EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Wranglers April 27
play day results
The Wranglers Riding
Club held a successful play
day event on Saturday,
April 27, featuring a variety
of age divisions and timed
events. Young riders show-
cased their horsemanship
skills in stick-horse races,
barrels, poles, and key-hole
races.
Below are the results:
Stick-Horse Race
3 & Under
1st – Ruby Rietmann
2nd – Brantlie Blair
3rd – Karter Mae Evans
4th – Hazel Osborn
4 & 5 Year Olds
1st – Sheldon Milligan
2nd – Sawyer Ham
3rd – Maverick Rhea
4th – Ada Osborn
6–7 Year Olds
1st – Grady Mullins
2nd – Oakley Bergstrom
3rd – Lotus Armstrong
4th – Rhemi Osborn
Barrel Racing
Lead-line
1st – Iris Armstrong, 34.131
2nd – Maverick Rhea,
34.422
3rd – Ada Osborn, 36.248
4th – Lotus Armstrong,
38.891
Peewee Wranglers
1st – Kinsley Schlaich,
19.075
2nd – Price Hines, 21.848
3rd – Rhemi Rey Osborn,
41.797
Lil Wranglers (8–11 Years
Old)
1st – Jaylee Schlaich,
17.580
2nd – Lydia Knowles,
20.159
3rd – Karter Jo Hines,
23.371
4th – Kathryn Knowles,
24.399
Junior Wranglers (12–15
Years Old)
1st – KC Anderson, 19.117
2nd – Ashlee Knutz, 21.291
3rd – Brooklyn Hendricks,
22.157
4th – Allison Crum, 24.050
Senior Wranglers (16 &
Over)
1st – Saige Jensen, 20.689
2nd – Olivia Humphreys,
20.983
Pole Bending
Lead-line
1st – Iris Armstrong, 52.720
2nd – Ada Osborn, 53.630
3rd – Lotus Armstrong,
56.921
4th – Maverick Rhea,
57.370
Peewee Wranglers
1st – Kinsley Schlaich,
25.951
2nd – Price Hines, 28.529
Lil Wranglers (8–11 Years
Old)
1st – Jaylee Schlaich,
20.665
2nd – Lydia Knowles,
24.167
3rd – ElleiGene Fennern,
25.088
4th – Kathryn Knowles,
31.345
Junior Wranglers (12–15
Years Old)
1st – KC Anderson, 21.382
2nd – Brooklyn Hendricks,
24.808
3rd – Ashlee Knutz, 27.065
4th – Morgan Milligan,
34.015
Senior Wranglers
1st – Olivia Humphreys,
26.670
2nd – Saige Jensen, 29.691
Key-Hole Race
Lead-line
1st – Iris Armstrong, 9.398
2nd – Maverick Rhea,
11.303
3rd – Ada Osborn, 12.673
4th – Lotus Armstrong,
12.873
Peewee Wranglers
1st – Price Hines, 7.888
2nd – Kinsley Schlaich,
8.809
3rd – Rhemi Rey Osborn,
14.466
Lil Wranglers (8–11 Years
Old)
1st – Kathryn Knowles,
6.684
2nd – Lydia Knowles, 7.286
3rd – Karter Jo Hines, 8.742
4th – EllieGene Fennern,
9.559
Junior Wranglers (12–15
Years Old)
1st – KC Anderson, 6.212
2nd – Ashlee Knutz, 6.853
3rd – Brooklyn Hendricks,
8.637
4th – Morgan Milligan,
8.835
Senior Wranglers
1st – Olivia Humphreys,
11.109
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lapse—the time to act is
now.
3. Fair Share, Local
Benefits
-Stabilizes revenue
streams, modernizes fund-
ing, and invests in safe,
multimodal transportation
options.
-50 percent of revenue
goes directly to cities and
counties for local streets.
-$250 million will fund
promised projects, boosting
regional economies and
creating construction jobs.
As a mayor, I urge our
legislators to act now. In-
action is not an option.
Oregon’s transportation
systems are at a tipping
point, and decisions we
make today will shape the
future of our state and com-
munities. Invest in safety
and stability. Let’s pass the
Oregon Transportation Re-
investment Package.
Michelle Patton,
Mayor of Irrigon, OR
Vote for
change at
the Port
So happy to see the Port
candidates concerned with
the Nitrate issue. They are
forward looking and future
oriented. I’m going to put
my endorsements behind
Fletcher Hobbs, Abe Mc-
Namee and Danny Kerns.
All three see the importance
of the environment, as it
relates to the economy and
the viability of the resourc-
es we rely on. The cost
of maintaining the status
quo far exceeds the cost of
change. Years of visionless
leadership landed the Port
the second-largest envi-
ronmental penalty in DEQ
history.
It’s time to change leg-
acy processes and strategies
and move the Port of Mor-
row into the future.
“Everything you want
is on the other side of fear”
(J. Canfield).
We need fearless lead-
ership; “box breakers.”
Whether it be valuable
infrastructure, work force
education or quality of life
issues, opportunity awaits.
They support dis-
trict-wide goals that en-
compass all communities,
willing to communicate,
collaborate and commit.
Fletcher Hobbs, Danny
Kerns and Abe McNamee
all know how to develop
strong partnerships and use
the region’s strengths to
create successful business-
es. They’ve all done it. Big
business or small business,
it takes the same skills and
aptitudes to spin economic
growth. These guys are our
future.
Get out and vote.
Kelly Doherty
Boardman, OR
Nichols will
be a force for
change
A very important elec-
tion for Morrow County
Health District board mem-
bers is upcoming. I recom-
mend you cast your vote for
Russel Nichols.
In recent years, staffing
for caregivers has been in-
sufficient, forcing patients
to travel out of town for
health care. Dr. Nichols is
willing to volunteer his time
and medical expertise in an
effort to revitalize the health
care in Morrow County and
restore local services.
New members and
ideas on the board are cru-
cial for us to reach our goal
of receiving care locally. I
believe Russel Nichols will
be a driving force for MC
health and urge you to vote
for him.
Karen Thompson
Heppner, OR
best qualified person who
will do a wonderful job.
Our Morrow County
Health District is in trouble!
If we don’t choose the best
qualified person for the
job, Morrow County could
lose our hospital and health
district. Try to think about
what would have an effect
on all of the people in South
Morrow County.
I’m recommending
Molly Rhea. Molly grew
up and went to school in
Heppner and graduated
from Heppner High School.
She studied nursing at Good
Samaritan School of Nurs-
ing, graduating in 1979.
Molly moved back to
Heppner after graduation
and started her nursing
career at Pioneer Memorial
Hospital. She continued
from 1979 to 1985. She
proved herself to be con-
scientious and a stickler
for details. She would work
extra hours to make sure
the patients came first and
were comfortable. She was
a wonderful, caring nurse.
She knows the health
district. She knows how all
of this works. In 2016, Mol-
ly worked at Grand Ronde
Hospital.
Molly has been a ded-
icated, caring RN through-
out her career.
We desperately need
Molly on our Morrow
County Health District
Board. With her years of
experience as a person who
has worked in many areas
as a nurse, as director of
the health district, she is
well qualified. Nurses who
have worked in all phases of
nursing carry a huge wealth
of information.
Please join me in voting
for Molly Rhea as the next
member of the Morrow
County Health District.
She will do an out-
standing job.
Thank you for your
vote.
Sincerely,
Betty Jean Jepsen
Ione, OR
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Dear friends and neigh-
bors of Morrow County,
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Yankees run Nationals out of stadium
(L) Darby gets a lead off second. -Photo by Brian Bunch
By Brian Bunch
It was week two of
Pendleton Babe Ruth play
and the Heppner Hodgen
Distribution Yankees (2-1)
played host to the Athena
Coca-Cola Nationals (1-3)
at Bob White Field in Pend-
leton on Thursday, April 24.
The Yankee dugout
looked a little different
from Week one; to improve
the quality of playing time
for all players and make the
game flow better, the team
will have weekly game
rosters set. With only 11
players making the trip
for game day, there will be
more quality innings played
per player than when they
try to get all 17 players
playing time in each game.
Keep that in mind if you’re
making the trip to watch a
specific player; you might
want to check with the play-
er to ensure they are on the
game day roster.
The sun was out with
a temperature around 68
degrees at the first pitch and
the Yankees were ready to
feed off the spring energy.
Maddex McMasters
started on the mound for
the Yankees earning the win
and pitching 3.0 shutout
innings, allowing two hits
and one walk while earning
two strikeouts. Included
in that performance was
a masterful second inning
where he sat down the Na-
tionals in order, bookended
by strikeouts.
Carter Adams closed
the game, pitching 2.0 shut-
out innings and earning
three strikeouts. Carter’s
fourth inning looked much
like Maddex’s second in-
ning, sitting down the Na-
tionals in order, with anoth-
er bookend set of K’s.
Darby Spivey led the
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team at the plate, scoring
four runs on three hits and
a walk. Maddex joined
Darby as the only other
Yankee with multiple hits,
with two hits for two RBIs
and one run. Kord Dick-
enson, Brody Ogden and
Joel Wilson also added hits
to the board. JJ McDaniel
joined Carter leading the
team in walks, with four
a piece; also adding three
runs each. With eight hits
and 14 walks, the Yankees
pushed 21 runs across the
plate on 22 at-bats with
only three strikeouts. All
11 players who made the
trip added runs to the board,
getting on base in one way
or another.
When the dust settled
on the top frame of the fifth
inning, the Mustangs found
themselves up 21-0. Up
against a time limit and well
beyond any mercy rule in
place, the game was called.
At the end of Week Two the
Yankees have settled into
third place in the league and
will look to improve on that
as they play the third game
in a tripleheader on April
28, hosting the Pilot Rock
Byrnes Oil Mariners at Bob
White Field in Pendleton at
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