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Hermiston Herald HermistonHerald.com WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2015 Stanfi eld advances to Semifi nals Page 9 $1.00 CHASING COURTESY PHOTO BY CARL BANKER eld’s playoff run Stanfi reminiscent of 1957 title team Inside HISTORY By SAM BARBEE Staff Writer Before the Stan¿ eld Tigers beat Vernonia, 56- 26, two weeks ago in the 2A OSAA quarter¿ nals, it had been 58 years since a Tigers football team won a playoff game. That was the 195, when the Stan¿ eld Tigers, then in Class B, went 10-0, part of a 26-game winning streak that ended with 1958’s ¿ rst con- test, a 28-13 defeat to Maupin. That 1957 Tigers team was a juggernaut. They allowed just six points during the regular season and just 19 points between the regular sea- son and playoffs. They ¿ nished the regular sea- son with ¿ ve straight shutouts a 6-0 thriller over Pilot Rock, consecutive 39-0 wins over McEwen and Echo, a 38-0 win over Heppner and a 37-0 win over then-rival Umatilla. Stan¿ eld also had shutout wins over Fossil (74-0) in the opener and a 46-0 throttling of Joseph. The lone regular sea- son non-shutout was a 46-6 drubbing of Elgin. In all, Stanfield averaged 40.4 points per game and allowed a staggering 1.9. To put that in perspec- tive, the best offense in Stanfield’s division this sea- son is averaging just over 50 points per game (Hep- pner), and the best defense is allowing 12.7 points per game (Reedsport). No team has allowed fewer than 100 points, much less fewer than 20. By comparison, Stan¿ eld struggled through the ¿ rst two rounds of the playoffs, beating Union 26-6 and Merrill 27-7. But they had no trouble with Powers in the Class B title game, running away with a 46-0 win. The Dec. 5, 1957, issue of the Hermiston Herald includes a front-page story on the title game. It reads, in part “The Tiger su- periority was shown in the opening moments of the game when Walt Wolfe grabbed two Powers fumbles” and the Tigers scored a touchdown af- ter the second turnover. The story mentions that an impromptu dinner was held at a restaurant in Stan¿ eld, and an impromptu dance broke out as well. Stan¿ eld tries to maintain its best football season since then when it plays No. 4 Kennedy in Hillsboro on Saturday at noon. PLAYOFFS ABOUT TOWN Horneck building dedication Wednesday Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center will dedicate the Don Horneck Memorial Building and host and open house on Wednesday. The building dedication will occur at 2 p.m. at the Hermiston Agricultur- al Research and Exten- sion Center, 2121 S. First Horneck St., Hermis- ton. The building houses the agronomy lab, insect rear- ing rooms, tissue culture room and room to house equipment. It is dedicated in memory of Don Horneck, an extension agronomist at Oregon State University who died Sept. 28, 2014. .Horneck, who lived in Irri- gon, was a specialist in soil fertility and had worked for OSU since 2000. “This facility is a tre- mendous addition to this research and extension center and will signi¿ cant- ly aid staff to provide new research based informa- tion to the region’s agri- culture community,” said Phil Hamm, director of the OSU Hermiston Agricul- tural Research and Exten- sion Center. Good Shepherd recognized for good outcomes STAFF PHOTO BY E.J. HARRIS $ERYH6WDQÀHOGTXDUWHUEDFN'\ODQ*URJDQJHWVZUDSSHGXSE\DSDLURI +HSSQHUGHIHQGHUVLQWKH0XVWDQJ·VZLQDJDLQVWWKH7LJHUVRQ)ULGD\ LQ6WDQÀHOG 7RS7KH6WDQÀHOG7LJHUVSRVHVDIWHUEHDWLQJ3RZHUVLQWKH &ODVV%VWDWHFKDPSLRQVKLSJDPH7KHQDPHVZHUHODUJHO\JLYHQE\ UHFROOHFWLRQE\%DQNHUDQGVRPHQDPHVDUHPLVVLQJ7RSURZIURPOHIW WRULJKW8QLGHQWLÀHGXQLGHQWLÀHG7LP&DUU-LP-HQNLQV1RUP (YDQV5D\&R[XQLGHQWLÀHG*DU\$EOH:DOW:ROIHXQLGHQWLÀHG &KXFN*URJDQ&DUO%DQNHU$VVLVWDQWFRDFK-DFN&KDSPDQ-RKQ +DXN%RWWRPURZIURPOHIWWRULJKW+HDGFRDFK*DU\%XUWRQ%HQ 6FKDW]0LNH0LULFNXQLGHQWLÀHG-RH\.XQD&ODXGH2WLV -RKQ6WDPDWH7RP6WDPDWH$QG\.DQJDV For more on Stanfi eld’s playoff run this season, see Page A9. Girl Scouts rededicate peace pole after vandalism By JADE McDOWELL Staff Writer After a “peace pole” hon- oring veterans was vandalized at McKenzie Park, a local Girl Scout unit put its replacement in the safest place they could think of right in front of the police station. The pole was rededicated on Nov. 11 in front of the Bob Shannon Safety Center by the Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southeast Washington Service Unit 22. Troop leader Michelle Kane said the original peace pole was installed in 2007 after the Girl Scouts decided they want- ed to use the funds from their annual father-daughter ball for a community project. “Since the funds came from the community we wanted to give back to the communi- ty,” Kane said. “After much See PEACE, A16 STAFF PHOTO BY JADE McDOWELL *LUO6FRXWVSDVVWKHPLFURSKRQHZKLOHUHFLWLQJDSRHPGXULQJWKHGHGLFDWLRQ RIDSHDFHSROHSLFWXUHGDWULJKWLQIURQWRIWKH%RE6KDQQRQ6DIHW\&HQWHURQ :HGQHVGD\ Good Shepherd Health Care System has received national recognition for ex- cellence in patient outcomes and ¿ nancial strength. The recognition comes from iVantage Health Analytics and the National Organiza- tion of State Of¿ ce of Rural Health after an analysis of 4,000 acute care hospitals nationwide using 66 differ- ent metrics. The award for patient outcomes refers to low numbers for mortality rates, readmission within 30 days, infections and other adverse outcomes related to hospital stays. The data is collected by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and made public in an effort to increase transparency, em- power patients and give hos- pitals constructive feedback. Good Shepherd president and CEO Dennis Burke called the award “truly an honor, and a team effort.” “We have a strong bond with our community,” he said in a news release. “Many of the people we treat are our neighbors, friends, and, in some cases, family. Our staff feels a strong sense of duty and accomplishment in striving to provide the best quality services in each of our departments.” Michael Topchik, senior vice president of iVantage Health Analytics, said in a statement that hospitals in the top 25 percent nation- wide should take pride in their status. “On this occasion of National Rural Health Day, taking place nationally on November 19, it’s an honor to celebrate their achieve- ment as they continue to serve their communities de- spite the many market, reg- ulatory and ¿ nancial pres- sures they face,” he said.