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.
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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
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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.
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