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
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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
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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
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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
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St. Patrick’s Senior Center news
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Vikings
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Huskies in the first half
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