TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 23, 2019
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner’s Greg Grant joins 300-win club
Reprinted from October 19,
2019 OSAAtoday
By Jerry Ulmer
More than three de-
U.S.P.S. 240-420
cades ago, when Greg Grant
Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
first broke into coaching, he
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be his sport.
Published weekly by Sykes Publishing, LLC and entered as periodical matter at the
He soon learned, how-
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ever,
that he “didn’t really
paid at Heppner, Oregon. Office at 188 W. Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676-
have
the
personality to be a
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net. Web site: www.heppner.net. Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner
basketball coach,” he said.
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It turns out that Grant’s
County; $25 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 65 years or older); $37 elsewhere;
intense approach was the
$31 student subscriptions.
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perfect fit for football. And
Bobbi Gordon................................................................................................ Editor
Friday night, he became
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the sixth coach in state his-
For Advertising: advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Cost for a display ad is $5.25 per
tory to reach the 300-win
column inch. Cost for classified ad is 50¢ per word. Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to
plateau when he guided 2A
100 words. Cost for a classified display ad is $6.05 per column inch.
For Public/Legal Notices: public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Dates for pub-
Heppner to a 52-0 win at
lication must be specified. Affidavits must be required at the time of submission. Affidavits
Weston-McEwen.
require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be
In five seasons at Alsea
specified if required).
For Obituaries: Obituaries are published in the Heppner GT at no charge and are edited to
(1985-89) and 30 seasons
meet news guidelines. Families wishing to include information not included in the guidelines
at Heppner, Grant has a
or who wish to have the obituary written in a certain way must purchase advertising space
record of 300-73. The only
for the obituary.
For Letters to the Editor: Letters to the Editor MUST be signed by the author. The Heppner
coaches with more wins
GT will not publish unsigned letters. All letters MUST include the author’s address and phone
are Dewey Sullivan (352),
number for use by the GT office. The GT reserves the right to edit letters. The GT is not
Thurman Bell (331), Ken
responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters. Any letters expressing thanks will
Potter (318), Craig Ruecker
be placed in the classifieds under “Card of Thanks” at a cost of $10.
(308) and Kent Wigle (306).
Of the others, only Jesuit’s
Potter remains active.
“To have stuck with it,
I never would’ve guessed
when I started, when I was
24 years old, that I would
be here,” Grant said. “But
it’s been fun, and I’m still
having fun.”
The 58-year-old Grant
is 263-61 at Heppner, where
he won state championships
in 1992 and 2015. The Mus-
The Mustang JV football lost to Grant Union at the game
tangs
are 7-0 this season
played October 14. Pictured: Kael Osmin (58), Mikel Jace (54),
and
ranked
second in the
Blake Carter (78) and Ty Boor (28) far right, playing defense.
OSAAtoday 2A coaches’
-Contributed photo.
Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
JV football plays
Grant Union
Days for Girls workshop,
potluck to be held
Local women and 4-H
sewing project members
are invited to a noon pot-
luck and sewing workshop
in Heppner on Sunday,
November 3 from noon
to 2 p.m. at the home of
Pam Norton, 980 Fairview
Way. The project is a joint
effort of Willow Creek
Baptist Church and Lewis
and Clark Bible Church in
Astoria.
In September, a group
from Astoria came to Hep-
pner and taught 14 local
participants about the Days
for Girls Project, which
provides colorful reusable
feminine hygiene kits to
girls and women in over
100 countries as well as
homeless camps in the
United States.
The Heppner group is
partnering with the Astoria
poll.
Some of the players on
this year’s team are the sons
of his former players.
“I have five or six on
this team that are second
generation,” he said. “And I
have five or six people who
coach for me that played for
me. So it kind of becomes
who you are.”
Grant started off coach-
ing football and basketball
at Alsea before landing
at Heppner. In addition
to football, he also has
coached boys and girls golf
and assisted in the basket-
ball program at Heppner.
He is the school’s athletic
director, too.
“I consciously made a
decision not to go to bigger
schools multiple times be-
cause I didn’t want to coach
year-round,” he said. “I’m
a three-sport guy. I fully
believe in it. I’m as proud
of my golf program as I am
my football program.”
Grant said the Heppner
community has supported
him in much the same way
Sullivan was embraced at
Dayton.
“Dayton wrapped its
arms around Dewey, and
he stayed there and made
it right,” Grant said. “This
hasn’t been anything that
I’ve done, it’s just been
something that I’ve been a
part of.”
Grant – whose son,
Kellen, is a senior on this
year’s team – said his deci-
sion to return as coach “has
always been a year-to-year
deal.” He will reevaluate
after this season, but it’s a
good bet that he’s got plenty
of coaching days ahead.
“I used to think I want
to go hunting and do this
and that, and I’m not sure
those things are as attractive
every day,” he said. “I look
at it and think, ‘What else
would I do that matters that
leaves a little bit behind?’”
Chamber lunch meeting
The next lunch meeting
of the Heppner Chamber
of Commerce will be held
Thursday, November 7
from noon to 1 p.m. in the
Heppner City Hall confer-
ence room. The meeting
will be all entities reports.
Lunch will be provided
by Two Old Hags Pizza for
$10 per person and RSVPs
are required no later than
November 5. Lunch will
consist of assorted pizza,
green salad and dessert.
The meeting location is
accessible to persons with
disabilities. A request for an
interpreter for the hearing
impaired or for other ac-
commodations for persons
with disabilities should be
made at least 48 hours be-
fore the meeting to Sheryll
Bates at 541-676-5536.
Jerry Conklin of Heppner (upper left) helped distribute Days
for Girls bags to school girls in Uganda earlier this year.
group to sew up some 400
kits for school girls in rural
Uganda. Jerry Conklin was
the pastor at the Astoria
church before retiring and
moving to Heppner with
his wife Laura a couple
years ago. He introduced
the project to local sewers.
Haunted Heppner
event scheduled
The Haunted Heppner
trick or treat event will be
held Thursday, Oct. 31 from
2 to 5 p.m. in downtown
Heppner.
Costumed children will
be offered treats by Hep-
pner businesses when they
stop by the stores, banks
and offices who will be par-
Heppner’s Greg Grant, with quarterback Jayden Wilson, is the sixth Oregon coach to win 300
games. -Photo Courtesy of Heppner HS.
ticipating. An orange sign
saying “Welcome to Trick
or Treat” will be displayed
at participating businesses.
Businesses who are
interested in participating
in the trick or treat event
should visit city hall or call
541-676-9618 to request
a sign.
Community lunch menu
Christian Life/Firelight volunteers will serve lunch
on Wednesday, October 30 at St. Patrick’s Senior Center.
Lunch will be spaghetti with meat sauce, garlic bread
sticks, steamed green beans, tossed salad and peaches.
Milk, coffee and tea is served at each meal. Suggested
donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change.
Homemade soups and
beverages will be provid-
ed. Participants can bring
a food item to share if de-
sired. For additional in-
formation, contact Nancy
Jepsen at 541-667-7498 or
learn more at https://www.
daysforgirls.org/.
Ione
Library
to meet
The monthly meeting
of the Ione Library Dis-
trict’s board of directors
will be held on Monday,
October 28 at 6 p.m. at the
Ione Public Library, 385 W.
Second Street.
Everyone is welcome
and encouraged to attend.
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