Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 21,2012
Track season begins for lone
T he lo n e H igh
School track team traveled
to The Dalles last Saturday
for the Mullin Leavitt In
vite. Fourteen other region
al teams attended the meet.
Results are as follows:
100 M
3,<‘, Steven Holland,
12.16a
4 '\ Evan Rietm ann,
12.34a
Bailey H aguew ood,
13.28a
Karina Rios, 15.74a
200 IM
Emily Holland, 33.58a
1500M
2nd, Charlette Burghard,
5:55.74a
Shot Put
J e re m y C o le m a n ,
30’7”
Raid Peck, 14’5”
C harlette Burghard,
22’3”
Dominka Senkerikova,
22-2”
K a y te e B u rg h a rd ,
20 10
’
”
Discus
7 '\ Jeremy Coleman
(finals), 92’9”
5th, Kaytee Burghard
(finals), 76’2”
Trent Cannon, 82’8”
Kaid Peck, 40’
Javelin
7th, Bailey Haguewood
(finals), 136’
3rd, Dominika Senker
ikova (finals), 85’5”
7*, Emily Holland (fi-
Top: Senior Kaytee Burghard winds up for the discus throw at
the Mullin Leavitt Invite in The Dalles last Saturday. Bottom:
Senior Steven Holland takes it high to seal fourth place in the
high jump March 17. -Photo by Paula Emmel
nais), 82’8”
K a y te e B u rg h a rd ,
50’9”
High Jum p
4 '\ Steven H olland,
5 ’ 6 ”
COAL TERMINAL
-Continuedfrom PAGE ONE tax incentives. The compa and also asked the council
therefore try to block ship
ping of coal on the Colum
bia River, even though the
shipping poses no threat to
the environment.
This project re
quires no water or air per
mits,” Smith said, mainly
because the coal will never
be exposed to the atm o
sphere. He said the coal
would be transported by
covered trains to the Port of
Morrow, unloaded through
a vacuum system to elimi
nate dust escaping, and
then loaded once again on
covered barges.
“We have done ev
erything we can to ensure
that this is done correctly,”
Smith told the council.
Smith also said that
the facility would employ
25 to 30 people with wag
es between $60,000 and
$90,000 per year, and that
Ambre is not asking for any
ny will pay over $750,000
per year in property taxes to
Morrow County, $850,000
in fees annually to the Port
of Morrow, and a 10-cent-
per-ton fee dedicated to
Morrow County Schools,
which is expected to gener
ate $300,000 to $350,000
in revenue to be shared
with Morrow County and
lone school districts. If the
tonnage increases from the
current 3.5 million tons per
year to a maximum of eight
million tons, the amount of
money going to the schools
will increase dramatically.
A county group is
presently in the process
of setting up an education
foundation similar to the
one in lone to distribute the
money.
Smith passed out
cards to be signed by those
in support o f the project,
to write a letter o f sup
port. The council voted to
write the letter. Smith also
presented the project to the
Heppner Chamber of Com
merce, which endorsed the
project. Smith said he has
support so far from the City
o f Boardman, Boardman
Cham ber o f Commerce,
Morrow County Commis
sion, the Hermiston Cham
ber of Commerce and the
Willow Creek Tea Party.
R e p r e s e n ta tiv e
Smith currently serves as
the officer to the board
for Morrow Development
Corporation, a private part
nership with the Port o f
Morrow, which provides
financial management as
sistance for business de
velopment projects, as well
as the Northeast Oregon
Economic Development
District.
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Students attend EOU writing
workshop
By Andrea Di Salvo
Twelve Heppner
students attended a writing
workshop at Eastern Or
egon University recently.
Kids who attended
the program were chosen
based on short essays they
wrote about why they want
ed to go. Morrow County
School District then gave
scholarships to those that
were felt to have the best
essays. Heppner attendees
included eight elementary
school students and four
from the high school.
H ep p n er E le
mentary School students
were Hanna Palmer, Hai-
lee M oist, M ason L eh
man, Chance Jones, Cara
A rbogast, Diana Healy,
Sophie Grant and Olivia
Schmidt. Hepppner High
School students were Tessa
G ould, Kaden Lehm an,
Will Lutcher and Mallory
Jones. Fourth-grade teacher
Sue Gibbs led the group.
They were among
39 students county-wide
and more than 200 total
students who attended the
day-long w orkshop on
March 10.
It was a long day
for participants, who left
Heppner at 5:20 a.m. and
didn’t return until 7:30 that
night.
Their writing ex
perience started around 8
a.m. with registration and
an opening ceremony. The
children and teachers pres
ent were able to listen to a
writer from Alaska, who
showed slides of Alaska
and had the kids brain
storm writing ideas from
the slides.
The participants
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Twelve students from Heppner schools attended a writing
workshop at EOI' recently. They were among more than 200
students total who attended the hands-on workshop. -Con
tributed photo
then broke into sm aller
groups with special work
shops geared toward el
ementary students, older
kids and even teachers.
High school stu
dents got the chance to
work more with the Alas
kan author, as well as other
authors and writing profes
sors. Elementary students
got to take a more hands-on
approach. A crime scene
provided inspiration for a
mystery, while a room full
of planets opened the way
for science-fiction creation.
Students also worked on
poetry, creative writing and
other genres.
“ 1 thought it was
really fun; we got to do a
lot of writing. That was re
ally cool to me,” said third-
grader Hailey Moist. “My
favorite was when we were
writing about what planet
we would go to. You got to
use your imagination and
make it up all your own. It’s
fun to use your imagination
and make up a planet.”
Moist said she al
ways considered herself
a bad writer but, after her
experience, she knows she’s
a really good writer.
M ason Lehm an,
a fourth-grader at HES,
agreed that it was fun, but
said his favorite workshop
was session B, where the
kids wrote fantasy stories.
"Y ou c o u ld do
whatever you wanted to
do,” he said.
Both kids said they
want to keep writing.
Teacher p a rtic i
pant Sue Gibbs said teach
ers, though mostly with
their students, also got the
chance to attend their own
workshops. She said they
worked w ith professors
about writing from elemen
tary to high school levels,
and the training needed
along the way.
The program ended
with an open mic so the
kids had the opportunity to
read what they had written
throughout the day before
starting for home around
four in the afternoon.
Many of the pieces
written during the day will
be submitted to an anthol
ogy for publication; the an
thology will then be sent to
the kids who participated.
The program was
not only fun for the kids
but also provided a boost to
their scholastic goals.
“ The kids really
had a good tim e,” said
Gibbs. “One told me ‘Wow,
this is what college is like; I
think I want to go to college
now.’”
Get ready to walk to defeat MS
“Walk MS: Eastern
Oregon” will be in Heppner
on Saturday, April 21, at
10a.m.
All towns in East
ern O regon are jo in in g
forces to walk a 5K to
defeat MS. The registra-
tion/check-in begins on
Saturday, April 21, at 9
a.m. at All Saint’s Episcopal
Church, 460 N Gale Street
in Heppner.
The walk will start
at 10 a.m., with brunch
following the walk. Pre
registration is appreciated,
but day-of registration is
available. Pre-register at
www.walkMSoregon.com
or by phone at 1 -503-445-
8342.
There is no regis
tration fee for Walk MS, but
Last year’s Walk MS participants proudly display their banner
by Heppner’s City Park. -Contributedphoto
participants are requested to
raise a minimum of $100
per person. Walkers can
earn prizes for outstanding
fundraising, including a T-
shirt prize at the $ 100 level.
Anyone who brings $100
the day of the walk will be
eligible for a T-shirt that
day, while supplies last.
The 5K, marked
route is wheelchair acces
sible.
W alk MS b r o
chures, with registration
information, will be located
in all local businesses. Any
one who has questions or
who would like a poster or
brochure can also contact
Walk Chair, Merilee Mc
Dowell, at 541-571-5853.
‘You are imitecf to the
E. George Koffler
Farewell Retirement Reception
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Thursday, March 29, 2012
2:00 p.m . - 4:00 p.m.
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