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.
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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
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JV level but chose to chal
lenge herself at the varsity
level instead. She had seven
preliminary rounds o f Lin
coln Douglas Value debate
over two days, ending up
with a record o f 3-4.
On Friday, before
their events started, the team
took some time to explore
San Francisco. They drove
th ro u g h d o w n to w n and
Chinatown before arriving
at Fisherman’s W harf and
Pier 39. The group walked
around the area sightsee
ing, enjoying the view o f
A lcatraz and the Golden
Gate Bridge.
“ W hile it may be
tempting to rest after a big
trip like this, the team knows
it’s time to get right back to
preparing, practicing, and
fund-raising,” said Coach
Raible after returning from
California. 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.
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to be held
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The purpose of this award is
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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.
The deadline to make nomi
nations is Wednesday, April
1, at 4 p.m.
lone speech and debate team competes in California
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