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
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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.
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