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HHS holds fundraiser for Southeast Asia tsunami relief Hilt ' Uniti....lUiiill ßesMe Wetzell Newspaper I.ibrary University o f Oregon Eugene, OR 97403 HEPPNER Gres Grant and Shanna Rietmann s e n e up popcorn, while Brittney Herhison and Cara Kennedy help customers at the HHS concession stand during Friday night's game. imes VOL. 124 NO. 4 10 Pages Wednesday, January 26, 2005 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon lone celebrates Bush inauguration Regi Seitz and Mahaley Huddleston help at the counter, w hile Ron Bow man sen es up the popcorn and Principal Wade Smith and Mark Huddleston work in the background. In the w ake o f Southeast Asia’s devastating tsunami, the students and s ta ff o f H eppner High School have joined together to participate in fundraisers benefiting the victims of that d isaste r W ade Smith, principal of HHS, along with students, teachers, coaches, aides and even their families w orked to g e th e r in the concession stand at Friday HES to hold Winter Carnival It’s Carnival time The HES Parent Teacher Club and the s ta ff o f Heppner Elementary School will be holding their annual school carnival on Thursday, Feb 3 from 6-7 30 p m , in the HES gym The Winter Carnival will have many fun games Mrs. Laura Bush (Faith Owens) and President George W. Bush (Evan Rietmann) dance at the and activities including the inaugural ball held at lone Schools. ever popular Junk Food Walk and Pop Ring Toss Hot dogs, corn dogs and nachos will be for sale in the cafeteria th roughout the evening for those who need a little extra energy to play the games. Tickets will be .25 each or 5 for a $1 and will be used for games as well as food We hope to see everyone there GEODC to hold membership meeting night’s basketball game to earn money for the tsunami relief fund The H eppner B ooster Club, who is in charge o f concessions, very generously allowed them to keep the gross profits made during that night Students and staff worked furiously at times and by the end o f the evening had made $1007.30 This, com bined w ith p rev io u s m oneym akers, brought the total to $1087 80 to be sent to UNICEF ASB p resid en t Shanna Rietmann, who was in charge o f the fundraising commented, “1 feel bad for those people and I wanted students to be able to help them We have it pretty easy here compared to what the people in Southeast Asia are going through ” The desire to help others in need was evident at HHS as both students and staff responded w ith overw helm ing enthusiasm It reinforced the s c h o o l’s p h ilo so p h y o f “w orking to g e th e r to achieve more ” As principal Wade Smith said, “I think it’s wonderful how the staff and students came together for such a great cause.” WVSC elects officers W illow V alley Serv ice Club announced the 2005 officers at their Jan 6 business meeting held at John’s Place in Heppner B a r b a r a Bloodsworth, Heppner, was elected president. Ginger keithley, Heppner, secretary; and Margo Sherer, lone, was elected treasurer This new g ro u p will p ro v id e leadership at the monthly, first T hursday no-host luncheon business meeting, 12-1 p m at John’s Place. The third Thursday o f each month offers the group various speakers At the Jan 20 meeting, Noah Fleischer, a Heppner High School exchange student from Hamburg, Germany spoke o f life and interests and the d ifferen ces he ex p erien ces betw een German life and that in the U S He is with his host family. Bill Kuhn and Ann Spicer o f Heppner The program for Feb 17 will be guided by C arolyn M W illey as p a rtic ip a n ts learn th eir personality color and how such affects th eir lives through an exercise and conversation WVSC gives service to the community and raises funds fo r high school scholarships and for not-for- profit o rg a n iz atio n s In terested perso n s are invited to attend a no-host lunch Annual dues are $24. Questions regarding WVSC may be directed to one o f the officers All Saints’ to hold annual pancake supper All Saints' Episcopal Church will be holding its annual Shrove Thursday Pancake Supper on Tuesday, Feb 8 from 5-7:30 p m The all-you-can eat meal menu includes pancakes, ham, fruit, coffee, tea, juice and milk All Saints’ Episcopal is located at 460 N. Gale Street The Greater Eastern O regon D evelopm ent C o rp o ratio n (G EO D C ) annual membership meeting will be held on Friday, Jan Former Secretary of State Colin Powell (Skylar Kendrick) dances with a young “Bush constituent* 28, from 10 a m to 1 p m , at the Port o f M orrow in Following in many Boardman Call (541) 276- years o f lone tradition, the 6745 to RSVP for lunch students at lone Elementary School in the first through W \ fourth grades reenacted the 10% OFF ALL WRANGLER MERCHANDISE 55lh P resid en tial Inauguration o f President G eorge W Bush on Thursday, Jan 20 plus S tudents w ere H ot D ogs Hi H a m b u rg er» p r o v id e d • launch a t 12 noon selected to play key roles in the in au g u ratio n and received a chance to Lexington 989-8221 • 1-800-452-7396 For farm •quipmont, visit our wob (it* at www.mcgn.iMt experience each aspect o f the inauguration including the president and vice president Color Guard leader Jaquclinc Juan*/ leads the guard procession. ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: taking the oath o f office, the president’s speech and an inaugural ball Not only were but also state and county national leaders represented. leaders COMBINE CLINIC on February 4 at IO a.m. MCGG OPEN HOUSE M o r r o w C o u n ty G r a in G r o w e r s MONDAYS AT 5:00 RM.
