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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 26, 2004 lone Legion Auxiliary donates puzzles to lone students Willows Grange donates dictionaries to lone students Third and fourth grade students from Mrs. Barb Collin’s class at IES received dictionaries The G ra n g e ’s organization encouraged by purpose is to provide third R ecen tly the the N ational G range for grade stu d en ts in the Pom ona W illows Grange community service projects. community with their own #672 donated a W ebster’s The dictionary project is personal dictionary. The Student Dictionary to the designed to aid third grade dictionary is for the children lone third and fourth grade teachers in their goal to see to keep, so they can take it students in Mrs. Barbara all their students leave at the with them into the fourth Collin’s class. end o f the year as good grade and use it throughout The d ictio n ary writers, active readers and their school career. p ro je c t is a n o n -p ro fit creative thinkers. Representatives from the lone American Legion auxiliary donated American flag puzzles to students from Willows Grange. in grades K-4 at lone Elementary School. The lone American Legion Auxiliary members teamed up with the lone K- 4 grade stu d en ts for a coloring display along with the distribution of poppies leading up to the annual Memorial Day Celebration. The poppy p ic tu re s are being displayed at the new Collier Market in downtown lone. Auxiliary members also donated American flag puzzles to the children for learn in g ab o u t the geography of America. The Memorial Day celebration will be at the American Legion Hall in lo n e at 10:30 a.m . on Monday, May 31. HES holds successful Spring Fling lone Education Foundation provides grants to lone The Foundation has School also been busy selling bricks The lone Education Foundation has approved a Tier One Grant to the lone School District for the 2004- 2005 school year in the am ount o f $25,000. The grant will be used by the lo n e School D istric t to provide partial funding for a music teacher. The music program at lone was a victim of budget cuts in 2003. The lone Education Foundation plans to provide a similar grant to the lone School each year. In addition to the Tier One Grant, the lone Education Foundation has Heppner Elementary School students, family members and friends gathered Thursday, m ade all dues co llected May 20 to enjoy food, auction fun and a book fair at the HES Spring Fling. The HES available to the lone School Parent Teacher Club put on the auction and the HES Site Council provided the BBQ. in the form o f Tier Two The PTC raised approximately $4000 at the auction. G ran ts. For the cu rren t school y ear through HES Children’s Choir performs for seniors D ecem b er 2004, grants to ta lin g $9,250 are available. These grants are available for teacher/student learning projects. Tier Two Grants have been used to partially fund field trips, learn in g m aterials and teacher workshops. The lone Education Foundation has also applied for and received a matching grant from the Wild Horse Foundation in the amount of $7,500. The grant will be used to fund the construction o f a green house for the benefit of the lone School and community. The lone Education Foundation has agreed to match the $7,500 providing a total of $ 15,000 for the project. The green house will be built on lone (Front Row L-R): Alisha Taylor, Maggie Collins, Tim Lees, Andrew Bara, Justin Bailey, School District property and Zach Hintz, Shane Smith, John Nelson, Alana Wilson, Courtney George, Kellie Lees the D istrict will own and and Hanna Lovgren; (Back Row L-R): teacher Cara Osmin, accompanist Myrna operate the green house. VanCleave and teacher Wendy Appleton. The H eppner E lem e n ta ry School Children’s Choir performed on Tuesday, May 18 at the St. Patrick’s Seniors Center for residents and guests. They sang a variety of songs, including their new Concert Etiquette rap. This new rap was used to open the HES Spring Concert held May 25 and informs the audience of p ro p e r e tiq u e tte w hen attending a special event. W e H ave G ra d u a tio n G ift I d e a s ! Hallmark Cards Mooey Holders Frames and Albums and much more! COME HELP US CELEBRATE DONNA SCHONBACHLERs 50 +h BIRTHDAY! Monday, M ay 31 (M em orial Day) a Heppner Ci+y Park • Starting a+ 5 pm. $ Potluck Dinner | 'C 'i C ake and Rjnch Provided) Everyone is Invited See oar Gradaation Registry • Gift Certificates available Free gift wrappiag • Delivery available We will be closed Monday, May 31 for Memorial Day HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY HOLIDAY 217 North Main • Heppner 676-9158 U LSXi ^ 233 N. Main • H«ppn«r 676-9426 Serving the Willow Creek Valley: Heppner. Lexington and lone V to be installed in the lone School Plaza. A sales deadline of June l has been established for the current phase of brick installation scheduled for this summer. The Foundation plans to continue sales after June l for installation at a later date. To order a brick you may contact Howard Mullins at 422-7061 or pick up an o rd er form at the lone branch of Bank of Eastern Oregon. The lone Education F o u n d atio n was form ed early in 2003 and is a non p ro fit c o rp o ra tio n . The foundation is funded from generous individuals and b u sin esses in terested in continuing the legacy of e x ce lle n ce o f the lone School. Persons interested in contributing or becoming a member can send their d o n atio n s to the lone Education Foundation at P.O. Box 61, lo n e, OR 97843 or call for m ore information at 422-7435. Baccalaureate ceremonies to be held B a c c a la u re a te cerem o n ies honoring Heppner and lone seniors will be held this coming week. The H eppner cerem o n y w ill be held Tuesday, June 1, at 7 p.m. at St. P a tric k ’s C ath o lic Church in Heppner. The lone ceremony will be held W ednesday, June 2, at 7 p.m. at Valby Lutheran Church in lone. Murray awarded $500 scholarship The K nights o f Columbus, Council 1673, has aw ard ed a $500 scholarship to Heppner High School senior Luke Murray, son of John and Ann Murray. Murray is a 4.0 GPA student and president of the National Honor Society for this year. He has also been active in football, basketball, baseball, St. Patrick’s Youth Group and altar serving. He plans to attend Willamette University or the University of Portland. Proceeds from the P endleton R oundup fu n d raiser w ere used to provide the scholarship. “We are g ra te fu l to the com m unity and the Roundup for their support,” said Dennis Hull, Knights of Columbus Grand Knight. “W ithout them . this scholarship would not be possible.” Over 120 Catholic men from Milton-Freewater, Athena, Mission, Pendleton, Pilot Rock, Heppner and lone p arish es belong to Council 1673 of the Knights of Columbus. Along with 1.6 m illio n m em bers worldwide, their mission is to p rovide p ro g ram s to enhance y o u th , fam ily, com m unity, ch u rch and council life. Gazette closed for Memorial The H ep p n er Gazette-Times offices will be closed on Monday, May 31 in o b serv an ce o f Memorial Day. All news and advertisements for the June 2 paper will need to be submitted by Friday, May 28 at 5 p.m. DINNER SPECIALS COMING UP AT JOHN’S PLACE Weekend Pizza Blowout on June 4th-5th All You Can Eat Pizza w/Salad Bar Family Rates! Barbecue Blowout on June 11-12 Brisket, Ribs, Pork Loin, Chicken Watch for weekly specials at John’s Place & Bucknum’s Tavern! JO H N ’S P LA C E MAIN STREET, HEPPNER
