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