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!