Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 6, 2004 - SEVEN
Ponies get last second score to beat Vikings
B y R ic k P au llus
It didn’t look good
for the Heppner Ponies on
Friday, Oct 1 until Spencer
Palm er hit a wide open
Bryan Holland and outraced
the U m atilla defense to
com plete
a
68-yard
touchdow n and give the
Ponies a 28-24 win over the
visiting Vikings The Vikings
scored with 37 seconds left
to take a 24-20 lead and
seemingly had the game won
before Palmer took a lateral
pass from Brent Eckman and
when the defense came up to
stop him, he hit Holland in
stride behind the safeties
The Ponies, who
improved to 3 and 0, will be
at Pilot Rock on Friday, Oct
8 at 3 p m
It did n ’t start out
good for the Ponies as the
Vikings recovered an onside
kick to start the game and
scored on a 43-yard run two
plays later The two-point
conversion was good and the
Ponies w ere dow n 8-0
before they knew what hit
them
The Ponies cam e
back with a drive o f their
own after barely recovering
another onside kick attempt
at their 45-yard line Palmer
ran tw ice for 23 yards,
Dalton went for 15 yards
then hit Palmer for eight
more as they got to the nine,
but were unable to get it in
the end zone and the Vikings
took over on downs
The V ikings then
drove right down the field
scoring th eir second
touchdown on a one-yard
run and completed the two-
point conversion to take a
16-0 lead early in the second
quarter
The
Ponies
responded though when
Palmer went off tackle and
broke free for a 53-yard
touchdown then caught the
two-point conversion pass
from Wellman to cut the lead
to 16-8
The Ponies finally
stopped the V ikings on
defense forcing a punt and
got good field position at the
Umatilla 30-yard line after a
bad snap Palmer went 25
yards to the five on first
down then Wellman took it
in from there and they cut the
lead to 16-14 at the half after
the tw o-point conversion
attempt failed
The Ponies defense
again held and forced the
Vikings to punt on their first
possession o f the third
quarter Palmer again broke
free and went for 72 yards
for the go-ahead touchdown
and after the tw o -p o in t
conversion failed, the Ponies
had a 20-16 lead at the end
of three quarters o f play
The Vikings came
back driving to the Ponies
35-yard line before being
forced to punt, which was
downed at the three-yard
line The Ponies were unable
to get a first down and were
forced to punt giving the
V ikings the ball at the
Heppner 35-yard line
The V ikings then
drove in for the go-ahead
score getting it on a nine-
yard run and scored the two-
point conversion to take a
24-20 lead with ju st 37
seconds left
The Ponies took
over at their own twenty-five
after the kick-off' and go no
yards on first down and
seven yards on a scramble by
Eckman to set up the last
play
The Vikings had one
last play, but overthrew the
intended receiver as the horn
sounded
Umatilla 8 8 0 8-24
Heppner 0 14 6 8-28
First Quarter:
U m atilla- 43-yard
run (run good)
Second Quarter:
Umatilla- one-yard
run (pass good)
H eppner- Spencer
Palmer 53-yard run (Palmer
from Dalton Wellman)
Heppner- Wellman
five-yard run (pass failed)
Third Quarter:
Heppner- Palmer 72-
yard run (pass failed)
Fourth Quarter:
Umatilla- nine-yard
am (run good)
H eppner- Bryan
Holland 68-yard pass from
Palmer (Palmer run)
1949 Rodeo Court reunites at 2004 Rodeo
D u rin g th e 20(14 O re g o n T r a il P ro R o d eo , th e 1040 H e p p n e r R odeo C o u r t, th e oldest fu ll c o u rt
th a t could s till get on h o rse b ac k re u n ite d . ( L - R ) : B etts W a lk e r E dssards, D o ro th s W ig lessso rth
G r a h a m , Q u e e n S h irles W ilk in s o n R u g g , Fa y C u ts fo rth an d In g rid H e rm a n Crass fo rd .
Hardman Community Center alive with activity
Raffle to benefit
mural project to
be held
The
M ural
Committee will be holding a
raffle at O ktoberfest All
proceeds will go to the mural
project in hopes it can be
finished this fall
Tickets are one for
$1 or six for $5. There is a
choice of prizes including: a
large fram ed print o f
Heppner, an unframed print
o f the railroad depot and
sheep ranches, original
artwork by Robert Harrison,
or an original oil painting by
Betty Mills
Tickets will be sold
on Oct 9 at the Senior
Center from 10 a m until 4
p nv The drawing will be
held at 4 p m It is not
necessary to be present to
win and your first three
choices of prizes need to be
included on your ticket
A large crown gathered Saturday night for the annual Hardman Community Center “Oyster,
Salmon and Ham Feed.” The event gave area-wide community members a chance to enjoy
good food and good company.
Over 350gathered in
Hardman on Saturday, Oct
2 for the annual Oyster,
Salmon and Ham Feed
While there, participants
were also able to see a part
of Hardman history as they
toured the Center
O rg an izers w ere
glad to see the large turnout,
which was only about 50
people less than the total
from two years ago. There
was a break last year in the
annual event due to lack of
water in Hardman, which
som e believe may have
caused the slightly lower
attendance
H elping
the
Community Center prepare
and cook the meal was the
Heppner Elks Club
Heppner teen tags his first buck
Luke Young (right), 13, an eighth grader at Heppner junior
High took his first 4x4 buck on Saturday, Oct. 2, the second
day of hunting season. Luke was out with his father Bruce
Young (left).
Hospice to offer class on bereavement
Are you a bereaved
adult having trouble facing
the holidays? Pioneer
M em orial H ospice is
sponsoring two identical
seminars entitled “How to
Manage the Holidays” on
Thursday, Nov 4 from 6:30-
9 pm
and again on
Saturday, Nov 6 from 9-
1130 a m at the agency
office in Heppner
Co-leaders, Carolyn
M Willey, Mdiv, and Paul
Smith MSW, LCSW, will
address such topics as: feel
and express your emotions;
individual, as well as family
planning; self-care, and
traditions
Pre-registration o f a
least five persons is required
for each seminar to be held
There is a donation o f $10
per person to help cover
expenses To register, or for
more information, call the
agency office at (541) 676-
2946 or toll free at (800)
737-4113, or write to PO
Box 9, Heppner, OR 97836
by Monday, Oct 25 After
the minimum is met, “walk-
ins” are welcome
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facility opens in Irrigon
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A ribbon cu ttin g
ceremony was held Oct 1 to
com m em orate
the
com pletion o f the new
Irrigon
W astew ater
Treatment Plant
M orrow County,
the Bureau o f Land
Management (BLM), the
O regon Econom ic and
Community Development
Department (OECDD), the
United Stated Department of
A griculture, the O regon
D epartm ent
of
E nvironm ental Q uality
(D E Q ), (U SD A ) Rural
U tilities Service, SCM
Consultants, Inc , KCM Inc ,
and A pollo Inc , were
honored for making the new
facility possible
The new plant, in a
new' location, is designed to
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handle 430,000 gallons per
day or a population of 4 .100
This added cap acity is
expected to serve Irrigon
through 2023 and to protect
ground water from increases
in nitrate levels
For
m ore
info rm atio n
co n tact
Elizabeth Hutchison. DEQ,
hutehison efodbethuAleq stateorus
or (5 4 1 ) 278-8681; or
Patrick Reay. City of Irrigon,
irrigon(ô>oregontrail net or
(541) 922-3047
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