Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday. March 8,2006 - THREE
Colt girls finish basketball season
Colt girls basketball team: (Back Row L-R): Micha Hintz,
Maddie George, Alyssa Wizner and All Lovgren; (Middle Row
L-R): Allie Allen, Kelly Wilson, Macy Gibbs, Makenzi Hughes,
Paige Grieb and Maddie Lindsay; and (Front Row L-R):
Mekayla Kindle and Ryan Dougherty.
The third and fourth grade girls’ Colt basketball
team finished their six-week season on March 5. The girls
practiced the fundamentals of basketball and played 3 on 3
games against each other.
Day and Coil to go to state for
wrestling
Chance Day and W'aey Coil
Chance Day and Wacy Coil, eighth graders at
Heppner Junior High, will be going to the state competition
for wrestling in Woodbum this weekend. Day, weighing
129 pounds, placed fourth at district in his class and Coil,
weighing 136 pounds, placed sixth at district in his class.
This is the first time there has been a wrestling team
at Heppner schools. The program will continue next year
with school sponsorship.
HLL try-out schedule
There will be try
outs held for m ajor and
m inor boys’ baseball and
girls’ softball and forT-Ball.
There will be no try-outs for
junior/senior girls’ softball.
Each child must participate
in 50 percent of the tryouts
fo r m ajo r b aseb all and
softball.
The schedule is as
follows:
M a jo r B a s e b a ll-
March 10,4 p.m. and March
11,10 a.m., both at George
Waterland Field.
M a jo r S o ftb a ll-
March 9, 4 p.m. and March
10, 4 p.m ., both at Bob
Kilkenny Field.
M in o r B a s e b a ll-
M arch 16, 4 p.m .. Shad
Hisler Field.
M in o r S o f tb a ll-
M arch 16, 4 p .m .. Bob
Kilkenny Field.
T-Ball- March 20,4
p.m., Shad Hisler Field.
Practices will start
around April 1.
F or
m ore
information, contact Renee
Yocom
at
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(mornings) or 676-9821.
Morrow County Gun Club news
On Sunday, March 5,
10 shooters cam e to the
Morrow County Gun Club
to compete.
In sin g le s, Je ff
Cutsforth had 25 of 25. Rob
A shbeck had 24 o f 25.
Harvey Childers had 21 of
25.
In
h a n d ica p ,
Cutsforth and Ashbeck had
22 of 25. Mark Schlichting
had 20 of 25 and Childers
had 19 of 25.
G am es w ere then
shot w ith A shbeck and
Jimmy Walton each winning
an Annie. Cutsforth won two
Annies and a 5 from 1.
The next shoot will
be Sunday, March 12 at 12
noon.
Dr. Robert Rolen, O ptom etrist
20 YEARS OF SERVICE
March 1986 - March 2006
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Lady Cards drop to Crane
T he lo n e Lady
Cardinals staged a fourth
quarter rally that came up
just short in the end as they
took on the Crane Mustangs
in the OSAA State l A First
R ound State B ask e tb all
Playoff game in lone Friday,
Feb. 24. After trailing by as
many as 16 late in the third
quarter, the Cardinals fought
back into contention in the
final period, closing the gap
to th ree p o in ts w ith 35
seconds remaining. But time
just flat ran out on the Lady
C a rd in a ls ’ seaso n w ith
Crane taking the game 41-
37 and advancing to the
State lA T ournam ent in
B ak er C ity. The loss
eliminated lone from state
tournament play.
From the start, the
Cards had difficulty getting
the ball inside against the
taller Mustangs, a team that
featured an all-senior line-up
with four girls over 5 feet 10
inches. The quick-moving
Crane team forced turnovers
and denied shots but the
Lady Cards were still within
striking distance at the half,
tra ilin g 2 1- 14. It was a
deadly third quarter, though,
th at dug the hole they
couldn’t quite get back out
of as Crane capitalized on
lone miscues. Crane went on
an l l -2 run and the Lady
Cards didn’t hit a shot from
the field until Ashly Grams
can n ed a th ree w ith 52
seconds rem aining in the
quarter. By that time, the
Lady Mustangs had built a
commanding 16-point lead,
3 2 -16. Amber Patton hit a
shot w ith 30 seco n d s
remaining to close the gap to
11 points, ending the quarter
with the Mustangs up 32-21.
With just one quarter left to
decide who would go on to
Baker City and who would
stay home, the Lady Cards
charged up the cap acity
crowd by clawing their way
back into the game. Forty
seconds into the final period,
Jenny Griffith made the first
three o f her nine fourth
quarter points on a three-
point play, cutting the lead
to eight. The tw o team s
swapped scores with Crane
m a in tain in g a 7-9 point
a d v an ta g e u n til a n o th er
G riffith sco re w ith 46
seconds rem aining in the
game cut the lead to four. At
that point, the C ardinals
w ere fo rced to foul to
com bat the C rane slo w
dow n gam e. W ith 43
seconds left, Grams fouled
out o f the game, sending
C rane to the free throw
where they hit one of two.
Griffith came up with a big
steal and basket to pull to
within three with 35 seconds
re m a in in g . But G riffith
tallied her fifth foul on the
Crane inbounds pass and this
time, they hit two of two to
give the Lady M ustangs
some breathing room, 40-
35. In the final seconds of the
game. Crane made another
free throw and lone’s Kayla
LaRue put back an offensive
reb o u n d but the Lady
Cardinals ran out of time and
chances, losing the game 37-
41 .
Griffith was the high
scorer of the game with 15
points, followed by Grams
with 11. Also scoring for
lone was Patton with six,
and Emily Rietmann and
LaRue with two each.
D esp ite C ra n e ’s
height advantage, the Lady
Cardinals fought their way to
a
34-30
re b o u n d in g
advantage.
Coach Ryan Rudolf
was proud of the effort given
by his team. “We didn’t give
up and battled back from a
16 point deficit. We just dug
too big of a hole in the third
quarter to overcom e,” he
said. “If a couple more shots
had fallen in the fourth
q u a rte r, we m ight have
won.”
A l t h o u g h
disappointed about the loss,
Coach Rudolf noted, “There
were lots of times this year
that we should have lost but
didn’t. I’m happy with what
the girls accomplished this
season,” said Rudolf.
St. Patrick’s Senior Center news
W illow
C reek
Baptist Church volunteers
are hosts for the March 15
noon meal at St. Patrick's
S e n io r C enter. A m enu
celebrating our Irish heritage
has been chosen for the day
and will include corned beef
and cabbage, new potatoes,
peas and carrots, lime jell-o
with fruit, Irish soda bread,
pudding and juice.
T he
re g u la rly
scheduled meeting of the
S e n io r C en ter B oard o f
Directors will be held March
15. They will review the
actions and discussion that
occurred at the joint meeting
with the Housing Authority
on Feb. 28. Kathy Turner
was introduced as the new
manager of the apartments.
Doug G u n d erso n
tendered his resignation as
assistant manager, stating the
he enjoyed working with the
re sid e n t, as a ssistan t
m anager and as m anager
pro-tem. He will continue to
live at the center and he
offered his services as a
volunteer to take care of the
cardboard boxes and the
garbage. He added that he
felt privileged to have had
the opportunities he had and
now would like to not be so
tied down and be able to
pursue o th er avenues o f
interest. He was given a
round of applause, as well as
an
e x p re ssio n
of
appreciation from M ayor
Tim Van Cleave and Bob
Jepsen, Housing Authority
chairperson.
A p artm en t rental
came under discussion and a
policy for new rentals was
established by action of the
HHA. The new policy is as
follows: The first month will
be rent free with a one-year
lease commitment, a deposit
of $250 and payment of the
last month's rent.
R o o f re p a ir and
d e ta ile d in fo rm atio n on
square footage o f senior
cen ter responsibility and
apartment care responsibility
will be clarified in the rental
agreement to simplify the
janitorial responsibilities.
Chamber Chatter
By Claudia Hughes, Exec. Dir.
Do you ever feel a
tiny bit b o red ... w onder
what’s going on beyond the
m edia... want to meet new
people? Would you like to be
involved in some o f the
decision making for your
community? Are you excited
about promoting Heppner in
new and different ways? Do
you believe holding unique
events, communicating with
our legislature, building local
business, marketing Heppner
and Morrow County helps
the area as a whole ? Do you
know that attracting new
visitors equals econom ic
development? If your answer
is “yes” to any of the above,
then might I suggest joining
the Chamber of Commerce.
For an average of $5
p er m o n th , in d iv id u a ls,
ranchers, non-profits and
sole proprietors can become
a part of the organization.
Call the Chamber to learn
m ore and receiv e a
membership application or
visit the Chamber website at
www.heppnerchamber.com.
Come see for yourself. All
in te re sted p erso n s are
in v ited “ for a taste o f
Chamber” any Thursday at
Jo h n ’s Place for a buffet
lunch and program.
Programs for March
and A pril w ill be Dean
B rickey, b u sin ess and
agriculture senior reporter
from the East O regonian
Inland Northwest Musicians
Orchestra and Chorale to
present joint concert
Two
m usical
en sem b les from Inland
Northwest Musicians will
jo in to g e th e r in the St.
Francis of Assisi Cathedral
Church in Baker City on
Saturday, April 1, at 7 p.m.
for a co n cert. Inland
N o rth w est
Sym phony
O rc h estra and Inland
N o rth w est
Sym phony
C h o rale w ill p resent
"Testament of Freedom” by
R andall T hom pson and
“Kyrie Eleison” by Vieme. In
addition, the orchestra will
perfo rm
“A
M ighty
Fortress” by Nelhybehl and
“C arn iv al O v e rtu re ” by
Dvorak.
R. Lee F riese of
Athena is Music Director of
Inland Northwest Musicians
and w ill co n d u ct both
groups. The musicians, who
come from throughout the
region, meet in Pendleton to
rehearse and then present
concerts throughout a nine-
Tuesday,
March 14th
from 4 - 6 p.m.
©r. and Mrs. f(p6ert UpCen
Eye Health and Vision Care
128 West Willow
Heppner, OR 97836
(541)676-9465
2006
SILVERADO
county area of N ortheast
O regon and S o u th east
Washington. There are three
ad d itio n a l
p erfo rm in g
ensembles making up Inland
N o rth w est
M u sician s-
W illow Creek Symphony
and Willow Creek Singers
who rehearse in Heppner
and
W allow a
Valley
O rc h estra reh earsin g in
Wallowa.
The concert will be
presented again on Sunday,
April 2, 2006 at 4 p.m. in the
auditorium at Riverside High
School in Boardman. Inland
N orthw est
M usicians
concerts are all free to the
pu b lic, w ith d o n atio n s
accepted.
Instrumentalists or
singers who are interested in
joining any o f these a ll
v o lu n teer p erfo rm an ce
groups may leam more by
calling Inland N orthw est
M usicians at (541) 966-
6649.
Students raise
Blast-Off Rocket
$4700 for Tiipper Club news
Outdoor School
By Alex Carlson, club reporter
Heppner Elementary
School fourth, fifth and sixth
grade students completed
their m agazine drive and
raised approximately $4700,
in sales and donations, for
Tupper O utdoor School.
There was a total o f 636
items sold.
The community and
all of its supporters is greatly
appreciated for making the
drive such a huge success
and for supporting Tupper
Outdoor School.
AN AM ERICAN REVO LUTIO N
Our Sales Department
is Rated ho. 1 in
Customer Satisfaction
from Purchase through
Delivery. We Will Treat
You in a Manner
You Will Appreciate.
(March 9); Steve Brucker,
O regon
In te rn a tio n a l
S peedw ay (M arch 16);
O regon Rugged C ountry
T our o p p o rtu n itie s in
M orrow C ounty (M arch
23); BMCC President John
Turner (M arch 30); First
Thursday- all entities report
(April 6); Chamber website
(A p ril 13); C a n d id a te s ’
Forum (tentatively April 20).
In the m ean tim e,
feeling lucky? Want to have
some fun w ith friends? Join
us for the Luck O ’ The Irish
C asin o N ig h t, F rid ay
evening, March 17, at the
Elks. Take a peek in the
H ep p n er T V /W in d w av e
window to see some of the
great raffle items available
that n ig h t. T ick ets for
ch an ces to win may be
purchased or winnings may
be used for a chance at your
favorite items. This non
profit event helps keep the
St. Pat’s celebration and the
Chamber financially stable.
Luck O ’ the Irish to all who
have donated “baskets” in a
variety of shapes and sizes
and to those who plan an
evening of fun.
T h o u g h t fo r the
Week: “Tis thankful we are
that volunteers come out of
the woodwork and out from
under every toadstool on St.
P a d d y 's
w eekend
in
Heppner.”
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The Blast-Off 4-H
Rocket Club held a meeting
on March 2 at 7 p.m.. at lone
High School. Eight members
attended the meeting. Club
m em bers talked about
finding another sponsor.
Other fundraising ideas were
also talked about. Steven
Holland gave the treasurer's
report. Then, the logo team
said that they would have a
logo for the club at the next
meeting. In addition, the club
will decide the date for the
next local launch.
If you would like to
join the club, please come to
the next m eeting on
Thursday, March 16 at 7
p.m. at lone High School.
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