SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 12,2011
Mustang girls win,
boys lose to Stanfield
On Friday, January'
7, the Mustangs traveled to
Stanfield to play the Tigers
in their third league game
of the season. The varsity
girls’ game was won by
Heppner 28-25.
In the first half, the
Mustangs played a well-
rounded game with a six
point run late in the first
quarter. Heppner’s pressure
defense, and good rebound
ing led by sophomore Mag
gie Collins, gave Heppner
an 18-8 halftime lead. In
the third quarter the Tigers
came back to outscore Hep
pner 10-2, to make the score
20-18. Heppner.
At the end of regu
lation, the Lady Mustangs
held on for the win. Alana
Wilson scored 15 points to
lead the Mustangs in the
4-H Rocket Club holds launch
victory.
In the boys’ varsity
game, league leading Stan
field defeated Heppner in
a fast-paced game, 79-60.
The Tigers jumped out to a
16-7 lead in the first quarter
and never looked back as
the Mustangs fought hard
with tough defense. But
it w asn’t enough as the
Tigers extended their lead
to 13 at the end of the third
quarter.
Stanfield’s center,
Grogan, fouled out late in
the fourth and Heppner cut
their lead to fifteen 75-60,
with two minutes to go, but
came up short at the buzzer.
Cody Orr led all scores
with 28. Ian Murray had
12 points and Jake Bowles
scored 11.
Left Photo: Charles Cason, Jim Cason, Suzy Cason, Michael Reed, and Pat Struthers at the prep table. Right Photo: Jim and
Suzy Cason setting up the School Rocket. -Contributed Photos
The SMORC 4H
Rocket Club held a launch
on Saturday, January 8, on
John and Marlinda Flynn’s
alfalfa fields on Lower
Rhea Creek Road north of
Ruggs.
The club members
and leaders were testing
their first rocket projects
and gained invaluable expe
rience in flight operations.
The club is working toward
larger projects and possibly
a public launch event later
in the spring. Currently the
club will continue to con
duct at least one club launch
event per month.
The SMORC 4H
Rocket Club still has room
for more members, ages
8-13. Anyone interested
in joining can contact the
OSU Extension Office for
information on joining 4H.
Any member that wants to
participate in the fair this
year needs to sign up for
4-H by January 31.
M u rra y ’s D rug
continues to stock rocket
kits, motors, and construc
tion supplies.
For more information about
the rocket club contact Pat
Struthers at patstr@ uci.
net, 541-626-3096, or the
Morrow County Extension
Office at 541-676-9642.
lone boys fall to Nixyaawii Four Corners Snowmobile Club holds annual Holiday Playday
The Four Comers
Snow m obile Club held
their annual Holiday Play-
day at Kelly Prairie Sunday,
December 26. Many snow
mobile enthusiasts and their
families were there to enjoy
the fresh powder snow on
the prairie, the groomed
trails from grooming ex
traordinaire Ron Carlson
and the annual poker run
that paid out 100% of the
entry fees. A two dollar en
try fee and a good running
sled around about a 10 mile
poker course gave three
lucky snowmobilers a cash
return. Hailey Heideman
took first, Kelsey Wolff
came away with second,
and Tonia Adams took a
strong third. During the day,
chefs Tom Wolff and Mike
Gorman served hot dogs
and chili for the riders to
enjoy while they warmed
up next to the bonfire.
The club will have
other events this winter,
for information about the
club contact Mike G or
man at 541-676-9623 or
C liff Dougherty at 541-
676-5491.
NRCS extends sign-up period for Conservation Stewardship Program
Applications accepted through Jan. 21
USDA’s N atural
Resources Conservation
Service (NRCS) announced
the ranking period cut-off
date for producer appli
cations in the Conserva
tion Stewardship Program
(CSP) has been extended
to January 21.
“NRCS is extend
ing the deadline for applica
tions from its previous Jan.
7 date to provide agricul
tural producers two more
weeks to complete their
applications,” said Oregon
NRCS Leader for Programs
Dennis Kimberlin. “This
will help farmers, ranch
ers, and forestry producers
by giving them more time
and allow even more pro
ducers to participate in this
program.”
During the period
October 2009 through Sep
tem ber 2010, NRCS in
Oregon funded 371 CSP
applications covering more
than 1,182,271 acres and
providing $7.5 million to
help farmers, ranchers and
private forest landow n
ers implement additional
conservation practices on
their land.
CSP is offered in
all 50 states, District o f Co
lumbia, and the Pacific and
Caribbean areas through
continuous sign-ups with
announced cut-off dates for
ranking periods. The pro
gram provides many con
servation benefits including
improvement of water and
soil quality, wildlife habitat
enhancement and adoption
o f conservation activities
that address the effects of
climate change.
All producers are
encouraged to apply for
CSP, including owners of
non-industrial forestland.
“Private forest landown
ers may not be aware of
the financial assistance
opportunities afforded by
this program,” Kimberlin
said, “but CSP offers those
landowners an opportunity
to implement conservation
practices that can signifi
cantly improve their forests’
health.”
Authorized in the
2008 Farm Bill, CSP of
fers payments to produc
ers who maintain a high
level o f conservation on
their land and who agree
to adopt higher levels of
stewardship. Eligible lands,
Include cropland, pasture-
land, rangeland and non
industrial forestland.
A CSP self-screen
ing checklist is available to
help producers determine
if CSP is suitable for their
operation. The checklist
highlights basic informa
tion about CSP eligibil
ity requirements, contract
obligations and potential
payments. It is available
from local NRCS offices
or online at: http://www.
nrcs.usda.gov/program s/
ne w_csp/csp. htm 1.
To learn more, in
terested applicants should
contact their local NRCS
office or visit or website at
www.or.usda.gov.
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