The Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March 8, 194 FIVE
Willow Creek, lake to be stocked with fish
Airman promoted
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Sports by Mike Otha
Joseph D. Struthers, son of
Maynard and Edna Struthers
of Heppner, has been promo
ted in the U.S. Air Force to the
rank of airman first class.
Struthers is a maintenance
systems analyst at Williams
Air rorce Base, Ariz., wttn me
82nd Field Maintenance Squa
dron. His wife, Sarah, is the
daughter of Carl and Gerry
Martin, also of Heppner.
The airman is a 1982 gra
duate of Heppner High School.
Quick now; who do you think will win the championship of
the United States Football League? Too tough? Okay, name
five teams In the U.S.F.L. Name Three. One?
Don't feel badly if you failed this quit. If you're like me,
about the moat enthusiastic response you can generate for
the March-July pro football league is a stifled yawn. Forget
for a moment that I resent the U.S.F.L, because it steals
headlines from my favorite time of the sports year
baseball's spring training. The U.S.F.L. is just a bad Idea.
Like electric toothbrushes and power rear-view mirror
adjusters, the U.S.F.L. was well-intentioned and a novelty,
but It's really unnecessary.
The U.S.F.L. was founded on a basic premise that
Americans love pro football, and that there was a demand for
it year-round. The first part of the formula is arguably true, a
lot of people enjoy pro football, but even that fact is showing
signs of erosion. TV ratings for the N.F.L. were down
significantly during the past season. Part of this wane can
probably be traced to lingering resentment toward the 1982
N.F.L. strike, but that is not the only explanation. The grand
Fete ilozelle "parity" plan can probably take most of the rest
of the credit for the slack In interest In the N.F.L.
Proliferation of teams with 8-8 records probably does give
more teams (and therefore their fans) a shot at glory, but it
also creates an aura of mediocrity which makes it hard to get
excited about the N.F.L. except in limited cases (Cowboys
Redskins, Haiders Chargers, etc.).
The other factor which is contributing to the decline of the
N.F.L. is the sameness of the teams. With the advent of slick
packaging, artificial turf, computerized gameplans and
special teams for everything except the Waterboys, the whole
league starts to blend together. '
The second facet of the formula that there is a
year-round demand for pro football is something of an
insult to the average sports fan. The attitude seems to be that
all the networks need to do is put "Pro Football" in ?.he TV
Guide, and all of us sports-starved TV addicts will dutifully
plop down on a beautiful spring day. Granted, there are those
funs who will grasp at any straw to watch pro football, but
that doesn't include most of us, nor does it create the depth of
interest that would permit an expansion team to pay one
player (Mike Mazier of Nebraska and the Pittsburgh
Maulers) over a million dollars a year.
One person who certainly must be happy with the U.S.F.L.
is your neighborhood bookie who can capitalize on sports
bettors (baseball is a notoriously bad proposition for
bookies), Other than that, however, I don't expect to see too
many of us thumbing through the sports page for the rushing
leader of the U.S.F.L. But wait, maybe I can name five
U.S.F.L. teams. Let's see, there's the Gamblers, the
Maulers, the Outlaws, the Nobodys ...
Statewide photo
contest announced
.
- After a June 13, 183 chemi
cal spill In , Willow Creek,
which virtually killed all fish
and aquatic insects for about
22 miles from the spill site to
Heppner, the creek is now
recovering, reports the Uma
tilla National Forest office in
Pendleton. Glen Ward, game
biologist for the Oregon De-
(iov. Vic Atiych has an
nounced a state-wide photo
competition to commemorate
Oregon's 125th birthday.
"This is our way of recogni
zing the creative talents of our
amateur and professional
photogruphers as we share the
best of Oregon with Orego
niiins," Atiyeh said in announ
cing the competition.
The contest, "Oregon, Sha
ring the Best," will be (spon
sored by the Tourism Division
of the Economic Development
Department as part of a lar
ger in-state tourism promo
tion. The contest began March
1 and will run through May 1.
Prizes have been donated
from vacation and recreation
facilities in Oregon.
Fight contest categories will
include both amateur and pro
fessional divisions. Contes
tants may enter any print or
slide of Oregon. Entries may
be black and white or color.
Entry forms are attached to
"Oregon: Sharing the Ecst"
posters which have been dis
tributed throughout the state
to camera stores, chamber of
commerce offices, high
schools, colleges and some
travel resorts. In Heppner,
entry forms are available at
the Gazette-Times office.
A panel of professional
photographers with back
grounds in media, commer
cial photography and photo
education will select the win
ners. The photo competition will
also provide special recognl
ti m for many of the photo
graphers, according to Shirley
Eads, manager of the Tour.sm
Division. Several photographs
will be selected for a non
profit Oregon poster series to
be produced by the Tourism
Division.
All entries will also be con
sidered for use In "The Great
Oregon Adventure," a priva
tely produced multi-image
slide presentation celebrating
OKegon's 125th birthday.
Additional entry forms may
be obtained by writing Ore
gon: Sharing the Best, P.O.
Box 13129, Salem, Oregon,
97309.
CI SCHOOL
I LUNCH
llrppner Elementary School
Thursday, Mar 8 - pocket
tacos and milk.
Friday, Mar.v9 - no school
for students; teachers' inser
vice day.
Monday, Mar. 12 - beans and
franks, carrot coins, fruit,
bread, milk and salad bar.
Tuesday, Mar. 13 hambur
ger steak, potatoes and gravy,
relish plate, crackers, oranges
and milk.
. Wednesday, Mar. 14 - hot
dinner sandwich, macaroni
salad, fresh fruit, graham
cracker and milk.
Heppner High School
Thursday, Mar. 8 spaghet
ti, garlic bread, vegetable
salad, peaches and milk or
salad bar.
Friday, Mar. 9 cook's
choice.
Monday, Mar. 12 - hot dogs,
corn, vegetable sticks, fruit
crisp and milk.
Tuesday, Mar. 13 - ravioli,
bread and butter, choice of
vegetable, gelatin and milk or
salad bar.
Wednesday, Mar. 14 - turkey
and noodles, green beans,
bread, dessert and milk or
salad bar.
Out of today's cir
cular the following
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Women's
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is animal disease. It cuts
production, decreases gain and
feed efficiency and robs you of
profits. And no where else is it
more Important to keep on top '
of your herd health than with your
new-born livestock. So stock up
now with vaccines and boluses to
assist you In the prevention and :
treatment of diseases, implants and
vitamins for improved gains, wormers
and insecticides to control parasites, as
well as many other animal care
products.
Don't take the risk this spring. Make
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partment of Fish and Wildlife
in Heppner reports that the
creek will be restocked with
fish after the water level from
spring runoff goes down.
Ward said that Willow Creek
Lake will also be stocked soon,
after an agreement with the
Army Corps of Engineers is
finalized. The lake is to be
stocked with fingerling trout
and possibly some legal size
trout if they are available, he
said. If the water quality goes
down, should the temperature
of the water begin to become
warmer and algae begin to
. grow, warm water fish such as
bass, crappie and possibly
catfish may be added, the
biologist stated.
IHS students available
for hire March 16
The lone High School Stu
dent Body will be holding a
workday on March 16 to raise
funds for student body pro
jects. Students will be con
tracting with people in the
community and surrounding
area to work for six hours that
day at a minimum rate of $3
per hour.
Those students who secure
cotracts will be excused from
regular classes. All other
students will be expected to
attend school as usual, said a
school spokesperson.
People interested in hiring a
student for that day should
contact the high school office,
422-7131.
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