Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 14, 2003 - SEVEN
lone Student
places 2nd in
Elks contest
Volunteers and students join together Cardinals gain
lone Legion Auxiliary to host
wins over
Memorial Day events
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Poster contest winner Shelby
W iggers (right) with Lindsay
Kincaid (left) of the Heppner Klks
Club.
(L-R) Katie Tayloe, Jacky Sanchez, Justin Smith, Carmen
Healy, Ryan Bennet, Calli Britt, Thomas Black, Stephany
S h elb y W ig g ers, a Villalobos and Mary Ann Elguezabal.
fourth grade student at lone
T h e c h ild ren m ade
The students in Mary
E le m e n ta ry , w as n o tifie d
cards
and
gave Healy flowers
recently o f her second place A nn E lg u e z a b a l’s B ooster
finish in the Oregon State Elks R eading class are in for a because it will be her last day
tr e a t
e v e ry this year. All o f the students
Eye Poster contest. W iggers s p e c ia l
won the local Elks contest and W ednesday. C arm en H ealy w ere sad and som e gave her
h e r w in n in g p o s te r w a s and Joy K rein volunteer by big hugs. They asked her to
forwarded to the state level for listening to ch ild ren read, com e back next year. She will
helping with writing, creating be leaving for the Dom inican
advanced competition.
Wiggers, the daughter bulletin b oards, p rep arin g Republic to visit family and her
o f Rebecca W iggers o f lone, m aterials to help ch ild ren d a u g h te r, J a n e lle , w ho is
w as awarded $80 for her first leant. The children especially studying there.
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about volunteering next year.
ac h ie v e m e n t for her state volunteers.
Healy was bom in the With the proposed cuts, there
finish.
The
p o s te r Dom inican Republic and has will be even a greater need for
c o m p e titio n is h e ld e ach 13 brothers and sisters. She m o re v o lu n te e r s ,” s ta te d
w inter, w ith local students shared the history ofher native Elguezabal. “ Everyone has a
submitting posters containing country with the children and bit o f time, a smidge o f talent,
eye and vision safety themes. they were very impressed that and a great treasure to share
The Elks are a direct sponsor she walked to school barefoot. with children.”
Start thinking about
o f the C asey Eye Institute in H ealy said her favorite part
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can help out next year
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Cemetery restoration begins
for Flood Commemoration
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(L-R) John F.dmundson, Al Riney and Dale Conklin working on
restoring some of the old head stones at the Heppner Masonic
Cemetery.
Volunteers have been
w o rk in g at r e s to rin g th e
H eppner M asonic C em etery
in preparation for the Heppner
F lo o d
M e m o ria l
C om m em oration to be held
June 14.
A plaque has been
created to put at the cemetery
thanking the volunteers for
their restoration work.
Volunteers honored
on the plaq u e include: Al
Riney, Dave Conklin, Albert
W rig h t, B o b J e p s e n , A l
O sm in, Earl Fishbum , Bill
G entry, M erle C ow ett, Dan
B rosnan, W ilbur Ja ck so n ,
Ralph Walker, Craig Canham
and Jo h n E d m u n d so n ;
E q u ip m en t d o n a te d - John
L edbetter, Bill G entry, AI
Riney, W ilbur Jackson and
Kent and Laurie A nderson;
and for the list o f flood victims-
complied by Anna Schwarzin,
M a rle n e B a rn e tt an d Peg
Willis.
^ A IR LIFE o f OREGON
RESPONSE
AT THE SPEED OF LIFE
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lone competes in
Invitational
lo n e te n n is te a m s
c o m p e te d a t th e H e lix
Invitational at Blue M ountain
C o m m u n ity C o lle g e o n
Saturday, M ay 3.
Caitlin O rem was the
o n ly p a rtic ip a n t fo r lo n e
wom en. Orem defeated April
W alker, o f U m atilla, for her
first match. She then posted an
8-3 w in against K ellie Davis
o f Stanfield. O rem lost to the
n u m b e r o n e s e e d , T am i
W eidert o f W eston M cEwen,
2-8. Orem was unable to post
a win against Renae Saager o f
L aG rande, losing her final
m atch, 4-8.
In the m e n ’s bracket
play, Taylor M cE lligott and
N athan Rea lost their first
m atch to Eddie-V alencia, o f
Umatilla, 1-8. McElligott-Rea
then narrow ly lost their final
match to Gehrke-Flem m er o f
Stanfield, 6-8.
Paul N eiffer tried his
hand at singles, losing his first
match to Darrel Robertson o f
W e sto n M c E w e n , 5 -8 .
Neiffer then defeated his own
team m ate, Brian B unch o f
lone, 8-6, and follow ed up
w ith a w in a g ain st A ustin
B um s, o f W eston M cEw en.
B unch lost his first m atch
against, A lger B righam o f
Pendleton, 2-8. B unch then
battled Terren H um phreys o f
C o n d o n , losing 3-8. T yler
R a ib le d e f e a te d P e d ro
M ariquez o f U m atilla, 9-8,
w ith a 7-2 tiebreaker score.
Raible lost his second m atch
to Alonso Rivera o f Stanfield,
5-8. Raible was unable to post
a win against, Dan Thurber o f
LaGrande, losing 2-8.
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A m em orial service
fo r lo n g tim e H e p p n e r
residents, Jam es and Susan
Valentine, will be held at the
Echo M ethodist C hurch on
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Heppner Gazette-Times
Taylor McElligott (forward) looks
for the overhead slam while
teammate, Nathan Rea (back)
prepares to back up his partner.
lo n e te n n is te a m s
hosted Sherm an C ounty on
Tuesday, April 29. lone women
tied with three wins while lone
m en defeated Sherm an w ith
three wins and one loss.
C a i tl in
O re m
narrowly lost to Frankie Welk,
6-8. O rem had a 2-5 deficit,
but cam e back 6-5, but was
on a field trip and had not had
a match or practice for almost
a w eek. M eghan M cC abe
fought a tough battle before
defeating Tiffany Gray, 8-6.
M cCabe then defeated Keely
M eyers, 8-1.
A m anda Em ery lost
to Hannah Jeffries, 5-8. Alyssa
R ie tm a n n sh u t out C a llie
M acNab, 8-0. Rietmann then
teamed up with partner, Abby
Key, losing their match, 3-8.
T yler R aible easily
defeated W illy Reeves, 8-2.
Brian Bunch also had an easy
m atch against Brad Carlson,
defeating Carlson, 8-1.
Jo h n n y C o llin and
Paul Neiffer were handed their
first loss o f the season losing
to W elk-Reeves, 1-8. Taylor
M cE lligott and N athan Rea
defeated Shaw n B ickler and
Brad C arlson, 8-4.
Mustang JVs
nipped by
Bucks
lone Legion Auxiliary met at
June Crowell’s house on April
13 and prepared 14 gift boxes
for local servicem en. These
gifts w ere collected by lone
G ra d e S c h o o l s tu d e n ts ,
teachers, local tow nspeople
and auxiliary members. These
boxes were sent to serv icemen
overseas and in the U.S.
The Auxiliary met on
May 6 for the monthly meeting
at the Office Tavern. By a
u n a n im o u s b a llo t, it w as
decided to keep the same slate
o f officers as the previous year.
M em b ers w ill sell
poppies on M ay 22-23.
The M em orial Day
service will be at the lone
school flagpole on M onday,
May 26. Guest speaker will be
Eugene M organ, survivor o f
the USS Indianapolis, which
sank after being torpedoed by
lone tennis teams defeated by
Boardman
lo n e te n n is te a m s
tra v e le d to B o a rd m a n on
Friday, M ay 2. lone w om en
took two o f five matches, while
the m en posted three o f five
wins.
C a itlin
O re m
defeated Becki M cNamee, 8-
2. M eghan M cC abe lost to
H annah Close, 7-9. M cCabe
had a 3-0 lead before Close
came back to win the next four
m atches. M cC abe tied the
match up at 7 gam es each but
w as unable to pull out the
victo ry . A ly ssa R ietm an n
defeated Jam ie M oore, 8-2.
A m anda Em ery lost to Erica
M oore, 0-8.
A ly s s a R ie tm a n n
team ed up with A bby Key to
play Jennifer M endoza and
M arla Wiser. R ietm ann-K ey
w ere unable to post the win,
losing 5-8.
Tyler Raible defeated
Juan M artinez, 8-6. Raible
started w ith a 3-0 lead, let up
and soon found him self with a
4-6 deficit. Raible pursued to
By Rick Paullus
The Heppner Mustang
JVs rallied to tie the Pendleton
F ro sh 3-3 in th e se v e n th
inning, but ended up losing 4-
3 in the bottom o f the ninth on
Thursday, M ay 8 in Pendleton.
T he M u sta n g s e n d e d the
season w ith an 8-5 record.
T h e B u c k s s c o re d
two in the first and another in
the third before the Mustangs
could finally get on the board
in the fifth. Riley Wight reached
on an error, w ent to second
on a sacrifice bunt by Sloan
Keithley, w ent to third on an
error and scored on a ground-
out by C ody Walton.
The M ustangs began
their rally in the seventh when
W ight singled, Trevor Rhea
walked, W alton reached on a
fielder’s choice, Dan Basile hit
a sac fly to score one and Jode
Coil singled w ith tw o out to
score W alton and tie it up.
T he B ucks had the
go-ahead run on third with one
out but he w as throw n out at
the plate by Kory Paullus as
he was trying to score on a fly
ball to c e n te r field. T hey
scored the winning run in the
ninth with two out.
W alton was tw o for
four w ith a RBI and W ight
scored twice.
C o il w e n t all n in e
innings, scattering four hits
while striking out eight.
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President Irene Holtz with
poster requesting gifts for
servicemen.
a Japanese submarine on July
30, 1945. O f the 1,196 m en
aboard, only 316 survived.
There will be a potluck at the
Legion Hall at 5 p.m. to enable
people to m eet and visit w ith
M o rg a n . E v e ry o n e
is
welcom e to attend.
The annual straw berry
feed and potluck will be held
June 17 at the Legion Hall.
Paul Neiffer delivers a backhand
to his Riverside opponent.
take the m atch, 8-6. Brian
Bunch narrowly defeated his
opponent, Fernando Madrigal,
9-8, w ith a 7-1 tiebreaker.
Bunch was behind early in the
m atch but w as able to take
command o f the match.
P a u l N e if f e r a n d
Johnny C ollin lost to M att
W esem an and Israel C arillo,
1-8. N athan Rea and Taylor
M cE lligott easily defeated
G eoff McDonough and Curtis
D arrow , 8-2. N e iffe r and
Collin tried their luck against
J a so n Im u s a n d A n d re w
Goad, but were unable to pull
out a win losing 4-8.
Mustangs sweep Stanfield in softball
By Rick Paullus
The
H eppner
M ustang softball team swept
the visiting Stanfield Tigers 11 -
0 and 16-6 w ith both gam es
ending in five innings due to the
10-run rule. The M ustangs
improved to 6-15 overall and
4-10 in the Eastern O regon
League. To close out the year,
the C ardinals w ill travel to
W ahtonka on Saturday, M ay
17 for a doubleheader before
p la y in g a t S ta n f ie ld on
Tuesday, M ay 20 to m ake up
a d o u b le h e a d e r th a t w as
rained out earlier in the season
In the first gam e, the
M ustangs scored tw o runs in
the se co n d w hen H e a th er
Yocom singled and scored on
an A lecia G eer single and
M adison B ailey had a RBI
single.
They added five more
in the third w hen N ikki Sisk
and Jesse Kempas singled and
scored on a G e e r d o u b le.
M eghan M cC abe had a RBI
s in g le , S te f a n ie H a n s o n
w alked, B ailey had a RBI
single and Sisk w alked to
force in a run.
The M ustangs broke
the gam e open in the fourth
w hen K em pas singled and
scored on a Yocom single.
M cCabe had a RBI single,
B lake A llsto tt b ro u g h t in
another run by reaching on an
error, B ailey singled, M arcy
Miller singled and Sisk reached
on an error to score another
run.
Kem pas went all five
innings on the m ound to pick
up the win, allowing three hits,
no w alks and strik in g out
three.
Bailey went three for
four with 2 RBI. G eer went
tw o for three with three RBI
and Krystal N aim s went two
for three.
In the second gam e
the Tigers scored a run in the
to p o f th e f ir s t, b u t th e
M ustangs cam e back to tie it
in the bottom h alf when Sisk
reached on a fielder's choice
and cam e around to score on
a Naims single.
The Tigers scored five
m ore in the second, but the
Mustangs came back with six
runs in the bottom half to take
the lead. C helsey Betsinger
singled, E m ily B ergstrom
w alked, B ailey had a RBI
single. M iller w alked, Sisk
w alk ed to force in a run,
N aim s reached on a error to
score a run and G eer tripled
to clear the bases.
In the fourth, G eer
s in g le d a n d s c o re d on a
throwing error to make it 8-6.
The Mustangs exploded in the
fifth to end the gam e w hen
N aim s was hit by a pitch,
K em pas singled and G e e r
reached on an error to score
a run. M cC abe was hit by a
pitch, H anson w as hit by a
pitch to score a run and Yocom
reached on a fielder’s choice.
Bailey walked to force hom e
a run. Miller was hit by a pitch
to score a run, Sisk had a RBI
single and N aim s made it 16-
6 by tripling to clear the bases.
K em pas cam e on in
relief in the second to pick up
the win, striking out three and
allowing no hits and no runs.
N aim s w as tw o for
four with five RBI. Sisk went
two for four, scored three runs
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