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Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 9, 2007 - ELEVEN Local Students make honor roll at Oregon State Names of students who have made the Scholastic Honor Roll winter term have been announced by Oregon State University. A total of 535 students earned straight-A (4.0). Another 2,314 earned a B-plus (3.5) or better to make the listing. To be on the Honor Roll, students must carry at least 12 graded hours of course work. Students on the Honor Roll included: Boardman: 3.5 or better, Andrew D. Goad, senior. Computer Science. Heppner: 3.5 or better, Marcy A. Miller, senior. Sociology; Travis S. W ilhelm , senior. M echanical Engineering. Irrigon: 3.5 or better, Matthew A. Gordanier, senior. Civil Engineering. Senior Center News The center is requesting donations for the "Go For It" table. The money raised from this will go into a fund to help purchase things for the center such as decorations or to help assist someone in need. Items may be dropped off between 9-12 and 1 -4 Monday through Friday at the Senior Center Office. The Senior Center has a new tenant. Joyce Grasser is a longtime resident of Heppner and made her move last weekend. Everyone at St. Pat’s welcomes her hope she will feel right at home. There is only one apartment available at this time. A Mustang Mop Up crew visited St. Patrick’s Senior Center and gave that apartment a fresh coat of paint. They also cleaned windows and blinds. They did a great job and all their hard work was appreciated. Photography show and stargazing program offered John Day Fossil Beds National Monument staff will be hosting two programs on Friday evening, May 11. Both programs will take place at the Thomas Condon Visitor Center, two miles north of the intersection of State Highway 19 and 26, along Highway 19. B eginning at 7 p.m ., “ a rtis t-in -th e -p a rk ” photographer, Joe Head, will present and discuss his black and white images of the John Day Fossil Beds taken over the last rnopth. At 9 p.m., Ranger John Fiedor will present a stargazing program lasting 90 minutes. Participants should bring a pair of binoculars, and dress very warmly for the outdoors. A telescope will be provided for use during the program. Expect a few satellites, star clusters, and a galaxy or two. Both programs are free and no reservations are needed. For more information call 541-987-2333. University of Idaho announces new Phi Alpha Theta initiates The University of Idaho announces its newly initiated members of Phi Alpha Theta. To be eligible for Phi Alpha Theta at the University of Idaho, potential members must have completed at least 12 credits in history, a minimum 3.1 GPA in six upper division credits and an overall GPA of 3.0. Newly initiated members of Phi Alpha Theta includes Dianna McElligott of lone. UMESD technology department expands contracts In term o u n tain T echnology, the tech n o lo g y department at the Umatilla-Morrow Education Service District (UMESD), has entered into two five-year contracts with Blue Mountain Community College and the Pendleton School District. Intermountain Technology has had a long-term relationship with the Pendleton School District to provide technology support and help desk services, but the contract has always been a one-year service. This new contract extends that service for five years. The contract with BMCC not only lengthens its c o n tra ct p eriod to five years w ith In term o u n tain Technology, but also expands the services the UMESD will provide the community college. In the past, BMCC’s contract with Intermountain Technology has been for help desk support. Now, however, the new contract expands that to also include network support for five years, in addition to other services. “This contract allows the UMESD’s IT department and BMCC to blend our services and expand our partnership to enhance the capabilities of the education community," said Casey White, public information officer for the UMESD. Some of the additional services this contract will provide is access to the K-20 Statewide Educational Network, a higher education network of which most Eastern O regon schools are a part, which provides ed u catio n and research for the O regon ed u catio n community. The UMESD is a hub for this network in Eastern Oregon. “The BMCC contract will provide help desk and desktop support, and network and server support, all in collaboration with BM CC’s Information Technology Resources (ITR) department," said Cheri Rhinhart, director o f the UM ESD 's IT department. “ Right now. our IT department meets every week with BMCC to go over the current direction of where we need to go to support them.” Rhinhart said the contract expansion with BMCC is the “most significant contract increase this year.” “This allows us to enhance technology offerings to our schools," Rhinhart said. “The more collaboration we have with them, the better they can do." The UMESD’s IT department has more than 40 contracts with public agencies around Oregon, including more than 30 K-12 school districts, to provide technology support and services. In addition, IT also installs and maintains camera systems in four school districts. « Folk art, Smithsonian and quilts events planned at Boardman Library T he S m ith so n ian A m erican Art M useum (SAAM ) has developed a sp ecial program on A m erican folk art to be b ro a d c ast via v id e o co n feren c e to the Boardman branch library of the Oregon Trail Library District on Wednesday, May 23, at noon. The program is open to persons of all ages who are interested in our national art museum and its offerings. The program will be b ro a d c ast only to the Boardman library and will last one hour. Those who attend are welcome to bring a sack lunch to the library. Those attending will be able to see items from the national collection and to talk o n e-o n -o n e w ith museum staff in Washington, D.C. as they present objects for in te rp re ta tio n and understanding. The S m ith so n ian event is part of "Folk Art at the Library!", a regional art project for public libraries m ade p o ssib le by the n o n p ro fit L ib raries of E astern O regon (LEO ) under grant funding from the Oregon Arts Commission for lib raries at B oardm an, Hermiston, Pendleton, La Grande and Baker City. At B oardm an, events are co-sponsored by the Oregon Trail Library District. Other “Folk Art at the L ib rary !” events for M orrow C o u n ty area residents include an exhibit at the Boardman library from May 21 - June 15 by local a rtists, in clu d in g G ayle Vaughn who teaches at the Pendleton Art C enter and w orks at the B oardm an library. “T reasu res in the Trunk" will be presented on Wed., June 6 at 7 p.m. by HJH track results The H eppner Jr. High track team participated in a meet on Friday, April 27, at Sunridge in Pendleton. Results are as follows: Sixth Grade Boys Two boys competed and came in fourth in team scoring with 10 points. Jacob Moore: first place shot put, 27’. Seventh Grade Boys (Meet champions) Cameron Day: first place long jump, 15’; third place 200m, 27.63; third place 400m , 1:05; and second place medley relay. Josh Williams: first place 100m, 12.34; first place 200m , 26.57; and second place with eighth medley relay. Coleman Clark: third place 1500m, 6:07. Chase Milner: fourth place tie high jump, 4 ’6”; fourth place long jump, 12'9 V4”; third place 200m, 27.63; and second place medley relay. C ody O rr: fourth place tie high jump, 4 ’6”; fifth place 400m, 1:07.58; fifth place 800m, 2:35.93; and second place medley relay. Z ech H intz: fifth place discus, 7 V 1”; and fifth place shot put, 25'4”. Cody Nelson: fifth place 1500m, 6:13; and fourth place 4x100 relay. Eighth Grade Boys (Second Place Team) N atalie Rauch: second place shot put, 26'; fourth place discus, 56’6"; sixth place 4x100 relay; and fourth place medley relay. Jo an n a Patton: second place high jum p, 4 ’4” ; fourth place 400m, 1:12.40; and second place 800m, 2:52. C ourtney G eorge: sixth place high jump; and sixth place 4x100 relay. Eighth Grade Girls (Third place team with only three girls) Brooke Thompson: fourth place 100m hurdles, 19.35; first place tie 200m, 29.46; long jump, 12'3”; and fourth place medley relay. Kelsi Puttnam: third place 200m, 30.46; second place 400m. 1:10; and fourth place medley relay. K e s h a w n a Talamantes: second place shot put, 29’8” ; and first place discus, 77’ 10". The H eppner and lone Jr. High track teams will travel to Stanfield for their all-league cham pionship meet on Friday, May 11. Both schools have many a th le tes in p o sitio n to cap tu re in d iv id u al team titles. The meet will begin at noon. noted quilt historian and author Mary By water Cross, a past presenter from the O regon C o u n cil for the H u m an ities C h au tau q u a Program. C ross w ill bring several historic quilts. Her program focuses on "Quilts as Com m unity” as visual reco rd s of hum an experience. Her program has been extremely well received and she is known nationally. Cross’s book Quilts of the Oregon Trail has just been reissued and includes new quilts about the journey west and more information about the role of women in their communities. Cross will be at the B oardm an lib rary on Wednesday, June 6. at 3 p.m. with copies of the new book for purchase and for book signing. She enjoys visiting w ith re sid en ts and encourages anyone with a Morrow County area host families needed Foreign high school students are scheduled to arrive soon for academ ic semester and year homestay pro g ram s, and the sponsoring o rg an izatio n needs a few more local host families. The students are anxiously awaiting news of their new families. These young am b assad o rs are looking forward to fulfilling their life-long dreams. According to Pacific In te rc u ltu ra l E xchange (P.I.E.) Executive Director, John Doty, the students are all between the ages of 15 and 18 years, are English- speaking, have their own spending m oney, carry accid en t and h ealth insurance, and are anxious to share th eir cu ltu ral experiences with their new American families. P.I.E. currently has programs to match almost every family’s needs, ranging in length from a semester to a full academic year, where the students attend local high schools. P.I.E. area representatives match students with host families by finding common in terests and lifesty le s through an informal in-home meeting. Prospective host families are able to review student applications and select the perfect match. As Sniders recognized by Beautifícation/Parks and Land Commission Jared Hedman: first place 100m hurdles, 16.46; and 45lh 4x100 relay. Jordan W right: second place discus, 91 ’8"; fifth place tie shot put, 3 0 '1 0 ” ; and fifth place 400m, 1:05. N ick K em pas: INSI RANC E CENTER, If second place 200m. 25.63; and fo u rth place 100m, 12 . 68 . Kyle Fushs: third place high jump. 4' 10”. Alex Pickles: fifth Chuck Hailey presents Nancy Snider with a Certificate of Recognition for the contribution she and her husband. Dick, place 200m. 26.81. WHEATLAN^ __ ,__ f have made to the appearance of the Heppner's business community. Kellie Nelson: sixth Sixth Grade Girls The City of Heppner's Beautification/Parks and Land Commission recently presented a Certificate of Recognition to Dick and Nancy Snider The Sniders were recognized for their commitment and contribution to the appearance of Heppner's business community. This was manifested in their new Wheatland Insurance building on the corners of Main and Center Streets. The building has an upscale exterior enhanced with generous landscaping. The Beautification Commission was created in 1999 by the Heppner City Council to educate, advise, promote, Seventh Grade and recognize attractive environments w ithin the city limits. Girls (Fourth place team In 2005. it was com bined with the Parks and Land Commission. with 34 V 2 pts.) place shot put. 2 1 ’4"; first place 400m. 1:11.94; and second place 800m, 2:56.38. Brittney Thompson: fifth place long ju m p , 10’ 10"; seventh place 100m, 15.37; and fourth place medley relay. Andrea Collins: fifth place 4(X)m. 1:20; and fourth place 800m. 3:11.49. quilt that they would like to learn more about such as age or fabric to bring it to the library that afternoon. T he S m ith so n ian program will be broadcast at noon on June 7 to the Hermiston Public Library, and Cross will present her program again that evening at that library. "We hope this will be the first of many programs in coming years brought to Morrow County residents th ro u g h LEO and its p a rtn e rsh ip w ith the Smithsonian art museum." said M arsha R ichm ond, Oregon Trail Library District director. The project is the first rural collaboration that the Smithsonian art museum has had with rural libraries. For fu rth e r information, please contact Richmond at 5 4 1 -481 -5565 or Lyn Craig, LEO Exec. Director at 541-763-2355. there are no "typical” host fam ilies, P.I.E. can fit a student into just about any situation, w hether it is a single parent, a childless c o u p le, a re tire d couple or a large family. Families who host for P.I.E. are also eligible to claim a $50.00 per month charitable contribution deduction on their itemized tax returns for each m onth they host a sponsored student. For the upcom ing programs, P.I.E. has students from Germany, the former Soviet Union, Venezuela, A rgentina, Brazil, Japan, Hungary, Korea, Mexico, Australia, Yugoslavia. China, and many other countries. P.I.E. is also participating in two special governm ent- funded programs to bring scholarship students from the N ew ly In d ep en d en t States of the former Soviet U nion as w ell as p red o m in an tly Islam ic countries such as Yemen, Syria, Jordan, M orocco, Kuwait. Iraq and Qatar to the United States. P.I.E. is a n o n -p ro fit e d u catio n al o rg a n iz atio n that has sponsored more than 25,(XX) students from 45 countries since its founding in 1975. The o rg a n iz atio n is designated by the United States Department of State and is listed by the Council on S tan d ard s for International Educational Travel (CSIET). certifying that the o rg a n iz atio n complies with the standards -Continued on page 12 Justice Court Report Judge C h arlo tte G ray, H eppner Ju stic e C o u rt, has re leased the following report: -Shirley L. George. 63. Heppner. Failure to stop for bus lights, $324 fine. -John J. Steagall. 35, Lexington. Violation of the basic rule. 75 mph in a 55 mph zone, $113 fine. -Ryan Lee Miller, 35, Heppner. Violation o f the basic rule. 80 mph in a 55 mph zone. $244 fine. -Denise M. Smith. 54. Heppner. Violation of the basic rule. 76 mph in a 55 mph zone. $244 fine. -S tefan ie Jo clle H anson, 21, H eppner, Violation of the basic rule. 75 mph in a 55 mph zone, $148.
