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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 26, 2022 -- SEVEN Good News Only By Doris Brosnan Reporting another wonderful act of kindness is a great way to begin this column. An unidentified woman who expected noth- ing in return recently gave a warm hat to someone often seen in the cold weather without a head covering. Nancy Gochnauer plans to move to Missouri in a few months, returning to her roots, where a broth- er and some other family members still live. Yester- day, an open house at the St. Pat’s Senior Center honored Nancy, who has served as manager for several years. Anyone who didn’t get to the gathering can still brighten Nancy’s days with best wishes until she leaves in the spring. Kudos to Charlie Nel- son, who has drawn atten- tion to the large problem of debris along Willow Creek by the bridge that goes to the grade school. This same concern was recently voiced by someone else to a person who might have some influence on clean- up efforts. The good news is that we all can help with community clean up, sim- ply by picking up “stuff” and putting it in receptacles, and almost two months should be ample time for sprucing up before compa- ny comes for our Wee Bit O’ Ireland celebration in March. Congratulations to Morgan Correa. Morgan has graduated from EOU with a bachelor’s degree and has been accepted into the master’s-of-sci- ence-in-accountancy pro- gram at Boise State Univer- sity. Morgan, the daughter of Mike and Christy Correa and granddaughter of Don and Jan Stroeber, will head for Boise next fall. A report from last Tues- day’s BB games: Absolute- ly great sounds from the pep band filled the HHS gymna- sium at just the right times. The trombones, clarinets, trumpet, piccolo (flute?) and drums blended with just the right variety at just the right times to pump up the spectators and players. These performers know their stuff. Impressive. Remember my No- vember report on a Salem visit that included seeing a granddaughter in her first participation in a stage production at West Sa- lem High School, where she is a sophomore? (I know, silly question. Of course, you do.) Well, I predicted that she would be on stage again. Amy just called to report that she has the part of Balthazar for the spring production of Shakespeare’s “Comedy of Errors”. Even if you share on the internet, you can reach another large group of read- ers near and far by con- tributing to “Good News Only.” We have heard from readers as far away as Texas and California, Washington and Idaho. Feels good to smile or laugh with others. Send your tidbits to dbros- nan123@gmail.com or call 541-676-5382 or 541-223- 1490. Thank you to our con- tributors this week. Here’s hoping that some good news comes to everyone reading this. ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. Eastern Oregon University Foundation offers wide range of scholarships The Eastern Oregon University Foundation has supported EOU students and programs since 1964, and its scholarship offer- ings for 2022-23 are open through Feb. 1. Students may submit a single online application to be considered for over 110 scholarships, including 11 new funds for the current academic year. The EOU Foundation awarded more than $780,000 in schol- arships, benefitting 325 students last year. Some highlighted list- ings include the Frank and Chloe Pearson Scholarship, the Gerald Young Memorial Scholarship, Kathleen Gal- loway Scholarship, and the Lund Last Lap Scholarship. The Frank and Chloe Pearson Scholarship offers $5,000 to a full-time un- dergraduate student attend- ing the La Grande campus in-person or to a Master of Business Administra- tion student with at least 45 credit hours and 3.0 GPA. The scholarship was first established in 2016 by Frank and Chloe Pearson with the goal of assisting business undergraduates. The Gerald Young Me- morial Scholarship aims to assist full-time, on-campus or onsite students from Union or Wallowa counties who are studying math or science. The renewable endowment was established in 2009 by the family of late long-time faculty member, Gerald E. Young with the goal of impacting the lives of EOU students. The Kathleen Gallo- way Memorial Scholarship presents $1,400 to sopho- more or junior art majors selected by the Nightingale Gallery spring art show judges. The scholarship was established in 2009 in hon- or of the late professor of printmaking and drawing, Kathleen Galloway. The Lund Last Lap Scholarship offers a renew- able $1,500 yearly award to online undergraduate students living in eastern Oregon, who have applied for graduation. The schol- arship was first endowed in December 2020 by the Lund Family. The online application is open now at eou.edu/ foundation/application and closes at 11:59 p.m. on Feb. 1. Contact the EOU Foun- dation at foundation@eou. edu with any questions. Currin named to honor roll at MSU Jacee Currin, Heppner, was named to the 2021 fall semester honor roll at Montana State University, Bozeman, MT. A total of 5,263 un- dergraduates have been named to the university’s two honor rolls for the 2021 fall semester. Students must complete a minimum of 12 credit hours to be on either the President’s List (4.0 GPA) or Dean’s List (3.5 GPA or higher). There were 1,542 stu- dents with a perfect 4.0 grade point average and 3,721 students earning grade point averages of 3.5 or above for the semester.
