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Six new teachers join HHS Mark Dowdy Bo 3 3 i o We t z o l l U o f J îiewspa Li b r a r y E u g e n i OR 9 / 4 3 3 , VOL. 122 NO. 41 10 Pages Wednesday, October 8,2003 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon 2004 Morrow County Fair and OTPR Court chosen (L-R): Princess Jessica Wainwright, Queen Lexi Kennedy and Princess Emily Bergstrom. Lexi Kennedy, Emily B ergstrom and Jessica Wainwright were chosen as the Queen and Princesses for the 2004 Morrow County Fair and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo. Queen Lexi Kennedy o f Boardman is the daughter o f Kevin Kennedy and Tracie Kennedy and Tami Kennedy. She is a senior at Riverside High School. P rincesses Em ily B ergstrom and Jessica Wainwright, both of Heppner, are juniors at Heppner High School. Bergstrom is the daughter o f Hal and Rita Bergstrom. Wainwright is the daughter of Buzz and Stacey Wainwright. The Fair Board wishes to congratulate these girls on their selection. Applications for ch aperone and pennant bearers for this year’s Fair and OTPR Court are now being accepted. For information or an application, call Renee at 676-9474. The deadline for chaperone applications is Nov. 3, 2003. Greg Smith hired as new Oregon Cattleman Association President. “Plain advance the needs o f the executive and simple, Glen did a great membership,” said Smith. Oregon Cattleman’s A sso ciatio n E xecutive Director Glen Stonebrink will be retiring following the a s s o c ia tio n ’s annual convention and trade show at Eagle Crest on Nov. 6-8. Eastern Oregon businessman G reg Sm ith has been contracted to replace him. “ Even though I am stepping down, I won’t be far away,” said Stonebrink. “I am willing to assist the Oregon C attlem en as a producer member and certain specific events connected w ith governm ental relations including lobbying.” “The Cattlemen have been well served by Glen’s dedicated work,” said Bob Skinner, Oregon Cattleman's job.” Smith, who will begin his tenure with the association on Nov. 1, was hired after an exhaustive selection process. “ Many good people were considered, but in the end we needed som eone w ith extensive knowledge of our natural resource issues and the experience to advance our membership priorities,” said President Skinner. Smith said his first course of business would be to personally meet with many of the producer and associate members and find out how the Oregon Cattlemen can further serve them. “As a member driven organization, my primary responsibility is to The O regon Cattleman’s Association is a grassroots organization that has worked for more than eighty years to advance the economic, political, and social interests of the Oregon cattle industry. Fire drill to be held at Senior Center year with t h e Returning to the halls M o rro w of Heppner High School and County embarking School on his 2 1st D is tric t, year o f transferred teaching, is t o M a r k H ep p n er D ow dy, from the 4 5 lone High D ow dy, School as who had to a result of l e a v e l o n e te a c h in g forming its own district. due to an Along with teaching illness, has bu sin ess and com puter recovered and is excited about classes, Marquardt is also getting back into the swing of working with students on the things. HHS yearbook and school This year he is newspaper. teaching social studies to Marquardt received grades 7-9 and a college prep her bachelor’s degree in music class to twelfth graders. education from W estern Dowdy, along with O regon U niversity, her Principal Wade Smith have master’s in education from created the college prep class Oregon State University and to help seniors become aware her m a ster’s in business of the many different college administration from National options out there and to help University. them focus on what they would M arquardt and really like to study. The class husband, Jim, live in Athena, also helps seniors prepare for although she spends her ACT and SAT tests. Dowdy w eekdays in H eppner. is very excited about this class, Marquardt also mentioned that and about helping students Jim is a graduate of Heppner realize their full potential. High School. The couple has Dowdy received his two grown children, ages 29 b a c h e lo r’s degree in and 26. secondary education from Western Oregon University. He originally was an English Jeannie Collins teacher, but is currently Joining the teaching becoming certified in social staff o f HHS, after subbing studies. Dowdy and his family since 2000, is Jeannie Collins. moved back to Heppner in Collins is teaching junior high 2000. His wife, Pam, teaches language arts, as well as at H eppner E lem entary freshman and sophomore School. The couple has two classes. C ollins graduated children, ages 7 and 5, and one f r o m more due in November. Eastern Oregon Petra Elguezabal University Returning to Heppner, w ith a no longer as a student, but bachelor’s now as a teacher, is Petra degree in Elguezabal, language 2 3 . arts in This is 1992 and Elguezabal's completed f i r s t her student te a c h in g teaching in jo b a fte r 1999. This graduating is her first f r o m y e a r W e s te rn teaching O re g o n language arts. University During her college w ith a career, Collins studied in Japan bachelor of for one year. She said it was a arts degree great experience and that she in Spanish. was the only blonde in a city Elguezabal’s family o f one million people. m oved from N yssa to “Everyone knew who I was Heppner in 1997, when her and where I belonged,” she father, Juan Elguezabal, was commented. offered a teaching position at Collins, who was HHS. raised in Imnaha and Joseph, Elguezabal has been moved to Heppner with her coaching volleyball in Heppner family in 2000. Her husband, and when the offer came to Tim, works for the U.S. Forest teach she was ex cited , Service- Heppner District. ITie because she thought HHS couple has three children, ages would be a great place to get 8, 5 and I month. started and she was happy to be able to continue coaching Kresimir Waite the volleyball team. Added bonuses to Rounding out the new working at HHS are that she teachers at is teaching in her father's old H e p p n e r classroom, and she has one of her younger brothers in her High School are brothers, class. D i e t e r | Darlene Marquardt Kresimir, 29, graduated from Eastern Oregon University in Taking over the business/computer classes is St. Patrick’s Senior D arlene M arquardt, 56. Center will be holding a fire Marquardt, who is in her sixth drill, Monday, Oct. 13, at 7 p.m. The drill is a way for rÇ KEY Center residents, staff and local emergency services to organize and see how to best help if a real situation were to LOGGER ever occur. ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. (0 B LA C K JEA N S LaGrande, with a bachelor of arts degree in math and a master’s degree in education. He is teaching 7-12 math. Dieter, 32, received his associate’s degree from Rick’s College in Rexburg, ID, his bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University in Provo, UT, and his master’s from Eastern O regon University in LaGrande. He is teaching biology and life science. Dieter said that he had originally set out to become a veterinarian, but after tutoring and student teaching at college, decided he would prefer pursing a career in teaching. Kresimir and Dieter come from a family o f 11 children, who grew up on Buttercreek, but just on the other side of the line that sent them to Pilot Rock for high school. Dieter commented that their youngest sibling will be turning 10 and many of the siblings play against Heppner in school athletics. Dieter Waite Both brothers had talked about the possibility o f being able to teach in the same school, but were not sure t h e y would be able to find a school that needed both a math and science teacher at the same time. Luckily, HHS needed both and liked both. Both, Kresimir and Dieter have settled in Heppner with their families and hope to be able to settle here. The like Eastern Oregon and Heppner has the benefit of being close to family and friends. Kresimir, and wife, Shelbey, have a 3-1/2 month old named Libby. D ieter, and w ife, Bridget, have two children, Reiah, 4 and Leo, 2, and are expecting a third child. DA works to resolve alleged embezzlement case Morrow County District Attorney David C. Allen told the Gazette-Times Tuesday that he is set to meet with a subject alleged to have embezzled money from local public entities, her lawyer and Heppner attorney Bill Kuhn. “ We are pursuing potential resolution o f the case,” said Allen. Kuhn declined to comment. Football pics, scores on Internet Scores o f this Thursday’s away game against Weston will be posted on the Heppner website at www.heppner.net. 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