FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 23, 2002
McCabe named to Shrine team Mustang girls rally twice
Michael McCabe of Heppner
to beat TigerScots
has been selected as a player on
the East-West Shrine Game East
Team. McCabe is a senior at
Heppner High School. Alternates
are Stefan Matheny and Travis
Bellamy, both HHS seniors, and
Brad Bumght, a senior at lone
High School.
Greg Grant, HHS football
coach, was chosen as a coach for
the East team, along with Todd
Shafer from Condon.
The game, commemorating
the 50th anniversary of the event,
will be played on August 10 in
Baker.
By R ick P aullus
Obituary
M ich a el M cC ab e
Maxine May Gray
Maxine May Gray. 79, of
Heppner, died Sunday, January
20, 2002, at St. Anthony Hospital
in Pendleton
Funeral services will be held
Friday, January 25, 2002, at 11
a m. at All Saints Episcopal
Church in Heppner. Burial will
follow at the Heppner Masonic
Cemetery,
Mrs. Gray was bom May 20,
1922, at Oakland, Oregon to
Elmer Burton and Minnie Delilah
(Hirons) Bames.
On July 1, 1940, she married
Merritt Gray at Lewiston, Idaho.
She was an active board
member of All Saints Episcopal
Church in Heppner, a member of
their Altar Guild, and the Epis
copal Church Woman’s Organi
zation. She was the 4-H superin
tendent of quilting and sewing
for the Morrow County Fair. She
taught 4-H sewing for several
years and sewed a wedding dress
for one of her former students.
Mrs. Gray did a lot of babysit
ting. She was a master gardener
who had a well-stocked food cel
lar of her own canned goods. She
also
volunteered
at
the
Neighborhood Center.
She was a resident of Hepp
ner for 58 years and formerly had
lived in Lexington for three
years, Pendleton for four years
and Hermiston for one year
Survivors include her hus
band of 61 years. Merritt Gray of
Heppner: sons, Michael Lee Gray
of lone. Ronald Dean Gray of
Pendleton and Merritt Harold
Gray. Jr., of Portland; sister. Ar
lene Ellen Welch of Signal Hill,
California; seven grandchildren
and 12 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by
a son, David Eugene Gray, in
1972; four sisters. Alta. Alma,
Olive and Gladys; and three
brothers. Orville, Jesse and Rich
ard.
Memorial contributions may
be made to the All Saints Epis
copal Church Altar Guild Fund in
Heppner.
Bums Mortuary of Hermis
ton is in charge of arrangements
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jumper, then Rietmann scored on
an assist from Barber and a steal
and lay-in to make it 39-34. After
a three-pointer by the Tigerscots,
Kelsey Greenup drove the base
line and hit a short jumper to
make it 41-37. Greenup fed Mat
teson for a lay-in and Rietmann
scored off a drive to extend the
Mustangs’ lead to 45-39 at the
end of the quarter.
Matteson hit a short jumper.
Barber hit a jumper and Riet
mann converted a three-point
play to open the fourth and ex
tend the lead to 52-39. After a
Tigerscot basket. Matteson and
Barber hit short jumpers and
Smith scored on a lay-in to ex
tend the lead to 58-42. Brooke
Rust hit one of two free throws,
then scored off a steal by Jesse
Kempas to make it 61-44. Rust
made two free thows to make it
63-46 and Stefame Hanson hit a
jumper to make it 65-51 as the
Mustangs coasted to the win.
Barber led the way with 19
points, four rebounds and three
steals, with Matteson scoring 17
points. 13 rebounds, three assists
and two steals. Rietmann scored
18 points, pulled down five re
bounds and dished out two as
sists Kempas had three assists
and three steals. Smith had four
rebounds.
Statistics
Weston-McEwen: 11 14 14 14 - 53
Heppner: 8 18 19 20 - 65
Weston-McEwen-Johnson 3 6-7 13,
Winn 4 5-11 13, Perches 2 6-8 10,
Thompson 2 2-2 6. Schoonover 2 0-0 4,
Bennett 1 0-0 3, Nicholes 1 0-0 2, Todd 1
0-0 2, Kyles. 16 19-28 53. Three-pointers:
Bennett, Johnson.
Heppner-Brett Barber 9 0-0 19,
Shanna Rietmann 7 4-5 18, Lacey Matte
son 8 1-4 17 Tylynn Smith 2 0-0 4,
Brooke Rust 0 3-4 3, Kelsey Greenup 1
0-0 2, Stefanie Hanson 1 0-0 2, Jodie
Carlson, Meghan Bailey, Jesse Kempas,
Nikki Sisk. 28 8-13 65. Three-pointer:
Barber.
First half carries Mustangs
By Kick P aullus
T ra v is B ellam y
Wheatland Pomona
B rad B u rrigh t
to hear program
Marriage Licenses
on big game
The Wheatland Pomona
Grange will meet Saturday, Jan.
26 at Willows Grange in lone.
Bob Krein with the Oregon
Dept, of Fish and Wildlife will
present a program on big game
species at 1 p.m.
The meeting is open to the
public. Lunch will be served at
noon.
The Heppner Mustangs girls
twice rallied from behind, the
second midway through the third
quarter, to beat the Weston-
McEwen Tigerscots, 65-53, in
Heppner on Friday, Jan. 18, to
improve to 4-l in the Columbia
Basin Conference and 8-5 over
all.
Shanna Rietmann hit a short
jumper to tie it early at 2-2, then
Brett Barber's rebound basket
and Lacey Matteson’s jumper
gave the Mustangs a 6-4 lead.
The Tigerscots scored the next
seven points before Matteson
drove inside for a lay-in to cut
the lead to 11 -8 after one.
Matteson drove inside for
another basket, but the Mustangs
still trailed 15-10 before Riet
mann fed Matteson for a lay-in,
Barber hit a jumper and Tylynn
Smith scored on an assist from
Matteson to make it 16-15. The
Tigerscots scored four straight,
but Rietmann came back with a
nice drive and lay-in. After a Ti-
gerscot free throw. Barber got
hot, first tying the game with a
long jumper, then giving the
Mustangs the lead with another
long jumper and a three-pointer.
A three point play by the Tiger
scots tied it again but Matteson
hit one of two free throws to end
the half with the Mustangs lead
ing, 26-25.
Matteson scored to open the
third and Rietmann hit two free
throws to add to a 30-25 lead, but
the Tigerscots scored the next
nine points to take a 34-30 lead.
Now it was the Mustangs’ turn to
go on a run as Rietmann made a
free throw, then made a lay-in off
a Barber steal. Barber hit a
The Morrow County Clerk’s
office in the courthouse in Hepp
ner reports issuing the following
marriage licenses:
Jan. 14-Richard Julian Swen-
tik. 41. Boardman; and
Elizabeth Nee Curtis, 34,
Boardman.
Jan. 18-Emmanuel Vargas
Arriaga, 23. Hermiston: and
Christina Armenta. 18, Her
miston.
MORROW COUNTY GRAIN GROWERS
W INTER GROWER MEETING
Date: Friday, February 8th
Location: Willows Grange Hall in lone
Time: 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
A 26-7 halftime lead carried
the Heppner Mustang girls to a
51-27 win in Stanfield on Satur
day, Jan. 19, to improve their
CBC record to 5-1 and remain in
second place. The Mustangs, 9-5
overall, will host the first place
and number-one-ranked Pilot
Rock Rockets on Friday, Jan. 25,
then will travel to Culver on Sat
urday, Jan. 26.
Meghan Bailey got the Mus
tangs going by hitting a three-
pointer. Lacey Matteson made
two free throws and Bailey hit
another jumper for an early 7-0
lead. After a Tiger basket, Matte
son hit a running jumper to make
it 9-2. The Tigers came back
with another jumper, but Jodie
Carlson made one of two free
throws, then hit a jumper to give
the Mustangs a 12-4 lead after
one.
Brett Barber hit a jumper to
make it a 10-point game, and,
after a Tiger bucket, made two of
four free throws. Matteson
scored twice to make it 20-6.
Shanna Rietmann hit a short
jumper. Bailey hit a free throw,
then fed Barber for a lay-in to
help the Mustangs to a 26-7 lead
at halftime.
The Tigers opened the third
with two free throws, but Riet
mann converted a three point
play to make it 29-9. After a Ti
ger bucket, Matteson scored
twice. The Tigers came back
with two baskets, but a three-
pointer by Matteson make it 36-
15. Barber and Carlson each hit
jumpers as the Mustangs ended
the third with a 40-20 lead.
Stefanie Hanson scored on a
pass from Jesse Kempas. The
Tigers came back with four
points, but Rietmann hit a rer
bound basket, Greenup hit three
of four free throws and Matteson
made one of two to make it 48-
24. Greenup closed out the scor
ing after a lay-in from Barber and
a free throw to make the final 51-
27.
Matteson led the Mustangs
with 16 points, 11 rebounds and
two steals. Barber added nine
points, five rebounds and four
assists. Rietmann had seven
points, five rebounds and two
steals. Bailey had six points,
seven rebounds and two assists.
Greenup had six point and seven
rebounds. Kempas had two as
sists and Tylynn Smith had four
rebounds.
Statistics
Heppner: 12 14 14 11 - 51
Stanfield: 4 3 13 7 - 27
Heppner-Lacey Matteson 6 3-9 16,
Brett Barber 3 3-6 9. Shanna Rietmann 3
1-1 7, Meghan Bailey 2 1-4 6, Kelsey
Greenup 1 4-6 6, Jodie Carlson 1 1-2 5,
Stefanie Hanson 1 0-3 2. Jesse Kempas,
Tylynn Smith. 18 13-31 51. Three-
pointers: Bailey. Matteson.
Stanfield Lemmon 4 2-4 10, Weath
erman 2 1-2 5, Kellie Davis 1 2-4 4, Kim
Davis 1 0-0 2, Kammerzell 1 0-3 2, Miller
1 0-0 2, Marcum 0 2-2 2, Irving. 10 7-15
27. Three-pointers: none.
Mustang blow past TigerScots
By R ick P aullus
The sixth-ranked Heppner
Mustangs again used a big third
quarter to blow past the visiting
Weston-McEwen Tigerscots, 71-
40, on Friday, Jan. 18, to run
their Columbia Basin Conference
record to 5-0 and their overall
record to 12-1.
Brad Adams got the Mus
tangs going, hitting a three-
pointer from the comer. After a
Tigerscot basket, the Mustangs
exploded as Michael McCabe hit
two free throws and a turnaround
jumper, Chuy Elguezabal hit a
running jumper, David Norton
scored off a nice pass from
McCabe and Matheny hit a short
jumper to make it 13-2. Matheny
hit two more jumpers, but the
Tigerscots narrowed the gap to
17-12, hitting a three-pointer to
close out the first quarter.
Brian Rust hit two free
throws to open the second, and,
after the Tigerscots got to within
19-16, McCabe scored on an as
sist from Rust and Matheny hit a
three-pointer to make it 24-16.
Rust hit a three-pointer and
McCabe scored off a pass from
Elguezabal who then scored off a
steal by Norton to make it 31 -20.
Matheny hit a free throw, then
got a steal and a lay-m and
McCabe scored off a rebound to
close out the half with a 36-27
lead.
Adams hit a short jumper to
open the third. Norton scored
back-to-back
lay-ins
and
Matheny hit two free throws to
increase the lead to 44-29. After
a three-pointer by the Tigerscots.
the Mustangs went off, with
Matheny bitting a jumper, Ad
ams getting a rebound basket,
Matheny hitting another jumper,
McCabe scoring inside and Rust
scoring on a rebound basket to
end the third with a 54-32 lead.
With the score 57-37, the
Mustangs went on a run again as
Adams fed Norton twice for lay-
ins, Elguezabal got a lay-in. Rust
scored off a pass from Matheny,
McCabe fed Elguezabal for a
lay-in and Donald Adams scored
a rebound basket to make it 69-
37. Josh Winters hit a long
jumper and a tip-in at the buzzer
by the Tigerscots made the final
71-40.
The game marked the return
of Sam VanLiew, who saw his
first game action since suffering
a broken ankle during football.
Matheny led four Mustangs
in double figures with 19 points,
four steals and two assists, with
McCabe adding 12 points, three
steals and two assists. Rust
scored 11 points, grabbed eight
rebounds and had two assists.
Norton had 10 points, six re
bounds and four steals. Elgueza
bal had eight points and two as
r
sists. Adams had seven points. 10
rebounds and two assists.
Statistics
Weston-McEwen: 12 15 5 8 - 40
Heppner: 17 19 18 17 - 71
Weston-McEwen-Johnson 7 1-315,
Langford 2 0-0 6. Parrish 2 0-0 5, Delph 1
2-2 5. Jorgensen 2 0-0 4, Tucker 1 0-0 2,
Duncan 1 0-0 2, Davis 0 1-2 1, Allen,
Sheard, Hausner 16 4-7 40. Three-
pointers: Langford (2), Parrish, Delph
Heppner-Stefan Matheny 7 4-7 19,
Michael McCabe 5 2-3 12, Brian Rust 3
4-4 11, David Norton 5 0-1 10, Chuy El
guezabal 4 0-0 8, Brad Adams 3 0-2 7,
Josh Winters 1 0-0 2, Donald Adams 1 0-
0 2, Sam VanLiew 0 0-1 0, Kevin Drake.
29 10-18 71 Three-pointers: Matheny,
Adams, Rust.
Varsity women
upset South
Wasco
lone Cardinal varsity women
upset South Wasco County on
Saturday. Jan. 19, handing South
Wasco a 43-35 loss.
The score was tied at the end
of the first quarter. The second
quarter appeared to be a desic
cate quarter for both teams in the
first four minutes. With four
minutes remaining, Kristina
Powell hit two attempts at the
free throw line to break the
scoreless streak. Salli McElligott
hit a three-point bucket with two
minutes remaining in the third
quarter to lead SWC 32-25. lone
did not rebound well in the be
ginning of the fourth quarter, but
Amellia Peck's aggressive play
jumpstarted her team to pull out
the 43-35 win.
Peck led the team with 16
points, captured five rebounds,
and delivered one assist. Diana
McElligott scored eight points, f
brought down two rebounds.
Two of the Redside possessions
must have been over the legal
limit because McElligott swiftly
pilfered those from her opponent.
Kristina Powell scored six points,
captured three rebounds, blocked
three shots, apprehended one
Redside possession and delivered
four assists.
Cyndi Heagy scored four
points, brought down four re
bounds, seized two steals and
delivered the assist on one Car
dinal basket. Natalie McElligott
scored four points, swiped five
steals, four rebounds and deliv
ered one assist. Salli McElligott
hit a three-point bucket and
brought down one rebound. Barb ■
Holland scored two points, and
apprehended one rebound and
one steal.
We P r in t
C o m p u te r F o rm s
H ep p n er G a z e tte -T im e s
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PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS the Heppner Garden Club creates floral beauty in showy yards
and public places all over town, and
WH EREAS they gather evergreens from the mountains and yards to create
i decorated wreaths, swags and table arrangements to bring holiday cheer to 1
homes throughout the community, and
■ WHEREAS they purchase bedding plants, rose bushes and trees to
i enhance Heppner’s public areas, and
, WHEREAS they sponsor horticulture scholarships awarded to a
i graduating high school senior who plans to study in a horticulture-related
i field, and
> WHEREAS they provide decorations for many dinner meetings in
I Heppner. and
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WHEREAS they fill “welcome baskets” with garden produce, flowers and
i homemade goodies to welcome new teachers or clergy to the area, and vgr
1 WHEREAS they plant and maintain containers of flowers that bloom all mg
, summer at the mini-park next to the post office, and
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l WHEREAS they plant and maintain the beautiful mass of marigolds at the C
turnaround at the city park, and
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i WHEREAS they plant and maintain the eye-catching sight of floral beauty
that greet those who attend the fair and rodeo, and
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i WHEREAS they have planted trees and rose bushes around town as
i memorials to deceased garden club members, and
do
WHEREAS they have future plans for the club to include a rose garden in
i the beautification project near the confluence of Hinton and Willow creek,
i and
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■ WH EREAS they honor recipients for “yard of the month”, giving them gift Cfts
i certificates, and
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WHEREAS they prepare the flower display area, take entries and maintain ®
the flower show section at the Morrow County Fair
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT
M E E T IN G AGENDA:
7:30-8:00 a.m.
8:00-8:30 a.m.
Coffee and Doughnuts
Jim Benson, Agriliance;
Herbicide Update; Phenoxys Surfactants & Adjuvants
8:35-9:30 a.m.
SIGNED this 15th day of January 2002
Bob Jcpscn, Mayor
Clint Adamson, Agriliance:
Crop Protection Update Herbicide & Insecticide Trial
Updates
9:33-9:55 a.m.
10:00-10:35 a.m.
BREAK
Sam Thornton, Syngenta:
10:40-11:10 a.m.
Greg Kvistad, FMC:
11:15-12:00 p.m.
Larry Lutcher. OSU Extension. Heppner
Seed Treatment/lnsecticide Update
Herbicide Update. Spartan & Aim
Chemical Fallow Management
12:05-12:20 p.m.
Jim Swanson, Wheatland Insurance:
12:30 p.m.
LUNCH, served by Willows Grange
insurance Information Update
(Oregon Recertification credits have been applied for.)
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The month of February ¡'designated ashonoringtheHEPPNER GARDEN
CLUB, and call upon the residents of the city to observe the month by WL
honoring the Heppner Garden Club and the programs they serve.
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