FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Sports Schedules
Mustang Cross Country
Mt. Vernon
Preliminary schedule,
Sept. 19 – Red Barn Run,
subject to change
Lexington
Aug. 27 - Green and Gold
Sept. 25 - Bridgette Nelson
Invite, Pendleton
Memorial Invitation-
Sept. 5 - Runner Soul XC
al/CRC Preview The
Fest, Hermiston
Dalles
Sept. 11 - Catherine Creek
Sept. 18 - 1 st Annual Grant Oct. 2 - Milton Freewater
Union Run the River,
Oct. 9 - Heppner
Oct. 15 - Kyle Burnside
Wildhorse Invite, Wild-
horse
Oct. 23 - District Meet,
Pendleton
Oct. 31 – State Meet, Lane
Community College
Ione FFA fares well at first
county fair showing
Mustang Football
Sep. 4, 7 PM @ Commu-
nity Stadium EOU La
Grande vs. Imbler High
School
Sep 11, 7PM @ Grant
Union
Sep 18, 7PM vs. Enter-
prise
Secondary
Sep 25, 7PM vs. Tri-City Oct 23, 7PM vs. Irrigon
Prep (Homecoming)
Oct 30, 7PM @ Weston-
Oct 2, 7PM @ Pilot Rock
McEwen
Oct 9, 7PM vs. Culver
Nov 7, 14, 21, 28, Playoffs,
Oct 16, 7PM @ Stanfield
TBA
Mustang Volleyball
Aug 28, 12 PM Jamboree
@ Umatilla
Aug 29, 9 AM @ Grant
Union
Sep 3, 5 PM @ Sherman
County Jr./Sr. High
School
Sep 5, 9 AM vs. Enterprise,
Grant Union, Imbler
High School, John F
Kennedy, Wallowa,
Weston-McEwen
Sep 8, 4 PM 3-Way vs.
Dufur School, Sherman
County Jr./Sr. High
School
Sep 12, 9 AM @ Condon
High School
Sep 18, 9 AM @ Yakama
Tribal
Sep 22, 5 PM @ Weston-
McEwen
Sep 24, 5 PM vs. Irrigon
Sep 29, 5 PM vs. Pilot
Rock
Oct 1, 4 PM vs. Union
Oct 3, 12 PM Double-Head-
er @ Weston-McEwen
High School
Oct 8, 5 PM @ Pilot
Rock
Oct 10, 2 PM Double-
Header @ Heppner
High School
Oct 15, 5 PM @ Stanfield
Secondary
Oct 20, 5 PM vs. Culver
Oct 24, 12 PM Champion-
ships @ Culver
Cardinal Football
Sept.5, 1 PM vs. Triad @
Dufur Classic
Sept.11, 7 PM vs. Echo
Sept.18, 7 PM @ Sherman
Sept.25, BYE
Oct.2, 7 PM @ Arlington
Oct.8, 7 PM vs. Perrydale
Oct.16, 1 PM @ Mitchell/
offs, TBD
Spray
Nov.13/14, State Quarterfi-
Oct.23, 7 PM vs. Dufur
nals, TBD
(Homecoming)
Nov.20/21, State Semi-
Oct.30, 7 PM vs. South
Finals, TBD
Wasco (Senior Night) Nov.28, State Champion-
Nov.6/7 , 1 st Rd. State Play-
ship, TBD
Cardinal Volleyball
Sept.3, 5 PM @ Irrigon
(V/JV)
Sept.4, 5 PM vs. Wallowa
(V/JV)
Sept.11, 5 PM vs. Echo (V/
JV)
Sept.12, 9 AM Summit
Springs Tournament-
Condon (V)
Sept.15, 5 PM vs. Mitchell/
Spray (V/JV)
Sept.17, 5 PM vs. Arlington
(V)
Sept.22, 5 PM vs. Riverside
(V/JV)
Sept.26, 10 AM vs. Dufur
& Horizon Christian @
Arlington (V/JV)
Sept.29, 5 PM @ Arlington
(V)
Oct.3, 10 AM @ Sherman
& South Wasco (V/JV)
Oct.6, 5 PM @ Mitchell/
Spray (V/JV)
Oct.8, 5 PM @ Condon/
Wheeler (V/JV)
Oct.10, 10 AM vs. Horizon
Christian & Dufur @
Hood River (V/JV)
Oct.13, 5 PM @ Helix (V/
JV)
Oct.15, 5 PM vs. Condon/
Wheeler (V/JV)
Oct.17, 10 AM vs. Sherman
& South Wasco (V/
JV)
Oct.22, District Crossover
(V), TBD
Oct.24, 10 AM @ Big Sky
District Tournament
(V), TBD
Oct.28, 1 st Rd. State Play-
offs (V), TBD
Oct.31, 2 nd Rd. State Play-
offs (V), TBD
Nov.6-7, State Volleyball
To u r n a m e n t , R i d -
geview HS-Redmond
(V), TBD
Umatilla National Forest moves to
Phase C Public Use Restrictions
As of last week, forest mented Phase C public use for human-caused fires, and
officials on the Umatilla restrictions due to extreme concern for public safety.
Phase C Fire restric-
National Forest have imple- fire danger, the potential
tions are:
-Campfires are not al-
lowed. Liquid and bottle
gas stoves only.
-No internal combus-
tions engine operation, ex-
cept for motor vehicles.
-Smoking is allowed
only in enclosed vehicles
and buildings, developed
recreation sites, or cleared
areas.
-No off-road/off-trail
vehicle travel or travel on
roads not cleared of stand-
ing grass or other flam-
Local road crews worked last week to repave Gilmore Street mable material.
Fire officials want to
in Heppner as part of the upgrades required for the new ad-
ministrative building under construction next to the Morrow remind everyone that the
County Courthouse. -Photo by Sandi Putman
current fire danger rating
remains at extreme. Ad-
ditional information can be
found at www.fs.usda.gov/
umatilla/ or on Twitter @
UmatillaNF.
Paving Gilmore
Ione FFA advisor Erin Heideman and Heppner FFA advisor Beth Dickenson flank master
FFA showmen Morgan Orem of Ione and Keegan Gibbs of Heppner. Morgan earned overall
grand FFA showman and Keegan reserve in the all-around competition, which included stu-
dents competing against each other showing a beef, a sheep and a hog. In addition to showing
livestock, students competed in livestock judging, tractor driving and floral design while at
the fair. –Contributed photo
WIND FARM
A large number of other
A big new substation, wind facilities are also in
however, and many of them
centered on how the power Longhorn, is planned for the planning stages in Mor-
would be transmitted out to construction near Board- row County; however, some
substations
for inclusion
into the BPA
power grid.
M o r -
row County
Planner Car-
la McLane
was in at-
tendance at
the meet-
ing and has
in the past
been stress-
ing wind fa-
cilities com-
ing online
in Morrow
County col-
laborate and
use a single
route to
substations.
Using one The Wheatridge Wind Facility is proposed on approximately 13,097 acres of
private land in Morrow and Umatilla Counties.
larger trans-
mission corridor rather than man, and planners are hop- have been placed on hold
putting up transmissions ing to convince the Navy because of a “softening” in
lines for each project would to give up a corridor on the renewable energy mar-
not only save farm land, the west side of the Navy ket. Experts and developers
but could also be more Bombing Range to trans- believe the market will pick
economical for the wind mit power generated in up abound 2020, however,
Morrow County to the new when new laws requir-
developers.
Some land owners are substation. A large Idaho ing that utilities use more
also concerned the govern- to Boardman transmission “green” power come into
ment might consider land project currently in the play. A drop in oil prices
condemnation in order to works could also make use has also been cited as the
develop new transmission of this power corridor. So cause of a recent decline in
corridors. However, of- far the U.S. Navy has not the demand for wind power.
ficials deny this is being signed on to the idea.
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Medicare 101 classes available in
Morrow County
Oregon SHIBA will deliver ‘unbiased information’
SALEM —Field offi-
cers with the Oregon Senior
Health Insurance Benefits
Assistance (SHIBA) will
be presenting Medicare 101
classes throughout eastern
Oregon during the first two
weeks of September.
65th ANNIVERSARY
Celebration for Jim and Lola Pettyjohn
Sunday, September 6
Open House 2-4
Irrigon Fellowship Center
Seventh-day Adventist Church
205 Tumbleweed Blvd, Irrigon
Friends and Family invited to attend!
Murray's Gift Registry
The Medicare 101
classes will cover the A, B,
C, and Ds of Medicare. Par-
ticipants will find out when
and how to enroll in Medi-
care and will gain an un-
derstanding of costs. They
will also get information on
where to get Medicare help
in their community.
Local residents will
have the opportunity to at-
tend a Heppner workshop
Tuesday, Sept. 1, from 2-4
Willow Creek
Water Park
Pool closing
for the
summer!
Friday, August 28
OPEN
1 PM -
Kylie Doherty & Kyle Simpkins Wedding - September 12 MIDNIGHT!
Laurie Murray & Sean Wood Wedding - September 5
Murray's Drug, 217 N. Main, Heppner • Phone 676-9158
541-676-5752
p.m. at Pioneer Memorial
Hospital. Classes will also
be held in Morrow County
at the Irrigon Public Li-
brary on Wednesday, Sept.
2, from 2-4 p.m. and at
the Port of Morrow Well
Springs room on Thursday,
Sept. 3, from 2-4 p.m.
The two-week tour is
sponsored in part by Librar-
ies of Eastern Oregon.
Advanced registration
is recommended to ensure
there are enough seats and
handouts for everyone.
Register by calling 800-
722-4134 without entering
your ZIP code or email
shiba.oregon@oregon.gov.
SHIBA, through a fed-
erally-funded grant from
the Administration for
Community Living, pro-
vides free, unbiased Medi-
care information, advocacy,
and fraud prevention.
Deadline for news and
advertising:
Monday at 5 p.m.