EIGHT The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Ore., Thursday. April 21, 1977
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What run-off?
True or false?
The general angling season in Oregon opens April 23,
Saturday.
If you said true, then go watch a baseball game.
Northeastern Oregon anglers can take a break until late May
before they can dangle worms in front of the timid Dolly
Varden.
Every region in the state...
except northeastern Oregon...
lists Saturday, April 23 as the
opening fishing date. In this
area, we have to wait until
May 21.
Why? A pretty legitimate
reason, whether we like it or
not.
"We have to give the young
steelhead protection in the
creeks," according to Glen
Ward, Oregon Fish and Wild
life Biologist in Heppner.
Ward said the young steelys
would be taken as trout if we
didn't wait until run-off.
The water is low all over the state, but northeastern Oregon
is setting some kind of precedent for slowing down steelhead
spawning runs. The law postponing opening date until late
May has been around three years now.
Steelhead would have a tough time getting up Willow and
Rhea creeks with the lack of water, but dams have stopped
them from taking that route anyway. But nonetheless, other
streams are making it difficult for adults to get upstream and
spawn.
It's those little steelys, those 6-8 inches, that will be hooked
on a stringer and taken as trout if the fishermen don't wait
until May 21. Some will be taken as trout anyway, Ward said.
During the spring run-off, some of the fish will stay in the
creeks, but the majority will go out with the high water
run-off. Unfortunately for the fish and the fishermen, not to
mention the farmer, the run-off this year doesn't promise to
be flood size, by any means.
There are a few places to wet your worms, however, and
the state has done its derndest to plant a few nice fish for the
anglers.
At Wineland Lake (Camp Five) and Bull Prairie, year
'round fishing is legal. Twenty-five hundred fish have been
stocked at Camp Five. Bull Prairie, Ward anticipating a
small winter kill, is still producing good angling.
Bull Prairie is free of ice and the road is open.
For those who wait until May 21 to angle, Rhea and Willow
creeks will be ready. Ward said both the area creeks will be
stocked by opening date.
Cutsforth Pond usually gets three loads of 1,000 fish each
over the season. But because of low water, that figure will be
cut.
But don't be alarmed. Those fish have got to swim
somewhere, so they'll probably get a shot at Penland Lake or
Bull Prairie. Plans were for 3,000 fish at Cutsforth Pond, so
the other two area lakes will be ready for the night crawlers.
There has been a "big" fish carryover, but it hasn't been
plentiful, Ward said. The outlook for the area, with a decent
snow pack in the Willow Creek drainage area, is
encouraging, if the weather stays cool for awhile.
Steelheading is open below Kimberly on the John Day
River. But don't let Vic Groshens catch you on the north fork
or the main stream of the John Day above Kimberly. It is
closed to steely hunting.
Just forget the Rowe Creek Reservoir near Spray. All there
is for the fish to swim in there is mud ; the water is gone. The
reservoir is dry.
Rowe Creek's dryness can only mean more fish for other
areas. The usual 8,000 fish stocked in that puddle will be
transferred to water in other areas.
Trout not your style? Then how about bass? Bass fishing
should be good on the John Day from Spray downstream. But
the weather will have to get warmer and heat the water to
about 60 degrees before the bass will hit your plug.
My personal favorite is catfishing on the Snake River.
Even if we don't connect with fish and lip, the scenery in
Hell's Canyon can't be beat.
Two guys were sitting in a booth in Richland near a good
cat hole, Brownlee Reservoir. One old timer said to the other,
"Hey, Mo, have you caught any big ones lately?"
The other guy turned his old tired head slowly and with a
border drawl said, "Yep. I caught me a whopper t'other day.
I don't know how big he was, but the picture weighed 14
pounds."
Are you ready for fishing season? Better get that way;
you've got a month before the local creeks are ready for you.
Randy Worden pulls and delivers to a Riverside batter in Tuesday night's 9-8 win. Worden gave
up five hits in as many innings. ( G-T Pnoto)
HHS
thinclads
destroy
L foes
5 It was more than lust
appropriate that Heppner's
Mustang thinclads inaugur
ated a new track facility with
a devastating five team vic
tory Tuesday. Every Heppner
school mark was destroyed
because of the new track's
'meter instead of yards'
standard.
Heppner strode to victory
with nine first places, gar
nering 123 points, more than
doubling closest Oregon Trail
at 58. Pilot Rock followed with
32, Umapine had 18 and Ukiah,
12.
The Mustangs poured it on,
winning the shot, 1600 meters,
400 meters, 100 meters, long
jump, disc, triple jump, 300
meter intermediate hurdles,
and 3000 meters.
And every event that the
Mustangs didn't win, they took
a second place.
Brian Marlin won three
events, Marty Smith and Dan
Nix each won two, Mark Piper
won one and Steve McLaugh
lin won one.
Smith's 46-51-. in the shot
was one of the meet's high
lights. Marlin won the 100
meters in 11.9, then long
jumped and triple jumped his
way to golds.
Nix, a sophomore, won the
3000 meters in 10:49 and the
1600 meter event in 4:55.8.
McLaughlin ran 43.76 in the
IMs and Piper was a 53.9
winner in the 400 meters.
First place winners and
Heppner finishers follow:
Javelin: Seifer (OT) 173-10,
Christman second, Smith
third, Mark Parker fifth. 400
meter relay: Oregon Trail
46.7, Heppner second.
Shot put: Smith 46-5M, Jim
Parker fourth. 1600 meters:
Nix 4:55.8. 400 meters: Piper
53.9. High jump: Jeff La
vender (PR) 6-1, Piper sec
ond, Clow third.
100 meters: Marlin 11.9,
Jones fifth. Discus: Smith
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PGA pro
to teach at
Boardman
Neil Christian, a Pro
fessional Golf Associa
tion ( PGA ) teaching pro
will be in Boardman
next Wednesday and
Thursday to start a
weekly clinic.
Christian, a three
time northwest profes
sional champion, will
teach at Willow Run
Golf Course in Board
man, where he taught
last year.
If a good response is
made for lessons from
Christian, the former
champ will continue on
Wednesday and Thurs
day each week.
For information or an
appointment, golf en
thusiasts are asked to
call 481-4381.
An 8-0 lead almost faded in
the waning innings Tuesday
night, but Heppner's Mustang
diamond nine improved their
record to 4-3 with a 9-8 holdout
over visiting Riverside.
Both teams hammered out
eight hits. Riverside gar
nering six of those in the last
two innings.
Randy Worden worked the
mound for Heppner for 5 and
two-thirds innings before tir
ing and Dave Allstott went in
to relieve. Worden gave up
five hits and four runs. Allstott
gave up three hits and four
runs in an inning and a third.
Dale Holland, Dennis Peck,
and Bruce Young continued to
belt the ball, each hitting two
for three on the day.
Heppner, as in their pre
vious wins, drew first blood,
scoring one run in the first
after Holland singled and
Peck sacrificed.
In the third, Peck led off
with a double, an error fol
lowed before two walks scored
Allstott and Peck.
While Worden and defense
shut Riverside down with
errorless ball, not allowing
more than three batters to the
plate in four innings, Heppner
was still on the bandwagon at
the plate.
In the fourth, Peck singled,
Allstott reached first on a
fielder's choice, Young and
Stookey used errors, Worden
singled, and two walks pro
duced five runs on two hits.
In the top of the sixth, RHS
untracked itself. A walk, a
fielder's choice, and three
singles yielded four runs and
brought Riverside to an 8-4
gap
In the bottom of the fifth,
Heppner added the run that
would prove very beneficial.
Allstott walked and a Young
double, one of four RBIs for
Young, brought him home.
In the top of the seventh,
three base hits and three
walks pulled the Pirates to
within one run, 9-8.
With two outs, and the bases
loaded, Jim Kenny ran down a
long smash in deep left to end
the contest.
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Dennis Peck rounds third on way home when fly ball went to deep center. Dave Peck had to dive back to third. He was safe on the play.
Allstott is seen coming into second. But the throw was quicker than anticipated and
G-T Photo)
Cards 3rd, 5th
Grace and Janet McElligott paced Ione's girls' thinclads to a
third place finish in a six-way meet in Wahtonka Tuesday. Ione's
boys placed fifth. .
Grace won the mile in 6:20 and came back with a first in the two
mile, a school record at 14:04. Janet took second in the two mile,
third in the 880 and third in the javelin.
Other lone girls: Kim Pettyjohn, third 100, sixth in long jump;
Lisa Martin, fourth hurdles; 440 relay team, third.
lone boys were fifth in the six-team field that saw host Wahtonka
win both boys' and girls' competition.
Todd Sherer paced lone with a five-minute mile first, third in 880,
fourth in pole vault. Scott Sherer followed with third in two mile and
fourth in mile.
Terry Starr was fifth in the shot, fifth discus, second javelin;
Robin LaRue second high jump, fourth high hurdles, sixth
intermediate hurdles; Mike Conklin, third in high hurdles."
Marvin Johnson was fifth in both long jump and 880; Gari
Gaustad third in 100, sixth in long jump; Jerry Rietmann, third in
pole vault.
lone mile relay team (Sherer, Johnson, Rietmann, Rick Ely) was
fifth; 440 relay team (Starr, LaRue, Conklin, Gaustad) was fourth.
Kegler's Korner
Fiesta Bowl finished strong,
taking three games from
Central Market this week to
take the season half champ
ionship. Fiesta Bowl, finishing
at 43-17, will bowl off with first
half winner, Central Market,
on April 26 for the year's title.
Morrow County Grain
Growers took four from Coast-to-Coast
to retain second
place. Gardner's and Peter
son's split in four games.
Peterson's rolled a 962 for
high game, while Fiesta
Bowl's 2628 nipped MCGG's
2627 for hit series.
Inetia Cantin rolled a 192 for
high honors and Bettv Gal
braith rolled a 502 series high.
STANDINGS
Fiesta Bowl 43 17
MCGG 38 22
Central Market 28 32
Gardner's 27 33
Coast-to-Coast 22 38
Peterson's 22 38
Willow Creek Little League
1977 Baseball Schedule
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$! IP
13-15 years old
before Aug. i
Must have parent attending
o$10 registration fee
e Proof of age required
lone - April 27
Beecher's Cafe - 7 pm
tAt Heppner - April 20
7 pm - Crad school moltl-purpost room
For more information contact
Don Cole 676-9120
Jim Dier 676-5322
Jerry Martin 422-7162
Jim Swansea 422-7162
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Opening day at Heppner
Sat., April 30, 1977
lOrOO A.M.
Indians vs. Dodgers
1 : 30 P.M.
Braves vs. Giants
Mon., May 9, 6:00 P.M.
Giants vs. Braves
Tues., May 10, 6:00 P.M.
Dodgers vs. Indians at IONE
Wed., May 11, 6:00 P.M.
Indians vq. Giants
Thurs., May 12, 6:00 P.M.
Braves vs. Dodgers
Mon., May 16, 6:00 P.M.
Dodgers vs. Braves
Tues., Hay 17, 6:00 P.M.
Giants vs. Indians at IONE
Wed., May 18, 6:00 P.M.
Indians vs. Braves
Thurs., May 19, 6:00 P.M.
Giants vs. Dodgers
Mon., May 23, 6:00 P.M.
Braves vs. Indians at IONE
Tues., May 24, 6:00 P.M.
Dodgers vs. Giants
Wed., May 25, 6:00 P.M.
Indians vs. Dodgers
Thurs., May 26, 6:00 P.M.
Giants vs. Braves
Mon., May 30, 6:00 P.M.
Dodgers vs. Indians at IONE
Tues., May 31, 6:00 P.M.
Braves vs. Giants
Wed., June 1, 6:00 P.M.
Indians vs. Giants
Thurs., June 2, 6:00 P.M.
Dodgers vs. Braves
At IONE - Sat., June 4
10:00 A.M.
Giants vs. Dodgers
1:30 P.M.
Braves vs. Indians
Mon., June 6, 6:00 P.M.
Dodgers vs. Giants
Tues., June 7, 6:00 P.M.
Indians vs. Braves
Wed., June 8, 6:00 P.M.
Braves vs. Dodgers
Thurs., J-ine 9, 6:00 P.M.
Giants vs. Indians at IONE
Mon., June 13, 6:00 P.M.
Dodgers vs. Braves
Tues., June 14, 6:00 P.M.
Indians vs. Giants
Wed., June 15, 6:00 P.M.
Giants vs. Dodgers
Thurs., June 16, 6:00 P.M.
Braves vs. Indians at IONE
Mon., June 20, 6:00 P.M.
Giants vs. Braves
Tues., June 21, 6:00 P.M.
Dodgers vs. Indians at IONE
Wed., June 22, 6:00 P.M.
Dodgers vs. Giants
Thurs., June 23, 6:00 P.M.
Indians vs. Braves
Mon., June 27, 6:00 P.M.
Braves vs. Giants
Tues., June 28, 6:00 P.M.
Indians vs. Dodgers
Wed., June 29, 6:00 P.M.
Giants vs. Indians at IONE
Thurs., June 30, 6:00 P.M.
Braves vs. Dodgers
Home team is last team listed.
Game time: 6:00 P.M. SHARP Infield Practice: 5:45 P.M.
All Heppner team home games will be played at the Heppner Little League field.
All Indians home games will be played at the lone Little League field.
Friday is reserved for makeup games.
Any change in the schedule will require notice to the Manager whose game is
being changed no less that two (2) days before the game is being changed.
Due to the Outdoor School, there will not be any games scheduled the week
of May 2nd.
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