Heppner volleyball team fourth at state
By
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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
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