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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 27, 1990 - THREE lone Cardinals defeated by Heppner, Spray EASTERN OREGON OUTDOORS tn Murk Bagelt ¿".«3 A hearty, holiday helping of confu sion about the recent (emergency) steelhead regulations change apparent ly has many eastern Oregon anglers believing their steelhead-fishing oppor tunity for the season has been all but revoked. Under the new rule, the bag limit on many eastern Oregon tributaries o f the Snake and Columbia rivers has been reduced to one fish per day, one in possession, two per year; on at least two streams, “ catch and release only” prevails t > . > «>. o f the emergency period. The Oregon Depart ment iM F i 1 w i it: initiated the temporary measure last November in an eft« tv.ise escapement among wild and hatchery steelhead, with the h« pe that enough offspring could be produced to offset the ef fects o f dangerously low returns this year. “ It's not i v. w nth going fishing,” one angler grumbled. “ I’d ac tually be In | , i. not edtch a fish, because once I had, I’d have to head on home An«: .night a fish on my next trip. I’d be out of the ball game completely.” In tnn! oportunity in catching steelhead comes from the tact i e tewer to catch (due to low returns), regula tions or i i \ ; | ortunities for keeping steelhead for the table is more in .o ■ ,e. but not as drastically as many believe (for reasons \. ;n ,. moment). As for catching steelhead, however, a speci.il p the emergency regulation allows anglers to con tinue ha, ¡hey hav e taken their daily bag o f one fish (on streams that apply noir yearly allotment o f two fish-as long as they practice “ catch and release.” “ V e want, iJe as much angling opportunity as possible and still save i ig i for smolt production,” said ODFW District Fisheries; r a t rroi Claire of John Day. “ But we want to emphasize careful! mdl: oi ;i.e fish Hook and release means they take their needle nose pliers , .>! pm! the hooks out without ever removing the fish from the watei d to have people wagging that fish around or holding it up for several photos or whatever.” Pro; '.is dictate that anglers not attempt to remove swalloAc.: \ ided hix'ks. but rather cut the leader just above it l sual . fish will rid itself of the hook or its own acids will i tiv.olve it. If the fish is exhausted, it should be resi; ' tail and holding the fish upright and facing int« a atcr to pass through the mouth and over the gills Do t! 'he fish breaks free and swims away. “ And h's gills," adds steelhead program leader Mick Jennings > ding the fish by its gill plates. Those gills are so delicate, they can be ruptured very easily.” W! , River from the Oregon border up to Ron dos«. .1 ; 1 i over from the mouth to the Lostine River are open- , to ; u k isc angling under the new rule, other streams, including , il the Imnaha, John Day, Umatilla and Walla Walla rivers t . 1 un. -tie per day, two per year” reduced bag limit. Many .1 ... . c.m/e that on these streams, they may keep two stecllu 1 . and. alter purchasing their new licenses and steelliv. 1 , 1 s„ .p k first o f the year, may keep two more fish during :la . \ m l 1 5. 1991 season (January 1 -March 31 on the IJmatiii.o : ii, s ihn Day below the North Fork is open to steella id and regulations there revert back to the stan dard bag limits after April 15. “ I th.r, unons will help in the long run to maintain good popul a t eams." said Jennings. “ W e’ve been criticiz- 1 not ‘doing something* soon enough. Well, this is what needs to be done.” Ste elite aditi g Opportunity Not Lost With New Regs Change By Anne Morter The lone Cardinals were defeated in two games played last week, los ing to Heppner on Monday and fall ing to Spray on Friday. In both games, the Cards struggled with their shooting as their opponents rolled to easy wins. Their pre-season record now stands at 4-3. On Monday, Heppner wasted no time in pouncing on the Cards, jum ping out to a 15-0 lead in the first quarter. The Cardinals pulled to within six points near the end o f the first half but several Mustang three- pointers gave them a 12-point halftime advantage. lone was never able to gain any ground on the Mustangs in the second half, leading to the 20-point margin of defeat. Ryan Halvorsen led all scorers with 26 points followed by Mike Garrett with 22 and Gabe Garcia with 10. Doug Devin led the Mustangs with 17 points. The Cards were overpowered on the boards, 34-49. Mike Garrett led the lone re bounding effort with 10, followed by Deacon Heideman with seven. David Wagenblast had five assists and Ryan Halvorsen had four while Garcia paced the Cardinals with five steals. lone shot 36 percent from the floor, making 27 o f 76. The Mustangs hit 33 of 85 for 38 percent. From the free throw line, lone managed just 12 of 25 for 48 percent compared to the Mustangs 13 of 21 for 62 percent. “ We did not have a good shooting night,” said coach Del LaRue, sum ming up the loss. He did mention that Ryan Halvorsen had a good game and that Deacon Heideman did some strong rebounding. On Friday, the Cardinals played the Spray Eagles almost even until the half. The third quarter was a dif ferent story as the Eagles outscored them, 20-7, and went on to win the game, 63-42. Gabe Garcia was high scorer for the Cards with 15 points. Mike Gar rett and Ryan Halvorsen each chip ped in with 10. The teams were about even in rebounds. For lone, Mike Garrett led the way with nine boards, followed by Ryan Halvorsen with eight and Dieacon Heideman with seven. David Wagenbiast dish ed out five assists and Gabe Garcia and Halvorsen had three steals each to lead those categories. “ We played well defensively in the first half,” said coach LaRue, “ but they got away from us in the third quarter.” He noted that the team shot poorly and that the inten sity was missing from their game. “ Hopefully the vacation will revive us,” he said. lone Jr. High beat Eagles, stomp on Echo Cougars Photo by Pam Minster Ryan Halvorsen goes for rebound National forest receipt payments made to county j Pacific Northwest Regional Forester John F. Butruille announc ed that 31 counties in Oregon and 27 in Washington received more than $186 million as their portion o f na- We Print FLYERS Gazette-Times Heppner 676-9228 Take tional forest receipts collected in fiscal year 1990. Morrow County received $432,619.40. The Oregon amount totals $149,671,844.62 and Washington state received $36,850,575.11. Last We Print ; ENVELOPES : » i Gazette-Times Heppner b 1 b-v228 ! * < Look! Deadline for 4-H exchange Jan. 15 Japanward, HO. 4-H'ers in terested in traveling to Japan have the opportunity to do so this summer for one month-to live with a host family, participate in Japanese club activities, and see Japan, The trip wil cost approximately $1.850 and is usually scheduled for the month of August. A weekend training, a pre-departure training, airfare, a chaperone, and host families are provided. Applications are available at the Morrow County Extension office. Applications are due January 15. There is a limited amount of scholar ship assistance available. 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Cardinals stomped the Cougars, Cards led going into the locker room 49-16. Jaime Lovett was lead scorer Plusl at halftime, 16-10 out-scoring Fossil with 20 points; Kim Bedortha had 10 to four. 10; Becky Wagenblast nine and Suzy Check out our stock of The Cards came out in the third Heideman and Bridge« McElligott quarter with a better defense, but used cors 6 pickupsl each chipped in four points, while scored only two points on the offen Jessie Stefani added two points. sive end. The Eagles scored six to The Cards had excellent team trail the Cards by only two. 18-16. work which won the game against a In the fourth quarter, three of the much taller team. They shot 75 per Cardinals were in foul trouble. At Chevrolet & Oldsmobile cent from the free throw line mak the end of the quarter, the score was ing three for four, while Echo made is 763-i4175 Fossil tied, 22-22. The Cardinals were ex 0 for three. lone now has a record cited as they went into overtime, aht - Bill Maclnnes - Bill Maclnnes. Herb o f 2-0. lone’s defense once again came to the rescue as they held Fossil to on ly two points while scoring four points in overtime with a final score o f 26-24. lone Middle Scool scorers were Jamie Lovett, post player, with 10 points; Melissa McElligott, wing, men’s gorilla leather 8” insulated l*All men’s and women’s nine points; Becky Wagenblast, Reg. 75.95 point guard, three points; Kimberly Bedrotha, w ing, and Suzy Heideman, post player, each chipped in two points. On Tuesday, December 18, the lone Cardinals traveled to Echo to women’s women’s leather play the Cougars. lone got the tip- off and the jump start and ran over Echo in the first quarter. lone’s defense had several steals which ALL SHIRT & CAP TRAN SFERS allowed the Cougars to only score four points. 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