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But do they listen?
“Children should be seen and not heard”
There is an old adage that says, “ Children should be
seen and not heard ’
lake all old adages, it says a great deal in a few words
Unfortunately, what it does not say is how to make the
children believe in it.
1 have these words for thought burned into the
woodwork of my girls bedroom so they see it as soon as
they wake in the morning, but i t ’s not enough Their
mouths are off and running before their feet even hit the
floor
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1 can’t hide the facts so 1 must adm it that both m y girls
suffer from severe oral afflictions common to quite a few
children My youngest has a heavy case of m otor mouth
and her sister has a ckainage problem often called,
“ running off at the mouth ” There is no apparent cure so
to keep my sanity I ’ve had my hair cut like ear muffs
Now at least no one can see the transistor radio plugged
into my left ear and the wad of cotton in m y right.
The DEQ spends a lot of tim e worrying about the noise
pollution of jets, autos and factories but little concern is
given to the intensity of noise in a sm all room fu ll of
fighting children, a couple of space toys, a battery
operated train that whistles tunes, a cat begging to be
released, and an ignored record player whose needle is
stuck.
If a representative from DEQ ever got trapped in such
a deafening situation there would be federal regulations
on when children could speak Environm entalists know.
State shows gain
in agriculture
Oregon’s agriculture made
a strong showing in 1980 with
total gross income from farm
sales of a record $1.74 billion,
up 17 percent from 1979.
Last year’s billion-dollar
plus sales figure made 1980
the seventh straight year
that farm sales in Oregon
have grossed over $1 billion.
M a rio n , U m a tilla and
Malheur counties topped $100
m illion in fa rm sales in 1979.
In 1980 these three were
joined by Clackamas County
which had total farm sales of
just under $101 m illion.
C re d it fo r the s ta te ’s
co n tin u in g
a g ric u ltu ra l
growth can be traced to the
broad diversity of fa rm
commodities produced in
Oregon.
O regon’ s
a g ric u ltu ra l
diversity is demonstrated by
the fact that m 1980. Oregon
had 82 commodities that
grossed $1 milfcon or more in
sales.
Sales from a ll crops were
$1.135 billion, up 25.3 percent
from last year, and sales
from livestock and poultry
products were $607 m illion,
up 3.2 percent from last year.
These figures reflect gross
sales only and do not
represent net income.
Farm ers and ranchers
experienced a 12 percent
increase in farm costs due to
inflation in 1980
Besides the record $1.7
billion gross sales figure, a
h ig h lig h t
of
Oregon
agriculture in 1980 was the
record wheat crop of 78
m illio n bushels Total sales
for wheat were over $300
m illion.
F a vo ra b le w eather in
eastern Oregon throughout
1980 went a long way in
making the record wheat
crop possible.
The effect of volcanic ash
from Mount St. Helens on
Oregon agriculture
was
o n ly
s ig n ific a n t
in
Washington County where it
hurt some growers
Many crops were affected
by the ash in Washington
County but mostly the ash
was a problem with wheat,
sm a ll fr u its and some
vegetables.
Substantial gains in grains,
hay and silage, field crops
and specials products were
recorded for 1980 Sales were
down for small fru its and
berries, and cattle and
calves.
Gram sales were up 46
percent due in large part to
the excellent wheat crop in
the Columbia Basin, which
was 60 percent above 1979
The wheat crop in western
Oregon was about the same
as last year
Other factors that had an
effect on grain sales and the
price of grain were a smaller
than expected feed grain
crop nation-wide and the
recently concluded China
grain-trade agreement
Sales o f hay and silage
totaled $91.6 m illion, up 88 5
percent from last year The
prim ary reasons for the
d ra m a tic increase were
higher prices influenced by a
poor hay crop in Canada last
year and the spoilage of
some of Washington s hay
crop by Mount St Helen's
volcanic ash.
Grass and legume seeds
remained fa irly stable, in
creasing 2 percent over 1979
with sales of $107.8 m illio n .
Small fruits and berries
was the only commodity
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however, that i t ’s easier to battle with corporations than
it is w ith children.
It never ceases to amaze me though how quickly the
girls can come down with a case of lock jaw They can be
standing in the middle of broken glass anil spilled m ilk
and know absolutely nothing They immediately become
oMûAgcuct Sctmaie $
Qits
and pieces
amnesia victim s and can’t remember a thing. When
questioned about how the accident happened they won’t
remember going to the refrigerator They won’t be able
to recollect who got the glasses down from the cupboard.
They won’t even recall the sound of breaking glass They
just stare blankly into space ami plead the 5th amend
ment.
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Field crops were up 29
percent w ith sales of $153
m illion. The increase in this
co m m o d ity
group
was
caused largely by hops and
potato sales and the high
p rice s
these
p roducts
brought in 1980.
Tree fr u its and nuts
remained stable, showing a
m odest increase o f 2.4
percent with sales o f $107.8
m illion. There was a record
apple crop in 1980, but low
prices absorbed much of the
increases that apples might
otherwise have brought.
Vegetable crop sales in
creased 11 percent with sales
totaling $102.5 m illion. There
was a generally favorable
market for fresh vegetables
in 1980 This year ’s excellent
crop of peas and an improved
onion crop rebounding from
a poor year in 1979 also
helped
vegetable
crop
sales.
Sales of specialty products
(n u rs e rie s , greenhouses,
bulbs, Christmas trees, farm
fo re stry) were up 22 percent
with $209.8 m illio n in sales
A strong m a rk e t for
Christmas trees and the
continuing expansion of the
nursery-greenhoues industry
in the W illamette Valley
were im portant factors in the
increase
L ive sto ck and p o u ltry
sales weren’t changed much
from last year, showing a
gain of just 3.2 percent with
sales of $607 m illion.
Cattle and calves were the
only co m m o d ity in the
livestock group to show a
decrease in sales over 1979.
The 1980 sales were down 7.7
percent with sales of $313.8
m illion
The
decrease
was
p rim a rily due to higher feed
prices which have caused
feeder cattle and calf prices
to drop below last year
Dairy products had the
greatest increase in sales in
the livestock commodity
group, up 20 percent with a
total of $160 5 m illion gross
sales
Higher m ilk prices (about
10 percent higher than last
y e a r), increases in the
number of dairy cows in
Oregon,
more
m ilk
production per cow and in
general a continuing positive
trend in the dairy business
over the past few years were
responsible
Eggs and poultry had total
gross sales of $70 m illion, up
15 percent from a year ago
Contributing to the increases
were more broilers, layers
and eggs produced and a
higher price for broilers.
Other livestock, p rim a rily
sheep and hogs, had sales of
$62.7 m illion for an increase
over 1979 of 16 percent Much
of this increase is due to
greater numbers of sheep in
Oregon, an indication of how
the sheep industry is turning
around after many poor
years.
Sheep prices remained
basically the same as last
year
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Schools expected to attend
include Sandy, Clackamas,
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interested
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group to show a significant
decrease in sales from a year
ago, showing a total $30
m illion, down 21 percent
from 1979.
The cause fo r the decreast
was a drastic drop in price
caused by overproduction of
ra s p b e rrie s and b la c k
berries
Just w ithin the last couple of months I could swear a
new g irl has moved in with us. I don’t see her much, but 1
hear her name every day so she’s got to be around
somewhere. A ll I have to do is ask, “ How did the jam get
all over the wall?, Why dog laying in the laundry
basket?, who let the cat in the chicken coop?,” or “ why
is every light in the house turned on?” The guilty party
responsible for a ll these things is this new g irl because
when I ask these and other questions my girls just look at
one another and say, “ Ida No.” If I ever get my hands on
this Ida No I dunno what I ’ll do to her.
When the g irls aren’t fighting, they’re arguing and the
tongue is m ightier than the fist at times. I was about to
announce lunch as I entered their room, but got cut off
by a vicious cross fire. My oldest daughter, I ’ve labeled
as the U p , was giving her sister a tongue lashing for not
turning off the record player. The U p, acting as
prosecuting attorney, put her case to me, the circuit
rider, pointing out the neglect of her sister and
wastefulness of electricity.
Before 1 could pronounce sentence on the accused she
stood up on the bed acting as her own defense, pointed a
finger at her sister ami shouted her rebuttal, “ She won’t
let me touch any of the buttons! ”
"Case rests,” I said, “ lets break for lunch.”
"B u t” . . . began my oldest. “ Silence is Golden.” I
demanded.
“ That's too rich for my allowance,’ ’ quipped the Up.
More than 350 high school
students are expected to
attend the Third Annual
Clackamas Regional Skills
Contest to be held Feb. 26 at
Clackamas
Community
College.
The competition, which is
co-sponsored
by
the
Clackamas
County
Education Service D istrict,
allows students to match wits
in areas ranging from auto
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