MCGG shows lone volleyball team heads to
financial
state tourney
turn-around
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VOL. 121
NO. 45
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Wednesday, November 6,2002
Lexington Fire Fund
presents scholarship
Lorrene Montgomery o f the
Lexington Fire Fund presents
Isaiah Stillman, Lexington, a
check for $200 so that Stillman,
a fireman with the Lexington
d e p a rtm e n t, can a tte n d a
National Fire Academy training
course in Emmetsburg, MD.
Stillman, 18, a life-long Lexington
lone
American
Legion to hold
service
honoring
veterans
resid en t, has been a ju n io r
member o f the Lexington* fire
department since he was 14.
Stillman, who lives only a block
away from the Lexington Fire Hall
and assists the ambulance crews,
will travel to Maryland to attend
the six-day course on Nov. 16.
He h o p es to e n ro ll at the
Chemeketa Community College
fire training school next fall.
Car accident results in Air Life
transport
R andy H an so n and
S a lv a d o r V argas, b o th o f
R ed m o n d , w ere A ir L ife
transported to Walla Walla's St.
M ary’s Hospital after a two-
vehicle accident on Nov. 3,
reports Morrow County Sheriff
Office.
The accident occurred
on Forest Service Road 21, in
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
the southeast section o f Morrow
C o unty. S h e r if f ’s o ffice
personnel responded to the
scene and w ere assisted by
Oregon State Police.
A ccording to a press
release, alcohol was possibly
involved in the accident, but the
sheriff’s office does not have
further information at this time.
Veterans in the lone area
will honor those comrades who
gave their lives in time o f war on
Monday, Nov. 11.
The lo n e A m erican
Legion Post # 95 will march to
the Memorial Flagpole at lone
Elem entary School at about
10:30 a.m. Bob Baker, Legion
C o m m an d er for th e lone
American Legion Post #95, will
g iv e
th e
w elco m e. A
demonstration and explanation of
the meaning o f the folding o f the
flag for a deceased service
p erso n w ill be giv en . L.J.
McElligott will give the meaning
for each fold as Joel Barnett and
John Jep sen fold the flag.
Afterwards, the origin o f Taps
will be shared. Rev. Paul Clay
and Beth Heagy will sing the
words ofTaps and lead the group
in the singing patriotic songs.
Following the service,
everyone is invited to go to the
Legion Hall for refreshments
served by the American Legion
Auxiliary. Everyone is invited to
attend the Veterans Day Service.
In case o f c o ld or
inclement weather, the ceremony
will be held at the Legion Hall.
Veterans Day observance to be held in Heppner
A V eteran s
D ay
observance w ill be held on
Veterans Day, Monday, Nov. 11
at 11 a.m . at the H ep p n er
Memorial Park.
The observance will
feature a fly-over at 12 p.m. A
reception immediately following
the observance will be held at
GD’s Restaurant on Main Street.
Master o f Ceremonies
will be Heppner Mayor Bob
Jepsen.
T he
o b se rv a n c e
schedule is as follows: color guard
p resented by the A m erican
Legion; invocation by Rev.
Andrew Johnson; raising o f the
flag with Bob Taylor and the
V eterans o f F o reig n W ars;
National Anthem sung by Mark
White; Pledge of Allegiance lead
by Jerry Breazeale, Heppner city
manager; speakers, Joe Burleson
and K enneth Peck; m usical
p re s e n ta tio n by S am arra
VanDoom and Julie Howard;
reflections on the Korean War by
Sharon Brace; reading o f the
names by Louis Carlson; recital
ofTaps by Darren VanCleave;
and benediction by Pastor Tim
VanCleave.
Everyone is invited to
attend the observance and the
reception after.
WE WILL BE CLOSED
VETERAN S DAY
We Salute Our Nation 's Veterans
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Despite a drop in sales, the
Morrow County Grain Growers
re p o rte d
a
$ 4 4 8 ,1 2 5
improvement in net revenue the
past fiscal year, manager John
Ripple reported Monday at the
co-op’s annual meeting.
The co-op went from a loss
o f $236,000 last year, to a profit
of $211,961 this year mainly due
to aggressive cost cutting and
consolidation. Ripple told the
members.
“Despite low commodity
prices and a lack o f rain we
posted a profit,’’ Ripple said.
“We did this by cutting costs,” he
said.
Ripple said the co-op cut
o p e ra tin g ex p e n se s and
increased revenue by closing its
tire department, partnering with
Shell at the convenience store
and gas station and agreed to an
agreement with Jordan elevator
to operate its facilities. All of these
m o v es cut co sts by o v er
$750,000 and helped M CGG's
bottom line. He added that the
co-op is getting into the ATV
business with Polaris which he
says will diversity the co-op’s
products and customer base, and
move the company into the future.
“ We will continue to look for
ways to grow and contain costs,”
Ripple told the members.
Gross sales for the past year
fell $3,559,215 over the previous
y e a r from $ 3 5 ,3 8 1 ,7 2 8 to
$31,822,513.
In addition to the favorable
financial report, co-op members
watched as the company was
awarded the 2002 Oregon State
University Extension Service
Cooperator Award.
The award was presented “For
serving 472 members and their
families, providing fulltime jobs
for over 50 em ployees and
families, supporting over 15 local
communities and serving six
c o u n tie s ,” said an O SU
spokesman. The award noted
that MCGG also donated over
$ 3 0,000 an n u ally to m any
different community causes.
Big Sky Conference volleyball All-Stars (l-r): Honorable Mention Caitlin
Orem, First Team Natalie McElligott and Diana McF.lligott, and Honorable
Mention Meghan McCabe
o f hustling to wayward passes,
many from the back row to get
the sets to the hitters.
Leading the Cardinals on
the sco reb o ard w as D iana
M cE lligott w ith 13 points.
McElligott also contributed 76
passes, 26 hits, 19 kills and seven
blocks. Meghan M. McCabe
scored 12 points, passed 14
balls, delivered fiv e hits, two kills
and 74 set assists. Caitlin Orem
scored nine points, had 58
passes, eight hits, one kill and two
set assists. Emily Key scored
eight points, passed 40 balls, and
delivered three hits. Natalie
McElligott scored five points,
accepted 48 passes, deliv ered 62
hits, 17 kills, four set assists and
blocked 15 d efen siv e hits.
Megan E. McCabe scored five
points, passed six balls, deliv ered
one hit, one kill and 30 set assists.
Tracy Griffith accumulated 27
passes, eight hits, sev en kills, one
block and two set assists.
Also aiding the Cardinal
effort were Barbara Holland with
11 passes, five hits and five
blocks; Sara Peck w ith 18
passes, nine hits, one kill and one
block; and Alyssa Rietmann with
15 passes and one hit.
The Cardinals will play
Butte Falls at 9:15 a.m ., at
Springfield High School on
Friday, Nov. 8.
lone Lady Cardinals
placed second at the Big Sky
District Volleyball tournament on
Saturday, Nov. 2, earning a seed
at the S tate V olleyball
Championships in Springfield this
next weekend.
lo n e w ent into the
tournament as the number one
seed for the east side o f the
league and faced off against the
number one seed from the w est
side, Dufur. The Cardinal women
had a hard time getting to the ball
and getting passes to the setter.
Missed serves also plagued the
Cardinals in their first match. lone
dropped the first match to the
Rangers, 13-25,25-19, 9-15.
The Cardinals then had
to fight for the second place finish
against Condon, lone easily w on
the first game, when Megan E.
McCabe aced a serve to end the
game at 25-16. lone lost the
second game, 20-25, forcing a
third game. In game three the
Cardinals and the Blue Dev ils
traded points throughout the
match, with the Cardinals winning
with a 15-13 victory.
Team McElligott, Diana
and Natalie, were credited for
another outstanding performance
on the net, aided by Tracy Gri ffith
in the front row. Meghan M.
McCabe did an outstanding job
Cardinals headed to playoffs
Electric Co-Op
to hold annual
dinner meeting
Columbia Basin Electric
Cooperative, Inc. annual dinner
meeting is planned for Thursday,
Nov. 14 at the Wheeler County
F a irg ro u n d s
in
F o ssil.
Registration starts at 4 p.m., with
dinner served at 5 p.m. The
annual meeting and election o f
directors for zones 3,4 and 8 will
follow the dinner. Entertainment
and fun for the whole family is in
store for the evening, said a news
release.
Multiple door prizes will
be awarded and results o f the
annual fourth grade Electrical
Safety Poster Contest will be
announced, with winning posters
on display.
HCMF to host
community wide
Thanksgiving
dinner
H ep p n er C h ristia n
Missionary Fellowship is once
again hosting the community
wide Thanksgiv ing dinner.
E v ery o n e
in the
community is invited to come join
in the “celebration o f food, fun
and fellowship,” Thanksgiv ing
Day, Thursday, Nov. 28. Dinner
will be served at 1 p.m., at the
Episcopal Church Parish Hall.
For more information
contact Kathy Marick, at 676-
5951.
HHS to hold
awards event
Heppner High School
will be holding a Fall Sports
Award dessert, Nov. 14, at 6:30
p.m.
was 14 o f 23 passing for 195
yards. Radie had 166 yards
rushing. Cayle Krebs had 80 and
R ietm ann had 250 y ard s.
Rietmann also had 80 yards
receiving.
At halftime lone led 39-
0 and had only allowed the
R edsides seven yards total
rushing.
There w ill be a Pep
Assembly, Wednesday, Nov. 6,
at 6 p.m., in the lone High
School gymnasium.
2002 lone Cardinal football team
lone football team won
66-40, Friday, Nov. 1, against
the S. W asco R ed sid es in
Maupin. lone finished 7-1 for the
regular season, and 4-1 in the Big
Sky Conference. Saturday, Nov.
9 they will play in the state playoff
game at North Powder against
Powder Valley at 1 p.m.
A ndrew ' R ietm ann
scored five touchdowns, Mike
Radie scored two and Cayle
K reb s b ro u g h t in one.
Quarterback Nick Christman
Mustangs enter playoffs at home
this Saturday against Trojans
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The Heppner Mustangs
cap p e d o f f th e ir fourth
consecutive Columbia Basin
Conference undefeated season
by getting past a pesky Stanfield
Tiger team. 41-16, on Friday,
Nov. 1 in S ta n fie ld . The
Mustangs finished the regular
season at 8 and 1 overall and 6
and 0 in the CBC.
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As the number one seed
out of the CBC. the Mustangs will
be at home in the first round o f
the OSAA State 2A playoffs
against the number tw o seed out
o f the Tri-River League the
Kennedy Trojans. The game will
be at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov.
9. Kennedy, o f Mt. Angel, lost
to Regis 6-0 on Friday to end up
in second place.