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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 24,2004 - FIVE Heppner cross still stands after Engagements 10 Emmel-Thompson Benefit Spaghetti Feed to be held A benefit Spaghetti Feed for Carol Ford of Irrigon will be held Thursday, M arch 25, 2004 from 4-8 p.m . at R iv e r f r o n t Lodge in Boardm an. The evening will lone Site Council (L-R): Bob and Aloha DeSpain, Bill and Merilee McDowell and Bob and Suzanne Jepsen enjoy completion of cross. Sheryl Emmel and Jared Thompson - George Jefferies of Heppner helps place the cross on March 26, 1994. •* / F rid a y , M a rc h 26 marks the 10"1 anniversary of the placing o f a new steel cross on C ross Hill o verlooking H e p p n e r. T h e c ro s s w as placed on M arch 26, 1994. A w ooden cross was originally placed on the hill in the 1930s by youth in the E p isco p a l, M e th o d ist and Church o f Christ churches. B ack in 1994, Bob Jepsen noticed that the cross w asn ’t on the hill and took B ob D eS pain w ith him to investigate. They found that the wooden cross w as rotted and had fallen dow n. So they put th e ir h e a d s to g e th e r a n d decided to build a steel cross. From this idea, Jepsen a n d D e S p a in a n d m a n y v o lu n te e r s to o k tw o o ld “reaches.” coupling poles from log trucks, and w elded them together to form the cross. They then placed the cross five feet dow n into the solid rock and poured cem ent around it to give it added stability. "It is an old rugged c r o s s ,” s a id Jep sen . Explaining that the reaches had becom e unusable for the log trucks due to bending and wear. In th e b e g in n in g , electricity to light the cross came from a generator and the first time the cross was lit was E a ste r 1994. O n ce A T& T m oved a tow er onto the hill, they offered to dig a ditch and lay buried lines to the cross so that there could be perm anent lighting. AT&T also set up a circuit breaker on the outside o f their fence that could be accessed by those in charge o f the cross. C harge o f the cross was once again bestowed upon the members of the Episcopal Church in Heppner. W henever a light needs ch a n g in g or m aintenance is needed, you w ill see a m em b e r o f the church up there fixing it. Mustangs, Pirates play to 9-9 tie By Rick Paullus The H eppner Mustang baseball team kicked o ff their season with a 9-9 tie after eight innings at Riverside on a w indy Tuesday, M arch 16. The M ustangs are off until T h u r s d a y , A p ril 1 w h e n W ahtonka will be here for a non-league gam e then they take to the road at Colfax, WA for a g am e on Friday and another one on Saturday. The gam e w as scoreless until the top o f the third when C huy Elguezabal reached first on a tw o-out single and scored on a w ind blow n double by Jode Coil. Josh G utierrez reached on an error to move Coil to third and he scored as Kory Paullus reached on another error. The M ustangs added three more in the fourth when with tw o outs, Cody W alton. Elguezabal and Coil walked. Walton scored on a passed ball and Gutierrez had a two-RBI single to m ake it 5-0. T h e P ir a te s c a m e back with a run in the bottom half then added four m ore in the fifth to tie it at 5-5. In th e s ix th , Elguezabal w alked, w ent to third on a sacrifice bunt by Coil and scored on a passed ball, but the lead was short-lived as the Pirates cam e back with three runs in the bottom half to take an 8-6 lead into the seventh. The M ustangs cam e right back though when Kyler Lovgren walked. Kiel N aim s and Walton singled, Elguezahal Sheryl Em m el and Jared Scot T hom pson w ish to announce their engagement. T he bride-elect is the daughter o f Paula Elaine and Darrell Rom ayne Em m el o f Echo. She was hom e schooled and graduated in 2001. She is currently em ployed by Emmel Brothers’ Ranch. The groom -elect is the son o f Kim ber Lee and Leslie Lee Thom pson o f lone. He was home schooled and graduated in 2000. He is currently employed by Don McElligott Ranches. The wedding has been set for Saturday, May 1,2004, at Emmel Brothers' Ranch in Prairie City. Wall-Nelson Christina Wall and Nick Nelson D ennis and Babette Wall o f H eppner announce the w alked to force in a run and engagement of their daughter. Christina Michelle to Nick Reed N aim s scored on a wild pitch Nelson. to tie it at 8-8. The bride-elect graduated from M olalla High School In the eighth, Paullus in M olalla. She received a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural reached on an infield single and B usiness M anagem ent from M ontana State U niversity- w en t to th ird w h e n N ick Bozeman in 1999. She works as a credit analyst for Columbia Christman reached on an error River Bank. and later scored on a wild N elson is the son o f Veril and B arbie N elson o f pitch. Oakland. He graduated from Oakland High School and earned T h e P ir a te s c a m e a bachelor o f science in agriculture from C alifornia State back with a run to tie it in the University-Chico and an MAT from Oregon State University. bottom half and the game was He is an A griculture Science and Technology instructor at called on account o f darkness. Hermiston High School. Elguezabal went four The couple will be m arried July 2 at The C ottage in innings striking out nine while Hermiston. walking none, giving up three hits and one run. He also went tw o for three scoring three runs w ith an RBI. G utierrez had tw o RBI and Coil scored twice going one for one. “ H e p p n e r 0 0 2 301 21-9 8 5 R iv e rsid e 0 0 0 143 Removing a kite tangled in 01-9 7 5 C h u y E lg u e z a b a l, power lines is a job best left Nick Christman (5), Jode Coil to utility workers wearing (7) and Coil, Elguezabal (7); Roy N unez, Shaw n Dirksen protective gear. If you try to (5 ) , A.J. Phipps (6), D irksen remove it, you run the risk o f (6 ) , N unez (8) and D erek being electrocuted. When Hancock. 2B- Coil (H); Cody N ailor (R). 3B- none. HR- flying a kite, stay away from none. The lone Site Council met M onday, M arch 15, in the school staff room. M inutes of the previous m eeting were approved. Under old business the c o u n c il d isc u s s e d the test results o f students in grades 3, 5 ,8 and 10 over the past three years. It was agreed the scores are m isle a d in g due to the num bers taking the tests and the fact th at a new set o f students take the test every year. It w as discovered the eighth grade students taking the tenth grade m ath benchm ark test w ere not counted at the state level. The council cam e u p w ith th e f o llo w in g suggestions: - S e t th e te s tin g calendar at the beginning of the school year. The initial test should be given in February and the second test at the end o f April or the first o f May. -H a v e o ff-g ra d e t e s tin g , p r e f e r a b ly s ta te designed. -H av e an administrator conference with s tu d e n ts a n d p a r e n ts o f students w ho do not pass the benchm ark tests. -O n te x t a d o p tio n years the adoption comm ittee should consider texts that meet state requirements. -In d iv id u als should work with the ESD and school system to fix the rating system. C h a irm a n D ean R o b in s o n a n n o u n c e d th e second inservice for the three e le m e n ta ry te a c h e rs w ere approved, with funding from the foundation. T h e C a rd in a l b o y s and girls basketball teams were commended for making it to the district tournam ent Del LaRue was recognized as N ational Coach of the Year. Winners o f the E lk ’s eye poster contest w ere 1st- Jake T rahan, 2nd- Shelby W iggers and 3rd- RJ Ramos. The next meeting of the lo n e S ite C o u n c il w ill be M onday, April 19 at 5 p.m. in the staff room. a l s o in c lu d e m u s ic a l e n a tn m t Ir cost will be $ 7 .9 5 a plate, b e v e ra g e extra’ and The event is s p o n s o re d by R iv e rfro n t Lodge and Sysco Foods. For more information contact G racie at 922-5788, Diane at 571 -3745 or David at 481-6800. DA’s Report Julie Lee Buckles was convicted o f Possession of a C on tro lled S ubstance 2, a Class-C felony. Buckles was s e n te n c e d to 18 m o n th s supervised probation, 30 days in jail, 80 hours of community service and paym ent o f $914 in fines and fees. T r a v is J u s tin Copenhaver was convicted of A ttem pting to Elude Police/ V ehicle, a C lass-C felony r e d u c e d to a C la s s - A misdemeanor. C openhaver’s license was suspended for 90 days, and he w as sentenced to 180 suspended days in jail, 24 m onths bench probation, 40 hours of community service and paym ent of $876 in fines and fees. D ia n a H e r n a n d e z a d m itte d to v io la tio n o f p r o b a tio n a lle g a tio n fo r Possession o f a C ontrolled S u b s ta n c e . H e r n a n d e z ’ probation was revoked and r e in s ta te d a n d sh e w a s sentenced to 15 days in jail, a one year probation extension from date of original expiration and completion of an inpatient drug treatment program. R ic a rd o L epez- M e n d o z a p le d g u ilty to Possession o f a C ontrolled Substance, a Class-C felony. L e p e z-M e n d o za w as s e n te n c e d to 18 m o n th s formal probation, 80 hours of community service, completion o f a drug treatm ent package and paym ent of $921 in fines and fees. . _ ay ^ E m ily l We Love "You I Gram fi Grampa joe Leave This to the Justice Court S helia Piper, 33, H eppner, Maintaining Dog as Nuisance, fine $73. We Print Business power lines. Use dry string, and make sure your kite contains absolutely no metal. Never fly a kite in stormy or wet weather. Cards Heppner G a zette-T im e 676-9228 Carol Ford a 1 1 proceeds will go to a fund for Ford. Ford w as diagnosed with a rare kind o f leukem ia and has had tw o stem cell transplants. COLUMBIA BASIN ELECTRIC CO-OP
