Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - SEVEN
Bank of Eastern Oregon awards $10,000 in scholarships
Bank o f Eastern Or
egon awarded twenty $500
scholarships to graduating
seniors through its Agricul-
tural/Business Scholarship
Program. This is the 16th
year the bank offered this
program, giving away over
$59,000, to date. Four o f
these scholarships went to
Heppner High School se
niors and three were award
ed to lone High School
seniors.
Baillie Keithley o f
Heppner High School, while
participat
ing in golf
and other
sports,
was very
activ e in
Future
B u sin e ss
L e a d ers
o f A m er
Baillie Keithlev
ic a . She
was Busi
ness Student o f the Year
2007-2008. Other awards
include the Gold Presiden
tial Award, for good grades
and com m unity service;
Academic Letter Award; and
Great A ttendance Award.
Baillie was a Hugh O ’Brien
Youth leadership camp par
ticipant; Knowledge Master
participant, STARS teen
leader, National Honor So
ciety M em ber, 9th grade
class president; and Drama
Club president. Baillie is
also a m em ber o f C om
munity Youth Group and
volunteered to participate
as one of the actors in Hep-
p n er’s annual community
summer play. Baillie plans
to begin her college educa
tion at Linn-Benton Com
munity College, majoring
in Business with a minor in
speech. After her two-years
at LBCC, Baillie plans to
transfer to OSU.
Luke Young o f Hep
pner High
S c h o o l,
participat
ed in foot
ball, golf,
O utdoor
Club, and
b a s k e t
b a ll. He
re c e iv e d Luke Young
m a n y
academic
awards and participated in
community serv ice by vol
unteering for creek cleanup,
food drives, museum clean
up, and Cycle Oregon. Luke
helped with the construction
of an announcer’s stand and
picnic tables for City Park.
With his love o f aviation,
Luke’s future plans will be
gin with a two-year program
at Lane Aviation Academy,
followed by dual enrollment
at OSU and Lane Communi
ty College. He will continue
his studies in business and
aviation science.
Josie J. M iller o f
Heppner High School, was
a ctiv e in
tennis,
volleyball,
cheer
le a d in g ,
S c ie n c e
Olympics,
student
c o u n c il,
s e n i o r Josie Miller
c la ss o f
ficer, and
speech and debate. As a
member o f FFA, Josie held
the offices o f chapter presi
dent and district secretary.
She also was a state officer
candidate and earned her
C hapter Star Farm er and
state degree. Her volunteer
activities brought her Mor-
Teams sought for Eastern Oregon
barbecue championship
Are you a member o f a veteran team or looking
to get started in competition barbecue? The Eastern
Oregon BBQ Championship, formerly know n as the Allen
Hamner Memorial BBQ Cook-Off, is looking for teams
for this year's event. It will be held on July 5-6 in Condon
on Gilliam Street right off Main Street. This will be the
third year for the championship, a two-day professional
barbecue competition sanctioned by the Pacific Northwest
Barbecue Association (PNWBA).
The championship is the main fundraising event
o f the Allen Hamner Memorial Foundation - a 501(c)
(3) nonprofit corporation. The foundation honors Allen
Hamner, the pharmacist at Murray’s Condon Pharmacy
for more than 30 years, who died of skin cancer in 2005.
The goal o f the foundation is to raise money to fund the
Allen Hamner Memorial Scholarship and for skin cancer
awareness programs in the local community.
Cash prizes totaling at least $2,500 will be awarded
this year. Set-up for the barbecue competition begins at
6am on July 5. Judging takes place on July 6, beginning at
11 a.m. Electricity will be provided. Wood, wood pellets
or charcoal grills only are allowed. The entry fee is $ 125
per team or $ 135 after June 28. The four-competition meat
categories are chicken, pork ribs, beef brisket and pork
butt. Painted Hills Natural Beef is donating one whole
brisket to each team.
Don’t have a team but you would like to try some
of the delicious barbecue? The Hamner Foundation will be
selling pulled pork sandwiches, hot dogs and beverages on
Friday, July 4, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. during the parade and
soap box derby. On Saturday, July 5, treat your guests to a
“Taste o f the Northwest's Best BBQ” from 5-7 p.m. This
is your chance to try authentic barbecue cooked “low and
slow” by award-winning competition teams from around
the Pacific Northwest. Menu items and prices will vary
by team.
Space is limited and pre-registration is required.
The entry form is available online at www.condoncookoff.
com. For more information, visit the website, email
kaositis@gmail.com or call Kim Ositis, event organizer,
at (206) 229-7948.
row County Fair & Rodeo
titles of princess in 2006 and
queen in 2007. Other vol
unteering included being a
Lexington Jr. firefighter, and
taking time to help with the
Smart Reading program and
lone Fourth o f July celebra
tions. As busy as her sched
ule was, Josie also took time
to help with lone’s Easter
Egg Hunt by climbing into
“the bunny suit.” Academic
awards include honor roll,
4-H sportsm anship. East
ern Oregonian Outstanding
Student, science, athletic
and academic letters, and
a Soroptomist Community
Service Award. Josie plans
on attending Oregon State
University to study agricul
tural education. Becoming
a future FFA leader is a
definite possibility.
K e lse y W o lff o f
Heppner High School, was
active
th ro u g h
ou t high
school in
pep band,
band, and
honor
b a n d ,
choir, dra
ma, track,
b o w lin g , Kelsey Wolff
golf, and
volley-
ball. She was a m em ber
o f National Honor Society
and Future Business Lead
ers o f America. Kelsey is
a four-year honor roll stu
dent, and she participated
in the Talented and Gifted
Program and STARS. Com
munity service gave Kelsey
the chance to be a youth rep
resentative for 4-H Leader’s
Executive Council, and she
was a core member o f the
Willow Creek Youth Group.
She also volunteered her
time to H eppner’s Cham
ber o f C om m erce, H ep
pner Elks, Morrow County
OHV Park, St. Patrick’s Day
Com m ittee, and Mustang
Mop UP. She won the 2007
awards for Oregon Music
Teachers A ssociation and
East Oregonian Outstanding
Student. Nine years o f 4-H
activities found her holding
positions as junior leader,
counselor, and county and
state ambassador. Kelsey’s
future plans are to attend
Gonzaga University to ma
jor in Business Administra
tion and minor in Political
Science.
Abby Arnspiger of
lone High School, was ac
tive in dra-
ma c lu b
and held
the office
o f club
secretary.
She also
enjoyed
the p o si
t i o n o f Abby Arnspiger
C o stu m e
Manager for “A Christmas
Story Play.” Abby became
supervisor for the Entrepre
neurship Class Fundraiser in
2008. Awards found Abby
Student o f the M onth in
m athem atics. She placed
third in the Oregon Civil
Rights Essay Contest; first
in BMCC Careers Pathways
Hotel Packaging Contest
and was a Neah-Kah-Nie
Speech and Debate Final
ist. Community service ac
tivities found her serving at
the Education Foundation
Dinner and helping the ICY
Youth Group, St. William’s
Youth Group, and the Amer
ican Legion Auxiliary. Abby
is enrolled in a degree part
nership involving Clatsop
C om m unity C ollege and
Oregon State University to
study business management,
and hopes to some day man
age and own a hotel.
Emily Rietmann of
lone High School, partici
p a te d in
volley-
ball, bas
ketball,
and tennis
through
out her
h i g h
school
years. Em
ily earned Emily Rietmann
Student o f
the Year in physics and pre
calculus. N um erous aca
demic awards include Girls
State Delegate and attorney
general; United Nations Pil
grimage for Youth contest;
Oregon Agriculture in the
Classroom Essay; and Fed
eral Bar Association’s Civil
Rights Essay Contest. Emily
was also the winner of the
BMCC Business Manage
ment Contest. An active 4-H
member, Emily won Grand
C ham pion M aster Show
man and Grand Champion
Lightweight Steer at Mor
row County Fair. She also
served as a 4-H ambassador
and was a Tri-County 4-H
Cam p C ounselor. Emily
volunteered as a counselor
at Tupper; refereed for lone
Middle School athletics and
volunteered at school car
nival. Emily also collected
canned goods and delivered
Christmas trees to help the
lone Youth Group. At the
lone Community Church,
she volunteers as candle
lighter and deaconess. She
is a Camp 5 Kids volunteer
and has served for the lone
Grant helps bring specialists to Eastern Oregon
When a chi l d in
Eastern Oregon with spe
cial im pairm ents needs a
specialist, he or she most
often must travel more than
100-200 miles to see a spe
cialist. With the rising cost
o f fuel, this is becoming
even more difficult. But
thanks to funding from Or
egon Health and Science
University and a new grant
from Good Shepherd Hospi
tal in Hermiston, these kids
and their families don’t have
to travel to receive the care
they need.
The $6,400 grant
from Good Shepherd will
help co v er the co sts o f
bringing sp ecialists and
p e d iatric ian s to E astern
Oregon to see these chil
dren, many o f whom have
neurological or orthopedic
impairments, said Cynder
Lam m ers-Sm ith, director
o f the Physical/O ccupa-
tional Therapy department
at the U m atilla-M orrow
Education Service District
(UMESD). “This will help
children with needs in East
ern Oregon beyond what
the Oregon Health Plan can
provide,” Lammers-Smith
said, noting that any child
with any diagnosis qualifies
for assistance. “ We try to
especially help those who
often fall through the cracks
and haven’t received help.”
The grant also helps pay
for the specialists to travel
to Eastern Oregon several
times each year.
T he C o m m u n i t y
Connections Network helps
fill the need in the rural East
ern Oregon com m unities
to have some connections
to medical personnel since
there are many people in
the area who can’t afford to
see one on their own due to
poverty and a lack o f local
specialists. While it would
normally cost around $215
an hour for a doctor, the spe
cialists “imported” through
the C om m unity C onnec
tions Network come to East
ern Oregon to see children
for just $56 per hour, plus
travel costs.
During the quarterly
clinics, the specialists see
up to 20 children. But the
doctors don’t simply treat
a child and bid them adieu.
Lam m ers-Sm ith said the
program is unique in that
these physicians communi
cate with the child’s family
and solicit feedback about
how the child responds to
treatment. Local physicians
from Good Shepherd help
w ith this process throughout
the year. “W e're unique,"
Lammers-Smith said. “No
one else is doing this type of
service justice and it’s one of
the biggest issues out there.
One o f the essential pieces
to good rehab is communi
cation.”
Lammers-Smith
said rural Eastern Oregon
isn’t the only place lack
ing access to specialized
care. She said that while
rural communities across the
country are facing similar
situations, many urban areas
also experience difficulties.
“They may live right down
the street from the hospital,
but there’s no communica
tion to help them get what
they need for their child,”
Lammers-Smith said.
The Good Shepherd
Grant not only funds doc
tor visits to Hermiston and
Pendleton, but it also funds
equipment for children who
cannot afford it. Lammers-
Smith said she is also work
ing on seeking out other
sources o f funding for the
program.
For more information
about the Good Shepherd
grant or about the Commu
nity Connections Network,
contact Cynder Lammers-
Smith at 541 -966-3135 or e-
mail cynder.smith@umesd.
kl2.or.us.
WCCC Ladies hold 18-hole invitational
Pat Edmundson of Heppner took low’ gross o f the field at the Willow Creek
Country Club Ladies' 18-Hole Inv itational held on June 3. Nancy Propheter, Heppner,
took low net o f the field. They each won a gift and two balls.
Other results are as follows: Willow Creek- first low gross-Corol Mitchell,
second low gross-Loa Heideman, third low gross-Karen Thompson, first low net-Eva
Kilkenny and Pat Dougherty, second low net-Jackie Allstott, third low' net-Virginia Grant
and Lorrene Montgomery; Condon/Kinzua-low gross-Mary Mountain, low net-Marsha
Kim Arbogast began her job as a loan consultant Holly; Umatilla Big River-low gross-Glenda Phillips, low net-Sandra Keiser; China
for Home Loan Center o f Oregon in Hermiston.
Creek-low gross-Sally Dyer, low net-Kay West, second low net-Alena Rucker; long
With 11 years o f experience, Arbogast will be
drive-visitor-Glenda Phillips, home-Nancy Propheter; KP visitor-Mary Mountain, home-
taking loan applications and approving mortgage loans.
Jackie Allstott; long putt visitor-Alene Rucker, home-Luvilla Sonstegard; chip ins-Cilenda
She can be reached at 541-564-6154 or kim.arhogastu/ Phillips, Corol Mitchell, Pat Dougherty, Eva Kilkenny; birdies-Virginia Grant.
netmoreamerica.com.
Arbogast and her husband, Ty, have four girls rang
ing in ages from 12-17.
Arbogast takes on job
with Home Loan Center
of Oregon
Education Foundation. Em
ily has enrolled in Wash
ington State University and
entered into the University’s
Honors Program. She plans
to earn a degree in political
science (pre-law) and minor
in env ironmental science.
Kip H. Krebs of lone
High School, was active in
football,
basket
b a ll, and
track. He
was c a p
tain of the
f o o t b a 11
and b a s
k e t b a 1 1
teams as a
Krebs
junior and
senior. He also served as
assistant athletic director
the last three years o f high
school. Kip was a member
o f the National Honor So
ciety and he earned many
academic and sports awards
throughout high school. He
served as a class officer
throughout his four years.
At school. Kip volunteered
annually for Foundation
Dinner; he was a Tupper
Counselor and school car
nival volunteer. He helped
his youth group w ith canned
food drives, dinners, Christ
mas Tree deliveries, and
pumpkin carv ing fundrais
ers. His community activi
ties found him involved w ith
W allow a L ivestock 4-H
Club; lone Youth Group; St.
Williams Youth Group; and
the lone Education Founda
tion. Kip plans on attending
Oregon State University to
study agricultural business
and political science. Re
turning to the home ranch
a fte r co lle g e remai ns a
strong desire.
Puncturevine
hard to deal with
Puncturevine, Tribu-
lus terrestris L. or Goathead
is not a noxious weed ac
cording to Morrow County
Weed Ordinance, but it is
noxious. Even w ith the cold,
wet weather we have had
seeds sprouting and will
soon be spreading every
w here. They will flow er
soon and the flowers will
become seed heads in one
to two weeks. Now is the
time to get out your shovel
or back pack sprayer and
eliminate these invaders
just waiting to unleash their
wrath of pain and misery on
you or your pet. If you've
ever stepped on a goathead
that was tracked in on your
carpet, you know what I
mean.
Diligence and per
sistence are the name o f
this game. When digging
goathead plants, take care
not to shake any seeds loose
and dispose o f the plant
in the trash or bum barrel.
You should go back to the
area in a couple o f w eeks to
check for new sprouts and
especially after a rain. Each
goathead burr separates into
five separate segments, each
segm ent has two to four
seeds inside and can typi
cally remain viable for three
to seven years in the ground,
patiently waiting for just the
right conditions to sprout.
A c c o r d i n g to a
spokesperson from the Mor
row County Weed Adv isory
Board, puncturevine can
be found all over Morrow
County because the burrs
hitchhike on your tires and
randomly fall oft' and ger
minate. Be observant when
parking your car, you could
be in a puncturev ine patch.
The Adv isory Board
is mapping puncturevine
locations and assisting with
control efforts. Known lo
cations can be reported to
676-5452 extension 109.