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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 3, 2004 - THREE Heppner woman takes five-point elk OSU Extension Service honors friends, cooperators The O regon State University Extension Service honored num erous individuals and groups as Friends o f Extension and Extension C o o p erato rs during a recent Extension conference at OSU. The F riends o f Extension awards are given by the Oregon chapter o f Epsilon Sigma Phi, a national organization o f Extension professionals. “ The OSU E xtension S e rv ic e ’s c o o p erato r aw ards are intended to honor the dedication and leadership of individual volunteers and organizations that have had sig n ifican t im p acts on statew id e E xtension educational programs,” said Tonya Aitkin, Wasco County Extension agent and public relations chair of the OSU Extension Association The list o f those honored includes H olly Weimar, Arlington; Esther McKibben, Springfield; Ruth C arson, M arcola; M att E p stein , Jack so n v ille, O scarlee Fenton, G rants Pass; Paul Mickles, Eugene, Local schools rate in Dairy Farmers Academic All-State program lone High School football placed seventh in the Dairy Farmers o f Oregon Academic All-State program released by the OSAA IHS received a gpa of 3.20 IHS volleyball was also mentioned with a gpa o f 3 64 The volleyball team missed the Top 10 by just .02 points Riverside High School also received a gpa o f 3.27 in volleyball “The OSAA is proud to join the Dairy Farmers of Bonnie Grant, of Heppner, took a five-point elk on the Oregon in recognizing these outstanding student-athletes Vey Ranch at Starkey. This is Grant’s first “Dig hull.” for their tremendous efforts in the classroom,” said Tom Welter, OSAA Executive Director. IUCC hosts Halloween party Thirty-six costumed children and numerous parents and helpers gathered at lone United Church of Christ Sunday afternoon, Oct. 31, for a fun-filled Halloween party. BEO donates m oney for United Way Fall Campaign Thanksgiving turkeys Public Report Jan ice S k aggs, H eppner N eighborhood C enter coordinator (left) received a check from Sharon Harrison, Bank of Eastern Oregon branch manager in the amount o f $150. BEO donated the monies for turkeys given in Thanksgiving baskets by the Center. — “ ----------- ~ = i J P I m * With United Way fall fundraising in full swing, several w orkplaces have already com pleted their internal staff cam paigns during October Total payroll deduction pledges and cash donations to date include the follow ing w ork groups: $ 1 7,000 U nion Pacific F oundation; $15,936 Pendleton School District; $7,824 U m atilla-M orrow ESD; $5,622 W al-M art D istrib u tio n C en ter ( l sl R ep o rt); $2,950 Professionals-Small Business; $2,522 NOAA- National Weather Service; $2,475 Hermiston School D istrict; $1,561 Eastern Oregon Psychiatric Center; $1,526 BiMart Hermiston; $1,396 Pendleton DEQ; $721 Pendleton W oolen Mills; $700 ConAgra-Lamb W eston Boardman; $600 Hermiston DEQ; and $245 Echo School District The U nited Way B oard of D irectors estab lish ed a goal o f $350,000 for the 2004 fall cam paign know ing that many families in Umatilla and M orrow counties are facing higher costs o f living and loss offamily-w age jobs with benefits. United Way funds assist ch aritab le agencies that provide strategic emergency services such as food, shelter, clothing and transportation, and a ssistan ce with p ro g ram s for elderly residents, children and youth and the terminally ill “We have noticed a decrease in contributions from some o f our faithful workplaces” according to Lauren Dickey, United Way director, “many folks who are gainfully employed and m otivated to donate are experiencing the financial crunch o f higher fuel and utility prices, property taxes, all types o f insurance and trying to save for their kids’ education and their own retirem en t along with helping o ld e r fam ily m em bers. The local economy does not seem to be ’out of the woods’ just yet for working people ” Contributions to the United Way o f Umatilla and M orrow Counties can be mailed to P O Box 1225, Pendleton, OR 97891 or call (541) 276-2661 for more information on how you can help Peggy Thom as, Eugene; Barbara Kreilich, Scio, Lisa Lilley, A storia, R oberta Heilman, Hillsboro, Morrow C ounty School D istrict, L exington; the administrative team o f the OSU College o f Business, Corvallis The Morrow County School D istrict received special reco g n itio n for c o o p e ra tio n in building partnerships between public school programs and OSU E xtension 4-H youth programs Examples in the district include Ag in the Classroom program s, the Hispanic Youth Leadership program, the “Power Up” computer lab, indoor soccer programs, and a GPS/GIS community mapping project M orrow School D istrict administrators and teachers named as co o p erato rs include Dirk Dirksen, Kathie B.J. Wilson accepts award Goad, Ron Anthony, B J for Extension Cooperator of Wilson, Dave Fowler and the Year. Wade Smith Trivia contest continued from page one tickets are distributed at the end of each round according to scores Drawings are held betw een rounds of questions. The trivia questions com e from several categories, such as movies, geography, arts, TV, leisure, sp o rts, nature, history, literature and music Bill Klein has been producing his Trivia Show for 20 years and continues to add to his database o f over 18,000 questions Beginning at 5 p.m., a pizza-and-salad buffet prepared by John’s Place will be served for the public at the Elks Lodge The cost and other details of the buffet will appear in next week’s paper The Trivia Show will begin at 6:30 p.m Individuals who wish only to observe the e v e n in g ’s en tertain in g competition will be allowed into the “spectators’ gallery” for a small fee and will receive a raffle ticket for a special drawing. The Committee, a spokesm an rep o rts, has chosen the trivia contest as an entertaining, fun-filled way to raise money for completion o f the mural that has been started on the A g ricu ltu ral M useum building The artist, Robert Walton, has begun work on the second phase o f the mural and the committee hopes to soon have enough to pay him for the final third o f the mural. W hen completed, Walton’s work will be the largest outdoor mural painted by a single artist Passersby can view his progress on the Riverside Avenue side o f the Ag Museum The entry fee o f $120 per team of six is tax deductible, a contribution to the FARM F oundation Entry forms are available at the Bank of Eastern Oregon or by calling 676-5382 The Committee set a deadline of Nov 8, to allow cancellation by Nov 12 if enough teams do not sign up Word on the street is that m ore than enough teams are planning to p articip ate, so the C om m ittee members are hoping that proves true One member says that she is “hoping for thirty teams ” W ord has been received that some frequent Heppner visitors from Salem have formed a team One member o f the “ Strange B edfellow s” encourages everyone to get on a team She says, “I am not good at trivia. I am on the team because every team needs som eone w ith good penmanship.” Halloween Food Drive lone Youth Group members went door-to-door on H allow een night g athering food for the H eppner N eighborhood Center The food will be used for the needy o f South Morrow County. High school youth participating were Kylee Svetich, Kayla LaRue, Kip Krebs, Barbara Holland, Stephanie Holland and Emily Rietmann Middle school students helping out were Clay Morter, Matt Coleman, Thomas Holland, Brenna Rietmann and Beth Morter Drivers were Shilo Svetich, Anne M o rter and Joe McElligott Youth group m em bers said they appreciate the generosity of the lone community Booster Club to hold taco feed As a show o f a p p reciatio n for all the support given them , the Heppner B ooster Club is holding a free taco feed before the Nov. 5 football game Meal service will begin at 5:30 p m and continue through halftime, or until the crew runs out of food The menu consists of tacos, cookies and a drink W in d W a v e C o m m u n ic a t io n P r e s o a fs ... 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