Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 31,2007 - THREE
Heppner High School Attendance Pays assembly
Photo by Darlene Marquanh
H eppner
H igh
School held i t ’s second
Attendance Pays assembly
on Thursday, January 25, the
last day of the quarter.
The
follow ing
students received Perfect
Attendance awards and will
be placed in a drawing for a
$50 savings bond to be
aw arded at our next
assem bly: Seth Palm er,
Justin Pranger, G abriela
Sanchez, Brett H arrison,
D aisy V ictorio, Rudi
Ramirez, Marc Thompson,
Lane Wright, Joshua Shank
and Jordan Shepherd.
A
num ber
o f stu d en ts w ere also
recognized for having two or
fewer days absent and six or
few er
ta rd ie s.
A lso
recognized at the assembly
were exchange student Julia
R onnacker who is flying
back to Germany after the
end of this semester (January
25) and R.J. Farrens who
was awarded the Student of
the Year at the recent Towne
and Country Banquet.
State Essay Writing
winners were recognized:
Lane Wright, fourth place;
Erin Price, third place; and
Lacie Wagoner, second place
in the state.
D ave
Fow ler,
technology teacher, was also
reco g n ized fo r being
aw arded Educator of the
Year at the recent Towne and
Country Banquet. The site
council and staff presented
Fowler with a gift certificate
to Home Depot.
Garden Club Essay Contest 4th place winner
I
know
and
understand that the world is
a frag ile and d e lic ate
ta p e s try
that we
m u s t
protect
and care
for. But
s o m e
times the
care
it
needs
must take
a different
Lane Wright
ro ute to
b
e
protected from itself. I'm
talking of the recent seal
population explosion and
m ovem ents
o f these
creatures across the Pacific
coast.
The fact is that seals
are becoming overpopulated
along the Pacific coast from
Baja California to Alaska.
This problem is becoming
more and more noticeable.
A ccording to stu d ies
co n d u cted by N O A A /
N M FSC , a c o n tro lle d
census from 1977 through
1993 along the O regon
c o ast, the o rg a n iz atio n
n o ticed that the annual
increase of seals is 7.4%. In
this same census the average
amount of harbor seals for
the years tested was 6,046.
This amount might seem
sm all, but the total
abundance of harbor seals
alone on the Oregon coast
alone was 9,261. T his
number is nothing compared
to the 390,000 various types
of seals and sea lions along
the P acific co ast. T his
abundance is a count of all
H arbor seals, Stellar sea
lions, and California sea lions
along the West coast. This
might seem like nothing, but
a small over population issue.
However seals have even
started to m ove fu rth er
inland onto public land.
Beaches that your Children
play on are being taken away
from
them
by
an
environm entally inclined
government, just so that the
seals may have undisturbed
breeding grounds. T his
problem is growing and is
u n ch allen g ed
by
an
unknowing society.
The movement onto
public ground isn’t the only
problem faced by increasing
seal populations. The sudden
decrease in pacific salmon
can be contributed directly to
the seals that wait at fish
ladder openings. This drop
has lowered the abundance
of fishing licenses given out
and low ered the average
spawning rate causing local
fishermen to start competing
for their jobs not just with
their friends, but with the
seals.
Seals, often chasing
migrating salmon, destroy
nets while endangering the
fisherm en w ho's jo b .it is
remove caught, aggravated
seals, often causing hundreds
of dollars in medical and
repair bills to replace nets and
for injured fishermen. Think
of it, if the salmon population
increases they could once
again run the Columbia like
their ancestors did, fishing
could become easier. You
may say, “Wait what about
the salm on farm s raising
salmon and releasing them
Heppner Little League
To conduct Registration for the 2007 season
Registration for the 2007 season at Heppner Little League
will he held on Wednesday, February 7; Thursday, February 8:
and Friday, February 9, 2007 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. each night.
Boys ages 5-12, Girls ages 5-14 arc eligible to enroll to play T-
Ball. Minors and Majors Baseball and Softball. Registration is
required even if the child played previously. Cost is $30 per
child. $60 per family.
Registration will be held at the Heppner Neighborhood
Center. At least one parent or legal guardian must be present.
If this is your first time or we don't have your information
from last year, please bring three (3) proofs of residency (must
have PHYSICAL address) and a copy of your child's original
or state-certified birth certificate. A driver's license or utility
bill is acceptable documentation
If you cannot make it to tryouts please let us know. The
deadline for signups is February 28. For more information call
Sandi Putman at (541 ) 676-8469.
At this time we are also accepting applications for coaches
and volunteers. This year we will need a copy of your photo ID/
Driver's License to go along with it.
- TRYOUTS -
Major Boys Baseball - March 15. 2007
at 4:00 p.m. George Waterland Field
Major Girls Softball - March 15, 2007
at 4:00 p.m. Bob Kilkenny Field
Minor Boys Baseball - March 20, 2007
at 4:00 p.m Shad Hisler Field
Minor Girls Softball - March 20. 2007
at 4:00 p.m. Bob Kilkenny Field
T - Ball will not be having Tryouts
Little League is the world 's largest youth sports program
with more than 2.8 million children and I million volunteers in
more that I 00 countries. For more information on Little League
visit the Little League wehsite at ww w.Iirtleleague.org
into rivers?” Well yes this is
a good attempt to bring back
salmon populations, but the
problem is when they return
to the rivers they're attacked
again by the waiting seal and
most farmed salmon don’t
survive the first year in the
ocean due to other predators
only a select few make it
back. The thing is that seals
are over populated and the
problem must be resolved.
As I am sure you’re
aware, Canada has started a
nationwide seal hunt to try
and low er the seal over
population. Unfortunately
the path they chose was
more of a killing path where
nothing was salvaged only
d estro y ed . But w hat I
propose is a little more
humane. I propose an open
seal season the same as a
deer or elk season, that
w ould create a lim ited
number of tags and allow
people to apply for tags and
hunt the seals. Something
needs to be done and this is
my p ro p o sal. If the
p o p u latio n c o n tin u es to
grow salmon could become
extinct, the seal population
could rise, and finally when
food sources run out they
would starve, suffer, and also
cause problems by searching
b each es;
en d an g erin g
people, for food. So please
consider my idea for the sake
of the salmon, the seal, and
you.
Heppner Garden
Club to meet
The
H eppner
G arden C lub w ill meet
Monday, February 5, at 7
p.m. at the Senior Center.
Beth D ickenson w ill be
sharing the progress of the
green house at the high
school. The Heppner Garden
C lub has sponsored this
program. She will be the
Garden Club on what the
class is doing at the high
sch o o l. D ickenson has
b ro u g h t classes to help
Garden Club make wreathes
before Christmas.
Hostesses for this
meeting will he Daisy Collins
and Dorothy Jackson. The
Heppner Garden Club is open
to the public.
Garden Club Essay Contest 2 nd Place winner
O ur earth is a
marvelous thing, it is diverse
and delicate. We need the
earth for
t h e
s u rv iv a l
of
our
p e o p le .
For the
earth to
p ro d u c e
a n d
p r o v id e
for the
population Lacie Wagoner
it must be
in good condition. One area
of the world that is in need
of our help is the rainforest.
We tend to forget what goes
on every day in our world
and it is not always good.
We need to o u r best to
protect it; the easiest and
most sensible way to do this
is to harness all available
reso u rces, not only the
lumber value.
Let’s take a moment
to look at the facts of what
actually happens to our rain
fo rests. R ain fo re sts are
being destroyed every day
because it is thought that the
timber is the only resource
of value on rain forest land.
It is estimated that for every
second that passes one and
one-half acres is demolished.
T his accu m u lates up to
thirty to fifty thousand acres
per year. With the loss of this
forest we also lose up to 137
plant, insect, and animal
species a day. The truth is
that if the rate o f
say that by harvesting the
plants and fruits on the land
the value of timber and cattle
grazing could be surpassed.
And we would keep gaining
rev en u e
from
these
renewable resources. The
S la sh -a n d -B u rn m ethod
destroys the land fertility and
it will only be use for cattle
grazing which only makes
about sixty dollars per acre.
There are many resources
like nuts, fru its, oil
producing plants, medical
plants in addition to timber.
The rain forest also provides
more than half of the food in
the developed world's diet.
Like avocados, coconuts,
figs, o ran g es, lem ons,
grapefruit, bananas, guavas,
p in eap p les, m angos and
tomatoes and many more
produce items.
Every one has heard
about the problems in the
rain forest, but after you
finish this essay I hope you
have a new understanding
for a major world crisis. We
have to be the ones to
protect the fate of our world.
We have to alert and stop
mindless tree cutting, we
must use all the resources we
have access to. We must
protect the people, animals
and plants of the rain forest
or our future generations will
pay dearly for the mistake. 1
know that the best thing we
can do is to make use of all
the abundant resources we
have access to.
Garden Club Essay Contest 3rd place winner
R ain fo rests
are
precious to our world.
T h e y
c o n ta in
m edicine
a n d
oxygen
for
us
which are
re a so n s
for us to
k e e p
them.
M o r e
Erin Price
than half
of the world’s estimated 10
million species of plants,
animals and insects live in the
tropical rainforests. These
deep rainforests are more
than most people think. We
need to protect and preserve
these delicate rainforests.
Biologist Edward O. Wilson
said:
“... The one process
ongoing in the 1980s that
will take millions of years to
correct is the loss of genetic
and species diversity by the
d estru ctio n o f natural
habitats. This is the folly that
our descendants are least
likely to forgive us for. “
M any sp ecies o f
animals like the rainforest
prim ate. Slow Loris, and
plants like the R afflesia
Arnoldii, one of the world’s
largest flower, live in these
en d an g ered ra in fo rests.
When the rainforest is being
destroyed some animals will
be caught underneath all the
underbrush. Those who do
escape could migrate into an
already over populated area.
Then that area, only having
a lim ited am ount of
resources, will not have
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enough food and space for
all the animals, therefore,
causing these anim als to
move closer to town and
causing them to starve or
even die.
M any m edicinal
plants can be found in these
rainforests. The scientists are
still finding more and more
plants for m edicine, but
many plan ts are being
destroyed by deforestation.
How terrible if there was a
cure to so m eth in g , like
cancer, and then find out that
these plants to cure cancer
were now extinct due to
cutting down rainforests.
The rainforest is a
huge o x y g en -p ro d u cin g
machine. It absorbs a lot of
carbon dioxide, and gives us
a load full of oxygen. The
A m azon
F o rest,
for
example, is
describ ed as “ the
lungs of our planet” for it
produces more than 20% of
the oxygen in the world. In
clearing of the forest land,
stumps and stems of plants
are burned off. In this
process it releases carbon
dioxide in the atmosphere.
T his hurts the ozone
surrounding our planet. This
c o n trib u te s
to
the
“greenhouse effect" which
leads to global warming.
One of the world's
most amazing rainforest is
none other than the Amazon
rainforest. It contains the
largest group of plants and
animal species out of all the
rainforests. Scientists say
that every 2.47 acres holds
900 tons of living plants. The
Amazon Rainforest is found
in Brazil and because it is so
big, Brazil has a third of the
remaining rainforests in the
worlds. Unfortunately they
are the w o rld 's g reatest
rainforest destroyers burning
of 2.7 million acres each
year.
The
ra in fo rest
contains much importance of
people.plants, and animals.
There were an estimated ten
million Indians living in the
Amazonian Rainforest five
centuries ago. Today there
are less than 200,0 0 0
because the land is limited
due to the forests being cut
down. Scientists estim ate
that we are losing more than
137 plan ts and anim al
species yearly because of
rainforest deforestation. The
world’s demand for wood,
corn, wheat, and rice has
grow n.
The
W o rld 's
Resources Institute says that
demand for com. wheat, and
rice in 2020 will grow to
40%, and the dem and of
wood by 2050 could double,
and the rainforest is still
looked at as a big supply for
this wood.
So you may be
wondering what we may do
now. Help out the rainforest,
p u rch ase
ren ew ab le
ra in fo re st p ro d u cts. O f
course recycle, especially
paper. Consider the delicate
thins that we need to protect
and preserve in this world,
like our rainforest.
Justice Court Report
Judge Charlotte Gray. Heppner Justice Court, has released
the following report:
-Kenneth Fred Wenberg, 60, Heppner. failure to obey a
traffic
control device (stop sign). $214 fine.
:
) ! -Scott King. 28, Hermiston, disorderly conduct. $1025 fine
with $300 suspended. 90 days in jail with 81 suspended
and nine days served.
Bring you r sweetheart to John’s Place
fo r a romantic Valentine’s dinner!
Saturday, February 10th
from 4:30 - 8:30p.m .
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deforestation does not slow
down significantly, the rain
forests will be consum ed
with in the next fifty years.
The rain forest is one
of the earth’s most valuable
and necessary features. It
provides us with tropical
w ood, m any m ed icin al
plants, tropical grown foods,
a variety o f anim als and
in sec ts,
and
m ore
importantly a major source
of oxygen. The rainforest
once covered 14% o f the
planet earth it has been
red u ced to 6% . The
rainforest is home to nearly
half of the earth’s plants,
birds, and animals but with
the depletion of their home
they are in very real danger.
But it is not only the animals
that have cause to worry, we
too should have m ajor
concerns. More than twenty
percent of the earth’s oxygen
com es from the Amazon
Rainforest, as well as 121
prescription medicines on
today’s market are derived
from the rainforest. The
A m azon is the larg est
rainforest on earth but it is
only one forest, there are
other just as valuable forests
in
In d o n esia,
Z aire,
Malaysia, and Burma.
You
may
be
wondering what can be done
to help the forests, I believe
that by leaving more of the
forest in tact and harvesting
all the resources would be
the best way to go about
saving the forest. Experts
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