FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 25,2009
lone science students
learn about weather
Mustang track team opens season in Umatilla
The Heppner Mus
tang track and field team
opened their 2009 season at
the Umatilla Icebreaker on
Friday, March 20.
The Mustang girls’
team finished the day in
second place with 77 points.
Catherine M cElligott fin
ished first in th e 800M
(2:35.0) and the 4x400 re
lay team (JoAnna Patton,
Erin Price, Brynna Rust,
Catherine McElligott) also
ended the meet w ith a first
place finish (4:25.30). Erin
Price was second in the
100M hurdles (16.92) and
in the 300M hurdles (50.15).
Brynna Rust finished third
in the 100M dash (14.00)
and in the 300M hurdles
(51.85).
K e sh a w n a T a la
mantes opened her season
strongly by placing in three
individual events. She was
third in the discus (85 ’ 10”),
fourth in the shot put (29’
7.5” ), and fifth in the javelin
(1 0 2 ’ 7” ). C arrie Hague-
wood finished fifth in the
high jump (4’6”). The 4x 100
relay team (Kelsi Putman,
Jo A n n a P atto n , B rynna
Rust, Erin Price) was second
(54.74), and Vivian Thomp
son finished seventh in the
300M hurdles ( 1:04.36).
The boys’ team fin
ished in sixth place with
50 points. Jordan Hatfield
led the way for the boys’
team with three first place
finishes. Hatfield won the
110 hurdles (16.89), the
300 hurdles (43.26), and the
triple jum p (41 ’6"). Jordan
W right had a good meet
with a fourth place finish
in the shot put (39’). Mark
McCabe also placed in the
shot put, finishing sixth (38’
2.5”).
A ndrew Bara was
fifth in the 110M hurdles
(21.25). Quinn Chick fin
ished sixth in the 200M dash
(25.66). The 4x100 relay
team (Bryan Holland, Quinn
C hick, Kim Cheng, Alex
Pickles) was sixth (48.99),
and Alex Pickles finished
seventh in the triple jump
(35’ 5.5” ).
F irst y e ar C oach
M elissa C o in er was im
pressed with the teams’ per
formance. “We have a lot of
kids that are out for track for
the first time this year, and
we are a young team. I was
impressed with our overall
effort today. We have a lot of
room for improvement, but
we have some solid times
and distances to build on.”
Complete Heppner
results:
Boys - 100M - 12.
Quinn Chick (12.73), 32.
Kim Cheng (13.43), 41. Con
ner Pappas (14.32); 200M
- 24. Kim Cheng (27.53);
400M - 21. Brandon Gar
cia (1:06.93); 800M - 10.
Spencer Palmer (2:25.57),
15. Seth Palmer (2:38.03);
1500M - 10. Eric Vogel
(5:00.03), 14. Seth Palmer
(5:14.84), 18. Cody N el
son (5:29.22); 3000M - 9.
Eric Vogel (11:28.73), 10.
Cody Nelson (11:48.33);
Shot Put - 3 1 . Conner Pap
pas (27’7.5”); Discus - 10.
Spencer Palm er (8 7 ’ 1” ),
13. Jordan Wright (82’ 8”),
16. Mark McCabe (82’ 2”),
29. Trent Cannon (70’ 11”);
Javelin - 13. Jordan Wright
( 124’9”), 18. Mark McCabe
(1 1 7 ’8” ), 42. Eric Vogel
(7 9 ’3”); High Jump - 11.
Alex Pickles (5 ’2”>; Long
Jum p - 9. A lex P ick les
(17’7”).
Girls - 100M - 14.
Kelsi Putman (14.79), 20.
Vivian Thompson (15.40),
35. Kolleen Chapa (17.98);
200M - 27. Kolleen Chapa
(37.19); Shot P u t- 2 1 . Ash
ley W olff (21 ’4 .5 ” ), 27.
D aisy V ictorio (1 8 ’ 11” );
Discus - 16. Ashley Wolff
(60’ 11”), 23. Daisy Victo
rio (53’4”); High Jump - 9.
JoAnna Patton (4 ’4” ), 13.
Marlen Weise (4’0”).
Morrow County Court weekly meeting held
Students Krin Heideman's middle school science class at lone
School is working through a weather unit and making barometers,
anemometers, compasses and weather vanes. Top Photo: Zane
King, Kaid Peck and (Jus Peterson read their barometer. Bottom
Photo: Kita McKlligott. Larissa Jones and Karina Rios study air
pressure on their ow n barometer. -Contributed Photos
Oregon East Symphony’s youth
ensembles to present free concert
The O regon East
Symphony’s youth ensem
bles are ready to show off
their talents at their annual
spring concert on Monday,
April 6, at 7 p.m. at the Vert
Auditorium. Admission to
the event is free.
To open the concert,
the Young Voices o f Eastern
Oregon choir, led by Shauna
Altman, will perform a se
lection o f folk songs from
around the world. The group
has been rehearsing weekly
this semester and has also
given performances at area
retirement homes.
Next on the program
will be the Preludes String
Orchestra, directed by Bruce
Walker, who will play Mau
rice R av el’s Pavane fo l
lowed by movements from
The Carnival of the Animals
by Camille Saint-Saëns.
The A-Sharp Players
Symphony Orchestra, also
directed by Bruce Walker,
will continue the theme of
French com posers, with
the Suite No. 2 from the
opera Carmen by Georges
Bizet. The entire group will
come together for a rousing
performance o f the popular
Can-Can movement from
Jaques Offenbach’s Orpheus
in the Underworld.
U.S. Forest Service
employee honored
U.S. Forest Service
em ployees in C alifornia,
Colorado and Oregon earned
special recognition for their
work enhancing and con
serving habitat for elk and
other w ildlife. Each has
received a 2009 Elk Coun
try Award presented by the
Forest Service and Rocky
Mountain Elk Foundation.
“This year’s awards
honor some o f the finest
conservationists and conser
vation efforts anywhere in
North America. We're proud
to call these professionals
our p a rtn e rs,” said Jack
Blackwell, vice president of
lands and conservation for
the Elk Foundation.
U m atilla N ational
Forest employee Mark Hen-
jum was one o f the honor
ées. I le was awarded the Elk
Country Award: Partnership
Achievement. This inaugu
ral award honors Henjum’s
years o f dedication to part
nership and coordination
on the Blue Mountains Elk
Initiative.
The biologist served
in this role while on staff
with the Oregon Dept, o f
Fish and Wildlife, then with
the Umatilla National For
est. Henjum works with four
national forests and many
partners to form one o f the
most efficient conservation
initiatives anywhere in elk
country. He solicits project
proposals, heads up a techni
cal review committee, and is
a voting member o f RMEF
project advisory committees
in Oregon and Washington.
Henjum recently identified
$80.000 in new funding for
conservation projects.
The awards, bronze
sculptures of elk, were pre
sented March 6 at the Elk
Foundation convention in
Fort Worth, TX.
The Morrow County
Court met on March 11 at
the annex in Irrigon with
Judge Tallman, C om m is
sioner Grieb and Commis
sioner Rea in attendance.
Following is a summary of
those meeting provided by
Leann Rea.
-T h e c o u r t a p
proved monthly accounts
p a y ab le and re tire m e n t
ta x es in th e am o u n t o f
$212,148.19.
-The court reviewed
and approved the minutes o f
the January 21st meeting.
-The court viewed a
presentation regarding the
change over procedures for
the destruction of Mustard at
the Umatilla Army Depot.
-The court reviewed
and signed several corre
spondences regarding the
Chemical Stockpile Emer
gency Preparedness Pro
gram funding.
-The court reviewed
and proposed some minor
changes to the draft resolu
tion prepared for the joint
sponsorship o f the Colum
bia River Enterprise Zone.
-The court awarded
a bid to B lue M ountain
C onstruction Services in
the amount o f $19,500 for
a 30’ X 50’ pole building to
be constructed at the OHV
Park. The court awarded a
bid in the amount o f $ 1,640
per month plus a one time
charge for pickup and de
livery o f $230 for portable
toilets at various locations to
Doug’s Septic Service.
-The court reviewed
the following road report:
Depot Lane - Have com
pleted reconstructing the
800 foot section o f the road
located betw een the two
ponds. This process raised
the road bed 15 in ch es
through that section o f the
road. Have extended all of
the culverts as needed and
NE Area Commission on
Transportation to meet April 2
The North East Area
Commission on Transpor
tation (NEACT) will hold
its next meeting on April
2 from 9 a.m. to noon at
the Oregon Department of
Transportation (ODOT) Re
gion 5 Headquarters, located
at 3012 Island Avenue in La
Grande.
The NEACT, com
p rised o f tra n sp o rta tio n
stakeholders from Morrow,
Umatilla, Union, Wallowa
and Baker counties, and the
Confederated Tribes o f the
class is $46. Non-members
o f Willow Creek Country
Club are required to pur
chase a temporary member
ship to WCCC for $25. (ft
may be applied to the price
o f a membership should the
student elect to continue
golfing.)
P r e - re g is tr a tio n
is required. Students may
re g is te r at w w w .b lu ecc.
edu under Student Wolf-
web. Those experiencing
difficulty with that process
may contact Anne Morter,
Morrow County coordinator
for BMCC, at 422-7040.
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settlem ent o f $13,794.86
less deductible for the dam
age to the stru ctu re and
contents at the museum that
occurred earlier this year.
-The court reviewed
correspondences regarding
the setting o f race dates at
the proposed Pacific North
west Motorsports Park lo
cated west o f Boardman.
-The court approved
the appointment o f Pamela
Docken o f Boardman to the
Morrow County Planning
Commission. The commis
sion still has another va
cancy that needs to be filled
from the Boardman area.
Anyone interested in serving
should contact Karen Wolff
at the Morrow County Court
House (541)676-5620.
Anyone wishing to
be put on the e-mail list to
receive copies o f the courts
minutes should contact Kar
en Wolff at (541)676-5620.
Justice Court Report
Judge Charlotte Gray, Heppner Justice Court, has
released the following report:
-Caleb Wayne M cDaniel, 28, Heppner, DUII,
$1,812 fine.
-Satin Eve Dorman, 20, Heppner, no operator’s
license and failure to renew registration, $351 fine.
-Chad Henry Peck, 42, Umatilla, violation o f the
basic rule by going 81 mph in a 55 mph zone, $214 fine.
Umatilla Indian Reserva
tion, helps identify and pri
oritize transportation-related
projects in the five-county
area. The meeting location
is accessible to persons with
disabilities, per the Ameri
cans with Disabilities Act.
The general public is invited
to attend.
The Morrow County Unified Recreation District
For more information
will
meet
on Thursday, March 26, at 7 p.m. in the lone
contact Tom Strandberg at
(541) 963-1330, or via email High School library.
at thom as.m .strandberg@
odot.state.or.us.
Walk for the cure for Multiple
Sclerosis to be held
B1V1CC to offer golf class in Heppner
B lu e M o u n ta in
C om m unity C ollege will
offer a beginning golf class
this spring at Willow Creek
Country Club in Heppner.
The six week class is
set for Wednesday evenings
from 5:30-7 p.m. beginning
April 18. It is intended for
those w ith little or no golfing
experience and w ill cover the
basics o f the rules, play and
etiquette o f the game. The
skills o f putting, chipping,
pitching, approaching, fair
way shots and teeing off will
be covered.
Dale Holland is the
instructor and the cost o f the
installed all new ODOT ap
proved mailbox stands. The
crew has finished the touch
up work along the shoulders
adding gravel as needed to
get the road to the desired
width. To finish the prepa
ration portion o f the project
the crew w ill make sure
all road signs are in place.
This entire project will be
completed by the end o f the
week (March 13,2009). Just
before returning to pave, the
crew will come back and fin
ish grade, water and roll the
shoulders. Plans now are to
start paving around the first
week of May.; Road Canyon
Bridge - As the Depot Lane
project winds down the crew
will be cutting off the pilings
to grand and welding caps
over those, as well as start
ing to set forms and tie rebar
for the head wall.
-The court reviewed
and accepted an insurance
Pictured are participants in the 2003 walk. -ContributedPhoto
Walk for the cure for Multiple Sclerosis will be
held on Saturday, April 18 in Heppner.
A numbers challenge has been presented by Hep
pner's coordinator to the new Pendleton coordinator for
a meal at Hamley’s for the town with the most walkers.
Help Heppner win the challenge and register for the walk
today by calling 503-445-8342 or at www.mswalkoregon.
com. Walk individually or form a team.
A 5K route is suitable for wheel chairs and a 10K
route is available for the more serious walkers. A pancake
and ham breakfast will be provided at All Saint's Episcopal
Church after the walk.
Contact Merilee McDowell at 676-5238 or Joan
Basile at 676-5832 for more information.
M.C. Unified Recreation
District to meet
Spanish to English to
Spanish class offered in lone
Blue Mountain
Community College, in *on-
junction with Karen Holland
o f lone High School, will
offer a free, four-week class
called “Spanish to English
to Spanish.”
The class is designed
to be a fun experience that
will use a collaboration o f
Spanish speakers and Eng
lish speakers to help each
other learn the other’s lan
guage. Class will focus on
conversation around daily
living a ctiv itie s such as
food, travel, shopping, etc.
Basic language with very
little conjugations taught,
just used.
The class is set for
Wednesday evenings from
5-6:30 p.m. at lone High
School. It will start on April
8. Interested students should
indicate th eir interest to
Anne Morter, BMCC coor
dinator, at 422-7040.
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