THREE - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 7, 2018
Chamber announcements and A View from the Hill
upcoming events
Wednesday, Nov. 7
from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.,
Neighborhood Center Bag
Sale. First bag is $15, sec-
ond bag is $10 and includes
clothing, shoes and books.
All other merchandise is 50
percent off. Proceeds from
the sale will help purchase
food for the food pantry.
Thursday, Nov. 8 at
10:30 a.m., Veterans Day
program at the HHS gym.
The community is invited
to this special recognition
program for local past and
present military personnel.
Nov. 16 from 7-10
p.m., Mr. Bill’s Trivia Event
– hosted by Heppner Day
Care at the Heppner Elks
Lodge. A team of six is
$150; you can register on-
line at the Heppner Day
Care Facebook page. There
will be prizes for the top
three teams as well as gift
drawings and raffle baskets.
Saturday, Nov. 17 from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m., 7 th Annu-
al Ione American Legion
Auxiliary Craft Bazaar
at the Ione Legion Hall.
Breakfast will be available
for purchase from 8 to 10
a.m. with coffee and hot
chocolate available for do-
nation. Soup, roll and des-
sert available for purchase
from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Table rent is $10 (space
is limited). Contact Becky
Rietmann at 541-422-7230
or 541-720-2040 or via
email Becky at becky677.
br@gmail.com.
Saturday, Nov. 17 at
5 p.m. at the Riverfront
Center, Port of Morrow,
Boardman, First Annual
Morrow County FFA Din-
ner/Auction to benefit the
Heppner/Irrigon/Ione, Riv-
erside Chapters. There will
be a live and silent auction
along with a meal. A limited
number of tickets are avail-
able at $25 each. Donations
are being accepted for the
auction. Contact Beth at
HHS at Elizabeth.Dicken-
son@morrow.k12.or.us or
on her cell phone at 541-
980-8677 to reserve tickets
or to make a donation.
Mustang football season ends
Derek Howard (70) and Jackson Lehman (15) block the opponents while Mason Lehman
(center) runs the ball. -Photo by Damon Brosnan.
The Heppner Mustang
football season came to an
end with a 34-0 loss to the
Kennedy Trojans in a first
round game of the OSAA
2A State Football Champi-
onship played at Les Payne
Field on Friday night. The
Mustangs end their season
with an overall record of
7-3. They had a perfect 4-0
record in conference and
were the Blue Mountain
Conference champions this
year.
Heppner could not get
much going against the
Trojans from the start of
the game on. The Mustangs
then lost starting quarter-
back Jayden Wilson to inju-
ry in the second quarter and
had to play the rest of the
game with backups in that
position. The Trojans have
an outstanding running
back that pounded the ball
through the Mustang de-
fense for many yards. The
Kennedy defense would
not let the Mustangs quick
strike offense get moving
like it had for most of the
season. Heppner played
hard the entire game but
came up short in this one
and saw their season come
to an end against the Tro-
jans.
Kason Cimmyotti was
2-5 passing the ball for eight
yards and Jackson Lehman
completed one pass for 20
yards to Evan Kollman.
Mason Lehman had one
reception for eight yards
and Gavin Hanna-Robinson
had a catch for no gain in
the game.
Blake Wolters led the
team in rushing with 47
yards on 12 carries. Mason
Lehman packed the ball
seven times for 29 yards
and Hanna-Robinson ran
for 21 yards on five carries.
Jackson Lehman carried
the ball one time for three
yards.
Jason Rea led the team
in tackles with 10. Wil-
son was next with nine
and Kevin Rea had seven
tackles. Wolters and Han-
na-Robinson finished with
six tackles each and with
five each were Tyler Carter
and Jackson Lehman. Roy
Collins had four tackles in
the game and with three
tackles each were Logan
Burright, Keegan Gibbs,
Hayden Hyatt and Koll-
man. Finishing the game
with two tackles each were
Mason Lehman and Conor
Brosnan.
The Mustangs lose sev-
en seniors from this year’s
team. They are Derek How-
ard, Charles Cason, Reno
By Doris Brosnan
Last Wednesday, the
majority of the residents
of Willow Creek Terrace
donned their pumpkin
shirts, planted themselves
in the reception area and
greeted the largest number
of trick-or-treaters ever.
Over thirty young revelers
entertained with their imag-
inative costumes. The fact
that so many represented
movie and video characters
reminded their hosts that
the view of Halloween cos-
tuming has changed greatly
over the years.
October ended with a
celebration, and so will this
month, for Flossie Watkins
will celebrate her birthday
on the 30 th with one of her
favorite meals shared with
neighbors and family.
In the meantime, No-
vember will feature several
other days of interest and
activities.
Last weekend, with
the time change came the
routine checking of all bat-
tery-operated items while
staff turned the clocks back
an hour. Yesterday, election
day, did not create any
stress on the Hill because
every voter had already
received a ballot, made
some tough decisions, and
turned the ballot in. On
every Tuesday, the Terrace
Book Club continues to be
an entertaining time filled
great discussions and often-
times, laughter. Yesterday’s
discussion was about the
Frances Browne short story
“Christmas Cuckoo.”
To d a y i s n a t i o n a l
Tongue-Twister Day, so
the morning discussion
included attempts at say-
ing phrases such as tacky
tractor trailer trucks. Repeat
that three times, readers.
And tomorrow will bring
thoughts back to a more se-
rious event: Some residents
will attend the Heppner
High School Veterans pro-
gram that pays homage to
our local military veterans.
Three Terrace residents are
veterans.
On Sunday, the stu-
dents of the St. Patrick
Catholic Church’s religious
education classes plan to
visit the Terrace and will
entertain with some musical
selections, as well as deliver
a monetary donation to the
facility. The young people
have used some class time
to make rosaries that they
have now sold as a fundrais-
er for their donation.
World Kindness Day
is celebrated on the 13 th , so
morning discussion will in-
clude sharing memories of
special kindnesses the par-
ticipants have received and
have extended to others.
This mindfulness of others
and possible needs will car-
ry into the weekend, when,
on Saturday, the commu-
nity will deliver loaves of
homemade breads to their
neighborhood. Each loaf
of bread will be wrapped,
tied with a bow and be de-
livered to a neighbor, with
an inspirational kind note.
This will be the second
year for participation in the
“Tie One On” project that
emphasizes the importance
of putting give back into
Thanksgiving.
A partial preparation
for this November and De-
cember holiday season will
be the pedicure party on
the 16 th . Being pampered
with a pedicure can provide
a plethora of pleasurable
sensations. Administra-
tor George Nairns invites
individuals interested in
helping with the party to
call 541-676-0004.
The week of Thanks-
giving is also recognized
a s F a m i l y We e k a n d
Game-Puzzle Week. At the
Terrace, a different game
will be offered each day.
Before Thanksgiving Day,
residents will be sharing
memories of some out-
standing Thanksgivings
and they will be invited to
contribute to the “Thankful
List” that will be posted in
the dining room. One won-
derfully, overwhelmingly
thoughtful gift that will be
on that list, says Nairns, is
the 700+ pounds of meats,
beef, pork and lamb, recent-
ly gifted to Willow Creek
Terrace by a kind donor.
On Thanksgiving Day, a
traditional meal will be
shared by staff, residents
and family members who
have reserved a place at
the table.
Although four apart-
ments are available (call for
information), the Terrace
community did welcome
two familiar faces to the
table and an apartment
last month, when Ernie
and Mary Jean McCabe
moved in. Unfortunately,
Meg Murray said goodbye
as she moved from this
hill, where she had been
a resident for over seven
years, across to another
hill above Heppner. She is
happy to have visitors at her
new abode at the Pioneer
Memorial facility.
Thanksgiving draws
November closer to an end
and to Flossie Watkins’s
birthday. It also begins the
holiday season, always
viewed by most Willow
Creek Terrace residents and
staff as a heart-warming
time of the year.
Ferguson, Logan Burright,
Tyler Carter, Zavier Glov-
er and Keegan Gibbs. As
Mustang players they have
an overall record of 34-10
and they were 19-5 in home
games played at Les Payne
Field. They participated in
the state playoffs each year
of their high school careers.
They managed a first round
game this year, a quarterfi-
nal game last year, a state
semifinal game their soph-
omore year and they were
part of the state champion-
ship team their freshman
year. During their careers
the Mustangs won three
conference championships.
It is quite an impressive
record for an outstanding
group of football players
who are also an outstanding
group of young men. They
will be missed by the Mus-
tang football program. They
have provided leadership to
the team this year and con-
tinued the great “Mustang
Tradition that Never Grad-
uates.” That tradition will
carry on as the Mustangs
will return 29 players from
this year’s team with many
of them seeing significant
varsity playing time this
year. The future of Heppner
football continues to look Heppner/Ione Cross Country team members pictured with their third place plaque are (L-R):
Leo Waite, Hayden Qualls, Hunter Nichols, Trevor Antonucci, Colt Parker, Christian Dubry
bright.
Nichols heads to cross country
regionals
and Tyson Vawser. -Contributed photo.
The Heppner/Ione
cross country team took
third place in the state
championships held last
weekend in Eugene. Senior,
Hunter Nichols also placed
third as an individual. Other
team members that compet-
ed in the meet are Hayden
Qualls who placed 10 th ,
Trevor Antonucci was 26 th ,
Colt Parker placed 28 th , Leo
Waite was 35 th , Tyson Vaw-
ser placed 36 th and Christian
Dubry 59 th .
Nichols will be head-
ing to the NXR Northwest
Regional meet at the Eagle
Island XC course in Boise,
ID on Nov. 10.
The NXR Northwest
Regional event includes
cross country athletes from
Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho,
Montana, Oregon, Wash-
ington and Wyoming.
Community lunch menu
St. Patrick’s Parish volunteers will serve lunch on Wednesday, November 14 at St.
Patrick’s Senior Center. Lunch will be oven-fried chicken, scalloped potatoes, mixed
vegetables, cucumber/tomato salad, hot rolls and lemon bars for dessert.
Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject
to change.
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