Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, May 20,2009 - FIVE
Heppner and lone teams participate in state track action
Heppner girls finish in first und second place. -Photo by
Theresa Craw ford
Crawford
Jordan Hatfield finished second in hurdles. -Photo by The
resa Crawford
lone track team brings home state medals
Cory Peterson hands off to Matt Hams in the final leg of
the 4X400. -Photo by Theresa Crawford
The lone Track fifth place medal in the
Team took advantage of 4X100 and sixth in the
the ideal track conditions 4X400. Team members,
at last weekend’s OSAA Alex R ietm ann, Clay
State 1A/2A/3A Track Morter, Cory Peterson
Meet to pick up some and Matt Hams, knocked
medals and record some almost nine seconds off
PR’s. The meet was held their season best 4X400
at Western Oregon Uni time in the preliminary
versity in Monmouth.
heats on Friday. The team
C la y M o r te r followed up with their
capped his high school second best time of the
career by finally getting season on Saturday, run
on the podium in the high ning 3:40.78. The 4X100
jump. A four year quali team. Rietmann, Morter,
fier in the event. Morter Peterson and Hams, was
jumped flawlessly over just a whisker from “a big
5’ 10” which was enough medal” with .47 seconds
to tie for fourth place. His separating second place
from seventh.
PR in the event is 6*1.”
The lone boy’s
Tie Chalongtr-
relay teams snagged the akul, an exchange student
Forest users asked to be light on the
land, avoid driving off forest roads
M u d d in g and
off-road vehicle use in the
spring, when the ground
is saturated, continues to
be a problem for public
land managers in the Blue
Mountains. Mud bogging
or ’mudding” may look
like a lot of fun to some
but it leaves behind scars
on the land that never
heal and frequently cause
resource issues in the
future.
Mud bogging is
an activity done when
people drive motorized
vehicles through wet ar
eas including meadows,
springs, ponds, streams
and lake shores. “When
vehicles spin their tires
to throw mud, they rip
up fragile vegetation and
soil, creating deep mud
holes and ruts,” said Wal
ter Merritt, Law Enforce
ment Patrol Captain on
the U m atilla National
Forest. “This extensive
resource damage to the
land and vegetation is
expensive to repair and
labor intensive. In most
cases, these areas can
never be restored to their
original state.”
Not only is mud
bogging extremely dam
aging to the land, it is
illegal. Each year, law en
forcement officers write a
number of citations and
warnings. “ It’s always
unlawful to operate a ve
hicle off-road in a manner
which damages or unrea
sonably disturbs land and
vegetative resources,”
said Merritt. This type of
Mustangs compete state golf action
activity is punishable by
up to a $5,000 fine and/or
six months in jail. In addi
tion, the suspects can be
held liable for the restitu
tion cost, which includes
the cost to the forest to
repair damaged property
and rehabilitate the areas
that were damaged due to
their illegal activity.
M erritt also
warns o f unintentional
damage due to wet, mud
dy roads and rain soaked,
saturated areas. Whether
you pull a vehicle off
the road to pick mush
rooms, load up firewood,
or find a place to camp,
the weight of the vehicle
can cause the pick-up to
sink and get stuck. Mer
ritt suggests you get out
of the vehicle and test
the ground before you
drive off the road to your
favorite firewood spot
or camping area. Avoid
areas with visible puddles
and unstable soil. Look
for rocky, well-drained
areas to pull onto.
“What may take
a vehicle a few minutes
to tear up can take many
years and a lot of money
to restore,” said Merritt.
lone School tennis players to
participate in state tournament
T
h
e
School tennis team will
be participating.
T h e r e is no
charge for the state tour
nament. Schedules and
brackets can be found at
www.osaa.org/tennis/.
4A/3A/2A/1A 2009 Ten
nis State Championships
will be held Thursday-
Saturday, May 21-23,
at the Eugene Swim &
Tennis Club. Four student
from the lone Community
Babe Ruth Golf
tournament to be held
The following Heppner Mustangs went to the state golf
meet in Banks: Zach Orem, Donald Matthews, C hris Lien,
Joe Pranger and Josh Shank. -Photo by Sandy Matthews
he Heppner Babe Ruth Golf tournament will
be held on Sunday, May 24 at the Willow Creek Coun
try Club. The tournament will be a four-person scram
ble. The cost is $30 per person and lunch is included.
The caddy auction will begin at 8 a.m. The tournament
w ill start at 9 a.m. Prizes will be awarded.
£ We hove Memorial
Spray Rodeo and Easter Oregon
half-marathon to be held
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Memorial Day
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weekend!
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For more infor
mation call 676-9079 or
571-2674.
The third annual
alumni football game w ill
be held Saturday, June 20,
at 6 p.m.
The cost to play
is $30 per person and all
proceeds will go to the
Heppner football pro
gram. Players are asked to
Annual Morrow/ Gilliam
G olf Scramble to be held
The annual Morrow/Gilliam Golf Scramble
will be held on Thursday, June 4, at the Willow Creek
Country Club.
Registration will open at 8:30 a.m. A shotgun
start at 9 a.m. will kick off the event.
For more information contact the Oregon
Wheat Growers League at 541-276-7330.
Ladies Play Day results
were: low gross were
Betty Christman; low net
was Jacki Allstott; least
putts was Bernice Lott;
and long drive was Betty
Christman.
Flight C w i n
ners were: low gross was
Sherron Woodside; low
net was Burul DeBorg;
and long drive was Bural
DeBorg.
K P: Vi r g i n i a
Grant, second shot on
#7.
Ladies Play Day
was held on Tuesday,
May 12, at the Willow
Creek Country Club. Re
sults are as follows:
M a y 12
Low gross of the
field was Pat Edmundson.
Low net of the field was
Virginia Grant and Pat
Doughtery. Least putts
of the field was Lorrene
Montgomery.
Flight A w i n
ners were: low gross was
Nancy Propheter; low
net was Corol Mitchell;
and long drive was Pat
Edmundson.
Flight B winners
The
Willow
Creek Ladies 18-hole
Invitational will be held
on June 2.
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of the money raised will
go to St. Charles Medical
Center Breast Cancer Re
search which was started
in memory of Sara Fisher,
a teacher, counselor, and
active community vol
unteer who died in 1992
after a seven year battle
with breast cancer.
For more infor
mation about weekend
activities call 541-468-
2442.
Third annual alumni
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The 62nd annual
rodeo be held May 22,23,
and 24. Also, the 45,h an
nual Eastern Oregon Half
Marathon will be held
beginning at 8 a.m.
The Spray Rodeo
is also participating in
the “Tough Enough to
Wear Pink" campaign
on Saturday of the rodeo
as an initiative to raise
awareness and money for
breast cancer patients. All
from Thailand, gutted out 3000 meters, running to
a second place finish at a non-placing 12,h place.
district so he could get Jepsen improved her time
to state and buy a pair 1:12 from her perfor
of OSAA sweatpants. A mance at Pre-District on
pleasant surprise greeted May 2. Beth Morter made
Tie at the state meet. The the finals in the triple
folks running the t-shirt jump with leap of 31-3.5.
stand had seen the article Strong performances in
in the new spaper and front of her kept her from
they gave him a pair of the medal stand. Makenna
sweatpants for free. Tie Ramos ran the 100 meters
ran tough but did not ad in 13.92 but did not ad
vance to the finals. Clay vance to the finals.
Morter (100 meters) and
“I am very proud
Cory Peterson (400 me of how all the kids per
ters) also did not make formed this season. We
the finals.
had some great perfor
On the g i r l s ’ mances at District and
side o f the meet, Re continued that on to the
becca Jepsen recorded State Meet,” said Coach
a 43 second PR in the Ryan Rudolf.
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Heppner l nited Methodist church recently added a wheel
chair ramp to their building. Workers recently finished
building an attached wheelchair ramp to the church build
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