Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 9, 2008 - FIVE
a success despite injury How to Grow Your Business with
lone biology students attend Motocross
West
and this year Jake Gump Government Contractefteminars
two-day Portland field trip end By Melissa
St. Patrick’s week experienced just that. Com
this year turned out bet ing down, out of the air off coming to be held
ter than before. The streets
of Heppner were once again
filled with people, as each
person went from activity
to activity, waiting for the
parade.
The M otor Cross
once again caught the at
tention of the many peo
ple who came to celebrate
St.Patrick’s weekend. As
people took their seats in the
stands to watch this year’s
performance, many of the
contestants where getting
ready for the races. Before
Pictured L-R: Stefanie Archer, Tyree Svetich, Bora Moon,
Brianna Peterson, Patrick Lee and David Wilson. -Contributed the races started, many came
Photo
out in the arena to test out
the track and show off some
of their stunts, racing with
caution, but with the will
to win, all expected to just
have fun.
However like any
sport along with all the
fun come a few accidents,
the Table Top, Gump lost
control of his bike, land
ing hard onto the track,
paramedics were called in,
people stood, watching in
horror as Gump lay on the
ground unconscious and not
breathing. The ambulance
rushed in to take him to the
hospital to be airlifted out.
After that the contestants
continued to race, but only
a few would continue to
be daredevils. Doctors had
managed to revive Gump,
and he was sent to Bend
w ith a dislocated eye socket,
broken ribs, broken sternum,
collapsed lungs, and a few
other injuries.
Gump was later dis
charged from the hospital
and was reported to be at
home continuing the recov
ery process.
“You don’t want to
miss a great opportunity to
learn how to take advan
tage of all the government
contracts out there which
could help your business
grow,” said Greg Smith, or
ganizer for three upcoming
seminars sponsored by the
Government Contract As
sistance Program (GCAP).
Time is running out so sign
up now for these special
workshops in Boardman on
Tuesday April 22, Ontario
on Wednesday April 23rd,
and Redmond on Thursday
April 24th.
“GCAP is a valu
able tool in helping unlock
the mystery of government
contracts,” said Rick Evans,
director of GCAP. “The gov
ernment contracting market
is immense and yet largely
untapped by Oregon busi-
EOU Chamber Choir launches Portland
tour, alumni invited to reception
Pictured L-R: Stefanie Archer, David Wilson, Bora Moon, Pat
rick Lee, Brianna Peterson, Matt Hams, RJ Ramos and Mikey
Raible. -Contributed Photo
The biology students at lone High School attended
a two-day field trip to the Portland area with biology teach
er, Erin Heideman. Thanks to a generous grant from the
lone Education Foundation and a donation by Sunflower
Junction, students were able to attend the trip at no cost.
The trip started with a full tour of the Portland
Shriner’s Hospital. In cooperation with the hospital vol
unteer coordinator, the students enjoyed a full lunch and
lecture from the prosthetic department and were able to
glean a child’s view of what it would be like to be a patient
there.
“I thought it was really cool,” said sophomore.
Gunner Jessen. “1 didn’t have an idea they could do all
this stuff in a shop.”
In addition to the Shriners Hospital, students visited
the World Forestry Center and enjoyed a behind the scenes
tour at the Oregon Zoo with a giraffe animal encounter.
“My favorite part was seeing the giraffes,” said sophomore
Korean foreign exchanged student Bora Moon. “It was so
neat to see them up close.”
The biology class is especially grateful to Shilo
Svetich who drove one vehicle and to the lone Education
Foundation for their generosity.
lone claims district speech title
In just its second
year of competition, the lone
Speech and Debate Team
won the OSAA District 9
speech championship. The
district tournament took
place at Pine Eagle High
School in Halfway on Fri
day, April 4th.
Other teams in at
tendance were Hermiston
High School (2nd place),
Pine Eagle High School
(3rd place), and Vale High
School (4th place). lone
brought nine students to
the competition, with all of
them contributing points to
the team total.
T h ro u g h o u t the
day lone picked up five
individual speech titles and
one debate championship.
“ What really impressed
me,” Coach Jim Raible said,
“was the way they helped
each other and worked as
a team.”
Individual results
for lone include: Mikey
Raible - 1st in After Dinner
Speaking, 1st in Impromptu
Speaking; Sarah Stillman
- 1st in Original Oratory;
Brianna Peterson - 1st in
Poetry Reading, 3rd in Prose
Reading; Brenna Rietmann
- 1st in Extemporaneous
Speaking, 3rd in Impromptu
Speaking; Mary Gates - 1st
in Lincoln Douglas Debate,
2nd in Extemporaneous
Speaking; Tom Holland -
2nd in Impromptu Speaking,
3rd in Radio Commentary;
Teonna Vandever and Tiana
Camarillo - 2nd in Public
Forum Debate; and Gunner
Jessen - 4th in After Dinner
Speaking.
The eight students
who placed first or second
in their events qualify for the
state tournament at Western
Oregon University in Mon
mouth on April 17th -19th.
They will be joined by Alex
Carlson who had already
earned his spot at state in
Student Congress.
The team now will
be looking for fundrais
ing opportunities to help
cover the cost of traveling
to the state tournament.
For more information or
to help support the speech
program, contact Jim Raible
at lone Community School
at 422-7131.
FFA Banquet to be held April 30
The Heppner High School FFA Banquet will be
held Wednesday, April 30, at 6 p.m. at the Morrow County
Fairgrounds.
Members with last names beginning with A-M
are asked to bring a dessert or appetizer and last names
beginning with N-Z are asked to bring a salad/side dish.
Meat and drinks will be provided by the chapter.
The FFA Alumni annual meeting will be held at 5
p.m., just prior to the banquet, at the fairgrounds. Anyone
interested in supporting the FFA chapter are welcome. You
need not have been an FFA member to attend.
The Eastern Oregon
University Chamber Choir
will embark on a four-day
tour of the Portland area
next week. Highlights in
clude a reunion concert
with the gospel choir Cho
sen Generation on Sunday,
April 13.
The concert starts at
7 p.m. at the Life Change
C hristian Center, 3635
North Williams Avenue in
Portland. Admission is free,
with donations accepted to
benefit the Chamber Choir.
Derrick McDuffey is
the director of the Portland-
based group. Chosen Gen
eration. He is a long-time
friend and colleague of Peter
Wordelman, director of the
EOU Chamber Choir. The
two choirs performed sold-
out concerts in La Grande in
January and Wordelman is
excited to take the group of
EOU students to Portland to
reconnect with McDuffey.
“Almost every grad
uate of the EOU choir pro
gram has benefited from
Derrick McDuffey in some
way,” Wordelman said. “Ev
ery time my choir gets the
opportunity to learn from
him, they can hardly stop
singing once we leave the
rehearsal or performance.
What better opportunity to
get back together, recon
nect and celebrate than with
music.”
The EOU Alumni
Association will host an
informal reception after the
concert on Sunday. Portland-
area alumni and prospective
students will be able to meet
choir members from both
groups and receive infor
mation and updates about
EOU.
During their stay
in Portland the Chamber
Choir will give concerts
for students at several area
high schools. Before they
head home they will also
participate in the Oregon
American Choral Direc
tors Association Collegiate
Choral Festival on Tuesday,
April 15.
The annual festival
is being held at George Fox
University in Newberg. War
ner Pacific College, Western
Oregon University, Linfield
College and Umpqua Com
munity College are among
the schools participating
this year.
For more informa
tion about the post-concert
reception on April 13, please
e-mail alumni@eou.edu or
call (541)962-3740.
Pioneer Memorial
Hospice will be hosting
a local viewing site for
the Hospice Foundation of
America’s (HFA) 15th an
nual National Bereavement
Teleconference, “Living
With Grief1: Children and
Adolescents.” This year’s
telecast will be moderated
by Frank Sesno, Professor
of Media and Public Affairs
at The George Washington
University and Special Cor
respondent with CNN.
HFA’s 2008 tele
conference will focus on
the experience of grieving
children and adolescents
and the ways that all hospice
professionals, educators and
counselors, parents, social
workers, physicians, grief
counselors, funeral direc
tors, and clergy can best
support these populations
as they cope with loss and
grief. The program and ac
companying book written by
child and adolescent grief
experts will examine the
newest theories and prac
tices, and as always, will
combine academic research
with hands-on ideas for use
in hospice support groups
and other settings.
Mr. Sesno will lead
the panel of noted authori
ties that includes: Kenneth
J. Doka, PhD, MDiv from
The College of New Ro
chelle, Nancy Hogan, PhD,
RN, FAAN from Marcella
Niehoff School of Nursing,
Rita Milbum-Dobson, MA,
RNC, FT from Precious
Gems Supportive Services,
Laura E. Olague, MEd, CT
from Children’s Grief Cen
ter, Stacy F. Orloff, EdD
LCSW from The Hospice
of the Florida Suncoast, and
J. William Worden, PhD,
ABPP from Harvard Child
hood Bereavement Study.
Continuing Educa
tion credits are available for
a w ide range of professions.
To learn more about this
satellite and webcast tele
conference visit the Hospice
Foundation of America web
site at w w w.hospicefounda-
tion.org.
This program will
be broadcast on Wednesday,
April 16, from 10:30 a.m. - 1
p.m. at Heppner’s Seventh-
day Adventist Church, who
is providing the space, the
equipment and the satellite
hook-up.
N om inations are
now open for the 2008 Or
egon Governor’s Volunteer
Awards. Individuals and
groups will be honored in
the following categories:
Outstanding Adult (ages
19-54); Outstanding Youth
(age 18 or under); Outstand
ing Senior Volunteer (ages
55+); Outstanding Volunteer
Program; Outstanding State-
wide Volunteer Program;
Outstanding Employee Vol
unteer Program; and Out
standing Youth Volunteer
Program or Group.
These awards, pre
sented by Oregon Volun
teers, recognize volunteers
and volunteer programs that
have demonstrated dedi
cation, commitment, and
determination in promoting
Pioneer Memorial Hospice to host site
for annual bereavement teleconference
nesses. The program can
help businesses maneuver
their way through this im
portant market.”
The sem inar on
April 22 runs from 9 a.m. to
noon at the Port of Morrow
Riverfront Center, 2 Marine
Drive in Boardman. The one
on April 23 starts at 9 a.m.
to noon. It takes place at the
Treasure Valley Community
College Small Business De
velopment Center, 650 Col
lege Blvd in Ontario.
The workshop on
April 24 will be held at the
Central Oregon Community
College Small Business De
velopment Center, 2030 SE
College Loop in Redmond.
It will go from 9 a.m. to
noon.
Federal, State and
Local agencies spend hun
dreds of billions of dollars
in contracted services ev
ery year and local compa
nies are often a perfect fit
for these services. “We are
lucky to have two excellent
presenters this year with
in-depth experience on how
businesses can navigate the
government procurement
process,” said Smith.
Mike Bowen has
been with GCAP for over a
decade and has completed
over 1,600 hours of train
ing in professional contracts
management among other
highly valued credentials.
His presentations will in
clude how to get leads on
Federal, State and local con
tracting opportunities and
some specific programs for
small business at the federal
level. Oregon’s Procure
ment Information Network
is sending Kelly Stevens-
Malnar from their Outreach
and Training Unit. She will
demonstrate how to access
a wide variety of state and
local government public
bidding opportunities and
contract information. In
addition Stevens-Malnar
will demonstrate how your
business can register on the
ORPIN system and other
resources for growing your
business.
The seminars are
free but advanced registra
tion is recommended. Con
tact Greg Smith at
541-963-4814 or at
gsmith@gcap.org.
OSAA distrib
utes more than
$297,000 to
member schools
Oregon high schools
will receive playoff travel
reimbursement checks this
week for participation in
OSAA / U.S. Bank / Les
Schwab Tires State Cham
pionships during winter
2008. A total of $297,227
is being distributed by the
OSAA to 234 m em ber
schools, nearly 80% of the
OSAA membership. Forty-
eight schools will receive
travel reimbursement checks
in excess of $2,500 each.
Total playoff travel
reimbursement from OSAA
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Nominations open for Highest Volunteer Award in the state
and supporting volunteer-
ism throughout Oregon and
have worked to strengthen
communities and improve
the quality of life for Oregon
residents through serv ice.
Nomination forms
and additional information
are available online at w w w.
oregonvolunteers.org.
“Every day, extraor
dinary individuals, orga
nizations, and businesses
effect real charge in their
communities through vol
unteer service. They are the
catalysts that help others
move past their differences
to build shared understand
ing and solve common prob
lems. Volunteers give Or
egon hope for the future,"
said Tom Cope, co-chair of
Oregon Volunteers.