• W
U U .C II C
I IllltiS ,
fieppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 5,1998
Willow Creek All-Stars take second at district
The Official Newspaper
o f the City o f Heppner and the County o f Morrow
By Rick Paullus
Heppner
G A Z E T T E - T IM E S
U S P S. 240-420
Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon
under the Act of March 3,1879 Penodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon Office at 147
W Willow Street Telephone (541) 676-9228 Fax (541) 676-9211. E-mail:
gt,u rapidserve net Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P O
Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836 Subscriptions: $18 in Morrow, Wheeler, Gilliam and
Grant counties; $25 elsewhere
David Sykes...........................................................................................................Publisher
April Hillon-Sykes.................................................................................................... Editor
Engagement
Rick Osmin and Amy Hoeft
The parents o f Amy Christina Hoeft and Rick Lee Osmin, both o f
I.aGrande. announce their upcoming wedding Saturday, August 29, at
Atkinson Memorial Church in Oregon City.
Amy is the daughter o f Gerald and Diana Hoeft, Hermiston, and
Chris and Iona Hansel, Tigard. She is a 1990 graduate o f Tigard High
School. She attended Walla Walla Community College and Portland
Com m unity College, where she received her associate's degree as a
veterinary technician. She is employed as a certified veterinary
technician with the Animal Health Center at LaGrande.
Rick is the son o f A1 and Donna Osmin o f Heppner. He graduated
from Heppner High School in 1991 and attended Eastern Oregon
University at LaGrande. He is employed as a sales representative with
LaGrande Ford New Holland.
The community is invited to a reception Saturday, September 12, at
7 p.m. at the Heppner Elks Lodge.
BMCC summer term coming to a close
Summer term is coming to a
close
at
Blue
Mountain
Community College and several
special service departments will
either close or change hours until
fall term classes begin at the end
o f September.
The Basic * Skills and
D evelopm ental
Education
Department, along with the
computer lab will close July 3 1.
The library will close August 24
through 31 and will reopen on
September 1; hours will be 8 a m.
to 5 p.m.
The BMCC Bookstore and
McCrae Activity Center are
closed through the summer.
Main campus offices, including
the Advising and Testing Center,
the Records/Business office, the
Financial Aid office and the
Family Support Act office are
open throughout the summer.
Students returning to BMCC are
rem inded to call the Advising
and Testing Center at 541/278-
5930 to make a registration
appointment if they have not
already done so.
Students new to BMCC who
plan to take nine credit hours or
more must take a placement test
before they can make a
registration appointment. This
includes students transferring
from other colleges who have not
had college level w nting or
math.
The ASSET placement test is
given to help counselors and
advisors assess student ability in
reading, w nting and math,
ensunng that students take the
appropnate classes for their skill
level.
Regular testing times are
Monday or Thursday, beginning
at 9 a.m. Appointments are not
necessary.
Immediately
following the test, results will be
asserted by a counselor, and
registration appointments for fall
term will be made.
The test is held in the BMCC
Advising and Testing Center in
Pioneer Hall and there is a S10
per person charge for the testing
service.
Scratch Pads
5<K lb .
Gazette-Times
Haw Fin In The Sun
With A FOnPool
T he W illo w C reek L ittle
League A ll-Stars took second
place at the District 5 tournament
held at Boardman on July 11-18.
Willow Creek went tlirough the
tournament playing eight games in
eight days and finished with a 6-
win, 2-loss record. This is the
highest finish ever for the Willow
Creek All-Stars.
W illow Creek started the tour
nament off with a 10-6 win over
a good Jefferson County team.
Billy Gates got the complete game
victory on the mound and led the
all-stars at the plate going 4 for 4
and scoring three runs. Kory
Paullus was 2 for 4 and scored
twice. W illow Creek had a big
fourth inning, sending nine play
ers to the plate and scoring six
runs.
Game two on Sunday saw the
team lose to Bend North, 5-1. Wil
low Creek took a 1-0 lead in the
first as Paullus led off the game
with a single and later scored on
a Luke M urray single. Willow
Creek ended up with eight hits for
the game, led by Gates and Jode
Coil both going 2 for 3.
The loss dropped Willow Creek
into the lo ser’s bracket in the
double elimination tournament and
put them up against Sisters on
Monday.
Last year. Sisters put the team
from Willow Creek out of the tour
nament, which was held at Sis
ters. Willow' Creek got some re
venge this year by eliminating Sis
ters 15-0 in a four-inning game.
Zach Skaggs went the distance
on the mound and pitched a no-
hitter, allowing just one base run
ner on a walk. Skaggs struck out
seven o f the 13 batters he faced.
Volunteers
sought to
assist seniors
A state consumer protection
program
is
looking
for
volunteers in Gilliam, Wheeler,
Sherman, Morrow and Umatilla
counties to help senior citizens
with insurance information and
counseling.
Senior Health Insurance
Benefits Assistance (SHIBA), a
program
of
the
Oregon
Department o f Consumer and
Business
Services,
wants
volunteers with helpful attitudes
and a willingness to learn about
insurance services.
Volunteers are trained to assist
seniors with insurance-related
questions and concerns. They
provide one-on-one counseling
covering Medicare, Medicaid,
Medicare supplement insurance,
long-term care and Medicare
managed care organizations
(MCOs).
Assistance also includes claims
filings,
insurance
policy
comparisons and referrals to state
and federal agencies.
Most volunteers have little or
no background in insurance.
S tate‘officials provide in-depth
volunteer training on SHIBA
services, senior health insurance
Willow Creek banged out 14 hits,
and was led by Ben Turrell, who
had a three-run home run in the
first inning and finished the game
going 3 for 4, adding a ground-rule
double in the fourth inning. Kiel
Naim s was 2 for 2, and Murray
was 2 for 3, with a triple. Zach
Lantis went 2 for 3 and scored
three runs.
W illo w C re e k cam e b ack
Tuesday and faced a real good
Hermiston team but held on for a
3-2 win. Gates went the distance
to pick up his second win, striking
out seven and walking none. W il
low C reek’s defense played well
again, committing just two errors.
Lantis threw a runner out at home
from deep in centerfield in the
third inning to preserve a W illow
Creek 1-0 lead. Turrell threw a
runner out at third from his right
field position, as Hermiston was
ra lly in g from a 3-0 d e fic it.
Hermiston was within 3-2 with the
tying run at third base when sec
ond baseman Coil backhanded a
hard-hit ball up the middle and
threw the batter out at first to pre
serve the win.
On Wednesday, Willow Creek
again hung on to beat a very good
R edm ond tea m , 5 -4 . L a n tis
pitched three shut out innings be
fore giving way to Skaggs, who
finished the game. Willow Creek
took a 1-0 lead in the first and
added three more in the second
to jum p out to a 4-0 lead. C on
secutive singles by Naim s, Kyler
Lovgren, Paullus and Coil did the
damage. Mike Sallee led o ff the
inning with a single.
Willow Creek added an impor
tant run in the fifth as M urray led
off with a double, Gates singled,
and Turrell hit a fielder’s choice
to score Murray. Redmond closed
the gap to 5-4 on a two-run home
run by M att Leunen, but a diving
catch o f a line drive in centerfield
by Jerem y Rosenbalm and an
other running catch by Rosenbalm
ended the game. Gates, Murray
and Paullus were all 2 for 3, as
Willow Creek banged out 11 hits
in the game.
On Thursday, W illow Creek
got revenge again by beating Bend
North, 1 -0, as Gates picked up his
third win o f the tournament. Gates
gave up just three hits, struck out
three and walked none. He did not
allow a base runner after the sec
ond inning. Led by Lovgren at third
base. W illow Creek played error-
free b a se b a ll. W illo w C reek
scored the only run o f the game
in the third inning as Coil singled
with one out, then came home on
a two-out single by Gates. Coil fin
ished 2 for 3. Gates and Naims
w ere each 2 for 2, as W illow
Creek banged out nine hits for the
game.
W illow Creek then beat Crook
County on Friday, 7-1, behind the
complete game by Lantis. Lantis
gave up just three hits, struck out
seven and did not give up a walk.
The defense again played strong,
com m ittingjust one harmless er
ror in the top o f the sixth inning.
Willow Creek scored two runs
in the first and two more in the
second to take a 4-0 lead. Con
s e c u tiv e sin g le s by M urray,
Rosenbalm, Gates and a one-out
double by Lantis tacked on three
more runs to make it 7-0 after
three innings. Willow' Creek had
nine hits, led by Lantis going 2 for
2 and Gates going 2 for 3. Turrell
went 1-2, w ith two RBIs.
Willow Creek came back on
Saturday for their eighth game in
as many days to play perennial
power The Dalles for the cham
pionship, needing to win twice to
advance to the state tournament.
Willow Creek took an early 2-0
lead in the second inning and still
led 2-1 in the sixth before The
Dalles got their bats going and
came back for the 5-2 win.
OREGON
T R A IL
PRO RODEO
W EB PA G E
www.beobank.com
T don’t really expect you to bank
with us just because we’re local!”
“We go the extra mile for our
customers. If I’m asked a question
and for some reason I don’t know
the answer, I’ll take the time to find
someone who does.
continued page 8
Being in new accounts, its important
to me that my new customers have
all the information they need and
know all their options.”
CALL MCGG FOR
PRICES AND
AVAILABILITY
- Tricia Gunderson, Heppner Branch
With Tricia and over 50 of your other friends and neighbors
working hard to earn your banking business, its easy to see why
Bank of Eastern Oregon is the bank of choice for the people of our area.
S P E C IF IC A T IO N S
•
•
•
•
•
S iz e
D e p th
G a llo n i
W t ./ lb l.
6' x 2'
24-
35 0
60
8' x 2'
24"
62 5
96
9' x 2 -4 '
28-
1 ,0 0 0
140
F E A T U R E S & B E N E F IT S
UV in h ib i to r to p r e v e n t d e te r io r a ti o n fro m s u n lig h t
B lue P oly T h n k b u i lt fo r ru g g e d u se- w ill n o t r u s t
W ide r im - n o s h a r p e d g e s
O n e p ie c e - n o t h in g to p u t to g e th e r
A v a ila b le in 6 ', 8' o r 9' d ia m e te r s - a siz e fo r y o u r s p e c ific n e e d s
Morrow County Grain Growers
1-800-452-7396
Lexington, Oregon
350 Main
9608221
*
QM X
LAND Of LAKES
For Farm Equipm ent VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT www.mcgg.net
There are other reasons that being a truly local bank makes a huge
difference for the residents o f Morrow and Gilliam Counties.
Bank of Eastern Oregon has provided employment, paid property taxes,
paid employment taxes, and assisted in the funding of countless local
projects and charities for well over 50 years.
Does being local and committed to your community make a difference to
you when you shop for banking services? We hope it does. Does Tricia’s
commitment to you as a customer make a difference? She hopes it does.
Bank o f Eastern Oregon
“around the corner, not around the state”
Arlington Condon
Heppner
lone
454-2636
384-3501
676-9125
Member FDIC
422-7466