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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 21,2011 Eastern Oregon hunting update released The eastern Or egon hunting update has been released. Deer: Overall deer numbers are about average, or a little below, depending on winter-kill and the wet spring. Hunters may have to work a bit to get at some of the older bucks. Survival in the Sumpter, Keating, Pine Creek and Lookout Mt. units was lower than av erage after a hard, long winter. Buck ratios good, though, and deer body con ditions are excellent. Deer numbers in the Northside, Desolation, southeast Heppner and northwest Beulah units re main lower than hoped. Deer in the Hep pner and Fossil units arc stable to slightly increas ing, and buck ratios are good. The Columbia Basin and East Biggs unit deer herds are stable. Deer hunting should be average in the Walla Walla, Mt. Emily, Ukiah, eastern portion of Heppner and northern Co lumbia Basin units, best in the Ukiah and Walla Walla units. A wet spring was good to deer in the Starkey, Catherine Creek and east Mt. Emily units, with deer in excellent body condition throughout all areas. Hunt ing will be average. Deer numbers re main low, however, in the Wenaha, Sled Springs, Chesnimnus, Snake River, Minam and Imnaha units. Elk: Elk contin ue to do well throughout the Blue Mountains, with some exceptions, mostly due to predation and too many roads. Bull ratios are up in the Pine Creek, Sumpt er, Keating, Lookout Mt., Northside, Desolation and Murderers Creek units. Heppner and Fos sil unit hunters should have a good season. Mt. Emily and Walla Walla continue to offer very high quality branch-bull hunting, but it will be a tough year for spike hunters in the Walla Walla, Mt. Emily and Uki ah units because of high predation. Look for average hunting in the Starkey unit, up some in the Catherine Creek unit and about the same in the east Mt. Emily unit. The Wenaha unit had improved calf survival, but numbers remain down. Bear and cougar: Bear and cougar hunt ing should be good in the Sumpter, Keating, Pine Creek and Lookout Mt. Units. Hunt for bears in high-elevation, open areas with lots of berries. Northside, Deso lation, southeast Heppner and northwest Beulah units offer decent bear and cou gar hunting as well. Hunters are still seeing cougars in the Hep pner unit, but it's not the best place to hunt bears. Bear and cougar are available throughout the Starkey, Catherine Creek, East Mt. Emily, Sled Springs and Wenaha units. Hunting prospects for both bear and cougar are good in the Wenaha, Sled Springs, Chesnimnus, Snake River and Imnaha u nits. Upland birds: GEODC rep to speak at Chamber luncheon K a re n K e n d a ll from Greater Eastern Or egon Development Cor poration (GEODC) will be the speaker for Thursday’s Chamber Lunch meeting on September 22, starting at 12 p.m. She w ill be re viewing the South Willow C reek Valley com bined strategic plan that has been developed with the help of community and businesses from Heppner, Lexington and lone. The lunch m eeting will be held at Heppner City Hall and the cost will be $9. Those plan ning to attend are asked to RSVP. Murray’s will cater the lunch and will serve lasagna, garlic bread, salad and dessert. * w Its Tlw Tic T k Man's Birthday Bgainl ^ I IJIIMBIM] lone Education Foundation Fundraising Dinner & Auction Saturday, September 24, 2011 Social Hour: 6:00 p.m. Dinner: 7:00 p.m. Location: lone American Legion Hall Ticket Prices: Rains improved cover and food resources for upland birds. So even though chick survival may have been lower due to the rains, overall brood sizes are larger and hunting should be improved over last year in most regions. Baker County: Chukar and other bird pro duction looks fair. Grant County: Up land game bird production appears to be either on par or an increase over last year Morrow, Gilliam, Wheeler counties: Production is up from last year for all spe cies except pheasant but is still below the long-term average. Umatilla County: Hunting should be aver age, with quail holding their own. Union County: Upland bird hunting will be fair at best. Wallowa County: Chukar and grouse hunting will remain poor. Waterfowl: Baker County: Duck and goose hunting is expected to be similar to past years with a few resident birds early in the season. Grant County: Limited waterfowl hunt ing, but a few places on private land along the John Day River. Morrow, Gilliam, Wheeler counties: Duck and goose hunting in the Columbia Basin is expect ed to be good for resident birds early and improve for migrants by the end of No vember. Umatilla County: Habitat conditions in the Columbia Basin still sup port large numbers of win tering Canada geese. Day care to sell Krispy Kreme doughnuts The Heppner Day C are is sellin g K rispy Kreme doughnuts as a fund raiser for $9 a box. Anyone interested may contact Heppner Day Care at 541-676-5429 or talk with a board member. All orders must be into the day care center no later than Thursday, Sep tember 29. They will also have extra donuts on hand to deliver on Friday at the Heppner football game as well. Senior Mealsite Menu Menu for the Hep pner Senior Center mealsite for September 28 is as fol lows: pork chops, mashed potatoes and gravy, peas and carrots, applesauce, hot rolls and lemon bars. Assisting will be Hope Lutheran, Valby Lu theran and All Saints’ Epis copal churches. Adults: $25.00 Children 7-12: $ 10.00 Dinner M«nu: Prime Rib, Salmon, Salad, Baked Potato, Bread, Dessert. Two drinks included with meal (beer, wine, soft drinks). Tickets available at Bank of Eastern Oregon or Reserved by calling 541422-7435 Live Auction and Raffle Items Musical performances by lone Community School Music Department Papineau, Morris win equipment operator awards M orrow C ounty Public Works Road De partment recognizes two County Road employees, Jay Papineau and Bill Mor ris, who have just returned from the 18th annual tech nical training school and equipment operator skills dem onstrations held in Redmond. “Both o f these in dividuals not only came back with new knowledge and skills that they will be passing on to fellow crew members, but they have the honor and privilege to say that they are some of the best equipment operators in the state of Oregon,” said a MCPW news release. Morris placed first with Papineau in a close second in the grader divi sion. Papineau continued to perform on task and placed first in the loader division as well. When all the equip ment operator skills and technical training was com pleted, one individual was announced that they would YOUTH SPIKE ELK 01 C olum bia Basin Electric Co-Op, and their s u b c o n tra c to rs , T rees Inc., will be conducting their annual tree trimming operation throughout the service territory during th e n ex t few m onths. Trimming of trees around General 2nd Elk Season Tag Required «• w s = ¿- J .-1 ......... - .. t —• Following are the Morrow County Fair Open Class winners: Sweepstake w in ners: W inners in each d ep artm en t receiv ed a gift certificate to use at any Morrow County busi ness. Adults received $25 and kids $15. Fruits-Paul B eagle, V egetables-Paul Beagle, Flowers-Carol Al lison, Clothing-M arlene Pointer, Needlework-Jolene Stensland, Quilts-Sandra VanLiew, Canning-Patricia Hughes, Food-Jan Stroeber, A rts-Shannon H arrison, Creative Writing-Babali Pe terson, Photography-Mar- lene Pointer, Crafts-Debra W ryn, K ids 3-6-S hay- lyn Deloach, Superkids 7 -9 -A le x is C u ts fo rth , Ju n io rs 10-13-H ayden Qualls. P eo p le’s Choice Art:Virginia Wilkinson. M orrow County Creative Arts Award: Art- Sharon Harrison, Crafts- Linda Voltz. Flowers: Best Hor ticulture presented by Hep pner Garden Club-Terry Tallman; Best Arrangement presented by Heppner Gar den Club-Carol Allison, Most Blue Ribbons pre sented by Heppner Garden Club-Terry Tallman, Jane Rawlins Memorial pre sented by Morrow County Fair Board-Carol Allison. Baking Contest: “ W heat L eague C ake” (Sunshine Cake) sponsored by the M orrow County Wheat Growers was won by Jan Stroeber and the “Mike Armato Bread Bak- 6 6 1 r/Ersn-wt + Morrow County Public Works 365W.HWY74, P.0. Box 428 Lexington, Oregon 97839 Phone: (541) 989-9500 Hours: Mon. - Fri. 8:00am to 5:00pm have the privilege to bring home the coveted Top Gun Trophy award to display for one year. This trophy is awarded to the individual who had the best overall performance in all areas of equipment operation. This year the overall winner of the equipment operating skills demonstration Top Gun Trophy went to Jay Papineau. “Morrow County should be honored and proud that we have on our road crew some of the finest equipment operators in the state of Oregon. Yes, this is their job and they do it daily, but they do this job with pride to ensure the safety of all who travel in or through Morrow County,” said the release. For more informa tion on this event and other information regarding this training and skills demon stration visit http://www. skillsdemo.org. This event is held every year and is open to construction op erators to show their skills and expertise; as well as learn new skills and safety practices. power lines is an annual chore and is required by Oregon PUC and RUS to reduce outages and ensure continuity o f electrical service. Areas affecting both primary (distribution) and secondary (individual service connections) lines will be cleared. A ny com m ents, concerns or questions about trees obstructing power lines or the removal of them may be made to Brian Kollman at 541-676-9146, brian@ columbiabasin.cc or Josh Coiner, joshc@ columbiabasin.cc. Morrow County Fair Open Class winners announced ■ f t Nov. 5 -N ov. 13,2011 Jay Papineau and Bill Morris Electric co-op to perforin tree trimming operations in area X J Children 6 and under: Free - FIVE 6 ing” contest, sponsored by the Armato family, was also won by Jan Stroeber. The Wheat Grow ers Photo contest was won by Tina Palmer Talent Show: Drew Johnson won first place in the Adult division, he received $75; Drion Donner received $50 for second and Kristal Temple won $25 for third place. In the Youth division ((10-17) Madison Combe received $30 for first place, second place was Patrick Collins, they received $20 and third place went to Cara Arbogast and Morgan Burch, they received $5 each. Grill Offs: Painted Hills Natural Beef Back yard Grilling contest was won by Paul Keefer, second place was Mustang BBQ (Daye & Michelle Stone) and third was Mark & Lisa Pratt; Foster Farms Big Cluck Grill Off was won by the team of Mark & Lisa Pratt, second was Hot Lips (Steve Allen and Robin Bredfield) and third went to Bevington Farms (Ernie Bevington and Shelly Fisher). O r e g o n ’s B e st Contests a hit at the Mor row County Fair T he O r egon’s Best Contests are a tradition at the Morrow County Fair. The contests are intended to inspire cre ativity using Oregon prod ucts. This year, contests included Bob’s Best Home- Baked Bread Contest, fea turing Bob’s Red Mill flours & products; Down Home Morrtw/Grant County OHV Part Youth Spike Elk Hunt Morrow or Grant County youth that have their hunters education or are participating in the 0DFW Mentored Youth Hunter Program. Morrow County Public Works office by MwbwBUr. October ÍÍ2QU 4Mom Favorites Recipe Contest, sponsored by FLAV-R-PAC and Santiam; Delicious, Nutritious Summer Cheese Recipe Challenge, spon sored by the Dairy Farmers of Oregon. Bob’s Red Mill sponsored the popular Bob’s Best Home-Baked Bread Contest. Contestants baked bread from scratch using B o b ’s Red M ill products. This year’s first place winner was Shelley McCabe. Shelley’s Dilly Bread used fresh ingredi ents and Bob’s Red Mill flour. She will receive $50 and two five pound bags of Bob’s Red Mill flour and her recipe will be listed on oregonfresh.net. The Down Home Favorites-This year’s winner was Jan Denlinger with her Com Clam Chow der. Jan received an eco- friendly bamboo cutting board stam ped with the Flav R Pac logo, a free product coupon, and will have her recipe listed on oregonfresh.net. Oregon produced cheese was high lighted in the Delicious, Nutritious Summer Cheese Recipe Challenge spon sored by the Dairy Farmers of Oregon. Contestants use at least one type of Oregon cheese in a snack, salad, main dish, side dish or dessert. The winner would have won a prize and some coupons for Oregon-made dairy products for first place, but there were no entries. The O re gon’s Best Contests are pre sented by the Agri-Business Council of Oregon ( ABC), a non-profit organization that prom otes O regon’s agriculture industry. For more information about the Oregon's Best contests and to view the winning recipes, visit the ABC Web site, www.Qregonfresh.net. “Please remember to check in next y ear's Premium Book to enter and win prizes in the Oregon Best Contests,” said a fair spokesperson.
