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
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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.
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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