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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - SEVEN Team Oregon offers motorcycle safety class The Team O regon Motorcycle Safety Program is sp o n so rin g a basic motorcycle rider course in P endleton M arch 11-13. This 15-hour course includes both classroom and on-cycle in s tru c tio n and will be conducted over a three-day period Enrollment is limited and p re -re g is tra tio n is required Motorcycles and helm ets are provided for stu d en t use during the course. Tuition is $95. M otorcycle riders under the age o f 21 must successfully complete this course to become eligible for a motorcycle endorsement on their Oregon operator’s license DMV will waive motorcycle examinations for course graduates. T he C ard in al Booster Club met Monday, Feb 7 at the school library, F o r re g istra tio n w ith fiftee n m em bers information, visit the Team present President Lynn Dee O reg o n w eb site at R am os re p o rte d High teamorgon.orst edu or call P e rfo rm a n ce S igns in into the office at (800) 545- H ermiston is looking for 9944 to speak w ith the paint for the cafeteria to c u sto m e r serv ice match the gymnasium paint department Ron Bowman is in The Team O regon c h arg e o f th e M orrow Motorcycle Safety Program C o u n ty G rain G ro w ers is sp o n so red by O regon Ione/Heppner booster club State U niversity and the dinner The athletic directors O regon D ep artm en t o f will meet with him to set a T ra n sp o rta tio n . Team date and make preliminary O regon’s goal is to foster plans MCGG is donating and p ro m o te safe $ 1500 toward expenses for m o to rcy c le o p e ra tio n the dinner th ro u g h q u ality rid e r Jeri M cEUigott is ed u catio n p ro g ram s and making a list o f names o f public in fo rm a tio n individuals and businesses campaigns. Team Oregon is who donated to the track funded by a fee on p ro je c t so they can be m o to rc y c le licen se recognized on a sign endorsements. A th letic D ire c to r Dean Robinson is looking into c re atin g an lo n e Spray Rodeo and Queen tryout dates set T he 58th annual Spray Rodeo will be held May 28 and 29, 2005. B Bar D Rodeo’s will furnish the stock o f the rodeo once again. 2004 R odeo Announcer of the year, Scott Allen will also be returning. New this year will be clown/ barrel man Ike Pryor from Yakima, WA Also there will be some new sounds from Jason Buchanan who owns Pro Rodeo Music and Sound and does sound for rodeos, bullridings and motorsports all over the Northwest The ro d eo queen tryouts will be held March 26 at 1 p m. at the Spray rodeo grounds. The 2004 Queen B ritta n y P helps w ill go Cardinal Booster Club news through the pattern for the contestants. Contestants do not have to be local or Wheeler County residents. They must be at least 15 years old and never been married For an application or further information call (541) 468-2442. Also there will be a clay pigeon shoot sponsored by the Friends o f the Spray Rodeo from 10 a m. to 4 p.m , Saturday, Feb. 26 at Kimberly Rock Products, lo cated at the nine-m ile marker on Hwy. 402, west o f M onument Prizes and cash will be available to the winners o f each shoot. The cost is $2 for five shots. C oncessions will also be available Schools’ Hall o f Fame to honor past athletes The club agrees to provide $ 100 per day to both the girls’ and boys’ teams attending district play-offs Superintendent Bryn Browning reported the gym flo o r passed a safety inspection Som e o f the boards are breaking but have been temporarily fixed The club voted to purchase one dozen hats for th e com m unity band m em bers They will be honored at the last home game Karen Padberg was honored for recognizing the best-dressed players at the basketball games and for organizing the sub sandwich sack dinners for visiting teams The next meeting o f the Cardinal Booster Club will be Monday, March 7 at 7 p.m. at the school library. Ready to Read grant awarded to Library District The O regon Trail been used across Oregon to Library District has received purchase children’s library a $3060 grant to improve m aterial's, hire s ta ff to public library services to provide library programs, children. Marsha Richmond, bring library services and director o f the OTLD, states materials to at-risk children that the grant Hinds will be and to provide children’s used for materials for the c o m p u te r equipm ent in current library pre-school libraries. The Ready to Read story hours and the District’s grant was established to new First Steps program assist local lib raries in First Steps is a new helping to ach iev e the library outreach program, O regon B enchm arks for which brings monthly story ch ild h o o d learn in g and teller v isits to daycares, development preschools and Head Start State Librarian Jim classes within the District Scheppke noted that since and free b o o k s for the the Ready to Read grant c h ild ren serv ed by th e program began in 1993, program library services to children The Ready to Read have in creased by 80 g ran t pro g ram w as percent. “This program is estab lish ed by the 1993 really h e lp in g c h ild ren High school bowlers challenge Oregon Legislature and is develop early literacy skills, administered by the Oregon begin school ready to learn Shamrock Lanes adult teams H eppner and lone After completing the State Library. Since 1993, and develop a lifelong love high school b o w lers p relim in ary ro u n d s, the the Ready to Read grant has o f reading ” challenged the Shamrock adults’ teams finished first, A dult League, Saturday, Heppner boys second, lone Rietmann elected SMCST president Feb. 12 at Shamrock Lanes, boys third, Heppner girls On Jan. 31, Bill established several years ago w ith p ro p rie to r Terry fourth and lone girls fifth R ietm ann o f lo n e w as to provide funds to grant Lupinacci, head coach and In the semi-finals, elected p resid en t o f the scholarships to graduating D uane N eiffer, assistant the placing stayed the same. South M o rro w C ounty seniors from Heppner and coach, guiding the youth In the finals, however, the Scholarship Trust for the lone high schools and to take through 30 games matches ended with adults 2005 year at the SMCST’s the place o f the Troedson first, lone boys second and annual meeting in Heppner Scholarship Fund, which will Del L aR ue w as e lected Heppner boys third M a g n e tic be discontinued in the year Both Heppner and tre a s u re r and Sharon 2023. D o o r S ig n s lo n e high school team s H arrison secretary. Barb Application for this H ERE travel to The Dalles for the H ayes w as elec te d vice y e a r ’s sch o la rsh ip s are d istric t to u rn a m e n t on president. Board members available in the form o f H eppner (¡azette-T im es Saturday, Feb. 20 serving are Martha Munkers, computer disk at both high 676-922H Missy Cutsforth and Carri schools and from Sharon Grieb. 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M ontes was sentenced to 58 months in jail and th re e years probation 1 - 800 - 862-8508 1 - 541 - 481-0992 IMS boys’ “A” team splits at tournament B> Beth Morter D ufur” The lo n e M iddle School boys’ “A” team went to a tournament in Sherman County on Saturday, Feb 5 The first game the Cardinals played was against The Dalles and they played two 20-minute halves In the first half, th e C ardinals scored 16 points and The Dalles Indians scored 34 points In the second half, the C ard in als sco red seven points, but the Indians again outscored them scoring 17 points The final score was 51-23, the Indians pulled away with the win Clay Morter lead the Cardinals in scoring with 12 points, Cory Peterson and S torm y K endrick each scored three points, Matt Hams and Mikey Raible both scored two points and Matt Coleman scored one point. “Even though the kids got beat in the semi finals to The Dalles, I was very proud o f the way they didn’t give up,” said Coach M ike G arrett. “ Ten kids scored for The Dalles and when you have that kind o f depth it is hard to keep up They handled the press very good and that gave us some confidence going into this w eekend’s tournam ent in The second game o f the day that the Cardinals played w as ag ain st St Mary’s In the first half, the Cardinals scored 26 points and St Mary’s scored only nine points In the second half both teams scored 22 points each, but with the Cardinals already leading, they took home the victory with a final score o f 48-31 Morter was the top scorer for the Cardinals with 23 points, Hams scored nine points, K endrick scored seven po in ts, P e te rso n scored th ree p o in ts and Coleman, Luke Bradfield and RJ Ramos all scored two points each “We jumped on them early and played some great defense I was really pleased with the third place finish at this tournament There were some big schools and the kids played g re a t,” said C oach G arrett. “ We are looking forward to playing Fossil in lone on Friday and finishing the season at Dufur on Saturday. Clay M orter played his best game o f the season and I was happy to see M ikey Raible take a great shot in The Dalles game. It was a good weekend for the kids.” IMS girls’ “A” team compete in Dufur tournament Brenna Rietmann, By Beth Morter The lo n e M iddle School g irls ’ “ A” team traveled to Dufur for an all day tournament on Feb 12. The first game that the Cardinals played was ag ain st the A rlin g to n Goslings. They played two 10-minute running halves In the first half, the Cardinals sco red n othing and the Goslings scored six points In th e second half, the Cardinals scored five points, but the Goslings scored four points and took the win with a final score o f 10-5. H eath er W iggers banked in three points, and Beka DesBouillons added two points “The girls came out really sluggish for the first half o f the first game We only shot 16 percent from the free-throw line and that really hurt us In the second half they picked it up, but they just couldn’t make up for the first half deficit,” said coach Lynn Dee Ramos The second game o f the day that the Cardinals played w as against the Sherman County Huskies In the first half, the C ardinals o u tsco red the Huskies by two with a score of 8-6. In the second half, the Cardinals scored nothing, while the Huskies scored three points The Huskies went away with the victory with a score o f 9-8 Brianna Peterson, Tori Heagy, Beth Morter and Wiggers all swished in two points each “ The girls played hard in this gam e, but Sherman held us to zero points in the second half We were zero for two from the free-throw line,” said Coach Ramos The third game o f the day for the Cardinals was against St Mary 's Academy In the first half, the Cardinals just couldn't get their shots to fall and scored no points while St Mary's scored six points In the second half, the Cardinals came alive and scored eight points, but so did St Mary's and they had the victory with a final score o f 14-8 \ DesBouillons, M orter and Lynzee Sjurset all dropped in two points and everyone else came off the bench strong for the Cardinals “ We just co u ld n ’t seem to put tw o halves together. We took a lot of shots at the basket in the first half, but n o th in g was dropping in We shot 100 percent form the free-throw line Beth Morter made two for two from the line,” said Coach Ramos In the fourth game of the day, the Cardinals took on the Echo Cougars for a challenging match In the first half, the Cardinals scored two points and the C ougars scored three, the Cardinals trailing by one point In the second half, the Cardinals scored only one point, while the Cougars scored two points, leaving the final score at 5- 3, the C ougars with the victory. DesBouillons scored two points and Camarillo scored one points “ This w as a very evenly matched game on offense and defense The girls played hard but just couldn’t come out on top We shot 50 percent from the free-throw line,” said Coach Ramos The fourth and final gam e that the C ardinals played was against the Dufur Rangers In the first half, the C ardinals o u tsco red the Rangers by one point with a score o f 4-3 In the second half, the Rangers took over the lead scoring 15 points while the C ardinals only scored 10 points The final score o f the game was 18- 14, the Rangers with the victory Rietmann swished in six points, Camarillo banked in fo u r p o in ts, and DesBouillons and Peterson both added two points “The girls came out and played the best that they had all day They worked really hard on offense and defense and I was really proud o f how they played We were zero for four from the free-throw line ” t
