FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 24, 2004
Local students participate in Honor Band concert W inter Sport Dessert held at lon e High School
Heppner Jr/Sr High students participated in Mid-Columbia Honor Band 2004. (Front Row l,-R): Teacher
Wendy Appleton and ((rant .Smith; (Back Row L-R): Peter (Jeer, Colton Helfrecht and Kelsey Wolff. Not
Pictured: Joe Pranger.
Five students from
H eppner participated in the
M id-C olum bia H onor Band
2004 concert at G oldendale
the tuba. C olton H elfrecht,
High School in G oldendale, grade 10, played percussion.
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K elsey W olff, grade eight,
G rant Sm ith, grade p la y e d th e c la r in e t . J o e
seven, played the alto clarinet. Pranger, grade seven, played
Peter Geer, grade 10, played the tenor sax.
<L-R>: Kim Morris, Most Improved; Eva Chitty, Most Inspirational; Natalie McElligott,
Most Valuable Player; Emily Key and Sara Peck, Miss Hustle.
Small engine repair opens in Heppner
Dick Paris at his workbench.
D e p o t f o r 2 0 y e a rs a n d
H e p p n e r r e s id e n t worked general maintenance
Dick Paris has opened a new for the county for five years,
business in Heppner- D ick’s he is hoping to stay busy and
active.
Small Engine Repair.
A fte r ta k in g som e
classes in small engine repair.
Paris has decided to. open a
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stop.from his hom e in which writing,isone dfiapotogy; i am
he will be able to work on lawn th'e ttrre re s p o d s ib + e f o r
m o w ers, w eed e a te rs and c o n f u s io n o f d a te s a n d
“just about anything with one sequence o f volunteers who
cylinder."
serve at the weekly mx>n meal.
Paris said that even My inquiries for a new list
though he is in retirement now, made no connection with the
he w as a fire fighter at the proper source until recently. I
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continued to announce the
sequence I used for last year.
I am tru ly s o rry f o r th e
contusion.
I w an t to p u b lic ly
w elcom e aboard the people
from W illow C reek Baptist
C hurch w ho have jo in ed the
roster o f groups w ho serve.
Each group lends a particular
aura to the occasion. Recently,
the clergy person from one
group was not present at 11:3()
a.m ., when flag salute, table
blessing and announcem ents
are g iv e n . T h e g ro u p o f
volunteers for the day came to
the m icrophone and together
blessed the occasion and the
meal with a traditional blessing.
It was a gracious moment.
On
W ednesday,
March 31, volunteers from the
Christian Life Center will offer
th e ir h o s p ita lity to th o se
attending. The m enu is hot
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pdtatw s and gravy, peas, fruit,
thread and pum pkin pie cake.
Jo e B iirfe so n w as
w e lc o m e d as th e n e w e st
m e m b e r o f th e B o a rd o f
D irectors at the M arch 17
meeting. He and JoA nne, his
w ife, have lived in H eppner
five years. They came to make
Heppner their retirement home
- to get out of the rain, he said.
They cam e from C anby and
were involved in the chicken
business for 30 years. They
purchased the young chicks,
th e n c o n tr a c te d th e m to
farm ers in the reg io n for
fe e d in g a n d b r in g in g to
m aturity for sale as fryers.
They supplied fryers, up to
1 5 0 ,0 0 0 p e r w e e k , to
P e terso n ’s F ry er F arm s in
Tacom a, WA. L ater (1982-
92), he had a food distribution
b u sin e ss w h ich d e liv e re d
processed foods east to La
G rande, south to K lam ath
Falls, and north to Bellingham.
WA. He served three years on
the State Fryer C om m ission
w h en M ark H a tfie ld w as
governor; later he served on
the C lackam as County Fryer
Board.
“We like Heppner." he
said. “We like being involved.
Heppner is like Canby used to
be, 40 years ago.”
T h e r e w ill be a
M e m o ria l D ay d in n e r on
Sunday, M ay 30, at 2 p.m., at
the Center. M ore details will
be forthcoming.
(L-R): Arthur Ekstrom, Most Improved; Kelly Thompson, Mr. Hustle and Coach
LaRue Award; T^ler Raible, Mr. Defense; Tyler Brown, Most Valuable Player; Nick
Christman, Cardinal Heart; not pictured - Billy Gates, Most Inspirational.
W inter sports awards
w ere handed out at a dessert
W ednesday evening, M arch
10 at the lone High School
c a f e te r ia . J im S w a n s o n
o p e n e d th e e v e n in g by
introducing his junior varsity
team and giving aw ards to
John Walton- Mr. Hustle, Dan
Long- M ost Im proved and
C ody
K ie s lin g - M o s t
Inspirational. T he JV boys
won seven o f their last eight
games, three in overtime.
Boys’ varsity players
w ere rec o g n ize d fo r th eir
accom plishm ents by C oach
Dennis Stefani. Team leaders
were Kelly Thom pson- steals
(71 total or 1.6/gam e), Tyler
B row n- assists (120 total or
4 .8 /g a m e ), reb o u n d s (211
total or 8.4/gam e) and points
(347 to ta l o r 13 .9 /g am e),
A rthur Ekstrom - field goal
p ercen tag e (52.9 percent),
Jo h n W a lto n - fre e th ro w
percentage (66.7 percent) and
Tyler R aible blocked shots
(34) and taking the charge (5).
Team aw ards, voted
on by the players, w ent to
Kelly Thom pson- Mr. Hustle,
Tyler R aible- Mr. D efense,
A r th u r E k s tro m - M o s t
Improved. Billy Gates- M ost
Inspirational. Nick Christman-
C a rd in a l H e a rt and T y ler
Brown- Most Valuable Player.
C oach Stefani started a new
aw ard for self-discipline and
conscientiousness on the floor
and in the classroom . The
Coach LaRue Award w ent to
Kelly Thompson.
C h arity M cE llig o tt
gave pins to cheerleaders Eva
Chitty and A lyssa Rietm ann.
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The O regon Cultural
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building participation in local
arts, heritage and humanities.
The
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dev elo p ed by the M orrow
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C o m m itte e , w h ic h h a s a
m em bership o f tw enty-three
local residents representing a
diversity o f people including
artists, educators, tribal and
H isp a n ic re p re s e n ta tiv e s ,
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dem onstrating leadership in
heritage, humanities and other
cultural interests.
T he purpose o f the
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participation. The program 's
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shape the priorities o f local
cultural enhancem ent. It is
intended to increase public
participation in all that is culture
th r o u g h a b a la n c e o f
preservation of the past and an
investm ent in the future. It
encourages people to actively
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g am e), steals (116 or 4 .5 /
gam e), field goal percentage
(45 percent) and free throw
p e rc e n ta g e (6 6 p e rc e n t).
Barbara Holland had the most
b lo ck e d sh o ts (31 o r 1.3/
game).
A ll-Stars announced
were: boys- Tyler Brown and
N ic k C h ris tm a n , S e c o n d
Team All D istrict; and girls-
Natalie McElligott, First Team
All District, and Emily Key and
S a ra P e c k , H o n o r a b le
M ention All District.
Morrow County Cultural Plan
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~ Farewell lo Richard Wood -
(who transferred lo the new Rums branch ol BHD
B an k o f
E a ste rn O regon
She in tro d u c ed her ju n io r
v a r s ity te a m w h o h a d a
winning 15-3 season record.
C oach Ryan R udolf
recognized the varsity girls and
gave aw ard s, voted on by
team m ates, to E va C hitty-
Most Inspirational, Sara Peck
and Em ily Key- M iss Hustle,
Kim M orris- M ost Im proved
and Natalie M cElligott- Most
Valuable Player. McElligott led
the team in points (441 total
or 17/gam e), rebounds (197
or 7.6/gam e), assists (53 or 2/