FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Chamber Chatter
Adopt-A-Teacher announces
current achievements
H ep p n er S chools
A d o p t-A -T each er is an
O reg o n
n o n -p ro fit
corporation organized to
enhance and supplem ent
public school ed u catio n
opportunities for students
atte n d in g
H eppner
E lem entary School and
Heppner Junior/Senior High
School The members and
board o f directors recognize
that education funding in the
State o f Oregon has severely
diminished creating a near
crisis loss o f educational
programs
A d o p t-A -T ea c h er
was created to help stem the
loss o f p ro g ram s in the
H ep p n er com m unity by
raising funds and targeting
s ta ff and p ro g ram s at
H eppner schools most in
need of funding assistance
The board is currently made
up o f three teachers, (Jean
C ollins,
M ary
Ann
E lguezabal and C ara
Osmin), one school district
board member (Bill Kuhn)
and one parent (K irsten
Harrison). Attending board
m eetings reg u larly are
H ep p n er
school
administrators Wade Smith
and Daye Stone With input
from members, this group
has been very successful in
raising funds and identifying
and being instrumental in
funding staff and programs
to keep quality education in
our schools.
H ep p n er S chools
A d o p t-A -T each er
is
completing its second school
year o f existence and this
re p o rt is to inform the
m em bers, and p o te n tia l
m em bers, o f w hat we
together have achieved
J1 So, w hat has the
com bined efforts o f the
membership and the board of
d ire c to rs been able to
achieve? The b o ard is
excited to report that every
goal set has been achieved
The o rg an izatio n ’s goals
have been modest, but have
served as a focus for
M orrow C ounty School
District and the significant
needs o f Heppner students.
This focus coupled with the
com m unity su p p o rt and
com m unity funding have
achieved the following:
-Retention of a full
time kindergarten with a
teacher and aide at HES.
Kindergarten was slated to
be cut to half time by the
school district.
-Keeping a full-time
third/fourth grade teacher
that was to be a half-time
position.
-A d d in g an e x tra
tim e to art teach er Tom
Shear’s contract to allow the
re in stitu tio n o f an art
program with an art teacher
at HES
By Claudia Hughes, Exec. Dir.
-P ro v id in g
the
impetus to gain funding for
Tracie Bunch to head the
SMART program at HES.
SMART (Start Making a
Reader Today) is a program
that works to get volunteers
into elementary schools so
stu d e n ts w ith reading
deficiencies can get one-on-
one attention to improve
their reading skills
-E x p an d in g
the
foreign language program
into the 7th and 8th grades
at Heppner Junior/Senior
High School
-In c re a se o f aide
tim e on recess duty for
supervision and to increase
teaching time for the Booster
Reading Program at HES.
It has been reported
that the Adopt-A-Teacher
Foundation will receive their
501(c)3 status som etim e
during May o f this year. This
will assist the organization in
obtaining grants and other
funding p o ssib ilities for
education in our Heppner
schools. The board is very
excited about this aspect of
our program
N one
of
the
p ro g ram s w ould exist
w ith o u t the A d o p t-A -
Teacher organization and the
efforts o f all members. The
board meets every fourth
Tuesday o f the month at the
offices o f Kuhn and Spicer
on Main Street at 5 p m. and
you are invited to attend
You are also invited to ask
any questions you have o f
any board member
The
A d o p t-A -
Teacher Foundation can, has
and will help the Heppner
schools become even better
than they already are If you
w ould like to becom e a
contributing member, please
contact one o f the officers
listed above
Morrow County
students to
participate in
math contest
Ninety students in
grades 4 through 8 have
qualified to participate in the
M orrow C ounty School
District Math Contest to be
held Thursday, April 21 The
c o n te st will be held at
Heppner Elementary School,
beginning at 6 :3 0 p m
S tu d en ts are from the
M CSD
sch o o ls
in
B oardm an, Irrig o n and
Heppner.
Everyone is invited
to attend this event and
su p p o rt the stu d en ts o f
Morrow County.
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V olunteers are in
season year round even
though this week, April 17-
23 is designated as National
Volunteer Week There are
so many, many volunteers in
our community taking time
to care These folks make the
difference in the success of
just about everything that
happens in Heppner and the
Willow Creek Valley. For
that matter, their time they
so w illingly give m eans
wonderful things happen for
everyone All one needs to
do each day is look around
to see the results o f both
v isib le
and
in v isib le
volunteers
Some volunteers are
helping those in needs. Some
are organizing events for the
com m unity,
for
organizations, for children,
for fundraisers, for fun
Others are planting flowers,
painting signs and cleaning
up n eig h b o rh o o d s. Still
others are active in their
churches, at the assisted
living, reading in school,
leading 4-H , rep airin g
cemeteries, serving dinners
and yes, even p u ttin g
together script packets One
could fill the entire Heppner
G aze tte w ith sto rie s o f
w o n d erfu l
com m unity
volunteers.
The
H eppner
Chamber o f Commerce has
many
co m m ittees
v o lu n te e rin g to m ake a
difference. Our ambassador
group meets on a regular
b asis to fill n ew com er
baskets and deliver them to
new people W ithout our
parade com m ittees, there
would be no parades. The
annual aw ards Town and
Country dinner, Wee Bit O ’
Ireland, Celebrate Historic
Heppner, M orrow County
Fair and Oregon Trail Pro
Rodeo, Harvestfest and all o f
the C hristm as festiv ities
require the time and talent of
v o lu n te e rs
M ark etin g ,
m erch an ts, leg islativ e,
youth, membership, non-
dues and other committees
keep one and all working “to
c re a te
a
p o sitiv e
environment where business,
com m unity and p eo p le
thrive.”
W here w ould this
c o u n try
be
w ith o u t
volunteers? You’ve heard
versions o f the story o f the
little child walking along the
beach throwing starfish back
into the w ater. A man
stopped her to ask what she
was doing and she told him,
“They will die if I don’t put
them b a c k .” W hen he
informed her that there were
too many on the beach to
make a difference, she threw
another back with all her
might and replied, “It will
make a difference to that
one.”
We ap p reciate all
w ho m ake a d ifferen ce
Caring is always in season.
T hought fo r the
Week: “ Sometimes our light
goes out but is blown into
flame by another human
being. E ach o f us ow es
deepest thanks to those who
have rekindled this light.” -
Albert Schweitzer
W rangler’s Play Day results
announced
Makenzie Hughes, 7, running the barrels.
M a n Rietmann, 11, making a great pole bending turn on her
horse, Rickashay.
St. Patrick’s Senior Center news
Christian Life Center
volunteers are hosts for the
noon meal at the Senior
C enter on April 27. The
menu c o n sists o f b e e f
stroganoff peas and carrots,
applesauce, wheat rolls and
birthday cake- in honor o f
those with April birthdays.
T he Spray lunch
excursion is planned for
T hursday,
A pril
28.
Departure time for the bus
is 10:30 a m., from the senior
center. Ed Baker reminds
ev ery o n e th a t several
mountain places o f interest
will be a part o f the return
itinerary, including Winlock.
N ew b ro ch u res,
which describe the various
facets of the senor center, are
at the printers. They will be
ready for distribution as soon
as they arrive.
R uby S te e rs has
been hosting tours o f the
apartm ents, im m ediately
after the noon meal For
anyone w ho may be
interested in between times,
she may be c o n ta c te d
through the center office.
Three apartments are now
available for rent
Blue Mountain Community
announces honor students
B lue
M o untain
C om m unity C ollege has
announced its honor roll,
dean’s list and president’s list
for winter term 2005 Local
students honored include:
H onor
Roll:
Heppner- Bradly Adams,
3 0; Jennifer Hammons, 3.0;
and A shley W ard, 3.14;
B oardm an-
T atyana
Lieurance, 3.0; Savannah
N elson, 3.0; M atthew
W esem an,
3.0;
Jade
M arston, 3.08, and Jose
Aguiar, 3.31; and Irrigon-
Amy Baumgart, 3.0; Theresa
Morley, 3.0; Marilyn Griffin,
3.15; Elizabeth Richardson,
3.17; and Andrea Marlow,
3.21.
D ean's
List:
Heppner- Rebecca Cherry,
3.77; B oardm an- Brandi
P u rcell, 3 .40; C itlali
P ach eco , 3 .50; A lyssa
Schaible, 3 79; and Angela
Hughes, 3.81; and Irrigon-
Faviola Macias, 3.60; Carol
M cC urdy,
3.71;
and
Laurence Rill, 3.77.
Presid en t's List:
lone- Jennifer Thompson,
4.0; and Irrigon- Christi
Gettmann, 4.0; Jeanne Lee,
4.0; Crystal Munoz, 4 0.
$2,500 REWARD OFFERED
T his
reward is in addition to the
REWARD PREVIOUSLY POSTED BY THE
O regon C attlemen ’ s A ssociation
and the M orrow C ounty L ivestock
G rowers for I nformation leading to
the A rrest and C onviction of the
PERSON OR PESONS RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE RECENT SHOOTING OF A BLACK
A ngus bull owned by the
W ilkinson R anch .
I f you have any information , please
contact O regon S tate P olice
T rooper D ane G ardner at
(5 4 1 ) 5 6 7 -3 2 1 5 .
IMacy Gibbs eoming home on the poles.
The
W ra n g le r’s
Riding Club held their first
play day on Sunday April 17
at the M orrow C ounty
Fairgrounds rodeo arena
The next play day will be
held Sunday, April 24 The
play day ended with the
following results:
Stick Horse Race:
1st- Kolby Currin, 2nd- Jacee
Currin, 3rd- Coby Dougherty
and 4th- Keegan Gibbs.
Lead
Line-
Barrels: 1st- Kolby Currin,
2nd- Jaiden Mahoney, 3rd-
Jacee Currin and 4th- Heather
Greenup
Lead Line- Poles:
l 5t- Coby Dougherty, 2nd-
Kolby Currin, 3rd- Jaiden
M ahoney and 4 ,h- Jacee
Currin
Lead Line- Figure
8 : 1st- Kolby Currin, 2nd-
Jaiden Mahoney, 3rd- Coby
D ougherty and 4th- Jacee
Currin
B arrels- 7 and
under: l"1- M akenzie
Hughes, 2nd- Paige Grieb,
3rd- Rylee Kollman and 4th-
Macy Gibbs
Poles- 7 and under:
1“- Makenzie Hughes, 2nd-
P aige G rieb, 3rd- Rylee
K ollm an and 4 ,h- M acy
Gibbs
Figure 8- 7 and
under: 1’*- M akenzie
Hughes, 2nd- Patrick Collins,
3rd- Rylee Kollman and 4th-
Macy Gibbs
Barrels- 8 and 9
year olds: l sl- B lake
G reenup, 2nd- B obbie
C o rrea,
3 rd-
G arrett
Robinson and 4th- Stephen
Thompson
Poles- 8 and 9 year
olds: 1st- Blake Greenup,
2nd- B obbie C o rrea, 3rd-
Stephen Thompson and 4th-
Tate Gentry.
Figure 8- 8 and 9
year olds: l 5t- B obbie
Correa, 2nd- Blake Greenup,
3rd- Garrett Robinson and
4th- Stephen Thompson
Barrels- 10 to 13
year olds: 1"- T aig h ler
D ougherty, 2nd- Jessica
Hughes, 3rd- Rebecca Jepsen
and 4,h- Mary Rietmann
Poles- 10 to 13 year
olds:
1"-
T aig h ler
D ougherty, 2nd- M ary
R ietm ann, 3rd- R ebecca
Jepsen and 4th- D evin
Robinson
Figure 8- 10 to 13
year olds: 1"- R ebecca
Jep sen , 2nd- T aig h ler
D ougherty, 3rd- M ary
Rietmann and 4,h- Devin
Robinson
Barrels- 14 to 17
year olds: 1"- Em ily
R ietm ann and 2nd- Amy
Jepsen
Poles-14 to 17 year
olds: l ’1- Amy Jepsen and
2nd- Emily Rietmann
Figure 8- 14 to 17
year olds: l ’1- Amy Jepsen
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