TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 26, 1995
Ranchers honored for relocating sheep
Letter to the Editor
Horse show results
Jossie Evans of Heppner won
the champion senior perfor
mance horse award at the
Morrow County Open Horse
show held Sunday, July 16.
Char Coe, also of Heppner,
took reserve champion senior
performance horse.
Sybil Krebs of lone took the
champion high point rider for
ages 13-17. Jossie Evans was
reserve champion.
Nonnee Walters was high
point rider, 12 and under. Katie
Bacon, lone, took reserve.
Other horse show results are
as follows:
Halter Class I geldings all
ages: first Sybil Krebs, second
and third Jossie Evans, fourth
Char Coe. Champion gelding
Sybil Krebs, reserve champion
gelding Jossie Evans;
Mares all ages: first Nonnee
Walters, second Brett Barber,
third Mandi Gutierrez. Cham
pion mare Nonnee W al
ters, reserve champion mare
Brett Barber;
Ponies up to 5 6 ": first Sybil
Krebs, second Erin Crowell,
third Laurie Barrow, fourth
Brenda Holtz;
Open showmanship all ages:
first Nonnee Walters, second
Char Coe, third Mandi Gutier
rez, fourth Sybil Krebs.
M.C. walk/trot 8 and under:
first Jessica Wainwright, second
Krystal Temple;
M.C. English pleasure all
ages: first Sybil Krebs, second
Erin Crowell, third Jossie
Evans, fourth Brenda Holtz,
fifth Michelle Meakins.
M.C. open English pleasure
all ages: first Sybil Krebs, se
cond Brenda Holtz, third
Michelle Meakins, fourth Katie
Bacon;
M.C. English equitation all
ages: first Jossie Evans, second
Sybil Krebs, third Brenda
Holtz, fourth Nonnee Walters,
fifth Michelle Meakins, sixth
Erin Crowell; open English
equitation all ages-first Sybil
Krebs, second Brenda Holtz,
third Katie Bacon;
M.C. hunter hack all ages:
first Brenda Holtz, second
Jossie Evans, third Nonnee
Walters;
M .C. w estern bareback
equitation all ages: first Char
Coe; second Brenda Holtz;
third Sybil Krebs, fourth
Michelle Meakins, fifth Nonnee
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Walters, sixth Katie Bacon;
Open western pleasure all
ages: first Sybil Krebs, second
Char Coe, third Brenda Holtz,
fourth Jossie Evans, fifth Katie
Bacon; 12 and under-first Non
nee Walters, second Kelsie
Greenup, third Brett Barber,
fourth Katie Bacon, fifth Erin
Crowell; 13-17-first Sybil Krebs,
second Michelle Meakins, third
Mandi Gutierrez, fourth Bren
da Holtz, fifth Jossie Evans; 18
and over-first Char Coe, second
Jossie Evans, third Mandi
Gutierrez;
Open western working pairs
pleasure: first Char Coe and
Jossie Evans, second Brett
Barber and Kelsie Greenup;
Class 21 open maiden horse
pleasure all ages: first Mandi
Gutierrez, second Brenda
Holtz, third Brett Barber.
M.C. western command all
ages: first Sybil Krebs, second
Michelle Meakins, third Char
Coe, fourth Jossie Evans; fifth
Nonnee Walters, sixth Brenda
Holtz;
Open western equitation all
âgés: first Char Coe, second
Sybil Krebs, third Mandi
Gutierrez, fourth Katie Bacon,
fifth Brenda Holtz, sixth Jossie
Evans;
M.C. western equitation 12
and under: first Nonnee
W alters,
second
Kelsie
Greenup, third Katie Bacon,
fourth Erin Crowell, fifth Brett
Barber; 13 to 17-first Sybil
Krebs, second Jossie Evans,
third Michelle Meakins, fourth
Brenda Holtz, fifth Mandi
Gutierrez; 18 and over-first
Char Coe;
Open bareback dollar bill ride
all ages: first Nonnee Walters;
M.C. sr. horse western rein
ing 5 and over: first Char Coe;
second Jossie Evans;
M.C. western trail 12 and
over: first Katie Bacon, second
Nonnee Walters, third Brett
Barber, fourth Erin Crowell;
13-17-first Sybil Krebs, second
Michelle Meakins, third Jossie
Evans, fourth Brenda Holtz,
fifth Mandi Gutierrez; sr.
horse-first Sybil Krebs, second
Jossie Evans, third Mandi
Gutierrez, fourth Char Coe; 8
and under-first Krystal Temple;
Open western trail all agesz;
first Mandi Gutierrez, second
Char Coe.
Changes proposed for refuge hunt
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service has proposed changes
to the refuge hunt regulations
for Cold Springs National
Wildlife Refuge (NWR) and
McKay Creek NWR. If adopt
ed, these changes will become
effective this 1995-% hunting
season.
Proposed changes to the
hunt regulations include the
following: shell possession
limits would be increased to 25
shells while in the field; the
refuge would be open from 5
a.m. to one and one-half hours
after sunset; and hunting will
be permitted on Tuesday,
Thursday, Saturday, Thanks
giving Day, Christmas Day and
New Year's Day.
The change in refuge hunt
days is designed to comple
ment hunt days on Umatilla
NWR and nearby state hunt
areas. This will provide increas
ed hunting opportunities for
local hunters. Other refuge re
gulations will remain in effect
and hunters should check the
refuge hunt leaflet.
Public comment concerning
the proposed changes should
be sent to Umatilla NWR, P.O.
Box 700, Umatilla, OR.
97882-0700 by August 31. For
more information, contact the
Umatilla Refuges Complex at
922-3232.
To the Editor:
With the recent publicity
regarding Mickey Mantle's
liver transplant, many people^
are questioning the fairness of
the allocation system ‘of
donated organs. Did Mickey
get his transplant so quickly
because he is famous?
The system that has been
established for the allocation of
organs is regulated by a federal
ly designated agency, United
Network for Organ Sharing,
(UNOS). Matching donors
with recipients is done through
a series of steps involving
medical factors and geographic
location. UNOS found that
organ allocation in the Mantle
case was administered proper
ly and according to established
policy.
The process of allocating
organs is made more complex
by the extreme shortage of
donated organs for transplants;
currently more than 40,000
people are registered nation
wide for a transplant. In
Oregon, over 120 people are
waiting for a life saving
transplant. Because the number
of donors is drastically less than
needed, pople become deathly
ill while they wait. The lack of
donors moves individuals up
on the list as they lose the bat
tle with life.
Even though most people
favor organ and tissue dona
tion, the number of donations
have not increased over the
past several years. I urge all
Oregonians to discuss their
decision about donation with
their family. Ask your ques
tions about fairness of alloca
tions and then ask yourself is
it fair to let eight people die
everyday? One organ and
tissue donor can help up to 100
people. Please join us in giving
the gift of life. Sign and carry
a donor card and most impor
tantly, talk with your family.
Sincerely,
(s) Mary Jane Hunt
Executive Director
Oregon Donor Program
2525 SW 3rd Suite 100
Portland 97201
Seeks donations for youth program
To the Editor:
Ninety-five children, volun
teer teenage helpers and volun
teer adult supervisors have
been enjoying four weeks of
educational and enriching ac
tivities that have been under
the sponsorship of the City of
H eppner-Sum m er
Youth
Program.
This year's activities includ
ed, but were not limited to, the
Pendleton Underground tour,
fire safety, life and culture of
the Native Americans, forestry
skills at Cutsforth Park and a
trip to a radio station in Her-
miston.
A steering committee under
the able leadership of director,
Lea Calvert, spent several
months on the program out
line, recruitment of program
staff, program budget and
grant writing and selection and
training of teenage helpers and
adult leaders-all of which was
volunteer.
In the past three years, the
program has always raised
enough monies through grants
and donations to cover the cost
of the program, but this year
we did not receive the amount
Prevent food
of money from grants to cover poisoning at
our budget, which in late June
and early July was scaled down barbecues
to meet some expected short
fall.
Prevent food poisoning at
We will be running $300 in
backyard barbecues this sum
the red. When we signed up
mer. Meat and poultry must be
with the City of Heppner, it
handled properly to destroy
was with the understanding
bacteria found in animals' in
that all support for the program
testinal tracts, says Carol
must come from outside city Michael-Bennett, Oregon State
budget through such things as
University Extension home
private and public grants and
economist in Morrow County.
donations. We receive no
Poultry and ground meat
monies from the city.
should be cooked until the pink
If you believe in the benefits
color is gone. Partially pre
of this program to the children
cooking poultry in the oven will
of South Morrow county, I
would encourage you to make reduce barbecue time.
Do not put cooked meat and
a donation to City of Heppner-
poultry
back on the same plate
Summer Youth Program, P.O.
used
before
cooking. Those
Box 756, Heppner, Oregon,
juices
can
also
be a source of
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bacteria,
says
Carolyn
Raab,
I personally have given many
OSU
Extension
foods
and
hours and funds to this pro
nutrition
specialist.
gram because I believe it is a
If there are leftovers,
benefit to the children and to
refrigerate
them soon; and if
the community of Heppner as
you
are
not
sure
if they or other
a whole. I know you believe in
perishable
foods
are safe,
its value also.
throw
them
out,
says
Michael-
Sincerely,
Bennett.
Those
more
suscepti
(s) Rev. Stan Hoobing
Assistant Director ble to food poisoning include
City of H eppner-Sum mer pregnant women, infants and
Youth Program young children, older adults
and people with AIDS or
cancer.
By Delpha Jones
The
Morrow
County
Historical Society board of
directors met at the home of
Ruth McCabe on Monday
evening, July 10.
A report on the gazebo in
Boardman was included in un
finished business. The gazebo
is being moved to a location
near the Port of Morrow.
The essay for fair time was
discussed. Rules have been
printed in the Fair Book. The
fair booth chairman is Dorris
C om puter
Paper
Graves.
Plans were discussed for the
annual meeting, October 8, the
first Sunday in October. This
will be a potluck dinner with
turkey, potatoes and gravy and
dressing being furnished by the
Society. Bob Reaney is the din
ner chairman.
Sue Vinson will be in charge
of the sale table at fair time.
Pins, note pads and other ar
ticles will be available for sale.
Refreshments were served by
the hostess.
Hope Lutheran Church,
Heppner, has planned an ice
cream social on Sunday, July
30, from 2-5 p.m. The purpose
of the social is to raise money
to re-upholster the pews. Con
gregational matching funds up
to $450 are being applied for
through Lutheran Brother
hood's Blue Mountain Branch
#8716. A sing-along with old-
time favorite music and gospel
hymns will also be part of the
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Joyce Brown. Those sheep
came from the Rome area in
southern Oregon.
The sheep population in the
John Day River Canyon cur
rently stands at approximately
150 sheep, including approx
imately 40 rams, according to
Krein.
Lamb production, Krein said,
has been averaging approx
imately 50 lambs per 100 ewes.
After watching the habits of
the sheep by air and from the
ground since 1989, Krein
reports that the ODFW has
observed:
The sheep are normally
found in areas not normally us
ed by domestic livestock and
many of the other wildlife
species in the area;
A few sheep, mostly rams,
are occasionally observed along
the upper edges of the canyon;
The sheep are infrequently
seen along the river and utilize
water seeps and springs in the
side canyons to the river;
Sheep movement downriver
is rare, however, three sheep
were seen along the Columbia
River between Blalock and
Philippi canyons. They have
since been observed in two
locations moving south in the
John Day River Canyon.
Krein reported that it took the
sheep that were released in
1990 about 10 days to locate the
sheep that had been planted at
Thirtymile earlier.
He also noted that the sheep
planted at Adobe Point in Sher
man County were planted
there in an attempt to entice the
existing population to cross the
river and utilize the vast
amount of sheep habitat that
exists there. ODFW has observ
ed little or no attempts by the
sheep to cross the river.
The first proposed Big Horn
sheep hunt is planned for 19%
and will consist of one tag, ac
cording to Krein.
Krein commended the Rat
trays and Seales for their will
ingness to work with the
Bureau of Land Management
and the Department of Fish
and Wildlife in allowing the
relocation of the Big Horn
sheep.
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Two Gilliam County ranch
couples were honored for their
interest and contributions in
assisting in the re-establish
ment of Big Horn sheep in the
John Day River Canyon.
Bob Krein, district manager
for the Oregon Department of
Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) at
Heppner, made presentations
earlier to John and Wilda Rat
tray and to Sam and Darla
Seale for allowing the animals
on or near their property along
the John Day River.
I In February 1989, eight ewes,
four lambs and two rams were
relocated to the Thiry Mile
Creek area of the John Day
River Canyon from Hart Moun
tain. Access to the area was
granted by the Rattrays.
In December 1990, 11 ewes,
two lambs and two rams were
relocated to the Horseshoe
Bend area of the John Day
River from Williams Lake,
British Columbia. Access was
granted by the Seales.
In January this year, 15 ewes,
three lambs and three rams
were relocated to Adobe Point
on the Sherman County side of
the John Day River in the
Horseshoe Bend area. Access
there was granted by Jim and
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