Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 8, 2004 - THREE
Local girls place in barrel racing competition I°ne graduate collects teaching awards
lone High School
graduate Terry McElligott
has been a U S. H istory
teacher for 23 years She is
passionate about law-related
classes like h istory and
civics
W hat
m akes
McElligott stand out is she
is teaching those topics to
middle school students and
collecting state and national
honors for her efforts Most
recently, in the spring o f
2004, M cE lligott was
selected Oregon H istory
Teacher o f the Year by the
Daughters of the American
Revolution
McElligott traveled
to San Francisco in August
o f2003 to accept the Middle
School
Law
R elated
Education Teacher o f the
Year aw ard from the
American Lawyers Auxiliary
(L-R): Tai gh 1er Dougherty, Jessica Hughes, Blake Greenup and Alexis Doutre.
and The A m erican Bar
Association She won the
Results are in from cowgirls received placings in fourth in the Juniors; Blake
national award, along with
the Greater Columbia Barrel the Association: Taighler G reenup first in the
$1000, for her Chehalem
Racing Association for the D ougherty sixth in the Peewees; and Alexis Doutre
Valley M iddle School
2004 year Four local Juniors; Jessica Hughes fifth in the Juniors.
stu d en ts’ involvement in
local issues
She spearheads a
“ We the People" eighth
Holiday wall hanging raffle Justice Court
generates $500 for mural
report
Travis Harrison (right) won the Holiday Quilt Wall Hanging
made by Judie Lauglin (left). The raffle was sponsored by Willow
Valley S ervice Club with proceeds going to the FARM
Foundation’s Mural Project. The raffle generated S500.
Morrow County Gun Club news
On Sunday, Dec. 5,
eight shooters braved the
cold wind at the M orrow
County Gun Club
The high shooter in
singles (16-yard target) was
Mark Schlichting with 23
out of 25 hits. Following him
was Barry Munkers with 22
out o f 25. High lady for the
day was Deona Hodges with
17 out of 25 and junior was
Taylor Hodges with 12 out
o f 25 shots
In the Handicap (20-
yard ta rg e t),
H arvey
Childers was high shooter
with 19 out o f 25 targets
F ollow ing
him
w ere
Kelwayne Haguewood and
Schlichting tying at 18 out of
25 Deona Hodges was again
high lady with 18 out o f 25
and Taylor Hodges the junior
shot with 14 out of 25.
A nnie’s were then
shot with Roger Mortimer,
C hilders, M unkers and
Schlichting each winning
one.
The next shoot on
Dec 12 at 12 p m will be
games all afternoon- Annie’s,
golf, chip backers, buddy,
bushw hackers and more
Bring your shotgun; the club
has shells if you d o n ’t.
Everyone is w elcom e to
attend
The
O ctober
m onthly rep o rt for the
Justice Court for Heppner
and Irrigon saw $32,481.35
received and turned over O f
that am ount, the state
received $8665 50, the
county received $23,361 85
and $454 was turned over in
restitution
The Court handled
204 cases, with 164 o f those
cases traffic citations, 19
gam e
c itatio n s,
14
m isdem eanors, two civil
claims and FEDS, one small
claims and four DUII
There was also 30
p re-trails, 28 w arran ts
issued, 107 suspensions
ordered,
three
DUII
Diversions filed, 28 warrants
returned from the Sheriff’s
Office and 129 accounts sent
to the collection’s agency.
Twenty trials were scheduled
with only 11 minor hearings
(traffic) actually held
R ecent
tick ets
include:
Bruce A McPeak,
44, Skam ania, WA, No
Written Record of Transfer-
Spike Elk, fine $75.
Austin L Justesen,
18, Kent, VSL 70/55 and
Improper Display/Expired,
fine $108
St. Patrick’s Senior Center news
Willow Creek Baptist Church volunteers are hosts
for the Dec 15 noon meal at St Patrick’s Senior Center
The menu has not yet been received
Nearly 20 people traveled to lone on Sunday, Dec
5 to attend the concert given by Willow Creek Symphony
and Singers. They presented a homegrown treat, which
has steadily improved over the several years o f its existence
On Dec 10, the senior bus will be loading at 9 a m ,
at the St Patrick’s Main Street entrance, for a shopping
trip to Hermiston Persons from lone and Lexington are
signed up also. The larger bus is used to accommodate as
many as possible Call the office to be sure o f a seat, 676-
9030.
The decorators have been at work to make the
dining room festive. Come and enjoy.
Heppner Booster Club to elect officers and reps
The
H eppner High School H om e Ec
B ooster Club will hold a room
An electio n o f
meeting on Wednesday, Dec
and
class
8 at 5:30 p m at the Heppner o fficers
representatives will be held
Featu rin g PR IM E RIB
E v e ry F rid a y
C H EC K O U T O U R S P E C IA L S
ON S A T U R D A Y !
Open 6
p.m. T h u r s d n y -S a t u r d a y
6 a.m .-2 p.m. S u n d a y
during the m eeting All
officers and representatives
are asked to be present and
all interested persons are
invited to attend
McElligott s success
in the classroom isn’t limited
to civics lessons Last spring,
two o f her language arts/
reading class stu d en ts
received national recognition
when they trav eled to
W ashington D C
for
National H istory Day, a
competition they qualified
for by placing first in the
state The pair created a
docum entary
titled
“ Exploring the Road to
F reedom ,” about the
Underground Railroad
P o r t l a n d ’ s
Classroom Law Project’s
Executive Director Marilyn
Cover praised McElligott for
her work mentoring teachers
in the Pacific Northwest and
traveling to Boston to lead
summer institutes She also
made a trip to Croatia to help
over 100 teachers implement
democracy projects for their
students
“ She is a teach er
w ith
un p aralleled
enthusiasm
She is a
teacher we all wish our own
children could have,” said
Cover
Check Mates receive $360 in donations
(Clockwise from top): Jason Kendrick, Seth Taylor, Cade Arbogast, Skyler Hawks, Sharon
Harrison with BEO, Carolyn Willey with WVSC, Ross Cutsforth and Argho Datta.
The
H eppner
Elementary School chess
team. Check Mates, received
$360 in donations for snacks
and some extra equipment,
i.e. chess boards, extra
pieces and a chess clock
D onations w ere
received from Bank o f
E astern O regon, $160;
Willow Valley Service Club,
$100; and an anonymous
donor, $100.
The Check M ates
have made it to the regional
tournament in previous years
and been to the state
tournament twice.
A dvisors for the
chess team are Sherry
Matteson, Jannie Allen and
Mary Ann Elguezabal Many
parent volunteers help, with
the main volunteers being
Wayne Seitz, Dave Kendrick
and James Pappas
PMH receives new Director of Nursing
Expanding her roll at
Pioneer Memorial Hospital,
Home Health and Hospice
D irector Molly Rhea has
also accepted the position of
Director o f Nursing
Rhea who was born
and raised in Heppner and
graduated from H eppner
High School went on to
study nursing at G ood
Samaritan Nursing School,
graduating in 1979.
A fter grad u atio n ,
Rhea started working for
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
as a graduate nurse She was
a full-time nurse through
1985 and in 1986 was
appointed Director o f Tri-
County Home Health In
1987, the hospital took over
the home health program
Start a new
holiday
tradition...
Send
Flowers!
JOHN S PI./ICE
M/UN STREET, HEPPNER
grade congressional hearing
sim ulation and “ P roject
C itiz e n ,” w hich pushes
stu d en ts to im prove an
aspect of their home town
The “We the People”
activity involves about 220
students which McElligott
divides into about 47 groups
The g roups m ust be
prepared to defend two law
related statem en ts with
background and justification
from the C o n stitu tio n ,
Suprem e C o u rt cases,
current events and historical
information
McElligott uses the
“Project Citizen” curriculum
with one of her language arts
classes S tu d en ts must
identify a com m unity
problem that needs to be
fixed in some way Last year,
her students targeted the
public restrooms at the city
parks They suggested a new
schedule for cleaning and
p o stin g o f em ergency
numbers in case o f problems.
The students won both the
state contest and came in
first in the nation with the
project.
217 North Main. Heppner 676 9158
Serving Heppner. Lexington & lone
Molly Rhea
and it became a department
o f the hospital. The hospital
received
H ospice
certific atio n in 2002,
expanding the program to
Pioneer Memorial Home
Health and Hospice
Tammy (Henderson)
M artin resigned for the
Director o f Nursing position
after moving outside of the
com m unity and with the
position open, PMH asked
Rhea to take on the
responsibility Rhea accepted
and is now also in charge of
the oversight o f the nurses,
nurses aides and medical
staff, as well as involved in
numerous committees that
keep the hospital running
effectively
Not wanting to leave
behind Home Health and
»
H ospice, Rhea had the
offices moved into the lower
level o f the hospital where
she would be able to manage
both projects
Rhea said that
knowing a lot o f the people
in the area helps with both
jobs Rhea's husband, $teve,
works as an insurance agent
for W heatland and is a
volunteer fire fighter
Marriage
Licenses
Dec, 3: Larry
William Buck Jacobsen, 29,
Snoqualm ie. WA and
Jennifer R uth Bon, 25,
Snoqualmie, WA