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
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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)
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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
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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
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