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Hill receives award for ODFW B o a rd ni a it • Ir r ig o n
Mage The steelhead were then
transferred to six foot, circular. 100
gallon tanks, 40.000 to a tank, and
hand fed every V) minutes until they
reached fingerling size
The 2 milium fingerlings went
from the indoor circular tanks to the
outside 20' x 5' x 100' raceways,
where they grew to their present
eight inch smolt si/e
“ W e need to get n d o f four ponds
o f steelhead by February 6 . " said
Hill “ At that time we will he get
ting 3 2 million fall chinook salmon
in the sac fry Mage '*
The fall chinook will not spend as
much time in the Irrigon race ways
as did the steelhead
“ W e get 3.500 pounds o f sac fry
chinook in February and we deliver
them as 70,000 pounds, o f three-
Ray Hill
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By Joyce Hensley
The manager o f Irngon Fish Hal
chery. Ra> Hill, gave full credit to
fm staff for the Northwest Region
Outstanding Manager o f the Year
award he received from the Oregon
Department o f Fish and W ildlife
“ Without my staff I would not
have received the award,” said Hill
“ They do a good jo b ."
The efficiently run and im
maculately groom ed hatchery,
located three miles west o f Irngon
along the Columbia River, is one of
the four largest in the state o f
Oregon
Hill, his assistant manager. Mike
Gribble, and seven technicians, are
preparing to empty 32 race ways of
I 7 million steelhead The eight inch
stixvlt have come loan important step
in their development They will he
trucked to the area where they were
originally spawned, the Imnaha and
Grande Rhonde Rivers in nor
theastern Oregon
The steelhead were brought to the
Irrigon Hatchery last spring while
they were in the egg stage from the
W allowa Hatchery in Enterprise
The eggs were then placed in in
cubators for approximately four
weeks until they reached the sac fry
inch fingerlings to the Umatilla
River in M a y ." said Hill
The fall chinook plant is done
through the aiopcration o f the Con
federated Tribes o f the Umatilla In
dian Reservation to rehabilitate the
upper reaches o f the Umatilla River
The Irrigon Hatchery also spawns
spring chinook eggs The eggs arc
incubated, raised to fingerling si/c.
then transferred to the lamking Glass
Hatchery in the Elgin area
Expansion o f the Irrigon facilities
is in the works and will be completed
in two or three years. according to
Hill
Hill was transferred to Irrigon
during the construction o f the hat
^ hery in I l)H4
H ill’ s future plans are to stay on
at the Irrigon Hatchery until he
retires in eight years
“ I don't plan on lea vin g," said
Hill
He started at the bottom ol the lad
der becoming an Oregon Fish and
W ildlife Technician before a college
education was required
“ I learned in the xch«*ol o f hard
knocks," said Hill
Hill began his career in the world
o f fish hatcheries in I MM as a techm
cian at the Bandon Hatchery, then
moved on to the Oak springs H.ii
chery in Maupin, on the Deschutes
River
He was given an assistant manager
position in IM72 at the Wizard Falls
Hatchery at Camp Sherman
He was then promoted to manager
and transferred to the Fall River Hat
chery in the Crane Prairie region in
Central Oregon
From there he went to the Round
Butte Hatchery in Madras in 1976.
then i>n to Irngon
Hill is married His wife. Betty is
happy to May in Irngon
" N o more moving around for
u s." said Betty The Hills have
three son's Randy. 28, is a commer
cial fisherman in Alaska; Jeff. 26.
is a millwright in Rosehurg. and
Tim . 15. is a sophomore at Riser
side High School
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Over 120 teachers marched Monday night at the Morrow County School Board meeting in
Boardman
Quiet pickets greeted the Morrow
County School Board members at
the board meeting Momtav, January
lb, but negotiations remain at a
sl.mdstill
After 14 months o f negotiations,
contract talks have reached the crisis
stage. accordin g to Maureen
Met lligott. teacher at Riverside and
president ol the Morrow County
Education Association
Over 120 teachers marched in the
informational picket in front o f Sam
Bourdmar Elementary School hetorc
the meeting which had to he moved
from the library to the gymnasium
to accommodate the audience con
sisting o f about 180 concerned
citizens, students and teachers
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Early season hunting proposal
meeting is January 26
early antlerless seasons and late how
hunts.
The meeting will he held Thurx
day. January 27 at the Hermiston
Junior High School, room 25 at 7
p m Anyone interested in the early
season pn>posals is invited to attend
According to the Department o f
Fish and W ildlife, there will he a
public meeting in HcrmiMon to
review and discuss proposed early
hunting seasons for 1989 Seasons to
he reviewed are Antelope, Big Horn
Sheep, limited entry I lk and Deer,
Monday. January lb. the Morrow
County School Board met at Sam
Boardman Elementary School
The board heard a statement from
Maureen M cFlligott. MCEA prexi
ilent, criticizing the board's position
of certificated negotiations
A concerned Heppncr parent. Ar
dy Evenxon. made a statement re
questing fair settlement o f the ccr
tificatcd contract negotiations
A report was given on the Sam
Boardman elementary sixth grade
project proposing a name for the
next space xhutttlc from teacher F.lisa
Carls* >n
The superintendent reported that
the renewal premiums on property,
tools, general liability, vehicles,
boiler and machinery and fidelity
Nmds arc down slightly over
5 Ml,000 this year
He read a letter from the Carnme
fanny requesting a "reasonable set
tlcmcnt o f the contract negotiations
with the teachers
A letter was read from Judge
Carlson an*l a memorandum from
County Health Nurse, Pat Wright,
informing the district that present
and future health services for schools
from the County Health Department
will he limited to those required by
Oregon Administrative Rules
A number ol board members and
Advisory committee positions are up
for the March 21 election The til
ing deadline is February 16 tor these
positions
Under unfinished business, the
board approved a resolution on Mor
row County School District's poxi
tion on School Funding Reform to
be sent to Governor Goldschmidt
Under new business, the Nurd
hired I.ydia Sanchez as an aide at
A C
Houghton Elementary to
replace Marcia Anderson
Anne
Bolorthu was hired as a bus driver
tor the lone McNahb route
Thirty-four contract days of
maternity leave was approved lor
Cindy Beatty from A C Houghton
Elementary
The Nurd was notified that Dud
Killingheck will he on sick leave
from his position at Columbia Junior
High tor approximately four weeks
A field trip was approved for the
Riverside High ScNml Jazz Band
An Executive Board session was
held on personnel and collective
bargaining
The next hoard m eeting is
scheduled lor February 21
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reported admitted and discharged
during the past week at Pioneer
Memorial Hospital
Daryl Hudson admitted Jan 13;
Kathryn Spears admitted Jan 15;
Alta Cutsforth admitted Jan 16.
Ethel Dunbar admitted Jan 17
Bud Richards discharged Jan 12.
Donald Chase discharged Jan 12;
CharKxtc Gray-discharged Jan 12;
Sharon Mahonev discharged Jan
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McFlligott presented a speech to
the N u rd in which she stated, "y o u
have not responded to our cllorts at
reason We now believe that you in
tend to force the teachers to accept
an unreasonable offer or strike
Following M cElligott's speech
was a statement by Ardy Evenxon.
a concerned citit/cn and parent o f
Heppncr who stated that the Nurd
has given misleading statements to
the press concerning contract pro
posals. which has confused the
public.
The Nurd has offered the teachers
a 0% I % 1 % increase for the next
three
years,
which
is
an
"unreasonable o ftc r" according to
Morrow County teachers who have
accepted the neutral factfinders
recommendation ol a 4.5% increase
Slew feed and
game night to
he held
A stew leeil and 'game night' will
he helil at Stokes l anding Senior
Center in Irrigon on Friday . January
27 Everyone is welcome to attend
either or N>th events Bring your
friends und have a pleasant evening
the stew teed will include hot
rolls anil coffee or juice and pie The
meal will he served from 5 to 7 p in
for 52 50
Card games and table games will
N ’ gm at 7 p m and close by 10 Mi
p m t here is a 51 lee
Computer Paper
'29.82 — 2,550 sheets
for I98H MU. an increase by the Con
sumer Price Index (CPU less 1 5 %
with a minimum o f 3.5% and a max
imum i>i Ml tor 1989 ‘Ml, and a
salary increase hy CPI less 1 5 %
with a minimum o f 4% and a nuix-
imum o f 8%
Ihe M oitow County xch*x>l N u rd
has said that "th e taxpaying public
has said through the ballot N ix that
sch**ol costs must hold the line O f
thirteen levy or (ax base elections in
three years, the voters passed
three "
The N u rd has also cited a
decrease in cash reserves to i>perate
the schools and unforseen building
maintenance and asbestos problems
as reasons for holding the line on in
creased spending
The district has said that the cos.
o f current teacher salaries and
benefits is high, and that the cost o f
the teacher's new proposal is
"sign ifican t".
No strike announcements have ye.
been made, hut under Oregon I j iw .
Morrow County teachers could
Mrike after giving 10 days notice.
Morrow County teachers have
been working without a contract
lin e* June JO, 1988
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been decorated with the Army Ci>nv
mcndution Medal in WeM Germany
The Army Commendation Medal
is awarded to those indiv iduals who
demonstrate outstanding achieve
ment o f meritorious scrnce in the
performance of their duties on hehalt
o f the Army
He is an Infantry man with the Mth
P id d -Vrtillcrv
Doherty is the son o f Charles J
and Beverly J FX>herty o f lone D k
specialiM is a I9H5 graduate o f lone
High School
Pst. Katrina M . Wilson daughter
o f Thomas V Wilson o f Dillard and
Mary I. W idcl. lone has completed
basic training at Fort Dix, N i
During the training, students
received instruction in drill and
ceremonies, weapons, map reading,
tactics, military courtesy, military
juMice. first aid. and Army history
and traditions
She is a IMXK graduate o f Douglas
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