EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 21,2011
Christmas Messages
M ustangs sweep first league play gam es
-Continuedfrom PAGE SEVEN
Season o f love and
peace
There is no better time than this very Christmas
season for all of us to rededicate ourselves to the principles
taught by Jesus Christ. It is the time to love the Lord our
God with all our heart and our neighbors as ourselves.
This joyful season will bring to each of us a measure of
happiness that corresponds to the degree in which we
have turned our minds, feelings and actions to the spirit
of Christmas.
May this Christmas season be a time of prayers
for peace, for the preservation of free principles, and for
the protection of those who are far from us. Let it be a
time of forgetting self and finding time for others. Let it
be a time for discarding the meaningless and for stressing
true values. Let it be a time of peace because we have
found peace in His teachings.
We testify of the living reality of our Lord and
Savior, even Jesus Christ. He is indeed “the way, the truth,
and the life” (John 14:6).
President Dieter Waite
Willow Creek Branch o f the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints
C hristm as services
Everyone is wel
come to attend services at
any o f the local churches.
Some service schedules are
as follows:
St. Patrick’s/St. Wil
liam’s Catholic churches
Dec. 24: Christmas
carols (St. Patrick’s), 8:30
p.m.
Dec. 24: Procession
of lights, blessings of Na
tivity scene and Vigil Mass
(St. Patrick’s), 9 p.m..
Dec. 25: Christmas
Mass (St. William’s), 8:45
a.m.
Dec. 25: C hrist
mas Mass (St. Patrick’s),
11 a.m.
All Saints Episcopal/
Hope Lutheran churches
Dec. 24: A service
o f lessons, carols, com
munion and candles (All
Saints), 9 p.m.
Dec. 25: The mem
bers of Hope and All Saints
will join their neighbors
at the United M ethodist
Church for Christmas Day
worship at 10:30 a.m.
United Methodist
Church
Dec. 24: Christmas
Eve service, 7 p.m.
Dec. 25: Christmas
Day worship with Hope and
All Saints, 10:30 a.m.
lone Community Church
Dec. 24: Christmas
Eve service, 7 p.m.
Dec. 24: Christmas
Eve service, 11 p.m.
Dec. 25: Informal
worship around the fire
place in the community
room at 11 a.m.
Valby Lutheran Church
Dec. 24: Christmas
Eve service of carols and
readings, 7 p.m.
Dec. 25: Service
of Holy Communion, 9:15
a.m.
F or d ire c tio n s ,
contact Rev. Lea Mathieu
at 422-7215.
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family. If you have not been
active for a while, start out
slowly. After several weeks
or months, build up your
activities; do them longer
and more often.
Walking is one way
to add physical activity to
your life. When you first
start, walk 10 minutes a
day on a few days during
the first couple of weeks.
Add more time and days.
Walk a little longer. Try 15
minutes instead of 10 min
utes. Then walk on more
days a week. Pick up the
pace. Once walking is easy
to do, try walking faster.
Keep up your brisk walking
for a couple of months. You
might want to add biking
or another activity on the
weekends for variety.
You don’t have to
join a health club or buy
fancy equipment to be ac
tive. Play tag with your
kids, walk briskly with your
dog, or take a break with
a friend for 10 minutes or
more.
Doing activity that
requires moderate effort
is safe for most people.
H ow ver, if you have a
chronic health condition
such as heart disease, ar
thritis, diabetes or other
symptoms, be sure to talk
with your doctor about the
types and amounts of physi
cal activity that are right
for you.
If you are looking
for information or options
to increase your physical
activity, join the Biggest
Winner program January 9
through April 2. The pro
gram will typically meet
on Monday nights from 6
-7 p.m. at Heppner Elemen
tary School, Sam Boardman
Elem entary School and
lone Community Church,
or Tuesday evenings at Ir-
rigon Jr./Sr. High School.
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Top Left: Senior Mustang Alana Wilson (5) goes up for two in
the first league basketball game of the season. The Mustang
girls beat the Elgin Huskies 38-32. Top Right: Senior Cam
Day (1) shoots for two last Friday at a home game in Hep
pner. The Heppner Mustang boys started slow but came back
in the second half to beat the Elgin Huskies 54-46. -Photos by
Sandy Matthews
The Mustang varsi
ty teams swept away Elgin
for across-the-board wins
in their first league games
last Friday.
The Heppner girls’
varsity team won their first
league game o f the year
in Elgin on December 16.
Fans who looked at the stats
would see that they didn’t
lead in many categories.
However, they played to
gether as a team for a 38-32
win against the Elgin Hus
kies. The Mustangs left the
contest 2-3 overall.
Scoring: B ailey
Bennett, 15; Emma Osmin,
10; Alana Wilson, seven;
Maggie Collins, six.
They w eie 5-13
from the free-throw line.
In the varsity boys’
game against the Huskies,
the Mustangs found them
selves tied at 43, but out-
scored Elgin in the fourth
quarter 21-13 for a league
win of 54-46. Foul trouble
for Heppner gave everyone
an opportunity for minutes
in the game, for a total-
effort team win.
S c o rin g : C ody
Orr, 19; Cam Day, 12; Jus
tin Pranger, nine; Aiden
Wright, five; Jake Bowles,
five; Stephen Thompson,
three; Garrett Robinson,
one.
The Mustangs were
11-18 from the line.
Both team s next
Lady Cards win
CHIP encourages
residents to get active first league m atch
The Com m unity
Health Improvement Part
nership (CHIP) of Morrow
County encourages resi
dents to make physical ac
tivity a part of their lives.
Getting adequate
physical activity is one of
the most important steps
that Americans of all ages
can take to improve their
health. Physical activity
includes anything that gets
your body moving. There
are many ways to get the
physical activity you need,
and people o f all types,
shapes, sizes and abilities
can benefit from a combina
tion of aerobic and muscle
strengthening activities.
According to the
U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services, the
amount and types of phys
ical activity individuals
should get each week varies
based on a number of fac
tors such as age and special
conditions. These condi
tions include pregnancy
and the postpartum period
for women, disabilities,
and chronic m edical or
health conditions. But, at
a minimum, all adults and
older adults should aim for
two hours and 30 minutes
each week of moderate-in
tensity aerobic activity like
brisk walking, dancing or
general gardening. Adults
can also choose one hour
and 15 minutes a week of
vigorous-intensity aerobic
physical activity like jog
ging, aerobic dancing and
jum ping rope. Basically,
anything counts as long as
it’s done at a moderate or
vigorous intensity for at
least 10 minutes at a time.
If you are trying to
incorporate physical activ
ity in your life, start by
choosing something you
like to do and that fits into
your life at a time that
works for you and your
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The lone Lady Car
dinals won their first league
match with ease, defeating
Horizon Christian 56-26 in
lone on December 16. The
outcome o f the game was
never in doubt, with the
Lady Hawks not getting
out of single digits until late
in the third quarter. Stacee
Halvorsen’s 14 points led
all scorers. Lacey Thomp
son also scored in double
figures with 11.
Horizon Christian
(3-4): McKenzie Mellow,
8; Dominique Figueroa, 7;
M’Randa Aldrich, 4; Trista
Hicks, 4; Alyssa Bryan, 2;
Katie Tolbert, 1.
lone (4-1): S ta
cee Halvorson, 14; Lacey
Thom pson, 11; Shadow
Kendrick, 9; Collette Ca
son, 8; JoAnna Patton, 8;
Makenna Ramos, 6.
Three-point field
goals: Horizon Christian
1, lone 1. Free throws: Ho
rizon Christian 3-10, lone
2-10. Personal fouls: Ho
rizon Christian 12, lone 9.
Fouled out: Bryan (HC).
Fitness classes coincide
with Biggest Winner
The Com m unity
Health Improvement Part
nership (CHIP) o f M or
row County is encouraging
residents to participate in
fitness classes offered si
multaneously with the Big
gest Winner program.
Cindy Sumner will
be teaching two five-week
sessions and one four-week
session of aerobic dance at
the Morrow County Fair
grounds, mostly Tuesday
and Thursday evenings,
beginning January 3. The
cost is $25 for five weeks
and $20 for four weeks.
Call 541-989- 8514 for a
complete schedule and to
register for the class.
Todd B u ch h o lz
and Jean Cassidy will be
teaching beginning and
intermediate yoga classes
beginning January 10 at
Hope Lutheran Church, 675
S Alfalfa, Heppner from
6:30 to 8 p.m.. Call 541-
521-4249 for information
or to register.
B lue M o u n tain
Community College will
be offering the following
w inter term com m unity
classes:
C irc u it train in g
will be held on Mondays
and Wednesdays at River
side High School from 6
-7 p.m. beginning January
9. Cost is $49. Space is
limited.
Strength training
will be held on Tuesdays
and Thursdays from 5:30 -
6:30 p.m. at Riverside High
School beginning January
10. Cost is $49. Space is
limited.
Zumba and strength
training will be held in Ir-
rigon. Jazzercise will be
held in lone and Heppner.
Inform ation is pending.
Interested students should
visit the BMCC website
at www.bluecc.edu. Click
on “ S tudents” and then
“Schedule o f Classes” to
see the details. Call 541 -
422-7040 or 541-481-2099,
or email Anne Morter at
am orter@ bluecc.edu for
more information.
If you are more
inclined to get a group to
gether for a less structured
physical activity, please
contact Patti at 503-867-
6745, and CHIP will help
you spread the word to like-
minded individuals.
traveled to Union to play
the Bobcats on Saturday,
December 17.
In Union, the girls’
varsity Mustangs played the
Bobcats (1 -1 Blue Mountain
Conference). The Mustangs
were down by one point at
the end of the third quarter,
but foul trouble and missed
free throws kept them from
beating the Bobcats; they
lost the game 41 -34 to be
come 1-1 in league play.
S co rin g : B lake
Greenup, 15; Maggie Col
lins, six; Carrie Hague-
wood, four; Bailey Bennett,
two; Natale Rausch, two;
Emma Osmin, two; Alana
W ilson, two; M akenzie
Correa, one.
In the boys’ varsity
game, the Union Bobcats
(0-2 in BMC) met the Mus
tangs. The Mustangs played
good basketball all four
quarters, to beat Union 64-
47. It was a great win for the
Mustangs, who are now 2-0
in the BMC.
Scoring: Cody Orr,
31; Jake Bowles, 11; Cam
Day, 10; Stephen Thomp
son, seven; Aiden Wright,
two; Justin Bailey, two;
Justin Pranger, one.
B o th M u s ta n g
teams then traveled to 1m-
bler to play the Panthers on
December 20. Scores from
that game were unavailable
at press time.
Junior high boys
lead tournam ent
The Heppner Ju
nior High School boys’
basketball teams complet
ed a successful two-day
tournament schedule last
weekend.
On Friday, they
hosted teams from Arling
ton and John Day. Both the
A and B Heppner teams
swept their competition.
The Heppner A team beat
Arlington 31-14 with Lo
gan Grieb leading scoring
with nine points; Patrick
Collins followed with seven
points.
The Mustangs then
played John Day and won
41-23. Grieb again led the
way with 11 points. Kaden
Clark scored nine and Col
lins had eight.
The last game of
the day was against Con
don. H eppner won that
game 42-6. Weston Putnam,
C ollins and Grieb each
scored 10 points for the
Mustangs.
The H eppner B
team beat Arlington 24-19,
Wheeler 29-15 and Condon
18-16. In the Condon game,
Coby Daugherty hit three
clutch free throws to secure
the victory.
Both teams then
traveled to Boardman on
Saturday to play teams
from Weston, Irrigon and
Boardman. The Heppner A
team beat Riverside 41-21
to start the day off. Leading
scorers for Heppner were
Putnam with 10 and Grieb
with nine. Heppner then
beat Weston 37-10, led in
scoring by Collins with 13
and Brian Rill with 11. In
the last game of the day, the
Mustangs lost to a talented
team from Irrigon 38-34.
Leading the way in scoring
was Grieb with 14; Collins
finished with 10.
The H ep p n er A
team finished the weekend
with a record of 15-2.
The H ep p n er B
team also went 2-1 for the
day in Boardman. They lost
to the host Pirates 23-19 but
came back strong and beat
Weston 37-25 and Irrigon
20-18.
The H ep p n er B
team’s record for the year
is 11-6.
Both teams trav
eled to Arlington on Mon
day for games with Arling
ton and Sherman County.
Scores were unavailable at
press time.
Mustang wrestlers
take 4th in tournament
The Heppner Mus
tang wrestling team took
fourth place in the Mac Hi
Christmas tournament last
Saturday. They finished
fourth as a team behind
Walla Walla, Mac Hi and
Chiawana (Pasco, WA). Ir
rigon finished fifth.
Heppner had four
wrestlers claim a spot on
the championship podium
by placing in the top four
in their weight class.
Ja re d L em m on
won the gold medal in the
120-pound bracket. Alex
Smith was fourth at 138
pounds, and Tim Nelson
and Garrett Gibbs wrestled
each other for the consola
tion championship at 220
pounds. Nelson prevailed,
claiming third place and
leaving Gibbs at fourth.
Wade M atthew ,
Earl Propheter, Andrew
Bara and Treston Maben
were all one match away
from the medal round be
fore being eliminated from
the tournament.