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Kevin Hughes, Morrow County Livestock Growers boardmember,
and Karen Beck, Oregon Cattlemen's Association president.
By Mertyn Robinson
“The future of the cattle indus
try is entangling with salmon is
sues,” said Sharon Beck, president
of the Oregon Cattlemen's Asso
ciation (OCA). Beck spoke to
members of the Morrow County
Livestock Growers Association
during their annual meeting on
Dec. 10 at the Heppner Elks
Lodge.
There are fewer salmon com
ing back up the rivers, she said,
and the salmon future is the big
gest nightmare facing the indus
try. Natural resource industries
are blamed for environmental is
sues. Science and economics
need to be brought back into the
debate, she said. The alternative
will be no cattle grazing on public
lands.
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Daniel Van Schoiack, CPA
at the highest level, Beck stated.
The OCA is the insulation be
tween ranchers and legislation to
help people stay in the business.
“Lawyers are killing us,” Beck
said, “and there is strong influence
from slovenly or biased media re
porting.”
Ranchers continue to be good
stewards of the land, Beck said.
They are using the best technol
ogy available for conservation.
What ranchers are doing now not
only benefits the ranching indus
try, but preserves the natural val
ues of this world for everyone’s
enjoyment, Beck concluded.
The afternoon session of this
annual meeting was devoted to
industry issues and the latest tech
nology. Speakers besides Beck
included OCA vice president Glen
Stonebnnk; Jim Males of the Or
egon State University Animal Sci
ence Dept.; and Bill Gover from
Beef Northwest.
Around 77 ranchers and related
businesses are members of the
county-wide organization that ad
dresses industry issues, promotes
beef consumption and provides
education. Through the years, this
group has managed the 4-H and
FFA livestock sale held during the
Morrow County Fair. Money was
donated towards the new livestock
building at the fairgrounds. A fund
of about $5,000 is earmarked spe
cifically for fairgrounds improve
ments. Members approved the
donations of one-half of a cut and
wrapped beef to the 1999 Mor
row County Fair and Rodeo Court.
Court members plan to use the
proceeds from a raffle to offset
court expenses.
Directors elected to three year
terms on the board include Matt
Clark, Monte Evans, Bill Gover
and Kyle Robinson. Other board
members are Jean Bennett, Bill
Broderick, Kevin Hughes, Joe
McElligott, Dave Riekkola, Mark
Rietmann, Bill Van Schoiack and
Pam Wunderlich.
The Cardinal girls JV squad
defeated the Stanfield Tigers 25-
21 in a tight race on Tuesday,
Dec. 15.
The Lady Cardinals were up 6-
1 at the end of the first quarter.
Stanfield's shots were dropping
in more frequently and by half
time the Tigers had tied the
score, 10-10.
Within the first minute of the
third quarter Stanfield fouled
Cyndi Heagy and she hit two
free throws, putting
the
Cardinals up by two points.
Stanfield was still not deterred
as they kept pace with lone and,
by the end of the third quarter,
the score was once again tied,
17-17.
The fourth quarter of the game
appeared like it was going to be
scoreless for both sides, but,
with five minutes remaining,
Salli McElligott scooped in two
points. Nonnee Walters made a
break for the basket and missed
the bucket but drew a foul from
the Tigers, adding another point
at the foul line.
Coach Duane Neiffer stated,
"We created numerous turnovers
for Stanfield off our press but
also gave up some easy buckets
by not getting back." Coach
Neiffer was impressed with the
"aggressive board play" by
Kristina Powell who came off
the bench and, with one minute
remaining
in the
game,
rebounded a free throw and went
back up for two, ending the
game with lone four points
ahead of Stanfield.
Nonnee Walters was lead
scorer. Cyndi Heagy shot 75
percent from the line and made
several steals in the game. This
was the first win of the season
for the JV girls squad.
lone JV boys were handed a
loss against Stanfield on Dec.
15. lone jumped out ahead of the
Tigers 12-9 at the end of the first
quarter but the second quarter
graced the Cardinals with only
six points, leaving the Cardinals
trailing 18-30 by haif time.
Jeremy Rietmann led the
Cardinals with nine points, six
rebounds and one steal. Dustin
Haguewood added eight points
to the Cardinals' score, pulled
down four rebounds, grabbed
two steals and blocked two
shots. Jacob Neiffer shot 100
percent at the free throw line,
picked up three rebounds and
also had two steals.
Lady Cardinals defeat Tigers
The lone Lady Cardinals
defeated the Stanfield Tigers 65-
38 on Tuesday, Dec. 15.
Camie Bumght led the
Cardinals with 19 points,
followed closely by Nikki
McElligott with 17 points. The
Lady Cardinal defense allowed
the Tigers to score only four
points the first quarter.
Brandi Brantley sank a three-
point shot in the second quarter,
as did Burright, for a 19-point
Cardinal lead over the Tigers 29-
10 .
Camie Bumght heated up the
third quarter with nine points
and Sybil Krebs did an
outstanding job coming off the
bench in the fourth quarter,
adding eight points to the
Cardinal reign.
Stanfield defeated the lone
boys' varsity team on Tuesday,
81-49.
The Cardinals were outscored
23-48 at the end of the first half,
and had only six points in the
third quarter, but cranked it up in
the fourth quarter and pumped in
20
points
compared
to
Stanfield's 14 points.
Mark McElligott of lone had a
strong showing with 14 points
for the Cardinals.
Brad Burright turned up the
heat in the fourth quarter,
making eight of his 11 points in
the game.
Allan Gribskov and Brad
Burright pulled down most of
the Cardinals rebounds while
Mark McElligott and Korey
Morgan each had two steals in
the game.
The Cardinals had a hard time
keeping John Moser of Stanfield
from pumping in four shots from
the three-point range.
Also
contributing to Stanfield's reign
of terror was Remi Forel who
sank 17 points for the Tigers.
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By Rick Paullus
The Mustang boys’ basketball
team romped over the lone Car
dinals for the third time this year
to claim third place in the Mor
row County Tournament held in
Boardman on Dec. 18-19.
On Friday; the Mustangs lost
to a good Riverside Pirate team,
66-42. The Pirates raced out to a
19-9 lead after one quarter and
never looked back. The Mustangs
trailed 26-12 at halftime and 45-
23 after three.
The Mustangs were led by
Ryan Matteson with 12 points and
Tim Dickenson with 11.
Kevin Baker led the Pirates
with 14 points, 13 rebounds and
10 blocked shots.
Stats for Heppner-Boardman game:
Heppner: 9-3-11-19 42
Boardman: 19-7-19-21 66
Heppner: Ryan Matteson 5 0-0-12; Tim
Dickenson 3 4-7-11; Casey Evans 3 0-0-
7; Jared E ckm an 1 2 -2 -4 ; Derek
Gunderson 1 0-2-3; Blake Knowles 1 0-
0-3; Shane Matheny 0 1-2-1; Craig Scott
0 1-2-1; Bias Elguezabal; Riley Tingue;
Joe Papineau. 14 8-15 42 Three point
shots: Matteson. 2. Dickenson, Evans,
Gunderson, Knowles.
Riverside: Kevin Baker 5 4 -7 -1 4
Marston 5 2-3-12; Gordanier 3 1-4-8
Killingbeck 3 2-3-8; T urner 4 1-1-9
Camine 2 2-2-7; Keith Baker 1 2-4-4; Neal
1 0-0-2; Barton 1 0-0-2; Howell. 25 14-24
66. Three point shots: Gordanier, Camine.
A gainst the C ardinals,
Dickenson scored nine points and
Blake Knowles hit a three-pointer
as the Mustangs jumped out to a
16-4 lead at the end of the first
quarter. Knowles continued his hot
hand, scoring the first four points
of the second quarter as the Mus
tangs led 23-8 at halftime.
The Mustangs blew the game
open, outscoring the Cardinals 19-
5 in the third to lead 42-13 going
into the fourth quarter.
The fourth quarter saw Shane
Matheny, coming back from a
football shoulder injury, score his
first field goal of the season on a
running left-handed scoop shot.
The Cardinals played nearly even
with the Mustangs in the fourth.
The final score was 51-20.
The Mustangs had balanced
scoring, led by Jared Eckman with
10 points and five rebounds.
Dickenson ended up with nine
points and seven rebounds.
Knowles came off the bench to
score nine points and had five
steals. Derek Gunderson had four
steals and three assists.
The Cardinals were led by
Mark McElligott with six points.
The tournament was won by
Riverside, who edged Southndge
High of Kennewick, WA., 47-46.
The Mustangs are off until Sat
urday, Jan. 2, when they travel to
Umatilla to play the Vikings in a
non-league game.
Heppner’s record stands at 5-
3 in the non-league pre-season.
Stats for Heppner-lone game:
lone: 4-4-5-7 20
Heppner: 16-7-19-9 51
Heppner: Eckman 4 2-2-10: Dickenson
4 1-1-9; Knowles 4 0-4-9; Matteson 4 0-
1- 8; Scott 2 1-2-5; Evans 2 0-0-4; Matheny
1 0-2-2; Tingue 1 0-2-2; Elguezabal 0 1-
2 - 1; Papineau 0 1-2-1; Gunderson. 22 6-
18 51. Three point shot: Knowles.
lone: McElligott 2 2-5-6; Gribskov 2 0-
0-4; Burright 2 0-0-4; Ferguison 1 0-0-2;
J. N eiffer 1 0 -0 -2 ; M organ 1 0 -0 -2
Bennetto; Reynolds; Haguewood; Crum
Davidson; A. Neiffer 9 2-5 20.
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