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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 20, 2019 -- SEVEN Eastern Oregon students explore tech at annual expo More than 100 students from eastern Oregon school districts attended the IMESD Tech Expo at EOU on March 7. More than 100 students from school districts across eastern Oregon gathered in La Grande om March 7 for the annual InterMoun- tain Education District (IMESD) Tech Expo. The Tech Expo is organized by the IMESD and is free to students of the agency’s component school districts. The nine districts who at- tended were: Echo, Imbler, La Grande, Morrow Coun- ty, North Powder, Stanfield, Ukiah, Umatilla and Union. The eighth through twelfth graders were or- ganized into teams who traveled around together to multiple sessions through- out the day. Topics includ- ed 3D animation, coding, cyber security, e-commerce web development, com- puter building, robots and more. Many of the ses- sions offered interactive and hands-on opportunities. Students could also go on an EOU campus tour and attend a college and career fair to explore the poten- tial for technology-related careers. “Even though inclem- ent weather impacted our attendance from some dis- Grand Marshal honored with a song tricts, all our participants had a great day,” said Karen Smelser, expo coordinator. “At each session I attended, I got to see the interest and fun students were having. This was a wonderful effort by our IMESD team that re- sulted in another successful tech expo,” Smelser said. 4-H group holds first meeting By Hunter Houck The first Grow ‘Em and Show ‘Em 4-H club meeting of 2019 was held Sunday, March 10 at the Heppner NRCS building. The meeting began with Kacee Lathrop providing a brief overview of what each meeting would consist of and informing club mem- bers of the importance of record books. Andrea Nelson led the group of club members and parents in two icebreakers to get the ball rolling for the meeting, where she asked everyone to find a group and answer a few questions. Keegan Gibbs arrived to help lead the club in of- ficer elections. The elected officers are president, Cami Van Arsdale; vice president, Brock Hisler; secretary/ treasurer, Adan Lathrop; Front row: Tripp Stewart, Brooklyn Hendricks, Healy Hisler, Avree Lathrop and Reese Houck. Back row: Jake Lentz, Aden Lathrop, Hunter Houck, Lita Nelson and Hallee Hisler. -Photo by Jennifer Wilson. reporter, Hunter Houck and sentinel, Avree Lathrop. Activities scheduled for the club members were setting up chairs for an event at the Elks Lodge on March 15 and helping with the St. Patrick’s Welly Toss on March 16. The next meeting will be held April 14 at 3:30 p.m. at the NRCS building. ST. PAT’S WINNERS -Continued from PAGE ONE feet. The Welly Toss had 113 individual participants this year. The winning team in the O’Planky team relay was the Planksters with Brandon Seitz, Wacy Coil, Shane Mascall and Buck Lazinka. The top Bed Race teams were Golden Nug- gets with members Rafael Lopez, Alyssa Palacios and Jake Baier; Les Schwab’s, Richard Hainline, Kellie Nelson and Taylor Disque and Misfits with Tamara Sanfiorenzo, John Nelson and Hunter Greenup. Road Bowling took place on Sunday, with the Road Bowlers team, Nels and Peter Wenberg, taking first with a score of 30. Second place went to You Pick It, Andy Pittard, Wacy Coil, Jared Huddleston and Keenan Jack with a score of 33. Friday movie scheduled Joe Lindsay wrote and performed a song to honor this year’s Grand Marshal, American Legion Heppner Post 87, in the Great Green parade held on Saturday, March 16. The song goes as follows: -Verse I You’ll see them walk down Main street leading the parade, Proudly bearing the colors of the good ole USA. They served our country bravely now they also serve this town, Honoring those that gave up all and are no longer around. -Chorus The Stars and Stripes are flying and freedom’s ring- ing true And straight-ahead Ed is leading the whole crew. The Flag is proudly waving held by those who’ve served their time, The American Legion Veterans march remembering those who’ve died -Verse II Taking reverent care of every flag for everything, The handsome devils of the legion always can be seen. They’ve grown in age and beauty as the years have trickled by And if they move a bit slower now it’s to better see ‘em pass by. -Repeat Chorus -Verse III Now the time has come for us to say our thank you as today The American Legion are Grand Marshals of St. Patrick’s Day. We honor those now living as well as those who’ve died. And you’re sure to see em lead’n the parade no matter the weather outside. Chamber lunch meeting The next lunch meeting of the Heppner Chamber of Commerce will be held Thursday, March 21 at noon in the Heppner city hall conference room. Lisa Pat- rick, Sage Center manager, will give an update on the Sage Center. FFA student, Genevieve Smith, will do a presentation in preparation for the FFA Convention competition to be held next weekend. Lunch will be provided by Bucknum’s for $10 per DEAD- LINE: MON- DAYS AT 5PM person. The menu will be white chicken chili soup with a cheese quesadilla and dessert. RSVP’s are required. The meeting location is accessible to persons with disabilities. A request for an interpreter for the hearing impaired or for other ac- commodations for persons with disabilities should be made at least 48 hours be- fore the meeting to Sheryll Bates at 541-676-5536. The March free Friday movie at All Saints Parish Hall will be shown Friday, March 22 at 7 p.m. This month’s feature is rated PG-13. It tells the story about the challenge and chaos of life in El Salvador, the anticipated location of Hopeful Saints Ministry’s next well-drilling mission in November. For additional infor- The Road Bowlers, Nels and Peter Wenberg took first place mation, contact the church in the Road Bowling event held on Sunday. office at 541-676-9970. Spring break food boxes available Heppner students named to all-con- ference Heppner Honor Society holds fundraiser Eastern Oregon Uni- versity students Patrick Collins and CJ Kindle, both of Heppner, have been named to the 2018 Academ- ic All-Conference Football Team. The EOU team illus- trates excellence, with 31 players selected. Collins is a senior at EOU, studying OSU Ag- riculture. Kindle, a junior, studies Business Adminis- tration. To be eligible for the team, student athletes must be at least a sopho- more in standing, maintain a 3.0 GPA and must be enrolled at the school the previous two semesters. A total of 245 football student-athletes were se- lected from six different schools to be recognized for their success within the classroom. All Saints Episcopal Church in Heppner will be providing gift boxes filled with fresh and canned produce, bread, meat and hygiene supplies for anyone who needs help keeping food on the table during spring break. The boxes are available to anyone, no strings attached and no questions asked. Food boxes may be picked up at the back en- trance of All Saints Epis- copal Church on the corner of Church and Gale on Sunday, March 24 between 2 and 4 p.m. while supplies last. Delivery during those same hours is available for the homebound as well. For delivery or for ad- ditional information call the church office at 541- 676-9970 and leave a de- tailed message with name, address and phone number. The Heppner High School Honor Society re- cently participated a fund- raiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS). The students set a goal to raise $2 per student at Hep- pner Jr/Sr High School or $336. Although they did not meet their goal, they raised $289 to donate to LLS. The honor society has worked with LLS for over five years, participating in Pennies for Patients this year, one of many fund- raising programs LLS has sponsored in their endeavor to create a world without cancer. Since its establishment in 1949, the LLS has be- come the largest nonprof- it health organization in the world, investing over 1.2 billion dollars wholly dedicated to providing the funding for blood cancer re- search, patient services and education. They are leaders in furthering medical ad- vances in genomics, immu- notherapy and personalized medicine; research that saves lives. For over half a century, the mission of the LLS has remained the same, “Cure leukemia, lym- phoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.” Business Card Printing The Heppner Gazette Times 188 W. Willow Heppner (541) 676-9228 david@ rapidserve.net or Come in today! ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M.
