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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 28, 2003 Nearly 1000 students participate in annual Watershed Field Day The 2002 W atershed Field Days, a premier outdoor science w orkshop for grades 4-12, hosted 582 students. A n d , th a n k s to a b o u t 20 donors, the Field D ays w ere resurrected from the education funding cuts this year and the popular science camp grew to teach 845 students in 2003. T h ir ty - o n e te a c h e r s representing 20 area schools, and nearly 100 additional high sch o o l stu d e n ts served as presenters and leaders for the M ay 5-9 event. N early 3000 students have participated in the Watershed Field Days over the past 6 years. Each day a different group o f students, numbering from about 160 students to 180 students, rotated am ong seven different learning stations th a t in c lu d e d : S o il Development and Formation; W eath er a n d W atersh ed s; Wheat and Plant Identification; M apping-M ath A pplications in N atural R esources - GPS and com pass w ork; M acro invertebrate S am pling and Identification; Water Quality M onitoring; and Testing and Stream Bank Stabilization and Restoration. The W atershed field days started w ith tw o days in the front range o f the Blue Mountains, on M cKay Creek. Participants got a first hand look at m other nature and our natural resources as very cold weather greeted the first-day’s group o f about 175 students. The second day, Tuesday May 6, w as not as cold but rain d a m p e n e d th e m o rn in g ’s hands-on studies, but did not d a m p e n the sp irits o f the participants. The third day found the entire encampment moving to a -site w est o f lo n e on Willow Creek. The volurtteer pfbfffc&sionaT' p fe& e n te rs, students and other volunteers enjoyed w arm w eather and enthusiastic groups o f students during the two days at Willow Creek. The last day w as held at the newest site - the Oxbow p ro p e rty lo ca ted on W est Orchard, Hermiston. Located on the U m atilla River, the property is a perfect education site and was purchased by the Bureau o f Reclamation about four years ago. D o n o rs su p p o rtin g n a tu ra l re s o u rc e s y s te m s e d u c a tio n th r o u g h th e Watershed Field Days include: M id - C o lu m b ia Bus C om pany; Sw ire Coca Cola; M o rro w C o u n ty S W C D ; Pendleton and Hermiston Wal- M a rt; O reg o n F o rest R e s o u rc e s In s titu te ; JSH Farms; Hermiston Generating Plant; Oregon Wheat Growers League; J.R. Sim plot; Eagle Ranch; Hermiston Wal-Mart; B etty K lepper; H erm iston Irr ig a tio n D is tr ic t; W est Extension Irrigation District; C o lu m b ia B asin E le ctric ; W h e a tla n d I n s u r a n c e - Pendleton; M ikam i Farm s; M o rro w C o u n ty G ra in G ro w ers; B an n er B ank; O re g o n W ater C o a litio n ; M adison Farm s; H erm iston P iz z a H u t a n d B re n d a S im p so n ; and th e S e a ttle Seahawks. Presenters from area natural resource agencies and schools taught the Field Day S ta tio n s . A g e n c ie s participating in the Field Days in c lu d e d : T h e O r e g o n Department o f Agriculture; the USDA-Agriculture Research Station; O regon D epartm ent o f F is h a n d W ild lif e ; C onfederated Tribes o f the Um atilla Indian Reservation; U m a tilla S o il a n d W ater C o n s e r v a tio n D is tr ic t; M o rro w S o il a n d W a te r Conservation District; OSU- C o lu m b ia B asin R esearch S tation; N atu ral R esource C o n s e r v a tio n S e r v ic e ; M onum ent W a te rs h e d C o u n c il; A rm y C o rp o f Engineers; Monument Soil and Water Conservation District; Umatilla National Forest; and th e W oïnen in F o r e s tr y ’s e d u c atio n program “ Talk About Trees.” Stations are designed to p ro v id e s tu d e n ts w ith hands-on contextual learning activities that focus on a few o f the m any com ponents that m a k e u p th e s tu d y o f watershed systems. Tupper Outdoor School Mustangs take district tide By Rick Paullus Tupper Outdoor School campers from lone and Heppner gather around the campfire for the nightly fun of singing, skits and snacks. Sixth grade students from the two schools, counselors from HHS and IHS and their teachers were at Tupper May 12-15. Fifth graders perform annual ritual of unloading the sixth graders gear after their return from Tupper Outdoor School. Sixth graders Kathryn Strouse and Luke Young fold the flag at the end of a day at Tupper Outdoor School. Watching over the ceremony is HHS counselor, Aleshia Geer. It is time to register for soccer T he W illow C reek Soccer Club is gearing up for Duane Neiffer, lone HS Teacher and his students, teach the th ird seaso n th is fall. However, registration needs to Mapping at the Willow Creek Site. be c o m p le te d s o o n . T h e d e a d lin e fo r r e g is te r in g , w ithout incurring a $ 10 late fee, is June 1. Tina R aver advised, “that registration numbers are on the low side so far. There are m any fam ilies that have ex p ressed the intention to register but haven’t completed their registration forms yet. We also have an aw esom e clinic scheduled for June 14, but if enough players don’t register in tim e then we m ay have to reconsider the clinic. Early registration is crucial to both our local planning as well as p ro c e ssin g o f re g istra tio n forms up through the national level o f the AYSO program . S e v e ra l f a m ilie s h a v e registered for the season but w eren’t sure o f their plans for June 14, so they didn’t register for the clinic. T he official d e a d lin e fo r th e c l i n i c registration has passed, but w e 'll still allow players to register if they do so within the near future.” If you need to register contact Darrell or Tina Raver imm ediately at 676-8710. The H ep p n er M ustangs wrapped up the S p e c ia l D is tr ic t 7 Championship by beating the Sherman County Huskies 12- 2 in six innings on Saturday, May 24 in Pendleton and will take the number one seed to the O SA A play-offs. It had been nine years sin ce the Mustangs last won the district tournament and with it will have a home game in the first round o f the state play-offs against Salem Academ y on Wednesday, May 28. It didn’t look .good early when the Huskies scored two runs in the top o f the first on an infield hit, three errors and a wild pitch. However, the Mustangs came back in the bottom half when Josh Winters singled, Brad Adams doubled and with two out B illy Gates was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Donald Adams was hit by a pitch to force in a run and Kyler Lovgren walked on four pitches to force in the tying run. It stayed tied until the fourth w hen the Mustangs broke the game open. Jode Coil reached on an error and went to second on a w ild pitch. Winters walked, Brad Adams had an RBI single, Kory Paullus reached when his long fly ball to left-center was dropped against the fence then Gates hit a monster o f a home run to centerfield for a grand slam. Donald Adams sin gled, Lovgren W alked, Luke Murray had a pinch-hit single to scored Adams, Coil reached on a fielder’s choice and s to le s e c o n d and Elguezabal scored two with a single to make it 10-2. They added one more in the fifth when Brad Adams walked and went to third on a Paullus single and scored on a wild pitch. The M ustangs got their twelfth run to give them the ten run lead to end the gam e in the six th w h en Elguezabal doubled, Winters w alk ed and both runners moved up on a balk and Brad Adams hit a sacrifice fly to right to score Elguezabal. Elguezabal went five innings to pick up the win striking out nine, giving 4 ) five hits and no earned runs' Brad A d am s w en t two for two with two RBI and scored three tim es. G ates went tw o for three with four RBI, Elguezabal went two for five with two RBI and Winters and Coil each scored twice. Sherman 200 000-2 73 Heppner 200 811-12 11 3 Chad King, Jeff Hall (4) and Keegan Kock; Chuy Elguezabal, Billy Gates (6) and Gates, Elguezabal (6). W- Elguezabal. L- King. 2B- Brad Adams, Elguezabal (H). 3B- none. HR- Gates (H). Arlington, Boardman, Condon, Heppner, Irrigon, lone Gary Hunt, Columbia Middle School and lone HS Students, teach Macro-invertebrate and Fish sampling at the Oxbow site. GREAT RATES FOR GREAT PEOPLE A Special 25-Month Certificate of Deposit Baccalaureate ceremonies to be held For a limited time (May l, 2003 to July 15, 2003) fo r People who want Great Rates... The Heppner High School ceremony will be held Tuesday, g r a d u a te s ’ b a c c a la u re a te Ju n e 3, at 7 p.m ., at lone c e r e m o n y w ill be h e ld United Church o f Christ. 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