Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 10, 2016
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‘Love Your Library’ Mustangs split conference games over
celebration next week the weekend
Friends of the Heppner
Library will host an an-
nual “Love Your Library”
celebration at St. Patrick’s
Senior Center on Thurs-
day, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m. All
community members and
library patrons are invited
to attend. The Volunteer of
the Year annual award will
be presented by Chairman
Bill Kuhn.
Kathy Street, the new
Oregon Trail Library Dis-
trict Director, will be speak-
ing about new innovations
and the many resources the
library has to offer each
patron, young and old.
Community members are
invited to meet Street and
to visit with her about what
is available or what further
services they would like to
see as a priority for district
libraries.
Refreshments will be
served.
OTLD board to meet
Oregon Trail Public
Library will hold its regular
board meeting Wednesday,
Feb. 17, at 6:30 p.m. at the
Heppner branch, 440 N
Main Heppner. The meeting
time has been changed from
7 p.m. to allow for execu-
tive session.
Also on the agenda will
be discussion of the ethics
policy. A time for public
comment will be set aside
during the meeting.
The full agenda is post-
ed on the website, oregon-
trail@ploud.net, at branch
libraries, local post ofices,
and is available by email
request.
The March meeting
of the OTLD board will
be Wednesday, March 16,
at 7 p.m. at the Boardman
branch.
Local churches join to
celebrate Lent
The Heppner Mustang
boys’ basketball team split
its Columbia Basin Confer-
ence games this past week-
end. The Mustangs (17-3,
7-2) lost a close game at
Weston-McEwen 53-51,
but then bounced back to
defeat the Culver Bulldogs
59-25.
A slow start in the game
with Weston-McEwen saw
the Mustangs trailing at the
end of the irst quarter by
a score of 17-10. Heppner
then turned it around and
outscored the TigerScots
22-11 in the second quarter
and led the game 32-28 at
halftime. A back-and-fourth
third quarter ended up with
the teams tied at 43-43. The
inal quarter of the game
saw both teams take the
lead at one time or another.
Heppner led by two points
with just seconds left in
the game when a Weston-
McEwen player banked in
a three-point shot to give
them the lead by one. The
Mustangs were able to push
the ball up the court and
get a shot off to take the
lead, but the ball trickled
off the rim. Heppner then
fouled a TigerScot player
and he made one of two
free-throws to make the
inal score 53-51.
Logan Grieb led the
Mustangs in scoring with
17. He also dished out 4
assists and had 4 rebounds
in the game. Patrick Collins
was next with 12 points,
per of soup and bread will
be offered irst, followed
by a short study at 6 p.m.
and then concluding with
Evening Prayer at 6:30 pm.
The location will rotate
among the three churches:
at All Saints on Feb. 17 and
March 2, at the Method-
ist Church on Feb. 24 and
March 16, and at Hope on
March 9.
Everyone is welcome
to attend any or all of the
evening’s activities. More
information is available by
The Heppner Mustang
calling the Shared Ministry JV boys’ basketball team
ofice at 541-676-9970.
lost a close game to the
Weston-McEwen Tiger-
Scots last Friday night by
a score of 43-42. It was a
game in which neither team
had a lead of more than ive
points the entire night.
W-M led after the irst
Wranglers Riding Club will meet Tuesday, Feb. 16,
quarter
14-10, and 20-15
at 6 p.m. at the Morrow County Court House in Heppner.
at
halftime.
The Mustangs
All members are encouraged to attend along with anyone
rallied
to
take
the lead at the
who might be interested in participating.
end of the third quarter 32-
30. The fourth quarter was
close all the way to the end.
Heppner had the ball under
their own basket with only
a second left to play. After
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Oregon Secretary of State; March 10, 2016.
In an effort to encour-
age new construction in
Boardman, the Boardman
City Council passed a res-
olution that temporarily
waives System Develop-
MILES & MILES OF SMILES
ment Charges (SDCs) for
water and sewer hook-ups
in the city. The resolu-
tion waives the SDCs, up
to $10,000, to property
owners or developers of
The Shared Ministry
of Hope Lutheran Church
and All Saints Episcopal
Church will be joined by
members of Heppner Unit-
ed Methodist Church in
observing Lent this year on
Wednesday evenings begin-
ning with Ash Wednesday,
Feb. 10.
This year, all activi-
ties will begin at a new
time: 5:30 p.m. An Ash
Wednesday service with
the imposition of ashes and
Holy Communion will be
held at Hope. The following
Wednesdays, a light sup-
Wranglers to meet
Tuesday
LINDSAY FILES
FOR JUDGE
7 rebounds, 2 assists, 1
blocked shot and a steal.
CJ Kindle had 10 points,
3 assists, 2 rebounds and
2 steals for the Mustangs.
Weston Putman and Caden
Hedman each scored 6
points in the game. Putman
also had 6 rebounds and an
assist while Hedman tallied
3 rebounds and 1 assist.
Kevin Murray pulled down
2 rebounds for the team.
The Mustangs could
not dwell on the loss for
very long, as the Culver
Bulldogs came to town for
an early afternoon game.
Heppner jumped out to a
16-7 lead after one quarter
and led the game 37-15 at
halftime. With a focus on
the defensive end of the
loor, Heppner held Culver
to only 10 points in the en-
tire second half. During that
time, the Mustangs were
able to get everyone into
the game for some extended
minutes of play and won the
game going away 59-25.
Kindle, Collins and
Grieb scored 12 points
each to lead the team in
that category. Kindle also
had 4 rebounds and 3 steals
for the team while Collins
ripped down 8 rebounds.
Grieb also finished the
game with 2 assists, 2 re-
bounds and 1 blocked shot.
Murray scored 6 points and
hauled down 5 rebounds
and Kaden Clark had 5
points, 3 rebounds and an
assist. Putman and Hed-
Mustang Patrick Collins reaches for the basket over the
heads of the Culver Bulldogs last weekend while teammate
Kevin Murray looks on. -Photo by Sandra Putman
man each scored 3 points
in the game. Putman also
had 1 rebound, 1 assist and
3 steals while Hedman con-
tributed 2 rebounds. Jake
Lindsay came in and scored
2 points, had 4 rebounds,
1 assist and a steal for the
team. Kolby Currin had 2
points, 1 rebound, 1 assist
and a steal and Kevin Smith
had 2 points and a rebound.
Wyatt Steagall was a force
on the defensive end with 2
blocked shots in the game,
and Saul Erickson had a
rebound.
This Friday the Mus-
tangs will host the Pilot
Rock Rockets on senior
night. Heppner High School
will honor the senior play-
ers and their parents.
Mustang JV loses close game against
TigerScots, whips Bulldogs 62-23
Mustangs inbounded the
ball but were not able to
get a shot up in time. The
TigerScots came away with
the win by a score of 43-42.
Jake Lindsay did a great
job of running the team and
led them in scoring with 12.
Wyatt Steagall was a force
down low and scored 10
points. Kevin Smith had a
good all-around game and
inished with 8 points. Kol-
by Currin played some fan-
tastic defense and chipped
in 5 points for the team. Da-
kota Howard inished with
4 points and Derek Howard
had 2. Beau Wolters hustled
all night long and made a
free-throw to inish with 1
point for the Mustangs.
On Saturday the JV
Mustangs beat the Culver
Bulldogs by a score of 62-
23. Heppner raced out to a
22-2 lead after one quarter
of play. The second quarter
was a little bit closer, 10-6,
but Heppner still led the
game 36-12 at halftime. The
second half saw the Mus-
tangs outscore the Bulldogs
26-11 and get the win by a
score of 62-23.
A total of 14 Mustangs
played in the game as sev-
eral members of the fresh-
man team were brought up.
A balanced scoring attack
was led by Wyatt Steagall
and Trent Smith, who in-
ished with 10 points each.
Dakota Howard was next
with 8 points and Reno
Ferguson had 7. Kevin
Smith scored 6 points and
Gibson McCurry inished
with 5. Cason Mitchell and
Hunter Nichols each scored
4 points in the game. Coby
Dougherty and Derek How-
ard were next with 3 points
for the Mustangs. Kaden
Corbin, Payton Lehman,
Beau Wolters and Keegan
Gibbs all played well in the
game but did not score.
The last game of the
year for the JV team is this
Friday when they host the
Pilot Rock Rockets. The
Mustangs beat the Rockets
earlier this year by a score
of 38-28.
Boardman renews development
incentives, considers utility rate increase
residential or commercial
property within the city
limits until Dec. 31, 2016.
This incentive was irst
passed in 2011 for residen-
tial customers only, and
since then the council has
passed a resolution each
year allowing the waiver
of SDCs for all construc-
tion within the residential
or commercial districts.
PER Tim and Beth Dickenson
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MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M.
119th Elks Annual themed
“Sweethearts Ball”
Where: Heppner Elks Lodge #358
142 N. Main St. Heppner
When: Saturday, February 20th
Times: Ladies Tea
2 p.m.
Lodge
3 p.m.
Dinner
6 p.m.
Live Music
8 p.m.,
Featuring Live music by Luke
Basile and Frazer Wambeke
RSVP: Heppner Elks; PO Box 494
Heppner, OR 97836; elks358@
centurytel.net ; 541-676-9181
Thirty-nine projects have
qualiied for the SDC waiv-
ers in the past ive years,
and the city hopes many
more will take advantage of
this year’s incentive.
In other city business,
the council discussed in-
creasing the city’s water
and sewer rates for future
projects. They have asked
staff to prepare a resolution
increasing the water and
sewer rates. The resolution
will be considered by coun-
cil at its March 1 meeting.
The last rate increase was
in July of 2008.
Paint your own bird
feeder at SAGE Saturday
BOARDMAN—The next SAGE Saturday is set for
Feb. 13 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the SAGE Center, 101
Olson Road, Boardman.
The event is sponsored by Northwest Farm Credit Ser-
vices and is free for families to participate in the activities.
This month, participants will paint and decorate their
own wooden bird houses.
SAGE Saturday takes place on the second Saturday
of the month, every month.
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