Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - FIVE
HHS softball team takes two
from Umatilla
HES students receive visit from
state ^re marshal
Aftan Betsinger (#12) safely slides into third base. Photo by Sandy
Matthews
HES students practice emergency evacuation during a fire with
the aid of the state fire marshal's fire model trailer.
Krystal Nairns makes the tag on first base against Umatilla.
Photo by Sandy Matthews.
The Heppner High
School softball team had a
d o u b le h ea d e r
against
Umatilla on Saturday, April
16 and won both games, 16-
1 and 23-3.
P itc h e r W hitney
Matthews took the win in the
opener,
w hile
A ftan
Betsinger was credited with
the win in the second game
Lyndi Patton tripled in both
games for Heppner
The M ustangs will
be at Stanfield on Saturday,
April 23 at 1 p m. and at
home against C ulver on
Tuesday, April 26 at 4 p m.
Parks Commission to meet in
Current Agenda and then on
Heppner
Morrow County will
be the location o f the next
O regon
P arks
and
R ec re a tio n C om m ission
m eeting
T he
six
commissioners, along with
Tim Wood, OPRD Director
and other staff, will visit
Morrow County and some
o f our parks
The C om m ission
will m eet at 9 a m. on
Thursday, April 21 in the
Colum bia Basin Electric
C ooperative boardroom
After the meeting, Morrow
County officials will lead the
commissioners on a tour o f
some o f the county parks.
A complete agenda
for the meeting is posted at:
eg o v .o regon.gov/O P R D /
commission shtml (click on
April 21, 2005 M eeting
Agenda).
The O regon Parks
and Recreation Commission
was created by the state
le g islatu re in 1989 to
establish policies, adopt rules
necessary to execute the
duties of the Department, set
fees, acq u ire pro p erty ,
promote the state’s outdoor
recreation policy and appoint
the
O PRD
D irecto r
Commissioners serve four-
year term s They are
appointed by the governor
and confirmed by the state
senate
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HES students enjoy a visit from Sparky the Fire Dog, who helped
teach the lessons of fire safety.
Students at Heppner
Elem entary School w ere
v isited by the state fire
marshal on Wednesday, April
13 The group brought their
fire model trailer, which had
sm oke m achines, fire
detectors, heated doors and
fire escapes.
“ The kids really
enjoyed this experience,”
said HES Vice Principal
Daye Stone
Ten Star All Star basketball
camp to be held B rid g ep o rt, CT,
Final applications are
now being evaluated for the
Ten Star All Star Summer
Basketball Camp The camp
is by invitation only. Boys
and girls ages 10-19 are
eligible to apply.
Past participants o f
the camp include: Michael
Jordan, Tim Duncan, Vince
Carter, Jerry Stackhouse,
G ran t Hill and A ntaw n
Jamison Players from 50
sta te s and 17 foreign
counties attended the 2004
camp
College basketball
scholarships are possible for
players selected to the All-
American team.
Cam p
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include: Thousand Oaks,
CA, Prescott, AZ, Belmont,
CA,
S terling,
Co,
Babson
Park, FL, A tlanta, GA,
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Greencastle, IN, Atchison,
KS,
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MD,
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Schenectady, NY, Bluffton,
OH, D oylestow n, PA,
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WI
For a free brochure,
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Oregon 4-H to select youth for
national 4-H forestry event
The O regon 4-H
Program is conducting a
statewide contest open to all
cu rren t 4-H m em bers to
select a 4-H forestry skills
team that will travel to West
Virginia later this year to
compete in a national 4-H
forestry event
“ S electio n to the
2005 Oregon 4-H Forestry
Team will be based on how
participants score on the 4-
H F o restry Q uiz that is
available through county
offices o f the Oregon State
U n iv e rsity
E x ten sio n
S e rv ic e ,” said V irginia
Bourdeau, OSU Extension
4-H Y outh sp ecialist.
“ C o n ta ct
local
O SU
Extension 4-H field faculty
or program assistants for
instructions on how to take
the 1 0 0 -question short
answer test. An adult must
m o n ito r
the
youth
participant during testing
and completed quizzes must
arrive at the Oregon 4-H
Center, Salem, on or before
the May 18, 2005 deadline.”
This year’s Oregon
4-H F o restry Team will
consist o f four 4-H members
and two alternates, said Bill
Broderick, OSU Extension
4-H field faculty in Morrow
County They will be the first
state team from Oregon to
attend the N ational 4-H
Bunny Barn takes several wins
in T e x a s
Best of Variety Tort winner
KT's Annie Oakley
KT’s Annie Oakley
won Best o f Variety Tort in
Belton, TX on April 2, 2005.
Kathy Tellechea and Pamela
Renfro, co-owners o f KT’s
Bunny Barn, traveled to
Belton with 14 o f their Mini
Rex rabbits for the Mini Rex
Nationals Besides having
the best Tort Mini Rex they
also had the best Chin buck
and first place senior Tort
doe.
In th e Mini Rex
Specialty show held on April
3 in the same place they won
BOV/BOSV Torts, BOV/
During National Volunteer Recognition Week, April 17-23, United Way wishes to thank our
generous contributors and dedicated volunteers for supporting local human service needs...
CORPORATE FRIENDS
AmeriTitle
Bank of America
Banner Bank
Bi-Mart
East Oregonian
Key Technology, Inc.
Lamb-Weston, Inc.
PacifiCorp Foundation
Pendleton Woolen Mills
Portland General Electric
Qwest Foundation
Regence BlueCross/
BlueShield
State Farm Insurance
UNICOM
Union Pacific Foundation
UPS Foundation
US Bank
US Cellular (UNICEL)
Walla Walla Union Bulletin
Wal-Mart Foundation
Washington Group Int'l.
Williams Company
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Staci Buchanan
Betty Burns
Dick Foidel
William Gatchel
Dale Hilding
Jim Keene
Pat Maier
Hal McCune
Nancy McKay
Aleca Nelson
Wil Phinney
Susan Plass
Riley Price
Rick Rice
Dan Turley
Earl Wilson
Perry Wilson
WORKPLACE GIVING
PLATINUM $50.000+
Wal-Mart Distribution Center
WORKPLACE GIVING SUPER
GOLD $9.000+
Pendleton Schools
Portland General Electric
Umatilla-Morrow ESD
United Parcel Service (UPS)
THANK YOU!
UNITED WAY PARTNER
AGENCIES
Agape House
American Red Cross,
Mountain River Chapter
Boardman Senior Citizens, Inc.
Boy Scouts, Blue Mountain
Council
Breadbasket
Camp Fire USA
Campus Life
Domestic Violence Services
Eastern Oregon Alcoholism
Foundation
Foster Grandparents-Senior
Companion Program
Girl Scouts Mid-Columbia
Council
Habitat for Humanity
Horizon Project, Inc.
Irrigon-Boardman Emergency
Assistance Center
Neighborhood Center of South
Morrow County
Retired and Senior Volunteer
Program (RSVP)
St. Anthony Hospice
St. Mary's Outreach
Salvation Army
Tonya's House
Vange John Memorial Hospice
Walla Walla Community
Hospice
WORKPLACE GIVING SILVER
$1.500+
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PLUS $5.000+
BMCC
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Many thanks to the dedicated
volunteer campaign
coordinators at each
workplace, each state agency
and each federal agency...
without your time and effort,
none of this would be
possible
IN KIND SUPPORT
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St. Anthony Hospital
Umatilla-Morrow ESD-
Intermountain Technology
THANK YOU!
THANK YOU!
SPECIAL THANKS
Mike Gallaher
Linda Hall
Dave Hughes
Rhonda Thomas
Jo Thompson
Leslie Weimer
STATE OF OREGON
EMPLOYEE CHARITABLE
FUND DRIVE
Staff at local state agencies
donated more than $12,260 to
United Way Partner Agencies.
41 SMALL BUSINESSES AND
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
WORKPLACE GIVING GOLD
$3.000+
Banner Bank
City of Milton-Freewater
City of Pendleton
CTUIR
Good Shepherd Medical
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Hermiston Schools
Wal-Mart Store Hermiston
Forestry Invitational held in
July at the Jackson’s Mill
S tate 4-H C onference
Center in Weston, WV The
team will travel to the event
with 4-H coach-chaperones,
Broderick added
The N ational 4-H
Forestry Invitational is a
five-day competition where
4-H youth participants from
across the United States
com pete in nine different
fo restry skills ev en ts
including tree identification,
insect
and
d isease
id en tific a tio n , co m p ass
orienteering, topographical
map reading, forest land
ev alu atio n , silv ic u ltu re
knowledge and a w ritten
exam
L ast year a 4-H
fo restry
team
from
Tillamook County attended
the national 4-H forestry
invitational to learn about the
event and provide leadership
for developing a statewide 4-
H forestry team The youth
participating were Keara
Gann, Stephanie Lane and
Eva DeBoer; accompanied
by th e ir coach, C arrie
Averill, Tillamook County 4-
H program assistant
For
m ore
inform ation contact your
county Extension 4-H or
forestry agent, or Virginia
B ourdeau at (503) 371-
7920.
THANK YOU!
WORKPLACE GIVING
BRONZE $400+
Federal Express (FedEx)
Florida Power & Light
lone Schools
Milton-Freewater Schools
Pendleton Woolen Mills
Qwest
Schools Plus Credit Union
St. Anthony Hospital
Umatilla Electric Coop
Umatilla-Morrow Head Start
US Bank
US Cellular (UNICEL)
Wal-Mart Store Pendleton
THANK YOU!
COMBINED FEDERAL
CAMPAIGN COLUMBIA
RIVER WILLAMETTE VALLEY
Staff at local federal
agencies donated more than
$12,770 to United Way
Partner Agencies.
BOSV C hinchillas, first
place Broken Black doe and
Best Colored Fur.
During the banquet
held on S aturday night,
Tellechea and Renfro were
presented awards for third
place in Open Sweepstakes,
first place Tort and Blue
Varieties and first place in
colored and white fur for
2004.
T ellechea
and
R enfro are com peting
against Mini Rex breeders
from all over the nation,
many have hundreds and
some over a thousand rabbits
in their rabbitries. K T ’S
Bunny Barn has 28 brood
does w ith a m aximum
capacity o f 100 rabbits in
their barn Tellechea and
Renfro are proud o f their
accomplishments and feel
they have done well for a
couple o f country girls from
a little tow n in E astern
Oregon
Garden Club to
hold dedication
The
H eppner
Garden Club, along with the
City o f Heppner, will be
holding a d ed icatio n
ceremony on April 29 at 1
p m at the turnaround at
City Park The dedication is
to recognize the April 2003
planting o f a scarlet oak tree
that replaced two Dutch elm
trees
The D utch elms
were originally planted in
1932 to com m em orate
George W ashington The
trees died o f D utch elm
disease in 1999, 67 years
after their planting, and at the
same age as Washington at
his death
Those interested in
sharing in this dedication and
commemoration are invited
to attend the ceremony.
CLC to host
concert
Christian Life Center
is hosting a free Christian
youth concert on Saturday,
April 23 at 7 p m All youth
are encouraged to attend this
event and bring a friend
Adults are also welcome to
attend
Christian Life Center
is located at 535 W Morgan
Street in Heppner