Spilyay Tymoo
Warm Springs, Oregon
April 29, 1994 PAGE 7
Clover Speaks
Rainbow Dancers
If you and your children are interested in
learning how to dance and the old dance's,
you are more than welcome to come and sign
up for the club.
The Rainbow dancers have been meeting
once a month. If you need to have a question
Financial skills
workshops set
for May 2,9,16
Now that you have your tax refund,
perhaps you know there is not much help you
pay the Dills you already have. Now is the
time to join the next three workshops on
"Managing Your Income" which will be held
May 2, 9, and 16. Workshops start at 5:30
and finish at 7 in the Training room on the
first floor of the Education Center on Wasco
Street. This a repeat of courses given earlier
in the year, offered again by popular demand.
To register for the series, call Salli
Blacketeer, secretary of the OSUWarm
Springs Extension Service at 553-3238. There
is no charge, but we need to know how many
people will attend so that we have enough
worksheets and space for everyone interested.
An advance series of workshops will be
scheduled for September. You can learn ways
to take control of your money, rather than
your money controlling you.
answered feci free to call the office at 553
32383239. Or better yet, slop by the office at
the education building. Crystal, Carol and
Arlcne will be more than glad to answer your
questions. Verbena Greene is the teacher for
the Rainbow Dancers and is doing very
teaching. The club all loves Verbena for
being the kind and understanding lady that
she is.
Clubs:
If you are interested in starting a club, the
doors are open for anybody to start a club. It
don't matter what kind of club you want to
start. Just come in and we will be more than
glad to get you started. There always can be
more than one kind of a club. If you want to
start another bead club, you're more than
welcome to. If you want to start a sewing
club, you can.
So call and let us know if you want to start
a club. If you have any questions we will be
more than glad to answer them.
Basketball Clubs:
Just Say No To Drugs by Foster Kalama
and Melvin Tewce. The Chiloquin Eagles
won the Boy's division and The Lady Vols
from Simnasho won the Girl's division.
Foster's Bears took second in the girls and
Mclvin's Chinooks took second in the boys.
At the Chiloquin tournament both teams
placed second also.
The 4-H basketball clubs have been doing
very well in their games. Keep up the super
work. Foster Kalama, Melvin Tewee, Janice
Gunchows and all the rest of the volunteers,
thank you for keeping the youth interested in
sports and other activities.
How Outdoor Camp Benefits Youth
Camp season is fast approaching and the
Warm Springs Youth will be able to attend
high quality overnight camp. This year the 4
H camp will be June 19-23 and is located at
Crystal Springs in Princvillc, OR. This 4-H
camp offers Warm Springs Youth two ways
to enjoy camping.
Overnight camper:
complete the 4th grade by the time camp
starts. As a resident overnight camper you
will stay in cabins from June 19-23 with a
group of 7-8 campers and a counselor. Your
child will participate in fun games and great
learning experiences. Your child will learn
about the world around them and more
importantly, they will learn about themselves.
According to the American Camping
Association, there arc 8 benefits to camp.
Here is a list: enhance social skills, build
character, build self-reliance, enhance self
esteem, educate the whole person, teach
responsibility.
Be aware of propane warning odor
By Norma L. Simpson
If you use propane gas for heating or
cooking, be sure you and your family knows
how to tell if it is leaking. A handy pamphlet
came in the mail from the Northern Energy
Inc that services my house. I set it aside, until
I heard the news that it was a Mock Quake
Drill, and I recalled the terrible fires that
followed the California quake.
So, from the bottom of the mail, I dug
"Propane Users Safety Guide." It's a small
bright red, white and black pamphlet, and it
stinks. Stinks that is if you take the time to
scratch it with your fingernail. Have everyone
scratch it once, so they will not forget the
smell that may save their lives...The Warning
Odor.
It says "Take Immediate Action if you
smell gas in your house, camper, RV,
workplace or around any gas equipment like
your propane camping stove canisters. I . Put
out all smoking materials and open flames. 2.
DO NOT: operated electric switches, light
matches, use your telephone. 3. Get everyone
out of the building, vehicle, trailer or area
IMMEDIATELY. 4. Close all gas tank or
cylinder supply valves (see the drawing). 5.
Use your neighbor's phone to call a trained
LP-Gas service person, do not re-enter the
building, vehicle, trailer or area. Do not turn
the gas again, even though you do no continue
to smell the gas. 6. Let the service person or
firefighters check for escaped gas. 7. Let the
service people repair the leak, then check and
relight all your gas appliances.
4H
A FAMILY AFFAIR
Involve your entire
family In 4-H
projects!
EXTENSION
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Information provided by:
OSU Extension
at Warm Springs
1110 Wasco Street
553-3238.
Arlene Boileau
Bob Pawelek
Norma Simpson
Carol Stevens
Crystal Winishut
Tim Wojtusik
Clint Jacks
OSU Extension Staff:
4-H & Youth
Livestock
Home Economics
4-H
4-H Assistant
Agriculture
Staff Chair, Madras
The above individuals are devoted to extending research-based information from
Oregon State University to the people of Warm Springs in Agriculture, Home
Economics, 4-H Youth, Forestry, Community Development, Energy and Extension
Sea Grant programs. Oregon State University, United States Department of
Agriculture, Jefferson County and the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
cooperating. The Extension Service offers its programs and materials equally to all
people.
EDUCATION THAT WORKS FOR YOU
New guidelines set for poverty level
It makes your heart sink when you hear
about the numbers of people living below the
poverty line. If you're older, you thank about
depression days, or your first pay check, or
stories from your grandparents lean years,
gleaning wool from the barbed wire to use to
make socks for winter. Most families survived
by part-time jobs, or producing their own
food, or working for very low wages just to
keep from going hungry.
today many families with two wage
SIZE OF FAMILY UNIT
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
earners working full-time are still below the
poverty line, just trying to keep together and
to be strong supportive families. Others are
not even that lucky, with no jobs yet they try
to keep together and to be strong families.
They deserve our support and encouragement.
In February 10, 1994 new poverty
guidelines were published in the Federal
Register for all states except Alaska, Hawaii
and the District of Columbia.
POVERTY GUIDLINES
$7,360
9,840
12,320
14,800
17,280
19,760
22,240
24,720
For family units with more than 8 members, add $2,480 for each additional member.
That's the same increase applies to smaller family sizes as you can see in the figures.
Working with commodity foods
Don't forget that trees and shrubs need fertilizer, too
by Norma L. Simpson
Recently John Brown and James Moran
asked me to work with them in activities to
promote the use of the Warm Springs
Commodity Foods Program. John and I have
set up a schedule of 6 programs during the
year to demonstrate use of commodities that
people don't know how to use or avoid for
some reason or another.
APRIL 29 DEMONSTATION ON
BEANS
9 a.m. to 12 and 1:30 to 4 p.m.
Our first demonstration at the Commodity
Foods Center will be on April 29 will be
ways to prepare dried baby Lima beans,
black-eyed peas and vegetarian beans. Some
people avoid the dried beans because of
unpleasant side effects of eating them. But
when they explain how they cook the dried
beans, we know that there are better ways to
make them soft and less gassy.
NEW CHANGES IN ELIGIBILITY
FOR COMMODITY FOODS
James Moran of the Warm Springs
Commodity Center asked me to help them
publicize the new changes in eligibility for
commodity foods which were announced in
late February. The staff there are now ready
to serpotential clients who fit three eligibility
requirements:
1) People who live within the reservation
and qualify for commodity foods regardless
of race, color, national origin, age, sex,
handicaps or religion. You do not need to be
an Indian to qualify.
2) All Indians with IS miles of the
reservation who qualify for commodity foods,
regardless of tribal affiliation. 3) Parent of
foster or adopted Indian Children.
Thisis "GOODFOODNEWS".Yoiml
see "GOOD FOOD NEWS posters throughout
the reservation and the larger community
which shows the amount of food for one
person. That poster shows the 40 items of
food which equals about 75 pounds of food.
For a family of four, that means 160 items
or 300 pounds of food, value about $500.
You and your family do not need to be
hungry. Socall the Warm Springs Commodity
Foods for an application . John and James tell
me that the forms are less complicated than
many forms you will need to receive other
types of assistance. But you will need proof
of your income, pay stubs and wards of social
security benefits.
Stockman's Roundup: Feeding for daytime calving
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Bob Pawelek
OSU Extension Agent
Livestock and Range
Some producers here at Warm Springs
have benefitted from the Calving Schools
that have been presented by OSU Extension.
Dr. Bill Zollinger, our beef specialist over at
Corvallis has given us some exciting news
about reducing calving problems.
Since calving season is the most labor--intensi
ve time for cow-calf producers, it often i
involves long days and sleepless nights.
University studies and observations by'
ranchers have shown that changing the time'
of feeding can increase the percent of calves 5
born during daylight hours.
There are several advantages to calving
during the day:
Easier to observe the herd.
Assist with calving.
Fewer cows struggling through the night
to calve on their own.
Fewer calves lost.
Newborn calves get sunshine to warm
them.
Possibility of hypothermia is reduced.
The drawback to getting more daylight
calves is you will probably be feeding hay in
the dark. The research also shows it has not
entirely eliminated nighttime calving.
Producers will still need to observe cows
during the late night and early morning hours.
Gus Konefal, a purebred breeder from
Manitoba, Canada; Iowa State University,
and a three-year study at the Livestock and
Range Research Station (LARRS) at Miles
City, Montana, all manipulated feeding time
and gaged the effect of calving time. The
table contains their findings.
Influence of feeding time on calving time
Carving Time fof Percent in Percent
Time of Feeding carvings daylight at night
Gus Konefal
11 a.m.-noon & 9-10 p.m. 44 80 20
8-9 am. 4 3-4 p.m. 39 38 62
Iowa State University
Before Noon 695 49.8 50.2
5-10 P.M. 1.331 85.1 14.9
LARRS Miles City
7-9 a.m. 334 66.9 33.3
5-6 p.m. 347 78.1 22.8
Trees and shrubs are frequently forgotten
when it is time to fertilize yard plants in the
spring. A yearly application of fertilizer will
help to keep your woody plants healthy and
fruittrees bearing well. Fertilizing these plants
in early springs when new growth appears
will produce the best results.
Most woody plants begin the new year's
growth with elements stored from the year
before. A spring application of fertilizer gives
an additional boost to this new growth and
improves the health of the plant throughout
the growing season.
Opinions vary on the amount of fertilizer
needed by trees but there is a general rule for
larger trees. Measure the diameter of the tree
at four feet above the ground. Apply about
one pound of actual nitrogen for every ten
inches of diameter. Use a complete fertilizer
to insure that the plant also gets sufficient
phosphorus and potassium. Apply fertilizer
to small trees (diameter less than about six
inches) at half this rate.
Apply the fertilizer in a circle along the
drip line of the tree or shrub. That is where
running off of the crown of the plant hits the
ground. It is also where many of the plant's
active roots are and where the fertilizer will
do the most good. If the fertilizer is placed on
the surface of the ground much of it will wash
away and be wasted. That is why it is better
Wooden or plastic...
Which is the better
cutting board?
"Which is better, wood or plastic cutting
boards?" Nearly 300 callers have asked the
USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline this question
since the preliminary results of a new
University of Wisconsin study were released
last spring.
Research conducted by Dr. Dean Cliver
and an associate seems to show that "in some
as-yet-unknown way, wooden cutting boards
kill bacteria that survive well on plastic
boards."
The researchers purposely contaminated
wood and plastic boards with bacteria. Held
overnight at room temperature, bacteria
increased greatlyon the plastic cutting boards
but none were tound the next day on the
wooden boards.
Until this research is published, reviewed
by other researchers and fully substantiated,
however, the USDA will continue to
recommend consumers use boards made from
nonporous materials such as plastic or glass
for cutting meat and poultry.
If you want to use a wooden board for
cutting meat and poultry, use it exclusively
for those products.
Further, no matter which type of cutting
boards you have or plan to purchase, keeping
them clean is the key to food safety.
All cutting boards should be washed with
hot, soapy water after each use. Let the board
air dry or pat it with fresh paper towels.
Non-porous and solid wooden boards can
be washed in an automatic dishwasher. This
method should not be used for laminated
wood, which may split.
Once a week, sanitize all cutting boards.
To sanitize, add 2 teaspoons chlorine bleach
to a quart of water. Flood the board's surface
with the solution and let it stand a few minutes.
Rinse the board in clear water and air dry or
pat it with fresh paper towels.
Replace plastic boards that become
excessively cut or grooved.
Reprinted from Food News 1993
supplement
to place the fertilizer into the soil. Holes can
be made along the drip line a foot or more
deep with a stake and the fertilizer placed
into the holes. Slices can also be made with
a shovel in the soil along the drip line and
fertilizerplaceinside. After applying fertilizer
it should always be watered in thoroughly.
Fertilizer spikes and pellets can also be used
to provide the nutrients that plants and shrubs
need. These products are available through
local nurseries and garden supply stores.
How do you rate in time management?
Use this quiz to identify ways to improve effectiveness at home or at work:
Effectiveness may be improved by cutting down on the number of "YES" responses.
Reference: "Manage More by Doing Less" Raymond Leon
Circle Ono
yes no 1. Start a Job before thinking H through?
yes no 2. Leave jobs before completion?
yes no 3. Schedule lest important work before more important (and possibly more
unattractive) work?
yes no 4. Oversupervise employees (family members)?
yes no 5. undersupervise with consequent crises?
yes no 6. Spend too much time on problems brought to you
by co-workers?
yes no 7. Do things that can be delegated to others?
yes no 8. Do things that can be delegated to modem
machines?
yes no 9. Do unproductive things from sheer habit?
yes no 10. Keep too many, too complicated,
or overlapping files?
yes no 11. Pursue projects you probably canl achieve?
yes no 12. Fail to anticipate crises?
yes no 13. Handle too wide a variety of duties?
yes no 14. Shrink from unfamDiar duties?
yes no 15. Fail to build barriers against interruptions?
yes no 16. Allow meetings and discussions to wander?
yes no 17. Conduct unnecessary meetings, visits,
and phone calls?
yes no 18. Chase trivial data after the main facts are in?
yes no 19. Socialize at great length between tasks?
yes no 20. Read unimportant documentsreports during most productive time.
Check expenses before buying
Still Buying That New Car?
If the new car or van is still on your wish
list, you might like to look through the
Consumer Reports Annual Auto Issue for
1994 cars. Quick as a wink, you are able to
see the vehicle that grabs your fancy, and see
the ones that are recommended. The photos
show you the models, but the print tell why
the cars were recommended or were rejected.
Information is based on Updated Prices,
Predicted Reliability using Frequency-of-Repair
Data collected by Consumers Report
and Owner Satisfaction.
Consumers Union Received 486,000
Responses From Owners
The April 1994 issue shows the rating on
nearly 200 vehicles. The less than 2 of the
vehicles with ratings with Red bullseye had
trouble spots. Black Dots mean that nearly
15 of the cars or vans had trouble spots.
Cost of Operating cars and vans
You might check the cost of operating
different types of cars or vans. Full-sized
cars cost about 38 cents a mile to operate
compared to 45 cents for a full-size van. A
full-sized pickup cost about 35 cents to
operate compared to 30 cents for a compact
pick-up. Costs include fuel, tires, insurance,
maintenance, finance charges and
depreciation.
The cost of a 200 mile round trip to Portland
Full-sized van 45 centsmile $90.00
Full-sized car 38 centsmile 76.00
Full-sized pickup 35 centsmile 70.00
Compact pickup 30 centsmUe 60.00 .
Intermediate car 35 centsmile 70.00
Subcompact car 29 centsmile 58.00
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