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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Cardinals boost record to 2-0 ter for the final score. The lone Cardinal With 68 points on boosted their season record the board, the Cardinals to 2-0 with a convincing tallied 532 yards o f total 68-34 win over the visit offense. The ground attack ing M cK enzie team on was led by Micha Stillman Friday, September 18. A with 199 yards on 17 car good crowd enjoyed the ries. Tanner Rietmann had fíne, fall w eather and a 90 yards on six carries and satisfying outcome for the Gunner Jessen packed the home team. ball four times for 50 yards. From the get go, Quarterback, RJ Ramos the Cards dominated the was 6-10 in the passing game with a ground, air department for 166 yards. and special teams attack. Zac Orem threw it once In the first quarter, Gunner for 27 yards. The lead Jessen ran in a score from ing receivers were Tanner 32 yards out, Zac Orem ran Rietmann (3-97) and Matt back a blocked punt, Alex Hams (3-95.) Rietmann got away for a 44 “We played great yard score and Matt Hams pass defense, moved the and RJ Ramos connected ball well and did the things on a 33 yard pass play to w e needed to do except for put the Cardinals up 28-0. penalties,” said Coach Den At half time, the Cardinals nis Stefani. “We had mul were up 56-14. tiple penalties that didn’t The Cards scored hurt us in this game but will first in the third quarter on a down the road. We need to pass from Ramos to Tanner clean that part of our game Rietmann. But McKenzie up and things should be put up three touchdowns on fine.” the board to narrow the lead The Cardinals trav slightly, 52-34. The out come was never in doubt, Top Photo: #76 F.ric Jepsen blocks for lone. Bottom Photo: el to Dufur on Friday for though, as lone scored two #14 Matt Hams catches a pass from Quarterback RJ Kamos the first test in league play. Game time is 7 p.m. more times in the final quar- for a touchdown. -Photos by Theresa Crawford Ladies Play Day results Lady Cards finish busy week The lone Lady Car Ladies Play Day was held on Tuesday, Septem dinals finished a busy week ber 15, at the Willow Creek Country Club. Results are with several wins and one as follows: tough loss in their young September 15 volleyball season. lone Low gross of the field was Nancy Prophetor, hosted Condon/W heeler Lynnea Sargent, and Pat Edmundson. Low net of the field was Luvilla Sonstegard. Least putts of the field was Pat and Cover during the week and traveled to the six-team Dougherty and Jan Paustian. Flight A winners were: low gross, Corol Mitchell; Joseph Tournament on Sat urday. low net, Virginia Grant; and least putts, Eva Kilkenny. The Lady Cards Flight B winners were: low gross, Jackie Allstott; low net, Joanne Barbee; long drive, Ann Elgin; and K.P., kicked off league play on Tuesday, September 15, Pat Dougherty. Flight C winners were: low gross, Ann Elgin; and with a convincing 25-16, 25-11,25-12 w in over Con low net, Burul Deboer. don/W heeler. “The girls Chip-ins: Nancy Propheter. The Last Gasp family barbecue will be held came out and played hard,” September 27 at 1 p.m. The Ladies Fun Day will be held said Coach Dawn Eynetich. She noted the team put forth Tuesday, September 29, at 9 a.m. a good, solid effort. “We didn’t have a real high num Heppner Ag students learn about soil ber of kills but we did have more blocks than usual.” The team served 90% led by 100% efforts from Tyree Svetich (13-13), Vanessa Ziliani (16-16) and Mary Rietmann (11-11.) Stefanie Archer led the attack at the net with five kills. On Friday, Septem ber 18, the Lady Cards host ed a non-conference match against Cove, lone took the match in three games 25-11, 25-22, 25-22. Students in Beth Dickenson's Intro to Agriculture class at In game one, lone Heppner Jr/S r High School recently learned the different ran out to a big lead and held types of soil textures and how to create ribbons, which it. Makenna Ramos served helps to identify the type of soil it is. The students are nine points with three aces learning all of the basics about soils. Their upcoming as and Stefanie Archer serv ed sessment wiU take place at the Blue Mountain District Soils six points w ith five aces in a contest on September 30, in a location between Pendleton, Hermiston and Helix. -Contributed Photo row. Game two looked like it was going to mirror the first. lone led 13-3 before Cove came roaring back. M orrow C ounty tions, and pay $383 in fines, The Cards maintained their composure to hold on for District Attorney Elizabeth fees and assessments. Ballard has released the fol -E ric L aw rence the win. The Lady Cards lowing report: Blomgren, 40, was found fell behind in game three -Larry Allen Per guilty of unlawful posses but got it together late in rin, 33, was convicted of ha sion of marijuana, a Class the game. lone overtook the rassment, a Class B misde B felony, and was sentenced Leopards at 15 points and meanor, and was sentenced to 80 hours of community were tied again at 18 before to 90 days incarceration service, 18 months formal the Cards pulled away. lone served 92% with 79 days suspended, probation, 90/30 sanction one year bench probation, units, other conditions, and and Vanessa Ziliani was complete 40 hours of com pay $ 1,423 in fines, fees and munity service, other condi assessments. DA’s Report tough at the net with 13 kills. The Lady Cards left at the crack of dawn for the Joseph Tournament. In pool play, they downed Joseph 25-9, 25-9 w ith just one missed serve in the match. Next, they faced Cove again. lone had to come from behind in game one but walked away with game two. Makenna Ramos served 15-15. Vanessa Zil iani had five kills and Beth Morter added four. Those two wins gave lone the top seed from their pool. Their first op ponent in bracket play was Wallowa. The Cougars built an early lead but the Cards scratched back into conten tion behind the serving of Tyree Svetich, narrowing Wallowa’s lead to 21-20. However, Wallowa pulled out the win 25-23. The Lady Cards jumped on Wallowa in game two and romped to a 25-11 win, bringing it all down to a 15 point third game. lone led 13-8 before Wallowa came back to tied the game and then pull out the 17-15 win. Brianna Peterson was 14-14 at the service line and MaKenna Ramos missed just one, 16- 17. Beth Morter had nine kills and Vanessa Ziliani had seven. “All around, the girls played really well and really hard,” said Coach Dawn Eynetich. Basically, in the end, we made some mental errors that cost us.” She noted that the team fought until the end and also that their serving was very good for the week. The Lady Cards travel to Dufur on Friday and host Echo on Saturday, starting at noon. Marriages s/em p AND m Badger Mountain Dry Band SATURDAY. OCTOBER 3. 2009 4:00PM - 7:30PM ^ BOARDMAN MARINA PARK Tickets Available at % The Boardman Chamber of Commerce or at the EvenF-t 15.00 Food Available fo r Purchase * * Î Hosted by: Boardman Chamber of Commerce & Kiwanis Club of Boordman ® /ro r more information call: 541-481-3014 J » - THREE Morrow County Court weekly meetings held The Morrow Coun ty Court met on September 2 in Heppner with Judge Tallman, Commission Grieb and Commissioner Rea in attendance. Following is a summary of the meeting provided by Leann Rea. The court approved the minutes of August 26, 2009. The court review ed and approved Accounts P ayable for a to tal o f $55,303.82. Fred Carlson, fi nance director provided a recap o f the more active funds. Funds are generally on target for this point in the fiscal year. Road Report Public Hearing R oad C anyon Road: Hauled rock, bladed and rolled the road from the six foot culvert at the bottom of the grade to the Board Creek intersection. Shoul der Rock: Placed gravel, bladed and swept shoulder rock on Sand Hollow Road, Myers Lane, Baseline Lane and Blackhorse Canyon Lane. Paving: A ssisted ODOT with paving on Hwy 207 for one week, moved equipment back to the Lex ington yard and cleaned. Hauled gravel for the new gates and approach into the fair grounds. Morter Lane: Watered and graded Morter Lane in preparation of the application of a dust abatement and road stabi lizing substance. Over the last three years the county has spent $108,818.57 in maintenance on this road. This cost would be much higher if the JVB Dairy did not assist the county with the maintenance o f this road. Currently the road is graded four times per year, with the application of this material the road should only need to be graded three times per year. With additional applications of this material over the next few years, it is hoped that the road will not need to be graded as often. Weed Con trol: Learned that a citizen had expressed a concern regarding the application of weed control materials in a location close to his grapes. Commissioner Grieb, Pub lic Works director and the weed manager will meet with this individual to ad dress these concerns and assure that this will not happen again. Grant County Fair: Mr. O’Brien reported that the information pro vided at the fair regarding the OHV Park exhibit was very well accepted and that the county was very appre ciative. Applications for the Park Youth Hunt were pro vided to those interested. Sheriff's Report Reported that on August 4 there were fires in the Gooseberry, Clarks Canyon and Fuller Canyon areas, all resulting from thunder and lightening The Morrow Coun ty Court met on September 9 in Irrigon w ith Judge Tall man, Commission Grieb and Commissioner Rea in attendance. Following is a summary of the meeting provided by Leann Rea. The court approved the minutes of September Morrow County Clerk Bobbi Childers has re 2 . leased the follow ing report of marriage licenses issued: The c o u rt r e -September 18: Isaac Daniel Dunn, 28, Irrigon viewed and approved ac and Christal Ra’chel Smith, 25, Irrigon. counts payable for a total of $76,933.07. There was no road report. The court conduct The American Legion Auxiliary will hold a bake ed the following business: sale on Friday, September 25, beginning at 8:30 a.m. at Reviewed and signed a Memorandum o f Under Heppner Family Foods. standing regarding initial notification o f a chemi cal accident or incident; review ed and signed a Memorandum o f Agree American Legion Auxiliary to hold bake sale ^ W INE » BEER TASTING • Brady Gos# -Tho Piano Man Wednesday, September 23,2009 storm s. There was also a fire in the Irrigon area, cause unknown. There was also a hay stack fire in the lone area on August 7. Also received a report regarding m iscellaneous activities throughout the county. Budget Report Conducted a pub lic hearing regarding the distribution of the Strategic Investment Program (SIP) Community Service Fees for the S hepherd’s Flat Wind Farm. The follow ing representatives of the Special Taxing Districts introduced themselves: Vir gil Morgan, lone Rural Fire Protection District, Cyde Estes, Morrow County Uni fied Recreation District, Eileen Hendricks, Port of Morrow, Maureen McEl- ligott, lone Lexington Cem etery District, Joe McEl- ligott, lone School District, Michael Lasher, Umatilla Morrow Education Service District, Skip Matthews, Willow Creek Park Dis trict, Larry Mills, Morrow County Health District, Nichole Mahoney, Morrow County Health District. After a lengthy discussion it was decided that the fees would be distributed in pro rata, based on the districts tax rate in the code area, with the monies for the school district to go to the county. A roll call vote was requested and all districts approved this method of distribution. The court conduct ed the following business: Opened and approved a bid for the application of Ure thane foam and necessary coatings to the Quonset Hut at the Lexington Airport ($16,575) and the museum in Heppner ($26,660). The bid was awarded to M&M Mobile Urethane Systems; Reviewed and approved a letter of support to the Port of Morrow for the construc tion of an interchange con nection to 184; Reviewed and approved a joint let ter from the county court and the Port of Morrow to Senator Merkley regarding Bombing Range Road and other issues of concern for the county; Reviewed and authorized the payment of the invoice from the Ethics Commission. Hopefully, this matter w ill be discussed at the AOC conference in November. Other miscella neous correspondences and upcoming meeting notices were reviewed. ment regarding activation o f alert and notification system; reviewed and ap proved a resolution regard ing a $5.000 loan from the General Fund to the Victim Witness Fund. This will be repaid on or before the end of the 2009-2010 fiscal year; reviewed and signed a couple o f agreem ents betw een C A PECO and the county regarding pay ments for rapid re-housing and homeless rent assistance as well as emergency ser vices for domestic violence; reviewed and signed docu ments for the purchase of a Case IH Farmall model 60 for the Fair Board. Pay ment for the tractor will be due in August of 2010. Miscel laneous correspondences and notices of upcoming meeting were reviewed. Deadline for Legal and Classified Advertising Mondays at5-.oopm
