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
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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
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scattered
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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
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