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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 20,2013 - THREE MUSTANGS TO STATE Local students experience 30 hours of hunger •Continuedfrom PAGE ONE outscoring Heppner 16-7 to take the third-place spot in the tournament, 51-39. Bennett again led scor ing with 14, A. Wilson add ed 10, Greenup and Lindsay each had six, and K. Wilson had three for Heppner. B aily B en n ett was named to First Team All L eague. A lana W ilson earned a Second Team award, and Blake Gree nup was awarded honor able mention in the BMC league. The loss put Heppner in the final spot to advance to state. Union took third. Enterprise second and Pilot Rock first. Pilot Rock and Union earned first-round home games, while En terprise and Heppner will travel to play. Sixteen teams remain statewide, competing to advance to the OSAA 2A basketball quarterfinals in Pendleton. Heppner will - Emma Osmin looks for an opening in last Saturday’s district tournament game against Union. -Photo by Sandy Matthews play the Vemonia Loggers Vemonia. on Saturday, Feb. 23, in HHS prepares for TSA competition Heppner High School is one of six high schools that will participate in a Technology Student As sociation (TSA) competi tion focused on teamwork, architectural modeling and animatronics on Thursday, Feb. 21, at Blue Mountain Community College. The competition is one of three toward qualifying for the national com petition in June. Other schools expected to send students to par ticipate in the competition include Um atilla High. McLoughlin (Mac-Hi) High (Milton-Freewater), River side High (B oardm an), Ukiah High and Hermiston High. Around 50 students from these schools atftftje*- pected to participate. The Eastern Oregon TSA chapter is the only TSA chapter in the state, which means the four an nual regional competitions Another TSA competi tion is scheduled for April 25 at BMCC and will fo cus on dragster design, fashion design and tech nology problem solving. A previous com petition was held in December that pitted students against one another in the creation of a 30-second safety video uti lizing promotional graphics and structural engineering skills. For m ore in fo rm a tion, contact your school’s TSA advisor, or visit www. tsaweb.org. also serve as state competi tions, allowing students to qualify for nationals. This chapter of the national as sociation was established eight years ago by region al high school instructors who thought the variety of competitive events in all areas o f design— en gineering, manufacturing and communications—and leadership would serve the small schools of the Eastern Oregon area well. Most events are hands-on and require speaking and writ ing components. FFA to round up canned food Local FFA members and Les Schwab staff will be conducting a community round-up canned food drive this Wednesday evening between 6-7 p.m. They will be going throughout the community ask ing for donations as part of their first annual cooperative canned food drive. Right: The church turned into a dormitory for the teen fasten. Above: Local participants in World Vision’s 30 Hour Famine. Back row (L-R): teachers Shelli Britt and Vicki Rayburn, Stephanie Schuyler, Garrett Robinson, Taylor Disque, and teachen Cherry Webber and Robanai Disque. Center (L-R): Sydney Qualls, Michael Reed and Kane Sweeney. Front (L-R): Kaci Gray, Tim Gould, Bryan Fowler and Larissa Gray. Not pictured are Tim Nelson, and Tom and Tessa Gould, who also participated in the fast. -Photos by April Sykes A group of local stu dents got a glimpse into what millions around the world deal with on a daily basis when they partici pated in World Vision’s 30 Hour Famine this week. From noon on Sun day, Feb. 17, to 6 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 18, local youth gathered at All Saints Episcopal Church to fast for 30 hours as part of an inter- In 2012, BEO’s Heppner & lone branch employees worked over 3,300 volunteer hours for local community organizations, boards, & public service. And\ adding up the pennies, our Heppner & lone branches are proud to have helped support local businesses, community organizations, and school programs, spending over $58,455 in 2012. We are proud to be part of Morrow County & you can count on BEO to be there in the future, working to make our home towns better places to live. “Hometown People, Hometown Spirit” I shared ministry o f Hope Lutheran and All Saints Episcopal churches. “Everyone is a little bit hungry this morning,” said organizer Shelli Britt Mon day morning, “but they’re learning a lot.” The teens celebrated the end of their fast with a pizza feed Monday eve ning. Morrow County Creative Arts and Crafts to meet Morrow County Cre ative Arts and Crafts will meet at Route 74 restaurant in lone at 1 p.m. on Feb. 26. The agenda will in clude the St. Pat’s sale at Les Schwab on March 15 and 16. Workshbps for spring will be discussed and dates Proud to be a part of Morrow County You’ve counted on Bank of Eastern Oregon since 1945 to care for your banking business & our community. As a dedicated community sponsor, BEO would like to acknowledge the many other community businesses & citizens that spend countless hours & resources to support our local charities & organizations. national youth movement to fight hunger. In the World Vision- inspired event, participants go 30 hours without food so they can have a real taste of what hunger is like. As they fast, teens consume only water and juice and focus on study or local com munity assistance such as volunteer work. The local event was organized by the will be picked, along with media. R obert W alton and Betty Billups can both do April dates. The group will have some photos to look at to make a choice on what everyone wants to paint; they will also pick the time for both artists. Walton’s workshop will be an oil painting, maybe some fall trees and an elk. Betty Billups is a Plien Air painter and studied at the art center in Los Ange les, so this will be new type of artist for the group. The group also will set up a class for Cassie Spangrude o f Pendleton, who is teaching at BMCC. Options for her class are a water color or pastel. Anyone wanting to at tend a class needs to come to the meeting or notify Betty Mills at 541-676- 5546 before the meeting so the group knows if there are enough painters. Classes are open to the public; anyone can take them by paying their share of the cost of the instruc tor. The meeting on Feb. 26 is open to the public. The member dues of $ 10 for the year are also due then. Boots in the air: 2013 edition Part of our experienced & knowledgeable team in H eppner includes (standing) Joe Perry, Becky Sparks, H annah Lankford, D ebbie Young, Ashli Gould, Danielle Hoeft, Betty Jo Colvin, Florene Robinson, Sandra Van Liew, & Brianna Peterson. Sitting: Tricia Rollins, Kay Rene Qualls, & Bev Crum H eppner Branch 541-676-9125 B ank o f H3M É Supporting Morrow County the place we call home. www.beobank.com ------------ — l 1 "'"¡i l i s p t Æ j M 7 ?i F9 f f l 1 ^ * Sharon Rietm ann, Jessica Peterson, T aranna Patton, & Russell Seewald lon e Branch 541-422-7466 i A participant throws the “welly” during last year’s St. Patrick’s Day celebration. The boots are set to fly on St. Patrick’s Day week end at the annual “Welly Toss.” Everyone is remind ed to get their teams entered or, if preferred, to come by and throw as an individual and bring the kids. The event will be held March 16 on Willow Street between Murray's Drug and The Artisan Village. Team play begins at 10 a.m. and continues until noon. Anyone who wants a time pre-scheduled for their team should submit a form to Sheryll Bates at the chamber office by Wednes day, March 13, at noon. A $20 registration fee will be charged for team play. The fees collected fund the prizes and supplies for the event. Individual play is free. Individual play begins for all—kids, teenagers and adults—at 10:30 a.m. and goes until 12:30 p.m. Age brackets are: kids, 2-12; teens, 13-17; and adults, 18 and over, including men and women. The kids’ throwing area is down the block from the adults and can be seen from Main Street. All kids will receive a gold coin for playing; there will be a prize for the man and woman winner, and for youth. The top teams will re ceive a prize. Plus, the first- place team will have their name engraved on the trav eling boot award, currently on display at Peterson's. Team championships, if necessary, will be held at 2 p.m.
