FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Jeff and Christine Bailey receive September Yard
The Bailey’s moved
into their new home at 860
Lakeview Court in 2003.
There was only hillside,
rocks, and lots of alkaline
dirt and later mud on the
lot that first fall and winter
until Jeff could sow grass
seed in the spring. First
came some leveling and
almost daily picking out
load after load of rocks,
then hauling in two loads
of topsoil. He and Christine
had their front sidewalk
poured in a slight arc to
create a large planting bed
next to the front entry and
then a bit ironically brought
in rock to cover the new
bed’s plantings. Automatic
underground sprinklers in-
stalled by Jeff, his brother
and father keep everything
green and growing. Since
Jeff mowed lawns for hire
beginning at age nine, he is
the official lawn caretaker.
Christine created a circle
at the center of the front
bed, made of special large
stones including petrified
wood. Rocks from her
childhood Texas panhandle
home were moved by her
parents over the years to
their homes in Milton-Free-
water and Tri-Cities as they
followed her Dad’s employ-
ment with Phillips 66, and
now some of those rocks
are in Christine’s ‘Ring of
Rocks’ in Heppner. This
year, Christine planted red,
white, and blue flowers
within its circle. Scattered
throughout the bed are heart
shaped rocks that she finds
various places.
Part of a side yard has
been neatly terraced by
Jeff as the property slopes
down to a backyard where
the family dogs can watch
what’s going on through the
cyclone fence.
Here around the tidy lawn
can be found a fenced off
corner plus a metal and
wood raised bed for veg-
etables. Although her
mother always had a large
vegetable garden, Christine
has only recently started
canning with the encour-
agement of a friend.
The back deck has
large hanging baskets of
colorful annuals and also
several pots of vegetables,
all watered with a drip
line system. The top deck
is a quiet spot to watch
morning sunrises or to sit
in its afternoon shade with
a view to the reservoir and
Heppner hills, making this
the favorite outdoor area for
both Baileys.
Multiple pots hold bright
annuals around the yard and
Jeff’s favorite is the same as
what his Mom liked; bright
red geraniums. Christine’s
are the vibrant gerbera dai-
sies.
Some of the plantings are
lavender, boxwood, trum-
pet vine, burning bushes,
lilac, hosta, cosmos, snap-
dragons, miniature rose, al-
yssum, and forget-me-nots.
They do have deer visit,
and an occasional skunk
including one that visited
their garage, but fortunately
left without leaving a trace.
Neighbors reported that
a cougar passed through.
There are lots of birds and
a flock of geese to watch
take off each morning and
return later to the lake. The
goats brought in to graze the
Willow Creek Dam front
can be seen from their back
deck and are entertaining to
watch.
Jeff is originally from
Enterprise in Wallowa
County. After college he
worked as a grain trader,
then eventually joined the
Bank of Eastern Oregon,
first at the Arlington branch,
then to Heppner for a total
of 26 years with the bank.
He and Christine lived in
Kennewick, Beaverton,
Olex, and then Heppner.
Christine had a little shock
when moving from populat-
ed Beaverton to Olex with
two small boys, but it didn’t
take long to thoroughly en-
joy country life. All three
of their children graduated
from Heppner High School;
Justin, Jordan, and Caitlynn
and went on to college.
Yard of the Month is
co-sponsored by the Hep-
pner Volunteers, MCGG/
Green Feed & Seed Store,
and the City of Heppner.
Warrenton downs
Mustangs 27-0
The Heppner Mustang
football team traveled to the
Oregon Coast and played
the Warrenton Warriors.
The Mustangs lost the game
27-0 to the 10th ranked 3A
team in the latest OSAA
football rankings. Heppner
took the field and played
11 man football, not the
2A brand of 9 man that has
been implemented this year.
Neither team got much
going early in the game
as they traded several
possessions before the
Warriors scored to make
the score 6-0. Another
Warrenton touchdown in
the second quarter made the
score 12-0 at halftime.
In the second half the
Mustangs continued to not
get much offense going
against the stout Warrenton
defense. The Heppner
defense played well enough
and only gave up two more
touchdowns in the second
half. That made the final
score of the game 27-0 in
favor of Warrenton.
Heppner could only
manage 75 total yards in the
game compared to 293 for
Warrenton. The Mustangs
had -10 passing yards in
the game.
The Mustangs managed
only 85 total yards of
rushing and were led by
Landon Mitchell with 37
yards on 12 carries and
Caden George followed
with 23. Saul Lopez ran
for 19 yards and Cameron
Proudfoot and Hayden
McMahon each had 3 yards
in the game.
On the defensive side
of the ball, Lopez led the
Mustangs in tackles with
9. Ty Boor and Jaime Ca-
van each had 8 tackles and
Cade Cunningham finished
with 7. Mitchell recorded
5 and with 4 tackles each
were George, Proudfoot
and Karver Wilkins. David
Cribbs had 3 tackles and
with 2 each were Jake Lentz
and Landon McMahon.
Mason Orem and Hayden
McMahon each had 1 tackle
in the game.
The Mustangs play the
Irrigon Knights at home this
week on Thursday night
at Les Payne Field. Game
time has been changed to
7:30 pm.
Meet the Heppner Mustang Cheerleaders
By Tylynn Cimmiyotti
“We are the Mustangs,
and we can’t be beat! We
will never ever take de-
feat!” - Will forever be one
of my favorite cheers.
There’s lots of
clapping, snapping, and
leg slapping; maybe you
know it, or maybe you
need to know it…
This year’s cheer
squad is made up of six
spunky gals ready to show
their Mustang Pride at
each home football game.
You might recog-
nize a few; returning for
cheer are seniors: Brook
Wilson (4th year), Camryn
Scrivner (3rd year), and
junior: Ariana Worden
(3rd year).
New to the squad
this year are sophomore:
Keeley Nairns, freshmen:
Lily Nichols and Sarah
Munkers.
C o a c h Ay m e e
Wilson, who is on her
tenth season of coaching
the Mustangs overall and
second year as head coach,
says the team is working
hard on new cheers and
dance routines for this
season.
Heppner Mustang Cheerleaders! L-R Camryn Scrivner, Arianna Worden, Keeley
Nairns, Sarah Munkers, and Brooklyn Wilson. Not pictured: Lily Nichols. Photo by
Tylynn Cimmiyotti
Coach Wilson also
coached for a PALS youth
league in Portland and was
a Varsity Basketball Cheer-
leader at David Douglas.
She tells me that
these girls are committed,
getting up at 6 am every
weekday and giving morn-
ing practice their all before
heading to school for the
day. A few are juggling
multiple sports as well this
season.
The cheerleaders
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are looking forward to
homecoming and all the
&
school spirit that week of
events brings.
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