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VOL. 120
NO. 7
10 Pages
Wednesday, February 14,2001
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
lone varsity men head to district contest
photo by Debbie Radie
The Cardinal boys varsity team
The lone Cardinals varsity boys' County Redsides at the Umatilla
basketball team will play at the Big High School at 3:30 p.m. The Du fur
Sky Conference District 3-A girls' team will play the Helix girls
Basketball Tournament at Umatilla at 1:30 p.m.
this weekend to determine if they
The Condon girls will play the
will continue on to the State 3-A Wasco County girls at 6 p.m. on
Tournament.
Friday, Feb. 16, while the Condon
This Friday, Feb. 16, the lone boys will play the Dufur boys at
Cardinals boys will play the Wasco 8 p.m.
On Saturday, Feb. 17, the winners
of the afternoon games (second
teams) will play the losers of the
evening games . The girls' game
begins at 3 p.m., while the boys will
play at 5 p.m. The winners of these
two games will continue on to the
State 3-A Tournament at Baker City
on Feb. 28-March 3.
Members of the class of
1899 were: Heppner Blackman,
Anna McBride, Anna I. Smith,
Lillian F. McNay, Lizzie
Howard,
Emmaline
E.
Farnsworth, Jennie M. Kirk, Lulu
M. Hager. Nellie Phillips. Bertha
A. Adkins, Vira C. Hart, Pearl
B. Wells. Gertrude C. Bishop,
Elsie 1. Ayers, Lena M.
Glasscock, Estelle A. Rhea.
Hanson Hughes, Louis Balsiger,
Benj. F. Matlock and Charlotte
Shipley
According to the program,
the lengthy program included the
following: a piano solo, "Dance
Bretonne" by Gertrude Bishop;
an oration, "Courage" by Anna
Smith; an oration, "Night Brings
Out the Stars." by Estelle Rhea;
"Kentucky Babe" by the Ladies
Quartet of the Class; "Our Flag”
by Anna McBride: "Woman's
Place" by Lulu Hager; a vocal
solo by Elsie Ayers; a "History
of the Class" by Emmaline
Farnsworth; the Prophesy by
Heppner Blackman; "The Marble
Waiteth” by Lillian McNay;
"Missus Winslow's Soothing
Syrup" by the Male Quartet: the
"Regeneration of Cuba" by L.ouis
Balsiger; "Difficulty Our Best
Friend" by Bertha Adkins; and
"Commercial Advancement" by
Charlotte Shipley.
State Superintendent J H
Ackerman
delivered the
graduation address. Judge
Bartholomew
made
the
presentation of diplomas and
Principal W.C. Howard offered
words to the class. The ceremony
ended with the class song
Ryan Campbell, 13,
Heppner Junior High School
eighth grader, learned first hand
what it was like to put together a
newspaper. Campbell and the
rest of his eighth-grade class at
Heppner Junior High School
participated in a job shadow
experience with local businesses
on Tuesday, February 13.
Campbell, whose job
shadow partner was April Sykes,
editor of the Heppner Gazette-
Times,
gathered
news,
researched information on the
Internet, wrote a news story and
headlines, took photos, and
prepared news copy for layout.
The program was part of
the work experience program at
Heppner Junior High and High
School which is headed up by
teacher Greg Grant.
Around 30 students
partnered with area businesses
and government agencies to give
students a taste of the business
world.
The morning culminated
in a noon Chamber of Commerce
luncheon for the students and
business people. The lunch was
catered by Heppner High School.
Students and business
people who participated in the
job shadow experience include:
Lindsey Hodges-Sandra
Van Liew at Gardner's Men's
Wear; Kylee Disque-Barbara
Hayes,
Morrow
County
Commission on Children and
Families; Cara Kennedy-Florene
Robinson, Klamath First Federal;
Amanda
Crosswhite-Ann
Murray, Murray's Drug; Josh
Gutierrez-Samarra Van Doom.
Morrow County Sheriffs Office
dispatch; Jode Coil-David
photo by Ryan Campbell
Heppner Hardware owner Cliff Green and HJHS job shadow student
Jon Cain enjoy lunch at the elks Club Tuesday.
Allstott, Allstott & Gentry
C o n stru ctio n ;
Jessica
Wainwnght and Tyler Boyer-
Janet Greenup. Morrow Soil and
Water Conservation District,
NRCS; Robert McElligott-Gayle
Gutierrez. Morrow County Tax
Collector's Office; Kelly Straley-
Barbara Bloodsworth. Morrow
County Clerk's Office; Shanna
Rietmann. Madison Bailey. Terra
Wilson-David C. Allen. Morrow
County District Attorney; Kyle
Huddleston-George Koffler,
Bank of Eastern Oregon; Tasha
Doty-Nancy
Sn i d e r ,
Wheatland/Van Marter & Kahl
Insurance: Jon Cain-Cliff Green.
Heppner Hardware; Ryan
Campbell-Apnl Sykes, Heppner
Gazette-Times; Aaron Delveaux-
Archie Ball, line crew. Columbia
Basin Electric; Linsey Mitchell-
Tom Wolff. Columbia Basin
Electric; Liz Orwick-Bill Kuhn.
Kuhn and Spicer law offices;
Biair Keithley. Chelsea Britt,
Kassy Gaines and Emily
Bergstrom-Pioneer Memorial
Hospital; Josh Lankford-Russ
Morgan. Oregon Department of
Fish and Wildlife; Jenny
Whalen-Scott Strouse, Oregon
Department of Transportation;
Trampas Jeffries, Derek Shank,
Francisco
Escalante-Duane
Disque, Morrow County Grain
Growers.
Smith, Walden plan Heppner
town hall meeting
U.S. Senator Greg Smith
and Congressman Greg Walden
have planned a town hall meeting
to be held in Heppner on
Thursday,
February
22,
beginning at 10 a.m. at the
Bisbee Building Conference
Room.
attend.
The public is invited to
MCGG holds Customer Appreciation Day
1899 program makes way to Heppner
A program for the
Heppner High School graduating
class o f 1899 has made its way
home again, albeit by a very
circuitous route.
The hundred-and-two
year-old program was included
with items purchased in an estate
sale in Wickenburg, Arizona.
Nick Nusz, a maintenance
supervisor at the Wenden
Elementary School in Wenden,
AZ, came across the program and
forwarded it to Elaine Miller,
secretary at Heppner High
School.
The program, six pages,
approximately 4"x5" on heavy
ivory parchment paper and
printed with green logos and
lettering, is tied with a pink and
white string and tassel.
According to the
program, the
graduating
exercises were held at the Opera
House on May 26, 1899. at 8
p.m.
Class officers were listed
as Jennie Kirk, president; Louis
Balsiger, vice-president; Lulu
Hager, secretary; Pearl Wells,
treasurer, Emma Farnsworth,
historian,
and
Heppner
Blackman, prophet.
The class motto was
"Press forward, he conquers who
will." Class flower was the wild
rose.
BEO to sponsor scholarship
The Bank of Eastern Oregon will
again sponsor an agriculture/
business scholarship for graduating
seniors at Heppner. lone. Arlington.
Condon, Riverside, Spray and
Wheeler C ounty schools, announced
George Koffler. president of the
Bank of Eastern Oregon.
This marks the sixth year the
bank has sponsored the $500
scholarships to Morrow, Gilliam
and Wheeler county students This
year the awards will total S3.000
Applicants must plan to enroll
in college in either agriculture or
business. Selection will be based
on scholarship, leadership and
citizenship.
Applications may be picked up
from school counselors. The
deadline to submit applications is
May 11.
Mark Pointer helps Anette, 6 years, load up on pancakes at the MCGG annual Customer Appreciation Day
breakfast Saturday in Lexington With Anette is Doug Rathbun and helping Pointer is Kim Gutierrez
(right). The co-op fed a large crowd a free breakfast and also had many demonstrations and product
displays on hand.
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