Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, May 12,2004 - SEVEN
Poker Run and Opal Butte 100 to be Heppner junior and senior high students participate in Knowledge Master
held at OHV Park
T housands
of schools co m p etin g in They scored 8 out of 18
At the beginning of
The Reload Ridge
Riders’ 2004 Annual Poker
Run in the Blues will be held
Saturday, May 15 at the
Morrow County OHV Park,
located 30 miles south of
Heppner on Hwy 207.
Sign-ups begin at 8
a.m., with the first rider out
at 9 a.m. The last rider out
will be at 11 a.m. Prizes will
be awarded at 3 p.m. The
cost to participate is $15 for
riders 16 and over and $10
for riders 15 and under.
Riders are required
to ride and must have current
OHV tag, USFS approved
spark arrestor and sound
level must be under 99db.
The course is marked and
signed but not groomed.
Riders must ride within their
limitations and watch for
hazards.
No children under 7
will be allowed to ride a
bike, and those from 7-12
will need to have an operator
permit in order to ride (as per
S tate statu tes) plus be
accom panied by an adult
with a driver’s license or
permit. Kids on ATV’s can
e n te r only if they are
accompanied by an adult
with a driver’s license or
permit.
The Opal Butte 100
will be held the following
day, Sunday, May 16 at the
OHV Park.
There is a pre-entry
fee of $40 and a post-entry
fee of $40. Class 60 is free.
P re-entries needed to be
po stm ark ed by May 7.
C lasses include Juniors,
Sportsmen, Women, Class
50 and Class 60 (one loop
only).
R iders m ust be
AM A
m em bers,
but
m em bership
w ill
be
available at sign-up. Other
req u irem en ts
include:
OMRA cards for OMRA
points; current ATV stickers
on bikes; silen cers and
USFS ap p roved spark
a rre sto rs w ith a 99db
maximum sound level; this
is a clo sed course and
anyone caught on the course
will be D.Q.
S ign-ups w ill be
held Saturday, May 15 from
12-4 p.m. and Sunday, May
16 from 8-9 a.m. at the OHV
Park. The race starts at 10
a.m.
Trail systems at the
OHV Park will be closed
May 15 and 16 from 6 a.m.
until 3 p.m. Flaggers will be
present at the trail.
Primitive camping is
available and no medical
insurance is provided.
For
fu rth er
inform ation contact Bill
Green at (541) 561-7995 or
Darrell Raver at (541) 676-
8710.
Over the Tee Cup
t
Twenty-two women
gathered May 4 at Willow
C reek C ountry C lub for
Over the Tea Cup play.
Pat Edmundson took
low gross of the field. Corol
Mitchell took low net of the
field. Karen Bishop and Lois
Hunt tied for least putts of
the field.
In flight A, Carol
Hamilton took low gross;
Jean Paustain took low net;
and Betty Christman took
least putts.
In flight B, Lorene
M ontgom ery took low
gross; Luvilla Sonstegard
took low net; and Loa
Henderson took least putts.
In flight C, Bernice
Lott and Jackie Allstott tied
for low gross; Pat Dougherty
and Kandy Boyd tied for low
net; and Dorris Graves took
least putts.
C h ip -in s w ent to
Boyd on Hole #1 8 and Betty
Brown on Hole #16. Long
putt went to Edmundson in
flight A; Bishop in flight B;
and Graves in flight C.
Sykes graduates magna cum laude
A ndrew
Sykes
graduated magna cum laude
from Cornish College of the
A rts in S eattle during
com m encem ent exercises
M ay 6 at St. M ark ’s
Cathedral. He received a
bachelor of fine arts degree
in art. He also earned a
president’s scholarship.
His paintings and
prints were featured in a
gallery show sponsored by
the college April 23 through
May 7.
Sykes grad u ated
from Heppner High School
in 1998. He is em ployed
with Inner Visions, Seattle,
in sales and website work.
His family, David
and April Sykes of Heppner,
Chris Sykes and his friend
Breana Anderson, both of
P en d leto n , and A llison
Sykes and Camille Sykes,
both o f Eugene, were on
hand for the ceremony and
the closing night o f the
gallery show.
The fam ily also
celebrated Camille Sykes’
21"' birthday May 5.
students through the county
and in many foreign
countries competed April 21
in the 4 2 nd K now ledge
M aster O pen academ ic
competition. Middle school,
junior high, and high school
faced their computers and
200 tough questions to vie
for top scores based on
accuracy and speed of their
answers.
A team o f ten
students at Heppner High
School: John Franzw a,
A nthony G ivens, Kyle
Huddleston, Rory Kilkenny,
Sandra K rotzek, Josh
L an k fo rd ,
R obert
M cElligott, Julie Moore,
Luke Murray and Courtney
Nelson, scored 1063 out of
2,000 possible points. They
placed 595 out of 838 teams
competing; they placed 28
out of 74 when compared
w ith schools w ith an
enrollment less than 200.
They scored 8 out of 12
Oregon beating both lone’s
and Riverside’s teams. They
answ ered 100 p ercen t
correctly in English, biology,
health, psychology and fine
arts’ questions. The accuracy
of their answers was also
very high in A m erican
history, w orld history
government and math. The
overall contest means for
high
sch o o ls
w ith
enrollm ent less than 200
was 1032.
A team o f nine
students at Heppner Junior
High School: M aggie
Armato, Nacho Elguezabal,
K atie K ilkenny, Sean
Murray, Spencer Palmer,
S herilyn Peck, Jordon
Shepherd, Grant Smith and
Kelsey Wolff, scored 1315
out of 2,000 possible points.
They placed 371 out of 909
schools com peting; they
placed 27 out of 139 when
compared with schools with
less than 200 enrollment.
Shenanigans show to be held
The S henanigans
fiddle group will put on a
free show this Friday night
at 7 p.m. at the new Heppner
Elem entary School gym.
The five-member group has
been working for months to
prepare new music for this
program.
In ad d itio n
to
p lay in g fid d le, group
members Alex Carlson, Eric
Jepsen, Brynna Rust, Kate
Kendrick and Kara Clay also
play a co m b in atio n of
mandolin, guitar, keyboard,
flute, penny w histle and
drums. They will perform a
variety of num bers from
Irish and C eltic tunes,
American folk songs, and
traditional favorites such as
Orange Blossom Special.
Also featured will be the
vocal talents of Brynna Rust.
Director Peg Willis will join
in as well w ith guitar or Irish
drum and Rebecca Jepsen
plays the Celtic harp for one
of the pieces.
The program will
open w ith the m usic o f
another local fiddle band.
Mulligan Stew.
S h en an ig an s w ill
also have copies of their new
CD for sale after the
program . Everyone is
welcome to attend.
St. Patrick’s Senior Center news
The Christian Life Center volunteers will greet and
serve at the Senior Meal Site on May 19 from 11:30 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m. The menu of the day is macaroni and cheese
with kielbasa, cauliflower and broccoli salad, peaches, hot
rolls and pudding.
Date to rem em ber: May 24, 12 noon is the
Ceremony of Dedication and Recognition for all World
War II veterans. Registration at noon will be followed by
greetings from the mayor and from visiting commanders
of the American Legion (local state and district), the Rite
of Dedication and a reception. Ed Baker, local commander,
is in charge and may be contacted for more information.
A graveside service for Ellen Melissa Campbell will
be held on Monday, May 3 1 ,1 p.m., at the Heppner
Masonic Cemetery. Following the service, a reception for
family and friends of Mrs. Campbell, will take place in the
Senior Center dining room. She was a resident of the
Center’s apartment complex for a number of years in the
1990s and a native of the Heppner community.
The Board of Directors meeting will be held May
19 at 12 noon.
American Legion to hold dedication
for veterans
The
A m erican
L egion o f H eppner is
honoring Morrow County
World War II veterans at a
dedication ceremony at St.
Patrick’s Senior Center in
Heppner on Monday, May
24. Sign-in begins at 12 p.m.
and the dedication will be
held at 1 p.m.
Refreshm ents will
be served afterwards.
sch o o ls com peting in
O regon beating several
schools including Columbia
M iddle School. They
answ ered 100 p ercen t
correctly in world history,
recent events, econom ics
and law, biology and earth
science q u estio n s. The
accuracy of their answers
was also very high in
governm ent, lite ra tu re ,
English, math, fine arts and
physical science. The overall
contest means for ju n io r
highs with enrollment less
than 200 was 1173.
A cadem ic coach
Linda Dutcher described the
event as exciting to watch.
“These are two particularly
sharp teams. The interaction
among team members was
excellent as is reflected in
th eir h ig h er than usual
scores. It was personally a
joy and a reward to coach
these two teams.”
the school year, all of the
stu d en ts are given a
K now ledge
M aster
q u alify in g test. The top
sco rers are selected to
participate in the tw ice-
yearly Knowledge Master
competitions.
The K now ledge
Master Open was designed
to stimulate enthusiasm for
learning and recognition for
academic accomplishment.
The co n test runs on
classro o m com puters to
allow all students the
opportunity to compete in a
large academic event with
the expense of traveling to a
central site. Results of the
contest are tabulated into
o v erall,
state,
and
enrollment-size rankings by
A cadem ic H allm arks, a
Colorado publishing firm
that host the event. Contest
resu lts
and
exam ple
questions are available at
www.greatauk.com.
Spring Fling auction, raffle and book
fair to be held
Blankets.
Heppner Elementary
School will hold a Spring
Fling auction, raffle and
book fair on Thursday, May
20 starting at 7 p.m. at the
elem en tary
school
gymnasium. Additionally,
the Heppner Site Council
will hold a hamburger and
punch dinner starting at 6
p.m. To complete the meal,
parents are asked that K-3
students bring either cookies
or brownies, and grades 4 -
6 bring a bag of chips.
For the auction, each
class has created their very
own m asterpiece. These
items will be auctioned off
starting at 7 p.m. Auction
items include, from: Mrs.
M orris’ class- A Tee-Pee,
Flower Pot; Mrs. Clough’s
class- Coat Racks; Mrs.
O sm in’s class- two Book
Shelves; Mrs. Haguewood’s
class- Q uilt and a Dog
House; Mrs. Gibbs’s class-
Tile Top Table; Mrs. Allen’s
class- C.D. Holder, C.D.
Rack, and a Tupper C.D.;
Mrs. Smith-Griffith’s class-
F low er
B oxes;
M rs.
Dowdy’s class- Toy Box;
and M rs. S p in k s’ class-
There are buckets
down at the T.V. station that
the teachers put together for
the Auction, each has their
own unique theme. Rainy
Day, Travel around the
W orld, A rts and C rafts,
Science and Cooking are
ju s t a few o f the many
offered.
Several items will be
raffled off. For just a few
raffle tickets, you could be
the new owner of: a boy’s or
girl’s small child’s bike; a
boy’s or girl’s big child’s
bike; hanging baskets; or a
garden bench.
Be sure to w atch
H eppner C hannel 3 to
preview these items.
A book fair will be
held at the same time as the
auction and raffle. It is buy
one, get one free. This is a
great way to stock up for
those sum m er reading
programs. It would also be
wonderful if you or your
child would like to donate
your free book to the Smart
R eading Program . This
reading program does
wonders for the children,
and the adults involved, and
reading scores just keep
climbing.
HHS to hold Community Celebration
of Excellence
Heppner Jr/Sr High School will be holding their
Community Celebration of Excellence on Monday, May
24. A free barbecue and viewing of classroom displays
and student work will be held from 6-7 p.m. and the
academic awards will be presented from 7-8 p.m. in the
cafeteria.
Parents, students, family and community members
are encouraged to attend.
The competition and awards assembly will be held
at 2:30 p.m. in the gym. Everyone is welcome.
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