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Spilyay Tymoo Warm Springs, Oregon March 14, 1996 7 Arlene Boileau Bob Pawelek Clint Jacks 4-H Sn Youth Livestock Staff Chair, Madras OMmimiMflMTV Norma Simpson Sue Ryan (503) 553-3238 Home Economics 4-H Assistant The Oregon State University Extension Service staff is devoted to extending research-based Information from OSU to the people of Warm Springs in agriculture, noma economics, -n youin, toresiry, community oeveiopmeni, energy ana extension sea gram program wun usu, unnea Slates , (.t, .;,, uepanment or Agriculture, jenerson uounry ana me ionieaeraiea i noes 01 warm spnngs cooperating. I ne txension service oners its programs A' anH mafarlala Am intli 4 all nannla ' 'lCJVj'-'!? 1 The Clover Speaks- by Sue Ryan Spring Break is here ! Students from the ; 509-J school district will be a'hopping and ; a'bopping from March 1 8th through the 22nd. 'One idea for energized youth to tackle is a 'garden. Yes, it is even possible for children ; to have a garden of their own. ; There are different types of gardens -; flower & vegetable, and other specialty types. ; A few hints: Children should be from 8 ; 10 years to start in a gardening program. ; Plan your garden on paper first Make a ; diagram of the area and a list of seeds to be ! Volunteers needed ; Volunteers are being sought to join the ; new Stewards Corps at the Oregon 4-H Con- ference and Education Center in West Sa lem. The 4-H Center's Stewards Corps will provide volunteer staff to fill key roles in three areas. These areas are 1) teaching out door lessons to children 2) helping prepare lesson materilas and 3)assisting with light maintenance and grounds projects. Some of the lesson preparation work can be done at home, such as stitching insect nets. Formore information and a training sched ule, contact Carolyn Hill at 371-3920. This program is developed by Virginia Thomp son, OSU Extension Education Specialist. needed. Choose flowers & vegetables that mature rapidly and are hardy so beginners will be assured of success. When to plant ? This can depend on a variety of factors, including the type of plants seeds you are working with and the climate. In Central Oregon, the growing season ranges from 80 to 120 days. Two weeks before the last frost of spring is when some vegetable varieties can be planted. If your area is still too cold to plant outdoors, then flowers and vegetables can be started indoors in pots. Where to plant ? Gardens do not have to require large amounts of land. A small plot, a window box, or a set of pots can help a child start gardening. What to plant ? This depends on a person's likes and dislikes. Some recommended veg etables and flowers for Central Oregon are listed in an O.S.U. publication written by Deschutes County Horticulture Agent Michael Bauer. A few samples. For flowers .snapdragon, sunflower, petunia and pansy. For vegetables: carrots, chard, peas, pota toes, and peppers. These are just a few of the varieties a child can try in their garden. How to plant ? First, the distance be tween seeds or seedlings. A good way to demonstrate this for children is to use finger widths -two, three, four or all five fingers together to measure the distance. Then to show the distance between rows have a child put their show beside a yardstick to measure how long it is, then use how many "shoe lengths" you want to mark off the space between garden rows. Besides actually growing plants in a gar den, children can learn from related activi ties. These can cover a visit to a nursery, a florist, the fair. Root view boxes can be constructed so children can see how the plant grows, and seeds can be planted in ajar to see how they sprout. If you are interested in more information on gardening for your child, the following publications are available from the Warm Springs O.S.U. Extension office. 4-H Veg etable Handbook. The Central Oregon Veg etable Guide. f&7 ,V,' Gardening can develop values In children from "A Leader's Guide to Nature-Oriented Activities" 1. For many children this is their first experience with growing plants. 2. They will gain a better understanding of the plant's life cycle by observing its seed sprout, grow, mature, bear fruit, die. 3. Provides an opportunity to accept re sponsibility, for they will soon learn that they "reap what the sow" and they must take care of their plants if they want them to produce. 4. Develops new appreciation for the work that goes into the production of the world's food. 5. They will be learning by actually do ing, through working with their hands. Safety with tools will also be learned. 6. Assists in the understanding of the need for conservation- the role of fire, insects, disease, water. 7. Opportunity for work experience. 8. The chance to work in a group project. Teaches cooperation on boundaries, paths, equipment, and sharing of joy in the achieve ment of others. 9. Creates a love and appreciation for beautiful things. This will encourage thme to make things beautiful and give them a feel ing of joy in the care and propagation of plants. 10. Develops interests that may grow into valuable lifetime hobbies and wise use of leisure time. Tri-County 4-H Camp Tri-County4-H Camp at Crystal Springs will be held June 1 5th to June 22nd, 1 996. Contact the Warm Spnngs O.S.U. Extension office for more details Trout Lake 4-H camp It's not too early to think about camp ! The 1 996 4-H Wilderness Enrichment camp at Trout Lake will be held August 4th-11th. Call 553-3238 for more information. Pros and cons of extended warranties given "RULE OF THOMB" MEASUREMENTS Theie meiiuromonil li our handi. linjtrt, and fin. Bl sure to meeiura ywv own -liny may bl biggie or imillir irun ouri. Weight or fertilizer Distinct bttwten nedllnga How Midi lryowlwnm?.,.rtlur'...lhm?...tio?Hlr tjift ifcodi you plant thi Midi? Pottage Kill Haw much dots your fill hoW? How much fill in your cupped handi v. 4r - Jm"h -H r k h w- Now lor con your finoeri reach?. ..Ilwit II Met Nnir?...tlwo to lull finger? Whot'i tin distance between Mttioai? DloUnce between row yorfeticttoiMHim.. Whin the instruction! iiy. '1 lb. per SO It. of row," led your lund holds aincM. how many fill of row should your handful cover? I u Put your she betide I I ihee 8 inchel 2hMi-l loot. eiKtei Planting depth ''S 1 1 1 3 rtoei-Ztin What do 4 then eowel? Sihm? Now long are your ihoei?...two iheet. heel to tie?.. .thru shoes? How III part do you want the rows? W" lo first joint lM to second joint Whole finger 2" How long is your fingir? ... lo thi first joint?. .. sicond joint?. . . wholi thing? How deep do you want the suds? Hew long is your pace? How many paces le go 10 feai?...li feet? How long do you want to make this raw? OSU offer Summer Days June 24-27 Summer Days at O.S.U. will be held June 24-27 on campus in Corvallis. This program is for youth who have completed grades 7-9. They do not have to be en rolled in a 4-H program to be eligible. Summer Days teaches leadership skills and involvement in community service projects. Call 553-3238 for more information. Stockman's Roundup 1996 vs. 1964- by Norma L. Simpson As the "Spring Auto Buying Spree" be gins, I get lots of requests for information about how to buy, how to finance and which one is the best. This year I had a different request. SHOULD I BUY THE EXTENDED WARRANTY when I buy the vehicle? I asked myself the same thing when bought my van. I had six months to make the deci sion, which came arffir same time I was recovering from a stroke. So no decision was made. I didn't know at the time that I was doing myself a favor. The standardbasic warranty varies from one vehicle to another. My van has a 3 years 36,000 miles. That means if you drive more than 36,000 miles your warranty is finish even if you have another year to go. In my case I hope it was enough. The warranty had to put on new door handles all around, a new valve boot, repair the radio, a new seat belt, a new cruise control because it dropped in speed on a straight, flat road, five or six attempts to keep the engine from dying at the mailbox, and soon the latch of the van on a recall order for the faulty latch. I think most of the bugs were out of my Canadian-made van by the end of the 3 year warranty. From here on it, it is up to me except for the faulty latch. As the two Oregon State Extension Ser vice specialist Alice Mills Morrow and Mary Ann Sward said, you probably won't know until you have driven it 7 or 8 years. We did , agree on the telephone that lots of things go into the decision. 1. How many miles do you drive a year? On paved or dirtwash-board roads. 2. If you drive a lot, do you take care of the car on a regular basis as the Manual says. Be aware that some books tell you only to change the oil filter every other service. Ouch! that's a strike against long life for your car. A dirty oil filter has about a quart of dirty oil that you are circulating with your quarts of clean new oil. If you drive a lot on dirt roads, you need to change you oil more frequently. 3. If your employment is un-steady, you may want to buy the Extended Warranty for the longer period of time, so that you will not have the car sit idle because you can not afford to pay repair bills for part of the 4 years. Only one car had 1 0 year warranties for the drivetrain (i.e. the engine and transmission). Eighteen makers had 3 years warranty on the drivetrain. Eight makers had 4 years on the drive train and Five mak ers had five years warranty on the drivetrain and only two makers had six years warranty on the engine and transmission of the drivetrain. And only one had 10 yearsunlimited mileage for rust of the body. The vehicles varied on the number of mileage from 100,000 miles to unlimited miles. 4. Twenty makers offered Roadside Aid for free as part of the Extended Warranty. The sticky part, without a cellular tele phone, is walking for a telephone from you favorite fishing hole. Some makers will tow you only if a warranted part causes the breakdown. One woman told me that she had been hounded by the sales office to get her war ranty extended, until she threatened to sue the sales man. She had asked to be taken off the phone list because they did not intend to get the Extended Warranty." Remember, you pay for the Extended Warranty. The reason they sell Extended Warranties is to make more profit Check before you buy. The reason that sales people hound customers is because it makes them and the company a lot of money. People often forget to use the service, or they think the warranty is good only from the dealer where they bought the care in Portland or Vancouver. Since some people in Warm Springs drive many thousands of miles a year, it's wise to be sure that you know that there is a warranty for longer than the 3 year36.000 miles basic warranty. Easy recipe for Cherokee Yam Cakes some sman cnunKS oi y ams ratner man masn ing out all the chunks to a puree. The cakes made of less oil had less volume than the batch when we reduced the by Bob Pawelek OSU Livestock Agent The ongoing visiting professor program is going quite well. We've had only one cancellation so far, and that was George - Taylor, the state climatologist who couldn't make it that day because we had a flood. He is making up for it by supplying some info on the differences between Pacific North west flooding in December of 1964 vs. Feb ruary of 1996. When comparing these two flood events, the difficulty was trying to determine the amount of rain that had fallen and the amount of snow that was on the ground in the moun tains in 1 964. There were only four mountain stations in Oregon and Washington with good precipitation and snowpack records in 1964 (opposed to 116 Snow Telemetered (SNOTEL) sutes we have today). However, there will not be February 1 996 data for these stations until next month since these sites are not automated like the SNOTEL system. Therefore, some estimating was done to de termine the current precipitation and snow amounts. Brief comparison It appears that the 1 964 floods were much more widespread, affecting northern Cali fornia, Oregon, Idaho and southern Wash ington. The 1996 area affected was mainly northern Oregon, southern Washington and the Panhandle of Idaho. There was much heavier precipitation during the 1964 flood south of Corvallis; however, there was more precipitation north of Corvallis during the 1996 event. Snowpack in the Cascades ap pears to be higher in 1996 from some of the preliminarly numbers. There was limited snow in the coast range in 1964 but 200 to 300 percent in 1996. Taylor believes this is why some of the coastal mountain tributaries experienced record flooding. The Willametter River likely did not reach 1964 levels because of the additional dams built in the '60's and better reservoir man agement due to better data sources such as SNOTEL. 1964 October and November of 1964 started out very wet and warm and flooding did occur on many of the strains and rivers in Washington and Oregon. This flooding satu rated the soil, allowing any further precipita tion events in December to go straight into the rivers. Much of December was cold; very cold between December 18 and 20. Snow fell.This event caused much of the soil to freeze. On December 21, the Pineapple Ex press kicked in. Heavy rain fell from central California east through Nevada and Idaho and then north to Washington. Again, all the precipi tation that fell went into the strams. Snow melt occurred below 4,000 feet in Oregon and Washington. This event lasted until De cember 25, whn colder temps but continued precip engulfed the region. 1996 November and December were very wet months and flooding occurred throughout Oregon and Washinton. This brought the soil moisture in the above mentioned states to the saturation point, especially west of the Cas cades. In January, a combination of arctic air to the north and subtropical moisture to the south caused heavy snow over the Cascades. This brought the snowpack up 50-70 across Oregon. Late January and early February brought bitterly cold tempereatures across Oregon and Washington. This froze the al ready saturated ground. On February 5, the Pineapple Express blew in. Very heavy rain concentrated over north west Oregon. This heavy rain fell on snow packs in the coast range and the lower eleva tion Cascades that were 200 percent to 300 percent of average. Snow melted substan tially below 3,000 feet and moderately be tween 3,000 and 5,000 feet. East of the Cas cades, less precipitation fell. However, high snowpacks and high temperatures caused widespread flooding here. Makes 6-8 servings 1 cup mashed yams or sweet potatoes 2 cups sifted flour 1 12 teaspoons sugar (or dark brown sugar) 1 12 teaspoons salt 2 12 teaspoons baking powder 12 cup salad oil 12 cup milk ! Spices? Boil or bake, drain and mash the yams or sweet potatoes. Sift flour, baking powder, sugar and salt into a large bowl. Pour oil and milk into a measuring cup but do not stir. Add to yams. Blend well. Add to flour mix ture and mix lightly with a fork until mixture holds together. Turn dough out onto a floured surface and knead gently until smooth, about 12 kneading strokes. Roll dough about 14 thick and cut into rounds with floured biscuit cutter. Remold and reroll the excess and cut more biscuits. The rest of the excess can be rerolled once again, but this time cut it in strips for twisted bread sticks. Place rounds and sticks on a baking sheet. Children can help; have them cut with animal shape cut ters. Bakecakesat425F.forlO-20minutes. Serve hot or split with cold and toast. It is better to use boiled yams that have been allowed to drain excess moisture from them, otherwise more flour will need to be kneaded into the dough until it looses its stickiness and can be rolled. If you like flecks of orange showing in the cakes, leave some oil to 14 cup. But the texture was good, and the same delicious flavor. ! The flavor seemed to be a little flat, until we recalled that the cakes are to be eaten Tike bread or biscuits, which are not sweet. Two options are to add 18 teaspoon ginger or black pepper. Another option is to add 18 teaspoon molasses. These flavors may be too strong for the delicate flavor of sweet pota toes but the brown sugar option mentioned above may be just enough extra flavor for your palate. NUTRITION FACTS Serving Size: 2 cake rounds 140 5.4 gm 1.0 gm 1.6 2.6 35 calories: RDA Fat saturated 6 mono fat 10 poly fat 16 Carbohydrates 20.1 gm 57 Protein 2.7 gm 8 Adapted by Norma L. Simpson from: American Indian Cooking and Herb Lore bv J. Ed Sharpe and Thomas B. Underwood published by Cherokee Publications, P.O. Box 124 Cherokee, North Carolina, p. 28. Peak streamflow height comparisons between 1964 and 1996 RIVER WILLAMETTE Willamette at Salem Willamette at Portland Santiam at Jefferson Johnson Creek at Sycamore OREGON COASTAL RIVERS Nehalem at Foss Siletz at Siletz Alsea at Tidewater EASTERN OREGON Umatilla at Pendleton Deschutes at Moody 1264 122S 37.7 ft 35.1ft. 29.8 ft 28.55 ft 24.2 ft 23.2 ft 14.9 ft 13.8 ft 2 1 .5 ft 27.2 ft new record 25.7 ft 21.3 ft 27.4 ft 20.8 ft 8.17 ft 8.00 ft 11.8 ft 12.00 ft
