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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 12,2004 Local Elk inducted into Hall of Fame Jepsen wins State OS A A Music Championship and Scholarship TV Shoot results Elk’s Hall of Fame member Eugene Hall and Trustee-PER Tom Wolff _ ^ The O regon State Elks Association is pleased and proud to announce that Eugene Hall of Heppner was recently inducted into the Oregon State Elks “Hall of Fame.” The event occurred at the 87,h Annual Oregon State Elks A ssociation Convention held in Keizer recently. In the eighty-seven years of the Oregon Elks, only forty-tw o m em bers have been honored by the A sso ciatio n by being inducted into the Hall of Fam e. M em ber Eugene H all, o f H eppner Lodge #358. has shown exemplary and outstanding service to Marriage Licenses May 3: Johnny Ray Barnes, 24, Hermiston and N icole Rene Palmer, 22, Hermiston. M ay 5: C larence C h arles S hirley III, 18, Hermiston and Kristin Kay Delepierre, 17, Hermiston. May 7: John Kenny D ean, 47, Irrigon and Charyn Rose Caffery, 42, Umatilla. his Lodge and to the Oregon Elks. Hall has been a member of the Elks for over forty-five years, and has served the State Association for more than thirty-tw o years. He has held virtually all local Lodge positions and served on several State committees, including many years as a State Committee chair. He was a member of the fam ed “ R iver R ats” under Grand Exalted Ruler Frank Heise. He is a past E xalted R uler o f the Heppner Lodge, and Past District Deputy of the Grand E xalted R uler for the O regon Elks N orth-E ast district. H all’s application was submitted by his local Lodge, and was approved by the State Hall o f Fame committee. Joining him at the awards ceremony was his wife of 56 years Harriet, son John and grandson Jason. A surprise visit by son David and wife Nancy from Montana was a special treat for the Halls. A standing ovation w ith hearty congratulations from his local and State Association friends rounded out the affair. The Only Candidate with Judicial Experience Frank Halvorsen, right, presents TV Shoot winner Les Madden (left) with toy truck Tilled with $100 gold coins. Amy Jepsen Robert Logsdon (left), of Walla Walla, received a second $100 prize put up by Lindsay Kincaid (not pictured). A pproxim ately 90 shooters gathered together April 17 to participate in the 1000-yard TV Shoot held at Frank and Joe Halvorsen’s Farm. The event brought in $2000 for prizes for children at the lone 4 ,h o f July Celebration. Two marksmen hit the 27” TV. Then, after a shoot out betw een Todd Lindsay and Les Madden, M adden cam e out the winner of the$100 prize. He then donated the prize back for the celebration. Enjoying the spirit o f the ev en t, L indsay Kincaid put up a second $100 prize for anyone who could hit a smaller TV sat upon the larger one. This prize w ent to R obert Logsdon of Walla Walla. Everyone enjoyed a great time and good BBQ that was provided by John Clapp. • Serves as a Circuit Judge, pro-tem. • Practicing Attorney for nearly 17 years. • Served as an elected Municipal Court Judge. VOTE • Served as an Army Prosecutor and City Prosecutor. • Serves as Staff Judge Advocate for the Oregon Army National Guard. • Former Legislative Aide. • Member of various public service groups, including the Umatilla County Planning Commission, United Way, Good Shepherd Community Health Foundation Board and many others. B ETTY BURNS JU S TIC E OF THE PEACE DAN MORROW COUNTY MAY 18th ELECTION Vote Judge Pro-Tem Daniel J. Hill for Circuit Judge. THE ONLY CANDIDATE W ITH JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE. wwH.danicljhill.com l*;ml tor «ivul .mthori/od hw ilu Committee i«> I Icct Daniel J Mill Circuit liulgc. 2 “A VOTE FOR PROFESSIONALISM AND EFFICIENCY” PAID AND AUTHORIZED BY BETTY A. BURNS Last Mam Street. Hermiston. < )R D7X *K S V The month of May started off with three major m usic co m p etitio n achievements for 16-year- old Amy Jepsen. Amy, who is a sophomore at lone High School this year, represented the lone School as the District 6 winner in both harp and piano at the annual Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) Solo Music Championships. The state finals were held this year in C orvallis on the cam pus of O regon State University on May 1. There w ere 30 different instrumental and vocal solo categories with 441 m usic students rep resen tin g 103 high schools participating in the event. There were three ju d g es for each o f the different music categories. Amy took first place in the harp com petition. Second place went to Nicole Chang of Catlin Gabel High School of Portland and third was Adrienne Fletcher of Forest Grove High School. For the competition, Amy perform ed “ Impromptu C aprice” by Gabriel Pierne. Her harp teacher is Denise Fujikawa o f P ortland. State solo w inners were announced and m ed allio n s were awarded to the top three fin ish ers at an aw ards cerem ony that night at M ilam A uditorium . Amy was one of only five students to successfully defend the state music title she had won last year. Jepsen also competed in the solo piano division, one of the largest and m ost in ten sely competitive events. Out of 26 state fin a lists, Amy fin ish ed in fifth place overall. First place in piano went to Nicholas Reynolds o f F o rest G rove High School. Nicholas and Amy both study piano with the sam e teach er, S hirley B rendlinger of Portland. Amy perform ed three different pieces in the piano competition: “Gardens in the R ain ” by D ebussy, « “Prelude #10” byJ.S. Bach, and “Etude #4, Opus 10” by Chopin. Then on M onday, May 3, Amy performed on harp at the Monday Musical Club of Portland for their annual scholarship recital program. She was awarded $850 in scholarship money that day. The M onday M usical Club divided up $6,000 in prizes this year to nine vocal and instrumental p erfo rm ers. To win the scholarship money, Jepsen co m peted as one o f 28 musicians, ages 16-22, in a M onday M usical C lub C o m p etitio n e a rlie r in M arch and fin ish ed in second place. The recital and reception on May 3 were to honor the nine winners and aw ard them th e ir prize money. The other winners included p ia n ists and v o calists from P ortland State University. Linfield College. Portland. Corvallis, and C lack am as High Schools. Amy is the daughter of Bill and Nancy Jepsen of H eppner. She has been studying piano for 10 years and harp for eight years.
