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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
The Mustangs had six
hits with Donald Adams, Josh
Winters, Kyler Lovgren, Josh
Gutierrez and Kory Paullus each
having singles to go with Brad
A d a m s’
hom erun.
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Chuy Elguezabal and
Billy Gates; Tim Sloot and
C ody G rant. W- Sloot. L-
Elguezabal. 2B- none. 3B-
none. HR- Brad Adams (H).
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