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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 13, 2016 Busy week leaves Mustang golfers in good standing Last week the entire Heppner Mustang boys’ golf team traveled to the Portland area to participate in the Westside Christian High School Invitational. The tournament was held at the prestigious Pump- kin Ridge Golf Club. The day before the tournament the team played a practice round at Meriwether Golf Course in Hillsboro. Former Mustang golfer Joe Pranger works at Meriwether and was able to meet with the team on the practice range. Joe even took some time out of his busy schedule to play a few holes with the current Mustang golfers. In the tournament at Pumpkin Ridge, the Mus- tangs shot a 402 on the day to inish in ifth place. There were a total of eight teams that participated in the tournament. Oakridge won the event by shooting a 367. They were followed by Portland Adventist (373), Westside Christian (390), Columbia Christian (401), Heppner (402), Oregon Episcopal (405), Catlin Gable (424) and Enterprise (471). Logan Grieb and Dan- iel Bretsch both shot an 84 to lead the Mustang team. Grieb inished with the third place banner in a scorecard playoff with Bretsch, who inished fourth. Also scor- ing for the team were Reno Ferguson, who shot a 108, and Cason Mitchell, who finished with a 126. The other Mustang golfers who made the trip and gained Amanda Rea swings with winning style on her way to irst place at the Grant Union Invitational last week. -Photo by Kirsti Cason some valuable experience were Charles Cason, Lo- gan Burright and Ethan Holmgren. At the end of last week the Heppner golfers headed to John Day for the Grant Union Invitational. The girls were not able to ield a team as several members were at the Future Busi- ness Leaders of America competition in Portland. Amanda Rea shot a great score of 87 to take the irst place medalist honors for the tournament. Caitlyn Scrivner inished with a 135 on the challenging course. The Mustang boys’ team inished in third place at the tournament. Burns was irst with a 403. They Heppner Mustang Daniel Bretsch gets behind his putt at the were followed by Grant John Day Golf Club on Friday, April 8. -Contributed photo Union (409), Heppner (411), Enterprise (418) and Wallowa (422). Daniel Bretsch shot an 85 to lead the Mustangs. That was also good enough for him to be the irst place medalist at the tournament. Other scores for the Hep- pner golfers were Cason Mitchell (97), Reno Fergu- son (108), Logan Burright (121) and Charles Cason (130). There were a total of 35 golfers in the boys’ divi- sion. Logan Grieb did not participate as he was at the state FBLA competition. This week the girls’ team will play at the La Grande Girls Invitational on Tuesday. Both teams then travel to Umatilla on Friday for a tournament at the Big River Golf Course. AWANA Grand Prix, awards planned for April 17 The local AWANA kids Bible club will finish up its club year with a Grand Prix and awards event on Sunday night, April 17. More than 60 wooden derby car kits have been given out in anticipation of this event. Trophies will be available for the fastest as well as the most creative cars. Racers can check in their cars starting at 4:30 p.m. at Willow Creek Bap- tist Church in Heppner. At 5 p.m., hot dogs and chips will be served. The evening’s events oficially start at 5:30 and should be wrapped up by about 7 p.m. with the inal awards and desert. Also, the AWANA “store” will be open dur- ing the evening for club members to redeem their AWANA bucks (earned by memorizing Bible verses) for prizes. All clubbers and their parents and grandparents are invited to attend. For AWANA Bible Club in Heppner, which has been averaging about 50 club members each Thursday night, is getting ready more info, visit the Heppner for its inal event of the year. -Contributed photo AWANA Facebook page. Marriage Licenses Heppner Elementary announces honor cards, perfect attendance Heppner Elementary School has announced the honor card and perfect at- tendance recipients for the third quarter of the 2015-16 school year. Honor Card A total of 54 students achieved honor card status for the quarter. As follows, listed by class, they are: Mrs. Morris—Mary Ashbeck, Hannah Bran- non, Addison Coe, Havin Gray, Isabel Payne, Naomi Propheter, Isabelle Sorte, Eva Worden. Mrs. Matteson—Ke- aton Coiner, Jaysi Dom- pier, Brooklyn Hendricks, Healy Hisler, Avree Lath- rop, McKenzie Maben, Brody McDaniel, Hailey McDaniel, Lita Nelson, Maya Payne, Natalie Piper, Alakae Rodriguez, Mason Seitz, Aireana Warner, Pat- rick Wolford. Mrs. Stewart—Journey Cavan, Elizabeth Finch, Caleb George, Zaleta Mas- terson, Lily Nichols, Rylee Palmer, Sophie Rodriguez. Mrs. Matheny—Hal- lee Hisler, John Lindsay, Keeley Nairns. Mrs. Gibbs—Morgan Cutsforth, Caden George, Irelynn Kollman, Landon Mitchell, Arianna Worden. Mrs. Piper—Alex Ca- van, Jacob Finch, Chace Jones, Jake Lentz, Camryn Scrivner. Mrs. Rosenbalm— Conor Brosnan, Jace Coe, Cody Fletcher, Paul Lind- say, Blane Mahoney, Trevor Nichols, Madison Palmer. Mrs. Coiner—Han- nah Finch, Hannah Green, Brock Hisler, Brian Lind- say. Perfect Attendance The 48 students who maintained perfect atten- dance for the quarter were, listed by class: Mrs. Morris—Makayla Miller, Isabelle Sorte, Jace Wilson. Mrs. Matteson—Healy Hisler, Avree Lathrop, Claire Lindsay, McKenzie Maben, Lita Nelson. Mrs. Stewart—Journey Cavan, Owen Guerra, Levi Maret, Zaleta Masterson, Rylee Palmer, Brady Wil- liams-Mickels. Mrs. Matheny—Zach- ary Brown, Kadie Henrichs, Hallee Hisler, Saige Jensen, Aden Lathrop, John Lind- say, Keeley Nairns. Mrs. Gibbs—Morgan Cutsforth, Caden George, Irelynn Kollman, Kali Pip- er, Kyler Wilson. Mrs. Piper—Dillan Doyle, Jacob Finch, Adan Guerra, Chace Jones, Ire- land Martin, Brooklynn Wilson. Mrs. Rosenbalm—Da- vid Cribbs, Zander Fisher, Cody Fletcher, Paul Lind- say, Madison Palmer, Roen Waite. Mrs. Coiner—Tucker Ashbeck, Amelia Baker, Hannah Green, Kassidy Henrichs, Brock Hisler, ZaBrena Masterson, Felix Matthew, Derrick Smith, Kegan Steagall, Jonathon Waddell. Library initiates teen night program On Saturday, April 16, the Heppner library invites youth ages 12 to 18 to come to the library from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. for an initial Teen Night activity. The theme for this irst activity is “Star Wars.” A “Star Wars” movie will be shown, “Star Wars” refreshments will be available and “Star Wars” items will be given out. Plans will be made at that time for future teen activities. These teen activities will continue as long as teens come and show an interest in continuing this type of ac- tivity. All area teens are encouraged to come and bring a friend or two. Gorge day trip this Wranglers play days Friday The Morrow County Clerk’s ofice has released the following report of marriage licenses: The Morrow County Historical Society is still taking April 8, 2016: -Hugo Otoniel Alarcon Contreras, 22, reservations for an all-day trip to the Columbia Gorge of Boardman and Karen Citlaly Cortes Gonzalez, 18, of Discovery Center in The Dalles, OR this Friday, April 15. Boardman. The group will depart from St. Patrick’s Senior -Gordon Richard Simon, 60, of Boardman and Linda Center at 7:30 a.m. and arrive in The Dalles around 9:30 Darlene Schutt, 59, of Boardman. a.m. The bus will depart The Dalles to return to Heppner about 3 p.m. Admission is $10 for the general public. Food and beverages are available for purchase at the on-site caf- eteria. A sign-up sheet is located in the ofice at St. Patrick’s Senior Center in Heppner. Questions? Call 541-676-8017. ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. begin Sunday Wranglers Riding Club 2016 play days begin this Sunday, April 17. Play days will be held on four consecu- tive Sundays, beginning at noon with a potluck lunch with events starting at 1 p.m. Membership is $55 per family; members must partici- pate in at least two play days to be eligible for awards at the end of the season. Awards will be presented Sunday, May 8. Everyone is welcome. Justice Court Report Morrow County Justice of the Peace Ann Spicer has released the following Justice Court report: -Danny Von Chase, 52, of Heppner was found guilty of Violating the Basic Rule 74/55 and was ined $160. 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