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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - FIVE
Local students
Honor Roll
Lexington holds town wide yard sale
Cham ber Chatter
By Claudia Hughes, Exec. Dir.
continued from page 4
Parton, Irrigon; and Jayde
Zobel, Boardman.
The National Honor
R oll re co g n izes high-
achieving high school and
m iddle school students.
“Young people like these
inductees, who work hard to
attain academ ic success,
d eserv e
to
be
congratulated,” says Lynn
Rom eo, publisher o f the
N atio n al H onor R oll.
“ H onoring
their
ach iev em en ts provides
motivation and encourages
them to continue striving.
We’re proud to include them
in the National Honor Roll.”
The National Honor
Roll offers several benefits,
which can contribute to the
success o f its student
members. National Honor
Roll has set aside $100,000
to be shared among 1 (X) of
its qualifying inductees from
the 2003-2004 school year.
All members are entitled to
compete for one of these
National Honor Roll Awards
for Academic Achievement,
which will be awarded in
Septem ber. By taking
ad v an tag e o f N ational
H onor R o ll’s C ollege
A dm issions N otification
S erv ice, high school
inductees can notify the
adm issions offices o f as
many schools as they wish
that they have been inducted
into the National Honor Roll
and that they are interested
in obtaining inform ation
about those colleges. (A
copy of the stu d e n t's
biography is sent to the
c o lle g es along w ith the
n o tificatio n .) Each state
governor and U.S. Senator
receives a complimentary
'¡i copy of the National Honor
R oll
C om m em orative
Edition, along with a list of
students from their state who
have been inducted into the
National Honor Roll. And
complimentary copies of the
book are sent to selected
school libraries across the
country.
The National Honor
Roll contacts potentially
qualifying students after
receiving information about
their academic performance.
Each student is asked to
submit information about
h is/h e r GPA, in terests,
activities and futuie goals.
Only students with a B or
better average are eligible.
S ixty-six percent o f the
inductees in the 2003-2004
N atio n al H onor Roll
averaged an A- or better; 34
percent averaged B through
B+. Thirty-one percent were
seniors (Class of 2004); 31
percent were juniors (Class
of 2005); 22 percent were
sophomores (Class of 2006);
15.7 percent were freshmen
(C lass o f 2007); and .3
percent were middle school
students.
For
m ore
in fo rm atio n
visit
ww w.nationalhonorrol I .org.
Community members and visitors gathered Saturday, June 26 for the annual Lexington
Town Wide Yard Sale.
Caledonian Games Benefit Dinner & Concert
A
m ixture
of
tra d itio n a l S co ttish and
Celtic-based-modem music
flourishes in the talents of
Raven, the Celtic Band from
Portland that will perform as
opener of the Caledonian
Games, July 9.
Raven will perform
in an open-air concert at City
Park in Athena as part of the
benefit dinner and concert or
ceilidh for the Caledonian
Games Association. Ceilidh
in the traditional sense is a
wrap-up party at the end of
an event. Athena’s ceilidh
(pronounced KAY-Lee) is an
opening event for the
C aled o n ian G am es, a
Scottish Heritage festival. It
continues on Saturday and
Sunday. July 10 and II at
Athena City Park.
Original members of
Raven. Rob Barrick, Laurie
Byers, Thom Dudley and
E ddie P arente retu rn
to g eth er w ith th eir own
sound, their mix of Scottish
tra d itio n a l songs and
bagpipe music to Athena as
they
have
at
p rio r
Caledonian Games festivals.
T hey are retu rn in g by
popular acclaim to Athena.
They performed previously
in 1998 and 1999. Barrick,
a founder of Raven, plays
bagpipes and demonstrates
ex p ertise in m aking the
bagpipes sing or march or
dance. Barrick was brought
up in the C eltic m usic
tradition with bagpipes. He
was a member of the City of
Victoria's Pipe Band. He is
a founder of Full Shilling.
Celtic band. He is featured
on several C D ’s. In
competition, he has placed
with the top six in the World
C h am p io n sh ip
Piping
Competitions. The Scottish
say the "Pipes are calling”
and they do pull us to the
gathering. Barrick will see to
that.
Byers is vocalist and
guitarist. Her easy manner
and rich, sm ooth voice
assures us that she knows
the Celtic literature and that
she has a Celtic story to tell.
She has appeared at many
p erfo rm an ces
in
coffeehouses and pubs from
Washington to New Jersey
with high acclaim. Dudley
has been involved with the
N orthw est C eltic m usic
scene as well as across the
US, in Scotland and Ireland.
D udley is a p ro lific
so n g w rite r
and
an
a c c o m p l i s h e d
in stru m e n ta list. He has
perform ed w idely in the
Pacific Northwest and has
b lended w ith R av e n ’s
sound.
F id d ler
Dan
Compton is also guitarist
and accordionist. He has
composed music for film
and theatre. He has written
a book of fiddle tunes. His
perform ance on violin or
rather, Celtic fiddle, is at one
tim e im m acu late or at
another time, rollicking as
the Celtic spirit moves him.
His audience is swept along
into the C eltic m ood
reminiscent of a land with
misty glens, woolen plaids,
heather. Highland dancing,
stories and rigorous games
of matching strength.
Raven takes its place
as a leading Celtic band in
the Pacific Northwest. They
have been fe atu red in
S co ttish
G am es
in
Enum claw and Spokane.
R av e n ’s
b len d
and
versatility is its hallmark.
They have traditional Celtic
and modem song renditions
wrapped into a varied and
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Driving to work this morning, I couldn’t help but
notice the thousands of blue bachelor buttons gracing the
hillsides along Highway 74. Seems like only yesterday
when part of my summer childhood was spent in a vacant
lot full of the blue blooms, lying back and looking at the
billowing cloud formations.
“Look at the lion.” “No, that’s not a lion, it’s a
dog.” “See the girl with long braids.” "Where? I see a witch
and there’s a horse.” And on it went as we wiled away the
time until our mothers called or we headed for the library
to check out the maximum number of books we were
allowed for the week.
As we got older, around twelve, we were taken to
berry patches up the Walla Walla River at 4 a.m. to pick.
Some of us made it through the strawberry and raspberry
season and others deserted. Though my friend and I made
only 33 cents a flat, maybe a dollar each morning, we
learned something about work and when the berries were
picked clean, we had fun riding our bikes home or hiking
along the river. In Morrow County, many memories
probably hinge around rye pulling. Were those the good
old days?
And what is my point? Do I have to have one?
Balance, learning to work, tending to business, simple
pleasures; are we giving our children and grandchildren
value and direction in life in today’s fast paced world?
Are we teaching them life is worth living, life is good? All
food for thought. W’hat do you think?
Come visit with your friends and neighbors as they
gather this Thursday evening for music in the park by Misty
Creek. Bring chairs and be ready to enjoy some great music.
Life is to short not to make room for fun. And it’s free, due
to the Morrow County Unified Recreation District.
The Chamber wishes all a safe Fourth of July.
Please take a moment to remember what we are celebrating
and think about our local young people who are going to
Iraq and other countries to help make this world a better
place. We forget as we go about our daily business, unless
they belong to us. And know them or not, they do belong
to all of us.
Two women came by the office today and talked
about what we could do to keep these ten or so young men
from the area and the thousands of others in our thoughts.
One suggestion was to again tie yellow ribbons around
the trees and recognize these citizens on “Celebrate
Historic Heppner Day.” Pictures of those serving and some
information about each would be most welcome and could
be left at the Chamber Office or Heppner TV. Another
suggestion given was that all across the United States,
everyone could wear red on Fridays, the silent majority
showing support for these young men and women. These
are only ideas. Oh, if only they could be young and carefree
in a field of bachelor buttons.
Thought for the Week: “A good conversationalist
is not one who remembers what was said, but says what
someone wants to remember.”
Caledonian Games to host storytellers Finney and Miller
Featured storyteller,
Mary Finney of Pendleton
returns to spin Scottish tales
and legends under a tree at
Athena’s City Park during
Caledonian Games, Scottish
Heritage Festival July 10
and 11. Spellbinding tales of
S cottish clans, heroism ,
myths and legends or stories
of the sea and H ighland
ghosts are part of the stories
that will be shared by Mary
Finney and Helen Miller.
Ancient stories may
involve m ystical and
mythical subjects and live
on in the tra d itio n of
S eanachie (p ro n o u n ced
shawn-a-key. it is a Scottish
word for stories told by
sto ry te lle rs th ro u g h the
generations.) Highlanders
have alw ays loved th eir
sto rie s.
T hey
are
su p erstitio u s and love a
good telling of ghost stories.
Stories for Finney are self-
taught even though she has
the Pendleton Public Library
as her resource. She is a
Public Services Librarian
and
a
R eferen ce,
Interlibrarian and Children’s
Programming Specialist. In
that capacity, Finney has
seen how stories are basic to
all cultures around the world
keeping morals and values
alive and preserving history.
Finney has about 15 stories
in her repertory. She has
learned to have fun telling
sto ries and em bellishing
(hem with her own touch of
Voice
in flec tio n
and
emphasis.
Some o f F in n ey ’s
favorite stories that she will
share with her audiences in
A thena are: Ladies Loaf
Field and W hirra W hirra
Bum p and the story o f
R obert the B ruce, the
famous King who learned
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Finney’s audience pulls up
close to her under the trees
with their own chairs or
blankets to sit on the ground
and Finney concedes that
she is surprised that about 80
percent of her audience is
adults not children.
Finney
started
telling stories at Caledonian
Games in 1994. She finds
the Caledonian experience
rewarding and challenging
because the open area in the
park
en co u rag es
performance “in the round”
with people seated all about
her. Storytelling with Finney
has grown to be an art that
she has developed because
of Caledonian and out of
Caledonian. She has often
read storybooks at story time
but finds that she enjoys the
freedom of stories told with
personal interpretation in the
Scottish Seanachie tradition.
Finney graduated
from E m poria (K ansas)
State University in 1989.
She came to Pendleton and
the Pendleton Library in
W edding Tallies
Christina Wall and Nick Nelson
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O ctober 1990. She spins
tales to rapt audiences on
Saturday, July 10 and Helen
M iller o f A th en a, tells
stories wearing her clown
outfit on Sunday, July 11 to
adults and children alike.
Miller has been invited to
tell stories at area libraries
and at nursing homes. Her
stories, like Finney's are
seanachie with the personal
and informative regarding
Scottish clans, castles and
legends.
The C aled o n ian
G am es feature H ighland
dancing, piping, bag pipe
bands, S co ttish ath letic
events, Celtic harp, sheep
dog trials, storytelling, food
and vendors in Athena on
July 10 and 11. Traditions of
tartans, dancing, food and
the Gaelic are explored and
shared with Scots who come
from all over the Pacific
Northwest. The storytellers,
M ary Finney and Helen
Miller enhance the Scottish
flavor of the Games. One
can sit back and envision the
Highlands, the heather, the
sea that surrounds and plays
im p o rtan t a part in
S Scotland’s history. As they
spin their tales of love and
“ intrigue, one can hear the
pipes calling around the park
in Athena.
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