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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 17, 2017 Sixth graders from Heppner, Ione go to Tupper Contributed by Hayley Ak- ers, Brooklynn Wilson and Ireland Martin, Heppner Elementary sixth-grade students During the week of May 1-4, sixth-graders from Heppner Elementary and Ione Elementary went up to the Umatilla National Forest for Tupper Outdoor School. The students stayed in went to their classes. There were different classes and different groups. The sixth graders had fish, weather, soils, and wildlife for their Monday classes. After the classes, the students had time for recreation (archery, riflery, hiking or sports) and closed out the day with a campfire after dinner. At campfire, a Native Ameri- can storyteller entertained Bryce Rollins and Fernando Ramirez of Ione dissect a fish. -Contributed photo cabins and a wall tent. They were led by counselors from Heppner High School and Ione High School and by teachers. The girls and the boys got separate cab- ins. Some students stayed in the cabins and some stayed in wall tents. The wall tent was called the Roaring Cougars. The room cabin was called the Spot- ted Fawns. The open cabins were called Soaring Eagles and the Silver Foxes. Buses from Ione and Heppner took the sixth graders up to Tupper on Monday morning, May 1. outdoor school began when campers arrived at Tupper. When the sixth grad- ers all got to Tupper, the counselors sang the Tupper Welcome Song. Next, the counselors gave the sixth graders an orientation of their cabins. After that, the students got all of their sup- plies set up in their areas. Eventually the students the camp as he told some very interesting tales of animals, young love and the mountains. On Tuesday, the camp- ers learned forestry, geol- ogy, fuels and fire, and astronomy. The campers also wrote postcards home. After that, the sixth-grade students did recreation. At campfire Tuesday evening, the campers and counselors sang songs, did skits and told spooky stories. After campfire, everyone got to look at the stars and Jupiter through a telescope. Soon after, the students went back to their cabins and went to bed. Wednesday was the last full day at Tupper. Follow- ing breakfast, the students got their things together and loaded the bus to go to Bull Prairie. When they got to Bull Prairie, they had to get straight to their classes. The classes that the students had were: sur- vival, iMovie - consumers/ producers/decomposers, and hunting. It wasn’t long before recreation, for which the students had a choice of whether they wanted to go on a hike or go fish- ing. Next, they had dinner, which were MREs (meals ready to eat) because the adults thought it would be a good idea, and they were right. Then they had to clean up a bit. After that, they loaded back on the bus. By then, they were all exhausted, so most of them slept on the bus ride back to Tupper. Once they got back to Tupper, they lowered the flag and got ready for camp- fire. At campfire everyone got s’mores. When camp- fire was over they went on a night time hike to look at constellations. After the hike, they went back to their cabins and went to bed. Thursday was spent cleaning up camp and doing survival relays. All at camp said their goodbyes. School attendees said Tupper Out- door School was a great experience for sixth-grade Above - Peg Willis, Vicious Circle - CJ Box, The Girl Before - JP Delaney, Man Overboard - JA Jance, A Piece of the World - Chris- tina Baker Kline, The Black Book - James Patterson, All By Myself, Alone - Mary Higgins Clark, The Fire Child - S.K. Tremayne, Nest - Terry Goodkind, The Fifth Letter - Nicola Mori- Dillan Doyle of Heppner dur- ing fuels and fire class. -Con- tributed photo children. They got a chance to see the forest and learn more about the outdoors. arty, In the Country of the Blind - Edward Hoagland, Always - Sarah Jio, and The Lost Order - Steve Berry. Non-Fiction: Big Knit Love - Linda Zemba Burhance, American Indi- ans and the Fight for Equal Voting Rights - Laughlin McDonald, and A Brief History of Time - Shaindel Beers. Heppner FFA banquet next week The community is in- vited to the annual Heppner FFA Chapter banquet next Wednesday, May 24, at the Morrow County Fair- grounds. COMMUNITY WIDE CLEAN UP Organized by The City of Heppner FREE Dumpster- May 12th - May 21st for waste collection available at the City Yard on Riverside Ave.- There will also be a spot to leave yard debris and burnable material. The City will not accept tires, hazardous waste or household chemicals . Please contact the City of Heppner for more information 541-676-9618. Fowler, Garcia take on top players at tennis districts Aside from Bryan Fowler and Yaniva Garcia, Babali Peterson and Colton Hollis also traveled to the district tournament to serve as warm-up partners to the contestants. Pictured (L-R) are coach Maureen McElligott, Babali Peterson, Bryan Fowler, Colton Hollis, Yaniva Garcia and assistant coach Susan Kendrick. -Contributed photo The Cardinal ten - nis team was represent- ed by two athletes at the 4A/3A/2A/1A-SD4 Special District 4 tournament in Medford, OR last week. Bryan Fowler of Heppner and Yaniva Garcia of Ione both played hard against district powerhouse players in singles matches before losing their shot at state in the consolation bracket. Fowler, placing fifth in the consolation bracket, was selected as an alternate for the state tournament. Fowler started out against subdistrict east first seed Zach Schwin of Baker, losing to the top player 6-0, 6-3. Dropping to the conso- lation bracket, Fowler took down the subdistrict west’s first and second seeds, Cody Dunn of Helix (8-5) and Erik Jones, also of Helix (8- 2). This sweep of the conso- lation bracket gave Fowler fifth in districts, ending a successful season for the young player. It also gave him a slot as an alternate for the state tournament at Oregon State University in Corvallis. Garcia also started dis- tricts against a subdistrict east first seed, Gracie Hug- gins from Baker. Garcia played well but was up against some stiff competi- tion—Huggins, who made it to the second round in the state tournament last year, won the contest 6-0, 6-0. Garcia then went up against subdistrict west second seed Johanna Albert of Weston-McEwen, losing that match to end Garcia’s season in the district tour- nament. Ione library new books and upcoming events OTLD announces new books Oregon Trail Library District has announced the new book list for April 2017. Fiction: Heartbreak Hotel - Jonathan Keller- man, Murder on the Ser- pentine - Anne Perry, Lin- coln in the Bardo - George Saunders, The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir - Jennifer Ryan, The Guineveres - Sarah Domet, Expecting to Die - Lisa Jackson, Italian Bulldozer - Alexander Mc- Call Smith, Rabbit Cake - Annie Hartnett, Innocent by Association - Lisa Jack- son, Tapestry of Fortunes - Elizabeth Berg, Those Who Wish Me Dead - Mi- chael Koryta, Along Came a Stranger - Dorie Mc- Cullough Lawson, Rise - FIVE Ione Public Library has announced its list of new books for May: Adult Fiction and Non- fiction—Protestants: The Faith That Made the Mod- ern World by Alec Ryrie; The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency by Chris Whipple; Heming- way Didn’t Say That: The Truth Behind Familiar Quo- tations by Garson O’Toole; The Fix by David Baldacci; Aunt Dimity and the Wish- ing Well by Nancy Ather- ton; and The Burial Hour by Jeffery Deaver. DVDs—Monster Trucks; Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them; and The Great Gilly Hop- kins. Juvenile, Young Read- ers, and Young Adult Books—If You Plant a Seed by Kadir Nelson; Who Needs a Bath? by Jeff Mack; The 3 Little Pigs Count To 100 by Grace Maccarone; Maxi the Little Taxi by Elizabeth Upton; and Mousetropolis by R. Gregory Christie. For upcoming events, the Ione Summer Reading Program will be June 13 through July 25. Traveling Lantern Theatre will pres- ent “The Ribbles Build a Residence” June 6 at 4 p.m. at Ione Community School. Ione music students receive awards Ione Community School music teacher Bryan Bates, at the Ione spring concert last week, presented awards to students Hannah Flynn and Karsen Dumler. Karsen received the John Philip Sousa award for band, while Hannah was the recipient of a National School Choir award. -Contributed photo Ione library board to meet The doors will open The Ione Library Dis- at 6 p.m. with a dinner of trict Board of Directors will pulled pork to begin at 6:30 hold its monthly meeting on p.m. A program will follow at 7 p.m., including the pre- sentation of awards. Also planned is a silent Hardman Communi- auction during the event. ty Center board has an- Thursday, May 25, at 10:30 brary, 385 W. 2 nd Street. The a.m. at the Ione Public Li- public is welcome to attend. HCC board plans executive meeting nounced a closed meeting of the officers and the board for May 19 at 6 p.m. The stated purpose of the meeting is to discuss the possible resignation of HCC secretary Claudia Smythe. Hunter Education Courses to be held June 13th, 15th, 20th and 22nd 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. at Heppner High School With a field day Saturday June 24th at Lexington Gun Club 8am -12 noon Any person under 18 who wishes to hunt must pass this course in order to acquire a hunting license in the State of Oregon. Any person wishing to hunt out of state must also hold a valid Hunter Education Card. The course is being taught by Jim and Darlene Marquardt. Questions, call Jim at 541-969-4845. Registration is online at https:// or.outdoorcentral.us/or/License/Classes The fee for the course is $10 and is set by ODFW