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9 TW O • Heppner (ÍA /rttrT lm cs, Heppner, Oregon H (d n n d a > , Ja n u a r) 17, 1990 Anne Morter is new lone sports writer Anne Morier, 28. lone, i* the new lone »pom correspondent for the Gazette Times Although Morter. who grew up in Summer Lake near Paisley, hat never lived in Morrow County before, »he ha» root» here Her m other. Kathleen (M cElligott) O'Leary 1 » from lone Morter graduated from Paisley High Schtxtl. lane Community Col lege and Eastern Oregon State Col lege She participated in basketball, cross-country and track in high school and cross country and track in college She has a bachelor of science degree in business ad ministration from EOSC She was employed at Troy's Seafood at Portland in retail sales hefore her Sept 23 marriage to Ralph Moner of lone Ralph, whom she met in Portland through a cousin, has a wheat ranch in lone Elks Hoop Shoot winners announced Healy family to reign at St. Patrick’s celebration Plans arc unfolding for the 8th an nual St Patrick's celebration, to be held on March 16. 17. and 18 The honored Irish family will be the Hcalys Mike Healy of Portland will be grand marshal and Katherine Bur cheU, Corvallis, w ill reign as queen The St Patrick's Committee will meet January 31, 7 p m at the Ex tension Conference Room It is hoped that all interested persons will be in attendance Winners for the annual Elks Hoop Shoot contest held Saturday .Jan 13, at Heppner High School have been announced by area organizers, David Gunderson and Dick Allen Winners are as follows 8-9 years - Derek Gunderson. Heppner. with 20 haskets out of 25. Jill Barber. Irish families are encouraged to purchase a family flag for Main Street Families who wish to have their family (lag waving should con tact Gwen Healy as soon as possi ble *30 covers expenses and Healy will need the family name and the name of its Irish County It's not too early to donate St Patrick's auction items Contact Pat Sweeney. Cara Costa, or Ann Spicer for auction information V- V—- h> M ark Hagrll at I p m at the Wagon Wheel for their regular monthly meeting As this is written, the outside temperature this afternoon is about 45 degrees, coupled with a light rain ! After nearly a week of such weather, with highs from 45 to 35 degrees (as warm as the upper 60s in some areas of eastern Oregon) and lows in the 35 -1 to 45 degree range, one has to wonder if the div idemls extend past burning levs firewood and not having to scrape ice from the w indshields o f our autonvvbiles each morning Steel headers, in particular, should he pleased Plagued with cold, often icy. water conditions in many of our river systems, steelhcad angling success the previous few weeks has been somewhat less than fantastic "These higher water levels ami warmer water will more than likely in crease fishing success," said Jon Germond. assistant district fisheries biologist for the Oregon Department of Kish and Wildlife in Pendleton “ We didn't get very much rain here, but the water level (of the Umatilla River) came up a little hit, and the fish are going to get a whiff of that and want to come on up. hopefully " Errol Claire. ODFW district fisheries biologist for the John Day River Basin, explains that fish, being cold blooded creatures, arc also extreme ly sensitive to changing water tcmjvcratures, which can often have rcsoun ding effects on angling success: "A s the water warms, the heart rate of the fish increases and the metabolic process increases, Claire said "As that occurs, the fish become more active, they start moving around more, and in the case of steelhcad. they may start moving upstream And as they start pulling out of those holes where they 've been holding, they become more responsive in their reactions to an angler's bait " While Claire considers water temperatures in the 42- to 45- degree range optimal for early-spnng steelhcad. he says that almost any increase from cold to warmer water can be significant " If your water tcmjveraturc is running, say. 35 to 38 degrees and you go up into the low 40s, that's enough to trigger quite a major change in their activity.” On the Umatilla, biologists arc able to monitor the progression of the steelhcad migration by the numbers of fish caught in a special trap placed only a few miles up river from the mouth For the past several months, the department there has been involved in a cooperative "trap and haul" project with the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation to trap migrating steelhcad in the lower river and move them by truck some 30 miles upstream to an area above Stanfield Dam, past the many irnga lion dams which could impede the fish's safe passage to their spawning grounds Jon Germond said water temperatures in the lower IRhatilla prior to the warming trend registered only 38 to 39 degrees, which resulted in only nine steelhcad being trapped and moved upstream for the month of December But even as he spoke, a technician in charge of the project arrived and reported that in light of the warmer, higher water. 55 fish had just been removed from the trap and transported that day (Jan 10). Of course, much can hapjven during the necessary few days that lapse from the time this is written until you get to read it The forecast at this writing is for continued mild temperatures, which should result in respcc table steelhcad action, barring any flood-like conditions Yet as anyone who has lived in eastern Oregon for any length of time knows, we can just as easily end up shoveling a fixrt of "partly cloudy " or "continued mild” by morning, so whenever fishing conditions arc right, take advan (age of them while you can If not, keep your eye on the next warm front Warmer Temperatures Should Improve Steelheading lone boys cruise to easy wins against Echo, Arlington li" i f '• ' /V ..V , S , x# » - - 11 f c . f* > v ' ' V ^ ' l r - r ' , S s l • * *' Ï' . • . , >• * ■ '• í ■* / * J r . • % T V V- /.• /.- fí. i ’«““ * v •* * .».-•*• , - - r - • / V • * - . V ■ < ..*1 byWeyn# M«m* - ' ' • '• 'V " . - v 1 .» r ■ jSr , 1 b Ryan Halvorsen shoots an off-balance shot against Echo PARTS MftlUl Of THI MONTH ' . YOU * K > , ¿ l ;-; í r / s ■ ? * i ■ . ; A 1 * v * • • * • 1 ¡M CAN HAVE AN ON-FARM INSPECTION OF YOUR EQUIPMENT AND SAVE ON SERVICE WORK, TOO • < ; . t '. ' ‘ • V i* !¿ y .i & > i r ■' L I i '. i 1 . , * •> « « V .,,- , i- , ... '»V" J ; A ; . ; , * * y v JA J>' í By Ann Morter The lone boys varsity cruised to easy victories against Echo and Arl ington last weekend The two wins unproved their league record to 3-1 and their overall record to 5-7 lone took the court Fnday night in front of an enthusiastic home crowd and proceeded to mil over the Echo Cougars. 72 4 t The Cardinals stymied the Cougars in the early go ing using web-like pressure defease, their best defense *1 far this year, ac cording to their coach, Del LaRue Behind the red-hot play o f vtphnmore Mike Garrett. lone built a 20-2 first quarter lead hefore Echo got their hearings The first quarter ended with the Cardinals on top 22-11 The Cardinals temporarily lost their momentum in the second quarter as the Cougars out.scored them 14 8. and pulled to w ithin five points at the half. 23-30. A renew ed Cardinal squad emerged in the third quarter to roar to a 54-33 ad vantage before bringing home a 29 point win Mike Garrett was the team and game high scorer with an incredible 39 points Shawn Hams added 14 Garrett and Hams led the Cards to a 45-30 rrhounding advantage, grafv bing 15 and nine respectively Seven ol Shawn Hams nine hoards were on the offensive end of the court Dav xl Wagcnblast hail seven assists and Ryan Halvorsen got away with five steals to lead the way for lone The Cardinals shot a hot 55 percent for the floor ami 56 percent from the free throw line Echo struggled in its shooting from the floor, managing o ,x o : x , V * • ^ V V v -? ■ fí ' ? . M ‘ . /* 1 4 * 9 - i >v ■ M ; • SAVE t -, (' i 1 ' • ** 1 ( >,i 9 S . 5 '* - • - • , . ; .. r. » f ï t Z Ï 1 y ! ' H ' rf ^ ; f Ik Í/ when work is done I Qiir Service Q u it ’ • r ,9 .4 •! plus ^ ^ . • ** t ' 1 . 4 '1 % FREE HAULING • »** ;< -c r *i t % . « H VO on parts . \ t ! We have * S' COMPUTER 147 W. 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' * I ’ » jus« 33 percent From the free throw ¡me. they made 10 of 22 for 46 percent According to coach I-iKuc. the Cardinals played their best game of (he season so far and had nothing hul good 10 say about their pressure defense in the first and third quarters He said the Cards and the Cougars were fairly even in height and quickness, but the Cardinals were more willing to move the ball uround to find the open shot l a Rue was happy with his big point pro ducers, Garrett and Hams, hut he was also pleased with the help from the bench, especially Mark AmJcr son and Justin Miller Saturday night in Arlington, the Cardinals used their momentum from Friday night to overpower the smaller ami levs experienced Honker team Arlingtirti was unable to put up much of a fight as lone made their way to a 72-39 victory The Cards jumped out to a 25-9 advantage in the first quarter ami stretched that lead to 38-18 by halftime The third and fourth quarters saw balanced scoring of 17 points per quarier compared to a se cond half total of just 21 points for Arlington The Cardinals had another hot charting night, averaging 52 percent from the floor Mike Garrett was ID-16 from the floor and 8 8 from the line for 28 points Ryan Halvorsen shot 100 percent from the floor, making 6 6 and scoring 12 jaunts in one of his best games ever lone held a lopsided rebounding ail vantage. 41 18. with Mike Garrett grabbing 11 and Shawn Hams. Bryan Basford and Mark Anderson caih .idiling live David Wagenhlast had an impressive eight assists In the steal department. Wagcnblast. Hams and Garrett each had two Coach LaRue was pleased with the outing He had the luxury of spreading the playing time around evenly to all of his players and almost every player scored He was impressed with (he shooting ac curacy of Garrett ami Halvorsen ami also by the play of his bench Travis Greenup had a good performance, coming oil the bench to score six points This weekend, the Cardinals travel to Condon on Friday for a varsity ami junior varsity game Saturday, they host Culver for a varsity game onlv I Heppner. with nine. 10-11 - Steve Allen, lone, 16. Annie Hisler. nine, 12-13 - Ja»on Proud fixrt. 2 1 and Jen ny Krein. 16 Local winners will go to district competition in Hermiston on Jan 27 District winners will compete in Corvallis on Feb 17 EASTERN OREGON OUTDOORS Arts and crafts club to meet The Morrow County Arts and Crafts club will meet Mon . Jan 22 • That s right* Wo II send a service technician to your farm to inspect your tractor, combine, or planter It s called the P erform ance Plus Checkup, and it s designed to cover every d e ta il of yo u r C a s e . 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