Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 30,2005 - THREE
Mustangs split in Colfax
By Rick Paullus
Senior Jode Coil hit
for the cycle and drove in six
runs to help the Heppner
Mustangs baseball team beat
the Colfax Bulldogs 14-5 on
Saturday, March 26 and earn
a split o f their w eekend
games The Mustangs, 2 and
1 on the year, lost to the
Freeman Bulldogs 7-4 on
Friday, March 25, also in
Colfax, WA The Mustangs
will be at home on Friday,
April 1 against the Grant
Union P rospectors at 12
p m., then they will take a
long trip to Warrenton on
Saturday for a doubleheader
beginning at noon.
A gainst Freem an,
the Mustangs jumped out to
an early 2-0 lead when Coil
led off with a double and
scored on a two-out Nick
Christman single. Christman
stole second and ended up at
the third when Quinn Peck
walked and scored when
Peck stole second.
After the Bulldogs
took a 3-2 lead in the third,
the M ustangs came back
with two more in the fourth
when Tony Bolin doubled,
Dan
B asile
w alked,
Christman walked with two
out, Bolin scored on an error
by the catcher and after Coil
had reached base by getting
hit by a pitch, Basile scored
on a passed ball.
The Bulldogs came
back with two runs in the
fifth and two more in the
sixth to take a 7-4 lead and
the M ustangs c o u ld n ’t
respond even though they
had runners on base in the
sixth and seventh innings
C oil was one for
three, with a double and
scored a run. Kyle Carlson
w as one for tw o and
Christman was one for four
with an RBI and scored a
run. '
The M ustangs out
hit the Bulldogs 6-4 but gave
up 10 walks, hit four batters
and committed three errors.
T he
M ustangs
jumped out early against the
Colfax Bulldogs when Coil
singled and stole second
Kory Paullus had an RBI
double, Christman had an
RBI single, Peck reached on
an error, Christman scored
when Bolin reached on an
error and Basile had an RBI
sacrifice fly to make it 4-0.
In the second, Coil
hit a homerun into the wind
to right field, Josh Gutierrez
singled, Paullus sacrificed
him to second and scored on
a Christman double to make
it 6-0.
They added th ree
more in the third when Basile
doubled, C olton H anson
reached on an error, Matt
Kenny moved them up with
a sacrifice bunt and Coil
scored both with a double
Gutierrez then singled home
Coil to make it 9-0
The Bulldogs didn’t
roll over though as they
came back to get within 9-
5, but the Mustangs came up
with a five-run sixth to put
the game away. Christman
reached on an error, Peck
and Bolin w alked, Cody
Hollis was hit by a pitch to
force in a run, Sloan Keithley
had an RBI single and Coil
finished his cycle with a
bases clearing triple and
make the final 14-5.
Gutierrez went five
innings to pick up the win
and Carlson pitched tw o
scoreless in relief.
Coil went four for
five with six RBI and scored
three times. Christman went
two for five with two RBI
and Gutierrez went two for
four.
Freeman 7, Heppner
4
Freeman 003 022 0-
743
Heppner 200 200 0-
463
Lewis, Altmeyer (4),
Hedges (5), Szymanoski (7)
and Horlem; Jode Coil, Tony
Bolin (6) and Quinn Peck.
W- Hedges. L-Coil. 2 8 -
Lewis (F); Coil, Bolin (H).
3B- none. HR-none.
Heppner 14, Colfax
Heppner 423 005 0-
14 13 3
Colfax 001 310 0-5
84
Josh Gutierrez, Kyle
Carlson (6) and Peck; Matt
Johnson, Van Dreesen (5),
N athan Johnson (7) and
Doering. W- Gutierrez. L-
M. Johnson. 2B- Coil, Kory
Paullus, Nick Christman,
Dan Basile (H); Doering (C).
3B- Coil (H) HR- Coil (H).
OIT announces Winter 2005
President’s List
The following students have been named to the 2005
winter term president’s list at Oregon Institute of Technology.
Inclusion requires a 3.7 gpa and above. Only full-time students
(12 credit hours or more) are eligible for academic honors.
Local students include: Melissa Cutsforth, Heppner,
Radiologic Science; Melany Hancock, Boardman, Dental
Hygiene; Jeffrey Grigsby, Irrigon, Software Engineering
Technology and Rebecca McNamee, Irrigon, Radiologic
Science.
Gates joins Pacific University
handball team
A recital is planned
for Thursday, April 7 at the
United Church o f Christ in
lo n e
A ccording
to
sp o k esp e rso n ,
Sarah
Carlson, “The recital will
feature local youth who have
prepared musical selections
for adjudications or various
competitions throughout the
region this w in ter.” The
recital will include a variety
o f m usic p erfo rm ed on
violin, piano and harp The
performers ages range from
eight to 17.
“ The pieces to be
performed represent months
of practice The young artists
wanted to hold a recital so
local family and friends could
enjoy the m u sic ,” said
Carlson
Many of the students
performing in the recital are
m em bers o f the W illow
C reek Sym phony w hose
concert is scheduled for
Friday, April 15 in Heppner
D onations will be
accepted at the recital to
benefit the local W illow
Creek Symphony. All are
invited to attend The recital
will begin at 7 p m , and will
be followed by a reception
SWCD to host 2005 Conservation
Poster Contest
Billy Gates with his fourth place handhall plaque.
lone graduate Billy
Gates has discovered a new
outlet for his athletic ability
A standout athlete at lone
High School in football,
b asketball and baseball,
Gates is now a freshman at
Pacific U niversity and a
m em ber o f the co lleg e
handball team Gates took a
handball class fall semester
to round out his schedule
and found he had a talent for
it.
This w in ter he
placed fourth at the Oregon
S in g les
H andball
Tournament in Corvallis and
traveled with a team of 14
to the National Collegiate
Tournament in Minneapolis,
MN where the team placed
fourth overall Next month
he will co m p ete in the
O regon
D oubles
Tournament and the Pacific
Northwest Regionals.
Gates plans to focus 2004 Poster Contest Winners (L-R): Jordan Mittclsdorf, Luis
on baseball over the summer, Lopez, Shannon Callow and Janiva Lomas.
rejoining the Hermiston Heat
in the A m erican Legion
Baseball League
Students attend youth leadership
conference
realized the importance of
S tu d en ts
from
Heppner High School were
invited to attend this year’s
Youth
L eadership
Conference, formerly known
as the H ispanic Youth
Leadership Conference The
conference was held on
Tuesday, March 8
The
co n feren ce
focuses primarily on helping
stu d en ts develop good
attitudes for success. Some
o f the co n feren ce goals
included helping the students
develop leadership skills and
helping students to see the
im portance o f furthering
their education, as well as
setting individual goals to
achieve what they want from
life.
O verall,
the
conference was a success.
S tu d en ts from different
schools around the area
attended It was an all-day
conference, which included
the sp eak ers and th ree
sessions. Lunch was
provided, as well as a dance
A
num ber
of
students were hesitant at the
opening o f the conference
about whether or not they
were going to attend college
As the day progressed, they
taking that important step
into their future
G ustavo
(G us)
Torres, Fransisco (Paco)
Escalante, Ignacio (Nacho)
Elguezabal, Brenda Victorio
and HHS Spanish teacher,
P e tra
E lguezabal,
rep resen ted HHS at the
conference Although it was
a small group, they made
their presence known.
“This year was my
third year at the conference,’’
said Victorio. “Every year it
gets b etter and b etter I
w ould recom m end it to
everybody I know. If you
walk in with an open mind,
you will learn so much and
m aybe m ake som e new
friends. 1 look forward to
going next year.”
WCCC to hold
cleanup day
W illow
C reek
Country Club will hold a
c o u rse cleanup day on
Saturday, April 2 starting at
9 a m. Members who can
help are asked to bring
shovels, rakes, etc.
The m en’s kickoff
b re a k fast will be held
Sunday, April 3 at 8 a m
o
o
2004 Poster Contest winner (L-R): Elizabeth Bashaw.
The annual poster
contest is a great way to
“celebrate co n serv atio n ”
which is the theme for this
year. Any Morrow County
K-12 student may enter;
home-schooled students are
also
en co u rag ed
to
participate Teachers may
re q u e st
ed u catio n al
materials to aid classroom
participation in the contest
P rizes will be
aw arded in five g rad e
divisions (K -l, 2-3, 4-6, 7-9
and 10-12) The grand-prize
winner in each division will
advance to the state contest
in the fall o f this year State
and national contest prizes
include US Savings Bonds
The students who
won in their category last
year were: 4th-6th Division:
1st- Janiva L om as, 2nd-
Elizabeth Bashaw and 3rd-
Shannon Callow; and 7lh-9lh
D ivision:
1*‘- Jordan
Mittelsdorf, 2nd- Luis Lopez;
and 3rd- Lynnelle Bowie
Schools participating were
Columbia Middle School,
Windy River Elementary and
Irrigon Elementary
If you would like to
receive an entry form ,
complete contest rules and a
poster tip sheet, please leave
a m essage fo r M erilee
McDowell at the Morrow
SWCD office, 676-5452 ext
101 The poster deadline is
June 3, 2005.
Prostate cancer support group
schedules monthly meeting
D
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WHEN OFFER IS CONTINGENT
Fashion
Creations
o
Local youth musicians to present
recital
W hen a buyer m akes an o f­
fer to buy. it may be contingent
upon c e r ta in fa c to r s. T h is
m eans the buyer may w ish to
in clu d e certa in stip u la tio n s
w hich, if not met. w ill render
the offer null and void
The most common stipula­
tion is that the offer is contin­
gent upon the buyer receiving
appro\ al for a loan If the buy­
er is turned down for the loan,
then the offer becom es history.
The buyer may also w ant the
offer to be subject to a number
o f in spection s, ranging from
structural, termite, radon gas,
to home w arranty . If an inspec­
tion discovers there is a prob­
lem . the buy er may d ecide not
to buy the hom e
In an y c a s e , rea l e s ta te
agents and sellers w ill usually
require that contingencies be
removed as soon as possible by
giv ing a deadline when the con­
tin g e n c y m ust be rem oved
This is to prevent the hom e
from being o ff the market for
too long in ca se the buy er d e­
cides not to go through vv ith the
transaction.
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P ro state
cancer
usually has no o u tw ard
symptoms That is why early
detection and treatment is
essential in defeating the
disease
For those diagnosed
w ith p ro sta te caner, the
American Cancer Society
has developed its Man to
Man program The program
gives men diagnosed with
the d isease, plus their
families, the opportunity to
meet with others undergoing
the same experience
The next ACS Man
to Man Pendleton Prostate
C ancer S upport G roup
m eetin g is slated for
Monday, April 4 at 7 p m at
St A nthony H o sp ita l's
Cascade Room
The program, which
is free o f ch arg e to all
participants, allows those in
attendance to speak freely
about th eir q u estio n s,
concerns and fears, knowing
that w hat is said in the
m eeting will rem ain in
strictest confidence
The topic for this
m o n th ’s m eeting will be
“Prostate Cancer Basics,”
presented by Laura Gordon,
M D , a Pendleton urologist
For
m ore
information about the next
Man to Man support group
meeting, contact Pete Wells,
support group secretary, at
(541) 276-7943