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Mustang JV girls lose to Vikings in second half By Rick Paullus A bad second h alf doom ed the Heppner M ustang JV girls in a low scoring game against the visiting Umatilla Vikings as they lost by a score o f 16-11 on Friday, Jan. 16. The Mustangs fell to 3 and 5 on the year and will be at home against Pilot Rock on Friday, Jan. 23, before getting on the road to Culver on Saturday. The teams were tied at 2-2 after one, but the Mustangs shut out the Vikings in the second quarter to take a 6-2 lead at the half. The Vikings rallied in the third taking a 10-9 lead and held on for the win. Sarah Price led the M ustangs w ith four points, six rebounds and three steals. H eather Yocom had three points. Lyndi Patton had six rebounds and three steals. Regi Seitz had five rebounds and Ashley Zim m erm an had two steals. Heppner- Sarah Price 2 0-0 4, H eather Yocom 1 1-2 3, Lyndi Patton 1 0-2 2, Lynan Bingham 1 0-2 2, Regi Seitz 0 0-2 0, B lair K eithley 0 0-1 0, Sandra K rotzek and A shley Zimmerman. Team: 5 1-9 11.3-pts: none Mustang JV boys beat Vikings By Rick Paullus The H eppner M ustangs JV boys opened up an early lead and ran past the visiting Umatilla Vikings 68-37 on Friday, Jan. 16. The M ustangs im proved to 8 and 1 on the year and • will play Pilot Rock at hom e on Friday, Jan. 23 before making the trip to C ulver on Saturday. M atth ew V anC leave had five p o in ts an d R ory K ilkenny and Kory P aullus each had four as the M ustangs took a 15-7 lead after one. Paullus and Josh G utierrez each had four points in the second as the M ustangs increased their lead to 29-11 at the half. VanCleave had eight points, Gutierrez six and Paullus four as they built their lead to 54-27 in a high scoring third q uarter and V anCleave added four points and Kilkenny three as the M ustangs coasted to the easy win. VanCleave led the Mustangs with 17 points with Paullus added 14 points, G utierrez 12 points and Kilkenny nine. H eppner 15 14 25 14-68 U m atilla 7 4 16 10-37 Heppner- Matthew VanCleave 8 1-5 17, Kory Paullus 7 0-0 14, Josh Gutierrez 6 0-1 12, Rory Kilkenny 4 1-2 9, Mikel Britt 3 0-2 6, Dan Basile 2 0-0 4, Kyle Huddleston 1 0-0 2, Matt Kenny 1 0-0 2, Robert McElligott 0 2-4 2, Roy Proctor 0 0-2 0 and Kyle Carlson. Team: 32 4-16 68. 3-pts: none Umatilla- Evans 4 0-2 9, White 3 0-2 8, Barajas 3 1-2 7, Wilson 2 0-5 4, Navarro 0 3-4 3, Wyland 1 0-0 2, Taylor 1 0-0 2, Uruela 1 0-0 2. Team: 15 4-15 37. 3-pts: White 2 and Evans. Mustang JV boys blow out Huskies By Rick Paullus A 25-1 advantage in the second quarter carried the Heppner M ustang JV boys to an 81 -30 win over the Sherman County Huskies on Saturday, Jan. 17 in Moro. The M ustangs im proved to 9 and 1 on the year and will be at hom e against Pilot R ock on Friday, Jan. 23 and w ill travel to C ulver on Saturday, Jan. 24. The M ustangs took a 19-14 lead after one getting six points from Josh G utierrez and five each from K ory Paullus and M atthew VanCleave and increased it to 44-15 at the half getting six points each from Gutierrez and VanCleave and four ^ from Dan Basile. Mikel Britt had eight points and VanCleave four as the M ustangs took a 58-27 lead after three and got six points from Rory Kilkenny, five each from Britt and Roy Proctor and four from Gutierrez as they coasted through the fourth for the easy win. VanCleave led four M ustangs in double figures with 17 points. G utierrez added 16 points, Britt 15 and K ilkenny added 12 points. H eppner 19 25 14 23-81 Sherm an C ounty 14 1 12 3-30 Heppner- Matthew VanCleave 7 3-4 17, Josh Gutierrez 7 2-2 16, Mikel Britt 6 3-5 15, Rory Kilkenny 6 0-1 12, Kory Paullus 3 1-1 7, Roy Proctor 1 2-2 5, Dan Basile 2 0-0 4, Kyle Carlson 1 0-0 2, Matt Kenny 1 0-0 2, Robert McElligott 0 1-11 and Kyle Huddleston 0 0-10. Team: 34 12-17 8 1 .3-pts: Proctor. Sherman County- Danielson 3 2-6 8, Thompson 2 2-4 6, Wallace 1 3-3 5, Kaseberg 2 0-1 4, Shafer 1 0-0 2, Myers 2 0- 0 4, Guzman 0 1-1 1, Read, Bird, King, Francis and Walker. Team: 11 8-15 30. 3-pts: none Mustangs rout Bulldogs By Rick Paullus The long lay-offbrought about by the inclement weather d id n ’t seem to bother the H eppner M ustangs as they routed the visiting C ulver B ulldogs 78-37 on Tuesday, Jan. 13 in Colum bia Basin Conference play. The Mustangs improved to 3 and 0 in the CBC and 10 and 1 overall and face Pilot Rock at hom e on Friday, Jan. 23 in a key C B C game. The M ustangs ju m p e d out to a 20-7 lead after one, getting six points each from Brian Smith and Luke M urray and four points from Justin BotefuJir. They increased it to 41 -16 at the half getting five points from Kyler Lovgren, four each from Smith and M urray and a 3-pointer from Gus Torres. Sm ith had eight points and Brandon Seitz five a s the M ustangs increased their lead to 58-20 after three and M att VanCleave had 12 points and Brian H aguew ood four as they coasted through the fourth for the easy win. Sm ith finished w ith 18 points, V anCleave 13 and M urray 10 to lead the M ustangs. Lovgren, Torres and Seitz each had seven points. H eppner 20 21 17 20-78 C ulver 7 9 4 17-37 Heppner- Brian Smith 9 0-1 18, Matthew VanCleave 6 1- 2 13, Luke Murray 5 0-2 10, Kyler Lovgren 3 1-2 7, Gus Torres 3 0-0 7, Brandon Seitz 3 1-4 7, Brian Haguewood 3 0-1 I Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - FIVE 6, Aaron Griffith 2 0-14, Justin Botefuhr 2 0-0 4, Chuy Elguezabal I 0-0 2 and Cody Walton. Team: 37 3-13 78. 3-pts: Torres. Culver- Nate Lewis 4 3-4 14, Kyle Blood 3 8-12 14, Casey Boyd 2 1-4 5, Josh O ’Gorman 1 1-2 4, Alex Towell 0 0- Heppner Christian Church volunteers are the hosts for 4 0, Justin Symons 0 0-2 0, Jerred Roen, Andy Hanson, DelRay the W ednesday, Jan. 28 congregate meal at the St. P atrick’s Rohan and Chris Cooper. Team: 10 13-28 37. 3-pts: Lewis and Senior Center, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The m enu for O ’Gorman. that day is chicken casserole, rice, broccoli, fruit salad, rolls and brownies. The legal inform ation m eeting has been postponed. Bill K uhn’s return to Heppner has been delayed. As soon as a new time is arranged it will be advertised on the Heppner TV Bulletin Board (channel 3), as well as by other timely means. By Rick Paullus Both Kuhn and D avid A llen are pleased to be doing the The Heppner M ustang boys’ varsity built an 18-6 lead presentation; both have expressed the im portance o f being in the first quarter and rolled to a 57-29 win over the visiting aware o f risks and ways to be self protective in sensible ways, Umatilla Vikings in Columbia Basin Conference play on Friday, and helpful to each other. Jan. 16. T he M ustangs im proved to 4 and 0 in the CB C and The Oregon Attorney G eneral’s office has published II and 1 overall and are looking to a big game with Pilot Rock suggestions for dealing with door-to-door salespersons. Two at hom e on Friday, Jan. 23 before m aking the long trip to o f them read as follows: C ulver on Saturday, Jan. 24. -Ask the salesperson for his/her license to solicit. Insist T he M ustangs ju m p ed out to a 6-2 lead early on a that person wait outside while you call the agency that issued ju m p e r by Luke M urray and lay-ins by Justin B otefuhr and the license. Look up the number yourself. Do not call a number Brandon Seitz on passes from Chuy Elguezabal. They increased provided by the “sales person”. it to 15-4 on a M urray jum per, a three-point play on a rebound -Watch out if you are told that you have been selected basketball by Brian Smith, another rebound basket by Smith to use a product free o f charge. A ccepting a free item and and a ju m p er by Seitz. Kyler Lovgren hit a long 3-pointer at signing som e kind o f contract to buy m ore, m ay eventually the buzzer and the M ustangs led 18-6 after one. cost you money. T he Vikings got to w ithin 18-11 to open the second, These are suggestions to encourage questions and raise but a ju m p e r by Sm ith, a rebound basket by Seitz and a 3- awareness about other and similar subjects when meeting with pointer by E lguezabal increased the lead to 25-11 w ith the District Attorney David Allen and Bill Kuhn. M ustangs eventually taking a 27-16 lead at the half. M ary G oheen, who has served on the Senior Center Sm ith and M urray scored to open the third to push Board o f D irectors for 10 years, and has been secretary for the lead to 31 -16. Sm ith scored on a pass from Botefuhr, then the board m ost o f those years, has chosen not to be a board Elguezabal hit a 3-pointer, Murray hit a jum per and Seitz made candidate in the election on Jan. 21. She will be recognized for one o f tw o free throw s as the M ustangs took a 39-24 lead her years o f service to the board and also for her support o f after three. the Meal Site activities before they were consolidated with St. The M ustangs put the gam e away early in the fourth Patrick’s operation. She remembers the St. Patrick's weekend when M urray hit a jum per, Smith made two free throws, Seitz as a highlight o f each year’s activities. Often she was cashier at hit one o f tw o free throws, Elguezabal hit a 3-pointer and then the early breakfast at the fairgrounds until recent years; then fed M urray for a lay-in and Zack Skaggs hit one o f tw o free for the potato soup luncheon, staying into the afternoon when throw s to m ake it 50-24. C ody W alton and A aron Griffith pie and coffee were served. scored o ff rebounds and W alton hit a 3-pointer to m ake the final 57-29. Smith led the Mustangs with 15 points, five rebounds, By C la u d ia H u g h es, E xec. Dir. tw o blocked shots and tw o steals. M urray added 10 points and three assists. Elguezabal had nine points, five assists and Congratulations to those receiving the 2003 Chamber five steals. Seitz had eight points, five rebounds, five steals, awards at last w eek’s annual Town and Country Banquet and two blocked shots and two assists. Botefuhr had four rebounds to those who took the tim e to nom inate these citizens o f the and four assists and Brian Haguewood had two steals. year. H eppner 18 9 12 18-58 A slow drive to Heppner, this still wintry morning, gave U m atilla 6 10 8 5-29 me the opportunity to think about people, what m akes them Heppner- Brian Smith 6 3-3 15, Luke Murray 5 0-0 10, tick, m akes them happy, sad, involved or detached. Take the Chuy Elguezabal 3 0-2 9, Brandon Seitz 3 2-4 8, Cody Walton 2 C ham ber m em bers, for instance. In m any ways we are all so 0-2 5, Justin Botefuhr 1 2-2 4, Kyler Lovgren 1 0-0 3, Aaron different, with different priorities and focuses, different interests, Griffith 10-12, Zack Skaggs 0 0-12, Gus Torres 0 0-2 0, Brian different occupations, different family backgrounds, different Haguewood 0 0-10 and Matt Kenny. Team: 22 8-19 57. 3-pts: concerns and different religions. As goals and ideas for the Elguezabal 3, Lovgren and Walton. Cham ber 2004 are discussed, there are m em bers with strong Umatilla- David Adams 5 2-4 12, Trevor Jensen 3 2-5 feelings; som e listening to learn; som e quiet and som e loud; 8, Andre Pharr 2 0-0 4, Vince Strong 1 0-0 2, Justin Bissonette some flexible and others not easily swayed. Deep within, we 1 0-0 2, Michael Palimino 0 0-1 0, David White, Andrew are all much the same: laughing at ourselves, showing respect Marzahino, Erik Ortega, Leonard Rouston and Jose Navarro. to other ideas, trying to m ake a difference, telling it like we Team: 12 4-10 29. 3pts- Andrews. think it is and then, hopefully listening in case we got it wrong, being receptive to other ideas, but holding on to our heartfelt beliefs. Our differences help us grow, and indifference is seldom seen. Indifference accomplishes nothing. Though introverts som etim es prefer to be invisible, no one wishes to be treated By Rick Paullus with indifference when they share an idea or matters close to A big first half carried the Heppner M ustang JV girls their hearts, nor does indifference ever solve problems. I will to a 43-19 win over the Sherman County Huskies on Saturday, forever rem em ber when m y daughter w as tiny. I w as busy Jan. 17 in M oro. The M ustangs im proved to 4 and 5 on the paying bills and she was chattering away at my elbow. Suddenly year and w ill be at hom e on Friday, Jan. 23 and will be at 1 felt a tug on my arm to get my attention and her little voice said, “ M ommy, w hen I’m talking to you, d o n 't say hm m m , C ulver on Saturday, Jan. 24. Lyndi Patton had six points, including a 3-pointer, and like when the soup tastes good, look at me.” Out o f the mouths H eather Yocom had four points as the M ustangs took a 14-2 o f babes, but spoken with such wisdom. Too often in our busy lead after one. Sarah Price then added six points and Yocom lives, w e’re going “ hmmm" and not really hearing. Ballots are in your hands for M easure 30. Please vote four m ore in the second as the M ustangs took a 26-6 lead into and w hile voting, give careful consideration to w hat the the half. outcome will mean for health care, our schools, and our senior Patton had six points and Price four as the M ustangs increased their lead to 36-12 after three and they coasted citizens. The Cham ber o f Commerce, wanting what is best for this community, encourages a Yes vote. This town cannot afford through the fourth to the easy win. Patton led the M ustangs w ith 14 points and five to lose more teachers, medical and senior serv ices. We need rebounds. Price added 12 points on six o f 11 shooting and to rebuild our econom y and not be indifferent to legislative had two steals. Yocom had eight points, seven rebounds and activity. O ur voices do make a difference. As we enter into 2004, Heppner for all seasons, w e'll two steals. Regi Seitz had six rebounds and two assists. Lynan Bingham had two steals and two assists. Sandra Krotzek had try a little harder to merge ideas, listen to each other, respect five assists and Blair Keithley and M ahaley Huddleston each diversity in personalities, m ake some changes, and keep our “hm m m s" to a minimum. When we look each other directly in had four rebounds. the eye, we see m ore, we hear m ore, we learn more. Join us H eppner 14 12 10 7-43 for eye-to-eye contact at noon every Tuesday at John’s Place. Sherm an C ounty 2 4 6 7-19 H eppner- Lyndi Patton 6 1-2 14, Sarah Price 6 0-1 12, H eather Yocom 3 2-3 8, Lynan B ingham 1 3-5 5, Regi Seitz 2 0 -1 4 , Sandra K rotzek 0 0-2 0, B lair K eithley 0 0-1 Prostate cancer is the most com m on cancer am ong 0, M ahaley Huddleston and Ashley Zimmerman. Team: 18 6- American men, and the second deadliest. This year, an estimated 15 4 3 .3-pts: Patton. Sherm an C ounty- S. Bird 1 2-2 4, W eedm an 2 0-0 189,000 m en in the U.S. will be diagnosed with the disease, 4, O lsen 1 1-2 3, Read 1 0-0 2, M abe 0 2-2 2, E. Bird 0 2- and more than 30,000 will die. To educate area m en to the disease, its sym ptom s, 2 2, G ray 1 0-0 2, Vonborstel 0 0-2 0, M elzer, Biddy, m ethods o f early detection, and treatm ents available, the Riehelderfer and Mirsey. Team: 6 7-1019. 3-pts: none A m erican C ancer Society and St. A nthony Hospital will be hosting their monthly Man-to-Man Pendleton Prostate Cancer Support Group. The m eeting is set for M onday, Feb. 2, at 7 p.m., at St. Anthony Hospital - Cascade Room, in Pendleton. K eynote speaker for the m eeting will be D ebby Shampine, physical trainer for the Spirit Program, Round Up Athletic Club. Every support group m eeting is open to all m en A FFO RD A BLE diagnosed with prostate cancer, their wives and other family members. “The meetings give those involved an opportunity to learn more about the disease, and gives them a way to discuss Dental and Life Insurance also Available** their concerns and questions in a confidential setting," said a Individuals and Families group spokesperson. 503 - 201-4669 1 - 800 - 593-1836 For m ore inform ation on the Feb. 2 m eeting, or to learn more about the M an-to-M an Pendleton Prostate Cancer Scotty Scott Licensed Insurance Agent Support Group, call June M iller at (541) 443-6171. St. Patrick’s Senior Center news M ustang boys roll past Vikings Chamber Chatter Mustang JV girls beat Huskies in the first half Prostate cancer support group to meet SELF EMPLOYED? SMALL BUSINESS HEALTH INSURANCE* 'Underwritten by MEGA Ufe 8 Health Insurance Company Home Office: Oklahoma City, OK •‘ Premiums will vary with plan selected M/COMB918 4
