Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 4, 2005 - FIVE
Wranglers announce play day Area farmers attend Oregon Ag-Fest Write-in candidate running for
Heppner CEC
results
Hunter Greenup, 2, took fourth in Lead Line- Barrels and Poles.
Following are the
results from the May 1
W ra n g le r’s Play Day.
Wrangler’s Play Days are
held at the Morrow County
Fairgrounds The last and
final play day will be held on
Sunday, May 8
Stick Horse: 1st-
Logan Grieb; 2nd- Kolby
Currin; 3rd- Jaiden Mahoney;
and 4th- Jacee Currin
Lead
Line-
Barrels:
l sl-
Jaiden
Mahoney; 2nd- Kolby Currin;
3rd- Coby Dougherty; and
4th- Hunter Greenup
Lead Line- Poles:
1*‘- Jaiden Mahoney; 2nd-
Kolby Currin; 3rd- Jacee
C urrin; and 4th- H unter
Greenup
Lead Line- Scurry:
1st- Jaiden Mahoney; 2nd-
Jacee Currin; 3rd- Kolby
Currin; and 4th- Logan Grieb
Barrels- 7 and
under: l 51- Rylee Kollman;
2nd- Makenzie Hughes; 3rd-
Macy Gibbs; and 4th- Paige
Grieb
Poles- 7 and under:
l 5t- Rylee Kollman; 2nd-
Makenzie Hughes; 3rd- Macy
Gibbs; and 4th- Paige Grieb
Scurry- 7 and
under: l sl- M akenzie
Hughes; 2nd- Rylee Kollman;
3rd- Macy Gibbs; and 4th-
Paige Grieb
Barrels- 8 and 9
year olds: 1st- Blake
G reenup; 2nd- G arrett
R obinson; 3rd- B obbie
C o rrea; and 4 th- Ryan
Dougherty.
Poles- 8 and 9 year
olds: 1st- Garrett Robinson;
2nd- Blake G reenup; 3rd-
Bobbie Correa; and 4th- Tate
Gentry.
Scurry- 8 and 9
year olds: 1st- B obbie
C orrea;
2nd-
Ryan
Dougherty, 3rd- Tate Gentry;
and 4,h- Stephen Thompson
Barrels- 10 to 12
year olds: 1st- Taighler
D ou g h erty ; 2nd- Jessica
Hughes; 3rd- Mary Rietmann;
and 4th- Rebecca Jepsen
Poles- 10 to 12 year
olds:
1st-
Taighler
D ougherty; 2nd- Mary
R ietm ann; 3rd- Rebecca
Jepsen; and 4lh- Devin
Robinson
Scurry- 10 to 12
year olds: l 5t- Jessica
H ughes; 2nd- Taighler
D ougherty; 3rd- Devin
Robinson; and 4th- Garrett
Robinson
Barrels- 13 to 17
year olds: 1st- Emily
Rietmann; 2nd- Amy Jepsen;
and 3rd- Torri Lovgren
Poles- 13 to 17 year
olds: l sl- Emily Rietmann;
2nd- Amy Jepsen; and 3rd-
Torri Lovgren.
Barrels-Adults: 1st-
Tara M ahoney; 2nd- Sue
Gibbs; 3rd- Tara Mahoney;
and 4lh- Linda Halvorsen
Poles- Adults: Is1-
Sue Gibbs; 2nd- Linda
H alvorsen;
3rd- Tara
M ahoney; and 4 th- Tara
Mahoney.
Support Our Troops group to
hold Memorial Day parade
The Support O ur
Troops support group met
Sunday, May 1 in the
basement of the Methodist
C hurch Care p ackages
containing cookies and other
items that had been
requested were made ready
for mailing Once again the
g ro u p a p p reciates the
com m unity
support.
D o n atio n s are always
appreciated and are accepted
at Bank of Eastern Oregon
A parade is in the
planning stages for May 30
at 1 p m and the group
hopes as many people as
possible from the community
will join in wearing red,
white and blue. Floats, flags,
balloons, etc., are all
welcom e.
For
more
information on the parade
you can co n tac t Evelyn
Sweek at 676-9483.
Currently there are
approxim ately 20 young
men and women serving in
Iraq and Afghanistan, just
from the Willow Creek area
F ollow ing
the
parade, th ere will be a
reception at the St Patrick’s
Senior Center, where a slide
show will be presented The
slide show will include
pictures o f the young men
and women from the area
curren tly serving in the
m ilitary in Iraq and
Afghanistan to help tell their
story More details will be
announced in the future.
Elect
Don Russell
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Brynna Rust, a fifth generation farmer, hands out licorice to
attendees. Photo bv Sally Christensen
Oregon Ag-Fest was
held April 23-24 at the
Oregon State Fairgrounds in
Salem The Oregon Wheat
Growers League once again
had the o p p o rtu n ity to
participate in this annual
event. O f the 20,000
attendees, volunteers and
OWGL staff served fresh hot
pancakes to over 2200 eager
visitors The pancakes and
kiddie pool containing wheat
kernels and farm toys acted
as magnets to draw visitors
to the display.
Once in the booth,
visitors were able to view
and obtain information on
the
w heat
industry,
production data, recipes and
child-friendly handouts, like
wheat and farm-oriented
word games, mazes and
coloring pages A favorite
educational tool to remind
passersby of the many foods
that contain wheat was to
offer a stick of red licorice
R ecip ien ts o f this little
known “wheat treat” are
amazed and surprised to
learn w heat (flo u r) is
included in many candy
products.
A g-Fest
is
sponsored by agricultural
o rg an izatio n s
and
commodity commissions
th roughout the state
Attendees can watch chicks
hatch, see how bees make
honey, dig dirt and find
potatoes, milk a cow and
learn about all the different
kinds of grains and seeds
Kids can take home pine
trees to plant at their homes
It’s a fun weekend and a
great opportunity for kids to
learn where their food supply
comes from.
Helping at the
OWGL. booth this year were
OW GL
M em bership
Committee Chair Shannon
Rust and her daughter,
Brynna, a seventh grader at
Heppner Junior High; Sally
Christensen, OWGL staff
and her friend, Kara Krantz
o f Salem; Marilyn Blagg,
OWGL staff and her sister,
Landra Girard of Portland
For
more
information on the OWGL
and a calendar of events of
the w heat industry o f
O regon,
visit,
www.owgl org
Willow
C reek
B aptist v o lu n te e rs are
scheduled to host the May 11
noon meal at St Patrick’s
Senior Center The menu for
the day is baked chicken,
mashed potatoes and gravy,
whole kernel corn, green
salad, peas, hot rolls and
brownies
Tw enty
people
traveled to Spray to share
the weekly meal prepared by
the staff o f their senior
center. The building is shared
by the Spray Grange and the
senior activities The person
in charge announced that
more than 60 people were
served Those who are able
seem to travel to neighboring
meal sites frequently.
Our return route was
up the Haystack Creek Road
to the Kaylor Basin Road to
Highway 207; at Ruggs we
turned left and followed
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Rhea Creek Road to Jordan
Siding and on to lone, where
local passengers debarked
Recent jo u rn e y s
have been arranged by Ed
Baker,
tra n sp o rta tio n
coordinator Trips can be
made by popular request,
also. They need to be
planned ahead and not
interfere with regular
schedules o f the senior
c itiz e n s ’ busses. The
passengers are invited to
evaluate each journey in
regard to condition of the
bus, courtesy of the driver
and
safety
m easures
provided
Voluntary
donations are accepted, as
with other senior services
Persons who decide to make
the bus journeys need to
register at the Center office
24 hours previous to time of
departure
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Port of Morrow
ft
Past Planning Commissioner for Morrow County
Currently Chairman,
Port of Morrow Budget Committee
Paid for by Don Russell
the issues Obviously,
funding and performance/
testing are major issues ”
Current issues facing
the CEC and the school
d istrict include
“ The
funding o f education has
reached a critical stage,
ex ac e rb ated
by
the
unrealistic and unfunded
testing standards that do
nothing to solve the problem
they are supposed to correct
I have also felt for many
years that there are many
vocational categories that
are regulated by the school
a ca d e m ic /v o c a tio n a l
curriculum and perhaps
something can be done at a
local level to make students
and facility more aware of
these opportunities
Future
issues
Struthers feels affect the
m atter include: “ If the
current funding situation
continues, both the public
and the school authorities
need to intensify their
lobbying efforts in order to
remind voters and the state
legislators that a quality
education is a constitutional
m andate in this state,
regardless o f w hether
taxpayers are too greedy to
Hind it or not.”
Students receive Easter
Sacrament of Confirmation
St. Patrick's: (Back R om L-R): Father Gerry Condon, Kelsey
Wolff. Dillon Lutcher, Macho Elguezahal, Bishop Robert Vasa
and Taighler Dougherty; (Front R om L-R): Ashley WolfT, Katie
Kilkenny, Maggie Armato, Tomas Elguezahal and Joe Armato.
St. Patrick’s Senior Center news
Commissioner
G raduated from R iverside High
School, Boardman
B.S., Oregon State University
Passed the National CPA Exam
Staff A ccountant, B igej, Scott
& Nichol CPAs
President, Russell Oil Co.
Present Manager, Russell Family LLC
Patrick Struthers,
39, of Heppner, is running as
a w rite-in candidate for
position five o f the Heppner
C om m unity E d u catio n
Committee
Struthers graduated
from Heppner High School
and a tte n d e d W hitman
College and University o f
Oregon He is currently self-
employed as a com puter
services consultant
He has been a coach
for tw o years for the
Pendleton Youth Soccer
League and a member o f the
“Grant Decisions” foreign
policy discussion group
Struthers has also
had a life-long concern for
the state of education and a
“long, varied and not always
p le a s a n t” occu p atio n al
career.
“ I believe that I can
offer a better perspective,
with more sympathy for a
student’s point o f view and
the difficulties that even
well-prepared students have
in finding meaningful and
productive work ”
Struthers feels the
biggest challenge facing him
is, “As a first timer, it would
be important for me to learn
Tvan S a n d e rs o n & L u b e S w a n s o n
Weddiny
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Saturday, M ay 2 1 st
St. W illiam’s: (Back Ross L-R): Father Gerry Condon, Kip
Krehs, Kylee Svetich, Bishop Robert Vasa and Whitney McNary;
(Front Ross L-R): Kylie McElligott, Tsree Ssetich, Beth Morter,
Marco Juarez and Zach Orem.
On Sunday, May l , Bishop Robert Vasa, Bishop of
the Baker Diocese, confirmed Maggie Armato, Tomas
Elguezabal, Katie Kilkenny, Dillon Lutcher and Ashley
Wolff at St Patrick ’s Church in Heppner
He also confirmed Marco Juarez, Kip Krebs, Kylie
McElligott, Beth Morter, Kylee and Tyree Svetich at St
William’s Church in lone
The students have prepared for this sacrament for
the past year, have studied Catholic teachings, attended a
retreat and have performed 10 hours of charitable service
St. Jude Bike-A-Thon to be held
A St Jude Bike-A-
Thon will be held on Sunday,
May 15, beginning at I p m
The bike ride will begin at
Ruggs and end in lone Mile
post markers will be put
along the trail to allow rid
ers to see how far they gone
and rest stops will also be up
along the way
The committee orga-
nizing the event is hoping to
have a strong turnout for this
event, which will benefit the
St Jude's Cancer Research
Hospital for Children
Those interested in
participating in the event and
want to receive a pledge
sheet, can c o n tact Judy
Davis at 676-9256 or Cindy
Brosnan at (541) 256-0223
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