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.
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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
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