SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 2,2011
Bank of EO donates Cardinals celebrate senior night
to picnic area
with win over Cougars
BANK
OF
EASTERN OREGON
Bank of Eastern Oregon branch managers present a $2,500
to the Willow Creek Valley Economic Development Group
for the new picnic area at the fairgrounds. Pictured are (L-
R): Bryce Fowler, Julie Gisi, Trena Day, Les Paustian, Tricia
Rollins, Zech Hintz, Sheryll Bates, Tessa Gould, Diane Wolfe,
Kaitlynn Dyer, Hanna Lovgren, Drew Brannon and Tayllor
Gould. - Photo by David Sykes
Tax prep volunteers
needed in county
The A ARP is look
ing for Morrow County
volunteers to help prepare
taxes for local residents.
This year, nearly
60,000 Oregonians had
their state and federal tax
returns prepared for free.
In the Morrow County
area, volunteers prepared
over 330 returns for local
residents, which resulted
in tax refunds of more than
$450,000.
“AARP’s Tax-Aide
Program, which partners
with the IRS, is looking for
volunteers to spend a little
time learning about taxes
and sharing that knowl
edge with others in their
local communities,” said
Angela Baldwin, an IRS
Tax Consultant in Portland.
“In Oregon, certified vol
unteers prepare simple tax
returns for those who need
help the most: the elderly,
the disabled, non-English
speakers and those with
limited income.s. Anyone
can volunteer.”
Many more people
in the Morrow County area
could be helped, but coor
dinators say volunteers are
needed. Training classes
generally start in December
and January and are held at
convenient locations. Vol
unteers spend approximate
ly four hours per week from
February through April
helping people in their local
community. Organizations,
such as civic or fraternal
societies, educational insti
tutions, religious organiza
tions and social groups can
also volunteer or host a site.
Anyone who is interested
and wants to help is encour
aged to find a way to be
involved in this program.
To sign up or ob
tain additional information,
contact Leann Rea, AARP
Tax-Aide District Coordi
nator, at 541-481-5922, or
send an email to lnjrea@
centurytel.net.
HES celebrates
students of the month
Heppner Elementary School announces its students of the
month for October. Top (L-R): Reiah Waite, Sophie Grant,
Leo Waite, Gibson McCurry, Mason Lehman, Mikel Jaca,
Hailee Moist, Aimee Turrell and Olivia Schmidt. Bottom (L-
R): Hunter Nichols, Keegin Chitty, Jennie Adams, Eli Petzoldt,
Mark Adams, Zander Fisher, ZaBrena Masterson, Aubrianna
Rodriguez and Sallie Orem. The character trait for October
was respect. -Contributedphoto
By Paula Emmel
Senior night saw an
exciting evening of play as
the Cardinal football team
smashed the Echo Cougars
in a 52-22 victory for the
Cards.
The seniors and
Kirk Haguewood opened up
the game. Midway through
the quarter, lone scored
the first touchdown after
recovering a fumble. Orem
passed out to Rietmann for
a 12-yard touchdown and
Peterson ran in the pat for
two points. Micah Still
man opened up the second
quarter with a two-yard
rush for a touchdown with
only two seconds gone from
the clock. He attempted the
pat for two points as the
Echo Cougars committed
a block in the backfield.
lone declined the penalty
in exchange for the pat
points. With 11:34 still on
the clock, Echo fumbled
and the Cardinals recovered
at the 45-yard line.
Micah rushed for
eight yards for the second
down and then Zac Orem
connected on a 38-yard
pass to Evan Rietmann,
who ran it in for another
touchdown.
The pat attempt
was a handoff to M. Still
man with 10:37 left on
the clock. Omar Juarez
punted it to the endzone for
a touchback, leaving Echo
at the 20-yard line and an
Echo timeout. After the
five minutes expired, Echo
finally punched in a touch
down after a hard push to
get there. Echo tied up the
game, 22-all, with another
touchdown and pat points.
The Cardinals marched
downfield to end the first
half just 10 yards short
when the buzzer sounded.
In the opening sec
onds of an eventful second
half, Micah Stillman ran
a 13-yard run, after three
plays, to score another
touchdown. Orem passed to
the pocket of Rietmann for
the pat points, with 10:26
left on the clock. Later, a
handoff to M. Stillman led
to a 22-yard run for another
touchdown. A good pass to
Adam Collin for two more
points on the pat brought
the score to 38-22.
lone played tough
defense all night. On Echo’s
second down, one fan ex
claimed, “Echo just got
stopped by a swarm of
Cardinals!”
Then Adam Collin
made a quarterback sack
on the third down. The
Cougars lined up, only to
be sacked again by Collin
on the fourth down at the
50-yard line, successfully
stopping the Cougar ad
vance with three minutes
left in the quarter.
Then Orem con
nected on a 50 yard pass
to Rietmann for a 20 yard
run into the endzone. With
2:02 on the clock, Orem ran
in the pat for another two
points, bringing the score
to 46-22. Juarez kicked
another long punt to the
Cougars. Kirk Haguewood
tackled him hard, causing
a fumble on the play. Trent
Cannon made a quick re
covery of the fumble on
the 30-yard line to regain
possession of the ball. The
Cardinals took advantage of
the fumble, marching down
close enough for Omar
Juarez to attempt kicking
a fieldgoal. It was blocked
and carried back to the
32-yard line by Echo, only
to have Kirk Haguewood
pick up a fumble recovery
to take possession again.
With 15 seconds left, Orem
passed a “flea-flicker” play
to Rietmann for a gain of
10 yards.
lone began the
fourth quarter with a first
down. The ball was snapped
to Rietmann and carried
just one yard short of a first
down before being fumbled
and turned over three yards
from the goal line. M. Still
man got a sack on the Echo
quarterback at the 25-yard
line and then Echo was run
out of bounds by Jordan
Synder. lone then received a
punt at the 41 yard line with
7:11 left in the game.
Orem threw a deep
pass to Collin with a huge
gain of 40 yards, followed
by a pass-off to Rietmann,
who ran it to the one-foot
line, only to be brought back
on a block in the back field.
Orem completed a 26-yard
pass-out to M. Stillman for
a clean run into the endzone
for a touchdown. Rietmann
was just shy of the pat, as
his teammates pushed him
closer to the goal.
Echo had another
possession with four at-
Halloween coloring
contest winners
Top: Cheerleader seniors (L-R): Yezmin Verduzco, Kaytee
Burghard, Captain Jordan Peterson and Rebecca Jepsen. Bot
tom: “Our Boys of Fall” football seniors (L- R): Luke Emmel,
Kaleb Dumler, Adam Collin, Micah Stillman, Trent Cannon,
Omar Juarez and Zac Orem. Not pictured is Steven Holland,
team videographer. - Photos by Paula Emmel
tempts to move the ball,
lone took over at the 35-
yard, ending a push just
inches short of a first down.
Echo took over close to
the 25-yard line to end the
game. lone has once again
held a team scoreless for the
second half. The final score
was 52-22.
“We played with
much more intensity on
defense and were able to
hold Echo scoreless in the
second half. Stand-outs
on defense include Micah
Stillman with five tackles
and 13 assists, Adam Col
lin with three tackles, five
assists and two sacks, and
Kirk Haguewood with three
tackles five assists and two
fumble recoveries. Trent
Cannon and Omar Juarez
also played well on de
fense,” said Coach Weiper.
“On offense, our
line blocked very well and
Evan Rietmann and Zac
Orem had an outstanding
game, passing the ball. Zac
had his most productive
passing game of the year,
completing seven o f 12
passes for 242 yards and
3 touchdowns Evan had a
tremendous game with four
catches for 137 yards and 2
touchdowns.
“Overall I was very
pleased with our team effort
and was glad to see our se
niors win their final home
game of their high school
career.” Weiper concluded.
Next week is the
last regulation game against
Condon-Wheeler. Currently
lone is in third place in the
district.
Scoring
Rietmann: 3 T.D., 1 pat.,
20 pts.
M. Stillman: 4 T.D., 1 pat,
26 pts.
Collin: 1 pat, 2 pts.
Petersen: 1 pat, 2 pts.
Orem: 1 pat, 2 pts.
Rushing
M. Stillman: 18x106
yards, 3 T.D.
Rietmann: 12x139 yards,
1 T.D.
Petersen: 2x4 yards
J. Stillman: 2x7 yards
Orem: 1x5 yards
Passing
Orem: 7x12 242 yards, 3
T.D., 1 interception
Receiving
Rietmann: 4x137 yards, 2
T.D.
M. Stillman: 2x65 yards,
1 T.D.
Collin: 1x40 yards
Defense
Sacks: Collin, 2; M. Still
man, 1; Snyder 1
Fumble recoveries: K.
Haguewood, 2; L. Emmel,
1; Juarez 1
M. Stillman: 5 tackles, 13
assists
K. Haguewood: 3 tackles,
5 assists
Collin: 3 tackles, 5 assists
Juarez: 2 tackles, 6 assists
Cannon: 1 tackle, 6 assists
Garden club events
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Community Bank announces the winners of its Halloween col
oring contest. Top Left: Kassidy Henrichs did a spook-tacular
job of coloring the kindergarten-through-second-grade witch
picture. Top Right: Alexis Cutsforth's coloring of a haunted
house won her the prize for third-through-fifth-grade category.
-Contributed photo
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with our
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Graphic novel
creators at HES
On November 9, two children’s graphic novel
creators, Joshua Williamson and Vicente Navarrete, will
be visiting the Heppner Elementary School to do a graphic
novel educational presentation.
Williamson and Vicente will discuss writing and
drawing comic books. It will be a creative presentation
showcasing how a comic book is made from start to fin
ish, and then students will be given the chance to create
their own.
Wil.'iamson and Navarrete will also be offering
copies of their new children’s book, Sketch Monsters,
for $12.99.
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Guest speaker Carrie Spradler (L) and Heppner Garden Club
president Chuck Bailey (R). -Contributedphoto
The Heppner Garden Club speaker last month
was Carrie Spradler. She gave the club members an in
formative lecture about trees.
The Garden Club invites community members to
join them for their next meeting on November 7 at 7 p.m.
at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. The club will be discussing
the Greenwork shop and Christmas events.
Auxiliary to hold
Thanksgiving potluck
The Heppner American Legion Auxiliary #87
will be holding a Thanksgiving potluck November 8 at
6:30 p.m. in the Methodist Church basement. The Auxil
iary will be honoring its 2010 Girls State representative,
Tayllor Gould, as well as the recently returned Veterans
in the community.
The Auxiliary will also be having a no-bake bake
sale to raise funds to continue activities for Veterans.
Girls State and scholarships. Anyone wanting to donate
to the sale may leave donations at the Neighborhood
Center by November 5. All donations will be accepted
and appreciated.