TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 14,2003
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St. Pat’s Senior Center news
The St. P atrick’s Senior C enter B oard o f D irectors
w ill m eet in regular session on Wednesday, M ay 21 at 12 noon
in the C enter office. A m ong the agenda item s are issues
regarding rental o f space and responsibilities o f parties involved;
also nom inations o f potential new m em bers will be offered.
Other business includes completion and discussion o f the details
o f the M emorial Dinner to be held on Sunday, M ay 25.
United M ethodist volunteers for the M ay 7 lunch at
the C enter were B arbara G ilbert, Jim and C am W ishart,
C arolyn Willey, Joy Krein and Peggy Connor. Pastor Keith
B rudevold offered the table blessing. N ear the close o f the
m eal, the volunteers offered an appropriate benediction:
together they sang, “ There are sm iles that m ake us happy;
there are sm iles that m ake us blue; but the sm iles that steal
aw ay the teardrops are the sm iles that I give to you.” (A n
“oldie and goodie” )
The lunch menu for Wednesday, M ay 21 is hamburger
gravy, m ashed potatoes, peas and carrots, rolls and butter,
cottage cheese and pears, and pudding. M em bers o f the
Heppner Christian Church will be the volunteers o f the day.
Spray Rodeo Q ueen Ashley
Nichols
The 56th annual Spray
Rodeo will be held M ay 24-
25, along with the 38th annual
E a s te r n O r e g o n H a lf-
Marathon.
The popular Eastern
O reg o n H a lf-M a ra th o n , a
13.2 m ile run from Service
C reek to Spray, will begin at
8 a.m. on Saturday, M ay 24
near Service C reek. W ater
will be available at several
locations along the w ay and
the race will end in front o f the
school at Spray.
A
“ B u c k a ro o
Breakfast” will be available at
the S pray school cafeteria
from early morning to 11 a.m.
on Saturday and Sunday. The
breakfast will be prepared by
the Spray High School athletic
program participants and their
parents to help pay for their
athletic activities.
The rodeo parade will
begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at
the Spray G eneral Store and
will be led by Spray R odeo
Q ueen A shley N ichols from
The Dalles.
N ic h o ls
is
a
sophomore at The Dalles High
School where she competes in
for three years. She grew up
in Pilot Rock and m oved to
The Dalles in 1998. Rodeo has
been a part o f her life for as
long as she can remember. Her
grandfather is the late M ac
Griffith, who grew up in Spray
and had a very successful
rodeo career.
The Spray Rodeo will
feature cowboys and cowgirls
from all over the N orthw est
w h o a re m e m b e rs o f th e
N o r th w e s t P r o f e s s io n s
C ow boys’Association, Idaho
C o w b o y s’ A ssociation and
Pro-West Rodeo Association.
The events will begin with the
grand entry at 1 p.m. and will
feature the R odeo B andits
from Molalla, an all-girls team
who will perform a drill during
the rodeo.
T h e s to c k w ill be
fu rn ish e d by 2002 R odeo
Stock o f the Year, B -Bar-D
R o d eo ’s. R eturning for his
sixth year is N PR A Rodeo
A nnouncer o f the Year Scott
Allen, from Klamath Falls.
A rodeo dance will be
held at 8 p.m . at the Spray
s c h o o l g y m on S a tu rd a y
e v e n in g , w ith m u s ic b y
“Boogie M an” Productions.
A c o w b o y c h u rc h
service will be held Sunday at
9 a.m . in th e ro d eo aren a
g ra n d sta n d s and the final
rodeo performance will begin
at 1 p.m.
For
a d d itio n a l
information about the events,
call (541)468-2442.
Mustangs sweep Tigers to clinch first place in CBC East
By Rick Paullus
The
H eppner
M ustang baseball team swept
the Stanfield Tigers 9-0 and
11 -4 on Saturday, M ay 10 to
c lin c h f irs t p la c e in th e
C olum bia Basin Conference
East Division. The M ustangs
im proved to 8-0 in the CBC
and 18-3 overall and have a
doubleheader at home against
W e s to n -M c E w e n
on
Saturday, M ay 17 and will be
at U m atilla for a single game
on Tuesday, M ay 20 before
going to the district tournament
on S a tu rd a y , M a y 24 in
Pendleton.
T he M ustangs C huy
E lg u e z a b a l c o m p le te ly
dominated the Tigers in the first
gam e allow ing ju st tw o hits,
one walk and one hit by pitch,
while striking out 16, including
the side in the third, sixth and
s e v e n th in n in g s. H e a lso
accounted for 19 o f the 21 outs
for the game.
T he M ustangs gave
E lguezabal all the runs he
w ould need by scoring three
in the top o f the first inning.
E lg u ezab al led o f f w ith a
g ro u n d -ru le d o u b le , B rad
A dam s reached on a fielder’s
choice, Elguezabal scored on
a wild pitch, Kory Paullus had
a RBI triple and scored as Billy
Gates grounded out.
They added two more
in the seco n d w hen K yler
L o v g r e n s in g le d , J o s h
Gutierrez reached on an error
and w ent to second on the
throw, Lovgren scored on a
wild pitch and Elguezabal had
a RBI single.
In the fifth, Paullus
reached on a fielder’s choice,
G ates reached on a fie ld er’s
choice and D onald A dam s
d ro v e b o th h o m e w ith a
double to m ake it 7-0.
They added two more
in the seventh w hen Paullus
w alked and G ates hit a long
hom e run to centerfield to
m ake it 9-0.
E lg u e z a b a l
and
P aullus each w ent tw o for
th ree w ith a R B I. D onald
Adam s went two for four with
tw o RBI and G ates scored
tw ice and had three RBI.
The Mustangs jumped
out early in the second gam e
when Elguezabal was hit by a
pitch and sacrificed to third on
a bunt by Josh W inters. Brad
A dam s had a RBI double,
Luke M urray w alked, G ates
singled and D onald A dam s
reached on an error to score
Murray.
Home On 10.5 Acres
Near Heppner, Oregon
4,400 sq .ft, home on 10.5 acres 6.5 m iles south o f
H eppner w ith fo u r bedrooms, three bath, tw o-car
garage, central a ir and beat, woodstove, hardwood
floors, 4 0 ’x6 0 'steel clcar-span shop w ith concrete
floor, 2 6 ’x60’four-bay shop, kennels, two pastures
w ith new fences; creek runs through the property,
has a good well, one-of-a-kind, turnkey.
T hey kept at it in the
second as Jode Coil reached
o n a n e rr o r , E lg u e z a b a l
re a c h e d on a n o th e r error,
W inters scored both w ith a
single, Gates singled, Donald
A dam s w alked and Lovgren
w alked to force in a run and
m ake it 5-0.
The M ustangs added
a single run in the fifth w hen
Gutierrez doubled and scored
on an Elguezabal single.
The Tigers came back
with two runs in the bottom half
and tw o m ore in the sixth, to
g e t w ith in 6 - 4 , b u t th e
Mustangs responded with five
runs in the top o f the seventh
to put the gam e away. Coil
r e a c h e d o n an e rr o r ,
Elguezabal singled, W inters
scored two with a single, Brad
A dam s had a RBI double,
M urray w alked and G ates
scored tw o w ith a double to
m ake it 11 -4.
Brad Adam s went the
distance striking out eight while
allow ing three hits and give
w alks and helped h im se lf at
the plate doubling tw ice and
getting two RBI.
G ates w ent four for
five w ith a double and tw o
RBI. W inters w ent tw o for
three with four RBI and scored
E lguezabal w ent tw o
for three and scored three
tim es. D onald A dam s w ent
tw o fro four w ith tw o RBI,
M urray doubled and scored
tw ice and Coil scored twice.
Gam e One
H eppner 320 020 2-
990
Stanfield 000 000 0-
023
Chuy Elguezabal and
Billy Gates; Jake Flemmer and
A .J .
M cQ uow n.
W-
Elguezabal. L- Flemmer. 2B-
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Join us in voting for Craig Miles
To the Editor:
To those o f you voting
in the M orrow County School
Board elections, we would like
you to consider C raig M iles
for Position No. 1.
We have worked with
Craig for more than five years
and have found him to be an
h o n e s t a n d h a rd w o rk in g
person.
Craig will w ork hard
to understand the business o f
the school district, but first he
will insure that all students in
th e d is tric t w ill h a v e th e
opportunity to receive the best
e d u c a tio n p o s s ib le . T h e
children will be his top priority.
Craig will not have any
hidden agendas and will not be
a
Y e s -m a n
fo r
th e
sup)erintendent.
Please join us in voting
for C raig M iles for Position
N o. 1.
(s) Tim and Shannon Rust
Echo
Don’t criticize the soldier
To the Editor:
An opinion on social
ju stice: “N o one should be
a llo w e d to c r i t ic iz e th e
governm ent during tim es o f
w ar because o f unnecessary
stress.”
It w as not a difficult
idea to understand: less stress,
more concentration on the job
at h and, g et the jo b done
faster.
The opposing side: I
w o n ’t criticize those people
that are out there pulling the
trigger. They don’t deserve it.
W hy? B ecause they have no
choice. T hey either do w hat
there are told or go to jail. That
is military law, straight from the
“ U niform C ode o f M ilitary
Justice.” A nd o f course there
are those that sincerely believe
that “expediency” still has
some righteousness to it.
B ack to th e p o in t:
“ S h o u ld n o t be a llo w e d ”
because o f “social ju stic e .”
Point: W ithout criticism there
is no fre e d o m o f sp e ec h .
W ithout freedom o f speech,
there is no freedom . W ithout
freedom, there is no learning.
W ithout learning, there is no
u n d e r s ta n d in g . W ith o u t
understanding, each person
losses his or her individual
pow er. W ithout individual
pow er, w e lose the freedom
to choose.
T h o se readers w ho
have never had to point a rifle
at another hum an and pull the
trigger will never understand
the changes or the hurt that lasts
a lifetime.
O n e m o re tim e : I
w o n ’t c ritic iz e th e tro o p s
because they don’t deserve it.
We all saw on TV the
one m an w ho co u ld n ’t m ake
the quantum leap betw een
“thou shaft not k ill” and the
supposed need to kill.
Som e w ill call him a
cow ard. N o, not a cow ard.
His religion taught him well that
killing is w rong. He sim ply
co u ld n ’t m ake that quantum
leap, that m assive “change”
from civilian to soldier. I w on’t
criticize him either, not for
being human.
The catch phrase to
the 60s and 70s w as “G ive
peace a chance.” H ow about
giving the U nited N ations a
chance?
Another catch phrase:
“ U n ite d w e s ta n d .” T h e
o p e ra tiv e te rm is u n ite d .
U nited in an effort to stop the
blood baths called war.
(s) Phillip L. Kight
H eppner
/
Armato, a good candidate for the job
To the Editor:
A s th e M a y 2 0 th
election deadline approaches,
I w o u ld lik e to ta k e th is
opportunity to urge our voters
to cast their ballots. We have
s e v e r a l s p e c ia l d i s t r ic t
elections on the ballot including
a c r u c ia l s c h o o l b o a rd
election.
F iv e o u t o f s e v e n
p o s itio n s on th e M o rro w
C o u n ty S chool B o a rd are
open. In this critical tim e o f
f u n d in g d e c r e a s e s , it is
im p e ra tiv e th a t w e e le c t
individuals to these positions
w ho are forthright in their
views and have shown a keen
interest in the affairs o f the
school district. The new school
board m em bers m ust have
sh o w n th a t th e y h o ld the
education o f our children as
their number one priority. They
should have dem o n strated
their know ledge o f and their
com m itm ent to m eeting the
challenges o f educating our
children.
With four active years
o f service on the H eppner/
L e x in g to n
A d v is o r y
C o m m itte e
(S c h o o l
Committee) and three years o f
s e r v ic e o n th e M o rro w
County School District Budget
C om m ittee, it is clear that
M ik e A r m a to f its th is
description. His com m itm ent
to o u r s c h o o ls h a s b e e n
demonstrated by his record o f
attendance o f school board
m eetings over the past five
years and his volunteer work
in our schools.
Furthermore, M ike is
a m ulti-issue candidate w ho
w ill s e rv e a ll o f th e
com m unities o f the district. I
urge you to cast your vote f o r ,
M ike Armato, position four, o f
the M orrow C ounty S c h o o l.
Board.
(s) Judy Buschke
Heppner
Clarifies omission
l b the Editor:
L ast w eek w hen the
c a n d id a te s w e re g iv e n a
chance to answ er questions
from the G azette m y answers
w ere not included. I did not
hear about the questionnaire
until Tuesday night when I got
home and there was a message
on m y answering machine. The
Gazette was unable to send me
th e q u e s ti o n n a ir e u n til
Thursday morning via email. I
spoke to th e e d ito r o f the
G azette and received a nice
apology for the m ix up.
I have attended the
debates both in B oardm an
and in H eppner. Som e o f the
candidates have not been at
either one. I have answered all
reporters prom ptly and happy
to do so. I am c o n c e rn e d
about the voters getting the
w ro n g im p re s s io n o f m y
dedication and m y self to this
position.
I am v ery concerned
ab o u t the statem en t in the
paper that said, “Debbie Radie
d id n o t r e s p o n d to th e
questionnaire”. I would like the
voters to know that I w ould;
have responded promptly had;
I had the opportunity.
(s) Debbie Radie
M o rr o w C o u n ty S c h o o t*
Board C andidate
Position #3