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Spilyay Tymoo Warm Springs, Oregon February 13, 1997 13 " omar itwi umwy (503) 553-3238 The Oregon State University Extension Service staff is devoted to extending research-based Information from OSU to the people ot Warm Springs In agriculture, home economics, 4-H youth, forestry, community development, energy and extension sea grant program with OSU, United States Department of Agriculture. Jefferson County and the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs cooperating. The Exension Service offers Its programs , and materials equally to all people. The Clover speaks- by Sue Ryan Mcl vin Te wee's 4-H Coed Basketball club is signing up players now. They practice on Thursdays from 6 - 8 p.m. at the Middle School in Madras, and on Fridays from 6 8 p.m. at Westsidc Elementary school in Ma dras. Mcl vin's club consists of two teams; 3 and Under Boys and Girls and 1 3 and Older Girls. To sign-up, stop by the 4-H office. Another club gearing up for action shortly is the Warm Springs Livestock Crew. Lead ers are Sandi Thomas and Angie Orchard. They will meet towards mid-February, but haven't picked a specific date yet. The club is accepting new members, and while the current members raise swine and steer projects you can join and raise poultry, rabbit or small animals. If you are interested give us a call here at the Extension office or contact Angie Orchard at Warm Springs Elemen tary. Applications are now available for the 1 997 Growing with 4-H Community Service Gardening grants. The applications must be turned in by March 4th. Ten 4-H clubs or groups will be selected in March to receive $500 for their proposed gardening plans. Grants may be used to buy plants, seeds, soil amendments, or other materials necessary to Extent of Elder Abuse: PART 4. OVC Participant Manual and Norma L. Simpson f While reliable data on the incidence of elder abuse is scarce, most researchers agree that over 1.5 million seniors, or about 5 percent of the elderly population, are abused by their loved ones annually. While it is also estimated that only about one of every 14 domestic elder abuse incidents is reported, the number of cases that are reported each year is rising dramatically. Between 1986 and 1992, the number or reported cases of elder abuse rose 94 percent. About two-thirds of elder abuse victims are female. It should be noted, however, that elderly women significantly outnumber eld erly men. Consequently, while there are more actual cases of abuse to women, men are also likely to be victims. The early research on elder abuse por trayed abuse as situations where very old women were mistreated by well-meaning but overstressed family members who were taking care of them. These early SfUdie-5 did not distinguish about the types of abuse. More recent research, however, has revealed very different profiles of the victims and the abusers and the situations in which the abuse occurs. In PART 5 - PROFILES OF VIC TIMS, ABUSERS, AND CIRCUM STANCES SURROUNDING ABUSE, in next month's Spilyay, we will look at each category of abuse the dynamics of the abu sive relationships. The goal in Warms Springs is to reduce and eliminate the cases of abuse to the El ders. If you want to join the crusade on behalf of the elders, please contact Elton Greeley at the Senior Center (553-3313) or Norma L. Simpson (553-32380) at OSUWarm Springs Extension Service. STOCKMAN'S ROUNDUP: How do you rate as a cattleman? by Bob Pawelek OSU Livestock Agent 1 . Do you see that your bulls are fed right and kept in prime physical condition so they can do their job? 2. Do you carefully watch cows when they are calving, and just as carefully check to see they are re-bred at the proper time? 3. Do you keep cows on your place that are non-producers? 4. Do you keep your home place in good repair so livestock won't be in your neighbor's Arlcne Boilcau 4-H & Youth Norma Simpson I lome Economics Bob Pawclek Livestock Sue Ryan 4-H Assistant complete the project. Clubs or groups that apply do not need to have 4-H members enrolled in horticulture projects. Registration has opened for 4-H Baskctmuking. This class will be held on two Saturdays in March March 1st & 8th from I 4 p.m. at the 4-H Center. There is no cost, but you must sign-up at the 4-H office before the class as we can only take IS students. Students must be in 5th through 12th grades for Baskctmaking. The "Know Your Indian Government" planning committee has met, and started down the road to cover how to teach tribal govern ment. At our first meeting on January 2 1 st we addressed two questions - What should we teach and How should we teach it ? The committee agreed that the course should start with history, to cover how we got to where we're at right now. "Know Your Indian Gov ernment" will be a half-day or full day ses sion held in mid to late March for middle through high school students. Registration dates and class limits will be set at our Feb ruary 4th meeting. Besides the half day or full day session, the committee decided there should be an orientation meeting which could include a presentation on Indian gov ernment. The day session will be mainly hands-on activities and tours, with brief lec tures. Subjects that were discussed to be included in the class included; structure, his tory, current government, elected officials, constitution and by-laws, and organizational chart and more. The planning committee will be developing some tools for "Know Your Indian Government'- posters, a glossary and booklet, plus handouts with brief descrip tions of government entities and their func tions. "Know Your Indian Government" will be held right before "Know Your State Gov ernment" - a 4-H function that will be held in Salem in April. Registration for "Know Your State Government" is going on now. Appli cations are available at the 4-H office and from Foster Kalama at the Middle or High School. Students must apply by February 21st to the Jefferson County 4-H office in Madras. Thinking of the End of 1996 and the Beginning of 1997 by Norma L. Simpson, Extension Home Economics Agent I'm sitting in the office on the last Friday before Christmas, trying to complete Annual Reports of Accomplishments and iniate Plans of Work for the coming year. So many things happened during 1996 that it is a surprise that many wonderful things were mixed with sad events. To get some inspiration to write about things I'm thankful for, I often check Stephen Covey's Daily Reflection for Highly Effec tive People, his book based on his popular best selling book 7 Habits of Highly Effec tive People. Somehow he seems to have just the right touches to make you think. His entry for December 3 1 goes like this: "I believe that as human beings, we cannot perfect ourselves. To the degree to which we align ourselves with correct prin ciples, divine endowments will be released within our nature in enabling us to fulfill the measure of our creation. In the words of Teilhard de Chardin, 'We are not human beings having a spiritual experience.We are spiritual beings having ahuman experience.'" The sadness we have felt this last year reminds us that spiritual experience contin ues after this earthly human experience is ended. We can cherish the memories of the loved ones we have lost, the health that has slipped, and the growth as a person we have gained. When we go into the new year, we can look at the beginning of Daily Reflections pastures? 5. Do you practice calfhood vaccination of heifer calves which you plan to keep for herd replacements orsell for breeding stock? 6. Do you check your cattle carefully and isolate and treat sick ones? 7. Do you treat cattle for internal and external parasites? 8. Do you treat your bulls for parasites as well? 9. Do you immunize calves for Blackleg, BVD and Lepto? 10. Are your cows individually identi fied? 1 1 . Where do you keep herd records? 12. Do you body condition score (BCS) your cows? Your heifers? 1 3. Doyou weigh your calves at weaning, at 365 days? 14. Do you grade your cattle at weaning, at 365 days? 15. Do you minimize stress on calves at processing and weaning? 16. Do you feed calves for at least 4 days between weaning and shipping? 17. Have you heard of Beef Quality As surance? 1 8. Do you performance test your cattle? 19. Do you belong to or support the Or egon Cattlemen's Association or the National Cattlemen's Association? 20. If a purebred breeder, do you belong Clint Jacks Staff Chair, Madras Bodie Shaw Ag 5c Natural Resources Natural Resource Notables- by Uotlic Shaw What's the llci-f? Oregon's cattle industry, with the help of thcOregon Department of Agriculture, is plan ning to "beef up" its marketing efforts to Russia this year by penetrating deeper into the Russian Far East with meat products suited to the tastes of a people known for eating a lot of beef. Russia is looking closely at U.S. beef in general. Oregon, as a major producer of cattle and calves, would like to cash in on the growing Russian interest. "We arc not talking about grain fed beef steers or heifers that go into a fecdlot," says John Kratochvil, international trade manager with ODA's Agricultural Marketing and Development Division. "We arc talking about beef cows and beef bulls. That's what we have in Oregon. Ourquality of beef cows fits that market." Russia used to be one of the world's larg est grain importers. It is now the world's second largest meat importer and no longer a major grain importer. The change from a central plan economy to a free market has virtually done away with the massive grain imports that supplied an ovcrcxpanded and inefficient livestock sector that was highly subsidized. Russia's livestock sector has de creased more than 40 over the past few years. "The Russians are about 50 self suffi cient in livestock products," says Kratochvil. "Large beef herds really don't exist there anymore." So, opportunity knocks for an Oregon beef industry that could truly use an overseas market for its products. The industry's prof itability has slipped in recent years. After a long string of annually being the state's num ber one agricultural commodity, cattle has slipped to number three. "As part of an overall diversification of our industry, finding a new market such as Russia for Oregon beef is very important," says Sue Ramsay of Scio, chair of the Oregon Cattlemen's Association Beef Improvement Committee. "There is great potential in Rus sia for the mature cull cow and bull market. In the long term, there is potential for the steer market as the Russian's tastes for beef January 1 reads like this: "If we want to change a situation, we first have to change ourselves. And to change ourselves effec tively, we first have to change our percep tions." January 2 reads like this: "We must look at the lens through which we see the world, as well as at the world we see, and undcrtand that the lens itself shapes how we interpret the world." A Warm Springs woman saw the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and asked to borrow it. At my first Jefferson County Staff meeting I was introduced to Covey's work. Here are principles that lead to the 7 Habits: Habit 1-Be Proactive; Habit 2-Begin with the End in Mind; Habit 3-Put First Things First; Habit 4-Think Win-Win of interpersonal leadership; Habit 5-Seek First to Understand, then to be Understood; Habit 6-Synergize through creative coop erative teamwork, valuing differences by bringing different perspectives together; Habit 7-Sharpen the Saw the habit of self-renewal of the physical, spiritual, men tal and socilaemotional dimensions of your nature. You may recognize many or all of these principles in the traditional ways of the Warm Springs peoples. HAPPY NEW YEAR, may it be a safe and productive one, filled with vision, for every one! to your breed association? 21. Do you express your views before or after changes are made that affect your busi ness? , 22. Do you keep informed of nutritional changes? 23. Doyou keep informed of market trends, or accept what is offered? 24. Do you contribute to the promotion of your product? 25. Do you keep an open mind and try to learn new things about the cattle business? Grow herbs year round Nothing beats the taste of fresh herbs in the winter. Basil, cilantro, parsley, chives, chcrvill, dill, orcgano, summer savory and sweet marjoram can be grown from seed in a southern window of a warm house. Plant any of the above mentioned herb seeds in pots filled with a rich well-drained, sterilized potting mix, according to Ross Pcnhallcgon. hortculturist with the Oregon State University Extension Service. Cover the pots with a plastic bag or clear w rap until germination occurs. Put pots in a sunny w in dow in a warm room and keep soil moist. Snip bits of fresh herbs as needed through out winter and spring. You can plant the herbs outdoors water the w calher warms up. develop." Right now, most consumers in Russia's Far East, an area targeted by Oregon agricul ture, cat beef produced in Mongolia. There is no comparison to Oregon beef. "The Mongolian beef is tough and is handled through the bazaars, or public mar kets, in a standard that Americans would look upon as not meeting our quality," says Kratochvil. "When the beef is taken back home, it is boiled extensively. So the Rus sians arc not used to beef cuts. In fact, ham burger is something quite unusual to them. So we have an opportunity to introduce beef that meets their price points and budget that is also a good quality for them." Kratochvil, representing ODA, and Ramsay, representing the Cattlemen's Asso ciation, will be among those traveling to a pair of major Russian cities in the next few weeks, explaining how to import U.S. prod ucts and, more specifically, explaining the virtues of Oregon beef. A USDA grant pays for the trip. At the end of February, the Oregon con tingent will travel to Irkutsk and Krasnoyarsk, two cities of more than a million people located considerably farther west than previ ous overtures to the Russian Far East. "We will be doing two seminars that will feature a luncheon of beef dishes," says Kratochvil. "Not only will there be fresh frozen beef, we will take value added cuts of beef, thin slices of beef with gravy. We'll go ahead and show an extensive amount of hamburger, from patties to dishes like lasagna. We will display the meat as it is purchased and as it is prepared." The educational process is important. After all, Oregon beef is not the type the Russians will be compelled to simply boil. "The Russian diet is meat and potatoes," says Kratochvil. "They consume a lot of poultry from the United States. About 25 of all poultry exports from the U.S. go to Russia. They are now saying they are tired of chicken and would like other meats. Beef is a meat they do prefer. The basic supply and demand is there and it does match up with what Oregon has to offer." This is not the first foray of Oregon beef to Russia. Two years ago, Kratochvil and the Stream temperatures are biologically significant by Carol Savonen, source Bob Beschta Ongoing studies are showing that the mere presence of relatively clean water in pacific Northwest streams isn't enough to keep salmon and trout thriving. The water also has to be cool. Elevated water temperatures in the sum mer might mean trouble for salmon and trout and the food they eat, according to Oregon State University hydrologist Bob Beschta. "Stream temperatures are an indirect indi cator of the ecological condition of our rivers and streams, a measure of the state of the system," said Beschta, OSU hydrology pro fessor in forest engineering. "Many of our streams in eastern Oregon are not well. They are too warm in the summer." Beschta presented a talk entitled, "Stream Temperatures in Eastern Oregon-Are the Fish Really in Hot Water?" at the recent James A. Vomocil Water Quality Conference at OSU. Recently, more than 500 segments of Oregon's rivers and streams were classified as "water quality limited" based on their high tempertures by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). OSU scien tists, including Beschta and stream ecologist Stan Gregory, helped DEQ develop Oregon's standards for water temperatures necessary to comply with the Federal Clean Water Act. "Our fish are indeed in hot water," said Beschta. "It amazes me that we still have salmon and trout in some of the places on the east side. It's a testimony to their ability to survive. But ultimately they will be gone if we don't do something. "The fish are just barely surviving by seeking out cool water seeps on hot days," he added. "High stream temperatures are some times lethal for fish. Warm water handicaps their ability maintain themselves. Tempera ture regulates the rates of process in biology. "Everything that lives in a stream is af fected by warm temperatures and warm stream temperatures are a common problem in eastern Oregon," he said. The OSU Extension office wishes everyone a Happy Valentine's Day & a safe and joyful President's Day, also welcome aboard Faye Hurtado Suppah as Education's Executive Secretary Oregon Beef Council introduced a value added line of beef conveniently packaged in a plastic bag ready for boiling water. The packet consisted of beef in gravy with bits of Oregon onions and carrots that could be served on a, bed of Oregon dehydrated potato flakes. Actually, the Russians loved it but the meal was d bit ahead of its time. "We were a little avanl garde for the marketplace," recalls Kratochvil. "In Rus sia, meals arc generally done from scratch. This value-added meal was perhaps a little threatening to their culture of total prepara tion of meals." That is expected to change as more Rus- j Water yt Land sian women enter the workplace. Like all other developing economics, convenience will become a highly marketable feature for food products. Oregon beef can once again make another try at value added. "Oregon can't just be a producer of calves," says Ramsay. "We need to match up our product to the market and make decisions that are consumcrdriven." The Russian venture is not without its challenges. To import, Russian trading com panies often face the problem of borrowing money from Russian banks at 200 annual interest. There is also a general lack of knowl edge of what Oregon has to offer. The up coming seminars may not help solve the former, but will at least begin to address the latter. For more information, contact John Kratochvil at (503) 229-6734. The east side has open country interspersed with forest, more sunny days and relatively hot stream and river temperatures in basins such as the John Day and Grande Ronde. "I'm not saying these stream systems did not get warm before land use such as logging and grazing in riparian systems," said Beschta. "They probably did. But there was generally more plant cover along steams and their channels were often narrower and more sinu ous. There were no roads or ditches blocking the flow of cooler water underneath flood plains into the river. There were probably more cool places fro fish to hide. "Now many of the riparian ecosystems are not intact, streamside vegetation is often gone, channels are wide and shallower, with more sun hitting the water surface," he added. "Temperatures are high and it is tough if you're a fish." Nevertheless, Beschta remains optimistic that water quality in Oregon's streams and rivers can be improved. "We hav learned that if we keep streams shaded with vegetation, then we not only get less warmuig of the water, we also get many other benefits such as more diverse channel morphology, increased plant and animal material in the stream, increased bank strength from plant and tree roots and increased woody debris for fish habitat," he said. "If we had 20 years of riparian restoration on eastside stream systems, we would see a large change toward better water quality," Beschta said. "We have a lot of opportunity to lower the water temperature through man agement pactices in the state or Orgon. For those that disagree, I say "Let's do the experi ments." Demonstration areas make pretty honest science." The annual James A. Vomocil water qualiity conference is sponsored by the OSU Extension Service and the Oregon Water Quality Conference is sponsored by the OUS Extenson Service and the Oregon Water Resources Research Institute.
