SIX-The Heppner Giiette-Tlmet. Heppner. Oregon, Thurdy. July 14, 1W3
Merchants win 4 straight games
The Heppner Merchants
softball team rallied from last
week's defeat to win four
straight games on the Lexing
ton diamond despite the loss of
Mike Smith, Mark Lovgren
and Gary Kemp. Smith is out
for the entire season due to
knee surgery. Lovgren broke
his finger earlier in the season
and is out indefinately, while
Kemp is out with a sprained
foot for three weeks.
In the first game the Mer
, chants outscored Dairy Queen
by a margin of 3-1. Dairy
Queen was the first to score as
they collected a run in the
second on a Heppner error.
Heppner collected seven
hits in the third as Ron Bow
man started the inning with a
base hit. Dan Mathews fol
lowed with a fielders choice
putting Bowman out at
second. Mark Pointer singled
and George Waterland fol
lowed with a single. All three
scored as John McCabe collec
ted an RBI with a single to
clinch the victory.
In the last game of the
doubleheader, the Heppner
Merchants outscored Dairy
Queedn 16-9 as four Merchants
bagged triples.
In the first inning John
McCabe and Jamie Query
slugged triples and scored,
and George Waterland also
added another run.
The Merchants continued to
hit and take advantage of
Dairy Queen's mistakes as 11
batters stepped to the plate in
the next inning.
Mark Pointer, Dave Eck
man. John Smith, LaVerne
Van Marter. Jamie Query and
Dallas Harsin crossed the
plate giving the Merchants a
W) lead.
The third inning saw Dairy
Queen get on board with one
run. followed by four runs in
the fourth and four in the fifth.
The Merchants rallied in the
third as they collected another
run on Smith and McCabe.
The final runs came in the
fifth as Smith, Waterland and
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Stanfield Drug lost two
straight games the following
night as the Merchants took
11-10 and 11-1 victories.
In the first game s diving
catch in the last inning by
fielder Dave Eckman saved
the game for the Merchants.
Stanfield Drug jumped out
to an early four-run lead. The
Merchants tied the opposing
team with four runs as John
Smith, John McCabe, Jamie
Query and George Waterland
scored with Delbert Binschus
collecting two R.B.I.'s.
Stanfield scored again in the
third as they got a home runa
and another run in the fourth.
LaVerne, Van Marter's
three-scoring run home run
highlighted the fifth inning for
the Merchants as Van Marter,
Mark Pointer and John
McCabe crossed home base.
Stanfield's final four runs
came in the sixth.
The Merchants scored again
in the sixth as Dave Eckman
and Ron Bowman added two
in the seventy: Jeff Orr belted
a double and Jamie Query
Rice wins all-around
cowboy title at
Condon rodeo
Heppner cowboy Lee Rice,
1981 National bareback
champion, won the Ail-Around
Cowboy title at Condon's
Fourth of July Rodeo. He also
took first place in the bare
back riding both days with
scores of 74 and 69.
Other local cowboys and
cowgirls who placed in events
at the Sunday rodeo were:
Jeff Bailey, second in bare
back riding. Cindy Stroeber -second
in junic- barrel racing.
Tara Mahoney - second in
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scored on an error.
A three-run home run by
John McCabe and triples by
Dave Eckman and John
Smith iced the 11-1 victory for
" the Merchants over Sianfield
. Drug in five innings.
The Merchants jumped out
to an early lead with four runs
in the first as Mark Pointer.
Jeff Orr and LaVerne Van
Marter crossed the plate,
aided by McCabe's home run.
The Merchants kept the ball
rolling as they collected four
more in the second on Dave
Eckman's triple.
Stanfield Drug struggled to
get one run in the third as the
Merchants added one in the
fourth on John Smith's triple.
Heppner scored their last
two runs in the fifth as George
Waterland and Jamie Query
scoring with Dallas Harsin
picking up an R.B.I.
A double play ended the
game as the Merchants third
baseman George Waterland
threw to Mike Rowell on
second and Rowell threw to La
Verne Van Marter on first.
breakaway roping and first in
pole bending: Cliff Dougherty
- second in calf roping, third in
bull dogging, second in team
roping with Monte Evans and
sixth in team roping with Scott
English.
Monday's performance saw
these local cowboys earn top
places:
Don Kindsfather - first in
calf roping. Mike Currin - first
in bull dogging. Cliff Dougher
ty - third in bull dogging, and
Jeff Bailey, second in team
roping with Gordy Herman.
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Akers yard chosen as lone
Yard of the Month
Mrs. El bee Akers
The lone Garden Club has
chosen the yard of Mrs. Elbe
Akers as the Yard of the
Month for July. The yard,
located on Third St. between C
and D streets, is small but
colorful with a hanging basket
and containers of flowers on
her front porch, describes a
club member. Mrs. Akers also
has flowers on both sides of
her yard.
'The street parking (area)
is well kept, neat and color
ful." the spokesperson said.
Women from
meet for play
A ladies' visitation was held
at Willow Creek Country Club
on June 28 with ladies attend
ing from Echo. Condon,
Pasco. Wash.. Kinzua and
Boardman golf clubs. Pat
Edmundson. Heppner. was
low gross winner for the field
with a 73 for 18 holes, and
Muriel Palmer, also of Hep
pner. was low net winner for
the field with a 52.
Following are the individual
clubs' winners:
Echo: first low gross - San
dy Seibel. second low gross -Sue
Carter, first low net -Earlene
Miller and second low
net - Dixie Ross.
Condon: low gross - Dee
Hollen and low net - Bethyl
Bums.
Pasco Municipal: low gross
- Joan eterson and low net -Mabel
Logston.
Kinzua : low gross - Melanie
Harris and low net - lone
Marler.
Willow Run, Boardman:
first low gross - Margaret
Towers and second low gross
- Sally Green. First low net -Phoebe
Hayes and second
low net - Jean Miller.
Willow Creek, Heppner:
Nine Holes: first low gross -Eileen
Padberg, second low
gross - tie between Lorene
Jones and Norma French.
First low net - also a tie,
Suzanne Jepsen and Lucile
Peck; 18 Holes: first low gross
- Bev Gunderson and second
low gross - Wanda Willis, low
net was a tie between Sharon
Harrison and Lois Hunt.
Long drive for nine holes
was won by Suzanne Jepsen
while Eileen Padberg had
K.P.
18 Hole: Long Drive, No. 1,
Dixie Ross and Long Drive
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In the back yard, one imds a
big surprise; flowers at the
sides of the yard, colorful
containers on her hack slops,
a water fall, a vegetable gar
den and a raspberry patch
"There were more than half
a do.en yards in lone that
deserve recognition." the club
member said. She also retr
ied that people' who have
received the award during the
last two years are still keeping
attractive yards that are a
credit to the community.
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at W.C.C.C.
No IS. I,ena J'offentierger.
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For IB holes, Dixie Ross had
long drive on hold number
one. while Lena Poffenherger
took long drive on numlier 15
Dee Hollen won K.P.
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Local golfers
compete at
Pendleton
Country Club
Uist Sunday, 25 golfers fromj
Heppner played In men's ln-
lerclub competition at Pendle
ton Country Club.
Ron Bowman was Hep
pner's top golfer, scoring a 77
to take low gross honors.
Bowman also took long drive
and closest to the pin awards.
Net score place winners were:
first John McCabe, second -Travis
Hiatt. third - Rob Jep
sen and fourth - Dunne Disque.
The next interclub events on
the Willow Creek calendar are .
July 24 when the Condon and
Kinzua clubs come to Hep
pner. and on July 31 when
Heppner goes to Kinzua. Both
competitions are for men and
women The Kinzua date
should be given special note
since it is changed from the
original visitation date listed
on the annual calendar bulle
tin Golfers planning to go to
Kinzua on July 31 should sign
up in the club house, reports
John F.dmundson, a club
spokesperson.
Pioneer's
granddaughter
from p. 3
On Sunday, the parade will
begin at 11 am., with the
rodeo following at 2 p.m.
The rodeo is well known for
its suicide race, which will In
field during the Sunday per
formance Crystal, 16, owns her own
quarterhorse, which she
helped break and train She
also enjoys riding mules.
Tickets. $5 for reserve seats,
S4 for general admission and
$2 50 for children, may be
purchased from Crystal
Washburn. Box 113. Elgin,
Oregon 97827. phone 437-8891.
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34 participate in Flag
Tournament at W.C.C.C.
Thirty-four golfers enjoyed
a Fourth of July Flag Tour
nament and barbecue at Wil
low Creek Country Club on
Monday, July 4. v
Special awards for planting
their flags first went to Inez
Erwin. Heppner, and Ray
Kirkpatrick, of Maupin.
Bev Wilson carried her flat
the farthest for the women:
second was Bev Gunderson;
third. Harriet Pierson; and
fourth, Kristi Edmundson.
Bob Jepsen was first for the
Adult swim
classes to be
held at
lone pool
Adult swim classes will tie
offered at the lone Swimming
Pool on Tuesdays and Thurs
days from 6 to 7 p.m. begin
ning July 19, announced Caro
lyn Plocharsky, pool mana
ger. The classes will run
through August 11. Also dur
ing this time, an adult lap
swim will be held at the jkmiI
for those interested, she said.
Cost will he $5 for lessons
and one dollar per visit for the
lap swim.
For more information,
contact Plocharsky at the
pool.
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men: Doug Gunderson, se
cond; third was Dale Holland,
Jr.; and fourth was Eddie
Gunderson, Jr,
Play was highlighted by a
hole-ln-one by Bob Jepsen, his
first, on the par three, 170
yard third hole, with a bor
rowed nine-wood. It was fur
ther enhanced by the fact that
the tee was set back Across the
creek next to the number nine
green, and because It was the
first time he had used the nine
wood, borrowed from Gerald
Pierson,
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