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TW O - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday. January 1, 2003 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow H ep p n e r G A Z E T T E -T IM E S U.S.P.S. 240-420 N e w sp ap e r P u b lis h e d w e e k ly and entered as p e r io d ic a l m atter at the P o st O f f ic e at H e p p n e r. O re g o n under the A c t o f M a r c h 3. 1879. P erio d ical postage paid at Heppner, O re g o n O ff ic e at 147 W W illo w Street T ele p h o n e (5 4 1 ) 6 7 6 - 9 2 2 8 F a x (5 4 1 ) 6 7 6 -9 2 1 1 . E - m ail gt u h ep p ne r net o r glfu ra p id se rv e net W e b site: w w w .h e p p n e r net P ostm aste r send ad d re ss ch a n ge s to the H ep p ne r G azette-T im es, P .O B o x 337, H eppner, O re g o n 9 7 8 3 6 . 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For Public/legal Notices publicdegal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Dates for publication must be specified Affidavits must be required at the time of submission Affidavits require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be specified if required) On the HEPPNER WEBSITE: www.heppner.net • Start or C hange a Subscription • Place a C lassified Ad • Submit a N e w s Story • V iew Real Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! M ustang JV boys cruise to win over Cardinals By Rick Paulius A 25-0 run in the third quarter helped the Heppner Mustang JV boys to an 86-28 win over the lone Cardinals on Thursday, Dec. 19 to remain unbeaten at 5-0 on the year. The Mustangs will play at Riverside on Friday, Jan. 3 and will host Hood River Valley on Saturday, Jan. 4 at 1 p.m. K yler L ovgren had seven points in the First quarter as the Mustangs took an 18-4 lead and got seven points from Brandon Seitz and four each from Lovgren, Zack Skaggs and Brian Smith in the second to take a 40-16 halftime lead. In the decisive third quarter Josh Gutierrez had nine points including a 3-pointer. Smith had five and Aaron Griffith had four points. Griffith had nine points including a 3-pointer and Eric Torres had Five and Jode Coil four points in the fourth as the Mustangs cruised to the win. Editor's note: Letters to the Editor must be signed. The Gazette-1 im e s will not publish unsigned letters. Please include your address and p h o n e num ber on all letters for use b y the G - T office. The G - T reserves the right to edit. The G -T is not responsible for accuracy of sta te m e n ts m a d e in letters. (Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under "Card of T h a n k s' at a cost o f $ 7.) Veteran offers his view of Sen. John Kerry Vlorrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly For Advertising advertising deadline is M onday at 5 p m Letten to the Editor Griffith led five Mustangs in double Figures with 15 points with Gutierrez scoring 13, Seitz and Smith each scoring 12 and Lovgren scoring 11 points. Skaggs had eight points. Heppner 18 22 25 21- 86 lone 4 12 0 12-28 Heppner: Aaron Griffith 7 0-1 15, Josh Gutierrez 5 2-8 13, Brian Smith 5 2-6 12, Brandon Seitz 4 4-6 12, Kyler Lovgren 5 1-1 11, Zack Skaggs 4 0-0 8, Eric Torres 2 1-1 5, Cody Walton 2 0-2 4, Jode Coil 2 0-2 4, Tyler Boyer 1 0-0 2 and Judd Lemmon 00-10. Team: 37 10-28 86 3-pt.: Gutierrez and Griffith. lone: K. Thompson 3 2-5 8, R aible 2 4-5 8, C. Thompson 2 1-25, Bergstrom 1 0-0 3, Satterly 1 0-0 3, Ekstrom 0 1-4 1, Ball 0 0-3 0, C o llin s, B unch, Rea and Palmateer. Team: 9 8-19 28 3- pt.: Bergstrom and Satterly. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SAVINGS A T MCGG SHOP PARTS AN D LABOR NOW IO% OFF C all M ark or Aihley to tot up an appolntmont > C A U L K IN t SALE A L L PARTS 10% OFF (December and January) [Editor’s note: This article was written by Michael Benge and submitted by William French] To the Editor: John K e rry ’s war record: As Sen. John Kerry, M assach u setts D em ocrat, considers a bid for the White House, Americans should know' a few things about him that he might prefer go unmentioned? And I d o n ’t mean his $75 haircuts. W hen Mr. K erry pontificated at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Veterans Day, a group of veterans turned their backs on him and walked away. They remembered Mr. Kerry as the antiwar activist who testified before Congress during the war, accusing veterans of being war criminals. The dust jacket of Mr. Kerry’s pro-Hanoi book, “The New S o ld ier;” features a photograph o f his ragged band of radicals mocking the U.S. M arine C orps Memorial, which depicts the flag raising on Iwo Jima, with an upside-down American flag. Retired Gen. George S. Patton III charged that Mr. Kerry’s actions as an antiwar activist had “given aid and comfort to the enemy;” as had the actions of Ramsey Clark and Jane Fonda. Also, Mr. Kerry lied when he threw what he claimed were his war medals over the White House fence; he later admitted they weren’t his. Now they are displayed on his office wall. Long after he changed sides in congressional hearings, Mr. Kerry lobbied for renewed trade relations with Hanoi. At the same time, his cousin C. Stewart Forbes, ch ief executive for Colliers International, assisted in brokering a $905 million deal to develop a deep-sea port at Vung Tau, V ietnam - an odd coincidence? As noted in the Inside Politics column ofNov. 14 (Nation), historian Douglas Brinkley is writing Mr. Kerry’s biography. Hopefully, h e ’ll include the sen ato r’s latest ignominious feat: preventing the Vietnam Human Rights Act (HR2833) from coming to a vote in the Senate, claiming human rights would deteriorate as a result. His actions sent a clear signal to Hanoi that Congress cares little about the human rights for which so many Americans fought and died. The State Department ranked Vietnam among the 10 regimes worldwide least tolerant of religious freedom. Recently, 354 ch u rch es o f the Montagnards, a Christian ethnic m inority, w ere forcibly disbanded, and by mid-October, more than 50 Christian pastors and elders had been arrested in Dak Lak province alone. On OCt. 29, the secret police executed three Montagnards by lethal injection sim ply for protesting religious repression. The communists are conducting a program against the Montagnards, forcing Christians to drink a mixture of goat’s blood and alcohol and renounce Christianity.. Thousands have been killed or imprisoned or have just “ d isa p p e a re d .” The Montagnards lost one-half of their adult male population fighting for the United States, and without them, there might be thousands more American names on that somber black granite wall at the Vietnam Memorial. As Mr. K erry contem plates a run for the presidency, people m ust remember that he has fought harder for Hanoi as an antiwar activist and a senator than he did ag ain st the V ietnam ese communists while serving in the Navy in Vietnam. (s) Michael Benge Foreign Service officer and Vietnam veteran Commission on Children and Families to hold meeting The regular monthly meeting of the Morrow County Commission on Children & Families will be held on Jan. 14, in the conference room o f the Human Services Building, which is located above H eppner Hardware from 7-9 p.m. Agenda items will include discussion of child care development hinds, the Emergency Food and Shelter Program, election of officers, and other business as necessary. The public is encouraged to attend and participate in the discussions. For further information or if you need special accommodations call 676-9676. Garden club to hold first 2003 meeting The Heppner Garden Club will hold its next meeting Jan. 6, at 7 p.m., at the St. Patrick’s Senior Center. Alberta Johannes and Caroline Keck will be hosts for the evening. A video class presentation will be given. Mustang boys finish second in tournament By Rick Paullus A 16 for 65 shooting performance by the Heppner Mustang boy’s varsity allowed the Pendleton JVs to win the South M orrow C ounty B ask etb all Tournam ent ch am p io n sh ip 63-43 on Saturday, Dec. 21. The Mustangs blew past the Klickitat Vandals 71 -47 on Friday to get to the championship game. The Mustangs (5-2) will play at Riverside on Friday, Jan. 3 and will host Hood River on Saturday, Jan. 4 before starting Columbia Basin Conference play the following weekend. On Friday, Dec. 20, The Mustangs and Vandals stayed even through the first quarter as Justin Botefuhr hit two free throws, Brad Adams a short jumper, and Luke Murray had a rebound basket. Chuy Elguezabal hit a 3-pointer and Murray made one of two free throws to take a 10-9 lead. They then went on a 10-3 run to close out the quarter with Adams scoring off a steal by Botefuhr. Tanner Britt hit two long jumpers then fed Elguezabal for a lay-in and Adams scored off a rebound to make it 20-12 after one. The Mustangs kept up the heat in the second as Adams scored off a baseline drive and after a basket by the Vandals they went on a 13-0 run as Elguezabal hit another 3-pointer and had a steal and a lay-in. Adams scored inside, Britt hit two free throws, Brandon Seitz and Josh Winters each made one of two free throws and Britt fed Seitz for a lay-in. After a Vandal free throw, Doug Orwick hit one o f two free throw s, Conor Kilkenny hit a jumper and Brian Smith made one o f two free throws to make it 39-15 at halftime. Elguezabal opened the third by scoring inside. Donald Adams hit a long jumper and Botefuhr hit a short jumper but the Vandals hit two 3-pointers and a bucket to stay with the Mustangs. Botefuhr scored off a rebound and Britt hit a long jumper but the Vandals hit three more 3-pointers and narrowed the gap to 49-34 after three. M urray opened the fourth hitting a 3-pointer but the Vandals came back with one of their own to make it 52-37 before the Mustangs went on a run to put the game away. Elguezabal hit a 3-pointer, Brad Adams hit two lay-ins and Seitz scored twice off of rebounds to make it 63-37. Elguezabal fed Seitz twice for lay-ins and after two 3-pointers by the Vandals, Smith scored inside and Britt hit a jumper to end the game with the Mustangs leading 7! -47. Elguezabal led four Mustangs in double figures with 15 points, hitting six of 11 shots, getting five steals and having two assists. Brad Adams hit seven of 10 shots for 14 points and had five rebounds. Seitz hit five of seven shots for 11 points and had seven rebounds. Britt hit four of six shots for 10 points and had two assists. Kilkenny had seven rebounds, Botefuhr had five rebounds and two steals. Winters had three steals and Murray had two steals. The Mustangs went on to play the Pendleton J V Bucks, Saturday, Dec. 21, losing 63-43. Brad Adams had eight points and Murray four in the first quarter as the Mustangs trailed just 16-14 after one and got four more from Adams and Murray for the Bucks extended their lead to 28-22 at halftime. Botefuhr and Adams each had four in the third but the Bucks increased their lead to 42- 33 after three and outscored the Mustangs 21-10, hitting nine of 17 free throws in the fourth to pull away for the w in. Adams led the Mustangs with 17 points and 12 rebounds with Murray adding 12 points and four rebounds. Botefuhr pulled down 15 rebounds and two steals and Donald Adams had five rebounds. Heppner 20 19 10 22- 71 Klickitat 12 3 19 13-47 H eppner: Chuy Elguezabal 6 0-3 15, Brad Adams 7 0-2 14, Brandon Seitz 5 1-2 11, Tanner Britt 4 2-2 10, Luke Murray 2 1-2 6, Justin Botefuhr 2 2-4 6, Brian Smith 1 1 -2 3, Conor Kilkenny 1 0-2 2, Donald Adams 1 0-0 2, Josh Winters 0 1-21, Doug Orwick 0 1-21 and Brian Haguewood 0 0 -10. Team: 29 9-23 71 3- pt.: Elguezabal 3 and Murray. Klickitat: Keys 7 0-0 20, Groves 2 0-0 6, Schultz 2 1-2 6, Bauer 2 0-0 4, Tomenga 2 0-1 4, Cleveland 1 0-0 3, Quantrell and Holycross. Team: 18 1 -4 47 3-pt.: Keys 6, Groves 2, Schultz and Cleveland. Pendleton 16 12 1421- 63 Heppner 14 8 11 10-43 Pendleton: Richter 7 2- 3 16, Fedderline 5 3-6 13, Gundlach 3 3-49, Post 3 0-1 8, Reid 2 0-0 4, Barkley 1 2-2 4, winter 1 0-0 3, Greenfield 1 0-0 2, Stahl 1 0-0 2, Anderson 1 0- 2 2 and Cowpaoo. Team: 25 10- 18 63 3-pt.: Post 2 and Winter. Heppner: B. Adams 7 3-6 17, M urray 5 2-4 12, Elguezabal 2 0-2 4, Botefuhr 2 0-1 4, W inters 1 0-0 2, Haguewood 0 2-2 2, D. Adams 0 1-2 1, Kilkenny 0 1-2 1, Orwick, Britt, Smith and Seitz. Team: 17 9-19 43 3-pt.: none HHS to hold Coat and Dollar Mustang JV girls beat Eagles Donation drive and label it so the students will By Rick Paullus steals. Tiffany Piper had sii « SNOWMOBILE ACCESSORIES 10% OFF Morrow County Grain Growers 1-800-452-7396*989-8221 • 350 Main • Lexington, Oregon For farm equipment, visit our web site at www.mcgg.net CUSTOM BANNERS Aojr Sise Lots off Colors Logos & Graphics Do you have a coat or sweater you no longer wear? Does your child have a coat that they have outgrown? Heppner High School will be holding their first annual Coat and Dollar Donation drive, on Sunday, Jan. 5. Students will be going door to door throughout the community asking for donations. Any coats or warm articles of clothing that you would like to donate will go the Neighborhood C enter to be distributed to children and adults in the community. The N eig h b o rh o o d Center is also in need of personal care items such as toothpaste and shampoo. Students will also be asking if you would like to donate one dollar to help pay for some of these items. If you have clothing items you would like to donate and are not going to be home, you may leave it at the front door know they have permission to pick it up. The collection will begin at 1 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 5. Any high school students who would like to help and have not yet signed up are asked to call Ashley Ward at 676-9826. Births Bryce M ichael W un derly- a son, Bryce Michael, was bom Dec. 18, 2002 at G ood Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston, to Mischelle Davocol, of Irrigon. Order M a g netic Door Signs HERE Heppner Gazette- Ti mes 676-9228 A 14-2 run in the third quarter helped the Heppner Mustang JV girls to a 44-30 win over the Hood River Valley girls' frosh on Saturday, Dec. 28 in Hood River. The win improved the Mustangs record to 4-2 on the year with games at Weston- McEwen on Friday, Jan. 10 and at home on Saturday, Jan. 11 against Stanfield. The Eagles took a 9-8 lead after one despite four points from Blair Keithley but the Mustangs came back to take a 23-18 lead at halftime getting seven second quarter points from Terra Wilson. Keithley had five points in the Mustangs third quarter run that put them comfortably ahead 37-20 after three and they coasted through the fourth for the win. The Mustangs were led by Keithley with 11 points, seven rebounds and two assists, with Wilson adding nine points, four rebounds, two assists, and two points and two assists. Katie BrilJ had four assists and two steals!, Laurie M urray had five rebounds, Krista Hendricks had four rebounds, Heather Yocom had two steals and two assist? and Amy Jepsen and Krystal Naims had two assists each. ; Heppner 8 15 14 7-44: Hood River 9 9 2 10-30 Heppner: Blair Keithley 5 1-1 11, Terra Wilson 3 3-4 9, Tiffany Piper 3 0-1 6, Lindsey Mitchell 2 0-1 4, Katie Britt 1 2-2 4, Lynan Bingham 1 0-0 2, Chelsey Betsinger 1 0-0 2, Amy Jepsen 10-12, Krystal Naims 1 0-0 2, Laurie Murray 01-3 1, Krista Hendricks 0 1-21 and Heather Yocom. Team: 18 8-15 44 3-pt.: none Hood River: Pillar 3 1- 4 7, Watters 3 1-1 7, Jefferies 1 4-4 6, Friend 0 4-5 4, Cedestram 2 0-1 4, Cody 1 0-1 2. Bauld, Heinze, Tanner and Lucas. Team: 10 10-16 30 3-pt.: none
