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Oregon Wednesday, May 1, 2002 - FIVE lone school's May calendar lone School has released the following list of activities: Thursday, May 2: tennis hosts Weston-McEwen, 3:30 p.m. Friday, May 3: MS track at Pendleton, 2 p.m.; tennis hosts Sherman County, 2 p.m. S aturday, M ay 4: ten n is at Umatilla, 10 a.m.; baseball at Heppner, 11 a.m.; HS track at The Dalles, 11:00 a.m. Monday, May 6: Booster Club meeting, 7 p.m.; tennis and track seeding meeting in Arlington, 7 p.m. T uesday, M ay 7: ten n is at Condon, 3:30 p.m.; baseball at Pilot Rock, 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 8: lone site council meeting, 5:30 p.m.; MS band festival concert in Arlington, 6 p.m .; w atershed field day grades 8 and 10 Thursday, M ay 9: A dvisory C om m ittee m eeting, 7 p.m .; read in g program assem bly; watershed field day grades 8 and 10 Friday, May 10: MS track at Umatilla, 1 p.m.; district track in Hermiston, 3 p.m.; district tennis in Tri Cities, 9 a.m. Saturday, May 11: baseball at Athena, 11 a.m.; district track in Hermiston, 3 p.m.; district tennis in Tri Cities, 9 a.m. M onday, M ay 13: M orrow County School D istrict board meeting at the district office, 7:30 p.m. Tupper Outdoor School for 6lh grade begins Tuesday, May 14: baseball at Heppner, 4:30 p.m. T hursday, M ay 16: d istric t spelling contest at Heppner HS, 6:30 p.m.; seniors last day of school; Tupper Outdoor school ends Saturday, M ay 18: d istric t baseball at The Dalles, 12 p.m.; state tennis in Eugene; state track in Monmouth Tuesday, M ay 21: N ational Honor Society induction, 5:30 p.m.; HS awards, 7 p.m.; K-3 field trip W ednesday, M ay 22: baccalaureate at St. W illiams church, 7 p.m. Friday, May 24: IHS graduation 7 p.m. S aturday, M ay 25: HHS graduation, 2 p.m. Sunday, M ay 26: RHS graduation, 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 28: middle school student body sp eech es and elections, 1 p.m.; spring program, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 29: lone high school student body speeches and elections Thursday, May 30: 8th grade graduation dinner, 5:30 p.m.; MS awards, 7 p.m. Friday, May 31: 8,h grade dance, 8 a.m.-l 1 a.m. Mustang JV rally falls short By R ick P au llu s The Heppner Mustang JV baseball team rallied from a 6-1 deficit to get within one but couldn't get the tying run across and fell to the Pendleton Frosh, t 6-5, on M onday, A pril 22 in Pendleton. The Mustangs suf fered their first loss o f the sea son as their record fell to 4 and 1 on the year, but a bigger loss oc cu rred w hen fresh m an N ick Christman broke two bones in this left hand diving back to third base in the third inning. The Mustangs played a doubleheader at Hermiston on Thursday, April 25, and then trav eled to Riverside on Monday, April 29. C hristm an scored the first run for the Mustangs in the . first inning when he walked, stole second and scored as Josh Win- ‘ tcrs grounded out. The Bucks came back with four runs in the first and two more in the second to take a 6-1 lead that held up until the top of the sixth inning. W ith one o u t, Josh Gutierrez was hit by a pitch, went to second on a passed ball and scored on a Ben Turrell single. John Franswa walked, Connor Kilkenny was hit by a pitch, load ing the bases and Jode Coil sin gled to score two more. Kilkenny scored as Coil stole second to make it 6-5, but the inning ended with Coil on third base. In the sev en th , Kiel Naims walked with one out, stole second and third, but was left stranded as the Mustangs couldn’t get the hit they needed. Brian Gutierrez went the distance, scattering seven hits, just one after the second inning, while striking out eight and walk ing four. Coil went four for four with two RBIs. Christman went one for two and scored a run, N aim s w ent one for two and Turrell went one for three with an RBI. Statistics Heppner: 100 004 0-5 7 2 Pendleton: 420 000 x-6 7 0 Brian G utierrez and John Franswa; Post and Carter. W-Post. L- Gutierrez. 2B: Pendleton-Post. 3B-none. HR-none. Mustangs take care of Tigerscots, 13-1 Matheny went the dis By Rick Paullus The Heppner Mustangs baseball team banged out 13 hits, including six for extra bases, and took care o f the W eston- McEwen Tigerscots, 13-1, in five innings in Heppner, on Tuesday, April 23. The first place Mustangs improved to 5 and 1 in the CBC East division and 11 and 4 over all. A league doubleheader in Heppner against Stanfield is up next, on Saturday, May 4, begin ning at 11 a.m. The Mustangs gave up a run in the top o f the first but wast ed little time in getting it back as Chuy Elguezabal led off by beat ing out an infield single and Stefan Matheny hit a homerun, giving H eppner the lead. M ichael McCabe singled, went to second on a passed ball and scored on a single by Brad A dam s, who scored on a triple by Kelly Paullus to make it 4-1. In the second, Donald Adams and Elguezabal walked and Matheny and McCabe each had RBI singles to make it 6 -1. The M ustangs put the gam e aw ay in the fourth as M cCabe hit a solo hom erun, Travis Bellamy doubled off the fence in ccnterfield and Paullus and Winters walked. Two runs came home as Donald Adams reached on an error, Elguezabal scored two more with a double and M atheny hit his second homerun o f the game to make it 13-1. tance on the mound, giving up four hits while striking out five, and went three for four at the plate, w ith tw o hom eruns and five RBIs. M cCabe went three for four with two RBIs, Elguezabal went two for three with two RBIs and scored three runs, and Paullus went two for two. Statistics Weston-McEwen: 100 00-1 4 2 Heppner: 420 7x-13 13 3 Delph and Kelton; Stefan Matheny and Kelly Paullus. W-Matheny (3-0). L-Delph (3-2). 2B: Weston- McEwen-Hausner; Heppner-Travis Bellamy, Chuy Elguezabal. 3B: Heppner- Paullus. HR: Heppner-M atheny (2), Michael McCabe Correction lone High School senior A m e llia P e c k w a s lis te d incorrectly in a story about the lone Topic C lu b 's senior tea in last w eek's Gazette-Times. S p e a k e r at th e te a , M acarena E sp o sito , is from A rgentina, not Brazil, as stated in die article. FAX SERVICE Send or Receive Heppner Gazette-Times Fax #676-9211 Mustangs sweep Viking double header by Kick Paullus Excellent pitching and good hitting led the Heppner Mus tangs to a sw eep at U m atilla against the Vikings by 10-0 in five innings and 12-2 in six innings on Friday, April 26. The Mustangs remained in first place in the CBC east di vision with a 7 and 1 record and 13 and 4 overall. They will host Stanfield for a doubleheader on Saturday, May 4. The team will travel to Pilot Rock for a single game on Tuesday, May 7, begin ning at 4:30 p.m. The M ustangs led 1-0 after one in the first game as Chuy Elguezabal led off with an infield single, stole second and scored on a throwing error as he was stealing third. They added four more in the second as Brad Adams dou bled, Travis Bellamy had an RBI double, Kelly Paullus had an RBI single and Josh Winters singled. Elguezabal scored Paullus on a sacrifice fly and Stefan Matheny had an RBI single. In the third, Adams hit a homerun, Bellamy doubled and Paullus walked. Winters had an RBI double and Donald Adams had an RBI single to make it 8-0. The Mustangs added a run in the fourth as M ichael McCabe singled and scored on Brad Adams' double. They add ed another run in the fifth as Paullus singled, went to third on Kiel Naim s' sacrifice bunt and scored as Ben Turrell struck out, but the pitch got away from the catcher. M cCabe pitched three innings of one-hit ball while strik ing out six with just one walk to pick up the win. Billy Gates pitched two innings, allowing one hit, one walk and two strikeouts. Brad Adams went three for three with two doubles, a homerun and two RBIs. Bellamy went two for three with an RBI and Winters and Paullus each went two for two with an RBI as the Mustangs banged out 13 hits, six o f them for extra bases. The defense was solid also, with no errors. In the second game, the Mustangs scored a run in the top o f the first as Matheny doubled and came around to score on a passed ball, but the Vikings scored two runs in the bottom half on their only hit of the game. The Mustangs tied it up in the third as Luke Murray tri pled and scored on Elguezabal's sacrifice fly. They took the lead in the fourth when Gates singled, Adams had an RBI double and Bellamy an RBI single. Paullus reached as his squeeze bunt hit Bellamy for an out, stole second and scored on Elguezabal’s sin gle to make it 5-2. In the fifth , M cCabe reached on an error, stole second and third and scored on Bellamy’s single. The Mustangs blew the game open in the sixth as Paullus reached on an error, then stole second and third, Murray had an RBI double and E lguezabal reached on a fielder’s choice. McCabe hit a mammoth homerun into the trees in left field, Adams walked and scored as Bellamy reached on an error and Winters had an RBI single to make it 12- 2 . Elguezabal went four in nings to pick up the win, allowing one questionable hit, striking out eight and walking three. Winters pitched two innings in relief, strik ing out four and allowing no hits. Bellamy went two for three with three RBIs, McCabe and Elguezabal each went two for four with two RBIs and Murray went two for two with an RBI. Statistics Game One Heppner. 143 11-10 13 0 Umatilla: 000 00-0 2 3 Michael McCabe. Billy Gates (4) and Kelly Paullus: John Ellwanger and Cameron Brittian. W-McCabe (5-1). L- Ellwanger (1-4). 2B: Heppner-Brad Adams (2), Travis Bellamy (2), Josh Winters; Umatilla-EUwanger. 3B-none. HR: Heppner-B. Adams. Game Two Heppner: 101 316-12 12 2 Umatilla: 200 000-2 1 4 Chuy Elguezabal. Winters (5) and Paullus; Brandon Fig. Giz Aguilar (6) and Brittian W-Elguezabal (1-0). L-Fig (0-4). 2B: Heppner-Stefan Matheny. B Adams, Luke Murray. 3B: Heppner- Murray. HR: Heppner-McCabe. M ustang JVs sweep Hermiston Frosh By R ick P au llu s The Heppner M ustang JV b aseb all team sw ept the Hermiston Frosh/Soph team, 7-5 and 11 -5 on Thursday, April 25, in Hermiston, improving their record to 6 and 1 on the year. A home game against Wahtonka is next, on Thursday, May 2 at 4:30 p.m. The M ustangs took an early 1 -0 lead as Jode Coil led off with a double and scored on Kiel Naims' single. They added five more in the second as Ben Turrell and John Franswa singled. Coil reached on an error with two out to score Turrell, Naims had an RBI single, and Luke Murray scored two w ith a triple and scored on a Josh Gutierrez sin gle. The Bulldogs scored a run in the fourth, but the Mustangs got it back as Murray singled, stole second and scored on Josh W inters’ single. The Bulldogs scored three more in the sixth and another run in the seventh, but the Mustangs held on for the win. Coil picked up the win on the mound, going six innings, giv ing up five hits and a walk, and three earned runs while striking out six. Murray went two for three with two RBIs. Naims went two for four with two RBIs and Coil scored twice. The M ustangs jum ped out to an early lead in the second game as N airns reached on a fielder's choice, Donald Adams and Winters singled. Gutierrez brought two home with a single. C onnor K ilkenny scored two more with a double and came around to score on a passed ball to make it 5-0. The Bulldogs scored one in the second and two in the third, but the Mustangs came back with four of their ow n in the fourth as Coil singled and Naims walked. Coil scored as Adams reached on an error. Winters had an RBI sin gle. Kilkenny scored one as he reached on a fielder's choice and Ben Turrell had an RBI single to make it 9-3. The Bulldogs scored sin gle runs in the fifth and sixth, but the Mustangs added two insur ance runs in the seventh as Franswa reached on a fielder's choice, Aaron Lueck walked and Coil had an RBI double. Naims sacrificed Lueck home to make it 11-5. Gutierrez picked up the win on the mound, going five and one-third innings, scattering six hits, giving up one earned run while striking out four and walk ing just one. Winters got two outs in the sixth to end a Bulldog rally and Adams pitched a scoreless seventh. Winters went three for four, scoring twice, Adams and Coil each went two for five, Kilkenny went one for three with three RBIs and Gutierrez went one for three with two RBIs. Statistics First Game Heppner: 150 100 0-7 9 2 Hermiston: 000 103 1-5 6 5 Jode Coil. Josh Winters (7) and John Franswa; Lindley, Joumot (5) and Carter. W-Coil. L-Lindley. 2B: Heppner-Coil; Hermiston-Journot. 3B: Heppner-Luke Murray. HR-none Second Game Heppner: 500 400 2-11 10 5 Hermiston: 012 Oil 0-5 7 3 Josh Gutierrez. Winters (6), Donald Adams (7) and Adams. Franswa (7); Amoriz, Joumot (1), Nino (5), Fordice (7) and Carter W-Gutierrez. L- Amoriz. 2B Heppner-Coil, Conor Kilkenny. 3B-none HR-none_________ WE PRINT BUSINESS CARDS Loti StyUi - Let* Colori Heppner Gazette- Times Sheriff's Report including school property, not being returned. -MCSO received a report The Morrow County Sheriff’s from a caller in Irrigon o f finding Office (MCSO) reports handling three shovels and possible buried the following business: items behind an Irrigon business. F e b . 17: M CSO deputy It was determined that kids had arrested James Eugene May, 35, been digging there. for Telephonic Harassment. He -MCSO received a request was lodged at the Umatilla County for an o ffic e r c o n ta c t in Jail with $3,000 bail. Boardman regarding kids playing -MCSO received a request in the road. for a welfare check on a male -MCSO received a report of subject in Irrigon. a general fire alarm at Sam -A male subject walked into Boardman Elementary School. It the M CSO and requested an was determ ined to be a false officer standby to regain custody alarm. o f daughter. He was advised that -MCSO deputy cited Ronald officers don’t do civil standbys Andrew Williams, 51, for Violation without a court order. His ex-wife o f the Basic Rule, 71 mph in a 55 later called from a residence in mph zone. Heppner and requested officer -M CSO received a report contact because of her daughter from Irrigon Fire Dept, o f an being taken. illeg al burn at Rand R oad/ -MCSO, Boardman Police Highway 730. Dept, received a 911 call from a -O regon State P o lice caller in Boardman who would not received a report o f a pickup explain the problem. The caller stuck in a snow bank on Highway was a ju v en ile and m entally 207 at the M orrow /U m atilla challenged. county line. Three men were by -B oardm an P olice Dept, the pickup. received a report o f a noise -B oardm an P o lice D ept, complaint in Boardman. officer arrested a subject on a -MCSO received a report U m atilla County w arrant for from Hermiston Police Dept, that Negotiating a Bad Check. The a male subject called from the subject was lodged at the Umatilla Irrigon 76 Station and wanted to County Jail with $10,000 bail. turn himself in because he had a Feb. 19: MCSO received a warrant out on him. The warrant request for deputy contact at the is out of UCSO. Oregon State C olum bia M iddle School in Police responded. Irrigon. -MCSO received a report -MCSO received a request from a caller in Irrigon that two for deputy contact regarding a veh icles struck her parked threatening sign that a person had vehicle. posted on the caller’s residence -H ep p n er P olice Dept, in Lexington. received a report of a dog barking — MCSO, Boardman Police constantly in Heppner. Dept, received a report from a -MCSO, Boardman Police caller in Boardman of two cows Dept, received a request for an and a donkey loose in the officer contact in Boardman to Driftwood RV Park. escort the caller to an apartment -MCSO received a report to recover her property. from a caller in Boardman of dogs -MCSO deputy cited Tommy chasing livestock. Lee Garcia, 49, for Violation of -MCSO received a report the Basic Rule, 56 mph in a 35 from a caller in Irrigon o f a dog mph zone. chasing a pig on 13th street. The -MCSO deputy cited Terry owners were contacted. Allen Bolt, 49, for Violation of the -MCSO received a report Basic Rule, 80 mph in a 55 mph from a caller in lone that her zone. daughter lost her dog in Arlington -M C SO , H eppner Police and wanted a report logged in D ept, o ffic ers arre ste d Josh case someone found it. Duane Corra, 23, on a Deschutes -MCSO deputy cited Danny County Work Center warrant for Christensen, 44, for Violation of Parole Violation. He was lodged the Basic Rule, 75 mph in a 55 at the Umatilla County Jail with mph zone. no bail. -MCSO received a report of -M C SO deputy cited a vehicle with a female driver was Anthony Joseph Peurrung, 35, for stuck near the Irrigon marina Exceeding the Maximum Speed entrance. The caller didn’t know Limit, 80 mph in a 65 mph zone. if the driver had been drinking out -M CSO received a report did say she was “too bubbly about from a caller in Lexington that being stuck.” MCSO was later m otion d etecto rs guarding advised the vehicle left the area. anhydrous ammonia tanks went -MCSO received a request off. The caller called back and for deputy contact regarding a said he was unable to locate any bicycle stolen in Irrigon. A deputy activity and to disregard. was unable to locate the bicycle. -MCSO deputy cited Tyson -M C SO , B oardm an Fire B rent S hockm an, 19, for Chief, Boardman Public Works Exceeding the Maximum Speed received a report from a caller in Limit, 82 mph in a 65 mph zone, Boardman that someone hit a fire and Failure to Carry Proof of hydrant on Industrial Way by the Insurance and Registration. pow er plant and w ater was -MCSO deputy cited Martin shooting 75 feet in the air. The Duran Bedolla, 21, for Exceeding Port o f M orrow m aintenance the Maximum Speed Limit, 81 handled the situation. Boardman mph in a 65 mph zone. Police Dept, is investigating. Feb. 18: MCSO received a -H ep p n er P olice D ept, request from Umatilla Mental received a request for officer Health for a M orrow County contact regarding telephonic Behavioral Health representative harassment. to contact a client for counseling. -M C SO deputy arrested -B oardm an P olice Dept, Robert Gene Morley, 33, on a officer cited Paul Lynn Brazeau, Morrow County Circuit Court 39, for Driving while License warrants for Failure to Appear/ Suspended. No Insurance and Assault IV and Failure to Appear/ Giving False Information to a Menacing, Harassment-Physical. Police Officer. He was lodged at the Umatilla -MCSO deputy reported a County Jail with $20,000 bail. leak at an anhydrous ammonia -MCSO received a request tank at Jordan E lev ato rs on for deputy co ntact in lone Highway 74. It was confirmed a regarding suspicious phone calls theft occurred. received. -O regon State Police -B oardm an Police D ept, received a report from Union officer was flagged down by a Pacific Railroad that a vehicle had person rep o rtin g a possible; followed a train for approximately restraining order violation. Mark; 30 minutes and was now parked S. Blurton, 35, was arrested for along a road. DUII (BAC .13). -MCSO. Oregon State Police, -B oardm an P olice D ept, Boardman Police Dept, received received a report from a caller in a report from a caller in Boardman Boardman that a stray chocolate; of a domestic situation in the lab was trying to get into their! Texaco station parking lot. A house. The dog did not appear couple was in a vehicle and the vicious. An officer took the dog; man was hitting the woman. An to a shelter in Hermiston. officer located the woman on an -O regon State Police,! overpass and another officer Boardman Police Dept, received! located the man on 1-84 a report from a caller that his; eastbound. daughter called him several hours; -B oardm an Police D ept, ago from Boardman; she w as: received a request for an officer having v e h ic le m echanical; contact in Boardman regarding problems. The caller requested! room damage. her vehicle located. -MCSO received a report from a caller in Imgon of items.
