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EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 27,2005 Mustangs drop two to Tigers By Rick Paullus M em bers of the Oregon State Parks Commission, Oregon Parks and Recreation D epartm ent, ATV Allocation Com m ittee and M orrow C ounty staff toured the OH V park last Thursday, A pril 21 after a meeting of the O SPC held in Heppner. Math Contest adds up to excellent evening Students came from the N orth and South, o f Morrow County that is, to co m p ete in the annual M orrow C ounty School District Math Contest. The co m p etitio n for m athem aticians in grades four through eight was held at Heppner Elementary on Thursday, April 21. Six stu d en ts per grade level were competing, having earned the right to do so on the basis o f their R1T sco res R IT sco res are generated by the state testing done on the computers two to three times each year The math teams were announced several weeks ago and the big night o f the competition saw students with sharpened pencils and sharpened math skills ready to do their best for th e ir sch o o ls and themselves A fter an in ten se te stin g perio d , the participants enjoyed cookies and punch while the tests w ere c o rre c te d T hen students, family members, friends and staff members c o n g re g a te d in the gymnasium to hear the news everyone had been waiting for. Handing out the ribbons and plaques were MCSD S u p e rin ten d e n t M ark First prize winners (L-R): Brigham Hansen, 6th grade champ; Ashley Wolff, 7th grade; Maggie Armato, 8th grade; and Bryce Fowler, 4th grade. Not pictured: Fifth grade winners, Shane Smith and Zach Yocom. B u rro w s and H eppner Principal Wade Smith First through third place winners were: Fourth grade: 1**- Bryce Fowler, HES; 2nd- Jake Huff, A C Houghton; and 3rd- Shawna Cheyne, Sam Boardman Elementary. Fifth grade: tie for 1st- Zach Yocom, HES and Shane Sm ith, H ES; 2nd- K ristin e Tolle, Irrigon Elementary; and tie for 3rd- Stephanie Schuler, HES and Lance Bose, Windy River Elementary Sixth grade: l 51- Brigham Hansen, WRE; 2nd- lan Murray, HES; and 3rd- Julia Meyer, HES. Seventh grade: 1st- A shley W olff, H eppner Ju n io r H igh; 2nd- Lane Wright, HJHS; and tie for 3rd- Gabrielle Cox, Riverside Ju n io r High and Jason Hendricks, RJHS. Eighth grade: 1“- Maggie Armato, HJHS; tie for 2nd- Joe Pranger, HJHS and Quinn Chick, HJHS; and tie for 3rd- Spencer Palmer, HJHS and Sherilyn Peck HJHS Seventh inning rally carries Backcountry Mustang JVs over Rockets hike offered By Rick Paullus A 10-run outburst in the seventh inning rallied the Heppner Mustang JV baseball team from a 6-3 deficit to a 13- 6 win over the Pilot Rock Rockets on Thursday, April 21 in Pilot Rock. The Mustangs, 6 and 0, will have a rematch with the Rockets at home on Thursday, April 28 at 4:30 p.m The Rockets took an early 1-0 lead until the Mustangs finally got on the board with a run in the fourth when Robbie Smith walked and came all the way around to score on a double by Andre Rauch. The Mustangs took a 3-1 lead in the fifth when Kody Lovgren singled. Sean Murray walked, Nathan Kennedy had an RBI single and Murray scored as Kennedy was throw n out stealing The Rockets came right back with five runs in the bottom half to take a 6-3 lead an it stayed that way until the seventh. Cody Hollis singled, Colton Hanson walked. Nacho Elguezabal scored both with a double. Smith was intentionally walked and Ricky Martin beat out a slow roller for an infield hit to lead the bases. Ben McCarl tied at six with an RBI single, then the Rockets had trouble throwing strikes as Lovgren. Murray, Hollis and Hanson each walked to force in runs before Elguezabal scored two with a double and I Smith had an RBI single to make it 13-6. Kennedy went five innings in relief, striking out eight, walking two. two hits and no earned runs to pick up the win. Elguezabal went two for five with five RBI. Kennedy went three for five, McCarl went two for four and Hollis, Hanson. Smith. Lovgren and Murray each scored twice. Eight of the 10 Mustangs had at least one hit in the game. Heppner 000 120 (10)- 13 II 4 Pilot Rock 100 050 0- 622 Andre Rauch. Nathan Kennedy (3) and Robbie Smith; Hall. Hascall (7). Low (7) and Woods. W- Kennedy. L- Hall 2B- Nacho Elguezabal 2, Rauch (H). 3B- none HR- none Drama Club to present Anne of Green Gables On Sunday, May 1, John Day Fossil B eds N ational M onum ent will o ffer a ran g er-led backcountry hike into the Painted Hills United o f the monument, near Mitchell This three-hour hike will begin at 11 a m. at the Painted Hills Unit picnic area and tra v e rse several b a c k c o u n try m iles o v er varied terrain Good hiking boots, a water bottle, walking stick, sun hat and bag lunch are recommended for the hike P ets are not allow ed b a ck c o u n try in the monument This hike is offered rain or shine, advanced reservations are not needed to attend and there is no fee For fu rth e r info rm atio n please call (541) 462-3961. Babe Ruth baseball signups being held The lone Community School Drama Club will be presenting the heartwarming play. Anne of Green Gables on Sunday, May 1. in the school s cafeteria Performance time is Babe Ruth baseball 5 p m Admission is $2 for adults and $ 1 for students and signups have begun Those, ages 13-15, interested in the seniors. pro g ram should co n tact Marriage License Rick Johnston by Friday, April 22: C harlie M ay 6 to p a rtic ip a te James Hughes, 30, Pendleton Johnston can be reached at and Teena Mullinda Shilling, 676-5562 36, Pendleton i Everything looked good for the H eppner M ustang baseball team as they w ere leading the Stanfield Tigers 5-0 in the bottom o f the seventh inning, but then the Tigers rallied to tie it and eventually won 6-5 in the bottom o f eighth in the first game o f a Columbia B asin C o n fe re n ce d o u b leh ead er on Friday, April 22. Unfortunately for the Mustangs, it carried over to the next game as they lost 5-3 to drop to 3-2 in the CBC and 10-4 overall. The M ustangs will be at home against Weston- McEwen for a doubleheader on S aturday, A pril 30, beginning at 11 a m and will be at Umatilla on Tuesday, May 3 for a single game at 4:30 p.m. The M u stan g s jumped out early in the first inning o f the first game as Jode Coil walked and went to second on a wild pitch and K ory P au llu s w as intentionally walked. After both had moved up on a wild pitch, they scored as Quinn Peck reached on an error. The team added two more in the fifth when Sloan K eith ley d o u b le d , Kyle Carlson singled, Keithley ended up scoring on a wild pitch and Carlson scored when Josh Gutierrez reached on an error. The Mustangs added one m ore in the seventh when Carlson walked, Coil singled and Gutierrez had an RBI single They couldn’t hold on though as the T igers rallied for the win. G u tie rre z w ent seven innings, striking out five and also had two RBI at the plate. Carlson was one for two and scored twice, Coil went one for two and K eith ley , P aullus, N ick Christman and Matt McCabe each went one for three. In the second game, the Tigers scored twice in the second, once in the fifth and twice more in the sixth to take a 5-0 lead into the seventh before the Mustangs finally woke up N acho Elguezabal w alked and Cody H ollis came in to pinch run for him. M cC abe singled and Keithley walked to load the bases. Coil reached on an e rro r to score tw o and Keithley scored as Gutierrez reached on a fielder’s choice, but the rally ended there. C oil w ent six innings, striking out seven and giving up three hits, two walks and three earned runs. Keithley went two for two, Peck went one for two and McCabe went one for three. Stanfield 6, Heppner 5 H eppner 200 020 10-5 7 1 Stanfield 000 000 51-6 12 2 Josh Gutierrez, Nick Christman (8) and Quinn Peck; Sam Taylor, Tyler Gabriel (8) and Derek Smith W- Gabriel L- Christman 2B- Sloan K eithley (H ); Taylor, Gabriel, Marc Mills, Nick M cFarlane (S). 3B- none HR- none Stanfield 5, Heppner 3 Heppner 000 000 3- 3 66 Stanfield 020 012 x- 5 3 3 Jode Coil and Peck, McFarlane and Smith W- M cFarlane L- Coil 2B- Jared Little (S). 3B- none HR- none Obituaries On July 2, 1985, she married Kenneth Waelty at Coeur d ’Alene, ID They made their home at Irrigon She was employed as a cook at Mr A’s Drive Inn fo r 12 years, then w o rk ed at Last C hance Tavern in H erm isto n in inventory control and later for M otor C argo in data entry She was currently em p lo y ed by H am m ell Transport, Herm iston, in accounts receivable. She enjoyed, shopping, snowm obiling, music, concerts, and going to the river Survivors include her h usband, K enneth Waelty and children, Michael W W aelty, K risten M. Waelty and Anthony Waelty, all o f Irrigon; her mother, Janiss C arron o f Goldendale, WA; her g ran d m o th er, Cecieia Tyler o f Longview, WA; her sister, M ichelle Maine o f Irrigon, brothers, Vincent C arron o f W alla Walla, R obert C arron o f W ashougal, WA and Lee C arron o f College Place; many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews and many friends. She was preceded in death by her father, Marvin R Carron. C ontributions may be made to a memorial fund in W aelty’s name through B urns M o rtu ary of Hermiston, P.O. Box 289, Hermiston, OR 97838. Joyce Dinkins, 78, o f Heppner, died Tuesday, April 12, 2005, at her home At her request there will be no funeral service Her , ashes will be ¡$$¡0 Ml scattered „31 w ith her ^ yj husband's in the B rooks R ange of w N o r t h e r n Joyce Alaska. Dinkins D inkins was born Nov. 25, 1927, at Portland, to Carl and Ethel Jones Forkner She grew up and attended schools in Portland, g raduating from Lincoln High School She went on to O regon State U niversity where she met her husband- to-be Harold “Hal” Dinkins. They were married May 4, 1947, at Multnomah A fter college, Mr Dinkins joined the military and the couple traveled the world for the next 20 years w hile raisin g th e ir tw o d au g h ters T hey had interesting assignments in Japan, W est Point, New York and M exico and th ro u g h o u t th e U nited States. In M exico, M rs. Dinkins developed what was to become a lifelong interest in archeology. After retirement, the couple lived at Fairbanks, John Z. Zumstein Alaska, for 25 years. They were avid outdoors people W ord has been pursuing their mutual love of receiv ed th a t John Z. hunting, fishing, canoeing Zumstein, who owned and and hiking They always had operated Operation Santa a freezer full o f wild game Claus for 30 years, died April and many harrowing tales of 15, 2005, eight days shy o f their backwoods adventures. his 95th birthday. In 1993, the Dinkins A funeral was held moved to Heppner where A pril 20 at N isw o n g er- M rs. D inkins m o th e r’s R ey n o ld s R edm ond C hapel A fam ily, the Joneses,"" "’M em orial originated During her years graveside service followed at M em orial in H ep p n er she becam e D e sc h u te s involved with St. Patrick’s Gardens in Bend. Senior Center, golfing, the Zumstein was born B o okw orm s and m ore April 23, 1910, in Giswell, hunting and fishing. She Switzerland, to Frank and developed a beautiful garden Mary Halter Zumstein. He around her home and was served in the U S. Army Air especially fond o f flowers. Corps during World War II She was an avid reader and and was a member o f the did exquisite needlework, S k y lin e T rail R id ers c ro c h etin g and d e lic ate Association. Z u m stein , w ho handcrafts. Her husband, Hal, owned “the reindeer ranch” died in 1996. west o f Redmond for many Survivors include years, enjoyed traveling the her d a u g h te rs, C ynthia world with his reindeer and Brown o f Eugene and Betty w as a c o n su ltan t to the Gaylor o f Alturas, CA; and Korean government on the five grandchildren and three subject o f raising reindeer. great-grandchildren. S urvivors include M e m o r i a l two nephews, Ed and Joe contributions may be made and fo u r nieces, Jane, to St. P a tric k ’s Senior S haron, T h eresa and C en ter, P.O. Box 266, Margaret He was preceded H eppner, OR 97836, or in death by a brother, Frank Pioneer Memorial Hospice, and two sisters, Mary and P.O. Box 9, Heppner, OR Rose 97836. Memorial gifts may Sweeney M ortuary be made to The Sparrow o f Heppner is in charge o f Club, 906 N.E. Greenwood arrangements. Ave., Bend, OR 97701. Nis wonger- Reynolds Redmond Chapel Andrea K. is in charge o f arrangements. “Annie” Waelty Andrea K. “Annie” Waelty, 36, o f Irrigon, died April 20, 2005, at G ood Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston as the result o f injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident V iew ing and visitation was held April 25 A graveside funeral service was held April 25 at Desert Lawn Memorial Cemetery in Irrigon. She was born Feb 10, 1969, at Centralia, WA, to M arvin R and Janiss Everson Carron She had been a resid en t o f the Hermiston area since 1980 and atten d ed sch o o ls in Hermiston, Boardman and Umatilla. Plant exchange to be held The H ep p n er Garden Club will be holding its annual plant exchange on Saturday, May 7 from 9 a m to 1 p m at the St Patrick’s Senior Center in Heppner. People are invited to bring plants to exchange, but it is not required Soccer signup to be held An A.Y.S.O. soccer sig n u p will be held fo r children ages 4-11 Cost will be $30 per child w hich includes a uniform For more information, contact Jessica Lehm an at 989-8571 by Wednesday, May 4 i
