TEN - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Area youth participate in ishing derby
Heppner pool opens
this week
of local businesses, unions
and individuals, each par-
ticipant was able to depart
with a prize regardless of
their catch.
The individuals who
took home trophies were:
Largest Fish, Age 0-5:
Charlie M. – 16”
Largest Fish, Age 6-10:
Hannah B. – 19 1/4”
Largest Fish, Age 11-
14: Jordan S. – 17 5/8”
Smallest Legal Fish of
Day: Martin G. – 8”
Children cool off in the Heppner pool last summer. Willow
Creek Water Park opens for the season this Saturday. -File
photo
Willow Creek Water
Park will start its 2016 sea-
son this Saturday, June 11,
with open swim time from
1 p.m. until midnight.
Regular pool hours for
the season will be 1-8 p.m.
Monday through Saturday
and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Fam-
Above left: Charlie Mullins and Hannah Brannon show off their trophies in the ive and un-
der and six to 10 age groups, respectively, while Hannah holds the largest ish of day at 19-1/4
inches. Charlie’s measured at 16 inches. Above right: Jordan Spaulding caught the largest ish
of the 11-14 age group at 17-5/8 inches. -Photos by Carmelo Di Salvo
Young anglers tried
their ishing skills at the 12 th
annual Youth Fishing Derby
held on Saturday, June 4,
at the Cutsforth Park pond.
Children up to the age of
14 participated in the event.
The derby started at
8:30 a.m. with a whistle
from Seth Moses, volun-
teer from BPOE #358, and
within seconds ishing lines
and bobbers could be seen
lying through the air and
splashing down in the pond.
With warmer tempera-
tures during the day the
ish were not as active as
in years past. Those who
were successful in landing
one or more fish worked
to get their ish in to the
shore. There were 106 reg-
istered participants, some
of whom stayed to the very
end and grabbed a hot dog
and refreshments supplied
and cooked by the local
Elks lodge.
The average ish size
was 13 inches with the
largest ish of the day being
caught by Hannah Bran-
non and measuring 19-1/4
inches.
Due to the generosity
The trophy for the smallest
legal catch of the day, an eight-
inch trout, went to Martin G.
-Photo by Carmelo Di Salvo
Sew Fantastic 4-H club members help to
‘Dress a Girl Around the World’
Imagine a world where
every little girl could own
one new dress. Sew Fan-
tastic 4-H Club members
have been sewing dresses to
help make that dream come
true for some little girls in
Tanzania, Africa.
The organization Hope
for Women International
started the Dress a Girl
Around the World Project
in 2006. They provide pat-
terns and directions on their
website and labels to stitch
to the front pocket of each
dress.
The new dress and the
Dress a Girl label help
prevent child trafficking
by showing that these girls
are cared for and identiied
with an organization. The
dresses will be sent to Kelly
and Laura Sager, formerly
of Lexington, who work in
Tanzania. They will distrib-
ute them to girls in need.
The Dress a Girl Proj-
ect was chosen as the club’s
“Hands for Larger Service”
4-H project this year. It in-
volved learning new sewing
skills such as working with
ily swim passes are avail-
able for $140 and individual
passes for $75. New this
year is a senior season pass
for $40.
Lessons begin Monday,
June 20. Call 541-676-5752
for more information or to
sign up.
Wranglers announce
year-end standings
The Wranglers Rid-
ing Club has announced
its 2016 inal standings.
Results are as follows:
Lead-Line
1 st ) Peyton Matheny
2 nd ) Tate Turner
3 rd ) Ryker Rauch
4 th ) Ely Jones
Seven & Under
1 st ) Healy Hisler
2 nd ) Quaid Jensen
3 rd ) Hadley Wright/Ame-
lya Pinkham
4 th ) Reese Weygandt
Eight- to 11-Year-Olds
1 st ) Brock Hisler
2 nd ) Hallee Hisler
3 rd ) Shane Sifford
4 th ) Saige Jensen
12- to 15-Year-Olds
1 st ) Jessica Cain
2 nd ) Kiersten Holz
3 rd ) Chelsea Echols
4 th ) Asher Hall/Rebekah
Ehmer
16 and Over
1 st ) Jordan Stubbs
2 nd ) Suellen Ehmer
Hadley Wright took
home the trophy for the
2016 Most Improved.
Summer reading
kicks off in Heppner
The Heppner library this summer invites local youth
to get “On your mark, get set…read!”
Sign-ups for the summer reading program begin this
Friday, June 10, at the Oregon Trail Library District Hep-
pner branch; those who sign up will receive a free t-shirt,
book and pedometer while supplies last.
Story times will be Fridays beginning June 17 and
running through July 22, with a special Teen Week the
week June 28 through July 1.
Sew Fantastic club members displaying some of the dresses they made to help with their Dress
Call the Heppner library at 541-676-9964 for more
a Girl Around the World Project. Pictured L-R are: Kylie Boor, Zandra Masterson, Harley information.
Anderson, Hannah Palmer, Aubriana Rodriguez, Grace Smith and guest Hannah Green. Club
members not pictured who also sewed dresses were Madison Orem, Grace Ogden, Serenity
Rodriguez, Grace Claughton and Isabella Ganvoa. -Contributed photo
bias tape, making patch
pockets, and using a serger
machine. Several of the
dresses will be modeled at
the Morrow County Fair
Fashion Review by either
the girls or by younger
sisters before being sent off
to Africa.
If anyone else in the
community would like to
participate in this project,
they can contact club leader
Nancy Jepsen at 676-5244
for more information.
MARIJUANA
EDIBLES
-Continued from PAGE ONE
SNOW REPORT
-Continued from PAGE ONE by May 1. The rapid lush Snow Survey Supervisor to last year when reservoir
some cases, according
to the June Water Supply
Outlook Report released
this week by the USDA
Natural Resources Conser-
vation Service.
May provided a return
to more seasonable temper-
atures; however, the major-
ity of the snow had already
melted from most basins
of early snowmelt caused
many rivers to reach their
snowmelt-driven stream-
flow peaks earlier than
normal.
“The early snowmelt
has resulted in streamlows
peaking sooner and be-
ginning to recede to mid-
summer levels up to four
weeks early,” said NRCS
Scott Oviatt.
“Water year precipi-
tation (since Oct. 1) has
been near- to above-normal
across the state, and has
boosted reservoir levels that
were near record low at the
end of last summer,” Oviatt
said. “This paints a much
better picture for water
supply this year, compared
storage was well below
average. However, if the
summer is hot and increases
demand, water users draw-
ing from reservoir sources
could still experience pos-
sible water shortages.”
Streamflow forecasts
for the summer are call-
ing for below-normal to
well-below-normal residual
streamlow volumes.
Streamlow forecasts in
Southeast Oregon are the
lowest in the state with most
of the forecasts less than 60
percent of average.
Find the latest informa-
tion on Oregon’s stream-
low forecasts in the June
Water Supply Outlook Re-
port available on the NRCS
Oregon website.
The NRCS Snow Sur-
vey is the federal program
that measures snow and
provides streamlow fore-
casts and snowpack data
for communities, water
managers and recreational-
ists across the West.
In Oregon, snow mea-
surements are collected
from 81 SNOTEL sites, 42
manually-measured snow
courses, and 26 aerial mark-
ers.
Water and snowpack
data for all Oregon SNO-
TEL sites are available on-
line in a variety of formats.
The reports are updated
every hour and are available
at: www.or.nrcs.usda.gov/
snow.
Many edible marijuana products can be confused with every-
day foods, many of which appeal to children. -Contributed photo
or vaped marijuana, edibles
can take up to four hours to
take full effect.
And, marijuana can
make children very sick.
Oregon Health Author-
ity offers some guidelines
to keep children safe around
marijuana:
-If you use marijuana,
you can help keep the chil-
dren in your life safe and
healthy by storing all mari-
juana products in a locked
area that children cannot
see or reach.
-If your child eats or
drinks marijuana products,
call the Poison Center Ho-
tline as soon as possible at
1-800-222-1222.
-If symptoms seem bad,
call 911 or go to the emer-
gency room right away.
Symptoms can include your
child having trouble walk-
ing or sitting up, starting to
be sleepy or having a hard
time breathing.
THC can affect people
differently. Members of
the public are advised to
ingest less than the 15 mg
per unit limit and wait at
least 90 minutes and up to
four hours before eating or
drinking more.
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