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.
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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
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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
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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 .
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Jessica Maben & Josh Roy
Saturday, June 29th
at the Glavey Ranch
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Wedding: Saturday, June 29th
Sheila Dunaway & Brian Price
Saturday, July 13th at 1 p.m.
McKay Park, Pendleton
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Erin Melton & Colin Anderson
Wedding: Saturday, September 7th
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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;
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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.