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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 18, 2005 Annual Watershed Field Day draws 153 students HJHS ends track season with champion and runner-up titles v*. '» 't u '« 1 »-i il»* A J ( a * S f â l? : f f f î t î i f j».- * T ** " r st- ar p m isr Champion and title holders: (Back Row L-R): Spencer Palmer, Josh Shank, Bryan Holland, Jared Huddleston, Catherine McElligutt, Jordan Hatfield and Brent Eckman; (Front Row L- R): Chris Wellington, Kristen Van Cleave, Erin Price and Maggie Armato. Not pictured: Sherilyn Peck. Heppner Junior High Track Team- (Back Ron L-R): Braden Britt, Sam Ring, Kristen Van Cleave, Jared Huddleston, Coach Susan Hisler, Jordan Hatfield, Ashley Wolff, Brian Holland and record since 1982 o f 12.06 Spencer Palmer; (5,h Ron L-R): Josh Shank, Sherilyn Peck, Nikki seconds, w ith his 12.22 Fritz, Catherine McElligott, Erin Price, Brittany Boothe, Drew seconds and 57.61 seconds Johnson and Stephanie Cutsforth; (4,h Ron L-R): Kassey Wilson, in the 400m to second all Eddie Waddell, Wacy Coil, Matt Holland, Hollie Whatley, Chris Wellington and Brent Eckman; (3rd Ron L-R): Kathry n Strouse, time best. C h ris W ellington Emily Thompson, Maggie Armato, Lane Wright, Mark McCabe, repeated as the 400 meter Whitney Smith, Sarah Kendrick and Dalton Wellman; (2nd Ron district champion with a 1 L-R): Kaylee Helfrecht, Leann Schwarz, Alex Pickles, Taighler minute 78 second run He Dougherty, Brynna Rust, Cory Silvia and Tomas Elguezabal; also broke the Gunderson and (1” Ron L-R): Lindsay Cutsforth, Tyler Robinson, Nick record with a 25.4 second Kempas, Grant Smith, Devin Robinson, Joe Pranger, Dylan run in the 200 meter He Lutcher and Jodessa Chapa. Not pictured: athlete Donald didn’t get to run in the heat Matthens and assistant coach Melissa Coiner. Students practice with compasses at the mapping station during the annual Watershed Field Day. Approximately 153, fifth grade students from Boardman, Irrigon, lone and Heppner attended the annual Willow Creek W atershed Field Day. It was held on Wednesday, May 4 at Duane N eiffer’s property west o f Lexington Water was the focus o f the presentations during the daylong e d u catio n program The day was b roken into hands-on teaching sessions including: soils, w eather, plants, compass and GPS/mapping, macro invertebrates, water quality and stream bank restoration The students planted tress to stabilize stream banks lone team leaders and helpers included: Arthur Ekstrom, Nick Christman, Sara Peck, Alyssa Rietmann, Kyle Palm ateer, Amanda Emery, Ashly Grams, Kelly Thompson and Tyler Brown lone student presenters included: Kristal Temple and Austin Arballo- mapping site, Kim Morris and Kasie P eterso n - streambank restoration site; and Tyler Raible and John Walton- macro invertebrates site H eppner student presenters included: Krystal Nairns, Dan Basile, Emily Bergstrom, Cara Kennedy, Julie M oore and teacher, Dieter Waite- water quality site. The stu d en ts w ere tau g h t how to m easure w ater quality param eters including pH , tu rb id ity , conductivity, tem perature and dissolved oxygen levels. Agency presenters included: Bill E w ing, Oregon Women in Timber; C ory C ooley, M orrow SWCD; Larry Lutcher, OSU Extension Agent; Dennis Hull and Marilyn Lohman, Pendleton Weather Service Office; and Matt Kolding, H erm iston E x ten sio n S e rv ic e /re tire d Plant Identification Teacher presenters included: G ary H unt o f Irrigon S chools, D uane N eiffer o f lone School District and Dale Holland o f lone School District T he han d s-o n experience for the students is very important in teaching them about conservation o f our soil and water and how that affects all o f us, stated a M orrow SW CD spokesperson Also the field day ties into existing science, a g ric u ltu re and natural resource classes or units. The co n tin u ed success o f this field day is due to the support from many agencies, teachers, stu d en ts, p aren ts and schools. Craig Satter and Terri M artinez, Umatilla/ Morrow ESD, coordinated the field day with the help of the N atu ral R eso u rces System Consortium Rhea to graduate from California State University Macy Rhea, a 2000 H eppner High School graduate, is graduating from California State University at Northridge on June 2 with a degree in communication studies Rhea was nominated for induction into Lambda Pi E ta, the N ational C o m m u n i c a t i o n A s s o c ia tio n ’s o fficial co m m u n icatio n ho n o r society The society is open to communication studies undergraduate majors who have maintained a 3.0 gpa or higher She also received the Fall 2004 Kent Joel Snyder Scholarship The scholarship is awarded each semester to two communication studies seniors or graduate students w ho have d em o n strated academic achievement as reflect in g rad e point average R hea has already received her a ss o c ia te ’s degree in marketing with an emphasis in merchandising from the Fashion Institute of Design and Marketing E s ta te By DAVID S Y K E S REALTOR T H E M O VIN G D A TE Whether y ou plan to buy or sell, there will be a household move in store You and your van line representative should agree on yvhal date or dates your shipment is to be picked up and yvhat date or dates it is to be delivered to the neyv ad dress The first and last fey\ days o f each month are gener ally the heaviest for the mov ing companies Avoiding these days can make your move go much more smoothly If your moving plans are flexib le, however, keep in mind that summer is the peak Past Real Estate columns and property listings are available at h " hsv . heppner.net/heritage moy ing season The ay ailabil- ity o f moving equipment and personnel during 'off peak” times can alloyy the move to be tailored more precisely to y our specific requirements Ifyour move must be made in the summertime, schedule as far in ads ancc as possible to as oid delays in pick up and delivery It is generally not a good idea to agree to having your shipment picked up "as soon as possible ’. The dates should be definite 180 W Baltimore #5 Heppner, OR 97836 + H p itageJÇandCc>. REALTOR £9 541 676-9228 - I Champion title holder, Nikki Fritz. The Heppner Junior High School track teams p a rtic ip a te d in team championships on May 6 at Stanfield High School track. The sixth and seventh grade boys were runners up to Umatilla, as were the eighth grade boys. Both the sixth and seventh grade girls and the eighth grade girls were champions. B ryan H olland shined in the sprints taking the 100m (12 94 seconds) and 200m (26.47 seconds) titles He also helped to capture the 4x200 relay title. Holland also moved up in the all time top 10 for 400m runners He also placed third in high jump. Brent Eckman took the high jump district title at 5 feet 1 inch and ran a leg o f the champion 4x200 relay team He also placed third in the 100 -meter hurdles and eighth in the 100 meter Jordan Hatfield took off in the triple jump with a new school reco rd and district title, leaping 35 feet 3 inches Chuy Elguezabal set the old record at 34 feet 9 inches in 2000. Hatfield also captured the 300-meter hurdles title with a time o f 48.01 seconds and took second in the 400 meter He also ran a leg o f the champion 4x200 relay team Jared H uddleston was the district champion in javelin with a throw o f 139 feet 8 inches and ran a leg with the champion 4x200 relay team He also placed second in the high jump and sixth in the 100 meter Josh Shank left a big impression on junior high track with a new school record and district titles in the long jump and 200 meter He leaped to 18 feet 6 -V 2 inches; the old school record was set by Derek Gunderson at 18 feet 5 inches in 1995. The 200 meter was ran in 25.23 seconds, breaking G underson’s record 25.25 seconds in 1995. Shank cam e up sh o rt o f Alex Lindsay’s 100-meter dash with Shank for the title race W ellington’s 12.65-second 100 -meter run moved him to fourth all time best. Spencer Palmer took the district javelin title and a new school record with a throw o f 153 feet 6 inches. Palmer had set the school record April 1 at Umatilla with a throw o f 150 feet 11 inches, breaking B ryson Wood’s throw o f 141 feet 4 inches in 2003. Palmer also to o k second in the 800 meter, fifth in the 400 meter and sixth in the triple jump C a t h e r i n e M cE llig o tt has had a tremendous season breaking seven school records this season. She was a repeat district champion in the 1500 meter, 300-m eter hurdles and 800 m eter and also added a javelin title in 2005. She first broke the 300- m eter hurdles reco rd at Pendleton on April 29 with a time o f 50.66 seconds. Pam Orr set the old record in 1981 with a time o f 51 73 seconds. McElligott again broke the 300-meter hurdle record May 6 with a time of 50.49 seconds. The 800 m eter record was ,set by McElligott in 2004 with a tim e o f 2 m inutes 41.98 seconds, but broke it twice this second to set it at 2 minutes 38 seconds At the championships she took first in the 800 meter with a time o f 2 minutes 43.07 seconds. M cE lligott also held the 1500 m eter reco rd at 5 minutes 27 seconds in 2004, but broke it twice this season to set it at 5 minutes 14 seconds at the May 6 meet The javelin record was held by Kristen Van Cleave at 88 feet 4 inches in 2004, was broke by Maggie Armato on April 15 at Sherman County with a throw o f 96 feet 6 -V 2 inches and broke again by McElligott on April 29 with a th ro w o f 101 feet M cE llig o tt to o k first in javelin at the championship meet with a throw o f 99 feet 1 inch McElligott now holds the 1500 meter, 800 meter, 3 0 0 -m e te r hu rd les and javelin records and is in the 20 £jou£_ajLtjme_in_t_he 400- ! HAND-CRAFTED CASKETS TH O M O U R TAMII V I O Y O U R S P Save money & choose from our standard casket models at: www.casketplans.com Or, let ns help you (lesion your own. Please call Mark or Tara for details. 800 ) 789-9395 meter dash for Heppner Erin Price also had a trem en d o u s season She captured the long jump, 400 meter, 200 meter and 100 m eter h u rd les d istric t champion titles on may 6 . She now has a new school reco rd in the 100 -m eter hurdles with a time o f 18.07 seconds set on May 6 . Annie H isler held the old 100- m eter hurdles reco rd at 18 17 seconds in 1994 Price barely missed Abby Kahl’s 400 meter record of 1 minute 5.71 seconds with a time of 1 minute 5.91 seconds on April 26. She also ranks top two in the 1500 meter and 800 meter Kristen Van Cleave captured shot put and triple jump district titles with a throw o f 27 feet and jumps totaling 29 feet 1 inch Van Cleave ranks top five in 300 meter and 100 -meter hurdle races and placed second in both races at the championship meet Sherilyn Peck took the triple jump district title with jumps totaling 28 feet 5 inches. She also took the 100 -meter title with a time o f 14.27 seconds and the 200 -meter title with a time o f 29 44 seconds. She also placed fourth in long jump Maggie Armato was the discus district champion with a throw o f 67 feet 3 inches. She also broke the javelin school record on April 15 with a throw o f 96 feet 6-'/2 inches. At cham pionships, she also placed second in javelin with a throw o f 100 feet 7 inches, fourth in shot put and eighth in 400 meter Nikki Fritz was a repeat district high jump champion with a jump o f 4 feet 5 inches She also placed seven in the 200 meter and sixth in the 4x200 relay. Othej- participants and their placements include Jodessa Chapa- 4th- 1500 meter, 7lh- 800 meter and 5th- 4x100 relay. Brynna R ust- 2nd- 100 meter, 2 nd- 200 meter and 2nd- 4x200 relay Lindsay Cutsforth- 5th- long jump and 2nd- 4x200 relay. Emily T hom pson s '1 * 5 9’- 4x100 relay. Taighler Dougherty- 2nd- 4x200 relay and 4th- high jump Sarah Kendrick- 2nd- 4x200 relay and tie for 6 th- high jump Ashley Wolff- 5lh- 4x100 relay and 8 ,h- discus Leann Schwarz- 5lh- 4x100 relay Stephanie C utsforth- 3rd- 400 meter and 6 th- 4x 100 relay. K athryn S tro u se- 2nd- 100 m eter, 3rd- 200 meter, 5th- javelin and 6 th- 4x200 relay. Kassey Wilson- 6 th- 100 meter and 6 th- 4x100 relay. Brittany Boothe- 6 th- shot put, 6 th- 4x 100 relay and 8 th- 100 meter Whitney Smith- 2nd- high jump, 2nd- 400 meter, 6 th- 4x100 relay and 6 th- 4x200 relay. Kaylee H elfrecht- 4th- 300-meter hurdle, 6 th- 4x200 relay, 8 th- 100-meter hurdle and 8 th- long jump Tomas Elguezabal- 5*- 300-meter hurdle and 7th- javelin Mark McCabe- 2nd- 4x 100 relay, 5th- shot put and 6 *- 200 meter. Drew Johnson- 2nd- 4x 100 relay, 3rd- 200 meter and 3rd- 300-meter hurdle Nick Kempas- 2nd- 4x100 relay and 7th- 200 meter W acy C o il- 2 nd- 4x 100 relay and 6 lh- javelin Cory Silvia- 7lh- 300- meter hurdle Lane W right- 6 th- discus. Sam King- 2nd- shot p u t,,2 nd- discus and 3rd- javelin Eddie Waddell- 2nd- 300-meter hurdle, 3rd- 4x200 relay, 4lh- long jump and 5th- 100 -meter hurdle Joe P ran g er- 3rd- 4x200 relay and 5th- 300- meter hurdle. Dalton Wellman- 3rd- 4x200 relay, 3rd- 300-meter hurdle, 5th- high jump and 6 lh-javelin B raden B ritt- 3rd- 4x200 relay, 6 th- 100-meter hurdle and 8 th- high jump Soccer signup to be held A Y S.O so ccer signup will be held for children ages 4-11, a copy of the child's birth certificate is required at registration Registration will be held at th e H eppner Neighborhood Center, June 2 from 5-7 p m and June 3 from 4-6 p m C ost for soccer will be $35 for the first child and $30 for each additional child For more information, contact Jessica Lehman at 939-8571. Transfer Station grand opening to be held Morrow C ounty will be having the grand opening o f the N o rth M orrow County Transfer Station on Friday, May 20 at II a m The public is invited to attend >
