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I EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 17,2014 Electric co-op declares patronage payment The board of directors o f Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative, Inc., head quartered in Heppner, has announced the retirement of $595,000 in Capital Patron age C redits. The co-op said in a statement that this amount represents all of the 1983 outstanding Capital Patron age Credits, one-half of the 1984 Credits, and several small credits from more recent years. C a p ita l P a tro n a g e Credits represent mem bers’ equity in the mem ber-ow ned cooperative. With the addition o f the $595,000, C'BEC has re turned $4,582,697 to its member/owners over the last 37 years. The co-op said most credit holders will receive payment by check. Active credit holders of very small value or in arrears will have payments applied to their account. Multiple account holders will receive a single check for all accounts. Funds are expected to be disbursed the middle of this month. BMCC seeks budget committee member PENDLETON— The Blue Mountain Community College Board of Educa tion is seeking to appoint a member of the community to the College Budget Com mittee for a three-year term. In an effort to provide geographical representa tion across BMCC’s three- county district, community members from the Baker City and Morrow County areas are encouraged to apply. The BMCC Budget Committee consists of the seven elected members o f the BMCC Board o f Education, as well as sev en appointed community members. Members are eligible to serve two three-year terms on the committee. lone choir sings at state Capitol Newly-appointed members can expect to receive an orientation to the process sometime during the Febru- ary-March 2015 timeframe. Interested applicants should send a letter of inter est, including a description of their fiscal background and experience, to the BMCC President’s Office, PO Box 100, Pendleton, OR 97801. Appointments to the BMCC Budget Committee are made by the Board of Education. The Budget Committee will begin its review of the proposed budget in May, and normally meets twice for two-three hours each. Anyone with questions should contact the BMCC P resident’s Office, 541 - 278-5951. The lone school choir recently journeyed to Salem to perform at the Oregon State Capitol. Pictured L-R are: (Front row) Haley Peterson, Daralynn Teeman, Madison Bain, Seth Grigg, Carsen Eyenetich, Maddie Alldritt, Hailey Heidenian, Teacher Jordan Bemrose, (second row) Lewkus Burright, Kalvin Rietmann, Sunem Calvillo, Madison O rem .C alee Conder, Josh Bleth, M aLinda Morter, Zoey Gilbert, Mackenzie Heideman, (third row) Annabelle McDaniel, Karsyn Rios, Sonia Medina, Hannah Flynn, Frances Knop, (back row) Babali Peterson, Natalie Grigg, Emma Rietmann, Ally Haguewood, Maggie Flynn, Tatum C lark, Katelyn G arrett, Am ir Bavayanev and Brandon Peck. -Contributedphoto lone basketball teams take third, fourth in Heppner tournament Left: TJ Patton played well during the Kick-OfTTournament, proving his worth with the fade-away shot that won the game against the C rane Mustangs. Above: Lady C ard Lauren G ar rett shoots with Morgan Orem protecting her position during the game against the Heppner Mustangs last weekend. -Photos by Paula Emmel Report hunt results by Jan. 31 $25 penalty fo r not reporting deer and elk tags by deadline SALEM—Any hunter who purchased 2014 big game or turkey tags needs to report their hunt results by the deadline, which is Jan. 31,2015 for most tags. Hunters are required to report on each deer, elk, cougar, bear, pronghorn and turkey tag purchased—even if they were not success ful or did not hunt. Sports Pac license holders need to report on each big game or turkey tag issued. Hunters have two ways to report: -Online via www.odfw. com or reportmyhunt.com either at home or by visit ing an ODFW office with a computer available for Hunter Reporting (ODFW field or regional offices in Adair Village/Corval- lis. Bend, Clackamas, La Grande, Portland-Sauvie Island, Roseburg, Salem Headquarters, Springfield, Tillamook). -By telephone: Call 1-866-947-6339 to talk to a customer service repre sentative. Hours: 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Pacific Time, seven days a week. Reporting deadlines are Jan. 31, 2015 for all 2014 hunts that end by Dec. 31, 2014 and April 15, 2015 for all 2014 hunts that end between Jan. 1, 2015 and March 31,2015. In order to report, hunt ers will need their hunter/ angler ID number (located on ODFW licenses, tags and applications; this is a permanent number that stays the same from year-to- year), the two digit Wildlife Management Unit (WMU) number of the unit hunted in most and the unit in which they harvested an animal if successful (see pages 94-95 of 2014 Big Game Regula tions or Hunting Unit Maps w ebpage), and the total number of days hunted (in cluding mentoring youth), the number of days hunted W etp itf@ s£ W i s h e s oÇ fthe Season From Our Fam ily To Yours in the WMU hunted most, and the number o f days hunted in the WMU where harvested an animal if suc cessful. H unters who fail to report 2014 deer or elk tags on time will be penalized $25 when they purchase a 2016 hunting license. This penalty is assessed once, regardless of the number of unreported tags. As o f Dec. 10, more than 70 percent o f 2014 In last weekend’s Hep pner Kick-OfTTournament, the Lady Cardinals settled for fourth against Heppner, while the boys won third with a fade-away shot in the last two seconds from TJ Patton to break a tie and win the game with the Crane Mustangs. With league play yet to begin, lone boys hold a 1-3 overall record while the girls struggle to get their footing with a 0-4 record. lone hosted Irrigon on Tuesday and will travel to Boardman Friday to take on Riverside. Girls’ varsity takes the court at 6 p.m. with the boys to follow at 7:30 p.m. deer and elk tags remain unreported. “The information hunt ers provide is used when setting controlled hunt tag numbers and hunting sea sons," said ODFW Game Program M anager Tom Thornton. “We really ap preciate hunters taking a few minutes of their time to complete the report.’’ H unters who report on time are entered into a drawing to win a special big game tag. ODFW selects three names each year and the winners can choose a deer, elk or pronghorn tag. Hunters who win may hunt an expanded hunt area and extended season, similar to auction and raffle tags that hunters can pay thousands for. For more information on m andatory reporting visit http://www.df\v.state. or.us/resources/hunting/ reporting/index.asp. Cardinal Sports Schedules Girls9 Basketball 1/31/2015, Sat 4pm @ vs. Dufur Condon / Wheeler 1/16/2015, Fri 7:30pm (Fossil) @ Mitchell / Spray 2 /6 /2 0 1 5 , Fri 6pm @ (Spray) 12/16/2014, Tue 6pm Dufur 1/17/2015, Sat 5:30pm vs. Irrigon 2/7/2015, Sat 4pm vs. v s. South W asco 12/19/2014, Fri Arlington County 6pm @ Riverside 2/10/2015, Tue 6pm vs. 1/23/2015, Fri 7:30pm Horizon Christian, @ Horizon Christian, 12/30/2014, Tue 4pm @ Hood River Hood River Joseph 1/24/2015, Sat 6:30pm 1/3/2015, Sat 4pm vs. 2/13/2015, Fri 6pm @ vs. Condon / Wheel Sherman South Wasco Coun er 1/9/2015, Fri 6pm @ 1/27/2015, Tue 7:30pm ty Arlington 2/14/2015, Sat 4pm vs. @ Stanfield 1/10/2015, Sat 4pm vs. Mitchell / Spray 1/30/2015, Fri 7:30pm @ Dufur Sherman 1/16/2015, Fri 6pm @ 1/31/2015, Sat 5:30pm M itch ell / Spray @ Condon / Wheeler (Spray) (Fossil) 1/17/2015, Sat 4pm vs. 2/6/2015, Fri 7:30pm @ South Wasco Coun 12/16/2014, Tue 7:30pm Dufur vs. Irrigon 2/7/2015, Sat 5:30pm vs. ty 1/23/2015, Fri 6pm @ 12/19/2014, Fri 7:30pm Arlington @ Riverside Horizon Christian, 2/10/2015, Tue 7:30pm 12/30/2014, Tue 5:30pm Hood River vs. Horizon Chris Joseph 1/24/2015, Sat 5pm vs. tian, Hood River 115, Sat 5:30pm vs. 2/13/2015, Fri 7:30pm @ Condon / Wheeler Sherman 1/27/2015, Tue 6pm @ South Wasco Coun 1/9/2015, Fri 7:30pm @ Stanfield ty Arlington 1/30/2015, Fri 6pm @ 2/14/2015, Sat 5:30pm 1/10/2015, Sat 5:30pm Sherman vs. Mitchell / Spray Boys9 Basketball Designed by Mattelynn Moon, Age 10, of Hermiston, OR She was the top artist in our annual Holiday Design Contest www communitybanknet com ^ Î^ C o m m u n lt y BANK Member FDIC t I 0 \
