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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 2,2010 Local students qualify to compete at world’s largest junior high rodeo Ecumenical youth group holds 30-hour fast for World Vision A wonderful event took place in Heppner on M ay 21 and 22. An ecu menical youth group fasted for 30 hours to raise money for World Vision. The kids chose this outreach project w ithout hesitation and a true commitment to try and make a difference in some way for this global issue. The event began at noon on Friday, when the kids showed up at All Saints Episcopal Church with their sleeping bags, pillows and a m ultitude o f things to keep them occupied for the duration o f the time and continued to fast until 6 p.m. on Saturday. The kids played games, had a boys’ beauty pageant, played four square, had reflection time, prayer time, journaling and watched a number o f differ ent movies. One movie in particular called Invisible Children had quite an im pact on them and they feel their lives changed because o f this event. Some o f the discussion and feedback ranged from how they were not going to think about leftover food in the fridge the way they have in the past to stating that they would try not to waste food like they use to. This group of kids consisted o f a variety of church and un-churched backgrounds, Episcopalian, Blake Greenup and Tate Gentry Blake Greenup and Tate Gentry, both 8lh graders at Heppner Junior/Senior High School, have earned positions on the Oregon State National Junior High rodeo team. Greenup and Gen try w ill travel w ith fel low teammates to Gallup, New Mexico from June 27 through July 3 to compete at the 6th annual National Junior High Finals Rodeo (NJHFR). Greenup will be competing in Barrel Racing, Pole Bending, Break-Away Roping and Ribbon Roping. Pictured (L-R) are: Kayla Kindle, Birte Siedcntop, Tessa Gould, Makenzie Correa, Tayllor Gould, Brett Harrison, Garrett Robinson, Kyle Harrison, Devin Robinson, Bry ce Fowler, Drew Brannon, and youth leaders Shell! Britt and Robanai Disque. Not pictured are Taylor Disque, Aiden Wright, Jared Gorham and Tate Gentry. -Contributed Photo Baptist, Methodists and the leaders are both Lutherans. “It is a wonderful group of kids and we are so proud o f them all,” said Shelli Britt and Robanai Disque. The kids had a cal endar fund raiser this past fall and donated $300 o f their proceeds to help nu merous outreach projects. They donated money to the Hope Lutheran Church in Heppner to purchase a large print hymnal, gave money to a couple in Pendleton w ho’s home burned down, donated money to the Lost and Found outreach pro- gram in Pendleton, helped out a m em ber o f one o f the churches by donating money to help her pay for vitamins and fuel prior to and after a knee surgery, and d o n a te d m oney for postage to a local group who are making blankets for people in Haiti. In April they raised $400 for the MS Walk and had a team that walked. “ We ju st felt that we wanted to let them know how proud o f them that we are and that we pray their lives will continue to be en riched by the graces o f God and that they always want to do something in their lives that will make a difference in not only their lives but the lives o f others,” stated a leader. Gentry will be competing in Ribbon Roping. F e a tu rin g m o re th an 1,000 c o n te s ta n ts from 47 states, Canadian provinces, and A ustralia the National Junior High rodeo team is the w orld’s largest junior high rodeo. In addition to competing for more than $75,000 in prizes, NJHFR contestants will be vying for more than $80,000 in college scholar ships and the chance to be named the National Junior High Finals Rodeo Cham pion. Annual FFA awards banquet held The Heppner FFA Chapter held its fourth an nual aw ards banquet on May 13. There were a total o f 34 members present at the event. O v e r th e 2 0 0 9 - 2010 year many members competed in different con tests and attended m any events. Awards were given for participation in contests such as shop sk ills, jo b interview , parliam entary procedure, public speaking, ag sales, soil judging, live stock judging and tractor driving. During the banquet students were recognized not only for their partici Members of the HeppnerAmerican Legion Auxiliary sold pation, but for their out Memorial Day poppies on Thursday, May 27, in front of the standing achievement. Star Awards were given to stu Heppner Post Office. - Photo by April Sykes dents that went above and beyond the requirements in FFA. The Star Greenhand A w ard w as aw a rd ed to Austin Morlan, and the Star Chapter Farmer award was D r in k American Legion sells Memorial Day poppies Bather^ P a f f l i June 2 0 th C ards *< 3 ¡-pfcs ECIALS! Sunrise Iced Tea $1.00 Caramel Macchiato $3.25 G raduation is coming ! m mi lone - June 4 Heppner- June 5 Cards and ê gifts forB fo ri flie graduate Wedding Tables Pictured are members of the Heppner High School FFA champter. -Photo by Sandy Matthews given to Kelsi Putman. The recipient o f the Star Junior Award was Devin Robin son. This year’s DEKALB Outstanding Senior Award was given to Lane Wright. Awards were also given to this year’s Honorary Mem bers. The recipients of this award were MCGG/Green Feed, Dick and Karen Tem ple, Tim Dickenson, Darcy Vial and Clint Sexson, Out standing Service Awards were presented to: Morrow County School Board, Lott’s Electric, PGG-Hermiston, M ike’s Mobile Slaughter, Elks BPOE #358, Frank and LaVonne Mader, Mer lin and C laudia Hughes, Jerry and Terri Gentry, Pet tyjohn’s Crew, Craig and Tawny Miles, Roger Britt and Pheasants Forever. The newly elected officers were installed dur- Willow Creek Water Park to open June 12 Willow Creek Wa ter Park will open for the 2010 season on Saturday, June 12. Weather permitting the park will be open until midnight. Regular hours are Monday through Saturday 1-8 p.m. and Sunday 1-5 p.m. session or $30 if you have Three sessions of a swim pass. Individual passes swim lessons will be held this year. The first will be are $75 and family passes June 28 through July 8. The are $150. Daily rates are second will be July 19-29. $2 for 0-4 years and senior The last session will be citizens, $3 for 5-17 years, August 9-19. The cost for and $4 for adults ( 18+). swim lessons is $35 per Children’s ADHD Telemental Health Treatment Study (CATTS) Jessica. ^^ainrigfht& Patrick S ch iller S a tu rday, ] u n e 1 Qth M atliew B aker & Julie Proctor S a tu rd a y, f u n e 2Ó th ^ M u m ' j D auu 217 North Main • Happnar • Phona 876-91M • Floral 678*42« Serving Heppner Lexington A Ione Office desk, credenza and chair Nearly brand new A ll fo r o n ly $850 A Study for Kids with ADHD Purpose of Study: Seattle Children’s Hospital has been doing telemental health for 8 years. Telemental health focuses on communities where it is difficult to get expert mental health care. Telemental health uses two way cameras to allow a family in a rural area to meet with a psychiatrist in a distant city over the rV. Our telemental health program has treated over 800 youth in five communities throughout Washington. Now. we are doing a study to see how much telemental health helps children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) Umatilla, Morrow, and Wheeler Counties in Oregon are participating with our Washington sites. Care is free. Eligible Children: Children 6-12 years old already diagnosed with ADHD or who might have ADHD. Study Process: Children and their parent(s) receive an evaluation to clarity the diagnosis of ADHD and other problems. All children are assigned to an intervention group: a. six sessions of medication treatment ( 1.0 hour each) by a telepsy chiatrist and behavioral treatment (1.0 hour each) delivered by a therapist at a local clinic; or b. a single session (1.5 hours) by the telepsy chiatrist with expertise in ADHD who makes treatment recommendations to the primary care physician. Both groups participate for 25 weeks Both groups complete assessments 6 times during the study and are paid $35 for each assessment. A lt sessions with the telepsychiatrist and with the therapist are free to families. Location of Study: In Oregon, the Telemental Health Clinic is located at Community Counseling Solutions in Boardman Or visit our website: www.TV4ADHD.org Contact Information: For more information on this study, please contact Research Team at (206) 884-2343 or email us at cattsftr seattlechildrcns.org Principal Investigator Dr Kathleen Myers can be reached at (206) 987-1663 or via email at kathleen.mvcrs9fseattlechildrens.org Department of Child Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine. Seattle Children's Hospital. Seattle. Washington ing the banquet as well. Next y e a r’s officer team consists of president: Brett Harrison; vice president: Kelsi Putman; secretary: Devin Robinson; treasurer: Jarreid M iller; reporter: Justin Gutierrez; sentinel: Zech Hintz; historian: Gar rett R obinson; assistan t treasurer: Austin Gutierrez; and assistant reporter: Kyle Harrison. Ladies Play Day results Ladies Play Day was held on Tuesday, May 25, at the W illow Creek Country Club. Results are as follows: May 25 Low gross o f the field was Pat Edmundson. Low net o f the field was Pat Dougherty. Least Putts o f the Field was Luvilla Sonstegard. Flight A winners: low gross w as a tie between Virginia Grant and Corol Mitchell; low net was Kar en Thompson; least putts was Eva Kilkenny; and long . drive was Eva Kilkenny. Flight B winners: low gross was Bernice Lott; low net was Lorrene Mont gomery; and long drive was Bernice Lott. Flight C winners: low gross was Ann Elgin; low net was Beverly Stea gall; least putts was Burul DeBoer; and long drive was Ann Elgin. Chip-ins: Beverly Steagall on #8. Senior Center Menu United M ethodist Church m em bers will be serving lunch on Wednes day, June 9. The m enu will include catfish, red beans and rice, fried okra, hush puppies, peaches, and strawberry shortcake. Contact David Sykes Heppner Gazette-Times • 541-676-9228 i
