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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 24, 2003 - THREE Bank of EO makes buckle donation to court (L-R): Princess Jessica Wainwright, Darrell Raver, Queen Lexi Kennedy, Sharon Harrison and Princess Emily Bergstrom. Bank of Eastern Oregon donated buckles to the 2004 Morrow County and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Court. Banner Bank donated the court’s earrings and choker. lone Youth Group announces annual service award recipients lone Youth Croup members recently received awards for their participation in the group during the 2002-2003 school year. (Back Row L-R): Natalie McElligott, Abbv Key, Jenny Griffith.Tim Doherty, Johnny Collin, Paul Neiffer, Sara Peck and Megan McCabe; (Front Row L-R): Billy Gates. Barbara Holland, Ashly Grams, Emily Key and Meghan McCabe. Crossing Guards honored Gwen Healy hands out gifts to this year’s Heppner grade school crossing guards, Also honored at the assembly last week tvas Philip Hilton who worked for McCormack Construction which built the new school. McCormack worked for 66 years in construction during which he built schools, hospitals, churches and office build- ¡ngs. He said the people he worked with on the Heppner school were some of the best Hilton has retired and decided to live in (L-R): Outstanding Serv ice Award recipients Emily Key, Natalie McElligott, Meghan McCabe, Johnny Collin and Paul Neiffer prepare to wrap Christmas gifts for an "adopted” client of Outreach Ministry Heppner. Art workshops to be held M o rro w C o u n ty Creative Arts and Crafts Club is sp o n so rin g tw o S an d ra H a y n e s w o rk sh o p s at the beginning o f the year. J a n . 17 a n d 18, S a tu r d a y a n d S u n d a y , a seco n d s c r a tc h b o a r d w orkshop will be held at the C o lu m b ia B a s in E le c tric Conference Room, beginning at 8 a.m. The class goes until 4 o.m . with a lunch break. This xdass w as so popular at the N ovem ber w orkshop, it w as sug gested to hold another, w h ic h is a ls o o f fe r e d to beginners. It’s a w onderful media to explore that includes watercolors as well as learning the technique o f scratchboard. The F eb ru ary workshop is on colored pencil by S an d ra. B eg in n e rs are again encouraged to attend. P articip an ts w ill learn the application o f applying color on c o lo r to a c h ie v e y o u r draw ing. A m aterials list and registration is o b tained by calling Judie Laughlin at 676- 9781. These classes require a prepaid fee o f $80 each. Scratchboard is due 20 days before the class (Dec. 29) and the pencil class is 30 days pre registration or Jan. 14. Shenanigans pop can pick up on Jan. 3 from about 2-6 p.m ., picking T h e S h e n a n ig a n s fiddle group m em bers will be canvassing the major streets o f H eppner on Saturday, Jan. 3, Custom Banners Any Size Lots of Colors Logos & Graphics Makee G reat A dvertisin gl Heppner Gazette-Times 676-9228 beverage cans and bottles. If you have cans to be picked up and will not be hom e, leave them by the front door with a note. There is also a pop can drop box located at the Louis C arlson hom e on 625 South Chase Street. You can also call the K en d rick resid e n ce at 676-5462 or Jepsens at 676- 5244 to leave a message about picking up cans from your home. T h e S h e n a n ig a n s group is leaving in m id-July 2004, for a m usic school in Ireland. All the pop can money goes pay for their trip. UO degree candidates announced for fall term Nearly 690 University o f O r e g o n s tu d e n ts a re candidates for degrees at the e n d o f fa ll te rm 2 0 0 3 , according to officials in the Office o f the Registrar. Among tall term’s 683 degree candidates, 470 are receiving bachelor’s degrees, 14 are certificate recipients, 153 are com pleting m aster's degrees and 46 are finishing doctoral degrees. Altogether, they earned a total o f 687 degrees and certificates. S h erry R ae S ieler, H eppner, w ill rec e iv e her bachelor o f science degree in p sy ch o lo g y . R achel Lynn Sebastian, Irrigon, will receive her bachelor o f science degree in theater arts and Spanish. N o com m encem ent c e re m o n ie s w ill be h eld . H ow ever, several schools, colleges and departments will host inform al receptions to h o n o r g rad u ates and their families. D ip lo m a s w ill be m ailed to all w ho com plete graduation requirements by the end o f the term on Dec. 12. Order M a g n e t i c Door S i g n s HERE Heppner Gazette-Tim e of’Burnside. E m ily Key, N atalie McElligott, Meghan McCabe, Johnny Collin and Paul Neiffer are the 2003 recipients o f the lone Ecumenical Youth Ciroup Serv ice Award. “ T he a w a rd is the highest honor given by the g r o u p a n d r e f le c ts fu ll p a rtic ip a tio n and s in c e re com m itm ent and service to o th e r s th r o u g h o u t h ig h school," noted youth group leader Jeri McElligott. T h e re c ip ie n ts, all seniors at lone High School, h a v e r e g u la r ly a tte n d e d m e e tin g s a n d s o ld a n d delivered C hristm as trees to m a k e m o n e y fo r g r o u p projects. They have helped with the annual food drive to b e n e f it th e H eppner N eigh b o rh o o d C enter and sponsored the “ Souper Bowl o f C a r in g ,” c o lle c tin g donations for a soup kitchen in P o r tla n d , as w e ll as collecting soup for the Center. The youth have all made trips to B urnside in Portland to serve the poor. They have toured agencies, served in so u p k itc h e n s and so rted clothing for the poor o f the area. They have participated in w orship services, doing follow-up projects to their trips and sharing their experiences. They have also sold cookies, snow cones and Italian sodas on the 4th o f July to help fund projects. Neiffer attends Valby Lutheran Church, Collin the C h r is tia n L ife C e n te r in U m a tilla -M o rro w ESD holds 2003-04 Child Find Schools in U m atilla and M o rro w c o u n tie s are attempting to locate all persons betw een the ages o f 0 (birth) through 21 not enrolled in public school who m ay have special needs due to concerns w ith the follow ing: vision, hearing, speech, language, health, general developm ent, behavior, body movement and learning. If you have any o f the above concerns regarding a child in your care who is aged 5-21, p lea se c o n ta c t y o u r local school district Special Education Department contact person: Jack Johns, M orrow C ounty School D istrict R -l, 500 Tatone Street, Boardman, O R 97818; or call (541)481- 4202. If you have any o f the above concerns regarding a child in your care who is aged birth to 5, please contact the E a rly In te r v e n tio n /E a r ly Childhood Special Education Program , at the U m atilla- M orrow ESD, at 1-800-927- 5847 or, for Pendleton District residents, 966-3133. O r you may contact Niki Brown, El/ ECSE Program C oordinator a t (5 4 1 )9 6 6 -3 1 3 1 . W e P rin t E n ve lo p e s Heppner Gazette-Times 676-9228 SELF EMPLOYED? SMALL BUSINESS A FFO R D A B LE HEALTH INSURANCE* Dental and Life Insurance also Available** Individuals and Families 503 - 201-4669 Scotty Scott 1 - 800 - 593-1836 Licensed Insurance Agent •Underwritten by MEGA Ufe ft Health insurance Company Home Office Oklahoma City, OK "Premiums will vary with plan selected M/COMB918 _________ H eppner and K ey attends Lexington Baptist Church. M cCabe and M cElligott are m em bers o f St. W illiam ’s Catholic Church. Mustang JV girls fall to Tigerscots By Rick Paullus The H eppner Mustang J V girls let a first half lead slip away and fell to the v isitin g W esto n -M cE w en Tigerscots 36-30 on Friday, D ec. 19. T h e M u s ta n g s dropped to 0 and 3 on the year and will play Im bler at hom e on Saturday, Dec. 27 and Grant Union at hom e on M onday, Dec. 29. The Mustangs trailed 7-1 after one, but rallied to take a 12-11 lead at halftim e getting five points, including a 3-pointer, from Regi Seitz and four points from Lyndi Patton. The Tigerscots came back to take a 24-21 lead after three and held on for the win despite seven fourth-quarter points from Seitz. Seitz led the Mustangs with 12 points, four rebounds and three steals. Patton added 11 points, five rebounds and five steals. Sarah Price had six re b o u n d s and tw o ste a ls. H eather Y ocom had three rebounds and two steals, Blair K eithley had five rebounds and Lynan Bingham had five points. H eppner 1 1 1 9 9-30 W eston-McEwen 7 4 13 12-36 Heppner- Regi Seitz 4 2-2 12, Lyndi Patton 5 0-0 11, Lynan B ingham 1 3-4 5, H eather Yocom I 0-3 2. Mahaley Huddleston 0 0-2 0, Sarah Price 0 0-1 0, Laurie M urray, Sandra K rotzek, Ashley Zimmerman, Chelsea Betsinger. Brittney Herbison. Katie Britt and Blair Keithley. Team: 11 5-12 30. 3-pts: Seitz 2 and Patton. Weston-McEwen- S. Smalley 3 2-2 8. Riddle 3 1-2 7. Baker 3 0-2 6, Turner 1 2-4 4, Laura Johnston 1 1-2 3, Zeller I 1-2 3, Griggs I 0-0 2, Penaloza 0 2-4 2. Williams 0 1 - 2 1, C. Smalley 0 0-2 0. Lacey Johnston. Flory and Alfred. Team: 13 10-22 36. 3-pts: none
