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LIBERIA
fishing, working on rubber
plantations and digging for
roots. He says the wages
there are on the level of a
poor country like Haiti at $5
to $10 per day. “They live
pretty much hand to mouth.
But you, as a guest, will
always eat first,” he says.
“And sometimes there is
only one meal per day.” In
one of the villages there is a
large orphanage filled with
children who lost relatives
to the Eboli disease.
In addition to water,
Pastor Deloe also helps
with education. He is cur-
rently sponsoring a student
(there is no public educa-
tion there) at a cost of $75 to
$85 per year. The students
all wear uniforms and the
parents also must buy those
for them. He says regaining
the lost education for young
people is a hard job because
of the time lost during the
long civil war. He says he
Little Birds soar at Cardinals
volleyball camp
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receives great satisfaction
in helping the people of
Liberia. “They are very
affectionate people. The
kids will come and sit on
your lap, hug and talk to
you. When you come back
to their country, they always
say, ‘welcome home’,”
Pastor Deloe relates. And
it’s this helping that drives
these two men from a small
church in Oregon to travel
halfway around the world
to lend their own hands for
those in need.
Anyone who would
like to know more about
the Hope 2 program is wel-
come to attend a September
16 dinner at 6:30 p.m. at
the Christian Church in
Heppner. There will be
four couples there from the
Hope 2 program to speak
and visit with. There is no
charge, but people can give
financially if they wish.
“Our ministry is no
bigger than the one in front
Cruising the streets of Monrovia.
Some of the children at the Hope 2 school academy.
of us,” both Pastor Deloe for the thirsty. “Jesus said
and Bellamy will say. And ‘I will give you water so
to these two, their ministry you’ll never thirst again’.”
includes providing water
Back row: Assistant Coach Jim Raible, Madison Orem, Megan Doherty, Emma Rietmann,
Tresslyn McCurry, Grace Ogden, Sunem Calvillo, Ola Rietmann and Head Coach Becky Wa-
genblast. Middle row: Olivia Ogden, Kelly Doherty, Novalee Campbell, Holly Vanden Brink,
Isabel Wedan, Sunny Valle, Isabelle Ogden and Paige Beebe. Front Row: Phegley Padberg,
Lizzy Doherty, Keltie Rietmann, Delaney Stefani, Denya Valle, Cici Stefani and Madelyn
Back row (L-R): Grace Ogden, Madison Orem, Jayla Slinger, Olivia Ogden, Isabelle Ogden, Campbell. -Contributed photo.
Novalee Campbell, Cici Stefani and Sunem Calvillo. Middle row: Reese Headley, Dillon
The Ione High School volleyball team hosted the Little Birds Cardinal Volleyball
DeBoer, Phegley Padberg, Keltie Rietmann, Madelyn Campbell and Miranda Wedan. Front camp last week in Ione. Incoming first through eighth graders learned the fundamentals,
row: Violeta Lemus, Allison Crum, Kinasyn Rietmann, Piper Miller, Diana Vanden Brink and
how to work as a team and received personal coaching from the high school players
Haryss Padberg. -Contributed photo.
The wins go under coach
Greg Grant’s name, but the
team named its field after Les
Payne, who has coached the
Mustangs since 1977
Reprinted from August
26, 2019 by Jerry Ulmer,
OSAAtoday
Nearly three decades
ago, Les Payne reached a
crossroads.
Payne had coached in
Heppner’s football program
for 13 seasons, assisting
four head coaches, and he
wasn’t sure if he wanted to
continue when Greg Grant
took over in 1990.
“I had been at it for
a while, and I thought,
‘Maybe I just need to be
a teacher,’” Payne said.
“Greg came in, young guy,
energetic. It kind of revived
me a little bit. Since then,
it’s just been a fun ride.”
And a highly successful
one, too. Payne has been
Grant’s right-hand man for
the past 29 seasons, helping
shape one of the state’s top
small-school programs.
Under Grant and Payne,
the Mustangs have won 256
games and two state titles
(1992, 2015).
“When people talk
about our program, my
name probably comes up
a little bit too often,” said
Grant, who at 293-73 is
No. 6 on the state’s all-
time wins list. “The people
that really know it, it’s like
Grant-Payne. I don’t think
I’m any more responsible
than he is. I might make
a few more decisions, but
everything we do, we work
together.”
Payne -- a defensive
coordinator and offensive
line coach who is renowned
for his meticulous organiza-
tional skills, in particular in
managing the equipment –
has been a part of 329 wins
and coaches. In all, twenty-six grade school students attended, ensuring future interest
in playing and supporting Cardinal volleyball for years to come.
Angela Jones
Medical Assistant
Since 2014
“It’s not just what I do,
it’s who I choose to be.”
Les Payne (left) is entering his 30 th season assisting Greg Grant
(right). -Photo by Sandy Matthews.
in 42 seasons at 2A Hep-
pner, including one year as
the head coach (1983).
Grant has such high
regard for Payne he made a
command decision in 2008
to name Heppner’s field
after him.
“I just wasn’t going to
wait for him to die,” Grant
said of Payne. “I just said,
‘I’m not going to ask any-
body’s permission because
I don’t want it to get politi-
cal.’ But the powers-that-be
said, ‘No, this is a great
idea. There’s no one more
deserving.’
“So he lines Les Payne
Field and he coaches on Les
Payne Field.”
Payne played at Auburn
High School in the Seattle
area and at Yakima Com-
munity College and Eastern
Washington University,
where he was a guard on
the 1967 NAIA national
runner-up team.
He coached for nine
seasons in Tonasket, WA
(1968-76), the first seven as
head coach, before heading
to Heppner in 1977 as an
assistant coach for girls’
basketball and baseball.
He showed up at foot-
ball practice one day, helped
out the offensive line coach
and ended up working the
rest of the 1977 season as
a volunteer. He became a
paid assistant in 1978, and
five years later, he agreed
to fill in as head coach for
one season, just to get the
program out of a tight spot.
“I said, ‘Next year
you’ve got to find some-
body,’” Payne said.
Three more coaches
came and went at Heppner.
When Grant arrived in 1990
from Alsea, Payne could
see they shared a similar
intensity.
“I tell people that be-
fore Greg showed up, I was
the guy who was the ranter
and raver, who got things
fired up,” Payne said. “All
of the sudden Greg came
along and I was like, ‘Oh,
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