FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Cardinal Football looks forward to 2016
season
The Ione football team
gave the community a sea-
son preview in a Red/White
scrimmage game last Fri-
day in Ione. Head coach
Todd Knop stated that “the
players we expected to
shine, did.”
“But there were some
players who stepped up
during the scrimmage and
showed us some very good
things,” he added.
The scrimmage closed
two weeks of preseason
practices that focused on
conditioning and funda-
mentals.
“We condition through-
out practice” Knop said.
“When kids get tired you
see how they will perform
in the fourth quarter.”
Knop takes the helm as
head coach following Stan
Weiper’s retirement last
spring. Knop served as as-
sistant coach under Weiper
in 2015. He played college
football at both Oregon
State and Southern Oregon.
He joined the coaching staff
at Southern while complet-
ing his master’s degree, and
served as lineman coach at
Hermiston in 1992 as well.
Knop’s first order of
business was to convince
Gregg Rietmann to return
to the coaching ranks.
“He brings a wealth of
experience.” Knop said.
“His knowledge of the
eight-man game has been
a tremendous help to me.”
Rietmann starred on
Friday Beavers and
Ducks fun night
results from WCCC
Fifteen two-person scramble teams played in the
Beavers and Ducks fun night golfing activity at Willow
Creek Country Club on Friday, Aug. 26.
Beavers top scores were: low gross, Dave and Anita
Pranger – 29, and low net, Tom and Karen Wolff – 19.
Ducks top scores were: low gross, Tom Shear and
Roger Ehrmantraut – 29, and low net, Gene Orwick and
Pat Dougherty – 17.5.
The activity was hosted by Judy Harris, John and Pat
Edmundson, and Dave and Corol Mitchell.
The final group activity of the year will be a family
barbecue on Sunday, Sept. 18, at 3 p.m., hosted by Dave
and Anita Pranger and Dennis and Debbie Peck.
Cardinal players receive a final assessment from assistant coach Gregg Rietmann (standing
left) and head coach Todd Knop (standing right) at last Friday’s scrimmage in Ione. -Photo
by Brian Doherty
Ione’s championship teams
as well as at Pacific Univer-
sity. Upon returning home
to farm, he was quickly
recruited into coaching both
football and JV basketball.
Rietmann stepped away
from football coaching to
focus on his family, but
remained involved in the
community, serving on the
school board and coaching
middle school girls’ basket-
ball in 2016.
Knop and Rietmann
are focused on building
the football culture again
in Ione.
“We’d like to see Ione
become a football town
again.” Knop has seen the
student athletes buying into
a program that includes
off-season workouts and
increased accountability.
Knop added, “the kids have
been working hard and
we’ve seen a lot of prog-
ress.”
The Cardinals return
Cord Flynn, who was se-
lected first team all-con-
ference running back in
2015. Henry Padberg will
be joining Flynn in the
backfield again this season.
In the past two campaigns,
Padberg had season-end-
ing injuries after strong
starts. He has worked hard
to come into this season
at full strength. Donald
McElligott will bring his
enthusiasm and tenacity on
defense. Danny Doherty
will be under center calling
Healthy Youth
A key strategy – the importance of achieving
lifelong health
Editor’s note: This is
part of a series of messages
brought to you by your
Morrow County health care
providers.
Health experts agree
that daily physical activ-
ity can provide significant
health benefits. Coupled
with healthy eating, physi-
cal activity can reduce the
risk of overweight and obe-
sity, which are risk factors
for chronic diseases such
as heart disease, hyperten-
sion, type 2 diabetes and
osteoporosis.
Being fit is particularly
relevant for adolescents, as
this time is a period of im-
mense physical growth and
development—second only
to infancy.
Ensuring young people
have easy access to conve-
nient, affordable and nutri-
tious foods and adequate
physical activity is critical
to support the development
of their brains and bodies.
Parents and guardians
The View from the Green
have tremendous influence
on young people’s food
choices, eating behaviors
and activity levels. Adult
role models (parents, guard-
ians, teachers, mentors and
coaches) can help young
people by modeling healthy
habits. For example, eating
meals together as a family
is associated with positive
effects on young people
across many areas of life,
and food that is prepared at
home is usually more nutri-
tious than food that is not.
To help support chil-
dren’s level of physical ac-
tivity, parents and guardians
can set limits on recreation-
al screen time (which pro-
motes a sedentary lifestyle
and increases exposure to
advertising of unhealthy
foods), help children be
active with their friends, or
plan family activities that
involve being active (e.g.,
going to the park, camping
trips, hiking).
Some simple strate-
gies young people can use
to achieve or maintain a
healthy weight include
limiting sugar-sweetened
beverages (such as soda
and energy drinks), being
active for 60 minutes a day,
and eating more fruits and
vegetables.
To obtain much more
information about how to
achieve a healthier lifestyle
and prevent chronic disease
visit the website http://
www.letsmove.gov and
help Morrow County kids
make healthful choices.
the signals. Seniors Karsen
Dumler, Sergio Marin and
Hector Aguilar bring size
and experience to the line.
The Cardinals will also
feature several talented un-
derclassmen, as well. Junior
Austin Morter will be a
key player on defense and
will see time at tailback.
Sophomore Tyler Carter
will anchor the line, playing
center and defensive guard.
Classmate Logan Burright
looks to contribute on both
sides of the ball as well. A
talented group of freshman
rounds out a team that looks
to do great things in 2016.
The Cardinals play
Triad at the Dufur Classic,
Saturday, Sept. 3, at 7:30
p.m. in Dufur.
Over the Tee Cup
The day was sunny and warm for the 17 ladies who
turned out for the ladies play day at Willow Creek Country
Club Tuesday, Aug. 23. Low gross of the field went to
Virginia Grant, with low net of the field to Judy Harris
and Shirley Martin, and least putts of the field to Nancy
Propheter and Corol Mitchell.
For Flight A, Pat Edmundson had low gross, Eva
Kilkenny and Karen Thompson low net, and Eva Kilken-
ny the long drive.
For Flight B, Karen Haguewood and Sharon Harrison
had low gross, Betty Burns low net, Della Heideman least
putts and Corol Mitchell the long drive.
For Flight C, Sue Edson had low gross, Bev Steagall
low net, Mary Riggs least putts and Josie Kindsfather the
long drive.
Chamber lunch meeting
The next lunch meeting of the Heppner Chamber
of Commerce will be an all entities report on Thursday,
Sept. 1, at noon in Heppner City Hall conference room.
Cost of lunch is $10; Bucknum’s will cater. Chamber
lunch attendees are asked to RSVP at 541-676-5536 no
later than the Tuesday before to guarantee a lunch.
BEO stocks up local kids’
school supplies
Bank of Eastern Oregon offers an annual drawing for backpacks filled with school supplies
for lucky students, in addition to collecting supplies for their local grade schools or ESD offices
to distribute. This year’s local winners were (L-R) Quaid Jensen, Kyler Wilson and Jayden
Macias. Quaid stated that he already had all of his school supplies, so he is donating his back-
pack winnings to Mrs. Mary Ann Elguezabal’s classroom. -Contributed photos
Final Music in the Park concert Sept. 11
Summer isn’t quite coming to Heppner City
over yet. There is one more Park on Sunday, Sept. 11,
Music in the Park concert from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. A
group that performed last
summer as The Tailgate
Trio is returning this year
as a foursome now known
as The Tailgators.
Sharon Porter (vocals,
ukele, bass, mandolin),
Mike Snider (banjo, bass,
vocals) and Matt Cooper
(keyboard, accordion, me-
lodica) have been joined by
Jon St. Hilaire (guitar and
vocals). St. Hilaire recently
moved to La Grande from
Walla Walla, where he was
the guitar teacher at Whit-
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Hazardous
Waste Event
man College and active in
the folk life scene there.
The ‘Gators will be
offering light-hearted
acoustic-based music from
various parts of the Ameri-
cas and Europe, including
Gypsy jazz, Irish, French,
Balkan, blues, folk and
bluegrass from the 1920s
to the present.
Food will be available
for purchase by donation,
to help fund the Shared
Ministry’s efforts to provide
clean water to a community
in a remote region along the
Amazon River in Peru.
LAST SEEN: LURKING IN YOUR HOME, UNDER THE
SINK, IN THE GARAGE IN THE BASEMENTS.
THESE HAZARDOUS WASTE ITEMS ARE DANGEROUS. THEY
CAN HARM STREAMS, WILDLIFE, DRINKING WATER AND
WE NEED TO KEEP THEM OUT OF OUR LANDFILL. MORROW
COUNTY IS HOLDING A FREE HAZARDOUS WASTE EVENT SO
YOU MAY TAKE SOME OF THESE ITEMS.
For more information, please call Morrow County Public Works
at 541-989-9500 or email: mcpublicwork@co.morrow.or.us
SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2016 8AM - 11AM
Remember the Transfer
Stations accept all your paint
for FREE at both Transfer
Stations all year long.
69900 Frontage Lane,
Boardman, OR 97818
ACCEPTED DURING THE EVENT:
Some items accepted during the event: Used oil, Oil filters, Spent
Antifreeze, Automotive batteries, Alkaline & rechargeable batteries, Propane
Tanks (smaller than 25 gal.), Roof and asphalt patch, Adhesives, glues and
contact cement, Caulks sealers and joint compounds, Lawn and garden
chemicals and fertilizers, Pool chemicals, Household cleaners (including
bleach, ammonia, furniture polish, toilet bowl cleaners, carpet shampoos)
Sludge (soil contaminated with oil) Mercury thermometers, Fluorescent
lamps, All types of aerosol cans, Used cooking oil, Road flares, PCB
ballasts, Organic peroxides (hardening agents)