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.
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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.