FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, February 23,2011
lone eighth graders get crash course in careers
Picture are: (top row) TJ Patton, Oskar Peterson, Sam Gilbert, Joe Doherty, and Brandon
Beck: (middle row) Karina Rios, Michaela Forrester, Daniel Holtz, and Zack Irons; and (bot
tom row) Rita McElligott, Brianna Snyder, Cassidy Braun, Emily Rea and Lauren Garrett.
- Contributed Photo
Eighth graders at
lone Community School
experienced an entire day
on the road with their sci
ence teacher, Erin Heide-
man, to gain a first hand
perspective on careers.
Each year, the Um-
atilla-Morrow Education
Service District hosts a ca
reer showcase at the Pend
leton Convention Center for
all eighth grader students in
Morrow and Umatilla coun
ties. The Career Showcase
is an opportunity for eighth
graders to take a look into
their high school years
when they begin exploring
their career path.
Eleven hundred
students visited over 32
business booths from vari
ous community businesses
who donated their time to
show students the different
opportunities available,
lone students were some
o f those students. “One
of the best booths was the
state police booth,” said
lone eighth grader TJ Pat
ton. “It was fun putting on
the simulation goggles and
trying to walking a straight»
line.”
In addition to a
great day at the conven
tion center, lone students
went out to lunch and then
toured the Pendleton Un
derground. “1 had no idea
there was a whole world
underground,” said student,
Lauren Garrett. “It was re
ally neat.”
“As a teacher, one
of the best parts of my job'
is the opportunity to ex
pose students to the things
around them ,” remarked
Erin H eidem an, 6th-10th
science teacher at lone
Community School. “One
of the greatest advantages
to working in this district
is the flexibility we hax?e
to travel with students and
the support there is from the
district and from parents.”
Mustang Wrestlers finish third at
Districts, two win championships
The Heppner wres
tling team competed in the
10-team 1A/2A Special
District 4 championships
on Friday and Saturday
at Wallowa High School.
The Mustangs won third
place after holding that
position nearly from start
to finish o f the two-day
tournament. The battle for
first place seesawed back
and forth between the En-
terprise/W allow a co-op
team and three-time dis
trict champion Crane. In
the end the sheer depth of
numbers of Enterprise/Wal-
lowa prevailed by just five
points even though Crane
had five district champions
compared to Enterprise/
Wallowa’s one.
Eleven of the 12
Heppner w restlers were
victorious in at least one
match and seven advanced
to the championship semi
finals. Jared Lemmon (112
lbs), Alex Smith (125 lbs),
Jarreid Miller (130 lbs),
Wade Matthew (135 lbs),
Andrew Bara (160 lbs), Tim
Nelson (189 lbs), and Jacob
Moore (215 lbs) all found
themselves in the semi fi
nals on Saturday morning.
Lemmon and Miller won
their matches to advance to
the championship round.
Sm ith and Bara
went on through the con
solation bracket to finish
fourth. Junior Spaulding,
competing at 119 pounds,
came back after a loss in the
first championship round to
earn two victories and also
claimed fourth place.
Nelson and Mat
thew won the consolation
cham pionships for third
place and earned a wrestle
back against the district
runner up to see who would
qualify for the state tourna
ment. Neither of the Mus
tang wrestlers prevailed
and both finished as state
Tfiternates. Jacob Moore
cam e back through the
consolation bracket to fin
ish fifth.
Senior Alex Fuent-
es did not place in the tour
nament but won a match
and scored team points in
Garrett Gibbs (top photo) and Junior Spaulding (bottom
photo) work on pinning their opponents during the district
tournament this past weekend in Joseph. -Photos by Jeremy
Lanthorn
the consolation bracket of
his final district competi
tion.
L e m m o n , th e
fourth ranked wrestler in
Oregon 2A at 112 pounds,
had no problem dispatching
his challenger from Joseph
in the semi final match by a
technical fall score of 17-1
at 2:40 into the match. A
technical fall is awarded and
the match ended when one
wrestler gains an advantage
of 15 or more points. He
was likewise as dominant
in the championship finals
as he defeated fifth ranked
Thom as O ’Toole from
Crane by a 17-2 technical
fall in 2:48.
S e n io r J a r r e id
Miller, ranked second in
Oregon 2A at 130 pounds,
took a more dramatic route
to the finals. Miller, trailing
by one point to an unseeded
wrestler from Imbler with
45 seconds left in the match,
deliberately gave his oppo
nent a one-point escape in a
strategy meant to get a take
down to tie the score and
send the match into over
time. Instead, not only did
he take his opponent down
with 10 seconds remaining,
but he also dropped him to
his back, adding three near
fall points to the two-point
takedown and w inning 8-5
as time ran out. In the cham
pionship bout, he defeated
fifth ranked Forrest Cox
from Enterprise/Wallowa
by a fall in 3:53.
W ith the w in s,
Lemmon and M iller be
came the third and fourth
district champions in Hepp
ner wrestling history. Lem
mon is the first freshman
from H eppner to win a
district title or to qualify for
state. Both will compete at
the OSAA state champion
ship tournament in Veter
ans’ Memorial Coliseum
in Portland on February 25
and 26.
The state tourna
ment begins at 8:30 a.m.
Friday. Current brackets
can be found and results
can be followed through
out the tournament on the
w w w .osaa.org/w restling
web site.
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Free workshop on support for children with
behavior or learning issues coming to UMESD
Many school dis
tricts are trying to address
student behavior and learn
ing issues before they esca
late into bigger problems.
In response to this, the Um-
atilla-Morrow Education
Service District, Oregon
Department o f Education
and Oregon Parent Training
and Information Center will
host a free workshop March
2 to talk about how schools
are using research-based
interventions to help all stu
dents, including those with
academ ic or behavioral
challenges.
In ad d itio n , the
workshop will take a look
at statewide assessments,
o f which every child in
public school must take in
reading and math beginning
in 3rd grade. The goal is to
help parents understand the
different options fijr their
students, and how to work
with a team to choose the
option that will work best
for their children.
Child care for ages
3 and up will be provided
during the workshop. Reg
istration is required for
child care and to ensure
enough materials will be
available for everyone, so
please register early for this
free workshop. If you need
assistance in a language
other than English, please
contact the Oregon PTI
main office at least two
weeks in advance (1-888-
505-2673).
To register, contact
Robin Wortman at 541 -886-
9235 or 1-888-505-2673,
ext. 211, or e-mail rwort-
m an@ oregonrisecenter.
org.
The workshop will
run from 5-8 p.m. on March
2 at the Umatilla-Morrow
ESD’s Ponderosa Room,
2001 SW Nye Ave., Pend
leton.