Merchants meet stiff softball competition
Rodeo arena again
topic of meeting
The lleppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, June 30, 1983 FIVE
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The Heppner Merchants' Softball Team:
Back row from left to right: Delbert Binschus, Mark
Pointer, Mark Lovgren, Christy Lovgren (staU), LaVerne
Van Marter, Dallas Hansin, Gary Kemp, George Waterland
and Dave Eckman.
Front row from left to right: Jeff Orr, Ron Bowman, John
Smith. Mike Kowell, Jamie Query, John McCabe and Dan
Mathews.
Midway scored five runs In
the third Inning to pace them
selves past the Heppner Mer
chant 9-7 In a contest held
recently in Hermiston.
The Merchants out hit Mid
way In the game but left too
mnny runners on base. Mid
way scored first with one run
in the first and Jumped ahead
of the Heppner team with a
five-run lead In the third.
George Waterland's double
In the third Inning gave Hep
pner their first run. Waterland
scored as Pointer slugged a
double.
The Merchants struck again
In the fifth as Mike Smith
scored. The sixth inning saw
nine batters hit for the Mer
chants with Ron Bowman,
Delbert Binschus. Mike
Rowell. Mike Smith and
George Waterland crossing
the plate, Dave Eckman's
double aced the five-run inn
ing. The Merchants failed to
score as Midway came up with
three more runs to ice the win.
Mike Rowell and Jamie
Query belted triples to pace
the Merchants 14-10 past
Swain Motors of Hermiston.
The game, which was
plaved in Hermiston, saw
Swain Motors scoring first
with one run In the second
inning. The Merchants rose to
the occasion by collecting five
runs. Gary Kemp started the
inning with a base hit. follow
ed by Mike Smith. Dan Mat
hews. Jamie Query and John
McCabe scoring as John
Smith drove the last run home
on his single.
Swain Motors couldiTt catch
up to the Merchants as they
scored only nine more runs.
Over the Tee Cup
A ladies invitational was
held at Willow Creek Country
Club June 21
Pat Edmundson of Heppner
took low gross honors with a 72
for 18 holes In a ladies invita
tional held June 21 at Willow
Creek Country Club. Marilyn
Seegert of Pendleton with a 47
took low net for 18 holes.
For nine holes. May Oldson
of Meadow Springs won low
gross with a 44 and Lorena
Jones of Heppner took low net
with a 23.5.
Other W C.C.C. golfers play
ing M holes were: Bev Gun
derson. 76. low gross; Eileen
Padberg. 47. low net ; Muriel
Palmer 54; and Sharon Harri
son 55.
Local ladies playing nine
holes were: Suzanne Jepsen,
48. low gross; Martha Peter
son. 24 5. low net; Karen
Thompson. 51; and Lota Tib
bies. 30 5,
Long drive winners were
Marilyn Seegert. 18 holes, and
Jan Hanson, nine holes.
Lois Hunt had K.P. for 18
holes while Murtha Peterson
took K P. for nine holes.
For the Pendleton women,
Jeri Cessna look low gross
with a 97 and Anna Isaackson
had low net with a 65.
Pasco. Wash, ladies J.in
Hanson with a 49 and Charlene
Thompson with a 34 took low
gross and low net respectively
for their group.
June Rosenberg with an 87
and Olga Alexander with a 59
took low gross and low net
awards for the Umatilla
women.
A string tournament will be
field at W.C.C.C. July 7 for
those who play nine or 18
holes, said a club spokesper
son. A signup sheet lor the
tournament is in the club
house
The Merchants collected three
in the third, one in the fourth
and four in the fifth to take the
victory.
With only five hits, the
Heppner Merchants fell to the
Road Runners 4-1 at the Lex
ington ballfield last week.
Heppner's only shining light
was a triple by John Smith in
the third
Mark Pointer scored the
lone run in the second as Gary
Kemp's single knocked him
in
The game was marred by
Heppner outfielder Mike
Smith injuring his knee.
In a game that immmedi
ately followed. Heppner lost a
close one. 6-5 to the Road
Runners, despite LaVerne
Van Marter's ' three-run
homer.
The Road Runners came up
with one in the first and one
run in the second. Heppner
scored in the second and in the
third
Delbert Binschus started
the inning with a single fol
lowed by a single from John
McCabe. Mark Pointer scored
Rinschus as he hit a solid line
drive. That left John McCabe
and Pointer standing on base
when LaVerne Van Marter
slugged one over the right
field fence.
Heppner had the lead but
the Road Runners added three
in the fifth and one in the sixth
to end the game.
The Heppner Merchants
met the number one team in
the league. Ye Old Pizza Shop,
lfi 6 in a game held last week
in lexinglon.
The Merchants scored first
with John Smith, George Wa
terland and John McCabe
scoring with Dallas Harsin
picking up on one R.B.I.
- Y 0 P S. Jumped back and
scored two. They added one
run in the second while the
Merchants Ron Bowman tal
lied with one run for Heppner.
The third inning saw Mike
Rowell slug a two-run homer
over the fence which scored
IaVerne Van Marter. adding
Heppner's final runs.
Y.O P.S. added four in the
third, six in the fourth and
three in the fifth to capture the
Three home runs in the third
inning iced a 10-9 victory for
Ye Old Pizza Shoppe as they
defeated the Heppner Mer
chants in the last game of the
double header.
The Merchants will be play
ing July 5.7.13 at the Lexing
ton ballfield. All games will
start at 6:30 p.m. and will be
double headers.
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By NANCY BAILEY
The Butter Creek Livestock
411 Club met at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Hayes on June
22. Kent Klukkert opened the
meeting.
The group talked about
rules at the fair, mostly about
swine and the cleanup and
weigh-in
Nancy Bailey gave a report
on hog feeding.
The next meeting will be at
the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Wattenburger on July 13.
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The Boardman Planning
Commission will hold a special
meeting on Wednesday, June 29,
at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Cham
bers at Town Square.
The topic for the meeting is to
determine the criteria for the use
of the rodeo arena located behind
the Dodge City Inn. inn First St..
N.W.. Boardman.
The original controversy re
garding the arena arose over
whether the arena fits within the
boundaries of the Boardman city
zoning regulations.
The arena was built by Jody
Tatone. operator of the Dodge
Citv Motel and Restaurant. The
business is owned by his father.
Joseph.
The city council heard lengthy
testimony on May 5 and at that
time referred the mater to the
planning commission.
The May 4 meeting of the
planning commission was devo
ted exclusively to this topic. After
three hours of public testimony
and an hour of commissioner
debate the council voted. By a
vote of seven to one the commis
sion found that the arena did fit
within the current zoning for its
location. They also recommen
ded that the city council develop
criteria for governing use of the
arena.
At the May 17 meeting of the
Citv Council, the planning com
mission's findings were accepted
and it was suggested that a
committee composed of M.D.
VanValkenburgh (attorney for
the city). Ed Glenn (attorney for
the Tatones) and Ann Spicer
(aftornev for Kay and John Daw
son, leaders of the opposition to
the arena) draw up the criteria
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Norman Nelson is a patient
at St. Anthony Hospital in
Pendleton.
Hailey Olson of Pendleton is
visiting her grandparents. Mr.
and Mrs. Lyle Peck.
suggested by the planning com
mission. At that time Kay Dawson
stated llidt tliey had instructed
their attorney (Spicer) not to
meet with the committee as they
did not accept the arena as an
allowable use.
The committee plan was
dropped at that point and the
matter referred back to the plan
ning commission.
Having gathered information
and regulations from the Envi
ronmental Protection Agency
and the Department of Environ
mental Quality, the planning
commission will attempt to de
velop guidelines to eliminate
seven possible areas of nuisan
ces. These are noise, dust, safety,
crowds, insect problems, night
time use. and the overnight
presence of livestock at the facil
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sue their objections to the arena
bv appealing the decision of the
citv council in regard to their
acceptance of the planning com
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Citv Council and the State Land
Use Board.
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