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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 12,2012 Cardinals defeat Mustang volleyball sweeps season start Dayville Monument . I ■ ' i n o Top: Cardinal senior Tyrell Barnett (#69) carries the hall past offensive line of senior Timothy Emmel (#26), senior Jordan Synder(#5l), Freshman Corge Aguilar (#50) and Senior Kirk Haguewood (#15). The offensive line did well holding their blocks against Dayville/IMonument during the Sept. 7 game, which the Cardinals won 40-30. Bottom: Cardinal Senior Kirk Haguewood homes in a runner for the tackle. Photos by Paula Emmel ODFW confirms new wolf pups for Walla Walla pack The Oregon De partment of Fish and Wild life confirmed pups for the Walla Walla Pack on Fri day, Sept. 7, when ODFW monitoring cameras docu mented two black pups traveling with the pack in the upper Walla Walla Riv er drainage. Though reproduc tion was expected for this pack, it had not been con firmed until Friday, said ODFW. The two radio- collared yearlings (OR 10 and OR 11) were also docu mented to still be with the pack. This brings the minimum known size of the Walla Walla pack to 10 wolves (eight adults and two pups). It also brings the known number of re producing wolf packs in bJE Oregon to six, accord ing to the report. COME CHECK OUT OUR tsnew u or o and OREGON STATE STUPT!! Home Football Game September 14th White Chocholate Mocha w/cinnamon S3 • 75 Caramel Chai Tea $3-50 * Wedding Tables Andrew Johnson & Holly Warne October 0, 2 0 1 2 MuMOjj'i Dil UJ 217 North Main St., Heppner • Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426 Serving Morrow, Wheeler & Gilliam counties Since 1959 VINYL in a semi-final match. Grant Union, the new team in the BMC league this year, showed their strength, beat ing Heppner two out o f three for a score of 25-13 Heppner, 25-17 GU and 15-5 GU. Grant Union fin ished the tournam ent in first place with Heppner second. In a Tuesday night game, Heppner traveled to lone to play the Cardinals. The 2011 1A state vol leyball champs fell to the Mustangs in a best-of-five match. The Lady Mustangs looked sharp against a good lone team. The next tournament on Sept. 7 at the Yakima Sun Dome Volleyball Festival was a great experience for the Mustangs. Competing in a 32-team tournament with teams from all over W ashington State, they swept through their pool play, beating Riverview, Newport and Life Chris tian Academy, earning first seed in bracket play with the other seven winners of pool play. The Heppner varsity Lady Mustangs are back this year playing excellent volleyball. Last year’s finish—top Blue M ountain C onfer ence seed going into the state tournament and fifth place finish in state—was a good preview of where they would be this year. Having lost only two seniors, the team has gained depth on the court and looks good at every position. The M ustangs have had a busy pre-season. Be ginning with the Umatilla Jamboree on Aug. 3 1, they swept through competition, winning all four matches played that day. On Sept. 1, they trav eled to John Day to par ticipate in the Grant Union Tournament. In pool play (two games to 25) they were beat by Union, setting them up to play Cove as the num ber two seed. They knocked off the Leopards to play Ny- ssa in the semi-finals. They prevailed there, meeting Grant Union in the finals after that team beat Union LETT Centennial fair theme sought The Morrow County Fair is looking for a theme for the 2013 fair. Residents o f Morrow County are invited to sub mit entries in the Morrow County Fair Theme Con test. The deadline for en tries is October 31,2012. The theme must re flect all of Morrow County (Boardman, Heppner, lone, Irrigon, Lexington, etc.) and must be easy to incorporate into decorations. A commit tee made up of community members will decide the winner; the com m ittee's decision is final. The win ner will receive 100 50-cent pieces ($50). Everyone is asked to keep in mind that next year is the centennial of the Mor row County Fair; the rodeo started in 1922. Entry forms are avail able at the fair office. Forms can be returned to the of fice, where a box will be available for theme sugges tions, or they can be mailed to Morrow County Fair, PO Box 464, Heppner, OR 97836. Former resident to play in Westward Ho Parade to music and getting kids to stay interested in music throughout their lives,” said a band member. “The idea is to play whatever music the crowd would re spond to as the band highly values audience interaction and strives to leave people on the street with smiles on their faces.” The band travels frequently throughout the Pacific Northwest. Thomson also plays his clarinet in three other musical groups in the Portland area. Former Heppner resident and Heppner High School graduate Bruce Thomson will be marching in the Westward Ho Parade in Pendleton this Friday, September 14, as a mem ber of “The Beat Goes On” marching band from Port land. The “lively group” of adult performers in the non-profit marching band consists of around 100 ac tive members. “We take a large part of our mission in get ting people to come back Wallowa, Grant union and Culver. The weary Mus tangs showed their stamina by winning the top seed in pool play to go up against Cove in match play, win ning the match in two sets. They then beat a tough Dufur team for the chance to play Powder Valley, who had beaten Grant Union and Culver to advance to the final round. Powder Valley, runner- up in 1A stack volleyball last year, brought back all its starters from 2011. The Mustangs focused on their team skills, winning the first set 26-24. Powder Valley cam back to win the second 25-22. The final match featured some gritty play, but eventually went to the Mustangs for two tour nament wins in two days... what a season start for the Mustangs. Thursday, the Mustangs travel to Dufur for their final preseason three-way tour nament. Saturday, Sept. 15, they travel to Grant Union to begin league play. Mustangs plan donation drive The Heppner Mustang community is reaching out to support long-time Mus tang supporter Rena Henry and her family. The Mustang athletic program has long recog nized the many years of support and dedication to the Heppner athletics and activities shown by Rena and Roger Henry. The Hen- rys can be found at every home contest, as well as many o f the away ones, cheering on their beloved Mustangs. U nfortunately, Rena was diagnosed with cancer fast spring. She has been courageously battling the disease for five months. Heppner High School will be sponsoring a do nation drive to help with her medical expenses. On Friday, Sept. 14, at the first home football game versus Willamina, dona tion jars will be available at each gate. Associated Student Body officers will be w alking through the stands during each quarter, collecting donations. Dur ing the school week, the students will be collecting spare change to help with this event. Everyone in the com munity is asked to come and show support to the Henrys while cheering on the Mustangs. OSU Extension planning session Oct. 16 A planning session hosted by the OSU Exten sion Service will be held on Tuesday, October 16, at 6:30 p.m. at the Mor row County Fairgrounds in Heppner. During this plan ning session, the group will be discussing the plans and priorities of the 4-H pro gram in Morrow County. All community members are welcome and highly encouraged to attend and show their support while sharing their ideas. For more informa tion please call the Morrow County Extension Service Office at: 541-676-9642. Community day of prayer planned Harrison, Cutsforth Sept. 21 win Lexington Precinct Award The South Mor row County Scholarship Trust announces that Brett Harrison and Cutsforth are the re cipients of the 2012 Lexi ngton Voting Pre cinct Award in the Lindsay amount of $ Cutsforth 892 each. Brett is a sopho more at Oregon State Col lege and the son of Tra vis and Kirsten Harrison of Lexington. Lindsay is a sophomore at Lewis and Clark in Lewis ton, Id, and the daugh ter of Jeff and Missy Cutsforth of Lexington. The Lexington Precinct award is given to a deserving sophomore college student who lives in the Lexington voting precinct, according to a news release. Farm Fresh Sweet Corn, Picked and Delivered Daily Heppner Gazette-Times 188 West Willow • 676-9228 With the bracket set, the Mustangs opened with Seton Catholic of Vancou ver, WA, winning 25-21 and 25-18. They then beat a powerhouse team. Bear Creek from Redmond, at 26-24 Heppner, 23-25 Bear Creek and 15-12 Heppner. This match tested Heppner’s skills against a very well- coached volleyball team, and the Mustangs’ perfor mance was unmatched in determined effort by the team so far this year. In the title match, the Mustangs beat Darrington 25-23 and 25-12. D ar rington had beaten their opponents in pool play by a combined 72 points; Hep pner combined total point win was 54. Appropriately, the top two seeds played for the championship, in which Heppner prevailed. It was an incredible day of volley ball for the Mustangs. On Sept. 8, Heppner hosted the Heppner Invita tional. Eight teams came to play: Cove, Weston-McE- wen, Dufur, Powder Valley, Call Shane at 541 - 922-8377 A local ministry will host a day of prayer on Friday, September 21, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Morrow County Fair grounds Annex Building in Heppner. The doors will be open throughout the day for individual prayer with specific times set aside for the community to come together corporate ly. Three times have been scheduled, at noon, 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. for the con venience of community members to attend. There is no cost for this event and refresh ments will be provided. Each hour will be gin with scripture readings and will conclude with a few minutes set aside for topical prayer needs. An individual “prayer walk” area will be made available from 2-6 p.m. “All are welcome and area church leaders and members are encour aged to attend,” said a spokesperson. “Feel free to come for a portion or stay for the en tire day.” For information or prayer requests, contact Sam Fisher or Drion Donner at 541-256-0389 or email to freedom tofirelightm inis- tries@gmail.com F l u C l in ic s October 1 - Irrigon Senior Center-11 am-1:30 pm October 2 - Boardman Senior Center -1 1 am-1:30 pm October 3 - Heppner Senior Center 10:30 am -2:00 pm -lone Fire Hall 4:30 pm - 7:00 pm Flu shots a re a ls o a v a ila b le a t all re g u la r im m u n iz a tio n clinics: M o n d a y s &. 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