Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 5, 2007 - THREE
Youth hunters participate in sponsored pheasant hunt Ag students take on project offered by ODFVV
Fifteen youth hunt
ers, with their parents, took
advantage o f a Columbia
Plateau Pheasant’s Forever
and Oregon Department o f
Wildlife sponsored pheasant
hunt Monday, November 17,
on welcome to hunt land out
o f Lexington. “ We had a
very successful clay shoot
earlier in the year,” said
Skip M atthew s, C hapter
President. “It was a logical
next step to get these kids
on some live birds and let
them experience something
they may have never done
before.”
The youth hunt was
prescheduled before it was
know n that the H eppner
Mustangs were going to be
in playoff games.
“This was a learning
experience for us,” M at
thews said. “ We will defi
nitely sponsor one o f these
hunts again in the future,
hopefully with more kids
being able to participate.”
Pictured are back row: Andrew Hatfield. Cameron Day, Ryan
Bennett, and Patrick Collins. Bottom Row, Bailey Bennett (and
Buck), and Maggie Collins.
Pheasants Forever offering bird blocks
Once again, the Co
lumbia Plateau Chapter of
Pheasants Forever is offer
ing bird blocks to improve
bird populations in M or
row and Gilliam Counties.
The blocks can be found at
MCGG Green Feed store.
The first two blocks are free
and more blocks can be ob-
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The pheasant blocks
are most valuable to bird
p o p u la tio n s w hen snow
and ice make it difficult for
the birds to find food and
increases their v ulnerability
to predation. As spring ap
proaches, and the chances
o f snow cover dim inish,
the hen pheasants will still
benefit from having one
more source o f nutrition to
increase their reproductive
success. Other bird popula
tions are expected to benefit
from the food blocks.
Along with the bird
blocks, there will also be an
information sheet describing
how and w here to place the
blocks and a leaflet on how
to join the organization.
The chapter’s spring
banquet will be held at the
H eppner Elks Lodge on
April 19. Chapter profits
from the banquet are used
to improve habitat, hunting
opportunities and to provide
hunter education. In August,
they held their first Ring-
neck Youth Clay Shoot and
Barbecue and in Nov ember,
they worked with ODF&W
to sponsor their first Youth
Hunt.
During the last fis
cal year, 14 landow ners
were assisted in developing
food plots. This year they
intend to expand this effort
and help install guzzlers in
areas where w ater shortages
are limiting bird popula
tions. Progress in these ef
forts should be accelerated
with the hiring o f the new
wildlife habitat technician,
Dennis Newman. This po
sition is with the Morrow
Soil and Water Conservation
District in cooperation w ith
ODF&W and the Columbia
Plateau Chapter.
For more informa
tion about habitat projects,
call Dennis, 676-5452 x 115,
Skip Matthews, 676-5490,
or Bill Ewing, 676-9119.
Membership is only $50 annually and
protects an entire household against
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S tu d en ts in Beth
Dickenson's Ag 1 class have
been learning first hand the
difficulties o f rearing the
young, fish that is. Students
undertook a project offered
by the Oregon Department
o f Fish & Wildlife called
Salmon Trout Enhancement
Project (or STEP.)
“ S tu d e n ts w e re
responsible for the entire
project,” noted Dickenson.
“They were in charge o f
checking water pH, temper
ature and paperwork- which
gets sent to the state office.
The kids have had a great
time learning about the life
cycles of v arious fish- hatch
ery and native trout and have
a better understanding o f
survival challenges in their
habitat." There were 200
rainbow trout eyed eggs
delivered.
Part of the require
ments involve tracking av
erage daily tem peratures
and then calculating the
"temperature units” (aver
age temperature minus 32
degrees F.) The temperature
units are important in esti
mating the number o f days
until the fry are ready to
be released and their belly
seam is “buttoned up” a.k.a.
their yolk sac (which pro
vided nourishment) is been
depleted; they need to be al
lowed access to zooplankton
and microorganisms at this
point, which isn't part o f the
classroom program. The fry
have to be released without
being fed.
Pendleton Faith Center Foursquare Church
to perform annual Living Nativity
One of the can’t miss
Christmas events o f Eastern
Oregon is the Liv ing Nativ i-
ty performed annually at the
Roy Raley Park on Sunday,
D ecem ber 16, beginning
at 6 p.m. with a one hour
walk through and finishing
with a drive through from
7-9 p.m.
In 1990 the Pendle
ton Faith Center Foursquare
Church produced their first
liv ing nativ ity, a still acting
production o f the story o f
Christmas, the birth o f Je
sus Christ. In the beginning
the people of Faith Center
desired to present a gift to
the citizens of Pendleton to
illustrate the true meaning
o f Christmas. Initially the
production focused on the
events leading up to the birth
of Jesus Christ, the Savior of
the world. The production
has grown from 9 scenes to
13 scenes with live actors,
animals, props, music, and
scripture verses illuminated
Kinzua Ladies
Luncheon to be
held
The Kinzua Ladies
Luncheon will be held Fri
day, December 14, at Ser
vice Creek at 11:30 a.m.
Men are also inv ited to this
luncheon.
Qioe Uesi
with strobe lights.
Starting in 2003 the
new scenes illustrate the
crucifixion, resurrection and
return o f Jesus Christ. The
final scene represents the
only event yet to happen in
scripture, the victorious re
turn o f Jesus Christ to gather
his very own from every
tribe, tongue and nation o f
the world.
The total production
requires about 150 people
w ith a p p ro x im ately 100
actors and 12 animals. Indi
viduals from many different
churches help Faith Center
stage this production. The
event could not continue
w ithout the full support
o f the City o f Pendleton
which prov ides the use o f
Roy Raley Park and police
traffic control. In addition
the Round-Up association
provides use of the I felper’s
Room under the stadium
and Gordon’s Electric gen-
erously donates electrical
services for hooking up all
lighting for the scenes.
The living nativity
presently draws an audience
from m any su rro u n d in g
communities o f over 3,000
people o f all ages who walk
or drive through the park. A
walk though only opportu-
nity is offered from 6-7 p.m.
and a walk or drive through
from 7-9 p.m. on Sunday
evening close to Christmas.
This year the event will
be p ro d u ced on Sunday
December 16, starting at 6
p.m. The price is free to the
public, just like the price of
eternal life that Jesus Christ
continues to offer to all man
kind. Faith Center Church
projects a hearty inv itation
to the citizens o f Eastern
Oregon and Eastern Wash
ington to experience the gift
o f Christmas first hand this
year as a love offering from
the citizens o f Pendleton.
BEO Bancorp declares annual cash
dividend
BEO Bancorp, parent company o f Bank o f Eastern
Oregon, announced that its Board o f Directors declared
an annual cash div idend on its common stock o f 55 cents
per share for 2007. The div idend is payable on or before
December 14, 2007, to shareholders o f record at close of
business as o f November 30. 2007.
E. George Koffler, President and CEO, commented,
“This div idend marks the 22nd year, without interruption,
that the company has paid a dividend. The div idend. to
taling $484,362. is the largest annual div idend the orga
nization has ever paid and a strong signal of the Board’s
commitment to shareholder value."
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