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
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Both Heppner and tre a s u re r and Sharon
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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 ”
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