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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 5, 2008 - FIVE Colt wrestlers showcase what they have learned m lone Little League Baseball to hold sign-ups lone Little League Baseball will hold a one time sign-up session on Wednesday, March 12, at 5:30 p.m. at Wheatland Insurance. The cost is $30 per player or $60 per family. All new players need to bring a copy of their birth certificate. lone Little League Baseball is also looking for coaches and new board members. For more information contact Gregg Rietmann at 422-7243. Workshops on growing camelina for biofuel production offered Top Left: Will Lutcher attempts to take down Melissa Mar tin during their wrestling match. Bottom Photo: Patrick C ollins (right) and John Propheter tight to take each other down. Top Right: Kaitlyn Martin tries to get away from Payton Lehman's hold during their wrestling match in the Colt Wrestling Tournament held this past Thursday. Another tournament will he held on Thursday, March 13. -Photos by Autumn Morgan Morrow Development Corporation approves $820,000 small business loans Four Morrow Coun ty b usinesses have been a w ard e d lo an s to ta lin g $820,000 by the Morrow Development Corporation (M D C ) this w eek. Jerry Healy, MDC President, said the loans are part o f the United States Department o f Agriculture Rural Busi ness, Cooperative Services In te rm e d ia ry R elending Program. "C ascade Special tie s, Inc., N o rth w estern Motel & RV Park, Lexing ton Auto Body and Bailey Heavy Equipm ent Repair and M achine have each been approved for financing through our USDA funded loan p ro g ram ,” reported Healy. "We are pleased to make these awards. This is new money being circulated into our community.” In November 2007, Morrow Development Cor poration received a $500,000 cash injection from USDA into its $2 million loan fund. At that time Morrow Devel opment Corporation set a goal o f loaning $1 million to M orrow C ounty busi nesses before July 1st. "We still have a block o f capital available to lend to qualify ing businesses, they just need to make application,” stated Healy. Over the last decade. Morrow Development Cor poration has invested more than $4.5 million into 60 business and community de velopment projects through out Morrow County. “The United States Department o f A griculture is a great resource to small business owners, said Greg Smith, Officer to the MDC Board. “Their application process is very streamlined.” "We appreciate the partnership we have in Mor row Development C orpo ration," said John Qualls, Bank o f Eastern O regon Loan Officer. Mike Nunez, Commercial Loan Officer for B anner Bank added "many small businesses in M orrow County have re ceived financing as a result o f our work together.” M orrow D evelop ment C orporation can fi nance business acquisition, purchase o f equipment, sup plies, leasehold im prove ments and machinery, startup operating costs, permanent working capital and debt re finance. The Corporation is a public-private partnership betw een the Port o f Morrow and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Business Cooperative Service. For more inform a tion about the Intermediary Relending Program, M or row Development Corpora tion encourages borrowers to contact their local bank or M orrow D evelopm ent Corporation directly at (541 ) 676-8719 or go to their web page at www. morrowdevel- o p m e n tc o rp o ra tio n .c o m . Potential borro w ers can also receive information and confidential small business advising from the Eastern Oregon University (EOU) Small Business D evelop ment Center (SBDC) which is funded in part by the Unit ed States Small Business A d m in istratio n . C ontact the EOU-SBDC Partnership at 541.962.1532 or email sbdcfeeou.edu. lone School finishes Time Out For Reading Program A month long read ing program titled. Time Out For Reading started Febru ary 4 and ended March 3. In a packed lone school library, prizes were given out to 35 readers who met their goal by L ibrary Tech, C athy Halvorsen. The objective o f the basketball themed reading program was for students in grades 4-8 to read at least 300 minutes to receive prizes. Those who read at least 90 minutes each week and turned in their reading logs on time, moved into a new quarter. Those readers who made all four quarters will be honored with a pizza party with root beer floats for lunch on Wednesday, March 12. Top readers were: Lilly Sanford. Alisha Taylor, Julianne C arlson, Steven Growers interested in learning about the op p o rtu n itie s and rew ards o f grow ing cam elina for ren ew ab le b io d iesel are invited to attend one of two free workshops on Friday, M arch 7. The workshops will be held at 10 a.m. in Heppner at the SWCD Con ference Room at 430 Linden Way and then at 3 p.m. in Pendleton at Blue Mountain Community College, 2411 NW Carden Avenue, Uma tilla Hall, Room 100A. Camelina is an ex citing new' oilseed crop that can be a profitable compo nent o f crop rotations with wheat or other small grains. According to a variety of researchers, it is well-suited to conditions in the Pacific Northwest, requires low in puts o f water and nutrients, and reduces disease, insect and weed pressure in wheat fields planted the following year. According to renew able fuel com pany Great Plains Oil and Exploration, cam elina also presents a unique opportunity to pro vide a reliable, inexpensive feedstock for the expanding biodiesel industry. Great Plains is currently looking for contracts with growers in Central Oregon. “ We are all p a in fully aware o f the recent cost increases o f inputs to grow conventional crops. G lyphosate, for example, increased significantly last week. If you are concerned about these costs, you should look at a crop like Camelina. It can provide a net return equal to spring wheat with out the high initial outlay of pesticides and a far lower need for nitrogen and we can harvest in July,” stated Dr. Duane Johnson, Great Plains VP of Agricultural Develop ment. Great Plains repre sentatives will be on hand at the workshops to provide grow ers with information on marketing opportunities. The workshops will also feature discussions on cropping considerations as well as information on vari eties, yields and field trials. Speakers will include Don Wysocki OSU Soil Scien- tist/Agronomist; Stephanie Page ODA Renewable En ergy Specialist and Richard Cooley - D irector o f O p erations G reat Plains Oil Company. The workshops are sp o n so red as a com m u nity service by the n on profit W y’East Resource Conservation and Develop ment ( RC&D) Council. The Wy'East RC&D designs and implements sustainable ag riculture and rural commu nity development projects in the Columbia River Gorge, Mid-Columbia and Central Oregon region. "W y'East RC&D is coordinating with a variety of businesses and agencies to jum pstart projects that w ill improve our communi ties,” said Wy’East Coordi nator Merlin Berg. "There is a tremendous opportunity for renewable energy to ben efit local economies in an environmentally sustainable manner,” he added. Those who wish to attend are asked to pre-regis ter by contacting the Wy’East RC&D at 541-923-4358, ex tension 104. M ore inform ation about the Wy’East RC&D can be found o n lin e at: www.wyeast-rcd.org. For more informa tion on Great Plains Oil and Exploration and camelina production, go to: w w w . C a m e l i na - Company.com. Heppner Varsity Baseball Schedule Holland and Lauren Gar rett. Those students who made it all four quarters to receive the pizza lunch were: Rachel Holland, Em ily Rea, Ann R ietm ann, Murray’ s Drug#s pleased to announce our new A u to m a tic R efills O ption fo r P re s c rip tio n s - Sign up today and forget about having to reorder your maintenance prescriptions each month! G ive us a c a ll ... ive're g la d to h elp ! Murray’s Drug 217 North Main • 676-9158 Serving Morrow. Gilliam & Wheeler Counties since 1959. Joshua S tillm an, Lauren Ciarrett. Daniel Holtz, Oskar Peterson, Emily Holland, Gus Peterson, Tim Emmel, Lilly Sanford, Joel Stillman, Julianne C arlson, Stacee Halvorsen, Shadow Kend rick, Alisha Taylor, Cassie Arbogast. Jeremy Coleman, Kaleb Dumler, Luke Em- mel, Steven Holland, Jordan Peterson, Makenna Ramos, Mary Rietemann and Micah Stillman. “It was a lot o f fun and helped me get my liter ary évalutation done faster," said 7th grader Stacee Hal vorsen. “I can't wait to do it again!” March 11 -Pendleton JV in Pendleton, 4 p.m. March 14 - Grant Union Tourney, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. March 18 - at Baker, 2 p.m. March 21 - Dufur at home, 2 p.m. March 25 - Santiam at home, 1 p.m. March 29-30 - at Colfax Tourney. April 1 - Mac Hi at home, 2 p.m. April 5 - Irrigon at home, 11 a.m. April 8 - at Pilot Rock, 4:30 p.m. April 12 - at Weston-McEwen, 11 a.m. April 15 - Stanfield at home, 4:30 p.m. April 19- B Y E April 22 - at Irrigon, 4:30 p.m. April 26 - Pilot Rock at home, 11 a.m. April 29 - Weston McEwen at home, 4:30 p.m. May 3 - at Stanfield, 11 a.m. May 6 - Cross-over #3 vs. #2, TBA May 10 - District Tournament in Pendleton M.C.G.G. Morrow County [Grain Growers ■»< LEXINGTON, OREGON 1 - 800 - 452-7396 • 989-8221 I h WASCO, OREGON W 6 7 6 -9 1 8 1 1 - 800 - 824-7185 www.mcgg.net / SUPPORTING YOUR COMMUNITY AND PROVIDING: * FARM SUPPLIES AND LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT * DIESEL AND GAS SALES POLRRIS 1 4 2 N o r t h M a in Thursday, March 6th ^ M e n u : Steak, C h e e sy Potatoes, ' Vegetable, Sa la d a n d Roll. FARM EQUIPMENT SALES, PARTS AND SERVICE * ATV SALES. PARTS AND SERVICE "Where F riends M eet” [f L a d ies 9 N ight * PROPANE SALES AND SERVICE * FERTILIZER AND FARM CHEMICAL SERVICE E P P N E R E L K S 358 ÿ Hosts arc Tim and Beth Dickenson r O LD T IM E R S N IG H r
