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TEN- Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 19,2012 A View from the Hill By Doris Brosnan Last month, 29 diners were thankful for being at Willow Creek Terrace for the Thanksgiving feast. Residents, staff and guests enjoyed the camaraderie and traditional menu that left no one hungry for food or companionship. Adding to the colorful and inviting atmosphere at the Terrace’s meals are new sets of tablecloths. Howard Bryant contributed two sets for the several tables, and another set of festive red cloths were a gift from Kelli Boyer, Susan Hisler, Jan Stroeber and the Friends Helping Friends group. These same tables serve in several other capacities, also. They are great as card tables, and residents contin ue to encourage individuals to call 676-0004 to become included in afternoons of pinochle, bridge, cribbage, or other games. The tables were useful, as well, when the residents made angels for their Christmas tree, decorated on Dec. 6. The theme o f the tree is im mediately obvious, as it is festooned with angels—a variety added to each year by residents. Seventeen guests joined the residents gathered for the tree trimming party, in cluding four grade-school ers who added their exper tise to the decorating and their voices to the singing of carols with Katie Anderson at the piano. Two stayed for the soup supper that featured homemade soups and homemade breads. Another focus on Dec. 6 was the observation of National Miners Day. That morning, several residents contributed to a lengthy discussion o f the mining industry, recalling personal experiences o f relatives told to them or witnessed by them. Many residents could recall the attack on Pearl Harbor, remembered on Dec. 7, and the topic of discussion the next day created some nostalgia as residents shared horse sto ries on the National Day of the Horse. That same day saw the return to the Hill of a favor ite group of entertainers: the Kloggers from Pendleton. About 15 dancers in red and white “ Santa” o u t fits delighted the residents and staff with their fancy footwork and singing. The youngest dogger was only two years old. The oldest was in her fifties. O ther entertainm ent enjoyed by all recently was the young carolers who brought cards for the residents and the pianists on Dec. 13. Piano-recital music will again grace the atmosphere of the Terrace on Dec. 20, and more car olers will be welcomed on that same day. Three days later, the residents will greet more sounds of the season by another thoughtful group of carolers. Seventeen residents joined their larger Heppner- community to usher in the sights of the season on Nov. 29, appreciating the time and effort individuals spent on creating holiday-magic light-parade entries. A drive around the towns for a look at house decorations will also add to the season’s appeal. Only the weather seems to be unseasonably warm, possibly precluding a white Christmas, as many resi dents continue to enjoy the good weather for walks and for chats on the front porch and patio. Since Dec. 21 is National Hamburger Day, chances are very good that the residents could be eat ing barbecued burgers on the patio! Since Santa doesn’t require snow for his Christ mas Eve visits, he is expect ed to bring all of the “nice” residents gifts while they are tucked snuggly in bed. Another gift will come their way three days after Christ mas, when they get to enjoy homemade fruitcake...a must on National Fruitcake Day, right? Bud-Batty-Day must have been on Dec. 9, for that is when Bud celebrated the last birthday of the year at the Terrace, his 96th! Alvina Padberg will have the honor of being the first celebrant in 2013, when she will turn 92 on January 15. Anew neighbor, Royce Fulleton, timed his move into a Terrace apartment perfectly for getting in on the tree trimming-carol- ing-soup supper event on the 6th. Royce moved to Heppner from Hermiston, but he was previously a Heppner resident for many years, as well as the owner of the Chevrolet dealership. Fellow residents welcomed Royce with pleasure to their community. They were sad dened, however, to learn on the next day of the passing of former neighbor Bob Hickerson. Although Bob resided at the Terrace for only two weeks in Novem ber, his upbeat presence and witty repartee were a re freshing addition to life on the Hill, and he is missed. The Terrace commu nity, both residents and staff, do not want to miss this opportunity to thank the many people whose kind nesses have contributed to another positive year for them. Recently, donations have come from the Odd Fellows, Carl and Pat Lau- retsin, Patty Walker, Ker in in Kennedy, Barry and Mary Anne Munkers, and Dave Sykes. These thought ful people are included in a long, long list of individuals who have played important, helpful roles in the success of Willow Creek Terrace. All of them are viewed as friends and neighbors. Junior Mustangs keep the wins coming The Heppner Junior High School boys’ bas ketball A team played five games last week and won four of them. The Mustangs traveled to lone for league games and won all three. In the first game of the day, they beat lone by a score of 30- 22. Logan Grieb was two rebounds short of a “triple double” with 13 points, 11 steals and eight rebounds. Caden Hedman followed next with eight points and 10 rebounds. Kevin Mur ray scored four and ripped down a game-high 13 re bounds. Jake Lindsay and Kolby Currin scored two points each in the win. Kevin Smith scored the other point for the team. The next game had the Mustangs beating the Ir- rigon Knights 30-25. Grieb led a balanced scoring at tack with nine points. Mur ray was next with seven, Hedman had six, Currin scored five and Lindsay had three. Hedman recorded eight rebounds and Murray followed with seven. Grieb also had five steals and six assists for the game. The final game of the day was against the Echo Cougars. The M ustangs won by a score of 31-23. Many members of the team scored, led by Hedman with eight, while Currin had six and Smith scored four. Jake Lindsay tallied three and Kaden Corbin, Tim Jaca and Kane Sweeney had two points each. Jaca also pulled down a game-high eight rebounds, and Corbin had six and Bryan Fowler followed with five. L ast S atu rd ay , the Mustangs lost to the Sher man County Huskies by a score o f 41-29. Logan Grieb scored 11 points and had seven steals for the game. Jake Lindsay and Kolby Currin both had five, Kevin Smith scored four and Caden Hedman and Kevin Murray tallied two each. Murray led the team with eight rebounds. In their last game, the Mustangs beat the Grant U nion P rospectors 39- 20. Grieb led the team in scoring with 16 points and had seven steals. Hedman dropped in eight points and Jake Lindsay and Murray had six each. Currin tossed in two points for the game. The team now has a season record of 9-4. Mustang wrestling The M ustangs wres tling team saw plenty of action last week, beginning with a rare home appear ance on Thursday, Dec. 13. Heppner hosted a tri-dual meet against Irrigon and Pomeroy, WA. The team came away with two decisive wins by scores of 51 -12 over Irrigon and 39-22 over Pomeroy. It was the first time Heppner has defeated Pomeroy in a dual meet. Will Lutcher started the Mustangs momentum with a pin in an exhibition match to begin night’s competi tion. He would also go on to score 12 teams points by pinning his Pomeroy opponent and a forfeit win against Irrigon. Heppner won 10 out of 14 matches against Pome roy and nine of 11 against Irrigon. On Saturday, the Mus tangs competed in the Mac- Hi Christmas tournament in Milton-Freewater. Heppner 0REG0Í1LOTTERV DOLLARS and Mac-Hi were the only Oregon teams, and Heppner was the only small school among 4A to 6A schools from Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Heppner had two final ists and one champion in the tournament. Treston Maben led the Mustangs with the team’s only gold medal de spite being the non-scorer at 160 pounds. His three wins were decisive pins over op ponents from Southridge, Mac-Hi and Clarkston. Tim Nelson claimed second place, Jared Lem mon third, Alex Smith and Earl Propheter fourth. Ryan Smith made his first ap pearance on a high-school award podium with a sixth- place finish. John Propheter also finished sixth. Jacob Moses picked up his first win and scored varsity team points at 145 pounds. 132 Lemmon (H) pinned Florek (P) 138 Smith (H) pinned Heyt- velt (P) 145 Boyd (H) defeated Herres (P) 7-5 152 Lewis (P) pinned Mo ses (H) 160 Propheter (H) pinned Hyer (P) 170 Jenkins (P) defeated Maben (H) 10-1 182 King (P) pinned Heard (H) 195 double ff 220 Nelson (H) won by ff 285 Propheter (H) won by ff Heppner 51, Irrigon 12 106 Smith (H) won by ff 113 double ff 120 Lutcher (H) won by ff 132 Lemmon (H) won by ff 138 Boyd (H) won by ff 145 Savage (I) pinned Smith (H) 152 Moses (H) won by ff 160 Propheter (H) defeated Dual summaries: Snyder (1)14-2 Heppner 39, Pomeroy 22 170 Maben (H) tech fall 106 double ff over Ruiz (I) 113 King (P) pinned Smith 182 Mendoza (I) pinned Heard (H) (H) 120 Lutcher (H) pinned 195 double ff Neice (P) 220 Nelson won by ff 126 double ff 285 Propheter won by ff Intro to Ag gets up to something fishy I2ST The Intro to Ag classes have been raising rainbow trout eggs again this year and were able to release 176 fry into Willow Creek Reservoir. Top: Members of the two Intro to Ag classes gather at the lake. (Back L-R): Ryan Cecil, Rian Wizner, Shelton Sharp, Lexi Bray, Jose Andrade Guerra, Sydney Qualls, Austin Ryan, Colton Evans, Emily Cecil and Onna DeLoach. (Middle L-R): Taylor Nelson, Meran- da Lemmon, Caden Hedman, Kolby Currin, Logan Grieb and CJ Kindle. (Front L-R): Tim Gould, Tim Jaca, Kevin Murray and Jake Lindsay. Right: Jake Lindsay carefully releases the fry into the lake. DEVELOP THE EAST BEACH INDUSTRIAL PARK HELPING SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SCHOOLS, WATERSHEDS AND STATE PARKS -Contributed photo Heppner High news HO^sG^otfThr By Jordan Jones On Friday, D ec. 21, the boys’ and girls’ varsity will have a basketball game starting at 6 p.m.; this game will be held here in Hep pner against the Weston- McEwen TigerScots. The boys and girls varsity will also have a basketball game on Saturday, Dec. 22, which will be held in Union start ing at 4 p.m. A lso a reminder to ev eryone that the Heppner H igh S ch o o l is h o ld in g a dodge ball tournament on W ednesday, D ec. 19, to raise money for the se niors. I w ish the H eppner community a Merry Christ m as and a H appy N ew Year.
