Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 24, 2004 - SEVEN
Umatilla-Morrow
ESD participates
in Child Find
“ B ” team P on ies sin k to
V ik in gs
By Larry Palmer
The “B” team Ponies invaded the Vikings in
Umatilla, but it was the Vikings who turned the tide on the
Ponies and nailed down a 35-22 victory.
The Ponies tried to mount a charge against their
horned foe, but were denied and looked at a 12-3 deficit
But a defense was surmounted and the points ripped the
twine as the Ponies trimmed the score to be down by four,
14-10.
The second half didn’t allow the Ponies much time
to munch as the oarsmen found their rhythm and began to
distance themselves from the herd, outscoring the Ponies
8-3. The win whipped their sails in the fourth and the final
score saw the Vikings winning 35-22.
The Ponies were led by Jared Huddleston with six
points Following close behind were Brent Eckman, Jordan
Hatfield and Chris Wellington with five points each and
Zach McCall dropped in one point. Also helping were Justin
Key, Tomas Elguezabal, Grant Smith, Luke Young, Drew
Johnson and Lane Wright
Heppner 3 7 3 9-22
Umatilla 12 2 8 13-35
“A ” team P on ies fall to
V ikings
By Larry Palmer
The “A” team Ponies needed “Mr. T” against the
Umatilla Vikings as the home team hammered the Ponies
in a 43-17 victory. The Ponies needed a quicker kick start
as they fell behind early 5-0 and by the half were looking at
a 20-5 dubbing
But like Rip VanWinkle, the Ponies did awaken and
held their own in the second half scoring six and nine
respectively in the third and fourth quarter They finally
got their offense going and didn’t run away with their tails
dragging The Ponies defense showed in the fourth where
the Vikings could only claim two points.
The contributors in this showdown were Braden
Britt with four points and nine rebounds, Dalton Wellman
sank in four, Spencer Palmer topped in four points and
seven boards, Josh Shank had seven rebounds, Sam King
connected for three points, Jared Huddleston made good
for two and Brent Eckman, Joe Pranger and Matt Holland
helped as well
Heppner 0 2 6 9-17
Umatilla 5 20 15 2-43
FARM Foundation TV raffle to be
held during Town and Country
Cliff Green donated
a 32-inch Toshiba TV set to
the FARM Foundation, with
proceeds to go tow ard
completion o f the mural on
the agricultural museum.
Tickets for that drawing will
be available at H eppner
Hardware until the Town
and C ountry B anquet in
January. Last week’s article
incorrectly stated that the
drawing would be held after
the Light Parade on Dec 2.
The raffle drawing
for the quilted Christmas
wall hanging made by Judie
Laughlin and donated by the
Willow Creek Valley Service
Club to the mural effort will
be held after th e Light
Parade on Dec. 2.
Raffle tic k e ts for
both items are alsd on sale
at the Heppner TV Office
and will be available from
mural committee members.
Ticket prices are $ 1 each or
six for $5
E lectrical safety p oster
con test w in n ers an n ou n ced
C olum bia B asin
Electric Co-Op announces
the winners o f its annual
E lectrical Safety P o ste r
contest. The competition is
open to all fourth graders in
their service territory. The
year 2004 w inners were
announced at the CBEC
annual m eeting held in
Heppner on Thursday night
First place winners
are awarded $20 and second
place winners are awarded
$10. W inners w ere as
follow s: C ondon G rade
School 1st- Justin Irzyk and
2nd- Hannah Fatland; Fossil
G rade
School:
1st-
MacKenzie Nelson and 2nd-
Tallon Conner; H eppner
Grade School l 51- Bryce
F ow ler and 2nd- G arrett
Robinson; and lone Grade
School:
1st-
Stacee
H alvorson and 2nd- Evan
Rietmann
The
co n test
g en erated 46 entries
Electricity is like most tools:
it can make our lives much
easier and more pleasant, but
if used carelessly, can be
dangerous
G ard en C lu b now ta k in g
h olid ay d éco r ord ers
The
H eppner
Garden Club is taking orders
for wreaths, candy canes and
swags To place an order,
call Ida Farra at 676-9446
from Nov 20 through Dec
4. Orders may be picked up
at the Fairgrounds from Nov
30 to Dec 4 Items are $20
each
The
G reens
Workshop, to make your
own wreath, is scheduled for
Saturday, Dec 4 from 9 a m
to 1 p m G reens and
supplies are available
i
A raffle is also being
held for a fleece lap robe
Ticket prices at one for $1
and six for $5.
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Schools in Umatilla
and M orrow counties are
attem p tin g to locate all
persons between the ages of
0 (birth) through 21 not
enrolled in public school
who may have special needs
due to concerns with the
following: vision, hearing,
speech, language, health,
general
developm ent,
behavior, body movement
and learning
If you have any of
the
above
concerns
regarding a child in your care
who is aged 5-21, please
contact your local school
district special education
department contact person
listed below: Jack Johns,
M orrow C ounty School
District R -1, 500 Tatone St.,
Boardman, OR 97818,(541)
481-4202; or Niki Brown,
lone School District R-2,
2100 SW Nye, Pendleton,
OR 9780L, (541) 966-3131
If you have any o f
the
above
concerns
regarding a child in your care
who is aged birth to 5, please
co n tact
the
Early
Intervention/Early
C hildhood
Special
Education Program, at the
Umatilla-Morrow ESD, at
(800) 927-5847 or, for
Pendleton District residents,
966-3133. O r you may
contact Niki Brown, E l/
ECSE Program Coordinator
at (541) 966-3131
DA’s Report
Nicholas Tony Ray
Robbins was convicted of
A ttem pt
A /Felony
Manufacture/Delivery o f a
Controlled substance-SC 1,
a Class B felony. Robbins
d riv e r’s license
was
suspended for 180 days and
he was sentenced to 18
m onths
supervised
probation, 30 days in jail, 80
hours community service
and payment of $ 166 in fines
and fees. Robbins also
adm itted to violation o f
probation allegations for
Robbery III
H e was
sentenced to six months in
jail and 24 months probation
The two sentences will run
concurrent
William Dean Rill
pled guilty to C rim inal
M isch ief II, a C lass-A
m isdem eanor Rill was
sentenced to 30 suspended
days in jail, 24 months bench
probation, no livestock on
other property owner’s lands
and payment of $214 in fines
and fees.
Oregon Wheat
Commission to
meet
The Oregon Wheat
C om m ission will hold a
regular meeting on Sunday,
Dec 5, just prior to the
O regon W heat G row ers
Convention in the Embassy
Suites Washington Square
located at 9000 Washington
Square Road, Tigard, at 10
am
The meeting location
is accessible to persons with
d isa b ilitie s The ADA
p ro h ib its discrim ination
against persons with
disabilities To request for an
interpreter for the hearing
im paired or for other
accommodations for persons
w ith disabilities, please
contact the Oregon Wheat
Commission office 48 hours
in advance at (503) 229-
6665 or TTY (503) 986-
4762.
The C om m ission
meeting is open to the public
and anyone wishing to attend
is encouraged and welcomed
to do so
Public comment period for draft
wolf plan extended
The public comment
period for the draft Oregon
W olf C o n serv atio n and
Management Plan has been
extended by a month and a
third
public
hearing
scheduled to ensure that all
Oregonians with an interest
in wolves have sufficient
time to provide input, the
Oregon Department of Fish
and Wildlife announced
With
the
new
timeline, the Oregon Fish
and Wildlife Commission is
scheduled to make a final
rulemaking decision on the
draft plan and associated
administrative rules Friday,
Feb 1 1, 2005, during a
regularly scheduled meeting
to be held in Troutdale Final
ad o p tio n was originally
scheduled for early January
The
seven-m em ber
C om m ission
is
the
mlemaking body for fish and
wildlife issues in Oregon
The decision to
extend the public comment
period was made after the
Union County Cattlemen
made a formal demand as
allowed under the Oregon
Administrative Procedures
Act
The official public
com m ent
period
for
rulemaking began Nov. 1
and lasts through close of
business, Thursday, Feb 10,
2005. People wishing to
comment on the draft plan
and draft rules may submit
written comments by mail, e-
mail or fax, and may testify
at any o f th re e public
hearings to be held in front
of the Commission- Dec 10,
2 004,Jan 6, 2005 and Feb
10, 2005. A lthough all
com m ents
will
be
considered, the Commission
has encouraged those with
w ritten com m ents are
encouraged to submit them
before Feb 4,2005, to allow
Commission members the
maximum amount o f time to
analyze the comments before
voting on the plan
The draft plan,
m inority re p o rts, draft
adm inistrative rules and
other information can be
found on ODFW’s Web site
at www d fw .state.o r.u s/
Wolves/main html Copies
also may be obtained by
req u est at any ODFW
regional or district office
W ritten
public
comments on the draft plan
will be accepted at the
following locations: by e-
m
a
i
l
,
Odfw Coniments@state or us;
by fax, (503) 947-6009; and
by mail, ODFW Information
and Education Division,
3406 C herry Ave NE,
Salem, OR 97303-4924
Public hearings will
be held on the following
dates and locations:
-Friday, Dec 10,
2004 ODFW, Commission
Room, 3406 Cherry Ave
NE, Salem, OR 97303-
4924 The draft wolf plan is
cu rren tly last on the
C o m m issio n ’s day-long
agenda and public testimony
is expected to begin in the
afternoon
-Thursday, Jan 6,
2005: ODFW. Commission
Room, 3406 Cherry Ave
NE, Salem, OR 97303-
4924 Testim ony will be
taken from 1-5 p m
-Thursday, Feb 10,
2005: Testim ony will be
taken from 1-5 p m at a
location to be announced in
Troutdale
The draft wolf plan
does not call for actively
reintroducing wolves from
other states or provinces, but
to m anage w olves that
n atu rally d isp erse into
O regon No w olves are
confirmed in Oregon at this
time, but biologists expect
w olves to estab lish a
perm anent
O regon
population as the Idaho wolf
p opulation grow s and
disperses. W olves are
currently protected under
both the state and federal
endangered species acts
A 14-member Wolf
Advisory Committee met
monthly November 2003
through A ugust 2004 to
develop a plan that addresses
concerns raised in a series of
tow n hall m eetings held
throughout the state in late
2002 and early 2003
Committee members were
appointed
by
the
Commission to represent a
broad range o f Oregonians,
including tribal members,
eastern O regon county
commissioners, range and
forestland conservationists,
trappers, rural Oregonians,
educators, wildlife biologists
and researchers, hunters,
livestock
producers,
econom ists,
w o lf
conservationists, public land
managers and citizens at
large from eastern and
western Oregon Twelve of
the 14 m em bers o f the
committee support the final
draft plan and two members
filed minority reports
The draft plan
ap p ro ach es
w o lf
conservation by allowing
w olves to m igrate into
Oregon, promoting social
tolerance and dividing the
state into eastern and
western wolf management
regions with population
objectives for each region
The boundary between the
tw o management regions
follows Highway 97 from
the Columbia River south to
La Pine, Highway 31 south
to Lakeview, and Highway
395 south to the California
border
The draft plan
proposes using an adaptive
management approach with
th ree phases o f w o lf
protection Phase 1 focuses
on
achieving
the
“conservation population”
objective o f four breeding
pairs for three consecutive
years and protects wolves
from lethal removal unless
livestock losses are severe
Phase 2 focuses on achieving
“management population”
objectives of seven breeding
pairs for three consecutive
years. Phase 3 ensures the
w olf population does not
decline below Phase 1 levels
or reach unm anageable
levels that cause conflicts
with other land uses
The draft plan also
calls for initiating the process
to consider removing the
gray w olf from the state
Endangered Species Act list
once a “ con serv atio n
population” is established in
eastern O regon It also
p ro p o ses changing the
species’ legal status to a
“ special status mammal”
w ithin the s ta te 's game
mammal category and allow
the use o f a range o f
management tools including
controlled take o f wolves
through hunting or trapping
Any proposed change in
legal status would require
legislative action
A key portion of the
draft plan is the proposed
establishment o f a state-run
compensation program for
confirm ed and probable
losses of livestock and some
working or hunting dogs due
to w olf predation The
program could include
funding all or part o f the
costs incurred by private
I
individuals implementing
non-lethal w o lf co n tro l
m ethods and p o ten tial
reimbursement for financial
losses o f lost or missing
livestock Any compensation
package w ould require
legislative action
Questions regarding
the rulemaking process or
the draft plan may be
directed to ODFW by calling
Craig Ely at (541) 963-2138
or Anne Pressentin Young at
(503) 657-2000, ext 285.
Neiffer earns
All-MWC honor
Adam N eiffer, o f
lone, a junior linebacker at
Beloit College in Beloit, WI,
received an honorable
mention in the All-Midwest
Conference
The linebacking trio
o f Neiffer, David Bilek and
Dan M arsh combined to
make 316 tackles Neiffer’s
122 tackles and 45 solo
tackles led the Bucs He also
recorded two quarterback
sacks, one interception and
one fumble recovery.
lone Legion and
Auxiliary to host
Christmas
potluckand
Bingo
Bring yourself, your
family, a friend and your
favorite food to share in the
lone American Legion and
Auxiliary Christmas potluck
on Tuesday, Dec 7 at 6:30
p m at the lone Legion Hall
Bingo to follow dinner
December projects!
include. “Christmas Shop”
for the Vets- unwrapped gifts
need to be delivered to Helen
C ra w fo rd ’s
or
June
Crowell’s home by Dec. 1;
“ Support Our T roops”-
M agnetic Ribbons, Jean
Jepsen; and Com m unity
Christmas- gifts and cookies
for individuals in the
community
Armed Services
support group to
start in Heppner
A “ Support O ur
Troops” support group is
beginning in Heppner. The
first meeting will be held on
Dec 4, at 3 p m at Evelyn
Sweek’s home, 405 Water
St., Heppner
The group is meeting
to offer support to families
and friends w ho have
som eone in the Armed
Services in any branch and
to offer support to troops
w ith supplies and care
packages
For
more
information, contact Evelyn
Sweek at 676-9483 or Kay
Qualls at 676-9705.
Magnetic
Door
Signs
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