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!
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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.
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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
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