Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 26,2010
- SEVEN
lone track team brings home medals from state competition
The lone track team
returned from last week
en d ’s OSAA 1A/2A/3A
State Track meet wet, chilled
and exhausted but with a
decent amount of hardware
to show for the weekend’s
effort. The team competed
at Western Oregon Univer
sity in Monmouth for the
two day event.
The m ost ex c it
ing race of the meet for
lone was a surprising silver
medal finish in the girls
4X 100 relay. The team was
an automatic qualifier in
Friday’s preliminary round
but only had the fifth fastest
qualifying time. Makenna
Ramos started the team
out in a good position but
once she handed off, fresh
man Stacee Halvorsen flew
down the backstretch pass
ing people. A good handoff
was key between Halvorsen
and Beth Morter, who ran
a super comer. From there,
the baton was placed safely
into the hands of freshman
anchor, Shadow Kendrick.
As the teams passed the
stands, lone was in the race
and going for the win. The
times were immediately
posted but it took a few mo
ments to sort out the plac
ing. Adrian took the win in
53.35 with lone hot on their
heels in 53.47. Crane, the
pre-meet favorite finished
a whisker back in 53.49.
The team with the fastest
qualifying time, Hosanna
Christian, dropped the ba
ton on the first exchange
and was disqualified. “ I
HHS golf team members
compete in state tournament
always feel good about
Shadow running anchor,”
said Beth Morter, an 11th
grader and the team’s oldest
member. “She just chases
people down.”
“The 4 x 100 relay
was a pleasant surprise. We
were only seeded 5lh and to
almost win, was great. Plus,
we have no senior girls on
our team, so we should be
competing for a state title in
the 4 x 100 next year,” said
Coach Ryan Rudolf.
The boys’ 4X100
team (Gunner Jessen, Steven
Holland, Tanner Rietmann
and Matt Hams) finished
fifth in a tightly bunched
field, running 46.55. The
girls 4X400 team (Stacee
Halvorsen, Beth Morter,
Lacey Thompson and Bec-
ca Jepsen) shaved a second
off their previous best to
finish seventh in 4:28.56.
The boys’ team (Luke Em-
mel, Matt Hams, Gunner
Commercial mushroom
permits now available
Commercial mush
room permits are now avail
able for the 2010 mushroom
season and can be purchased
at any office on the Umatilla
National Forest.
Commercial per
mits are required for anyone
intending to sell, harvest, or
possess or transport more
than one gallon of mush
rooms in Oregon or five
gallons in Washington. An
annual commercial permit
can be purchased for $50.
Consecutive daily permits
can be purchased for $2 per
day, with the minimum pur
chase of a 10 consecutive
day permit for $20. Permits
are valid on all three Blue
Mountain National Forests
(Umatilla, Malheur, and
Wallowa-Whitman). People
wishing to harvest inciden
tal amounts of mushrooms
are not required to obtain a
Top Photo: Donald Matthews, Chris Lien, Zac Orem, Tomas permit. Incidental amounts
Elguezabal, Kyle Harrison, and Austin Gutierrez travel to
Creswell to compete in the 1A/2A/3A/ State Golf tournament
at Emerald Valley Golf Course. The team placed ll'b overall.
Chris Lien received a metal for placing 10lh as an individual
golfing 165. Donald placed 20,b golfing a 174. Zach Orem placed
61” golfing a 193. Kyle Harriston tied for 82*d golfing a 211.
Tomas Elguezabal/Austin Gutierrez placed 87,b golfing a 223.
On the girls’ side (bottom Photo with coach Greg Grant) Em
ily Thompson and Lindsay Cutsforth traveled to Redmond to
compete in the state tournament at Eagle Crest Resort Course.
Lindsay Cutsforth tied for 20,b golfing a 188. Emily Thompson
was 56lb golfing a 211. - Photo by Sandy Matthews
Inland Northwest Musicians
to hold annual dinner auction
The Inland North
west Musicians will hold
their annual dinner auction
on Saturday, June 5, at
the Pendleton Convention
Center, 1601 Westgate. The
theme for this year’s event
is “Cirque du Musique.”
The evening begins with a
silent auction at 5:30 p.m.,
followed by dinner at 6:15
p.m. The oral auction be
gins at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $30 and
include dinner and the op
portunity to attend the silent
auction. The oral auction is
open to the public. Tickets
may be purchased from any
Inland Northwest Musicians
member, by calling 541 -
289-4696 or by e-mailing
inwm@machmedia.net.
For more informa
tion, contact Jill Jesperson,
dinner auction chair, at 541 -
564-7664.
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Conservation Stewardship Program
deadline approaching
A gricultural and
forestry landowners have
the opportunity to apply
for the second Conserva-
tion^ Stewardship Program
(CSP) signup through June
11 .
CSP offers p ay
ments to producers who
maintain a high level of
conservation on their land
and agree to adopt higher
levels of stewardship.
Eligible lands in
clude privately owned crop
land, pastureland, range-
land and non-industrial
forestland.
CSP is managed by
USDA’s Natural Resourc
es Conservation Service
(NRCS). For this signup,
applicants will compete
for funding within state-
identified ranking pools.
P o ten tial appli-
cants are encouraged to
use the CSP self-screening
checklist to determine if the
new program is suitable for
their operation.
The checklist high
lights basic information
about eligibility require
ments, contract obligations
and potential payments. It
is available from county
USDA Natural Resources
Conservation Service of
fice located in Heppner or
on the NRCS Web site at:
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/
program s/new _csp/csp.
html.
For more informa
tion about the Conservation
Stewardship Program in
Oregon, visit http://www.
or.nrcs.usda.gov. or contact
the Heppner NRCS office at
541-676-5021.
The budget i n
cludes the following funds
that require a property tax
to be levied:
$8,556,456 Gen
eral Fund, down from
$8,705,045 from last year;
-$6,021,277 Road
Fund, up from $5,272,989
last year;
-$183,718 School
Fund, up from $175,650;
- $ 1 4 ,0 6 8 lo n e
School Fund, up from
$13,077;
-$ 2 3 8 , 3 6 4
Fair Fund, down from
$251,057.
Funds that do n ’t
reefuire a property tax to
be levied include the fol
lowing: Heritage Trail
fund $26,450, down from
$29,950; Road fund equip
ment reserve-$l56,500,
down from $280,500; Fin
ley Buttes Trust Fund-
$ i , 6 4 2 ,0 0 0 , up from
$ 1 ,3 8 0 ,0 0 0 ; M orrow
County Commission on
Children and Families-
$371,884, up from $319,339;
Airport fund-$40,240, up
slightly from $40,140; Law
library-$30,100, up from
$20,900; 911 em ergen
cy fund-$541,171, down
from $648,771; Surveyor
preservation-$ 1 75,600,
up from $158,300; CSEPP
-$4,306,128, down from
$4,991.765; Finley Buttes
license fee-$ 1.113,100.
down from $1,552,000;
C om pu ter equipm ent
reserve-$32,400, up from
$32,000; Special trans-
portation-$83,849, down
from $89,449; Program
ming reserve-$80,900. up
from $69,600; Enforce
ment fund-$13,9!5, down
from $23,030; Video lot
tery economic develop-
ment-$77,600, down from
$106,400; Victim/witness
assistance-$76,067, down
from $81,225; Bus shed
reserve -$0, down from
$5,000; Willow Creek
Wind fees-$218,132, up
from $171,300; CAMI
grant -$51,500, up from
$51,000; STF vehicle re
serve fund -$105,300, up
from $85,000; Fair roof
reserve-$5,125, up from
$3,050; Barn reserve-
$0, down from $312 last
year and $6,619 in 2008-
09; Safety com m ittee
fund-$ 12,650, down from
$ 14,000; Bleacher reserve-
$29,650, up from $24,300;
Rodeo-$75,645, up from
$71,420; Justice court
bails/fines-$555,100, dow n
from $713,000; Clerk's
records-$21,900, up from
$20,050; I)U1I impact-
$24,500, up from $23,900;
Fair improvement fund-
$38,900. up from $35,612;
Building permit-$21.500,
down from $107,650;
P a rk -$656,558, down
from $823,754; Equity
fund-$279,000, down from
$378,400; Building re
serve fund-$44,700, up
from $34,070; Liquor con
trol fund-$l,157, up from
$1,111; Water planning
fund-$6,350, same as pre
vious year; Forest fund-
$62,050, up from $44.100;
Court security-$80,100,
down from $97,250; Echo
Winds fees-$ I 2 1,600,
up from $80,000; STO
operating fund-$39,919.
not funded in 2009-10
or 2008-09; ,ITA grant
fund-$65.000. not funded
in 2009-10 or 2008-09;
Community Corrections-
$245,500, not funded in
09-10 or '08-’09.
BUDGET
-Continued from Page
ONE
$189,012;
-Juvenile-
$ 1 9 9 , 6 3 0 , up f r o m
$186,858;
- S h e r i f f -
$2,052,925, down from
$2,121,593;
-Health-$595,173,
up from $561,846;
-Planning-
$2 1 5 , 6 0 4 , up f r o m
$199,400;
-Emergency Man
agem en t^ 1,995, up from
$11,242;
-Su r v e y o r - $ 0 ,
same as previous years;
-M u seu m -$0,
same as previous years;
-P u b lic Works
Administration-$57,388,
up from $53,195;
-P u b lic Works
General Maintenance-
$ 1 1 3 , 6 8 7 , up f r o m
$107,638;
-Transfer Station-
North-$8,493, up from
$8,420;
-Transfer Station-
South-$8,493, up from
$8,420;
-C o m p u te r -$ 0 ,
same as in previous years;
-Road-$ 1,501,392,
up from $1,478,423;
-Crusher-$69,650,
up from $65,204;
-W e e d /P a in t/
Sign-$152,102, up from
$151,081;
-Morrow County
Commission on Children
and Families-$85,243, up
from $79,724;
-Juvenile Crime
Prevention-$0, same as
previous years;
-Youth I n v e s t
m e n t ^ , down from $8
in ’09-10 and $1,363 in
’08-’09;
-Fair-$48,007, up
from $45,225;
-Indoor/Outdoor
Arena-$0, same as in previ
ous years;
-Queen & Court-
$0, same as in previous
years;
-St, Pat’s Moto
Cross-$0, same as in previ
ous years;
-Cutsforth Park-
$288, same as ’09-10, dow n
from $1,321 in ’08-'09;
-Anson W right
Park-$295, up from $287
in '09-10, down from $621
in ’08-’09;
- AT V P a r k -
$ 1 3 8 ,2 0 5 , down from
$142,095.
The $26,543,623
budget includes $5,542,629
in revenue from taxes and
$21,439,772 in revenue
besides tax receipts.
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tf Hayden.
l
are defined to be consistent
with State laws (less than
one gallon of mushrooms
in Oregon or five gallons in
Washington).
Commercial mush
room harvesters are also
required to obtain an in
dustrial camping permit
if they plan to camp on
National Forest Lands. In
dustrial camping permits
allow Forest Service offi
cials to monitor commercial
use within the forest and to
prevent commercial use in
campgrounds.
Commercial mush
room harvesting is prohibit
ed in designated wilderness
areas. For more specific
information on mushroom
permits, contact your local
Forest Service Office or
call the Umatilla National
Forest Supervisor’s Office
in Pendleton at (541) 278-
3716.
Jessen and Steven Holland
improved their season best
to 3:43.96 to finish eighth.
Beth Morter ended
up with four medals by
day’s end but it meant a
busy afternoon fitting two
individual events in be
tween relays. In the triple
jump, she scratched on her
first two attempts in the
finals before finally getting
off a 33-0 jump, good for
sixth place. Jumping into a
would like to thank all those who
supported me during my recent
campaign for Justice of the Peace.
-Terry Felda
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soggy pit, most of the jumps
were off of the athletes’ pre
vious best. She also finished
eighth in the 400 meters in
1:05.27.
Matt Hams brought
home three medals. Along
with com peting in both
relays, he finished sixth in
the 400 meters in 54.25, a
bit off of his personal best.
The 400 was run in one of
the day’s many intermittent
rain showers.
S h ad o w K e n d
rick (100 meters,) Becca
Jepsen (300 hurdles,) Lacey
Thompson (high jum p,)
Collette Cason (800 meters)
and Gunner Jessen (triple
jump) all competed but did
not place.
" O v e r a l l , th e
weather affected the field
events more than the run
ning. I was pleased with
how everyone competed
and with the medals the
kids brought home. It was a
very nice ending to a good
track season,” said Coach
Rudolf.