FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Ione students join national cause by
planting ‘Pinwheels for Prevention’
Ione sixth-grade students showed their support for child abuse prevention by planting a pin-
wheel garden last Thursday near the school reader board in Ione. The 150 pinwheels are meant
to represent a happy, safe, and carefree childhood. The pinwheels will be up throughout the
month of April. Ione sixth-grade students are, in alphabetical order: Morgan Alldritt, Parker
Angell, Joshua Bleth, Blake Carter, Cedrick Dayandante, Emily Ehrmantraut, Hailey Heide-
man, Faviola Jaurez Alvarez, Chance McCormack, Cecilia McElligott, Grace Ogden, Lucus
Parker, Haylie Peterson, Kayla Rodriguez, Taylor Rollins, Onice Sanchez, Julianna Teeman,
Katelyn Thompson, Anthony Villegas and Gary Walls. -Contributed photo
April is child abuse
prevention month, and
Ione sixth-grade students
showed their support for
this cause by planting a
pinwheel garden on Thurs-
day, March 31. Pinwheels
are a national symbol for
child abuse prevention, and
the Ione students planted
150 pinwheels near the
school reader board in Ione.
The pinwheels will be up
throughout the month of
April.
Those students aren’t
alone. More than 100 com-
munity organizations, busi-
nesses, hospitals, govern-
ment ofices and individu-
als in 35 counties across
Oregon are partnering for
the eighth annual Pinwheels
for Prevention ® campaign,
hosted by the Children’s
Trust Fund of Oregon and
Prevent Child Abuse Or-
egon.
“While the pinwheel
creates a memorable and
compelling visual, it is the
story behind the pinwheel
that makes the biggest
mark,” said Pamela Heisler,
Director of Programs and
Partnerships at the Chil-
dren’s Trust Fund. “The
pinwheel is a sign of hope,
and each pinwheel garden
represents what we want for
every child—a happy, safe
and carefree childhood.”
This year, Pinwheels
for Prevention is on track
to distribute more than
15,000 pinwheels and see
a Pinwheel Garden hosted
in every county.
In Oregon alone,
10,010 children were vic-
tims of child abuse and
neglect in 2014; 46 percent
of which were children
younger than six years old.
“At Prevent Child
Abuse Oregon and the Chil-
dren’s Trust Fund, we know
that we can make a positive
impact on the future by
preventing child abuse and
neglect today,” said Heisler
“The best way to increase
that impact is by involving
citizens and communities in
our work. Pinwheels have
come to serve the physical
embodiment, or reminder,
of the great childhoods we
want for all children.”
To learn more about
Pinwheels for Preven-
tion, visit http://prevent-
childabuse.org/resource/
pinwheels-for-prevention/.
Mustang teams take irst, second at
Pendleton invitational
The Heppner girls’ golf team with their irst-place trophy from
the Pendleton Country Club Invitational. L-R: Riane Dompier, Amanda Rea, third-place medalist for the girls’ tournament,
Amanda Rea, Claire Grieb, Caitlyn Scrivner and Madison and Logan Grieb, second-place medalist for the boys’ tourna-
ment. -Contributed photo
Combe. -Contributed photo
The Heppner Mustang
golf program had another
great day at the Pendleton
Country Club Invitational
last week. The girls’ team
won its second tournament
in a row and the boys’ team
inished second in a strong
ield of eight teams.
The Heppner girls’
team shot a team score
of 454 to beat La Grande
by 10 strokes. Enterprise
(502) finished third and
Burns (526) was fourth.
Amanda Rea shot a 94 to
lead the team and finish
as the third-place medalist
in the tournament. Other
scores for the Mustangs
were Madison Combe
(116), Claire Grieb (118),
Wedding Tables
Derek Gunderson &
Meghan McCabe
May, 21, 2016
Riane Dompier (126) and
Caitlyn Scrivner (129). A
total of 40 girls participated
in the tournament.
The boys’ team inished
in second place behind
the Nixyaawii/Pilot Rock
team. Heppner shot a 384
on the day. They were fol-
lowed by Burns (394), Vale
(397), Enterprise (414),
Echo (427), Nyssa (432),
and Wallowa (445). Lead-
MILES &
ing the way for the Mus-
tangs was Logan Grieb,
who shot an 86 and inished
in second place overall.
Other scores for the boys
were Dan Bretsch (94),
Cason Mitchell (101), Reno
Ferguson (103), Charles
Cason (125) and Logan
Burright (132). There were
56 boys who golfed in the
tournament.
MILES OF SMILES
Emma Osmin &
Jordan Wright
May 7, 2016
Rick Worden &
Kelsie Fox
May 28, 2016
Lane Bailey &
Jessica Hughes
June 25, 2016
HES kindergarten
roundup planned
Heppner Elementary
School would like to re-
mind parents that the school
will be rounding up all the
kindergarten students for
the 2016-2017 school year
next Tuesday, April 12.
Appointments are
available from 8:15 a.m.
to 4 p.m. and will last ap-
proximately 45 minutes.
Each child will meet Mrs.
Morris, have a skills test,
have their eyes checked and
do a project.
Parents need to bring
their child’s birth certifi-
cate, immunization record
and emergency contact
information. Parent and
staff will be illing out pa-
perwork and taking a tour of
the school while each child
is with Mrs. Morris.
Please contact Mrs.
Sweeney to set up an ap-
pointment time at 541-676-
9128 ext. 2610.
Students must be ive
years of age on or by Aug.
31, 2016 to enroll at HES.
Bingo is back at
Heppner senior center
Bingo is returning to Heppner on Thursday evenings
starting April 14 at the St. Patrick’s Senior Center, 190
N. Main St. It will be held in the multipurpose room (aka
the dining room) from 7 p.m. until approximately 9 p.m.
Cost will be 50 cents per card per game, and the black-
out prize of $100 will go to the winner. All proceeds will
be for the beneit of the senior center and the St. Patrick’s
apartment complex.
BMCC to offer
retirement, investment
classes in Heppner
Blue Mountain Com-
munity College (BMCC)
will offer a series of retire-
ment planning and invest-
ment classes in Heppner
beginning April 12.
The classes are de-
signed to help attendees
gain the skills to estimate
how much money they need
to retire, learn how to create
retirement goals, review in-
vestment basics and more.
The series is scheduled
from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on
three consecutive Tuesdays
beginning April 12. Classes
will meet at the Pettyjohn
Building, 430 West Linden
Way, Heppner. The April 12
class will cover investment
basics, April 19 will cover
retirement basics, and April
26 will be on retirement
income planning.
The instructor is Rita
Van Schoiack, financial
advisor and owner of Blue
Mountain Investment Man-
agement LLC.
The classes are free
and include a download-
able workbook. Advance
registration is required; call
Anne Morter at 541-422-
7040 or email her at am-
orter@bluecc.edu. Students
may also register online at
www.bluecc.edu.
Heppner YCC crew
offers summer jobs
for local youth
Heppner—The Hep-
pner Ranger District is
recruiting for four students
between the ages of 15 and
18 for summer employment
in the Youth Conservation
Corps (YCC). Work will
include ield-going activi-
ties such as noxious weed
removal, fence removal and
construction, trail mainte-
nance, campground main-
tenance, slash piling, and
ireline construction around
logged units on the Heppner
Ranger District.
The program begins
June 20 and will last six
weeks. Youth are paid the
Oregon minimum wage rate
of $9.25 per hour. No previ-
ous experience is required.
Applicants must:
-obtain parental or legal
guardian consent to enroll,
-have transportation
to and from the Heppner
District Ofice,
-have a social security
number or made application
to obtain one, and
-be at least age 15 and
not turn 19 during employ-
ment.
Applications are avail-
able at the Forest Service
Ofice in Heppner and at the
Heppner, Ione, Irrigon and
Riverside high schools. Ap-
plications will be accepted
through 2 p.m. on April
15. Successful applicants
will be selected through a
random draw at 4 p.m. on
April 15. All applicants will
be notiied of their selection
status by mail.
For more information
about the YCC program,
please contact the Heppner
Ranger District at 541-676-
9187.
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