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EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 21, 2001 Cruz-In draws contestants from near and far Students compete at Hermiston chess tourney a c gm !■«« '« m i mm m Heppner Elementary School Chess Club members: back-Nacho Elguezabal, Andre Rauch, Sean Murray , Matt Holland; center-Bo Foster, Maggie Armato, Bryan Holland, Seth Morgan, Lane W ickman. tro Ian Murray, Chris Hendricks, Chris Hickerson, Cole Morgan, Conner Pappas. . . , „ , Morgan, Ian Murray, Sean Murray, some very advanced players, said Conner ° Pappas, Andre Rauch - and Fourteen Heppner Elementary a participant. school students traveled to Lane Wickman. Mary Ann Elguezabal, Janme Hermiston on Feb. 17 to compete The Heppner Elementary School Allen, Adam Doherty, James Pappas Chess Club is still meeting on in the Chess for Success and Mike Armato accompanied the Tournament. Students attending Monday between 3:30-4:30 p.m. group. had a day filled with at least six and on Tuesday and Thursday Team members included Maggie games o f chess each. mornings from 7:30-7:55 a.m. Armato, Nacho Elguezabal, Bo The Heppner team placed third Interested individuals are invited Foster, Chris Hendricks,Chris out of seven other teams. "It was to contact the school for more an eye opener to meet so many other Hickerson, Bryan Holland, Matt information or to join in the Holland, Cole Morgan, Seth chess players and compete with competition. lone Elementary School children present plays %. A* IP n c a lone Elementary School second and third graders performed two plays for parents, grandparents and commuiuty members on March 15. Twenty children, lead by teacher Barbara Collin, presented Pecos BilU«»^Ee^rem ihT64nM usiciaT«P»ThC> practiced for several weeks," said Collin. They knew it word for word." lone High OSSOM Club takes action By Debbie Radie The lone Site Council, at its March 14 meeting, learned that 11 lone High School OSSOM Club DA's Report Morrow County District Attorney David C. Allen has released the following report: -Christy Whalen, aka Christy Pennington, plead guilty to possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine) and was sentenced to 18 months probation. She was also ordered to complete a drug treatment program and pay $434 in fines fees and assessments. -Rollin Ray Bradfield plead guilty to Assault 4 (felony), Reckless Endangering and Harassment. He was sentenced to 36 months probation and 160 hours o f community service. He was also ordered to have no physical contact with the victims, write them letters of apology, complete a domestic violence treatment program and pay $1,559 in fines, fees and assessments. Blackhorse Canyon road now open Blackhorse Canyon road is now open with no detour, the Morrow County Road Dept, has reported. members are planning to attend the state OSSOM conference in Hood River in April. It was reported that Ashley Carmack has e-mailed all of the state representatives concerning the school funding issue. The local group plans to conduct a letter writing campaign. The council learned that lone was not awarded the "Umatilla- Morrow Small and Remote Schools Consortium" grant. Although no explanation was given as to why, it is believed there was competition for the funds. lone Schools Principal Mike Stuart anticipates applying for other grants in the near future. Levels testing is scheduled in April and a committee plans to have snacks for the students on those dates. Dean Robinson presented his action research plan. Robinson has some recommendations for changing testing to help parents, teachers and students get more value from the levels testing from year to year. The Vtel equipment is set up now in Dale Holland IPs classroom. Videoconferencing capabilities in "real time" are now a reality. The council learned that Justin Key was the first third grader to recite the Preamble to the Constitution o f the United States from memory Teachers Terri Clay and Barbara Collin went with a group of students to a writer's workshop at Eastern Oregon University. They reported that students' works may be published in an anthology. The elementary school was to A pM ôual ty O U tc the. citizens and businesses that ntaibe the X exingtôn tfàate* 'Preject Aw#*? possible fact oolunteeŸS Ab ell, AeJZ-oif (Ziine an? Dick ICeuipas Çim tyo tç TUtum present two plays in the cafetonum The girls' basketball team achieved first place for for the state 1A Dairy Farmers Association academic achievement recognition and for the entire state. The boys' basketball team was in the top 10. The boys also went to state in basketball and earned second in the district. The fourth-eighth grade band marched in the Heppner St. Patrick’s parade on Saturday, March 17. Teacher Darlene Marquardt's first period web design class and fifth period eighth grade tech-ed class are doing a community service project called Virtual-lone. They are writing a web page for the city o f lone as a service to the community. This page can be viewed at <http://ioneoregon.com> Brad Bumght made the second team all star team at basketball state finals. The first-ever Heppner Cruz-In was held Saturday in conjunction with the St. Patrick's Parade. The St. Paddy's Cruz-In drew 37 entries with participants from as far away as Aloha. Following their appearance in the parade, the cars assembled in the Les Schwab parking lot and an adjacent lot. Everyone, including a visiting leprechaun, had the opportunity of voting on a favorite car. Winner of the People's Choice award was Joe Roberts of Aloha with his 1949 Ford Tudor. The "Leprechaun's Choice" was Bud Englert's 1935 Chevrolet four- door sedan. Booster Club hears gym report The Cardinal Booster Club met Monday, March 5, at the lone High School library. Monica Swanson reported the work is almost finished on the high school gym. Some sign work is being done and the OSAA sportsmanship sign needs to be put up. Another board will have to be made for the state academic Dairy Farmers of Oregon award the girls basketball team won. The current date of the booster club meetings is a conflict for several individuals. It was agreed to change the date to the second Thursday of each month. The club voted to use $600 for the Cardinal Booster Club scholarship fund this spring. The scholarship committee may decide the number of recipients. Each of the senior all-star football and basketball players who plays in the summer all-state teams will receive $25 from the club for their ads in the programs. Swanson will order shirts for the club to sell during the 4th o f July celebration. Members suggested selling the past T-shirts and ordering long sleeve shirts for this year. Teacher Dale Holland explamed the BFS Program he is currently using in his weight training class. He and Steve Schaber recently attended a 'Bigger Faster Stronger" conference. His class is a total conditioning class. The goal of the program is to teach individuals to be the best they can be, focusing on academics, goal setting, communicating and gaining confidence in themselves. It was agreed to have students demonstrate the program at a future meeting. The club voted to reimburse coach Dennis Stefani $364 for expenses for the first night the boys stayed at the state tournament. Track coach Del LaRue requested money to help pay for the new track warm-ups, which should arrive soon. The club agreed to pay the balance due on the warm-ups. The next meeting of Cardinal Booster Gub will be Thursday, April 13. Copies 1 0 1 Çazette-Times 676-9228 Spti/uj Vacation,... T td ‘Tinte Fit, Family Togetherness Trips a nd Yard Work Fix Up Paint Up tfelp rU J u st cAround Tile Corner HEPPNER HARDWARE Jhu&l/aßue. 106 May Street • Heppner, O ( R 97836 Phone: (541) 676-9961 • Fax: (541) 676-5496 m \ Tom Wolff of Heppnerwon the antique class with his 1948 Willy's Jeep. Randy Henderson of Hermiston took the Classic Car award with, his 1970 Dodge Challenger. Charles Reiber of Hermiston won the custom class with his 1947 Chevrolet pickup. All entries were awarded a St. Paddy's Cruz-In dash plaque. The event was sponsored by Les Schwab Tire Center and the St. Patrick's Committee. PLEASE check your ad on the first date of publication. While we are happy to make any nec essary corrections, we cannot be responsible for errors appearing on multiple days. When cancel ling an ad, PLEASE check to be sure your ad was not inadvert ently published. T H A N K YOU ! CLASSIFIED ADS .4 0 per word Card of Thanks: up to 100 words - $5 Deadline: Tuesday at noon CA RD OF TH A N KS The family of Joy Ann Wells would like to thank the hospital staff and doctors. Father Condon and the Catholic Church Altar Society, the American Legion, friends and neighbors for the cards, prayers, kind words and all their help. 3-21-lp I would like to thank everyone for your support throughout the Elks Hoop Shoot. I had a lot of fun, met lots of people and shot a lot o f free throws. This is an awesome program put on by the Elks for kids. The Heppner-Elks supported me for all of the competitions and I really appreciated it; thank you Heppner Elks! Thank you to my friends and family and members of the com munity for your words o f encour agement, signs, cards, flowers and balloons. Thank you, Megan Orr and Family _____________________ 3-21-lc We would like to thank the fol lowing who came to our aid dur ing Bob’s illness; for the fast re sponse of the lone and Arlington ambulance crews; to Dana, Loren and Nathan Heideman who came down from the hill; to our neigh bors Lorene Griffith, Kristy and Gene Crowell, Linda and Gerald Wilson, and Maureen Krebs for the food. A special thanks to Jacob Taylor for the hospital visits. We appreciated the cards and phone calls wishing us well. “Thank you, Kristy,” from Tess. _____________________ 3-21-lp The H eppner High School cheerleaders wish to thank every one who supported their fund raiser of the Ewe-Do-Bingo dur ing the St. Patrick’s Celebration. Special thanks to the Ken Bailey family for loaning us their awe some pet lamb, Jake, to “do” the honors. Congratulations to Bruce and Patti Lindsey for winning the $300, and thanks, Jannie Allen, our hnejudge. _____________________ 3-21-lp The H eppner C ham ber o f Commerce would like to take this opportunity to thank the many vol unteers, businesses, organizations and residents who pitched in and helped with the Oregon Dept, of Transportation (ODOT) Adopt-a- Highway litter pick-up effort prior to the St. Patrick’s Celebration weekend. The effort, cooperation and assistance of the organizations who did litter pick-up on the high ways entering Heppner is appre ciated. These include the Morrow County Employees Association, the Heppner High School Honor Society, the Heppner Elementary School staff and the Red Apple Market. As a result of the collective effort of everyone, our town had a nice appearance, both for our selves and for our visitors and guests during the celebration. Additionally, the support and assistance of the City of Heppner, Stop Oregon Litter and Vandal ism (SOLV), the Heppner Ga zette-Times, Heppner TV, and the Heppner maintenance section of the Oregon Dept, of Transporta tion was instrumental in the suc cess o f the litter pick-up that pre pared our tow n for the St. Patrick’s Celebration. The next Adopt-a-Highway lit ter pick-up will be prior to Memo rial Day weekend. Please watch local media for the announce ments of date, time and procedure. Again, thank you, everyone. Sharon Harrison President, Heppner Chamber of Commerce ________ 3-21-lc N O TICES The Heppner Post Office has notified residents that correct mailing addresses must be on all mail Please check the ad dress on your Gazette-Times to see i f it is correct and current. Addresses with a "route and box number or “star route and box' number, fo r example, need to be corrected. I f you need to make a correction, please call the Gazette at 676-9228, fa x 676-9211, mail to Box 337. Heppner, OR 97836, or e-mail gt@heppner.net with your cor rect mailing address, so you can continue to receive the paper with no delay. David Sykes, Publisher _____________________ 11-1-tfx There are items that have been left at the Fairgrounds. Please call 676-9474 to inquire. ____________________ 3-21-lc '• ” • ' HELP W ANTED Retail sales and materials clerk needed. No art or sales ex perience required. Artisan Vil lage, 676-8282. _____________________ 3-21-lc Ag. Equipment Manufactur ing. Due to rapid expansion, cur rently hiring these FT posi tions: three welder/fabricators, three years experience required; two machine operators, strength in math required. All positions re quire lifting. Competitive wages and benefits. Drug-free work place. Call Nick at (541) 567-2992 or (800) 367-1847. C ircle C Equipment. Hermiston. _____________________ 3-21-lc Library Clerk Substitute: on call, $7.23/hour, no benefits. Works under the supervision of the Branch Manager; knowledge of automated library systems; knowledge o f books, including basic reference; Saturday and evening hours required. Oregon Trail Library Dis trict application packets available at the Heppner Library during regular business hours. For more information, call (541) 676-9964. Application deadline 5 p.m., Fri day, March 30,2001. _____________________ 3-21-2c V olunteer Park Hosts for Anson W right Park and C u tsforth Park in M orrow County. This is a volunteer posi tion with a small stipend for ex penses. A pplications may be picked up at Morrow County Pub lic Works in Lexington. For fur ther inform ation, call Public Works at 989-9500. Closing date, March 30. 3-21-lc Union-Baker ESD is seeking applicants for Vocational Train ers located at Stanfield and Irrigon Education Centers. Responsibili ties include facilitating high school completion, GED, ESL services when needed and basic skill de velopment for students. No expe rience required. Spanish speaking skills preferred. Apply at Union- Baker ESD, 10100 N. McAlister Road, Island City, OR. 97850. Call 449-2095 or 963-4106 for more information. EOAA. 3-21-lc REAL ESTATE W ANTED I have serious buyers interested in 10-20 acre parcels with or with out home. Mountain property and property at Penland Lake. If you have property like this or other property you would like to sell, please contact David Sykes at 676-9228 or 676-9939 evenings. Heritage Land Co., H eppner, OR 97836, www. heppner.net. 1-24-tfx '
