SIXTEEN - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 23, 2001
Mustangs end All league players announced
regular season
Exchange a mixed bag, but worthwhile
experience for Heppner kids
By Rick Paullus
By Rick Paullus
Heppner Junior High School eighth-grade Centennial exchange students (left toright): Blair Keithley,
Shanna Rietmann, Josh Lankford, Robert McElligott, Jessica Wainwright, Kyle Huddleston.
If it were a movie, you
might call it "The Good, the Bad
and the Ugly." But, whatever you
call it, the "critics" keep coming
back for more.
The "critics" in this
instance are the Heppner Junior
High School eighth graders who
attended the annual exchange at
Centennial Middle School in
Portland. While not all had a rosy
time, they all maintain that it was
a worthwhile experience that
they wouldn’t have missed.
"It was fun," said Blair
Keithley,
14,
Heppner.
"Everybody should do it. It was a
good experience for us to see
what it was like down there. The
school is very big. I don't think I
would want to go to school there,
it's so big."
Blair, who is the
daughter of Jay and Kelly Jo
Keithley, admitted that she got a
little homesick during her stay.
While in Portland, Blair stayed
with Alexandra Woods, her
mother, Tracy, brothers, William
and Dalton, and sister, Cydney.
Blair said that she went
to the movies and played
basketball after school with her
host. Her favorite experience was
the
group
trip
on
the
stemwheeler.
Shanna Rietm ann. 14.
stayed with the Vance and
Bonnie Bnece
family in
Gresham. The family also
included eighth grader Ahsley
and her older sister Amanda.
While there, Shanna
went to a basketball game and
"hung out" with other kids. Her
favorite experience was also the
trip on the Stemwheeler.
The group also took a
trip to a silicon wafer company.
"The industry was kind of
boring,” said Shanna.
”1 liked the school." she
said. "It was big, but they split us
up into teams, so it didn’t seem
like that much."
"The kids were the same,
pretty much. They weren't crazy
and they thought we were normal
too," said Shanna.
"The sports program
wasn't that good," added Shanna.
"I didn't think it was as good as I
expected and there track wasn't
that good."
Shanna is the daughter of
Mark and Tami Rietmann.
Heppner.
Josh
Lankford
of
Heppner had a pretty rough
experience initially, but then he
and another Heppner boy were
moved to stay with a different
host family who were "cool."
"The worst part about it
was the first family," said Josh.
"But I'd recommend it. It's a
good experience. It lets you find
out how other people live."
"It's too bad you couldn't
do it every year of school," added
Josh.
During his stay in the
Portland area, Josh hung out with
other host families and went to
the movies. He too liked the
Stemwheeler trip best.
Josh, 14, is the son of
Steve, and Susan Lankford,
Lexington.
Jessica W ainwright. 14.
said that the worst part about the
whole trip was .the silicon wafer
tour. "It was boring," said
Jessica. "The only fun part about
it was that you got to play with
the sticky mats that cleaned off
your feet. If you stayed there a
long time, you got stuck."
Jessica thought that the
school was "cool." "I didn't like
that you had to share lockers,
though," she said. "It (the school)
didn't seem as big as I thought it
would be."
"The kids were about the
same," added Jessica. "It was fun
and I hope everyone else has fun
that goes. I kind o f did, but then
my person started to get
annoying."
Jessica, whose parents
are Buz and Stacey Wainwright,
stayed with Gary and Laurie
Novak and their daughter, Katie,
Gresham.
R obert M cElligott, 13,
said he "really liked" his
experience in Portland, but didn't
think the kids there were at all
like Heppner kids.
"They were kind o f
different,” said Robert. "They
dress different. They dress more
with baggy clothes, and everyone
is like, nice."
"The teachers were
okay,” said Robert. "The math
teacher was scary. He was really
struct and serious. I don't think
he laughed the whole time. He
didn't even smile."
Robert said he was
impressed by the size of the
school. "In those little teams they
had about as many kids as in our
school, about 175 in each team
and there were six teams, about
900 in the school."
"It was lots o f fun. Oh,
my gosh, it was like a vacation,"
added Robert. "They start school
an hour later than us and two
hours later on Wednesday, so it
was awesome."
Robert, whose parents
are Laura and Tom McElligott,
Heppner, also went to the movies
and bowling with his host.
Kyle
Huddleston's
favorite part of the exchange was
the visit to OMSI where they
went to the OMSI Max theater.
"It was a big dome and you were
looking up. It was cool and the
virtual ride on a glacier was
cool."
The worst part, said
Kyle, was having to go to school
on Monday. "They had really
long classes, like an hour and a
half. The school was big. I
couldn't believe how many kids
there were."
Kyle felt that the kids in
Heppner and Portland were
pretty much the same. "I had a
good, time," said Kyle. "I didn't
want to come home."
Kyle, the son o f Mark
and Jan Huddleston, Heppner,
stayed with the Brian and Kim
West, their son, Nick, and
daughter, Katelyn in Gresham.
4-H News
T he B a rn y a rd e rs 4-H C lub
By Heather Rill, Reporter
The Barnyarders held their fourth
meeting of the year on April 23.
The club talked about Kelwayne
Haguewood's pig that he wanted
to donate to the club to donate back
to perhaps the Neighborhood Center
or the St. Patrick's Senior Center.
The club would pay for the
slaughter, cut and wrap of the pig.
Some club members were going
to check to see who would be
interested in some pork.
The club held their fifth meeting
of they year on May 11 at Pat
Schwartz' home.
The club got to see first-hand
the slaughter of a hog. Some
members were grossed out while
others found it interesting.
The club donated some of the
pork to the St. Patrick's Senior
Center, Neighborhood Center and
Stokes Landing Senior Center in
Imgon.
The Barnyarders will hold their
next meeting in June.
The Heppner Mustangs finished
the regular season with a convincing
15-2 win over the Weston-McEwen
TigerScots at Athena on Tuesday,
May 15. The Mustangs ended their
Columbia Basin Conference season
with a 13 and 2 record and 19-5-1
p overall.
Chuy Elguezabal got the
Mustangs going with a lead-off
single and came home on Michael
McCabe's home run. Brad Adams
continued his hot hitting with a
home run that brought home Kelly
Paullus who had walked, to make
the score 4-0 after one.
Elguezabal led off the second
by striking out but reached first on
an error by the catcher. Stefan
Matheny walked, McCabe had an
RBI double, Billy Gates had a two-
RBI double, and Adams, an RBI
single to make it 8-0.
The TigerScots scored two runs
in the third, but Elguezabal came
back with a solo home run in the
fifth to make it 9-2.
The Mustangs put the game away
in the sixth as Gates walked, Paullus
singled, Adams had an RBI single,
Travis Bellamy singled to load the
bases and Kyle Naims cleared the
bases with a single. Koby Rea
walked, Matheny singled and
McCabe had a two-RBI single to
make it 15-2.
Josh Winters pitched three
innings to get the win, striking out
four and allowing two hits and two
walks. Brad Adams had two innings
o f no-hit pitching and Conor
Kilkenny pitched the sixth.
Brad Adams went four for four
with four RBIs and McCabe went
three for five with five RBIs, and
a double and a home run. Elguezabal
went two for five with a home run
and scored three runs. Donald
Adams wdnt two for three.
Statistics
Heppner: 440 016 - 15 16 4
Weston-McEwen: 002 000 - 2 2 1
Josh Winters, Brad Adams (4), Conor
Kilkenny (6) and Kelly Paullus: Jorgensen,
Delph (3). McClouth (5) and McLouth, Kelty
(3) W - Winters L - Jorgensen 2B - Michael
McCabe, Billy Gates 3B - none. HR -
McCabe. B. Adams, Chuy Elguezabal
The Eastern Oregon Softball
League named their All-League
teams with the Heppner Mustangs
getting three girls on the first team
and four more on the honorable
mention team. Senior San Juanita
cir,i>,»'7aK!i1 I p H the wav bv beine
o f the year with Katie Smith of
Wahtonka.
Senior Marissa McCabe was
named to the first team infield and Sail Juanita Elguezabal, player of
junior Shelley Rietmann was first the year, first team outfielder
team pitcher.
Seniors Jenni Patton and Chanssa
Gates were named honorable
mention infielders, along with junior
catcher Jesse Gutierrez and
sophomore utility Jesse Kempas.
First Team: pttchers-Shelley
Rietmann, Heppner, and Katie
Smith. Wahtonka; catcher-Whitney
Erickson, Nyssa; outfielders-San
Juanita Elguezabal, Heppner, Alii
Sexton, Nyssa, Lacey Seeley,
Weston-McEwen; infielders-Manssa
McCabe, Heppner, Sara Fehlman,
Nyssa, Amanda Doherty, Pilot Rock.
Brandi Denton, Pilot Rock; utility-
Kendra Winn, Weston-McEwen, Shelley Rietmann, first team pitcher
Selena Winks, Pilot Rock.
Player of the Year; San Juanita
Elguezabal, Heppner, and Katie
Smith, Wahtonka.
Coach of the Year: Rick
Hoisington, Pilot Rock.
Honorable Mention Team:
pitcher-Jenmfer Sasser, Weston-
McEwen; catchers-Jesse Gutierrez.
Heppner, Becky Sparks, Weston-
McEwen, Becca Pemne. Pilot Rock;
outfielders-Kelli Morwood. Pine
Eagle, Colbi Robertson, Union, Jodi
Hungerford, Weston-McEwen;
mfielders-Chanssa Gates. Heppner,
Jenni Patton, Heppner, Becky Brito, Marissa McCabe, first team infielder
Weston-McEwen, Laura Wheeler,
Nyssa, Katie Hartley, Nyssa. Lacey
Lick, Wahtonka; utility-Jesse
Kempas, Heppner, Catherine
Barkley, Pilot Rock.
lone Legion Post
awarded grant
American Legion Post #95 in
lone was awarded an Employee
Volunteer Grant by Portland General
Electric Company at their
headquarters in Portland on May
16.
The $500 grant was obtained
through the efforts of Gene Crowell
of lone, who is employed at the coal-
fired generating plant near
Boardman. PGE stated that they
are very aware of employee efforts
to assist with community projects
and organizations. The lone Legion
has held that goal in the lone area
since its charter in 1921.
Crowell, who has been a
Legionnaire for 26 years, is currently
the post sergeant at arms. He has
held various other positions,
including commander and vice
commander.
When Crowell learned of the
company grant program, he applied
with the emphasis on the continued
availability of the lone Legion
Hall.which has been a focal point
in the community for many years.
He was quick to point out, however,
that all the members of the lone
Legion and Legion Ladies Auxiliary
work together toward that goal. The
fund from the grant will benefit the
continued programs of the post and
the auxiliary.
Jesse Kempas, honorable mention
utility
Jesse Gutierrez, honorable mention
catcher
Golf scramble to
benefit Heppner
Babe Ruth
The Heppner Babe Ruth
P l í 1:
program has planned a benefit
golf scramble for Sunday, May Charissa Gates, honorable mention
27, at the Willow Creek Country infielder
Club.
The scramble will be 18
holes with four member teams
for both males and females.
The benefit will get
underway with an auction of
caddies at 8 a.m. Golf will begin
at 9 a.m.
The event will feature a
50/50 putting contest and a 50/50
string contest. Prizes will be
awarded for the scramble.
Cost is $20 per person.
Proceeds will benefit Heppner
Babe Ruth.
For more information,
contact Rick Johnston, 676-5562. Jenni Patton, honorable mention
infielder
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