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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 7,2009 Shermans awarded September Yard of the Month By Kay Proctor The Heppner Gar den Club has chosen Cal and Bev Sherman’s home as Yard of the Month for September, finishing up the 2009 «CMOB In 1973, the Sher man’s home at 205 Willow View Drive was new when they moved in. Only the Heppner High School and the old US Forest Service Building (now expanded and occupied by C'CSEP and the sheriff’s office) were on the rocky, w indy hilltop with them. A sur prise visit from Doug An derson helped their yard become what it is today. Anderson, son of former Morrow County Extension Agent, Nels An derson, grew up in Hep pner playing and exploring the hillsides. Returning as a grown man for a visit, he was surprised to see a house built on his old stom ping grounds. An derson, a landscaper by profession, made an offer to Cal and Bev; he would work with them planning out their yard if they would loan him a rifle during hunting seasons. The friendly deal was carried out. Under ground sprinklers w ere put together, soil was hauled in, and trees were planted to create privacy from the street. Everyone benefited; Sherman’s with a jumpstart on their landscape and Anderson by not having to tote a rifle back and forth when visiting Heppner. Over the years, the Sherman’s have made addi tions and changes. With the help of Ron Haguewood, Cal built a deck area for a hot tub in the back yard. In the side yard, a column of basalt rock used as a water fountain was put in. There are plans to restart a nearby Cal and Bev Sherman three-tiered water foun tain that was temporarily retired and add an antique hand pump to the set-up. Cal is the mower and weeder in the fam ily and recommends using a pre-em ergent such as Casaron to help out. He has always tried to “keep a nice yard” wherever they lived and says to “just tackle what you have”. Bev plants annuals and places them around the deck and yard. Keeping the grazing deer away is a con stant battle and Cal admits that the deer might “have won”. The last of their rosebushes was recently removed and replaced with a deer resistant Daphne shrub. Q uail, chukars, and pheasants have also visited, but lately these are rare sightings. There have been regular visits by a cottontail rabbit and most recently a random Lady Cards win two, lose one Heppner volleyball team wins homecoming game #22 Taighler Daugherty gets a hit against the Pilot Rock Rock ets while Brynna Rust stays ready defensively. The Mustangs took the match in three games during the Homecoming game Thursday in Heppner. Photo by Sandy Matthews □RINK SPECIALS Spice Pumpkin Pie Chai Latte Pumpkin frappe’s redding Tables T ravis C a r n i n e & K yle M ills Vanessa Ziliani had eight, Beth M orter had seven and Stefanie Archer added six. Beth Morter had five blocks. “Serving was the difference in the game,” said Coach Dawn Eynet- ich. She noted that the team missed 22 serves and the total point difference in the match was 16. But she was encouraged that the team competed so well against a team with lots of championship experience. “The girls played a phe nomenal game. They know now they can come out and play with Helix.” The Lady Cardi nals finished their week with a match against the Knights of Condon/Wheel- er in Condon on October 2. After the tough and emo tional match the night be fore, the Cardinals looked a little sluggish but pulled out the win in three games, 25-17,25-17,25-20. Vanessa Z iliani had 13 k ills and Beth Morter added eight. Mary Rietmann served 100% and Stefanie Archer also had a good serving night, making 17 of 19 with six aces. The Lady Cards have just one match this week, hosting South Was co County on Thursday night. Ladies Play Day results L acey M a tte s o n & S a m M a c k e n z ie Ladies last play day was held on Tuesday, September 29, at the Wil low Creek Country Club in a scramble format. Results are as follows: September 29 First place team: Virginia Grant, Pat Dough erty, and Karen Thomp son. S e c o n d p la c e A d a m N eiffer & Lauren S ten d er S a tu r d a y , N o v e m b e r 2 1 s t Serving Heppner, Lexington A lone . Senior Mustang #3 Brent Eckman rushes for yards during the Homecoming game against the Stanfield Tigers. The Mustangs beat the Tigers 47-14. -Photo by Sandy Matthews Cardinals boost record to 4-0 #8 Zach Orem runs the ball during the Cardinals' game against Condon Wheeler. -Photo by Theresa Crawford The lone Cardi nals built an early lead and coasted to a 45-0 lead over the Condon Wheeler Knights on Friday, Oc tober 2, in Condon. The win boosted the Cardinals' season record to 4-0 and kept them unblemished in league play at 2-0. It was a balanced attack, on the ground and in the air that kept the Knights guessing. Nine ball carriers tallied 211 yards on the ground while two quar terbacks scored a pair of touchdowns each for 192 passing yards, giving the Cardinals 403 yards o f total offense. The Knights struggled offensively with just 119 yards of total of fense in the game. The Cards put up 18 points in the first quarter. Zac Orem scored first on a 7 yard run. Alex Rietmann followed up with a 26 yard run and Tanner Rietmann caught a 29 yard pass from RJ Ramos for the third score. In the second quar ter, Matt Hams caught a 20 yard from Evan Rietmann pass to get things started. Gunner Jessen punched in from six yards out and Tanner Rietmann and RJ Ramos connected on a 62 yard pass play. The final scored of the day came in the fourth quarter, courtesy of Zac Orem, catching an 8 yard pass from Evan Rietmann. Evan R ietm ann was the leading rusher with 51 yards on six carries. Alex Rietmann had four for 44 while seven other ball carriers tallied yards. In the passing department, RJ Ramos was 4-6 for 117 yards and two touchdowns. Evan Rietmann was 5-6 for 75 yards and two touch downs. Tanner Rietmann was the leading receiver with 129 yards on three catches. Matt Hams caught two for 30 yards. “This was one of those games that we went in knowing it would be fairly easy,” said Coach Dennis Stefani. “It gave us a chance to try a different defense and give all the kids lots of playing time.” M icah S tillm an had 15 tackles (one solo) and T anner R ietm ann had 14 (nine solo.) Alex Fetterhoff added 11 (two solo), RJ Ramos and Eric Jepsen each had nine (one solo each) and newcomer, Marco Juarez, had a solid effort with seven tackles, five of those solo. “The line did a great jo b ,” com m ented Coach Stefani. “I was also happy to see us pass the ball and be successful at it." The Cardinals will host South Wasco County in a league contest this Thursday, October 8, start ing at 7 p.m. Although the Redsides started the season slow, they had a few kids recently rejoin the team. “We are hoping for a com petitive ball game.” Heppner Junior High Volleyball in full swing team: a tie between the team o f Corol Mitchell, Nancy Propheter, and Jan Paustian, and the team of Loa Heideman, Lorrene Montgomery, and Betty Christman. Third place team: Pat Edm undson, Burul DeBoer, and Luvilla Son- stegard. October Fair Board meeting planned M umuj ' j D mj 2 1 7 N o rth M a in • H e p p n e r • P h o n a 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426 = The lo n e Lady C ardinals played three matches last week, win ning two but losing a close four game match to league powerhouse, Helix. On Tuesday Sep tem ber 29, lone hosted Riverside in a non-confer ence contest. After a slug gish start, the Cardinals put away the Pirates 26-24, 18-25,25-17,25-13. Tyree Svetich served 20-20 in the match with three aces. Van essa Ziliani led the team at the net with 13 kills. Ste- fanie Archer had nine and Beth Morter had seven. The much antici pated Helix match was set for Thursday, October 1 in Helix. The Lady Cards put the Grizzlies on notice that they had come to play. Game one saw the score tied five times before the Cardinals inched ahead and stayed ahead to win the game 25-23. In game two, missed serves became a factor for lone. Playing from behind the entire game, they dropped game two 25-19. Helix jumped out to a big lead in game three and held it to win 25-18. Game four was high drama. The score was tied 13 times, the last time at 22 before Helix finished it off, 25-22. Briana Peterson led at the net with 10 kills. S a tu r d a y , O c to b e r 1 7 th S a tu r d a y , O c to b e r 2 4 t l i % chipmunk. Bev appreciates their special plantings such as the now huge pine tree that youngest daughter, Janice, brought back as a seedling from Tupper Out door School years ago. An other special memory is when Cal took time from work to take Aunt Ora Evans to the mountains and they brought back a small pine tree for the side yard. A huckleberry bush surprised them by sprouting out right next to the pine. Sadly, the tree died the same year Aunt Ora passed away, but the huckleberry is still growing years later. Other plantings in their yard include yews, mugho pines, burning bush, maple and spruce trees, barberry, flowering cra- bapples, Oregon grape and a pink flowering dogwood tree. Also planted through out the yard are collectibles such as unusual rocks from family members, wheels and axles off an old lug gage cart from the railroad station, statuary and quite a few Mickey Mouse me mentos. The S h e rm a n ’s owned and operated Cal’s Service Center for 30 years before retiring. Prior to that. Cal worked as a me chanic at Caterpillar in Heppner for 15 years. Both natives o f Heppner, they will be celebrating 57 years of marriage this Decem ber. They keep busy fol lowing the activities o f their seven grandchildren and boating on the Colum bia River near Hatrock. Son Ron lives in Portland while daughters Barbara Watkins and Janice Huddleston live in Heppner. The kids help out with flower watering and check the yard when the Sherm an’s are busy camping, another favorite activity. S u rro u n d ed by juniper shrubs, both Cal and Bev spend a lot of time on the large backyard deck. From there, they can hear and appreciate the sounds o f summer such as laughter of the kids at the public swimming pool or the sounds of baseball from the ball fields. Bev loves “the commotion of kids” including the com ings and goings o f the students at the neighboring high school. With their posi tive outlook and friendly attitude, the Sherman’s are surely loved and appreci ated right back. Yard of the Month recognition is co-spon- sored by the City of Hep pner, MCGG-Green Feed, W indwave-Heppner TV and the Heppner Garden Club. Mustangs beat Stanfield in Homecoming game The October Fair Board meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 13, at the Morrow County Fairgrounds Fair Office at 6 p.m. Top Photo: Heppner Junior High volleyball coach Mindy Wilaon talk* in the huddle with player* before a match. Bottom Photo: Pictured are #29 Tessa Gould, #3 Chantal Creutz. and #34 Emilie* Andersen of the HHS volleyball C team during a recent match. Contributed Photos
