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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 3,2006 - SEVEN Head Start recruiting families U m atilla M orrow Head Start is re cru itin g families for the 2006-2007 program year. Head Start is a comprehensive program for families of 3 and 4 year old children that include education, nutrition, social serv ices and parent involvement. Head Start is primarily for low-income families, but assistance also is available for families with children with disabilities. The Heppner center is a com bination m odel, where children receive a preschool experience 3 days per week, part day, and in BEO employees participate in Teach Children to Save Day Engagement addition, families receive one home visit per month. The cut off date for d eterm in in g the age eligibility for children is Sept. 1. Families also must meet federal income guidelines. Applications are available at Heppner Head Start, located at Heppner Elementary and at various locations within the com m unity. For information, contact Candy Green, Child and Family Advocate in Heppner at 676- 5482 until May 12, or the main office in Hermiston after May 12 at (800) 559- 5878. Sneddon-Pool 4-H Livestock Field Days coming to Morrow County The 4-H programs in W heeler, G illiam and M orrow c o u n tie s are teaming up to provide a host of opportunities for 4-H and FFA youth with livestock projects. Three livestock field days have been planned for the upcoming months. The topics of each workshop will build upon the previous w orkshop but be broad enough that youth will learn something new from each one. County OSU Extension staff encourages youth to participate in as many field days as possible. W orkshop top ics will include, but are not lim ited to: L iv esto ck judging, the basics and more ad v an ced sk ills; S how m anship; F ittin g ; N u tritio n ; H ealth and H andling; and A nim al Olympics at the Gilliam Field Day All field days will be held on Saturdays with the dates, starting tim es and locations as follows: May 6, 9:30 a.m.. Gilliam County Fairgrounds, Condon; June 10, 10 a.m., Wheeler County Fairgrounds, Fossil; July 22, 8:30 a.m., Morrow County Fairgrounds, Heppner. We hope to see all our livestock youth there, as there will be something for the beginners as well as the more advanced. HHS to celebrate prom May 6 H ep p n er High School will be celebrating Prom on Saturday, May 6, from 9 p.m .-l a.m. at the Fairgrounds in the Annex B uilding. TN T Entertainment will provide the music. The prom court this year includes: Princes Rory K ilkenny, Daniel Basile, Matthew Van Cleave, Peter Geer and Mikel Britt and Princesses Heather Yocom, Heather Rill, Laurie Murray, A bby Key and B rittney Herbison. The queen and king will be announced at 10 p.m. during the dance. A Thomas Pool and Amanda Sneddon Thomas Pool and Amanda Sneddon, both of Albany, wish to announce their engagement. The bride-elect is the daughter of Don and Tami Sneddon of Mount Vernon. WA. She is a 2001 graduate of Heppner High School and a 2005 graduate of Oregon State University. She is currently employed by the Albany School District. The groom-elect is the son of Don and Carrie Pool of Albany. He is a 2000 graduate of South Albany High School and is employed by Research Mannikins. The couple will be married. May 13, 2006, at the Spring Hill Country Club in Albany. Local student makes dean’s list N early 1300 U n iv ersity o f O regon students have been named to the deans' lists for scholastic achievement during winter term o f the 20 0 5 -2 0 0 6 school year, according to STORE CLOSING PRICES SLASHED! ALL PLUMBING SUPPLIES ALL PAINT SUPPLIES NOW ... OFF .R e g u la r P r ic e OFF R e g u la r P r ic e ALL FISHING SUPPLIES ALL AIHEROCK KNOBS PULLS HINGES... , , OFF R e g u la r P r ic e OFF R e g u la r P r ic e W H ILE Q U A N T IT IE S LAST ALL OTHER MERCHANDISE IS 50% OFF Anne Leavitt, vice president for student affairs and dean of students. O ne o f those students was Heppner High graduate, Jonathan Bennett, a senior political science major. UO deans' lists are compiled for fall, winter and spring terms during each school year. All u n d erg rad u ate and post b a cc a lau rea te stu d en ts, including National Student E xchange stu d en ts, are eligible. To qualify for the lists, students must be in good academic standing and must have completed 12 or more graded credits for the term. The required minimum grade-point average is 3.75 on a scale having 4.0 as a straight-A average. A ltogether, 1,299 stu d en ts-o u t o f 15,617 u n d erg rad u ate and post baccalaureate students-made winterterm 2006deans' lists for th eir resp ectiv e UO school or college. Babe Ruth baseball sign-ups to be held Babe Ruth baseball signups are currently being held. The program is for ages 13-15. A parents' meeting will be held on May 7 at 7 p.m. in the conference room at Columbia Basin Electric C o-O p. For m ore information, contact Rick Johnston at 676-5562. S h aro n H arriso n , Branch Manager, Bank of Eastern Oregon, Heppner B ran ch , gave a sav in g s lesson to K thru third grade stu d en ts at H ep p n er Elementary School as part of the A m erican B ankers A sso c ia tio n E d u catio n Foundation's Teach Children to Save Program. Sharon R ietm ann, B ranch M anager, lone Branch, gave the lesson to the K thru third graders at lone Elementary School. B ank o f E astern Oregon em ployees joined thousands of bankers across the country who traded in th e ir b alan ce sheets for blackboards to help fill the need for financial education. “Studies show that kids aren’t learning the skills they need to make smart financial decisions as adults,” said E. G eorge K offler, P resid en t and CEO . “Communities and schools teach other life skills, such as driving a car, but we don’t spend enough time teaching financial skills. Bankers are in the schools this week to help fill that gap and prepare fu tu re cu sto m ers for financial success.” The p resen ta tio n included activities about the c o n cep t o f sav in g , how interest makes money grow, how to budget and d e term in in g needs and w ants. B ank o f E astern O regon em p lo y ees also handed out piggy banks and coins to approximately 2,000 kindergarten through third grade students in its local banking communities. Since the American B ankers A sso ciatio n E d u catio n F o u n d a tio n 's National Teach Children to save Day began in 1997, thousands of bankers have taught money skills to more than one million students. B ank o f E astern Oregon offers the following tips to help parents make every day “Savings Day:” -Help kids open up their own bank savings account and make deposits regularly. Many banks have children’s accounts that have no fee or minimum-balance requirements. -Make going to the bank fun. Some banks have kids’ clubs where members get newsletters or receive balloons when they make a deposit. -K ids love to get mail, so encourage them to keep an eye out for their quarterly statement. -Talk to your child about the family budget. In clu d e a d iscu ssio n on wants and needs. Reinforce this by budgeting for a family outing or purchase. -W h ile ch ild ren know that money doesn't grow on trees, they may think it comes out of a w all. Show them how an ATM machine works and explain that to take money out of the bank you must first put it in. -G ive y o u r kid s positive feedback. As they get o ld er, give them responsibility over how they spend their money. The ABA Education F o u n d atio n , a n o n p ro fit subsidiary of the American B ankers A sso c ia tio n , is com m itted to developing and providing education p ro g ram s th at lead to financial literacy. The ABA E d u catio n F o u n d a tio n 's National Teach Children to Save Day is held every April when thousands of bankers m ake p re se n ta tio n s to students on the importance of saving for their future. BEO Bancorp is the holding company for Bank of Eastern Oregon, which operates 11 branches in six eastern Oregon counties. B ranches are located in Arlington, lone, Heppner. Condon, Irrigon. Boardman. Burns, John Day, Prairie City. Fossil, and Moro. Bank o f E astern O regon also o p e ra tes a m o rtgage division, loan production offices-in H erm iston and O n ta rio , and o ffers brokerage services through BEO Financial Services. The b a n k 's w eb site is www.beobank.com. Red Cross volunteers needed Disaster Volunteers are needed for M orrow County in association with the American Red Cross. These volunteers respond to com m unity disasters and house fires. Volunteers are needed to teach CPR and F irst Aid classes. Youth Babysitter Training courses and to volunteer at blood drives. Morrow County lies within the Rolling Prairie District, which also serves Grant. Wallowa and Umatilla counties. Training sessions are starting soon in the area. For more information, call (541) 276-1211, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. WILLOW CREEK WATER PARK P u rch a se o r m ake /tat/meats on season /tasses e a r ly ! 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