FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Open gate causes
misunderstanding
for campers
Heppner FFA to
Thompson and Jack hold banquet
to wed
Engagements
The Heppner FFA chapter will be holding its 12 th
annual FFA banquet on Thursday, May 10 at 6 p.m. at
the Morrow County Fairgrounds. The public is welcome
to attend.
BMX bike raffle
winners announced
Keenan Jack and Emily Thompson – Contributed photo.
The gate at Cutsforth Park in Morrow County has a sign
showing the park is closed when the gate is closed. -Contrib-
uted photo.
A gate that should
be closed and locked at
Cutsforth Park in Morrow
County was left open, caus-
ing uninformed campers
to assume it was open for
camping. The park is not
scheduled to open until
May 10 and the gate has
a sign that says the park
is closed when the gate is
across the entrance.
Bob Frazier had been
passing through the area
and found the park gate
open, so found a space and
set up camp. Frazier stated
he had been a teacher in
Heppner for 20 years so
is somewhat familiar with
the area and is planning
to move back to Oregon
soon. According to Frazier,
while he was camped in the
park, an unidentified person
informed him that the park
was closed. Assuming that
was incorrect since the
gate was open, he ignored
the warning. He told the
Gazette that the sheriff’s
department showed up at 2
a.m. and told him he had to
pack up and leave. Frazier
stated “It’s not much of a
way to treat visitors.”
Greg Close, Morrow
County Parks Operations
Manager, stated he had
not been informed of the
incident, but if he had he
would have just asked the
campers to leave the fol-
lowing morning. According
to Close, there are residents
living above the park and
coming through that gate is
their only access. The gate
should be opened tempo-
rarily for those residents
to travel through the park,
but is required to be closed
and locked immediately
afterwards. The locked gate
is meant to keep people out
of the park when it is not
open as well as to protect
the property of the cabin
owners above the park.
Close told the Gazette
that he would be happy to
talk to Frazier and regrets
that the incident happened.
He said, “To make sure the
gate is always closed and
locked, I would have to go
out there several times each
day to check it. That is just
not possible.”
According to the Mor-
row County sheriff’s report,
a call came in around 9
p.m., but they were unable
to locate the campers at that
time. A second call came in
at 1 a.m., which is when a
deputy contacted the camp-
ers and asked them to leave.
Poppies to honor
military
The month of May has
many days to honor men
and women of the armed
forces in America. Spouse
Appreciation day is May
11, Armed Forces day is
May 19 and Memorial day
is May 28.
As a way to honor the
military, the American Le-
gion Auxiliary will be dis-
tributing poppies in Hep-
pner and Ione on May 14,
15 and 16. Proceeds from
donations for the poppies
will be used for veteran’s
programs. Poppies will be
available at the Ione and
Heppner post offices on
May 14 and at the Ione
Market on May 15 and 16.
After World War I, the
poppy flourished in Europe
when the soils in France and
Belgium became enriched
with lime from the rubble
resulting from the war. The
red poppies were also seen
around the gravesites of
fallen service members. The
idea of wearing a poppy in
memory of the war dead
came about when Moina
Michael was inspired by
the poem In Flander’s Field
written by Lt. Col. McCrae.
The community is in-
vited to gather with the
American Legion Post 95
at the Ione School flag pole
at 10:30 a.m. on Memorial
Day, May 28, for a cer-
emony to honor veterans.
A program featuring John
Turner, mayor of Pendle-
ton, as guest speaker and
refreshments will follow at
the American Legion hall
in Ione.
Brian and Susie
Thompson along with Her-
man and Bobbi Winter are
pleased to announce the
engagement of their chil-
dren, Emily Thompson and
Keenan Jack.
After graduating from
Heppner High in 2010,
Emily went on to graduate
from Oregon State Univer-
sity and Keenan from the
University of Oregon. They
are both currently living
in Portland, where Emily
attends medical school at
OHSU and Keenan works
as a certified public accoun-
tant. According to Emily,
they have shown that Ducks
and Beavers can get along,
stubbornness is more of a
virtue than a detriment and
that true love still exists.
Bike raffle winners (L-R): Julianne Spicerkuhn, Kylan Haney,
After nine years of dat- Faith Ann Futter, Jayden Macias and brother Ian Macias.
ing, Thompson and Jack
will be tying the knot back
where their relationship be-
gan, in Heppner, celebrat-
ing their union with family
and friends in June.
Community lunch
menu
Christian Life/Firelight volunteers will serve lunch
on Wednesday, May 16 at St. Patrick’s Senior Center.
Lunch will be baked chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy,
mixed vegetables, green salad, hot rolls and apple crisp
for dessert.
Performers jumped their bikes over Deputy Phil Morris of
Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office at the BMX performance
$3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change.
Saturday in Lexington.
Mustang golf teams compete in district
Both the girl’s and
boy’s golf teams from Hep-
pner High School have
stampeded to the lead after
the first day of the Special
District 3, District Tourna-
ment held at Pendleton
Country Club.
The girl’s team has
a commanding 51 stroke
lead over second place La
Grande. The Mustangs shot
a team total 371 to take the
lead over La Grande who
shot a 422. Other team
scores from day one were
Baker with 442, Vale with
511 and Nyssa with 563.
Sophie Grant and Sa-
sha Keown led the team as
they both shot an 86 on the
day. That has them tied for
second place overall so far.
Nicole Propheter carded a
95 and sits in fourth place
after the first day. Claire
Grieb followed with a 104
and is in tenth place and
Madison Combe scored a
105 and is eleventh overall.
The Heppner boys’
team shot a 359 to lead a
large field of teams. Grant
Union is in second place
with a 371 and Burns fol-
lows them with a 381. The
rest of the team scores after
day one were Enterprise
with 389, Imbler 392, Echo
408, Nixyaawii 420, Nyssa
490 and Vale with a 534.
Logan Burright shot an
80 to lead the team and that
puts him in a tie for second
place so far. Reno Ferguson
is in fifth place with an 85
and Kellen Grant shot a 92
to finish the day in eighth
place. Other scores for the
Mustang team were Cason
Mitchell with a 102 and
Gavin Hanna Robinson
who shot a 103.
Both teams are in great
shape to repeat as the Dis-
trict Champions.
Wranglers results for May 6 playday
Wranglers Riding Club
has announced the results
for its May 6 play day. Re-
sults are:
Stick-Horse Race
Three and under
1. Grady Henderson
2. Kathryn Knowles
3. Ellie Rinehart
4. Jaylee Schlaich
4 and 5 year olds
1. Ella Mullins
2. James Crum
3. Kalia Rauch
4. Ellie Gene Fennern
6 and 7 year olds
1. Haryss Padberg
2. Charlie Mullins
3. Jonny Ashbeck
4. Allison Crum
Poles
Leadline
1. Jaylee Schlaich
44.41
2. Abby Luttell 47.27
3. Devyn Pottala 52.85
4. Kathryn Knowles
55.47
PeeWee Wranglers (7
and under)
1. Paige Miller 33.25
2. Mary Ashbeck 36.71
3. Tate Turner 40.76
4. Beau Broeckel 41.98
Lil Wranglers (8-10)
1. Quaid Jensen 36.34
2. Healy Hisler 39.45
3. Rowdie Jo Brockel
41.85
4. Brooklyn Hendricks
42.43
Junior Wranglers (11-
15)
1. Hallee Hisler 25.45
2. Saige Jensen 29.90
3. Zandra Masterson
37.70
Barrels
Leadline
1. Jaylee Schlaich
21.87
2. Kathryn Knowles
26.93
3. Devyn Pottala 29.00
4. Ellie Rinehart 29.06
PeeWee Wranglers (7
and under)
1. Paige Miller 25.81
2. Tenley Rosenbalm
29.68
3. Mary Ashbeck 29.90
4. Tate Turner 33.82
Lil Wranglers (8-10)
1. Healy Hisler 26.57
2. Quaid Jensen 29.92
3. Rowdie Jo Brockel
33.52
4. Brooklyn Hendricks
35.34
Junior Wranglers (11-
15)
1. Hallee Hisler 18.53
2. Saige Jensen 25.46
3. Zandra Masterson
30.70
Scurry Race
Leadline
1. Jaylee Schlaich
21.97
2. Ellie Rinehart 25.28
3. Jonny Ashbeck 28.07
4. Devyn Pottala 28.50
PeeWee Wranglers (7
and under)
1. Mary Ashbeck 27.70
2. Beau Broeckel 43.98
3. Tenley Rosenbalm
44.43
4. Paige Miller 53.17
Lil Wranglers (8-10)
1. Quaid Jensen 28.08
2. Rowdie Jo Brockel
30.71
3. Healy Hisler 31.78
4. Brooklyn Hendricks
32.59
Junior Wranglers (11-
15)
1. Hallee Hisler 25.26
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