Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 1, 1993 - THREE
WCCC Golf
Lexington N ew s
Jack and Jill
August 28, 1993
Sixteen couples participated in
the final Jack and Jill of the
season at Willow Creek Country
Club. Play was two-person best
shot scramble.
Low gross: first-John Edmund-
son and Cam Wishart 30; second-
Dave and Karen Wildman 31;
third-a tie between Les and Jan
Paustian and Bob and Suzanne
Jepsen 33; fifth-a tie between Earl
and Peggy Fishbum and Mike
and Cindi Doherty 34; seventh-a
tie between Jim Wishart and Pat
Edmundson and Earl and Carol
Norris 35.
Low net: firt-Riley and Bebe
Munkers 18 */6; second-Louis and
Betty Carlson 19*4; third-Jay and
Lori Straley 21; fourth-Floyd and
Lorena Jones 21 '4.
Special Events: closest to pin
second shot #l-Bob and Suzanne
Jepsen; women #4-Jan Paustian;
third shot #6-Gene and Luvilla
Sonstegard; chip-ins-Lori Straley
and Muriel Palmer.
_________________________________ By Delpha Jones
-¡-Gladys VanWinkle former
Lexingtonite now from Florence,
her sister Alta Goldsby of
Prineville and a friend, Gladys
Douglas of Kaiser, were three of
the ladies who enjoyed a walk
with the wagon team on the
Oregon Trail trek. They joined
the group at Three Island Cross
ing near Glenn’s Ferry, Idaho,
for three days and a 45-mile
walk. The ladies enjoyed the third
day most of all as the train travel
ed through the original ruts of the
pioneer wagons. There were on
ly the wagons and drivers and
those walking, as no motorized
vehicles were allowed on this par
ticular part of the trail. Parts of
an old mirror were recovered and
the group said they like to think
that this was from the original
train. They report a real fine
time, meeting many fine people
along the way and making many
friendships. The ladies were in
terviewed by a correspondent
from “ Grit” magazine, which
has an interesting article about
them in the last issue.
-:-Luella Taylor is at home
after a stay in Portland where she
received medical attention.
-:-Alice Majeske is at home
after a stay at St. Anthony’s
Hospital in Pendleton. A son,
Don Majeske, and wife have been
visiting at the Majeske home to
be near their mother.
-:-Colleen Bergstrom visited
with her son Wade Padberg and
son and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Gene Wallace, over the weekend
and enjoyed the rodeo and fair ac
tivities. She makes her home in
Deary, Idaho.
-:-Janet Balfe, from An
chorage, Alaska is visiting her
mother, Leila Palmer for a few
days.
-¡-Friends in the area were
deeply grieved to hear of the
tragic death of a lifetime resident
Pat Cutsforth, and extend their
heartfelt sympathies to the family.
-¡-Martha Munkers and son
Ryan have returned home from
Denver, Colorado, where they
were among those who went to
see Pope John Paul II.
-¡-Butch Sawyer was a visitor
from Richland, WA. with the Bill
Padberg family and other friends
on Sunday.
-¡-Renee Yocom and children
have returned home after a stay
with her parents in Colorado whle
she was recuperating from a
broken ankle.
Debbie Wryn community choir director
Anyone who enjoys singing is
invited to join the south Morrow
Community Choir on Monday
evenings, starting September 13.
The group meets in the band
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room at Heppner High School
from 6-7 p.m. with warmups
starting at 5:45 p.m. The only re
quirement is that you enjoy
singing.
Debbie Wryn is the new direc
tor this year replacing Bob Isted,
who is now teaching in Vemonia.
Wryn is the K-5 music specialist
at Stanfield Elementary. She also
teaches private piano lessons.
For more information contact
Wryn, 422-7017 or Shirley
Palmer 676-9730.
FALL SPECIALS
Men’s International
Tournament
August 29, 1993
Sixteen men played in the
Men’s International Tournament
held at Willow Creek Country
Club. The Stableford scoring
system, under which points are
awarded for scores of par or bet
ter and deductions are given for
scores of double bogey or higher,
was used. This was the eighth
local International Tournament
which is patterned after the PGA
event played at Castle Pines Golf
Course in Colorado.
Low gross: first-John Edmund
son + 12; a tie for second bet
ween Roy Martin and Dave
W ildm an + 8 ; fourth-G ene
Sonstegard +7; fifth-a tie bet
ween Elmer Palmer and Mike
Doherty +5.
Low net: first-a tie between
Earl Norris, Dave Pranger and
Mike Jones 55; fourth-Terry Fife
56.
Closest to Pin: John Edmund
son; second shot-Mike Doherty.
Least putts: Gary Bingham.
A ggravation aw ard-R alph
Walker.
Women’s Day
August 31, 1993
Flight A: low gross-Pat Edmund
son, low net-Anita Boyer, least
putts-Eileen Padberg, K.P. 2nd
shot #13-Pat Edmundson.
Flight B: low gross-Martha
Peterson, low net-Kay Anderson,
K.P. 3rd shot 015-Linda Schultz.
Flight C: low gross-Linda
Schultz,
low
net-B etty
Christman, least putts-Doris
Graves and Mary Beamer.
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Airman Therese E. Davis has
graduated from the personnel
specialists course at Keesler Air
Force Base, Biloxi, Miss.
Graduates learned to perform
in various personnel programs,
including career development,
training, manning, enlistment, re-
enlistm ent, and Air Force
promotions.
The airman is the daughter of
M. Eugenia Kendell, Irrigon and
Donald E. Davis, Estacada. She
is a 1992 graduate of Estacada
High School.
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September 7 thru 20
Museum Hours: 1 - 5 p.m. daily - Closed Thurs. & Fri.
Reception - Tuesday, September 7
Cards see big football turnout
7 - 9 p.m.
_______Scholar's Presentation by Sandy Van Liew______
lone Cards get ready for season
With freshmen making up 10 year will be 160 lb. Junior Jerod
of the 29 players on the football Ashbeck.
team, there won’t be much ex
On the line the Cardinals look
perienced depth for the Cardinals pretty good with 180 lb. Sr. Ar-
this year. “ But we still look to ron Heideman at one guard, and
have a pretty good team,” Head 190 lb. So. Jason Halvorsen on
Coach Gregg Rietmann said the other side. Holding up the
Tuesday.
center position will either be 160
The Cards open Sept. 5 with a lb. Sr. Jake Bacon or 160 lb. Jr.
jamboree at Dufur. Four teams Nathan Heideman. Lots of ex
participate in the jamboree, with perience at the end positions with
each piaying one quarter against
150 lb. Sr. Jason Proudfoot at one
the other three teams. lone, and 150 lb. Sr. Bridger Baker at
Dufur, Wasco County and the other cad.
Portland
Lutheran
are
As far as any changes in the of
participating.
fense, Rietmann says you can ex
The Cards will have 14 retur pect to see the Cards put the ball
ning lettermen this year, six of in the air more. “ We’re probably
them starters off last year’s going to threw a litle more this
squad, but look to the bench and
year, but you still have to
you won’t see much experience,
establish the ground game to
Rietmann said.
win.”
Some of the returning players
On the defensive side of the
include the two Holtz brothers in
ball, look to see multiple defenses
the backfield, 160 lb. Junior
with real strong linebackers and
tailback Gregg Holtz, and 180 lb.
a good line. “ We look pretty
sartior fullback Brian Holtz.
good in those positions,” Riet
Quarterbacking the squad this
mann says, “ if we have any
defensive weaknesses it’s in our
secondary, where we are a little
inexperienced.” The Cards
return one starter in the defensive
secondary, Jason Proundfoot.
“ He’s pretty tough,” Rietmann
pointed out.
Another addition to the team
this year is a six foot seven Ger
man exchange student. “ He’s
never played football before, but
he has played soccer and we’re
working with him on his place
kicking,” Rietmann said.
After the jamboree this week,
the Cards open regular season
play with a home league game
against Echo Sept. 10.
Rietmann expects the Dufur
Rangers to be tough in the league
this year, along with Culver and
“ Condon’s always tough” .
Helping Rietmann with
coaching duties is assistant Robin
Graff, and Rietmann is looking
for one more assistant.
Public health officials caution about ARDS
“ To minimize the chances of avoid attracting rodents.
The following information was
It is not known whether the
submitted by Morrow County being exposed to hantavirus and
Public Health Nurse, Laura other diseases that rodents may hantavirus responsible for the
carry, people should avoid ex four-comers outbreak was the
Burnside McElligott.
The death in 1992 of a 16 year- posure to rodents and their same type responsible for the
Oregon death. Dr. Hedberg add
old boy from The Dalles is the feces,” said Dr. Hedberg.
People are advised not to dig ed. The Health Division, in con
only case Oregon health officials
have found from adult respiratory in rodent holes or burrows. Food junction with the federal Centers
for Disease Control and Preven
distress syndrome (ARDS) link should be stored in secure,
plans to continue
ed to hantavirus infection accor rodent-proof containers, and gar tion,
ding to Katrina Hedberg, M.D. bage should be placed in con surveillance activities for the
tainers with tight fitting lids to disease in the state.
deputy state epidemiologist.
Health officials throughout the
nation have been actively in
vestigating unexplained illnesses
from ARDS since May, when at
least 18 people in the four-comers
area of New Mexico, Arizona,
Colorado and U tah. developed
ARDS that was linked to han
tavirus infection. Fourteen of the
18 people have since died. In ad
dition to the Oregon case five
more cases have been confirmed
in people who did not live in the
four-comers area: one was a
traveller to the four-comers area,
while the others were residents of
central Nevada, eastern Texas
and California.
“ All indications are that
respiratory distress syndrome
linked to hantavirus infection is
extremely rare,” said Dr.
Hedberg. “ Any time you seek
out a newly recognized illness
you are bound to find some cases.
Yet, intense surveillance for
possible hantavirus patients
located only one confirmed case
in Oregon.”
The four-comers outbreak ap
pears to have been caused by a
newly recognized hantavirus
associated with the deer mouse.
Symptoms of hantavirus infection
have included fever, body aches,
dry cough and, within three or
four days, rapid onset of severe
respiratory failure. The fatality
rate of known cases has been
high: 78 percent of the 18 cases
in the four-comers outbreak. The
disease is believed to be spread
by exposure to rodent feces, urine
or saliva. There is no evidence
the disease can be transmitted Coach Les Payne (back) uses Jeremy Cimmiyotti to explain
from person to person. Persons some defensive drills during daily doubles to the Heppner
experiencing an acute shortness Mustangs. The Mustangs turned out 47 for the team. Hepp
of breath should see a physician. ner opens its season Sept 10 at John Day.
Reigning state champs
Heppner Mustangs get ready
for 1993 football season