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EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 5, 2000 Saddle captures memories for Heppner alum Donation funds new baseball storage shed N ew b a s e b a ll shed Ken Eckman Construction do nated the labor of building the shed which butts up against a new bat ting cage. A hole is being cut out of the shed so the pitching ma chine can be inside and set up so anyone who needs to use it can. The front of the shed has double doors and will house the new lawn tractor, baseball equip ment and field equipment. By Rick Paullus The Heppner High School baseball field got a much-needed addition last week as a new stor age shed sprang up where the old one was. A “very generous donation” from Pat Kilkenny provided two- thirds of the money needed with the rest coming from fund raisers by Heppner baseball players. Mustang softball team splits with Wahtonka By Rick Paullus The Heppner Mustang softball team got a clutch two-out double by Shelley Rietmann to score SanJuanita Elguezabal in the bottom of the seventh in the second game to give the Mustangs an 8-7 win and a split against the always tough Wahtonka Eagles. The games were the first in league play. The Eagles won the first game, 8-1, with the lone Mustang run coming from a homerrun by Jesse Gutierrez in the first inning. Trailing 2-0 in the bottom of the first in game two, Gutierrez doubled, then scored as Elguezabal bounced one over the fence for a ground rule double. Leah Denton singled but Elguezabal was thrown out at home to end the inning. The Eagles led 4-1 in the bottom of the third wfien Alecia Geer singled, Gutierrez reached on an error and Marissa McCabe walked. Elguezabal then singled sharply to left field with the ball rolling between the legs of the left fielder to the fence to clear the bases and give the Mustangs a 5-4 lead. The Eagles tied it in the fifth but the Mustangs came back to take a 7-5 lead on back-to- back doubles by Gutierrez and McCabe and a single by Elguezabal. The Eagles tied the game at 7-7 in the sixth but the Mustangs came back for the dramatic win in the seventh. Rietmann went the distance on the mound to get the win. Elguezabal went three for three with a double and two RBI's and Gutierrez went two for four with tow doubles and scored three runs. Geer went two for three and made some nice plays in left field. First Game Wahtonka 060 101 0-8 0 Heppner 100 00 0-1 4 6 Kuafman and Thompson; Shelley Rietmann and Jesse Gutierrez 2B-Ziegler (W). 3B- none HR- Gutierrez (H) Second Game Wahtonka 220 012 0-7 11 2 Heppner 104 020 1-8 10 2 Smith, Kaufman (5) and Thompson; Rietman and Gutierrez. 2B-Krol, Smith (W); Gutierrez 2. San Juanita Elguezabal, Rietmann (H). 3B-none. HR-none Mustangs pound Pirates By Rick Paullus The Heppner Mustangs pounded out 11 hits, including three home runs, in beating the visiting Riverside Pirates, 18-2, on Friday, March 31. The Mustangs evened their recored to four and four in the pre-season in their first game of the year. The Mustangs got going early as Michael McCabe led off with a walk, followed by walks to Stefan Matheny, Stanley Cutsforth and Allan Gnbskov forcing in a run. Josh Hill scored two more with a single off the fence in right-center before Dylan Pettyjohn hit a long homerun to left field to give the Mustangs a 6-0 lead after one. The Pirates scored a run in the top of the second but the Mustangs came back with three more as Matheny walked, Cutsforth reached on an error and Kelly Paullus hit a home run to make it 9-1. In the bottom of the third, Hill led off with a walk. McCabe singled with two outs, Nick Anthony singled to scored Hill and Matheny walked to load the bases. Cutsforth then crushed a long home run for his second grand slam of the season. The Pirates scored a run in the top of the fourth, but the Mustangs came back with four more in the bottom half. Hill doubled Chris Bndgmon walked and McCabe singled to score Hill. Anthony singled to load the bases and Matheny singled to score Bndgmon and McCabe. Cutsforth walked and Paullus beat out an infield single to score Anthony for the final run. Pettyjohn pitched an effective game, allowing five hits, just one earned run while striking out seven and no walks. Hill wen two for two with two RBI's, Paullus went two for four with four RBI's and Matheny had two RBI's and scored three runs. McCabe went two for three and scored three runs and Cutsforth scored three runs to go with his four RBI's. Pettyjohn had three RBI's and Anthony went two for four Riverside 010 10-2 5 1 Heppner 635 4X-18 11 2 Cody Gordanier, Chris Camine (2), Jake Graff (4) and Shane Slover; Dylan Pettyjohn and Stefan Matheny W- Pettyjohn (2-1). L-Gordanier 2B-Josh Hill (H). 3B-none. HR-Pettyjohn, Cutsforth. Paullus (H). When Tom Green and his wife, Annette, came to Heppner on March 18, they had not visited the town since 1992, (he year he came to reminisce with classmates about their years at HHS before their 1961 graduation. When he and Annette came to Heppner this year, he came again to capture some memories, this time family memories. And this time, Tom took home a symbol of an important segment of his family's history and heritage, a saddle. Tom's father, Ken Green, had an affinity for horses. As a young man, he worked as a trainer and traveled from track to track with his parents' thoroughbreds. His marriage, followed by a growing family, influenced Ken to settle down in one place as a provider. In Union, he learned shoe repair from an experienced cobbler, from whom he eventually purchased the business. While in Union, Green's interest in horses remained strong, and he learned, also, to make saddles. From Union, he, his wife, Verle, and his family of four children moved to Elgin, but in 1954 they moved on to Heppner, where Ken planned to continue his saddle making. In Heppner at that time, Joe Snyder was an established saddle maker. Business was good enough for a very busy Snyder that when Kay Anderson asked him to build her a saddle, he recommended she go to a new Pastors invited to submit Easter message The Gazette-Times will feature a special section with Easter messages from local ministers in the April 19 issue of the newspaper. Easter is April 23. Pastors who wish to participate should have their message at the Gazette office by 5 p.m. Monday, April 17. Messages may be typed or hand written as long as they are legible and double spaced. For more information, call April Sykes, 676-9228. Lex Baptist to host signspiration The Lexington Baptist Church will be the host of this month's smgspiration on Sunday, April 9, at 7 p.m. The South Morrow County M ininsterial Association sponsors this event with various churches hosting it each month. People are invited to come to Çazette-Times • 676-9228^ DOUBLE SHOT ESPRESSO. Lexington Now serving ICE CREAM Cones Sundaes Milkshakes 45 favors o f Italian Sodas 1 sing, listen, and share in the music. Special music is provided by volunteers from area churches and the Easter choir will share a preview of what they have in store for Easter. Refreshments will be served following the Singspiration to provide "a time of sharing and enjoying each other's company." Colleges release honor rolls Bl ue Mountain Community College has released its honor roll for winter term. Following are the students who qualify: President's List, 4.0-Sharon Norick, Boardman; Nola Binschus, Heppner; Mane Tworek, Hermiston; Debora Parks, lone; Dulcie Peterson, Irrigon. Dean’s List: Boardman- Brooke Barton, Jason Calloway, Michele Cowan, Lee Dawson, Elizabeth Martinez, Charles Van Gorder; Heppner- David Bates, Timothy Davidson, Rollie Marshall, Bobbie Rankin, Raymond Rhode, Daniel Sharp- Petit, Virginia Sweeney and Hud Wilkins; Irrigon- Gregory Henderson, Jennifer Samson. Pendleton- Kathryn Tworek and Lindsey Waterland. #»'■ Copies 10 <t man in town, Ken Green. Mrs. Anderson says that Green did not wait for her to come to him. He drove to her country home and asked if he could make her a saddle. Kay agreed. This saddle would be the first of those made by Green while in Heppner, where he stayed until 1959. It was the first saddle hand-tooled by his wife. Though Verle was a beautician, she also "was the artistic one of the two," Tom reports, and her creativity grew from the floral design on the Anderson saddle to the depiction of horses and horse heads on later saddles. Anderson says that the saddle afforded her a comfortable ride, but she had difficulty getting it on a horse because of its weight. Recently, Mrs. Anderson decided to sell the saddle, for which she no longer had a use, and placed it on consignment at Green's Feed and Seed. A seeming lack of interest in the pleasure saddle led Anderson to contact Diana Ball in March to arrange donating it to the St. Patrick's Auction. Ball relayed the history of the saddle to fellow committee member Doris Brosnan. As Brosnan began an auction- promotion article for the Heppner Gazette Times, to accompany a picture of the saddle, she thought of her classmate Tom Green and wondered if a saddle made by his father would be of special interest to him. She contacted Shirley George, another classmate "who has everyone's address," told her the story, and suggested a call to Tom. Green telephoned Brosnan that evening to say, "Yes, I am definitely interested in getting one of the saddles my parents made." He explained that he had kept his eye open for a Green saddle for about 10 years. As the two discussed methods of bidding on the saddle. Green suggested that he and his wife might make the trip from Los Gatos, California, to bid in person. On March 17, the two began their 14-hour drive in a recently purchased company pickup, for Green was confident of returning ir I * & V £ m * * & + t Honor Roll: Boardman-Maria Aguiar, Valerie Bradley, Jorge Cuevas Rodgriquez, Joan Ratchford and Jessica Rencken; Heppner-William DeBoer, Jeni Miller, Shelly Sieler; Ione- Brenda Burright, Johnny Collpi, Amanda Gutierrez; Irrigon- Gloria Brasure, Ilene Osborne, Matthew Schilling; Lexington- Phillip Tellechea; Pendleton- Maci Childers and Katie Riney. Jacob McElligott, a sophomore from lone was among the 427 students named to the Gonzaga University president's list for fall semester. Students must earn a 3.7 or better grade-point average to be listed. Founded in 1887, Gonzaga is an independent, comprehensive university with a student enrollment of approximately 4,500. As» m » » js » - W edding Tables SherylCarty & M Angeli Y veddínfj: A pril 8 , 2 0 0 0 home with the saddle, and they horsewoman since a young age. For 14 years, "until she arrived in Heppner in time for replaced her interest in horses the parade on Saturday. The Greens used their time in with interest in boys," her dad Heppner before the Sunday says, she competed in vaulting on auction for visiting with their horseback. Shelly traveled to hosts, the Georges, and taking Holland and Germany and drives around country that holds competed in her home state and Texas. many memories for Tom. Today, Shelly owns several The fourth item on the auction block on Sunday was the saddle. horses and teach riding to True to his intention, Tom Green handicapped children, as well as placed the winning bid, of $950, to her own daughters. Tom says carried the saddle out on his that the saddle will surely be shoulder after time for a more important as a keepsake but photograph, and headed back will also be Shelly's preference home to a daughter who was for some special events. eagerly awaiting its arrival. Tom reports that his father did Tom and Annette have a son, not continue his saddle making John, and a daughter, Shelly. after leaving Heppner but he did Shelly seems to have inherited continue his association with her grandfather's interest in horses. Today Ken Green, now horses. Now the mother of three 84 years old, lives near a young daughters who show signs daughter in Amegard, North of following in their mother's Dakota. footsteps. Shelly has been a Letters to the Editor Editor's note: Letters to the Editor must be signed. The Gazette-Times w ill not publish unsigned letters. Please include your address and phone number on all letters for use by the C -T office. The G-T reserves the right to edit. Area residents help fight against MD To the Editor: My Irish eyes are smiling because Heppner has done it again. Thousands of area residents - when they patronized their favorite convenience stores, supermarkets, restaurants and other retail businesses brought the luck of the Irish to families affected by muscle-wasting diseases. By purchasing and signing the Shamrocks Against Dystrophy mobiles, they turned these high-traffic venues green with good fortune for St. Patrick's Day. Thanks to these caring customers, and all the service personnel who added humanitarian value to cash register transactions by asking patrons, "Would you like to buy a Shamrock to help families served by the Muscular Dystrophy Association," Heppner made an incredible contribution to the 17th annual Shamrocks Against Dystrophy campaign. I'm sure that St. Patrick is as grateful as are the million Americans served by MDA for the nine million dollars that Shamrocks raised nationally this year. This sharing of the green has helped speed MDA-funded research at the Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland and around the globe. Moreover, this pot-o-gold is helping maintain the national network of 230 MDA clinics. The services of these hospital- affiliated clinics, along with * MDA research, resulted in MDA becoming the first organization honored by the American - Medical Association with a lifetime achievement award "for significant and lasting contributions to the health and welfare of humanity." In Oregon, MDA has three clinics, including the MDA clinic at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland. By taking part in Shamrocks and other local MDA events, by calling in pledges to the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon broadcast on KAPP-TV, Channel 35, Heppner Gazette-Times readers continue to make a huge difference for families throughout Oregon and across the nation. (s) Maureen McGovern National Vice President & Shamrocks Chairperson Muscular Dystrophy Association Commission plans meeting The Oregon Wheat Commission will hold a Regular Meeting on Tuesday, April 11, in the O'Callahan's Restaurant, located in the Shilo Inn, 3223 Brett Clodfelter Way, The Dalles, with executive session at 8:30 a.m. and the regular meeting at 9:30 a m. Dress is business casual. The meeting is open to the public. T r Tnnnfif 7 fYrrYVrr Angela Currin & Nate Williams foot SpeciaCist Wedding: A pril 8 , 2 0 0 0 2ST will be at the Pioneer Memorial Clinic on April 12th for the diagnosis and treatment of all foot problems ^ MuJMUJ'i DflUJ 2 z 1 i 7 r Norm North iviam Main • • neppner H eppner • • 6 o 7 i d 6 -9 - d 1 is 5 o 8 Serving Heppner, Lexington A lone + + *!*+ *■ * * * * » •'* ■ * * * * ' Tom Green Heppner _____ 676-5504 ft i Hermiston ________ 567-8750 /
