Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 20,2008 - THREE
Sturza takes home rodeo prizes lone football camp hosts guest speaker
Former Heppner resident Ty Sturza takes home the Mike Cur-
rin Memorial Buckle (Top Photo) and the Oregon Trail Pro Ro
deo All Around Championship Saddle (Bottom Photo). - Photos
Kenzie Hansell, the
head football coach for the
Athena-Weston Tigerscots,
was the guest speaker for
the lone Community School
football camp for grades
6-12 this past week.
H ansell, a farm er
in the Athena area, gradu
ated from Hermiston High
S ch o o l as the U m atilla
County Athlete o f the year
in 1999. He attended Walla
Walla Community College,
lying out o f football for one
year before transferring the
Washington State University
to become one o f only five
walk-on's out of 60 athletes.
He played for the Cougars
for four years and attending
four bowl games, including
an appearance at the Rose
Bowl, and was a member
o f the Pac-10 Cham pion
ship team during his time at
WSU. He was also selected
as the male athlete o f the
year for 2004
A very modest Han-
lone football coach, Dennis Stefani, on left introduces guest
speaker, Kenzie Hansell, during lone's football camp last week.
-Contributed Photo
sell talked about what dedi
cation it took to play at a
Pac-10 college level, the
intensity o f perform ance
athletes must maintain and
how even a sm all tow n
farm boy could rise to the
occasion. His motto is: “Do
what’s asked of you, when
you’re asked to do it.” Ken
zie followed his dad and
older brother, TJ, in the
Cougar football program.
Younger brother, Luke, is
currently a defensive tackle
for WSU.
The lone Cardinals
take on Joseph for their
opening game on August 30
in Dufur.
Ladies Play Day
results
Ladies Play Day w as
held on Tuesday, August
12, at the Willow C reek
Country Club. Results are
as follows:
August 12
Low g ro ss o f the
field was Virginia Grant and
Sandi Hanna. Low net of the
field was Suzanne Jepsen.
Least putts o f the field w as
Luvilla Sonstegard and Lyn-
nea Sargent.
F lig h t A w in n ers
were: Eva Kilkenny, low
gross.
F lig h t B w in n ers
were: Betty Christman, low
gross; and Joanne Barbee,
low net.
Long drive: Flight
B - Sandi Hanna.
Long Putt: Flight B
- Eva Kilkenny.
K.P.: Joanne Barbee,
second shot.
Taking care of business
by Sandv Matthews
Construction to begin on highway bridges in region
C o n t r a c t o r s fo r
the Oregon Department of
Transportation will begin
construction in September
and O ctober to repair or
replace three bridges along
the U.S. Highway 395 cor
ridor. The bridges, built
between 1940 and 1971, are
structurally safe but do not
meet modem standards for
traffic loads.
This work is part of
the ODOT’s McKay Creek
to Silvies Slough Project,
which will ensure contin
ued safety and m obility
by repairing or replacing
eight bridges in Umatilla,
Grant and Harney counties.
W ildish Standard Paving
Co., based in Eugene, is the
lead contractor. Construc
tion for the $37.5 million
project will be finished by
fall 2011.
Construction begins
on three o f the eight bridges
in the project this fall.
* R eplacem ent o f
the Silvies Slough Bridge
begins Sept. 17. The bridge
is located on Highway 78
at mile post 0.7 just east of
Bums.
Sheriffs Report
The Morrow County
Sheriff’s Office reports han
dling the follow ing busi
ness:
June 19: -M CSO
a rre sted D ustin A ndrew
Spears, 22, for probation
violation/possession o f a
controlled substance, Theft
I, failure to pay fine/Theft
III. Subject lodged Umatilla
County Jail.
-MCSO received a
report from a caller in Irri-
gon that her house smelled
like burning plastic and was
filled with smoke.
-BPD received a re
just prior to and following
the seven-day closure. Flag
gers will control alternating
single-lane traffic during
this time; the total width
between barriers will be 16
feet. The seven-day closure
is tentatively scheduled for
the last week in September.
Signs will be posted to alert
drivers about actual closure
dates and detours.
O D O T is offering
information about upcoming
U.S. 395 bridge construction
projects at the Grant County
Fair Aug. 20-23. ODOT’s
information booth can be
found inside The Center, an
indoor pavilion at the fair.
An open house will also
be held at Sunridge Middle
School in Pendleton Oct. 7
at 6:30 p.m.
“One o f the major
issues with these bridges is
weight restrictions for truck
ing,” said Red G illiland,
W ildish project manager.
“Restricted load limits re
duce the ability o f local
m ills, farm ers and other
businesses to com pete in
th eir resp ectiv e m arket-
places. The new bridges will
reinforce the health o f local
industries, which ultimately
affects most, if not all, busi
nesses and residents in the
region.”
The bridge replace
ments and repairs are part
o f the Oregon Department
o f Transportation's 10-year,
$3 billion Oregon Trans
portation Investm ent Act
program. OTIA funds will
repair or replace hundreds
o f bridges, pave and main Picture are some of lone High School’s ASB officers as pooper-
tain city and county roads, scoopers in the fair parade this past Saturday. Pictured L-R: Eric
improve and expand inter Jepsen, Tyree Svetich and Clay Morter. -Contributed Photo
changes, add new capac
ity to O reg o n ’s highw ay
system, and remove freight,,
bottlenecks statewide. About '
17 fam ily-w age jo b s are
sustained for every $1 mil
lion spent on transportation
co n stru ctio n in O regon.
Each year during the OTIA
program, construction proj
ects will sustain about 5,000
family-wage jobs.
For c u rre n t state
highway traffic advisories,
motorists should visit www.
TripCheck.com, or call 511
o r (800)977-6368.
port from a caller saying
there was an overturned
trailer, driver was ok and
walking around.
-MCSO issued a ci
tation to M ary Elizabeth
Ruesch, 64, for violation o f
the basic rule o f 75 mph in
a 55 mph speed zone.
-BPD received a re
port from a caller that there
w ere four su b jects w ere
at the residence possibly
scavenging scrap m etal.
It was determined that the
subjects were just cleaning
up the debris from the fire
and hauling off garbage.
-BPD received a re
port from a caller that there
were six horses on one acre
o f property. City ordinance
states there are to only be
two horses per acre.
-MCSO received a
report from a caller in Irri-
gon that a 93 year old female
had fallen from a standing
position.
-BPD received a re
port from a caller that there
was a male subject driving
around going door to door
blam ing people because
someone had turned him in
for having too many horses
on his property; subject is
reported to be intoxicated.
-BPD arrested Joel
Murillo, 23, for Probation
Violation/DUII. Subject was
lodged at Umatilla county
Jail.
-MCSO received a
report from a juvenile that
there was a vehicle at his
residence w ith the door open
and had seen shadows in the
basement.
-BPD issued a cita
tion to Joaquin M adrigal
Tapia, 62, for an expired
registration.
-BPD received a re
port from a caller that the
hose was missing from a
pump.
-Boardman A m bu
lance responded to a call
requesting an ambulance for
a 60 year old female with
swollen legs.
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* Improvements to
the Birch Creek Bridge be
gin Sept. 19. The bridge is
located on U.S. 395 at mile
post 15.3 in Pilot Rock.
* R eplacem ent o f
the McKay Creek Bridge
begins Oct. 15. The bridge
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Work on the Silvies
Slough and B irch C reek
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completion in October. Con
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Creek structure will contin
ue until spring 2010. Work
to replace Five additional
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The contractor ex
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Creek and M cKay Creek
structures will have minimal
impact on traffic. To replace
the Silvies Slough Bridge,
construction crews require
a full seven-day closure o f
Highway 78, as well as a
single-lane closure for up
to 14 days. The 14 days
could be split, occurring
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I.ane Bailey of Heppner was the winner of the Championship
Calf Roping Saddle donated by Kinzua Resources, LLC. -Photo
by Sandy Matthews
Robinson wins Lion’s
Club Rifle Raffle.
Kirk Robinson shows offthe rifle he won from the Heppner Lion's
Club. -Contributed Photo
Kirk Robinson was the w inner o f the annual Hep
pner Lion's Club Rifle Raffle.
Raffle tickets are sold March through July each
year. Proceeds from the raffle are put towards community
service scholarships that the club awards to graduating
high school seniors, and towards eyeglasses and hearing
aids for adults and children.
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