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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Mondays at 5 p.m.