Seven Boys and a Girl Qualify for State Track Meet
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IIKIM'NKK OHi:. GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, May 17. 1973
Mustangs End Season with Split
Relay Tram Minus 1
Wade Padberg. 440 & mile relay. Mike Bergstrom and Dave
Mcl eod, mile relay. Jim McLachan is the other member of the
mile relay team.
The Mustangs stymied Sher
man County's bid for an
unbeaten league season by
splitting Friday's doublehead
er. The Hu.skies won Ihe first
game 8 - 2, but Heppner bounced
back for a 1 0 in the second
contest.
John Boyer led the Mustangs
win by allowing only two hits
from the mound and scoring the
Little League
Standings
In the games played on May
14 the Giants topped the
Dodgers 10 5 and the Indians
lost to the Braves 5-11.
The Dodgers and Indians w ill
make up last week's postponed
game today. May 17, at 6p.m. in
lone.
Standings
Won Lost
Dodgers 0 2
Giants
Braves
Indians
winning run. Boyer doubled In
the fourth, and look third on a
fielders choice. A long sacrifice
fly by Dale Hedman drove
Boyer in, thus clinching the win.
The first game was nontypi
cal for the Mustangs as they
committed nine costly errors,
though losing pitcher Jerry
Gentry did his part by striking
nut 12 Huskies.
The doubleheader lifted the
Mustang's final number of wins
for the season to ten compared
with 7 losses. Their league
record was 6 3 good for second
place.
lono Four
To Stato Hoot
Four Iws from lone qualified
for the Stale Track Meet In
Pleasant Hill, May IH 19. They
are Donal MeCarly, ' Kent
(iulierrP7. Dave Warren and
I'Mil Carlson.
MeCttrty won the long jump at
19-2. lied for third in high jump
at 510" and second in 220 with a
22 clocking.
Kent Gutierrez second in
broad jump, 19'''.
Dave Warren won high jump
al ('.' and placed second in 880
yard run with a time of 2:07.2.
Phil Carlson tied for second In
high jump, a 5'10" leap and
second in 1K0 yard low hurdles
with a 21. .1 clocking.
Boardman's Sieve Kauffman
placed fifth in 220 yard dash
with a 2.1.2 time, just at the stale
qualifying time. So he enters
slate competition next week.
Athletic Awards flight
Continued From I'g. I
Trark
Coach Dale Conklin presented
JV awards lo Kyle Buschke,
Greg Clow. Steve Malcom. Jim
Marquardt, Dan Marshall, Dale
Munkersand Bill Van Schoiack.
VMrnil v Track
Coach Chuck Slarr presented
letters and awards to the
members of Ihe Varsity Track
team. They were Mike Berg
strom, Jim McLachlan out-
and Barry Munkers. Letters
were also presented lo Bill
Jcpscn, Dale Hedman, Doug
Gunderson, Gary Hunt and
Mike Mills. Certificates went to
Cliff Harris. David Campbell.
Dave McLachlan. Mark Cuts
forth, Robert Kckman and
Mrry CJroce.
Invitation
Conch Naffziger said that
special recognition was being
standing Senior award, Dave given in the winter and soring
McLeod outstanding Sopho- sports for "most Improved
more award, Luke I'adberg player", "outstanding Fresh
outstanding Junior Award, man player" etc. similar to
Wade Padberg oulstanding those given in football. Football
Frosh award and Trackman of plaques are in the trophy case
the Year award, Paul Van with players names engraved
Marter, Tom Wolff, Jerry on them. He suggested that
Gentry, Karl Harrison, Clayton anyone wishing to provide
Girls Summer
Baseball Gets Go Ahead
The District Track Meet for
the Columbia Basin Conference
was held at Condon last
Saturday, and Heppner placed
third. Umatilla won the meet
with 137 points. Condon edged
Heppner with 86 points, Hepp
ner had &5 points, McKwen 60
points, Sherman 48 points.
Wasco County 47 points, and
Pilot Rock 31 points.
Seven Heppner boys qualified
for the State Track Meet at
Pleasant Hill this Friday and
Saturday. May 18 and 19 Luke
Padberg will compete in the
mile and two mile; Wade
Padberg will compete in the 440
yard dash and mile relay; Tom
Wolff will compete in the 880;
Jerry Gentry will compete in
the javelin; Mike Bergstrom.
Jim McLachlan, and Dave
McLeod will join Wade Padberg
in the mile relav.
' Gentry threw the javelin
153'8'i". L. Padberg 2 mile time
was 10:58, a comfortable 6-sec-ond
margin over the runners-up
from Condon. His time in the
mile run was 4:56.7. Freshman
W. Padberg was timed in 53.2, .4
of a second behind Hoffman of
Condon. In probably the best
race of the day, he won the
half-mile run in 2:10.1 with
Meinhart of McEwen just
nipping Wolff for second as both
were clocked at 2:10.3. Mile
relay team was second in 3:45.2.
In addition to the boys
mentioned above, Heppner got
important scoring perform
ances from Karl Harrison in the
sprints and long jump, John
Kilkenny in the 440 and 220, and
Clayton Wilson in the 100 yard
dash.
Failing to score, but complet
ing the season for the team were
Jim Marquardt in the mile run;
Paul Van Marter in the 880; Dan
Marshall, Kyle Buschke. Steve
Malcom, Greg Clow, Bill Van
Schoiack and Dale Munkers in
the weight events.
SI S.W HEALY TO STATE
Susan Healy tied for high
jump with Helix at the District
meet in Condon Sat. to qualify
for State Meet this Friday and
Saturday at Pleasant Hill. Her
score was 5'1". Her best has
been 5'2".
She won the 220 yard
dash at 26.3 to qualify for this
event also.
Susan went to State last year
and took 2nd place in the 220.
At Condon Saturday Heppner
was 5th out of 11 schools. Lori
Dunlap was entered in the high
jump and shot put and Tami
Toll in the 100 yd dash and the
long jump.
Ione's Micki Hoskins was
third in the 100 yard dash with a
11.8 clocking. Mary Pat McElli
gott came in second in the broad
jump with a leap of M'SIV.
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A summer baseball program
for girls has been developed in
Heppner. Three teams formed
2 0 this week still known as Teams
2 0 1,2 and 3 will be named soon.
0 2 Coaches for the teams are Dave
Harrison. Harold Kerr and
Martha Doherty.
Beaver Boys'
State Delegates
The lone American Legion
Post No. 95 at their regular
meeting on April 17, 1973,
selected three Junior boys as
delegates to Beaver Boys State
for 1973. The boys who will be
attending are Phil Carlson,
Kevin Gutierrez and Mark
Rietmann.
Phil, son of Mr. and Mic.
Louis Carlson, has been active
at lone High School in football,
basketball, and track for 3
years, school chorus, was
President of the Letterman's
Club and Vice President of the
student body for the year
1972-73. He is also active in 4-H
and a member of Valby
Lutheran Church and President
of the Luther League.
Kevin, son of Mr. George
Gutierrez and1 Mrs. Helen
Gutierrez, is a member of the
high school band and chorus. He
has been active in football and
baseball for 3 years, is a
member of St. Williams Catho
lic Church and Willows Grange.
Girls who may play are those
in grades four to eight. A slow
pitch type of ball is used. There
are 10 players on a team.
Practices will be held for Ihe
next two weeks. The girls will
use the Grade School field.
The first game has been
scheduled for May 29 at 6 p.m.
They play 5 innings or until 8
o'clock which ever comes first.
There will be two games each
week on Tuesdays and Thurs
days. Team I
Coach Dave Harrison. Girls:
Debbie Holland, Dianne Hol
land, Neilla Frederick, Julie
Malcom, Sonja Biddle, Lorene
Frederick, Laurie Malcom,
Kathy Kenny, Cindy Kerr,
Frances Peck.
Alta Estes, Jackie Mollahan,
Valerie Bollander, Deanna
Connor, Kim Bolander, Sandi
Hudson.
Kim Bolander, Sandi Hudson.
Team 2
Harold Kerr coach. Team
members: Konnie Bade, Sheree
Marquardt, Debbie Marquardt,
Ruth Ann Keithley, Geri Grieb,
Suzanne Keithley.
Linda Keithley, Tina
Schmidt, Laurel Harrison, Nola
Steers. Jackie Gentry, Kathy
Wolff.
Susan Rood, Glenda Jessmer,
Kedee Hamilton, Marilyn
Jessmer.
Team3
Martha Doherty coach. Team
members: Lynne Gochnauer,
Melody Gochnauer, Cindy
Dougherty, Tami Prock, Sharon
McCarl, Barbara Devine.
Alice Abrams, Lou Ann Way,
Nancy Miller, Susan Gray, Lori
Wilson and John Kilkenny.
Golf
Tom Shear voiced his ap
preciation of the usi-of Ihe fine
facilities for golfing provided at
the Willow Creek Country Club.
They won 5 matches and lost 2
until they went to Ontario
Monday for the District compe
tition. Ilere they placed 7th out
of 13 teams with several of them
Double A teams.
Two members of the team
were presented with their first
Varsity letters, Brian Boner
similar plaques for the other
sports could call him.
He also voiced a plea for
improved outdoor facilities for
football, track and baseball
equal to the academic and
indoor sport facilities.
Flnully
As a finale, the seven Seniors
present spoke briefly on what
sports had meant to them. They
were Rick Drake, Jeff Mar
shall, Bill Jcpscn, Jim Mc
Lachhin, Dale Hedman, Greg
Green and Alan MeCabe.
Mark, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Turner. Steohanie Jones 'tw
Rietmann, has been class nie Lynn Arrington, Carolyn
president tor two years, a PJocnarskv j, Laugnljni
member of the student council Kaedene Hollomon.
tor 2 years and Vice-President
of the Letterman's Club. He has
participated in football and
basketball for 3 years, plays in
the high school band, and is
active in the lone United Church
of Christ, currently serving as a
youth delegate to the Oregon
Conference Council. Mark is
active in 4-H and is a member of
the Morrow County Juvenile
Advisory Council.
The 1973 Beaver Boys State is
scheduled for June 10-16 and
will be held at Oregon College of
Education in Monmouth. Two
boys are sponsored by the
American Legion and the third,
by lone businessmen.
8th Graders'
Banquet & Dance
The Heppner 8th graders
banquet will be held on Friday,
May 25, at 6:30 p.m. at the Elks
Club. The 8th grade mothers are
preparing the food and it will be
served by 7th grade girls.
A dance, sponsored by the
Elks Club, will follow the
banquet at 8 p.m Members of
the Soroptimist Club will serve
refreshments at the dance.
The banquet is for 8th graders
exclusively, but 7th graders are
invited to attend the dance.
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Malheur Refuge
Commends Students
Munkers Breaks Own Record
Craig Munkers broke his own
record at the Community Col
lege Athletic Ass'n. track
Championship at Oregon City
last Friday and Saturday. He
ran the high hurdles in 15
seconds flat. He topped his
former record of 13.4 of two
weeks ago. He was 3rd place
winner. Time for 1st place was
14.5 and second place was 14.8.
Craig ran the 440 relay and
the team came in 3rd.
This Saturday he will go to
Lane Community College in
Eugene to compete with the
Regional Eight teams. If he
runs the high hurdles in 14.8, he
can go to the National meet this
summer at Houston, Texas.
Tom Wolff, 8X0 Luke Padberg. mile & two mile.
Heppner High School students
who visited the Malheur Wild
life Refuge April 26-29, have
received recognition from the
refuge management and the
TIMES-HERALD of Burns, for
their work accomplished during
the weekend.
The group, accompanied by
HHS biology instructor Steve
Brownfield, devoted their Fri
day to rehabilitating the Refuge
Display Pond and an island
near headquarters. Students cut
and planted over 300 willow
shoots, 50 rose shoots, and 100
Russian Olive trees for wildlife
food and cover. They also
cleaned debris from Display
Pond islands and shoreline.
LIMITED TIME ONLY Home
steads it Heritages only $5.00.
A letter from the Malheur
National Wildlife Refuge arriv
ed May 7, commending the
group as "outstanding by their
actions, their abilities, and their
enthusiasm"
Lester Roark
Enlists
Lester Roark recently enlist
ed in the US Army Delayed
Entry Program. He will be
leaving for active duty on May
30th for Basic Training at either
Fort Ord. Calif., or Fort
Leonard Wood, Missouri. Ac
cording to his recruiter, SFC
Jerry Schmadeka, Lester en
listed for schooling in Radar
and Microwave Maintenance
and an initial assignment to
Europe. Lester is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Bert F. Roark, PO
Box 453, Lexington, Or.
Eleven Library Science stu
dents and their advisor, Mrs.
Jim Thomson went to Portland
last Wednesday to visit the
Metropolitan Library and the
Oregon Historical Society. Be
cause of its size, the big city
library has many departments
not provided in smaller towns.
The girls were especially inter
ested in seeing the card
catalogue, reference books,
process of micro-filming, maps
and periodicals (they looked
and found the Heppner Gazette
Times at both the Portland City
Library and at the Historical
Society) and the art and music
department. Paintings and
tapes and records are available
on loan from the library.
They also toured the Popular
library of paperbacks and
fiction and the Children's De
partment. One of the girls was
especially interested in the
illustrators of children's books.
Jamie Smith
Joins WACS
Miss Jamie Smith recently
enlisted in the Womens Army
Corps. Jamie enlisted on April
16th and is now in Basic
Training at Fort McClellan,
Alabama. Her recruiter, SFC
Jerry Shmadeka, said Jamie
enlisted for schooling as a
Medical Laboratory Specialist.
She will attend school at Brooke
Army Medical Center at Fort
Sam Houston, Texas. Jamie is a
graduate of Heppner U.S. and is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Smith, PO Box 51,
Heppner, Or.
At The Historical Society
At the Historical Society
museum , they had a guided tour
to enjoy the period rooms,
furnished authentically in the
time of Oregon's history they
were meant to portray. They
saw an old, old film showing
early day threshing practices in
Eastern Oregon .when the
threshing machine was horse
powered,, they, saw early day
shots of the Pendleton Round
Up and of the ferry that used to
ply between Portland and
Vancouver and then the build
ing of the bridge.
Girls going down were Kay
Munkers, Kerry Coppock,
Helen Byrne, Barbara McCarl,
Debbie Yocom, Diane Cox,
Carol Hughes, Michelle Evans,
Sally Winters, Sandra Palmer
and Peggy Schlichting. Leonard
Munkers drove the bus.
MIKE SW EEK GOES ARMY
Michael Sweek recently en
listed in the US Army Delayed
Entry Program. He will be
leaving for active duty on June
1st for Basic Training at either
Fort Ord, Calif., or Fort
Leonard Wood, Missouri. Ac
cording to his recruiter, SFC
Jerry Schmadeka, Mike enlist
ed for schooling as a Pharmacy
Specialist. He will attend the
Pharmacy school at Brooke
Army Medical Center, Fort
Sam Houston, Texas. SGT.
Schmadeka said Mike's initial
assignment will be at Madigan
General Hospital, Fort Lewis,
Wash. Mike is a senior at
Heppner H. S. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Sweek
Box 502, Heppner. Or.