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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 26, 2002 - THREE Blessing o f Cross at St. W illiam ’s Parish Fair and Rodeo Court visits banks lone High School Awards and Scholarships Queen Salli McElligott w ith Klamath First employees, Kayrene Qualls and Florene Robinson. Fr. Gerry Condon and Irene Swanson with the new cross. * The new cross atop St. William’s Parish. St. W illiam's Parish in lone recently obtained a new cross for the church as the old one needed to be replaced. Mark Bruno, a local artist, made it out of copper. The cross was blessed by Fr. Gerry Condon, and was later attached to the roof of the church. Irene Swanson, a long time resident of lone, and the late Gar Swanson donated the cross. Princess Genia Grant w ith Rank of Eastern Oregon Branch Manager, Darrell Raver. Jet boat vacation to be auctioned By Sarah Coller Three jet boat trips will be sold to the highest bidder at the fourth of July Blues Festival in lone. Local residents, Marvin Padberg, Dana Fleideman, and Allen Anderson, have offered three days and two nights o f sightseeing and steelhead fishing on the Snake R iver to be auctioned at the event. The auction will be held Thursday night around 7 p.m. between the two music performances, and all of the funds raised will be added to the Mike Matthews scholarship fund for lone graduates. The 60-65 mile trips up ,the river will be taken in early December on dates that work well for the winning groups. The boats have heaters and are fully enclosed. Transportation from lone will be provided, as well as fishing gear and gourmet lunch on the river. “For anyone who has never seen it, the scenery is beautiful,” said Padberg, “there are big-homed sheep, mountain goats, deer and elk.” The trio has offered this jet boat package for the past several years as a moneymaker for the scholarship fund. “We've always had good participation,” said Padberg. The retail value of the trip is approximately $1,000 and groups are encouraged to form, pool their resources and be reaThe court would also like to let everyone know that they, along with Pennant Bearers Megan McCabe o f Lexington and Lexi Kennedy o f Boardman are still selling raffle tickets for 1/2 a beef or a whole hog. Mike’s Mobile Slaughter o f Stanfield is cutting and wrapping both for free. The drawing will be held Sunday, Aug. 18, at the Morrow County Rodeo. Princess Julie Proctor with Banner Bank Branch Manager, Kate Close. The Morrow County Fair and Rodeo Court recently visited three area banks, thanking all of them for the sponsorship of their buck les. Klamath First o f Heppner spon ra s o T e e n S w im N ig h t a t t h e lo n e P o o l W e d n e sd a y * J u ly 1 f r o m 8 - 1 1 p .m . University of Idaho releases Dean’s List U n iversity o f Idaho officials have announced the names o f 1,946 students who made the Dean’s List for spring sem ester. T hese students represent the top 23 percent academic achievers o f the 8,311 undergraduate and law students at UJ during the spring term. sored Queen Salli McElligott’s buckle, the Bank of Eastern Or egon sponsored Princess Genia G ra n t’s and P rincess Julie Proctor’s was sponsored by Ban ner Bank o f Boardman. Additional awards and offers from colleges/universities and associations are as follows: The age range for this swim is incoming freshmen to outgoing seniors. The swim will feature food, music, H onors w ent to: M atthew Jepsen, H eppner, College of Letters and Science; Jessica Krebs, lone. College of Agricultural and Life Sciences; Jeremiah McElligott, lone. College of Engineering. races and prizes. Adult lifeguards will be on duty. A dm ission is free b u t p a rticip a n ts are asked to d o n a te a p a ir o f new so cks fo r O u tre a c h M in istrie s in Portland. T his T e e n S w im N ig h t is sponsored by a j P M o rro w C o u n ty T o g e th e r g ra n t, p ro m o tin g h e a lth y d ru g -a n d -a lc o h o l-fre e a c tiv itie s . |i © Wedding Tables I JL I Jessica Maben & Josh Roy Saturday, June 29th at the Glavey Ranch 1 © I ,] Mandy Anderson & T\eve Palmateer © “jp Wedding: Saturday, June 29th Sheila Dunaway & Brian Price Saturday, July 13th at 1 p.m. McKay Park, Pendleton © II © Erin Melton & Colin Anderson Wedding: Saturday, September 7th & ^ M umuj ' í D wj U\ 217 North Main IL SIS IN C Heppner • 676-9158 Serving Heppner. Lexington S. lone lone High School has announced its list o f award recipients for the graduating Class o f 2002. Jason H alvorsen M em orial Scholarship - five awards for $500 each to Salli McElligott, Amellia Peck, Brad B urright, Adam McCabe and Adam Neiffer; Outstanding Senior Athlete - Brad Burright and Amellia Peck; Elk’s Scholarship - first place boys, $700 to Adam Neiffer, third place boys, $200 to C olin McElligott, and second place girls, $300 to Kristina Powell; South Morrow County Trust - $500 to Adam Neiffer; lo n e V olunteer Fire Department - $200 for spring term for two years to Rhonda Wilhelm; lone Cardinal Booster Club - $ 600 to Kristina Powell; lone Youth G roup - five awards for $100 each to Aaron Tworek, Adam McCabe, Adam N eiffer, Salli M cElligott and Kristina Powell; Class o f 2000 - $200 to Brad Burright; Pioneer Memorial Hospital Nursing Home Auxiliary And Emergency Medical Technicians - $200 to Rhonda Wilhelm; Carl W. Troedson - $700 each to C y n th ia Heagy, Adam McCabe, Colin McElligott, Adam N eiffer, A m ellia Peck and Kristina Powell. City of lone - $500 to Rhonda Wilhelm; Bank o f Eastern Oregon - $500 to Adam McCabe; Ken Snider Memorial - $ 1,000 to Adam McCabe; Mike Mathews Memorial - $500 awarded to Amellia Peck, Cynthia Heagy, Brad Burright and Adam Neiffer; American Legion Post # 95 - $200 to Aaron Tworek; Swede and Francis Carlson Scholarship - $200 each to Rhonda Wilhelm and Aaron Tworek; C lass o f ’68 M em orial S c h o larsh ip - $300 to Salli McElligott; Blue Mountain Community C o llege - O ne-Y ear T uition Waiver ($2,100) each to: Aaron Tworek, District, Adam Neiffer, Honors, and Kristina Powell, Honors; Mid-Columbia Bus Company - $300 to Salli McElligott; CLD Pacific Grain - $300 to Rhonda Wilhelm; CSU Transport, Inc. - $730 to Salli McElligott; U m atilla-M orrow County Farm Bureau - $500 to Adam McCabe; and Red and Gena Leonard Foundation - $2,000 to Rhonda Wilhelm; I © © II © © if © I Derek Cam pbell-from the U nited States Navy, $40,000 offered for Education Benefits; C ynthia H eagy-from W ashington State University, C ougar Freshm an Academ ic Award of $46,000 for four years and grants of $12,700 for four years (total $58,700); and from O regon State U niversity, Diversity Achievement Scholar of $3,600 for four years and supplemental grant o f $4,500 for four years (total $8,100); Adam M cC abe-from the University of Idaho, Presidential Scholarship o f $750 and Idaho Tuition Scholarship of $20,000 for four years; and from Washington State U niversity, C ougar Freshman Academic Award of $23,000; Colin M cElligott-ffom St. Louis U niversity, St. Louis U n iv ersity V ision T uition Scholarship of $43,800 for four years; and from Montana State U n iv ersity , W estern U n dergraduate E xchange Scholarship of $24,400 for four years; Salli M cE lligott-from Willamette University. $36,000 for four years; from University of Portland, $36,000 for four years, a grant o f $20,000 for four years; and from University o f Idaho, $20,000 for four years; Adam NeifTer-from Beloit College, Presidential Scholarship of $40,000 for four years and Beloit Scholarship of $28,000 for four years; Amellia Peck-from Eastern Oregon University, Early Action Award o f $500, and a grant o f $5,016 for four years; K ristin a P o w ell-fro m N o rth east H o m eb u ild ers Association Scholarship, $500; from N atio n al W ild T urkey Federation Scholarship, $500, a E astern O regon U n iv e rsity Scholar Award that pays tuition for four years or approximately $ 17,000; grants of $3,400 for four years; from Washington State University, Cougar Freshm an Academic Award of $23,000 and E ngineering D epartm ent Scholarship of $1,000; Aaron Tworek: from Blue Mountain Community College, aw arded a BMCC D ram a Department Talent Grant; and Rhonda Wilhelm: a Wal- Mart Scholarship o f $ 1,000; from Eastern Oregon University, Early Action Award o f $500 and grants of $ 18,400 for four years. Total amount awarded to the graduating seniors was $495,716. 911 workers to be honored at Blues Festival lone’s Fourth of July Blues Festi val will be held on Sunday, June 30, Wednesday, July 3 and Thurs day, July 4. The City o f lone, in honor of the renewed appreciation and love for America following the events of September 11, has chosen the South Morrow County 911 work ers as the Grand Marshals o f the festival activities, lone invites each worker, along with all emer gency vehicles, to join the com munity for the “Patriotic Pops” concert on Sunday, June 30. The Inland Northwest Musicians will be bringing a 150-piece symphony orchestra. This event begins at 1 p.m. with a feast of red, white and blue sundaes. Local artists of all ages will then illustrate “what America means to me” in the form of a mural to be carried in the Fourth of July Parade and dis played on the stage during the Blues Festival. At 2 p.m., the community will begin its salute to the emergency crews. The sym phony begins at 2:15 p.m. Par ticipants may bring picnic baskets, beverages and lawn chairs. On Wednesday, July 3, the annual Fourth of July golf tournament will be held at the Willow Creek Country Club in Heppner starting at 10 a.m. Cost is $35 per golfer. For more information, contact Craig Holland at 422-7455. Con tinuing the day’s festivities, food vendors and the beer garden will open at the lone park at 6 p.m. Heppner native, Lindy Gravelle, will perform music at the park starting at 7 p.m. High school stu dents will have the pool to them selves from 8-11 that evening. Admission is one pair of socks to be donated to Outreach Minis tries. On Thursday, July 4, the Dawn’s Early Light Fun Run will begin at 7 a.m. For more information, con tact Jim Raible at 422-7141. All day events will include a frog jumping contest (frogs provided), bingo at the Legion Hall, hoop shoot, straw money pile for ages three to eight, dunk tank and more. The activities will continue on Thursday, July 4 when the 911 workers will again be honored as the Grand Marshals for the “Red, White and Blue - Banding To gether” parade which begins at 11 a.m. The City o f lone would be pleased to have as m any 911 workers as possible along with emergency vehicles involved as citizens show their appreciation of the many who are involved in serv ing the South Morrow County community. Food vendors and the beer garden will open at 12 noon. Pie and coffee, sponsored by the Catholic ladies, will be served in the fire hall. The pool will open at 2 p.m. for swimming. From 2 p.m. until dusk. Music in the Park will be held, featuring Jimmy Thackery and the Drivers; the Suburban H illbillies; and Jim m y Loyd Rea and the Switchblades' reunion tour. At dusk, the fireworks show will be gin. Everyone is reminded that no dogs or fireworks will be allowed in the park.
