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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 23, 2016 HES teams compete in Battle of the Books Top: Heppner Elementary sixth-grade team (L-R): Cody Fletcher, Hannah Finch, Roen Waite, Jett Stewart and Zachary Ferguison. Bottom: Heppner Elementary’s third-through- ifth-grade team (L-R): Madison Palmer, Ty Boor, Paul Lindsay, Jackson Coiner and Aden Lathrop. -Contributed photos Two teams from Hep- regional Oregon Battle of Community College. The Oregon Battle of pner Elementary competed the Books tournament on March 5 at Blue Mountain the Books (OBOB) is a vol- for the first time in the untary statewide program for reading motivation and comprehension sponsored by the Oregon Associa- tion of School Libraries in conjunction with a Library Services and Technology Act grant. The goals are to en- courage reading for en- joyment, broaden reading interests, increase reading comprehension, and pro- mote cooperative learning. Nineteen teams com- peted at the regional compe- tition in the third-through- ifth division. HES’s third- through-fifth-grade team of Aden Lathrop, Jackson Coiner, Ty Boor, Paul Lind- say and Madison Palmer earned the 12 th seed after pool play and were elimi- nated in the irst round of bracket play. Seventeen teams com- peted in the sixth-through- eighth-grade division. Hep- pner Elementary’s team of sixth-graders Roen Waite, Cody Fletcher, Hannah Finch, Jett Stewart and Zachary Ferguison inished with the 11 th seed after pool play and were eliminated in a close match in their irst round of bracket play. Both teams say they learned a lot from the expe- rience and are looking for- ward to reading the books for next year’s battle. Heppner’s ‘Wee Bit o’ Ireland’…it’s a wrap! It looks like Heppner’s 34 th annual St. Patrick’s Wee Bit o’ Ireland cel- ebration is now part of our history. As part of the inal wrap-up, though, here are inal results from a few of the events: Button Drawing Winners for $100 each First drawing, Kiley Post from Boardman; sec- ond drawing, Clara Connor from Falls City, WA. Road Bowling It looks like the weather held up and there was a great turnout for the event on Sunday, which ended the celebration weekend. “Unlucky Livers” Adrian, Austin, David and Robert, with “Viper” (Steve and Doug) grabbing third place. Welly Toss Lots of people tried their best to throw the Wel- lington boots at the Welly Toss this weekend; there were 54 children through high school and 18 adults who participated in the in- dividual competition. The winners were: Men: 1 st , Jeromy Wil- son; 2 nd , Kevin Murray. Women: 1 st , Caralen Proebster; 2 nd , Jennifer Ash- beck. Boys nine to 16: Ty Mustang golf opens season at Echo Invitational The Heppner Mustang golf teams opened up their season at the Echo Hills Invitational Tournament last week. The Mustang girls’ team inished in irst place for the tournament by shoot- ing a team score of 497. Heppner was without their top returning player from last year, Sohie Grant, who is dealing with an injury but is hopeful to return by the end of the season. Amanda Rea stepped up and took home the irst-place medal on the day with a score of 98. She was followed by Madison Combe with a 123 and Caitlyn Scrivner who posted a 135. Claire Grieb was next with a round of 141 and Rian Dompier shot a 145. On the boys’ side of things, Daniel Bretsch led the Mustangs with a 103. He was followed by four of the ive freshman golfers who are on the team this year. Reno Ferguson ired a 111 on the day and Cason Mitchell shot a 121. Ethan Holmgren recorded a 131 and Logan Burright fol- HEPPNER FFA ALUMNI MEETING March 31, 7 p.m. In the Ag room. Anyone interested in being a friend of Heppner FFA is welcome to attend; you need not have been an FFA member in high school. We are here to help our amazing FFA chapter. Questions, contact Angie Hughes, 541-676-9909 lowed closely with a 132. Their team score of 466 put them in sixth place for the tournament. The only returning let- terman on the boys’ team, Logan Grieb, did not play as he was at the State FFA Convention. The next match for both teams will be at Pendleton Country Club on April 1. Top: the winning team in this year’s Irish road bowling was the “Bowl Roaders,” consisting of Peter Wenberg, Elliott Strouse and Nels Wenberg. Bottom: Some of the youngest winners in the competition were Bridget Wizner and Ireland Martin. -Contributed photo Boor. Boys two to eight: Jace Wilson. Girls nine to 16: Chant- rel Rumenapp. Girls two to eight: Clara Connor. The individual winners each won a free drink card donated by Murray’s; those who have not picked up their drink cards can pick them up at the chamber of- ice. Contact the chamber at 541-676-5536. Welly Toss team com- petitions had four teams competing, with prizes for irst, second and third places. First place: The Extin- guishers took it again this year with a total throw of 296.2. Team players were Rocky Turner, Jon Ellis, Jeromy Wilson and Brian Spivey. First place prize was a sandwich or large nacho donated by Rolling Thunder Barbecue. Second place: Murray’s Team took second place, but just barely, with 272.9; team players were John Murray, Kevin Murray, Dan Wood and Sean Wood. Second place prize was a cheeseburger basket with fries donated by Quality Concessions. Third place: Two Cou- ples took third after a ierce competition with Murray’s Team, ending with a 272.5. Team players were Tom and Amber Gregg, and Cody Mawhinney and Andrea Holmquist. Third place 217 North Main St., Heppner • Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426 Serving Morrow, Wheeler & Gilliam counties Since 1959 prize was a free menu do- nated by Tacos Hometown. The ladies from Com- ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: munity Bank also partici- pated as a team. There were 13 teams, with Mustang golfer Claire Grieb at the Echo Hills Invitational the “Bowl Roaders” win- ning the title once again. last week. -Contributed photo The team, made up of Peter Wenberg, Elliott Strouse ALL NEWS AND and Nels Wenberg, won a cash prize and will have ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: their names placed on the road bowling trophy. Sec- ond place was claimed by MONDAYS AT 5:00 Wedding Tables Derek Gunderson & Meghan McCabe May, 21, 2016 Emma Osmin & Jordan Wright May 7, 2016 Rick Worden & Kelsie Fox May 28, 2016 MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M.
