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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 30, 2002 lone Elementary holds geography bee Left to right: front row-Shannon Clay, Alex Carlson, Kayla LaRue, Aimee Emery, Justin Archer, Miranda Hunt: back row-Tyler Brown Kelly Thompson, Jennifer Griffith, Kara Clay. The lone Elementary School Geography Bee was held on Jan. 9. The bee, sponsored by the Na tional Geographic Society, is held each year to encourage interest among youth in geography and people of the world. The competition began with 30 participants. After the prelim inary round the following lOpar- ticipants remained: Shannon Clay, Kara Clay, Tyler Brown, Kelly Thompson, Justin Archer, Aimee Emery. K ayla LaRue, Jenny Griffith, Miranda Hunt and Alex Carlson. In the championship round, Shannon Clay and her sis ter Kara battled it out. Shannon was announced the winner when she answered the following ques tion correctly, “Macao, formerly an overseas territory o f Portugal, w as returned to which country in 1999?” (China). District high school bowling championships set in Heppner The Oregon High School B ow ling C ham pionships for District 7 will be held in Heppner this year at the Shamrock Lanes. The District 7 championships, for ninth through 12th grade bowlers, cover most o f eastern Oregon and w ill inclu d e team s from Hermiston, Umatilla, Baker City, LaGrande, John Day, The Dalles and Heppner. The competition will be held Saturday and Sunday. February 16-17, with the girls' games on Saturday and the boys’ games on Sunday. Check-in time is 8:30 a.m . w ith bow ling beginning at 8:45 a.m . and concluding around 3 p.m. The public is invited to the bowling alley to watch the games. Terry Lupinacci, owner o f the S ham rock Lanes in Heppner, says that Kelly Paullus of Heppner is returning to bowl in the championships again this year. Last year was the first time that Heppner has had a team, he says. L ast y e a r ’s d istric t cham pionships were held in Hermiston. Lupinacci says that the Baker format will be used, with each bowler on the five-person teams bowling two frames in each game. After eight games, the field is cut to five teams. Those five teams bowl eight more games and then the field is cut to three. Then the num ber-three team bowls against the number- two team for second place. The top two teams will go to the state tourney which will be held in M edford at the Lava Lanes March 9-10. Lupinacci said that the Oregon State Open for the Professional Bowling Association was held at the Lava Lanes. According to Lupinacci. around 130 teams in districts around the state participated in the championships last year and more are expected to participate this year. The young bowlers compete for college scholarships, he said. Lupinacci said that he plans to work toward establishing a local high school bow ling program in Heppner this fall. Shannon will receive a med al from the National Geographic Society. She also took a written test, which will determine if she moves on to the state-level com petition. Bees will be held in 50 states, the District of Columbia, and par ticipating U.S. territories on Fri day, April 15. At the state com petition, cash awards and prizes will go to the top three winners. All students participating in the state-level competition will receive T-shirts and certificates. The first-place winner from each state -level competition will advance to the national level of the National Geographic Bee, scheduled for May 21 and 22 at the National Geographic Society's headquar ters in Washington, D.C. BM CC honor roll Blue Mountain Community College has announced its 2001 fall term honor roll, dean’s list and president’s list. Following are lo cal students who qualified: Honor roll (3.-3.5 GPA)-Jerid P loyhar and D avid Bates, H eppner; Erin C row ell, Pendleton; Megan Andreason, Shantel Evans, Kara Sandlin, Son ny Town, Charles Van Gorder, all Boardm an; C hristena Butler, Linda C alv ert, C hristo p h er H ughes, D usty Johnson, Katherine Medlock, Sarah New port, Rebecca Sandlin, Kelly Sullivan, all Irrigon; Dean’s list (3.5-3.85 GPA)- Sarah B ritt, H eppner; Cory B ennetto, Pendleton; C am ie Burright and Jennifer Thompson, lone; Adam R ogelstad, Boardman; Cody Gordanier, Sara H urd, Joshua R eeve, all o f Irrigon; P re sid e n t’s list (3.85-4. GPA)-Tracy Rankin, 4., Heppner; Vanessa Eldridge, Jessica Moore. 4., both Boardman. For the third year the Umatilla County Historical Society w ill host a regional contest tor the Nation al History Day contest. Schools in M orrow, U m atilla, U nion, Wallowa and Grant counties have been invited to participate. Competition will be held at the Historical Society’s Museum in Pendleton on Monday, Feb. 18. Entry deadline is Monday, Feb. 4. “ Revolution. Reaction, Re form in History” is the theme for the 2001-02 contest. Students are encouraged to follow any special interest they may have while ex ploring the past. To participate, students pre pare individual or group projects to compete in the Junior (grades 6-8) or Senior (grades 9-12) divi sions. Projects may be presented as an individual research paper, an individual or group exhibit (similar to a museum exhibit), an individu al or group performance (a dra matic portrayal of the topic) or an individual or group media project (using slides, video, or non-inter- active computer program). The top two finishers in each category in each district will ad vance to the State History Day competition in April. State winners are eligible for the National His- tory Day contest to be held in June at the University of Mary land at College Park. Students from Helix High School have advanced to the na tional competition in each o f the last two contest years. National History Day is the nation’s leading educational pro gram for history education in the schools. The program annually draws more than half a million participants from 48 states and the District o f Columbia. In pre paring their entries, students learn about historical issues, ideas, peo ple and events. They acquire use ful historical knowledge, think crit ical ly, and learn to present what they know, according a press re lease from the Umatilla County Historical Society. National His tory Day can also be used for work toward content standards and Certificates o f Initial Mastery or Advanced Mastery, said the release. For more information, contact Julie Reese at the Umatilla Coun ty Historical Society, 276-0012, by fax at 276-7989, or by e-mail at uchs@oregontrail.net. Interest ed persons may also visit the Na tional History Day website at w w w .th e h is to r y n e t.C O M / NationalHistoryDay. Willow Service Club plans meeting Shannon Clay is winner Creative Care Preschool to make Valentine’s deliveries Creative Care Preschool o f lone is again making Valentine’s Day deliveries to help support their program for three- and four- year old scholars. For S10, they will deliver a 5.1-ounce box o f B elgian chocolate and large Mylar balloon to any home, school or business in South Morrow County on Thursday, February 14. Quantities are limited this year, so orders must be placed soon, said Lea Mathieu o f Cre ative Care Preschool. Forms are available at the post office and bank in lone. Orders may also be placed by calling Mathieu at 422- 7215 during evenings. All orders must be paid prior to delivery. CCPcurrently has 11 students in their part-time program, which emphasizes social skills, reading readiness, creativity and beginning math skills. “Fund raisers enable the school to continue offering an affordable quality program in a small community,” said Mathieu. Beat Those W in te r Blues... # BENT makes drug arrests Umatilla historical society to host regional contest Floral arrangements, disas ter relief and business will high light the Willow Valley Service Club’s meetings in February. On Thursday, Feb. 7, busi ness will be conducted by the club at-large. On T hursday, Feb. 14, C huck B ailey, p resid en t o f Heppner Garden Club, will dem onstrate “High/Low Floral Table Arrangements”. He has resided in H eppner since 1941. He joined the Heppner Garden Club four years ago and is serving his second year as its president. On T hursday, Feb. 21, Meredith Walters, volunteer for the American Red Cross, Ore- gon Trail Chapter, Heppner, will inform WVSC on disaster relief. She has been a volunteer of ARC since her arrival in Heppner in January 1999. As a service, WVSC helped to serve and clean-up at the Heppner Cham ber’s Town and Country Days Luncheon held at the Episcopal Church and catered by Puddin’ on the Ritz. Those interested in joining WVSC may attend any no-host luncheon at noon at John’s Other Place in Heppner, or contact Carolyn Willey or any club mem ber. The Blue Mountain Enforce ment N arcotics Team arrested four Hermiston area individuals on drug charges following a drug in vestigation and execution o f a search warrant near the Umatilla Army Depot on Jan. 23. “During the investigation, an active and fully operational anhy drous am m onia m etham phet- amine drug lab and a substantial quantity o f m ethamphetam ine was seized along with evidence of drug sales and numerous fire arm s,” according to a BENT news release. Arrested and charged were: -N olan B rice Brook, 42, 75694 Gun Club Road, Hermiston, on two counts o f manufacturing a controlled substance-metham- phetamine, two counts of posses sion o f a controlled substance- methamphetamine, maintaining a place where drugs are used/sold. 11 counts of being a felon in pos session o f a firearm and three counts o f theft by receiving; -D ebra Jean Portillo, 41, 75694 Gun Club Road, Hermiston, on two counts o f manufacturing a controlled substance-metham- phetamine, two counts of posses sion o f a controlled substance- methamphetamine and maintain ing a place w here drugs are used/ sold; -Esequel Martinet, 30,455 W. Wood, Stanfield, on two counts of manufacturing a controlled sub- stance-m etham phetamine, two counts o f possession o f a con trolled substance-methamphet- amine, and frequenting a place where drugs are used/sold; -Toni Jean Cribbs, 20,725 W. Ridgeway Ave., Hermiston, on two counts o f manufacturing a controlled substance-m etham - phetamine, two counts of posses^ sion of a controlled substance* methamphetamine and frequent ing a place where drugs are used* sold. BENT consists o f narcotic detectives from area law enforce ment agencies, including the Mor row County Sheriff’s Office. 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