POUR - Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner. Oregon Wednesday, November 20, 2002
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lone High School senior wins
Wendy’s HS Heisman Award
Two O regon High
School seniors received national
recognition recently when Diana
McElligott oflone and David
Bednar of Condon were named
state winners for the Wendy’s
High School Heisman Aw ard.
McElligott and Bednar
are two of only 107 students that
will move on to the next round of
the national competition.
The aw ard honors male
and female high school athletes
w ho are leaders on their teams
and in their classrooms and
communities. The award was
created in 1994 in partnership
with the National Association of
Secondary School Principals and
the Heisman Memorial Trust.
McElligott and Bednar
will both receive a silver medal
and compete with other students
from across the country, two from
each state and the District of
Columbia, for a spot as a national
finalist
“These students have
been singled out as some of the
most remarkable and inspiring
seniors across the country," said
Tom Mueller, president and chief
operating officer o f Wendy’s
North America. “We are pleased
to recognize them for their
outstanding achievement.”
Diana McElligott is the
daughter o f Paul and Charity
McElligott oflone. She has been
active in National Honor Society,
Future Business Leaders o f
America, varsity basketball,
volleyball and track and field. She
has participated in a Feeding the
Homeless project, in 4-H clubs,
and was an Ecumenical Youth
Group teen leader.
David Bednar, the son of
Kevin and April Bednar o f
Mayville, has been secretary/
treasurer ofhis class, is a member
of the National Honor Society,
is captain o f the Condon High
School football team, has been
captain ofhis wrestling team, has
played varsity basketball and
Babe Ruth baseball, coached
Pee Wee basketball camp, was a
Babe Ruth Baseball all-star
umpire, has competed in FBLA
district and state competitions,
and has participated in 4-H.
The nominees’ progress
in the contest can be follow ed on
the www.wendyshighschool
heisman.com website.
Creative Arts & Crafts meeting
time changed
The Morrow County
Creative Arts & Crafts meeting
has been changed to Nov. 21, at
1 p.m. in GD’s Banquet Room.
On the agenda is Robert
Walton’s workshop scheduled
for Nov. 22, 23, and 24. Also
on the agenda is the sale of baked
goodies and items at the Stroll
Heppner and Light Parade.
Anyone who has a color
choice for a matted and framed
print o f the Mural o f Town,
please contact Sharon Harrison
pr Betty Mjll.s. Some colors are
ih short supply on the small $200
size and if you want a low
numbers in a certain color of the
$300 size please put in an order.
Framed and matted prints will be
available to the Artifactory on
Nov. 23, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
All the money from the prints
goes to the mural on the Morrow
County Ag Museum. These
prints w here paid for through the
efforts o f M orrow C ounty
Creative Arts & Crafts. All $200
and $300 donations to the Farm
Foundation will receive a print of
Heppner and the wool wagons
as a thank you for helping make
the mural possible.
Artist Robert Walton will
frer in Heppner after Nov. 20 to
do the sketch on the Ag building.
Anyone is welcome to stop by
and see Walton at work.
ESD looking to offer help to persons
with special needs Irrigon 97844, phone
Schools in Morrow and
Umatilla counties are attempting
to locate all persons between the
ages of 0 (birth) through 21 years
not enrolled in public school who
may have special needs due to
concerns with the following:
hearing, vision, speech, language,
health, learning, developmental
delay, traumatic brain injury,
emotional/behavioral problems,
mental retardation, orthopedic
problem s, autism or other
disabilities.
For those who have any
of the above concerns regarding
a child in their care who is aged
five to 21 years, contact Karen
Cooley, Morrow County School
District R-1, at 315 E. Wyoming,
(541)
922-5551.
For those who have any
o f the above concerns regarding
a child in their care who is aged
birth to five years, contact Ellen
Nelson at the Umatilla-Morrow
ESD at 1-800-927-5847.
Births
Ella Nichole Moeller-
a daughter, Ella Nichole, was
bom Nov. 7, 2002, at Grand
Ronde Hospital in LaGrande, to
Mark and Annette Moeller, of
LaGrande. Ella was 6 pounds 15
ounces and 20 inches long. Her
grandparents are Chuck and
Donna Moeller of Hermiston,
and Jerry and Susan Brewer of
The Dalles.
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elementary school and downtown.
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Ione Lady Cardinals
receive third at state
lone Youth Group holds food drive
L-R: Tim Doherty, Dan Satherly, Karl Morgan and Megan
McCabe deliver food to Laurel Cannon's home.
Twenty-one lone Youth
Group members went door-to-
door in lone, Halloween night
collecting food for the Heppner
Neighborhood Center. The food
will be distributed to the needy
o f South Morrow County over
the upcoming holiday season.
The food was taken to the home
of Laurel Cannon, who collected
food from people living out of
town and offered to store the
food in her garage until it could
be taken to Heppner.
The youth group has
been collecting food in lone on
Halloween night since 1998.
Youth group leader Jeri
M cE lligott noted the lone
com m unity has been very
generous in supporting this
worthwhile project.
Youth participating in the
food drive were Tracy Griffith,
Cayle Krebs, Diana McElligott,
lone Cardinal volleyball receives third place at the IA State Volley ball Cham
pionship held in Springfield, Nov. 8-9. L-R: (back row) Sara Peck. Meghan
McCabe, Tracy Griffith, Natalie McElligott, Diana McElligott, Caitlin Orem,
Jamie VandenBrink, Emily Key, Jenny Griffith, Megan McCabe, Alyssa
Rietmann,Charity McElligott; (front row) Mary Rietmann, Eva Chitty,
MaKenna Ramos, Barbara Holland.
T
lone Youth Group members gather
on Halloween night for the food driv e.
Karl Morgan, Caitlin Orem,
Mike Radie, Andrew Rietmann,
Jamie VandenBrink, Til Tullis,
Johnny Collin, Tim Doherty, Billy
G ates, Emily Key, M egan
McCabe, Meghan McCabe,
Natalie McElligott, Paul Neiffer,
Barbara Holland, Sara Peck,
Jenny Griffith and Dan Satherly.
BMCC Ag Dept, receives
national recognition
The Blue M ountain
Community College Agriculture
department is on a roll. The
BMCC Ag department was
recen tly
nam ed
2002
Outstanding Postsecondary/
Adult Agriculture Program for
federal region 1 o f the National
A ssociation o f A griculture
Educators, Inc (NAAE). Region
\ consists of 100 postsecondary
agriculture programs and includes
Alaska, Washington, Oregon,
C alifornia, N evada, Idaho,
M ontana, W yoming, Utah,
Arizona, and Hawaii.
The competition was
intense according to William Jay
Jackman, executive director of
NAAE. Jackman praised the
team of agricultural instructors at
BMCC as “ individuals who
make our association strong and
our p rofession p ro u d .”
Instructors Jon Farquharson,
Preston Winn, Paul Davis, and
Dale Wendt have a combined 81
years of teaching experience.
The NAAE Board o f
Directors will honor award
recipients from all six regions
during the national convention
held in early December in Las
Vegas. The award sponsor is
Syngenta, a w orld-leading
agribusiness company, providing
travel, accom m odation and
conference costs to the honorees.
The John Deere Company will
also honor award recipients with
a reception.
Blue M ountain was
recognized this summer by the
Oregon Vocational Agriculture
Teachers A sso ciatio n for
Outstanding Postsecondary/
Adult program. The department
caught the attention of a number
o f teachers and agricultural
leaders because o f the high
quality of the programs offered
by the college. The program so
impressed Greg Smith, state
representative from Heppner that
he invited Jeff Kropf, state
representative and chair o f the
House agriculture committee,
over the mountains to check out
the program.
One of the ironies of the
recent recognition is that it comes
when the department is short one
position due to budget cuts.
Ordinarily the department has a
lab technician to set up animal
and crop science labs, track
co o p erativ e
w ork-study
students, take care o f the farm
chores and more. As state
funding for community colleges
continued to decrease, the
departm ent
v o lu n tarily
postponed hiring to fill the
position. We want to do our part
to maintain a viable community
college. We also wanted to have
some say over what we had to
give up, voiced Ag department
members. We’ve pulled together
■as a department to cover the
basics. We hope Measure 28
won’t force additional program
cuts.
BMCC offers a college
transfer level Ag program, two
production Ag programs, an Ag
business program and an adult
farm business management
program. Blue Mountain is one
of only three community college
Ag program s in the state.
According to Wendt, in addition
to serving eastern Oregon, the
BMCC programs are seeing an
increasing number of students
from throughout the state.
A dditionally, W endt and
Farquharson, estimate that 20
percent of the Ag students come
from Washington, Idaho, and
California. BMCC’s facilities,
and staff commitment to hands-
on training are integral to the
success o f program graduates.
The college boasts a
100-acre farm, a livestock
pavilion, an animal nutrition
center, a shop, a food-
p ro cessin g center, and a
greenhouse. The department
hosts a variety of activities, short
courses and seminars throughout
the school year, sharing the wealth
of the farm and encouraging
student contact with the public.
This past fall the department
invited over 1800 grade-
schoolers to visit the pumpkin
patch.
Help Wisconsin
students learn
about Oregon
The fourth grade class of
Peshtigo Elementary, in Peshtigo,
WI, is studying the different
regions o f the United States.
They are asking anyone
interested to send a postcard
showing their state. The class
asks that you write a short note
telling about the different
landforms and special places of
interest the state has to offer.
Postcards can be sent to:
Jackie Shier c/o P eshtigo
Elementary 341 N. Emery Ave.,
Peshtigo, WI 54157.
First Team State All-Star Diana McElligott hits a kill against Columbia
Christian at the State 1A play offs w hile teammates Barbara Holland and
Sara Peck cover the hit.
The lone Lady Cardinals
placed third at the 1A State Vol
leyball championships in Spring-
field. They won three o f four
games in Friday’s pool play to
advance to Saturday’s champi
onship bracket.
In the pool play, lone
played against Butte Falls, Co
lumbia Christian, Cove, and Tri
angle Lake, winning against ev
eryone except Cove.
In the championship
bracket, lone started off w ith
Days Creek. Although, lone lost
to Days Creek, the Lady Cardi
nals were the only team to take
the Wolverines into three games
in any match during the entire
tournament. lone also played
against Powder Valley, defeating
them for the third place title.
First Team State All-Star Natalie
McElligott blocks a hit against Butte
Falls at the State lAplavoffs
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Artifactory 2002
Halidap
Q ifttan d
Saturday, November 23
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
rved Fair Pavilion
L^ vvsc Heppner, Oregon
Admission.
$2 donation towards youth Scholarships
Love fills the M oment,
and the M om ent begins Eternity.
Love fills a Lifetime,
and a Lifetime begins this Hour,
when the two o f us,
KARMIN RENAE MAHER
and
CHRISTOPHER LEE DICKENSON,
begin a new life Together
on Saturday, the thirtieth o f November, 2002,
a t four o'clock in the afternoon,
> LaGrande United Methodist Church
1612 Fourth Street, LaGrande
Reception following.
Union County Fairgrounds Multipurpose Room