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.
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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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