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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 19, 2020 County before landing her current job with the State of Oregon. -Continued from PAGE ONE In other business the intensity fires,” the Navy commissioners said Jerry said. Rietmann has been appoint- The Heppner Mustang Russell said he was ed by the Ione City Council boys’ basketball team won disappointed with the re- as director of development their last two Blue Mountain sponse but not surprised. to study a new wastewater Conference games of the He said over the years there system there. It is a volun- season. The Mustangs beat have been many attempts teer position that Rietmann the Enterprise Outlaws by to work with the Navy for says he is taking on to help the score of 60-30 and then management of the bomb- the community find a solu- defeated the Weston-McE- ing range almost always tion to its wastewater needs. wen Tigerscots 73-48. The without results. Since the The city has always wins put the Mustangs in a county has not made much been on septic systems and second-place tie with the headway on cooperation that can’t go on. The De- Pilot Rock Rockets. Both with the Navy over the partment of Environmental teams finished with 8-4 years, Russell was asked Quality wants Ione to get a records in conference play. what the next step might new central system but in The Mustangs next game be? “We have contacted our the past, it has just been too will be against the Rockets elected representatives, our expensive for the small city at the BMC District tour- two senators and Congress- to afford. nament on Friday at 2:45 at man Walden about this. Rietmann told the Ga- the Pendleton Convention They haven’t been able to zette-Times he has some Center. get anywhere either,” Rus- ideas about lower cost sys- After the long road trip sell said. “I think their (the tems that might satisfy the to Enterprise on a school Navy’s) attitude is ‘We just DEQ, and he is investigat- day last Tuesday, the Mus- don’t want to be bothered.’” ing something that may tangs came out of the locker “They just want to be out work in Ione. He points out room and jumped all over there and do what they that Ione has been working the Outlaws early. Heppner do without any pressure hard on providing housing went up 10-0 before Enter- from us on management,” and a good school system prise scored. The Mustangs Russell said. The bombing for potential new residents, then led at the end of the range is used as a training and a new sewer system is first quarter 15-4. ground for testing the EA- needed to build on what has The Mustangs contin- 18G Growler aircraft and been done there. ued their fine play in the for drone testing. Com- In other business the second quarter and out- manders for the facility are commissioners appointed scored the Outlaws 19-9 to located at the Naval Air Glorene Lesperance from take a 34-13 lead into the Station, Whidbey Island, Heppner, and Maria Cam- locker room at halftime. Washington. As part of bero from Boardman as Heppner went on an the letter, the Navy invited new members to the fair 8-0 run to open up play in the commissioners to visit board. They also reappoint- the second half. The Mus- Whidbey Island. “Every ed Cody High. tangs starters were pulled time we have a meeting, Fair Secretary Ann midway through the third we slide further back,” said Jones told the commis- quarter and did not play any Commissioner Jim Doherty sioners there have been more in the game. The Hep- about the county’s relation- some security concerns at pner bench players contin- ship with the Navy. “Why the fairgrounds and they are ued to dominate the action would we go to Whidbey hiring some security people and they stretched the lead Island?” Commissioner to take care of it. She said to 30 points at the end of the Melissa Lindsay asked. there were issues of people third quarter 50-20. In other business at messing with the small ani- The final quarter was their Feb. 12 meeting the mals and they want to make much of the same and the commissioners heard from the fair a secure place for trip home got a whole lot former Morrow County everyone. shorter as the Mustangs Planner Tamra Mabbott At a Feb. 5 meeting won the game by the score who is now the Eastern Ore- the commissioners had dis- of 60-30. gon Regional cussed the food concession Leading the way in Representa- at the county’s OHV park in scoring for the Mustangs tive with the the mountains. The Landing was Mason Lehman with State of Or- Restaurant was closed last egon Depart- year because it could not ment of Land find someone to operate it. Conservation Tamra The arrangement is for the Mabbott and Develop- of DLCD contractor to pay the county ment. 10 percent of gross revenue Mabbott went over from the food facility. The her current projects and commissioners discussed activities with the commis- several ways to try and keep sioners, including work on someone operating the food economic development. facility, which they see as She said a 2018 bill allo- a plus for the OHV park. cated $300,000 to provide It was suggested that may- assistance to eastern Ore- be the county should just Mason Lehman has signed a gon counties for economic charge a flat fee to lease the letter of intent with Eastern opportunity analysis. Thirty facilities instead of a per- Oregon University. cities in eight counties were centage of revenue. It was Heppner athletes Ma- helped with the grants, also discussed that maybe son Lehman and Nicole however Morrow County do a graduated fee schedule Propheter have both signed did not receive any funds and let someone pay less letters of intent to play because it was not des- initially and then increase sports for the colleges they ignated as economically the amount once they get plan to attend in the fall. distressed. Mabbott was the business established. Mason Lehman has the second paid planner in The county advertised for signed a letter of intent to Morrow County taking over people to submit proposals play football at Eastern from the first, Dean Seeger. on operating the food con- Oregon University in La From there she went on to cession. Grande. Mason is son of be the planner in Umatilla Andy and Jessica Stelk. was a first team all- ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: Mason state offensive and defen- sive player for the Heppner Mustangs. Mustangs win last two conference games NAVY Moving on to district tournament 18 points. He also had two rebounds, a steal and he blocked a shot in limited playing time. Casey Fletch- er was next with seven points, three rebounds, one assist, a steal and a he also blocked a shot. With six points each were Jayden Wilson and Kason Cim- miyotti. Wilson also had three rebounds, four steals and one blocked shot while Cimmiyotti recorded a steal and a blocked shot. With five points in the game was Roy Collins. He also had three rebounds and an assist for the team. Joe Sherman had four points, led the team with six re- bounds, had one assist and two steals. Jackson Lehman also scored four points and had three assists, two rebounds and three steals while Brock Hisler scored four points, had two rebounds and blocked one shot. Jorden Swee- ney recorded three points and three rebounds while Kellen Grant scored three and had one rebound and one steal. Kannon Wilkins grabbed four rebounds and Gavin Hanna Robinson had two steals in the game. In the home contest against the Tigerscots, the Mustangs came out fast and took a 5-0 lead before Weston-McEwen could score. The Mustangs con- tinued to dominate play and led at the end of the first quarter 16-10. During the second quar- ter, the Mustangs stretched the lead to as much as 14 points several times and they led at halftime 38-25. Weston-McEwen could not get any closer in the third quarter. The Mustangs stretched the lead to 20 points and led at the end of Heppner students sign letters of intent MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. the quarter 57-37. All of the Mustang team members played extended minutes in the second half. In the fourth quarter, the team continued to stretch out the lead. The Mustangs ended up winning the game by the score of 73-48. Once again, Mason Lehman led the team in scoring with 20 points in the game. He also recorded four rebounds and two as- sists. Wilson followed with 14 points, three rebounds and a steal. The third team member to finish in double figures was Hisler with 11 points, eight big rebounds, two assists and he had two steals. Fletcher had nine points, two rebounds, three steals and he blocked three shots in the game. Sherman chipped in eight points, had six rebounds, one assist and two steals on the night. Collins was next with four points, one rebound and one steal while Jackson Lehman scored three points, had one rebound, three assist and two steals. With two points each were Hanna Robinson and Grant. Hanna Robinson also had two rebounds, one assist and a steal while Grant ripped down six re- bounds. Wilkins had three rebounds and one assist, Sweeney recorded two re- bounds and a steal while Cimmiyotti had a rebound and a steal in the game. The JV Mustangs didn’t travel to Enterprise on a school night but they fin- ished their season at home against the Tigerscots. The JV Mustangs won their final game of the season by the score of 59-35. A balanced scoring at- tack was led by Roy Collins who scored 13 points in three quarters of play. Tuck- er Ashbeck was next with 12 points and Cody Fletch- er had 10. Trevor Nichols scored 9nine and Ty Boor finished with seven points. David Cribbs chipped in three points and with two points each were Mikel Jaca and Derrick Smith. Blake Carter scored one point to round out the scoring for the Mustangs. With the win, the JV team finished the season with a 14-5 overall record and they were 9-2 in con- ference play. The team outscored their opponents of the season 871 points to 690. They averaged 46 points a game and allowed an average of 36 points per game. With the outstanding play of the JV team, the future certainly looks bright for the Mustang basketball program. Annual Cruz-In scheduled The 19 th annual St. Pad- dy’s Cruz-In will be held March 14 during the 39 th annual St. Patrick’s Cel- ebration in Heppner. The car show will be set up on Willow Street between Heppner Market Fresh and St. Patrick’s senior center from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. All classic vehicle owners who wish to join the show should register at 9 a.m., with the cost being $20 per vehicle. Judging for awards will begin at 9 a.m. and winners will be announced at 3 p.m. Prizes will be awarded for Leprechaun’s Choice, Mustang’s Choice, Best Convertible, Best 1910’s – 1920’s Car or Pickup, Best Street Rod, Best Paint, Best Restomod Car, Best of Show and many more. The Participant’s Choice award will be selected by all participating car owners. A participant’s poker walk will be held through five downtown businesses, with a cash prize for the first- and second-best poker hands. For additional informa- tion, to obtain an entry form or to volunteer, contact Heppner Chamber of Com- merce at 541-676-5536 or Gary and Doris Jones at 541-676-5456. Community lunch menu Firelight/Christian Life volunteers will serve lunch on Wednesday, February 26 at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. Nicole Propheter signs her Lunch will be meat loaf, roasted red potatoes, corn, Key letter of intent with Lewis and West vegies, green beans and pineapple. Clark College. Milk, coffee and tea is served at each meal. Suggested “Mason had a great ca- donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change. reer at HHS. I look forward to watching him continue to play the game he loves,” stated his coach Greg Grant. William L Caplinger – William L. “Bill” Caplinger Nicole Propheter has signed a letter of intent to was born July 8, 1944 in Pendleton. He died February 12 play golf at Lewis and Clark at his home in Echo, OR at the age of 75 years. A graveside service will be held on Thursday, Feb- State College in Lewiston ID. Nicole is daughter of ruary 30 at 1 p.m. at the Echo Cemetery. Please share memories of Bill with his family at Gary and Nancy Propheter. Nicole is a returning all- burnsmortuaryhermiston.com. Burns Mortuary of Herm- state player who finished iston is in care of arrangements. 8 th at the state tournament David W. Lacey – David W. Lacey, 64, of Fossil, died in 2019. “Nicole continues to Tuesday, January 28 in Bend, OR. A graveside service will grow into a fantastic play- be held February 29 at 9:30 a.m. at the Condon Cemetery. A memorial service will follow at 11 a.m. February 29 er. She has worked hard to improve her game and she at the Community Baptist Church in Fossil. A celebration is a talented athlete to be- of life will be at the Man Cave, 48643 Old Hwy Road in gin with. I look forward to Fossil on February 29, at 1 p.m. This will be a potluck watching Nicole continue and ice cream social. Sweeney Mortuary of Condon is in care of arrange- to play the game she loves,” ments. stated coach Greg Grant. Death and Funeral Notices 123rd Heppner Elks Annual “Roaring 20s” Special! Purina Home Grown Chicken Feed $9.99 Pellets or Crumbles Morrow County Grain Growers Green Feed & Seed Heppner - 242 W Linden Way - 541-676-9422 Saturday, February 22 Ladies tea will begin at 3 p.m. Lodge at 3:30 p.m. Dinner at 6 p.m. Smoked/BBQ pork loin and fixings We encourage everyone to dress the theme and come & enjoy the celebration of our community & elks lodge!
