Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 13, 2002 - THREE
lone sports awards dessert held
Wedding
Gutierrez-Wilson
Jeff and Amanda Wilson
Jeff Dan Wilson and Amanda Christine Gutierrez were married
in a double-ring ceremony on August 25,2001, at St. Patrick's Catholic
Church in Heppner.
The bride was given in marriage by her father, Kevin Gutierrez,
and grandfather, Lee Palmer. Fr. Gerry Condon officiated the ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of Kevin and Peggy Gutierrez, Walla
Walla, WA, and Norma and Barb Zeller, lone. Her grandparents are
Lee and Mary Ann Palmer, lone, George Gutierrez, Heppner, and the
late Helen Drake. Her great-grandmother is Geneva Palmer, lone.
The groom’s parents are Danny Wilson, Heppner, and Dan
Looslie and Carmen Wilson o f Lexington. His grandparents are Ray
and Gae Papineau, Lexington, and Bud and Delores Wilson, Hermiston.
M atron o f honor was K aedene B ailey o f H eppner.
Bridesmaids were Sara Edmonds, Pendleton, Kathy Bodewig, Pilot
Rock and Jodi Ferguson, Hermiston. Junior bridesmaids were Emily
Rietmann, lone, and Danielle Looslie, Lexington.
Best man was Dale Wilson, Hermiston. Groomsmen were
Stacy Wilson, Hermiston, Steve Wilson, Lexington, and Vance Crafton,
Hermiston. Junior groomsmen were Lane Bailey, Heppner, and Brian
Gutierrez, lone.
Candle lighters were Meghan and Madison Bailey, Heppner.
Flower girls were M achaela Shouldis, McMinnville, and Mary
Rietmann, lone. Ring bearers were Mathew Shouldis, McMinnville,
and Justin Pranger, Heppner. Ushers were Ken Bailey, Heppner, Joe
Rietmann, lone, Chris Bodewig, Pilot Rock, and Jay Papineau,
Lexington.
Inspirational readers were Dave Pranger, Heppner, and Pat
and Lyle Jensen, LaGrande.
Soloists were Hope and Jeremy Miller, Pendleton. Pianist was
Debbie Wryn, lone.
The bride wore a white strapless, two-piece Mary ’s Designer
Collection gown. The corset-style bodice was embellished with pearls
and rhinestones with a “lily o f the valley” embroidered design. A cast
around the top o f the bodice glowed with pearls and rhinestones. It
was brought together in the back with a corset-style closure and a
cathedral-length train.
Flowers, designed by Country Rose, were a mixture o f pastel
shades o f roses in pink, yellow, salmon and wedding w hite. The bride
carried a cascading bouquet o f pastel roses. The bridesmaids carried
round bouquets o f roses.
The color theme o f the wedding was royal blue, periwinkle,
black and silver motif. The church was decorated with aisle candelabra
with silk flower arrangements cascading each one. Two floral bouquets
accompanied the six candelabra at the front of the church.
The bridal party was escorted to the Heppner Elks Club for
the reception in a covered wagon by Joe Yocom.
A buffet-style dinner was served and catered by Anne Morter
and Maureen Krebs. Aunts o f the bride and groom served the cake
and punch.
Dan Bums provided music for the reception.
The bride is a 1997 graduate o f Heppner High School and a
graduate o f Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, and Southern
Oregon University, Ashland, with majors in psychology and criminal
justice. This fall she will enter the graduate program at Washington
State University. She is currently employed at Two Rivers Correctional
Institution as a group therapy facilitator.
The groom is a L997 graduate of Heppner High School. He is
a self-employed contractor and ow ner o f Jeff Wilson Construction.
After a honeymoon trip to Puerta Vallarta. Mexico, the couple
resides in Hermiston.
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The lone High School winter sports award dessert was Tuesday,
March 5, at the lone School cafeteria. Girls junior varsity coach Ryan
Rudolf introduced the girls and commented on the 11-11 season. The
girls won their last eight games.
The varsity girls had a 17-9 season record. C oach Dana Heideman
presented the follow ing awards: Most Rebounds ( 176)-Kristina Powell.
Most Assists (109) and Most Steals ( I26)-Natalie McElligott, Most
Hustle-Cyndi Heagy, Best Defense-Diana McElligott, Most Improved-
Barhara Holland, and Most Inspirational-Amellia Peck. Powell was
also recognized for having the most blocked shots for the year with
38. Salli McElligott broke the record for most three-point shots made
in one season, with 37. The girls placed second in the Oregon Dairy
Farmers IA academic awards with a 3.86 team GPA.
C-team coach Jim Swanson reflected on his team's season and
presented John Denver’s “Thank God I'm A Country Boy” cd's to all
the boys on the basketball team.
Scott Burright. boys junior varsity coach, introduced the boys and
presented JV awards to the following: Hustle-Cody Bergstrom,
Defense-Cayle Krebs, Most Improved-Curtis Thompson, Most
Inspirational-Johnny Collin, and Cardinal Heart-Nick Christman
Christman was also recognized for making six of six free throws at
the Stanfield game.
The varsity boys were introduced by Coach Dennis Stefani. They
received first place for 1A schools in the Oregon Dairy Farmers
academic standings with a GPA of 3.71. Ashley Roberts led the team
in assists with 96. Brad Burright led in scoring with a total of 611
points and a 24.4 point-per-game average. He also led the team in
field goal percentage (57.5 percent), free throw percentage (67
percent), blocked shots (28), steals (50), rebounds (322 w ith a 13 per
game average), and took the most charges over the season (21). The
following awards were presented: Best Defense-Ashley Roberts, Most
Hustle-Adam Neiffer, Most Improved-Til Tullis, Most lnspirational-
Adam Neiffer, and Cardinal Heart (for hard work and a positive
attitude)-Mike Radie. The most valuable player for the year was Brad
Burright.
The coaches and players recognized people for their support
throughout the year. Charity McElligott and Cathy McCabe were
thanked for feeding the players after school every day. Kari Morgan
helped coach the girls. Dave Stevens, Loa Heideman, and Virgil
Morgan took stats during the games. Helen Heideman and McElligott
kept books. Athletic director Dean Robinson, principal Mike Stuart,
the fans and community band were thanked for their support.
Heppner High/Junior High
announces honor students
Heppner High School has
announced its h onor ro ll/
honorable mention for 2001-
2002 first semester. Following
are the students who qualify:
S eniors honor roll-
Jonathan Bennett and Shelley
Rietm ann, both 4., M eghan
Bailey, Brad Bowman, Jodie
C arlson, Jessica G utierrez,
Brian Rust, Paula Spicerkuhn,
Sam Van Liew ; hon o rab le
mention-Claire Anderson, Brett
Barber, Kevin Drake, Stefan
Matheny, Julie Proctor, Leland
Rill, Codi Rosecrans, Tammy
Smith, Molly Turrell.
Ju n io rs
honor
roll-
C lem en tin e G uyot, Lacey
M atteson and D arren Van
Cleave, all 4., Donald Adams,
Tyler Henderson, Daniel Jepsen,
Marcy Miller, Doug Orwick,
A shley W ard; honorable
mention-Brad Adams, Dawn
DeBoer, Genia Grant, Rachel
Howard, Sibbea Jones, Conor
Kilkenny, Nicole Wilson.
Sophom ores honor roll-
Luke Murray, 4., Blake Allstott,
Judd Lem m on, C ourtney
Nelson; honorable m ention-
Sarah Barrow, Justin Botefuhr,
L indsey
C lough,
Brian
Haguewood, Stefanie Hanson,
D anielle L ooslie, C hantea
Macaulay, Kiel Naims, Danielle
Prindle, Brooke Rust, Sheena
Shank, Jessie Woodward.
Freshm en honor ro ll-C ara
K ennedy, Josh L ankford and
Shanna Rietmann, all 4., Madison
B ailey, K ylee D isque, Kyle
H uddleston, B lair K eithley,
E lizabeth
O rw ick, Jessica
Wainwright; honorable mention-
Emily Bergstrom, Tyler Boyer,
Chelsea Britt, Ryan Campbell, Jode
Coil, Chris Furgerson, Linsey
M itchell, Brandon Seitz, Terra
Wilson.
Eighth grade honor roll-Laurie
Murray and Mathew Van Cleave,
both 4., Daniel Basile, Brianne
Jones, Julianna M oore, Krystal
Naims, Roy Proctor, Heather Rill,
Brenda Victorio, Heather Yocom;
honorable mention-Mikel Britt, Aim
Fulkerson, Charlene Houweling.
Mathew Kenny, Rory Kilkenny,
Sam Martin, Ashley Zimmerman.
Seventh grade honor roll-Aaron
A llstott, M ahaley H uddleston;
honorable mention-Justin Delveaux,
Tony H aguew ood, Brendan
M cE lligott, M echele N icm an,
Andrew Prindle, Regina Seitz.
Kylie Tasker.
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lone students win Elks
Americanism essay contest
Miranda Hunt. Jennifer Griffith and Aimee Emery, Elk's Club Americanism
Essay Contest winners
Aidan Burt, Kara Clay and Kaylee Patinateci placed in the Elk's Club
Americanism Essay contest for fifth-sixth grade division.
The theme for this year's Elks Club Americanism Essay
Contest was “What does the flag of the United States stand for?"
lone students from grades fifth through eighth grades participated.
Winners this year were: seventh-eighth-grade division-first,
Miranda Hunt, second, Jenny Griffith, third,
Aim ee
Em ery;
fifth-sixth-grade division-first, Kara Clay, second, Aidan Burt, third,
Kaylee Palmateer.
All first-place winners receive a SI00 savings bond, second
place receives a S75 savings bond and third place w inners receive a
$50 sav ings bond.
Auction items many and varied
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St. Patrick's Celebration auction items on display in the Heppner TV window
By Debbie Harper
This year's St. Patrick's Day auction will be held Friday, March
15, upstairs at the Elks Club. There will be snacks, a no-host bar and
live music.
Joe I.indsay's a cappella quartet. Somebody Else, will be singing
throughout the night. Joe, Cory and Stacie Cooley and Bill Mayclin
sing “a little bit o f everything, do w op, country, barbershop'*.
There are both live and silent auctions. Ken Grieb is the
auctioneer for the live auction. Items are many and \aried. There
are a lot of packages-Blazer games. Wild Horse overnight, Inn o f the
Seventh Mountain condo stay and men’s and women's indulgence
packages from local merchants. Maryann Elguezabal and family are
donating a 10-person Mexican dinner. There's also a new lawn mower,
shop vac. hand) man jack and a karaoke cassette recorder.
The silent auction has a variety too, with books, soda pop,
statues and candles.
And don’t forget, Rick Drake is auctioning otfhis hair.
The auction started as an idea from Pat Sweeney, who
suggested a celebrity auction. Cara Osmin and Ann Spicer wrote
celebrities for donations. At that time Frank Bettencourt o f Triad
Auction in Arlington was the auctioneer.
Originally the auction was held Saturday afternoon under a
tent on Willow Street between the old Wagon Wheel Cafe and the St.
Patrick s Senior Center. As the years went on. the auction started
getting more items from the community and it slowly migrated to
donated items rather than celebrity things. It also moved to the
Neighborhood Center parking lot, but was still under that tent.
In 1995 Doris Brosnan agreed to take over the helm. The
auction moved from Saturday to Sunday afternoon and was held at
the fairgrounds for the first time. About three years ago the committee
started putting packages together, and last year it was moved to Friday
night at the Flks Club.
t his year Kay Fowler and John and Ann Murray are the
auction chairs.
I hc money generated from the auction has gone to many
community activities over the years. Some money is always returned
to the St. Patrick's Day celebration but money has also gone toward
scholarships for south Morrow County graduates, the Heppner
swimming pool and the playground equipment in the Heppner City
Park.
“One year we ga\ e money for Christmas decorations. W e've
always tried to gi\e hack to the community.” said past committee
person Cara Osmin.