Heppner Gazette-Tim es,
M CLG and SW CD discuss possible
closure of Rangeland Resources Dept, at
annual meeting
(L-R): Bob Skinner, Jordan Valley, President of the Oregon Cattlemen s
Association, with Ur. Bill Krueger, Corvallis, head of the OSIJ Range Dept.
By IVlertyn Robinson
K eynote
speakers
addressed pertinent industry
issues during the annual MCLG
(M orrow County Livestock
Growers) and SWCD (Morrow
C ounty Soil and W ater
Conservation District) combined
meeting at the Elks Lodge in
Heppneron Jan. 16.
Bob Skinner, Jordan
Valley, President o f the Oregon
Cattlemen’s Association, called
the loom ing closure o f the
D ep artm ent o f R angeland
Resources at OSU a blow to the
industry. Dr. Thayne Dutson,
OSU Dean o f the College of
A g ricu ltural S ciences and
D irector o f the Experiment
Stations, made this decision.
“ I t’s
runaw ay
bureaucratic at its worse,” said
Skinner. Producers have flooded
our office with letters citing the
im portance o f trustw orthy
science and research generated
in the range department versus
untrue, extreme environmental
science controlled by political
pressure, he said.
Dutson has said that the
d ep artm en t w ould not be
restored even if outside funding
sources were obtained. The
department chair claimed the
department has a low rating
based on per student ratio and
student g en erated hours.
However correct figures show
(that the Range Department is
fourth best in the OSU College
ofA g Sciences.
“ T h e re ’s
no
accountability anymore,” Skinner
continued. It’s inexcusable that a
public institution (OSU) can have
approximately a $19,000,000
‘unaccounted for’ line item in
their budget. In the face ofbudget
deficits everywhere, it goes
beyond reason. The same is true
o f the open ended budget for the
U.S. Forest Service fire fighting.
“The bigger the fire, the more
money they (the Forest Service)
can get,” so there’s no incentive
to put fires out before becoming
catastrophic, he said.
Bill Krueger, chair of the
OSU Range Department, also
spoke briefly on the current
department situation. In the past,
Krueger said, the department has
received outside finding which
resulted in a reduction in college
funds for the departm ent.
Krueger cited the tragedy o f the
losing the “from the ground up”
w orking know ledge and
ex p ertise o f long term
department staff members.
On the subject of public
access to navigable waterways,
Skinner said, “It’s a flat scary
situation.” He touched on the on
going struggle for property
ow ners o f land ad jo in in g
navigable waterways. Statutes
now give the public the right to
access these waterways as well
as 10 feet o f land adjacent to the
water’s edge.
Skinner emphasized that
OCA maintains a no tolerance
policy for the introduction o f
wolves in Oregon. Later in the
afternoon Mark Henjum, and
Gary Miller, representing Fish
and Wildlife agencies talked
about wolf management plans in
the United States.
Other speakers during
the afternoon session included
Roger Huffman and Jack Noble
concerning brand inspections and
changes. Janet Greenup, Morrow
County SWCD manager, also
gave an update on the Willow
Creek Watershed Council and
other related programs.
Mustang JV girls win two
By Kick Paullus
The Heppner Mustang
JV girls won two games over the
weekend beating Walitonka 41 -
18 on Friday, Jan. 17 then
traveling to Culver and beating
the Bulldogs 50-27 on Saturday,
Jan. 18 to improve their record
to 7-5 on the year. The Mustangs
travel to Umatilla on Friday, Jan.
24 and will return home on
Saturday, Jan. 25 to face the
Sherman County Huskies.
Against the Eagles the
Mustangs got seven first quarter
points from Terra Wilson in
taking an 11-6 lead and upped it
to 19-8 at halflime getting six
second quarter points from
Linsey Mitchell.
Susan Southworth had
four points and Katie Britt three
points as the Mustangs built their
lead to 32-14 after three and got
four points from Blair Keithley in
the fourth as they coasted to the
41-18 win.
Wilson finished with 11
points, six steals and four assists.
Mitchell had six points and six
rebounds. Tiffany Piper had six
p o in ts, K eithley had five
rebounds, two steals and two
assists and B ritt had four
rebounds and three steals. Krista
Hendricks had four steals and
S outhw orth and C helsey
B etsin g er each had four
rebounds.
The Mustangs jumped
out on the Bulldogs early taking
a 20-4 lead after one, getting
eight points each from Mitchell
and Britt. Britt hit a 3-pointer and
Keithley had three points in the
second as they increased their
lead to 29-9 at the half. Mitchell
added nine points in the third as
the Mustangs took a 41-19 lead
after three and got three points
each from Britt, Hendricks and
Lynan Bingham in the fourth as
they coasted to the win.
M itch ell led the
Mustangs with 17 points, five
rebounds and three steals. Britt
brought in 14 points, eight steals
and two assists. Keithley had
eight points, six rebounds and six
assists, Laurie Murray had six
rebounds and Bingham had six
rebounds.
Heppner II 8 13 9-41
W ahtonka62 64-18
By Rick Paullus
Heppner 20 9 12 9-50
Culver 4 5 10 8-27
Heppner: Mitchell 73-417,
Britt 5 3-3 14, Keithley 3 2-7 8,
Bingham 1 2-6 4, Hendricks 1 1-2 3,
Piper I 0-02, Murray 1 0-1 2, Wilson
0 0-2 0, Betsinger 0 0-2 0, Yocom and
Jepsen. Team: 1 9 11-27 50 3-pt: Britt
Culver: Miller 6 0-6 12,
Briggs 3 0 - 1 6 , Baltazar 1 0-3 2,
Thompson 1 0-2 0, Gangstead 0 2-4
2, Lang 0 2-4 2, Poore 0 1-3 1 and
Norris. Team: 11 5-23 27 3-pt: none
steal and lay-in from Dan Basile
in the clo sin g seconds to
preserve the win.
V anC leave led the
Mustangs with 18 points, with
Britt adding 10 points. Proctor
and Kyle Carlson each added
five points.
Heppner 20 16 12 8-56
Stanfield 19 144 15-52
H ep p a cr:
M atthew
VanCleave 82-418, Mikel Britt 5 0-2
10, Roy Proctor 1 2-4 5, Kyle Carlson
2 1-1 5, Kyle Huddleston 2 0-2 4, Dan
Basile 2 0-0 4, Riley Wight 1 1-2 3,
Kory Paullus I 0-0 3, Rory Kilkenny
1 0-2 2, Matt Kenny 1 0-0 2, Robert
McEliigott 0 0-2 0 and Josh Lankford.
Team: 26 6-19 56 3-pL: Proctor and
Paullus.
StaufieM: Gehlke 5 6-9 16,
Blackburn 5 5-7 15, Dorran 4 1-4 9,
Ibarra 3 M7,ChallisOT43,CariUo 1
0-0 2, Whalen and Vogel. Team: 18
16-28 52 3-pt: none
School Districts and OSSOM Working Cardinal JV score a victory over Grizzlies
tobacco and alcohol industries’
Together
The lone girls’ JV team
All seven players for
By Courtney Nelson
Taken from the 2002 December
issue o f the Hehisch
Since the beginning o f
the school year a promotion that
is funded by the state has been
promoting the fact that fewer
students try or use tobacco or
alcoholic products.
1 have talked to the head
o f this coalition Ms. Karen
MasshofT. She told me that this
group and promotion was set up
with quite a bit of help from the
state o f Oregon thru Morrow
County School District. Ms.
MasshofT also told me that
previous tobacco taxes help to
fund to b acco e d u ca tio n /
prevention. This allows speakers
to come talk to the students
about the use o f tobacco
products and alcohol and how
you should choose against using
iL
The main objects of this
particular project are to spread
the word to all students, teachers,
parents and community that our
high school campuses are an
alcohol, drug and tobacco free
zones. They plan to do this by
distributing different surveys,
using flyers and posters, T. V. and
newspaper; whatever they can
do to get the pomt across. lastly,
they will try to counteract the
messages, which focuses on their
efforts towards youth to use these
products.
Recently Ms. MasshofT
spoke to the OSSOM club and
talked with them about the above
issues. I believe she focused on
the plan to try and create a student
committee o f helper. She would
like all students who want to help
with this promotion, including
those not in the OSSOM club,
to get on the committee. If you
w ish to jo in the S tudent
Committee o f Helpers then
speak to Mr. Payne. I was also
wondering if they were going to
name the Committee the name I
provided for it or will it be
something of their own creation.
The programs is based
on three main goals which are as
follows;
1) Building Coalitions
(groups) and Including diverse
Partners.
2) R educing Youth
Access To Tobacco Products.
3) Creating Tobacco
Free Environments.
Ms. MasshofT gave me
an outline of the promotion if
anyone wishes to look at it to see
what this is really all abouL I have
also heard that Mr. Payne has the
whole written plan that had been
presented to the School Board.
beat the Helix girls’ JV 61 -46 to
increase their winning streak to
four wins in a row and their
record to 7-5, Friday, Jan. 17.
The Cardinals took a 44-
17 halftime lead and despite
being out scored by the Grizzlies
39-17 in the second half they
managed to hold on for the win.
22, 2003 - FIVf
Mustang girls beat Eagles with strong
second half
Heppner: Tens Wilson S 1-
2 11, Tiffany Piper 3 0-0 6, Linsey
Mitchell 3 0-0 6, Katie Britt 2 1-2 5,
Susan Southworth 2 0-0 4, Blair
Keithley 2 0-9 4, Amy Jepsen 1 04)2,
Lynan Bingham 1 0-0 2, Heather
YocomO 1-2 1, Laurie Murray 00-20,
Krista Hendricks 0 0-2 0 and Chelsey
Betsinger. Team: 19 3-19 41 3-p t:
none
Waktouka: Harmon S 0-0
10, Zabcl 2 0-0 4, Rocha 1 0-0 2,
Hilbun 1 0-0 2, K. Holland 0 0-2 0,
Fernandez, Green, Padilla, J. Holland
and Grayson. Team: 9 0-2 18 3 -p t:
none
Mustang C team outlasts Stanfield
The Heppner Mustang
“C” team fell behind early, built a
lead then held on to beat the
visiting Stanfield Tigers 56-52 on
Monday, Jan. 13 to improve their
record to 6-1 on the year. The
Mustangs next games are at home
on Tuesday, Jan. 21 at 5:30 p.m.
and at Grant Union on Thursday,
Jan. 23 at 6 p.m.
The Mustangs fell behind
14-3 early in the first before
rallying to take a 20-19 lead after
one getting eight points from
Matthew VanCleave and five
points, including a 3-pointer,
from Roy Proctor. VanCleave
scored six more points and Mikel
Britt four as the Mustangs took
a 36-33 halftime lead.
The Mustangs outscored
the Tigers 12-4, getting a 3-
pointer from Kory Paullus, in the
third to take a 48-37 lead and
hung on in the fourth getting a
Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January
#15 Tylynn Smith takes the shot
photo by Teresa Hughes
Rick Paullus
A 28-7 advantage in the
second half carried the Heppner
Mustang girls’ varsity to a 59-26
win over the visiting Wahtonka
Eagles on Friday, Jan. 17 in a
Columbia Basin Conference
game. The Mustangs improved
to 2-1 in the CBC and 6-7
overall.
The Mustangs trailed
10-9 after one, getting five points
from Lacey Matteson, but took
a 31 -19 lead at the half getting
six points each from Matteson
and Brook Rust and a 3-pointer
from Nikki Sisk.
They increased it to 45-
24 after three, getting five points,
including a 3-pointer, from
Stefanie Hanson and a 3-pointer
from Jesse K em pas. They
coasted through the fourth
outscoring the Eagles 14-2,
getting four points from Tylynn
Smith.
M atteson led the
Mustangs with 15 points, eight
rebounds and three steals. Rust
added 10 points, hitting six of six
free throws, nine rebounds,
seven offensive, and two assists.
Hanson put up nine points, six
rebounds, three steals and two
assists. Madison Bailey had five
steals and two assists, Chelsea
Britt had six rebounds and Sisk
had three steals.
Heppner 9 22 14 14-59
Wahtonka 10 9 5 2-26
Heppner: Lacey Matteson
4 7-12 15, Brooke Rust 2 6-6 10,
Stefanie Hanson 40-19, Nikki Sisk 2
0-0 5, Chelsea Britt 2 1-2 5, Jesse
Kempas I 0-0 3. Tylynn Smith 2 1 -3 5,
Susan Southworth 0 3-6 3, Madison
Bailey 1 0-0 2. Linsey Mitchell 1 0-0 2
and Tiffany Piper. Team: 19 18-3059
3-pt.: Sisk. Kempas and Hanson
Wahtonka: Lacy 4 l -2 9, La.
Lick30-07,Gouzales2 l-25,Lewis2
0-04.Cam pos0 1-2 1. Hilbun00-1 0,
Aguirre 0 0-1 0, Li. Lick, Grayson,
1 larmon and Terrell. Team: 11 3-8 26
3-pt: La. Lick.
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