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The Gazette-Times, Heppner. Ore., Thursday, May 12. 1977 FIVE V TV m '-' I ,m- Mustangs at 2-2 Community effort Track project near finish The Heppner High School Track Project, sponsored by the Heppner Lions' Club, is rearing the finishing stages, with curb expected to be added shortly. The project to date has involved more than five months, more than 1,000 loads of fill and countless hours of volunteer labor. Five months ago, John Ed mundson and Dave Harrison approached the Lions' Club about resurfacing the track and enlarging it to 400 meters. Dimensions involved looked easy. The track was 330 yards and needed to be expanded to 400 meters or 437.5 yards as converted. On the southeast end, the track only needed to be extended eighteen yards. On the northwest end, it only needed to be lengthened ten yards, and needed to go into the rock hillside on the south by about five yards. Sounded easy? A preliminary contact was made to see if Dick Wilkinson, long time school interested person, could help by fur nishing a dozer and his huge road construction type Euclid scraper. Wilkinson looked at the rock hillside and the huge bluff on the northwest side of the track and to cut back the hill on the south side was going to really take some equipment and rock moved. Doc Sherer, a sports enthusiast from lone, volunteered help. The County furnished a shovel and Doc operated it three days to move rock to the far ends of the track. Wilkinson was busy leveling the fill and pushing rock down the hill to the shovel. Without "Doc" and "Dick," the project was a no-go. Three trucks hauled about 500 loads from the big shovel. Dick Wilkinson dozed approxi mately 300 yards of dirt off the hill down to the east end of the track. Jim Wishart and Larry Mills were named to help co-chair the project. Jim Phegley was called upon to help. He found tough going on the southeast end of the track, trying to doze out "that hill." The Lions had come to hate the rock hill. One huge rock stuck out into the track and wouldn't budge. Phegley couldn't budge a lot of the rock and blasters from Columbia Basin Electric came in to shoot the rock. Then Pat Patterson came into preliminary grade the track and he brought in a dozer to move much of the rock on r' , .: ' 1 1 .... ;;3':a "that hill." He moved about 150 yards of materials to fill out the track on the northeast corner of the track. Along came Tom Wilson to give a couple hours of loader work and about 20 truck loads of fill to the northeast end of the track. All this time, Elmer Sams and Bill Gentry were "shoot ing levels" to try to keep ahead of the dozers and truck loads of fill. Norm Patterson came in with his road grader to level the track again. Along came Dick Wilkinson again. He brought in his Euclid scraper. Bert Corbin brought his dozer to push the Euclid. There were 150 loads at approximately 10 yards to the load hauled off the top of the hill onto each end of the track. Don McEwen brought in his dozer to help level the fill, Norm Patterson was on the spot to level the fill and rock again. Back came Don McEwen to run Bert Corbin's loader to help load out 30 loads of dirt fill needed on each end of the track and dump it over the bluffs. A Columbia Basin Electric crew came back again to shoot a rock spot off the southwest end of the track. Jim Phegley came back to beautify the hillside by leveling it where Dick Wilkinson had scraped it and then filled in the straight-of-way starting area by push ing in 100 yards of rock and fill. Now it was time for some surfacing material. A base of reject sand was to be added. Plan to attend THE Methodist Lawn fiBfc it Good selection of household items and furniture. if Craft items it Well-started house plants and attractive cemetery pieces. FOOD SALE LUNCH SERVED 77:30 This Columbia Basin Electric I ,-r . There were 50 loads hauled in, mostly from a pit owned by John Preg, located north of Lexington 20 miles. It was a long haul. Norm Patterson was back again to level the material with his grader. Now twenty five rock pickers were called in early on a Sunday morning to help clear rocks off the track surface. Randy Lott came along to run his loader to provide another 20 truck loads of dirt fill for each end of the track. Bill Gentry and Elmer Sams had been back again a couple more times to shoot levels. A homemade drag was rigged up. Neil Parks, John Gochnauer, Dave Harrison, Bill Gentry, Elmer Sams, Jim Wishart, and John Edmund son made hundreds of trips around the track to level and pack it. ' The night before the first home track meet, Jim Wishart was out helping line the lanes. Harrison and Edmundson were there dragging the track and running a packer. Lion President Don Cole feels the project has a value of $35,000 to $40,000 when com pleted. The project is not com pleted. A curb is to be installed and decomposed granite must be hauled in for final surface. Grass must be planted. There is work to do for the com munity; fortunately, the Hep pner Lions are there to do it or help coordinate great com munity effort to see it is done. SATURDAY MAY ON THE LAWN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH & PARSONAGE CHURCH STREET message sponsored by ICd-operative Heppner thinclads take top honors in 8-way meet Mustang thinclads are on their way to taking top honors in Columbia Basin Conference district competition this Fri day and Saturday, predicts Coach Dale Conklin. Conklin made the comment after his Mustangs took first place as a team in an eight-way meet in Pendleton last week, with individuals breaking school records and bettering their own "season's best" marks. "We had one super track meet," said Conklin, "and it kind of upset Pendleton, Pasco and Kennewick when we beat their JV squads." Heppner racked up 128 'i points, followed by Pendleton at 123'2. Pasco finished third at 79, with Kennewick right behind at 78. From there, placings went to Weston-Mc Ewen, Riverside of Board man, Oregon Trail and Pilot Rock. David Allstott and Sieve McLaughlin both broke school records at the meet. Allstott went 42-5'l. in the triple jump to erase the record set by Bryan Marlin, 42-4, earlier this year. McLaughlin was clocked at 44.48 in the 330 intermediate hurdles, shaving some time off the Mustang record of 44.6 set by Bryce Powell earlier this season. Carl C'hristman bettered his javelin toss with a 157-7 mark, enough to finish second in the event. Marty Smith hurled the spear 152-3. a personal best for him and a fourth place finish in the meet. Freshman Jim Parker pui -the shot 41-5 1 2. the best mark he's made so far this year and grabbed a first for the team. Sidelined by illness for most of the season, Richard Schmidt has been out for track about three weeks and went over the bar in the high jump at an even six feet. The sophomore also put in a mark of 40-4 in the triple jump for a fifth place. David Piper logged his best run in the 8i)0-meter with a time of 2:08.67, equivalent of a 2:09 880. Freshman Danny Nix placed fourth in the 1600 meter event with a time of 4:57.3. In terms of a mile run. 21 HEPPNER Sale 10 a.m. BEGINS AT 10 a.m. Delicious Assortment to 1:30 Nix would have been a couple seconds under the five minute mark. Looking ahead The Mustangs travel to Condon Friday for the first day of district, the meet starting at 1 p.m. The second day of competition takes place .Saturday at Pendleton, be ginning at noon. Babe Ruth practice begins May 13 Boys between the ages of 13-15 are urged to meet at the Heppner Rodeo Grounds Sat urday, May 14, at 3 p.m. for the first Babe Ruth baseball practice of the season. Manager Jim Swanson said about 18 youngsters have al ready signed up, but any boy who hasn't may do so at the practice session. "With the turnout we're getting, it looks like we'll School Board sets new limitations on sports activities Action by the Morrow County School Board at its April meeting resulted in approval of an athletic program policy which sots guidelines and limitations for the interschool sports programs at Heppner, lone and Riverside Junior and Senior High Schools. The guidelines for the sports program and the limitations on season length and games in each sport were reviewed and approved by local school staffs and local school advisory committees, Superintendent Matt Doherty said. The action of the Board will result in savings to the school district in reduced costs for transportation, officials, equipment and operation of gymnasium. Also indirect savings will be realized by families through less transporting of their students in private vehicles to and from practices. Overall, the reduction amounts to approximately 10 per cent fewer games and matches next year. League commitments will continue to be met, but non-league contests will be scheduled less frequently in most sports. b a I Babe Ruth i 8 S IN THE ! for JK 1 BOYS 13-15 P- HEPPNER, .ONE j & LEXINGTON AREAS q I 1 FIRST PRACTICE Q SATURDAY, MAY 14 (cW & Jf 1 I 3 p.m. - HEPPNER RODEO GROUNDS f S SIGN UP IF YOU ALREADY HAVEN'T 8 S h FOR INFORMATION Don Cole 676-9425 Jim Bier 676-5322 Jim Swanson 422-7162 THIS MESSEGE SPONSORED BY 8 O HEPPNER IONE 8 MEMBER, FEDERAL DEPOSIT Competing in the district meet will be Sherman, Wasco, Condon, Riverside of Board man, lone, Heppner, Pilot Rock, Umatilla, Oregon Trail, Weston-McEwen, Umapine and Helix. "We've seen some excellent performances this past few weeks and I really think we have a shot at the thing," said Conklin. probably have two Babe Ruth teams from the Heppner, lone and Lexington areas next year," said Swanson. The Babe Ruth program is in its second year in the area. Coaches for this season's team are Dennis Peck and Kim Gutierrez. For more information, boys should call Swanson at 422 7162, Don Cole at 676-9425 or Jim Bier at 676-5322. Baseball " ABIJKGTOlf INSURANCE CORPOHATIOIf With a 2-2 record in Colum bia Basin Conference play, the Heppner Mustangs are look ing for a win when they travel to Wasco County today (Thursday) for a single game. Wasco is also 2-2 in conference play. Last Friday, Dave Allstott shut out Riverside as the Mus tangs rolled to a 12-0 victory. Saturday at Adrian, the Hep pner nine split the bill, losing the first game 8-1 but bounced back to take the nightcap 3-1. Next Tuesday, the Mustangs meet Condon here and Thurs day, Sherman County travels to Heppner for a double header, all games beginning at 4 p.m. ' A big second inning lifted the Mustangs to a 10-0 lead over Riverside and bolstered the slick pitching of Allstott, who allowed only two hits in the five inning game. "That's without a doubt the best game Allstott has thrown and one of the first good games he's had this season," commented Coach Dale Hol land. Carrying the big stick for Heppner was Dale Holland, going three-for-three with singles in the first, third and fourth innings. In the second, Holland took a base on balls. Jim Kenny was the first Mustang on base with a walk, backed up by Holland's single. Allstott, batting cleanup, sac rificed to send the runners STOCK CAR AUTO TRIALS 1:00 SUNDAY Races2:30 A TOP FIELD OF STOCK CARS AND DRIVERS COMPETING IN HI SPEED RACING ACTION 8 RACES PLUS SPECIAL ADDED RACING EVENT 50 LAP FEATURE EVENT UMATILLA MOTOR SPEEDWAY BETWEEN HERMISTON fc UMATILLA ON HIWAT 395 (567-9927) flf Slil III til Court St. SPECIALS FOR FRI. t BEEF CHUCK ROASTS 89,1 BEEF LIVER 39fb. SMOKED PICNICS 69' lb. Lg. 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With one out in the fifth, Thomas made first on an error and back-to-back singles by Kenny and Holland gave the Mustangs a two-run fifth inn ing. In the first game, Kenny picked up a single and Holland grabbed two base hits while Thomas connected for a double. RACES .i a . m-- Market SAT. - MAY 13 & 14 L J 'I 'm Jy fSCi&SCCQiOOaiOCOQOOOGQQQC
