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
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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
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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.”
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