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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 31, 1994 - THREE Mustangs veteran but inexperienced Wallowa County stock growers meet P h o to b y J o y c e H u g h e s Chris Sykes (center) practices blocking during football practice while other Mustangs wait their turn. Heppner plays Imbler at home Friday, Sept. 2. The Wallowa County Stock Growers, at its annual meeting at Enterprise Aug. 20, voted to file affidavits in a suit brought against the U.S. Forest Service by the Pacific Rivers Council and other environmental groups to ban grazing in the Wallow-Whitman and Umatilla National Forests. "Our organization is going to take an active role in this lawsuit," said Bob Morse, president of the Wallowa County Stock Growers. "And we want the U.S. Forest Ser vice to appeal the decision of the 9th Circuit Court which granted the injunction." The stockgrowers and the U.S. Forest Service have been working together since the salmon was listed as en dangered to improve salmon habitat areas and to make sure that livestock have no negative effect on them. "T h e notion that it is necessary to stop grazing in the forests to protect salmon habitat, as the Pacific Rivers Council contends, is just dead wrong," said Mack Birkmaier, president of the Oregon Cat tleman's Association, who also attended the meeting. "Taking cattle off the public rangeland will not protect the sa lm o n ," said Morse. "Research shows that grazing can be an ecological tool that can promote desired characteristics in plant com munities." "Livestock grazing is a risk management tool because the livestock reduce fuel loads on the range, which is so impor tant in a drought year like this, what with so many fires burn ing in the W est," added Wallowa County Judge Arleigh Isley. "Anyone can see that where the lands are not graz ed and where the timber is un managed is where the fires are uncontrollable." The organization, represen ting cattle and sheep growers in the county, also voted to send formal requests to O regon's congressional representatives asking that they support a rewrite of the En dangered Species Act. The stockgrowers want the act to take into consideration the economic consequences of listing species. "Until people and communities are figured into this endangered species equation, it will continue to be a failure," said Birkmaier. At a later meeting of permit holders who graze on in the na tional forest, participants agreed to support the timber in dustry and work closely with its representatives in restoring logging, which has also been banned, in the two national forests. "W e're going to fight to save the livelihoods of generations of farmers, ranchers, loggers, and timber families in our county, in Oregon, and in the W est," promised Birkmaier. C A PEC O director announces resignation Gearing up for the new season Mustang men practice punting for the extra point The 1994 edition of the Hepp ner Mustangs will be a veteran team but without much game experience when they take the field Friday, September 2 in an early season non-league game against the Imbler Panthers at the Morrow County Fair grounds. Game time is 7:30 p.m. Coach Greg Grant welcomed back 44 players to daily doubles last week. Grant, in his fifth season as the head coach, has a career record at Heppner of 33 wins 10 losses. His teams have won two league cham pionships, qualified for the playoffs every year and in 1992 won the State championship with a 24-12 victory over Vale. Gone this year are a number of three year, two-way starters who took up most of the play ing time. In their places are a senior dominated line-up that needs to grow up early in the Mustangs' three pre-season tilts to make a run at a playoff spot. Leading the Mustangs this year will be seniors Chris Dickenson, Jon Hanna and Jeremy Cimmiyotti, all letter- man from a year ago. Offensively, senior John Qualls should anchor the line at center with Hanna and senior Ethan Burnside at guard. Cimmiyotti and junior Chris Sykes will be offensive tackles and seniors Brent Wright and Bill Schlaich will be the receivers. In the back field senior Chad Skroch will be handing the ball to Dickenson, junior Shaun Hisler and a trio of sophomores Brent Gunderson, Eric Schon- bachler and Jim Schlaich. On the defensive side of the ball, Hanna, Cimmiyotti and Sykes, along with Burnside and Schlaich will anchor the line. Gunderson and Hisler will line up at linebacker and Skroch, Wright, Dickenson and Schonbachler will be in the secondary. The Mustangs will run both a 5-2 and 4-3 line-up this year. , . Coach Grant will be helped this year again by longtime assistant Les Payne, Russell britt and new assistant Chris Rauch. Rauch will help with both the varsity and JV programs. The Mustangs open with a tough Wapiti opponent the Im bler Panthers. The Panthers have gone through several CAPECO executive director Stan Foster announced recently that he will be leaving his posi- tion with the regional social ser- vice agency on December 31. Foster, CAPECO's first ex- ecutive director, has filled the ladership role for the organiza- tion since January 1988. Under the direction of Foster the organization grew from a one- room operation in the Pendleton hospital to the five- million dollar multi-faceted social service agency that it is tocjay CAPECO originally provided programs which assisted low- income families in gaining emergency food, weatheriza- tion, emergy assistance, homeless assistance, and sum- mer youth programs. The agency later developed initiatives in housing and home improvements and is com- pleting work on four new hous- inp nrniprts in thp arpa tinue to build on the strong record of accomplishments which have been achieved in ^rst seven years, Carlson said that the board of directors will move quickly to select a new director by September 30. Foster said that he had made the decision to leave CAPECO so he could pursue some private business opportunities, but that he expected to remain *n the area- I feel good about the future of CAPECO. The organization has strong managers and an excellent staff, plus a tradition of community service which will most certainly continue under new leadership, said Foster, CAPECO is the largest social service agency east of the Cascades, offering a broad range of services to the people and communities of Umatilla, Morrow, Gilliam, and Y\ heeler counties. 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According to Conference, and helping rescue "Comsumer Reports” tests, the financially strapped Haven new water-saving House Senior Housing com- showerheads produce an ex- plex in Fossil, ellent spray. Morrow County Judge Louis Don't leave the faucet runn- Carlson, who serves as the Exclusive Anasazi Products ing when washing dishes by chairman of the CAPECO hand. Use two sinks or basins, Board of Directors, indicated one for washing, one for rins- that the board was sorry to see ing, or rinse dishes as a group. Foster resign his post, but If you use a dishwasher, run noted that the corporation was full loads only. in good shape and that the O w ner If you regularly run out of hot water, Brook recommends that you observe how long it takes for the water heater to recover a full tank of hot water. For electric water heaters, a long recovery time likely means a bumt-out element. You can test elements with an electrical con tinuity meter. Elements cost about $10 and are easy to replace, but you'll have to drain the tank first. If you have an older gas water heater, slow recovery time could be a sign that the HONESTY-INTEGRITY-RESPONSIBILITY-SERVICE heat transfer fins inside the ta nk have corroded and the tank may need to be replaced. Back to School Specials Featuring Perms *3495 2 Hair Cuts $1900 Clipper Cuts $700 Tanning iofor$3000 Water heating big expense Water heating is the second biggest energy expense in most older homes, points out Dave Brook, Oregon State Universi ty, Extension agent. In new homes with high insulation levels, water heating may cost more than space heating. You can keep your water heating bills down by helping your water heater make hot water efficiently and by using hot water wisely. Brook sug gests the following easy steps: Set your water heater to 120 degrees F. That's hot enough for home use, even for automatic dishwashers. Chang ing your water heater setting should take no more than five minutes. Electric water heaters have two thermostats, for top and bottom elements. Gas water heaters have a dial near the bottom of the tank. Use a meat thermometer to check the temperature of hot water from a faucet six hours later. Read just the water heater setting if necessary. Insulate your water heater. An insulating blanket costs about $10 and pays for itself in less than a year. Even water heaters located indoors should Reach your Over the years some things never change at a quality dealership Doing business for over 45 years in the same old fashioned way Crushed Rock For Sale CHEVROLET Clean Fill Material Can be picked up at pit or we will deliver Pit 6Vi miles up from mouth of Lower Rhea Creek, Brenner Canyon. Contact Roger Britt 676-5096 Hermiston, Oregon Phone 567-6487
