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
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“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.
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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
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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.
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