Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner. Oregon Wednesday, May 9,2007 - SEVEN
Reload Ridge Riders Poker Run M ustan gs sw eep H uskies to Mustangs beat
Knights
a success
clinch first place
By Kick Paullus
Great fun was had
this past weekend as the lo
cal motorcycle club, the Re
load Ridge Riders, hosted a
family poker run at the Mor
row County OHV Park. “We
had a great turn-out, it was
awesome!” a club spokes
person said. Two hundred,
thirty-six riders paid their
entry fees to ride in the 23-
mile long trail run on Satur
day. “All ages and bike types
participated,” continued the
spokesperson. “Retirees on
quads, younger riders on dirt
bikes and children on small
four-wheelers - everyone
had a good tim e .” The
course was laid-out on trails
over the 6,200 acre park,
with four stuffed teddy bears
to be found by the riders.
Each bear was worth $25 at
the finish line. Poker cards
were drawn at the end of the
race. Several prizes were
awarded to the various win
ners.
The O.H.V. Park
was a busy place all week
end, with over 600 riders and
campers staying the week
end, participating in the ac
tivities and just enjoying the
mountain country and fami
ly camping. Lexington Po
laris provided the canopy
tent for the event headquar
ters, with several demo ma
chines on display, and Pet
tyjohn Supply had several
bike and camping supplies
on hand for needy campers.
“When you have a captured
cliental of over six-hundred
people, merchants can do
real well here” noted a hun-
2007 Meacham
Poker Run set
The 2007 Meacham
Poker Run is set for Satur
day, June 2, at Em igrant
State Park.
The poker run will
benefit the Meacham Volun
teer Fire Department. There
will be a selection of raffle
prizes and cash payout for
the poker run. Breakfast and
lunch will be available.
Pick up a registra
tion form at your local ATV
store or you can register the
morning of the event. The
registration fee is $20.
This is a great family
event and fun for all ages! If
you wish to volunteer, con
tact Buck at 541-966-8814.
gry cam per. Bob A llen ’s
snack-shack provided many
a cold drink and hot meal as
the riders came in from their
runs. The cabin rental con
cession was booked for the
entire weekend. “We had
every im proved cam ping
spot rented, and units filled
the overflow areas,” stated
a County Parks employee.
"The park did real well this
weekend.”
The new wash-down
rack at the park was a great
success, as bikers lined-up
ten deep waiting to use the
handy clean-up area. The
former scale house has been
modified to provide an easy-
to-use, coin operated wash
rack. "The Grain Growers
allowed us to salvage the
w ashing wands and coin
equipment from the former
car w ash behind G reen
Feed,” continued the Parks
spokespersort, “and we have
installed all that equipment
here - it creates one more
revenue stream for the Park,
and it was busy the entire
weekend!”
"We appreciate the
local volunteer EMTs who
were on hand all weekend,”
said John W ight, Reload
Ridge club president. "Those
folks are a real blessing to us,
our events, and to the Park,”
he continued. “They have a
good time, but more impor
tantly, provide a great ser
vice to the riding public.
They’re super!”
The Poker Run
event, hosted by the local
motorcycle club, drew riders
from a wide area, including
Seattle, Spokane, Klamath
Falls, Boise, and as far away
as Nevada. “We had licens
es plates from all over," said
the club spokesperson.
The next major event
scheduled for the park is a
sanctioned North West Off-
Road Racers Assoc. Mo-
tocross race on Saturday and
Sunday, May 19 and 20.
By Kick Paullus
By sw eep in g the
Sherman County Huskies on
Saturday, May 5, by scores
of 8-0 and 9-1, the Heppner
M ustang b a seb all team
clinched first place in Spe
cial D istrict 5. The M us
tangs, 18-0 in SD5 and 19-3
overall including a forfeit by
Weston-McEwen, will be at
home on Saturday for a dou-
b leh ead er ag ain st South
Wasco and will finish out the
regular season at home on
Tuesday, May 15, against
Pilot Rock.
The M ustangs got
on the board early in the first
game as Dennis Kenny and
Quinn Peck singled and both
scored on a double by An
dre Rauch. They didn’t score
again until the fourth when
Chance Day singled and
scored on a Kenny double.
They added five more in the
fifth when Bryan Holland
reached on an error; Wacy
Coil singled; Holland scored
on a throwing error while
stea lin g th ird ; N athan
Kennedy had an RBI double;
Colton Hanson singled; Day
scored K ennedy w ith a
squeeze bunt; Peck had an
RBI double and Rauch had
an RBI single to make it 8-
0 .
Day made it stand up
as he went the distance strik
ing out 15 and gave up just
one hit and no walks or hit
batters.
Rauch went 3-4 with
three RBI, Peck went 2-3
scoring twice, Kennedy went
2-3, and Kenny went 2-4.
In game two. Day
got hit in the hand by a pitch
and had to qome out of the
game with Drew' Johnson
coming in to run. Kenny sin
gled and Peck had an RBI
single to make it 1-0 after
one.
T hey added four
m ore in the th ird w hen
Johnson walked; Kenny and
Peck singled; Rauch hit a
sacrifice fly; Nacho Elguez-
abal w alked; Sam K ing
brought home a run on a
fielder’s choice; Wacy Coil
walked to load the bases;
Kennedy was hit by a pitch
to score a run; and Hanson
walked to force in another
run.
In the fourth, the
Mustangs made it 8-0 when
Kenny singled; Peck reached
on an erro r; E lguezabal
reached on another error;
King scored two with a sin
gle; C oil sin g le d ; and
Kennedy had an RBI single.
The Huskies scored
their only run of the day in
the sixth but the Mustangs
answered in the bottom half
when Rauch walked, Elgu
ezabal singled and Coil had
an RBI single.
K ennedy had a
stro n g sh o w in g on the
mound going the distance to
pick up the win striking out
10, giving up two hits, one
walk, and one hit batter.
K enny w ent 3-4,
scoring twice; Peck went 2-
4, scoring twice; Coil went
2-3; and King had three
RBls.
Game One
Sherman 000 000 0-
0 1 3
Heppner 200 150 x-
8 13 2
Kaseberg, Wood (5)
and Stroud; Chance Day and
Wacy Coil. W-Day. L-Kase-
berg. 2b - Kaseberg (S);
Dennis Kenny, Quinn Peck.
A ndre R auch, N athan
Kennedy (H). 3B-none. HR-
none.
Game Two
Sherman 000 001 0-
1 23
Heppner 104 301 x-
9 10 1
Bibby, Wood (3),
M obley (4) and S troud,
Wood (4); Nathan Kennedy
and Coil. W-Kennedy. L-
Bibby. 2B-none. 3B-none.
HR-none.
Hampstead players perform at HES Butterfly walk
offered
Once again the Hampstead players were wonderful, said
a spokesperson. The kids enjoyed the play and did a good deal
of laughing at Leah Stone, Kaden Clark, and Colton Neal who
participated in the performance. The Hampstead Players travel
from New Hampshire and tour the country. Two actors set up
and perform the entire play with student assistants. "We are
always pleased with how professional the performers are and
their willingness to involve kids in drama.
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The Heppner M us
tan g s beat the Irrig o n
Knights 12-2 in six innings
on Tuesday. May 1, in Irrig
on in Special District 5 play.
The Mustangs, 15-0 in SD5
and 16-3 overall, will be at
home on Saturday, May 12,
for a doubleheader against
South Wasco and w ill finish
the regular season at home
against Pilot Rock on Tues
day, May 15.
T hey o p en ed the
game hot as Chance Day,
Dennis Kenny, and Quinn
Peck all singled and Andre
Rauch cleared the bases with
a triple. They cooled off
though as they didn't score
again until the third when
Peck d o u b led , R auch
reached on a fielder’s choice,
Nacho Elguezabal singled
and Bryan Holland scored
two with a double.
The Knights scored
a run in the bottom half but
the Mustangs answered with
two more in the fourth when
Colton Hanson walked. Day
singled, Kenny had an RBI
single and Peck had an RBI
single.
The M ustangs put
the game away in the sixth
with five more runs as Sam
King singled. Day reached
on an error, Kenny reached
on another error to score
two runs. Peck had an RBI
double, Jared Huddleston
w alked. D rew Jo h n so n
reached on an error and Jus
tin Archer scored two more
with a double.
Kenny went four in
nings striking out six. giving
up one hit and one run, with
Nathan Kennedy going two
innings in relief, striking out
three and allowing one run.
Peck went 4-4 with
two doubles, two RBls and
scored twice; Day went 3-4
and scored three times; Ken
ny went 2-4 with three RBls,
scoring twice; Rauch had
three RBls; and Holland and
Archer each had two RBls.
Heppner 302 205-12
14 3
Irrigon 001 001-2 1
3
D ennis
K enny,
Nathan Kennedy (5) and
Wacy Coil; White, Griffin (6)
and Munkers. W-Kenny. L-
White. 2B-Quinn Peck 2,
Justin Archer, Bryan Holland
(H). 3B-Andre Rauch (H).
HR-none.
Stripe rust found
in Morrow County
Stripe rust has been
discovered in a field of hard
red winter wheat near the
w estern edge of M orrow
County on Tuesday, May 1.
Fungal spores were preva
lent on 2.5 percent to five
percent of the plants grow
ing in this particular area.
Symptoms: If caught
early, a linear orientation
(stripe) of rust can be ob
served on the topside o f
leaves. Stripes are less evi
dent if environmental condi
tions allow the disease to
spread - yellow to orange
colored pustules may be
w idely distributed across the
le a f su rfa ce . If left u n
checked. leaves turn yellow
and eventually die.
E ffect on y ield :
Stripe rust affects yield by
reducing green leaf area.
This, in turn, reduces sugar
and nutrient supply to devel
oping kernels. The flag leaf
(and the next lower leaf on
the plant) do most of the
“work” and should be pro
tected from infection. Yield
loss in infected areas can be
significant.
When to spray: For
this year’s crop, a one-time
application betw een boot
and heading should be cost-
effective if five percent of the
field is showing signs of rust
and if damage to the flag leaf
is anticipated. Conditions
that favor spread of the dis
ease include: big, thick
stands of wheat; tempera
tures that range from 50-65
degrees Fahrenheit; and in
termittent rainfall or dew.
Fungicides commonly used
to control stripe rust have
residual activity for two to
three weeks. Spraying too
early can be costly because
a second application may be
necessary. Read the label,
pay a tte n tio n to grow th
stage restrictions. Be care
ful not to apply fungicides at
growth stages that are off-
label.
The
last
tim e
checked. Tilt could not be
applied after flag-leaf emer
gence and Quilt (and some
other products) could be
applied up to Feeke's growth
stage 10.5 - early heading.
Check the label to see if these
growth stage restrictions are
still in effect.
Red Hat Society to host Victorian High Tea
The Red Hat Society will host a Victorian High
Tea at the United M ethodist Church in Heppner on
Saturday, May 12 from 3 to 5 p.m. The tea will be catered
by Diann Nagel and the cost will be $7 per person.
The theme will be Spring Garden. The menu will
consist of scones, assorted sandwiches, desserts, and
English tea.
Hats will be available for anyone who does not have
one. G roup seating is av ailab le. R eservations are
recommended but not required.
For more information or reservations contact Diann
Nagel at 676-5522.