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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 25,2011 Mustang golf places Rodeo Standings fourth at state The Heppner boys' golf team placed fourth at the Class 3A/2A/1A state tournament at Trysting Tree C oif Club in Corvallis last week with a team score of 665 over 36 holes. Heppner athletic director Creg Grant says it’s the first time in his recollection that the golf team has brought home a state trophy. Heppner's Lindsay Cutsforth also showed well in the girl’s tournament, finishing I9,b overall. Photo by Sandy Matthews Meyer finalist for National Merit Scholarship A high school ro deo was held in John Day May 13 through 15. Results are as follows: Rodeo #1 Steer Wrestling: l*1, Willy Gentry 4.35; 4lh, Devin Robinson 5.28 Barrel Racing: 5th, Blake Greenup 18.316; 10lh, Taighler Dougherty 18.435 Tie Down Roping: 8 '\ Willy Gentry 12.95 Pole Bending: 4th, Taighler Dougherty 21.780 Rodeo #2 Steer Wrestling: 3rd, Devin Robinson 6.38; 4th, Willy Gentry 6.44; 7 '\ Garrett Robinson 9.46 Pole Bending: 5th, Taighler Dougherty 22.754 Breakaway: 4th, Taighler Doughery 3.28; 6th, Blake Greenup 3.50 Season Standings Season standings as o f May 13 are: Bull Riding: 8th, Willy Gen- Youth Track 2011 try, 8 points T ie D ow n R op in g : 4 '\ Devin Robinson, 32 points; 12th/13 th Willy Gentry, 18 points; 18,h/19,h, G arrett Robinson, 11 points S teer W restling: 5th/6 ‘h, Devin Robinson, 32 points; 9 '\ Garrett Robinson, 26 points; 14,h/ 15th/ 16,h Willy Gentry, 8 points Team roping: 14th, Devin and Garrett Robinson, 16 points; 44lh, Tate Gentry/ Kaci Kamm, 6 points Breakaway: 10lh/l 1th, Blake Greenup, 16 points; 22nd, T aighler D ougherty, 10 points Barrel Racing: 6th, Blake Greenup, 34 points; 11th, T aighler D ougherty, 16 points G oat Tying: 2 0 '\ B lake Greenup, 5 points Poles: l sl, Blake G reen up, 79 points; 4th, Taighler Dougherty, 39.5 points Girls All Around: 6th, Blake Greenup, 134 points G irls Rookie: 2nd, Blake Greenup, 134 points H e p p n e r H ig h School 2010 graduate Julia M eyer has achieved the distinction o f being a 2011 National Merit Scholarship finalist. N a tio n a l M e rit Scholarship finalists are students who are chosen from across the country for their outstanding aca demic achievement. Julia was chosen from a pool of more than 16,000 outstand ing stu d en ts th roughout the country, and she is one o f only 173 finalists in the state o f Oregon to receive the award for 2011. Julia plans to attend University o f California at lone Community 4-H Club member Oskar Peterson shows off Santa Barbara, Honors Col- his Morrow County Fair show pigs to his 4-H leader during a lege in the fall o f 2011. weekend project visit. Oskar is an eighth grader at lone Com The National Honor Society, along with their advisor Ryan Rudolf, held their annual youth track meet in lone on May 22. Pictured are seniors Beth Morter and Tanner Rietmann measuring preschool competitor Liam Heideman’s standing broad jump as Liam’s older brother, Jake, looks on. All pro ceeds benefited the Creative Care Preschool. -Photo by Erin Heideman Second Shamrock Classic held Ione 4-H ..... photo „ ., , LOOK WHO'S TURNING 80 Please join us for a birthday luncheon in honor of Eddie Gunderson NO GIFTS PLEASE Sunday May 29th, 2011 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm _________ Heppner Elks Lodge___________ munity School and is the son of Lea Mathieu and Joel Peterson. The 4-H club recently completed a community service project at the lone Cemetery and is planning a harvest cook bake sale to raise money for vinyl signs to use at the fair. -Photo by Erin Heideman Kinzua lunch held The Kinzua Lunch Group met at Service Creek May 20. Those attending w ere G ael L ip ta k , Pat Hyatt, Marilyn Garcia, OL and JeanAnn Adams, Ada Schell, Bob and MaryLee Contestants in the second annual Shamrock Beef Classic re ceived valuable instruction as well as the chance to compete. -Contributed photo The second annual S ham rock C la ssic B e e f Jackpot was held on May 15 at the Morrow County F a irg ro u n d s. The event was sponsored by Morrow C ounty G rain G row ers, Bank o f Eastern Oregon, Morrow County Livestock Growers, Beef Northwest, Sylvia Sandford and Har rison Farms. T en contes tan ts c o m p e ted in c o n f o r m at io n and s h o w manship categories. Judge Jared Collins of Sher man County helped make Britt, Jerry Williamson and sister Bonnie Williamson, Tom and Sheridan L ed ford, Bill Potter and Royce Datson.The June lunch will be at the Kinzua Reunion on June 18 in Fossil. The Students at H ep Kinzua Lunch Group will pner E lem entary School meet in Prineville July 15 will accept awards on Tues- at the Apple Peddler. Oregon D e p a rtm e n t o f Transportation Meeting ivi Announcement Date/Time: June 2nd. 2011.6-8 PM Pacific Time (7-9 PM Mountain Time) Meeting Locations: Eight eastern Oregon sites listed below The Oregon Department of Transportation invites you to attend a Public Video Conference Meeting regarding the Draft 2012-2015 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). Ti)e 2012- 2015 STIP identifies major Oregon transportation projects proposed for construction between 2012 and 2015. Meeting participants will hear information on how projects are selected for funding and review projects identified for the eastern Oregon region Interested parties are encouraged to attend this meeting at a site in your area MEETING LOCATIONS: <2f TIRE PRESSURE ef TREAD DEPTH <2f STOP BY FOR A FREE B PRINT INSPECTION VISUAL ALIGNMENT & SHOCKS |Oo most vekiclesl BATTERY Rest Crake Warranty Brake tkperts Aver SR Years Les Schwab Tire Center 124 N Main Street, Heppner 541-676-9481 I Senior: Tucker Nannini, 1st Kelsie Olson, 2nd OR Dept, of Transportation Office Ontario 1390 SE IstAve Ontario, Oregon (7:00 PM MST) Grant County ESD - John Day 835 S Canyon John Day, OR (6:00 PM PST) Harney County Courthouse - Burnsl Basement Meeting Room 450 N. Buena Vista Burns, OR (6:00 PM PST) Eastern Oregon University - La Grande, Inlow Hall, Room 013 One University Blvd. La Grande, OR (6:00 PM PST) Umatilla ESD - Pendleton 2001 SW Nye Street, Juniper Room Pendleton, OR (6:00 PM PST) Blue Mountain Comm College - Boardman 300 NE Front Street Boardman, OR (6:00 PM PST) Baker City Public Library - Baker City 2400 Resort Street Baker City, OR (6:00 PM PST) Wallowa County ESD - Enterprise 107 SW 1st Room #105 Enterprise, OR (6 00 PM PST) • day, June 7 at 6:30 p.m. in the HES Gym nasium . Parents, grandparents, sib lings, supportive friends and neighbors are all in vited to attend this special event, which celebrates the closing school year. Awards to be pre sented include: all four quarters o f accelerated read ing, math contest, perfect attendance, chess m ates, HEROES readers, spelling contest, and classroom top awards. The culm ination o f the evening will be the presentation o f the Presi dential Academic Awards to students in sixth grade who met the challenging criteria for this honor. Refreshments will be served in the cafeteria following the awards cer emony. Have a News story or Photo for the Gazette? Email to editor@rapidserve.net For details regarding this video conference meeting, or to request alternative formats (language translations, etc.) please contact Tom Strandberg, O D O T Public Information Officer, V at 541-963-1330. / VALBY LUTHERAN CHURCH Welcomes you to Bible-based worship at 9:15 AM ProfessKially Trained Premium Quality Parts Brady Linnell, 1“ Nalani Stone, 2nd <2f WE DO BRAKES FREE BRAKE INSPECTIONS TRIE ESTIMATES SAME OAY SERVICE Intermediate: HES awards night set Mi BRAKES the show an instructional clinic as well as a competi tive jackpot. The winners were: C o n f o r m a t i o n Makenzi Hughes, 1st Patrick Linnell, 2nd Blake Betz, 3rd Tucker Nannini, 4lh Gibson McCurry, 5th Brady Linnell, 6th S h o w m a n s June 5: Ascension Sunday: John 17:1-11 We will honor our graduating senior, Thomas Holland, at coffee hour following worship June 12: Pentecost: Acts 2:1-21 June 19: Trinity Sunday: Matthew 28:16-20 June 26: Matthew 10: 40-42 For questions or directions, call Rev. Lea Mathieu at 422-7215 i i
