WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2015
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Farm-City Open names champion
Rodeo week
starts with golf
tournament
By SAM BARBEE
Staff Writer
The sixth annual Farm-
City Open at Big River
Golf Course ended with
one team taking home
most of the prizes.
The team captained by
Hermiston High School
assistant baseball coach
Matt Bergstrom — com-
prised of Bergstrom,
Cody Neddo, Mike Berg-
strom and Jon Gill, took
the scramble champion-
ship, shooting a 58 to
edge Jacob Neighbors’
team (Neighbors, Ben
Hunter, Chris Elliott and
Stacy Hunter) by a stroke.
Bergstrom and com-
pany took home special
Farm-City Open belt
buckles and bottles of
Farm-City’s own whis-
key, Chute Eight. Neigh-
bors received Nike 3
Woods. Darren McNamee
(McNamee, Bob Brin-
kley, Taylor Smith and
Joe Faretta) took third
and got Nike golf bags.
Kurt Masey (Masey, Kent
Bineder, Ray Baker and
Marty Britt) were fourth
and received Nike putters.
Paul Sorenson (Soren-
son, Pat Kerrogan, Terry
Rowan and Tamara Row-
an) were ¿ fth and earned
Sherrell Chevrolet Wind-
shirts. Gunner Olsen (Ol-
sen, Rich Betz, Jason Gray-
beal and Jake Malmberg)
were sixth after a putt-off
and got Sherrell Chevrolet
STAFF PHOTO BY SAM BARBEE
Matt Bergstrom (center) poses with his team made up of Mike Bergstrom (left), Jon Gill (second from left) and Cody Neddo (fourth from left) and their belt buckles and
whiskey after winning the sixth annual Farm-City Open scramble at Big River Golf Course in McNary on Saturday.
Sport Tek jackets.
Paden
LaCoursiere
(LaCoursiere,
Kenzie
Hansell, Arlin Phillips
and Randy Moulton) were
seventh after a putt-off
and got Chevrolet tail-
gate duffel bags. Lance
Malmberg
(Malmberg,
Will Sather, Bill Kik and
Kent Gutierrez) were
eighth after a put-off and
got Farm-City Pro Rodeo
Nike polo shirts.
Brian Getchell (Getch-
ell, Rob Mallicoat, Chris
Getchell and Kevin Mills)
were ninth and got Army
National Guard iPad
backpacks; and Anthony
Faretta (Faretta, David
Bothum, Luke Hansell
and Dave Dickmeier)
were 10th and received
golf balls.
In the putt-offs, which
had two putters from each
team try to sink around a
10-footer, Neighbors’ team,
competing against Masey
and Olsen for second, third
and fourth, was the only
team to sink one on 7. Mc-
Namee’s miss was closer to
the whole than Masey’s set-
ting their ¿ nishes.
On 18, which was set-
tling sixth, seven, eighth
and ninth between La
Coursiere, Olsen, Malm-
berg and Getchell, La
Coursiere set the standard
by getting within a foot.
Olsen was a few inch-
es inside, and Malmberg
lipped out, but was still
closer than Getchell.
Bergstrom, in addition
to being captain of the
winning team, won three
long putt contests, and his
team won $32 in a skins
game. Bob Dull won two
long putts as well, and
Paul Sorenson won a cou-
ple of hole contests. None
of the hole-in-one prizes,
which included a 2015
Chevrolet Malibu, were
fulfilled.
Life Chapter in the 1980s.
It has been suggested,
Rolen said, that the area
might bene¿ t from a com-
munity resource of that
type again. Plans to or-
ganize a group were dis-
cussed during the July 29
gathering and will con-
tinue during an upcoming
meeting.
Anyone who is interest-
ed is invited to attend Tues-
day, Aug. 18, at 6 p.m. at
The Arc, 215 W. Orchard
Ave., Hermiston.
For more information,
call Rolen at 541-667-2001.
NEWS IN BRIEF
HHS class of 1960
sets reunion
The Hermiston High
School class of 1960 is
planning its 55-year re-
union.
The event kicks off
Friday, Sept. 25, at 5 p.m.
with a drop-in social time
at 5 p.m. at The Pheasant
Cafe, 147 E. Main St. The
activities continue Sat-
urday, Sept. 26, with a
5 p.m. Happy Hour and
dinner at 6 p.m. at the
Walchli Ranch, 79937 S.
Edwards Road. A final
gathering is planned Sun-
day, Sept. 27, at 11 a.m.
at McKenzie Park, 320 S.
First St.
Organizers are looking
for contact information
on Lorena Culp and Judy
Riker Martin.
Fore more information,
call Lee Baggett at 541-
310-0061.
Hospice off ers
grief support
Ongoing grief sup-
port groups are available
through Vange John Me-
morial Hospice.
The group meets the
second and fourth Mon-
days of each month from
6-7:30 p.m. in Confer-
ence Room M02 of the
Good Shepherd Medical
Plaza, 600 N.W. 11th St.
The room is in the base-
ment of the building next
to the main hospital cam-
pus.
The group is open-end-
ed, so new people are
welcome to attend the
program at any time. For
more information, call
541-667-3543.
Concert highlights
the life of Christ
UMATILLA — A fa-
miliar face to churches in
the area, Sean Rogers —
one-half of the Ring Praise
Music Ministry — will per-
form with tenor Stephan
Craig.
“The Light and Life
of Christ” concert is Sun-
day, Aug. 23, at 3 p.m. at
the Umatilla Presbyterian
Church, 14 Martin Drive.
There is no admission
charge, although a freewill
offering will be taken.
Rogers, who plays pia-
no, is a concert artist who
is just as comfortable with
classical music as he is
jazz. At the age of 8, he
accepted his ¿ rst full-time
organist position with a
church. When he was 12, he
began playing weekly as an
entertainer in a lounge and
restaurant and continued
that until he left for college.
Craig tours nationally
singing opera, classical and
musical theater. He shares
his personal testimony and
love of music through a
heartfelt musical celebra-
tion.
For more information,
call Norma Bussler at 541-
922-5382.
Located in Cooper Hall,
the booth is open from 10
a.m. to 10 p.m. It also in-
cludes posters, stickers and
information regarding life
issues.
Local residents met July
29 at The Arc Building
to prepare for the booth,
which will be manned for
two-hour shifts by approxi-
mately 60 men and women.
It’s sponsored by the Ore-
gon Right to Life Education
Fund.
Marge Rolen and Dean-
na Leonard said Hermis-
ton had an active Right to
Right to life group has
booth in Cooper Hall
Fairgoers are invited to
learn more about Right to
Life issues by visiting its
booth this week during the
Umatilla County Fair.
The booth features a
phone that records the
heartbeat of a 2-month-old
baby in utero and the ¿ lm
“Wonder of Life.”
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