Heppner Gautte-Tlmes, Heppner, Orqon Wednesday, February 12, 1"2 -111REE
IMS Lady Cards beat Condon Colt basketball concludes
take second in Helix tourney season with tournament
By Becky Wagenblast
Jone's Middle School Lady
Cardinals had a busy week play-
ing four games starting January
28, in Condon. lone defeated the
Blue Devils, 21-8.
The Cardinals jumped out to an
early 6-1 first quarter lead.
Melissa McElligott scored six
points. !one's defense worked
well and turned several of Con-
don 's turnovers into baskets.
The second quarter saw Ione
keeping Condon from scoring.
Suzy Heideman made four
points, leading the Cards to a
10-1 advantage going into the
half. Ione pulled down 11 re-
bounds in the second quarter to
control the boards. They also had
eight steals off the press.
lone played everyone in the se-
cond half. Top scorer was
Melissa McElligott with six
points. Becky Wagenblast led the
Cards in rebounding with six and
a total team effort of 26. lone had
29 steals with McElligott taking
eight.
January 30, Ione traveled to
Helix and crushed the Grizzlies
25-11 . The Cardinals shot 40 per-
cent from the field and 66 percent
from the line in the first half. Ione
led 14-5 at the half. Lynde
Minster led with six points and
McElligott had six rebounds.
In the second half the Cards
had eight steals and converted
those into points. Suzy Heideman
had four of her five steals in the
second half.
Heideman led the scoring
throughout the game with seven
points. The Cardinals had 21 re-
bounds and 13 steals.
On Feb. 1 Ione attended the
Helix tournament. The first game
was a rematch against Helix. The
Heppner's Colt Ba ketball
season concludes Saturday, Feb.
15 with a day-long tournament
beginning at 8 a .m . Colt Basket-
ball features boys and girls in
grades four through six.
The tournament will include an
East and West regional with the
East held in the junior high gym
and the West regional in the high
school gym. The schedule is a
follows:
High school gym: 8 a .m .
number one seeded Bruins against
number 8 Cardinals; 9 a .m .
fourth- Cougars and fifth -
Huskies; wiMers play at 11 ;
losers at 10. Loser of 11 a.m .
Cards won 24- 16.
lone jumped out to a 5-1 lead
in the first quarter. Helix fought
back to a one-point margin in the
second stanza making the score
9-8, lone, at the half.
In the third quarter the Car-
dinals played better and led
17- 13. They shot a good 41 per-
cent. The fourth quarter saw Ione
pulling off the win, 24- 16.
Lynde Minster was the leading
scorer with to points. Melissa
McElligott helped the Cards with
nine of their 26 rebounds .
Heideman had four steals.
In the championship game Ione
met up with Echo. The Cards
lacked energy and were behind
2-6 after the first quarter. They
Amateur bowlers will take to
came back in the second to trail the lanes soon to determine the
by two, 11- 13.
state champions for the 1992
In the third quarter lone was Miller High Life Championships,
still lagging behind the Cougars, one of the richest events in
16- 17. McELligott made a three- amateur bowling. The champion-
pointer to pull the game within ship tourney will take place at
one.
Heppner Bowl February 15- 16.
The final stanza was Ione' s last
This event, sponsored by
of the day , but they just couldn't Miller High Life and conducted
pull it off and lost 21 -27 . Becky by the Bowling Proprietors'
Wagenblast had a three-pointer Association of America, is pro-
go in at the buzzer.
ving to be as popular as its
Suzy Heideman led all scorers predecessor, the Miller High Na-
with 11 points. She and tional Doubles. Thousands of
Wagenblast each had eight league bowlers entered local
rebounds.
The Cardinals brought home qualifying events for the Miller
the second place trophy for their High Life Champio nships during
the fall league season. Local
efforts.
qualifying concluded Jan. 6, with
state finals to be completed by
Feb. 23. Each state will advance
one man and one woman cham-
lone Middle School Lady
Carinals had another successful
week, defeating Arlington Feb.
4 , 24- 11 and Helix two days later
30- 17. Their record now stands
at nine wins two losses.
Ione led Arlington, 14-2 at the
end of the first quarter. The Gosl-
in gs fought back in the second to
close lone' s lead to seven, 14-7 .
Ione held Arlington scoreless in
the third and charged to a 20-7
lead. The Cardinals woo 24-11 .
Melissa McElligott and Suzy
Heideman each had eight points
to lead the Cardinals. McElligott
also had 10 rebounds and three
·assists. lone had a total of 34
l ebounds.
On Feb. 6 , Ione crushed the
Helix Grizzlies for the third time
this season. Ione jumped out to
a 7-2 lead at the end of the first
quarter. McElligott had a three-
pointer at the buzzer, strengthen-
ing the lead.
Ione maintained their lead in
the second quarter, going into the
half 13-6. Ione used good defen-
sive pressure and held Helix to
only four points. In the third
period they kept the pressure up.
The fourth quarter belonged to
the Cardinals as they cruised to
a 30-1 7 victory. McElligott
couldn't miss a shot and made 20
points for the game. Suzy
Heideman had six and Becky
Wagenblast chipped in four.
Heideman pulled down eight re-
bounds and Lynde Minster dish-
ed out four assists to pace lone.
McElligott also lead in steals with
five . lone shot 33 percent from
the field and 100 percent from the
line.
Jone' s last game is Thursday ,
Feb. 13 in Arlington . Game time
is I :30 p .m.
Gun club lists weekly winners
Sunday , Feb. 9 , 2 1 shooters
partic ipated in a chilly afternoon
of trapshooting.
Curt Day took first place
honors with a perfect score of 25
at the 16 yard line. Harvey
Childers, Loren Woodside, Mike
Adams, Pat Lovgren and Jason
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Maben shared second with a
score of 24 .
First place in the handicap
event went to Pat Lovgren with
a score of 24. Second place was
shared by Day, Childers and Rob
A hbeck, each with a score of 23.
The gun club will open Sun-
day , Feb. 16 at noon.
THIS
VALENTINE'S
DAYSAY
ILOVEYOU
WITH
JEWELRY.
The Valentine ~ ft she loves
best is the one t at lasts! Fine
jewelry is something every
woman appreciates.
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Chinese New Year
game will play at 12:30 p.m. for
third place. Winner of 10 a .m.
game will play at 12:30 p.m . at
the j unior high gym for fourth
place.
Junior high gym: 8 a.m. Ducks
vs. Bears; 9 a.m. Trojan v .
Beavers; winner at 11 a .m. loser
at lO a.m .; loserof I I a.m. game
at 12:30 p.m . at the high chool
for third place; winner of IO a . m.
game at junior high gym for
fourth place .
A champion hip game featur-
ing each regionaJ will begin at ap-
proximately l :30 p.m at the high
school. There i no adrni ion
charge.
Bowling tourney finals Feb.
15-16 at Heppn~r Bowl
IMS Cards beat win two
By Becky Wagenblast
Ione 1st graders celebrate
;..,
Jewelers /
676-'200
pion to the national finals, March
21-22 at Baily's Lane in Reno,
Nev .
The state champions not o nly
earn state prize mo ney and a trip
to Reno, but are also guaranteed
a min imum of $500 with both the
male and female national cham-
pions wiM ing $10,000. Follo w-
ing the single ' co mpetition, a
special doubles' event will pair
the top 12 state teams as deter-
mined by their individual score
from the singles tournament. The
12 teams compete in round-robin ,
match-play competition with the
winning duo earning $ 10 ,000. AJI
12 teams receive prize money .
Singles' competition at the na-
tio nal final gets underway on
Saturday , March 21 , followed by
the doubles' competitio n on Sun-
day afternoon, March 22 .
First grade students front (l-r) Sheena Christman Diana
McEJJigott, Caitlin Orem.
Zinter, Cay/~ Krebs
Daniel Nolan, Ti/ Tullis.
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Lexington News
By Delpha Jones
Whea_tland Pomona meets
By Delpha Jones
Wheatland Pomona Grange
met Saturday, Jan 25 at the Lex-
ington Grange. The meeting was
presided over by the Overseer in
the absence of Master Barton
Clark.
Minutes o f previous meetings
were read and repons were heard
from the four ubord inate
granges. Gus Strecker, master of
Spray Grange reported that senior
citizen dinners are held there
weekly and that they are now
hosting a place for the doctor and
nurse from the Fo sil clin ic fo r
consulation with local patients .
Greenfield grange is busy with
the regular meetings and they also
serve breakfast at the hall on the
fourth Saturday from 7- 11 a .m .
as a money maker for their
grange. Willows is busy with
their regular meetings, programs
and other activities. Lexingto n
has held all their meetings, and
a Christmas party with food for
the Neighborhood Center.
Reports we re hea rd from
various committees and an elec-
tion for teward was held with
Clarence Buchanan of Lexington
elected. He and Nyna Knighte n
and Mary Wilkins were installed
in their respective offices.
A resolution was heard concer-
ning the insurance and the grange
members. One must be a member
before they can get the benefits
provided by the grange including
the in urance.
-:-Hilda Yocom i home after
10 days in Good Shepherd Com
The program con isted of a
mun ity Ho pita l in Hermiston .
reading "The Indian 23rd
-:-Holly Rebekah Lodge and
Psalm" by Eulenna Vaughn,
Lexington
Oddfellows Lodge met
''Ten Commandments for good
on
Thur
day evening . The
Listing" by Wilma Martin and
ReP,ekah
meeting
wa called to
" Th ree Rooms and a Path" by
o
rder
by
the
.G . Kath y
Dot Halvorsen. The speaker for
TellecJw~.
the day, Loren Unruh , conserva-
T he table favor for the
tionist of the USDA office and
a embly were discu ed . They
daughter, were introduced. He
will need approximately 350.
po ke to th e gro up about
Card were ent to confirmed
Wetlands. There has been much
members and friends. The next
published lately about the project
card party will be Sat. March 7
and he gave the group update
with p rize and refre hments .
such as what is a Wetland, and
told the group that thi program
-:-The card party held at the
Rebekah Hall Saturday evening ,
came about when the Dec. 23,
1985 Flood Security Act was Feb . I , wa well attended .
signed . There are we tland Refreshments were erved and
classifications such a tho e
desig nated before the 1985 act ,
and those since, uch as fanned
we tland , prio r con verted
wetlands and atricial wetlands. If
there i a que tio n whether you
have wetland on you r property
this can be answered at the Soil
The Morrow County Health
Conservation District o ffi ce.
Care
Council will hold its mon-
Those with wetlands on their pro-
thly
meeting
at lone High School
perty will be no tified .
on February 20 at 7 p. m. Is ue
W illows Grange received the
to be di ussed by the ouncil will
prize for those most present in at-
include health di trict , bilingual
tendance at Pomona in 1991 ancl
need /re ource in health care
a motio n wa made to continue
and the federal de ignation o f a
for 1992 .
rural health clinic for the Board-
The next Pomona will be at
man
Health care Center and
Spray, Saturday, April 15 at
Pioneer
M t!rnurial Clini .
10:30 a .m.
eil
Meyer
from the Univer-
G range count wa as follows:
ity
of
Idaho
will
be in Heppner
Lexingto n 10 ; S pray , five ;
to
pre
ent
the
study
on the
Willow , fi ve; Greenfield two
of
Pioneer
economic
importance
'1d two vi itor .
Memorial Ho pital on February
25. The meeting will take place
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the following people wo n prizes:
. women 's high-Jean Adams :
men' high-Bob Taylor; low-Earl
orris and Sue Vinson ; pinochle- ·
F rance Smou e and Carol Nor-
ri . The next card party will be
Sat . March I .
-:-Hilda Yocom is a patient in
Good Shepherd Comm un ity
Ho pitaJ in Hermisto n where he
i recuperat ing fro m major
urgery.
- :-Leila Pa lmer and Joyce
Buchanan moto red to Portland
la t week . Leila returned ho me
Sunday while Joyce remained fo r
a longer sta Y ·
-:-Debra Jone of Spokane,
WA ., vi ited her parents Joe and
Hi lda Yocom d ur in g the
weekend.
Health care council to present study
on economic ~mportance
Onion workshop slated Feb. 27
A lower Columbia Basin Onion
Workshop wil be held on Thurs-
day , Feb . 27 at the Heather Inn
in UmatilJa. There will be no
charge for the work hop and
Panda wh ich lives in China's
bamboo fore ts. They learned
that kite fl ying is popular in Asia
a nd one windy day they enjoyed
flying a kite. Students al o tried
their hand at cooking fried rice
which they all agreed tasted great.
A a culmination of their unit
of tudy they had a day of
celebration when the class dre s-
ed in the good luck color of red.
They held a parade with a good
luck dragon they had made. The
cla s al o followed the trad ition
of giving pennies wrapped in red
paper to tudents and parents as
a wi h fo r a happy and pro-
perous new year.
It was a fun week of learning
for everyone.
The lone Elementary School
first grade celebrated the Chinese
New Year the fi r t week of
February . They learned the
Chinese u ea lunar calendar and
• name their years after 12 animals .
This is the Year of the Monkey,
4 ,690.
Betty Rietmann's class studied
ancient C hine e culture. They
tried writing Chine e character
for familiar words and used
C hinese sym bols fo r number to
10 to do math problem . They
wi hed everyone Gung Hay Fat
Choy (Happy ew Year).
Students learned how siJk cloth
from il k worms was first made
in China. They tudied the giant
lunch will be provided .
For more information call the
Morrow County Extension office
676-9642 or the Hermiston Ex-
tension office 567-832 1.
ac the Columbia Ba in Electric
Cooperative at 7: 30 p.m . Thi
repon wa prepared by the
University of Idaho, in a ocia-
tion with Mountain States Health
Corporation of Salem. The inten-
tion of thi tudy i co educate
community re ident as to the
role of th e local health care
y tern play in the economic in-
fra tructure of the community.
Morrow County citizen are
encouraged to attend bo th
meeting to provide input and to
learn more about health care
issues in Morrow County .
For further infonnation cal l
Pam agely, 676-91 22.
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