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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 28, 2001 Mustangs win two at Dufur B\ Kick Paullus Good pitching and manufacturing of runs gav e the Heppner Mustangs wins over the Dufur Rangers, 14-1 in five innings, and the Alsea Wolverines, 9-2 in Dufur on Saturday, March 24. Michael McCabe struck out seven and allowed just one hit to get the win against Dufur, w ith relief help from Conor Kilkenny. Kilkenny had four strikeouts w hile allowing just one hit. Stefan Matheny struck out four while pitching four scoreless innings to get the win against Alsea, with relief help from Chuy Elguezabal and Brad Adams. The Mustangs got on the board in the second inning against Dufur w hen Travis Bellamy got hit by a pitch He moved around to third on a single by Donald Adams and scored on a passed ball. Nick Anthony and Stefan Matheny walked and Michael McCabe hit a grand slam to make it 5-0. In the third. Brad Adams doubled, stole third and went home on a passed ball. Bellamy was hit by another pitch, stole second, went to third on a passed ball and scored on a Donald Adams ground-out to make it 7-0. In the fourth, the Mustangs made it 9-0 when Matheny singled, stole second and third and scored on a wild pitch. McCabe singled, stole second and scored on a double by Kelly Paullus. The Mustangs put the game out of reach in the fifth when Bellamy singled, Kiel Naims was hit by a pitch and Kilkenny walked to load the bases. Elguezabal singled to score two runs and Matheny singled in another ran, Brian Gutierrez singled home a run and Paullus hit a sacrifice fly to make it 14-0. Dufur scored a run in the bottom of the fifth, but the outcome was never in doubt. McCabe went two for three with his grand slam, Paullus went two for three with two RBIs and Matheny went two for three and scored three runs. The Mustangs loaded the bases w ith no outs in the first against the Alsea Wolverines, but managed to score just one run. In the third, McCabe walked, stole second and third and came home when Billy Gates reached on an error. Brad Adams walked and Paullus laid down a squeeze bunt to score Gates. After Bellamy and Donald Adams w alked, Anthony grounded out to score Brad Adams, making the score 4-0. In the fourth, Matheny walked, stole second and third and came home on McCabe's groundout. Gates walked, stole second and went to third on a fielder’s choice by Brad Adams. Gates then scored on a Paullus bunt to make it 6-0. Luke Murray picked up the Mustangs' first hit in the fifth, stole second and came around to score on a Matheny ground-out. The Wolvennes scored two runs in the top of the sixth to get within 7-2, but the Mustangs came back in the bottom half when Gates hit a ball to deep centerfield and came around to score, leaping over the catcher to get a home run. Brad Adams then doubled and came home on a Paullus double to make the score 9-2. Brad Adams went one for two with a double, Gates went one for three and Paullus went one for three with three RBIs, as the Mustangs collectedjust five hits but benefitted from nine walks and three hit batters. The Mustangs improved their record to 4-1-1 and will play Sherman County on Tuesday, April 3, at 4:30 p.m. in Heppner. Statistics First game: . Heppner: 052 25-14 11 0 Dufur: 000 01-1 2 1 Michael McCabe, Conor Kilkenny (4) and Brad Adams, Kelly Paullus (5); Christopherson and Mead. W - McCabe, L - Christopherson. 2B - Paullus, B. Adams. 3B - Lance Lindell (D). HR - McCabe. Second game: Alsea: 000 002 0-2 6 2 Heppner: 103 212 x-9 5 3 K. Smith, Stanwood (4), B. Smith (6) and Hinds, Stefan Matheny, Chuy Elguezabal (5), B. Adams (7) and Paullus. W - Matheny, L - K. Smith. 2B - B Adams. Paullus. 3B - none HR - B Hendrix (A). Billv Gates (HI. Mustangs tie with Eagles 8-8 Bv Rick Paullus The visiting Wahtonka Eagles and Heppner Mustangs played eight innings until it was too dark to see and ended tied at 8-8 on Tuesday, March 20. With the tie, the Mustangs' pre-season record stands at 2-1-1. Stefan Matheny got the Mustangs on the board by hitting his first home run of the year in the bottom of the first inning. Brad Adams led off the second with a walk and moved to third on a stolen base and a passed ball. Donald Adams walked with two out and got into a rundown, allowing Brad Adams to score and make it 2-0. The Eagles came back with three runs in the top of the third but the Mustangs tied it when Chuy Elguezabal led off with a triple and came home when a fly ball to right field by Kelly Paullus was dropped. Wahtonka took a 6-3 lead into the sixth when Michael McCabe w alked and moved to third on a Paullus double. Brad Adams hit a sacrifice fly to score McCabe and Billy Gates doubled home Paullus Garden Club plans potluck luncheon The Blue Mountain District Garden Club meeting will be held in Condon on Saturday, April 21. A survivor o f the Holocaust will be in Heppner on April 23 for the ecumenical salad luncheon. The annual plant exchange will be held Saturday. May 5. Greenhouse tours and a meal at a Chinese restaurant have been planned for Monday, May 7 Installation of new officers will be held Monday, June 4. A potluck luncheon is planned for the next Heppner Garden Club meeting on Monday, April 2, at 6 p.m District Director Maijone Hahn will update members on what is happening in other areas regarding garden clubs. Morrow County Health District Administrator Victor VanderDoes and Shendan Tamasky, physician's assistant, updated members about the Morrow County Health District and answered questions from the audience at the last meeting. YE W S D E A D L IN E 5 p.m. Monday to make it 6-5. The Eagles came back with two runs in the seventh to take an 8-5 lead but the Mustangs came back again when Luke Murray was hit by a pitch and Elguezabal homered to centerfield. McCabe then hit a home run to tie it at 8-8. The rally ended with the winning run on second base. Neither team scored in the eighth. Wahtonka scored five runs in the top of the ninth as darkness arrived and the umpires called the game. Because it was called by darkness, the game returned to the last completed inning, which was the 8-8 tie. Elguezabal went two for three with two RBIs and Paullus went two for four to lead the Mustangs at the plate. Statistics Wahtonka: 003 030 2 -8 1 1 1 Heppner: 111 002 3-8 7 3 Tyson Lick, Josh Pray (4), Dusty Long (7) and Casey Evans; Stefan Matheny, Michael McCabe (4), Josh Winters (5), Billy Gates (7) and Brad Adams. 2B - Jake Foster, Josh Pray (W); Billy Gates. Kelly Paullus (H). 3B - Chuy Elguezabal (H). HR-Demck Troxel (W); Matheny. McCabe. Elguezabal (H). School Sports Schedules IONE HIGH SCHOOL Track Tuesday, April 3-at Condon, 3:30 p.m.; Saturday, April 7-Heppner Invitational at Umatilla, 11 a.m.; Tuesday, April 10-at Umatilla, 3:30 p.m.; Saturday, April 14-Condon Invitational at Condon, 11 a.m.; Tuesday, April 17-at Condon, 4 p.m.; Friday, April 20-Rivers Edge Invitational at Umatilla, 2 p.m.; Tuesday, April 24-at Wahtonka, 4 p.m.; Friday, April 27-at Goldendale, WA., 4 p.m.; Saturday, May 5-pre-district meet at Condon, 11 a.m.; May 11-1 2-Distnct track meet at Hermiston, 12 noon; Saturday, May 19-State track meet at Monmouth, time TBA. IONE MIDDLE SCHOOL Track Saturday, April 6-at Umatilla, 1 p.m.; Friday, April 13-at Umatilla, 2 p.m.; Friday, April 20-at Pilot Rock, 2 p.m.; Friday, April 27-at Pendleton (Sunridge), 2 p.m.; Saturday, May 5-at Pendleton (Ione/Stanfield), 2 p.m.; Friday, May 11 -at Umatilla (West Teams), 1 p.m. HEPPNER HIGH SCHOOL Softball *=league game Saturday, March 31- Wahtonka* at The Dalles, two games, 1 p.m.; Saturday, April 7-Pilot Rock* at Pilot Rock, two games, 1 p.m.; Saturday, April 14-Nyssa* at Heppner, two games, 1 p.m.; Tuesday, April 17-Mac-Hi at Heppner, one game, 4:30 p.m.; Saturday, April 21-Bye; Saturday, April 28-Weston- M cEw en* at H eppner, tw o games, 1 p.m.; Saturday, May 5-Union* at Heppner, two games, 1 p.m.; Tuesday, May 8-W eston- McEwen at Adams, one game, 4:30 p.m.; Saturday, May 12-P ine Eagle* at Halfway, two games, 1 p.m.; Saturday, May 19-District 7 Tournam ent at LaG rande, 12 noon. Baseball (* = league games) JVs Monday, April 2-Wahtonka at Heppner, 4:30 p.m.; Thursday, April 5-Wahtonka, at The Dalles, 4:30 p.m.; Friday, April 6-LaGrande at Heppner, 2 p.m.; Monday, April 9-Pendleton at Heppner, 4 p.m.; Friday, April 13-Stanfield at Heppner, 1 p.m.; Monday, April 16-Weston- McEwen at Athena, 4:30 p.m.; Friday, April 20-Pilot Rock at Heppner, 3 p.m.; Monday, April 23-no games scheduled. Friday, April 27-Pilot Rock at Pilot Rock, 3 p.m.; Monday, April 30-Pendleton at Pendleton, 4:30 p.m.; Friday, May 4-Stanfield at Stanfield, 1 p.m.; Monday, May 7-Wahtonka at Heppner, 4:30 p.m. Varsity (One game played unless noted) Friday, March 23-Mac-Hi at Milton-Freewater, 4 p.m.; Saturday, March 24-Dufur and Alsea at Dufur, 12 noon, two games; Tuesday, April 3-Sherman County at Heppner, 4:30 p.m.; Thursday, April 5-Wahtonka at The Dalles, 4:30 p.m.; Saturday, April 7-Dufur at Heppner, 12 noon; Tuesday, April 10-Mac-Hi at Heppner, 4 p.m.; Saturday, April 14-Umatilla* at Heppner, 11 a.m., two games; Tuesday, April 17-Condon* at Condon, 4:30 p.m.; Saturday, April 2 1-Stanfield* at Stanfield, 11 a.m., two games; Tuesday, April 24-Pilot Rock* at Heppner, 4:30 p.m.; Saturday, April 28-Weston- McEwen* at Heppner, 11 a.m., two games; Tuesday, May 1-Umatilla* at Umatilla, 4:30 p.m.; Saturday, May 5-Condon* at Heppner, 11 a.m., two games; Tuesday, May 8-Stanfield* at Heppner, 4:30 p.m.; Friday, May 11-Pilot Rock* at Pilot Rock, 3 p.m., two games. Track Friday, March 23-Cherry Festival Invitational at The Dalles, 4 p.m.; Tuesday, April 3-Four-Way Meet at Hermiston, 4 p.m.; Saturday, April 7-Umatilla/ Heppner Invitational at Umatilla, 11 a.m.; Saturday, April 14-Condon Invitational at Condon, 11 a.m.; Friday, April 20-River's Edge Invitational at Umatilla, 2 p.m.; Tuesday, April 24-Four-Way Meet at Pilot Rock, 4 p.m.; Friday, April 27-Goldendale Invitational at Goldendale, WA., 4 p.m.; Tuesday, May 1-Four-Way Meet at Pendleton, 4 p.m.; Saturday, May 5-Pre-Distnct Meet at Condon, 11 a.m.; Friday, May 11-District 7 2A Meet at Hermiston, 3 p.m.; Saturday, May 12-District 7 2A Meet at Hermiston, 12 noon; Friday, May 18-State 2A Meet at Monmouth, time TBA; Saturday, May 19-State 2A Meet at Monmouth, time TBA. Golf Friday, March 23- Echo/Enterpnse/Riverside at Echo, JVB/JVG/VB/VG, 3 p.m.; Tuesday, April 2-Invitational at Pendleton (Wildhorse), VB/VG, 1 p.m.; Thursday, April 5-Riverside Tournament at Boardman, JVB, 3 p.m.; Friday, April 6-Five-Way Meet at Union, VB/VG, 12 noon; Friday, April 13-Small Schools Invitational at Echo, VB/VG, 10 a.m.; Monday, April 16-State 2A Invitational at Pumpkin Ridge, VB, 10 a.m.; Thursday, April 19-Five-Way Meet at Heppner, JVB/JVG, 4 p.m.; Friday, April 20-Pendleton Invitational at Pendleton (Pendleton Country Club), VB, 1 p.m.; Thursday, April 26-Pendleton Invitational at Pendleton (Pendleton Country Club), VG, 1 p.m.; Friday, April 27-Union Invitational at Union, VB/VG, 12 noon; Monday, April 30-Pre-Distnct Tournament at Pendleton, VB/VG, 11 a.m.; Thursday, May 3-Four-Way Meet at Heppner, VB/VG/JVB/JVG, 2:30 p.m.; Friday, May 4-Enterprise Invitational at Enterprise, VB, 12 noon; Monday, May 7-District Tournament at Pendleton (Wildhorse), VB/VG, time TBA; Tuesday, May 8-District Tournament at Pendleton (Wildhorse), VB/VG, time TBA. H EPPN ER JU N IO R HIGH SCHOOL T rack Friday, April 6-All League meet at Umatilla, 2 p.m.; Friday, April 13-five-w ay meet at Umatilla, 2 p.m.; Friday, April 20-five-w ay meet at Pilot Rock, 2 p.m.; Friday, April 27-Bye; Friday, May 4-five-way meet at Pendleton, 2 p.m.; Friday, May 11-L eague Championships at Umatilla, 1 p.m. Tennis Tuesday, April 3-Weston- McEwen at lone, 3:30 p.m.; Thursday, April 5-Arlington at Arlington, 3:30 p.m.; Friday, April 6-Condon at lone, 3 p.m.; Tuesday, April 10-Umatillaat Umatilla, 3:30 p.m.; Thursday, April 1 2-Riverside at Boardman, 3:30 p.m.; Saturday, April 14-BMCC Tournament at Pendleton, 9 a.m.; Tuesday, April 17- Umatilla/Helix at lone, 3:30 p.m.; Friday, April 20-Helix at Helix, 3:30 p.m.; Saturday, April 21-Sherman County Boys Tournament at Moro, 9 a.m.; Tuesday, April 24-Weston- McEwen at Athena, 3:30 p.m.; Thursday, April 26- Arlington/Helix at lone, 3:30 p.m.; Friday, April 27-Sherman County at Moro, 1 p.m.; Monday, April 30-Riverside at lone, 3:30 p.m.; Wednesday, May 2- Umatilla/Helix at Umatilla, 3:30 p.m.; Tuesday, May 8-Condon at Condon, 3:30 p.m.; May 11-12-District Tournament at Tri-Cities, time TBA. CLASSIFIED ADS .40 per word Card of Thanks: up to 100 words - $5 Deadline: Tuesday at noon CARD OF THANKS I wish personally to thank the following people for their assis tance with this year’s St. Patrick’s Parade: Claudia Hughes; Cara Osmin; Ann Spicer; Bob Kahl; Janet M cD ow ell; Jerry and JoyceKay Holloman; Cliff Green; Steve Rhea; Rhonda and Jamie Helfrecht; Jerry Breazeale and the City of Heppner Maintenance Crew; Sharon Harrison and her crew of judges-Karen and Lind say W olff, K aren and Steve W oodw ard, Joyce Shepherd, Tricia Coe, Tiffany M cCurry, Travis Harrison, Becky Hunt and Gary Hunt; Kevin Chick; Dale Bates and Monika Hunter. The following people helped with the John Doan concert on Sunday: Cara Osmin; Claudia Hughes; Rick Drake and Phyllis Danielson. Thank you one and all! Craig Strobel 3-28-Ip WE PRINT ENVELOPES Heppner Gazette- Time.* 676-9228 The C olt football program would like to thank the members of the community that participated in this year’s St. Patrick’s Day O ’Ducky race. Your support helped to m ake th is y e a r ’s O ’Ducky race a great success. Thanks again from the Heppner Colts. _____________________ 3-28-lc Thank you for the cards, flow ers, prayers and kind words when my father Arthur Seale passed away recently. You friendship and sharing in my sorrow means a great deal to my family and me. With love, Betty Gray _____________________ 3-28-le We would like to say a big Thank You to the following people for all the help over the St. Patrick’s weekend celebration: J e f f and M issy C u tsfo rth , Kelwayne Haguewood, Kathy Cutsforth (Mrs. Curtis), Mark S chlichting, D avid and Patti Allstott, Gene and Harriet Hall, Betty Lankford. Glen and Joyce W ard, Cal and Bev Sherman, Delmer and Judy Buschke, Den nis and B abette W all, Andy Harshman, Tom and Karen Wolff, Burke and Ginger O ’Brien, Marty Brannon, Scott Dougherty, Deona H o d g es, T ed and P auline Schwarz, Joe and Linda Kenny, Jerry and Pat Dougherty, Roger and Andrea Mortimore. We ap preciate each and every one of you! Thanks again, Heppner Elks Lodge _____________________ 3-28-lc The family of Jack Healy would like to thank the community for all the help and support everyone gave us during Jack’s illness. First to thank is Dr. Datta, whose kind ness and compassion was greatly appreciated; the staff of Pioneer Memorial Hospital and Robanai and Molly from Morrow County Home Health; St. Patrick’s Altar Society who prepared the dinner after the funeral; Morrow County Grain Growers, who donated the hams; and everyone else who fur nished food for the dinner. We would also like to thank everyone for the m asses, nice cards, flowers and food that we received at home. The donations to the Heppner Booster Club and other charities in Jack’s memory were appreciated. Special thanks to Jack’s cousin, M onsignor Gerry Healy, who came from Wisconsin to officiate at the funeral mass. We all need to stop and think how fortunate we are living in a community where everyone cares about their neighbors and friends. Gwen Healy Jean Healy and Mike Hryciw Jerry and Carmen Healy family Jim Healy family John Healy and Megan Judy and Ken Eckman family Rosetta Palmateer _____________________ 3-28-lp Kindness is always appreciated, generosity is always valued, but love touches the heart. So it is that with deep appreciation that I wish to thank all those who visited, sent cards, phoned, brought gifts while I was in the hospital, all those who provide meals for me, and those who are taking care of me as I recover from surgery. Your help, thoughts and affection are heart warming. Fr. Gerry Condon _____________________ 3-28-lp Thank you, thank you, thank you. I don’t think there are enough words or ways to say thank you to all of you who helped during the long months since Dakota and Derek were bom. Thank you to everyone who helped financially, emotionally and physically We love and appreciate all of you. We would like to say a special thank you to Lana Orr and Deena Reid. You put your own families on hold for two long months to take care o f our family. We will never for get it. I wish there was some way to repay both of you, but as we all know, there isn’t. We love you very much. Once again thank you. (The boys are doing great and should be ready for a showing soon.) Matt, DeRina, Lynan, Dakota and Derek 3-28-lp We would like to thank the St. Patrick’s Committee for dedicat ing the 2001 St. Patrick’s celebra tion to Jack. He was always an avid supporter and enjoyed all the festivities and visiting with old friends. Even though he had to retire from his St. Patrick’s job the past two years, he was looking forward to this year’s celebration. Thank you Claudia for your kind words at the Coffee Hour. Gwen Healy and Family _____________________ 3-28-lp Ten thousand thank you’s to all the volunteers who helped stuff, lick and address the 10,000 busi ness solicitation letters mailed this week intoCalifomia. Many hands made for shorter (?) nights and more paper cuts. Special thanks to the U.S. Forest Service and the Port of Morrow for the assis tance. Just a one percent achieve ment rate will mean more jobs and families in our Willow Creek Val ley. Good job! Willow Creek Economic Development Group and the Zero-Money Marketing Plan _______ 3-28-lc NOTICES The Heppner Post Office has notified residents that correct mailing addresses must he on all mail. Please check the ad dress on your Gazette-Times to see i f it is correct and current. Addresses with a “route and box number or "star route and box " number, fo r example, need to be corrected. I f you need to make a correction, please call the Gazette at 676-9228, fa x 676-9211, m ail to Box 337, Heppner, OR 97836, or e-mail gt@heppner.net with your cor rect mailing address, so you can continue to receive the paper with no delay. David Sykes, Publisher 11-1-tfx ” HELP W ANTED L ibrary C lerk Substitute: on call, $7.23/hour, no benefits. Works under the supervision of the Branch Manager; knowledge o f autom ated library systems; knowledge o f books, including basic reference; Saturday and evening hours required. O regon T rail L ib rary Dis trict application packets available at the Heppner Library during regular business hours. For more information, call (541)676-9964. Application deadline 5 p.m.. Fri day. March 30, 2001. _____________________ 3-21-2c The M orrow County School District has the following classi fied position open: P osition I: S o u th E n d s G rounds Person. Location: Heppner Elemen- tary /H e p p n er High S chools, Heppner. Oregon, lone Schools, lone, Oregon, and District Office, Lexington, Oregon. Application: For application in formation please contact Morrow County School District Office at (541)989-8202. Working dates: April 1, 2001 through October 31,2001. (Successful candidate will be subject to fingerprinting.) EOE ____________________ 3-28-lc Position open immediately. Ir rigator in the Heppner/Ione area. Call Billy at 509-727-4798 or 541- 567-3171. 3-28-2C MISCELLANEOUS Advertise your business with solid m agnet door signs from the H ep p n er G azette-T im es. 676-9228. ___________________ 5-3-tfx Cookware - we stopped doing dinner parties. Have beautiful new 17-picce sets left. Heavy, brilliant surgical stainless steel. 100% waterless. 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