Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 27. 2001 - THREE
Rugged River Duatholon planned
The
Rugged
River
Duathlon 5 mile run/walk/13
m ile bike ride will begin at the
M onument
City
Park
on
Saturday, July 21, at 7:30 a m.
Registration m ust be
postm arked by July 10 and sent
to: Rugged River Duathlon, P.O.
Box 308, M onum ent, Oregon
97864; or call 541-934-2460.
M edals will be awarded
Lions officers installed
Call Your Dog
for the first place overall male
and female finishers and the first
place male and female master
finisher (40 and over). Ribbons
will be awarded to the first three
finishers in each 10-year age
group.
A m ountain bike is
"highly advisable" and bicycle
helm ets
are
required
for
participation in the duathlon.
Contest new at
the rodeo
Watershed Field Day held
The Heppner Lions Club recently installed new club officers at its annual picnic held at the fairgrounds
Pictured above are:(left to right) District Governor Carol Tate who installed the new officers, President Dick
Parris, VP Jim Wishart, Sec. Roger Trueax, Treasurer Steve Rhea, Tail Twister Al Scott and Lion Tamer Jimmy
Fichter.
County dryland crop tour
Students take measurements at the Watershed Field Day.
The second annual W atershed
Field Day was held at Duane
Nei tier's property near lone on May
9-10.
The Umatilla-M orrow Natural
Resource System s Consortium
sponsors the field day which
provides students with quality
"hands-on" experiences that tie into
existing science, agriculture and
natural resource classes or units.
The field day consisted o f six
different
stations:
weather
observation and monitonng; soils;
plant identification (wheat and
weeds); streambank rehabilitation;
m acroinvertebrate identification
and sorting; and water sampling
and testing.
Some o f the local presenters were
Dave Pranger, M orrow County
Weed District; Larry Lutcher, OSU
Crop Extension agent. Gary Hunt
and Duane Neiffer, lone High
School teachers.
This year lone High School
students Derek Cam pbell, Adam
Neiffer, Sally M cElligott, Ann
Shear, Allison Halvorson, Shelby
Krebs. Brad Bumght, Cory Bennetto
and Korey M organ assisted the
presenters.
"It was very rewarding to teach
students what 1 had learned
alongside my teacher, Duane
Neiffer," said Shelby Krebs. She
also said it was fun to help kids plant
trees alongside trees that she and
other students had planted the year
before. Her hope is that the field
day continues because she knows
the value o f hands-on experiences
outside o f the classroom.
Approximately 100 students in
grades four through 12 from
Umatilla and M orrow counties
attended each day. They learned
about several different weather
instruments, identified weeds and
explored "bio-controls". They also
learned how soil develops through
wind, weathering and biological
processes over time and collected
sam ples o f aquatic macro-
invertebrates from W illow Creek.
Students also m easured basic
water quality parameters including
pH,
turbidity,
conductivity,
temperature and dissolved oxygen
levels and planted willows trees
along the creek to assist with
streambank stabilization and
establishment o f shade to help cool
water.
Gary Hunt and Duane Neiffer
were fortunate to not only have their
classes participate but also work
as presenters which gave them the
opportunity to see both sides o f the
spectrum. They stated, "As we live
in rural areas, this field day gives
our students an actual hands-on
experience about watershed
education. They actually do research
on W illow Creek and leam how
the watershed is affected by different
land management practices. This
is much more meaningful than
learning it from a textbook."
Through the cooperation o f the
Corps o f Engineers, local
landowners and a grant from the
Environmental Protection Agency,
this field day has been a success
every year, said organizers.
Funding for substitute teachers
and transportation are made
available through the Umatilla-
Morrow ESD. The coordinators for
the field day were Marilyn Johnson,
Umatilla-Morrow ESD and Morrow
SW CD district clerk, Merilee
McDowell.
Local boys catch ’monster’ bass
at Willow Creek Lake
Grady Penturf (left) and Ted Fugate, both 14, Heppner. show off the
seven-pound bass they caught at Willow Creek Lake on Thursday,
June 21. The boys say that the big bass broke the pole.
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2001 (Program Schedule
1« Bo ir dm in & Irriyon M irim Parks * Moidiy «visinji it 7 f.m
held at Haguewoods, Jepsens
MorrowCounty Dryland Crop Tour.
By Debbie Harper
The annual M orrow County
dryland crop tour was held June
7. The tour was presented by Oregon
State University in cooperation with
sponsorship by M orrow County
Wheat League, M orrow County
Grain
Growers,
McGregoi
Company, Monsanto and the Bayer
Company.
The in-the-field presentations
were on cereal gram varieties, weed
control and alternative crops.
Nearly 40 people toured the in-
Photo by Debbie Harper
ground demonstrations at Starvation
Farms, Kelwayne Haguewood's farm
and Bill Jepsen's farm. At the
Haguewood farm, the presentation
was fertilizer variations and
application strengths in test plots.
Speakers were Chris Rauch, Don
Homeck, agronom ist with OSU
Extension Service, Don Wysocki,
Extension soil scientist with OSU,
Matt Kolding, crop evaluation and
enhancement expert from Pendleton,
and Larry Lutcher, OSU dryland
crop production expert, from
New conservation sign-up announced
USD A Secretary Ann M
Veneman recently announced the
availability o f $513,000 through
a new
program
providing
conservation assistance to Oregon
landowners A first round sign-up
deadline for the Soil and Water
Conservation. Assistance program
(SWCA) in the John Day/Umatilla
Basin (JDU), which includes
Morrow, Gilliam, Wheeler. Umatilla
and Grant counties, has been set
as June 25 through July 6, 2001.
"Fanners and ranchers can
receive financial assistance to
voluntarily address threats to soil,
water and related natural resources."
said a representative o f the local
USDA Service Center. "These
program s also help with water
management and erosion control
by incorporating conservation into
farming operations."
SW CA will help landowners
com ply with federal and state
environm ental laws and make
beneficial, cost-effective changes
to cropping systems, grazing
management, nutrient management
and irrigation.
SWCA is available in areas that
are not part o f designated priority
areas for Environmental Quality
Incentives Program (EQIP)
USDA's Natural Resources
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Heppner.
From Haguewood's, the tour
moved to Bill Jepsen's farm which
is growing, in conjunction with
Monsanto's Center o f Sustainability,
plots o f alternative crops, such as
mustard, lentil and barley, on three-
year rotation. Sheldon Blank and
Michael Berry o f Monsanto were
on hand to answer questions.
After the tour, participants were
hosted to lunch at Beecher's
Restaurant in lone.
Love,
Marcia, Tina, Toni,
Stef, Philip, Travis
Conservation Service (NRCS) has
leadership for SW CA and are
partnering with Soil and Water
Conservation Districts in the basin
and USDA's Farm Services Agency
(FSA). To be eligible, applicants
must own or control the land and
agree to implement specific eligible
conservation practices. Eligible
practices will receive federal cost-
share at 75 percent o f the cost and
contracts will be for a 5-10 year
period.
For more information or to sign
up, contact your local USDA Service
Center at 676-5021. Additional
information is also available at:
Moose
The Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo
Committee has come up with more
entertainment for this year's Oregon
Trail Pro Rodeo.
During
Friday
night's
performance, be prepared to watch
an arena full o f finely-tuned athletes
ready to show o ff their tense
concentration, agility and ability
to find the person at the other end
of the arena who feeds them every
night. It is the event that is growing
in popularity all over the Pacific
Northwest-the "Call your Dog
Contest."
It is really very simple. You need
a team o f talented individuals
including a handler, a caller and
a dog. The handler holds the dog,
the caller calls the dog and the dog
runs. The handler takes the dog to
one end o f the arena and the caller
goes to the other end o f the arena
and when the contest is started, the
caller calls the dog; the first dog
to the finish line wins. It does help
if the dog com es when he or she
is called and a little treat at the finish
line never hurt anything either.
There is no limit on contestants.
It costs $10 to enter and this money
is put into a pot to be awarded to
the winners. The H-M Ranch and
the Rodeo Com m ittee are both
donating $50 o f added m oney to
the pot as well. Tf 20 teams eptér.
there w ill be $300 in the pot to be
divided in a jackpot fashion. The
more contestants, the more money
goes into the pot.
How do you enter? You can pre
enter by calling Sherree Mahoney
at 676-5876 or enter at the arena
before the race. Bring your $10,
your best dog and a good sense o f
humor. It should be great fun to
watch because a large group o f
Morrow County dogs and their
owners can be unpredictable and
entertaining. Don't miss the dog
calling contest on Aug. 21 during
the Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo.
Pictured above is "Moose." This
well-dressed dog is recognized
around the Northwest Rodeo Circuit
as one o f the fine athletes o f the
"Call your Dog Contest." He is
currently undefeated in 2001.
Seat belt blitz
planned
The Heppner police want to
remind everyone that there w ill be
another seat belt blitz Friday, June
29, through Sunday, July 8.
Seat belt usage in and around
the Heppner area has shown a big
increase since the start o f the
program , according to Heppner
Police O fficer M erle Cowett.
"Remember the driver of a motor
vehicle is responsible for making
sure that all passengers are buckled
up." said Cowett.
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