FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 22, 2015
A View from the Hill
By Doris Brosnan
Some Willow Creek
Terrace residents and other
readers noticed that last
month’s column referred to
“today’s” St. Patrick’s Day
activities on the Hill, but
the column appeared in the
March 18 issue of the Ga-
zette Times. A big “Oops!”
and on to more opportuni-
ties to make mistakes....
While waiting out the
cool weather and the long
flu season, residents have
mostly stayed at home,
enjoying their newspa-
pers, books, TV shows and
conversations with their
neighbors. And one cannot
forget the pleasure on those
special days dedicated to
gastronomic delights. Sig-
nificant honorees on the
Terrace menus in April and
coming in May include OJ,
the Hoagie sandwich, apple
pie, chocolate chip cookie,
devil’s food cake, strawber-
ries and cream, hamburgers,
buttermilk biscuits, the
butterscotch brownie, and
cherry cobbler. Interesting
to note that an entire 10
days, May 15-25, will be
celebrating “the pickle.”
Though morning con-
versations tend to focus on
the broad range of absorb-
ing, abstract and absurd,
many this spring are on
serious topics. “Teachers
Appreciation Week” al-
ways stimulates memories
of school days, for previ-
ous students and retired
teachers. “Nurses’ Day” at
the Terrace is importantly
designated for showing
the local medical and ad-
ministrative staffs at the
clinic, the hospital and
home-health/hospice how
appreciated they are. For
everyone, “Mothers’ Day”
will be an opportunity to
remember—to remember
mothers, grandmothers,
sisters, aunts—to remember
experiences as mothers. It
will also be a fine day for
families who wish to make
the day special for their
relatives.
“Armed Forces’ Day”
might be a day of discussion
more poignant than usual,
for this year’s calendar
also designates May 16 as
“Wear Purple for Peace
Day.” And “Memorial Day”
will bring more somber
conversations, but oppor-
tunities for some positive
memories as well.
Summer flowers at the
Terrace might be showy by
“Flower Day,” on May 20,
so residents might include a
stroll near flowerbeds after
a morning conversation
about “blue jeans,” which
celebrates the 1873 inven-
tion of the riveted denim
“overalls” designed to pro-
tect the working man’s
underclothing. Such is the
early start of one of today’s
most ubiquitous fashion
choices.
Providing background
sounds on May 23 for
breakfast and morning con-
versations might be those of
familiar jazz bands. “Inter-
national Jazz Day” might
even bring out some toe
tapping and finger thump-
ing as residents enjoy the
music on the discs a jazz
fan gifted the Terrace some
years ago.
“Senior Health and Fit-
ness Day” on May 27 will
be a good opportunity to
discuss everyone’s health
and to provide a segue
into the information on
the new wellness program
that Cindy Johnson has
introduced to the Terrace
staff. Details are yet to be
completed, but the three-
month program will address
the well-being of the staff
members who buy into
the challenge. Through
their honor-system record-
keeping and journaling,
participants will be working
toward improved individual
health, with winning some
of the ante money a bonus.
May will end with a
discussion of news and
newspapers. May 30 cel-
ebrates the first U.S. daily
newspaper, the Pennsyl-
vania Evening Post, first
printed in 1783. Several
residents subscribe to the
East Oregonian and the
Heppner Gazette-Times
and appreciate the commu-
nal reading and discussion
of the Gazette on Wednes-
days, so Willow Creek Ter-
race remains a bastion of
fans of the printed page, and
the residents view that fact
with pride.
Wranglers announce play day results
The Wrangler Riding
Club has announced the
following results for its last
play day:
Stick-Horse Race:
3 & Under
1) Axton Hendricks
2) Johnny Ashbeck
3) Savannah Hall
4) Morgan Milligan
5) Callahan Baker
4 & 5 Yr. Olds
1) Healy Hisler
2) Brooklyn Hendricks
3) Kenli Dunten
4) Mary Ashbeck
5) Paige Miller
6 & 7 Yr. Olds
1) Zach Hall
2) Quaid Jensen
Lead-line results:
Barrels
1) Paige Miller, 30.50
2) Brooklyn Hendricks,
30.59
3) Axton Hendricks, 31.94
4) Morgan Milligan, 41.78
5) Savannah Hall, 43.28
6) Pearl Miller, 51.04
7) Mary Ashbeck, 54.66
8) Callahan Baker, 59.85
9) John Ashbeck, 1:14.85
Poles
1) Brooklyn Hendricks,
1:00.97
2) Mary Ashbeck, 1:11.50
3) John Ashbeck, 1:15.50
4) Paige Miller, 1:16.38
5) Pearl Miller, 1:25.82
6) Callahan Baker, 1:42.12
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7) Savannah Hall, 1:42.84
8) Axton Hendricks,
1:49.00
9) Morgan Milligan, N/T
Goat Un-tying (pulling the
ribbon off goat’s tail)
1) Axton Hendricks, 16.41
2) Brooklyn Hendricks,
16.75
3) Morgan Milligan, 22.72
4) John Ashbeck, 24.78
5) Mary Ashbeck, 25.69
6) Paige Miller, 26.97
7) Savannah Hall, 29.06
8) Pearl Miller, 31.13
7 & Under:
Barrels
1) Holden Sifford, 39.00
2) Zach Hall, 1:00.25
3) Quaid Jensen, 1:27.03
4) Rowdie Jo Broeckel, N/T
5) Healy Hisler, N/T
Poles
1) Healy Hisler, 44.91
2) Rowdie Jo Broeckel,
47.94
3) Holden Sifford, 57.62
4) Quaid Jensen, 1:35.82
5) Zach Hall, 1:36.25
Goat Un-tying
1) Rowdie Jo Broeckel,
12.15
2) Holden Sifford, 19.50
3) Zach Hall, 20.69
4) Healy Hisler, 21.09
5) Quaid Jensen, 33.40
8–11 Yr. Olds:
Barrels
1) Brock Hisler, 16.09
2) Hallee Hisler, 17.97
3) Isela Echols, 24.97
4) Joselyn Torres, 25.87
5) Saige Jensen, 29.50
6) Serena Echols, 29.93
7) Shane Sifford, 34.97
8) Navaeh Hall, N/T
Poles
1) Brock Hisler, 25.29
2) Hallee Hisler, 30.91
3) Serena Echols, 39.35
4) Isela Echols, 42.59
5) Saige Jensen, 43.44
6) Shane Sifford, 56.79
7) Navaeh Hall, N/T
8) Joselyn Torres, N/T
Goat Tying
1) Brock Hisler, 22.97
2) Shane Sifford, 57.34
3) Saige Jensen, N/T
4) Hallee Hisler, N/T
12–15 Yr. Olds:
Barrels
1) Jacee Currin, 18.38
2) Chelsea Echols, 23.84
3) Jessica Cain, 26.75
4) Kiersten Holz, 32.28
Poles
1) Jacee Currin, 31.16
2) Chelsea Echols, 32.10
3) Kiersten Holz, 34.44
4) Jessica Cain, N/T
Goat tying
1) Jacee Currin, 9.12
Clark, Havermeier are
badminton champions
2015 badminton champions Kaden Clark and Len Havermeier.
–Contributed photo
The Heppner Jr./Sr.
High School Class of 2020
hosted a badminton tour-
nament on April 19 in the
HJSHS gym.
Fourteen teams com-
peted in the double elimi-
nation tournament, which
ended with Kaden Clark
and Len Havermeier as the
victors. Second place hon-
ors went to Trevor Cham-
berlin and Jake Wallace.
Third place went to Jason
and Gavin Hanna.
Other participants in-
cluded Tresslyn McCurry,
Makayla Silvia, Casey
and Cody Fletcher, Kris-
ten Marshall, Brie Myers,
Drew Coe, Evan Kollman,
Sydney Wilson, Serenity
Rodriguez, Alison Cecil,
Mitchell VonGunten, Molly
Rhea, Terri Gentry, Jan
Glasen, Enrico Macciotta,
Morgan Correa, Kelly Wil-
son, Keegan Gibbs, Gibson
McCurry, Hunter Nichols
and Jayden Wilson.
Each team received a
prize, with donations from
Sweet Productions, Cor-
nerstone Gallery, Heppner
Family Foods, Wheatland
Insurance, Murray’s Drug,
Bank of Eastern Oregon,
Waterfall of Stitches and
Devin Oil/Heppner Shell.
EXCHANGE STUDENT
-Continued from PAGE ONE because I’d never been to
be really good, like when
we go out and have steaks,
which are really good here.
The school sports activities.
In Germany we don’t have
those. We just have school.”
Did you have the chance to
attend any special events?
What did you think of that
experience?
“Homecoming. That
was very cool. I had no clue
what I was supposed to do
an event like that. It was
different.”
Any other thoughts?
“It’s a really interesting
experience. I thought, ‘I’ll
go to America. It will be
fun.’ It was so completely
different than I thought
it was. Everything is so
gigantic. It’s harder than I
thought. It’s hard work to
be an exchange student.”
Mustangs defeat Tiger-
Scots in double-header
Mustang Will Lutcher tags a TigerScot player during last
Saturday’s double header. The Mustangs won both away
games against the Weston-McEwen/Griswold team, winning
by scores of 9-2 in the morning and 10-7 in the afternoon. The
Mustangs now hold an overall record of 4-5 for the season and
a 2-2 league record. They next host Irrigon in a twinbill this
Saturday starting at 11 a.m. –Photo by Sandra Putman
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Alumni in the Spotlight
Catherine Heath
BMCC Class of 2012
Radiologic Technologist
Catherine Heath grew up in Ione and knew she
wanted to go into diagnostic imaging. She chose
BMCC as an affordable option to complete her
general studies prior to transferring to a diagnostic
imaging program at Linn-Benton Community College.
“I was able to do all of my prerequisites through BMCC
to get into the diagnostic imaging program. BMCC gave me all
of the tools I needed to be successful in my program.” Now this Ione
native is a successful - and very busy! - radiologic technologist for St. Anthony
Hospital in Pendleton.
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