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Easter egg hunt
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Bessie Wet/ell Newspaper Library
University o f Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403
The Easter bunny is
com ing to lone for the
annual Easter Egg Hunt on
Saturday, April 7, at 10 a.m.
in the lone City Park by the
amphitheater. Children up to
fourth grade are welcome to
come and join him for the
egg hunting and fun.
d o n a tio n s for this
annual event may be
dropped off at the Bank of
Easter Oregon in lone.
HEPPNER
e
imes
VOL. 126
NO. 14
8 Pages
Wednesday, April 4,2007
Morrow County, Heppner. Oregon
Heppner FFA well represented at state
Representative Greg Smith talks with Wacy Coil, Dalton Wellman and Josie Miller.
brothers, D arren and
Matthew, won the 2007 road
bow ling championship, held
during the 25"' annual St.
Patrick celebration in
Heppner March 18.
This second year of
the bow ling activity started
as soon as the thirty
participants had read the
“ gu id elin es and ru le s ,”
signed on the dotted line,
paid their entry fees, and
grabbed their bowls, rugs,
and chalk.
Leading off w ith the
o ft'
heard
warning
“ Bowling!" were last year's
winners. Kirk and Lottie
Holcomb, and their four-
person team. As they neared
the end of Gale Street, they
demonstrated the one hazard
on the course by missing the
Willow Creek Bridge and
not stopping the bowl before
it landed in the creek. Since
“a real Irishman never loses
his bowl,” a team member
hastened after a magnetic
metal detector, which was
attached to a long handle for
successful retrieval of the
bowl.
In the meantime, the
other eight teams learned
from
the
H o lco m b 's
miscalculation and tossed
their ways over the bridge,
around the Union-Street
loop, and on down Riverside
to
the
C an yon-R oad
intersection. They were not
far ahead of the Holcomb
team, time wise, but had
added up their tosses and
anxiously guarded them
from one another while they
waited for last year's winners
to finish the course.
Players admitted to a
few surprises as the bowls
veered one way or another
or covered a shorter or
lo n g er d istan ce than
anticipated by the players.
The most common number
of tosses on the 1.3-mile
course was twenty-seven.
(The
Road
Rovers
demanded a senior division
next year after noting the
difference between their
score of thirty-seven and the
winning score of twenty-
four.)
Teams comprised of
two, three, and four players
participated in the afternoon
event, and a team of two
took home the prize.
Matthew and Darren won
Roadside spectators at the finish
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Shane Laughlin fishing his bowl from Willow Creek with
stick magnet
Shane Laughlin howling
Holcomh/Laughlin team-
kirk. Lottie, Tami and
Shane
$75. which was half of the
entry fees, and their names
w ill be engraved on the Road
Bowling trophy, which will
be on display at City Hall.
2007 winners, the Van Cleave
b ro th ers, D arren and
Matthew, won $75 for first
place. Last year's winners
were Kirk and Lottie
Holcomb.
photos by Judie Laughlin
Tumi Herthold and Shane Laughlin discuss how to get their howl out of the creek
Heppner Easter egg hunt Saturday
Left to right: hack-l)alton Wellman, Lane Wright, Wacy Coil: front-Josie Miller.
Jessica Hughes, Emily Thompson of the Heppner FFA.
The Heppner FFA Josie Miller. Jessica Hughes Supervised A gricultural
C h ap ter
was
well and Emily Thompson, to Education Program.
The
H eppner
represented at this year's participate and compete in
Chapter
is
included
in the
State FFA Convention held local and state activities.
Blue
Mountain
District,
in Corvallis on the campus Each member who attended
of Oregon State University. had responsibilities during w hich held its district officer
Heppner Chapter advisor. the convention. Most served elections during convention.
Josie Miller was elected to
Beth Dickenson, took six on State
Pro ficien cy
district
secretary. “Josie is a
students. Dalton Wellman. Committees, which select
Lane Wright. Wacy Coil, the state winners from their continued page 2
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The annual Heppner
Easter Egg hunt, sponsored
by the Heppner Elks Club
will be held this Saturday.
April 7. at 10 a.m.
C h i l d r e n
kindergarten and younger
w ill hunt at the Heppner City
Park. Those in first and
second grade w ill hunt at the
Morrow County Courthouse
yard and third and fourth
graders will have their hunt
at Hager Park near the dam.
The Easter Bunny
w ill make his annual visit to
the city park.
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