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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 7,2007 HES third-graders participate in poster contest lone Student Chosen for Ali NW Honors Orchestra Eric Jepsen, an lone freshman, has been selected to play violin in the All NW H onors O rc h estra at a co n cert in the O regon C o n v en tio n C en ter on February 18. Jepsen was one o f 4 ,6 0 0 high school stu d en ts from six states (O reg o n , W ashington, Idaho, Alaska, Montana, and Wyoming) who sent in an audition tape last fall in hopes of being picked for one o f five All NW p erfo rm in g groups. The N ational A sso ciatio n o f Music Education (MENC) is hosting the honor groups as part o f its b ien n ial co n fe ren c e . T he M ENC Honor Groups consist of a concert band, sym phony o rc h e stra , m ixed choir, women’s choir, jazz band, and jazz choir. Jepsen, with the help of lone music teacher Karl Blaeuer, has been working to learn his orchestra music - which was mailed several weeks in advance o f the concert. They will travel to P o rtlan d on T hursday, February 15, and Eric will spend three days rehearsing with the orchestra - which w ill be c o n d u cte d by Bridget-Michaele Reischl of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Oberlin, Ohio. The band and orchestra will give their combined concert on Sunday, Feb 18 at 3:30 p.m. at the Oregon Ballroom at the O regon C o n v en tio n Center in Portland. The M EN C NW Division Conference will be attended by thousands of m usic e d u ca to rs. The co n fe ren c e in clu d es workshop sessions, exhibits of music education products and services, and special co n certs by w ell-know n musicians and groups such as the Boston Brass. St. Patrick’s Day Button Contest Winners THING Students from Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Osmin’s third grade class recently entered the state poster contest of Woodsy Owl and Smokey Bear. The Heppner Garden Cluh sponsored them. Pictured are: front row (L-R) Jordan W illiams. Sydney Mähen, Melissa Martin, Kai Arbogast, Faith Jones. C'aitlynn Bailey, and Tommy Bredfield. Back Row (L-R) Mrs. Smith. Josh Dowdy, Weston Putman, Lexi Bray, Rylee Kollman, Brian Rill, Joyce Chen, Kaden Clark, and Sean Woodall. Heppner students to participate St. Paddy’s in chess tournament Cruz-in 16 students from Heppner Elementary School and scheduled Heppner Middle School will he traveling to Hermiston on Saturday, February 10, to participate in the Chess for Success regional tournament. First place individual and team will go on to the state tournament in March in Portland. Students participating are Joe A rm ato, Earl Propheten Zach Hintz, Cody Nelson, Conner Pappas, Kellie Nelson, Cade Arbogast, Ross Cutsforth, John Propheten Cai Arbogast. Emily Pappas, Ry lee Kollman, Kaden Corbin, Kaden Sweeney, Cara Arbogast, and Alex Lindsay. Wayne Seitz has been coaching the players. Fanconi Anemia 5K fundraiser to be held in Portland The V alentine Fanconi Anemia 5K will be held on Sunday, February 11, beginning at 8 a.m . in Portland. Registration fees for the event are $30 for adults and $15 for children under 12 if registered by February 9. Registrations made on the day of the event will be $35 for ad u lts and $20 for children and will be held from 7 a.m. until 7:45 a.m. under the Morrison Bridge - SW M o rriso n /N aito , Downtown Portland. Packet pick up will be February 10 at SW 2"'1/ Yamhill from 12 p.m. until 4 p.m. Checks can be made out to: Fanconi A nem ia Research Fund (FARF). At- shirt is included with the entry fee. All proceeds from the V alentine F anconi anemia 5K will go to the Fanconi Anemia Research Fund; a n o n -p ro fit organization started in 1989 in Eugene, by Dave and Lynn Frohnmayer. Money raised will go to further scientific research of Fanconi Anemia, a rare g en etic life -th re a te n in g disease that leads to bone marrow failure and cancer in children and young adults. Mow a member of Regional Multiple Listing Service To better serve our real estate clients David Sykes Real Estate has joined RM LSIM, the largest REALTOR -owned Multiple List ing Service in the Northwest. Your property listed with us now receives exposure to member agents in 43 Oregon and Washington counties, with a network of over 13,000 subscribers in Oregon and Washington. Currently, the RMLS™ system contains approximately 24,000 on-market listings (of which over 18,000 fall in the residental property category), and over 750,000 total listings. Contact David Sykes to discuss listing your property or learning more about RM LSIM and other marketing ideas we have for your property. E-mail: david@sykesrealestate.net Website: SykesRealEstate.net 188 W. Willow P.0. Box 337 Heppner, OR 97836 (541) 676-9228 1-800-326-2152 Cell (541) 980-6674 Fax (541)676-9211 St. Paddy’s Cruz-in will be a part of the Heppner St. P atrick ’s celebration. This marks the 25"’ year for this “Wee Bit O ’ Ireland” celebration and the 7lh St. Paddy’s Cruz-in. On Saturday, March 17, vehicles will assemble from 10 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. at the northwest entrance to Heppner on Highway 74, former Kinzua mill site. The Cruz-in Parade into Heppner w ill begin at noon and vehicles will be displayed on Water Street. Early registration of $ 10 will be held until March 13. On site registration will be $15. All e n tries will receive a dash plaque. Plaque aw ards will be given for L e p re c h a u n ’s C h o ice, Mustang Award, and Judges Choice. Registrations can be faxed to 541-676-9650 or mailed to St. Paddy’s Cruz- in, PO. Box 1232, Heppner, OR 97836. For m ore in fo rm atio n c o n tact the Chamber of Commerce at 676-5536. A full schedule of ev en ts can be found at www.heppnerchamber.com or www.Heppner.net. CUSTO M - BANNERS Heppner Gazette-Times 676-9228 || ■i; Katie Moure The C h am b er o f Commerce appreciates all of the young people who p a rtic ip a te d in the St. P a tric k 's Day B utton Contest. There were many fine entries and it was a hard decision to make. However, the Chamber could only have four winners and they are: l '1 place: Katie Moore 2nd place: Emily McDaniel 3rd place: Lizzy Rill Hon. Mention: Jo n ath an Chen Elks Americanism Essay Contest winners selected Students in grades 5- 8 at H ep p n er and lone recently wrote essays on the theme “Why I’m Proud to be an American.” The fo llo w in g stu d en ts w rote w inning essays: lone, grade 6 - 1 . Julianne Carleson, 2. Lacey T h o m p so n , 3. Stacee Halvorsen Heppner, grades 5 and 6 - 1. Mekayla Kindle, 2. Kellie Nelson, 3. John Wilson lone, grades 7 and 8 - 1. Beth Morter, 2. Mary Gates, 3. Luke Emmel These students will receive U.S. Savings Bond awards from the Heppner Elks Lodge, B.P.O.E No. 358. The winning essays will be sent to district and state level competition. give passion. teleflora's embraceable you bouquet Lush premium roses in romantic shades of pink and red, delivered in a radi ant contemporary vase that’s as exuher ant as love itself! What Valentine wouldn't fall head %•: over heels for such a display of affection? For a Valentine’s Day to remem ber, call or visit our shop for local delivery, or virtually any where in the U.S. or Canada. valentine's day is Wednesday, february 14th ^ M umuj ' j D auq 217 North Main • Happner Phone 676-9158« Floral 676-9426 Serving H eppn er Lexington 1 lo n e teleflora. Jonathan Chen and Lizzi Rill All four winners may pick up their prize money at the H ep p n er C h am b er between 9:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. K atie’s button was the best o verall and her design will be on this year’s collector button. Buttons will go on sale March 12lh and can be purchased for $3 each at the Chamber of Commerce and City Hall. On M arch 17, buttons can be purchased at the Information Booth that will be located next to the Post Office. St. Patrick’s Day Races revived The 25lh anniversary of Heppner’s St. Patrick's Day celebration will see the revival o f two signature races from our town’s first celebrations, the O ’Shanty Race and the O ’H anky Planky Race. Both races will take place on Main Street before the Cruz-In parade. Teams of two are to design their O'Shantys from re frig e ra to r boxes and decorate them to look like traditional old outhouses. The O ’Hanky Planky Race will consist of teams of four sharing two 10' planks. T hese races have historically proven to no only be very popular, but fun for c o m m e n tato rs and spectators alike. Application form s and ru les can be picked up at the Chamber office. St. Patrick’s celebration play to be held For the fifth year, Heppner’s St. Patrick’s Day Celebration will begin with a stage play written by Father Gerry Condon, of the St. Patrick Catholic Church in Heppner. A perform ance of Emigration to Happiness, a three-act drama, will take place on the church’s parish- hall stag e on T hursday, March 15, beginning at 7:30 p.m. This production will follow a p rem ier performance in lone on the previous Sunday, March 11. E m ig ratio n to H ap p in ess re p re se n ts anothej; historically based drama by Condon, but one centuries more modem than his dramas based on the lives of sainted persons important to the spread of Christianity to Ireland and surrounding areas c e n tu rie s ago. Emigration takes place in 1845. The action begins in Irelan d and fin ish e s in Oregon. Fr. Condon and what has become his repertory group of actors have enjoyed presenting the dramas for the March celebration, and after last y e a r’s perform ance, Condon was inspired by Joe Lindsay to write another. Lindsay, a member of the cast and a local m usic teacher, is known for his song-writing skills. “Joe said we needed something new, som ething about an Irish fa m ily ’s com ing to the United States and bringing th e ir faith w ith th e m ,” Condon explains. “He said, ‘you write the play and I’ll write the music,’ so I did.” While Condon was visiting his sister in Ireland last summer, he found ample time to write the first draft, and he continued work on the drama after returning to Heppner. During the years of famine in Ireland, from 1842 to 1845, the p o p u latio n dropped from eight million to four and a half million. M illions o f Irish citizens immigrated to the United States in what have become known as “famine ships.” Condon’s drama focuses on the fate of a husband and w ife and som e o f th e ir neighbors who decide to seek new and better lives in America. O nce ag ain , the dessert-theatre presentations will be free to the public, with any donations going to a charity that the cast and production crew will select. Deadline fo r all news and advertising Mondays at 5 p.m.
