Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 13, 2002 - TH R EÉ
H eppner D ow ntow n D evelopm ent
Plan meeting to be held
A p u b lic m e e tin g
co n ce rn in g the D ow ntow n
Heppner Development Plan will
be held on Tuesday, Nov. 19 at
7 p.m. at the Forest Service
conference room, 117 North
M ain Street, Heppner. Local
residents and interested parties
are encouraged to attend to hear
updates and provide input.
M itchell N elson, the
consulting firm that was selected
to d ev elo p a D o w n to w n
Development Plan for Heppner,
will host the meeting. Mitchell
Nelson will present a summary
o f the analysis work completed
to
d ate
and
d is c u s s
characteristics o f a walkable
downtown area.
The project’s objective
for the City o f Heppner and the
O reg o n
D e p artm en t o f
Transportation is to update the
Transportation System Plan
(TSP) and complete revisions to
th e e x istin g city co d e to
im plem ent the TSP and the
re s u ltin g
D o w n to w n
Development Plan. The project
w ill explore alternatives to
develop the dow ntow n side
streets and a plan to enhance
connections from the downtown
to a d ja c e n t p ark s and
neighborhoods. Elements of the
downtown master plan might
include a possible greenway
alo n g
th e
c re e k
and
recommendations for downtown
parking revisions. The project
will ultimately revise the TSP to
a p p ly h ig h w ay seg m en t
designations, as appropriate, and
to foster compact development
patterns along the highway within
the urban growth boundary.
One component o f the
project is to develop a downtown
c o m m e rc ia l
zo n e
and
corresponding code language
that will protect the historic
character o f downtown, while at
the sam e tim e encouraging
economic development. Another
is to enhance the pedestrian
linkages between the downtown
and the rest o f the community.
The consultants hope
that community members will
share their ideas and concerns
about the downtown nad.i.ig
and the connection » vi the
downtown to neighborht Is and
public uses.
F or those unable to
attend but who would like to
share comments may contact the
project manager, Joyce Jackson,
by mail, phone or e-mail at
Mitchell Nelson Group, 71 SW
Oak Street Suite 100, Portland,
O regon 97204; phone (503)
944-2158; e-mailjlj@mngi.com.
IES students celebrated being drug free
Poster Contest winners
The lone Elementary School celebrated Red Ribbon Week,
Oct. 28-31 by decorating sacks to be used at the grocery store with
slogans and pictures for a drug free life. The classes tied red ribbons
on the school playground and around town to remind everyone to
stay health and free o f drugs.
Students also made a wall size poster with their handprints
and signed their names as a pledge to be drug free.
They also had a poster contest with winners from each grade
receiving special treats. The winners were: Brandon Peck first and
Tim Patton second for kindergarten; Emily Holland first and Jason
Thompson second for first grade; Shadow Kendrick first and Kirk
Haguewood second for second grade; Jordan Peterson first and
MeLanine Eldridge second for third grade; Andrew Ruiz was the
winner for fourth grade and Heather Wiggers was the winner for fifth
grade.
The week ended with a special assembly where students
sang songs about living drug free and played games to learn good
ways to have fun.
Lights to be on downtown trees before
Thanksgiving
lights on them by Wednesday,
The citizens o f Heppner
will be lighting the downtown
trees again this year. Calls will be
made to those who have signed
up for a tree or trees.
Trees are to have the
Order Magnetic Door Signs
HERE
Heppner Gazette-Times
Nov. 27. Electricity to trees will
be turned on at noon, Monday,
Nov. 25, for that day only, to
check on tree lights before the
Thanksgiving Day lighting. Lights
are to be removed on Jan. 20,
after Town and Country.
Many o f the trees have
grown, and citizens are cautioned
to only decorate as far as safely
possible. A decorating light-stick
can be b o rrow ed from the
H eppner C ham ber office, if
needed.
Wedding Tables
X } Autum Chick and Josh Hill
* Wedding: Saturday, November 23rd
Karmin Maher and Chris Dickenson
Wedding: Saturday, November 30th
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217 North Main • Heppner • 676-9158
Serving Heppner, Lexington A lone
Mustangs shutdown Kennedy in first round
p"ge 4
By Kick Paullus
A strong defensive effort
helped the Heppner Mustangs to
a 34-6 win over the visiting
Kennedy Trojans o f Mt. Angel
in the first round o f the OSAA/
US Bank/Les Schwab Tires 2 A
sta te fo o tb a ll p la y o ffs on
Saturday, Nov. 9.
W ith th is win the
M u stan g s m ove on to the
quarterfinals against Dayton on
Saturday, Nov. 16 at 1 p.m. in
Dayton. The number two ranked
Pirates beat Harrisburg 21 -6 in
their first round game on Friday
night
The M ustangs got a
break as the Trojans fumbled the
opening kick -o ff and Justin
Botefuhr jumped on it at the 15-
yard line. Brad Adams then ran
for nine yards, three yards then
three more into the end zone for
a quick 6-0 lead. The extra point
kick was blocked.
The Trojans drove into
Mustang territory on their next
possession but tackles for losses
by Adam Bergstrom and Adams
g av e th e b all back to the
Mustangs on downs at their own
37-yard line. The Mustangs were
unable to move the ball and were
forced to punt.
One the Trojans next
drive the defense held on downs
and after the snap on the punt was
bobbled, the punter was tackled
by Brian Haguewood at the 29-
yard line.
A n in tercep ted pass
gave the ball back to the Trojans
at their 25-yard line. The defense
stepped up again though as
Connor Kilkenny tackled a ball
carrier for a three-yard loss and
Botefuhr sacked the quarterback
for a five-yard loss to force a
punt.
A fte r the p u n t w as
brought back to the 47-yard line
o f Kennedy, the Mustangs went
to work on offense as Adams
went for six yards and on a third
and six, Chuy Elguezabal went for
six and a first down. Elguezabal
picked up six more yards but
faced with a fourth and five he
hit Tyler Boyer across the middle
as he raced 32 yards for a
to uchdow n. The tw o -p o in t
conversion try failed but the
Mustangs held a 12-0 lead after
one.
The defense held again
and the Mustangs went back to
work on offense at their 25-yard
line after a punt. Adams picked
up four yards and after an offside
penalty against the Trojans ran
for six more yards and a first
down. Boyer picked up eleven
more, Adams ran three times for
10 yards and another first down
at the 39-yard line o f Kennedy.
Boyer ran for 12 yards, Kyler
Lovgren picked up two yards,
Adams ran for five yards then
three and a first down at the 17-
yard line. Lovgren ran for four
more and a holding penalty took
the ball back to the twenty-four.
Tanner Britt caught a 10-yard
pass from Elguezabal and on
fourth down Boyer took a screen
pass nine yards to the five for a
first down. Adams took it to the
two then took it in for the
touchdown. Lovgren caught the
two-point conversion pass from
Elguezabal to give the Mustangs
a 20-0 lead with 3:14 left in the
first half.
The Mustangs defense
held again and they took over at
their 35-yard line after the punt.
After a short run by Elguezabal,
he hit Boyer for a 35-yard gain
to the 28-yard line but the drive
ended with a fourth down pass
being picked o ff ju st before
halftime.
photo by Teresa Hughes
Donald Adams #58 and Robert Walen #64 make a nice block for Brad Adams #13 as he carries the ball
The Mustangs took the
opening kickoff o f the third
quarter to the forty-three and
began another long, bruising
drive. Adams ran six times for 29
yards before a holding penalty
and a motion penalty backed
them up but Britt hit Boyer for a
21 -yard gain and a first down at
the 16-yard line. Lovgren ran for
three, Adams one, Elguezabal
went for six and a first down,
Lovgren went for five yards and
Adams took it in from one yard
out for his third touchdown. The
pass failed on the conversion
attempt but the Mustangs now
led 26-0 midway through the third
quarter.
The Trojans took over at
their 42-yard line after the kickoff
and completed a 31 -yard pass
to get into Mustangs territory but
the defense came up with a big
sto p as K ilk en n y and
Haguewood teamed up for a
quarterback sack and a seven-
yard loss. Adams staffed a runner
for no gain and on fourth down
Botefuhr hit the quarterback as
he was throwing a pass causing
it to be incomplete.
The M ustangs w ere
unable to move the ball and were
forced to punt with Kennedy
taking over at their own 31 -yard
line and from there put together
their only scoring drive. Aided by
a pass interference penalty in the
end zone, the Trojans scored on
a 13-yard pass from Daniel
Traeger to John Fleener. The run
failed qnd the Mustangs now led
26-6 early in the fourth quarter.
Jode Coil returned the
kickoff to the 46-yard line and
Adams ran twice for nine yards,
Boyer picked up three yards and
a first down but a holding penalty
took the ball back to midfield.
Adams went for four yards,
Elguezabal hit Coil for a 33-yard
gain and Lovgren ran for three
more but the Trojans picked off
a pass at the four-yard line to end
the drive.
With the Trojans facing
a fourth and two at their own
twelve, Elguezabal stopped the
runner inches short of a first down
giving the Mustangs the ball.
The M ustangs w ere
unable to move the ball and the
Trojans took over at their own
nine-yard line. Kilkenny sacked
the quarterback nearly for a
safety but the Trojans moved out
to the seventeen faced with a
fourth and two but Adams made
a crushing hit in the hold for non
gain and the Mustangs took over
at the eighteen.
Adams w ent for six,
Lovgren went for 11 to the one
where Elguezabal took it in for
JfeeC<Pain?
Dr. Donald J .
will be at the
on November
of this and
Carlson, Foot Specialist
Pioneer Memorial Clinic
20th fo r the diagnosis
other foot problems.
Call 676-5504 - Heppner
or 567-8750 - Hermiston
the to u c h d o w n . M atthew
VanCleave hit Aaron Griffith for
the tw o-point conversion to
make the final score 34-6.
The Mustangs held the
Trojans to just five first downs
and 62 yards rushing and 77
yards passing. Kilkenny and
Adams led the way with 19
points each with Haguew ood and
Botefuhr each getting 14 points.
Coil had 12 points and Donald
Adams had 11 points.
Brad Adams rushed 28
times for 108 yards and three
touchdowns with Lovgren gaining
35 yards on 10 carries and
Boyer gaining 33 yards on seven
carries.
Elguezabal hit five of 14
passes for 119 yards with Boyer
catching four passes for 97 yards
and a touchdown.
Kennedy 0 0 0 6-0
Heppner 12 8 6 8-34
First Quarter
H eppner: Brad Adams
three-yard run (kick failed) 10:47
Heppner: Tyler Boyer 32-
yard pass from Chuy Elguezabal (run
failed) :21
Second Quarter
Heppner: Adams two-yard
run (K y ler L ovgren pass from
Elguezabal) 3:14
Third Quarter
Heppner: Adams one-yard
run (pass failed) 5:39
Fourth Quarter
Kennedy: John Fleener 13-
yard pass from Daniel Traeger (run
failed) 10:57
Heppner: Elguezabal one-
yard run (Aaron Griffith pass from
Matthew VanCleave) 1:46
Team Statistics
First Downs: Kennedy 5,
H eppner 16; R u sh es-yard s:
Kennedy 27-62, Heppner 53-196;
P assing yards: K ennedy 77,
Heppner 140; Passes: Kennedy 4-18-
0, Heppner 6-18-3; Fumbles-lost:
Kennedy 3-1, Heppner 1-0; and
Penalties-yards: Kennedy 2-10,
Heppner 6-56.
Individual Statistics
Rushing: Kennedy: Erik
Zink 6-36. Nathan Schiedler 8-29,
Pedro Reyes 4 -16, Kevin Hettwer 2-
3. and Daniel T raeger 7-(-22);
Heppner: Brad Adams 28-108. Kyler
Lovgren 10-35, Tyler Boyer 7-33. and
Chuy Elguezabal 8-20.
P assing:
K ennedy:
Traeger 4-18-0 77 yards; Heppner:
Elguezabal 5-14-2 119 yards, and
Tanner Britt 1-2-1 21 yards.
Receiving: Kennedy: John
Fleener 4-77; Heppner: Boyer 4-97,
Jode Coil 1-33, and Britt 1 -10.
Cardinal V-Ball team nabs
3rd at state tourney
lone’s varsity volleyball team
came home w ith more hardw are
this weekend. The Cardinals
placed third at the 1A State
Volleyball championships in
Springfield Oregon, lone began
pool play on Friday, w inning
three o f four games to advance
to the Championship bracket on
Saturday. In pool play the
Cardinals narrowly squeaked
past Butte Falls, 18-25, 25-23,
15-13. lone then easily defeated
Columbia Christian 25-12,25-
14. The Cardinal women were
unable to secure a victory against
the defending state champs, lone
fell to the Cove Leopards, 21 -
25,17-25. The Lady Cardinals
bounced back to crush Triangle
Lake 25-12, 25-7, securing a
second place finish in the pool
and earning the opportunity to
advance to the championship
bracket on Saturday, lone
sta rte d the C h am p io n sh ip
bracket off w ith Days Creek.
Although, lone lost to Days
Creek, 11-25,25-18, 5-15, the
THANK YOU! to all those
who supported and voted
for me for Morrow County
Commissioner. I promise
to work hard for the best
interest of ALL Morrow
County.
Ray Grace
Lady Cardinals were the only
team to take the Wolverines into
three games in any match during
the entire tournament. lone then
played against Powder Valley
defeating Powder Valley, 15-25,
25-22, 15-7 and earning a third
place finish. Natalie McElligott
led the Cardinals w ith 36 points
for the tournament. McElligott
also supplied 172 passes, 104
hits, 43 kills, 61 blocks and 32
set assists for the Cardinals.
Megan E. McCabe scored 35
points, delivered 16 passes and
36 set assists. Caitlin Orem
scored 29 points, delivered 148
passes, ten hits and five kills.
Meghan M. McCabe scored 22
points, delivered 31 passes, five
hits and 142 set assists. Diana
McElligott scored 21 points,
delivered 163 passes. 63 hits, 41
kills, 17 set assists and blocked
49 defensive hits. Emily Key also
supplied the Cardinals with 21
points, adding 97 passes, two
h its and tw o k ills to her
credentials. Tracy G riffith
stepped in to add 44 passes. 4 1
hits, six kills, and 16 blocks. Sara
Peck donated 48 passes, 41 hits,
15 kills, and blocked 28 hits.
Barbara Holland delivered 31
passes. 25 hits, seven kills and
blocked 18 defensive hits.
Coach McElligott was pleased
w ith the level of play of her team.
“We were the shortest team at
the tournam ent and I think
ev eryone thought we w ould be a
push over, but the girls worked
hard and earned the respect o f
everyone.”