Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 28,2011
Local students win MSWCD
conservation poster contest
Left to right: Babali Peterson, Oskar Peterson, Lacey Thompson, Hannah Padberg.
Juana Gaytan
Left to right: Julianne Carlson, Emily Holland
Not pictured: Ally Haguewood, Emily Rea
Students from lone
Community School, Irrigon
Junior/Senior High School
and Riverside Junior/Senior
High School participated
in the annual conservation
poster contest put on by
Morrow Soil and Water
Conservation District.
“Forests for Peo
ple-More Than You Can
Imagine” was the theme
which emphasized the im
portance of protecting our
natural resources. This year
the students learned what
is made from trees, what
foods come from trees and
how trees help others.
Contest winners
are: fourth-sixth grade: first
place-Ally Haguewood,
second place-Hannah Pad-
berg. third place-Babali
Peterson, lone Communi
ty School; seventh-ninth
grade: first place-Emily
Holland, second place-Em
ily Rea, third place-Oskar
Peterson, lone Community
School; 10th- 12th Grade:
first place-Julianne Carlson,
lone Community School,
second place-Juana Gaytan,
Riverside Junior/Senior
High School, third place-
Lacey Thompson, lone
Community School.
The first place win
ners of the local contest
will compete in the Oregon
Association of Conserva
tion District contest at Sun
River in November. First
place winners at the state
contest will receive a $50
savings bond. First place
winners of the state contest
will compete at the National
Association of Conserva
tion Districts competition
in February, 2012.
Fall prescribed burning set to begin
Umatilla National
Forest firefighters are mak
ing preparations to begin
treating as much as 20,000
acres with prescribed fire.
More fall-like weather con
ditions anticipated in the
next several days are con
ducive to the fall burning.
Burning could begin the
last week of September and
continue through October
as conditions permit.
P rescrib ed fire
managers coordinate daily
with the National Weather
Service, Oregon Depart
ment of Forestry smoke
management meteorolo
gists and adjacent national
forests to determine the
optimum time and place to
implement each bum. Each
burn project has specific
resource and prescribed fire
objectives and constraints
which guide fire managers
in determining whether to
proceed with a bum. Ob
jectives of the bums include
hazardous fuel reduction,
activity slash removal, big
game and other wildlife
habitat improvement, and
forest ecosystem restora
tion.
“Managing risk in
terms of firefighter and
public safety is our top pri
ority as we implement these
bums,” says Chris Johnson,
fuels program manager.
“Smoke management is
also a priority as we do not
wish to impact our neighbor
communities.” However,
nearby residents and for
est visitors should expect
smoke in the vicinity of
any prescribed fire activity
and drivers should pay extra
attention while traveling
through or adjacent to bum
areas.
Specific details
and locations of the pro
posed prescribed bums are
available on the Umatilla
National Forest website
www.fs.usda.gov/umatilla/
or at any forest office. It is
important to note that not
all proposed bums planned
are likely to be completed
this fall as typical weather
conditions provide for lim
ited burn windows. For
more information concern
ing the Umatilla National
Forest Prescribed Burning
program, contact Chris
Johnson in Pendleton at
(541) 278-3704 or one of
the following Ranger Dis
trict contacts: Scott Wryn,
Heppner Ranger District,
(541)676-2111; Scott Mc
Donald, North fork John
Day Ranger District, (541 )
427-5311 ; Tyson Albrecht,
Walla Walla Ranger Dis
trict, (509) 522-6290, Steve
Carlson, Pomeroy Ranger
District, (509) 843-4611.
- FIVE
IMESD hearing screenings Marge Parks
scheduled in Morrow County wins^Time-
Schools
ginning at 8:15 a.m., Hep less Beauty”
The InterMountain pner Elementary, beginning
event at fair;
Education Service District around 10 a.m.
-October 19: A.C.
is providing free hearing
Garden Club
screenings to public el Houghton Elementary, Ir
ementary school students rigon, 8:15 a.m.; Irrigon El to meet Oct.
ementary, beginning around
through November.
Hearing screenings
are conducted annually
by the IMESD’s Audiol
ogy Department for public
school students in Morrow,
Umatilla and Union coun
ties and are cooperatively
sponsored by local school
districts. Students to be
screened include nearly
6,000 kindergarten, first and
third grade students, new
students to a county and
parent, teacher and prin
cipal referrals of students
in other grades. Children
who fail the initial screen
ing will be re-screened
within a three-week period.
Screenings began earlier
this month.
Parents who do not
want their child’s hearing to
be screened should notify
their child’s school as soon
as possible. Anyone who
has questions regarding the
hearing screening program
should contact their lo
cal school principal or the
IMESD Audiology Depart
ment at 541 -966-3140.
Screenings are as
follows:
-October 18: lone
Community School, be-
12:30 p.m.
-October 27: Sam
Boardman Elementary,
8:15 a.m.; Windy River
Elementary, Boardman,
approximately 1 p.m.
-November 2: A.C.
Houghton Elementary, 8:15
a.m.; Irrigon Elementary,
approximately 1:30 p.m.
-N o v e m b e r 8:
lone, 8:15 a.m.; Heppner
Elementary, approximately
10 a.m.
-N ovem ber 15:
Sam Boardman Elementa
ry, 8:15 a.m.; Windy River
Elementary, approximately
1:30 p.m.
(541)215-9248.
Morrow/Grant County
OHV Park Youth
Spike Elk Hunt
Morrow or Grant County youth that
have their hunters education or are
participating
intheODFW
Mentored
Youth Hunter
Program.
YOUTH SPIKE ELK ONLY^
Nov. 5 -Nov. 13,2011
(
General 2nd Elk
Season Tag Required
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Lexington, Oregon 97839
Phone: (541)989-9500
Hours: Mon. - Fri. 8:00am to 5:00pm
Marge Parks was
the winner of the “Timeless
Beauty” event at the Mor
row County Fair.
She won a rose
bush of her choice at Mor
row County Grain Growers
Green Feed & Seed who
sponsor the event.
Other winners at
the show were Terry Tail-
man and Carol Allison.
The next Garden
Club meeting will be held
Monday, Oct. 3. Guest
speaker will be Carrie
Spradlin from the Forest
Service who will speak on
trees.
The Heppner Jr/Sr high school wrestling
team is collecting batteries for an ongoing
team fundraiser. Auto, tractor. RV. and four
wheeler batteries will be accepted. Please
bring your batteries to the South end
Transfer station free of charge located at
57185 Hwy 74, Lexington, OR For further
information or if you need batteries
picked up, call Mark Lemmon at
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