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EIGHT • Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 29, 1993 Oregon Trail wagon passes through county The official Oregon Trail Wagon Train has passed through Morrow County. The wagon is owned by the Bob Harrison family and is the same one that Bob drove in 1976 for the U .S. B icentennial Celebration. Everett Keithly and Travis Harrison helped Bob refurbish the old wagon after the wheels had been reworked by a wheelwright in Moscow, Idaho. A portion of the money for refur bishing the wagon came from a grant from the Oregon Trail Coordinating Council and the Morrow County Court. The wagon first appeared in Heppner’s St. Patrick’s Day celebration with Joe Yocom and Bob Harrison driving it to transport the Morrow County Fair and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Queen and her court. The next showing was at the lone 4th of Ju ly parade where it carried the Rietmann family members who were the parade’s grand mar shals. RoffWestburg of Heppner drove his team of draft horses for this event. In August Bob and Everett drove the wagon in the Morrow County Fair and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo parade. The wagon was put on display on September 14 in the lone City Park when Cycle Oregon VI with 2,200 bicyclers rode through Morrow County on a route paralleling the Old Oregon Trail. The most outstanding event for the Morrow County wagon was the participation in the four-day ride across the county with the of ficial wagon train. Stops were made at Well Springs and at Cecil. Bob and Everett drove the wagon with Travis Harrison ac ting as outrider. Others involved with riding the wagon and par ticipating in the layover day ac tivities at Cecil included Sharon Harrison, Claudia Hughes, Bon nie Clow, Betty Carlson, Kirsten Daniel, John Edmundson, Mar sha Sweek, Tiffany Harrison and Lorene Griffith. Louis Carlson accompanied the wagon train on horseback on the second day. Jean Nelson met the wagon train at Well Springs and told the group about the history of the Well Springs area at the evening campfire gathering there. The team of draft horses for the cross country trail ride was furnished by the Cold Springs Ranch of Arlington. Arrangements for the Morrow County wagon were made by Jean Nelson of the Morrow County Historical Society and John Edmundson of the Morrow County Tourism Committee. Many individuals and businesses donated time and money to make this possible. Businesses which gave financial support included: Bank of Eastern Oregon, Inland Empire Bank, Port of Morrow, Kinzua Corporation, Pacific Gas Transmission Cô., and Portland General Electric Co. Mustangs keep perfect record with 38-22 win over Sherman County The Heppner Mustangs open ed defense of their Columbia Basin Conference league champ ionship with a 38-22 win over the Sherman County Huskies Friday night. Sept. 24 in More. Heppner started slow again trailing after one quarter. The Huskies put together a 15 play drive that covered 65 yards to open the scoring. Quarterback Jesse Alsup dived over from the two yard line with 2:48 remain ing in the first quarter to put Sher man County on top. Alsup hit tight end John Williams for the pat for an 8-0 lead. The Mustangs put together their own scoring drive to answer the Huskies. Quarterback Rick Koffler ran the ball nine primes in the drive and scored wfth 10:02 left in the half. Koffler ran the pat in to tie the score at 8-8. Free safety Len Brittner recoverd his second fumble of the the proceeds from Reno Night night to set the Mustangs up in will go towards the new baseball business at their own 44 yard line. Junior running back Chris field. Anyone interested in helping is Dickenson capped off a 14 play drive with a two yard plunge to encouraged to attend. give the Mustangs the lead. Kof fler bootlegged the pat into the end zone and it was 16-8 with on ly 2:08 left in the half. Sherman County popped a 40 yard gain after a good kickoff return and needed only three more plays to score just before By Anne Morter the half. The pat was good on an The lone Cardinals hit a brick Alsup keeper and it was 16-16 at wall last Friday, Sept. 24 in the half. W allow a, w atching their The Mustangs lost senior two unblemished record disappear, all way starter Kevin Payne midway before halftime. The Cards found through the first half to an injury. themselves on the wrong end of Payne had his kneecap dislocated the 45-point “ Mercy Rule” on a late hit on a kickoff return. before the end of two quarters He is questionable for this week’s when the Chieftains showed ab game. solutely no mercy, running the The M ustangs put some score to 48-0. distance between them and the Wallowa tallied only four first Huskies on their first two posses downs in the game but scored sions of the second half. Junior early and often on big plays. The halfback Trent Hughes, who is Chieftains passed for 188 yards getting better and better each and ran for 166 more while stifl week, bobbled the ball on the ing the C ardinal’s offense, kickoff and then raced up the holding them to just 34 yards of middle of the field 80 yards for total offense. The Cards’ season a touchdown, the first touch record fell to 2-1 but they remain down return in four years ed undefeated in league play since Wallowa was a non-conference for the Mustangs. Several good opponent. On the schedule this week is Condon in lone starting at 7:30 p.m. Boosters to meet, plan Reno Nite The Heppner High Booster Club will meet Wed., Oct. 6, at 7 p.m. at the high school home ec room. Plans for Reno Night, which will be held Oct. 16 at the Hepp ner Elks Club, will be discussed. “ This is a big fund raiser for the club,’’ said a spokesperson. A PLOYHAR INSURANCE If you think you can't afford it | How can you afford not to have it? 127 N. Main • 676-5818 Annual HUNTER’S BR E A K FA ST American Legion Hall S. Chase St. Friday, O ct. 1 to Sat. Oct. 2 5 p.m .-8 a.m. $3.50 Adults $2 children 10 & under Menu: Ham, eggs, hotcakes, coffee & milk Ad sponsored by Morrow County Grain Growers Cards lose to Wallowa 48-0 Photo by Joyce Hughes Mustang defensive linebacker Ryan Munkers (75) tackles a Huskie running back. Munkers is assisted by Trent Hughes (44) and two others, while Len Brittner (3) and Rick Koffler (2) look on. blocks including the last one by and it was 30-22 with 7:47 left in Jon Hanna sprung him. The pat the ball game. The Mustangs lost was no good and Heppner led Chris Dickenson for the rest of the evening with a knee injury 22-16 with only 14 seconds gone. The Mustang defense, led by and his status is uncertain for this linemen Joe Lindsay and Kevin week. Koffler wasted no time giving Scott, and defensive back Len the Mustangs a comfortable lead, Brittner, started to stiffen. They stopped the Huskies at the 14 taking another option play 56 yards on Heppner’s first play yard line after a good drive. Koffler broke the longest run from scrimmage. Koffler had 191 yards on 15 carries on the even of his career on the next series. The Mustangs ran option left and ing. He hit Brittner with another Koffler cut back and sprinted 74 pat for a final score of 38-22. The Mustangs return home Fri yards for a touchdown. He hit Brittner with the pat for a 30-16 day, October 1, hosting the Stan field Tigers at the Morrow Coun lead. The teams traded possessions ty Fairgrounds. The Tigers lost to the Weston- and each punted for the only time McEwen TigerScots 12-10 last on the evening. The Mustangs started another Friday night and played the Elgin drive but Sherman County pick Huskies tough two weeks ago. It ed up a fumbled pitch and Shull should be an interesting game. ram bled 64 yards for a Game time is 7:30 p.m. touchdown. The pat was no good Historical Society plans potluck Market Report Compliments of the Morrow County Grain Growers Tuesday, September 28, 1993 Soft White Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. *3.37 *3.40/y.45 *3.49/*3.51 *3.52/*3.53 *3.54 Barley Sept.-Oct. Nov. *84 *85 The Morrow County Historical Society will meet Sunday, Oct. 3 at the Grange Hall in Lexington. The meeting will get underway with a turkey potluck dinner at 1:30 p.m. followed by the business meeting and program. Winners of the four divisions of the senior essay contest held at the Morrow County Fair will receive their awards at the meeting. Also during the meeting, Cen tury Farm certificates will be presented. Several Historical Society members greeted the wagon train Sunday at Cecil. Member Lor raine Griffith cooked a lovely dinner for members of the train. The public is invited to attend Historical Society meetings. Photo by Joyce Hughes Heppner running back Kevin Payne shows the pain of a knee injury suffered in the Mustang win over Sherman County. Payne thought he dislocated his knee. Nothing goes right for Cards By Anne Morter A tentative Cardinals squad took the court Friday, Sept. 25 against Cascade Locks and never snapped out of it, losing 8-15, 5-15. According to coach Greg Likens, Cascade Locks seemed to have everything go right while “ not much happened” on the Cardinals' side of the court. “ We didn’t hit very well. We didn't set very well. We didn’t pass very well,” commented Likens. Melissa McElligott was the leading scorer with eight points on eight of 10 serving with three aces. At the net, she was 10 for 13 hitting with six kills. Mary Jane McCarty was seven for 10 at the net with four kills. The lady Cards face Condon for an important match this Fri day Oct. 1 at home. Game time is 5 p.m. After losing to the Blue Devils in a tournament earlier in the season, the Cards need a win against the Blue Devils to stay in the hunt for a district tournament berth. Lady Cards split m atches Hunters Save Your Hides Donate your Deer and Elk Hides for the Veterans' Rehabilitation Program Look for Hide Barrels Around Town Heppner Elks 358 676-9181 '' Where Friends Meet 14 2 N. Main f By Anne Morter The lone lady Cardinals split their volleyball matches last week, easily downing Helix on Tuesday. Sept. 24 but falling to Cascade Locks on Friday, Sept. 25. The Cards had an easy time with Helix, downing them 15-5, 15-6. As a team, they served on ly 80 percent but 18 of their total 30 points were from serving aces. The lady Cards' hitting percen tage was 77 percent with a 55 percent kill ratio, a number that pleased coach Greg Likens. Mary Jane McCarty was the leading scorer with seven points on eight of nine serving with three aces. April Taylor added five points on six of six serving with another three aces. Melissa McElligott led at the net with four kills on five successful hits.
