Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 11, 2016
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Book club for adults Tupper offers education, fun in the Blue
starting at Heppner Mountains
library
Looking for a good
book club to join? Check
out the new adult book club
at the Oregon Trail Library
District Heppner branch ev-
ery third Tuesday at 7 p.m.
The book club will feature
watching a TED talk video
and reading the correspond-
ing book.
The book
club will be
facilitated by
Kathy Street,
Library Director
of OTLD, using
a format of TED
talk videos and
discussion.
TED is a
nonproit devoted
to spreading ideas, usually
in the form of short, power-
ful talks of 18 minutes or
less. TED began in 1984 as
a conference where technol-
ogy, entertainment and de-
sign converged, and today
covers almost all topics,
from science to business to
global issues. For more in-
formation about TED talks,
visit http://www.ted.com/
about/our-organization.
The irst TED talk will
be on “Quiet: The Power
of Introverts in a World
That Can’t Stop Talking”
by Susan Cain. The group
will watch and discuss the
video, and copies of the
book will be available for
immediate check out.
Susan Cain’s “Quiet:
The Power of Introverts in
a World That Can’t Stop
Talking” shows
how society un-
dervalues intro-
verts and how
much we lose in
doing so. Tak-
ing the reader on
a journey from
Dale Carnegie’s
birthplace to
Harvard Busi-
ness School and
from a Tony Robbins semi-
nar to an evangelical mega-
church, Cain charts the rise
of the Extrovert Ideal in
the twentieth century and
explores its far-reaching
effects.
During the June meet-
ing, the group will discuss
the book and watch a new
TED talk video for the next
book.
Contact Street with
questions about the book
club, 541-481-3365 or otld-
director@centurylink.net.
By Hannah Green &
Kason Cimmiyotti,
Heppner Elementary
students
During the week of
April 25-28, sixth grad-
ers from Heppner and
Ione went up into the Blue
Mountains for Tupper Out-
door School.
The students stayed
in cabins and were led by
counselors from Heppner
and Ione high schools. The
sixth graders were taught by
adults who gave their time.
They sang before every
meal and did cabin chal-
lenges. There were three
cabins—Soaring Eagles,
Roaring Cougars and Silver
Foxes.
On Monday, the sixth
graders set up their cabins
and started their irst class
at 10 a.m. All of the groups
were at different classes:
Compass & Orienteering,
Weather and Maps. After
lunch, the campers got sent
to other classes: Fish Dis-
secting, Wildlife Skins,
Wildlife Casting and For-
estry. Later that night, the
sixth graders attended a
campfire and sang some
campire songs. After that,
they got in their sleeping
bags and fell asleep.
Tuesday morning, the
campers woke up ready
for their first full day at
Tupper. They got ready and
followed the counselors
to flagpole and then ate
breakfast. After breakfast,
everyone was sent to their
The students and staff at the 2016 Tupper Outdoor School. -Contributed photo
classes: OMSI Squid Dis-
section, OMSI Birds of
Prey, OMSI Sustainable
Choices, and OMSI Rocks
and Minerals. At the end of
the day, there was a cabin
relay challenge and a Na-
tive American storyteller
during campire.
The campers went to
Bull Prairie Wednesday to
learn Survival, GPS and
Plants. The students got to
go ishing after all the class-
es. Some kids got to make
their own fishing poles,
and some even caught ish
with their homemade poles.
At the end of the day at
Bull Prairie, the campers
tried MREs (meals ready
to eat). Some kids ate their
ish that they caught. Later
that night, the campers
looked at Jupiter through a
telescope, as well as con-
stellations that could not
be seen through the cloudy
sky. Mr. Palmer taught
them about the constella-
tions. The campers went
on an evening walk later
that same night and were
able to identify even more
constellations.
On Thursday, the camp-
ers participated in a relay
and made trail mix before
they said goodbye to their
friends. Before they loaded
onto the bus, all Tupper
attendees posed to take a
picture for history.
The sixth graders say
they learned important
skills at Tupper Outdoor
School, but most of all they
had fun.
Heppner FFA will recognize outstanding
youth at annual banquet
MILES &
MILES OF SMILES
The 10 th annual Hep-
pner FFA Chapter Banquet
will be held Thursday, May
12, at 6 p.m. at the Mor-
row County Fairgrounds
in Heppner. The chapter
members and advisor invite
all community members to
come and participate in the
evening.
Numerous career de-
velopment event awards
will be presented to mem-
bers who participated in
the contests throughout
the year. They vary from
shop skills to loral design,
parliamentary procedure
to livestock judging. The
chapter also will present the
Honorary Chapter Farmer
to individuals or businesses
for outstanding service,
commitment and generosity
to the chapter and its mem-
bers. Outstanding service
awards and/or appreciation
awards will be presented,
as well.
Recognition for earn-
ing the Oregon FFA State
Degree in 2016 will be
presented to: CJ Kindle,
Patrick Collins, Rylee Koll-
man, Kolby Currin, Tim
Gould and Kaelyn Lindsay.
Chapter Degree recipi-
ents for 2016 were Erica
Nelson, Lexi Bray, Taylor
Nelson, Tim Gould, Kevin
Murray, Emily Cecil, Jake
Lindsay, Rian Wizner, Lo-
gan Grieb and CJ Kindle.
Retiring officers will
install the newly-elected
oficers, and special awards
will also be presented to
members who were voted
on by the membership. The
evening will begin at 6 p.m.
and dinner will be served
shortly thereafter and will
include pulled pork, cheesy
potatoes and a variety of
sides, salads and desserts
provided by members.
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Bank of Eastern Or-
egon is one of two Oregon
banks ranked among the
top 200 community banks
in the country by American
Banker magazine.
The magazine, a trade
publication based in New
York City, named BEO
Bancorp of Heppner and
Summit Bank of Eugene,
OR to the list based on av-
erage return of shareholder
equity between 2013 and
2015. Banks with less than
$2 billion in assets were
eligible.
At 13.54 percent aver-
age return, Summit Bank
ranked 20; at 11.18 percent
BEO Bancorp ranked num-
ber 68.
“We are extremely
pleased with the recognition
in American Banker maga-
zine. We ind ourselves in
the company of some of the
best run and most admired
banks in the nation.” said
Jeff Bailey President and
CEO of Bank of Eastern
Oregon. “This is testimony
to the dedication of our em-
ployees and the tremendous
support of our customer
base. We are proud of our
track record serving east-
ern Oregon communities
for over 71 years and are claim of being in the top
delighted to be the one of 200 community banks in
only two banks located in the country.”
Oregon that can make the
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Morrow County Mu-
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old doors on the Ag Mu-
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“Money for the grant
funds came from the Co-
lumbia River Enterprise
ey for housing, education,
public safety and commu-
nity enhancement grants
throughout the county.
WCVEDG collects appli-
cations and administers the
community enhancement
funds for the South Mor-
row County area,” said
WCVEDG President David
Sykes.
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