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Teams begin preparations for Trivia Show
VOL. 123
NO. 44
10 Pages
Wednesday, November 3, 2004
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Students celebrate Dia de los Muertos
(Back Row L-R): Katie Britt, Quinn Peck, Peter Geer, Aaron Allstott and Regi Seitz; (Front
Row L-R): Kyle Carlson, Jon Cain and teacher Petra Elguezabal, with Elguezabal's altar
honoring her father Juan Elguezabal.
H ep p n er
High
School students in Petra
Elguezabal’s Spanish II class
spent Tuesday, Nov 2
creating altars to celebrate
the Mexican holiday, Dia de
los M uertos (Day o f the
Dead). W ednesday they
made traditional Mexican
food eaten at the celebration
and watched a video on the
event
The day o f the dead
is celebrated in Mexico and
certain parts o f the U S., as
a way to honor deceased
family members Although
the ritual has since been
merged with C atholic
theology, it still maintains the
basic principles o f the Aztec
ritual, such as the use of
skulls In the past, they used
real skulls Today the skulls
are made of wood and are
used for many different
things The skulls were used
to honor the dead
Pictures o f the
deceased are placed on the
altars, along with items that
would bring them back, i e
favorite foods, music, as well
as candles depicting saints
The day is seen a celebration
where members are honored
and their spirits are invited
back for that one day
Another integral part in
making the altars is the
colors used on them Purple
re p re se n ts pain, w hite
represents hope and pink
represents the celebration
Beings that it is more
of a “religious” celebration,
students were given the
choice to honor pets or some
one in history, rather than
family members.
“I ’m sure we have
the best te a m ,” John
G o ch n au er
recently
explained when asked if
B u ck n u m ’s will
be
represented in “Mr Bill's
Traveling Trivia Show” at
the Elks Lodge on Nov. 20.
When asked the reason for
his optimism, he stated that
his team members have
proven themselves time and
again in various trivia
venues.
G o c h n a u e r ’s
confidence may be well
grounded, but word on the
grapevine is that several
teams of six have formed and
are feeling equally sure o f a
win at the trivia event
sponsored by the FARM
F o u n d a tio n 's
Mural
Committee Another team’s
spokesperson has stated,
“Ken Jennings has done so
well on Jeopardy [winning
close to $2 million on the TV
show] only because none of
us has challenged him ”
Time remains for
entering the contest and the
Mural Committee hopes for
a big turnout for its party.
Some information about the
evening: Teams [who have
chosen
names
for
themselves] are limited to six
members Each team writes
down an answer to each
question, so no one person
or team is faced with having
to orally offer an answer
After each round of eighteen
questions, “Mr Bill” and his
assistant collect the answers
and keep a running score for
each team At the end of the
th ree-h o u r event, first-,
David Sykes (right) and Marty Brannon toast each other
with memory enhancing energy drink in preparation for the
“Mr. Bill’s Traveling Trivia Show” coming to Heppner Nov.
20. Both are members of Marty’s Memory Masters, one of
the six-person teams taking part in the contest. The two are
reportedly drinking large quantities of the memory drink
each day in “training” for the contest.
prizes th ro u g h o u t the
second-, and third-place
evening All players receive
winners will be proclaimed
one raffle ticket and then
Also, individuals have
opportunities to win raffle continued page two
City to hold Veteran’s Day
observance
Everyone is invited
to the special Veteran’s Day
observance on Thursday,
Nov. II at 11 a m. in the
Heppner Memorial Park
This service will
honor all o f our veterans
Following the raising o f the
flag by Bob Taylor and the
VFW, there will be a special
recognition for those who
were killed in the line of duty
After the reading o f their
manes, “Taps” will be played
by Darren VanCleave A
poem, “ To Those Who
Served," had been inscribed
on a beautiful bronze plaque
and will be presented by
Gladys Alderman This
plaque will have a permanent
place in memorial park
The parents of all of
our young men and women
presently serving our
country in the military have
been given a special
invitation to the ceremony.
These young people will
have their names read and
their parents will be given a
flag
At 12 noon there will
be a military fly over by a
military helicopter.
Everyone is invited
to attend a reception
following the ceremony with
coffee and cake at John’s
Place, 168 N orth Main
Street
lone to
honor
veterans
lone High School held its 2004 Homecoming ceremonies on
Friday, Oct. 29. The 2004 Homecoming Court is: (Back Row
L-R): Freshmen- K ylee Svetich and Alan Rietmann;
Sophomores-Amber Patton and Montana Marlatt; Juniors-
Jenny Griffith and Anthony Bolin; Senior princesses and
princes- Kim Morris and Austin Arballo, Sara Peck and Nick
Christman; Senior Queen and King- Alyssa Rietmann and
Arthur Fkstrom; (Front row L-R): Crown Bearers- Hannah
Padberg and Henry Padberg.
ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE:
MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M.
lone
Legion
A uxiliary is planning a
Veteran’s Day Service for
Sunday, Nov 7 at 10:30 a m
Participants will gather at the
lone School flagpole
Onica Bloomfield, a
Holocaust survivor born in
Holland in 1935, will speak
at the ceremony
Refreshments will be
served at the Legion Hall
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