SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 4, 2003
lone teacher receives Crystal
Apple Award '
Wranglers Riding Club give awards
Stickhorse: (L-R) Keegan Gibbs, Evan Kollman and
Coby Dougherty.
12-16 year olds: (L-R) Amy Jepsen, Emily Rietmann,
Becky Schiller and Susan Southworth.
Leadline: (L-R) Paige Grieb, Coby Dougherty and
Keegan Gibbs.
5-6 year olds: (L-R) back row-Blake Greenup, Makenzi
Hughes, Bobbie Correa and Tate Gentry; front row-Ali
Lovgren, Ryan Dougherty and Rylee Kollman.
7-9 year olds: (L-R) back row-Rebecca Jepsen, Mary
Rietmann, Stacy Jo Halvorsen and Cheyanne Lawson;
front row-Garrett Robinson, Garrett Gibbs and Hannah
Lovgren.
The Wranglers Riding
Club held the fourth o f its
annual series o f spring play
days on May 18. The events
were held this year at the
Morrow County Fairgrounds
Arena in Heppner on the
afternoons o f April 26, May
4,11 and 18. Each week there
were three different events for
the contestants. The first two
events were always barrel
racing and pole bending. The
third event was different each
week and included the Figure
8 Stakes Race, Loop to Loop,
Rings Race, and the Scury
R ace. A ll the kids who
participated in a least one
week o f the four received a
bag o f treats at the fourth
playday, and overall season
winners who accumulated the
most points in their age groups
received prizes such as bridle
headstalls, saddle blankets,
spurs, ropes and halters. The
winners include the following:
Stickhorse: first place,
Coby D ougherty; second
place, Evan Kollman; third
place, Keegan Gibbs.
Leadline: first place,
Coby D ougherty; second
place, Keegan Gibbs; third
place, Paige Grieb.
5-6 year olds: first
place, Blake Greenup; second
place, Makenzi Hughes; third
place, Bobbie Correa; fourth
place, Tate Gentry.
7-9 year olds: first
p lace, R ebecca Jepsen;
second place, Mary Rietmann;
th ird p la ce , Stacy Jo
H alvorson; fourth place,
Cheyanne Lawson.
10-11 year olds: first
place, Eric Jepsen; second
place, Jessica Hughes; third
place, Taighler Dougherty;
fourth place, Devin Robinson.
12-16 year olds: first
place, Amy Jepsen; second
M ost Im proved R iding
award trophy went to Rylee
Kollman of Heppner.
place, Emily Rietmann; third
place Becky Schiller; fourth
place, Susan Southworth.
Each
year the
Wranglers Club also gives a
large traveling trophy to the
family or individual who has
shown the most improvement
in their riding skills. This year’s
winner was 5-year-old Rylee
Kollman. She is the daughter
of Amy and Brian Kollman of
H eppner,
and
the
granddaughter of Greg and
Jan et G reen u p , also o f
Heppner.
W ranglers
w ill
continue into the summer with
four m ore fam ily events
scheduled every other Friday
night at the fairgrounds arena
beginning on Friday night, June
13, at 7 p.m. The summer
playdays will all be in ajackpot
rodeo format. It will cost $2
per entrant per event.
W ranglers Riding
Club is open to anyone who
wants to participate. There is
an annual family membership
fee o f $25, or $15 for an
individual season membership.
For those who would like to
ride any one time, there is a
$5 fee. For fu rth er
information, contact Tiffany
Greenup at 989-8240.
Vicki Wagenblast shows her Crystal Apple Award to
second grade students Kirk Haguewood and Julianne
Carlson.
a c tiv itie s. She is Vice-
Vicki W agenblast President o f the lone Site
recently won the Crystal Apple Council, and secretary for the
Award sponsored each year school safety committee. She
by the U m atilla-M orrow keeps the score clock for
Educational Service District volleyball games, helps with
along with regional businesses B ooster C lub fu ndraiser
to honor o u tstan d in g dinners and serves on the high
employees of the Umatilla and school graduation reception
M orrow County Schools. com m ittee. Each fall she
W agenblast has been assists with swim lessons
employed at lone Elementary during p.e. time for elementary
School since 1995 as an students and because o f her
instructional aide. She works interest in this she became a
directly with students during Red Cross certified lifeguard
the day and also helps with this past summer.
secretarial duties for the
Wagenblast and other
elementary school.
employees were recognized at
W agenblast was a reception at the Red Lion in
nominated by her school Pendleton. lone teachers who
because o f her continued attended her reception praised
outstanding service in assisting her for her wisdom, caring and
students and teachers. She en ergy in m eeting any
also volunteers a great deal of situation, which may arise
her own time for after school during the busy school day.
Piano students complete
adjudications
Nine piano students
from Heppner and Lexington
recently completed syllabus
adjudications with the Oregon
Music Teachers Association.
The adjudications were held in
Hermiston and Pendleton.
The students and their
co m p leted levels are as
follows: Daniel VanCleave,
Level I A udition; Devin
Robinson, Level I Evaluation;
Rebecca Jepsen and Anna
Unruh, Level III Evaluation;
Kristal Temple, Level IV
Audition; Eric Jepsen and
Kristen VanCleave, Level V
E v alu atio n ;
N athan
VanCleave, Level VI Audition;
Meaghan Unruh, Level VII
Evaluation.
Students completing
evaluations are required to
perform three or four
memorized pieces in addition
to m u sician sh ip sk ills.
Musicianship skills include
scales, chords, arpeggios,
sight-reading and ear training.
Students completing auditions
may perform any combination
o f memorized pieces and/or
musicianship skills.
Teachers of the above
students include Amy Jepsen,
Darren VanCleave and Myma
VanCleave.
BEO supports Adopt-A-Teacher
Foundation
WCCC Ladies’ Play Day results
The Willow Creek
Country Club ladies held their
weekly play day, May 27.
Pat
Edm undson
received low gross of the field.
Lana Orr received low net of
the field. Loa Henderson
received least putts of the field.
In flight A, Virginia
Grant and Dana Reid tied for
low gross; Pat Anderson took
low net; and Eva Kilkenny
took least putts. Grant also
10-11 year olds: (L-R) back row-Eric Jepsen, Jessica took long drive and Reid took
Hughes, Taighler Dougherty and Austin Lawson; front the KP.
row-Tori Lovgren and Devon Robinson.
In flight B, Lois Hunt
took low g ro ss; Lynnea
Sargent took low net; and
Della Heideman took least
putts. Henderson received the
long drive and Hunt took the
KP.
In flight C, Bernice
Lott took the low gross; Darrel Raver, with the Bank of Eastern Oregon, presented a check
to Kirsten Harrison of the Adopt-A-Teacher Foundation, to pay for
Barbara Gilbert took low net;
food expenses incurred at their recent Mexican dinner fundraiser.
and Maude Hughes took least
putts. Orr took the long drive
and Lott took the KP.
Heideman also had a
chip in.
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Seven horses or
ponies and nine d riv ers
participated in the 3rd “Drive
You Crazy” horse and pony
driving event at the Morrow
County fairgrounds, Saturday,
May 31.
Drivers were Mim
Myren, Kim Findley, Dick,
Karen and Kristal Temple,
Kristy Crowell, Jerri Emert,
Sue Hayes and Dick Rice.
They competed in several
different games.
First was a warm-up;
the Bridge and Ribbon run to
help learn to cross bridges.
Second was an obstacle cone
course. Two drivers, Kristal
Temple and Kristy Crowell,
turned in perfect scores in the
cone course. Next came the
keyhole race. The fastest time
( 11.42 seconds) was tuned in
by Dick Temple, second
fastest (14 seconds) was
taken by Kristal Temple.
Musical Gates was won by
Kristal Temple, with second
going to Kristy Crowell. First
place in barrels was Mim
Myren, with second going to
Jerri Emert.
The next event will be
a potluck and a drive in the
country, hosted by member
Jerri Emert, on Thursday, June
26. We would welcome any
drivers who want to join our
club or who just wish to join
us for this drive. Our purpose
is to have fun while we train
our horses and ponies.
For more information
call Kristy Crowell, 422-7564
or Karen Temple, 989-8181.