Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 11, 2017
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Heppner teen headed to national Small Mustang team shows big
Make It With Wool contest
heart at Jo-Hi event
Hannah Palmer of Hep-
pner will soon be headed to
Denver, CO to compete in
the national finals of the 69 th
annual Make It With Wool
fashion show.
The contest will take
place Jan. 26-28 at the Mar-
riot City Center in Denver.
Contestants from 37 states
will be competing for prizes
sponsored by the American
Sheep Industry.
To qualify for the na-
tional event, Hannah won
first place out of 10 contes-
tants in her age division at
the Oregon Sheep Growers
Association’s Make It With
Wool competition held Dec.
3-4 in Corvallis. Hannah
modeled a lined wool jack-
et, skirt and wool scarf that
she made for the event. The
contest requires that wool
garments, either sewn or
knitted by the contestants,
must be made using 100
percent wool, or a fabric
blend of at least 60 percent
wool.
The Junior (ages 13–
16) and Senior (ages 17–24)
division winners won vari-
ous prizes, the biggest of
which was an all-expense-
paid trip to compete in
Denver. There also were
adult and pre-teen sew-
ing categories with other
awards.
Hannah, who is 14
years old and an eighth
grader at Heppner Jr./Sr.
Heppner/Ione battled
the winter weather to wres-
tle at the Jo-Hi tournament
in Joseph over the week-
end. Seventeen teams form
Oregon and Idaho com-
peted in the two-day event.
Heppner/Ione finished 11 th
as a team although only
three wrestlers scored team
points.
The Mustangs had two
wrestlers qualify for the
finals on Saturday night.
Trevor Antonucci eas-
ily defeated his first two
opponents from Joseph
and Culver to face Shane
Lund from Enterprise in
the finals. Lund is currently
the fourth-ranked wrestler
at 113 pounds, being a re-
turning district champion
and a fourth-place finisher
at state in 2016. The first
period ended with no score
with both wrestlers fend-
ing off each other’s shots.
Lund managed a takedown
to take a 2-0 lead late in the
second period. Lund scored
Heppner girl Hannah Palmer, pictured wearing the outfit a reversal in the third round
she made out of wool, is headed to the national Make It With and Antonucci gave up a
Wool contest in Denver this month. -Contributed photo
penalty point to make the
High, is the daughter of runway show.
Jason and Jennifer Palmer
Anyone is welcome
of Heppner. She has been to enter the annual state
in 4-H sewing for the past competition, and new cat-
four years. This was her egories are being added.
first year to compete in the More information can be
Make It With Wool Contest. found at the Oregon and
The Heppner Mustang
Her outfit will be judged on national Make it With Wool boys’ basketball team won
both its sewing construc- Facebook pages.
its home game against the
tion skills, and during the
Union Bobcats by a score
and dropped Jones to his
back as time ran out in the
first period with Flynn now
ahead 7-6. Flynn started
the second period on top
and quickly returned Jones
to his back with a cradle
that finally ended in a pin
after more than a minute’s
struggle when Flynn transi-
tioned to a suffocating head
and arm. The win advanced
Flynn’s season record to
15-0, including wins over
number-one ranked wres-
tlers at 4A and 2A, and
added another gold medal
to his rack.
Leo Waite went 2-2
for the tournament at 126
pounds, winning two
matches by fall to score
team points and finish one
win out from a place on the
podium.
Charles Cason pinned
an opponent from Enter-
prise in an exhibition match
to pick up a non-scoring
win.
Also competing for
the Mustangs were Carson
Brosnan, Jacob Wallace and
Ethan Holmgren.
Mustangs take down Bobcats
58-34
Winter storm deepens Red
Cross blood shortage
Blood and platelet donors needed now
The American Red
Cross is urging eligible
donors throughout Pacific
Northwest to give blood
or platelets following the
recent winter storm, which
has compounded a severe
winter blood shortage. Lo-
cal residents will have an
opportunity to help at a
blood drive next Wednes-
day, Jan. 18, from 10 a.m.
to 3 p.m. at St. Patrick’s
Parish Hall, 525 Gale St.
in Heppner.
Snow and icy roads
forced 16 blood drives
to cancel in the Pacific
Northwest causing more
than 450 donations to go
uncollected. Last month,
nearly 100 blood drives
final score 5-0 in Lund’s
favor.
Heppner/Ione’s other
finalist was senior Cord
Flynn. Flynn earned a spot
in the finals by a pin and
technical fall on his first
two opponents, setting up
a finals match with Jaid-
en Jones from Culver. It
would be a rematch of the
2016 195-pound state finals
bout where Jones came out
with the state champion-
ship medal. The wrestlers
are ranked number one and
number two in their weight
class, Jones being number
one.
The match started right
up with fast action as each
wrestler took turns shooting
and defending, covering
the entire mat area. Jones
scored a takedown in a
scramble but Flynn escaped
in about a second. Jones’s
next takedown put Flynn to
his back, giving Jones a 6-1
lead as the action carried
the wrestlers out of bounds.
On the restart Flynn was
out again within seconds.
Flynn shot a double leg
were forced to cancel across
the country due to severe
weather, resulting in more
than 3,100 blood donations
going uncollected. Overall,
hectic holiday schedules for
many regular blood donors
and weather contributed to
about 37,000 fewer dona-
tions in November and
December than what was
needed.
“The need for blood
doesn’t pause for severe
weather – it’s constant,”
said Neil Tosuntikool of
the Pacific Northwest Red
Cross Blood Services Re-
gion. “Right now, blood and
platelet donations are be-
ing distributed to hospitals
faster than they are coming
Morrow County Road
Committee Meeting
will be held on
January 12, 2017 at 1:00 pm
in the Morrow County Bartholomew
Upper Conference room,110 N. Court
St., Heppner, OR.
in. Eligible donors of all
blood types are critically
needed.”
How to help
Eligible donors can find
a blood donation opportuni-
ty and schedule an appoint-
ment to donate by using
the free Blood Donor App,
visiting redcrossblood.
org or calling 1-800-RED
CROSS (1-800-733-2767).
The Red Cross is extend-
ing hours at many dona-
tion sites for more donors
to give blood or platelets.
Overall, the Red Cross has
added nearly 200 hours to
donation centers and blood
drives across the country.
Donation appointments and
completion of a RapidPass
online health history ques-
tionnaire are encouraged to
help speed up the process.
Who blood donations help
Every two seconds,
someone in the U.S. needs
blood. Accident and burn
victims, heart surgery and
organ transplant patients,
and patients receiving treat-
ment for leukemia, cancer
or sickle cell disease may
all require blood.
of 58-34. The game with
the Elgin Huskies was can-
celled because of the win-
tery weather conditions.
Once again, the Mus-
tang defense was the story
of the game, holding Elgin
to single-digit scoring in
the first three quarters. Hep-
pner jumped out to a 16-9
lead at the end of the first
quarter and never let the
Bobcats back into the game.
The second quarter was an
even better example of the
ferocious defense that the
Mustangs played as they
held Union to only two
points. Heppner scored 11
in the quarter to take a 27-
11 lead into the locker room
at halftime.
The Mustangs had their
best offensive quarter of the
game in the third as they
put up 17 points and held
Union to only eight. That
made the score of the game
44-19 as the final quarter
started. Union outscored
the Mustangs 15-14 in the
fourth quarter but wasn’t
able to overtake them, and
Heppner got the win by the
score of 58-34.
Jake Lindsay led the
team in scoring with 16 as
he hit on four three-pointers
in the game. He also had
three rebounds and a steal.
Nikolas Dias Martins also
made four three-pointers
on the night and totaled 12
points and two rebounds for
the Mustangs. Caden Hed-
man also scored 12 points,
and had three rebounds and
two assists for the team.
Logan Grieb had another
good all-around game as he
scored eight points and had
10 rebounds, three assists,
one steal and a blocked
shot. Kevin Smith had five
points, three rebounds, one
assist, a steal and a blocked
Chamber Chatter
Friday, Jan. 13 – Dead-
line for Nominations for
Heppner Chamber’s An-
nual Town and Country
Community Awards event:
Nomination forms and
guidelines can be picked
up at Bank of Eastern Or-
egon, chamber office, Hep-
pner City Hall, Community
Bank or the post office, or
call the chamber office at
541-676-5536 for emailed
copies. Nomination forms
must be received by Kuhn
Law or chamber offices by
Friday, Jan. 13. They can
be scanned and emailed to
heppnerchamber@centu-
rytel.net or faxed to 541-
676-5656.
Monday, Jan. 31 – 3:15-
6:30 p.m. – After-school
program for local youth
organized by the Heppner
United Methodist Church:
This program is for kinder-
garten through sixth grade
shot. Wyatt Steagall and
Alex Lindsay had two
points each in the game.
Steagall also had four re-
bounds on the night. Kevin
Murray had one point and
eight rebounds while Coby
Dougherty hauled down
four rebounds. Beau Wolt-
ers and Hunter Nichols
each had one rebound in
the game.
The Mustangs shot 38
percent from the field for
the game and held Union
to only 24 percent. Hep-
pner also outrebounded the
Bobcats 39-21 in the game.
That ends the pre-sea-
son schedule for the Mus-
tangs, and they finished it
with an 8-2 record. They
now enter their conference
schedule with a pair of
away games this weekend.
On Friday they travel to
Stanfield to take on the
Tigers and then they play
the Weston McEwen Tiger-
Scots on Saturday.
Activities include art, mu-
sic, life skills and a family
dinner. This program will
be held on the last Monday
of each month. Contact
the Methodist Church at
541-676-9224 with any
questions.
Thursday, Feb. 9, 6
p.m. - Heppner Chamber’s
Town and Country Awards
at Morrow County Fair-
grounds – 6 p.m. no host
bar with 6:30 p.m. dinner.
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