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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
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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
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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
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¡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
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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
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The Morrow County Arts and
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