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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon Wednesday. December 12,2007 lone student selected for Oregon All State Honors Orchestra Eric Jepsen, a soph omore at lone High School, was recently selected to play violin in the O regon All State High School Honors O rchestra. The orchestra, com posed o f 107 o f the top music students in the state, will perform at the Huit Center for Performing Arts in Eugene on Sunday afternoon, January 27. The concert will be one o f the highlights o f the Oregon Music Educators Associa tion (OMEA) annual con vention w hich w ill take place in Eugene on January 25 - 27. Eric sent in an audi tion recording to the OMEA earlier this fall in hopes o f being chosen for the All O’Neal com pletes U.S. Navy basic training Navy Seaman A p prentice Caleb J. O ’Neal, son o f Donna M. and Jason S. Maben o f Heppner re cently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, IL. O 'N e a l is a 2007 graduate of Heppner High School. lone students make donation to Neighborhood Center State Orchestra. The OMEA also selected students for an All State Band, Choir, and Jazz Band. The various groups will rehearse togeth er for three days and put on a concert at the conclusion o f the weekend. The orchestra will be conducted by Jeff Edinons o f San Diego, CA. There were 81 high school violinists from around the state who auditioned for a spot in the All State Or chestra this year. Jepsen First Grade contestants. and Pendleton senior Aurora Torres were the only violin ists selected from eastern Oregon. Both musicians are students of Lisa Robertson, Professor of Violin at East ern Oregon University. Heppner Junior and Senior High students participate in Knowledge Master Thousands o f stu dents throughout the country and in many foreign coun tries competed December 5 in the 49th K now ledge Master Open academic com- petition. M iddle school, junior high, and high school students faced their comput ers and 200 tough questions to vie for top scores based on the accuracy and speed of their answers. H e p p n e r H ig h ’s school team consisted of 11 students and the Heppner Junior High team consisted o f 10 students. This is a great opportunity for stu dents to compete nationally and to test their knowledge against their peer group nation wide. “The students worked together, performed very well, and had fun,” said Petra Payne, advisor for the event. T h e K n o w le d g e Master Open was designed to stimulate enthusiasm for learning and recognition for academic accomplish- Garden Club sponsors youth contests ment. The contest runs on classroom co m p u ters to allow all students the op portunity to compete with out the expense of traveling to a central site. Results o f the contest are ta b u lated into overall, state, and enrollm ent-size rankings by Academic Hallmarks, a Colorado publishing firm that hosts the event. Contest results and example ques tions are available at www. greatauk.com. The high school team included Emily Thompson, Ashley Wolff, Lane Wright, Spencer Palmer, Sarah Bal lard, Maggie Armato, Grant Smith, Kelsey Wolff, Sean Murray, Julia Meyer, and Frank Meyer. The junior high team included Joanna Patton, C ourtney G eorge, Bryce Fowler, Kellie Nelson, Mag gie C ollins, Zach H intz, Stephanie Schuller, Sammy Woodall, Garret Robinson, and Austin Gutierrez. Mrs. Dowdy’s Fifth and Sixth Graders. Mrs. Allen’s Fifth and Sixth Graders. High school contestants front Mr. Browning’s class. The Heppner Garden Club recently sponsored contests for youth. Heppner Elementary students stepped up to the challenge of a poetry contest. The theme for this contest was Nature and Me. Seventeen first graders entered the contest. Forty-one fifth and sixth graders not only entered the poetry contest, but illustrated them also. Irrigon grad Not only did the first graders enter the poetry con completes Navy test, but they also entered the Woodsy Owl poster contest. The theme was Lend a Hand - Care for the Land. basic training Three students from Mr. Browning’s class entered the essay contest sponsored by the Garden Club. The theme Navy Seaman Re was Sustain the Earth - Enlighten Our Youth. cruit Brandon C. Eacker, # # son o f Debby K. Daulton of Irrigon and Jeff L. Eacker The Heppner based the Saturdays o f January o f Lewiston, ID, recently A rbuckle Nordic Club is and February to pool rides completed U.S. Navy basic open to any and all area and head for the mountains training at Recruit Training C om m and, G reat Lakes, resident who would like to south o f H eppner. Each do cross country skiing or outing is lead by an experi IL. enced club member who has E ack er is a 2005 snow shoeing. The club gathers at checked out the route and graduate o f Lewiston High the City Park at 9 a.m. on access to the start point. School o f Lewiston, ID. Students from E/in Heidenian’s class at lone School recently visited the Heppner Neighborhood Center with donations in hand. The students brought canned food that they collected to be put in the Christmas boxes being distributed by the Center. Sixty-six boxes will be delivered on December 20. Mid-Columbia Bus Company donated the driver and the bus for the trip to the Neighborhood Center. . • • Arbuckle Nordic Club winter activities announced The trip s involve skiing or snow shoeing on fairly flat terrain. Typically the group travels two to four miles on forest roads, builds a warming fire, eats lunch, and returns to town by mid- afternoon. Heritage Land Co. 278 N. Main, Heppner We sell Residences. Ranches, and Recreation Qt^uiioiai. 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Lunch will be served for all members at 1 p.m. After lunch, members will exchange the gifts ($10) that are brought. 2008 members will be installed at this meeting. They are: Trish Sweeney, president; Shirley McNary, v ic e - p r e s id e n t; Na n c y Propheter, secretary; and Sharon Harrison, treasurer. At the last meeting, two days in January were picked to do paintings or crafts together at the fair annex. Those days are Janu ary 8 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and January 24 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Anyone interested in joining in arts and crafts may call one o f the incom ing officers for more infor mation.
