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Track teams look fore ward to
competitive season
After five weeks of training
and conditioning, the Heppner
High School track tams are
eaRerly looking forward to a
competitive season. The first
track meet is scheduled for
Tuesday, Mar. 29, at Pendle
ton, starting at 4 p.m.
"This should prove to be a
most interesting season for
miS." said Head Coach Dale
Conklin, "especially for the
girls team."
The Heppner girls were
runners-np at Inst year's Dis
trict 7-A meet, only six points
behind first place Wahtonka.
There were eight girls on that
teHm with six of them return
ing this spring to lead a
14-member squad.
Iost from last year are
Mary Kincaid who graduated
and Diane Garrett who
moved. Everyone else re
turns, providing experience in
most of the events,
"Our strength will be in the
running events," said Conklin,
' "because that is where we
have the greatest amount of
experience. And, we have
some good newcomers that
should provide depth and fill
in some weaknesses from last
year."
The boys, on the other hand,
ure short in number and ex
perience, but there is talent
and enthusiasm, Conklin said.
Ten have turned out with three
returning letterrnen.
The Mustangs are led by
Wesley Marlatt, a three-year
senior letterman, who should
te one of the top discus and
shot put throwers in the dis
trict The other returrces are
juniors Greg Orr in the Jump
ing events and John Moyer, a
sunnier who did not partici
Local women win prize money in bowling
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Heppner entrants won a big
share of the Hermiston
Women's Bowling Association
City Tournament's $1,792
prize money awarded , after
five days of competition which
ended on Sunday, Mar. 13, at
Heppner Bowl.
Six of the seven Class A
team winners and their prize
money are: Coast -to-Coast,
$t8 50; Morrow County Grain
Growers, No. Two, $80.50;
Peterson's Jewelers, $7150;
Kinzua, $G3.; Sidewinders.
$53.50; and B P.O.E. No. 358.
$45 00.
Top Class B teams from
Heppner and their prize
money are: Columbia Basin
Electric Co-op. $85.; Ray
Boyie Insurance, $72; and
Bucknum's Tavern, $58 50.
Winners of prize money in
the Singles Class A division
were: $43.00, Brenda Gilbert;
$35 50 Dee Tresner; $31, Millie
Hanna; $27.80, Sherri Steg
ner; $23.50, Mabel Heath;
$19 no, Linda Schultz; and
$H() each to Debbie Myers and
June Bellenbrock who tied.
There were 32 winners in the
Singles Class B division and
the top five were: LaRae
Kindle, $36; Connie Padberg,
$19; Wilma Powell. $26.50;
Rhonda Whipple, $23.50; and
Marily Childers. $21.50. That
entire class's money prizes
totaled $480.80.
Fourteen women partici
pated in the Doubles Class A
and shared in its $196 prize
money. The top three teams
were IxiKayne Bowman-Millie
Hanna, $43.25; Elaine Martin
Brenda Gilbert, $35; Pat
Rock Betty Bethel, $31.25.
Seventeen pairs of women
divided the $235.20 awarded
the Doubles Class B. The top
three teams were: Linda
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pate last year but lettered as a
freshman. The only other
senior is Craig Miles, running
at middle distance in his first
year of track.
The boys will be relying
heavily upon Junior transfer
John Martin to score in the
distance races. Martin sat out
Inst year with an illness but
ran for McKenrie High School
as a freshman.
Rob Borst is the lone
sophomore on the roster and
will be running distance races
as will freshmen Greg Jones
and Jerry Anderson.
Two other freshmen will
contribute greatly to the team.
Alex Lindsay will be running
sprints and long jumping and
Chris McLaughlin will parti
cipate in hurdling, an area
HI IS has been lacking in for
several years.
Seven previous letter win
ners will be leading the girls
three of them seniors and four
sophomores.
Anne Murray and Sherry
Clement should both provide
talent and experience in the
throwing events. Murray
placed in two events last year
at district and Clement let
tered as a freshman. Lisa
Wilson provides depth in the
distance races. Joanna Bown,
an American Field Service
exchange studsent from South
Africa, will be relied upon in
the sprints. All are seniors.
The lone junior girl is Ma
linda Eubanks who will be
involved in throwing events.
The four returning sopho
mores are Pam Orr, Janelle
McElhany, Jodi Padberg and
Stephanie Payne. All scored
heavily in last year's district
meet and earned experience
Jones-Susan Johnston, $32 95;
Bobbi Childers Bonnie Pal
mateer. $28 25; Rhonda Britt
Janette Skow. $23.50.
In the All Events Classifica
tion the 42 entrants divided
$209 with the top three winners
being Sandy Bennett, $16.50;
Pat Lankford. $13 25; and
Winona Yeigh, $12.
Pat Rebman. Hermiston,
the secretary of the Hermiston
Women's Bowling Association
to which the Heppner women
bowlers belong, stated that the
city tournament was the lar
gest in the association's his
tory. Her records Bhow that
200 individual women partici
pated, bowling a total of 731
games.
Rebman explained that the
winners in the different clas
ses gain money prizes and
trophies which are paid for
from tournament entry fees.
Teams participating pay a $35
entry; doubles pay $14 and
singles pay $7. In this 1983
tournament. 51 teams entered
- 32 from Hermiston and 19
from Heppner. There were 119
women entered in doubles and
2.18 entered in singles. All of
these women needed to belong
to city, state and national
associations in order to parti
cipate in this tournament. Af
ter this city tournament, out
standing women may go on to
state and national tourna
ments. The Oregon Sate Tour
nament will begin in Roseburg
on April 15, she said.
In addition to the standard
tournament trophies and
money prizes, many special
prizes were donated by local
merchants and firms for var
ious aspects of the tournament
here. These prizes created
additional interest among the
entries and from spectators.
Merchants who generously
contributed the special
at the Class A state meet.
Orr provides speed for the
relay teams and hurdles as
does McElhany; Padberg
very well could be the top
distance runner in the district
and Payne Is the speedster on
the team, coming very close to
qualifying for the finals of the
100 meter dash at state.
Tiffany Lawson will be
counted on to add points in the
sprints and relays as will
Nancy Martin in the Jumps
and middle distances. Both
are sophomores. Martin is a
transfer from McKenzie High
School.
Freshmen expected to con
tribute are Kim Wright in the
hurdles, Lana Reid in the
middle distances and Katrina
Johnston in the sprints and
throwing events.
"We are going to be a
goal-oriented team this year,"
said coach Conklin. "We have
asked every athlete to set a
goal this year and obtain it.
This might mean some ad
justments through the season,
but. we need to have some
thing to shoot for."
Conklin added that the girls
as a team are shooting for the
District 7-A championship.
"We have a real good chance
at it and the Heppner girls
have never won a district
championship in any sport. If
we don't get it. so be it. But we
are after being number one in
the district."
Assistant track coach for
the Mustangs is Ralph Schu
bothe. Following the Tuesday
opening competition. Heppner
travels to the Condon Invita
tional on Saturday, April 2.
This meet begins at 11 a.m.
awards included: Bank of
Eastern Oregon, Murrays
Rexall Drugs. Western Heri
tage. Federal Savings and
Loan Association, The Wagon
Wheel Cafe and Lounge. Win
ter. Sweeney and Doherty,
Cal's Arco, Pendleton Bottling
Co.. Coast to Coast. Peterson's
Jewelers, Cole's House of
Fashion and Posy Patch,,
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Local man mukes run trophies
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John Shaw of Heppner, displays two of the four plaque
trophies he made that will be awarded after the Rolling Hills
Run April 10.
The plaques will be presented to the winners of a men's and
women's 10 kilometer race and also to the oldest and
youngest overall participants.
4-H leaders
Volunteer 4-H leaders from
Morrow County are among
those newly appointed to state
4-H development committees,
according to John Nordheim,
Oregon State University ex
tenxion agent.
They join more than 200
other volunteer leaders, Ex
tension agents and specialists
and other members of theOSU
faculty on 15 different com
mittees. There is a developmental
committee for nearly every
major area of 4-H, points out
Duane Johnson, acting state
4-H leader. Committees meet
regularly to review 4-H
projects and programs. They
may recommend changes to
the state 4-H staff if they see
materials or activities which
need to be up-dated or added.
Pettyjohn's Farm and Build
ers Supply. Country Shears,
Devin Oil Company, Ron
McDonald Chevrolet, Donna's
Beauty Shop, S & J Market,
Gardner's Men's Wear, Sears, ,
Hutch's Printing, Shoe Box,
LeBush Shoppe, Trish's Beau
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Lott's Electric, Turner, Van
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appointed to
he said.
Monica Swanson of lone is a
new member of the interna
tional programs development
committee. The committee is
concerned with such projects
as the International 4-H Youth
Exchange and the 4-H-Labo
Japanese exchange. Swanson
is a former I.F.Y.E.
Jan Evans of Irrigon has
joined the 4-H creative arts
development committee. The
committee reviews such 4-H
projects as tole painting, art,
painting, puppetry and fiber
arts.
Bill Broderick, also of lone,
is a new member of the
livestock development
committee which deals with
4-H beef, and dairy projects.
Carol Wade. Hermiston, has
joined the small animal com
tourney
Marter & Bryant Ins., V 4 G
Tavern, Morrow County Grain
Growers and Bucknum's Tav
ern. Rebman says that because
the tournament was so suc
cessful and enjoyable at the
Heppner Bowl "the associ
ation will definitely come here
again."
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Gooseberry
Livestock
Club meets
By NANCE WRIGHT
The Gooseberry Livestock
4-H Club held a meeting Sun
day. Mar. 13. at the William
Rill residence.
The club is going to pur
chase a Garden rake and
wheelbarrow which will be
used at the fair for cleanup.
The club decided to plan to
go on a tour to Hill Meat Co.
and the Pendleton Woolen
Mills sometime after school is
out in June.
At the meeting we also
watched a slide show on fitting
and showing sheep.
The next meeting will be
hleld April 9, after a beef
judging contest at the fair
grounds.
committees
mittee dealing with projects
that include rabbits and
guinea pigs.
Robert Cooper of Boar dm an
is a new member of the 4-H
natural science development
committee which deals with
projects such as forestry, en
tomology and geology.
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According to the college,
Swanson was a team starter
for four years at the college
and has led the team in
scoring during her second and
third years at the college,
averaging 13.1 and 14.0 points
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