FOUR • Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 14.2006
Bank of Eastern Oregon awards IHS grads receive over $26,000
$5000 in scholarships
in scholarships and grants
B ank o f E astern
Oregon awarded ten $500
scholarships to graduating
sen io rs
th ro u g h
its
A g ric u ltu ra l/B u s in e s s
Scholarship Program. This is
the 14,h year the bank has
offered this program, giving
away over $43,000 during
th at tim e. O ne o f these
s c h o la rsh ip s w ent to a
Heppner Senior and one to
an lone Senior.
K ory K ilk e n n y ,
H eppner
H i g h
S c h o o l,
played
f o o tb a l 1
a n d
basketball
all four
y ears o f
h i g h
school
a n d
served as
team captain. He was also
active in field and track and
golf. He served as Junior
C lass Vice President and
p a rtic ip a te d in N ational
Youth Leadership, Outdoor
Club, Wildhorse Club and
Forum. Rory also competed
in the R egional Science
Bowl, Knowledge Master,
W atershed Field Day and
was a Student Leader in
A m erican
H istory
Competition. Rory plans on
a tte n d in g
G onzaga
U n iv e rsity to m ajor in
G eneral Engineering. He
was also accepted at the
H ogan E n trep ren eu rial
Honors College.
Jennifer Griffith,
l o n e
H i g h
School,
w a s
in v o lv e d
in the lone
Youth
Group
throughout
h i g h
s c h o o l,
e a rn in g
the Footsteps Award in 9,h
and 10,h grades. She was a
member of the North Lex
Livestock Club and served
as Club President in 12,h
grade. Jennifer has been a
m em ber of the N ational
Honor Society throughout
high school. She plans to
atten d E astern O regon
U niversity and m ajor in
Agriculture Business.
BEO Bancorp is the
holding company for Bank
of Eastern CJregon, which
operates 11 branches in six
eastern O regon 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 erates
a m ortgage
division, loan production
offices in H erm iston and
O n tario ,
and
o ffers
brokerage services through
BEO Financial Services. The
b a n k ’s
w eb site
is
www.beobank.com.
St. Patrick’s Senior Center news
The
June
21
(Summer Solstice) menu for
the senior center noon meal
is Swedish m eatballs and
noodles, spinach, fruit salad,
French bread and cherry
crisp. Volunteer hosts are
m em bers and friends of
Christian Life Center.
The resident of the
week is Meg Murray, who
moved into the apartment
complex in May 2006. She
grew up in Newberg. She
met Rod Murray during her
high school years and they
were married in Biloxi. MS.
They will be married for 60
years in July.
T hey m oved to
H eppner in 1957 and
worked for one and a half
years for Leta Humphreys,
then owner of Humphreys’
R exall D rug. T hey then
purchased the store and
worked together in it for 33
years, and then sold it to their
son and daughter-in-law ,
John and Ann Murray, who
have owned it for 14 years.
M urray w as the
catalyst for the creation of
the se n io r c e n te r and
ap artm en t com plex by
rem odeling the H eppner
Hotel on Main Street. She
p laced a su rv ey in the
Gazette Times, which asked
people to respond to the
possibility of the use of that
building for that purpose.
The hotel housed the Case
Furniture Company, owned
by Rita and Amie Hedman
at the time. Response to the
survey was positive enough
to go ahead with plans. With
the help o f attorney Bill
Kuhn, former county judge
Paul Jones, then mayor Brill
Colins, Jane Rawlins and
others, to negotiate federal
loans and grants and other
necessary fin an cin g , the
p ro cess w as begun and
completed in 1989.
Murray also served
on the C h am b er o f
C om m erce board for 10
years.
The M urrays have
five children, three boys and
two girls, 15 grandchildren
and 12 great-grandchildren.
Meg has traveled abroad to
G reece, E ngland and
S co tlan d and has also
traveled in the United States.
At
the
commencement ceremony
fo r lone H igh School
graduating seniors, $26,100
was
aw ard ed
in
scholarships.
S ch o larsh ip s and
amounts awarded include:
South
M orrow
County- $750 each, Ashly
Grams and Amy Jepsen.
B ank o f E astern
O reg o n - $500, Jenny
Griffith.
lone
A m erican
L egion Post #95- $300,
Kristal Temple.
Red and G ena
Leonard Foundation- $2000
each, Tony B olin, Kelly
T h om pson and Jenny
Griffith.
Mid-Columbia Bus
C o m p an y - $500, K elly
Thompson.
Carl W. Troedson-
$1000 each, Tyler Brown,
Jenny Griffith, Amy Jepsen,
Kelly Thompson and Ashly
Grams.
Cargill Community
Scholarship- $1000, Amy
Jepsen.
B lue
M ountain
Community College Tuition
Scholarship- $1000, Tony
Bolin and $500 each, Tony
Bolin and John Walton.
Swede and Frances
Carlson- $300 each, Jennifer
Griffith and Tyler Brown.
M ike
M athew s
M em orial S c h o la rsh ip -
honoary, Del LaRue (Golf
Wild Horse).
Elks BPOE Heppner
L odge- $1000, K elly
Thompson, $300 each, Amy
Jepsen and Tyler Brown and
$250, Kristal Temple.
Tillam ook C ounty
C ream ery A sso c ia tio n -
$2000, Kristal Temple.
Ken
S n id er
M em orial S c h o la rsh ip -
$ 1000, Ashly Grams.
Outstanding Senior
Athlete- Ashly Grams and
Kelly Thompson.
lone Volunteer Fire
Fighter’s Association- $200,
Ashly Grams.
N atio n al
M erit
R ec o g n itio n -
K ristal
Temple.
O regon
W heat
F o u n d atio n - $500, Amy
Jepsen.
4-H
L ead ers
Scholarship- $300, Amy
Jepsen.
lo n e
C ard in al
Booster Club- $300 each,
Am y Jep sen and A shly
Grams.
Jaso n H alv o rsen
Memorial Scholarship- $500
each, Jenny Griffith, Ashly
Grams, Kelly Thompson and
Tyler Brown.
Pioneer M em orial
F o u n d atio n - $250, Amy
Jepsen.
Golf tourney moves to one-day
format
purchase. “You can enter as
The Heppner Youth
A c tiv itie s
C o m m ittee
Benefit G olf Tournament,
formerly the HHS Alumni
G olf Tournament, will be
held Saturday, July 8 at
Willow Creek Country Club
in Heppner. “We’ve moved
to a one-day format to make
it e a sie r for p eo p le to
p a rtic ip a te ,” said D ave
A llsto tt, a to u rn am en t
sp o k esp erso n .
The
to u rn am en t is open to
everyone out of high school
and both n o v ice and
ex p erien c e d g o lfe rs are
encouraged to participate,
Allstott said.
Cost will be $40 per
person and will include a
steak dinner at the clubhouse
following the tournament.
Teams of five people will
co m p ete in a scram b le
format, with mulligans (do-
overs) again available for
a team, or be placed on one,”
A llsto tt
said .
The
tournam ent w inners will
have their names engraved
on a p la q u e, w hich is
displayed along with a team
photo in the high school
trophy case.
E ntry form s are
available at Willow Creek
Country Club clubhouse, or
by contacting Dave Allstott
at 676-5216. Entry deadline
is Monday, July 3.
The golf tournament
is an annual fundraiser for
the
H ep p n er
Youth
Activities Committee. The
committee has contributed
to various youth programs
including the new track at
H eppner H igh School, a
variety of sports activities,
band,
the
H eppner
Elementary Chess Club and
the Mike Currin Memorial
Scholarship.
DA’s Report
William Edward Perkins pled guilty to Interfering
with Making a Report, a Class A misdemeanor. He was
sentenced to 180 suspended days in jail, 24 months bench
probation, completion of anger management and payment
of $383 in fines and fees.
Robert Scott Martin pled no contest to Assault IV
misdemeanor (lesser including), a Class A misdemeanor.
He was sentenced to 180 suspended days in jail, 24 months
bench probation, com pletion o f alcohol assessm ent,
completion of Domestic Violation package with Batterer’s
Impact Panel and payment of $1344 in fines and fees.
FATHER'S D AY
Sunday, June 18th
Spark
r®wr Dag I
R em em ber to show
D a d he is special!
Are you tired?
JDo you lose energy in the afternoon ?y
Do you need to lose weight?
Do you want to improve your
overall health & wellness?
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We have cards, coolers, barbecue
supplies, candy, wine, & fun gifts for
Dad! (Coffee cards make a great gift!)
For a free energy d rink sam ple
(Weight Watcher friendly !)
& m ore inform ation,
call C arm en Wilson,
(541)989-8545
o r Jodi Ferguson,
(541)571-4466
^ Mumy'i Dwj
217 North Main • Heppner
Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426
Serving Heppner. Lexington & lone
lone Middle School tracksters
finish successful season
T he lo n e M iddle
School Track teams capped
a successful season at the
M iddle
School
C h am p io n sh ip m eet at
Riverside High School. The
follow ing team members
placed at the meet.
6-7lh Grade:
Rebecca Jepsen won
the 100 hurdles, the 200m
and the 400m and placed
second in the triple jump.
Beth Morter won the
long jump, was second in the
400 and ran on the second
place on the 4x200 relay and
was on the third place 4x 100
relay.
Joanna Patton won
the high jump, was 5lh in the
long jum p and ran on the
third place 4x 100 relay team.
M akenna R am os
was 8lh in the 100, ran on the
2nd place 4x200 relay and on
the 3rd place 4x100 team.
M ary
R ietm ann
placed 7,h in the discus.
Jordan Peterson was
8lh in the long jump and ran
on the 3rd place 4x 100 team.
Micah Stillman was
3rd in the long jump and ran
on the 4lh place 4x 100 relay.
T anner R ietm an n
was 2nd in the triple jump, 4,h
in the long jump and ran on
the 4thplace 4x100 relay.
Kevin LaRue was 4lh
in the 300 hurdles, 6th in the
triple jump and ran on the 4lh
place 4x100 relay.
Alex Rietmann ran
on the 4th place 4x100 relay
team.
T hom as H olland
was 7lh in the shot put.
Adam Collin, Micah
Stillman, Jeremy Coleman
and Steven Holland placed
4lh in the 7lh grades boys
4x200 relay.
Adam Collin, Jeremy
Coleman, Kaleb Dumler and
Steven Holland placed 8,h in
the 7,h grade 4x100 relay.
8,h Grade:
H eath er W iggers
was second in the javelin and
ran on the fifth place 4x100
relay.
Stefanie Archer was
4lh in the javelin.
Sarah Stillman was
fifth in the triple jump, ran
on the 5th place 4x100 relay
and on the 2nd place 4x200
relay.
Brianna Peterson ran
on the 2nd place 4x200 relay
and on the 5,h place 4x100
relay.
Tyree Svetich ran on
the 5th place 4x 100 team.
Matt Hams was 2nd
in the triple jump, 2nd in the
long jump, 3rd in the javelin
and ran on the 4 ,h place
4x 100 relay.
Eric Jepsen was 3rd in
the 800, 4 ,h in the 300
hurdles and ran on the 4 lh
place 4x100 relay.
S torm y K endrick
was 4th in the javelin, 7,h in
the 200 and ran on the 4,h
place 4x100 relay.
RJ Ramos was 8lh in
the javelin.
G unner Jessen ran
on the 4lh place 4x100 team.
Rebecca Jepsen was
the most versatile athlete
th ro u g h o u t the season
setting six individual 6,h
grade records as well as
running a leg on the record-
b reak in g 6 lh grade relay
team . R eb ecca’s records
include 25 feet 8 inches in the
triple jump, 18.11 seconds in
the 100m hurdles, 56.22
seconds in the 300m hurdles,
1 minute 7.22 seconds in the
40 0 , 2 m in u te s 42.48
seconds in the 800 and 5
minutes 33.9 seconds in the
1500. She team ed w ith
Jordan Peterson, Makenna
Ramos and Mary Rietmann
to run 1 minute 1.56 seconds
in the 400 relay.
Others setting new
re c o rd s
in clu d e
the
following:
Micah Stillman set a
new 6,h grade long jum p
record with a leap of 14 feet
9.5 inches.
Makenna Ramos set
the 6lh grade 100 record in
13.56 seconds.
S te fa n ie A rch er
broke the 8lh grade javelin
record w ithja throw of 94
feet 8.5 seconds.
Morrow County Crop Tour
scheduled for June 23
The Morrow County
Crop Tour is set for Friday,
June 23. The afternoon will
start o ff at 2 p.m . for a
segment on Austrian Winter
Peas (A W P). T h is is a
rotational crop for irrigated
systems and potential use in
double summer fallow. Craig
Miles is the cooperator for
this segment.
The next stop will
take the group to Morrow
County Grain Growers at
approxim ately 3 p.m . in
Lexington for an equipment
update. Dustin Padberg will
have inform ation on the
Schulte Mower and the tax
incentives that go along with
it. T h ere w ill also be
demonstrations for the Great
Plains Sweep Plow and GPS
auto-steering.
F o llo w in g
the
equipment demonstrations at
approximately 4:30 p.m., the
group will head to the North
Lex E lev a to r area for
in fo rm atio n on a field
e x p erim en t, late seeded
w inter wheat in chemical
fallow- “What we’ve learned
during the last three years.”
Chris Rauch and Steve Hill
are the cooperators for this
experiment.
The
to u r
w ill
co n clu d e
w ith
O SU
statewide variety trials by
Jim Peterson. Rauch and Hill
are again cooperators for
these trials.
T im e p e rm ittin g ,
there will be a short look at
larg e-p lo t variety trials.
Evaluated varieties include
G ene, S te p h e n s, T ubbs,
ORCF-101, O RCF-102, ID-
587, O RSS-1757 (O SU ’s
new supersoft variety) and
WB 528. Cooperators for
these variety trials are Ken
Nelson and Brent Martin.
The social hour and
potluck din n er w ill take
place at the lone City Park
at 6 p.m. Please help make
the potluck a success; last
nam es sta rtin g w ith A
through M are asked to bring
a dessert and N through Z
are asked to bring a salad or
side dish. Sponsors for this
year’s tour include Morrow
County W heat Producers,
M orrow C o u n ty G rain
G row ers, O regon W heat
Growers League, Bank of
E astern
O reg o n
and
Wheatland Insurance.
Marriage Licenses
The Morrow County
Court has issued the follow
ing marriage licenses:
May 25: K evin
E ugene
C a rlto n ,
36,
Hermiston and Serena Faye
Bouttier, 38, Hermiston.
Ju n e 6: Guadalupe
Ortega, 21. Boardman and
Yanet
S an ch ez,
19,
Boardman.
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