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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - THREE Bank of Eastern Oregon awards $9,000 in scholarships Bank o f Eastern Oregon awarded 18 $500 scholarships to graduating seniors through its Agricul- tural/Business Scholarship Program. This is the 17,h year the bank offered this program, giving away over $68,000 to date. Three of these scholarships went to Heppner High School stu dents and two were award ed to lone High School students. Margaret Armato, Heppner High School, a 4.0 stu d en t through out high sch o o l, shares the 2009 valedic- t o r i a n honor w i t h Maggie Armato class mate, Sherilyn Peck. Margaret, or “Mag gie,” as known by all, has been active in volleyball and golf. She is Heppner’s N ational Honor Society president and society pub licity director. Her other leadership activities include being Associated Student Body treasurer and assistant treasurer; Civics Club trea surer, Knowledge Master Open participant. Talented and Gifted Program mem ber, Science Bowl par ticipant, and Knowledge Bowl Team member. Her com m unity service and activities include being the president of the 4-H Sew Happy Club, 4-H Ambas sador and 4-H Camp cook. She has been seen many times serving at the Elks Club for many community and Elks-related events. Maggie has been a Colt Volleyball instructor and a junior golf instructor. She has also been a helper at the Assisted Living Center and was a puppeteer for Be ginning Alcohol and Basic Education Studies. Maggie’s academic awards are numerous. She received the 2009 Heppner C ham ber o f Com m erce Youth Achievement Award and has received many Outstanding Achievement aw ards, some o f which were earned in physical science, world history, lan guage arts, accounting, biol ogy, and Spanish. Maggie’s passion for government, economics, and advanced mathematics are taking her to Cambridge, MA, where she will begin her studies in H arvard’s economics program. S h e r i l y n P eck, H eppner High School, shares the 2009 valedicto rian honor with classmate, Maggie Armato. Sh e r i l y n m a i n tained a 4.0 grade point throughout her high school years. She received awards for Honor Roll, the Nation al Society of High School Scholars, academic letters in 2006, 2007, and 2008, and the Presidential Aca demic Award in 2008. She also received an Outstand ing Achievement in Ameri can History award in 2007. O ther awards received were Spanish I recogni tion, Spanish II recognition, and excellence in Lanugage Arts. Sherilyn was active in volleyball and track, med- aling in 2008 at the 2A state track me e t . S heri- lyn is a member o f 4 -H . . Heroth- Shen,yn Peck er com munity services include Mustang Mop-Up, Booster Club auction runner, Colt Volleyball, Assisted Liv ing volunteer, and Willow Creek Cleanup. Sherilyn is also a member of the Hope Lutheran Church. Sherilyn has a special interest in crop and soil science, ag busi ness, and research. Sherilyn will begin her agricultural studies this fall at Eastern Oregon University. Joe Pranger, Hep pner High School, was active in golf and basket ball, let tering in both. Joe re ceived t h e Presi d en tial Joe Pranger Award for Educational Excellence in 2008. Academic letters were received each year. He was Student of the Month this past October for hon esty. Community service activities include participat ing in Mustang Mop Up. He received recognition from the Oregon State Federa tion of Garden Clubs for the landscaping project located at the entrance to the city of Heppner. Joe assisted with the Catholic Church Vacation Bible School. He is a 4-H member and was an ambassador, assisting with various activities dur ing county fair and other events. You often would see Joe assisting with set up, cleanup and serving at various functions around town, such as a St. Patrick’s Day church dinner, the Co lumbia Basin Co-op dinner, Holy Name Society Valen tine’s Day breakfast and the Booster Club Auction and Dinner. Joe also assisted in the installation of new underground sprinklers on H eppner’s Little League fields. With Joe’s love of golf, you can bet his future plans include taking his clubs along with him. Joe heads to the University of Idaho to major in business marketing and he’d like to add a professional golf management option to his studies. C layton M orter, lone High School, par ticipated throughout high school in football, basket ball, and track. He was football team captain in his senior year and he was team captain in basketball in his junior and senior years. Clay was a track state com petitor in high jump and the 1600 relay. In his junior year. Clay was K-5 PE aide Columbia River Community Health Services receives grant from Union Pacific Col umbi a River Community Health Ser vices recently received a grant for over $7,000 from the Union Pacific Founda tion. The grant will be used to purchase a Porta- Count Machine. The Porta- Count will be used to test workers to ensure their res- pirator masks fit correctly. Many local businesses re quire that their employees wear a respirator, especially when working with toxic fumes or heavy dust. Respi rators are used extensively in manufacturing, industrial and agricultural industries. The first six months in 2008 saw a 31 % increase in the HEPPNER ELKS 358 676-9181 "Where Friends M eet" 142 N o rth M a in Flag Pay YOUTH NICHT - JUME 11 AT 6 :0 0 P M H e p p n e r E lk s C l u b C a r n e s a n d P r iz e s ^ FATHER'* PAY M€MC A n s o n W r iq h f P a rk - J u n e 2 1 st 1st a n n a l Kenny Turner M em orial Horseshoe Tournament @ lfc M u n number of fit tests com pleted by the clinic over the same period in 2007. “Union Pacific is pleased to continue sup porting the great organiza tions located where our employees live and work because we know they help make those communities a better place,” said Bob Turner, president of Union Pacific Foundation. Col umbi a R iver Community Health Servic es accepts Oregon Health Plan, Medicare, most insur ance plans, and offers a slid ing scale fee program. The clinic is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Some of the services they offer include: compre hensive exams, DOT physi cals, occupational services, school sports physicals, chronic illness m anage ment, well child exams, as well as adult and childhood immunizations. The Union Pacific Foundation is the primary philanthropic arm of Union Don't miss our annual ^ Super Sidewalk Sale During Celebrate Heppner Free shaved ice all day! . (snow cones) „ _ , _ _ Fnday> lune 12th' 9 a m ‘ 5 Pm Items at least 50% Off! ^'e are curating our 50th anniversary 1959-2009 WATCH FOR ANNIVERSARY SPECIALS & PRIZES Heppner Wedding Tables ----------- m ---------- Ba^S & Mugs R o b e r t R ay m on el A s h b e c h make great gifts^ Jenniier Marie Brusliia Saturday, June 20th Drink Special» Cookies & Creme Mocha Chia Chiller A d am ~ A sh le y M cC ab e & S h e lle y K athryn R ietm a n n ^ M umujü Dai; f Saturday, June 27th 217 North Main • Heppner • Phone «7U-91M • Florel <76-9426 Serving Heppner Lexington £ Ione and traveled with the Inter national Club to Germany and the Czech Republic. In his senior year. Clay was as sistant to the athletic direc tor. Clay w as in Big Sky Second Team, playing football and bas- ketball. Each had a 4-H livestock project. Clay is a member o f St. Wil liam’s Church and the youth group. Com m unity ser vice found Clay joining in the Walk to Cure Diabetes fundraiser, serving at the lone Education Foundation and Legion dinners, raking leaves for senior citizens, doing cleanup at the Cycle Oregon lunch, collecting for canned food drives, helping with PeeWee bas ketball, removing shrub at the church, assisting with the Youth Track meet and serving lunch at Blanchet House and at O utreach Ministries. Clay plans to attend Eastern Oregon University this fall to major in ag busi ness. He is considering journalism with emphasis on sports reporting as his minor. C ory P e te rso n , lone High School, was ac tive throughout high school in football, basketball, and track. He competed at state competitions in both basket ball and track. His athletic awards throughout high school include Dairy Farm ers Award (four years); state/district track; Most In spirational for both football and basketball. Most Valu able Player in football, plus Honorable Mention run ning back and 2nd Team line backer/defensive back. He is also a member of 4-H, Youth G roup, and the 1n t e r - national Club. C o r y ’s Cory Peterson le a d e r ship activities include be ing activities director in his junior year and vice presi dent in his senior year for Student Body. He also was a 4-H camp counselor. His community service includes church cleanup, food drives, coaching football, repaint ing the football bleachers during his ASB vice presi dency, and co-anchoring the morning video announce ments during senior year. C ory’s work experience found him harvesting, rye pulling, combine driving, and custom harvesting for Rick Peterson Farms, John Rietmann Farms, and Bill Tews Farms. Cory has been accepted at Eastern Oregon University and plans to major in crop science. With that education in hand, Cory would like to return to his fam ily’s farm ing operation. Pioneer Memorial Hospital Foundation awards scholarships The Pioneer Me morial Hospital Foundation annually awards scholar ships to assist students in furthering their education in the health care field. This year the foundation awarded the Dr. Wallace Wolff Scholarship in his memory. Dr. Wolff was a longtime family practice doctor in Heppner and the scholarship was established by his children. This year the Dr. Wolff scholarship in the amount o f $1,000 was awarded to Whitney Mat thews, daughter of Skip and Sandy Matthews of Hepp ner. Whitney has completed her freshman year at Boise State University with a 3.9 GPA and plans on entering the radiology program at Boise State. The foundat i on awarded four scholarships to class of 2009 graduating seniors. These awards are for $500 each. Jessica Donovan is a 2009 graduate of Riv erside High School. Jessica plans on attending massage therapy school and pro ceeding on to chiropractics following college. She was active in National Honor Society as well as athletics and many other activities in Pacific Corporation. The her high school career. Foundation has distributed Paul Keefer is also funds since 1959 to quali a 2009 graduate of River fied organizations in com side High School. Paul will munities served by Union attend Weber State Univer Pacific. The Foundation is sity and is planning on a not endowed, but is funded career in athletic training. each year from the operat Paul is an Eagle Scout and ing profits of Union Pacific a member of the National Corporation. Union Pacific Honor Society and has held Railroad, links 23 states a leadership role in many in the western two-thirds school activities and orga of the country. Union Pa nizations. cific serves many of the Sarah Ballard is a fastest-growing U.S. popu 2009 graduate of Heppner lation centers and provides High School. Sarah plans A m ericans with a fuel- on attending Seattle Pa efficient, environmentally cific University, enrolling responsible and safe mode in a pre-med program with of freight transportation. a goal of attending medical Any businesses in school and then going on to terested in fit testing should become a psychiatrist. Sarah contact the April at the has maintained a high GPA clinic for more informa throughout her high school tion. For more information career. She has been active on other services offered in student government and by Columbia River Com many school organizations munity Health Services, or and has participated in the to schedule an appointment Med-Quest and Med-Stars call 541/481-7212. For programs. information on the clinic’s Chris H ickerson fundraising efforts, to build is a 2009 graduate of Hep a new clinic facility, con pner High School. Chris tact Mindy Binder, also at plans on attending Central 541/481-7212. Oregon Community Col lege to begin his pre-med course work. His goal is to transfer to Pacific Uni versity for their opthamol- ogy program. Chris has job shadowed at the laboratory Sponsorship for the Cooper Larson Baseball at Pioneer Memorial and Field are now being accepted. The field will be built at has participated in the work the Kennewick American Youth Baseball Complex in experience program at the Kennewick, WA. hospital. Larson was a four year old boy who died of a The Foundati on non-operable form of brain cancer last October. scholarships are all re There are many different sponsorship packages newable upon the students available. For more information contact Keith Dupuis maintaining grads and a at (509) 582-6268, email kldupuis@verizon.net. or visit course study in healthcare. w w w x o o g e r l a r s o n x o m ^ ___________________ Family hopes to have memorial baseball field built Plastic and Aluminum Signs Lots of Sizes! Lots of Colors! Free Price Quotes! 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