Dan McIntosh 15.89, fourth Ryan
Matteson 16.35, fifth Duke W ill
iams 16.90, sixth Coy Patterson
18.19, seventh Brian Ford 18.37,
eighth Sage Rew 23.98, ninth
David Enckson 24.70,10th Brandt
Giovanini 26.68;
Steer wrestling: first Joe Irzyk
5.15, second Duke Williams 10.38,
third Blake Knowles 11.84, fourth
Drew Knowles 16.21, fifth Chris
Irzyk 20.39;
Team roping: first Joe Hamilton
and D. Erickson 12.71, second C.
Millan and B. Bam 14.67, third
Adam A ndreason and Ryan
K im ball 19.36, fourth S.
S chum acher and B. B ew ley
25.89, fifth Brian Ford and J.P.
Osbum 32.57, sixth J. Johnson and
C. Johnson 38.74.
All-Around Cowgirl: Lindsey
Peila;
Best girls team : H arney
County;
Barrel racing: first N ataly
Tatone 17.532, second Hayley
Atwood 17.585, third Lindsay
Peila 17.935, fourth L acey
Matteson 17.945, fifth Danielle
Peila 17.987, sixth Jessica Tatone
18.044, seventh Brandy Gatest
18.060, eighth Marne W ilkins
18.103, ninth Sybil Krebs 18.138,
10th Jamie Dorman 18.174;
Pole bending: Kristin McGraw
20.897, second Hayley Atwood
20.926, third Lindsey Peila 21.194,
fourth Shellie Smith 21.390, fifth
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