SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 20,2007
Heppner FFA Chapter attends
Eastern Oregon Livestock Show
Brynna Rust (left) and Jessica Hughes with livestock judge and
their sheep
Brynna Rust and Jessica Hughes recently attended
the Eastern Oregon Livestock Show in Union with their
livestock projects. They were competing in the FFA
division with their sheep projects. Heppner FFA advi
sor Beth Dickenson said she was very pleased with how
Heppner's first show went. “Brynna won grand champion
overall with her breeding ewe and Jessica received reserve
champion overall with her breeding ewe. The girls did an
awesome job and I think they had fun in the process,” said
Dickenson.
Farmers enjoy Morrow
County Crop Tour
Annual crop tour
Local farmers gath
ered Friday, June 15, for the
annual Morrow County Dry
land Crop Tour. The event
was hosted by Chris and
Cathy Rauch and Steve and
Tana Hill who call their joint
farm ing operation north
o f Lexington, Starvation
Farms.
Larry Lutcher, Mor
row County Extension agent,
had a number o f speakers
talk about the various test
plots that have been set up
on their farm. At the first
site, Dan Ball spoke o f her
bicide options for weed con
trol in chem fallow. Larry
Lutcher and Don Wysocki,
Pendleton Extension agent,
gave their insights on old
and new varieties of hard
red winter wheat at the next
stop.
Then, Chris Rauch
and Bon Lee from the Wheat
Marketing Center in Port
land gave an overview o f
hard white wheat and the
m arketing o p p o rtu n ities
that lie ahead for farmers
who want to try their hand
at raising that variety o f
wheat. Most o f the HWW
that is produced now is
used d o m estically . This
variety o f w heat makes ex
cellent noodles and steam
bread. A ustralian HWW
only makes good noodles,
so according to the experts,
Korea, Taiwan and Japan are
anxious to buy from us if we
will just produce more.
The last stop dealt
with fertilizer management.
Mike Flowers, OSU crop
specialist, discussed sev
eral pertinent topics such
as: With the cost of fertilizer
high, how do growers man
age it to get the best bang
for their buck? Do they put
it on in the fall and gamble
that they w ill guess the right
amount of moisture during
the winter? Or do they put
it on in the spring after we
know what kind o f winter
w e’ve had? Or maybe they
split it up...part in the fall
at planting time and the rest
o f it in the spring. Also how
do they manage it for protein
levels in the red wheats?
Flower also shared the re
sults of this test plot with
those in attendance.
A steak din
ner provided by M orrow
C ounty W heat G ro w ers
with “delicious salads and
desserts brought by local
farm families was the high
point of the evening.” The
Rauches and the Hills pro
vided a slide show o f the
history of their farm through
the generation-great-grand-
father Chris Moehnke on
down through Julian and
Irv Rauch and now Chris
Rauch and his sister Tana
Hill. The fifth generation
is being raised on the farm
now. M illie Rauch had a
beautiful quilt displayed in
the shop that followed the
same topic.
G-T closed for
Fourth of July
The H eppner G a
zette-Times office will be
closed on Wednesday, July
4, in observance o f Inde
pendence Day. The news
deadline for the Thursday,
July 5 paper will rem ain
Monday at 5 p.m.
The office will re
open at its regular time on
Thursday, July 5.
I
Heppner High School holds Night of
Excellence Awards presentation
H e p p n e r H ig h
School held a Night o f Ex
cellence awards night re
cently.
P re s id e n tia l
Awards, given to eighth and
11th grade students earning
a 3.5 or higher grade-point
average and exceeding in
math or reading on the na
tional norm state tests were
presented to the following
students:
11 th grade: Latosha
Bowles, Baillie Keithley,
W hitney M atthews, Sean
M urray, K elsey W olff;
eighth grade: Joseph Ar-
mato, Lindsay C utsforth,
Justin Gutierrez, Brett Har
rison, Donald Matthews, Ju
lia Meyer, lan Murray, Kelsi
Putman, Devin Robinson,
Daisy Victorio.
Individual academic
awards were presented as
follows (listed by instruc
tor):
Jason Palmer, Physi
cal Science: Excellence in
Earth Science - Julia Meyer;
E x cellen ce in P hysics -
Sean Murray; Excellence in
Physical Science -Maggie
Armato.
D ieter Waite, Life
Science: Excellence in Life
Science - Devin Robinson;
Excellence in Biotechnol
ogy - Maggie Armato; Ex
cellence in Biology - Sarah
Ballard.
J e a n n ie C o llin s ,
Language Arts 9-10: Ex
cellence in Language Arts
- Emily Thompson.
Mark Dowdy, Lan
guage Arts 11-12: Excel
lence in Advanced Place
ment Language Arts - Regi
Seitz; Excellence in Lan
guage Arts 11-12 - Maggie
Armato.
John Flaherty, High
School Social Studies: Ex
cellence in American Histo
ry - Maggie Armato, Sheri-
lyn Peck, Sarah Ballard and
Spencer Palmer.
David Melville, Ju
nior High Social Studies and
Math: Junior High Social
Studies Student o f Year -
Julia Meyer; Excellence in
Crafty Ladies create smiles
Junior High Math - Mayci
Garrett; Excellence in High
School A lgebra 1 - Zach
McCart.
Troy Morgan, High
School Math: Excellence in
Math - Maggie Armato.
Petra Payne, Span
ish - Spanish Student o f the
Year - Maggie Armato.
David Fowler, Tech
nology E ducation: High
School Student o f the Year
- Chess Little; Junior High
Student of the Year - Devin
Robinson.
M arian n e S m ith ,
Art: Excellence in Junior
High Art - Julia M eyer;
Excellence in Art - Caleb
O ’Neal, Amanda Mathew
and Keshia Richmond.
Joe Lindsay, Music:
O utstanding Junior High
Band Student - Zechariah
H intz; O utstanding High
School Band Students -
Sean Murray, Jason Hou-
weling and Kelsey Wolff:
Choir - Kiritina Crumbliss.
The following high
school students received
an academic letter for hav
ing a 3.5 or higher grade-
point average with five core
classes.
=Ninth grade: Jodes-
sa Chapa, C urtis Harper,
Jordan Hatfield, Jared Hud
dleston, Keenan Jack, Chris
topher Lien, Emily Thomp
son, A shley Wolff, Lane
Wright.
-10th Grade: Mag
gie Armato, Sarah Ballard,
Spencer Palmer, Sherilyn
Peck, Joseph Pranger, Kath
ryn Moore, Stephanie Rill,
Jo rd a n S h ep h erd , Luke
Young.
-11th Grade: Luke
B asile , Jen n a B ow m an,
Latosha Bow les, Cyde Coil,
Ignacio Elguezabal, Kelsie
Fox, Baillie Keithley, Katie
K ilkenny, W hitney M at
thews, Josie Miller, Sean
Murray, Megan Orr, Kendra
Rayburn.
-12th Grade: Aaron
Allstott, Justin Delveaux,
Tony Haguewood, Mahaley
Huddleston, Casey O ’Neal,
Quinn Peck, Regina Seitz.
‘Crafty Ladies" (left to right) Eve Ironhawk, Ellen Rollis and
Marj Spangler, present a Father’s Day gift to Elmer Meligan, a
resident at the Willow Creek Assisted Living.
The Crafty Ladies, who create arts and crafts proj
ects and ‘sunshine baskets’ to cheer people with illness or
injuries and for other occasions, meet every Friday from
3 to 5 p.m. and plan to start a new project soon.
Anyone who is interested in joining them may call
Ellen Rollis, 676-5411, or Marj Spangler, 676-8206
HHS lists honor students
H e p p n er High
School has re le a se d its
fourth-quarter honor roll.
Following are the students
who have qualified:
Seventh grade: Seth
Palmer, 4.0, Justin Pranger,
Natalie Rauch, Zechariah
Hintz, Joanna Patton, Cam-
ron Day, Carrie Haguewood,
Chase Milner, Cody Nelson,
Cody Orr.
E ighth g rad e: Jo
seph Armato, Willy Gentry,
Justin Gutierrez, Brett Har
rison, Donald M atthew s,
Julia Meyer, lan M urray
and Devin R obinson, all
4.0, Kelsi Putman, Lindsay
Cutsforth, Brooke Thomp
son, Daisy Victorio, Daniel
W h ite-Jeffrey s, K olleen
Chapa, Amber Gray, Jared
Hedman, Keshawna Tala
mantes..
Ninth grade: Emily
Thom pson, A shley Wolff
and Lane Wright, all 4.0,
Jared H uddleston, Frank
Meyer, C hristopher Lien,
Jodessa Chapa, Curtis Harp
er, B rynna Rust, Jordan
Hatfield, Andrew Johnson,
Erin Price.
10th g ra d e : M ag
gie Armato, Sarah Ballard,
Spencer Palmer, Sherilyn
Peck and Jo rd an S h e p
herd, all 4.0, Quinn Chick,
Grant Smith, Joseph Prang
er, Stephanie Rill, Luke
Young.
N th grade: Latosha
Bowles, Sean Murray, Me
gan Orr and Kelsey Wolff,
all 4.0, Whitney Matthews,
Sarah Johnson, Josie Miller,
Tim Hauer, Ignacio Elgueza
bal, Katie Kilkenny, Baillie
Keithley, Luke Basile, Jenna
Bowman, Kylie Doherty,
Taylor Kempas, Matthew
McCabe, Andre Rauch.
12th grade: Aaron
A llstott, Sarah Price and
Regina Seitz, all 4.0, Jus
tin Delveaux, Lyndi Pat
ton, Casey O ’Neal, Quinn
Peck, Mahaley Huddleston,
M eghan G ain es, R obert
Smith.
lone School Board to hire additional teacher with
lone Education Foundation funding
T he lo n e School
B oard, at th e ir June 11
m eeting, learned that the
lone Education F ounda
tion Board of Directors has
approved a grant o f up to
$60,000 to fund a new el
ementary school teacher for
the 2007-08 school year.
With the grant, the
lone E lem entary School
will include a kindergarten,
first grade, second grade,
third grade and combined
fourth/fifth classrooms. The
purpose o f the grant was to
reduce class size and the use
o f combination classrooms
in the elementary school, es
pecially in the primary grade
levels. Average class size
will now be approximately
10-12 students in kinder
garten through third-grade
classroom s and 17 in the
fourth/fifth-grade combina
tion classroom.
Also at the June 11
m eetin g , board m em ber
Gregg Rietmann was hon
ored for his service. He was
a member o f the board from
2003-07 and served as co-
chairman o f the board and
on the facilities committee
during his tenure with the
district.
In other business at
the meeting, the board:
-approved the fol
lowing extra duty contract
recommendations for 2007-
OS: D ennis Stefani, head
high school football coach.
head high school boys’ bas
ketball coach; Josh Brown
ing, assistant high school
fo o tb a ll c o a c h ; B ran d i
Heideman, head high school
volleyball coach, assistant
high school girls’basketball
coach; Lynn Dee Ramos,
assistant high school vol
leyball coach; Dean Rob
inson, head middle school
football coach. O u td o o r
School d irector, athletic
director; Diana McElligott,
m iddle school volleyball
coach; Jim Swanson, assis
tant high school boys' bas
ketball coach; Ryan Rudolf,
head high school girls’ bas
ketball coach; Dick Allen,
middle school boys' basket
ball coach; Janet Holland,
Read-n-Play, SMART pro
gram; Allison Rudolf, Next
Step Prep; Karen Holland,
English language learner
program; Jim Raible, DART
program, concessions; and
Lindsay Orem, special edu
cation, Talented and Gifted
program.
-approved, in a three
to one vote, entering a public
relations contract with Um-
atilla-Morrow' ESD for the
2007-08 year. According to
the contract, the ESD, on an
as-needed basis, will write
press releases for upcoming
events, programs and stu
dent or staff achievements;
will field media calls, and
serve as public information
officers; will create flyers.
brochures and posters; cre
ate fact sheets for the media
and provide other commu
nity relations services as
requested.
-heard information
regarding the latest proposal
to ren o v ate the ex istin g
custodial house for use as
a weight room. The board
has asked that other options
be pursued, including the
addition of a garage to the
custodial house.
-adopted the 2007-
08 budget.
-approved the ELL
plan.
-le a rn e d that the
next board meeting will be
August 20. No board meet
ing will be held in July.
Texas Hold’em tournament
Saturday in lone
The lone Red, White
& B lues C ru is in ’ to the
Blues second annual Texas
Hold’em Poker tournament
will be held this Saturday,
June 23, at the lone Ameri
can Legion Hall on Second
St. in lone.
Sign-up begins at 6
p.m. Those planning to at
tend are rem inded
that there will be no late
sig n u p s. Buy-in will be
$40.
Cash and prizes will
be awarded and a no-host
bar will be available.
For more informa
tion, contact Marvin Pad-
berg, 422-7276.
WCCC playday held
WCCC ladies play-
day was held June 12. Low
gross o f the field was Eva
Kilkenny; low net o f the
field was Jean Strange, and
least putts o f the field was
Joanne Barbie.
Flight A: low gross
V irginia G ran t; low net
Karen Thompson; least putts
Betty Christman. Flight B:
low gross Luvilla Sonste-
gard. Flight C: low gross Pat
Dougherty, low net Lorrene
M ontgom ery, least putts
Bemiece Lott.
O ther events: sec
ond shot on no. 6 K.P. on
all flights - Virginia Grant.
Long drive each flight no.
1 - Karen Thompson (A),
Luvilla S o n steg ard (B),
Bemiece Lott (C).
There were 10 play
ers participating in the play-
day.
A nine-hole tourna
ment held Tuesday, June
26.
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