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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 17,2010 lone students make homemade UMESD, local districts announce instruments for science fair special needs Child Find efforts The lone Sth Grade Junk Orchestra poses with their homemade instruments prior to mak ing a video for the lone Community School science fair, held March II. Lea Mathieu is their teacher and the chief musician of the project, part of a unit on the physics of sound. -Con tributed Photo Wildhorse Foundation announces fourth quarter grant recipients T he W ild h o rse Foundation, a community benefit fund established by the Confederated Tribes o f the U m atilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) to support organizations in northeastern Oregon and southeastern Washington, has announced the follow ing awards for the fourth quarter o f 2009. A total of $155,453 was awarded to 29 recipients, bringing the total for 2009 to over $575,000. Local o rg an iz a tions funded in the forth quarter for 2009 are: B oardm an Park and Recreation (operating funds for summer “Funtas- tic Kidz” and “Teen Sum mer Recreation” programs) $6,000; Irrigon Multi-cul tural Arts Center (Pigeon removal/cleanup-Art Cen ter building) $10,000; Ir rigon Watermelon Festival (buy construction materials to com plete new snack shack) $2,500; Neighbor hood Center of South Mor row County (Neighborhood Center facility accessibility improvement) $ 10,000; and Oregon Lions Foundation (Sight and Hearing Mobile Health Screening Program) $7,500. T he W ild h o rse Foundation Board will consider awarding grants to applications that cover the areas of public health and safety, education, the arts, historic preservation, gam bling addiction ser vices, salmon restoration, environmental protection, and cultural activities. The quarterly deadlines for re quests are January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1. For more informa tion on Wildhorse Founda tion guidelines or to receive an application, visit www. wildhorseresort.com and click on “Our Foundation” or call Tiah DeGrofft at 541-966-1628. T h e U m a tilla - Morrow Education Ser vice D istrict (UM ESD) and its member districts in Umatilla and Morrow coun ties offer comprehensive special education services to eligible children ages birth through 21 years. All referrals are considered confidential, and services are provided at no cost. The parent, legal guardian, or surrogate parent retains the right to refuse services and are provided procedural safeguards under federal and state law. Services include screening in areas of sus pected disabilities or ar eas o f delay, such as vi sion, hearing, motor skills, speech and/or language, behavioral, social em o tional and general devel opment. Evaluations are provided for several areas o f suspected disabilities, Jared Lemmon placed sixth in the Oregon Middle School State Wrestling Tournament. ■Contributed Photo Ashbeck represented the Jr. Mustangs. Maben reached the championship semi finals before losing twice and be ing eliminated. Collins, a A hoy. Birthday Boy! Jake McElligott is 30.... sixth grader, was also one win away from qualifying for state before sustaining his second loss. Petzoldt, Boyd, and Ashbeck also picked up wins during the tournament. Lemmon, the tour nament first seed in the eighteen-man 102-pound bracket, suffered his only a child age birth to 5 in all districts, please call the UMESD at 1-800-927- 5847. Those with children ages 5-21 should call the lo cal school district special education specialist listed: Athena-W eston - Jackie Brow n, 541-566-3581; Echo - Pauline Sherbahn, 541-376-8436; H elix - Tanna Munck, 541-457- 2175; Hermiston - Shawn Worstell, 541-667-6020; Milton-Freewater - Steve Haugen, 541-938-3551 ext. 7435; Morrow County - Phyllis Danielson; Pend leton - Debra McIntosh, 541-966-3262; Pilot Rock - Gordon Munck, 541-443- 2361; Stanfield - Kevin Headings, 541-449-3305; Ukiah - Anne Coote, 541 - 427-3734; Umatilla - Carl Banker, 541-922-6500. lone American Legion and Auxiliary to hold annual Texas Hold ‘Em poker tournament T he 2010 lo n e American Legion and Aux iliary Texas Hold 'Em pok er tournament and bingo and bake sale fund-raising event will be held on Satur day, March 20, at the lone American Legion Hall in lone. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. Sign-ups will be held at 6 p.m. with play be ginning at 6:30 p.m. Buy-in Lemmon finishes sixth in state wrestling The Oregon Mid dle School State Wrestling Tournament was held on March 13 in Woodburn. About 270 wrestlers from 114 teams converged on Woodburn high school to determine who were the best middle school wres tlers in Oregon at each of the 17 weight classes. All of the state participants had to qualify by placing in the top four in one of the four Oregon regional qualifiers held the previous weekend. Middle school wrestling does not divide classes by school size so it truly is a competition to determine the best in the state. Eleven Mustang Jr. High wrestlers competed in the eastern Oregon quali fier in Boardman on March 6. H eppner was one o f approximately two dozen teams from 1A to 6A size schools at the qualifier. Ryan Smith, Skyler Palmer, Jeremiah Petzoldt, Shane Miles, Jared Lemmon, Jesse Boyd, Victor Meyer, Tres- ton Maben, John Propheter, Patrick Collins and Ethan including learning disabili ties, speech and language development, physical im pairments, vision or hearing problem s, mental retar dation, emotional distur bances, development delays (0-5 years old), autism/ pervasive developmental disorders, health impair ments, or traumatic brain injuries. Children birth to 3 years may not currently be demonstrating delays but be determined at-risk for developing a delay due to a known risk factor such as a medical condition. A free, appropriate, public education with a full continuum o f services is available. For more infor mation concerning eligi bility criteria and referral procedures, please see the contact inform ation for your local school district below; For concerns for loss of the day in the quar terfinals and had to win the next four matches in a row to claim third place and a berth to the state tourna ment. During the day, he won three matches by fall, one by technical fall and one by major decision to finish with a 5-1 record. It was Lemmon’s third time in three years to qualify for middle school state, which included winning a regional championship in 2009. At the state tourna ment, Lemmon faced the only other 2A qualifier in the sixteen-m an bracket from Culver in the first bout. He won easily by a technical fall in the second round. He again lost in the quarterfinals to the same opponent that defeated him at the eastern Oregon quali fier and again had to wrestle a m arathon six matches for the day; this time to place sixth in the state at 102 pounds. He finished the week with a combined 8-4 record in the regional and state tournaments and an overall 26-6 record for the 2009-2010 season. Last year Lemmon had also placed sixth at 90 pounds to become Heppner’s first state placer. is $40 Cash prizes will be awarded to the four top players. A sandwich and salad bar will be available and drinks will be served by Taylor’s. Two raffles will be held throughout the eve ning, a rifle raffle and a beef raffle. The rifle is a Savage Model II .243 Winchester bolt action with a 3x9 Bush- nell scope. The beef raffle includes two halves of beef, cut and wrapped. Raffle tickets are $1 each or six for $5. This annual event helps raise money for up keep and maintenance of the facility and the special program s the Am erican Legion and Auxiliary sup ports and offers throughout the year. HES Parent Teacher Club hosting spring luau n r •«•u* Mrs. Gentry instructs Mrs. Clough's homeroom on limbo techniques for the spring luau. -Contributed Photos The HES Parent Teacher Club is hosting a spring luau in the HES gym from 7-9 p.m. on March 18. All HES families are invited to this free event. Desert Sounds will be providing music sponsored by Wheatland Insurance and Bank of Eastern Oregon. The PE classes headed up by Mrs. Gentry have been working on their limbo moves for the occasion. There will be a make your own lei craft, HES top ten countdown, ap petizers and raffle baskets. For more information contact the school office at 541-676-9128. Third annual Irish Boxing Smoker held t/i Shiver Me Timbers! The third annual Irish Boxing Smoker was held on Friday, March 12 in the Heppner High School gymnasium. The event was presented by the Heppner Chamber of Commerce and UROCK 96.1 FM. Bout winners were: Bout Clement Bout Wedding B out Gutierrez Bout Roa Bout #5 - Anthony Bout #9 - Thomas Tangney Bout #6 - Richard F ighter of the N ight, winning a $100 purse, was #2 - Andy Waddell Bout #7 - Ray Gar- Andy Wedding. Fight of #3 - N ick cia the Night was between Ray Bout #8 - Jaylee Garcia and Joshua Uriarte, #4 - Jesus Britt each winning $100. #1 - Adrian Roa Art show to be held at lone 4th of July Celebration Accepted during the event: U sed o il (c o n ta in e rs less than 25 g allo ns) O il A lters, Spent A ntifree ze. A u to m o tiv e b atteries. A lk a lin e A re ch arg ea ble b atteries. P ro p ane T a n k s (s m a lle r than P O B e s 42« i, O R . II 25 gal.) O il based paint. Pain t th in n e rs and solvents. R o o f and a sp h a lt patch. A d hesives, g lues and c on tact cem ent. C au lk s se ale rs and jo in t c o m p o und s, la w n Morrow County will be and g ard en c h em icals and fe rtilize rs. P o o l chem icals. H o u seh old c lea ners (Includ ing bleach, a m m onia, fu rn itu re p o lish , to ile t h o w l cleaners, c a rp et sh a m poos) Sludge (s o il con tam ina ted w ith o il s m a lle r than 25 g al c o n ta in e rs ) M e rc u ry the rm o m e ters. F lo res cent lam ps. A ll ty p es o f aero so l cans. U sed c o o k in g oil. Road flares, PCB b allasts. O rg an ic p erox id e s (h a rd e n in g agents) lt»«n* n o t m e p t g d I m pty con tain ers, am m u n itio n , e x p lo siv es, b io lo g ica l w aste, ra d io a c tiv e w aste HflzArrioufl y rendent* held on April 21. 2010 nt the North end transfer station <K*00 Frontage L n , Boardman Hour« of operai urn 1L00 to 34)0. The annual 4th of July Celebration in lone will have a new activity this year. The first annual lone Com munity Art Show will be held in conjunction with the 4lh of July festivities. Local artists are invited to enter their art pieces for the community to view. This will be a show, not a sale. All types of artwork can be entered. For more information contact Terry Felda at 541-256-0277. Men’s Prayer Breakfast cancelled The Men’s Prayer Breakfast scheduled for Sun day morning March 21, in Lexington will be canceled for this month. However, local churches and community members are invited to a special presentation on April 11 at 6 p.m. The music team from Umatilla Baptist Church will be presenting a music service at the Community Bible Church in Lexington. Please join us for a night of singing, refreshments will be offered following the service. ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. i (
