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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 10, 2015 HES announces final Colt Character winners for year Local girls qualify for national rodeo finals Jacee Currin and Jaiden Mahoney, both of Hep- pner, have each qualified to represent Oregon in the National Junior High Finals Rodeo (NJHFR) in Des Moines, IA later this month. Both girls are in eighth grade at Heppner Jr./Sr. High School. Jaiden is rep- resenting Oregon after plac- ing first in pole bending and second in barrel racing, while Jacee placed first in goat tying and fourth in season consists of four regular-season rodeos and a three-round state finals event. The top four aver- age winners for the year in each event advance to the national competition. The 11 th annual NJHFR will take place June 21-27 in Des Moines and will feature roughly 1,000 con- testants from 42 states, five Canadian provinces and Australia. In addition to competing for more than Heppner Elementary has announced the final Colt Character winners for the year. The character trait for April/May was Improving Yourself Continually. See story for list of winners. –Contributed photo. Heppner Elementary School has announced the Colt Character Awards win- ners for April/May, 2015. The final Colt Character Trait for the year was Im- proving Yourself Continu- ally, and included traits such as goals, potential, courage and persistence. Student winners are listed below by class: Mrs. Morris (Kinder- garten)—Caige Chandler, Keaton Coiner, Healy Hisler, Avree Lathrop, Claire Lindsay, Hailey Mc- Daniel, Alakae Rodriguez, Patrick Wolford. Mrs. Matteson (Kin- dergarten/First Grade)— Mariah Combe, Vincent Kielmeyer, Sarah Munkers, Lily Nichols, Rylee Palmer, Maya Payne, Natalie Piper, Sophie Rodriguez, Tripp Stewart, Logan Turner. Mrs. Stewart (Second Grade)—Zachary Brown, Isiah Martin, Aden Lathrop, Zaleta Masterson, Makiyah Christian, Kadie Henrichs, Keeley Nairns, Zaleta Mas- terson, Jackson Coiner. Mrs. Coiner (Third/ Fourth Grade)—Keegin Chitty, Dylan Christian, Morgan Cutsforth, Ethan Delibertis, Caden George, Reece Gorham, Irelynn Kollman, Zandra Master- son, Landon Mitchell, Ari- anna Worden. Mrs. Gibbs (Fourth Grade)—Hayley Akers, Bill Alldritt, Ty Boor, Adan Guerra, Jake Lentz, Paul Lindsay, Ireland Martin, Trevor Nichols, Madison Palmer, Lexi Gurinko, Camryn Scrivner, Hailey Wenberg, Brook Wilson, Katherine Wilson, Daemon Worden, Isaiah King. Mrs. Piper (Fifth Grade)—Jace Coe, Cody Fletcher, Aubri Rodriguez, Kegan Steagall, Conor Brosnan, Kylie Boor. Mrs. Dowdy (Sixth Grade)—Gracey DeLoach, Sage Ferguson, Marlee Mitchell, Hannah Palm- er, Aimee Turrell, Jayden Wilson, Blake Wolters, Madelyn Nichols, Serenity Rodriguez. Heppner Day Care awarded Rural Community Grant SPOKANE, Wash.— Northwest Farm Credit Services has announced that it has awarded the Heppner Day Care Inc. a $1,500 Northwest FCS/ CoBank Rural Community Grant Award. The grant will be used to help with roof replacement and an energy- efficient window upgrade. Heppner Day Care Board Vice President Kacee Lathrop said, “We can’t thank Northwest Farm Credit Service enough for their generous contribution of $1,500 to our non-profit organization, Heppner Day Care Inc. We extend our gratitude for their Rural Communities Grant Pro- gram and the funding they provide. This grant will be used to assist in replacing the roof on the day care facility, which provides Jacee Currin (left) and Jaiden Mahoney (right) qualified for NJHR finals in Iowa later this month. –Contributed photo ribbon roping. Both girls also were selected to represent their events on the 2015 Oregon Team Cinch, Jacee as a team co-captain. Oregon Team Cinch recognizes 12 outstanding cowgirls and cowboys that excel in both the arena and in their classroom grades. Cinch provides shirts and pants for the team members. The girls both compet- ed in six events this season: barrel racing, pole bending, breakaway roping, goat ty- ing, ribbon roping and team roping. They also placed in the All-Around category, Jacee in second and Jaiden in third for the year. The $75,000 in prizes, contes- tants will also vie for more than $100,000 in college scholarships and the chance to be named NJHFR Cham- pion. Again this year, the Saturday championship performance will be tele- vised nationally on RFD- TV. Live broadcasts of each rodeo performance will air online at NHSRATV. com. Performance times are 7 p.m. on June 21, and 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. each day thereafter. To follow Jacee and Jaiden’s performance, visit NHSRA.org for daily com- plete results. Heppner students at ‘Music in May’ (L-R): Heppner Day Care teacher Lynan Scott, Northwest Farm Credit Services representa- tive Meghan Golden, and teachers Andrea Collins and Merry Chandler with a group of day care youth. –Contributed photo not only day care, but also preschool, after school and summer learning programs and activities.” This year Northwest FCS, with support from CoBank, has awarded 46 rural grants totaling near- ly $100,150. Since 2007, Northwest FCS has present- ed 399 rural grants totaling more than $810,900. The next rural grant deadline is October 1, 2015. Northwest FCS customers who think their rural projects may be eligible, visit northwestfcs. com for more information. HES announces final Rev. Tony AR drawing winners Long-Drew for year Amy and Evelyne Next Sunday, June 14, at 10:30 AM and 6:00 PM our pastoral candidates will be with us for services. We will have pot luck lunch together at noon. If you have a home church, please be faithful to it. If you do not have a church membership, come join us for service and lunch. You will meet what may possibly be the next pastor of Christian Life Center! These are great people! You will enjoy their music and ministry of the word even if they don't stick around permanently. Three Heppner High School students were se- lected this year to partici- pate in the annual Music in May Festival held on the Pacific University campus in Forest Grove, OR. Cara Arbogast, Kane Sweeney and Reiah Waite, along with Mr. and Mrs. Drake, left early Thursday morning, May 21, to join the rest of the more than 400 students from through- out the Pacific Northwest. The final AR (Accelerated Reader) drawing for the 2015-2016 The Music in May Fes- school year was drawn on June 3 at Heppner Elementary; the tival, celebrating its 67 th winners were Tyson Vawser, Adan Guerra and Paige Beebe. anniversary, hosted the stu- –Contributed photo dents May 21-23 for three Ray Grace's New Book days of rehearsals and les- sons, which culminated in a concert on Saturday, May 23, at the Stoller Center. The event is sponsored by the Pacific Music De- partment. Students stay in residence halls with school chaperones for the three- day festival and conclude the weekend with a concert Available locally at Murray's featuring orchestra, choir (Also on Amazon.com in Paperback and KINDLE) ! e r e O H r s d r e e r n n B a V i n y l • F u ll C o l o r • L o g o s Heppner Gazette-Times (541) 676-9228 Fax (541) 676-9211 188 W. Willow Street Heppner, OR 97836 (L-R): Cara Arbogast, Reiah Waite and Kane Sweeney par- ticipated in the Music in May Festival in Portland recently. –Contributed photo A LSO SEE US FOR : •Vinyl Lettering •Magnetic Door Signs •Plastic Corrugated Yard Signs and band. Music in May was started in 1948 by former Pacific University music education professor Rich- ard Greenfield. High school band, choir, and orchestra students are selected to participate based on their school music ensemble director’s recommendation and the instrumentation needs of the Music in May ensembles. “As I watch the devel- opment of the students and the performance groups over this three-day event, I am always amazed at the talent and integrity of our students,” said Heppner music teacher Rick Drake. “Their love of music and desire to perform well becomes obvious. It is a great opportunity and tre- mendous privilege to be selected to, and participate in this, one of the longest running music festivals of its kind in the U.S.” VBS 2015 Coming June 15th-19th COME JOIN US at Camp Kilimanjaro vacation bible school! Heppner Christian Church 6:30-8:00 PM Preschool- 6th Grade Welcome. Please contact Sam Bellamy with any questions (541)561-8881