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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 2,2003 - FIVE Ione tennis team plays at Mustangs can’t hold lead, lon e Schools announce A pril events Weston McEwen drop game to Kettle Falls April 3 is the end o f the third nine weeks for lone l o n e tra v e led to A thena on Friday, Maryh 21. lone boys split with Weston winning two o f four m atches. T yler R aible defeated Scott Peterson, 8-6. Brian Bunch lost to R oger B aum an, 5-8. Doubles duo of Johnny Collin and Paul NeitTer C aitlin O rem execu tes a backhand easily defeated return again Tami Wéidert of Weston- Austin Bums and M cEwen Tony Todd, 8-4. Taylor MeElligott and Nate for the girls on Thursday, Rea were tied at five games defeating Darlene Thompson each with Jason Kennedy and and Kati Bennett, 8-5. Caitlin Josh McCullough when a Orem lost to Tami Weidert, 1- rainstorm forced a tiebreaker. 8. Amanda Emery lost to M cE llig o tt/R e a lost the Kayla Johnson, 2-8. The tiebreaker 5-7, for a 5-6 loss. doubles team o f Abby Key Meghan McCabe and and Alyssa Rietmann lost to Sara Peck posted the only w in B ecky B aker and K ayla Parades, 1-6. O f f T h e W a ll... B y A Ae r ly n R o b i n s o n We are supposed to be celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Corps o f Discovery, the Lewis and Clark exploration of Western America- an expedition that made the United States a continental nation and a geo-political power, (the interrelationship of politics and geography). This discovery and subsequent acquisition (through national tax dollars) gave everyone a stake in the public lands, no matter where they live. The settling of the West was an important era, no matter the hardships, that added to our national growth, capitalizing on creative ingenuity while providing people with the opportunity to take great chances. It was a great feat, even though the original concept has been exploited. It’s sad that current disruptive policies, instigated by influential parties, now override individual property rights regardless of geographic locatioh! ' ; ' ' Greed often puts everything out of sync. Public land use is restricted in many places in the name o f preservation. Wilderness areas in forests are allowed to build up fuel and bum or can’t be thinned because some whacko thinks nature should take its course. Landowners are regimented as to land uses or water that flows through their property. Grumble we may, but in the name o f self-expression some individuals have taken free speech to a new level. These people seem to believe that no more terrorist tragedies can happen in the U.S. They don’t realize the war is about preserving the benefits o f living in a free society. Perhaps they should experience the loss of liberty as residents in some third-world countries ruled by dictators. I believe it is an affront to our brave soldiers who putting their lives on the line, and also to our veterans who have fought in major wars, with many dying, to preserve freedom for people in different countries Personally, 1 think a fitting place for disruptive protesters would be in the middle o f the Sahara Desert or smack dab in the middle of Iraq. But gosh, some wouldn’t be eligible for free health care, food stamps or all the comforts of home that they now enjoy. Not unlike those pioneers who trudged westward, living from land to mouth, while uncertain as to what the future would hold if they managed to survive the long, slow, difficult journey. This war is not about oil- only 10 percent o f our oil comes from Arab nations. Yet perhaps the internal combustion engine should never have been invented. People once survived with only four-legged horsepower, mules or oxen. After putting down roots in the West, people created handmade tools, use tripods to hoist things and capitalized on nature’s forces with windmills. Those folks would never have considered protesting about their meager lifestyles; they were only too happy to exist. When statehood brought unification and better representation, they welcomed it w ith open arms. The U. S. of A. is not a perfect democracy, but just try to find a better government where people have so many privileges. The right to demonstrate is a given. However protest marches have resulted in vandalism, disruption in commerce and civil disobedience- a huge expense for law enforcement in cities that are already strapped to meet other needs. It’s time to support our troops and honor the American flag. ^Wcddin^ *Ua!j[e.± ! ^ Katie Riney & Michael Olsen Wedding ~ Saturday, M ay 3 United Church of Christ Condon Miuuuj'j Djnuj-ÿf < 217 North Main • Heppner 6 7 6 -9 1 5 8 ^ Serving Heppner Lexington & lone o c i v t r i \ j r T x r fs f s r r x r r . t» JA o Country Rosa * £ | 233 N. Main • Heppner 676-9426 ? By Rick Paullus The H ep p n er Mustang baseball team took a 3-0 lead in the top o f the first inning, but couldn’t keep it as they lost 5-4 to the Kettle Falls Bulldogs in C olfax, WA, on Friday, March 28, to drop their non league record to 2-2 on the year. The Mustangs got their three runs in the first inning. Josh Winters had a one out sin g le , K yler Lovgren reached on an error with two outs, Billy Gates had an RBI single, Cody Walton running for Gates took off on the pitch and Donald Adams had a two RBI single to right to make it 3-0. Schools. The new quarter will begin April 7. Other events in the month April include a Booster Club meeting at 7 p.m., on April 7; a Site Council meeting at 5:30 p.m. on April 9; and an Advisory Committee meeting on Thursday, April 17 at 7 p.m. Parent-Teacher conferences will be held April 10-11 from 5-8 p.m. on April 10 and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on April 11. The Morrow County School Board meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m., Monday, April 14 at Columbia Middle School in Irrigon. The Blue Mountain Community College Skills Contest will be held Wednesday, April 16 and Wednesday, April 30. A math contest will be held at Heppner Elementary School at 6:30 p.m., on Thursday, April 17. The lone Middle School Band Festival will be held Wednesday, April 23. The Natural Resources Field Trip will be held April 2 . 23-26 and the Oregon Writing Festival will be held Friday, A dam s B ergstrom April 25 and Saturday, April 26. pitched well in two innings of The month of April is also filled with numerous track, relief of Kilkenny. tennis and baseball and softball games. Heppner 3000 0001 0-4 5 2 Kettle Falls 000 410 x- 5 82 Conor Kilkenny shot down the Bulldogs for three innings but ran out of gas in the fourth as they scored four runs and added another in the fifth to take a 5-3 lead. Gates hit a homerun to left in the top o f the sixth and had the tying run at third base with two out. Kory Paullus walked and went to third on a Josh Gutierrez single, but the Mustangs couldn’t score. Gates went 2-3 with two RBI, Adams went 1 -3 with two RBI and Gutierrez went 1 - Heppner Youth Sports Academy announces June camp events Mustangs rally past Knappa By Rick Paullus T he H eppner Mustangs fell behind 3-0 to the visiting Knappa Loggers, but scored four runs in the fifth to squeak out a 4-3 win for their first win o f the season. The Loggers scored single runs in the third, fourth and fifth innings before the Mustangs got on the board. Josh Gutierrez led off with a single, Kory Paullus beat out an infield single, Chuy Elguezabal walked with two outs and Kyler Lovgren doubled to right field to clear the bases. B illy G ates followed that up w ith a double to left field to score Lovgren and put the Mustangs ahead. Gates picked up the win in relief o f Elguezabal pitching the final three innings. Elguezabal struck out eight in four innings on the mound. Lovgren went 2-3 with two doubles and three RBI. Heppner 000 040 x-4 50 Knappa 001 1100-3 5 2 M aki, B ryan (5), Fransen (6) and Berendse; Chuy Elguezabal, Billy Gates (5) and Gates, Elguezabal (5). W- Gates. L- Bryan. 2B- Kyler Lovgren 2, Gates; (K) Fransen. 3B-none. HR- none. Mustang shut out Loggers By Rick Paullus The H ep p n er M ustang b aseb all team finally got their bats going in a 12-0 win over the visiting Vemonia Loggers in a game shortened to five innings due to the ten-run rule. The Mustangs banged out 10 hits, including two doubles and two homeruns, in improving to 2-1 on the year and will be at W ahtonka on Thursday, April 3 at 3:30 p.m., and will host Mac-Hi on Tuesday, April 8 at 4 p.m. A fter a scoreless first inning, Billy Gates led off with a line drive homerun to center field to jumpstart the offense. D onald Adams walked, went to second on a Josh Gutierrez sacrifice bunt and to third on a Kory Paullus ground-out. Kiel Naims was hit by a pitch, Chuy Elguezabal walked. Josh W inters w alked to score a run and Brad Adams hit a grand slam to center field to make it 6-0. In the third, Paullus reached on an error. Naims had a bunt single to move Paullus to third, and then P au llu s sco red on an Elguezabal ground-out. Winters had an RBI double off the fence in right field and Kyler Lovgren doubled to right field to score Winters to make it 9- 0. The Mustangs put the game away in the fourth when Donald Adams singled, Kyle C arlso n sin g led , C onor Kilkenny scored two with a single and he later scored on a Brad Adams single to make it 12 - 0 . Winters pitched two innings striking out two, Brad Adams struck out three in two innings to get the win and Adam Bergstrom struck out the side in the fifth as they gave up just three hits for the game. Brad Adams went 3-4 for five RBI, Winters had a double and two RBI, Donald Adams went 1-1 and scored twice and Kilkenny went 1-1 with 2 RBI. Heppner 063 3x-12 10 1 Vemonia 000 00-0 3 1 Koch, Ostedt (2) and Winn; Josh W inters, Brad Adams (3), Adam Bergstrom (5) and Billy Gates. W- B. Adams. L- Koch. 2B- Winters, Kyler Lovgren. 3B- none. HR- B. Adams and Gates. G reg G ran t, o f Heppner High School, came up with an idea to create event w here local coaches and player can come together with college level coaches to enhance their techniques. This idea is finally becoming a reality. The event is sponsored by the Heppner Youth Sports Academy. June 11-20 college coaches and their coaching teams will be converging in H eppner from all over Oregon. These coaches will hold three separate clinic/ camps for those interested in fo o tb a ll, b ask etb all and volleyball. The HYSA strives to provide sports instruction to the youth and coaches in Heppner. This event is an attempt to create a low cost camp for Heppner youth to hone their skills and to receive top-level instruction. Along with providing coaches the opportunity to observe top- level instructors and glean from their teaching techniques, game planning and all other facets of coaching. The goal is to accomplish this without having to leave town or pay large sums of money for camp experiences. Helping Grant make the camps a reality, Scott Coe of Rugg’s Ranch is providing accom m odations for the visiting coaches and staff at no cost. Grant said that being able to offer great accommodations to college coaching staffs at no cost to them greatly reduced to expense ofholding the clinic/ camp. The three clinic/ camps for the various sports will be held at separate times. Also, age group sessions are in the process o f being o rg an ized and w ill be announced at a later time. E astern O regon U n iv ersity staff, from LaGrande, led by head coach Jim F enw ick w ill be co n d u ctin g the evening coaches’ clinic for all football coaches on Wednesday, June 11 from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. The skill-based camp for football players, grades 5-12, will be held at Heppner High School Thursday and Friday June 12-13 from 5-8:30 p.m. Willamette University head coach Gordy James and staff, from Salem, will be co n d u ctin g a b ask etb all coaches’ clinic on Sunday evening, June 15, from 6-9 p.m. A camp experience for basketball players, grades 3- 12 will be held on Monday and Tuesday, June 16-17. Times for each age group session will be announced later. The basketball camp is open to boys and girls. Concluding the clinic/ camps will be Clackamas Community College head coach Kathy Woods and staff, from Oregon City, who will be c o n d u ctin g a v o lley b all coaches’ clinic Wednesday, June 18 from 6-9 p.m. Coach Woods and staff will lead a camp for grades 4-12 on June 19 and 20. Times for each age group sessio n w ill be announced later. Each o f th ese coaching staffs will be using all age group coaches from H eppner to assist in the camps. The coaching staffs conduct short clinic/review sessions at the end of each day o f camp. These camps are designed to bring coaching and playing techniques to Heppner for all who coach or play. Helping Grant set-up this event are students, Blair Keithley, Linsey Mitchell and Kyle H uddleston. These students are actively working in the d ev elo p m en t o f brochures, publicity and will have re g istra tio n form s available soon. This event is open at no cost to coaches and a nominal fee to players. For more information c o n tact G reg G ran t at Heppner High School, 676- 9138. M ustangs drop gam e to Colfax By Rick Paullus The moved to second by a Josh Heppner Winters bunt and Brad Adams M ustang baseball team rallied to tie the Colfax Bulldogs after falling behind early but gave up seven runs in the fifth and sixth innings and lost 9-2 on Saturday, March 29 in Colfax. The M ustangs 2-3, play at W ahtonka on Thursday, April 3 at 3:30 p.m., and will take on Mac-Hi at 4 p.m., on Thursday, April 8 in Heppner, in non-league action. The Bulldogs took a 2-0 lead in the first and kept it until the top o f the fourth, when C huy E lguezabal reached on an error, was « C o *y, e ll-K e p t Hom e hit a homerun to left field. However, the Bulldogs came back with four runs in the fifth and three more in the sixth to put the game away. 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