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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 26, 2001
New bird hunting business opens in area
Hank Howard (pointing) and Tim Adams look over new hunting preserve recently opened on Willow Creek
near Heppner. The two, along with Don Barber, recently received their license to operate Rolling Hills Hunting
Preserve.
lone students try out prehistoric tools
lone teacher Mr. Kaible tries his nand at using an atl all
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I oni Bailor shows students different materials to make the atl alls and nets for hunting. Pictured are
students (left to right) Koby Rea. Taylor McElligott, Eva Chitty. Aaron Tworek. Missy Baker and
teacher Duane Neiffer.
Tim Adams looks over some of the Pheasant he raises on his place on Dee Cox road Adam’s birds will be
used on the recently opened hunting preserve near Heppner. Adams has about 2,500 birds at the present
time, but says he has had up to 5,000. The birds eat about a ton of special mix game bird food per week. The
birds are sold to commercial bird hunting ranches in the Northwest. Adams started his business about 10
years ago with 300 birds.
A new bird hunting business
has opened in the Heppner area.
Called Rolling Hills Hunting
Preserve, it is owned and operated
by Hank Howard, Tim Adams
and Don Barber of Heppner.
The preserve will offer non-
guided and guided one day hunts
for pheasant and chukars at two
ranch locations. One ranch is
located on Hinton Creek and the
other on Willow Creek.
The hunting preserve will be
open for business from August 1
to March 31 and offers various
plans starting with a basic
package of five pheasant or seven
chukars for one day o f non-
guided hunting for three people
lor S I50.
In addition there are places to
camp on the property, and trap
shooting is available, says Tim
Adams, one o f the partners in the
business.
Adams, who has owned a
pheasant raising operation on Dee
Cox Road near Heppner for the
past 10 years, will be supplying
the pheasants for the hunts.
fo r further information or to
make reservations call 676-5819.
Christmas tradition returns to area
Students (left to right) Adam McCabe. Til Tullis. Derek Campbell and Caitlin Orem straighten their
darts to use in the atl atls.
Life-sized manger scene
A Heppner Christmas tradition
has returned. In the mid 1950s, local
artisans Lois and Ernie Winchester
began an ambitious project. They
sought to create a life-sized manger
scene. Each year a new addition was above the reservoir at 68970 Willow
added to the art work. It was Creek Road. It is lit from dusk until
displayed for many years by Amanda
Die public is invited to view the
Duvall in Heppner and can now be
viewed just 1.5 miles out of town manger scene.
Heppner announces lighting contest winners
Curtis and Sandi Day.
580 E. Cowins Street won first
place in the Heppner outdoor
lighting contest. They were
awarded S50.
Second place in the
outdoor category went to Gary
and Jen Wight on C hase Street.
Second place prize was $30.
Honorable mention was a tie.
with recognition going to Frank
and Janice Skaggs and Glen
Ward, both on Chase Street
All the displays on C hase
Street earned the title, "Heppncr’s
Holiday Lane."
First place in the indoor
category
went
to
Gladys
Alderman. 785 Shobe. She won a
$50 prize. The second place
award and $20 was won by
Randall and Marlene Peterson.
195 N. Gale. Ron and Jodi
Brisbois. 605 W. Morgan
received honorable mention
The Heppner video store
won the festive business lighting
display and a $20 prize.
Honorable mention went to the
Lloyd Barkley shows students how to make flints. Pictured (left to right) are: front-karl Morgan. Jamie
VandenBrink. C od> Bergstrom: hack-Brittanny Day. Cyndi Heagy. Mike Radie and Brad Burright.
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Heppner Gazette-Times
Lloyd Barkley and Tom Bailor
from Pendleton gave lone students
lessons in obsidian flint making,
atlatl throwing, and other prehistoric
tools and weapons on Dec. 19.
Barkley taught the students
percussion and pressure methods
of making obsidian into sharp points
to use as knives, darts and
arrowheads. Bailor showed the
students that by using the atlatl,
prehistoric people could increase
throw ing distance 300 times and
increase the force of their throw ,
Used 2.000 years ago. an atlatl is
a type of holder for the atlatl dart
that was thrown at the animal the
hunter was trying to hit. "Hie atlatl
has been replaced by bow and arrow
since then,
I~hc demonstration was brought
to lone Schools by Duane Neiffer
and the ISEA (lone Supports
Educational Asscmblics)commutee