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
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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.
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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 .
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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