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THREE - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 3, 2018 A View from the Green September colder than normal Over the Tee Cup According to prelim- inary data received by NOAA’s National Weath- er Service in Pendleton, temperatures at Heppner averaged colder than nor- mal during the month of September. The average tempera- ture was 59.7 degrees which was 1.9 degrees below nor- mal. High Temperatures averaged 73.7 degrees, which was 2.9 degrees be- low normal. The highest was 90 degrees on the 8 th . Low temperatures averaged 45.6 degrees, which was 1.0 degree below normal. The lowest was 38 degrees, on the 24 th . Precipitation totaled Top (L-R): Bunnie Lindsay, Kathy Martin, Shirley Martin, Jackie Allstott, Karen Thompson, zero inches during Septem- Pat Dougherty, Lorrene Montgomery, Jeanne Criswick, Sue Edson and Virginia Grant. Bottom (L-R): Della Heidemann, Loa Heidemann, Betty Burns, Sarah Rucker, Judy Harris, Karen Haguewood, Sharon Harrison, Kris Lindner, Pat Edmundson, Josie Kindsfather and Nancy Propheter. -Contributed photo. The Willow Creek Country Club ladies held their fall fun day and bi-an- nual meeting on Sept. 25, a beautiful, sunny day. A group picture was taken and the fall business meeting was held prior to scramble teams being announced for the day. After the scramble, the Ladies’ Board hosted a lunch for the ladies. First place in the scram- ble went to Virginia Grant, Betty Burns, Kathy Martin and Mary Riggs. The sec- ond place team was Nancy Propheter, Judy Harris and Josie Kindsfather. Jeanne Creswick got a chip-in. Awards were present- ed to the Eddi Skow Club Championship tournament winners, with Nancy Proph- eter receiving the club gross champion award. The Eddi Skow net champion was Pat Edmundson. In the senior division, Karen Thompson was named the gross cham- pion and Pat Dougherty was the net champion. Event winners for the entire season were Virginia Grant, Nancy Propheter and Bunnie Lindsay in first, second and third for birdies. It was a tie between Karen Haguewood and Bunnie Lindsay for first place in chip-ins. Second place re- sulted in a six-way tie with Pat Dougherty, Loa Heide- mann, Judy Harris, Bev Steagall, Virginia Grant and Pat Edmundson. First place eclectic board went to Jeanne Cre- swick. Second was Pat Dougherty and third was a tie with Karen Hague- wood, Kris Linder and Bev Steagall. The new officers for 2019 are Karen Hague- wood, president; Jeanne LCAC to meet LCAC will hold a meeting on Thursday, Oct. 4 at 9 a.m. in the Port of Morrow Well Springs room located at 2 Marine Drive in Boardman. Cemetery maint. district schedules meeting The Heppner Cemetery Maintenance District will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 10 at 5:30 p.m. at the Ag Service Building conference room, 430 W Linden Way. Agenda items include minutes of previous meet- ing, financial report and cemetery operations. Meet- ings of the Heppner Ceme- tery Maintenance District are open to the public ac- cording to ORS 192.640(1). For questions, contact Janet Greenup at 541-561-6768. Creswick, vice-president and Sue Edson, secre- tary-treasurer. Board mem- bers are Sharon Harrison, Judy Harris and Lorrene Montgomery. Ladies who are inter- ested in golfing on Tues- days in October are invited to join a just for fun day of golf, teeing off around 10 a.m. The WCCC ladies group meets every Tuesday, April through September, with play beginning at 10 a.m. The first Tuesday will be April 2 with the kick-off breakfast at 9 a.m. followed by the bi-annual meeting and nine holes of golf. Chamber lunch meeting The next lunch meeting of the Heppner Chamber of Commerce will be held Thursday, Oct. 4 at noon, in the Heppner City Hall con- ference room. This meeting will be for all entities re- ports. RSVP’s are required. The Heppner Water Control District will meet Wednesday, Oct. 3 at 1:30 p.m. at the Ag Service Center conference room. The purpose of the meeting is to dis- cuss an erosion control project on the Hinton Creek fire properties. For questions, call Janet Greenup at 541-676-5452 ext. 109. Meetings of the HWCD are open to the public. Morrow County Justice of the Peace, Ann Spicer, has released the following Justice Court report: -Matthew Haycock De- long, 59, Hermiston was convicted of violation of basic rule, 65/55 mph, fine $115. -Seth Richard Es- chbacher, 42, Umatilla was convicted of violation of basic rule, 75/55 mph, fine $165. -Benjamin Harper Kershner, 31, Heppner was convicted of violation of basic rule, 65/55 mph, fine $115 and received a warning for fail to display license plates. -Gregory Howard Rob- inson, 39, Lake Oswego, OR was convicted of vio- lation of basic rule, 70/55 mph, fine $165. -Michael Tim Allred, 54, Sherwood, OR was con- victed of violation of basic rule, 75/55 mph, fine $165. -Dane Gregory Maben, 22, Damascus, OR was con- victed of violation of basic rule, 74/55 mph, fine $165. -Jonathan Ceel Vanden Brink, 39, Ione was con- victed of violation of basic rule, 65/55 mph, fine $115 and received a warning for fail to change name/address on driver’s license. Joni Lynne Kabana, 61, Portland, OR was convicted of violation of basic rule, 82/55 mph, fine $265. Mustang volleyball splits matches Nicole Propheter and Madison Combe at the net, with Sydney Wilson and Genevieve Smith prepared to back them up during the game against the Stanfield Tigers. -Photo by Kirsti Cason. Pork Loin, cranberry pecan sal- ad, cheesy potatoes and a roll Prepared by Stephanie and Patty Rill HEPPNER ELKS 358 "WHERE FRIENDS MEET" 541-676-9181 142 N MAIN ST The outlook for Octo- ber from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center calls for near normal temperatures and below normal precip- itation. Normal highs for Heppner fall from 71 de- grees at the start of October to 58 degrees at the end of October. Normal lows fall from 42 degrees to 35 de- grees. The 30-year normal precipitation is 1.14 inches. Historical society to meet The annual meeting of the Morrow County His- torical Society will meet Sunday, Oct. 7 at 2 p.m. at Two Hags Pizza, located adjacent to the court house in Heppner. The purpose of the meeting is to elect officers and conduct other required business for the coming year. Annual dues of $5 will be due at the meeting and pizza is no-host. For addi- tional information, contact Dave DeMayo at 541-676- 8017. Justice Court Report Marriage Licenses The Loop Morrow County Transportation Statewide Transportation Improvement Fund advisory committee will be meeting on Oct. 9 at 10 a.m. at Irrigon City Hall in the conference room. The agenda will include the appointment of the vice chair and going over the template that will be submitted with projects to Oregon Department of Transportation. For more information call The Loop office at 541-676- 5667. Meal: $15 Willow Creek Diner will be catering the lunch, serving lemon chicken over rice, broccoli salad and a maple bar for $10 per person. The meeting location is accessible to persons with HWCD to meet The Loop STIF to meet OCTOBER 4TH 6:00 PM ber, which was 0.56 inches below normal. Precipitation this year has reached 6.86 inches, which is 3.08 inches below normal. Since October, the water year precipitation at Heppner has been 10.62 inches, which is 3.38 inches below normal. The highest wind gust was 33 mph which occurred on the 16 th . The Heppner Mustang volleyball team split their Blue Mountain Confer- ence matches last week. The Mustangs (11-9 over- all, 4-2 BMC) lost to the Weston-McEwen Tiger- scots in four sets 19-25, 13- 25, 26-24, 14-25 in Athena. They then hosted and swept the Stanfield Tigers 25-19, 25-14, 25-22. Against the Tigerscots, the number two ranked team in the state, Heppner came out and battled to the end in the first set. It was a back and forth set that fi- nally saw Weston-McEwen win it 25-21. The Tigerscots made quick work of the second set, winning by the score of 25-14. The Mus- tangs battled back and won the exciting third set by the score of 26-24. The fourth set was close with several ties leading up to a tied score at 14-14. After that the Tigerscots took control and outscored the Mustangs 11-0 to win the set 25-14 and the match 3-1. The Mustangs beat the Tigers in straight sets in front of a large home crowd that saw the student section in a total blackout of dress and face paint. The loud and rowdy cheering section The Morrow County Clerk’s office has released the following report of marriage licenses: September 26, 2018: - Valentin Macias Hernandez, 35, Heppner and Paola M Flores Alvarez, 34, Heppner. September 27: - Robert George Grenemyer, 69, Boardman and Cynthia Lee Grenemyer, 70, Boardman. Red Barn 5K scheduled The Red Barn 5K, a fundraiser for the Heppner/Ione cross country team will be held Oct. 13. The entry fee for the event is $10 and a shirt is $10. Registration for the one-mile, two-mile or 5K run/ walk will be from 7:45 to 8:15 a.m.at the LDS Church on Hwy 74 and Tom Street in Lexington on the day of the event, with the run beginning at 8:30 a.m. Correction The 2018 “Morrow County Chronicles” XXXV table of contents lists “The Arthur Gammell Story” by Merlyn Robinson. This story was included in the 2017 “Morrow County Chronicles” XXXIV, but not in the XXXV volume. helped power the team to victory. The first set saw sev- eral ties early in it and the Mustangs even trailed for a while. They fought back and tied the score at 19-19. Claire Grieb then served the final six points of the set as the Mustangs got the victory 25-19. Set number two saw the Mustangs take control early and never give up the lead. They won that set easily 25-14. The third set was much closer all the way through it. Neither team had more than a two point lead until late in the set. There were 5 ties in the set with the last one being 15-15. Heppner finally took control after a kill by Sydney Wilson gave the Mustangs a 21-18 lead. The Tigers couldn’t get any closer and the Mustangs won by a score of 25-22. Jenna McCullough and Sydney Wilson each had seven kills in the match and Nicole Propheter added six. Claire Grieb had six aces serving the ball while Genevieve Smith recorded nine assist and Amy Turrell had eight digs. The Mustangs JV team lost to Weston-McEwen 3-1 but then bounced back and beat the Tigers 3-0 by the scores of 25-23, 25-16, 25-12. Up next for the volley- ball team is a match with the number three ranked Grant Union Prospectors at home on Thursday. They will then host the Union Bobcats and the Enterprise Outlaws on Saturday. New season for First Friday begins First Friday Friends of Jesus begins a new season on Friday, Oct. 5 at the All Saints Parish Hall on the corner of Gale and Church in Heppner. A morning filled with Bible stories, games, crafts and music begins at 8:30 a.m. and con- cludes at 12:30 p.m. after a free lunch is served. There is no cost to at- tend, and all community kids ages four to 12 are wel- come. Additional informa- tion is available by calling the Hopeful Saints Ministry office at 541-676-9970.
