FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 7,2006
Young and old alike enjoy ICC
annual auction and BBQ
Best friends Ann Kietniann, 8, (left) and Rachel Holland, 8,
(rinht) look over the kids items in the Country Store at lone
Community Church's 44lh annual auction and barbecue held June
3 at Willows (»range in lone.
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Morgan Orem, 5, (right) enjoys the outdoor auction with the
adults at ICC’s 44"1 annual auction and barbecue on June 3 in
lone.
Chamber Chatter
By Claudia Hughes. Exec. Dir.
We all continue to
look forward to job creation
at the former mill site, but
until we actually read it from
a Port of M orrow news
release or hear Willow Creek
Valley
Econom ic
Development shout it from
the rooftops, we will hesitate
to have a big party. All in
good time.
In the m eantim e,
let's celebrate those visitors
we do have in town and give
them reasons to return. A car
club just left town from the
Tri-Cities and while it didn't
look like they spent much
time shopping in the rain,
they did eat at a local
restau ran t and thus left
dollars to c ircu late in
Heppner.
T i m b e r 1 i n e
Adventures, a cycling group
following the Oregon Trail,
will be spending a night here
in July, staying at the motel
and eating locally. They sent
a copy o f their 2006
Adventure Planner covering
cycling tours all over the
United States. Heppner is
mentioned in the publication
that has an international
circulation.
Last week, visitors
from Germany were in the
Chamber office, as well as a
mother and daughter from
Portland,
celebrating
graduation and following the
Byways of Oregon. Both a
m otorcycle group and a
Senior Citizen group were
seen spending money on
Main Street. Another group
is working on a visit in July.
I know I repeat myself, but
this is what it’s all about.
Diversify; don't put all your
eggs in one basket. We can't
sit still while we wait for job
creation. Being the place to
visit more and more does
create business for those
making a living here and the
more people we bring in. the
better chance we have of
filling stores.
What are people
coming here to do? Some
love the history, others love
an ything with w heels
(cyclists, motorcycles, 4-
wheelers, traveling by RV or
car). “Got wheels? We invite
you to get lost in Heppner."
Well, guess what, we need
places for these wheels to
park, especially the toy
haulers. Ideas? Run them by
the Chamber of Commerce.
It’s time to come to the table.
It’s time to put on creative
thinking caps and make up
for businesses we lost or
didn’t welcome with open
arms and move forward.
(Just have a chat with Del
Piper who is sold on Willow
Creek Valley opportunities
and is on a roll.)
Looking ahead, you
might invite all your fishing
friends to attend the Bass
and C rappie
Fishing
Tournament July 1 at Willow
Creek Lake, or tell them
about the BBQ, Talent
Show, Pie A uction and
Sidewalk Sale on Friday,
July 28, followed by the
Stickhorse Race and Rodeo
Kick-off Dance on July 29.
H eppner
H appenings
continue on with fun for
everyone.
This week identity
theft will be the Chamber
program, Thursday, June 8
at John’s Place at noon.
Thought for the
Week: “Acommunity is like
a work of art, perfectly
finished only when nothing
can be added to it and
nothing can be taken away.”
M.C.O.G.
Morrow County [Groin Growers me
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AC Houghton finishes first
annual Writing Olympiad
Last Friday morning,
June 2, was the time of the
closing ceremony for the 1 st
Annual Writing Olympiad
for
AC
H oughton
Elementary. Inspired by the
recently closed W inter
Olympics, AC Houghton
third and fourth grades
initiated the Olympiad to
focus attention and student
effort for the statew ide
benchmark writing test in the
fourth grade and the off
grade benchmark writing
test in third grade. The
school co n d u cted
an
opening ceremony this past
February for their efforts in
front of the whole student
body and staff carry in g
banners
pro claim in g
elements of good writing
traits, which are used to
produce highly effective
writing. There was a lot of
fanfare and fun had by all.
The Olympiad idea was the
brainchild of fourth-grade
teacher Lori Frank. It was
quickly d ev elo p ed and
adopted by the entire third
and fourth grade staff.
Follow ing the opening
ceremonies, students took
the Oregon State writing test
with the following goals
determined by point totals
scored in each of the five
writing traits.
Third Grade: Bronze
m edals would go to all
students who conditionally
met the writing point total;
Silver medals would go to all
stu d en ts
who
met
b en ch m ark s with 18-22
points; and Gold medals
would go to students who
received 23-24 points,
essentially passing the fourth
grade benchmark.
Fourth
G rade;
Bronze medals would go to
all
stu d en ts
who
co n d itio n ally
met
benchmarks; Silver medals
would go to students who
received all 4 ’s in their
writing traits; and Gold
medals would go to students
receiving 5’s for their writing
trait scores.
The results of this
y e a r ’s w riting efforts
showed tremendous growth
over last year's results. The
AC Houghton staff has been
working to improve writing
for the past three years. They
have tightly organized the
c u rric u lu m scope and
sequence from grade level to
grade level. They have also
adopted writing graphical
o rg a n iz ers, w hich help
students put their thoughts
in a sequential pattern to
create
good
w riting
beginnings, content and
endings.
When AC Houghton
received their writing results
over the last month, they
showed 80 percent of fourth
g rad ers
m eeting
or
c o n d itio n a lly
m eeting
benchmarks. They showed
100 percent of third graders
meeting or conditionally
meeting benchmarks. The
school staff was extremely
pleased with the results
achieved by great student
efforts motivated in part
through the O lym piad
process.
Exchange students from Germany
bid farewell to lone
The adventure of a
lifetime will soon come to an
end for Michael Mayer and
N iklas Kamp. Mayer and
Kamp are international
exchange students from
Germany who arrived in lone
last August to spend an
academic year at lone High
School and experience the
American way of life.
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For Mayer and Kamp,
the end of the school year
means more than saying
goodbye to homework, they
must also bid farewell to the
families who have shared their
homes with them for the last ten
months.
Although the school
year is over, the friends and
memories that they have made
will last a lifetim e as they
return to Germany with a new
outlook.
Aspect Foundation is
currently seeking volunteer
host families for 2006/2007 so
that more students like Mayer
and Kamp can have this
unforgettable experience.
Interested families can view
profiles and letters for next
year’s students on A spect
F oundation’s
w ebsite,
www.aspectfoundation.org.
Aspect Foundation is a
non-profit
organization
dedicated to excellence in youth
exchange.
For
more
information about becoming an
Aspect Foundation volunteer
host family, please contact
Dave Fitzsimmons at (541)
2 7 6 -8 3 9 4 ,
the
A spect
Foundation national office at
(800) US-YOUTH or visit
www.aspectfoundation.org.
Adult Beginner Spanish class to be
held in Heppner
Blue Mountain Community College will offer Be
ginner Spanish for Adults in Heppner this summer. Taught
by Petra Payne, this introductory class will be held on Tues
day and Thursday evenings from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Hepp
ner High School. The class is set to begin Tuesday, June
20 and will end July 13, with some possible schedule shuf
fling to accommodate the 4th of July holiday.
Students will learn some basic Spanish vocabulary
and become familiar with the sounds and pronunciation of
the Spanish language. Students will learn basic conversa
tional and situational phrases as well as be introduced to
some grammar and rules of the language. The overall goal
of the course is to give students an introduction to the
language and some basic skills to help them communicate
w ith Spanish speakers.
Tuition for this class is $35. Students age 62 and
over may take the class for $25. Registration may be done
online at www.bluecc.edu (course identification is 000.552-
40) or by contacting Anne Morter. Morrow County Coor
dinator, at 422-7040. Students must pre-register as mini
mum enrollment must be met to hold the class.
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Queen Heather Yocom (left) and Princess Josie Miller (right)
with the children of Heppner Day Care.
Q ueen
H eather
Yocom and Princess Josie
Miller read to the children at
Heppner Day Care as part of
their goal o f increasing
literacy in Morrow County.
The girls have both enjoyed
reading since they were little
and want to share the joy.
They also told the
K y lee G ra y b ea l an d C asey E v a n s
Wedding ~ Saturday, June 2 4 th
Pennant hearers Jarried Miller (hack left) and Jessica Hamilton
(hack right) follow behind Princess Josie Miller (middle) and
Queen Heather Yocom (forward).
The Morrow County
Fair and Oregon Trail Pro
Rodeo Court Queen Heather
Yocom and Princess Josie
M iller along with their
pennant b earers Jessica
Hamilton and Jarried Miller
trav eled to Spray over
Memorial Day weekend to
participate in the parade and
rodeo. All of the court
horses traveled together in
the new aluminum horse
trailer p ro v id ed by and
pulled by Jack and Joe
Meligan for the summer.
The
court
represented Morrow County
Miuuuj'J thuj
decked out in their buckskin
and black colored uniforms
that won them the first place
ribbon for best-m ounted
court in the parade.
The grand entry was
smooth and the girls rode
well but with caution. The
parade and grand entry was
a semi-sunny event w ith the
weather changing to torrent
rains that had water standing
in the arena. The girls kept
their smiles in spite of the
rain and invited the
spectators and contestants to
our great County Fair and
Rodeo in August.
St. Patrick’s Senior Center news
The June 1.4 menu
for St. Patrick Senior
C en ter’s noon meal is to
honor Father's Day, June 18.
The menu is roast beef,
mashed potatoes and gravy,
green beans, fresh baked
bread, apple pie and fruit
juice. Volunteer hosts for
that day are being provided
by the Heppner Christian
Church members.
A bus trip is
scheduled for June 13 to
T am astslikt
C ultural
Institute. A guide will be on
hand to take trav elers
through the museum. A gift
shop is there also. Lunch will
be eaten at the Wildhorse
Restaurant and time will be
provided for other interests
of the place. Departure time
from the Main Street
entrance of the senior center
is 10 a.m., Tuesday, June 13.
A sign up sheet is in the
center office. The museum
offers a presentation of the
Native American experience
of the westward migration of
people into and through their
homeland in the 19lh century
to the present. The tour will
take about one hour, then the
bus will transport the group
to the restaurant and the
remainder of the outing.
The
featu red
resident this week is Adine
Stone. Stone has lived in the
St. Patrick ap artm en t
complex for two years. She
has been a resident of the
Heppner area all of her life.
She was born in
1918 and m a rried Gene
Stone in 1934. He was a
woodcutter when they were
first m arried and also
worked as a ranch hand. She
has been a hom em aker;
caring for a family of six
children- three boys and
three girls. She has 14
grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren.
She has been a
widow for 20 years, is a
longtime m em ber of the
Nazarene Church and likes
to read western stories and
novels.
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children about the Stick
Horse Rodeo which will be
held on Saturday. July 29 at
5 p.m. They also mentioned
that they were be a dinner at
7 p.m. and a dance at 8 p.m.
The band for the dance will
be "Much More Country," a
country and western band
from Portland.
Rodeo Court represents
Morrow County in Spray
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