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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon Wednesday. Apnl 29, 2009 Morrow County School District announces District Math Contest results Pictured are the fourth grade winners. First place was Kevin Murray of HF.S and Brianne Bishop (home school). Second place was Karden Kendrick of ACH and Bruno Salas of AC H. Third place was Lacey Mashos of WRE and Carolyn Ginther of ACH. Fourth place was Kylar Sorensen of ACH, Justin Iveson of ACH, Jake Lindsay of HES, Caleb Thomas of WRE, and Caden Hedman of HES. Fifth place was Parker Miller of ACH. Sixth place was Keegan Krogh of ACH, Gabrielle Miller of WRE, and Abram Hernandez of WRE. Seventh place was Kolbv Currin of HES. Eighth place was Xenia Velasco of W RE, and Tim Jaca of IIES. Ninth place was Logan (¡rieb of HES. Tenth place was Katie Gilbert of W RE. -Contributed Photo Pictured are the fifth grade winners. First place was Rory Barresse of WRE. Second place was Kai Arbogast of HES and Jessica Kempken of HES. Third place was Kristen Frederickson of WRE, and Caitlynn Bailey of HES. Fourth place was Ryan Cecil of HES, Jose Agripino of WRE and Edith Velasco of WRE. Fifth place was Juanita Aylett of IES. Sixth place was Julisa Garza of IES and Dixie Gonzalez of WRE. Seventh place was Kaden Clark of HES. Eighth place was Patrick Collins of HES and Kaelyn Lindsay of HES. Ninth place was Trevor Fox of IES. Tenth place was Shannon Evans of IES. -Contributed Photo Pictured are sixth grade winners. First place was Cade Arbogast of HES. Second place Skyler Hawks Pictured are seventh grade winners. First place was Michaella Murphy of HHS. Second place was of HES, John Propheter of HES, and Isabel Orozco of IES. Third place was Ross Cutsforth of HES. Jordan Connell of I HIS. Third place was Jared Lemmon of HHS. Fourth place was Andrew Hatfield Fourth place was Alisha Sorensen of IES. Fifth place wasTJ Patton of HES, Morgan Smith of HES, of HHS. Fifth place was Zachary Burnett of IHIS, Preston Tarpley of IHS and Jeff Dowdy of HHS. and Adrianna Mathisen of IES. Sixth place was Koyle Kendrick of IES and Joe Schmidt of HES. Sixth place was Avika Sharma of RHS. Seventh place was Ryan Dougherty of HHS and Sarah Bose Seventh place w as Julissa Sanchez of W RE and Antonio Muniz of WRE. Eighth place w as Maddie of RHS. Eighth place was Kaitlynn Linnell of IHS. Ninth place was Hannay Meyers of IHS. Tenth Lindsay of HES. Ninth place was Gahriela Mendoza of WRE and Clay Miller of WRE. Tenth place place was Margarita Calvillo of RHS. -Contributed Photo was Teneisha Peterson of WRE and Samuel Loshhaugh-Gilhert of WRE. -Contributed Photo M o rro w C o u n ty School D istrict’s highest achieving math students put their math skills to the test at Riverside Jr-Sr High School, com peting in the annual Mathematics Contest cfn Thursday, April 16. Students in grades four through eight were selected for the com peti tion based on th e ir best achievem ent score on the 2008-09 Oregon Assessment o f Knowledge and Skills (OAKS) math test. Grade level students competed by com pleting a rigorous 50 question mathematics test. The competition was fierce with few questions separat ing first and tenth place. While students worked on the test, family and friends w aited anxiously for the results. An awards ceremo ny was held at the close of the evening recognizing the results o f the competition. All participating students gave it their best effort and are commended for accept ing the challenge. Umatilla National Forest announces spring prescribed burning plan The U m atilla N a tional Forest will soon begin work on the following spring program o f prescribed burn ing as favorable w eather conditions become avail able: -H e p p n er R anger D istrict Prescribed Burn Plan includes: 2,300 acres in the Rimrock Project Area, approxim ately nine miles NW o f M onument in the Sunflower Flat area. -500 acres in the Wildhorse Timber Sale area, approxim ately nine miles NE o f Spray, near Bull Prai rie Campground. -N orth Fork John Day Ranger District Pre scribed Bum Plan includes: 300 acres in the Western Route P roject A rea, a p proximately 10 miles west o f Ukiah. For more inform a tion concerning the Umatilla National Forest Prescribed Burning program, contact Brian G o ff in Pendleton (541) 278-3748. For infor mation about specific Rang er Districts, the following persons may be contacted: Scott Wryn, Heppner RD at (541) 676-9187, or Scott McDonald, N orth Fork John Day RD, at (541)427- 3231. The Heppner Garden Club will hold a plant exchange at the Senior Center on Saturday, May 2, from 8 a.m. until noon. Students from the FFA club will be selling some o f their plants. This exchange is open to the public. You do not have to bring a plant before getting plants. U m atilla N ational Forest m anagers hope to complete their spring pre scribed burning plan, if only the weather would cooper ate. “The snowpack from this w inter is holding on and unsettled spring weather is significantly limiting oppor tunities for prescribed burn ing,” said Dale Boyd, acting •deputy fire staff. Much o f the Umatilla National For est is still under snow and unavailable for both access and burning. O p p o rtu n itie s to prescribed bum are highly dependant upon w eather conditions and the poten tial for undesirable smoke c o n d itio n s. “ C o n d itio n s have to be within specific parameters in order to use prescribed fire,” said Boyd. Wind speed and direction, temperatures, relative hu midity, and fuel moistures are all taken into consider ation. “There are only a few days during the spring and fall that meet all the criteria for prescribed burning in a particular area,” said Boyd. When conditions allow, ig nition will be done by hand crews with drip torches. P re s c rib e d b u rn s are used to achieve several goals. While some bums are prescribed for the purpose Heppner Garden Club to meet The Cattle Barons Weekend to be held May 7-9 The Heppner Garden Club will meet at the Senior Center on Monday, May 4, at 7 p.m. On the program will be the installation o f new' officers. Dues are also due at this time. Hostesses will be Frances Dion Betty Bailey. The Heppner Garden Club welcomes visitors. You do not need to be a member to be a part of this very worthw hile club. “ In the Company o f Cowgirls” Invitational Western Art Show will be held upstairs in the Cattle Barons Ballroom in Hamley’s Steakhouse. Doors open for this Oregon 150 event at 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 7. A free artists reception and program is planned from 6-9 p.m. the same evening, hosted by the Umatilla Cattle Women, American Rancher Radio program and Hamley’s Steakhouse. Other events will be held throughout town on Friday and Saturday. Visit ww-w. cattlebarons.net for more information. Pictured are eighth grade winners. First place was Bryce Fowler of HHS. Second place was Earl Propheter of HHS. Third place was Garret Robinson of HHS. Fourth place was Stephen Thompson of HHS, Maggie Collins of HHS, and Austin Gutierrez of HHS. Fifth place was Paola Cuevas of RHS. Sixth place was Thomas Hendrickson of IHS. Seventh place was Pablo Virelas-Garcia of RHS, Samantha Baumgartner of IHS, Jessika Osborn of IHS, and Leticia Alvarez of RHS. Eighth place was Samantha Thompkins of IHS. Ninth place was Cheyanne Hackctt of IHS and Austin Morlan of HHS. Tenth place was Sean Ferguson of RHS. -Contributed Photo National Honor Society induction ceremony held at HHS On Wednesday, April 23rd, the National Honor Society Induction Ceremony was held at Heppner High School. Each inductee received a pin and certificate, and they recited the pledge. The new members include: Frank Meyer, Chris Lien, Jared Huddleston, Curtis Harper, Keenan Jack, Ian Murray, Donald Matthews, Devin Robinson, Justin Gutierrez. Brett Harrison, Julia Meyer, and Lindsay Cutsforth. -Contributed Photo Heppner Garden Club to hold plant exchange ( o f reintroducing fire into fire-dependent ecosystems, most bums are prescribed to reduce the risk o f cata strophic wildfire by reduc ing dead fuel accumulation, rearranging fuel accumula tions and modifying the live vegetation in the area. This year’s spring bum program co n sists o f both activ ity fuels and natural fuels land scape bums. Activity fuels such as “slash piles” contain the non-merchantable mate rial remaining after harvest operations. These bums also reduce potential fire hazards and prepare the area for re forestation. Removing slash will stimulate plant growth for wildlife forage and re duce fuel accum ulations. Landscape burning reduces the buildup o f n atu rally occurring dead fuels in a specific area. All prescribed burn ing will comply with fed eral, state, and local air quality and smoke dispersal guidelines to reduce the impacts o f smoke on local communities. “ Fire is a natural disturbance process in the Blue Mountains. Allowing fire to play a more active role can help to restore and stabilize forest conditions,” said Boyd.
