Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - SEVEN
lone and Heppner Roll ‘Em Straight
Down the Alley at Districts
Chess Mates compete in regional tournament
(Back Row L-R): TeacherSherry Malteson, Ashley Wolff, Emily Thompson, Tomas Elguezabal Ian
Murray, Zach Hintzand Mary Ann Elguezabal; (Front Row L-R): Justin Pranger, Conner Pappas, Joe
Armato and Alex Smith.
The Chess Mates, the Conner Pappas, who received adjudicators for the event. The
lone boys* varsity (L-R): Paul Neiffer, James Acock, Johnny Collin, Kyle Palmateer H eppner Elem entary School second place honors for all
C hess M ates received third
and Bill Ross
c h e s s c lu b , t r a v e le d to fourth graders.
p la c e a w a r d s fo r b o th
T he group had some
H erm iston last Saturday to
divisions.
compete in the Regional Chess special coaching from Wayne
M rs. A lle n , M rs.
for Success Tournament. The Seitz w ho helped w ith their Matteson and Mrs. Elguezabal
to p e ig h t p la y e r s fro m e n d g a m e . T h e c o a c h in g a re v e ry p ro u d o f all the
H eppner
w ere
E m ily proved helpful because the players and appreciate the
T h o m p so n , A sh ley W olff, club had m ore draw s than parent volunteers and all the
T o m a s E lg u e z a b a l, la n losses this year. All o f the organizations that have given
M urray, Joe A rm ato, Justin players played five games and donations for this wonderful
Pranger, Conner Pappas, Zach everyone w on at least one education opportunity for our
H intz, and A lex Sm ith. The m atch . M ik e A rm a to and students.
Pappas
w e re
only player w ho placed w as J a m e s
Bunny Barn takes 29 first place awards
lone boys’junior varsity (Back Row L-R): Arthur Ekstrom, Tim Doherty and Jason
Zinter; (Front Row L-R): Austin Arballo and Taylor McElligott.
(L-R): Judge Randy Shumaker, Kathy Tellechea and Pam Renfro, shown with KT’s
Jorja and Depekoe.
K T ’S B u n n y B arn
W in n in g B e s t o f
brings hom e 29 first place Breed both days and Best In
aw ards from the V ancouver Show on Sunday w as K T 'S
I s la n d R a b b it B r e e d e r s Jorja, a senior C astor M ini
A ssociation Show s held on Rex doe. A lso w inning Best
Feb. 14-15, in Victoria B.C.
O p p o s ite (b e s t b u c k ) on
Sunday was K T ’S Depekoe,
ajuniorCastor Mini Rex buck.
The next shows are in
Enumclaw, W Aon M arch 6.
Recap of the Ponies girls’ season
lone girls' team (L-R): Amy Jepsen, Amanda Emery, Brittnee DesBouillons, Kasie By Molly Rhea
Peterson and Katie Hams.
By Kasie Peterson
T he lone and H eppner
bow ling team s com peted at
th e
D i s tr i c t
B o w lin g
Tournam ent in Herm iston on
S u n d a y , F e b . 15. T h e
tournam ent lasted all day; it
started at 8 a.m . and d id n ’t
end until 6 p.m.
Duane Neiffer, lone's
bow ling coach, brought tw o
b o y s’ team s and one g irls’
team. The bo y s’ varsity team
consisted o f Jam es A cock,
Johnny C ollin, Paul Neiffer,
K yle P a lm a te e r an d B illy
Ross. T hey m ade it to the
sem ifinals and placed fifth
o v e ra ll. T h e b o y s ’ ju n io r
v a r s ity in c lu d e d A u s tin
Arballo, Tim Doherty, Arthur
Ekstrom , Taylor M cE lligott
and Jason Zinter. They put in
a great effort and placed eighth
overall. T he first-ever lone
g i r l s ’ te a m c o n s is te d o f
B r ittn e e D e s B o u illo n s ,
Am anda Emery, Katie Hams,
A m y J e p s e n a n d K a s ie
Peterson. Kristal Temple was
also a big part o f the girls' team
b u t c o u l d n ’t b e a t th e
tournam ent. The lone g irls’
team made it to the semifinals
and also placed fifth overall.
B rittnee D esB ouillons also
a c h ie v e d a f o u r th p la c e
individual all-star title for her
outstanding bowling.
Terry Lupinacci w as
the H eppner bow ling coach
and brought one b o y s’ team
and one g irls ’ team to the
district tournament. The boys’
team finished seventh. The
g irls ’ team did a great jo b at
semifinals, made it to finals and
finished third overall.
T he to p tw o b o y s ’
and girls' teams get to compete
a t th e s ta te b o w lin g
tournam ent in B eaverton on
M arch 6 and 7. P endleton
boys played a stellar fin al’s
gam e o f 246 points to achieve
their first place standing. One
o f the Hermiston boys’ team s
placed second. The Hermiston
g irls’ team will go to state in
first place and the Pendleton
girls in second.
D o o r S ig n s
HERE
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Workshop
rescheduled
A c o lo r e d p e n c il
w orkshop that was offered in
February will to be held March
20-21 in H eppner at the Fair
Annex. The class will be taught
by S a n d ra H ay n es o f
Heppner. T his class is being
offered to beginners as well as
advanced students.
Call Judie Laughlin at
676-9781 for information and
r e g is tr a tio n . C o s t o f th e
instruction is $80 prepaid plus
pencils. Drawing material will
be provided.
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basketball, Tim VanCleave,
coached the seventh graders
to a six and six season.
This y e a r’s seventh
grade roster included Maggie
A rm ato , B rittn ey B oothe,
Kendra Cleveland, Stephanie
Cutsforth, M ercedes Garrett,
D e stin y G e o rg e , C h e lse y
H edm an, K aylee H elfrecht,
S h e r ily n P e c k , K a th ry n
Strouse, M elissa W est and
Kassey Wilson.
T h is team w en t to
Stanfield for the seventh grade
to u rn a m e n t, a fte r h a n d ily
defeating Pilot Rock; they lost
to W esto n /A th en a by one
W ith th e H e p p n e r
point in a loser-out game. The
Junior High g irls’ basketball
Stanfield seventh grade team
season officially in the books
w ent on to win the tournament.
it is high time to publish a little
1 had the pleasure o f
new s about our season.
co ach in g the e ig h th -g rad e
T h e s e v e n th a n d
team , new to the Junior High
eighth grade girls have a six-
p ro g ram I w as p le a sa n tly
week season, January through
surprised at the willingness and
m id-February. We enjoyed a
te n a c ity th e s e a th le te s
24-m em ber roster this year
demonstrated.
w ith tw elve girls from each
T he eig h th -g ra d e rs
grade turning out for the team.
finished the season 13-1. The
In his seventh year o f
w in s w e re u s u a lly q u ite
c o a c h in g j u n i o r
h ig h
lopsided, though the girls put
to g e th e r a 5 2 -5 0 d o u b le
overtime win against one o f the
From the Heppner Gazette-Times, Thursday, July 20, Pendleton teams. The solo loss
1916: “This past w eek has been a busy one for J.H. Cox, the came at the hands o f the other
m oving contractor. Early in the week he moved a bam on the Pendleton eighth grade team.
premises o f William LeTrace. On the property o f Henry Johnson
T he m ighty tw elve
he moved the remains o f the Johnson house which was recently in clu d es: Jen n a B ow m an,
gutted by fire, to the lot adjoining the Brennan blacksmith shop. A ftan Betsinger, C yde Coil,
A fter m oving a house on W illow Street for Frank Roberts, K ylie Doherty, K elsie Fox,
Mr. Cox proceeded dow n the street to the com er o f W illow S a ra h J o h n s o n , B a illie
and G ale Streets w here he and his co-w orkers set about K eithley, T aylor K em p as,
transferring the city hall from its old location to the lot adjoining K a tie K ilk e n n y , W h itn e y
on Gale Street. After he has completed the concrete foundation, M atthew s, M egan Orr, and
the old Baptist church, recently purchased by the city, will be Kendra Rayburn.
m oved by Mr. C ox to the c o m e r o f W illow and G ale street
T hese girls bring a
w here it will be rem odeled and put in proper shape for the great deal o f competitive spark
reception o f the city fathers and will hereafter be the hom e o f into the gym. They work hard
H eppner's law making body.”
a n d a re s e r io u s a b o u t
Note: The old Baptist church sat on the com er w here improving. This group will be
D evin’s C hevron now stands. The sam e com er the old Fair one to watch as they advance
building stood. The church w as built in 1878.
to the high school level.
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