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THURSDAY, MAY 21,2015
ELAP Covers Losses from Additional Cost
of Transporting Water to Livestock
Baker-Grant County USDA
Farm Service Agency (FSA)
reminds producers that assis
tance is available through the
Emergency Assistance for
Livestock, Honeybees and
Farm-Raised Fish Program
(ELAP) for producers who
have incurred additional oper
ating costs for transporting
water to livestock due to an el
igible drought. .
An eligible drought means
that part or all of a county is
designated D3 or higher as de
fined by the U.S. Drought Mon
itor
www.droughtmonitor.
unl.edu.
ELAP provides emergency
assistance to eligible produc
ers of livestock, honeybees
and farm-raised fish who have
suffered losses because of dis
ease, severe weather, bliz
zards and wildfires.
To qualify for ELAP, eligible
livestock must be: Alpacas,
adult or non-adult dairy cattle,
beef cattle, buffalo and beefalo
as well as deer, elk, emus,
equine, goats, llamas, poultry,
reindeer, sheep or swine.
Additionally, the livestock
must have been owned 60 cal
endar days prior to the begin
ning of the drought and be
physically located in the county
designated as a disaster area
due to drought. Adequate live
stock watering systems or facil
ities must have existed before
the drought occurred and pro
ducers are only eligible if they
do not normally transport water
to the livestock.
Livestock that were or would
have been in a feedlot are not
eligible for livestock losses re
sulting from transporting water
and ELAP does not cover the
cost of the water itself.
For more information on
ELAP and eligible losses from
transporting water, contact the
Baker-Grant County FSA office
at 541-523-7121 x2.
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Submitted by
Duncan Mackenzie
Local Students
Graduate from
Oregon State
University
CORVALLIS, Ore - Oregon
State University will hold its 146th
commencement on Saturday, June
13, beginning at 10:30 a.m. in
Reser Stadium.
OSU is one of the few large uni
versities in the nation to hand out
students’ actual diplomas during
the commencement ceremony.
The commencement speaker is
Howard K. Koh, director of the
Leading Change Studio at Harvard
University’s T.H. Chan School of
Public Health. Koh, who served as
the nation’s 14 Assistant Secretary
for Health for the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services,
will receive an honorary doctorate.
Commencement is free and open
to the public; no tickets are neces
sary. More information about
OSU’s graduation is available on
line at: http://oregonstate.edu/
events/commencement/
Baker County students graduat
ing this June from Oregon State in
clude:
Baker City: Laura E. Borgen,
Bachelor ofFine Arts, Cum Laude,
Applied Visual Arts; Edward A.
Chance, Bachelor of Science, Lib
eral Studies; Janey-Rae M.
Collins, Master of Science, Coun-
seling; Mitchell R. Hickey, Bach
elor of Science, Crop and Soil
Science; Trevor K. Howard, Mas
ter of Science, Nuclear Engineer
ing; Chelsea K. McVay, Bachelor
of Science, Cum Laude, BioHealth
Sciences; Nicole M. Merchant,
Master of Science, Agricultural
Education; Alexander D. Robert
son, Bachelor of Science, Nuclear
Engineering; Rakshit S. Tank,
Bachelor of Science, Computer
Science; Kelsie A. White, Bache
lor of Science, Agricultural Sci
ences.
Haines: Faith C. Hall, Bachelor
of Science, Agricultural Sciences
Unity: Allison L. Creason, Doc
tor of Philosophy, Molecular and
Cellular Biology.
North Powder: Andrew J.
Umpleby, Bachelor of Science,
Agricultural Sciences.
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Annual
Poco-Wing
Livestock
Judging Field
Day June 6
Poco-Wing 4-H Club
will be having its annual
livestock judging field
day on June 6. All 4-H
and FFA members are
welcome to come and
join us in improving
your skills in livestock
judging on several
breeds of livestock.
Rain or shine at 6 p.m.
at Thomas Angus
Ranch on Pocahontas
Road. All are welcome,
so come over and join
us, learn about live
stock judging and have
some fun.
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"spring weather" in northeastern Oregon!
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Baker County
Livestock Producers
Offer Scholarship
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Applications are now available for the Baker County Livestock
Producer's Foundation scholarship for the 2015-2016 school year.
Applicants must be residents of Baker County and currently at
tending or accepted for a second year or higher at an accredited
college or vocational school. They must also be pursuing an agri
culturally related course of study. Applications are available at the
Baker County Extension Office at 260 East Street in Baker City
and are due July 15.
The Baker County Livestock Producer's Foundation is to en
courage the pursuit of educational opportunities and to empha
size the importance of scholastic achievement. Donations from
memorials and private donations make it possible to offer schol
arships each year without using any of the principal amount.
Further information is available at the Baker County Extension
Office at 541-523-6418 or Kay Markgraf at 541-519-2203.
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1. Relay mail delivery
4. Quamash (var. spelling)
10. Egg on
14. Always, in verse
15. Functional
16. Coastal raptor
17. One of three equal parts
19. “Dam it all!”
20. “___ on Down the Road”
21. Santa’s reindeer, e.g.
22. Auditory
23. Undetectable bomber
25. Do, for example
26. Cantankerous
27. “I do,” for one
30. Persia, now
31. Complain
34. In perfect condition
35. Encyclopedia, e.g. (2 wds)
39. The “B” of N.B., Latin
40. Bow
41. “Cast Away” setting
42. Calypso offshoot
43. Certain tribute
48. Attempt
49. Scottish wind instrument
51. Fine-grained sedimentary rock
used as fertilizer
52. Cold shower?
55. Length x width, for a rectangle
56. Advocate
57. Science of liquids in motion
59. Caddie’s bagful
60. Upper-story bay windows sup
ported by brackets
61. Deception
62. “B.C.” cartoonist
63. Be a snitch
64. “Absolutely!”
Down
1. Can’t stand
2. Freshen
3. Indonesian dagger with a scal
loped edge
4. Nod, maybe
5. English race place
6. Sports event in which teams com
pete to win
7. Not much (2 wds)
8. ___ gin fizz
9. Cast
10. Famous Am. Apache Indian
chief
11. Handel bars
12. Designed for defense against ar
mored vehicles
13. Downward slope
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18. Accommodate
24. Harp’s cousin
27. Any of various periwinkles
28. “___ bitten, twice shy”
29. Garden intruder
32. “-zoic” things
33. Eat like a bird
35. Stop on the way (2 wds)
36. Equipment that makes a photo
bigger
37. Weakest
38. “Lulu” opera composer
39. Atomic number 83
44. Girasol, e.g.
45. In a jaunty manner
46. Coin
47. Come-ons
49. Military wear
50. Ever (2 wds)
52. Attempt
53. Vega’s constellation
54. Cut, maybe
58. “It’s no___ !”
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