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r ;,* * f : ,v . .^»x: Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 17,1997 - THREE Get Out ' lone Booster Club holds meeting o f the Way! M ac y is 16 today! (Dec. 18th) We love you loads! - \Grandma & Grandpa HOUDflV SPCCIA1 The D isney Channel & H BO connect FR€€, Dec. 15 through Dec. 24. €njoy the neai shouts th is season. Heppner TV, Inc. "Television by Cable" Coll today: 67 6-96 63. Business Cards Gazette-Times 50 50 L a d y Cards win two in Wasco Tourney Kart about providing a shopping By Kara Miller cart of groceries for a raffle in The Lady Cardinals added JV January. Betty Gray is checking players, C harissa G ates and on a weekend trip package and Shelby Krebs, to their roster when Robinson, a PnmeStar package. the basketball teams traveled to Other money making projects Maupin Friday, Dec. 12, to com will include a steak feed on either Jan. 16 or Feb. 13, pending ap pete in their annual two-day tour nament. In addition to lone and proval from the student council. the hosts, South Wasco County In other business, Robinson Redsides, other schools in the offered to consult with Cam George of Lott’s Electric about lineup were Sherman County improving the school’s sound Huskies and Long Creek Moun system. The fifth and sixth grade taineers. The Long Creek and band, under the direction of Ron lone teams were guests in the Neighom, was commended for homes of the families and boost the fine job they did playing at ers of South Wasco County High the Pilot Rock game. The lone School. lone faced 2A Sherman County community band will begin play .in the opening contest. It was a ing Jan. 16. lone graduate Luke Swanson see-saw battle with lone in the will be playing on the Eastern lead by two at the end of the first Oregon University basketball quarter and at the half, but the team against Blue Mountain Huskies outscored the Cards in Community College Wednesday, the third to take the lead by two. lone pulled ahead in the opening Jan. 7, at Pendleton. of the fourth quarter and the Hus The next meeting of the lone kies started fouling. Although Booster Club will be Thursday, free throws have been a bugaboo Jan. 8 at 8 p.m. at Beecher’s Cafe. for the Cards this year, shooting “ less than 50 percent, they sank enough to maintain the lead and won 54-51. Brenda Burright was game The Heppner Church o f the high scorer with 19 points; Camie Nazarene will host a community so men’s breakfast on Sunday, Dec. Bumght added 15. Sybil Krebs so 21, from 8-9 a.m. at the church. had two points, Nikki McElligott, The breakfast is sponsored by eight, Kara Miller, seven, and 50 the Church of the Nazarene, the Niki Sullivan, three, for the win 50 Christian Life Center and the ning effort, lone 54, Sherman » First Christian Church. County, 51. The lone Booster Club met Thursday, Dec. 11, at Beecher’s Cafe. It was noted the club made $472.47 on the spaghetti fed dur ing the Pilot Rock basketball game. A photo of the girls’ state champion track team has been found. An 8” x 10” copy will be made for the plaque. Jim Swanson reported on the status of the suit against the rec reation district. The district lost their motion for a dismissal of the suit. The next step is a hearing before a judge. Athletic director Dean Robin son reported recent changes to the w inter sports schedule: The Thursday, Dec. 18 game with the Heppner C team has been moved to Feb. 2. The home game with Dufur was changed from Jan. 9 to Jan. 6. The club will sponsor several raffles at upcoming games. Lau rel Cannon will contact Shop-n- 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 Guess Who Just Turned » 50 ! 50 Com e Share Cara's D ay the day after Christm as 50 O pen H ouse around 5 p.m. 50 no gifts, please 50 |one Men's breakfast 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 Statistics: lone: 17-10-12-15-54 Sherman County: 15-10-16-10-51 lone: Sybil Krebs 0 2-2-2, Nikki McElligott 4 0-0-8, Kara Miller 2 3-9- 7, Camie Burright 6 3-7-15, Brenda Burright 8 2-5-19, Brandi Brantley 0 0-0-0, Niki Sullivan 0 3-6-3, Allison Halvorseh 0 0-0-0. Three-point goals: B. Burright, C. Burright. YAW ’S RESTAURANT PRESENTS: 5 :f o r A N ew 3urger! Plus, one free tG oz. G atorade each S A 0 O P S U ( w h i l e supply la s ts ) The Lady Cardinals met the Long Creek Lady Mountaineers for the first time in recent history Card party held By Delpha Jones Available Monday through Friday (No Substitutions, Please) AND TRY OUR “TREAT A FRIEND” SPECIAL! SPLIT A LITE & FAST SOUP AND SANDWICH DAILY LUNCH SPECIAL... ADD $1.00 AND WE WILL ADD ANOTHER DOWL OF SOUP! Available Monday - Friday 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Yaw’s Restaurant • A card party was held at the lodge hall on Dec. 6. Bob Taylor won men’s high; Ginger Keithley won women's high; Dot Halvorsen won women's low; and traveling went to Ginger Keithley and Sue Vinson. Refreshments were served. The Grange met for a potluck supper. Those attending brought an item for children for Christmas or for the food bank. M a in Street, Heppner 555 FOR COMPLETE IONE M D HEPPNER SPORTS SCHEDULES Visit Our WEB SITE At www.beobank.com as they squared off in the cham pionship match Saturday, Dec. 13 in Maupin. The Cardinals won the match, 56-35. Long Creek took the opening tip, but turned the ball over to the Cards who went on a scoring spree, racking up 29 points to the Mountaineers’ six, by the end of the first quarter. The two teams went to the locker room at the half with the score, lone, 38, Long Creek, 12. lone’s defense was strong and forced Long Creek turnovers that turned into points for the Cardi nals. McElligott and Miller pulled down nine and six rebounds re spectively. lone got 16 steals and Long Creek turned the ball over 25 times, while lone held their own turnovers to 13. C. Bumght led the team in steals and assists with six each, and Sullivan had two blocked shots to her credit, lone shot 61 percent from the field for the game and made a small improvement to their free throw percentage to hold their lead and win the game with a fi nal score, 56-35. Statistics: lone: 29-9-9-9-56 Long Creek: 6-6-9-14-35 lone-Krebs 0 1-2-1, Charissa Gates 0 0-0-0, McElligott 6 0-1-12, Miller5 1-2-11, C. Burright 4 3-6-11, B Burright 6 1-3-14, Brantley 0 1-2- 1, Sullivan 3 0-2-6. Three-point goals B. Burright. School board holds meeting The Morrow County School position at HHS effective Feb. 27 District Board, at their regular with an interim contract through meeting Monday, Dec. 8, at June 30; Connie Rodriguez, Columbia Middle School in from 3-1/2 hour per day English Irrigon, directed the as a Second Language education administration to negotiate a assistant position at CMS; and contract with Mid Columbia Bus Claude Birt, from extra duty Company on the sale of the contract as Riverside High School annual advisor. district's Type 20 busses. The board also heard a report -approved employment for: on the progress at the Heppner Debbie Basile, three-hour per school construction sites. The day special education assistant framing was reported to be near position at Heppner Elementary completion at Heppner High School to work one-on-one with School, with work anticipated to a special needs student; Cynthia begin shortly at Heppner Tallman, an addition 1/2 hour per Elementary School. The progress day to her three-hour position as will allow the contractors to special education assistant at work through the winter weather. HES to work one-on-one with a In other business, the board: - special needs student; Kevin heard a report from Gilbertson, RHS assistant boys' superintendent Chuck Starr of basketball coach; Dave another burglary at Sam Richards, RHS assistant girls' Boardman Elementary School basketball coach; Rollie with TVs and VCRs stolen; that Marshall, HHS assistant girls' the Imgon Learning Center had basketball coach; Brian Cook, been vandalized, which set off CMS assistant wrestling coach; their alarm system and that Donna Neighbors, 1/2 time CMS Columbia Middle School had dance team advisor; G.Ann been "tagged" with graffiti. The Thomas-Heddle, RHS annual students involved were reported advisor. to have been apprehended. -accepted resignation of -came to a consensus that the Marilyn Acock, Irrigon member board would not conduct a four- of the Boardman-Imgon day week survey this year. Advisory Committee. -approved resignations and -heard the following retirements from: Stub Lewis, announcements: Christmas break from assistant custodian position . will be held from Dec. 20 at Heppner High School, through January 4; the next effective Dec. 31; Dale Conklin, meeting will be held at the from social studies teaching district office at 7:30 p.m. on January 12. B M C C dinn er date incorrect The Blue Mountain Commu nity College Christmas Eve din ner will be held Wednesday, Dec. Schedules: • Buys • Girls JV »Junior High 24, from 5-6:30 p.m. at BMCC in Pioneer Hall. The previous date listed for the dinner was incorrect. For more information, call 278- 5929 or 278-5930. 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