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rW O -T W H tp p n rr G a ie tte -T lm rv H cppner. O regon. W ednesday, May 14. I986 Heppner senior wins state typing championship Set 23 years ago Bryan Padberg nears dad’ s track record Bryan l'adherg leads all runners At the Hermiston Kiwanis In vitaitonal on Saturday, April 2b. Padberg ran the 1300 in 4 10 7, fall ing just four tenths of a second short of his father's school record But in the YOU) Padberg came through with a school record time of 9 07 3 and also set a new all time Class “ A” freshmen record By the Grace of Cod ami with the consent of the people the Right Reverend Rustin Ray Kimsey Bishop of Eastern Oregon w ill ordain George W illiam son Izzett to the Sacred Order of Priests in Christ's holy catholic Church Saturday May 17, 1l)8b 10:00 a.m. (Pacific Daylight Time) at All Saints' Episcopal Church Church and Gale Streets Heppner, Oregon Your prayers and presence are requested The schtail record mat pres musly held by Tim Smith, mho ran a tmo mile time of 9 38 (convened to a 9:13 7 3000 mark) The old Class " A " freshmen record had belong ed to Imbler's Mike Brown, mho ran 9 I f I m 1481 Iwst Saturday Padberg ran ju»l the 800 at the Columbia Basin Con ference meet, but had a sparkling time o f 2 02 7, the second fastest time in Hcppner High School history The school record of I 38 6 (convened from an 880 tune of 1:59.3) mas set by Tim Driscoll in I96S Bryan is doing a good job of go ing after the school record» in all three events." said head coach Dale Conklin "H e 's working on three of the oldest school records in the hook and is really doing a good job of go ing after them " To top things off. Padberg omn» the top times in the stale so far this scaum in the 13(H) and YOU) among Class “ A " runners But despite all of the notoriety he is receiving. Padberg still has all of his priorities in order “ I mould be happy to place in the top three at stale," Padberg said "A t stale you always see good com petition and it'* tough even to place." But Padberg will receive plenty of competition at the District 7 meet in Cmatilla this Friday and Saturday, witht he state meet the following meek in Springfield Darrell Houghtclling of IXifur has clocked times of 4 13 1 in the 13(H) and 9 39 3 in the RHH) Javier Alar con of Stanfield, whofmishcd second last year in the 8(H) at the state meet, has covered the 13(H) in 4 13 9 so far this seavm Also prosing to be stiff competition mill be Mike Ammons of Riverside who has alvi ran 4 15 I and placed fourth at last year's state meet in that distance But Padberg isn’t at all surprised by his success " I work hard in practice and I ex pect to get good results." he said D ies that sound like another cocky freshm an’ Not really, accor ding to Fggers "H e works hard in practice and he has the two great qualities of good distance runner." he said "F irst of all. he has the natural ability and secondlv he's a great competitor " Horn does father le e feel about his son's attempt to break his school record? " I think it's great for a guy to set a school record and then have his ski come along and have a shot to break it." he answered, " i f he breaks it " While Padberg would like to win two state titles this season he would also like to "ru n the 13(H) in about 4 05 and break 9 00 in the 3000 " But Padberg knows that it will be tough to be a stale champion for all four years "It would he tough to comeback and repeat as a state champ.' Padberg said "Y ou have to prove yourself every year because there's always somebody out there ready to knock you off " More important to him is shooting for the all tim e C la st 'A ' stale records in both the 13(H) and 3.000 " Both records are held by CHd Ryadam of Elgin set in i9xo The 1300 record is .3 56 and the 3000 mark is 8 37 2 " I think I could run 3 50 and 8 30 respectively." Padberg said Is it possible for Padberg to reach these high standards of excellence ’ "It depends on if he stays in terested in running for the next three years, but I have no doubt that he m ill," Fggers said "H e 's the most intense and pmbably the most com petitive athlete I've ever coached I feel lucky to get a chance to work with him " against one of the best Class AAA" distance runners in the stale Mike Appelton of laiGrande. a senior Following the VXX) meter race, Appelton told one of the Heppner coaches. "H e lPadberg) is good for a freshman Tell him to stay with it (distance running) throughout his high schsHil career He s really Trina Palmer A Heppner High School senior has captured first place honors at a Sw intec C'orp sponsored typing competition Trina Palmer, the daughter of Karen Palmer of Hepp ner. won a $1.000 scholarship for tvping 89 words per minute with on ly one error in competition with 10 other district winners at state com petition in Kugcne last weekend She receiv ed a Sm intec elec tric typewriter when she wxm the district competition Students from all o f the high schools in Oregon participated in the contest, says Palmer Winning is "great, unbelievable " She claims that she "just practiced typing" in order to win the contest She has taken two years of typing at H H S and plans to use her scholarship at Blue Mt Community College next fall where she expects to major in "Y ou always expect people to im prove over the course of a season, but no one expected Bryan to run this fast, this soon." Conklin said As Padberg continues to lower his tune every meet, he believes there is a great amount of pressure to win every race, but winning isn't everything " I'd rather go out and get heat and have a super time than go out and blow everybody away and have a bad tim e," he said. " I t's hard to pace yourself when there isn't anybody to pace you But it does feel M A S T E R • G L E A N • LE X O N E • AM IN E • LA N D M A S T E R . BAN V EL • BU TYL FOR SERVICE YOU CAN DEPEND ON • Z I • GJ o c > > • n O c o 0» o 3) < ■n m 33 N m 3) (/> • 33 O C z o c We Are The Team You Can Depend On 33 For All Your Farm Chemical Needs! o 33 o o Z • NH-3 • Aqua • Liquid A Dry Fertilzers • Farm Chemicals • Variety of Application Systems WE NOT ONLY SELL THE PRODUCT-W E SERVICE IT TOO1 Morrow County 350 Main Street Grain Growers Le*in^ 390'e°o" Phone 503-989-8221 good to w in." "W e're surprised at how far he'» come along." assistant track coach Brent Fggers. mho works primarily with the distance runners, " I t's just hard to imagine horn graxl he has run considering the late start he got due to the length of our basketball season this year He's just now rounding in to lop shape." lì M V 7 By Ashley Conklin “ All in the Family" must he the perfect sitcom for the l^ e Padberg family a* they continue to turn out golden record» Padberg competed for Hcppner High School from 1961 64 and set a school record time of 4 TO 3 for the mile run in 1963. which convene to a tin e o f 4 10 H b t l f l O n m In 1982, the torch mas passed on to daughter Jodi, mho began to wreck havoc onthe Hcppner High School record hooks and District 7 foe» alike A» a freshmen Jodi set a school record of 11 3d 4 for MHH) meters, mhich held until it mas broken last year A» a junior she set the school record in (he HU) meters mith a time of 2 27 b and as a senior lowered the 1500 school record to 3 13 2 Last in line 1 » Bryan, now a freshman at Hcppner and laying claim that the third time is indeed the charm as h e is conducting his omn onslaught on the track record books Padberg eclipsed his dad's freshman class record in the first meet of the year with a time of 4 JO b in the 1300 At the Morrom County Insita tional on Apnl 12 Padberg broke Wade Padberg's ala distant cousin) freshmen class record in the HU) with a time of 2 03 3 and set a new all time state Class “ A " freshmen record of 4 20 H in the I3U) Die old mark o f 4 21 had belonged to Walport's Todd Conradt set in 1980 1-800-452-7396 N C/> m m 0 H 33 m > H < H > < > X • H A R D W A R E • A U T O M O T IV E • C H E M IC A L • M A C H IN E R Y Z 1 • CO WEEDMASTER • G L E A N • LE X O N E • AM IN E • LA N D M A S T E R • BAN VEL County Commissioners. Jerry IVck and Irvin Rauch along with Judge Don McFlligott sign Dry Fork Watershed project with Rudv Bergstrom and Bnick I innell directors of Morrow Soil and Water District Dry fork watershed plan approved The Dry Fork Watershed Plan w-as appmved last week by Ciilliam and Mornim counties and now awaits funding from the federal govern ment The watershed lies between Morrow and Umatilla counties near Rock Creek The SI.IHH) projed is similar to the Agriculture Conservation Prog ram as it is a exist share pmgram It is un mque as there is a SKHl.tHH) limit unlike ACP $3.5(H) limit Morrxrm Soil and Water Depan ment Director Rudy Bcrgstmm of lone spearheaded the project and has received 8 0 1 of from the lan downers The local district initiated the plan and received regional and Return from historical society tour By D rlpha Jones Friday morning at 6:30 a m an eager group of people waiting at the Museum in Heppner. embarked on a w eekend tnp to Boise. IdaJio Die bus stopped in Lexington, for le x ington and lone riders A shon stop mas held at the park near Baker where doughnuts and coffee and lea mas served They then stopped at Fairwell Bend for lunch and saw a former Heppner resident. Fumce J*ettyjohn The reservations were made at the Idanha Hotel which was bulilt in 1901, a most expensive Hotel for that time The interior is being restored by the present owners, the 70 moms and suites have King sir cd beds, color TV and tastefully reupholstered furniture, such as 1-ouis XIV chairs and love seats The group had a guided tour of the Capitol building which was most in teresting. and the building indeed lovely They were also excooed continued pag' x state support If the money is approved, it will be allocated over the next 10 years starting in 1987 Funds will he used kir structural features such as terrac mg and management practices like mvtill and reduced or minimal till Clyde Scott, form the state of Oregon Soil Conservation Service and Ciene Sturtcvant representing Resource Conservation Development covering five counties of Gilliam, W heeler. 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