Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 18, 2016
2016 Ione Thousand Yard
Shoot winners announced
IONE—Hunting enthu-
siasts traveled to Ione on
May 7 to compete for brag-
ging rights and a cash prize
at the 15 th annual Thousand
Yard Shoot.
Hermiston native
Riles. Yvonne was award-
ed a long-range rile scope
and $100 cash.
The winner for the
open-site 500-yard target
was Jules Martino of Silver-
ton. Martino also received
- FIVE
Mustangs ‘mop up’ Heppner
at the ishpond and other
games at the annual Ione
Fourth of July Celebration.
This year’s event spon-
sors were: MCGG, Blagg
Rifles, Magnum Opus,
Snow-McElligot, Route
The annual Heppner High
School Mustang Mop-Up took
place last Thursday, May 12.
Among the many projects
tackled by the students as
part of their community ser-
vice was the laying of turf on
the new soccer ield at Hager
Park (above). Students also
put some spit and polish on
the town ire trucks (right).
-Contributed photo and photo
by Megan Futter
Eric Orem of Ione presents awards to 1,000-yard shoot winner Yvonne LaCoursiere (above
left) and 500-yard open sight winner Jules Martino (above right). -Contributed photos
Yvonne LaCoursiere took
the grand prize for the sec-
ond year in a row, hitting
the target dead center after
a inal shoot-out with her
brother Paden LaCoursiere
and father Pete LaCoursi-
ere. All three LaCoursiere
shooters were using Blagg
$100 cash.
Bill McGovern was
the winner of the gun rafle
for a Tikka Caliber 6.5
Creedmoor, sponsored by
Garner’s Sporting Goods
in Pendleton.
The annual event is a
fundraiser for kids’ prizes
Brass Fire back in
Heppner May 21
74, Tacos Hometown, Mark
Anderson, Frank and Joe
Halvorsen, Bob Hubbard,
Garners Sporting Goods
and Ace Outdoor Store.
Tacos Hometown, the taco
truck out of Ione, provided
lunch.
Funds available to help
livestock growers
mitigate drought effects
The USDA Natural
Resources Conservation
Service (NRCS) in Oregon
announces funding avail-
able to ranchers to mitigate
the effects of drought on
rangeland.
Landowners in Mor-
row County should submit
applications to their local
USDA Service Center by
June 17 to be considered
for funding.
NRCS will assist
ranchers in developing
grazing management plans
and installing emergency
livestock watering develop-
ments and facilities. These
practices help reduce pres-
sure on stressed vegeta-
tion, allow the soil to retain
more moisture, and deliver
emergency water supplies
to livestock.
The funding will be
made available to eligible
landowners through the
NRCS’s Environmental
Quality Incentives Program
(EQIP). This is a inancial
assistance program in the
Farm Bill that allows NRCS
to work directly with pri-
vate landowners to imple-
ment conservation practices
and reimburse landowners
for a portion of the expense.
Read more about EQIP eli-
gibility, selection and pay-
ments on the Oregon EQIP
webpage.
A paint party in Ione
on Thursday, June 2, will
beneit both the participants
who create their own large
lower paintings and Cre-
ative Care Preschool.
Katie Woodford of The
Cabernet Canvas in Tri-
Cities, WA will provide all
the materials and step-by-
step instructions to create
the paintings, and hosts
of the event will provide
refreshments.
The party begins at 6
p.m. at the Ione Legion
Hall. The cost of $50 per
person covers materials,
instructions, refreshments
and a donation to the pre-
school. Local hosts include
Lea Mathieu and Shelly
Rietmann. Seating is lim-
ited; to reserve a seat, call
Rietmann at 541-422-7243.
Irrigon teacher honored at FFA banquet
Irrigon teacher and FFA
advisor Lenn Greer was
honored at the annual Mor-
row County FFA Chapter
banquet on Friday evening.
Greer was honored for his
“dedication, passion and
commitment to the futures
of the young men and wom-
en of Morrow County.”
Growing up in Irrigon,
Greer returns home with an
AAOT (Associate of Arts
The Brass Fire band out of Pendleton and Hermiston will be at Oregon Transfer) degree
Sweet Productions again on May 21 from 6-8 p.m. in the Silver
Fox Banquet Room. There is no cover charge, and all ages are
welcome. Dinner service is available. The group came for the
irst time last month, and Silver Fox owner Jodi Segraves said
they had a good crowd, with people even leaving their seats
to hit the dance loor. Brass Fire played everything from Elvis
tunes, to 40s Big Band, songs by Chicago and Santana, and
even some disco. -Contributed photo
Paint party fundraiser planned
in Ione
at Blue Mountain Commu-
nity College, a Bachelor of
Science in Ag education at
University of Idaho, and a
master’s in teaching at Or-
egon State University.
His experience began
in 1995 in Jefferson, OR,
where he remained until
2003. In 2006, he made his
return to Irrigon, where he Lenn Greer
teaches horticulture, Ag
science, welding and Ag
Greer says FFA is his
mechanics.
passion. He has dedicated
his time and effort into
building arguably one of
the inest FFA programs in
Eastern Oregon.
Greer was thanked
by the 80-plus guests at
the banquet for the count-
less hours he volunteers
to programs, fundraisers
and competitions and to
kids, neighbors and friends.
Greer received a standing
ovation from all who at-
tended the banquet.
Wranglers Riding Club celebrates last
play date of year
Heppner Wranglers
Riding Club finished its
season on Mother’s Day,
May 8.
Not long ago, the Wran-
glers play day membership
had declined, and the fate of
Wranglers was questioned.
Due to many individu-
als and families, however,
the club kept going. This
year, the club membership
climbed tremendously with
26 families with 47 children
and six adults participating
in the four-day series.
The youngest age has
dropped down to the two-
year-olds; the lead line divi-
sion, with 17 kids at the end
of the year, turned out to be
the largest group. Member-
ship carne from as far away
as Boise, ID and Oregon
City, OR, as well as from
area towns like Hermiston,
Arlington, Condon, Board-
man, Irrigon, Ione,
Lexington and Hep-
pner.
Due to the efforts of
past Wrangler families,
children this year once
again had fun with their
horses and made life last-
ing memories with their
Wrangler friends. Founding
board members who ran the
Wrangler horse show, rodeo
cowboy breakfast, over-
night trail rides, day rides,
and play day series, as well
as those constant helpers
with all Wrangler events,
were Howard Bryant, Kite
Healy Thorne, Merlynn
Robinson, Sharon Lewis,
Pat Dougherty, Bob and
Bev Steagall, Gwen Healy,
Roice Fullerton, Pauline
Matheny, Jean Bennett and
Jean Adams. Wrangler par-
ticipants say these, as well
as those who have already
passed on, are what made a
special club possible.
A special highlight on
Mother’s Day, and the last
play day of the year, was
having Melba Miller, Pau-
line Matheny, Jean Ben-
nett, Gwen Healy and Jean
Adams all in attendance to
watch their grandchildren
and great-grandchildren
compete.
Heppner Wranglers
works to promote horse-
manship, sportsmanship
and friendship, as well as
advance kids’ dreams of
participating in junior and
high school rodeo asso-
ciations, as well as college,
amateur and professional
rodeo circuits.
The May 8 play day
results are as follows:
Stick-Horse Race
Three & Under
1 st ) Morgan Milligan
2 nd ) Pearl Miller
3 rd ) Savvy Joy Hall
4 th ) Ella Mullins
Four- & Five-Year-Olds
1 st ) Peyton Weygandt
2 nd ) Tate Turner
3 rd ) Paige Miller
4 th ) Axton Hendricks
Six- & Seven-Year Olds
1 st ) Reese Weygandt
2 nd ) Quaid Jensen
3 rd ) Brooklyn Hendricks
4 th ) Mary Ashbeck
Barrels
Lead-Line
1 st ) Peyton Matheny 24.88
2 nd ) Ely Jones 27.04
3 rd ) Tate Turner27.28
4 th ) Ryker Rauch 27.93
Seven & Under
1 st ) Quaid Jensen 20.49
2 nd ) Reese Weygandt
25.16
3 rd ) Hadley Wright 25.90
4 th ) Paige Miller 27.69
Eight- to 11-Year-Olds
1 st ) Shane Sifford 25.47
2 nd ) Saige Jensen 25.56
3 rd ) Emalei Hendren 34.79
4 th ) Nevaeh Hall 35.53
12- to 15-Year-Olds
1 st ) Jessica Cain 17.79
2 nd ) Josie Evans 20.63
3 rd ) Kelsey Stewart 26.94
4 th ) Becky Ehmer 32.39
16 & Over
1 st ) Lynsi Weed
2 nd ) Jordan Stubbs
3 rd ) Ann Shear
Poles
Lead-Line
1 st ) Tate Turner 46.50
2 nd ) Ryker Rauch 48.14
3 rd ) Peyton Weygandt
51.72
4 th ) Ely Jones 53.01
Seven & Under
1 st ) Reese Weygandt 44.87
2 nd ) Paige Miller 46.69
3 rd ) Hadley Wright 50.87
4 th ) Kit Jones 52.55
Eight- to 11-Year-Olds
1 st ) Saige Jensen 38.23
2 nd ) Shane Sifford 40.01
3 rd ) Emalei Hendren 49.41
4 th ) Holden Sifford 55.53
12- to 15-Year-Olds
1 st ) Jessica Cain 26.53
2 nd ) Josie Evans 32.84
3 rd ) Daisy Coombs 50.61
4 th ) Asher Hall 1:22.26
16 & Over
1 st ) Jordan Stubbs 31.70
2 nd ) Ann Shear 44.42
3 rd ) Lynsi Weed 1:35.97
Goat Untying (pull rib-
bon from tail)
Lead-Line
1 st ) Tate Turner 10.89
2 nd ) Ely Jones 11.16
3 rd ) Mary Ashbeck 13.22
4 th ) Morgan Milligan
13.33
Seven & Under
1 st ) Quaid Jensen 11.45
2 nd ) Reese Weygandt
12.71
3 rd ) Hadley Wright 20.13
4 th ) Amelya Pinkham
20.56
Goat Tying
Eight- to 11-Year-Olds
1 st ) Shane Sifford 29.57
2 nd ) Saige Jensen 36.29
3 rd ) Nevaeh Hall 46.32
4 th ) Holden Sifford 1:11.04
12- to 15-Year-Olds
1 st ) Jessica Cain 20.48
2 nd ) Josie Evans 22.39
3 rd ) Asher Hall 32.12
16 & Over
1 st ) Jordan Stubbs 15.89
Calling all county
cultural organizations
The Morrow County
Cultural Coalition, funded
by Oregon’s Cultural Trust
Foundation, is now accept-
ing proposals for the next
grant period.
Categories for qualify-
ing groups or projects are:
literary, historical preserva-
tion, visual and performing
arts, or humanities and cul-
tural organizations. Grants
in the past have included
quilting and art groups, art
displays, historical library
books, cultural entertain-
ment structures and kid’s
activities for parks.
The deadline for Fund-
ing Proposal Request Forms
is Aug. 1. Complete guide-
lines and grant applications
for 2017 can be obtained by
contacting Susan Russell at
541-481-4277 or smsel@
hotmail.com. Proposals
must meet criteria noted on
the application and include
a timeline with project to
be completed no later than
Oct. 15, 2017.
To learn more, visit
www.culturaltrust.org.
Grants can be awarded up
to 50 percent of total project
cost.