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A12 Sports/Outdoors wallowa.com May 6, 2015 Great weather, teams for plowing bee tious show schedule from spring to fall. “I’ve got to have something to do,” said the 73-year-old. “I’ve been plowing since January this year. If I’m not out plowing I’ll sit down and eat till I’m 400 pounds.” He didn’t get the chance to gain weight this week- end, despite the great Dutch Oven and barbecue meals prepared by Kerry and Do- neva Bolen. Carlson found the ground uneven in consisten- cy and was putting in some hard work Saturday morning keeping the plow on track. At the end of a furrow he tipped the plow over and opened a bottle of water. “I had to take a break,” he said. “I can see why those old boys only lived to be 35 or 40.” He was pleased when an interested youngster showed up to learn the art. On Sun- day he lent his team to Avey Van Doozer, 17, of Joseph. Avey tickled them all when she kicked off her shoes and prepared to plow barefoot. “She did real good,” said Larry Waters. By Kathleen Ellyn Wallowa County Chieftain Teamsters came from En- terprise, Joseph, Haines, Ir- rigon and Hermiston for the 17th Lee Scott Memorial Plowing Bee at Juanita and Larry Waters’ farm east of Joseph. Both days, May 2 and 3, were sunshiny and bright and drivers and spec- tators alike were able to en- joy the event without having to run to cars to warm up. They only got about an acre or so plowed and disced, said Larry Waters, but a good time was had by all. Teamsters come from a variety of backgrounds. Holly and Jim Akenson of Enterprise started out man- aging a research station in the Frank Church River of No Return area for the Uni- versity of Idaho and began using mules to put up hay for all of the animals. Now that they’re in Wal- lowa County they do some contract work for wildlife biologists and are talking with the Forest Service about trail maintenance. Wallowa County Chieftain Home golf tourney a warmup for district By Rich Rautenstrauch Wallowa County Chieftain One of the fastest growing sports in Oregon will be put on display this coming Fri- day when the Enterprise and Wallowa high school golfers come home to play at Alpine Meadows Golf Course, site of the Enterprise Invitational. Five days of golf are in store for most of the kids beginning Friday and end- ing on Tuesday with district play. The Wallowa kids will have Saturday off before traveling to Pendleton. En- terprise players will mean- while be hosting the annual Kathleen Ellyn/Chieftain high school golf fundraising Bill Meyers, of Hermiston, drives his big Belgian team Call, 16, and Gus, 16, at the 17th Lee “Four for Fore” tournament, Scott Memorial Plowing Bee. on Saturday. Friday will mark the end of regular season play for They use their mules for ev- Annie, to train and got her er, fresh off winning the title both teams. In high school erything: plowing, riding and hooked up to plow on Sunday. of “Best Working Team” out golf, all teams and individ- packing. Lee Carlson of Hermis- of 21 teams at the April 11 ual players from the Special This year they brought ton brought his team of small McMinnville Farm Fest. District 3 league will go into along a young molly mule, PDUHVD)MRUGDQGD+DÀLQJ- Carlson keeps an ambi- district play (unlike volley- ball or basketball, where four leading teams make it Ashley Starner-Durning is the to district). Golfing scores daughter of Kim and Jeff Durning. that are kept during the reg- She is a sophomore at Wallowa High School and excels in many avenues. ENTERPRISE — Brent deal of in Wallowa County.” ular season serve only as a Ashley is academically driven, pushing guideline for improvement. Wydrinski will be playing No dates are set but the herself to take the challenging classes Both Enterprise and Wal- movies in Enterprise City preliminary list includes: “Ju- and accomplishing a 3.9 GPA. She is lowa will travel to district Park again this summer, rassic Park” (the original); a leader on the court and in the field for play being hosted by the sometime between July and “Groundhog Day”; “The Prin- volleyball and softball. Ashley is Pendleton Country Club, August, having gotten ap- cess Bride”; and “Aladdin.” heavily involved with FFA and is starting Sunday with a prac- proval from city council at its All movies are rated PG currently the Junior Advisor. She has tice round. On Monday, regular April 13 meeting. except Jurassic Park which is been elected as the chapter secretary for May 11, district play begins Movies in the Park is free rated PG-13. next year. Ashley is an exceptional in earnest. Two rounds and and will feature blockbust- It’s a shoestring endeav- student, athlete and a kind and generous Ashley two days are in store for the ers that came out “before or; Wydrinski purchased his Starner-Durning person. Wallowa High School is proud that she is a Cougar! kids with scores from both anyone under the age of 18 projector for 25 cents at the Wallowa High School days being totaled (into one was born,” Wydrinski said. Soroptimist Thrift Shop and Wydrinski score) to move on to state “They are movies that lots movies are played against a of people watched and liked, sheet draped on the tennis think it would be fun if some- competition. Four teams but haven’t seen in a long court fence. body brought a microwave,” from the district will move time, and younger kids have The event developed or- Wydrinski said. “We could on to state play. Individuals probably heard of them, but ganically. “I was playing plug it in, and people could can also qualify. The Student of the Week is chosen for Friday’s Alpine Mead- maybe haven’t seen them. So movies on the side of my bring bags of microwavable academic achievement and community ows tourney is a warm-up in my mind, it’s a great way house, and people kept stop- popcorn.” involvement. Students are selected to bridge some generational ping by, or in the street to The showings start at dusk for district and both coach- by the administrators of their respective schools. gaps, which we have a great watch. And I realized I should — exact times to be posted es, Mike Crawford from probably take the idea to city later. The public restrooms Enterprise and Wallowa’s council to play movies in the are open, and folks can bring Marvin Gibbs, are glad for park,” Wydrinski said. snacks and non-alcoholic bev- the travel time respite. Both Residents wanting to con- erages. Blankets and chairs also agreed the kids like tribute to the success of this DUH GH¿QLWHO\ UHFRPPHQGHG coming home too. With last week’s Buffalo family friendly endeavor are Wydrinski said. “The screen invited to give or lend a blow- is super low. But we will be Peak tourney in the books up-outdoor screen, a folding clearing a path in the middle it appears the match-up for the county teams is going table, and a microwave. “I so nobody blocks the light.” to be a good one. Last week in Union on the boys’ side, the Enterprise team tallied a score of 370 with the Wal- lowa boys shooting a 378. The Enterprise girls’ team is coming along and will compete Friday, but Wal- lowa only has one girl on its team. Pairings for the invita- tional are not set for Fri- day’s tourney, but as ex- plained by the coaches, number one golfers will make up a group of four and shoot together, as will the number two golfers and down the line. The Four for Fore tour- nament scheduled for Sat- urday will feature the Olds- mobile Scoring Method and each hole will be sponsored #"! "! """" by local businesses with #"""" " """! 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