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Cowgirls named to all-star rodeo team
Tae-kwon do students compete in championships
member of the team will be an
outstanding goodwill ambassador
for the sport of rodeo."
Members of the Wrangler High
School All Star Rodeo Team
receive official competition
apparel consisting of Wrangler
Twenty X shirts embroidered
with the team logo and two pairs
of competition jeans.
In
addition, team members receive
an official team certificate signed
by rodeo greats Jim Shoulders
and Ty Murray.
Share the
Joy of
E aster
Through Flowers
Sunday, April 12, 1998
Welcome the freshness
of spring and the joy of
Easter with this
radiant arrangement.
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L - R (b ack): L e o n a r d R ie tm a n n , B ill M o rr is , T ra v is J u d d a n d G a r y O b e rg ; front-Til T u llis a n d T y le r R a ible .
Nine students from Kim's Tae-
kwon-do school in Heppner
traveled to Boise, Idaho, March
21, for the 14th annual Idaho
State Karate Championships held
on the campus of Boise State
university. Over 250 competitors
from four northwestern states
competed in fighting, forms,
board breaking and team
demonstrations.
Local students again did well
against their big city opponents,
according to Gary Oberg, head
instructor and owner of Kim's
Tae
K won-do.
In
the
heavyweight purple belt fighting
division Bill Morns took first
and Matt Browning, third, with
each drawing a match with a
competitor
from
Missoula,
Montana, who stood 6' 8" and
weighed in at 300 pounds.
Others placing were Jim Raible,
second
in
purple
belt
middleweight fighting; Til Tullis,
second , blue belt junior fighting;
and Kim Morris, third, blue belt
junior fighting.
Tyler Raible and Travis Judd
achieved
exceptional
performances, winning in two
divisions. Both placed second in
forms, Tyler in purple belt and
Travis
in
white
belt.
Additionally, Tyler took second
in pee wee purple belt fighting
while Travis won the white belt
heavyweight fighting class.
Oberg competed with 35 other
Mustangs split
with Hermiston
By R ic k Paullus
The Heppner Mustangs took
on Hermiston ’ s JV baseball team
on March 24 and lost the first
game, 16-12, before winning
game two, 12-4.
The Mustangs fell behind in
game one and never could get the
lead. Derek Gunderson went 2-4
to lead the Mustangs at the plate.
Bias Elguezabal also went 2-4
with a double. Cory Bennetto also
had a double, and Shane Matheny
went 2-6 with a double.
Tim Dickenson led the Mus
tangs to the win in game two, go
ing 3-4 with three RBls. Zach
Fabian went 3-4 with two RBIs,
and Gunderson went 3-4 with a
double.
Dickenson was also strong on
the mound, picking up the vic
tory.
Local cowgirls,
cowboys
compete
Lexi Matteson, Heppner, was
named the all-around cowgirl and
Emmett Evans, also Heppner,
the all-around cowboy at the
McMinnville High School Rodeo
held April 4-5.
Matteson was first in barrel
racing, third in breakaway roping
and fifth in pole bending, goat
tying and team roping.
Evans was third in saddle bronc
and calf roping and seventh in
team roping with Vic Thompson.
Evans’ place in cutting was
unavailable at press time.
Also at the rodeo Annie Hisler
took third in pole bending and
fourth in barrel racing; Bnan
Knowles was fourth in saddle
bronc; and Ryan Matteson was
fourth in calf roping and fifth in
team roping with Lexi. All are
from Heppner.
This next weekend, the local
cowgirls and cowboys will travel
to Eugene
black belts and finished second
in board breaking.
"I am pleased with their hard
work and dedication," says
Oberg. "Even though we are
perceived as a small school from
an area most people cannot find
on a map, our students are
extremely competitive." "1 he
trio of Jim Raible, Matt
Browning and Bill Morris has
been dominating their divisions
over the last two years," added
Oberg.
Anyone wishing to join the Tae
Kwon-Do School or wanting
more information may call Gary
or Shelly Oberg at 676-5449.
Classes are held Tuesday and
Thursday at the Morrow County
Fairgrounds and the public is
invited to watch. Children begin
at 6 p.m. and adults start at 7
p.m.
Don and Eunice McElligott
celebrate their 50th anniversary
Don and Eunice McElligott were presented with a framed certificate honoring them as
they celebrate the Golden Jubilee of their marriage. The presentation was made by Fr.
Gerry Condon at the Sunday Mass at St. William's Church in lone.
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We also have:
Easter Lilies
Easter Baskets
Students featured in B M C C art show
The art work of four Heppner
High School students, Audra
Bunch, Jonas Healy, Amber Peck
and Jayme Hansen, will be
featured in the Betty Feves
Memorial Art Gallery at Blue
Mountain Community College
from April 5 -24.
Gallery hours are noon-4 p.m.
Tuesday-Fnday and Sunday from
2-6 p.m.
Only four paintings or
drawings from every school in
the area were allowed, said
Heppner High School art teacher
Kaya McLaren.
"I'm really proud o f these
students," says McLaren. “I've
only been working with them a
quarter, so their art work is really
a testimony not only to their own
talent, but their own interests,
focus, and self-motivation as
well. People have this idea that
St. Patrick's Senior Center
Bulletin Board
There were 83 present for the senior dinner April 1. Nineteen
meals and one frozen meal were home delivered. Members of the
First Christian Church served. The Nutrition Site Committee met
following the meal. Bingo was played at 1 p.m. Bill Rowell comes
from lone every Wednesday to call the bingo numbers.
The menu for dinner Apnl 15 is Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes
with gravy, green salad, rolls and bread pudding. Members of the
Nazarene and Seventh-day Adventist Churches will serve. Bingo
will be played at 1 p.m. Blood pressures will be taken before the
meal.
Twenty-ei£ht people attended the breakfast Friday, April 3, and
two breakfasts were home delivered. The menu for breakfast April
10 will be pancakes, sausage, hot and cold cereal, fruit, milk, orange
juice and coffee.
Pinochle was played two afternoons last week, one table on
Tuesday and two Friday. Everyone is welcome to come play on
either afternoon. The exercise class led by Velma Wight is held
Tuesday and Thursday at 10 a.m.
Flossie Watkins is back from spending the winter in the south.
She is the Tuesday afternoon volunteer receptionist in the Senior
Center office. We are very happy to have her.
Tenant Callie Huddleston moved to an assisted living home near
her daughter in Ephrata, Washington. The tenants held a farewell
party for her. She is greatly missed. We wish her happiness in her .
new home.
Clark Gerking is busy moving into a second floor apartment here.
Welcome Clark.
The Bank of Eastern Oregon will be taking portraits at the Senior
Center Apnl 30 and May 1.
and Matteson earned a position
on the Wrangler High School All
Star Rodeo Team based on
leadership qualities, academic
eligibility
and
athletic
achievements, said a NHSRA
news release.
"We are excited to expand
Wrangler's rodeo sponsorship
program at the high school
level," said Karl Stressman,
special events manager for
Wrangler Rodeo. "It gives us a
tremendous sense o f pride to
associate the Wrangler brand
with promising young men and
women. We're confident each
Leaders of the National High
School
Rodeo
Association
(NHSRA), the oldest youth
rodeo organization in America,
have appointed Annie Hisler, and
Lexi Matteson, both of Heppner,
to the Wrangler High School All
Star Rodeo Team, the first-ever
corporate-sponsored youth rodeo
team.
The Wrangler High School All
Star Rodeo Team is fashioned
after Wrangler's Champion Pro
Rodeo Team which includes
superstars like Ty Murray, Joe
Beaver, Dan Mortensen and hall-
of-famer Jim Shoulders. Hisler
artistic talent is something you're
bom with, but it isn’t.
It's
something an artist works hard to
develop. This kind of hard work
deserves recognition.
"Aside from being dazzled by
their quality of work, another
thing I was really impressed by is
that each artist's work is vary
different from the others, very
distinctive," added McLaren.
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Christian Church We will begin our activities at 10 a m with a coffee & donut fellowship
At 10 30 a m , our service will start. We will be having several specials sung by some
wonderful local talent .Along with the specials will be a praise service, where we will be
lifting up the name of our Lord in worship In our Children s Church, we will be having
an Easter Egg Hunt and learn about the Resurrection story. The adult message is titled,
"Worthy Is The Lamb," and will be presented by our minister, Andrew Johnson Following
the message, we will have our Children's Choir sing a special Make plans to come and
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