SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, May 9,2012
South Morrow scholarships
announced
The South M orrow
County Scholarship Trust
has announced the recipi
ents o f the 2012 schol
arships in the amount of
$1,000 each. Recipients
are Justin Pranger, Jordan
Peterson, Rebecca Jepsen,
Zechariah Hintz and Mak-
enna Ramos. The five stu
dents were selected out of
12 applicants on the basis
of academic achievement,
chosen field of study, finan
cial need, school participa
tion, degree of effort the
student has made in seeking
sources for college, and
personal characteristics for
success and school citizen
ship.
Ju stin
Pranger
is the Son
o f A n ita
and David
Pranger
o f H ep p
ner. He at- Justin
tends Hep- Pranger
pner High
School and plans on attend
ing the University of Idaho.
He has been volunteering
for the Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife and
will be working toward a
degree in wildlife manage
ment. Justin is the 2012
Valedictorian of the class
of 2012 in Heppner. He is a
member of FFA, Pep Club
and National Honor Soci
ety, and is the current NHS
chapter president. He was
an honorable mention Blue
Mountain District basket
ball player, with varsity let
ters in basketball and base
ball. Justin served as season
captain for basketball and is
captain for 2012 baseball.
He has participated in many
community activities, log
ging 320 hours of service.
He is on track to be the re
cipient for a four-year aca
demic letter. Justin has been
the outstanding student in
math, technology, language
arts and many others.
Jordan Peterson of lone
is the daughter o f Jessica
a n d D an
P e te rs o n .
She plans
on attend
ing South
western Or
egon Uni
Jordan
v ersity in
Peterson
Coos Bay,
OR. Jordan
will be studying nursing.
She has been preparing for
this field by taking extra
health program s during
her summers, participating
in Med-Quest and taking
online courses. She is a
member of National Honor
Society and is Big Sky
Scholar Athlete Award win-
ner. Jordan is very active in
community events, working
on bike path clean-up and
book fair, and serving as
a youth track meet helper,
youth cheerleading leader,
youth golf clinic volunteer
and counselor for Tup-
per outdoor school. She is
active in her church, and
earned varsity letters in bas
ketball and golf. She is also
captain of cheerleading.
Rebecca Jepsen attends
lone C om m unity High
School. She is the daugh
ter of Nancy and William
Jepsen. She plans on attend
ing Whitworth University
in Spokane, WA or Biola
University in LaMirada,
CA. Rebecca plans on ob
taining a bachelor’s degree
in kinesiology or exercise
science. She then would
attend a graduate school to
receive a doctorate in physi
cal therapy. She has enjoyed
many hours job-shadowing
a local physical therapist.
She is a member of the Na
tional Honor Society, 4-H,
Wrangler horse riding club,
Miss Oregon Outstanding
Teen Organization and Or
egon East
Symphony
Rebecca
has lettered
in volley-
ball, track
and cheer-
leading.
Rebecca
Her many JePsen
awards in
clude Oregon OS A A State
Solo M usic C ham pion
ships, Silver Medal in Or
egon State High School
Solo Music C ham pion
ships and Top lone High
School student awards in
physical science, geometry,
chemistry and pre-calculus.
Rebecca was awarded Miss
Three Rivers Outstanding
Teen Title Holder in 2011
and served as an honorary
page in the Oregon House
of Representative in 2011.
Zechariah Hintz from
Heppner is the son of Teresa
Vandoorn and Joey Van-
doom. He has been accept
ed into Cornell University
in Ithaca, NY. He intends
to attain a degree in agricul
tural science. Zech is very
active in FFA, serving as
Heppner FFA chapter presi
dent, assistant reporter and
vice president; he has also
served as district FFA vice
president. He is a member
of National Honor Society,
serving as parliamentarian.
Zech is a member of drama,
Pep Band, and Pep Club.
He is an active volunteer
in his community, working
on M u s
tang Mop-
up, s e r v
ing on the
Ford Com-
ai u n i t y
Leadership
Zechariah
P r o g r a m,
Hintz
volunteer
ing at the
assisted living residence,
and many more volunteer
activities. He is a recipient
of the Golden Presidential
Award. Heppner Chamber
Student o f the Year and
Elks Local Most Valuable
Student.
Makenna Ramos is the
daughter of Lynn Dee and
John B. Ramos of lone. She
attends lone Community
High School. She plans on
attending Oregon State Uni
versity and working for a
degree in agricultural busi
ness management. Maken
na is a member of National
Honor Society, Spanish
international club, 4-H and
lone Christian youth group.
She is has earned volleyball
varsity letters, dairyman's
academic top 10 award in
volleyball, basketball var
sity letters, basketball Big
Sky Scholar Athlete, and
track varsity letters. She
has many hours of volun
teer service in her com
munity, including junior
member of lone Auxiliary,
JDRF Diabetes Walk and
Tri-C oun-
ty C a m p
Counselor.
Makenna
was the
2011 Wen
d y ’s high Makenna
s c h o o l Ramos
Heisman
winner,
school level 12.
The board of directors
o f the scholarship trust
includes Bill Rietmann,
president; Ginger Bowman,
vice-president; Del LaRue,
treasurer; Sharon Harrison,
secretary; Missy Cutsforth,
Martha Munkers and Carri
Grieb. The South Morrow
County Scholarship Trust
was established several
years ago with the mission
to grow funds to provide
scholarships to graduating
seniors from Heppner and
lone high schools and to
eventually take the place of
the Troedson Scholarship
fund, which will be discon
tinued in the year 2023.
Poppy days coming
Poppy days are com
ing for Heppner and lone
American Legion Auxiliary
units.
In Heppner, Unit #87
will offer poppies to the
public on May 23 and 24
at the Heppner Post Office.
In lone, Unit #95 will offer
poppies May 15 through
May 17 at the lone market.
Community members are
asked to look for Auxiliary
members offering poppies
for a free-will donation,
and to wear poppies as a
tribute and remembrance
of what many gave for this
country’s freedom.
Why the poppy?
The poppy is a memo
rial tradition that began in
the years following World
War 1. Veterans returning
to their homes remembered
the wild poppies that lined
the devastated battlefields
of France and Flanders, and
soldiers of all nations came
to look upon this flower as a
living symbol of their dead
comrades’ sacrifice.
Canadian officer Colo
nel John McCrae, who was
killed during the war, im
mortalized the flower in his
famous poem, “In Flanders’
Fields.” Its opening lines
are familiar to millions of
people around the world:
“In Flanders’ fields the
poppies blow. Between the
crosses row on row ...”
In the year 1920, the
American Legion adopt
ed the poppy as a memo
rial flower; in 1921, the
American Legion Auxiliary
adopted the poppy as its
memorial flower.
Traditionally, there has
never been any price fixed
to the poppy. Donations of
any amount are acceptable
because the basic purpose
o f Poppy Day is to offer
the American public an op
portunity to honor the war
dead and assist the living.
All income from poppy
sales is restricted to use in
projects for veterans. The
poppies are made by vet
erans in various hospitals
and homes.
Local teens selected for Girls
State
The American Legion
Auxili ary #87 has an
nounced that it will be send
ing local teens Tessa Gould
and Larissa Gray to the
72nd annual Oregon Girls
State summer program. The
selected girls will attend
the program from June 17
through June 23 on the Wil
lamette University campus
in Salem, OR.
Oregon Girls State is a
premiere, one-week sum
mer training program based
on leadership, volunteerism
and citizenship sponsored
by the American Legion
Auxiliary Department of
Oregon. Chosen partici
pants must have completed
their junior year in high
school, as well as meeting
selection requirements of
leadership, scholarship,
character, volunteering, and
an interest in improving
Tessa Gould (L) and Larissa Gray. -Contributedphoto
their communities.
The program is designed
to increase knowledge and
awareness of high school
juniors throughout the state
concerning governmental
processes and procedures
at the city, county and state
levels of government in a
hands-on, interactive envi-
ronment. The goal is for the
girls to learn how to become
actively involved in their
communities as leaders.
Sponsoring community
partners providing funding
are American Legion Post
#87, Legion Auxiliary #87
and the Morrow County
Court.
Over the Tee Cup
Eleven ladies
turned out for a sunny day
of play on April 24, but they
found the course somewhat
soggy after the big storm.
Low gross of the field was
held by Corol Mitchell.
Darcee Mitchell had low
net and Sarah Rucker had
least putts.
For flight A, Pat
D ougherty and D arcee
Mitchell tied for long drive;
Corol Mitchell had K.P. On
flight B, Pat Dougherty
had low gross, Lorrene
Montgomery, low net and
Darcee Mitchell took K.P.
Flight C low gross was
Laura Rogers and Betty
Carlson, low net was Ann
Elgin, least putts was Bev
Steagall and KP was Toni
Nichols.
Corol Mitchell had
a chip-in.
Fifteen ladies partici
pated in a sunny but cold
May Day of play on Tues
day, May 1. Low gross of
the field was taken by Vir
ginia Grant; Sarah Rucker
and Suzanne Jepsen tied for
low net, and Lynnea Sar
gent had the least putts.
FQr flight A, Pat Ed-
mundson had low gross,
Corol M itchell had low
net, Virginia Grant had long
drive and Pat Edmundson
had the longest putt. For
flight B, Pat Dougherty
had the low gross, Carri
Grieb had low net, Darcee
Mitchell had least putts,
Sarah Rucker had the long
drive and Darcee Mitchell
had the longest putt. On
flight C, Jackie Allstott had
low gross, Leann Wright
had low net, Bev Steagall
had the least putts, Leann
Wright had the long drive
and Jackie Allstott had the
longest putt.
Chip-ins were Corol
Mitchell, 1, and Suzanne
Jepsen, 2.
Willow Creek Country
Club also has several up
coming events, including
the 18-hole invitational on
June 5 and the Jo Pettyjohn
Memorial June 9-10.
HHS holds plant sale WCCC Jack and Jill results
Heppner High School greenhouse. Times as fol
will hold its annual plant low s: W ednesday and
sale this week at the HHS Thursday, May 9-10, 3:30-
6 p.m.; Friday and Saturday,
May 11 and 12, from 11
The second annual Heppner High
a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday,
School baseball fund-raiser
May 13, from 1-3 p.m.
A variety of plants were
TEXAS HOLD 'EM
grown
for the project, in
POKER TOURNAMENT
cluding
tom atoes, m ari
May 12 Doors open at 5 p.m. Heppner Elks
golds,
zinnias,
cantaloupe
Lodge. Poker sign-up starts at 5:45 p.m. and
and
basil.
tournament play begins at 6:30 p.m.
Proceeds from the sale
Buy-in is $40; no re-buys allowed.
will
go toward next year’s
Sign-up close* after play begins.
plant
science class and fu
No-host beverages and food
ture plant sales.
9TH ANNUAL
POKER RUN IN THE BLUES
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Location:
Morrow/Grant County O H V Park
30 Miles South of H eppner on H W Y 207
Cost:
Last Friday evening,
13 couples played in the
first Jack and Jill couples’
tournament of the season
at Willow Creek Country
Club.
Winners in the two-
person, nine-hole scram
ble play were as follows:
Gross: 1" (tie), Dennis and
Debbie Peck, and John and
Pat Edmundson, 32; 2nd (tie)
John and Nancy Propheter,
and Gene Orwick and Pat
Dougherty, 35; 3,d, Bob and
Suzanne Jepsen, and Ralph
and Sally Walker, 36.
Net: 1* (tie), Larry and
Karen Runyon, and Char
lie and Jodi Ferguson; 2nd,
Stacy and Heidi Wilson;
3rd (tie), Steve and Mandy
Wilson, Gary and Nicole
Friday, May 18 at 6
p.m., Jack and Jill.
Saturday, May 19 at
8:30 p.m., Glow Ball.
Monday, May 28 at 4
p.m., family barbecue.
The course will be
closed all day on Monday,
May 14, for the Columbia-
Blue Senior Golf Associa
tion Tournament.
Catholic men to
hold barbecue
The men of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Heppner
and St. William's Catholic Church in lone will hold their
annual spring barbecue and meeting on Tuesday, May 15,
at the Miller Wheat Farm shop. Social hour will begin
at 5:30 p.m.
For further information, contact Cam Sweeney at
541-676-8955 or Dan Van Schoiack at 541-676-9971.
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This rem ote location Is perfect for your private functions,
THE TREO LODGE IS
AVAILABLE FOR RENT
Family Reunions
Company Functions
$15.00 each or $50.00 Family*
‘ Family must be immediate family,
children 21 and under only
Sign-up: 9 am
Prizes: 3 pm
Propheter, and Roger Ehr-
mentraut and Lorene Mont
gomery.
The event was hosted
by Earl and Peggy Fish-
bum, bob and Suzanrte
Jepsen, and Randy and
Bernice Lott.
Upcoming events in
May at WCCC will be as
follows:
Time:
First Rider Out: 10 am
Last Rider Out: 12 pm
Nightly or multiple day«
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Poker Ron
Information contact:
John Wight
Tim Wright
541-676-5152 541-490-6681
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