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■ it -■ ■ - • • Ti . '• Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 21, 1990 - TÜRKE Junior high students chip RHS wrestler 4th in state in for community EASTERN OREGON OUTDOORS by Mark Bagett When forced to look back upon my steady (indeed, miraculous) progres sion of scholastic grades 1-12, perhaps the most vivid are the memories O ffe r Id e a l associated with spring break. How *'■7 slowly the weeks would pass between Christmas and spring vacations, an agony further intensified by the reliably gorgeous weather that would appear sometime between those two periods. Not until after I had been out of school for more years than I attended did I learn that most school systems set the dates for their spring vacations by consulting springtime weather pat terns over the past 100 or so years, heinously choosing the week most apt to offer a strong Arctic frontal system occurring right in the middle of several weeks of sub-tropical weather. Spring break meant, for the incurable young outdoors enthusiast, a full week of uninterrupted ground squirrel hunting. The wait became toughest in high school. Each day for several weeks before vacation I would gaze out the second-story window of my creative writing class and watch as a profusion of the skittish, brown “ rats” gorged on the succulent green grasses emerging from the nearby hillside. Occasionally, the ultimate trophy would appear among the boulders—a fat, lazy rockchuck. If anything was more difficult than concentrating on my studies during that class, it was explaining why my work was sprinkled with such action verbs as “ dusted” , “ popped” or “ ventilate.” As a rule, teachers are generally unsympathetic of the springtime long ings of confirmed squirrel hunters. One P.E. coach of mine, a recent im plant from the nether regions south of the Oregon border, enjoyed awar ding “ demerits” for misbehavior. As I had been largely unsuccessful in convincing him of my obvious angelic qualities, sunny afternoons after the final bell would find me out on the track, running off his sinister reprimands at the rate of one lap per black mark. Usually Wes, my loyal hunting comrage, would wait, snickering patiently from the sidelines un til I was free to go chase some squirrels. “ You may have noticed, Mark, that I’ve been kind of rough on you these past several months,” the coach said one day after watching me run something more than 137 miles in record time. "That could all change if I had you on my track team.” “ No thanks," I panted. “ Spring is for squirrel shootin’.” “ Don’t be ridiculous; nothing can taste that good, to justify your taking what I put you through ” “ Well, you don’t actually e a ...” 1 felt the sharp pain of Wes’ elbow in my ribs. “ You mean you never had 'em?” I did my best to appear ap palled. “ Best you ever tasted!” “ Yeah,” Wes chided, “ Fry ’em up just like you would a trout—with the heads off and the tails on. If you’re gonna’ live around here, you bet ter not let anyone know you haven’t eaten ground squirrel.” “ Yeah, well, I’ll have to try it,” the extortionist-tumed-teacher said, adding that he intended to ride me harder than ever for having turned him down. For younger aspirants, perhaps no other activity can offer better hands- on, actual field experience than can a hillside or field full of ground squir rels. With proper adult instruction, nearly all aspects of safe hunting can be covered-from responsible gun handling to marksmanship to hunting etiquette-in a way that provides plenty of action to keep interest levels up. And since the rodents are damage-causing pests for most ranchers, it usually isn’t difficult to secure the required permission to hunt them on private agricultural lands-another valuable lesson for the youngsters. Above all, don’t take Wes’ advice to the coach too seriously about cook ing and eating the squirrels-by all means, cut the tails off as well. Ground Squirrels Ideal Training fo r Budding Shooters Rhea Creek Road between Keck Canyon and Brenner Canyon, will be closed between March 19th and March 23rd. The Morrow County Road Department will be replacing the deck and rails on Snyder Bridge. March 16 marked the third an nual Community Service Day spon sored by the students and staff of Columbia Junior High School. Twelve homerooms were organized into work groups with projects to im prove the communities of Irrigon and Boardman. This year work groups include Mrs. Powell’s homeroom who will be hosting a two-hour day care free- of-charge to the citizens of Irrigon. The day care will be in Room 8 at Columbia Junior High. Children may participate in water colors, crayon coloring, games in the gym, story hour and snack time. Mr. Mar tin’s group will be mvolved in clean ing, digging, cutting and repairing the grounds around the Irrigon Lions Club. Mr. French’s eighth grade homeroom will be sponsoring a car wash beginning at 8:30 a.m. until noon at Rod’s Market. Donations received from the wash will be given to the Senior Citizen Center. Mrs. Edinger’s students will be baking decorated cupcakes for the Senior Citizen’s Center in Irrigon for By Marty Suter After finishing second to the Im- bler Panthers at Regionals the River side Pirates advanced to the state playoffs at the Pendleton Armory March 7 - 1 0 . Riverside got burned by the young Monroe Dragons, 62-54, in the first round Thursday. The Pirates dead ly fast break vaporized against the Dragons and they couldn’t convert using their half court game. It’s been 50 years since a boys team from Monroe has qualified for the state tourney but you wouldn’t have guessed by watching the balanced Dragon attack. “ We didn’t rebound well at all; we didn’t block out well either. Matt Andreason, 5’ I I ” had seven re bounds at the half and no one else had any,” Ray Tracy said. The Dragon demonstrated a much quicker game than the Pirates have been used to. “ T hey’ve got some good quickness and they use it well. We were ready for it, but we were im patient on offense and took ourselves out of our own game,” Tracy said. Rebounding didn’t work to the ad vantage of the taller Pirates. “ I thought my guards Mike Tallman, Matt Andreason and Timms hit the shots well and they controlled the ball well, but they didn’t have any help from underneath,” Tracy commented. On Friday, March 10, Riverside clinched a State Class A basketball tournament victory the first for a Columbia Basin Conference team since Heppner girls took the title in 1986, by beating Riddle, 89-64. There were no teams from the District 7A Columbia Basin Con ference. the Pendleton tournament’s host conference, either last year or the year before. The Pirates hit 30 of 37 free throw t attempts, two attempts short of a tournament record. Timms, River side’s leading scorer, struggled ear ly, missing his first 10 shots. “ We reminded him that he’s a better shooter,” Riverside coach Tracy said smiling. Riverside played Yoncalla for the boys consolation title Saturday. Scott Timms ignited the Pirates with 20 first-quarter points. The CBC champs seemed to be coasting to a victory, until the big men, Pat McDonough and Bill Byrd were forced to sit with foul trouble. Yon calla used this to their advantage and powered in from the inside. The Eagles got relief from junior Van Loon who sealed the game by a single free throw and rebounding his miss to seal the clock with deuce. Scott Timms scored an impressive 76 points in Riverside’s three tourney games. YOU CANT BEAT OUR DEAL Find A Better Price • W e’ll Match It SHERRELL CHEVRO LET HERMISTON.OR. 97838 tion bracket he pinned Graham Dean of Elgin, moving him into the match for third and fourth, which he lost by a 2-0 decision. Riverside’s other state qualifier, Rudy Flores, lost his first two mat ches by decisions. Both Kinsey and Flores are juniors at Riverside 567-6487 Ixiw Prices & Quality Service For Over 40 Years Í - # ’# ,* % r * ,* » *■ .* ,. •, . *\ :>* 4^‘ ’ * , * ^ * * • V ‘ • ■ Women’s Aglow plans retreat The Eastern Oregon Area Spring R etreat for W om en’s Aglow Fellowship will be held March 30, 31 and April 1, at the Red Lion Inn, Pendleton, according to Corrine Miles, Heppner. This year’s speaker will be Con nie Baranyai from Cedar Hills, Tx., where she serves on the staff of the Trinity Assembly of God Church. Connie is a Bible teacher and has the “ unique ability to make the scrip tures come alive, especially those overly-familiar scriptures that we feel has been exhausted,” said a r. .« . -..■■■■ ,'• / ".)• , ..A . - V». • spokesperson. Besides the guest speaker, there will be several workshops on Satur day. A special feature this year will be a “ Family Reunion” on Friday afternoon for all past and present area board officers. For those unable to attend all three days of the retreat, sessions will be open on a session or day rate. Aglow is an international in terdenominational organization of Christian women. For further information call Miles at 676-5016. > • > • • * -, -if • V5- v « ” * V- • y .: • . *». > * ..V* ; : • ^ '■ .. '4 r ■ ' • *••-,*• ff T *. if/ • : * v 9 z . .. y * ; * ,. . • ’ . '• • 'I ••• ' ' «• • - « «-AL •. - * . •* * ■ ■ ; - • ¿ )•. v « « 4. ^ • •'* V- '•/ ” ' ' - / ; ' - *.*■' • •• r : .:, \ : . 4\ .* • - Riverside clenches Class A basketball tournament We Stand Behind Our Motto PO BOX 209 their weekly luncheon. The group also will decorate the center in a spring motif on March 16. Mr. White’s homeroom will be in Board- man sponsoring a free car wash at Sentry Market. Donations will be ac cepted to be given to the Senior Citizen’s Center in Irrigon. Mr. Robert’s group will clean up the area across from Sentry Market in Board- man. Students will report shortly after 8 a.m. armed with plastic bags. Mr. Killingbeck’s seventh grade group will be running a pop bottle drive in Boardman. Monies collected will be donated to a charity in the Boardman-Irrigon area. Mr. Pratt’s students will be picking up trash in back of the C & D Drive Inn and painting for the City of Boardman. Mrs. Bowling’s homeroom will spruce up the Boardman City Park and restrooms. Mr. Colvett’s homeroom will be weeding, clipping and cleaning up the Irrigon cemetery and Mr. Hunt and Mrs. Leinweber will be taking students to the Boardman Marina to pick up debris. By Marty Suter Riverside Wrestler, Jim Kinsey, brought home the fourth place medal from the State Class A Wrestling Championships for the 98-lbs division. Jim won his opening match with an 11-0 decision over John Patton of Wahtonka, then lost his second match by a decision. In the consola -v .\ • : TK Monroe (62) Parker 3-6 2-3 10; Younger 6- 9 2-3 14; Crowson 3-5 2-2 ll;l Knutson 0-01-21; Justin Carley 2-5 6-6-10; Volkers 6 8 2-2 14; Josh Carley 1-1 0 4 2; Barnes 6 1 0-0 0. Totals 21-35 15-18 62. Riverside (45) Tallman 6 1 10-0 9; Dike 6 2 6 0 0; Hill 1-2 0-0 2; Andreason 2-9 0-0 4; Larsen 1-2 1-2 3; Timms 1622 0-0 22; Byrd 2-3 1-5 5; Meyers 6 1 0-0 0; McDonough 6 1 0-0 0: Hyder 0-0 6 1 0; Totals 2654 2-7 45. * 3-point goals Monroe 5 (Parker 2, Crowson 3)?. Riverside 3 (Tallman 1, Timms 2.) Total fouls Monroe 7 Riverside 15. Re bounds Monroe 33 (Justin Carley 13) River side 23 (Andreason 9). Turnovers Monroe 10 Riverside 10. Assists Monroe 5, River side 6. Riversdie (89) Andreason 6 7 2-2 10; Timms 620 7-9 24; Byrd 3-7 6-8 12; Tallman 5-8 6 6 16; Hill 2-3 1-1 5; Larsen 3-6 2-2 8; McDonough 2-2 2-2 6; Hyder 1-5 2-2 4; Meyers 1-2 2-4 4; Dike 6 1 6 1 0. Totals 29-62 3637 89. Riddle (64) Davenport 6 9 1-2 9; Kurtz 2-4 2-2 6; Smaller 6 1 0 2-3 10; Nelson 1-6 0-62; Schofield 1-6 3-3 5; Chambers 7-18 7- 7 24; Gire 1-1 0-0 2; Putman 1-2 6 0 2; O’Hara 1-3 6 0 2; Matthews 61 2-2 2; Han son 6 2 6 0 6, Roberts. Total 22-6317-19 64. 3-point goals Riverside 1-1 (Timms 1) Riddle 3-3 (Chambers 3). Fouled out- \ndreason. Rebounds Riverside 42 (Byrd 14) Riddle 41 (Small 9) Assists Riverside 12 (Tallman 5) Riddle 2. Turnovers Riverside 22, Riddle 28. 2 . 19 .. > . * V .- /• DURLACHER Fashion Scarf 5001 R / QUANTITIES LIMITED M umjü D jhuj **' V 217 North Main Heppner » ■ *> ^ * * V -r? - ‘ ' .* V •**'- „ - • * V. . V v -> ■ 67M)1TB ' ■ - It > ' . THANK YOU ONE & ALL i-V - F R O M 1 9 9 0 S T . 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