Football game against Gold Beach
reveals ties between communities
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Bessie Wetzell Newspaper Library
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403
The 2010 Heppner
M ustang football season
began this past Friday, Sep
tem ber 3, w ith an away
game against Gold Beach.
But during halftime some
thing special occurred that
tied the tw o team s, and
ily is honored that he was
amongst the first to be in
ducted into the “Gold Beach
High School Hall o f Fame’
on S ep tem b er 3. It ju st
seems so right that the Gold
Beach Panthers played the
Heppner Mustangs on that
very night.” Kevin Swift,
Gold Beach High School
athletic director and head
football coach stated that
F erguson w as “ a proud
Heppner alumni.”
The Ferguson fam
ily owned a wheat ranch
out on Sand Hollow and
also ran the Chevy dealer-
ship/gas station where the
Heppner Ranger District is
now located. As a teenager,
Ferguson worked at a cloth
ing store in Heppner.
Ted's son, Jeff, was
sitting in on the first Hall of
Fame meeting and remem
bers thinking it was ironic
that Heppner was scheduled
as the game to be played
on the Hall o f Fame night.
“ What are the chances of
that?”
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Pictured is the 1945 Heppner football team. Ted Ferguson was
the starting quarterback for the Mustangs in 1944 and 1945. He
is pictured third from the left in the middle row. Ferguson told
his son that “after awhile, you could just fold the (helmets) in
half and stick them in your back pocket.” -Contributed Photo
towns, together.
To start o ff their
season Gold Beach High
School inducted the first
group o f people into their
newly started Hall o f Fame.
Among those people is a
former Heppner resident,
Charles Edward (Ted) Fer
guson, now deceased.
Ferguson was bom
in Heppner in 1927 to Gene
and Fay Ferguson. He grad
uated from Heppner High
School in 1945 where he
was the starting quarterback
in 1944 and 1945. Ferguson
moved to Gold Beach after
finishing college.
Ferguson, who had
a love for sports, became
one o f the founders o f the
Gold Beach football team
and the first booster club.
“Family always came first
with him but Gold Beach
and Heppner High School
sports were a very close
second,” stated Ferguson's
son Jeff. “ He absolutely
loved his beloved Panthers
and M ustangs! Our fam
Second annual lone High
School Hall of Fame to be held
Campfire restrictions lifted
on the Umatilla National Forest
“Public-use restric
tions on the Umatilla Na
tional Forest, prohibiting
the use o f cam pfires and
smoking outside o f desig
nated recreation sites, have
been lifte d ,” announced
Brian Goff, fire staff of
ficer. The restrictions were
implemented in mid-July to
reduce the risk of human-
caused wildfires.
“ T h o u g h re c e n t
rain and cooler tem pera
tures have eased the need
for public-use restrictions,
we are still in fire season
w ith forecasted w arm er
and dryer weather for this
w e e k e n d ,” w arns G off.
Hunters, campers and other
forest visitors are urged to
be careful with their camp
fires, warming fires, cook
ing fires, and wood stoves.
“ Please help us prevent
w ildfires. N ever leave a
fire unattended and always
make sure the campfire is
dead-out before leaving the
site,” said Goff.
Forest users are re
minded to obtain the most
current public use restric
tion info rm atio n before
heading out. If you’re un
sure o f which restrictions
apply, please contact the
Um atilla National Forest
Office at (541) 278-3716.
Public-use restrictions are
updated on the to ll-free
message line at 1 -877-958-
9663 and are also available
online at: www.fs.fed.us/
r6/uma/.
As a reminder, fire
season is also in effect on all
private lands protected by
Oregon Department o f For
estry (ODF) in Northeast
Oregon. Specific informa
tion on ODF’s restrictions
is available on the web at:
h ttp ://w w w .o re g o n .g o v /
ODF/. Similar restrictions
may be in effect on lands
protected by the Washing
ton Departm ent o f N atu
ral Resources (WA-DNR.)
S pecific inform ation on
WA-DNR’s restrictions is
available on the web at:
www.dnr.wa.gov/.
The second annual
Hall o f Fame for lone High
School w ill be on Saturday,
October 2. There will be
52 inductees from the year
1934 to 1970.
Festivities will be
gin on Saturday afternoon
with tours o f the school
beginning at 3 p.m. at the
lone School. At 4 p.m. at the
Legion Hall a no host social
hour w ill begin. D inner
will be served at 5:30 p.m.
and the cost is $15 per din
ner. Inductees will be paid
for by the lone Cardinal
Booster Club. The meal will
include a barbecue mix grill
w ith beef and chicken, sal
ads, potatoes, home made
rolls and dessert.
Anyone planning
to attend is asked to RSVP
to Betty Gray by September
25 at Post Office Box 355,
lone, Oregon 97843 or call
at 541-422-7335 or work
number is 541-989-8214.
Hall of Fame nomi
nations were selected by a
com m ittee after nom ina
tions were made for this
year. Areas o f nominations
include State Champions,
All State Selections, Aca
demic Achievement, Citi
zenship, and outstanding
Civic Achievements.
NOAA issues monthly climate summary for Heppner
Combe brings home prize
from Oregon State Fair
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Nine year old Madison Combe of Heppner brought home the
second place prize from the talent show at the Oregon State
Fair on Sunday, September 5. Combe won a $500 prize after
singing “Suds in the Bucket.” An article on the event can be
found at www.statesmanjournal.com. -Contributed Photo
The 10th Amendment: What
is it, and does it matter?
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According to pre
liminary data received by
NOAA’s National Weather
Service in Pendleton, tem
peratures at Heppner aver
aged slightly colder than
normal during the month
o f August.
The average tem
perature was 68.0 degrees
which was 1.1 degrees be
low normal. High tempera
tures averaged 83.5 degrees,
which was 1.7 degrees be
low norm al. The highest
was 98 degrees on the 18,h.
Low temperatures averaged
52.6 degrees, which was 0.5
degrees below normal. The
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lowest was 42 degrees, on
the 29,h.
On six days, the
tem perature exceeded 90
degrees.
P re cip ita tio n to
taled 0.01 inches during
A ugust, which was 0.53
inches below normal. Mea
surable precipitation -at
least .01 inch-was received
on 1 day.
Precipitation this
year has reached 10.25
inches, which is 1.13 inches
above normal. Since Octo
ber, the water year precipi
tation at Heppner has been
13.39 inches, which is 0.48
inches above normal.
The o u tlo o k for
Septem ber from NOAA’s
C lim ate Prediction C en
ter calls for below normal
temperatures and near nor
mal precipitation. Normal
highs for Heppner during
September are 75.9 degrees
and normal lows are 46.3
degrees. The 30 year nor
mal precipitation is 0.69
inches.
The Nat i onal
Weather Service is an office
o f the National Oceanic and
Atm ospheric A dm inistra
tion, an agency o f the U.S.
Commerce Department.
Heppner to celebrate Homecoming Week
Next week is home- throughout the week.
will be held at 2 p.m. on
coming week in Heppner.
The community is Thursday, Septem ber 16,
The theme for the week is invited to attend the Mud down Main Street. A com-
Medieval Madness.
Tug o f War and bonfire on munity pep assembly will
Students at Hepp- Wednesday, September 15, follow immediately at the
ner High School will be par- at 7 p.m.
football field,
The I Oth Amendment to the Con ticipating in various events
The noise parade
stitution o f the United States is:
“The powers not delegated to the
United States by the Constitu
A hamburger barbecue is planned before the Culver game in Heppner this
tion, nor prohibited by it to the Friday. The barbecue will start at 5:30 and the cost is $5. Proceeds go towards the
States, are reserved to the States football team.
respectively, or to the people.”
The program is spon
sored by the Willow Creek Tea
Party Patriots and the featured
speaker is Walla Walla Attorney
Andrea Burkhart. It is free and
open to the public.
Program planned for Heppner
A program ex p lain in g the 10,h
Amendment o f the United States Con
stitution and its relevance today will
be held in Heppner Sunday, Sept. 12
at 2p.m. at Heppner High School.
The program will address the
following topics:
• What is federalism?
• Why are States’ rights important?
• What is in the proposed Bill of
Federalism?
Attorney
• Has the Supreme Court nullified
Andrea
the 1 Oth Amendment?
Burkhart
Hamburger barbecue planned before game Friday
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