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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 1,2006 - FIVE Mustang boys knock off first Daniel Jepsen wins national agricultural essay contest place Huskies D an iel Jep sen o f Heppner captured first place and a $1500 c o lle g e scholarship in the Phoenix R otary E q u ip m en t Ltd. conservation tillage essay contest. Jepsen, currently a college junior majoring in animal science and Spanish at the University of Idaho, is attending classes during the 2005-2006 school year at La U niversidad C atólica del Ecuador in Quito, Ecuador. Jepsen's essay was entitled “From the Tropics to the Farm.” In it he explained how no-till farming practices can lead to healthier soils aro u n d the w orld. The c o n te st w in n ers w ere a n n o u n ced at the 2006 Students in lone participate in Camp 5 activities N atio n al N o -T illag e C onference in St. Louis, MO, in mid January. Jepsen’s essay was published in the February 2006 issue of No- Till Farmer Magazine. There were about 50 essay s subm itted in this year’s contest - which was open to high school seniors and college students in the United States and Canada. Second place and a $1000 college scholarship went to Rachel Bacon, a student at While waiting for their painted ducks to dry. Camp 5’s younger group decorates notes to put in the clothespin bills. Kansas State University. P hoenix R otary Equipment is headquartered in Nisku, Alberta, Canada. This is the fifth year they have sp o n so red the competition. KT’s Bunny Barn starts year with a win Joel Stillman. Jason Thompson, and Jaqueline Juarez paint their favorite designs on rocks at lone’s Camp 5. R.I Farrens keeps the Mustangs hot with the upset win over the #1 I'eam Sherman County. Photo by Sandy Matthews. By Richard Bohna, Tori Heagy and Priscilla Tellez By Riek Pauilus On Friday. Jan. 26, lone Community School's Camp 5 guest instructor was Jannie Allen. Allen, a teacher at Heppner Elementary School, took grades two through six and shared her knowledge and skill with them making decoratively painted rocks. “All the kids had fun and there were no rocks thrown," in the words of Vicky Wagenblast, coordinator of the extra-curricular program. Wagenblast took the kindergarten through second graders and painted wooden duck note holders. The bills of the ducks were made of clothespins, which served as the note holders. Next month Camp 5 will be teaching chess for grades 3-12. The exact date has not been set, but watch the newspaper for details or check the school’s website at www.ione.kl 2. or.us. A fter tw o narrow d ish ea rte n in g losses the p re v io u s w eekend, the Heppner M ustang varsity boys fresh off a solid defeat of Umatilla the night before, knocked off the first place Sherman County Huskies by a score o f 79-67 on Saturday. Jan. 28 in Heppner in C o lu m b ia B asin C o n fe re n ce play. The Mustangs, now 6-4 in the CBC and 8-6 overall, are tied with Pilot Rock for third and will be at the Rockets' on Friday before coming home to face Irrigon on Saturday. The M ustangs jumped out to a 22-10 lead against the Huskies at the end of one and still led 42- 30 at the half. The Huskies came back in the third to cut the lead to 59-56, but the Mustangs pulled away in the fourth for the 12-point win. Rory Kilkenny led the way with 20 points and 13 rebounds with RJ Farrens hitting four 3-pointers and finishing with 14 points and eig h t a ssists. M att Van Cleave had 12 points, five rebounds and two steals, Matt McCabe had 10 points and two steals, Mikel Britt had nine points and five rebounds. Matt Kenny had two assists and two steals and Quinn Peck and Lane Bailey each had two steals. Heppner 22 20 17 20-79 Sherman County 10 20 26 11-67 H eppner- Rory K ilkenny 9 2-5 20, RJ Farrens 5 0-0 14, Matt Van C leave 5 2-2 12, M att M cCabe 3 3-4 10, Mikel Britt 4 1-2 9, Lane Bailey 2 0-0 5. Quinn Peck 2 0-0 4. Nacho Elguezabal 1 1-13, Justin Delveaux 1 0-0 2 and Matt Kenny. Team: 32 9-14 79. 3-pts: Farrens 4, Bailey and McCabe. Morrow SWCD board meeting to be held The Morrow SWCD board has a meeting scheduled forTuesday, Feb. 7 at 5 p.m., at the Pettyjohn office building in Heppner. Agenda items include minutes of the January meeting, treasurer's report, written staff report, building update, grant update. Bombing Range weed update, annual report review, review draft weed policy and partner agency reports. Prospect of an executive session according to ORS 192.640(2). Meetings of the Morrow SWCD are open to the public. Rebekah Lodge to host card . party Holly Rebekah Lodge will be hosting its monthly card party this Saturday, Feb. 4. Play will start at 7 p.m. The cost is $5 per person. Food, snacks and prizes will be furnished. The public is invited to attend. First Annual Columbia Basin Beef Breeders Show KT’s Justice KT’S Justice, a Senior Black Mini Rex doe, owned by Kathy Tellechea and Pam Renfro, starts the new year off winning two Best of Breeds and Best of Show in Show A with over 1200 rabbits entered at the shows held in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho on Jan. 28, 2006. Up next for Tellechea and Renfro will be the rabbit shows held in Victoria, BC on Feb. 18 and 19. HES announces second quarter Wolff wins HJHS Geography Bee honor roll Students making honor roll received certificates for their work. Heppner Elementary School announced its second quarter honor roll during a school assem bly. The students making honor roll received certificates. Kindergarten: Rachel Allen, Patrick Burch. Riley Gorhman. Diana Healy and Nichole Shaw. I s1 grade: Kolby C u rrin , S ierra M organ, Kevin Murray. Amanda Rea, K ailea Sam ple, D em itra S ch m id t. N alani Stone, D ustin W illiam s, Jessie Williams, Caleb Eads and Kane Sweeney. 2nd grade: Tommy Bredfield. Joyce Chen. Josh Dowdy, Rylee K ollm an, W illiam Lutcher, Skyler Palm er, W eston Putm an, Em ily Rea, Ryan Sm ith, Ashley Thompson. Patrick Collins, Faith Jones, Sydney Maben. Emily Pappas and Rylee Wagoner. 3rd grade: Alexandra Allen, Cade Arbogast, Macy G ib b s, Jason K endrick, Joseph Schmidt and Alexis Victorio. 4 lh grade: Ryan Dougherty, Ted Dubry, Tate Gentry, M eKayla Kindle, Michaella Murphy and Jaden O rr. 5/6,h grade: Cidney Coster, Carrie Haguewood, H anna L o v g ren . Seth Palm er, C onner Pappas, Cassidee Day, Garrett Gibbs, L arissa G ray, A ustin Gutierrez, Zechariah Hintz, Ju stin P ranger, N atalie Rauch. Brittney Thompson, Stephen Thompson, Zachary Y ocom . Drew B rannon, M aggie C ollins, Camron Day, Kyle Harrison. Jordan Jones, Jacob Moore, Cody Orr and Garrett Robinson. 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