SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 2.1999
Elks scholarship winners
announced
The Heppner Elks Lodge
recently selected the winners of
the Elks Most Valuable Student
scholarship contest. Winners are
Tim Dickenson, Katie Tworek,
Jill Barber, Brooke Boyer,
Kathleen Greenup, Jaci Hughes,
Jessica Krebs and Bobbie
Rankin.
Students from the south
Morrow County area were
eligible to apply. Each student
submitted a brochure outlining
their goals and achievements.
Judging was based on academic
excellence, leadership and
financial need.
Tim Dickenson, Heppner High
School, and Katie Tworek, lone
High School, were award».
$700 each for first place.
Second place recipients were
Jill Barber and Brooke Boyer,
both from HHS, for $300 each.
Receiving scholarships of $100
were Bobbie Rankin, Kathleen
Greenup and Jaci Hughes, all
from HHS, and Jessica Krebs,
lone.
The first place winners
advanced to the district contest
which was held at the Milton-
Freewater Elks Lodge, where
they competed with the most
valuable students from the other
nine lodges in the northeast
district. Tworek placed third at
the district contest and was
awarded an additional $1,200.
Spring burning to begin
The North Fork John Day
Ranger District of the Umatilla
National Forest anticipates
spring burning to begin within
the next two weeks.
Spring burning has been
delayed this season due to heavy
snowpack in the bum areas and
the senes of wet storms this
spring that have not allowed
forest fuels to dry sufficiently.
The district will implement
both natural fuel reduction
projects (underbums) designed
to reduce accumulated debris
under Ponderosa pine and mixed
conifer stands and activity fuel
reduction projects (broadcast
and jackpot bums) designed to
reduce debris created during
logging and other forest
activities.
The
district
plans
approximately 5500 acres of
natural fuels bums, including
bums both north and south of
Nelson Meadows (located 10
miles east of Ukiah), in the
Divide Wells area (located eight
miles west of Ukiah), and in the
Bone Point area (located just
west of Dale). Between 700 and
1500 acres of activity slash will
be burned this spring depending
upon burning conditions.
Activity fuels will be treated in
the Pearson Creek area (10-15
miles northeast of Ukiah), In the
areas between Granite Meadows
and Nelson Meadows, in the
Turner Basin area (located eight
miles east of Dale), and north of
Indian Creek (located eight
miles south of Dale).
The district will notify local
communities that may be
affected by smoke on the day
pnor to or day of the bum.
As always the district will
strive to minimize adverse
smoke impacts by monitoring
weather
conditions
and
coordinating
with
Oregon
Department
of
Forestry
meteorologists to select optimal
bum conditions for smoke
dispersal, said a Umatilla Nation
Forest news release.
For more information on these
bum, contact the North Fork
John Day Ranger District at
(541)427-3231.
• Free fishing days for kids
In celebration of National Steelheaders, Elks Club pjf Walla
Fishing Week, June 5-13, the Walla, U.S. Army Corps of
USDA Forest Service's Pacific
Engineers,
National j Park
Northwest Region, along with
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the Oregon Department of Fish
Department of Fish and Wildlife
and Wildlife and Washington
and the Sportster will sponsor
Department of Fish and
the Bennington Lake Kids'
Wildlife, have adopted the
concept of free fishing for Fishing Derby for all kids 14
years old and under on June 13.
specified days during that week
Bennington Lake is located
Free fishing days offered this
two
miles east of Walla Walla
year are Saturday and Sunday,
on
Reservoir
Road. Registration
June 12-13 in Oregon and
begins
at
7
a.m.
and Derby hours
Washington and all four Ranger
are
from
7
a.m.
to 12 noon.
Districts on the Umatilla
National Forest are planning free Instructions and assistance will
events in conjunction with be provided by numerous
volunteers.
National Fishing Week.
Prizes will be awarded for
Children participating in these
catching tagged fish, litter pick
events must be accompanied by
up bounty and casting contest.
an adult and need to bring their
Hot dogs and pop are provided
own fishing gear.
to all kids who register and
The Heppner Ranger District's
participate.
"Kids' Fishing Derby" is set for
For more information, call
June 13 at Willow Creek
(509) 522-6042.
Reservoir. Derby hours are from
The Pendleton Kids' Fishing
1-5 p.m. for children 12 and
Derby will be held June 12 for
under. Prizes will be awarded to
all kids 14 years old or younger.
age groups 0-5,6-8,9-10, and 11
The derby will take place along,
-12 years old for the biggest fish
a two-mile stretch of the
caught in the bass, trout, and
Umatilla River from the
sunfish categories.
Highway 11 Bridge to the
The Lions Club, BASS Club,
Highway
30
Bridge.
Oregon Dept, of Fish and
Registration begins at 7 a.m. at
Wildlife,
Heppner
Ranger
Roy Raley Park. Derby hours
District
and
Northwest
are from 7 a.m. to noon and
Steelheaders are sponsors of the
activities include a fishing
event.
contest, casting contest, litter .
Pop will be provided. "This
pick-up bounty, assistance for
annual derby promises to be a
first time anglers and free hot
memorable time for the young
dogs and pop for all registered
and old alike," said a news
kids.
release. Prizes will donated by
Sponsors include Trout
local merchants and clubs.
Unlimited, Wildhorse Casino
For more information, call
Resort, Pendleton Parks and
(541)676-9187.
Recreation, Oregon Department
The North Fork John Day
of Fish and Wildlife and the
District is sponsoring a "Kid's
Umatilla National Forest.
Fishing Derby" June 12 at Twin
For more information call
Ponds, located six miles south of (541) 278-3716 or (509) 522-
Ukiah on Forest Road 52 (follow 6042.
signs from Ukiah). Registration
is at 8:30 a.m. and the derby
begins at 9 a.m.
Hot dogs, hamburgers and
soda are provided for everyone
who registers and participates in
the derby. A special fly casting
demonstration and "biggest fish"
The annual meeting of the
contest will also be held.
Umatilla
County Chapter of
This event is sponsored by the
Forest Service, Battle Mountain American Red Cross is June 8 at
Amvets and Ladies Auxiliary, Roosters Restaurant at 7 p.m.
Verona Lynam, the secretary of
Blue Mountain Chapter of Trout
Unlimited, Oregon Department the Willamette Chapter and state
of Fish and Wildlife and council first vice chair, will be
numerous
businesses
and the guest speaker. She has many
individuals in Pendleton, Pilot years of experience in Red Cross
including volunteer and paid
Rock, and Ukiah.
For more information, call staff positions from local
chapters to national.
(541)427-3231.
Anyone interested. in
The Walla Walla Ranger
District, along with the Tri-State attending, RSVP to 276-1211.
Red Cross
chapter to meet
Heppner FFA chapter winds up year's activities
The Heppner FFA Club started
off the year by electing a new
officer team at the end of the
1997-1998 school year. The
new officer team consisted of
Knsti Worden, president, Corey
Miller, vice president, Scott Van
Winkle, secretary, Josh Hill,
treasurer, Jeff Currin, reporter,
and Stan Cutsforth, sentinel.
The first activity of an FFA
member was in the Morrow
County Fair. Kristi Worden
competed in swine showmanship
where she won third place and
also sold her market hog at the
auction.
Heppner FFA showed many ag
mechanics projects in the shop
skills section. The FFA/Ag
Department also had an
informative table display in the
building.
Their first activity as a group
was on September 4, when they
went to the Blue Mountain
District FFA meeting where the
new district FFA officer team
was elected. Carrie Marcum
from Stanfield was elected
president, Kris Carroll from
M ilton-Freew ater,
vice
president, Knsti Worden ,
secretary, Jenifer Freston from
Athena Weston, treasurer, Amy
Vanderplatt from Pendleton,
reporter, Ashlee Weirmar from
Condon, sentinel, and Noah
Newman from Hermiston,
historian.
As school got underway, the
FFA had its beginning-of-the-
■ year barbecue and invited all of
the staff, FFA members and
students in an agriculture class.
The officer team was introduced
and a bnef meeting was held to
welcome everyone.
Around a week later, the
officer team wore official dress
to explain and promote FFA to
the seventh and eighth graders.
FFA
members
answered
questions and talked about
experiences to let them know
what FFA offers.
The annual Blue Mountain
District Leadership Camp was
held up at Camp Elkana the third
weekend of October. Although
the Heppner Chapter Officer
Team practiced "diligently" for
the rituals contest, only Knsti
Worden was able to attend the
camp due to unfortunate
circumstances. At the camp
there were numerous officer
workshops, icebreakers, and
group activities including a
dance, knowledge competition
and rituals contest.
The week following District
Leadership Camp two state FFA
officers, Ben Harris, vice
president, and Brett Jeter,
sentinel, came to Heppner High
School to promote FFA. They
spoke to each ag class and
visited with Principal Ron
Anthony.
The Blue Mountain District
FFA Soils Judging Contest was
hosted by the Heppner FFA
Chapter this year. Their official
team consisted of Zack Acock,
Ann Shear and Knsti Worden.
Other participants from the
Heppner FFA Chapter were Jeff
Currin, Stan Cutsforth, Josh Hill,
Tom Hines and Brian Sweeney.
The team earned second place
out of the eight teams
participating and the SWCD
provided lunch out at the
Morrow County Fairgrounds.
Sales and Services in Milton
Freewater was their next district
competition.
Josh Hill and
Kristi Worden attended. Josh
sold elk meat and Kristi sold
rope halters.
Josh also
participated in the customer
service
aspect
of
the
competition, whereas Kristi
participated in the advertising
segment. Since there were not
enough members from the
Heppner FFA Chapter to form a
team at this competition, they
did not receive a placing, but
Josh and Kristi "both did very
well on individual levels," said a
spokesperson.
For the first time in three years
the Heppner FFA Chapter had a
parliamentary procedure team at
the district competition. Kristi
Worden was the chair and the
other officers participated in
their designated areas. Overall
they placed seventh in the
advanced competition.
Stanley Cutsforth
also
participated in the advanced
extemporaneous public speaking
contest, placing fifth overall
with his speech,
"Work
Experience in Our Public
Schools Today."
BMCC offered a cattle
pregnancy checking clinic that
Kristi Worden and FFA advisor
Lynn. Harmonson attended.
High school students from seven
schools in the Blue Mountain
District attended. The clinic
began with an introduction using
diagrams and real reproductive
tracts.
Each student had a
chance to test 16 cows.
The State FFA President JD
Cant and Secretary Jared Kerr
came to Heppner High School in
early February to introduce
themselves and then go out to
Kristi Worden's farm to check
out her SAE (Supervised
Agriculture Experience) project
(swine and work experience) and
interview her for a state FFA
degree. She had taken a general
knowledge test and had a
leadership
interview
at
Hermiston High School about
two weeks earlier in preparation
for the on-site interview.
During the state FFA
convention,
Heppner
FFA
members roomed with the
Riverside FFA Chapter which
included Josh Calhoun, Jason
Strebin, Nichole Walker, Tio
Warren and Hannah Young.
Kristi Worden received a state
FFA degree and also ran for a
state FFA officer position. Josh
Calhoun, Jason Strebin, and
Nichole Walker also received
their state degrees. Pam Worden
went as the female chaperon as
well as Mrs. Calhoun ‘from
Riverside. Harmonson and Mr.
Danielson,
advisors, also
attended..
In April the local group had an
FFA meeting to elect officers for
the 1999-2000 year. The new
officers are as follows: Stanley
Cutsforth, president, Katie
Sherritt, vice president, Corey
Miller, secretary, Ann Shear,
treasurer, Josh Hill, reporter, and
Jeff Currin, sentinel.
The end of the year banquet
was changed to an end of the
year awards dessert. The new
officers were installed and
awards for the accomplishments
of the year were given.
The awards list is as follows.
Receiving their Greenhand FFA
degrees were Scott VanWinkle,
Brian Sweeney and Ann Shear;
chapter
FFA degree-Katie
Shemtt and Brian Knowles.;
state FFA degree-Knsti Worden
The Honorary Chapter Farmer
was Ron Anthony.
Stan
Cutsforth, Brian Knowles, Katie
5hemtt and Brian Sweeney
received awards for planting
trees for the Morrow County
M useum
C om m ission.
Receiving awards for welding
and construction of safety railing
for the baseball field were Stan
Cutsforth and Brian Sweeney.
Harmonson presented Knsti
Worden with an FFA retiring
officer gavel. She recognized
and thanked her officer team and
advisor.
The third, fourth and seventh
period ag classes went on the
Monow County Crop and Weed
Tour. Knsti Worden, Corey
Miller, Stan Cutsforth, Josh Hill,
Mike Hougan, Matt Baker, Ann
Shear and Cory Breeding were
all in attendance. They looked
at
Bill
Jepsen's
crop
experimental plots and listened
to various speakers. A weed
identification test was given by
Dave Pranger in the shop at the
Jepsens' residence. Lunch was
served and Harmonson won a
door prize of a five gallon
bucket of Round-up.
The Heppner FFA hosted the
annual end of the year FFA
barbecue on May 19. All staff,
seventh and eighth graders and
ag students were invited.
Representatives from the Soil
and Water Conservation district,
Janet Greenup and Merilee
McDowell attended, as well as
those from the OSU Extension
Office, Bill Broderick, Charle
Cundell and Katherine Kettel.
Irrigon juveniles suspects
in vandalism
The Morrow County Sheriffs
Office has identified four Imgon
juveniles as suspects in the
string of criminal mischief
incidents that tpok place at
Irrigon schools this last
weekend.
Currently the juvenile males,
one 16-year-old and three 15-
year-olds will be charged with
two counts each of Criminal
Mischief in the first degree, one
count each of Criminal Mischief
in the second degree and two
count each of Criminal Trespass
in the second degree.
Preliminary damage estimates
are $3,500 at A.C. Houghton
School, an undetermined amount
to Irrigon City Hall and $1,300
in broken windows at the
Columbia Middle School In
Irrigon.
Additional damage was done
to vents and a satellite dish at
Columbia Middle School for
which damage estimates have
not yet been received.
"Some good police work by
sheriffs
deputies
and
information from several Irrigon
citizens is credited with helping
in identifying the suspects in this
case," said Morrow County
Sheriff Verlin Denton. "The
investigation into the criminal
mischief at the Irrigon Marina
and some broken vehicle
windows during the same period
of time is continuing by the
Sheriffs Office."
Young Logging recognized
Bruce Young Logging of
Heppner, has completed the
requirements necessary for
receipt of special recognition as
an Oregon Professional Logger.
This designation recognizes
those
Oregon
logging
contractors who make a special
effort
to
continue
their
professional
education
in
selected aspects of the logging
business, said a news release.
This new professional
designation
program
is
administered by AOL, a Salem
based association and a national
leader in logging industry
education and training programs.
The Oregon Professional
Logger program is recognized as
meeting the requirements of the
Sustainable Forestry Initiative, a
national effort of the American
Forest and Paper Association
whose objective is to further the
principles of sustainable forestry
on private forests as well as on
other forested lands.
Bruce Young and his wife,
Debbie, will receive a plaque on
behalf of their company, citing
their long term commitment to
modem forest stewardship, made
possible through professional
continuing education.
Commission seeks proposals
The Morrow
County
kindergarten.
Commission on Children &
Accepted proposals will only
Families is requesting proposals be approved for one year.
for projects and services to Proposal packets may be
"enhance the welfare" of obtained by
calling
the
Morrow County Children and commission office at 676-9675,
Families.
by sending a written request to
The anticipated allocation is P.O. Box 544 or by coming to
approximately $11,500. The- the office at 120 South Main,
projects must address at least Heppner.
one of the following areas-
Completed proposals must be
reduce child abuse; reduce teen returned to the commission by
pregnancy; increase the student noon, June 30 to be considered.
retention (graduation) rate;
For more information, contact
reduce juvenile crime, reduce Dar Memll at 676-9675. The
youth use of alcohol, tobacco, Morrow County Commission on
and/or illegal drugs; increase the Children & Families reserves the
number of women who receive right to accept or reject any/all
adequate prenatal care; and
increase the readiness of proposals and all proposals are
subject to availability of funds.
preschool children to enter
Marketing group for women
If you are you interested in
learning ways to make sense out
of wheat marketing you are not
alone.
A Women's Marketing
Group, sponsored by OSU
Morrow County Extension will
meet June 8 at 1 p.m., at the
Morrow County School District
Office board room in Lexington.
Women interested in teaming
more about today's agricultural
markets are invited to attend.
M C Health Dept.
The Morrow County Health
Dept, lists the following monthly
schedule of blood pressures and
immunizations:
Thursday, June 3-blood pres
sures and immunizations, Hepp
ner clinic, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.;
Tuesday, June 8-blood pres
sures and immunizations, Board-
man clinic, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.;
Thursday, June 10-blood pres
sures and immunizations, Hepp
ner clinic, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., and
Imgon clinic, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.;
Tuesday, June 15-blood pres
sures and immunizations. Board-
man clinic, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.;
Thursday, June 17-blood pres
sures and immunizations, Hepp
ner clinic, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.;
Tuesday, June 22-blood pres
sures and immunizations, Board-
man clinic, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.;
Thursday, June 24-blood pres
sures and immunizations, Hepp
ner clinic, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., and
Irrigon clinic, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.;
Tuesday, June 29-blood pres
sures and immunizations. Board-
man clinic, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Chamber Chatter
By Claudia Hughes, Chamber Manager
By Claudia Hughes, Executive
Director
Congratulations to the Heppner
graduates. Jill Barber has served
as HHS representative on the
board of directors. Amber Peck
contributed an hour a day to the
Chamber this past term. Both
are wished the very best.
Chamber members have also
enjoyed hearing from a student
representative each month at the
monthly business meetings.
Heppner produces some great
young adults.
David Gray, Century 21 Realty
Specialist, and Jay Wheelhouse
of Hermiston,
a
former
Heppnerite, have recently joined
the Chamber of Commerce.
Welcome.
The Heppner merchants and the
Chamber of Commerce are
working together to create the
second "Celebrate Heppner".
Included in the July 30 event
will be a sidewalk sale,
children's games,
. and
entertainment on the shamrock.
It's a family affair. Mark your
calendars now and invite friends
and relatives to join us.
Coming up in June: "A
Gathering In
The Blues".
Prepare to welcome many
visitors in their buckskins as
they head for the hills to
experience a
pre- 1840's
rendezvous.
Sharon Harrison and Trish
Sweeney joined me last week for
a Chamber staff and volunteer
training in Milton-Freewater.
The group toured Sykes
E n te rp rise s
C om puter
Technology and experienced
some creative training ideas as
well as ideas for taking some of
the pressure off Chamber
members' lives. Stay tuned. (We
also volunteered Heppner to host
next year's Eastern Oregon
training.)
Thought for the week: "What
the world really needs is more
love and less paperwork. . ."
Pearl Bailey
Weather Report
By the City of Heppner
For the month of May
High Low
Precip.
72
48
.00
5/1
41
57
.13
5/2
42
.18
53
5/3
.04
5/4
35
55
.07
33
5/5
51
37
.00
65
5/6
.34
74
33
5/7
33
.03
5/8
56
34
.00
5/9
51
.00
5/10
55
29
.00
62
36
5/11
.01
5/12
64
43
.00
59
36
5/13
.00
5/14
55
35
T
38
5/15
56
.00
37
5/16
59
.03
36
5/17
68
.58
65
50
5/18
.01
40
5/19
65
.05
67
44
5/20
69
T
5/21
42
.00
5/22
70
42
.00
5/23
76
43
84
44
.00
5/24
54
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91
5/25
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75
40
5/26
.00
45
5/27
75
.00
47
83
5/28
00
50
5/29
78
.00
41
76
5/30
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48
75
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