Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Lexington Grange
gatherings
Lexington Grange
members met Jan. 6 at 7
p.m. and discussed up-
coming activities, as well
as scheduling some new
events for the community.
Friday, Jan. 30, the
Lexington Grange will host
a fundraiser for Nadine Ball
as she undergoes cancer
treatment. The evening will
include a $5 soup dinner at
5 p.m. with bingo to start
at 6 p.m. All proceeds from
the evening will be donated
to Ball. Donations will be
accepted.
Also coming up is the
Fireman’s Breakfast during
the St. Patrick’s Day week-
end. Lexington Grange
members will be serving up
breakfast starting Saturday,
March 19, at 7 p.m. and will
continue on into the wee
hours of the morning for St.
Patrick’s celebration goers.
The Lexington Grange
is a part of a nationwide,
nonproit fraternal organi-
zation with programs for
family members of all ages.
The Grange organiza-
tion has long been a grass-
roots, nonpartisan advocate
for agriculture, rural issues
and American values.
Community Granges
like Lexington Grange
serve local needs by vol-
unteering and making their
hall the social center of the
community.
Lexington Grange
members meet the first
Wednesday of each month
at 6 p.m. Anyone interested
in becoming a part of the
group is invited to stop by
and check it out, or find
out more by visiting http://
lexgrange726.wix.com/
grange.
If interested in becom-
ing a member or need-
ing to rent a large space
for a social event, contact
the Lexington Grange by
email, lex.grange726@
gmail.com.
Ione library to present
genealogy class
The Ione Public Library will host a free beginner’s
class on basic genealogy, “How to Get Started in Gene-
alogy,” on Monday, Jan. 18, from 6:30 – 8 p.m. at the
library, 385 W. 2 nd Street, Ione.
Presenter Tammi Lien will teach attendees how to do
research and use genealogy databases such as Ancestry.
com (a free database for library patrons). Anyone inter-
ested in researching their family tree is invited to come
with their questions.
Host families needed
for exchange students
ASSE International
Student Exchange Pro-
grams (ASSE), in coopera-
tion with area high schools,
is looking for local families
to host boys and girls be-
tween the ages of 15 and
18 from a variety of coun-
tries, including Norway,
Denmark, Spain, Italy and
Japan, to name a few.
ASSE says its students
are “enthusiastic and excit-
ed to experience American
culture while they practice
their English.” They also
love to share their own cul-
ture and language with their
host families. Host families
welcome these students into
their family, not as a guest,
but as a family member,
in order to give everyone
involved a rich cultural
experience.
The exchange students
have pocket money for
personal expenses and full
health, accident and liabili-
ty insurance. ASSE students
are selected based on aca-
demics and personality, and
host families can choose
their student(s) from a wide
variety of backgrounds,
countries and personal in-
terests.
To become an ASSE
host family or to ind out
how to become involved
with ASSE in your commu-
nity, call the ASSE Western
Regional Ofice at 1-800-
733-2773 or go to www.
host.asse.com to begin a
host family application.
HEPPNER, Ore.—
On Monday, Eastern Or-
egon University (EOU)
announced the re-establish-
ment of the EOU Moun-
taineer Wrestling Program.
Funding for the program
includes a $300,000 alloca-
tion from the Oregon State
Legislature as a result of the
work of Rep. Greg Smith
(R-Heppner).
“Eastern Oregon is
home to many wrestling
champions both on indi-
vidual and team levels,”
said Smith. “EOU is unable
to attract these athletes who
desire to continue wres-
tling in college. I believe
wrestling will give EOU
another tool for recruitment
and help keep our youth in
Eastern Oregon.”
“Rep. Greg Smith has
been a pivotal person in the
effort to restart competitive
wrestling at EOU,” said
Dr. Mike Clock, Chair of
Restore College Wrestling
Oregon Committee. “Over
the past 17 years, teams
from east of the Cascades
Lady Cards pull out victories for irst
week of league play
Ione played their irst
league games Friday at
home, hosting the Condon/
Wheeler Knights for full
basketball action starting
with JV boys’ and girls’
games. They inished the
evening with the Cardinals’
varsity games. It was an
edge-of-your-seat evening
with both teams playing
very well. It was a physi-
cal matchup, and got quite
exciting for everyone in
attendance.
Ione JV girls won 31-
28 over Condon/Wheeler
Friday night in Ione. It was
a great game for both teams.
The Ione JV boys
played a great game but
lost to the Knights 29-45.
When the varsity girls
took the court, the Lady
Cards did a great job of irst
keeping up and then passing
the Knights, winning 56-50
in the action-packed game.
Finally, Ione’s varsity
boys fought hard, but were
out-scored in the end, los-
Deadline: Mondays
at 5:00 pm
L-R in white jerseys: Ione’s Rachel Holland (32) moves to teammate Maggie Flynn (24) with
Ivy Sandford (center) and Jessie Flynn (22) to make play to basket in Friday’s game versus
Condon/Wheeler. –Photo by Sylvia Sandford
ing 29-45.
Varisty girls’ stats were
unavailable at press time.
Boys’ stats are as follows:
Ione v Condon/Wheeler
Alessandro Panozzo:
RB 3; Donald McElligott:
RB 2, ST 2, Pts 2; Colton
Hollis: RB 1, ST 1; Austin
Carter: RB 7, Pts 7; Aaron
Smythe: RB 3, ST 1, Pts 4;
Wyatt McNary: RB 6, Pts 4;
Jason Juarez: RB 9, Ast 2,
Pts 12; Tyler Carter: RB 1.
The Ione Cardinals
travelled to Sherman Coun-
ty Saturday for their second
league games of the season.
The Huskies hosted the
Cardinals for some fast-
paced basketball. The JV
girls only played two quar-
ters due to the host team’s
size, but the girls played a
full varsity game, winning
their second league game
51-40.
Ione’s JV boys almost
pulled out a win against
Sherman Saturday. It was
a great game, and time
simply ran out before they
L-R: Ione’s Colton Hollis (11) and Donald McElligott (10) run could sneak past the Hus-
alongside teammate Austin Carter (center with ball) as he is kies.
swarmed by Huskie players in Saturday’s league game. –Photo
The Cardinal Varsity
boys’ team played the Sher-
man County Huskies in
an exciting game Satur-
day; they played hard but
couldn’t pull out a win for
their second league game
of the season. The Cardi-
nals lost 43 to Sherman
County’s 83.
Boys’ stats are as fol-
lows:
Ione v Sherman County
Danny Doherty: Ast 1,
Pts 2; Alessandro Panozzo:
RB 2, Ast 1, Pts 2; Donald
McElligott: RB 2, Ast 1,
Pts 4; Colton Hollis: RB 1,
Ast 1, ST 2; Austin Carter:
RB 3, ST 1, Pts 14; Lo-
gan Burright: RB 1, Pts 1;
Aaron Smythe: RB 3, Ast 2;
Wyatt McNary: RB 3, Ast
1, St 1, Pts 2; Jason Juarez:
RB 4, Ast 1, ST 4, Pts 14;
Nestor Ramirez: Pts 2;
Tyler Carter: Pts 2; Sergio
Marin: RB 2.
by Sylvia Sandford
Wheat Foundation scholarship offered
Pendleton, OR—The
Oregon Wheat Founda-
tion will provide up to 12
scholarships for high school
seniors whose families are
members of the Oregon
Wheat Growers League.
The scholarship is also
open to students who work
part-time for grower mem-
bers and students whose
family members are em-
ployed by OWGL mem-
bers.
The scholarship re-
quirements include an es-
say on any topic related to
the wheat industry and a
summary of the student’s
school and community in-
volvement.
One $1,000 award will
be made to a qualifying stu-
dent from each of the par-
ticipating counties, which
include Morrow, Baker,
Gilliam, Klamath, Malheur,
Sherman, Umatilla, Union,
Wallowa and Wasco.
In addition, up to two
awards will be made in the
Willamette Valley counties
and one in the Central Or-
egon counties.
Application forms are
available from the Oregon
Wheat Growers League
website at www.owgl.org
or by contacting scholar-
ship coordinator Marilyn
Blagg at 541-276-7330
or mblagg@owgl.org. All
applications must be post-
marked by Feb. 1.
NRCS plans local work group meeting
The USDA Natural Re-
sources Conservation Ser-
vice (NRCS) will be host-
ing a meeting at the USDA
Service Center on Jan. 26 at
1 p.m. to discuss and gather
input regarding the natural
resource opportunities and
priorities across the county.
Their goal is to bring
have won almost 55 percent
of the team titles. Since the
late ‘70s, there have been
no geographically con-
venient opportunities for
Morrow County has an-
those young individuals to
compete at the college level nounced it is looking for a
volunteer to represent Hep-
in Oregon.”
During the 2015 Leg- pner on the Morrow Coun-
islative Session, Smith ty Planning Commission.
worked with leadership and Planning Commissioners
a group called Restore Col- serve four-year terms; the
lege Wrestling to ind fund- current term to be illed will
ing to reactivate a wrestling
program at Eastern Oregon
University, which is Eastern
Oregon’s only university.
Smith serves as Co-
Vice Chair of the Joint
Ways and Means Com-
mittee and is a member of
the Joint Ways and Means
YAKIMA, Wash.—
Subcommittee on Capi- The American Red Cross
tal Construction, which has an urgent need for
helps appropriate resources blood and platelet dona-
throughout the state.
tions to prevent a shortage
Rep. Smith is also an this winter. Busy holiday
avid supporter of wrestling schedules in November
programs throughout East- and December contrib-
ern Oregon and the father uted to about 1,700 fewer
of two-time state champion blood drives held across
Ryan Smith.
the country compared to
the two previous months,
which has resulted in about
50,000 fewer donations and
reduced the blood supply.
Donation appointments can
be quickly and easily sched-
uled by using the Red Cross
Blood Donor App, visiting
EOU returns to
college wrestling
- FIVE
together individuals with
a variety of expertise
and knowledge, allowing
NRCS and others to “build
on our collective successes
while focusing our efforts
to make the greatest impact
with our available staff and
funding.”
NRCS staff say they
need help to identify where
the best investments can be
made to address natural re-
source problems, share the
work that has already been
done in the county, and
have participants share their
vision for what the county
will look like when these
natural resource concerns
have been solved.
Anyone who is unable
to attend this meeting but
would like to provide input,
contact the NRCS at 541-
676-5021 x113 or e-mail
kacee.lathrop@or.usda.gov.
Planning commission seeks volunteers
end Dec. 31, 2019.
The planning commis-
sion usually meets once a
month, alternating between
Heppner and Boardman
locations.
Duties include ap-
proving land use actions,
maintaining the county’s
subdivision and zoning or-
dinance, and working with
the county court to manage
the county’s land use com-
prehensive plan.
Heppner area residents
interested in being on the
commission should submit
a letter of interest to the
Morrow County Court,
PO Box 788, Heppner OR
97836, by the end of the day
Jan. 25.
Red Cross has urgent need for blood
donations to prevent winter shortage
Local opportunities to give this month in Ione, Heppner
redcrossblood.org or call-
ing 1-800-RED CROSS
(1-800-733-2767).
Upcoming blood dona-
tion opportunities in Mor-
row County include:
-Ione: Jan. 19, 9 a.m. to
2 p.m., Ione High School,
and
-Heppner: Jan 20, 10
a.m. to 3 p.m., St Patricks
Parish Hall.
“A decline in the blood
supply after the winter holi-
days is not uncommon, but
it can be replenished when
generous volunteers roll
up their sleeves to help
save lives,” said Neil To-
suntikool, donor recruit-
ment director for the Red
Cross Pacific Northwest
Blood Services Region.
“We encourage our gener-
ous donors who are eligible,
as well as new donors, to
make an appointment to
give blood or platelets and
help ensure blood products
continue to be available for
patients. Every two seconds
a patient in the U.S. needs
blood.”
January is National
Blood Donor Month, which
has been observed since
1970 with the goal of in-
creasing blood donations
during the winter—one
of the most dificult times
of year to collect enough
blood and platelet dona-
tions to meet patient needs.
In addition to winter bring-
ing busy holiday schedules
for many regular donors,
severe winter weather can
cancel blood drives, and
seasonal illnesses, like the
lu, may cause donors to be
temporarily unable to give.
Donors of all blood
types are urged to make an
appointment; the Red Cross
must collect about 14,000
donations every day to meet
patient needs.