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Fillies take 3rd straight game from lone
piloto by Woyne Ham»
By Dana Hr ill
Th«‘ Heppner Killies traveled to
lone L'riday Dec 28 to play the
Cardinals for the third time this
year
The Heppner Killies kept their
Stroeber and Dana Keid. play ed the
first, second and part of the third
quarters
Junior V arsity players Kim
George. Cindy Stroeber. Theresa
seniors. Stephanie Payne Jodi Pad
her« and Ellen Arbogast. out o( the
match The exception was player
Shelley Stroeber
Varsity players Uina Held. Missy
Turner. Andrea Ball. M issy
Kuhanks. Penny Connor, Shelley
landsay Windi Mitchell. Tina Dav
ids<*1 Susie Martin. Beth Korrar
and Tareena Nash played the rest of
the third and fourth quarters
The starters for Heppner were
forwards lama Held and Shelley
Stroelier Center Penny Connor and
guards Andrea Ball and Dana Brut
lone came out pressing Heppner
managed to break the press and took
a slow load At the end of the first
quarter the Killies were ahead 6 I
Heppner started the second quart
er receiving the tip The Killies were
having trouble with their fouling but
were plaving aggressively At the
end of the second quarter Heppner
pulled ahead 2a 7
The liall was tipiicd to a Killy to
start the second half of the game
Heppner continued having foul
trouble with two players fouling out
The third quarter ended with the
Killies in the lead at 34 16
The third quartrr tx-g.ui when the
Cardinals grabbed the tip Heppner
was hustling but had a few too many
turnovers Throughout the fourth
quarter the Heppner Killies main
tamed the lead and went on to win
Ihe game The final score was
Heppner 38 and lone 26
The Killies play their first league
game Kriday. Jan -I at Heppner
against the Riverside Pirates The
Varsity game begins at 6 p m
The Killies also play Saturday.
Jan 5 here at Heppner They will be
playing the Weston McEwen Tiger
Scots The junior varsity girls will
begin playing at 3 p m
and the
varsity girls will liegin at 6 p m
I 4iu Krill
V(issv I in uri .
6-1 6. Prnnv Connor 2 1-5 3. Dana
Held 2 S 2 I . Missy I utianks f I t I .
V li it I rj Ball 11-11 totals Is S |l. ,s
lo n e Totals » X 23 26
Tues . Dec 18
Wad Dee 19
Thurs , Dec 20
Fri Dec at
Sal , Dec 22
Sun . Dec 23
Mon . Dec- 24
Tues . Dec 25
Wed . Dec 26
Thurs . Dec 27
K n . Dec 28
Sat Dec 29
Sun , Dec 30
High
20
16
37
46
50
48
50
34
44
43
42
45
Low
•2
4)
•
24
40
a
27
yo
30
22
28
34
-22
Precio
D«"snow
1 * snow
U6 l«" new snow
tr snow
03
0
0
01
0
0
Red birds outscore
Mustangs 45-40
Chamber of Commerce invites county residents to annual awards banquet
Tuesday evening. January 8, the
Heppner Morrow Chamber of Com
merce has scheduled its annual
Kirst Citizens and Installation of
Officers Banquet in the dining area
of the Heppner Klks Lodge
This is an all county event-every
one is invited
The evening will
tiegin w ith a no host social hour from
6 p m until the 7 d m dinner is
served This year the menu is
planned around prime rib Dinner
tickets may be purchased in advan
ce from Ihe banquet chairman,
Jackie Gentry, al the Western Her
itage Savings and Loan, her office
telephone is 676 9021 and she would
appreciate knowing how many plan
to attend
Officers who will be installed are
IfciugSmith president. Gerald Pier
son. vice-president, Birdine Tullís,
second vice president. Justine Wea
The lone Garden Club is sponsor
ing a Twelfth Night tree burning
again this year at Kietmann's lot in
lone
Because Epiphany falls on Sun
day, the ceremony will be the
following Monday . Jan 7 Cupcakes
and hot chocolate will tie served
Jean Nelson and Norma Hea will
boating regulations on W illow Lake
boating regulations on Willow Creek
Lake in Morrow County
A Director s Report and status
reports on Outfitter Guide registra
lion, boating accidents and facility
projects will be provided
(«her items of interest may also
be heard
lead a carol sing
Those lone residents who are
unable to bring their tree to the lot
Uurd place winner was Harry hrn
mson. 775 Rock
In the indoor lighting as seen from
the street category, first place win
ner was Marshall laivgren. 240 S
Court, second place winner was
Avon Melby. 270 E Connor, and
third place winner was Glen Smith.
475 W Morgan
Abrams to be sworn in Fri.
Bob Abrams will swear the oath of
Circuit Court Judge at 2 p m Frl
day. Jan 4 at the Morrow County
Courthouse in Heppner Presiding
Judge William W Wells. Pendleton,
will administer the oath
A reception will follow The public
is invited to attend
By D H P ll \ JO N ES
Work is continuing with the plans
for the Morrow County Centennial
Celebration Kebruary 16 The hig
event is a planned dinner and
program, starting early in the eve
mng A spokesperson will be pres
ent
Each community will tx- asked for
a numtieT for the program as well as
an exhibit
The granges in the
County will help with Ihe dinner A
pre sale of tickets for the dinner will
start in January Delpha Jones and
The first baby to be born at
Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Hepp
ner on or after January I, 1985 will
receive gifts from area merchants
Rules for the first baby contest are
the same as in previous years the
hospital has placed no restrictions
on where the parents make their
home, but to qualify, the baby must
tie born at Pioneer Memorial Hospi
tal. or if he puts in an early
appearance, the mother must be on
her wav to Pioneer Memorial Hospi
«
tal in order to qualify as the first
baby of 1985
The following merchants have
donated gifts for the first baby
Morrow County Grain Growers,
lexington Lumber, Pioneer Memor
lal Hospital, M urray's Drug Peter
s o n 's Jewelers. Case Kurniture. t en
tral Market. Heppner Auto Parts.
Pettyjohn's Karm and Builders Sup
ply. The Shoe Box. R A W Drive In.
Court Stree' Morkat ond Boy
BoyC* Insurance
photo by Woyna Homs
fly \Stll.L V CO NKI.IN
The lone hoys basketball team
extended their winning streak to six
by defeating the Heppner Mustangs
45 to 4o on Kriday. Dec 28 lone now
stands a I 7 1
The Cardinals were without their
leading scorer and rebounder,
Randy McCabe As a result, the
Cardinals were oulrebounded 38 to
30
After one quarter lone went up
118 over Heppner
Each team produced eight second
period points At halftime, the Cards
led the Mustangs 19 to 16 Mark
Meyers and Jeff Ball tioth netted
four in the period for Ihe Cards
Heppner took a 32 29 lead after
three periods, thanks to a 16 to 10
controlling of the third period Todd
Lindsay and Wayne W ilgers tossed
in eight and six points respectively
in the period for Heppner
lone doubled the Mustangs' point
produciion 16« in the fourth quarter
to win 45 to 40 lone made eight of
nine free throws down the stretch lo
ice ihe win Meyers got 10 in the
quarter
Each team made 17 field goals lone
shot 44 field goals for .19 percent,
compared to 53 attempts and 32
percent for Heppner The difference
in the game was tree throw shooting
The Cardinals were II of 16 for 69
percent, while Ihe Mustangs were
six of ll for 55 porernt
Meyers was the games' high scor
er with 20 points Ball gained 12
more for lone Lindsay led Heppner
tallying 10 Steve Curnn got nine,
followed by Wilgers with eight
Donnie Doherty hauled in II re
bounds and Mike Rietmann pulled
down 10 (or the Cardinals Keith
Kenmson clutched 10 for the Mus
Ling s
Both
teams had
turnover
problems lone committed 25 to 27
for Heppner Meyers passed out four
assists Ball and Doherty each gave
out three more of lone's 13 assists
Heppner handed out II assists, with
Ron lloherty getting eight Meyers
also had seven of lone's 14 steals
"The extra time we spent in
practice with free throw shooting
paid off," remarked lone roach Del
LaJtaa
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Lindsay 5 0 0 10. ( urrin 3 3-5 9
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t.raves 0 00 0. Krnison 2 2-4 S.
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It Doherty. Total Louts Heppner
III Ione II
Port Commission to meet
A regular meeting of the Hort
Commission will !>«• held Wednes
day. Jan 9, I p m . at the Port of
Morrow offices Boardman
Irrigon boys injured in explosion
Winter wheat seedings down 12%
increased production Winter wheat
production, at 66 15 million bushels,
accounted for % percent of the total
Oregon wheat production and with
an averagr yield of 63 0 bushels per
acre topped last year's record high
of 62 0 bushels per acre
Winter
wheat production exceeded 1983 pro
duct ion by seven percent Acres of
winter wheat harvested for grain for
1984 totaled 1.050.000 acres com par
ed with 1.000.000 acres harvested in
1983 Spring wheat production in
Oregon, at 2 8 million bushels, wai
down 22 percent from 1983 despite s
new record yield of 43 0 bushels pet
acre
Barley production in Oregon is
estimated at 17 4 million bushels, up
5 percent from the 1983 crop
Statewide yields averaged 62 0 bush
Ruth McCabe, cochairmen met re
rently with the County Court to start
the plans Remember to buy your
tickets for the Centennial picture, a
desert print [tainted by Mary latu
Carlson
It is hoped that enough
tickets w ill tie sold lo provide frames
for the prints given the Centennia
Committee one to hang in the four'
house and one given to a luck
person Tickets will go on sale in
January and are available from the
committee
Pioneer s First Baby to
receive gifts from merchants
Crop Report
Winter wheat acreage seeded in
the fall of 1984 is estimated at
I .000000 acres, down 12 percent
from last year and seven percent
below two years ago
Excessive
moisture this fall resulted in very
unfavorable seeding conditions this
year, particularly in the Willamette
Valley says an Oregon Crop and
Livestock Reporting Service news
release
Nationally, seeding* of winter
wheat amounted to 37 6 million
acres, down nine percent from last
year to the lowest level since 1979
Oregon » all wheat production of
68 9 million bushels in 1984 was up
five percent from the 1983 crop
Increases in both acres harvested
and average yields resulted in the
may leave their discarded Christ
mas tree in the garbage pickup area
adjacent to their properly
Planning continuées for
100-year celebration
Christmas lighting winners announced
The Heppner M orrow County
Chamber of Commerce has announ
ced the following winners of the
Christmas Lighting Contest
in the outdoor lighting division,
first place winner was Ed Heimstra.
6«) S Alfalfa, second place winner
was Jim lankford, 280 N Court, and
business persons will be made by
Dr Wallace Wolff, chairman of the
honors and awards committee
Twelfth Night tree burning set
Marine Board sets meeting to adopt
On Thursday. January 17, 1985, the
State Marine Board will hold a
Board Meeting beginning at 9 00
a m The meeting will be held at 4245
Kale St NE, Salem, Oregon
Among items for consideration is
l*ropo»ed adoption of O AK 250 20
270i2>. establishing multiple use
therford. secretary, and George
Koffler. treasurer
The announcement of Ihe two first
citizens and of honors to outstanding
els per acre, up one bushel from last
year
Oat production totaled 6 6 million
bushels in 1984, up 10 percent from
last year Average y ields reached a
record high of 88 n bushels per acre
Nationally, all wheat production,
at 2 60 billion bushels, was up seven
percent from last year
Winter
wheat production, at 2 06 billion
bushels, was up four percent from
the 1983 crop Spring wheat. 1 other
than durum ), at 4314 m illion
bushels, was up 20 percent from
1983 Barley production in 1984 is
estimated at a record high 597
million bushels, up 17 percent from
last year's crop
i
Saturday at approximately 3 p m ,
'(out Irrigon youths. Gary Smith, age
14 John Smith. age II. Toby Rodn
t.uez. age 13. and ' ’asey Rodriguez,
age 11 set off an explosion in the field
behind their home ils.ng chemicals
they had found on the Umatilla
ordnance Depot
The youths climbed through a
barbed wire fence separating their
families property from the depot
They found 10 five gallon gas cans
containing what they thought was
gunpowder silting in a row in a shed
that the sides had fallen away from
They also found a small ammunition
box containing the same chemicals
The boys carried the ammunition
box and a small red gas can off the
depot to the field behind their home
where they proceeded to build a
cannon with a three inch aluminum
plumbing pipe about three feet long
The pipe was capped with an alu
St Anthony Hospital in Pendleton
minum pipe cap and filled with three
Gary Smith suffered injuries and is
to four inches of the chemicals The
hospitalized in Hermiston
explosives were lit through a hole
Casey said he had never seen
drilled in the pipe On the first
anything stored in this area before
lighting, the cannon smoked, the
the boys and others have played
second tune, it threw the rock they
there for years The area is alao
were using for a projectile a few
frequented by pheasant hunters
feet The third time, it exploded
V curding to the hoys, they had
The hoys had seen a segment of
never seen a military patrol in the
Star Trek a few weeks ago and
area
learned to make a cannon from the
According to military security
show in which Kirk builds one to personnel, the chemicals used to set
defend himself
off the explosion were not gunpow
The younger boys. John and der, but a propellant He did not
Casey, had walked away about 100 disclose what the explosive material
yards when Toby managed to light
was The propellant was waiting to
the cannon the third time John.
be burned in the nearby burning pit
Casey, and Gary who was also about JT.c pit has been closed due to
ion yards away were knocked lo the
"Environmental Protection Agency
ground Toby, after lighting the
regulations
device with a stick match, began
Toby and Casey are Q>e sons of
running and was approximately 30
Dale Rodrieguez of Boardman and
yards from Ihe explosion
Toby suffered multiple injuries to Sandy Rodrieguez of Irrigon
6,* In« 6««w4 sod fare He is now at