Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 20,2013 - THREE
MUSTANGS TO STATE
Local students experience 30
hours of hunger
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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
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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”
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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
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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.