Cardinals hang on to perfect record
Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
The lone Cardinals
put another notch in the
win column with a decisive
64-20 victory over South
Wasco County on Thurs
day, October 8, in lone.
The win kept their season
record perfect at 5-0 and put
them at the top of the heap
in the Big Sky along with
Sherman County, w ho also
sports a 3-0 league mark.
The C ard in als
made their case early, tak
ing a 14-0 lead after one
quarter and widening the
lead to 46-6 at half time. “1
w as a little nerv ous w ith the
illness we’ve been having
but it didn’t seem to bother
us much,” said Coach Den
nis Stefani.
The Cards rumbled
to 604 yards of total offense
in the game. Alex Rietmann
led the charge on the ground
with 125 yards on eight car
ries and two touchdowns.
Micah Stillman carried
the ball eight times for 86
yards and a touchdown and
Gunner Jessen racked up 86
yards on seven carries and
two touchdowns. Both RJ
Ramos and Evan Rietmann
had a rushing touchdown.
In the passing de
partment, RJ Ramos was
#10 Gunner Jessen of lone stops #48 of South
Wasco. -Photo by Theresa Crawford
8-14 for 167 yards and
two touchdowns and Evan
Rietmann was 2-5 for 27
yards and a touchdown.
Matt Hams was the leading
receiver, w ith 172 yards on
seven receptions and two
touchdowns. Kyle Clouser
only had one three yard
catch but made it count as
a touchdown.
“This was another
case of our line control
ling the game,” said Coach
Stefani. “Our guys Up front
are really doing the job
and have been all year.”
He noted that Eric Jepsen,
Christian Cederquist and
Tom Holland, despite some
sickness in their ranks were
instrumental in opening big
holes for the running backs
to sneak through. “Those
guys don’t get to read their
names in the box score
but they really need to be
recognized. They’ve been
doing a terrific job.” He also
was glad to see some depth
in the team. “With Tanner
(Rietmann) out sick, Zac
Orem and Alex Fetterhoff
did really well at the end
position.”
Micah Stillman led
the team in tackles with
11, five of those solo. Alex
Fetterhoff had a good out
ing with eight tackles (four
solo) including one quarter
back sack and one fumble
recovery. RJ Ramos had
seven tackles (four solo)
and Eric Jepsen and Alex
Rietmann had six each
(three solo.)
“I was really, re
ally pleased with our de
fense," said Coach Stefani.
“No one has been able to
get anything going against
them all season.”
Arlington comes to
town next Friday night for
the Cardinals next outing.
Arlington is playing a non
league schedule this year so
while the game won’t tech
nically count in the league
standings, the Cards are
determined to not let their
perfect season be tarnished.
Game time is 7 p.m.
The Cardinals w ill
also host a JV game on
Monday, October 19, ver
sus Touchet starting at 5
p.m.
Group takes historical tour
A group of curious
folks, young and old, about
50 people in two buses,
gathered September 26 for
a historical tour: “The ice
Age Flood Power to Wind
Power”.
The group was
taken on a trip back in
time to 15,000 years ago
as our guides told of
huge glacial floods over
400 feet tall and arriving at
freeway speeds, happening
again and again provid
ing fertile soil and uneven
ground as the waters receded,
explaining why we might
see a riverbed on top of a
ridge.
The two buses
joined at the Willow Creek
and 1 -84 Junctions to hear of a
controversy between the
American Indians and the
Army Corps of Engineers
explained by a Port of Ar Speakers talk to the tour group during stops on “The lee Age
lington Commissioner. Then Flood Power to Wind Power” tour. -ContributedPhotos
they went up into the Phillipi
Canyon area for viewing
and history re-lived. Lunch,
provided by a local deli, was
eaten at The Wheatridge in
the Nook Winery in their
wine tasting and picnic
area. The group stopped
at a new windmill farm on
the Steve Anderson ranch,
then viewed the Cedar
Springs working cattle ranch
with a talk by Mike Yutzie,
Manager of the Holzapfel
Land & Cattle Co., and a
final stop at the Arlington
Industrial Park where they
were given samples from
the Cargill Bakery Mix
Facility.
The to u r was
arranged by the M or
row C ounty H isto ri
cal Society, principally
Louis and Betty Carlson of
Heppner, Carol Michael of
Boardman, and Don Hark-
ness of the Ice Age Institute
in Tri Cities.
Psychology staff receives Learning & Leadership grant
School Psycholo
gists Christine Culverwell
and Deirdre Bradley have
received a $5,000 Learn
ing and Leadership grant
from the National Educa
tion Association to fund
monthly meetings of school
psychologists to learn about
cross-battery assessment
practices. Both Culver-
well and Bradley are part
of the School Psychology
and Behavioral Services
department at the Umatilla-
Morrow Education Service
District (UMESD). They
received the grant in Sep
tember.
The funds will be
used to support the monthly
“working group” process
of the school psychology
department. The grant will
allow Culverwell and Brad
ley to purchase several new
test kits, as well as a number
of textbooks, to support
their professional develop
ment goal this year, which
is to better understand and
utilize a cross-battery as
sessment approach in the
identification of learning
disabilities. The purpose of
this cross-battery approach
is to conduct evaluations
targeted to the needs of
individual students and to
provide specific informa
tion regarding effective
interventions to parents and
teachers.
“In our area of ru
ral Oregon, the process
for assessing learning dis
abilities has changed dra
matically over the past
three to four years,” Cul
verwell said. “Whereas it
was once common to give
a single intelligence and/
or academic assessment,
it is now considered best
practice to utilize a cross
battery approach that al
lows the clinician to draw
information from a variety
of tests depending upon the
targeted area of concern.
This process provides very
specific information about
the types of processing
difficulties experienced by
a particular student and,
equally as important, the
student's areas of personal
strength.”
The importance of
precise and targeted as
sessment has become even
more important over the
past year as serious budget
restrictions have limited
the range of services for
students with learning prob
lems, Culverwell added.
“In order to make
resources stretch further, it
is vital that there is a very
clear understanding of the
child’s learning difficulties
and. in turn, the interven
tions most likely to provide
the greatest benefit,” she
said. A team of 20 educa
tors, many of whom are
former grantees, carefully
reviewed all applications
and evaluated each one
against a set of criteria.
Funded grants were select
ed based on the quality of
the proposed ideas and their
potential for enhancing
student achievement. The
latest grants were awarded
to educators in 29 different
states.
Nationwide, the
NEA Foundation has
awarded 51 grants total
ing $234,000 to support
educators’ ideas to improve
teaching and learning or
professional development
efforts. Since 1999, the
NEA Foundation has fund
ed 59 grants for Oregon
educators.
The NEA Founda
tion funds approximately
150 of its Student Achieve
ment and Learning & Lead
ership Grants each year.
The Foundation awards its
grants to educators three
times a year. Deadlines for
the next review periods are
Feb. 1, 2010 and June I,
2010 .
Sheriff's Report
4/incest x2.
-MCSO received
a theft complaint with re
gards to a theft of service
from the City of Irrigon.
The caller stated that city
workers would turn water
off at a residence and the
subjects would continue to
turn the water back on.
-MCSO received a
driving complaint regarding
a possible DU1I.
-MCSO and BPD
received a report from an
off duty officer who wit
nessed a male subject as
sault a female.
-MCSO issued a
citation to Justin Michael
Cleveland, 29, for Violating
the Speed Limit by going 86
mph in a 65 mph zone.
-MCSO was noti
fied that Gervais PD had
arrested Seth Grusin on
an IJC warrant for Failure
to Pay Fine for the charge
of Furnishing Alcohol to
Minors.
-MCSO issued a
citation to Thomas G. Salis
bury, 59, for failure to re
register trailer.
-Irrigon Ambulance
received a report of 63 year
old male w ith a compound
fracture to his ankle.
July 29: Morrow
County Sheriff’s Office re
ceived report from a deputy
that Oregon State Police
dispatched a trooper to the
Boardman 1-84 east-bound
rest area concerning a report
of a disoriented female.
-MCSO received
report of a pickup parked in
front of the Heppner store
for three days and not stay
ing at the motel.
-MCSO received
report from an Irrigon caller
that a subject needs to re-
The Morrow County
Sheriff's Office reports han
dling the following busi
ness:
July 28: -MCSO
issued a citation to Jose
Luis Leon, 40, for Violation
of the Basic Rule by going
73 mph in a 55 mph zone.
-MCSO arrested
Steve Clayton Rollis, 36.
on a circuit court warrant
on a new indictment for
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Lady Cards fall to
South Wasco County
The lone Lady
Cards dropped a tight, five-
game league match against
South Wasco County on
Thursday, October 8. The
match was played in lone
and was only their second
league loss.
Battling the flu bug
all week, the Cards knew
it was going to be tough
going. With two girls on
the bench in street clothes
and several others playing
at less than 100%, the lone
girls started the game with
a different line up and a
whole new rotation. Fresh
man, Lacey Thompson,
stepped off the JV roster
into a starting spot in the
front row. “Lacey did really
well,” said Coach Dawn
Eynetich.
In the first game,
the Lady Cardinals domi
nated the Lady Redsides,
25-9 but South Wasco came
back to take game two,
25-20. In game three, lone
again left the visitors in
the dust, 25-13. However,
as the match progressed.
South Wasco figured out the
home team’s weaknesses
and capitalized. lone played
from behind and rallied to
bring the score close late
in the game but the Lady
Redsides pulled through to
win game four, 25-23. That
meant that it all came down
to the tie-breaker game
which the Lady Redsides
pulled out, 15-11.
Despite the loss.
Coach Eynetich was en
couraged by the team ’s
resiliency. “Technically
we played great for having
to change the whole rota
tion, and our net play was
good.” Vanessa Ziliani had
a monster effort at the net,
putting down 21 kills in
the match. Stefanie Archer
added another 10. Serv ing
errors continued to plague
the team as they served
88% and missed 13 serves.
Bright spots in that depart
ment included six aces from
Vanessa Ziliani and five
aces from the rookie, Lacey
Thompson.
During the week,
the Lady Cards hosted He
lix on Tuesday (results not
available at press time)
and w ill finish a busy week
hosting Arlington on Friday
and traveling to Echo on
Saturday.
The Missoula Chil
dren’s Theatre, the nation's
largest touring children’s
theatre, will be putting on
an original production of
The Princess and the Pea
at lone Community School
during the last week of
October. Auditions for the
production, funded by the
Morrow County Recreation
District and coordinated
through the Friends of the
Heppner Library, are open
to all lone and Heppner
Schools’ students, K-12.
Auditions w ill be held on
Monday, October 26, be
ginning at 3:45 p.m., with
a 3 p.m. Halloween perfor
mance slated on October
31.
The Monday audi
tions will be held in the lone
School Cafeteria, lasting
from 3:45 until 5:45. upon
whence time casting will
be immediate. The first
two-hour rehearsal will
commence directly. There
will be two shifts of two-
hour rehearsals Tuesday-
Thursday, with the first shift
running from 3:45-5:45 and
the second shift running
from 6:15-8:15. Most cast
members will be required to
attend only one rehearsal per
night, but those east with the
lead roles may be asked to
attend both. A snack will be
provided for the children
during the 5:45-6:15 break.
Friday's rehearsals will
take place between 10 a.m.
and 2:30 p.m., and a final
rehearsal will take place
on Saturday from 10 a.m.
to 2:30 p.m. with a curtain
time of 3, which w ill be free
and open to the public.
Among the roles to
be cast are the Princess, the
Pea, King and Queen Size
of Riverdom, Storm King
and Queen of Glacierdom,
the Prince, the mischiev ous
Jack Frost, the citizens of
Riv erdom and Glacierdom,
the Dust Bunnies, and some
wannabe Princesses, not to
mention some meddling
leprechauns. All lone and
Heppner students, K-12,
are encouraged to audition.
No advance preparation is
necessary . Assistant Direc
tors will also be cast to aid
in rehearsals throughout
the week and to take on
essential backstage respon
sibilities.
The M isso u la
Children's Theatre touring
productions are complete
with costumes, scenery,
props, and makeup. All
that the community needs
to provide is willing and
enthusiastic student-actors
and actresses.
For more informa
tion, contact Becky Wagen-
blast at 422-7131.'
report of a man down in the
median on 1-84 east-bound
near Boardman.
-MCSO arrested
Craig Michael Scott. 26. on
Heppner Justice Court war
rant for Failure to Pay Fine
Maintaining a Dangerous
Dog. He was released on
his own recognizance with
Missoula Children’s
Theatre coming to lone
register as a sex offender.
-MCSO received
report of dogs not being
cared for in Boardman.
-MCSO received
request for a deputy to
check out some items the
caller had in his possession
in Irrigon.
-MCSO, Board-
man Ambulance received
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