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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 18, 2019 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper SEARCH OLD COPIES OF THE HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES ON-LINE: http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/ Published weekly by Sykes Publishing and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon. Office at 188 W. Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676-9228. Fax (541) 676-9211. E-mail: editor@rapidserve.net or david@rapidserve.net. Web site: www.heppner.net. Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $31 in Morrow County; $25 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 65 years or older); $37 elsewhere; $31 student subscriptions. David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher Bobbi Gordon................................................................................................ Editor Giselle Moses.........................................................................................Advertising All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. For Advertising: advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Cost for a display ad is $5.25 per column inch. Cost for classified ad is 50¢ per word. Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to 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- lication must be specified. Affidavits must be required at the time of submission. Affidavits require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be specified if required). For Obituaries: Obituaries are published in the Heppner GT at no charge and are edited to meet news guidelines. Families wishing to include information not included in the guidelines or who wish to have the obituary written in a certain way must purchase advertising space for the obituary. For Letters to the Editor: Letters to the Editor MUST be signed by the author. The Heppner GT will not publish unsigned letters. All letters MUST include the author’s address and phone number for use by the GT office. The GT reserves the right to edit letters. The GT is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters. Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under “Card of Thanks” at a cost of $10. Hoop shoot winners advance to district The Heppner Elks Lodge sponsored the annu- al local hoop shoot contest at Heppner Elementary School December 15. Sev- enteen participants shot a total of 25 free throws with the top scorer advancing to the Northeast District Hoop Shoot. The first-place hon- ors were: eight-nine-year- old girls, Ciciley Stefani; eight-nine-year-old boys, Cooper Stefani; 10-11-year- old girls, Healy Hisler; 10-11-year-old boys, Brody McDaniel; 12-13-year-old girls, Zaleta Masterson and 12-13-year-old boys, Mason Orem. The first-place winners will attend the district Hoop Shoot in Hermiston on Jan- uary 5 at Sandstone Mid- dle School at 1 p.m. The format is the same, with each participant shooting 10 free throws, resting then First place winners pictured (L-R): Zaleta Masterson, Healy Hisler, Ciciley Stefani, Cooper Stefani, Brody McDaniel and Mason Orem. shooting 15 for a total of 25. Other participants were The top scorer will advance Haden Cimmiyotti, Charlie to the state Hoop Shoot in Mullins, Kord Dickenson, February. Tenley Rosenbalm, Lily Nichols, Lizzie Ginn, KC Anderson, Keaton Coiner, Olson Anderson, Jackson Coiner and Hallee Hisler. Mustang wrestlers compete in Muilenburg tournament The Heppner wrestling team traveled to La Grande on Friday to compete in the Muilenburg tourna- ment. The Muilenburg is a two-day tournament with eighteen teams, ranging in size from 1A to 6A, with participants from Oregon, Idaho and Washington. Seven wrestlers from Hep- pner competed. The competition is al- ways fierce due to 32-man brackets and the long days, with the first day of compe- tition ending at 10:30 p.m. and the team right back at it the following day at 8 a.m. The team represented Hep- pner well by placing two wrestlers in the champion- ship round and one wrestler competing for first in the consolation round. Roen Waite wrestled at 106 pounds and end- ed the tournament with one win and two losses. Bryan Collins started the tournament off with a loss but fought back with two straight victories to get him to the fourth round of the consolations before he was ultimately defeated by a wrestler from Eatonville. Saul Lopez also lost his first match of the tournament but bounced back with three victories to put him in the consolation championship. He was defeated by a wres- tler from Hermiston. Suzanneah Cason, un- fortunately, lost her first two matches to wrestlers from La Grande and Hermiston. At 152 pounds, Edward Ellsworth lost his first two matches to wrestlers from Eatonville and La Grande. Heppner had two wrestlers at 160 pounds, Jace Coe and Conor Brosnan. Coe won his first two matches to put him into the quarterfinals against a wrestler from La Grande. He went on to lose a tight match that put him into the championship consolation round. He next had a victory by injury default which put him into a matchup with a wrestler from Scappoose. He lost a tight match by points and this put him into the finals for the fifth and sixth place. Brosnan started the tournament off with three victories which put him into the semifinals against a wrestler from Banks. He went on to lose this match by fall in the last seconds of the third round. This placed Conor in the cham- pionship consolation round where he wrestled against a boy from Burns. He lost this hard-fought match by points which put him in to the finals for fifth and sixth place against his teammate and friend, Jace Coe. This match would end up with Conor defeating Jace in a Suzanneah Cason vs. Cole Abbott of Hermiston. -Photo by Kirsti Cason. hard-fought battle. Conor would take home a medal for fifth and Jace a medal for sixth. The Mustangs will be in action on Wednesday, the 18 th at Echo starting at 1 p.m. They will also be wrestling at MacHi on Saturday, the 21 st starting at 10 a.m. Everyone is invited to come out and support the Mustang wrestlers as they put on a great show. Sheryl Angell, RN, BSN Trauma Coordinator Since 1993 “It’s not just what I do, it’s who I choose to be.” Determined, Kind, Positive A Healthier Morrow County is Within Me. Bryan Collins taking down a wrestler from La Grande High School. -Photo by Damon Brosnan. People who pursue a healthcare career are motivated by something or someone. For me, it was an upsetting encounter with a nurse as child. I became a nurse to be a better, more compassionate nurse than what I experienced. Patient advocacy, safety, and compassion inspire me to always do the very best I can. Read About How We are Working Together to be a Healthier Community Today and HealthyMC.org Where healthier is happening... Boardman | Heppner | Ione | Irrigon | Lexington 541-676-9133 ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: Saul Lopez taking down a wrestler from Union High School. -Photo by Damon Brosnan. MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M.