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Heppner Gazette-Times,
Wednesday,
NINE
IHS classes learn about wildlife Heppner Methodist Women donate Second man arrested in fatal El
Monte racing crash
habitat and forestry health
raffle money t0 Senior Center
Editor's Note: The
following story cun he found
at www.cbs2.com. Steve
Groce, a 1982 graduate o f
Heppner High School, lost
his family in the October 8
accident.
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Students listening to Dale Boyd from the L.S. Forest Service, Hep
pner Ranger District, at a Heppner lookout tower.
Peggy Conner, president of the Heppner Methodist Women
presents a check for S300 to Kathy Turner, manager of the St.
Patrick’s Senior Center.
The Heppner Meth
o d ist W omen held th eir
annual fall bazaar and lun
cheon on Friday, November
2, in the basement social hall
o f the Methodist Church.
At noon, a drawing
was held to raffle off a quilt
Kristi Groves visiting with students along one of the many fish
habitat restoration projects the Forest Service is working on.
lone High School
advanced biology and crop
science classes spent two
days in the foothills o f the
Blue M ountains getting a
first hand look at the im
provements being made to
wildlife habitat and forestry
health. With the assistance
o f H eppner forest ra n g
ers, Dale Boyd and Kristi
Groves, students from Erin
Heideman and Dale H ol
land’s classes attended an
overnight field trip to view
fish habitat restoration proj
ects and the process a for
est undergoes as it battles
erosion, loss o f vegetation
and the right o f succession
o f new forest growth after
a fire. “ What a tremendous
opportunity for our kids,”
said Dale Holland.
That night, students
and chaperons stayed the
night at Joe M cE lligott’s
cabin before touring the
logging operation o f Bruce
Young. “It was very gener
ous o f Joe and our other
chaperons to attend,” said
Erin Heideman, crop sci
ence teacher.
Dana Heideman do
nated the proceeds from a
float trip he captains that
was auctioned during the
lone 4Ih o f July celebration
that made the field trip pos
sible.
Heppner FFA news
By: Kendra Rayburn
Recently 12 m em
bers o f the Heppner FFA
chapter hopped on a plane
and flew to Indianapolis,
IN. They were heading to
the 80th National FFA Con
vention.
The students were
ch ap ero n ed by th e ir Ag
teacher, Beth Dickenson, as
well as Heppner High School
principal, Daye Stone. Also
traveling with the Heppner
kids were 3 students from
Condon, along with their
advisor, Kris Kizer.
The kids were gone
for duration o f eight days.
They got to see many new
and different things. From
roller coasters to Amish, the
kids were very enthusiastic.
They also got an opportunity
to meet Mrs. D ickenson’s
parents, w ho raise D raft
horses.
A few tours they at
tended were: Lincoln Elec
tric, Churchill Downs, Lou
isville Slugger Factory, and
Select Sires AI Facility.
By W ednesday af
tern o o n , they arrived in
Indianapolis for conven
tion. This was a very big
year for convention. There
were 56,000 FFA members
attending.
At convention, mem
bers attended sessions, and
went on tours, such as Dow
Agrosciences and Lincoln
Tech. 11 o f the 15 members
also got the chance to do
some service at convention.
They w ere a part o f the
National Courtesy Corps.
Their duties involved tak
ing tickets for the hypnotist
show. This proves to be a
very humorous and reward
ing event.
The stu d en ts and
chaperones returned home
on O ctober 28. Everyone
that attended the convention
were thankful for being able
to attend such a memorable
event.
The FFA is apprecia
tive o f everyone that had
helped out in the process of
the fundraising.
Baker Elks Hall
to host Dancing
with the Blues
Jim m y Lloyd Rea
and the Switchmasters will
provide the m usic at an
event called Dancing with
the Blues on Saturday, No
vem ber 10, at the Baker
Elks Hall for a meet and
greet with a few democratic
candidates.
Democratic candi
dates Jeff Merkley, Steve
Novick, and Vicki Walker
will have approxim ately
seven minutes each to give
an onstage speech. A fter
their speeches, each can
didate will have their own
stage in different areas to
hold a talk to citizens and
answer questions from the
press.
Tickets for this event
are $ 10 for adults and $7.50
for 18 and under. ID is
required for this event and
will last from 7-12 p.m. The
Baker Elks Hall is located
at 1896 Second Street in
Baker. For more informa
tion contact Chuck Butcher
at 541-519-7080.
hanging donated by Daisy
Collins. $300 was raised
during the raffle and was
donated to the St. Patrick’s
Senior Center.
The quilt hanging
was won by Maureen How
ard.
Oregon East
ODFW Access
Symphony to
and Habitat
present concert Program grant
The O reg o n East
Symphony w ill join with its
preparatory orchestra, the A
Sharp Players, to present a
concert Sat. Nov. 17 at 7:30
pm at the Vert Auditorium,
400 SW Dorion, in Pend
leton.
Under the baton of
Kenneth Woods o f Wales,
U .K., the two orchestras
will present B eethoven's
Eighth Symphony. The OES
will present a new work by
Leandro Espinosa o f La
Grande his “Movement for
Strings.”
Leandro Espinosa
is a professor at Eastern
O regon U niversity in La
G rande. He conducts the
Grand Ronde Symphony,
teach es cello and is b e
com ing w ell-know n as a
composer. He is a native of
Mexico.
Tickets can be pur
chased at the door, at Arm
chair Books in Pendleton or
by calling the OES office at
541-276-0320.
The A Sharp Play
ers consists o f musicians
from age 11 through adult
with helpers from the OES.
They rehearse every Sunday
for two hours from October
until their final concert in
April. It is open to anyone
who plays at an intermedi
ate level, and has no age
requirements.
Over time, many of
the A# Players become regu
lar members o f the OES.
Ken Woods of Wales directs
this group and Travis Sipher,
strings instructor in Pend
leton, directs them when
Ken is out o f town. They
prepare and perform basic
symphonic literature.
Other concerts and
recitals sponsored by the
OES are Ken Woods, cellist
and conductor o f the OES in
a recital with Sheila Zilar,
pianist, from Richland, WA
on Friday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m.
in the Arts Center o f Pend
leton. The Holiday Music
Festival featuring the OES
Chorale, a local bell choir
and the A Sharp Players w ill
be presented Sat. Dec. 8 at
7:30 in the Vert Auditorium,
400 SW Dorion.
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A 21-year-old man
allegedly involved in a street
race that resulted in the
death o f a woman and her
two young children in El
Monte was in custody Tues
day following his arrest in
Mexico, police said.
Martin Marones o f
El Monte was tracked dow n
in Mexico by the U.S. Mar
shals Service, El M onte
police Lt. Ken Alva said.
El Monte police of
ficials plan to hold a news
conference at 10 a.m. re
garding M arones’ arrest,
Alva said.
Marones is expected
to be charged with three
counts of murder, plus hit-
and-run charges — the same
charges brought against the
other driver, 19-year-old
Robert Canizalez.
The tw o are accused
o f killing 41-year-old Dora
Groce, her 8-year-old son,
Robert, and her 4-year-old
daughter, Catherine, dur
ing a street race on Oct. 8.
The drivers w ere racing
north on Parkw ay D rive
w hen a gray N issan Al-
tima came out o f a trailer
park and was broadsided
by C an iza le z ’s M ustang,
El Monte police Detective
Ralph Batres said.
T he A ltim a b u rst
into flames, killing Groce
an d h e r tw o c h ild r e n .
Canizalez was arrested on
the night o f the crash by El
Monte police and is being
held at the M en’s Central
Jail in downtown Los An
geles on $3 m illion bail.
He was set to be arraigned
Thursday in Pomona Supe
rior Court.
M a ro n e s w as at
large until Monday's arrest.
No information was imme
diately released on when
he would be arraigned in
California.
An attorney, mean
w hile, said he w ould be
filing a $100 million suit
in Los A ngeles S uperior
Court Tuesday on b eh alf
o f th e v ic tim s ’ fam ily .
The suit will state that the
two men involved in the
race are liable for w rong
ful death, gross negligence
and intentional negligence.
It will also allege product
liability and negligence on
the part o f Nissan, accord
ing to attorney Charles T.
Mathews.
keeps 42,000
acres of private
land near
Heppneropen
FBLA students attend
to hunting for
National Fall Leadership
five years
Conference
A $3 19,780 grant
from the Oregon D epart
ment o f Fish and Wildlife’s
Access and Habitat Program
will keep the 42,304-acre
Heppner Regulated Hunt
Area open to public hunt
ing access on an ‘welcome
to hunt basis’ for the next
five years.
The Heppner Regu
lated Hunt Area is located
about two miles southeast
o f Heppner and is comprised
o f a block o f private lands
that are open to year-round
public access for a variety
o f outdoor recreational op
portunities including hunt
ing, fishing and camping.
In return, the landowners
receive a per-acre payment
provided by the Access and
Habitat Program grant. In
addition, the Oregon State
Police patrols the area daily
during hunting seasons.
In existence since
1968, the Heppner Regu
lated Hunt Area is extremely
popular with the public. In
2006, more than 2,000 hunt
ers used the area for a total of
7,253 hunter days. Hunting
opportunities include mule
deer. Rocky Mountain elk,
pronghorn, pheasant, Hun
garian partridge, chukar,
California quail, blue and
ruffed grouse, wild turkey
and mourning dove.
ODFW also works
with the six participating
landowners to manage mo
tor vehicle use of the area
and assist w ith wildlife habi
tat improvement projects.
The A&H Program
is funded hy a $2 surcharge
on hunting licenses. Funds
raised by the program are
distributed through grants
to individual and corporate
landowners, conservation
organizations and others for
cooperative wildlife habitat
im provem ent and hunter
access projects throughout
the state.
F o r in fo r m a tio n
on the A&H Program call
program coordinator Matt
Keenan at 503-947-6087 or
visit the Web site at www.
d fw. state. or. us/A H/.
Pictured are Baillie Keithley, Ashley Wolff and Kellee Jones.
On N o v e m b e r 2
and 3, a small entourage
o f Heppner High students
accom panied their FBLA
(Future Business Leaders of
America) advisor, Darlene
Marquardt, to the National
Fall Leadership Conference
(NFLC) held this year in
Portland.
S tudents from all
over the United States attend
one o f four NFCL confer
ences this month. It will be
several years before the con
ference will be in Portland
again. Students from Tex
as, Tennessee, Oklahoma,
Wyoming, Utah, Nevada,
California, Washington, Or
egon and several other states
gathered in Portland to at
tend workshops and listen to
motivational speakers.
The w eekend was
fast-paced and exciting. Stu
dents came home motivated
to be leaders in their school
and community. Heppner
students w ill be raising funds
to pay for the trip they just
took and build up funds for a
regional trip in February and
State Conference in April.
Anyone wishing to donate
to help defer expenses may
send a check to Heppner
High School FBLA.
Pheasant’s Forever to hold youth
pheasant hunt able.
The ‘Columbia Pla
teau Chapter o f Pheasant's
Forever’ will be holding a
Ringneck Youth Pheasant
Hunt Saturday, November
17, at Jeff Cutsforth’s Farm
on Nicholls Road in Lex
ington.
The event is open
to any youth 17 and under.
Refreshments will be avail
Registration is lim
ited to the first 24 callers.
Each hunter must be ac
companied by a non-hunter
21 years o f age or older. A
Safety meeting will be held
before the hunt for all par
ticipants. Those interested
can signup by calling Mike
Bennett at 676-5798 in the
evenings.
State Weed Board grants available
The Oregon State Weed Board inv ites you to ap
ply for grant funding for noxious weed control projects
related to the protection and enhancement of watersheds
and fish and wildlife. The closing date for this round of
grant funding is December 3.
Information regarding grant applications may be
obtained through the Morrow County Weed Control office
(5 4 1-989-9502) or online at theODA Noxious Weed Con
trol web page at http://www.oregon.gov/ODA/PLANT/
WEEDS.grantindex.shtml.
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