F O U R - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, September 11,2013
MUSTANGS VS GERVAIS
-Continued from PAGE ONE led in tackles by Collins Ethan Ashbeck had three
with 39 yards; Bailey had
33 and Tommy Bredfield
recorded 33.
On the defensive side of
the ball, the Mustangs were
with seven. JC Putman and
Tresten Maben each had six
tackles and John Propheter
had five.
Bailey, Bredfield and
Mustang volleyball strong
facing start of league play
each.
The Mustangs travel to
Willamina on Friday, Sept.
The Heppner High
13, to take on the class 3A School Mustang volleyball
Bulldogs.
team had a big week of
volleyball, hosting several
top-quality programs from
around the area.
On Tuesday night
the Mustangs defeated
th e a lw a y s - s tr o n g
lone Cardinals in three
straight games. Then, on
Saturday, the team hosted
a tournament that featured
several teams that made the
state playoffs last year.
The Mustangs started
the morning by playing
the Wallowa Cougars. The
team looked sharp from the
start and served very well in
this match; they dispensed
with the Cougars in two
straight games by scores of
Mustang cheerleaders (L-R) Maci Gibbs, Erica Nelson, Faith Jones, Emily Cecil and Samm
Lemmon cheer on the victorious Heppner team at Friday night’s home game. -Photo by Sandy
Matthews
Mustang JV football takes the
growl out of Cougars 36-8
The Heppner High
School Junior Varsity
football team opened their
season by playing a two-
quarter game with the
visiting Gervais Cougars on
Friday night. The Mustangs
won the contest 36-8.
The game started with
Jake Lindsay returning the
opening kickoff 17 yards
to give the Mustangs good
field position. A six-play
drive, with strong running
by Kevin Murray and
Weston Putman, ended with
a one-yard touchdown run
by Murray. The PAT failed
and it was 6-0 Mustangs.
Logan Grieb kicked
off for the Mustangs and,
on the third play from
scrimmage, Murray picked
off a Cougar pass and ran
it in 45 yards for another
Mustang touchdown. Ryan
Smith ran in the PAT and
the score was 14-0.
On the next Gervais
p o s s e s s io n S m ith
intercepted a pass to
give the team good field
position. On the very next
play, Putnam passed the
ball to Caden Hedman,
who ran 45 yards for a
score. Putnam ran in the
PAT to give the Mustangs
a 22-0 lead. The next time
the Mustangs got the ball,
Murray scored on an 83-
yard run around right end.
Saul Erickson ran in the
PAT to now make it 30-0.
In the second quarter,
the Mustangs’ only score
came when Hedman ran a
reverse in from 35 yards
out. The PAT failed and
the score was 36-0. The
Cougars’ score came on
their last series of the game.
That made the final score
36-8.
The Mustang offensive
line did a great job of
blocking, and opened up
some big running lanes for
the backs. The team was led
in rushing by Murray with a
total of 148 yards. Hedman
had 60 yards in the game.
Putman and Erickson both
tallied 24. On the defensive
side of the ball, Kolby
Currin led the team with
nine tackles. Clyde Britt,
Skylar Palmer and Logan
Grieb each had five for the
game. Tom Gould, Jesse
Boyd and Jacob Moses all
had four tackles each.
The next action for
the JV team will be this
Friday when they travel
to Willamina and play a
two-quarter game before
the varsity action. They
will then travel to Irrigon
on Monday, Sept. 16, for a
game with the Knights.
Rev. Elke Sharma,
Heppner United Methodist
C hurch’s new pastor,
has begun offering free
American Sign Language
(ASL) beginning level
classes every Tuesday at
2 p.m. at Heppner United
Methodist Church. The
class meets in three-week
rotations, with a break
the first Tuesday of every
month.
Due to demand, the
same beginning-level class
will be offered Tuesdays at
7 p.m. so working adults,
students and youth can also
attend. This class began
Tuesday, Sept. 10.
The first three-week,
beginning-level ASL class
curriculum includes the
alphabet, numbers, family
and pet signs, time signs,
some basic verbs and
basic conversations with
deaf and hard-of-hearing
individuals.
The second three-week
class session adds colors,
non-pet animals, food and
meal times, school, work
and hobby signs, and more
basic conversations.
A third three-week
class session is in the
works to begin Tuesday,
Oct. 8, at 2 and 7 p.m. It
will include fall and winter
holiday vocabulary and
traditions, religious signs
and traditions, conversation
practice and signing music.
All sessions include
individual, paired and
small-group practice to
communicate with one
another and others in
American Sign Language.
Lessons also endeavor to
teach the students something
about deaf culture.
Advanced beginning
and intermediate classes
will be offered later when
students improve their ASL
skill abilities or students
with higher skill abilities
show interest in having
classes.
These beginning-level
classes are free of charge
and open to anyone in the
community who would like
to learn something about
this beautiful language
and culture. Students who
have not attended previous
classes are welcome to
join at any time as sign
vocabulary from previous
classes is often reviewed
and practiced at each class.
Handouts from previous
classes are available for
new students. A donation
toward the printing costs for
the handouts is welcomed,
but not required.
Sharm a has been
profoundly deaf in her
left ear and moderately to
profoundly deaf in her right
ear since age five. She grew
up communicating orally
and first learned Signed
English at age 10 and ASL
at age 13. Pastor Elke took
intensive ASL classes and
became fully immersed in
the deaf culture while an
undergraduate student at
Beginning American Sign
Language classes offered
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t
well, their passes were on
target, and great sets led to
big kills.
The last match of
the day was with the 1A
powerhouse Dufur Rangers.
Both games of this match
were hard-fought between
the teams and great to
watch. Both teams played
with lots of intensity and
there were many exciting
rallies, but the Rangers
finally beat the Mustangs by
scores of 25-23 and 25-16.
N ext up for the
Mustangs is the start of
league play. They will
travel to Enterprise this
Saturday, Sept. 14, to face
the Outlaws and the Elgin
Huskies.
Heppner will always be home
It all started long
ago with seven girls who
attended Heppner High
School. They all became
such good friends that they
became known around
town as “The Mob”: Betty
Graves Carlson (Heppner),
Marlene Dubois-Brooks
(Seattle, WA), Colleen
Connor- Williams (Aloha,
OR), June Van Winkle-
Duvall (Sun City West,
AZ), Juanita Padberg-
Ross (Hermiston), Joyce
Buschke-Ward (Heppner)
and Francine H isler-
Bristow (Rockaway Beach,
OR).
The 1950 graduation
class had 20 girls and nine
boys. “The Mob” has stayed
in contact with each other
by attending class reunions.
After attending the 50lh
class reunion, “The Mob”
started getting together
more often.
They celebrated their
70th and 75th birthdays at
Francine’s at Rockaway
Beach, they have met up
at Joyce’s cabin at Blakes,
and they have also had a
fun time staying at Betty’s
TREO hunting lodge.
This year Colleen,
Francine, Betty, Juanita and
June celebrated their 81st
birthdays at Welches OR,
where Francine’s niece,
Angela Sumner-Shearer has
a cabin.
They said they all had
a wonderful time sharing
smiles and wiping tears,
reminiscing about the good
old Heppner High School
days. They all laughed as
they said their next reunion
could be getting rooms at
the Heppner Senior Center.
A lot of things have
Gallaudet University. She
graduated from Gallaudet
University, the only liberal
arts college for the deaf
in the world, with her
bachelor’s degree in 1996.
Pastor Elke later also
obtained her masters in
teaching English to speakers
of other languages and her
Master of Divinity using
American Sign Language
interpreters and other
communication technology
for deaf people.
Morrow County Health Department
Changing Clinic's to Wednesday
The Morrow County
Health Department
will now hold clinics
on Wednesday
8:30 am -12 noon
1:00 pm- 4:30 pm
25-10 and 25-13.
Next up was the Weston-
McEwen TigerScots. It is
always good volleyball
to watch when these two
teams get together. The
Mustangs were hurt by too
many unforced errors and
their serving was off just a
bit from the first match. The
TigerScots won by scores of
25-20, 25-15.
Another league rival,
the Grant Union Prospectors
were next. The Prospectors
beat the Mustangs last
Saturday in John Day. That
was not to happen here in
Heppner, as the Mustangs
won by scores of 25-19,
25-27, 15-12. All parts of
the Mustangs game were
on display. They served
LIFTED
A s of September 11, 2013,
the Fire Chief
of the City of Heppner has
lifting the burning ban
♦ C i t y o f H e p p n e r r e q u ir e s a
PERM IT O N ALL O PEN B U R N IN G
Above: “The Mob” back then (L-R back): Betty Graves
Carlson, Marlene Dubois Brooks, Colleen Connor Williams,
June Van Winkle Duvall, Juanita Padberg Ross, Joyce Buschke
Ward and, in front, Francine Hisler Bristow. Below: “The
Mob” in 2013 (L-R): Colleen Connor Williams, Francine Hisler
Bristow, Juanita Padberg Ross, Betty Graves Carlson and June
Van Winkle Duvall. -Contributedphotos
changed through the years,
but member of “The Mob
said there's something that
will always be the same,
and that’s the special bond
“The Mob” shares that
keeps them close no matter
where they are.
Driver safety
training workshop
planned
P en d le to n , OR —
RSVP of Eastern Oregon
in partnership with AARP
of Oregon will host a driver
safety training workshop at
Pendleton City Hall, 500
SW Dorion Avenue, on
Monday, Oct. 7, from 8:45
a.m. until 4 p.m. with a
lunch break from noon until
1 p.m. Attendees are asked
to use the Emigrant Avenue
entrance.
The class is open to all
ages but is focused on those
aged 50 and older.
The cost is $12 for
AARP members and $14
for non-members. Members
will need to provide a
membership card to take
advantage of the discount.
The fee covers the cost of
classroom materials.
No lunch is provided,
so participants are asked to
bring their own lunch.
Upon completing the
class, participants will
be issued a certificate of
completion that can be
given to their insurance
companies for applicable
discounts.
To sign up for the class,
contact Stephanie McElroy
at 541-276-1926. Class is
limited to 25 participants.
If you or someone you know has a gambling problem,
help is available and that help Is FREE of charge.
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