Image provided by: Morrow County Museum; Heppner, OR
About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 12, 2008)
Heppner volleyball team fourth at state By lliliiliiililn llliiiiilliliiill Bessie Wetzell Newspaper Library University o f Oregon Eugene, OR 97403 Cutsforth The H eppner M ustangs could not have gotten off to a rockier start at the state tournament held Saturday, November 8, at Forest Grove. After leading the Nestucca Bobcats two games to 0, 25-15, 25-22, it looked like they had it wrapped up. The Bobcats, however, not prepared to give it up, cam e out for the third game fighting and put themselves back in the game, winning, 16-25. K im The next game was more o f the same, ending 19-25 which left them tied in an important battle. Just as they were tied 3 to 3 in the fifth 15-point game, Sherilyn Peck came down awkw ardly and instantly broke her leg in three places. In one report her injury was termed “one o f the worst sports injuries ever witnessed.” After w hat seem ed “ w ay too lo n g ” Peck was tran sp o rted to a local hospital and play resumed. The much shaken M u sta n g s p ro v e d th e ir tenacity once again, playing a heartbreaking game into overtime and losing, 14-16 W ith th a t g a m e behind them, the Mustangs had th e e v e n in g o f f to regroup and prepare for their early morning game, another match against fellow Blue Mountain Conference team Elgin. Playing in a new rotation trying to fill the hole left by Peek, Brynna Rust stepped in and the Mustangs played a w arm -up game one, losing 21-25. Then the Heppner girls were ready and they finished the next three, 26-24,25-23,25-11. This win qualified the M ustangs for a state tournament trophy, the first Thanksgiving dinner to be held at All Saints’ VOL. 127 NO. 46 8 Pages Wednesday, November 12, 2008 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon Golf Course wants more water from city spots are the fault o f bad sprinkler heads and incor rect watering. The DEQ (D e partm ent o f Environm en tal Quality) regulates how much effluent water can be applied to the golf course, and at M onday’s meeting the city’s public works di rector, Brian Harmon, said he examined the golf course sprinklers and found a num ber of them not working and some shooting water straight up in the air. He also said that there are different sized heads which could be used in places that need more water. “ It is dishearten ing to me,” Holland told the council. It's not just spots, but whole areas are dry,” as he passed around pictures to the council o f the six and eighth hole areas taken one- and-a-half weeks ago. “The golf course needs more wa ter on the grass,” he said. The golf course can receive up to 100,000 gallons per night when irri gating and Harmon said the exact amount is determined by several weather factors and a form ula pro v id ed to the city by DEQ. The amount and application of the water has been a bone o f contention for some time betw een the city and the country club, and officials say they want to get the dis agreement worked out. “Com e to city hall and I will show you the water usage,” Harmon told Holland. Harmon explained that he goes onto the DEQ web site to find out how much water the golf course gets. “If we could get more water we w ould,” he told Holland. “We have the wa ter and would use it if we could.” Heppner Mayor Les Paustian agreed, saying that a man from the DEQ looked at the golf course and said it was getting the same amount o f w ater it was get ting in the past. “We would like to see the course green,” Paustian said, “but we are under the gun from DEQ." Holland said he Golf course wants to do something about brown would go back and talk to spots like this one the country club board in a couple o f weeks and then w anted to com e back at next m onth’s meeting and put on a presentation for the council. The council agreed to keep up the discussion in an attempt to solve the problem. In other action at the meeting, the council voted to change a six-year- old policy o f the city being responsible for all sewer lines from the edge o f home owner's property out to the city mainline. The council Linsey Ropp shot this 6x6 bull elk on the Rocking voted to change the policy Lazy A Ranch in Ukiah, OR owned by Vilas and Deb Ropp. so the hom eow ners will The rough score on this bull is approximately 314. Also continued page two pictured is Brandon Kellogg. By David Sykes The Willow Creek Country Club wants more irrigation water from the city o f Heppner saying that what they are getting now is not adequate to keep the golf course green. C ountry C lub Board member Dale Hol land and Ed Struthers were at Monday's council meet ing to ask for more water so there will not be brown grass spots on the fairways. “We are not getting enough water,” Holland said. Under an agree ment, the city provides wa ter for irrigation at the golf course from effluent from the city’s waste water treat ment plant. Public works employees at the city said they are giving all the wa ter allowed and that the dry Ropp shoots 6x6 bull elk ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. Mustangs show fourth place trophs at State. Celebration! one since 1998. The afternoon match against Bonanza began well. The Mustangs won the first two games, 25-17, 25-19. Bonanza came back to w in number three, 22-25. The M ustangs finished in the fourth game, 25-19, earning the fourth-place OSAA 2A trophy and big cheers from the large Heppner fan club that followed them to Forest Grove. Lenka Dobosova was named to the first team all state and Sherilyn Peck was named second team all state. The Mustangs also brought home the sportsm anship award. Web site to offer live broadcast Mustang face Lakeview in 2nd round of playoffs The Heppner Mustangs routed the Oakland Oak- ers, 57-8, Saturday, November 8, in Heppner to advance to the second round of the 2008 OSAA / U.S. Bank / Les Schwab Tires 2A Football State Championships. Hep pner’s next game is set for 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, at Lakeview. (see bracket page 3) The No 3 ranked Mustangs w ill face off against the No 1 ranked Lakeview Honkers. According to the web site www.rivalblitz. com there will be a live audio webcast of the game. A $5 donation is asked for to help support the live broadcast, however it is not required to listen. Collier, webmaster and play by play an Mini-carnival set nouncer Dusty o f the game, said he is trying to get enough spon sors together to be able to pay for a web video broadcast at St. Pat’s of the game. He said he needs at least SI 50 to pay OSAA S a in t P a t r i c k ’s for the rights to broadcast video. Collier's email is rival- Parish in Heppner will hold blitz@hotmail.com. a mini carnival on Sunday, November 16, in the parish 2A Coaches Poll - 10/29/08 State Rankings hall just after noon. Lakeview (8)(6-2) A ll fa m ilie s are Culver (1) (7-1) invited to attend and enjoy He -PP.ner (7-2) Oakridge (8-1 ) games that include fishing Pilot Rock (7-1) p o n d , g o lf, d a rts, hoop Portland Christian ( 8 -1 ) shoot, Bingo, cake walk Nestucca (1 ) (7-2) B onanza(6-1) and more. Knappa (7-1 ) A hotdog and chip Central Linn (7-2) lunch will be served and a Santiam (6-2) Others: Elgin 3. Kennedy 2, Oakland 2. basket from Murray’s Drug will be raffled. The Hope Lutheran, All Saints’ Episcopal and United Methodist churches com bined youth group is sp o n so rin g the H eppner community Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday, Nov. 27 at All Saints' Episcopal Church in Heppner start ing at 1 p.m. This is a free event and all are invited to attend. School district commends school teams M o rro w C o u n ty S ch o o l S u p e rin te n d e n t Mark Burrows, at the regular school board meeting held Monday night in Lexington, congratulated the Heppner High School volleyball team for taking fourth place in the state tournament last week end. He also commended Morrow County Health Dis trict’s Director o f Nursing Molly Rhea who was at the tournament and responded to assist a Heppner player who was seriously injured during a game. Burrows also con gratulated the Heppner and Riverside High school foot ball teams who are advanc ing in playoffs and the RHS soccer team. A lso at the m eet ing Burrows discussed the outlook for school fund ing considering the current economic downturn. Bur rows and board members concluded that not much can be decided at this time, since the governor's budget has not yet been released and the extent o f the downturn has not yet been determined.. Board member Bill Kuhn recommended that if cuts have to be made it would be better to make them earlier in the budget process and then add the items back in if the econom ic situation improves, rather than the alternative. In other business, the board: -learned from Bur rows that some progress may have been made in ne gotiating payments to rural pharm acies with the d is trict's new insurance carrier. The problem was that drug costs for rural pharmacies exceeded what the district’s insurance company would pay. -learned that the lr- rigon Junior/Senior High School received an Oregon “GEAR UP” (Ciaining Early Awareness and Readiness for U n d e rg ra d u ate P ro grams) which will give the school around $30,000 a year for six years to prepare students for college. The board approved a resolu tion appropriating $38.500 in unanticipated funds from the GEAR UP program w ith $17,500 for instruction and $21,000 in support services. The grant is designed to increase the num bers o f students who go on to at tend college and is geared for schools that have lower num ber o f students who plan to attend colleges. -approved a coop erative sponsorship between the Morrow County School continued page J AT M CG G G R E E N F E E D & S E E D IN H E P P N E R : e Care O f y o u r la w * 7Ais W inter V IN T E R C A R E L A W N F E R T IL IZ E R *■ • .+ ■ s o ib . b a g - $ 1 9 . 0 0 ;r :“ • M orrow County d ra in Growers Green F eed A S eed 242 W. Linden Way, Heppner • 676-9422 • 989-8221 (MCGG main office)
