HeppnerGazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, January8,2014
-FIVE
Mustang girls split Hoop tournament, lone basketball
takes on Joseph in
see narrow losses in league play
home games
A t th e H e p p n e r
Holiday Hoop tournament
the Mustang g irls’ team
finished with split of their
games for the weekend.
They lost the first game
to the highly-ranked 1A
Echo Cougars by a score of
50-44. They then beat the
4A McLoughlin (Mac-Hi)
Pioneers 48-46 in overtime.
It was a close game
all the way with Echo.
The score was tied 10-
10 at the end o f the first
quarter. Echo held a one-
point lead at halftime 22-
21. The Mustangs led at
the end of three quarters
by the score of 34-32, but
were outscored 18-10 in the
fourth quarter to make the
final score 50-44.
M addie Lindsay led
the team with 15 points
and seven rebounds. Jessica
K em pkin scored eight
and also hauled in eight
rebounds. Kelly Wilson
had eight points and two
assists for the game. Blake
Greenup and Kayla Kindle
both had four points and
eight rebounds. Paige Grieb
scored three points and
had two assists, and Micha
Hintz scored two.
Next up for the team
was the Mac-Hi Pioneers.
The Heppner girls found
th e m s e lv e s b eh in d at
halftime 25-15. They then
outscored the Pioneers 10-2
in the third quarter and 15-
13 in the fourth to force
overtime. The Mustangs
then outscored the Pioneers
8-6 in the extra period to
secure the win 48-46.
K in d le s c o re d 13
points and Lindsay had
12. Greenup had eight and
Hintz scored five. Wilson
and Grieb both finished
the game with four points
each. Kempkin had two
points and led the team w ith
seven rebounds. Lindsay
was next with six rebounds.
Hintz had four rebounds
and seven assists. Greenup
followed in assists with
four, w hile W ilson had
three and Grieb two.
The start of the new
year brought league play
back to the Heppner team.
They hosted the Weston-
McEwen TigerScots last
Friday night. The Mustangs
started slowly in this one
but finished strong to lose
lone basketball teams
matched up against Joseph
this past Saturday.
T he v a r s ity te a m
walked away with the win
87-36 in the non-league
home game.
The girls’ varsity team
also handed Joseph a loss,
42-31.
The b o y s’ JV team
didn't fare quite so well,
losing to the Joseph JV
team 24-29. Scores for
the girls’ JV game were
unavailable.
Stats for the JV boys’
game are as follows:
Joseph JV 29, lone JV 24
Score by Quarters
Joseph JV: 4, 15, 19, 29
lone JV: 8, 17,22, 24
Player: Reb, Ast, Pts
Top: Mustang Blake Greenup struggles for the ball in the game
versus the Union Bobcats last Saturday. The Mustangs gained
their footing late in the game and eventually fell to the Bobcats
36-57. - Photo bv Sandra Putman
the game by the close score
o f 52-50. H eppner was
outscored in the first half
24-14. They then exploded
for 36 points in the second
half to nearly win the game.
It was another double
double for Lindsay as she
scored 15 points and had
10 rebounds. Wilson nearly
had a triple-double with
10 points, 10 rebounds
and seven assists. Kindle
had 12 points and four
rebounds for the night and
Hintz scored four, had six
rebounds, three assists
and three steals. Kempkin
also had four points for
the game, Grieb three and
Greenup had two points and
three assists.
T he g ir ls th e n
travelled
to Union to take
Maddie Lindsay tangles with a TigerScot as they keep their
eyes on the ball during Friday’s game. - Photo by Sandra Putman on the Bobcats. Heppner
once again started the
game slowly and got down
big early on. They trailed
17-7 after one quarter and
38-14 at halftime. They
did outscore Union in the
second half, but ended up
losing the game by a score
of 57-36.
Greenup led the team in
scoring with 12 and Hintz
followed with six. Wilson,
Kempkin and Kindle all had
four points for the game.
Grieb and Lindsay each
scored three.
The team takes to the
road again this week as they
travel to Irrigon to take on
the Knights. They then go
to John Day to play the
Grant Union Prospectors
on Friday. They have an
overall record for the year
of 5-6 and are 1-3 in BMC.
Local women go on well-digging mission
The “Hopeful Saints
M ission Trippers” have
returned from their well
drilling trip to Guatemala
in December, and will be
sharing pictures, stories,
and handcrafts next Sunday.
Jan. 12, at All S aints
Episcopal Church during
a potluck beginning about
11:30 a.m. (after the 10 a.m.
worship service concludes).
Community members
are invited to attend the
potluck and are always
welcome to attend worship.
Those w ho atten d the
potluck are encouraged
but not required to bring a
dish to share, and perhaps
even experim ent with a
Guatemalan recipe.
This is the second
well funded by the Shared
Ministry of Hope Lutheran
C hurch and All Saints
Episcopal Church through
Living Water International,
but the first that included a
mission trip for four Shared
Ministry members, local
women Robanai Disque,
Cyde Estes, George Naims
and Diana Sharp.
Team members traveled
to a small village in the
G uatem alan h ig h lan d s
(elevation 8200 feet), near
“Hopeful Saints” team members (L-R from left) Cyde Estes, Kohanai Disque, Diana Sharp
and George Nairas (front) with the rest of the Living Water team that helped drill the well
funded by the Shared Ministry in Guatemala. Contributed photo
the large city o f Xela. In
addition to manual labor
related to the well itself,
team members provided
h y g ie n e e d u c a tio n
through an interpreter and
d istributed 500 crosses
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FOR RENT IN HEPPNER.
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ELECTRICAL AND HEAT.
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made by Bob Despain and
Dan Sharp.
Residents of the village
are of Mayan descent, and
M ayan custom s, dress,
crafts and dialect are still
prevalent. Villagers have
been waiting four years
for this well to be drilled,
and have had to rely on a
muddy stream down a steep
embankment while they
waited. It could take another
six months before the pump
and w ater d istrib u tio n
system are completed, but
team members said there
was great excitement in
the village when drilling
was completed and water
gushed out from the newly-
dug well.
A s a th ir d w a te r
project, the Shared Ministry
has recently funded the
rehabilitation of an existing
w ell in L ib eria, to be
completed in 2014, and is
raising funds for a fourth
well in a location yet to be
determined. Community
members are welcome to
join in this effort to provide
clean water in Jesus’ name
to thirsty people around the
world.
Q uestions about the
potluck or the well-drilling
mission and other activities
of the Shared Ministry may
be directed to the church
office at 541-676-9970.
Danny Doherty: 0, 0, 0
Henry Padberg: 0, 0, 0
Donald McElligott: 5, 2, 0
Austin Carter: 0, 0, 4
Joe Doherty: 1, 0, 2
Zane King: 2, 1, 2
Jason Juarez: 4, 2, 3
Hector Aguilar: 2, 0, 2
Tre’ Neil: 6, 0, 8
Joel Stillman: 3, 2, 3
Daniel Holtz: 0, 1, 0
“ We couldn’t get the
ball in the net in the second
half,” said lone Assistant
Coach Brian Spivey of the
JV performance. “We led
to the start o f the fourth
quarter and then Joseph
hit some threes and they
got the lead and held it to
the end. We were pretty
rusty coming off Christmas
break.”
A View from
the Hill
By Doris Brosnan
‘T w as th e m o n th
following Christmas and
all through the nest, the
staff agreed with residents,
“It’s time for a rest!”
As an ticip a ted and
looked forward to as it
w as, D ecem ber was an
especially busy time for
the little community on
the Hill. Their schedules
in c lu d e d e x c e p tio n a l
opportunities for interaction
with family and friends and
for holiday-related events
and entertainment. These
were added to their daily
regim ens o f exercising,
discussions of the nationally
recognized days (Pearl
Harbor, the National Guard.
Radio City Music Hall,
Quilting, the Beach Boys,
Bird Counting), and tasty
celebrations of foods such
as cookies, gingerbread,
lemon cupcakes, nut breads,
eggnog, shrimp, fruitcake
and chocolate.
On Dec. 1, residents,
s ta ff and v is ito rs
decorated the Terrace,
sang favorite Christm as
carols, and enjoyed a feast
o f homemade soups and
breads and cookies. And
that pace continued through
Dec. 31, when a small
contingent managed to see
in 2014.
The front door always
welcomes visitors, and in
December it was almost
a re v o lv in g d o o r, as
residents greeted young
pianists tw ice, caroling
groups multiple times, and
numerous other visitors
bearing assorted gifts.
Santa was one of those
visitors. So, after a quiet
reflective Christmas Eve,
residents endured a night
of who-knows-what images
dancing in th eir heads
and awoke to wonderful
surprises. In each stocking
carefully hung were fruits
and candies. After everyone
could gather around the
tree, gifts were handed
out, and not just a single
gift to each person that
Santa's elves at the Terrace
helped him figure out. A
second gift to each resident
also aw aited everyone,
apparently because Santa
tho u g h t they w ere all
especially nice. When asked
for information on Santa's
visit, staff members seem to
have no knowledge of when
or how he slipped in and out
of the Terrace unseen.
Som e frie n d s and
family members showed
up for more visiting and
sharing of the Christmas-
day feast, adding another
emotionally warm touch to
the holiday.
A ttention turned to
the quickly approaching
Year’s End celebration that
included the traditional
New Year’s Eve prime rib
meal, enjoyed by 26 diners.
At least two residents were
determined to see in the
actual new year in Heppner,
not satisfied to watch the
nine o’clock celebration on
TV, one of them actually
convincing a couple of
family members to come
and see it in, too. The
revelers might have been
well-rested, however, by
the time they joined their
neighbors for the delicious
New-Year’s-Day crabcake
lunch, another tradition
that has been enabled by
an anonymous donor who
provides the crabmeat each
year.
R esidents can look
back on December with a
contented sigh and some
new memories, but they
are looking forw ard to
opportunities 2014 might
bring. One such opportunity,
beginning this month, is to
celebrate birthdays. Rose
Bergstom will be honored
on the 12th with a birthday
lunch, followed the next day
by Buelah Brownfield, who
will also be able to select a
favorite birthday menu to
share with her neighbors
and family. Alvina Padberg
w ill be th e b irth d a y
celebrant on the 15th, so
residents can look forward
to another special day and
special menu. Everyone
views these celebrations as
some of the most important
on the Hill. And joining
the celebrations for a while
is Marjorie Gorham, who
is welcoming a short stay
close to her daughter Karen
Wolff.
Yes, a view o f 2013
b rin g s m any p o s itiv e
moments at the Terrace
into view. And everyone on
the Hill hopes for a positive
2014.
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