FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 19,2005
DIY Kids take field trip to Alpaca farm
Junior cheer clinic held
“They worked extremely hard and 1 was impressed,” says Grant.
Members of the DIY Kids 4-H Club (left to right): Christine Kaihle, Shadow Kendrick, Stacee
Halvorsen, Julianne Carlson, Stephanie Schuler.
By Julianne Carlson
Saturday, September
24 the DIY Kids met in lone
to travel to the Hood River
Valley for their field trip to
the Foothills Yam and Fiber
Shop and Alpaca farm. In
atte n d an c e w ere Stacee
H alv o rsen ,
Shadow
Kendrick. Christine Raible,
S tep h an ie S ch u ler and
Ju lia n n e C arlso n . The
c h ap e ro n e s w ere Sarah
C arlso n , B etty C arlson,
Connie Betts introduces the members of the DIY Kids 4-H
L inda H alvorsen and Club to an alpaca.
Michelle Raible.
W hen we arrived,
we met Tom and Connie
B etts. They show ed the
group members around the
farm. They taught how they
take care of the Alpacas, and
they let the group feed the
animals. Connie spins fiber
and is an experienced knitter.
She taught how to spin on a
drop spindle. The drop
spindles were made of a
w ooden dow el and CD.
Each member each got to
spin Corridale/Alpaca fiber.
The group had a
picnic lunch and purchased
some yarn from the shop for
their 4-H knitting projects.
On our way hom e, they
stopped in Odell to get ice
cream and H ood R iver
V alley fru it. The group
thought whole trip was great
fun.
St. Patrick’s
Senior Center
U nited M ethodist
C hurch
w ill
provide
volunteers for the October
26 noon meal at the Heppner
Senior Center. The menu is
beef stew, green salad, fruit,
cornbread and 7up with
orange sherbet.
Send
something
boo-tiful.
Julianne Carlson learns to spin with a drop spindle.
Ponies ‘A’ team beats Mt. Vernon
By Jessica Hughes
The H ep p n er
Junior High School Ponies
got o ff to a great start
Thursday, Oct. 13, against
Mt.Vernon. Mt.Vernon won
the first game, 25-12.
G am e tw o was a
very close loss for the
Ponies. They kept it close the
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whole game. Jessica Hughes
had seven serves in a row.
Brynna Rust had a powerful
kill that brought the score to
9-15. The Ponies couldn’t
pull it out and the game
ended with a loss.
Game three was an
easy and intense game for the
Ponies. Torri Lovgren had
five points to help out with
the win. Rust added three
points and Hughes added
five. A kill from Catherine
McElligott sealed the Pony
victory. The Ponies record is
now 6-0.
The Ponies travel to
Weston on Friday, Oct. 21,
for their final league match.
They then travel to Riverside
on Saturday, Oct. 22, for
their league tournament.
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T he ju n io r ch eer
clinic was held Oct. 11 and 12
with 20 third through sixth
graders and 18 kindergarten
th ro u g h second g rad ers
atten d in g . The H eppner
High School cheerleaders
sponsored the clinic. The
participants learned basic
c h ee r m oves and w ill
perform at an upcom ing
H eppner High School
football play off game. The
sp ecific date w ill be
announced later.
H eppner
C h eer
coach Virginia Grant said she
was pleased with the number
of girls attending the event.
“They worked extrem ely
hard and 1 was impressed
w ith how q u ick ly they
learned,” said Grant. “My
squad and 1 had a great time
w orking w ith the young
girls.” The clinic could not
have happened without the
help of the “cheer moms”
who volunteered both days,
she said.
Retaining wall construction continues
T errace D rive in
Heppner near the Morrow
County Courthouse has been
closed for the last three years
due to safety issues. The
M orrow C ounty road
d e p artm en t has been
working to place a cement
retain in g w all on C ourt
Street blocking the use of
Terrace Drive.
T he
o rig in al
construction will consist of
a cement retaining wall. The
o rig in al stone from the
Osmin Ranch basalt quarry
on Balm Fork Road will face
the retaining wall to match
the basalt wall along Court
Street. The area behind the
wall will be backfilled and
landscaping added.
Phase I of Morrow County Courthouse grounds
renovation project
This project is Phase I of the front and rear of the
three projects planned for Courthouse. The final phase
the C o u rth o u se area. will include renovation of the
Sidewalks will be replaced in lower parking lot.
Scarecrows appear around town
There is still time to
enter your scarecrow in the
H ep p n er C h am b er o f
C om m erce fall co n test.
Anyone living within the city
limits is eligible to enter. The
chamber has received nine
en tries so far this year.
Ju d g in g w ill take place
before October 31.
Prizes will be given
for the most w elcom ing,
most unique, biggest and
best, and latecomer entry.
For more information and to
en ter c o n ta c t C lau d ia
H ughes at the C ham ber
office.
Pony ‘A’ team
cruises past
Pendleton
By Jessica Hughes
The Pony ‘A’ team
got off to an intense start in
game one against Sunridge
Middle School on Thursday,
October 6. They won an easy
gam e, only allo w in g
Sunridge 10 points.
In
gam e
tw o,
Pendleton turned the table
on the Ponies. Sunridge
came out victorious, winning
25-17.
In gam e th ree,
Heppner brought back their
intensity and won the game
by only two points. Lindsay
Cutsforth scored the winning
point by making an awesome
save. She saved it from going
out of bounds, a point that
could have cost the Ponies
the game and the match.
M a g n e tic
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Ms. Scarecrow greets customers at the Artisan Village
AARP Driver’s Safety
Class scheduled
A A RP and Blue
M ountain
C om m unity
College have scheduled a
D riv er’s Safety class for
Thursday, November 10, at
the
M orrow
C ounty
Extension Office in Heppner.
The class will run from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Students are asked
to bring their lunch.
D riv er's Safety is
classroom instruction for
mature drivers age 55 and
over, stressing law s and
safety. M ost in su ran ce
companies offer premium
discounts to drivers age 55
and o v er w ho have
com pleted the class. The
cost o f the class is $10,
payable to AARP on the day
of the session
P re -re g iste r
by
contacting Anne M orter,
BM CC c o o rd in a to r for
South M orrow County at
422-7040 or John and Judi
Swanson, instructors at 922-
9568. P re-registration is
req u ired , as a m inim um
enrollment must be met for
the instructors to hold the
class.
Correction
The Neighborhood
Center will have an open
house Thursday. October 27,
from 5-6:30 p.m. The date
was stated incorrectly in a
previous story.