Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 1, 2017 South Morrow Scholarship applications due April 10 The South Morrow County Scholarship Trust committee will accept scholarship applications from March 1 through April 10 at 4 p.m. The scholar- ships will be awarded to graduating seniors from Heppner or Ione high schools. Requirements and application are available on the schools’ websites, or students may visit with their school counselors if they have questions. In Heppner, applications may be turned into Mrs. Ginger Bowman and in Ione, Mrs. Stephanie McElligott. Coach Del LaRue Schol- arship Criteria The Coach Del LaRue Scholarship was developed in memory of Del LaRue, a long-time teacher and coach at Ione High School. LaRue had a passion for coaching basketball and track and loved seeing stu- dents set and achieve their goals. After retiring from teaching, LaRue continued to coach track for 12 addi- tional years, during which time he helped many stu- dent athletes achieve their goals and was honored as national Track Coach of the Year. This fund awards one $1,000 scholarship to a college-bound Ione High School senior based on demonstrated academic achievement and commu- nity involvement, with pref- erence given to students who have participated in the Ione High School Track Program. Students must be con- tinuing their education at a community college, trade school, or four-year college or university. Applicants must have a minimum 3.0 accumulated GPA, must have attended Ione High School all four years of high school, and have shown involvement in community activities. Applications will be accepted and awarded by the South Morrow County Scholarship Inc. Board of Directors using their Com- mon Local Scholarship Application Process. Ap- plications are due by 4 p.m. on April 10. WRESTLING CHAMP -Continued from PAGE ONE This year Flynn was better prepared for the onslaught and fended off the attacks repeatedly to move to the second round tied at 0-0. After winning the coin toss and choosing the down starting position, Jones exploded out for an escape and a 1-0 lead. Within sec- onds Jones attacked and scored a takedown on the edge of the mat to suddenly go up 3-0. Remaining composed, Flynn completely turned the action around at the restart, busting out from the bottom for an escape then immediately taking Jones back to the mat with a blast- double takedown. And just like that the score was tied Cord Flynn wrestles his way to the gold at the state tourna- ment last weekend in Portland. -Photo by Danny Doherty at 3-3. Flynn then went to work and scored two more points for a near fall as time ran out in the second period. Flynn chose down to start the third period but didn’t stay there long. He reversed Jones in just 10 seconds to go up 7-3 with 1:50 remaining in the match. From there he was able to ride out Jones for the remainder of the time to claim his state gold medal. Flynn was the seventh Heppner junior high girls end successful basketball season The Heppner Junior High girls’ basketball team finished its regular season last Saturday in Helix where both the A and B teams won all three games. The girls have had a successful win- ning season with defense and teamwork as their main focus, and say they are grateful to their coaches Adam Doherty, Darcee Mitchell and Slater Mitchell for all their time and effort. The majority of the team will continue to practice for the next two weeks to prepare for “Battle in the Blues” tournament in Imbler on March 11-12. Pictured (L-R): ZaBrena Masterson, Gen- evieve Smith, Kassidy Henrichs, Aimee Doherty, Marlee Mitchell, Kylie Boor, Sydney Wilson, Madison Ashbeck, Sage Ferguson, Madelyn Nichols and Hailey Holmgren. Not pictured: Hanna Finch. -Contributed photo Mustang players named to all- conference teams state finalist for Heppner/ Ione in the last seven years and becomes the fourth Mustang state champion in four years. He is the first ever Ione High School ath- lete to win a wrestling state championship. “Nobody has worked harder for a state cham- pionship than Cord,” said head coach Mark Lemmon. “His better conditioning and maturity were obvious. The difference between last year’s championship match against Jones and this year’s were the hours he spent in the weight room getting more powerful to stand toe-to-toe and slug it out with one of the most ex- Mustangs Jacee Currin (right) and Morgan Correa both plosive athletes in Oregon.” received all-conference honors at the district basketball tour- Oregon Trail Library District to offer ‘Ukalaliens’ workshop Have you dreamed of learning to play the uku- lele? Oregon Trail Library District has the perfect workshop for you. Kate Power and Steve Einhorn will be at OTLD library branches for Ukalaliens workshops Friday and Sat- urday, March 10-11. What’s a ukalalien, you ask? “ukalalien: n. a newly converted ukulele play- er prone to singing and strumming on the ukulele, spurred to spontaneous acts of music and song singing, both alone and with oth- ers, regardless of setting or circumstances, thereby creating a euphoric sense of wellbeing.” Workshops will be held at all library branches. These workshops are struc- tured for adults. Anyone bringing children should be prepared to help them with the instruments. Thirty instruments will be avail- able or the public is invited to bring personal ukuleles. The Heppner workshop will be the third offered that weekend, planned for Saturday, March 11, at 4 p.m. at the OTLD Heppner branch. The first workshop will be offered Friday, March 10, at 6 p.m. at the Irrigon Branch, 490 NE Main Ave, Irrigon. Saturday, March 11, at 10:30 a.m. the work- shop will be offered at the Boardman Branch, 200 S Main St, Boardman. “The workshops will be a wonderful opportunity for our community members to learn music locally,” says Oregon Trail Library District Library Director Kathy Street. Steve Einhorn’s name was synonymous with his music shop, Artichoke Mu- sic, a legend in Portland since 1981. Owner of Ar- tichoke Music from 1981 through 2006, Einhorn in- spired and taught thousands of people about music, instruments and songs and grew a reputation for mak- ing a better world through music and helping people get their start, all while run- ning the shop and perform- ing in the region. Power’s first recording was produced by Bothy Band musician and produc- er Micheál O’Domhnaill with the band Wildgeese in 1983 (Celtic Music of the Great Northwest). In 1994, Scottish fiddler Johnny Cunningham co-produced her Dancing in the Kitchen album with Steve Einhorn, a debut of original songs. Power has recorded seven albums with music and life partner Steve Einhorn and has been featured on several Hearts O’Space compila- - THREE tions, Celtic Twilight and Celtic Woman. In recent years, the duo has brought brought thousands of new play- ers into the music-making fold with their Ukalaliens method while touring the countryside with a fleet of ukes-to-share. Their newest album, Portland Romance, was produced with Jon Neufeld (Black Prarie) and Billy Oskay (Big Red). Power and Einhorn reside in Portland, OR. A grant from the Mor- row County Cultural Coali- tion made these workshops possible. Please call Kathy Street, 541-481-3365, with any questions about the workshops. Visit the OTLD website at https:// oregontrail.ploud.net/ for information, or the Uka- laliens website at http:// www.qualityfolk.com/. nament in Pendleton recently. Currin was voted second team, while Correa received honorable mention for the Mustang girls’ team. -Contributed photo Grange reading fair celebrates Dr. Seuss The Lexington Grange will hold a Dr. Seuss reading fair on Saturday, March 4, from 10 a.m. to noon. The event will include games, learning activities, snacks, books to buy and more. Entry is $2 or a new or gently-used book. Children who participate will be entered into a drawing to win a family pool pass for either the Heppner pool or Ione pool. Books received will be donated to the public libraries or local reading programs. Heppner schools plan concert Heppner Elementary and Heppner Jr./Sr. High School music students will provide an evening of music under the directorship of teacher Rick Drake on Wednesday, March 8, from 6-8 p.m. at the Heppner Elementary gym. MCSD board considers supplemental budget The Morrow County School District Board of Direc- tors will hold its monthly board meeting on March 13 at 7 p.m. at Irrigon Elementary School. A supplemental budget will be considered at this meeting. Cord Flynn 2017 OSAA 2A State wrestling champion! 124 N. MAIN STREET HEPPNER OR 541-676-9481