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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - THREE Mustang baseball splits season Mustang golf teams place second at Echo Hills opener The Mustang baseball team split a double-header with Joseph/Enterprise last Thursday, winning the first game of the afternoon 8-7 but then facing a 4-8 loss to the Eagles in the day’s second game. The Mustang baseball team will host the Union/ Cove Bobcats on March 31. Mustang softball start- ed the season slowly with a 4-15 loss to Echo/Stanfield on March 16. The girls’ next contest is a double-header at the Heppner Tournament this Wednesday, March 25, beginning at noon. Thursday’s baseball stats are as follows: HEPPNER 8, JOSEPH 7 Game 1 R H E JHS 120 300 1 — 7 7 3 HHS 100 060 1 — 8 5 3 J. Exon, C. Stone (6) and D. McQued. Pat Collins, Cade Arbogast (5) and Weston Putman. W — Arbogast. L — Stone. Mustang golf teams started the season on the right foot by placing at Echo Hills on March 20. Heppner boys took sec- ond in the tournament with a total team score of 380 on the par-72 course, just be- hind first-place Hermiston (366). Wallowa took third soundly defeating third- place Pendleton (531). Individually, Sophie Grant placed third with 85 and Amanda Rea took fifth with 98. Other individual team scores were Paige Grieb (99), Emily Rea (115) and Riane Dompier (195). ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ spring dance scheduled for HES Mustang Patrick Collins readies himself for the tag at second base. -Photo by Sandra Putman JOSEPH 8, HEPPNER 4 and D. McQued, R. Game 2 R H E Hayward (6). CJ Kin- JHS 000 710 0 — 8 6 2 dle, Cade Arbogast (4) HHS 002 011 0 — 4 10 5 and Weston Putman. S. Beckman, T. Olson (5) 2B — Putman (HHS). Heppner Elementary School Parent-Teacher Club is once again putting on a spring dance for HES students in kindergarten through sixth grade. Students have been learning jungle-themed dances in P.E. to coincide with the “Welcome to the Jungle” theme for this year’s dance, planned for Thursday, April 2, from 7-9 Bullying prevention town halls planned for Morrow County Morrow County Lo- cal Community Advisory Council, Ione School Dis- trict and Morrow County School District are present- ing several opportunities for local parents to hear Stan Davis present on “Pre- venting Bullying, Prevent- ing Harm.” Town halls on the topic are planned March 30 at Riverside High School, March 31 at Irrigon High with 403. Heppner individual scores were Logan Grieb, 89; Jesse Corbin, 93; John Propheter, 97; Ross Cutsforth, 101; and Brian Rill, 107. Heppner girls also took second at 397, losing out to Hermiston (356) but School, April 1 at Ione Community School and April 2 at Heppner High School. All presentations will take place from 6-7:30 p.m. Davis co-leads the Youth Voice Research Proj- ect, which has collected information from more than 13,000 young people in the U.S. about what works and what doesn’t work in bully- ing prevention. He has worked with young people and families for more than 40 years as a therapist and school counselor, is the author of two books on the subject, and his work has been fea- tured in newspapers and on radio and TV, including a segment of the television newsmagazine “20/20” with John Stossel. Davis’s talk will ad- dress ways that parents can raise strong, kind youth and how schools can build positive behavior norms, re- spond to a reported incident of peer mistreatment, best support mistreated youth, and help mistreating youth change their behavior. For more information on Stan Davis and his work, visit http://www.stopbul- lyingnow.com/. Pet supply donations Bake sale planned for European music trip needed Ione fifth-grade students in Diana McElligott’s class are doing a community service project to help the Oregon Humane Society. They have placed boxes in businesses around Ione, Lexington and Heppner to gather pet food, toys, collars, leashes and beds for animals in shelters. Any donations would be greatly appreciated. A bake sale will be held at Heppner Family Foods March 27 from 8-10 a.m. for Skylar Hawks. Skylar received the honor of being one of 300 p.m. in the HES gym. Desert Sounds Mobile D.J. has been hired to spin tunes again this year. The dance is free to all HES students and families. Cookies and drinks will be provided for snacks. Raffle tickets will be available for purchase for a chance to win prize baskets. The baskets, provided through the support of lo- cal businesses, parents and retired teachers, include a camping-themed basket, beach-themed basket, fam- ily game night, and a “Beats by Dre” basket, and much, much more. Students must be ac- companied by a parent or guardian, who must remain as long as the student is there. Folk singer provides education, entertainment Heppner students were entertained by folksinger Adam Miller on March 19. Miller delighted students with songs and stories that included Over the Rainbow, The Frog Song, Jack Tales and This Land is Your Land, accompanying himself on guitar and autoharp. Miller explained to the students that he learned the songs and stories by using the oral traditions method, which is from someone’s mouth to another person’s ear through many generations. This assembly was sponsored by the Morrow County Grain Growers Fueling the Future Program. –Contributed photo nominees picked out of 6,000 to attend a European music program July 3–18 of this year. The group will be performing in England, France, Germany, Swit- zerland, Italy, Austria and Lichtenstein. The students will work with the director of Lewis and Clark College in Portland. Skylar also has an ac- count set up at the Bank of Eastern Oregon and dona- tions can be made directly to his account. Anyone The Boardman City Council has moved its regularly who would like to bake something for the bake sale scheduled Tuesday, April 21, meeting to Tuesday, April or who has any questions, 28. The city council meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in contact Shelli Britt at 541- Boardman City Hall Council Chambers. 676-5478. From the North End Seniors, people with disabilities, families and caregivers... Know your options. Looking for information and services can be frustrating. Your Aging and Disability Resource Connection counselor will make it easy for you to access local caregiving, Medicare counseling — whatever you need. Knowing your options will help empower you to live as independently as possible while getting the help you need. Don’t miss out. The service is free and available to all seniors and people with disabilities, as well as their families and caregivers. Get in touch with your local ADRC options counselor today at: 1-855-ORE-ADRC (673-2372) www.ADRCofOregon.org Boardman city council changes April meeting date
