Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 5, 2008 - FIVE
Colt wrestlers showcase what they have learned
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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,
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“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
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