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Mustang* traveled back to Mac Hi
lo play the Columbia Burbank Rams
in the consolation game
The Mustangs lumped out to an IK
to 12 lead at the end of the first
quarter, but found the score tied at
halftime rhe Mustangs came mit
slow and were down by eight at the
end of the third quarter The
Mustangs battled back and tied the
game, hut were unable to nuke a last
second shot
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rhe game went into overtime and
two clutch ircethrow* by Doug
Devin gave the Mustangs a two jxnnl
lead With time running out. a
C olumbia Burbank player tied up the
game and had a chance to put them
ahead but nussed the freethrow The
Mustangs got the ball and with i>ne
second left, the Mustangs' Russell
Britt nussed a jumper, but was foul
ed and made one of two freethrows
to gise the Mustangs the win
The Mustangs were lead by Britt
with IV points. Slater Mitchell with
10 points. It) hoards and six steals
Brandon Pedro chipped in nine
points The final score was the
Mustangs 4R and the Rams 47
The Mustangs are now 2 and 2 in
pre season The Mustangs next
games will be on December 2*J and
30 in the Joseph tourney
By April Rollis
December 14 and 16 were exciting
dates 4-v the Heppner Pomes took on
the Irngon Raiders and the Stanfield
Cubs in Junior High Girls
basketball
A nice game was played against
the Irngon girls with the 7th grade
Ponies on their feet reads to whip
their opponent With a lot of steals
fast breaks and "doing the right
stu ff the Heppner girls were in the
lead 203) dunng the first quarter, en
ding the game w ith a 3K 17 s ictory
The Hth grade girls put their all in
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Chelsie Marie M ortrr-a
daughter, Chclsic, was born to
Roger and Carla Moricr. Heppner,
IVe 10. I*JK*J at Kadlec Medical
Center in Richland. \3 A She weigh
cd 6 lbs I oz
Grandparents are Perry and Kathy
Moricr, lone. Dexter and Connnc
Miles. Heppner
Great grandparent* are f thel Dun
bar. Lexington and Melvin and
3 elma Siggclkow, Scobcy . Mont
She joins a sister Julie, 3'i and a
brother. Brian, 2
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With special thanks for your patronage and
good will, wo wish you a very happy holiday.
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Calendar watchers counting these
final days until the jolly fat man in (he
fuzzy red suit shows up will notice the
small notation of a somewhat less
celebrated event at the bottom of to
day s lor tomorrow’s) date box
l**r some reason, the "first day o f
O r t’ifilll
wintei
invokes roughly the same en
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thusiasm among mans folks as getting
their monthly electricity bill Fact is.!
Sponsored by Ray Creek Saddlery
we ot the little utopia known as eastern
Oregon have usually had more than a
taste of winter long before it becomes
"official " On the other hand we will likely enjoy at least a modest help
ing of spring like weather many days before March 20 rolls around, not
to mention the hitter cold we w ill doubtless endure on vorne day s thereafter
Whoever came up with those dates w a s obviously paying more attention
to the equinox than to the weather of eastern Oregon
no telling who you 11 run Into so keep your eyes open
Warm-weather enthusiasts should worry le ss about winter than they do
spring The first and last of each year is supposed to be cold (to which
and enjoy1 Thanks so much ior choosing us
we eventually become more or less acclimated) and generally any drastic
shift in the pattern is toward warmer temperatures To be really cold is
to delight in a week of shirt sleeve, springtime weather possibly even drive
with your windows down only to wind up shoveling snow the following
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Probably the coldest I’ve ever been was in the late spring of my six
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year I was camped with my closest childhood triends. Dub Allen
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and Pat Kelly, at the annual Pastern Oregon Squirrel Shoot, a three das
event which challenged each contestant to bag the greatest total pounds
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of ground squirrels with a muzzleloading rifle (fur camp had all the com
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forts a large army tent, a table and folding lawn chairs, three cases of
pop. two rolls of chewing tobacco, a package of lunch meat and half a
loaf of bread
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I was especially proud of my new sleeping bag. an advanced, lightweight
ahi
nylon
model touted by the maiuitac(ii(ar as one ol the warmest beds tot
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taihers -big. bulky, obsolete things that were showing signs of heavy use
So envious were they of my new bedroll that several times I noticed them
glancing repeatedly at my new bag then back at each other, with raised
eyebrows and hall grins
Though the first two nights were quite balmy, I found my new sack to
be a bit cooler than I had expected Lach time I moved, the cold, nylon
lining would change any designs I may have had lor immediate sleep
A cold fn»nt moved in on the third morning, sending the mercury from
the low-7(H into the 'Os in only a lew hours, and by evening it w a s ..now
ing Hakes the si/c of poker chips Naturally . we three were less than thrilled
with such a dramatic weather change
’My God, it’s cold," Dub said ”1 think I'll go to bed so’s I can thaw
out ”
"Good idea," agreed Pat "Might as well B S m the sack where it’s
warm Hey, Mark, ain’t you coming’"
If I had been chilly the nights before, this was off the scale of my cold
meter Just crawling into ms wispy nylon bag elicited muffled cries and
goose bumps the si/eot bee stings, hoth of which grew progressively louder
and larger with each passing second Ihc only up side to this hag was
that any bugs or small rodents trapped inside could easily escape beneath
In fond bopev of
me by passing between the pillars ot frozen llesh Clearly , my only hope
o warm and
to
surv ive the night would be to catch pneumonia and bask in a high fever
wonderful Noel
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may come as a shock to you boss.’’ I chatte ted, "but this hag
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your support!
Their utter surprise was evidenced hy the gasping, snorting, almost
giggle-like sounds that came from then bedrolls Perhaps Dub would help
me out. I thought After all. I'd saved his bacon the previous winter by
pulling him from the river alter he had broken through the ice
"Say Dub. that’s a pretty good sized bag of yout dad's, isn't it?”
"Yup. lots of room," he mumbled "Warm, too
"I'm nearly froze, spoae there’s enough room for two’"
Poor Dub and pat. it was obvious they had been drinking loo much pop,
for the hysterical laughter tlial followed was a clear cut case ot dangerously
high blood sugar
"And don’t pull thai 'saved me from the riser bull on me cither," Dub
said as soon as he could form the words "The water w.ii i-nls a h*« deep "
W hether I blacked out from the cold or actually fell asleep is uncertain,
but I awoke the next morning to the smells of Copenhagen and scorched
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coffee, and to the sensation of Duh and Pal playing connect the dots with
the goose bumps on my forehead
shaking. Bagett," Pat was saying "W e’re almost finished with
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scaled down model of the Blue Mountain range See, even the color
is right."
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to their game, but lost by a disap
pointing four points, ending their
game Irngon 2K. Heppner 24
On to Stanfield the billowing
Saturday. the girls showed the Cubs
that they meant business After a tir
ing game, the ’ th grade girls were
ill smiles after defeating Stanfield
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Ihe Kth grade Pontes played a
long, hard game letting the op(*>s
ing team know that they weren’t
about to lose this game Play mg full
court press on the Stanfield Cubs,
the Heppner girls walked away with
the game, winning 2K Id
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Have A Safe & Happy
Holiday
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Santa and Mrs. Claus will visit
lone at 12:30pm and Heppner at
2:00pm, Saturday Dec 23, to
give OotH.1 Wishes and Candy
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M ustangs defeat R am s
By Bob Krem
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