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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 25,2009 Smalley participates in Special Olympic World Winter Games Lady Cards finish season at district tournament A season that started 0-10 but ended at the district to u rn a m e n t w ent into the b o o k s fo r th e lo n e L ady Jilli Sm alley, daugh C ardinals last w eekend. ter o f M ark and Kristi Sm al T he lone G irls e n ley, recently returned from tered the Big Sky T ourna the Special O lym pic W orld m ent as the n u m b er three W inter Ciames in Idaho. Two seed on the east and kept thousand athletes, represent w ithin striking distance o f ing 95 countries, com peted first round opponent, D ufur a ro u n d th e g re a te r B o ise until m id w ay th ro u g h the area. fou rth q u a rte r, e v e n tu a lly Sm alley raced at the falling 34-23. The Lady C ar S p e c ia l O ly m p ic W in te r d in als finished the season R egional R a c e s on S a tu r w ith a 9-7 record in the Big d a y , F e b ru a ry 1 2 1 , a n d Sky League. w on three gold m edals. She B riana Peterson put earned gold in the IK , 3K, up four o f her 10 points in and a 1K relay. the first q uarter and at the S m a lle y c o m p e te d end o f one, the Lady C ards in the cross-country skiing w ere up by one 7-6. Du fu r’s co m p e titio n at Sun V alley defensive pressure gave the for Team U SA. She had the Lady C ards fits in the second fastest q u a lify in g tim e for and third, holding them to th e U S A W o m e n ’s T eam one field goal in the second la s t M o n d a y , q u a li f y in g and tw o in the third. in the e lite d iv is io n , an d Trailing 23-16 going b ro u g h t hom e 6 ,h p lac e in into the final eight m inutes, the 500 m eter race and 4th D ufur capitalized on 13 trips place in the IK race w here to the free throw line, hitting she m oved up from the 7th seven along w ith canning a starting position. couple o f buckets along the Sm alley w as one o f way. The Lady Rangers out- 12 O regon athletes chosen Jilli Smalley recently competed in the Special Olympic scored lone 11-7 in the final to c o m p e te w ith th e 4 5 0 World Winter Games in Idaho. -Contributed Photo fram e for the win. m em ber USA Team. B ria n a P e te rs o n led the C a rd in a ls w ith 10 points. She notched her first d o u b le -d o u b le o f the se a Editor s Note: Three Hepp o f picking up garbage. We and welcomed. Another laige part o f son by adding 10 boards to not only pick up garbage, but ner High School 9th grad ers recently won first, sec we also do other projects like this project is that it gets stu her points. Stefanie A rcher planting trees at our park or dents involved with something added six points and eight ond and third place in the our golf course. We also go to other than their social groups rebounds. state Garden Club Essay "W e play ed a very Lexington, a small, neighbor and school. Students get to Contest. Conner Pappas ing town 7 miles away, and be active out o f school, but took third place with his pick up garbage there. We also they are still under the rules essay "Mustang Mop-Up: clean the community garden in that the school has so there is Getting Kids Involved. The second and first place Lexington by pulling weeds also order that is maintained. and planting new flowers. In Students also give back to the essays will appear in the H eppner w e also go to the com m unity for supporting March 4 and 11 editions, In 1995, the H erm - fair grounds area and clean them by doing the projects that respectively, o f the Hepp iston HS S ports B oosters, the community needs to hav e up at the rodeo stadium. We ner Gazette-Times. also clean garbage up in the done but may not have the time w ith the approval o f the Big By Conner Pappas M ustang M op-U p is various creeks that run through or manpower. Since the two Sky c o a c h e s , the a th le tic years this project was started directors, and the H alvorsen how stu d e n ts from H e p p Heppner. M ustang M op-Up is the community has respected fam ily, instituted the Jason ner High school get involved with community service and also good for the community. the students o f Heppner High H alv o rsen "S p irit o f B a s environm ental projects. En It’s good for the community School much more knowing k e tb a ll” tro p h y an d have vironmental projects such as because it gives the students that the students care about given it an n ually at the Big Sky T ournam ent. planting trees and picking up a chance to "give back’’ to the those who support them. In 1 9 9 4 , th e firs t There are many rea people who support them. A n garbage. The M ustang Mop- y e a r t h a t t h e B ig S k y Up also helps the community other way it helps the com m u sons that M ustang M op-Up by com pleting projects such nity is that students do projects is the ideal project that all T ournam ent w as hosted in as mov ing a business to a new to clean up buildings or move sch o o ls should im plem ent H erm iston, Jason H alvorsen building. The students also get a business. The people o f the every spring. It com pletes played for the tou rn am en t a chance to give back to the com m unity can help also. It environmental projects that no c h a m p io n lone C a rd in a ls. community. This type o f proj lets the students and people one had time for. Community His effort w as instrum ental ect should be something every o f the town get involved. It projects such as moving a busi to his te a m ’s success. N ot school should make use o f so also lets the community know ness to a new building is also long after, Jason lost his life students can becom e active that the students care about done as well. With it being in a trag ic c ar a c cid e n t. T he Jason H alv o rs while being superv ised by the them because the students take done in the tow n the com school. M ustang M op-Up is pride in their w ork. All o f this munity can join in. Ev eryone en " S p irit o f B a s k e tb a ll” the type o f activity everybody makes the community a very benefits from Mustang Mop- trophy w as given to a m ale huge deal in M ustang Mop- Up by seeing that the students a th le te an d a fem a le a th should be involved in. The main idea o f the Up. Then at lunch time there care about those w ho support lete w ho c o m p e te s in the Mustang M op-Up is the envi is a laige barbeque at our park them. Those are just a few rea to u r n a m e n t a n d w h o , in ronmental projects. O f course where everybody in the town sons that a Mustang Mop-Up the op in io n o f th e ju d g e s, when people think o f envi can come. Participation o f the type project should be done by best ex e m p lifie s th e spirit o f b a s k e t b a ll . Q u a l it ie s ronmental projects, they think citizens is highly appreciated every school. co n sid e red are sp irit, floor le a d e r s h ip , s e lf le s s n e s s . Pappas takes third in state essay competition One agent for your insurance needs! 676-918I "Where Friends Meet" 142 N orth Main PER/ Old Timers Night/ Ladies Night March 5th Condon Office Ja y LaRue, Agent A rcher 6, M orter 3, Svet- ich 2, C am arillo 2 R ebounds- Peterson 10, A rcher 8 A ssists- Svetich 2 Steals- M orter 3, Peterson 3 B locks- M orter 1, A rcher 1 Steven Begay (left) of Dufur and Brittany Smith (right) of Helix were the recipients of the Jason Halvorsen “Spirit of Basketball" trophy. 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