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TFN-The Heppner C.aneUe-Tlmes. - . t ft . I V Spilling for fish at McNarv - Woman, 90, receives card from President Maude Pointer received a special birthday greeting card from President Jimmy Carter at - her recent 90th birthday party. Forest Service on 2 timber sales H.B. Rudolph, forest super visor for Umatilla National forest, announces that the Hunter II and Round timber sales were sold during the month of May. The Hunter II timber sale was sold May 14 to Harris Pine Mills, high bidder. for $1,930,058.00 The sale was appraised at $756,512.00 for an estimated 20.000.000 board feet. The sale area is on the Heppner Ranger District in Morrow County. Final bid prices per thousand board feet were: ponderosa pine. $97.25: Heppner. Oregon. Thursday. amu n&f rri " turn, :v -52 I . Lock and Dam on the Columbia Mrs. Pointer was the guest of honor at a champagne brunch in Corvallis to honor her birthday. Hosts were family mem- reports Douglas fir and other species. $22.54. The Round timber sale was sold May 28 to Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, high bidder, for $756,032.00. The sale was appraised at $272,444.00 for 11.000.000 board feet. The sale area is on the Ukiah Ranger District. Morrow County. Final bid prices per thou sand board feet were: ponder osa pine $186.00: Douglas-fir and other species. $23.17; lodgepole pine. $.40 per acre for 2024 acres and chippable lodgepole pine. $9.74 per acre for 228 acres. n J J I .inKLX 1 laMMMMMM--MM"-M"""MM"M1"M" June 12. 1980 River near I'mntilla. ( Corps of Engineers photo ) bers. Family attending included Bud and Harriet Batty of Heppner: Orvilleand Barbara Cutsforth of Heppner: Mark. Cathi and Donnie Pointer of Lexington: Hank. Kathi. Eric and Amy Pointer of lone; Mary Louise Pointer of Seat tle: Fred and Mary Driscoll Pointer of Calif.: George Pointer of Roseburg; Mrs. Don Pointer of Pendleton; l.:irrv. Barbara and Michael Pointer of Scappoose;'Jim and Kathy Pointer of Lebanon; Charley Pointer and Steph anie Hendrix of Redmond: and Donna Pointer Gray and Jeremy of Beaverton. After the brunch there was a reception with more than KM) persons attending Cake, punch and coffee were served. Seven of 10 grandchildren and five of seven great-grand children attended. et your friends and neighbors together. tort counting your nione (Use this for Morrow Fish can be saved from spinning There ore two ways to get juvenile salmon and steelhead down the lower Snake and Columbia rivers without sub mitting them to the dangerous and sometimes fatal trip, throuch the spinning turbines of the eight multipurpose dams. They can either be trans ported aboard tanker trucks and hnrees. or flushed through the spillways of the dams. Transporting has proven to he fairly successful with more than five million fish hauled in each of the last two springs. Already this year, some four million have been hauled, according to fisheries biolo gists of the U .S. Army Corps of Engineers at Walla Wnlla. The transportation system requires a fingerling bypass and collection system which has been installed at three of the eight dams Lower Gra nite. Little Goose and Mc Narv. But not all the fish arriving at these dams find their way into the bypass system. For these fish and others arriving at the five other dams, there are two choices go through the turbines at an estimated 15 percent risk of life and fin. or hope some of the river's flow is going through the spilling gates for a much safer passage. Fishery biologists think there might be an answer. If thev knew a little more about when, how and why the young fish approach the dam and how they mieht successfully attract them to the spillways, thev might be able to flush them through in groups or schools, rather than simply spilling water in hopes the fish will be there. 4 mm your yard The Heppner BUT County's Home - Using special sonar equip ment and hours of personal observation-often in the mid dle of the night seven biolo gists and assistants nre work ing this spring to try to determine if selective spilling is an answer. In the Walla Walla District, sonar monitoring programs are underway at Lower Monu mentitl and Ice Harbor dams on the lower Snake River and n! McNarv The researchers are seeking to determine if there are patterns of fish passage that is. nre there certain times of day juvenile salmonids are most likely to approach the dams? They also want to determine if the fish usually approach the dam in tight schools or in spread-out groupings. Still another objective is to deter mine ideal spill volumes, spill patterns, and spill times to most successfully attract and pass the young fish through the spillway. Success rates of various spill volumes will he com pared to determine what minimum volume of .spill is necessary to successfully at tract and pass the fingerlings. When fish are attracted and are passing through the spill way, the volume will be decreased until passage de creases or stops. Then the volume will be increased until passage increases. The tests will he repealed until the ideal spill volume is determined. Though still experimental, biologists are confident that their research will lead to better efficiency in spilling water for fish passage. Com bined with the transporation program, selective spilling IfMIJsl die DBD D fllS L3&Cr D. B Or" DDIBDCO sale sign!) Owned Weekly Newspaper . mm pnwrrnouw M-qwwinK ishiiMitu' down the turhlnes FATHER'S IIS SUNDAY,. 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