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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 13,2012 Bennet takes Local teens receive Bank of EO newspaper honors scholarships Baity Bennett (above), a junior at Heppner High School, was named All-Herald pitcher of the year and All-EC) player of the year for her role in helping the Mustangs secure the Class 2A/1A state championship with a 4-2 win against Glendale on June 2. Mustang coach Petra Payne was also honored as coach of the year for taking the Mustang’s to their first softball championship, and fourth school championship. In honor of this newspaper tradition, the Heppner Gazette-Times would like to name the Mustang softball team the All-Gazette team of the year. -Photo by Sandy’ Matthews Heppner to host junior golf tourney Heppner ju n io r g olf will be hosting a North east Oregon Junior G olf A ssociation (NEOJGA) tournament July 6 at 9 a.m. at Willow Creek Country Club. All youth interested in junior golf can access information regarding the NEOJGA at www.neojga. com. Cost of the tourna ment includes an annual fee of $10, paid one time per player, and an entry fee of $10 per tournament for the Pee Wee division and $15 per tournament for all other divisions. The tournament entry fee includes golf, awards and lunch. NEOJGA is available to al 1 youth ages e ight to 18. Sign-up is available through the NEOJGA website or by contacting Greg Grant at 541-676-9138, ext. 2521, 541-676-5257 or grantg@ morrow.kl2.or.us, or Ken Grieb at 541-989-8353. Junior golf clinic to be held A junior golf clinic will be held June 18-20, 25 and 27 at Willow Creek Country Club. The cost for the clinic is $25 per student; it is open to any student aged seven through 16. On June 18-20, the beginners' clinic will be held from 1-2 p.m.; intermediate levels will be from 2:30-4 p.m. On June 25 and 27, beginners meet from 9-10 a.m. and intermediate players meet from 10:30 till noon. Sign-up sheets and more information can be obtained by contacting Greg Grant at 541-676-9138, ext. 2521, 541-676-5257 or grantg@morrow.kl2.or.us. HES Presidential Award winners Students from Heppner and lone were among the 20 graduating seniors to receive $500 Bank of East ern Oregon scholarships through the bank’s Agricul- tural/Business Scholarship Program. This is the 20,h year the bank offered this program, giving away over $96,000 to date. Five of these scholar ships were awarded to Hep pner High School seniors and two were awarded to lone High School seniors. Zecha riah Hintz, H e p p n e r, was active in w r e s tling, track, drama and chess. He is Z e c h a r i a h a m em ber Hintz of FFA, has earned his State Degree and was elected current Oregon FFA state treasurer. Other officer positions he held in FFA were assistant reporter, reporter, sentinel and vice president. Throughout high school, Zech held various student body officer posi tions o f president, vice president, publicity direc tor and Pep Club director. Academic awards include the golden Presidential Award; Student of the Year, Elks Most Valuable Student Award, State FFA Degree, Chapter FFA Degree and Greenhand FFA Degree. Zech was very active in community service. Some of the efforts Zech helped with were collecting food for the needy, the com munity Christmas concert, singing at the assisted liv ing facility, canned food drives, Morrow County fair set up and clean up, Hep- pner’s chamber events and Mustang Mop-Up. He also joined Heppner's Beauti fication Committee, was a Booster Club volunteer and participated in the Ford Family Foundation com munity leadership program. Zech will defer college en try for one year due to his Oregon FFA State Treasurer duties, but plans to attend Cornell University as an agricultural sciences major in the fall of 2013. Tayllor Gould, Hepp- ner, was active in basketball and captain for two years. In FBLA, she was treasurer for four years and went to state competition in health care administration. In stu dent government activities, she was treasurer through out school. She was also involved in yearbook, civics and d r a ma clubs, a counselor for Tupper O u t d o o r Tayllor Gould School, v o t e d queen for Homecoming and a member of Prom Com mittee. She also was a peer mentor for the junior high students, helping to reduce the amount o f bullying that had been taking place. Tayllor was the creator and president of Pep Club. She held president and treasurer positions in her 4-H swine and horticulture club and was a Morrow County Am bassador for three years. Some o f her community service activities included setting up Heppner’s Christ mas tree lights, volunteer ing at Fri day school, Mustang Mop-Up, cleaning up fairgrounds f o r f a i r Camron Day time, HES Field Day and growing a welcome-home garden for military families. Tayllor has received special recognition for her participation with year book, in language arts class, horticulture presentation at fair, for being assistant treasurer at HHS, Spanish 2 achievements, and for participation as an Ameri can Auxiliary Legion #87 representative. Tayllor has a strong commitment to her faith and has completed intensive course study in ministries. After gradua tion, Tayllor plans to begin her business management and entrepreneurship stud ies at Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham. Camron Day, Heppner, was active in baseball. He was also involved in Pep Club and served as vice president in 11th grade stu dent body. As a senior, he was voted a Homecoming prince. Camron participated in the baseball team’s fire station breakfast fundraiser during Heppner’s St. Pat rick’s Day celebration and he also volunteered to work the concession stands dur ing fair and rodeo. Camron plans to attend Walla Walla Communi t y C ollege to begin his studies in agri culture business manage ment. . J u s tin Bailey, Heppner, was band student o f Justin Bailey th e y e a r in 2 0 1 1 . Community service found Justin helping at Heppner chamber events such as the Christmas celebration and dinner, putting up Christ mas lights, helping with the St. Pat’s boxing smoker and other chamber events. He often volunteered to help at Bank of Eastern Oregon’s community barbecues. Jus tin plans to start business classes at Blue Mountain Community College and will then transfer to Eastern Oregon University. Justin Pranger, Hep pner, a 4.0 student and Valedictorian of his class, was active in basketball and FFA. He earned his State FFA Degree and is a four-year recipient of an academic letter. Other awards Justin received were for Spanish, language arts, world his tory, biol ogy, math, and t e c h nology. He is a perfect attendance member of Justin Pranger the Catho lic yout h group, a contributing mem ber o f Pheasants Forever, has volunteered his time as Little League umpire and has provided more than 320 hours o f community ser vice during his high school years. Justin is enrolled in the University of Idaho for fall term and plans to major in wildlife resources and m i n o r in forestry. Mar y McEllig- ott, lone, was active in d r a ma Mary club, cheer McElligott leading and 4-H. She was a member of the Oregon Trail Live stock Club. During school, she volunteered her time to horticulture services in the community. Watershed Field Day, youth cheerlead ing and the St. Williams youth group. Mary plans on attending Blue Mountain Community College this fall to begin her general and livestock production studies. Makenna Ramos was active in volleyball, basket ball and track, and earned many awards and letters for her participation. She was volleyball and bas ketball cap tain. She is a member of National Honor So ciety, 4-H a nd t h e Makenna lone Chris Ramos tian youth group. Student body officer positions were freshman class president, sophomore class vice president, junior class activities director, and senior class secretary/ treasurer. M akenna was also the 2011 Wendy’s High School Heisman winner, school level. She has been a Tupper counselor, volun teered at school carnivals, and was a member of the Spanish International Club. Makenna’s community ser vice included helping at the July 4 fish pond and duck race. She is a junior mem ber of the lone Auxiliary. Other community service found Makenna volunteer ing at the lone Education Foundation dinner and the JDRF Diabetes Walk. She was also a Tri-County camp counselor. Makenna plans on at tending Oregon State Uni versity in the fall to work towards a degree in agri cultural business manage ment. Local student to compete at finals rodeo Presidential Award winners at Heppner Elementary were (L- R): Diana Healy, Alex Lindsay, Morgan Correa, Ivy Sandford, Cara Arbogast, Sophie Grant, Jared Geier, Tarin Troxell, Izabella Garcia and Payton Lehman. Not pictured: Katlyn Harper, Reiah Waite, Nichole Shaw and Riley Gorham. -Con tributed photo Wheat Growers golf scramble set The Morrow/Gilliam wheat growers will hodl their benefit golf scramble on Tuesday, June 19, at the China Creek Golf Course in Arlington. Proceeds will benefit area wheat grow ers’ activities in the two counties. Registration opens at 8:30 a.m. with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. Foursomes Kolby Currin, a sev enth-grade student at Hep pner Junior/Senior High School, has earned a posi tion on the Oregon state National Junior High rodeo team and will be traveling with fellow teammates to Gallup, NM from June 24 through June 30 to compete in the eighth annual Nation al Junior High Finals Rodeo (NJHFR) in the tie down roping, goat tying and rifle shooting competitions. Featuring more than 1,000 contestants from 47 states, Canadian provinces and Australia, the NJHFR is the world’s largest junior high rodeo. In addition to competing for more than $75,000 in prizes, NJHFR contestants will also be vy ing for more than $ 100,000 in college scholarships and the chance to be named the National Junior High Finals Rodeo National Champion. To earn this title, contes tants must finish in the top 20 after two go-rounds of intense competition before advancing on to Saturday’s final championship perfor mance. To follow C u r r i n ’s progress, visit www.nhsra. org for daily results. HHS May students of the month HES celebrates OAKS achievements Heppner High School has announced the students of the month for May. (L-R): John Propheter, Mekayla Kindle, Rylee Wagoner and Demitra Schmidt. Not pictured: Austin Gutierrez. The character trait for May was confidence. -Con tributed photo Students at Heppner Elementary celebrate their success on the Oregon Statewide Assessment (OAKS). Students celebrated with ice-cream sundaes with all the toppings. Each student received a balloon with notes inside, some congratulating them on their achievement and some with donated prizes. -Contributed photo . and individuals are wel come. There will be awards and a putting contest. Cost per golfer is $45, which in cludes food and beverages for the day. For information or to register, call the Oregon Wheat G rowers League office at 541-276-7330, or visit www.owgl.org for a printable registration form. MTHER! MY Mmmmcui Office Pub & Grill Old Fashion Yankee Pot Roast Dinner only $ Includes soup & salad complimentary beverage 541-422-7454 t The W illow C reek N W aterp ark w ill open la te this Saturday, June 16. The pool will be open from 4-10 p.m. so that the lifeguards may attend Daniel Jeffreys' funeral service. The pool party scheduled for 2:00 pm will be moved to 4:00 pm If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, help is available and that help Is FREE of charge. If Y O U have a fam ily m em ber w ho suffers from gam bling addiction. Y O U can also receive F R E E treat m ent even if the gam bler is not receiving treatm ent. If you are a resident of M orrow County and you wish to take ad van tag e of the services ab ove or desire m ore information. P lease call any of the following num bers to set up a L O C A L appointm ent or just to talk Bobby Harris @ 5 4 1 -6 7 6 -9 9 2 5 or 5 4 1 -2 5 6 -0 1 7 5 Community Counseling Solutions (CCS) ® 541-676-9161 O R 1 -8 7 7 -6 9 5 -4 6 4 8 (1 -8 8 8 -M Y L IM IT )
