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I Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 6,2014 Calf ropers, saddle up! Heppner schools plan registration Aug. 19-20 Heppner High School student registration will be held August 19-20. N ew student registration will be Aug. 19 from 8 a m. to noon. HHS Student Body Officers will be available for school tours during new student registration on Aug. 19 from 8 a.m. to noon. Returning students in grades seven through 12 may register, pay fees and - FIVE Getting ready to live the dream in Morrow County pick up schedules on Aug. 19 from noon to 4 p.m. and Aug. 20 from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Heppner Elementary S c h o o l new s tu d e n t registration will be held on Aug. 19 from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Returning students may pay their student body fee at that time. Please contact the HES office at 541-676-9128 with any questions. Free sports physicals planned in lone Free sports physicals will be offered for lone students going into grades six through 12 on Aug. 18 at 5 p.m. at lone Community School. Sport physicals are required every other year for students participating in athletics in Oregon. Physical medical history and consent forms are at Jamie Helfrecht of MCGG Green Feed displays the 2014 Morrow County Rodeo Amateur Calf Roping saddle donated the school office or on the OSAA website. http://www. by the Morrow County Grain Growers. -Photo by David Sykes osaa.org. Call 541-422-7131 for more information. Slottee Memorial Scholarship applications available now A p p l i c a t i o n s ar e now avai l abl e fo r the Elizabeth Slottee Memorial Scholarship. The applications are available online on the Morrow County Schools website. The deadline for these to be turned in is Sept. 8. Questions, call Bill Rietmann at 422 -7296 or Sharon Harrison, 989-8496. The Slotee Memorial Scholarship is aw arded annually to a junior, senior or graduate student at an accredited four-year college First county CASA sworn in or university. The s chol ar s hi p is given annually in order of priority, with first priority going to a student majoring or minoring in music, and second priority to a student who has been accepted into a school of education. C r i t e r i a u s e d in awarding this scholarship include scholarship, leadership, citizenship, f i n a n c i a l need and probability o f success in the student's chosen field. Top: lone Community 4-H Club members Austin and MaLinda Morter show off their county fair pigs in preparation for next week. Austin will be a freshman in lone next year and participates in athletics and music. MaLinda will be a sixth grader involved in dance, cooking and sewing 4-H, athletics and music. They are the children of Keith and Yvonne Morter. Bottom: The Carter brothers take a moment to pause for a picture while working their 4-H pigs. Austin, TYIer and Blake are the sons of Scott and Kim Carter and participate in all athletics at lone Community School. Austin will be a sophomore, TVIer an eighth grader and Blake a fifth grader. -Photos by Erin Heideman Tillamook Cheese Days return in August Pizza made with Tillamook products will take center stage Aug. 22-23 at SAGE Center The SAGE C e n te r is hosting a T illam ook Cheese Days lunch later this m onth show casing Tillamook products made in Boardman. The event is being held Aug. 22-23 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day at the SAGE Center, 101 Olson Road in Boardman. The cost is $5 for a slice of FOREST -Continuedfrom PAGE ONE Morrow County resident Sarah-Anne Kendrick was sworn in by Judge Terry Tallman as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) recently. The mission of CASA of Umatilla- Morrow County is for trained volunteers to advocate for safe, permanent loving homes for all children in foster care. At this time Sarah-Anne Kendrick is the only CASA in Morrow County advocating for children in foster care. Research indicates that children with CASA volunteers get more help while in the system and spend less time in foster care. Moreover, children with CASA volunteers do better in school and are less likely to be bounced from home to home. If you would like to hear more about CASA or become a CASA in Morrow County, contact Jesus Rome at Lmatilla-Morrow Head Start, 541-564-6878. -Contributedphoto the Bone Canyon Fire at 19 acres. The remaining six fires were all contained at less than one acre. One fire was reported on the H eppner Ranger District near Madison Butte and one fire was reported on the Walla Walla Ranger District just south of Jubilee Lake. B oth fires w ere contained at less than one acre. pizza made with Tillamook cheese, side salad, cookie, and a drink. The co st i ncl udes adm ission to the SAGE Center. Pizza varieties include Hawaiian, pepperoni, and cheese. For more information, call the SAGE Center at 541-481-7243 or visit http://www.visitsage.com. Chamber lunch F i r e f i g h t e r s wi l l continue to monitor these fires and be available to respond to new holdover fires as the forest heads into another week of hot, dry weather conditions. The fire danger rating remains at high and public use restrictions involving cam pfires and chainsaw use are in effect. Additional public use restrictions are being considered. For more information a b o u t p u b li c use restrictions, contact any Umatilla National Forest office or call the forest hotline at 1-877-958-9663,. si/jil The next lunch meeting of the Heppner Chamber of Commerce will be an all entities report Thursday, Aug. 7, at noon in Heppner City Hall conference room. Darrell Green with the BMCC Jobs Program also will give some information on the program and how businesses can be involved. Cost of lunch is $10; Sweet Productions will cater. Chamber lunch attendees are asked to RSVP at 541 -676- 5536 no later than the Wednesday before to guarantee a lunch. Blue Mountains comment period ends Aug. 15 BAKER CITY, OREGON—The public comment period for the Blue Mountains Proposed Revised Forest Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) is now coming up on the ending date o f Aug. 15. For more information on how to comment, visit http://www. fs.usda.gov/goto/BlueMtnsHowToComment. m Y J ü l l u a ï ï E ? j h u f i : r Change your life... 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