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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday. February 18, 2009 - THREE Nominations open for 10,h annual Crystal Apple Awards lone students participate in “Grammarathon” Pictured are: back row (L-R) - Dennis Schmidt, Kevin LaRue, Toffy Viwattavonwong, Beth Morter, Ms. Becky VVagenblast, Stefanie Medina and Tom Holland. Front row (L-R) - Mariah Bradtield. Tanner Rietmann, Yesenin Verduzco, Manon Bonier, Alex Rietmann and Kylie McElligott. -Contributed Photo Becky Wagenblast’s language arts classes have been p a rtic ip a tin g in a “Grammarathon” all week. S tu dents are divided up into five team s spanning across the four grade levels. The teams were Poseidon, H erm es, A rtem is, Icarus and Aphrodite. Teams ac cumulate points all week to determine the winner. This is to be an annual event. “ My favorite part of this activity with work ing together and having fun co m p etin g ,” said so pho more, Robbi Johnston. “ 1 never thought I'd be tested this much about grammar, it definitely helped me im prove!” Students are quizzed on adjectives, nouns, pro nouns, verbs, adverbs, prep ositions and prepositional phrases. Thursday was dedi cated at ‘Toga Thursday’ in honor o f the “Gram m ara thon.” Many of high school students were dressed and ready to take on their rival teams. NAIFA Blue Mountain announces scholarship availability The Blue Mountain Chapter of the National Asso ciation of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA Blue Mountain) announces an offer of six $1,500 scholarships to graduating high school seniors and first-year college students from Eastern Oregon counties who best represent the desire and potential to pursue a career in insurance, business, finance, accounting or agri-business. Applications must be received by April 17. Late ap plications will not be considered. Applicants will be notified by May 15. These scholarships will be awarded to students attend ing or planning to attend any four-year college or community college. For applications or questions, contact Beth Stewart at 541-910-8860 or email: bstewart@valleyinsurance.com. Murray’ s Drug is pleased to announce our new A u to m a tic R efills O ption fo r P re s c rip tio n s . Sign up today and forget about having to reorder your maintenance prescriptions each month! G ive us a c a ll ... ive're g la d to h elp! Murray’s Drug 217 North Main • 676-9158 Serving Morrow, Gilliam & Wheeler Counties since 1959. ALIGNMENTS The Umatilla-Mor- row Education Service Dis trict announces that nomi n atio n s for the 2007-08 Crystal Apple “Excellence in Education” Awards are now being accepted through Wednesday, April 1. T his y e a r’s event will take place Wednesday, May 13, at the Pendleton Red Lion. This is the 10th year for the Crystal Apple program , which is spon sored by the UMESD, with support from Mid Columbia Bus C om pany, B ank o f Eastern Oregon, Pendleton Red Lion, East Oregonian and the Hermiston Herald, among others. The purpose o f the awards is to recognize in dividuals who help to make our schools the best they can be. “Outstanding members o f our community deserve recognition and praise for their hard work and dedica tion to educating our young people," said Casey White, Crystal Apple Awards direc tor. “We want to be able to say a big 'thank you’ to these wonderful individuals and those w ho want to recognize them.” The awards are open to all members of the regular classified and certificated service in Umatilla and Mor row County school districts. It is not open to administra tors, though administrators are encouraged to nominate exemplary employees. The lone Speech and Debate team traveled to Palo Alto, CA on February 6-9 to compete in the Stanford U n iv ersity High School Speech and Debate Tourna ment. Six members o f the team made the trip with Coach Jim Raible. After attending 10 tournaments in Oregon and W ashington already this year, the students set their sites on S tanford. A fter much fund raising and prep aration, they were ready. The tournament is one o f the premier events on the west coast and, in fact, draws competitors from across the country. With approximately 120 schools competing, the lone team certainly had its work cut out for it. “ It’s only the third year for the program,” said Raible, “but a few students are ready for national com petition now, and others peed to see the best to help them grow. But most im portantly, the students set this goal and worked hard for it.” The speech events consisted o f four prelim i nary rounds, sem is, and fin als over tw o days o f Ronnev Wilson, Mikey Raible, Matt Coleman, Mary Gates, Jer emy Coleman, and Dennis Schmidt take a break from competition to enjoy the view of Stanford University from the Hoover Tower. - Contributed Photo competition. Freshman Jer emy Coleman competed in Humorous Interpretation, with his best round being a fourth place finish. Senior Ronney Wilson competed in Im prom ptu Speaking, taking first in one o f his rounds. Junior Mikey Raible competed in Spontaneous Argumentation, advancing to the semi-final round and just missing finals. Senior Matt C ole man and sophomore Dennis Schmidt competed in Stu dent Congress. Coleman's highest scoring speech dur ing the four 2-hour ses sions was a 5 out 6, while S ch m id t’s highest was a perfect six for a speech on a resolution involving troop levels in Afghanistan. The debate events had two divisions, junior varsity and varsity. As a sophom ore, M ary G ates could have competed at the Oregon East Symphony to present Mahler’s Epic Love Song The O regon E ast Symphony is taking on a M ahler m asterpiece once again with a performance o f his Symphony No. 5. The concert takes place on Sun day, March 1 at 3:15 p.m. at the Vert Auditorium. Tickets are on sale now at the Oregon East Sym phony office (lower floor of the Vert Auditorium) or at A rm chair Books (39 SW The annual Shrove Tuesday pancake supper will be held Tuesday, Feb ruary 24, from 5-7:30 p.m. at All S a in ts’ E piscopal Church. Pancakes, ham. fruit, coffee, tea, milk and juice will be served. This is an all-you-can-eat meal. The cost is $5 for adults and $ 15 for families. Dorion). Tickets are Adult: $ 16/S20; seniors: $13/$ 17; and students: $3/$8. “ Doing M ahler in a small town is no small feat,” says OES Executive Director, Christina van der Kamp, who also plays in the percussion section. “This piece requires more than 70 players and hours and hours o f rehearsal to make it One agent for your insurance needs! HANDLING AND TIRE MILEAGE THRUST ALIGNMENT STANDARD AUENMTNT come together. All this work is worth it, for such a great piece o f music.” The OES series o f Mahler Symphony perfor mances w ith maestro Woods have attracted notice and praise all over the region - Oregonian classical music critic David Stabler wrote that the “the OES gives Mahler the ride o f his life.” 4 mm AUDNMENT um in i im i mp » Call me today to find out how you can save money by covering your insurance needs through Farmers nf.uii:M 50 MONTH ONLY At Farmers*, we understand that insurance is about getting you back where you belong should the unexpected happen. 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The team still has two more invitational tournaments before gearing up for districts, state, and the N ational Q u alify in g Tournament. For more informa tion about speech and debate or to support the team, call Jim Raible at lone Schools @ 422-7131. Annual Shrove Tuesday pancake supper to be held EVERY CAR SH0UID AT HAST HAVf A THRUST AUBHMTHT. IT RHATIS A ll 4 W HTtlS TO A COMMON CTNÎTR U N Í TO INSURE MAXIMUM TIRE IIEE. BATTI BITS business four years ago. In guiding the growth and op eration o f MidCo, Doug ex emplified the finest qualities o f leadership, attention to detail, service to his commu nity, interpersonal relation ships, and customer service. The purpose of this award is to recognize a school admin istrator or superintendent who exemplifies the same qualities for which Doug was legendary. N om ination forms are available on the Crystal A pple page on the UM- ESD’s Web site, www.um- esd.k 12.or.us/crystalapple. 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