Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 24,2004 - FIVE
Heppner cross still stands after
Engagements
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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
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George Jefferies of Heppner helps place the cross on March 26,
1994.
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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.
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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.
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Leave This to the
Justice Court
S helia Piper, 33, H eppner,
Maintaining Dog as Nuisance,
fine $73.
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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
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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.
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