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Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon Wednesday. May 25. 1994 - THREE Heppner dominates all star picks Heppner dominated the east half of the CBC distirct 7A-AA baseball all stars announced Mon day, May 23. Six Mustangs were named to the first team and three were named to the honorable mention. The all stars are nominated by all the coaches. Senior Jerad Wicklund was named as pitcher, seniors Rick Koffler first base, Sam Sumner catcher, Kevin Payne and juniors Chris Dickenson infield and Trent Hughes outfield. Honorable mention picks were senior Jim Tellechea, infield, junior Jon Hanna, designated hit ter and sophomore Rod Zuniwalt, outfield. Others named were: first team pitcher, Shawn Tracy, j r . , Umatilla; designated hitter, Kyle Fredrickson, freshman, Umatilla; outfield Chris Humphreys, jr. Pilot Rock; and utility, Tyler Fredrickson, sr., Umatilla. Honorable mention included pitcher Brandon Dames, jr., Pilot Rock; first base, Casey Perkins, so., Pilot Rock; infield, Phil Allen, sr., Umatill and David Ellis, so., Pilot Rock; catcher, Glenn Stillman, so., Pilot Rock; outfield Steve Keitz, sr., Stanfield and Ryan Simpson, jr. Pilot Rock; and utility, Pete Meek, sr., Weston-McEwen. Carl Lauritsen receives certification Carl Lauritsen Honorable mention picks l-r: Rod Zumwalt, Jon Hanna, Jim Tellechea. Photo by Joyce Hughes First team all star picks l-r: Trent Hughes, Jerad Wicklund, Chris Dickenson, Sam Sumner, Kevin Payne, Rick Koffler. Mustangs still district champions Same song, different dance as the Heppner Mustangs defended their district championship title Monday, May 23 in Hood River beating the Wahtonka Eagles 3-2. Sam Sumner hit a dinger home run in the sixth inning to give the Mustangs the go ahead winning run in the district tournament championship game. H eppner p itcher Jerad Wicklund struck out six and walked two Eagles for an outstan ding performance on the mound. The Mustangs took a 2-0 lead in the second inning. Junior Trent Hughes singled to right field and moved around the bases off a hit by Chad Skroch and a passed ball. Jon Hanna sacrificed and sent Hughes home. Skroch scored when sophomore Rod Zumwalt stole second and Wahtonka bobbled the attempt to put Zum walt out. Schneidt got on base in the fourth inning, for the Eagles first time on base for the day, off a Mustang error. Sam Evans followed with a single but the Mustangs defense went to work throwing Schneidt out at third, putting Foster on base with a fielders choice and throwing the next two batters out at first. Evans again got on base again in the sixth inning, this time off a Mustang error when Kevin Payne, who played excellent defense stopping some bad hops, slipped and hit his head over throwing the ball to first. The next two batters for the Eagles walked and K’d and Harmon got on off another Mustang error, sending both runners in. Wicklund allowed only three hits for the Eagles on the day. Good defensive play by the Mustangs held Wahtonka in the seventh for their second district champion victory in as many years. Schneidt held the Mustangs to just five hits, striking out seven. Hughes was 3-3 at the plate while Carl Lauritsen, Morrow Coun ty Emergency Medical Services coordinator, recently received his paramedic licensure from the Oregon Health Division. Paramedic is the highest level of emergency medical certifica tion in the state of Oregon. Lauritsen was previously certified as an EMT III. This upgrade allows Lauritsen to provide addi tional advanced trauma care to victims of a medical emergency. He passed a written exam and completed further training in p sy ch iatric, g eria tric , and pediatric life support as a cer tification requirem ent. “ Availability of paramedic level services will provide a much needed resource to help assure that Morrow County EMS pro gram is meeting the needs of our residents,” says Sheridan Tar- nasky, trauma coordinator for Pioneer memorial Hospital. Lauritsen is the first Morrow County EMS staff member to achieve paramedica status. He has been providing emergency medical services in Morrow Sumner had two hits, including County since 1981. As the coun his home run. ty ’s EMS co o rd in ato r, The Mustangs play at home Lauritsen's duties require him to Friday, May 27 at 4:30 p.m. ensure that all county pre-hospital They face Elgin, District 8 medical services comply with runner-up. state requirements. He also pro The Mustangs beat the Huskies vides advanced life support ser in a pre-season doublfe header 2-1 vices throughout M orrow and 11-5. County. (WhKhTLWID) _y IWSUWAWCt CgNTtW. IWC, lone Photo by Joyce Hughes Jim Tellechea gets ready to get this guy out at third. Voegeding competes in state tennis tournament By Anne Morter Thomas Voegeding added another memorable experience to his year as an exchange student in lone last weekend when he competed for lone in the State Tennis Tournament in Roseburg. By virtue of his third place finish at the district tournam ent. Thomas advanced to the State 1A-2A-3A tourney. The tennis players were tough and Voegeding was eliminated in the The Heppner Coordinating Council is currently meeting weekly to work on updating the Heppner Strategic Plan. The next council meeting will be at 7:30 a.m. May 30 in the GEODC office. The council has reformulated the strategic plan with seven ma jor goals as follows: -create o p p ortunities for business development resulting in full time living wage jobs; retain existing employment; develop in frastructure to attract new employment and residents; in crease and improve housing; in crease and improve lodging ac commodations; develop and maintain accurate community in formation; enhance community appearance and livability. The council is now working on the strategies and action plans that support the achievement of goals. The original Heppner strategic plan was developed by the Hepp- ner Vision 2000 committee in 1991. The Heppner Coordinating C ouncil and the H eppner Economic Development Cor poration have scheduled a joint meeting for Wednesday, June 1 at 8 a.m. to clarify the roles and responsibilities of each organiza tion in regard to building the economic health, unity and pro gress of the Heppner community. By Anne Morter The lone lady Cardinals came within two points of the State Track C ham pionship last weekend May 21 held at Western Oregon State College in Mon mouth. In down-to-the-wire scor ing, St. Paul finished second in the mile relay to the Cardinal’s sixth to take the hotly contested title. Melissa McElligott, com peting with a sore hamstring, won the 100 and the triple jump, set ting a new state record in the tri ple jump. Jamie Lovett repeated as champion in the discus, also setting a new state record. In addition to her two wins, McElligott paced the Cardinals with a second place finish in the 200 in 27.43 and fourth in the long jump with a jump of 15’3!4” . Lovett set a new personal best on the road to her state record in the discus. Sitting in second place with one throw remaining, she popped a throw of 117*7*’ to win the event. She also finished sixth in the shot with a throw of 30’8” . April Taylor was fourth in the 1500 in 5:21.24 and sixth in the javelin with a throw of 98’1” . Becky Wagenblast placed sixth in the high jump at 4 ’7” and seventh in the 800 in 2:44.8. Go Mustangs Beat Elgin iWe're proud o f \o u ! Joyce & Jaci, Kim Bedortha was seventh in the high jump 4 ’2” and the 3000, 12:53.7. Lyndee Minster was eighth in the 1500 in 5:53.8. The boys’ team finished eighth in the team standings with 33 points. Lars Krechting led the way, setting a new state record in the high jump at 6’6” but plac-, ing second on the basis of more misses. He grabbed a third in the pole vault at 10’8” and fifth in the javelin with a throw of 153’3” . Jared Ashbeck sped to third place in the 110 high hurdles with a time of 16.75. Jim Logan placed fifth in the 400 meters in 52.51. Rob Crum was seventh in the 3000 with a time of 10:26, a per sonal best by 14 second. Jacob Taylor also improved his time in the 800, running 2:07.5 for seventh place. The 400 relay team of Gregg Holtz, Jake Bacon, Ashbeck and Joe Bacon finished eighth with a time of 47.28. “ Everybody did a good jo b ,” said coach Del LaRue of his teams’ efforts at the state meet. “ All of our kids improved. We had some great efforts even though they didn’t place,” he added. Aaron Heideman named to east- west Shrine football first team Aaron Heideman, a tackle from lone High Shcool, has been mov ed from alternate stuatus into the starting lineup of the East-West All-Star Shrine Football game in Baker City. The change was due to vacancies in the first team lineup. The Shrine East-West Football Game will be played at Bulldog Stadium August 13. This event is rated in the top five in North America for their contributions to the support of Shriners Crippled Childrens Hospitals. This is the world’s largest philanthropy where any child can receive treat ment for orthopedic or bum disorders. The Shriner’s make no distinction as to race, creed or na tional origin. Aaron Heideman This program is made possible by the support of Oregonians throughtout the state along with talents of fine young athletes who give generously of their time and energies, said a spokesperson. Rick Koffler. Heppner, was named earlier to the team. 0 Fun in the Sun!! Just Arrived V elcro san dals KEDS With cushion soles Women & Kids Clark's S U N B E A T s a n d Women’s 3-strap comfort shoe Crop Insurance Here: Why? Call Us Soon 422-7410 or 1-800-585-7410 ed Voegeding, who never had a chance to find his rhythm, defeating him 6-0, 6-0. Thomas also got one other unofficial match, losing to Jaime Rameriz of Umatilla, 3-8. “ The whole experience was good,” said lone tennis coach, Jim Raible. “ Just to be down there will all that tennis talent was overwhelming,” he added. Coordinating council to meet Buy Your • Low Rate & Cash Discounts Available • One of the largest crop agencies • We offer EXPERIENCE and SERVICE first round by Jeff Ford of The Dalles. 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