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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 25,2007 - FIVE Watershed Field Days celebrates 10 years HHS track team hosts meet Tim Hauer in the last leg of the 4x100 boys relay (they won). Students identify macro-invertebrates from Willow Creek. Zack Kurtz in the discus. Sherilvn Peck starting off the 4x100 relay (the girls won also). On Tuesday, April 17, Heppner High School track team hosted the Mus tang Invitation Track Meet. The results are as follows. Jordan Hatfield: sec ond place 110m high hur dles, 17.31; second place 300m int. hurdles, 45.19; and first place triple jump, 40’9”. Tim H auer: first place 400m, 54.31. Zack Kurtz: second place discus, 115’4 ” ; and second place javelin, 147’4”. Brendan McElligott: first place 1500m, 4:50. Caleb O ’Neal: first place 100m, 11.30; second place 200m, 24.34; second place long jump, 19’8.5”. Casey O'Neal: first place 200m, 24.30; and first place long jump, 21’ 1.5". Spencer Palmer: sec ond place 400m, 59.12; fifth place discus, 8 1 '5 ” ; and eighth place javelin, 113’6”. D alton W ellm an: fifth place javelin, 133’2”. B rittan y B oothe: eighth place 100m, 14.84. Jo d essa C happa: first place 1500m, 6:03.50; and first place 3000m , 14:38.87. Cyde Coil: second place high jump, 4 ’8”. Kellee Jones: sev enth place 200m, 37.56; fourth place 400m, 1:34.21. Katie Kilkenny: first place 400m, 1:14.10; sev enth place javelin, 62’ 1 ”; and third place high jump, 4 '6 ”. Catherine McEllig ott: first place 300 low hur dles, 55.50. Amber Patton: sixth place javelin, 63’5”; and first place high jump, 4' 10”. Sherilyn Peck: sec ond place 200 meters, 28.91; and first place long jump. 15’.75”. Erin Price: first place 200m, 28.59; first place 100m high hurdles, 17.34; and third place triple jump. 31\5". Sara Price: third place 100m, 13.93; second place shot put, 26’5” ; and second place long jum p, 14’ 10”. Brynna Rust: first place 100m, 13.46; and third place long jump, 14'7.5”. Kristen VanCleave: second place 100m high hur dles, 18.65; second place 300m low hurdles, 56.95; first place shot put, 29'9”; and second place triple jump, 31’7.75” Ashley Wolff: fifth place shot put, 20’8”; and third place discus, 62’3”. Kelsey Wolff: sixth place 200m, 34.32; and third Casey Mahen in the triple jump. place 400m. 1:19.23. Boys 4x100m relay, first place: Jordan Hatfield. Tim Hauer, Caleb Maben. and Casey Maben, 46.31. Girls 4x100m relay, first place: Brittany Boothe, Sherilyn Peck, Sara Price, and Brynna Rust, 55.80. Boys 4x400m relay, first place: Casey O'Neal, •a w . S pencer Palm er, D alton Wellman, and Tim Hauer, 4:01.81. Girls 4x400m relay, first place: Brynna Rust, Sherilyn Peck, Catherine McElligott, and Erin Price, 5:08.96. Mustangs play double-header W E PRINT BUSINESS CARDS HEPPNfR G-T 188 W. WILLOW 676-9228 Heppner Mustang Kelsie Fox waits for the call while Lyndi Pattern hacks up the play at Saturdays Softball game against Pendleton's C team. The Heppner Mustangs played a double header against Pendleton losing both games. ■Photo b \ Sandy Matthews Lunches a t M urray’s ... We lutve p&nlnl sandwiches and salad for lunch! Just need a snack? Try our croissants, bagels, toaster muffins or muffin tops! News and Advertising Deadline Mondays at 5 p.m. Yankee N Candle of th e M onth... Spring All our vehicles are clearly marked with a No Hassle Sale Price V 25% O F F New Mustang Spirit Gear! Mats • T-Shirts • Sweatshirts 'A p r il E sp r e ss o S p e c ia l: W h ite R a b b it M och a ~ u.'ÿC o f f a n y s is e T) \ Th« week ìa Admuòltalwe PuheMimaÌA Day! Wednesday, /tytif 25tlt Don't INC Inv oices arc a v a i l a b l e for y o u r inspection The Simple Way - T h e Honest Way to order your flowers for the llep p n er Proni on Mm ôth! ^ M umuj ' ì Dnuj Conservation District; Mor row Soil and Water Conser vation District; OSU-Co- lumbia Basin Research Sta tion; Natural Resource Con servation Service; and Uma tilla National Forest and Gil liam Soil and Water Conser vation District. In addition. Field Day organizers have invited teachers to bring high school leadership classes and sci ence students to the field day as station presenters and lead ers. A bout 70 high school students from Pilot Rock High, Pendleton High, Heppner High, lone High, Irrigon High and Hermiston High schools will participate. S tatio n s are d e signed to provide students with hands-on contextual learning activities that focus on a few of the many com ponents that make up the study of Watershed systems. Teachers will use water con servation kits purchased by the C onsortium to make water conservation a part of each student’s future by ap plying what was learned at the field day into daily liv ing. Baker City Degree Day held April first was not an “April Fools” day this year. The S tate D egree Team traveled to Baker City to confer all of the degrees. The In itiato ry D egree was co n ferred on seven new m em bers and four other members took the rest of the degrees as well. The team was made up of the Grand Master Patty Olson, Grand Warden Allan Jackson, Grand Secretary John B lades, G rand T rea su rer R obert Lynn, Assembly Secretary Vangy P ro v in s, three past presidents, three past grand m asters and six oth er members from around the state. One brother from Idaho also came and took part. The team was pleased to he able to travel to Baker City and confer the degrees on this wonderful class of candidates. W E PRINT LETTERHEAD HtPPNIR G-T 188 W. WILLOW 676-9228 AN A M E R IC A N R E V O L U T IO N B ouquet We w ill accept lunch call-in orders from 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. (676-9158) The M orrow Soil and Water Conservation Dis trict was part of the concep tion of the Watershed Field Days program in 1997. This year the WFD will be cele brating 10 years. The local Willow Creek site is sched uled on Wednesday, May 2, from 9 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. at Duane Neiffer’s property west of Lexington. The presenters will be served barbequed ham burgers this year to celebrate the 10 year anniversary. Some of the presenters have been donating their time for the field day every year. The McKay Creek field day is located south east of Pendleton and is sched uled on Monday, April 30 and Tuesday. May 1, the Umatilla River Site is locat ed west of Hermiston and scheduled on Thursday and Friday, May 3-4. For the past nine years, the Watershed Field Days have created an invalu able learning experience with in-the-field, hands-on learn ing about our most valuable resource -water. More than 4000 elem entary, m iddle school and high school stu dents have participated in the Field Days over the years. The Watershed Fifcld Day exposes students to the concept o f “ W atershed.” Within the Watershed con cept, the learning stations focus on two themes: Agri cultural Practices That Ben efit the Environment, and Healthy Streams: Evaluation and Restoration Skills. Each day the s tu dents will rotate among sev en different learning stations that include: Soil Develop ment and Formation; Weath er and Watersheds; Wheat Plant Identification and Plant E x p erim en tatio n P ro ce dures; Mapping - GPS and compass work; M acro-in vertebrate Sam pling and Identification; Water Quali ty Monitoring and Testing; and Stream Bank Stabiliza tion and Restoration. Presenters from area natural resource agencies and school educators will teach the Field Day Stations. Agencies participating in the Field Days include: Nation al Weather Service - NOAA; Umatilla Basin Watershed Council; Oregon D epart ment of Agriculture; USDA- Agriculture Research Sta tion; Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife; The Con federated Tribes of the Uma tilla Indian R eservation; U m atilla Soil and W ater 2007 TAHOE 4x4 6-way Power Seat, 3rd Row Seat. Power Locks, OnStar. Heated Mirrors. Outside Temp. R Defog. MSRP $ 38.585 Discount $ 2,753 • Rebate S 2.000 Customer Price S 33.832 m&R2t£iLL C£L& VROLKT 217North Main • Heppner Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426 Serving Heppner Lexington 4 Ione The Most Trusted Same In The Car Business NEW C A R S - 567-6487 • HERMISTON. OR - 800-567-6488 • U SED C A R S - 567-3919 Jf.
