Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 9, 2005 - FIVE
Heppner and lone high school
bowling begins
Heppner and lone
high schools’ bowling teams
are preparing for the District
Bowling Tournament at The
Dalles on Feb 20
The First m atch
between Hermiston, lone
and H eppner on Jan. 22
found Hermiston winning
both b o y s’ and g irls ’
matches The Heppner girls
placed second, lone girls
third and lone #2 team
fourth lone boys placed
third and H eppner boys
fourth with Hermiston #2
team earning second
The
follow ing
Saturday, Jan 30, the high
school bow lers had a
rematch at Desert Lanes in
Hermiston, with Hermiston
again winning both boys’
and girls’ teams. lone girls
#1 team placed second,
H eppner third, U m atilla
fourth and lone #2 team
fifth Boys teams placed with
Hermiston #2 team second,
Umatilla third, lone fourth
and Heppner fifth
The Heppner girls’
team includes: Lindsey
H odges, K assie G aines,
Jen n ifer W halen, M yah
Southw orth, Patty Little,
Keshi Richmond, Kelsey
W olff, Julie M oore and
Kendra Rayburn
The Heppner boys’
team includes: T ram pas
Jeffreys, Ches Little, James
R ogers, D rion Donner,
M ichael Wellman, Gordi
W egw orth and Shane
Stottlemire
The lone girls’ team
includes: Kristal Temple,
Shannon Clay, M arly
Pfmston, Kasie Peterson,
Kim Morris, Amanda Emery,
Paige Armstrong, Brittnee
Morter and Meghan Gaines
The lone boys’ team
includes: Austin Arballo,
Isaac Stillman, M ontana
Marlatt and James Acock
Farm Foundation to hold annual
meeting
The annual meeting
o f the FARM Foundation
will be Tuesday, Feb 15 at
7:30 p .m , at the museum
The agenda for the
m eeting will include the
year-end financial report,
reports from the officers on
museum plans and programs
and the election of directors
The directors whose
terms expire are Barbara
Bloodsworth, Cliff Green
and Bob Jepsen The other
board members are Betty
Carlson, Jim Hayes, Bob
Harrison, Robert Laughlin
and Larry Mills.
The
m useum
volunteers responded very
well this year with a good
group that w orked to
m aintain m useum hours
while Director Robin Krebs
took some time off
This past year local
artist Sandra Haynes had
several changing displays in
the Heritage Museum and
the addition o f the Bisbee
gallery. This room will be
used for changing displays
during the coming years.
The Ag museum had
a change in the display
inside, making it easier to
access for visitors. On the
outside o f the building the
m ural com m ittee made
progress on the next phase
showing the railroad and the
early sheep industry. The
artist, Robert Walton, will be
back in June to finish the
project.
The
m ural
committee is selling bricks to
face the wall on the ramp
landing on the mural side of
the Ag museum building.
The purchase o f a brick will
have your name shown as a
supporter of the project
The Foundation is
always in need o f volunteers
at both museums. If you can
spare a day or tw o per
month, call 676-5524 or
676-5546.
Students to participate in career
showcase
M ore
than
50
businesses and organizations
will set up b o o th s on
Wednesday, Feb 16 at the
P endleton
C onvention
Center to interact with more
than 1200 eighth graders.
Students will have a
chance
to
interview
professionals about careers
and job prospects as well as
hear a presentation from
keynote speaker, Rick
Griffin.
The annual Career
Showcase provides eighth
graders with an opportunity
for career exploration High
school goals include students
identifying a career pathway,
or pathways and the student
will take high school classes
that will complement that
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Showcase allows the student
to explore and interview
pro fessio n als th at are
associated with individual
student interests.
T hrough
the
application o f classroom
learning and the hands-on
activities provided by this
event, the Umatilla-Morrow
Education Service District
and local businesses support
the implementation o f state
and national standards
The very first Career
S how case was held in
February 1997 and attracted
approximately 800 eighth
graders.
The
C areer
Showcase will be attended
by students from Gilliam,
U m atilla and M orrow
counties
lone Site Council learns corrected High schoolers invited to write
report card scores
agricultural essays
The
lo n e
Site
Council met Tuesday, Jan
18 at the school library The
m iddle school and high
school “A” honor roll and
TAG stu d en ts recently
competed in the Great AUK
and did well
The state school
report card information was
not accurate and has been
co rrected
The
state
reported 50 percent o f tenth
grad ers
met
the
requirements for reading and
44 percent for math in lone
However, the state didn’t
take into consideration the
stu d en ts who met the
req u irem en ts as eighth
graders With the correction,
students meeting the reading
requirements went up to 69
percent and math to 58
percent The school received
a satisfactory rating lone
Schools met the Adequate
Yearly P rogress and No
C hild
L eft
B ehind
requirements.
Bill Jepsen reported
to the council on distance
education Students will be
encouraged to take college
classes while attending high
school. Most core classes
offered at Blue Mountain
C om m unity C ollege are
tran sferab le to o th er
colleges It was suggested
that area re p resen tativ e
Anne Morter talk to students
about classes offered and
parents be sent college and
financial aid information
The possibility o f some high
school classes m eeting
college requirem ents for
dual cred it was also
discussed
The
council
approved health teacher
Steve Schaber’s use o f the
A B C ’s o f C redit Card
Finance curriculum in his
class. The program warns
students o f the dangers of
credit card debt
A committee will be
appointed to iron out the
honor society requirements
The council suggested a
minimum 3.5 GPA Students
would also be required to
participate in a community
service project
The new w ork
Elks announce Eye Safety Poster
contest winners
The Heppner Elks
Lodge is pleased to
announce the winners in
th e ir annual Eye Safety
Poster contest This program
was open to fourth and fifth
grade students in the Willow
Creek valley Participants
w ere asked to prepare a
colored poster on 11 ” x 17”
paper, depicting an Eye
Safety theme
“Some o f the posters
were pretty humorous,” said
Colin A nderson, project
chair “We had some funny
ones and som e serious
entries also.”
H eppner
area
winners were 1st- Bryce
Fow ler,
2nd-
A ustin
G utierrez and 3rd- Kellie
Ivelson lone area winners
were 1“- Christine Raible,
The
W ranglers 2nd- Beth M orter and 3rd-
Riding Club is holding a Mary Gates U S Savings
baked potato and chili feed Bonds will be awarded to the
on Friday, Feb 11 during the
Heppner M ustang versus
Stanfield Tigers basketball
gam e at H eppner High
School from 5-7 p m
Wranglers is a family
oriented horse gaming club
that meets four Sundays in
the spring Each playday
begins with a potluck lunch
followed by barrel racing,
pole bending and a third
event chosen by the playday
committee
To join Wranglers or
for more information, call
Amy Kollman at 676-9407.
Wranglers
Riding Club to
hold feed
experience evaluation forms
were used at the end o f the
semester The evaluation is
shared with the students so
improvements can be made
P o sitiv e feedback was
received from teachers and
supervisors The students
will be receiving grades for
w ork experience in the
future
A com m ittee was
formed to create a parent
involvem ent policy as
required by the school’s Title
I statu s The com m ittee
consists o f Superintendent
Bryn Browning, Lindsay
Orem, Joel Peterson, Shilo
Svetich, Melissa LaRue and
M ichelle
Stone
The
committee will report at the
February council meeting
Middle school and
high school students are now
using assignment books.
Each teacher is responsible
for checking student
assignm ents and grading
their progress
B renna Rietm ann
was the winner in the fourth
th ro u g h eighth g ra d e s ’
Geography Bee She took
the state qualifier test
The lone Education
Foundation has funded the
robotics program They are
cu rren tly w orking to
improve the handicapped
accessibility in the city park
The C ouncil also
learned the following news
o f lone High School
graduates: IHS graduate and
O regon
In stitu te
of
Technology student Camie
Burright received a 4.0 GPA
for the last quarter She is
m ajoring in re sp ira to ry
therapy. Nikki McElligott,
also a student at OIT, was
selected one o f the top five
small school female athletes
from the state of Oregon and
was honored at a televised
awards program at Tiger
W oods
T h eatre
in
B eaverton
She plays
basketball for the Owls
A nother lone g rad u ate,
Jacob Taylor, will be
returning from Iraq in April.
The next meeting of
the lone Site Council will be
Tuesday, Feb 22 at 4 p.m
at the school library
winners.
There w ere 78
entries in the contest “The
concept is to raise student
awareness for eye safety and
eye safety thinking, in their
everyday liv e s,” stated
Anderson
The Oregon State
Elks Association is the major
supporter of the Casey Elks
Eye Clinic at O.H.S.U. in
Portland “ The facility
provides state-of-the-art eye
and sight care, along with
research, for youth in the
N o rth w e st,” explained
Anderson
“No child is turned
away due to the inability to
pay,” continued Anderson
“The Elks pickup the tab for
any and all services needed ”
The local Elks Lodge
co n trib u ted m ore than
$1,200 to this cause during
the past year
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High school students
th ro u g h o u t O regon are
invited to showcase their
writing skills in a statewide
essay contest sponsored by
the Oregon Agriculture in
the C lassroom program
Entrants will be judged on
th eir ability to w rite
p ersu asiv ely ab o u t the
importance o f agriculture to
everyday life
The program is a
n o n -p ro fit o rg a n iz atio n
headquartered at Oregon
State University
“ We hope this
contest will create a positive
learning experience, one that
promotes reading, creative
skills,
an
expanded
vocabulary, and furthers the
understanding of agriculture
in our lives,” said program
director Tami Kerr “Food
and Fiber, p ro d u ced by
today’s farmers, are essential
to society It is important that
the public understand the
industry and how relevant it
is to their lives More than
15 percent o f the U S.
population is employed in
farm or farm-related jobs.”
The essay contest is
sp onsored by the Dairy
Farmers o f Oregon, which
will provide “G ot M ilk”
sweatshirts and other prizes
to the top three entries in
each grade and cash awards
to their teachers ranging
from $ 100 to $50 for use in
their classrooms and plaques
to display in their schools
The co n test has been
developed so it can easily be
in co rp o rated into CIM /
CAM requirements.
Students can choose
from one o f four essay
topics. Subjects are how
m odern
p ro d u ctio n
agriculture contributes to a
safe and healthy food supply;
water and agriculture issues;
how a g ric u ltu re affects
stu d en ts
and
th eir
communities; and issues in
biofuels, such as w ind,
ethanol, biodiesel, and solar.
All Oregon students
in grades 9-12 are invited to
submit essays o f 500 to
1,000 w ords W inning
entries will be published in
the Capital Press, a weekly
ag ric u ltu re new spaper,
during National Agriculture
Week, March 20-25.
To review contest
rules visit the program’s web
site, aitc.oregonstate.edu.
E n tries, which m ust be
postm arked by M arch 1,
should be mailed to: Tami
Kerr, 105 Ballard Extension
Hall,
O regon
S tate
University, Corvallis, OR
97331.
HLL to conduct registration for
2005 season
Registration for the
2005 season at Heppner
Little League will be held
Feb 9-11 from 5-7 p.m. each
day.
Boys ages 4-12 and
girls ages 4-14 are eligible to
enroll to play Wiffle ball, T-
Ball, M inors and M ajors
baseball/softball; also girls
Jr/Sr softball Registration is
required even if the child
played previously Cost is
$30 per child, $60 per family.
Registration will be
held at the H eppner
Neighborhood Center. At
least one parent or legal
guardian must be present. If
this is your first time or HLL
d o e sn ’t
have
your
information from last year,
please bring three proofs of
residency (m ust have
physical address on them)
and a copy o f your child’s
original or state-certified
birth certificate. A driver’s
license or u tility bill is
acceptable documentation.
The deadline for signups is
Feb. 28.
If you cannot make
it to tryouts, please let HLL
know.
For
m ore
in fo rm atio n , call Renee
Yocom
at
676-9474
mornings or 676-9821. At
this tim e, HLL is also
accepting applications for
coaches and volunteers, this
year we will need a copy o f
your photo ID /d riv e r’s
license to go along with it.
Little League is the
world’s largest youth sports
program with more than 2.8
million children and one
million volunteers in more
than 100 counties. For more
inform ation on L ittle
League, visit the L ittle
League
w ebsite
at
www littleleague org
OLCC seeks liquor agents for
Oregon communities
The Oregon Liquor
C o n tro l C om m ission is
seeking to fill liquor agent
vacancies for stores in lone,
R ichland, Fields and
Prospect
“The non-exclusive
liquor sto res w ould be
operated in conjunction with
another business, which is
done in many rural areas,”
said Jim M acA listaire,
OLCC sto re o p eratio n s
director
“ A gents
are
independent contractors for
the state who are appointed
after a public application and
selection process ”
A pplications, due
Feb 18, are available
through the OLCC Finalists
will be n o tified and
interview ed by the staff
screen in g co m m ittee in
Portland Final selection will
be made by the commission,
based on set criteria, at its
public meeting in April The
agents would start in April
“ We look for the
most qualified person to
o p e ra te a s to re ,” said
MacAlistaire “We consider
applicants over 21 only and
they should have knowledge
o f retail
o p eratio n s,
inventory control, customer
service, cash accountability
and more.”
Several o p enings
occur each year when liquor
agents resign, retire, or leave
for other reasons
For details, call the
OLCC at (800) 426-2004,
option 62, or (503) 872-
5020, or visit the agency’s
w ebsite
at
www olcc state or us. Mail
ap p licatio n s to: R etail
Serv ices Office, Room 124,
9079 SE M cL oughlin,
Portland, OR 97222
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