FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 9, 2003
Red Hat Society begins meetings
HHS announces 2003 prom court
Gun Club news
A cool n ig h t and
unpredictable winds lowered
scores last Friday night, April
4, for Morrow County Gun
Club shooters. Jim Powney
lead all shooters with Harvey
Childers and Curt Day close
behind.
The Day family won
all the Annie Oaklies shot, with
Curt winning two and Chance
winning one.
C am eron Day and
Louise Wattenberger continue
to improve with every shoot.
MCGC encourages
any new shooters to come on
out on Friday nights to work
on their shotgunning skills.
The Club will be open
for shooting again this Friday,
April 11 at 6 p.m. See you on
the line.
(Clockwise from front): Betty Pfeiffer, Sharon Harrison, Claudia
Hughes and Julie Saling enjoy lunch at the Red Hat Society lunch
held at Willow Creek Terrace.
In a sea o f red and
purple, Elmer Meligan, Floyd
Raver, and Joe Wright quietly
ate their lunch at Willow Creek
Terrace on April 2. And they
might well have been the only
quiet members o f the lunch
crowd, for they were the only
men, outnumbered by women
six-to-one.
S ev en teen o th e r
women joined residents Nina
Harshman and Irene Swanson
and the men for lunch and
c o n v e rs a tio n , and for
discussion o f some details of
a “disorganized” organization
begun by a few women in
Arizona in 2000. From their
initial “getting together for tea”
have grown loosely united
chapters o f “The Red Hat
Society” throughout the United
States and a growing number
o f foreign countries. The
W ednesday d is c u s s io n
resulted in H eppner’s own
loosely organized “ Red Hat
Rowdies,” which has now
developed from the initial
“getting together for lunch” of
a few women.
At least h alf o f the
sm all group, w ho began
lunching together last fall, are
former Heppnerites called
back by ties to the community.
Julie Saling, ohe fetumitlg
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P fe iffe r,
hav e
been
instrumental in increasing the
num ber o f w om en at the
m onthly gathering and in
forming the Red Hat Row dies.
A friend of Saling’s belongs to
a g ro u p in A riz o n a and
suggested that Saling talk to
her friends about forming a
group.
T he w o m en at
Wednesday’s affair seemed to
agree with the philosophy of
the other red hatters: that
greeting middle age should be
accomplished with “verve,
humor, and elan; that silliness
is the comedy relief of life” and
that they “might as well join
red-gloved hands and go for
the gusto to g e th er.” The
w om en at the affair also
generally agreed that because
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they have devoted and/or are
devoting much o f their time to
w ork, o rg a n iz a tio n s and
projects, they do not want or
need a group with rules or any
purpose beyond this simple
one. Saling quickly points out
that this group of women can,
and hopefully will, continue to
grow as friends invite more
frien d s w ho in vite m ore
friends. She and the other
women welcome questions
about the red hatters.
After agreeing to a
small yearly “dues” to cover
expenses that might arise for
the group, should the silliness
and gusto they seek take them
on a trip or into a special
event, several o f the women
took time to tour the assisted
living facility hosting their
lu n ch eo n . The re sid e n ts
accommodated the visitors to
th e ir ro o m s and o ffered
in fo rm a tio n ab o u t the
apartm ents and am enities.
Although this was a particularly
large group for the staff to
accommodate, Tonia Adams,
Linda Corbin, and Jacque
Hedman were able to serve a
fine, inexpensive lunch, and
M anager A dam s told the
group that W illow C reek
Terrace welcomes guests for
meals when at least ,a p,ne-
dajj’s notice is received. She
also reminded this group of
women “greeting middle age”
that the six residents are eager
to w elco m e ten m ore
residents, especially if they
share an attitude o f “verve,
humor, and elan.”
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Heppner High School’s 2003 prom court, (L-R): Princess Nikki Sisk, Princess Tylynn Smith, Queen
Marcy Miller, Princess Ashley Ward, King Brad Adams, Prince Josh Winters, Prince Ben Turrell and
Prince Donald Adams.
IES students receive two weeks of art
HES students work on gathering training
information about new building
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Artist, Suzon Schultz with student, Timothy Patton.
Project manager Phil Hilton (far left) receives muffins from (back 1-
r): Brian Taylor, Mrs. Elguezabal and (front l-r): Brandi Hong, Justin
Key and Forrest Reed.
Heppner Elementary
S chool stu d e n ts in M rs.
Elguezabal's Booster Reading
program have been working
as “mini-journalist” to find and
collect information about the
new HES> building being
constructed. .
Fifth grade students,
Brandi Hong, Justin Key,
Brian Taylor, Forrest Reed and
B ranie D av is have been
working with Mrs. Elguezabal
and project manager, Phil
H ilto n to g a th e r th e ir
information, which will be
displayed on a bulletin board
at HES. Each student came up
with 10 original questions,
which they were able to ask
Hilton and have written several
sm all re p o rts ab o u t th e
different facts.
Hilton has given these
students several tours since the
beginning o f school. Students
were able to see the blueprints
o f the building and learn many
interesting facts. Facts, such
as, the new gym floor is made
out of maple wood; 60 percent
o f the wood scraps will be
recycled, while the other 40
percent will go to Finley Butte;
the building will last at least
100 years; and the pennant
light fixtures in the building are
from the old building.
Another interesting
fact the students learned was
that the comice over the main
d o o r w as re c y c le d and
reconstructed from original
material from the previous
building by Shane Laughlin and
Jared Wicklund.
The new bu ild in g
includes a lobby, music and
instrum ent storage room ,
gymnasium with boys and girls
locker rooms, a kitchen and a
lunch room/stage.
To
show
th e ir
appreciation to Hilton and his
crew for building their school
and sharing information with
them, the students have taken
baked goods to the site.
The students were
also eager to inform that the
new b u ild in g sh o u ld be
completed by the end o f April.
Health Careers
summer camp to
be held in
LaGrande
N ortheast O regon
A H E C (A re a H ealth
Education Center) is offering
a five-day summer camp.
M edQ uest Health Career
Choices Camp will be held
on th e E astern O reg o n
University Campus from June
23-27.
N ortheast O regon
students who have completed
the ninth-12th grades and
reside in one of the following
10 counties: Baker, Gilliam,
G rant, M alheur, Morrow,
Sherman, Umatilla, Union,
W allowa or W heeler are
invited to apply. Tuition for
the cam p is $320, which
includes meals, housing and
all activities. A limited number
o f scholarships are available.
Camp enrollment is limited to
30 students. Sessions will
in c lu d e h e a lth c a re e r
information, ROPES course,
han ds-on clinical skills,
workshops and opportunities
to sh ad o w h ea lth care
professionals.
F or
a d d itio n a l
information, or to receive an
a p p lic a tio n p ack e t, call
Northeast Oregon AHEC at
(541) 962-3801 or ask a
school counselor or health
te a c h e r.
C o m p le te d
applications, along with a $50
deposit must be received in
the Northeast Oregon AHEC
office by Friday, May 9.
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Jaqueline Juarez (left) and Jennifer Working practice painting
rainbows.
The lone Elementary
S ch o o l h o ste d A rtis t in
Residence, Suzon Schultz, for
two weeks recently. Schultz is
a painter who teaches classes
in schools through the Arts in
Education Program. Schultz
assists students in improving
their draw ing, design and
painting skills. She studied
under New Mexico landscape
painter, Michael Eaton Smith,
and has concentrated on oil
painting for the past 19 years.
She has worked in the Arts in
Education program for 20
years and has a well developed
program o f instruction for
stu d en ts in k in d e rg a rten
through high school.
Students were kept
busy w ith an h o u r o f
instruction each day and then
often spent time completing
projects later in the day. The
halls o f lone Elementary are
covered with the display o f
individual art work which
students produced during this
time.
Teachers commented
that Schultz is very gifted in
helping students enjoy and
produce works o f art in a
variety o f media. Parents and
community are invited to tour
the school while artwork is on
display during the next two
weeks.
Health Ed summer camp to
be held in Portland
N o rth east O regon
AHEC
(A rea
H ealth
Education Center) is offering
a four-day sum m er camp.
M edS tars A HEC H onors
Program will be held on the
Oregon Health and Science
University (OHSU) campas in
Portland from July 15-19.
M ed S tars
is
a
program for students who
have attended an introductory
health careers camp or have
been in an intensive health
occupations class at their
school and have a definite goal
to pursue a degree in the health
field.
F orty p a rticip a n ts
who are at least in the 12th
grade through sophomore year
in college (not more than 20
years old) will be selected for
the p ro g ram b ased on
recommendations, and grade
point average (GPA). Ten
students from each o f the four
AHEC regions will be chosen.
Students who may not be able
to o th e rw ise have the
opportunity to experience an
academic setting like OHSU
are especially encouraged to
apply.
N o rth east O regon
students that reside in one o f
the following 10 counties:
B aker, G illia m , G ran t,
Malheur, Morrow, Sherman,
Umatilla, Union, Wallowa or
Wheeler are invited to apply.
Tuition for the camp is $200,
which includes meals and
housing. A $25 deposit is
required upon acceptance into
the program. A limited number
o f scholarships are available.
F or
a d d itio n a l
information, or to receive an
a p p lic a tio n p a c k e t, call
Northeast Oregon AHEC at
(541) 962-3801 or ask a
school counselor or health
te ach er.
C o m p le te d
applications must be received
in the N o rth east O regon
AHEC office by Friday, April
11
.