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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 13,2013 - THREE Bank of EO hosts successful wrestling tournament Heppner High School hosted the fifth annual BEO Invitational Wrestling Tour nament on Saturday, Feb. 2, with 17 teams represent ing Adrian, Crane. Culver, Elgin, Enterprise, Grant Union. Imbler, Irrigon, Jo seph, La Grande, Mac-Hi, North Lake, Pine Eagle, Riverside, Union and Wal lowa high schools compet ing at this increasingly popular wrestling event. La Grande took home the team champion trophy, with Mac-Hi placing second and Riverside taking home the third-place trophy. Heppner High’s Tim Nelson, wres tling at 195 pounds, was voted outstanding wrestler o f the tournament by the coaches. Adorned in easy-to-find gold t-shirts, over 20 BEO employees and community members volunteered to help at the tournam ent. BEO’s Volunteer Coordina tor, Shelli Britt, organized and coordinated the volun teers with what one event planner called “ ...grace Mustangs whip Huskies in final league victories Boys miss districts by a hair; girls tied fo r second in BMC Some of the many community volunteers who helped make the event run smoothly. Back (L- R): Alita Nelson, Kate Paige, Jon Moore, Will Lutcher, John Propheter, Lacey Davison, John Nelson and Joe Perry. Center back (L-R): Will Lemmon, Ashli Gould, Shannon Boor, Thomas Gould, Shelli Britt, Sharon Miller, Sandy Day, Tina Palmer and Jay Gibbs. Center front (L-R): Diane Reimer, Melanie Gates, Timothy Gould, Samm Lemmon, Sue Gibbs, Brianna Peterson, Roberta Lutcher and Misty Petzhold. Front (L-R): Keegan Gibbs and Jeremiah Petzhold. -Photo by Sandy Matthews and an uncanny ability to make it look easy.” Sandy Matthews photographed a group of the volunteers dur ing a short break between matches. Mark Lemmon, Bank of Eastern Oregon’s Chief Financial Officer and Hep pner High School w res tling coach, along with Greg Grant, Heppner High School Athletic Director, organized and coordinated the tournam ent. Babette Wall handled marketing and organized the many admin istrative details necessary for the tournament to run smoothly. Lemmon, Grant and Bank of Eastern Oregon say they appreciate the many vo lu n teers, com m unity members and parents for their invaluable time and help in making the tourna ment a success. “It was the smoothest- run wrestling tournament we have had and it couldn’t Heppner coaching team Ken Bailey, Brian Lemmon and Mark have been done without a Lemmon look on—with some input—during an intense match. great Hospitality Room and -Photo by Sandy Matthews Andrew Sykes has been Print, since 2006, and has named manager of Rapid worked at the Rapid Print Print, a printing business for the business located at past several years. 25 S.W. Emigrant His specialties are in Pendleton. graphic com put er program s and Sykes, 32, is graphic design. a 1998 graduate o f Heppner High Rapid Print is School and a 2004 a full-service print graduate of Cornish Andrew Sykes ing business that College of the Arts opened in Pendle in Seattle with a ton in 1988. Sykes bachelor’s degree in fine Publishing, LLC, also owns art. He has worked for the Heppner Gazette-Times Sykes Publishing, LLC, the newspaper and GT printing parent company of Rapid in Heppner. 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The Mustangs finished the 2012- 13 season 4-12 in the BMC for a three-way tie with Union and Enterprise for sixth place in the league... just out of the BMC district tournament. The Lady Mustangs won 56-27 over the Hus kies. They bounced back af ter the previous night’s loss to play well together as a team. Baily Bennett scored 15; Alana Wilson, 13; Blake Greenup, nine; and Emma Osmin, seven points for Heppner. The Mustangs finished with a 12-4 re cord, tied with Union and Pilot Rock for second in the BMC. The win/loss record among those three teams places them in fourth place going into the BMC district tournament. The Lady M ustangs will play Weston-McEwen at 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 15, in the first round of district playoffs at Pendleton. Nordic ski continues great season Heppner High news New manager at Pendleton printing business If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, help is available and that help Is FREE of charge. the team work and dedica tion o f our volunteers,” said Lemmon. “And, we look forward to next year’s tournament, which is tenta tively set for Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014.” At Enterprise this week, the boy’s Mustang basket ball team played even with the O utlaws except for shooting the rock. Heppner was outscored in the second quarter 20-6, which proved to be the difference in the game. JC Putman led the Mustangs in scoring with 12 points and 8 rebounds in the 50-34 loss to the Outlaws. The Lady M ustangs lost a game they needed to win to be in contention for the district title and top seed in the Blue Mountain Conference district tourna ment. The Mustangs looked nervous in the first half. Turnovers and not getting the ball inside produced eight points after two quar ters, for a 22-8 score. Hep pner charged back into the contest in the third with an 18-5 run over the Outlaws. Starting the final frame, down by one point at 27- 26, the Mustangs let up defensively as the Outlaws pulled away for the 52-44 win. Baily Bennett scored 23 points and Alana Wilson put up 13 points for the Mustangs. Both Mustang varsity By Jordan Jones The Heppner girls and boys gave a great finish to the 2013 basketball ¿¿ason with a victory against El gin. As winter sports come to an end, the community will continue to have op portunities to support local baseball, softball and track players. This weeks’ senior is George Alexander Vincent Smith. His parents are Greg Smith and Lisa Nelson. Smith has four siblings, Grant, Matt, Ryan and Gen eviève Smith. Smith enjoys all food in general, but says his favorite color is blue. Smith participates in wres tling, and enjoys hanging out with his friends. After Smith graduates from Hep pner High School, he plans on going on a mission trip, and says he would like to go everywhere in the world. Chamber lunch meeting This winter, the Arbuckle Nordic Ski club was able to drive to the top of Coal Mine Hill, thanks to plowing done by Bruce Young Logging through a Stewardship Fuels Reduction Proj ect. Gaining the extra elevation gave the group more trails and closed roads on which to ski. This past weekend, the club had new snow on top of a good base...there’s still more than 40 inches of snow at the Arbuckle Snotel site. The club members say the combination of great weather and lots of snow is making for an excellent Nordic ski season. -Contributedphoto Darin Umbarger from Clearview Mediation and Dis ability Resource Center will be the guest speaker for this week’s chamber lunch meeting on Thursday, Feb. 14. The meeting will start at noon in the St. Patrick’s Senior Center dining room. Cost of lunch is $ 10. Murray’s Drug will cater. Area residents who are Lunch attendees are asked to RSVP no later than interested in the Cursillo the Wednesday morning before to accommodate enough Movement are invited to a meals. gathering on Sunday, Feb. 17, for an evening of fel lowship. The evening will begin St. Patrick’s Catholic Parish members will serve lunch at 6 p.m. with a spaghetti on Wednesday, Feb. 20, at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. dinner at Hope Lutheran The meal will include oven-fried chicken, mashed po Church, dinner to be pro tatoes and gravy, mixed vegetables, sliced tomatoes, hot vided by the Heppner-area rolls, and Boston cream pie. Milk is served at each meal. 4th Day Group. Suggested donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject Anyone who is inter to change. ested or curious about the Calling all area Cursillistas Community lunch menu Cursillo Movement is in vited to join the group, who will be sharing information about C ursillo and this year’s upcoming weekend. Applications will also be available to work on the team. For further inform a tion, contact Dan and Di ana Sharp, 541-676-8262; George Naims, 541-571- 6519; or Robanai Disque, 541-989-8535. Heppner Les Schwab is a donation location for the Oregon "FFA 50,000 Pound Food Challenge" HURRY!... Bring in your food donations to Heppner Les Schwab now thru the end of February! Les Schwab Tire Centers from across the state are partnering w ith the more than 100 local FFA chapters to raise food for local food banks and charities. The food drive is to raise much-needed food for each local community's food banks. . K ■ f / [ires¡77 /— » 124 N. MAIN STREET ^ HEPPNER OR 97836 541- 676-9481^ 1 \
