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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 24, 2007 - SEVEN Kenai fills up judge positions 2008 Rodeo Court announced lone Homecoming held Bauman appointed to Superior Court Editor s Note: The following article was writ ten by Phil Hermanek fo r the Peninsula Clarion and was posted on their website www.peninsulaelarion. com on Sunday. August 5. 2007. Carl Bauman is a former Heppner resident. The 2008 Morrow County Fair and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Court: (L-R) Queen Becky Schiller, Princess Chevenne Ward and Princess Torri Lovgren. The 2008 M orrow C ounty Fair and O regon Trail Pro Rodeo Court was announced on October .14, at the Morrow County Fair grounds. The Morrow Coun ty Fair Board hosted a chili feed for attending board members, rodeo committee members, court applicants and their families. An orientation meet ing was held where rules and guidelines were discussed, fall ap p earan ces for the new court that are coming up and future schedules and requirements. All candidates are quite familiar with the responsibilities o f being a public relations representa tive for Morrow County as they all have 4-H, FFA and or previously serv ed on a court. They are all very excited to start their official reign, with their first two appearances in early November at the Mor row County Grain Growers Appreciation dinner and the Morrow County 4-H Awards Dinner, both to be held in Heppner this year. The 2008 Queen is Becky Schiller, the 19 year old daughter o f John and Shari Schiller. Becky has two older brothers, Jess and Pat. She has lived in Mor row County all her life be ing raised on the Vey ranch located on B utter Creek. Becky attended Pilot Rock Schools, until her gradua tion last year. She now at tends Blue Mountain Com munity College in Pendleton where she is studying to be a dental assistant. Becky was a prin cess on the 2007 court and is carrying on a long family line o f royalty, starting with her Aunt Verina who was a princess and queen. Aunt Bonnie, a princess. Aunt Bobbi Childers, a pennant bearer, cousin Gina Grant, a princess and cousin Maci C hilders was a princess, Queen and then Princess on the Pendleton Round Up Court. One would have to say that the new Queen comes by the desire to rep resent Morrow County and the western heritage o f our area naturally. W hen asked what she is looking forward to the most, she said, “The rodeos and the run-ins. I love to go fast around the arenas, and I love to meet new people." Becky will be joined by two princesses who also share the love o f our western way o f life. Princess Cheyenne Ward is the 18 year old d au g h ter o f N ancy P o t ter and Curtis Ward, all of Pilot Rock. She is a senior this year at Pilot Rock High School where she is active in basketball, 4-H Swine and has been Vice President for the Pilot Rock Chapter of FFA for the last three years. Cheyenne plans on attending Blue Mountain Community College for two years, and then transferring to Eastern O regon U niversity in La Grande, to get a degree in Range m anagem ent with the hopes o f working for the forest serv ice. She and her mother have a cattle business to gether, that they operate be tween Pilot Rock and their family ranch land in Ukiah. Cheyenne served as a prin cess on the 2007 Umatilla County Fair Court and when asked why she decided to tryout for court she replied, “I saw how much fun vari ous court girls were having talking to people and getting to ride in the rodeos and parades. I decided I wanted to do that to.” Cheyenne has one older sister, Sorrel Ward who lives in La Grande. A lso jo in in g th e court for 2008 is Princess Torri Lovgren, the. 15 year, old daughter o f Bobbette and Pat Lovgren o f H ep pner. She is a sophomore at Heppner High School where she is active in volleyball, basketball, 4-H b eef and H eifer project, Wranglers H orse C lub, W ild Horse Club and the Heppner Chap ter o f FFA. Torri is the middle child of five children, older brothers Kyler, Kody, and younger sisters Hanna and Ali. The Lovgrens live on their family farm/ranch on Rhea Creek just below Rug- gs where they raise cattle. Torri's mother Bob bette, served as a pennant bearer and then Princess in 1985 for the M orrow County Fair and Rodeo and her Grandma Bobby Angel, was Morrow county Chap erone for several years as well. Torri is very excited to continue the family his tory with Morrow County and is looking forward to a great year. C o u rt C h ap e ro n e will be Glenda Taylor, o f lone, who was also the chap erone for 2007’s court. She will be helping the court get their official outfits put together and schedules for their busy year to come. Court Director shall be Syl via Sandford, also o f lone. Formal Coronation o f the Queen and Princesses will be announced at a later date by the Fair Board af ter their November meet ing. “Once again Morrow County shows its pride w ith the selection of its new 2008 M orrow County Fair and O regon Trail Pro Rodeo Court. Queen Becky, Prin cess Cheyenne and Princess Torri will do an awesome job!” Stated court chaperon, Cilenda Taylor. Pictured is the 2007 lone Community School’s Homecoming Court. Left to right are Paul Hams, Senior Prince; Juli Vanden Brink, Senior Princess: Dalton Campbell, Senior Prince: .Marly Pfingsten, Senior Princess; Justin Archer, King; Teonna Vandever, Queen; Cory Peterson, Junior Prince; Fanni Mejorada, Junior Princess; Matt Hams, Sophomore Prince: Tyree Svelich, Sophomore Princess; Thomas Holland, Freshman Prince; Kylie McFlligott, Freshman Princess; and front row are crown bearers Macki Heideman and Jake Heideinan. Photo by Teresa Crawford Red Ribbon Week held at HHS Seniors started the homecoming game in lone on Friday night. October 19. Pictured left to right are Kevin Fowler, Kip Krebs, Paul Hams, Alan Rietmann, Justin Archer and Dalton Campbell. Not pictured is Richard Bohna #62. The Cardinals won their Homecoming game 61-32 against Nixyaawii. -Photo by Teresa Craw font lone students had fun during their Homecoming Dance. Photo by Tereva < i-au/onl •yiiii; ’ :r; urfl • to . -jfii !; .* ’ ’ : ' IMS volleyball team claims first at lone Tourney Pictured are: Back row (L-R) Lacey Thompson. Shadow Kendrick, Jordan Peterson, Rebecca Jepsen, Melanie Fldridge, and Mary Ri etmann. Middle row (L-R) Emily Holland, C assie Arhogast, Shan non Metcafe, Lilly Sanford. Front row (L-R) Stacee Halvorsen, Makenna Ramos. Not pictured is Coach Diana McFlligott. The lone Middle School Volleyball Team claimed first place out o f 10 teams at a volleyball tournament hosted by lone on Saturday, Oct. 20. There were three schools from the 1A league, (lone. Helix, and Echo), which brought their A/B teams, and seven 2A schools who brought their 13- Teams. The 2A schools were Heppner, Stanfield. Riverside, Umatilla, Irrigon, Athena-Weston, and Pilot Rock. Teams were place into two pools o f five teams each. Each match was 20 minutes long, with games up to 25 points. The w inner o f the match was decided on the most points earned in 20 minutes, lone won Pool A by defeating Irrigon, Stanfield, Helix, and Umatilla. They then played Heppner, the runner-up o f Pool B and w on that game. The final match between lone and Riverside ended with lone winning in two straight games to claim the champion ship. All 12 lone volleyball girls played in the tournament which concluded their 2007 volleyball season. The lone team was coached by Diana McElligott. Both the lone A and B teams won all their matches this season except for a narrow loss to Dufur. Justice Court Morrow County Justice Court Judge Charlotte Gray has released the follow ing report: -Stephanie N. Smith, 18, Heppner, v iolation o f the basic rule by going 75 mph in a 55 mph zone, SI 13 fine. -Nickolas Ristick, 18, Portland, hunting prohibited methods, S75 fine. -Alexander B. Haven, 29, New berg, violating the speed limit by going 48 mph in a 30 mph zone, S I48 fine. -Kelsey Marie McGregor, 19, Provo, UT, v iolating the max speed by going 83 mph in a 65 mph zone, S185. -Alan M. Rietmann, 18. lone, careless driving. S244. The K enai C o u rt house will soon have a full bench, thanks to the ap pointment o f Carl Bauman to fill the Superior Court judgeship vacated with the retirement o f Judge Harold Brown. Judge Bauman, who has been in private practice with the same law firm in Anchorage since he grad uated from O regon Law School in 1973, was ap pointed by Gov. Sarah Palin on Friday. “ I'm very honored by the appointment," Bau man said from his Anchor age office Friday. “The key word is ‘humbled.’" He said he looks for ward to working with the Kenai court, and he expects to relocate sometime in the next two months. B aum an’s trial ex perience includes a four- m onth-long civil trial in K enai, p resid ed over by then Administrative Judge Jonathan Link, who died in March 2003 at age 59. Bauman is the third judge appointed in Kenai this year. A lth o u g h the a p pointment o f Bauman fills all the judgeships in Ke nai, Superior Court Judge Charles Huguelet is slated to be deployed w ith the U.S. Air Force to the M ultina tional Security Transition Command-Iraq. An instruc tor w ith the Judge Advocate General's staff', he expects to be helping Iragis w ith the financial end o f rebuilding projects. B au m an , 60, r e places Brown, who retired in June, after serving as a S uperior C ourt ju d g e in Kenai for 11 years. A former executive editor o f the Or egon Law Review, Bauman once left college to join the Marine Corps Reserves in Red Ribbon Week is a week when m illions o f Amerieans w ear a red ribbon to show that young people and adults are united for a drug-free society. This year Red Ribbon Week was held October 23-31. Hep pner High School joined in w ith different activ ities. Tuesday, O cto b er 23, was “Flying High with out D rugs" day. On this day students were to wear as much red as they could. Balloons were placed all over school and a Vi hour assembly was held with a guest speaker. Wednesday, October 24, was “Turn your Back to Drugs" and students were to w ear their shirts backwards. Thursday, Oc tober 25, is “Sweat Dream w ithout Drugs" and students are to wear their pajamas. Their will be door prizes and a carnival booth will be ran by Student Council students. On Wednesday, Oc tober 31, Student Council will deliver suckers (Say Boo to Drugs). T he Student Council will have a poster contest titled, “My Hero... Drug Free.” Students will draw and color what a hero would look like and focus on character traits (helping, trustworthy, responsibility, etc.). The poster must have the words “My Hero” and “Drug Free.” They will be displayed outside the class 1969. room for Wednesday and Thursday. N a u t o l ì J tliL fiS L tL y !A . D ^ c i L y . . . , B HALLcivrW qRAE frorr fo t a eacf. c e ta c t Ha^ cw eer (Terrs a r e *} / 7 o ff! THURSDAY IS FRENCH D IP DAY Try our pumpkin lattes & frappes! P LA T E S P EC IA L: H A N D -M A D E A PR O N S 1 0 R SALE All proceeds ?o towards cancer research ifatthee fla il an d Qfvdatma* candle* have a t lived Stop by and try our Bagel or Croissant BREAKFAST SAMPUICHES Call in your sandwich or breakfast order! M umuj ' ì Dtu g 217 North Main • Heppner Serving the • Willow Creek Valley Heppner. L 9 x ,n ^ ° n Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426 I 4 lo n * |
