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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 2,2011 Heppner Students of the Month announced Welly Toss returns to St. Patrick’s Celebration T he W elly Toss, also known as Throw the Boot will again be played this year during the annual St. Patrick’s Celebration in Heppner. The location is the same, at Willow and Main. Play for teams will be from 10-12:30, with the champi onships at 3:30 p.m. Indi vidual play is from 1:30-3 p.m. with the championship round to begin at 3. r e c o g n iz e d t h e i r S t u d e n t s ut t ile M o n t h l oi _ t c h i ii.li s „ ij iP I he c h a r a c te r trait « a s lui- milite, t o p I’hoto: P ictured (L-R) are HES students. Top B jp row - Tarin Troxell, Madison ICABO to hold annual meeting J F ..... j j ’ . . p f c O j- J - | ■ I KB ja f ™ P H I- stainiiols. S u o le I’ropheter. M a s o n I c lin i.m . < a rson I l io jj v s n a i l . K c l i c c i .1 W a d d e l l , . m i l lu llin ' V ila in s . Iln tto in V s h lc s ( . c i e l . M . u k £ ^ 1)7’' S i 7 fe t V-' j f mu ; V ila in s . D e r r ic k S m ith , ( . r a c e S m it h. ( ha lice M e t m m ack. Recce (jL i* IPEjm 1 ¡1 * | i'-Æ b'..1,K T l i K y S B ik E M \ ft { 1 I I j , V T B fflfc * | ; lO j H || , Team competition com pete based on age - has been added to this year’s adults will be divided by event and all families, mer m ale and fem ale. Each chants, clubs, churches, player gets three throws. friends, etc. are welcome The Cham pionship round to play. Each team will be will include the top three asked to pay a registration throwers in each bracket. fee of $5 to offset cost of P r iz e s w ill be m aterials and prizes for aw arded to the ch am p i the gam es. A team co n onship team s and to the sists o f four players and in d iv id u a l c o m p e titio n the com petition will take winners. All those in the about 15 m inutes. As in championships will win a the individual competition, Leprechaun. each team m em ber w ill For more informa have three tries to throw as tion contact Sheryl Bates at far as they can. The three the Chamber o f Commerce teams with the top over-all at 541-676-5536 or Shirlee ICABO will hold scores will compete for the Sweigart at541-310-0688. To p re -re g is te r c o n ta c t their annual dinner meet championship. Individual kids will Shirlee Sweigart. ing on March 9 at the lone American Legion Hall. The event will be Boardman recognizes citizens for gin with a no host bar at 6 receiving fitness leadership awards p.m. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m. Tickets will be available at the door for $ 10 per person. Those planning to attend are asked to RSVP to Betty Gray at 541-422- 7335 or Stacie M iller at 541-422-7410 by M archó. j t j f ’ 1 I B g sl i l ji M M B W jW -jK W K jl Gorham, Isaiah King, David [ ^ | Cribbs, and Tiffany Akers. Bottom Photo: Pictured (L- R) are HHS students: Jordan Wright, Conner Pappas, Morgan Holm, Larissa Gray, Nicole Kempken, and Jessica Kempken - Contributed Photos lone Middle School students take field trip “Lions, tigers and monkey’s. Oh, my!” That was kind o f the theme for the recent field trip the seventh and eighth graders o f lone Middle School went on this past week. Students visited the Oregon Museum o f Science and Industry, the World Forestry Center, stayed the night and toured the Oregon Zoo, and hiked through the Magness Tree Farm- a subsidiary o f the World Forestry Center. “It was a fantastic experience,” said m iddle school science teacher, Erin Heideman. “I w as extremely proud o f how these young people handled themselves and the efforts they made in order to be able to go. They re p re se n te d th e m se lv e s and our com m unity very well”. Thanks to a grant from the lone Education Foundation, students board ed a bus for Portland early Friday morning and trav eled the gorge hiking to the top o f M ultnom ah Falls, touring the World Forestry Center and getting set up at the Oregon Zoo for an overnight stay. Part o f this experience was a behind the scene tour of the animal hospital and animal com missary, hands-on experi ences with reptiles and a full night tour of the animal exhibits. On Saturday morn ing, students got to explore the zoo all to them selves before departing for OMSI when they watched an Om nimax theatre presentation o f the Sea-Rex in addition to' g etting to see all the OMSI exhibits. As a special treat, the group ate dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory in downtown Portland before settling down in Wllson- Pictured left to right are Francisco “Paco” Velazquez, Mayor Chet Phillips, and Pedro Torres. -ContributedPhoto Group Picture (L-R): Rachel Holland, Ann Rietmann, Emily Rea, Karina Rios, Cassidy Braun, Joshua Stillman, Jessie Flynn, Paige Esterbloom, Michaela Forrester, Jenna Taylor, Daniel Holtz, Brendan Thompson, Tre’ Neal, Sam Gilbert, Hailey Jones, Zack Irons, Joe Doherty, Oskar Peterson, Brianna Snyder. Jorge Aguliar, TJ Patton, Brandon Peck and teacher, Erin Heideman. -Contributed Photo ville. “This was my first time at OMS1,” said eighth grader TJ Patton. “My fa vorite part was surround sound in the theatre.” S un d ay m o rn ing brought a nature hike through 90 acres o f the M a g n e ss T ree F arm , a teaching and research lab for the World Forestry Cen ter. Tree farm manager, Bill Wood, took us through a two hour hike o f forestry restoration and nature. “The best part at the tree farm was the hike,” said sev enth grader Jessie Flynn. “ Learning what kinds of Household Hazardous Waste Event M o rro w C o u nty w ill be hosting a no the r H ousehold H azardous Waste event FREE of charge to C ounty residents dyes we get from trees was pretty cool too.” Heather Braun, Su sie Stillman, Karl Snyder, Anna McElligott and Janet Holland volunteered their tim e to atten d the field trip. American Legion celebrates 92 years The American Legion credits a group o f 20 of ficers who served in the American Expeditionary Force in France during World War I. These officers were asked to suggest ideas for improving troop morale. Lt. Col. Theo dore Roosevelt proposed an organization o f veterans. The first meeting was held in Paris, France in March 1919. Known as the Paris Caucus, at this meet ing they adopted a temporary constitution and the name “American Legion.” The first post was Gen. John Pershing # 1 in Wash ington, D.C. The Legion became very active in the 1920 and was instrumental in creating the U.S. Veterans Bu reau. They wrote the original G.I. Bill which was signed into law in 1944. They sponsor many programs helping the veterans, their children, and their communities. There are approximately 14,900 posts in the U.S. as well as in different countries around the world. The Legion and Auxiliary will meet March 8 at 6:30 p.m. at the Heppner Senior Center to celebrate their 92nd birthday. Saturday April 23, 2011 11:00 am - 3:00 pm Lexington Road Dept. 3 6 5 W. Hwy 7 4, Lexington, OR Accepted during the event: Used oil (containers less than 25 gallons) O il filters, Spent Antifreeze, Automotive batteries, Alkaline & rechargeable batteries, Propane Tanks (smaller than 25 gal.) O il based paint, Paint thinners and solvents, Roof and asphalt patch, Adhesives, glues and contact cement, Caulks sealers ond joint compounds, Lawn and garden chemicals and fertilizers, Pool chemicals, Household cleaners (including bleach, ammonia, furniture polish, toilet bowl cleaners, carpet shampoos) Sludge (soil contami nated with oil smaller than 25 gal. containers) Mercury thermometers, Florescent lamps, All types of aerosol cans, Used cooking oil, Road flares, PCB ballasts, O rganic peroxides (hardening agents) Items not accepted: Empty containers, ammunition, explosives, biological waste, radioactive waste. Morrow County Public Works mcpublicwork@co.morrow.or.us PO. Box 428 Lexington, OR. 97839 5 4 1 -9 8 9 -9 5 0 0 ( Rita Van Schoiack _____ Financial Advisor • Investment Management • Retirement Plan “Rollovers” • Retirement Planning • IRA’s • Tax Advantaged Investments • Bonds, Stocks , Mutual Funds • Investment C onsulting and Guidance • Investments for Retirement Income For an Appointment Call: 541-676-5226 Toll Free: 1-866-325-5326 Securities and Investment Advisory Services offered through Multi-Financial Securities Corp. Member FINRA/SIPC Blue Mountain Investment Management LLC is not affiliated with Multi-Financial Securities Corp. 51353 Sunflower Flat Road. Heppner. OR 97836 ntaWan@multifin.coni T he B o ard m an City C ouncil recognized Pedro Torres and Francisco Velazquez at their Febru ary 15 council meeting for receiving the 2010 Oregon Governor’s Fitness Leader ship Award. The Oregon Gov ernor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports chose Torres and Velaszquez to receive the aw ards back in September of 2010 and Tuesday, Mayor Chet Phil lips presented them each with a fram ed certificate from, then, Governor Ted Kulongoski. Both men have been involved in organiz ing and coaching soccer in Boardman for the past 18 years. The Oregon G ov ernor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports chose 12 recipients to receive the Fitness Leadership Award from around the state o f Oregon. Nominees for the aw ard are p resen ted by m ayors at the League o f Oregon Cities annual con ference. From there, mem bers of the council take into account how each nominee has contributed to the com munity before making the final decision on who will receive the awards. “What we look for in our selections are people who are actively supporting the fitness o f folks in their community,” said Brad Anderson, a repre sentative o f the Governor’s C ouncil. “O ur nom inees range from volunteers, paid fitness employees, teachers to coaches, a whole variety o f people.” Mayor Phillips said both men deserved the aw ard because their contributions to soccer in Boardm an are “good for kids and keeps them out of trouble.” In other city busi ness, the council heard a report from the city’s audi tor, Chris Cockbum o f Fife Cockbum. He said the city has had a clean audit with no exceptions. Tickets for Joker’s Ball on sale T ic k e ts fo r th e eighth annual Joker’s Ball, sponsored by North M or row C o m m u n ity F o u n dation, are currently on sale. Proceeds are used to fund the Artist in Residence program s at Irrigon E l ementary and Windy River Elementary School. . The Artist in Resi dency at Irrigon Elemen tary w ill be held M arch 7-16. The staff at Irrigon Elementary have selected Bill Friday, cartoonist, for a two week artist residency. Students will learn about composition, expressions, movement and action. They w ill learn how to draw heads, hands, feet and fig ures. S elf-co n fid en ce is built as students discover the fun of bringing simple forms to life. Students will apply th eir new k n o w l edge to concepts in math and language arts. Friday’s w ork has been exhibited and collected worldwide. He teaches cartooning and drawing at Bend Commu- nity College Adult Educa tio n program and loves introducing cartooning to future cartoonists, young and young at heart. There is no cost to Irrigon Elemen tary other than pencils, eras ers and drawing paper. Staff provides housing for Friday during his residency. T he A pril 11-21 A rtist in R esid en ce for Windy River Elementary in Boardman will feature wa- tercolor artist Bill Lewis. F u n d in g fo r the residency comes from: the N ational Endow m ent for the Arts (NEA); donations to Eastern Oregon Regional Arts Council; and proceeds from the annual. Tickets purchased for the 8th annual Joker’s Ball will help fund both R esidencies. T ickets are $10 each, and will be used for a prize draw ing. To purchase a tick et to the Joker’s Ball, contact Mary LouDaltoso, 541 481 4761, or Lisa C onstantine 541 481-5717. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, help is available and that help Is FREE of charge. If YOU have a fam ily mem ber w ho suffers from gambling addiction, YOU can also receive FREE treat ment even if the gam bler is not receiving treatment. If you are a resident of Morrow County and you wish to take advantage of the services above or desire more information, Please call any of the following numbers to set up a LOCAL appointm ent or just to talk: Bobby Harris @ 541-676-9925 or 541-256-0175 Community Counseling Solutions (CCS) @ 541-676-9161 OR 1-877-695-4648 (1-888-M YLIM IT)
