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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Mustangs fall to Irrigon Heppner Mustang Baillie Bennett pitches at the Mustang versus Irrigon Softball game last Friday in Heppner. The Mustangs came up short 9-0 in the first game. -Photo by Sandv Matthews Ladies Play Day results Ladies Play Day was held on Tuesday, April 13, at the Willow Creek Country Club. Results are as follows: April 13 Low gross of the field was Loa Heideman. Low net of the field w as Burul DeBoer. Flight A winners: low gross was Virginia Grant; low net was Jan Paustian; least putts was Karen Thomp son; and long drive was Virginia Grant. Flight B winners: low gross was Lorene Mont gomery; and low net was Pay Dougherty. Flight C winners: low gross was Bev Steagall; low net was Luvilla Sonstegard; long drive was Luvilla Sonstegard; and K.P. was Burul DeBoer. Chip-ins were Lorene Montgomery on #6 and Pat Edmundson on #7. Intermountain High School Rodeo to be held April 23-25 The 2010 Intermountain High School Rodeo will be held on April 23,24, and 25 in Hermiston at the Farm City Rodeo Grounds. The IMHS Rodeo team will be hosting contes tants from all over the state of Oregon in the following events: Cutting, Barrel Racing, Pole Bending, Goat Tying, Breakaway Roping, Team Roping, Saddle Bronc Riding, Bareback Riding, Steer Wrestling, Tie Down Roping, and Bull Riding. Local Heppner area students Devin Robinson, Taighler Dougherty, Garrett Robinson, and Willy Gentry will all be participating along with team members from Helix, Pendleton, Hermiston, Stanfield and Umatilla. Performance dates and times are as follows: April 23 Cutting 10 a.m. Rodeo Performance #1; April 24 Rodeo Slack 9 a.m.. Rodeo Performance #2 1:00 p.m., Rodeo Performance #3 6 p.m.; April 25 Rodeo Slack 8 a.m.. Rodeo Performance #4 noon. Admission is per performance: Adults $5 (12 & under free) or a weekend pass for $15. Wednesday, April 21,2010 - FIVE M ustangs bring home team trophy The Heppner Mus tangs competed against 18 other track teams in Stan field on April 16 at the Dick Horyna track meet. The girls took home the team title for the second year in a row, while the boys finished sixth. Jordan Wright im proved his personal best in the javelin by throwing 161 feet and earning third place in the event. His pre vious best was 136 feet, 10 inches. Jordan Hatfield ran a season-best time in the 300-meter hurdles while finishing second. Hatfield finished first in the 110 meter hurdles and second in the triple jump. Alex Pickles was third in the long jump. T h e M u s ta n g sprinters dom inated the 400 meters. Erin Price ran a district-best time in fin ishing first. Alana Wilson finished third, and Kellie N elson finished fourth. Wilson also finished third in the 200 meters and Nel son finished fifth in the 800 meters. Price continued her dominance in the hurdle events. She finished first in the 100 meter hurdles and 300 meter hurdles. Brynna Rust was second in the 100 hurdles and third in the 100 meter dash. Emilie Andersen improved on her personal best in the triple jump and finished in second place. T h e M u s ta n g s travel to Umatilla for the River’s Edge meet this Fri day. They will also compete at the Kiwanis Invitational in Hermiston on Saturday. The Mustangs host next week’s meet on April 30. Complete Heppner results: B o y s: 100M - 11. Pappas (12.23), 14. Bowles (12.33), 15. Kem- pas (12.49); 200M - 15. K em p as ( 2 5 .4 8 ), 17. Bowles (25.73); 800M -16. Palmer (2:27.72); 1500M - 7. Palmer (4:55.76), 8. Hedman (4:58.35), 22. De- Jong (5:22.39); 3000M 14. DeJong (12:09.36); 110M hurdles - 1. Hatfield (16.05); 300M hurdles - 2. Hatfield (41.40); 4x 100 re lay - 4. Heppner (Hatfield, Bemtsen, Bowles, Pappas) (46.85); 4x400 relay - 9. Heppner (Hedman, Bara, Pappas, Palmer) (4:09.69); Shot put - 14. Moore (37’ 3”), 14. Wright (37’ 3’’); Discus - 15. Bemtsen (96’ 9”), 19. McCabe (91’ 10”), 29. Cannon (82’ 7”); Jav e lin -3 . Wright (161’), 11. McCabe (120’), 15. Hed man (108’); High ju m p - 8. Bemtsen (5 ’ 2”), 11. Pickles (5 ’ 2”), 13. Bowles (5’); Longjum p-3. Pickles (18’ 8”); Triple jump - 2. Hat field (41’ 8”), 13. Pickles (35’ 8”). Girls: 100M - 3. Rust (13.93), 10. Osmin (14.55), 11. Putman (14.58); 200M - 3. Wilson (28.93), 5. Putman (29.47), 16. Peders en (32.07); 400M - 1. Price (61.86), 3. Wilson (64.95), 4. Nelson (67.35); 800M - 5. Nelson (2:42.33), 12. Andersen (2:52.74); 1500M - 12. Chapa (6:17.67), 13. Hein (6:35.62); 3000M - 6. Chapa (14:08.13), 8. Hein (14:57.82); 100 hurdles - 1. Price (17.21), 2. Rust (17.89); 300 hurdles - 1. Price (50.07); 4x100 re lay - 2. Heppner (Ander sen, Rust, Putman, Wilson) (53.98); 4x400 relay - 1. Heppner (Rust, McEUigott, Price, Wilson) (4:22.70); Shot put - 27. Struckmeier (21’ 8”), 29. Nelson (21’ 5”); Discus - 19. Struck meier (60’ 11”), 21. Patton (59’ 4”); Javelin - 7. Patton (83’4”), 15. McEUigott (69’ 5”), 30. Struckmeier (56’ 3”); High Jump - 4. Pat ton (4’ 6”); Long jump - 6. Andersen (13’7”), 13. Ped ersen (12’ 4”), 18. Osmin (12’ VT); Triple jump - 2. Andersen (31’ 4”), 10. Hein (25’ 7"). HES announces Honor Card recipients Heppner Elemen tary School recently an nounced the Honor Card recipients for the third quarter. Those students are: Mark Adams, Kylie Boor, Kaden Combe, Ce- drick Dayandante, Kendall Dowdy, Cody Fletcher, Brock Hisler, Blane Ma honey, Jonathon Waddell, Savannah Morlan, Amelia Baker, Conor Brosnan, Jace Coe, Hannah Green, Brett Jewett, Ireland Martin, Fe lix Matthew, Gracie Orem, Chloe Payne, Joseph Sher man, Noah Stone, Roen Waite, Rylee Bray, Roy Collins, Alexis Cutsforth, Gracey DeLoach, Gaige Futter, H unter Greenup, Hailey Holmgren, Hayden Hyatt, Mikel Jaca, Jackson Lehman, Andrew Looslie, Max Mahon, Marlee Mitch ell, Madelyn Nichols, Kev in Rea, Genevieve Smith, Kenneth Troxell, Tyson Vawser, Sydney Wilson, Logan Angell, Suzanneah Cason, Alison Cecil, Drew Coe, Casey Fletcher, Kellen Grant, Kami Holtz, Evan Kollman, Mason Lehman, Abbie Marick, Tresslyn Mc- Curry, Kael Osmin, Nichole Propheten Jason Rea, Dylan Rill, Cheyenne Shaw, Ma- kayla Silvia, Jordan Spauld ing, Jorden Sweeney, Cami VanArsdale, Tiffany Akers, Zach Bredfield, Morgan Burch, Madison Combe, Jacee C u rrin , K eegan Gibbs, Claire Grieb, Braden Linnell, Cason Mitchell, Hunter Nichols, Hayden Qualls, Leo Waite, Carson Brosnan, Riley Gorham, Diana Healy, Alex Lindsay, Jaiden Mahoney, Gibson McCurry, Olivia Schmidt, Caitlyn Scrivner, N ich ole Shaw, Naleah Stone, Tarin Troxell, Reiah Waite, Cara Arbogast, Chris Beam, Morgan Correa, Tristan Estabrook, Bryan Fowler, Sophie Grant, Logan Grieb, Darby Holtz, Payton Leh man, Kevin Murray, Sydney Qualls, Nalani Stone, Kane Sweeney, Kai Arbogast, Tommy Bredfield, Emily Cecil, Kaden Lehman, Josh Dowdy, Caden Hedman, Tim Jaca, CJ Kindle, Rylee Kollman, Kaelyn Lindsay, Skyler Palmer, Emily Pap pas, Amanda Rea, Cailtynn Bailey, Lexi Bray, Patrick Collins, Kolby Currin, Kel lie Eadler, Jessica Kemp- ken. Will Lutcher, Syd ney Maben, Victor Meyer, W eston Putm an, Em ily Rea, Brian Rill, Demitra Schmidt, Ryan Smith, and Rian Wizner. The following busi nesses support the Honor Card program at HES: Sta ble of Youth, Heppner Shell, Wheatland Insurance, Greg Smith & Co, Hollomon’s, Bank of Eastern Oregon, Cornerstone Gallery, Wil low Creek Diner, Com m unity Bank, M urray’s Drug, Video Store, Sweet Productions and Heppner Family Foods. lone High School holds prom IHS greenhouse to open for business lone High School greenhouse will be open for business beginning Thursday, April 29. The greenhouse will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Janet Holland will host a class on Thursday, April 29, at 6 p.m. in the greenhouse. The cost is $ 10 per person plus the cost of the plants used. Those planning to attend can bring their pots or buy them at the greenhouse. « lone High School held their prom on Saturday, April 17, at the Port of Morrow. Pictured above are (left) students enjoying the prom and (right) King Gunner Jessen and Queen Tyree Svetich. -Photos by Theresa Crawford « ,* MrôhersDâ/ IVI AY 9 th L ots of G ift I teivis ! National Weather Services to conduct free Weather Spotter training Volunteers are be ing sought to participate in the latest weather spot ter training on April 27 in Heppner. The Skywa r n Weather Spotter training is free and will be held in the Morrow County Emergency Operations Center, located at 320 South Willow View in Heppner beginning at 6 p.m. and co-sponsored by Morrow County Emer gency Management. Skywarn spotters attend a two-hour training session where they learn how to observe cloud for mations and other weather in this area. The Weather Service teaches how to determine which storms are potentially severe. Spot ters use a special toll free number, amateur radio fre quency, or the internet ad dress to let the forecasters at the National Weather Service office in Pendleton know what is happening in their area. Meteorologists use this data as they issue severe w eather warnings or statements to the residents of Morrow County. Interested residents who would like to learn more about the local weath- P r in k S p e c ia l s ! White Chocolate Raspberry Mocha $3.25 Raspberry Italian Soda $2.00 • 1 • Wadding Tables Kyi er Lovgfren & BrooU e Voise S a tu r d a y ; M a y 2Qth Julie Proctor & M ath ew B aher S a tu rd a y, Ju n e 2 0 th Mumq'i Dtufl 217 N orth M a in • H ap pn a r • P h o n « S74-91 M • Floral 67S-9426 Serving Heppner. Lexington A lone I • Accepted during the event: Used oil (containers less than 25 gallons) Oil filters, Spent Antifreeze, Automotive batteries, Alkaline & rechargeable batteries, Propane Tanks (smaller than 25 gal.) Oil based paint, Paint thinners and solvents, Morrow Comity Public Work» P.O. Box 428 Lexington, OR. 97839 541-989-9600 Roof and asphalt patch, Adhesives, glues and contact cement, Caulks sealers and joint compounds. Lawn and garden chemicals and fertilizers, Pool chemicals. Household cleaners (including bleach, ammonia, furniture polish, toilet bowl cleaners, carpet sham poos) Sludge (soil contaminated with oil smaller than 25 gal. containers) Mercury thermometers, Flores- cent lamps, All types of aerosol cans, Used cooking oil. Road flares, PCB ballasts. Organic peroxides (hardening agents) Items not accepted: Kinptv containers, ammunition, explosives, biological waste, radioactive waste. Morrow County will be hosting another Household | Hazardous Waste event FREE of charge to County residents held on April 24, 2010 at the North end transfer station. | 69900 Frontage Ln., Boardman. Hours of operation 1L00 to 3:00. er or those who may have an interest helping your neigh bors obtain good weather wamings, are invited to at tend the Sky Warn Weather Spotter training. Volunteers are asked to bring informa tion about their latitude, longitude, and elevation so their locations can be easily mapped. If you are unable to attend on April 27, there will be live internet train ing on Monday, April 26. More information about the training is available by contacting Morrow County Emergency Management at 541-676-5161 or the Na tional Weather Service at 541-276-4493 ext 223. You can also email Dennis Hull at dennis.hussl@noaa.gov. Additional information is also available at the Nation al Weather Service website at http://www.weather.gov/ pendleton. Additional in formation about Skywarn can be found at http://www. skywam.org. NOAA W eather Radio broadcasts to Mor row County from transmit ters at Sillusi Butte and Wilkenson Hill on a fre quency o f 162.425 MHz and near Boardman on AM 1610 KHz.