Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Willow Creek Terrace staff
attends training
Willow Creek Terrace
staff attended a local train-
ing held at Heppner City
Hall on Apr. 12. Oregon
Care Partners sponsored the
dementia and Alzheimer’s
training called The Basics:
Memory Loss, Dementia
and Alzheimer’s and Effec-
tive Communication Strat-
egies that was presented
by Matt Gannon of the
Alzheimer’s Association.
This combined training
covered multiple aspects
such as learning to distin-
guish symptoms, helpful
communication techniques
and understanding the im-
portance of non-verbal
communication when in-
teracting with someone
with Alzheimer’s or another
form of dementia.
All Oregon Care Part-
ners classes are free, thanks
to funding from the State of
Oregon and family mem-
bers, and all levels of care-
givers and the public were
welcome.
“It was wonderful to
have such a training avail-
able closer to our region and
I am looking forward to par-
ticipating in more to come,”
stated George Nairns, Wil-
Pictured: Samara Fisher, Instructor Matt Gannon, Sue Baker
and George Nairns. -Contributed photo.
low Creek Terrace Assisted
Living Facility adminis-
trator. Further informa-
tion, resources and support
are available through the
Alzheimer’s Association
by telephone or online by
contacting 800-272-3900
or alz.org
In addition, Willow
- THREE
Sheriff’s office to host safety
courses
The Morrow County
Sheriff’s Office will host
a safety event and a BMX
show featuring Robert Cas-
tillo’s BMX freestyle team
at the Morrow County Pub-
lic Works department on
Highway 74 in Lexington at
1 p.m. on May 5 and again
at Riverside high school in
Boardman at 4 p.m.
The event will also in-
clude a bicycle raffle, free
helmets and fittings, a bike
safety course and boating,
four-wheeler and fire safety.
Participants for the bike
safety course are asked to
bring their bike.
The public is invited
to this free event. Hot dogs
and beverages will be avail-
able.
Creek Terrace will be hold-
ing an event “Rocking the
Longest Day” on Thursday,
June 21 to raise awareness
and support for advancing
research on dementia and
Alzheimer’s. The Longest
The Neighborhood Center, 441 N Main St. in Heppner, will be holding a bag sale
Day is all about love: love
for those affected by de- on May 2 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. to raise funds to purchase food for the pantry.
Shoppers are invited to fill a brown bag with clothing, shoes and books for only
mentia & Alzheimer’s.
$15. All other merchandise will be 50 percent off.
For additional information call 541-676-5024.
Bag sale to be held May 2
Heppner track hosts Mustang
Invitational
Heppner track athletes
hosted the Mustang Invita-
tional on Tuesday, Apr. 17.
With very windy condi-
tions, very few improved
their personal record times,
but still dominated the field.
The men’s’ team earned an
impressive 315 points as a
team, winning the day. The
women’s team, with only
seven athletes, earned 102
points, coming in a close
second to Stanfield with
108 points. After battling
the wind, the team was
ready to head to Gresham
on the 21 st to compete at
the elite Centennial Invi-
tational.
Competing against
mainly 5A and 6A schools,
Heppner athletes excelled
in their events. Carson
Brosnan started the day
throwing the javelin 126’1”
to win his flight. Alison
Cecil threw the javelin
74’10” for a personal record
distance. Alex Lindsay
jumped 18’10” in the long
jump, and earned fourth
place in the triple jump with
an impressive, and personal
record jump of 41’10”.
Derek Howard took second
in a strong field of shot put-
ters, throwing his season
best distance of 49’2”.
Madelyn Nichols start-
ed the running events in the
1500m, pushing herself to a
high school personal record
time of 5:31.94. Nichols
again fought in the 800m
run, finishing in 2:36.24.
Trevor Antonucci took the
leaders of his heat of 1500m
runners by surprise as he
focused on his own race
and nearly caught them in
the home stretch. Antonucci
improved his time in the
1500m by 4.5 seconds and
the 3000m by 34 seconds.
Makayla Silvia ran 14.1
seconds in the 100m dash,
competing against some
of the best sprinters in the
state. Mason Lehman ran
a strong 400, improving
his personal record time,
and ran the 200m dash
alongside teammate Jayden
Wilson. Lehman ran 25.5,
and Wilson ran 24.8. Hunter
Nichols qualified to run in
the evening races for the
1500m and 800m runs,
elite events that are exciting
to watch. Nichols cruised
through the 1500m race in
4:14.58 and survived a bat-
tling 800m race, running
close to his 2:00.6 minute
record time.
The men’s 4x400 re-
lay team finished the meet
with an adrenaline spik-
ing race that places them
at the top of the 2A state
rankings. Although their
heat only had two teams,
Heppner and Wilson, they
finished fifth amongst the
nine 5A and 6A teams. Alex
Lindsay started the race,
pulling ahead in the last
few meters of the first leg.
Jayden Wilson strode out to
continue the battle, holding
off the Wilson competitor
before handing the baton to
Mason Lehman. Lehman,
determined to hand off the
baton first, never allowed
Heppner men’s 4 x 400 m relay team celebrates an impressive race at Centennial high
school on Saturday. -Contributed photo.
the runner next to him gain
an advantage and Hunter
Nichols ran the last lap with
such ferocity everyone on
the sidelines cheered for
him. Heppner crossed the
finish line first, with the
final time of 3:36.6, the
fastest time in the 2A state
rankings.
For full results of the
FREE to the Public
MORROW COUNTY SHERIFFS
OFFICE PRESENTS
Robert Castillo's
BMX Freestyle Team
Bicycle give Away- Free Helmets
Bring your Bike for the Bike Safety Course
Boating safety - 4 wheeler safety- Fire safety
Saturday May 5th
I:00pm
MC Public Works
365 West Highway 74
Lexington, OR 97839
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rankings, and state rank-
ings, please visit athletic.
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High School page.