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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 11,2006 Stephanie Schuler wins local Geography Bee Lightweight wrestling contenders Dillon Lutcher and Brock Herhison demonstrate their skills with referee Ty Hurl looking on. winter sports. Currently 14 Students at Heppner wrestling program are Ken high school and 10 junior Junior/Senior High School Bailey, Tye Hurl, Bryan high stu d en ts are were given the opportunity Harmon and John Bowles. participating in the program. to watch a demonstration of “The wrestlers have Wrestling programs are the school’s new wrestling really worked hard,” said starting statewide in junior program on M onday, H eppner Jr./Sr. High and senior high schools, he January 9. An explanation of Principal Daye Stone. He said. A wrestling program wrestling terminology and said that the participants in in the evenings for younger point system was presented. the wrestling program do not athletes is also underway in Coaches for the new p a rtic ip a te in any o th er Heppner. Banner Bank gives gifts to Morrow County Fair & Rodeo Court The two finalists and the crowd were all nervoüs as the final questions began at the an n u al N atio n al G eo g rap h ic S ociety Geography Bee held Friday, Jan u ary 6, at H eppner Elementary School. At the end of that championship ro u n d , the w in n er was a n n o u n c e d -S te p h a n ie Schuler-with Zach Hintz as the runner-up. The co m p etitio n took place in the HES Gym nasium in front of a packed house. Students from grades three through six, family members, Morrow C o u nty School D istrict s u p e rin te n d e n t, M ark B u rro w s, and a ssistan t superintendent, Wade Smith, were all in attendance. The area was decorated with numerous globes and world b allo o n s. S ocial stu d ies teach er, K aren S m ith- Griffith, served as the Bee proctor, asking questions for well over an hour. Teacher Jannie Allen assisted her. At the end o f the prelim inary round, seven finalists earned their places in the final round. Those fin a lis ts w ere: C onner P ap p as, Z ach H in tz, Stephanie Schuler, Jonathan C h en , M aggie C o llin s, Teacher Karen Smith-Griffith, Bee winner Stephanie Schuler and teacher Jannie Allen. C o u rtn ey G eorge and Camron Day. A fter three rounds, the competition was down to two contestants who met head-to-head in the championship round - Zach Hintz and Stephanie Schuler. T h is c o n te st is sp o n so red each y ear to encourage interest in the field o f geo g rap h y . To q u alify fo r the c o n test, students in grades four, five and six took a test covering all aspects of geography, from continents to capitals to c o u n trie s o f the w orld. E arn in g the ch an ce to compete in the Bee were: Shane S m ith, C o n n er P ap p as, Ju stin Pranger, C arrie H aguew ood, J.C. P utm an, C am ron Day, Courtney George, Stephanie Schuler, Zach Hintz, Trent Cannon, Annette Rathbun, Jo n ath an C hen, G arrett R obinson and M aggie C o llin s. U n fo rtu n ately , Annette Rathbun was ill on the day of the competition, and was unable to participate. Following the award p re se n ta tio n , the g eo g rap h ers and th e ir fam ilies enjoyed cookies from around the w orld, baked by HES sta ff members. Joint Ione-Heppner booster club dinner planned Kate Close, branch manager at Banner Bank in Boardman, presents jewelry to Princess Josie Miller (left) and Queen Heather Yocom (right). The jewelry was purchased from Green Feed and Seed in Heppner. Wheat Growers announce scholarship The Oregon Wheat G ro w ers L eague has announced that its Oregon W heat F o u n d atio n Scholarship application is currently available. In 2006, up to 12 $500 scholarships w ill be aw ard ed to g ra d u a tin g high school seniors in Morrow, Gilliam, Klamath. Malheur, Sherman, U m a tilla , U n io n /B ak er, W allowa, W asco and the valley counties. Scholarship winners will be selected based on school and com m unity in v o lv e m e n t, sch o la stic performance, and an essay on the w heat industry. Eligible applicants must be a son or daughter of a current O regon W heat G ro w ers League member, or a son or daughter of an employee of an Oregon Wheat Growers League grower member; and be a current high school sen io r or hom e-school equivalent. D ead lin e for applications is Wednesday, Feb. 1. The sch o larsh ip Fair theme ‘Happy Trails’ At its December meeting, the Morrow County Fair Board selected the theme of “Happy Trails to the Morrow County Fair and Rodeo” for 2006. The board said that they felt that this theme would be easy to decorate the grounds with during fair week. The board encourages everyone to signup for a booth. The deadline for reserving a booth is Friday, Aug. 4. For more information call 676-9474 or e-mail mcfair@co.morrow.or.us. a p p lic a tio n may be d o w n lo ad ed from the O regon W heat G row ers w eb site at h ttp :// w w w .ow gl.org (click on Oregon Wheat Foundation). Applicants should not submit applications via e-mail. The a p p lic a tio n may be p h o to c o p ie d . M ail a p p lic a tio n s to: O regon W heat F o u n d atio n S c h o la rsh ip , c/o C indy O sterlund; P.O. Box 322; C ondon, OR 97823. For information only, e-mail to cindyc *4ertund@oreg( xistate.edu. O rder M agnetic Door Signs HERE Heppner Gaze! le-Times 676-922 SLOW UP YOUR PHOTOS TO POSTER SIZE! Use yo u r favorite photo or one front the G -T Digital or Print photos can be used All prices are for Premium Gloss Paper exa mp6’ ni (Other paper types are available) r¿Toí--' Petite Small: Medium: Large: 6”x20” - 2<Tx24” - 24”x36” - 36”x48" - $45 $52 $65 $99 X-Large: 54”x60" - $212 XX-Large: 60”x72” - $273 Aluminum print hangers are also available! » The lone Cardinal Booster Club met Jan. 2 at the lone School library. Students who attended “The Lion, the W itch, and the W ardrobe” in H erm iston sent a thank you note to the club for helping with their admission costs. Painting of the cafeteria and hallway was c o m p le ted Dec. 30. President LynnDee Ramos recognized individuals for their help with that project. Club members agreed not to pursue painting a mural on the hallway wall at this time. The co m m ittees o rg a n iz in g the jo in t Heppner-Ione booster club d in n e r are m eetin g and making final decisions. The group would like community input for raffle items as well as en tertain m en t for the evening. The dinner will be Saturday, Feb. 4, at 6 p.m. at the Morrow County Grain Grower’s shop in Lexington. The menu will include steak, salm on, baked potatoes, salad , g arlic b read and cheesecake. Anyone from lone willing to help with this fundraiser should contact L ynnD ee R am os, D ean Robinson or Betty Gray. No p ro g ress was reported on the sports hall of fame dinner or the popcorn popper hookup. Ramos will research the c o st fo r a sto rag e unit fo r track Red Cross to equipment. Secretary Cathy hold classes M cCabe is working on a A m erican Red basketball program designed C ross, Oregon M ountain to recognize businesses that River Chapter, will hold two support the booster club. evening introduction classes for “ new d isa ste r volunteers” on Thursday, Jan. 19, and Friday, Jan. 20. Additional disaster training for “Family Services and Foundation; M ary Rieke Client Case work” will be School Foundation; Oregon o ffered to all in terested E p isco p al S ch o o l, PGE d is a s te r v o lu n teers on Foundation’s Com m unity 101 program; Scappoose Saturday, Jan. 21. For registration and more High Athletic Fund; Pacific information on classes, times N orthw est Academy; and and location, contact the numerous public and private American Red Cross office schools across the state. at (541) 276-1211. Office In the c am p aig n , hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 PGE’s 2,800 employees and p.m ., M onday through retirees may designate any Friday. c h a rita b le n o n p ro fit or accredited school to receive Local Head Start th eir p led g es, and PGE seeks participant matches their contributions by 50 percent. Since the Umatilla-Morrow Head com pany match program Start has an opening in their started in 1998, PGE th ree and fo u r-y ea r-o ld employees and retirees have classroom. Children must contributed more than $6 com e from low -incom e million to their communities families or have a disability. th ro u g h the E m ployee Children must have been Giving Campaign. three years of age as of Sept. According to a PGE 1, 2005. new s re le ase , PG E is T he program Oregon’s oldest and largest operates three days a week electric utility and serves for three and a half hours. m ore than 7 6 0 ,0 0 0 Activities for the children cu sto m ers. “ P G E ’s rich in clu d e literacy , skill history in Oregon is also b u ild in g , fine and gross marked by its commitment motor activities, nutrition, to supporting the community social interaction and much th ro u g h a v a rie ty o f more. There is no fee for in n o v a tiv e c h a rita b le , c h ild ren to p a rtic ip a te . volunteer and environmental Transportation is offered on stewardship efforts,” said the a limited basis. release. To learn more, go to C ontact C andy G reen at www.PortlandGeneral.com. Heppner Elementary (676- 5482) for more information. lone Education Foundation receives PGE donations The lone Education Foundation received $3,389 in d o n a tio n s from PGE employees and PGE during 2005. These donations were used towards the Tier 1 grant of a half-time music teacher at lone Community School. P o rtlan d G eneral Electric (PGE) employees and retirees did their part to make the holiday season a little brighter for those in need. In just one month they p led g ed m ore than $1.2 million (including PGE’s 50 p e rc en t m atch ) to 665 diverse nonprofit agencies and schools through the company’s annual Employee Giving Campaign. O f th at am ount, $132,691 went to support education, including Oregon Recipients included the Independent C ollege Foundation, the Foundations of Oregon State University, Pacific Lutheran University, P o rtlan d C om m unity C ollege, P ortland State U n iv e rsity and the U n iv e rsity o f O regon; P o rtlan d S chools Foundation; lone Education Foundation; Lake Oswego School District Foundation; David Douglas Educational F ou n d atio n ; Jesu it High School; Lincoln High School A th letic d ire c to r Robinson proposed the club sp o n so r tw o b ask etb all tournam ents in Dec. The lone Basketball Bonanza was held for Dec. 1 and 2. The club agreed to a second tournament Dec. 29 and 30. The lone team s w ill no lo n g er trav el to the Enterprise tournament. Karen Padberg will organize sack meals for the visiting basketball teams. The next meeting of Cardinal Booster Club will be Monday, Feb. 6, 7 p.m. at the school library.
