Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 23, 2005 - FIVE
Local students win at Bible quiz competition Legion Auxiliary Sheriff's Report
Six T and T (Truth
and Training) Bible Club
members competed recently
in the annual Awana Bible
Q uiz C o m p e titio n
in
Richland, WA This year’s
contest included some 40
teams from several churches
in Richland, K ennew ick,
Pasco, Yakima, Walla Walla
and M ilton-Freew ater, as
well as the three local teams
sponsored by L exington
Baptist Church
A team consisted o f
one to two club members.
There w ere six different
c o n te sts covering th ree
Awana handbooks for boys
and girls in the third through
six grades The contestants
started out with multiple-
choice questions about the
B ible Then, the m ore
d ifficult speed quizzing
section included reciting
passages o f Scripture from
memory, word perfect and
knowing other Bible facts.
Daniel VanCleave
and Tim Nelson, both fourth
g ra d e rs from H eppner,
competed as a team in the
b oys’ third through fifth
grade competition on Book
One They finished in first
place and received a team
plaque and individual gold
medallions. Van Cleave had
the added honor of earning
more points than any o f the
boys in B ook O ne and
accepting
applications for
Girls’ State
Bible Quiz competitors: (Back R om L-R): Kellie Nelson and
Stephanie Schuler; (Front R om L-R): Daniel Van Cleave, Tim
Nelson, Michael Hawk and Adam Collin.
received the B oys’ Quiz
Champion Ribbon
Another boys’ team,
fifth grader Adam Collin o f
lone and sixth g ra d e r
Michael Hawk o f Heppner,
competed in the Book Two
C o m p etitio n for fo u rth
through sixth grade boys
They finished in second
place and received ribbons
for their efforts.
In the third through
fifth grade girls’ division,
Kellie Nelson, fourth grade,
and Stephanie Schuler, fifth
grade, both o f H eppner,
claimed first place honors in
the Book One competition
They received individual
golden medallions for their
efforts and a team plaque as
well.
Awana Bible Club
m eets every W ednesday
night at 6:30 p m at the
Lexington Baptist Church
The “Sparks” Club division
is for kindergarten to second
grade and the “T and T”
Club is for third through
sixth graders. Various local
ch u rch es help w ith the
program
All kids in
kindergarten through sixth
grade are welcome to attend
Writers in Winter a cool event
HES teacher Karen Smith-Griffith instructs students during Writers in Winter.
Believe it or not, 45
young people in grades 3-6
gave up half o f their “free
F riday” to attend a free
w ritin g
w ork sh o p
at
H ep p n er
E lem entary.
Students from lone, Spray
and Heppner attended the
free workshop to learn new,
and touch-up old, writing
skills. Josh Browning and
seven o f his Heppner Junior
High
L anguage A rts
students joined in to help in
the day’s activities
The classes w ere
taught by volunteers from
Heppner Elementary- Sherry
M atteso n , M ary Ann
Elguézabal, Karen Smith-
Griffith, Sue Gibbs, Cara
Osmin, Robin Jones, Tracie
Bunch and Jannie Allen
Karen Clough organized and
served the refresh m en ts
during the morning break
Y oung
w riters
attended four o f the six
classes offered, with a snack
together midway through the
morning. Classes included
w riting about A braham
L incoln, w in ter sto ry
s ta rte rs, using origam i
fortune tellers to create a
story, writing silly songs,
seven sentence stories and
limericks
A writer attending
the workshop told friends at
snack time, “My mom made
me come, but I am having a
lot o f fun This is really
cool.” Yes, writing was fun
on a Friday.
The
A m erican
Legion Auxiliary, Heppner
Unit #87, is now accepting
applications for the 2005
Oregon Girls’ State session
to be held at W illam ette
University in Salem from
June 12-18
This
pro g ram
sponsored by the American
Legion Auxiliary provides an
opportunity for high school
juniors to learn the inner
w orkings o f our form o f
g o v e rn m e n t, inclu d in g
p o litical p ro c e sses, law
m aking, citizen sh ip and
patriotism
B asic c rite ria for
acceptance includes being a
current member o f the junior
class or the equivalent if
home schooled, have an
interest in government and
possess a desire to develop
le ad e rsh ip sk ills and
confidence while building a
lastin g fo u n d a tio n for
success in their personal and
professional lives.
A pplications have
been placed at Heppner High
School and will be accepted
through March 28, 2005.
For more information or an
application you can contact
Evelyn Sweek at 676-9483.
Last chance for
HLL registration
The last chance for
players to re g iste r for
Heppner Little League will
be Friday and Saturday, Feb.
25 and 26 at the Heppner
N eig h b o rh o o d
C en ter
Friday registration will be
held from 5-7 p m and
Saturday registration from 9
a m to 1 p.m.
Boys ages 4-12 and
girls ages 4-14 are eligible to
enroll to play whiffle ball, T-
ball, m inor and m ajors
baseball/soflball and girls jr/
sr softball
Cost for registration
is S30 per player o f $60 per
family.
At least one parent
or legal guardian must be
present to register If this is
your first time or we don’t
have your information from
last year, please bring three
proofs o f residency (must
have physical address on
them) and a copy o f your
c h ild ’s original or state-
certified birth certificate A
driver’s license or utility bill
is acceptable documentation
C o ach es
and
volunteers are asked to fill
out an application, as well as
supply a copy o f a photo ID
or driver’s license. Deadline
for sign-up is Feb 28
For
m ore
information contact Renee
Yocom at 676-9474 morning
or 676-9821.____________
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The Morrow County
Sheriff's Office (MCSO) re
ports handling the following
business:
Feb. 15: M CSO
cited Gilbert Garza, 38, on
Probable Cause charges for
Possession o f a Controlled
Substance II
-MCSO received a
report from OSP that Stanley
Rodger Campbell, 56, was
arrested on an Irrigon Justice
Court warrant for Failure to
A p p e a r/P o sse ssio n o f a
C o n tro lle d
S u b stan ce-
Marijuana.
Feb. 16: Boardman
PD arrested Fred Allen Silva,
42, on an Irrigon Justice
Court warrant for Failure to
A p p e ar/G iv in g
False
In fo rm atio n to a P olice
Office Silva was lodged at
Umatilla County Jail
Feb. 17: M CSO
received a re p o rt from
Pendleton PD that John M
Frutos, 58, was arrested on
an Irrigon Justice C ourt
warrant for Driving while
Suspended-violation.
-Boardman PD cited
Aurelio Ramirez Feliciano,
40, fo r D riving w hile
Suspended-violation and
Violation o f the Basic Rule,
30 mph in a 20 mph school
zone. The v eh icle w as
impounded
-M C SO cited J
Ismael Mendoza Moreno,
37, fo r D riving w hile
Suspended-violation The
vehicle was impounded
-MCSO received a
re p o rt o f a tw o -v eh icle
a ccid en t near th e Shell
Station in Irrigon Horencia
Meurano, 42, was cited for
F ailu re to O bey T raffic
Control Device/Stop Sign
-MCSO received a
report from King City PD
that Shayne Mayberry, 18
was arrested on a Heppner
Justice Court warrant for
Failure to Appear Mayberry
was lodged at Washington
County Jail
-MCSO cited Sandra
Jo Purcell, 39, fo r No
Insurance and Driving while
Suspended
Feb. 18: M CSO
cited Charles Lewis Wilcox,
60, for Violation o f the Basic
Rule, 72 mph in a 55 mph
zone
-MCSO cited a 15-
year-old juvenile for No
Operator’s License and cited
Brenda Flores Morales, 20,
for Permitting Unlawful Use
of a Motor Vehicle
Feb. 19: M CSO
cited Secy Jaqueline Lopez,
22, for Violation o f the Basic
Rule, 96 mph in a 55 mph
zone
-MCSO received a
report from Umatilla that
Tracy Lavelle Bennett, 41,
was arrested on an Irrigon
Justice Court warrant for
F ailure to A pp ear/D U II
(refusal).
-M C SO cited H
Franklin Rhodes, Sr., 67, for
Violation o f the Basic Rule,
64 mph in a 45 mph zone
-Boardman PD cited
Vincente Blanco Sosa, 51,
for Open Container, Driving
while Suspended-violation,
and Failure to Carry Proof
o f Insurance Sosa was also
warned on multiple other
charges
Feb. 20: M CSO
received a report from the
Klamath County Sheriff’s
O ffice th a t F ran cisco
Martinez Morales, 27, was
arrested on an Irrigon Justice
Court warrant for Failure to
Pay Fine/False Info
-B oardm an
PD
received a rep o rt o f a
d om estic
d isp u te
in
p ro g ress. Lance Jam es
Simpson, 34, was cited for
Assault IV Domestic Felony/
Menacing
Feb. 21: M CSO
received a report from OSP
that Kody Lee Bledsoe, 21,
was arrested on an Irrigon
Justice Court warrant for
Failure to Pay Fine/Driving
while Suspended
-Boardman PD cited
Shannon Aline Powell, 36,
for No Operator’s License
Engagement
Greif-Burleigh
Lindsay Greif and Brian Burleigh
Phil and Dianne Greif would like to announce the
engagement o f Lindsay Anne G reif to Brian Jefferson
Burleigh, both o f Gresham
The bride-elect, daughter o f Phil Greif o f Elgin and
Vicki G reif o f Gresham, is a former resident o f Heppner
and a 2000 graduate of Gresham High School Following
high school, she attended Oregon State University,
transferring to Linfield College-Good Samaritan School
o f Nursing, Portland, in 2002, where she graduated with a
bachelor o f science in nursing (BSN) and is a registered
nurse in the operating room at Emanuel Hospital in
Portland
The groom-elect, son o f Jeff and Cheryl Burleigh
o f McKinney, TX, is a 2001 graduate o f Reynolds High
School in Troutdale, OR and attended Oregon State
University transferring to Mt Hood Community College
in Gresham in 2002 upon acceptance to the surgical
technology program, which he will graduate from in June
2005
The couple plans to wed on Friday, May 20, 2005
at 7 p m , at Montgomery Park in Portland with a reception
to follow