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Spilyay Tymoo Warm Springs, Oregon January 13. 200U 11 Arlene 4-H & ccrn nr-t -CTIVW- BcrnadetteHandley ZackdelNero Minnie RedDoe (503)553-3238 Internet Address: http:www.orst.edudeptwsext The Oregon Stale University Extension Service staff It devoted to extending research-based Information from OSU to the people of 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 Exenslon Service offers Its programs and materials equally to all people. The Clover speaks by Arlene Boileau and Minnie L. Red Dog Happy New Year To One and All ' AH the Holidays are over and the Christ mas Vacation is has passed, now is the time to really get to studying and bring those grades up. Ever wonder why it is important to stay in school? Ask yourself this ques tion "What do I want to do after I graduate from high school?" "What is my CPA? With this GPA, will I be able to go to college or a vocational school?" "Will I need to take additional classes to accom plish my dreams?" With all these questions to answer. Where do I start? Who will help Me? This may seem like a really hard bunch of questions to answer, but they are not the ones to be answered. The first question you must answer is "What do I want from my life?" "How will I get there?" So the answers are within you, take time to think it over. Before you know it high school will be over so ask yourself "What do I want for my future?" 4-H Camp Information: Round Lake 4 H Camp Dates are June 26th to June 30th 2000, Round Lake is located in the Sisters area by Suttle Lake. The cost will be $95.00 with limited scholarships available. The 4th -6th graders may apply for slots. There will be more information in March 2000. A With all the media attention on the Y2K bug and the new millennium, it could easy to over look some events that will take place regardless of what century it is. Like., filing taxes. It won't be long before the mail carrier starts delivering tax forms and envelopes marked "Important Tax Information Enclosed." To make tax preparation easier, designate a place a file folder, a drawer, a shoebox to store them as they arrive. Having them easily accessible in one location will lessen your frustra tion as you begin completing your tax return. If you have moved during the year, be sure that you have given your change of address to your em ployer and financial institutions that will be send ing you tax statements. Also send the address change to the Internal Revenue Service center where you filed your last return. Be on the look out for an annual statement from Social Security. Effective October 1999, workers 25 years of age and over who do not already receive Social Security benefits will re ceive statements about three months before their birthdays. If you were bom in April, your state ment will arrive in January 2000. Trie statement gives you an opportunity to make sure your earnings are accurately recorded on your Social Security record. Accuracy is important because the Social Security benefits you eventually re ceive are based on your wage record. In addition, the statement provides an estimate of your retire ment, disability and survivor benefits, which is important information as you plan your financial future. Whileyouaretakingcareof finances, why not make a New Year's Resolution to organize all your records? How often have you spent hours 4-H offers several Exchanges! Travel, learn, and have a great time! How? 4-H exchanges are a great opportunity to experience life in a different part of the nation or even world! For exchanges in the United States, counties usually put together a group of enthusiastic and willing 4-Her's. The county then puts out an "ad" withadate,sayingthat they haveagroup wanting to do an exchange. When a county responds, willing to be a host, the plans are finalized! The exchange group can spend from a week to a month learning from experience as well as various tours. But, the best part is that next year STOCKMAN'S ROUNDUP: Industry trends, opportunities and risk managment by Bob Pawelek OSU Livestock Agent Long-term price trends on fed cattle, feeder cattle, calves wholesale beef prices and futures have all turned higher. According to the Cattle Marketing In formation Service, the industry should sta bilize in 2000 amd then grow through 2003 as a result of the financial incentive of higher-priced and profitable calves. Fol lowing are some though points, trends and strategies for the cow-calf producer to con sider during the next few years: It's finally "payday!" Cow-calf produc ers should be solidly profitable during the Doileau Youth Bob Pawelek Livestock Home Economics Natural Resources 4-H Assistant - Warm Springs 4-H Wilderness Enrich ment Camp at Peters Pasture Dates: session one August 6th- 12th, 2000, session two August 14th-20th, 2000. Cost of camp will be $40.00 with scholarships available, lim ited slots first come first serve, last day to apply for a slot is July 21, 2000. A Happy Home 4 cups of Love, 2 cups Loyalty, 3 cups Forgiveness, 1 cup Friendship, 5 spoons of Hope, 2 spoons of Tenderness, 4 quarts of Faith, 1 barrel of Laughter. Take love and Loyalty, mix thoroughly with faith, Blend it HOME SWEET HOME Bv Bernadette Handlev. Family & Community Development Agent searching for an automobile tide, a bank account or credit card number, a sales receipt? Have you had heated discussions about a bill you thought you paid? A repair record on your car? If so, a well-designed storage system for your personal papers and records may help. Knowing where to find personal papers and records saves timeandeliminates anxious search ing during a crisis. In addition, if someone else needs to manageyour affairs, an organized record system will be extremely helpful to them. We may be in the computer age, but paper records are still important to you and your family. Organizing a system for storing records is important for new households as well as estab lished ones. It's all a matter of knowing which . records are important, the reason they might be needed, how long to keep them, and how to organize the system for easy access. Preserving records in an organized filing sys tem helps: - Make records easier to find - Protect you from someone else's mistake - Provide necessary information about past transactions - Enable you to furnish proof of events and transactions - Protect you in case official records are destroyed - Save hours of searching. All you really need is a specific place to keep records, a mechanism for keeping them up-to-date, andapersonwillingtoberesponsiblefor the system. An OSU Extension publication, "Orga nizing Your Family Records," EC 1302, con tainsmoredetailsabouthowto create aneffective record storage system and may be obtained from proqrams international or within the USA the hostgroupgets to visittheirexchange group's country! International exchanges are also avail able to 4-Her's. IFYE Thisprogramenables 15-19year-olds to visit a foreign country for 5-6 weeks during the summer or host a family from another country. 4-H Japanese Exchange Have you ever wanted to visit Japan for a month? Families with children from 12-17 can participate. Host families are encouraged to in volve their new family members in a variety of activities, while maintaining normal family rou tines. next four years. Maximizing numbers and production should be emphasized during this time frame. Managing cull cows will pay extra divi dends in the years ahead. Slaughter-cow prices will bring a higher percentage of the fed-cattle market than any time the last five years. Look for slaughter-cow proices to trend higher and follow strong market seasonals. The next several years can be best char acterized as a "sellers' market." Producers are encouraged to be patient when pricing their inventory. In general, time will be your ally. Remember there is excess capac ity chasing a declining supply of cattle. Expect continued moverment toward value-based pricing. With technology, pro cessors will be able to do a better job of measuring true value difffcrences, price spreads should widen. The cycle high in calf prices is not likely to occur before 2002 or 2003 and producers may be profitable through 2004. This die is pretty well cast! More cow-calf operations are expected to become part of an alliance or cooperative marketing venture during the next several years. More and more producers that de pend on the cattle business for their liveli hood are considering numerous opportuni ties that would allow them to be compen sated for what is produced instead of receiv ing the average price. Clint Jacks Deanie Johnson Staff Chair, Madras Secretary with tenderness, Kindness and Understand ing Okay "Lil Chief lets make Nachos at home today. For mild nachos, make this without the chilies or keep them in for a robust flavor. Use one or both cheeses. 1) . You will need: Tortilla chips 2 ounces, Grated mild or medium Cheddar 13 (onethird) cup., grated Monterey Jack cheese 13 (onethird) cup, green onion, thinly sliced one whole onion, Green or black olives sliced -4 olives, Chopped green chilies or Jalapcno peppers canned or fresh, Salsa 14 (onequarter) cup, Sour cream 14 (onequarter) cup. 2) . Get a cookie sheet, measuring cups, oven mitts, and a wire rack. 3) . Turn on oven to 350 degrees, Crowed tortilla chips on the cookie sheet. Sprinkle with both the cheeses, the green onion and sliced olives. If you are using the green chilies or Jalapcno peppers, scatter them over the nachos. Bake on the center rack in the oven for about 3 minutes to melt the cheese. Use the oven mitts to remove the cookie sheet to the wire rack. 4) . Serve with the salsa andor sour cream to use as a dip. Serves one person. the OSU Extension office. How about making a second New Year's resolution to review your financial plan? Take some time to review your income and expenses. If your expenses are higher than you would prefer, it might be time to change some of your spending habits. If you carry cash, you are likely to spend it Likewise, if you have an ATM card that gives you access to cash, you are more likely to buy things. An easy way to reduce spending is to not carry cash and limit the use of your ATM card. Studies show that people using credit cards spend about a third more than those using cash do. If possible, don't carry credit cards with you. If you do carry credit cards, set a maximum amount that you will charge. This should be no more than you can afford to pay when the bill arrives. Keep a record of all credit card pur chases, so you know exactly how much you have charged Avoidputtingday-to-dayitemssuchas gaso line and meals on your credit card unless you are certain you will pay the credit bill in full and not incur interest charges. Paying interest on day-to day expenditures increases the cost of those items. If you are interested in learning more tips on financing, MONEY 2000 may be just what you are looking for. MONEY2000isapersonalized money management program that assists you in developingyourown spendingplan andisavail able at the OSU Extension office. Have a Happy Money-Managed and Orga nized New Year! Check This Out! If you are interested in going on an exchange or have gone on an exchange, the National 4-H Youth Technology Corps wants to know! We will put your "ad" or story on one of these sites. So please use the Exchange Ads Form to let us know about your exchange request. Sweden Exchange Date: 20002001 Willing to host? yes E-mail address: helenalindeyahoo.com Number of participants: 10-25 Ages of participants: Adults (18-30), Kids (11-12) Market Share of 1980 1985 1990 1998 1999 Beef 53.9 50.3 45.4 39.8 40.0 Pork 26.9 26.2 27.0 29.5 28.4 Chicken 16.1 19.5 23.1 26.3 27.4 Turkey 3.1 4.0 4.5 4.4 4.2 Beefs share of total meat spending grew slightly during 1999. Beefs market share will likely decline during the next several years due to smaller beef supplies. Retail beef prices are not expected to increase enough to offet declining supplies. Cattle Prices 105 100 95 90 15 N 75 70 95 M S5 CO MI1DUMtSMI7MaMtinnHK7MMNt1l2U TEARS Cattle prices will trend higher during the next several years. Higher prices are not guarantee of better profits for anyone but cowcalf operators. Prices should challenge all-time highs during the next three years if demand remains near 1999 levels. . - J 1 .- A " -VJ' L:k IB. i II II II II mini i Ml Natural Resource notables- Commercial Hemp Production Comes to Hawaii Commercial hemp production is slowly making its way back to American soil. For many centuries hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) has been cultivated as a source of strong stem fibers, seed oil, and strong psychoactive drugs in its leaves and flowers. Environ mental concerns and recent shortages of wood fiber have renewed interest in hemp as a raw material for a wide range of indus trial products including textiles, paper, in dustrial oils (the first dicsel engines ran with hemp oils), and composite wood prod ucts. Hemp is an herbaceous annual that de velops a rigid woody stem ranging from 3 to 19 feet tall. Hemp stalks have a woody core surrounded by a bark layer containing long fibers that extend nearly the entire length of the stem. Plant breeders have developed hemp varieties with increased stem fiber content and very low levels (non-intoxicating) of delta-9-tetrahydro-cannabinol (THC), the psychoactive ingredient of mari juana. As early as 1545, the Spaniards introduced commercial hemp to South America. North American hemp produc tion began around 1645 in the northeast. There are no records that hemp was ever a commercial crop in Oregon, however, ex perimental crops were attempted in the 1890's and the 1930's. Generally, crops failed here due to lack of irrigation. The USDA hemp-breeding program moved from Corvallis to Wisconsin in 1937. In that same year, the U.S. Congress passed the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937. which place all hemp production under control of the U.S. Treasury Department, partly as an effort to eliminate production of the drug marijuana. Legal restrictions were relaxed during World War II, when government programs relied on increased hemp production in the Mid west to meet needs. Fiber hemp production has been negligible since that time, after which legal restrictions were reinstated and less expensive tropical fibers and synthet ics became available. A 1 998 publication by Daryl T. Ehrensing of the OSU Dept. of Crop and Soil Science, Feasibility of Industrial Hemp Production in the United States Pacific Northwest, fo cuses on the marketing and cropping re Earth's atmosphere heating at alarming rate by Zach del Nero "The warmest November on record -global warming?" In 105 years of record-keeping in the lower 48 United States, November 1999 was the warmest November on record. This trend continued into December throughout the country - in New York, the average temperature was 5.7 degrees above normal. This fall, hunters in Montana and Idaho were having problems getting their kills processed in time before the meat started turning because of warm temperatures. 1998 and 1999 are two of the warmest years on record around the world - according to Federal scientists. So - why is this happen ing? Are we experiencing global warming? Many scientists have theorized that the -Exchange USA and Sweden- We are an Swedish 4H group interested in an exchange with 4H in the USA. We would like to come and visit youandthenyoucancomeandvisitusinSweden in the summer year 2000. We would like our members to learn about the american cultures andlifestylesandmuchmore. Your trip tosweden can include agriculture visits, historical visits(the Vikings) and almost everything you want to see. We live in the south of Sweden near Denmark so a visit to Copenhagen is also possible. If you are interested please contact us on the e -mail adress above. Meat Spending fuss .' i quirements of the plant (that's where most of this info comes from). Mr. Ehrensing concludes that, while the PNW is suited for commercial hemp production in many ar eas, the venture will not be economically feasible until laws and marketing trends change to allow more hemp processing cen ters closer to the area. Slowly but surely, that reality is chang ing. This past fall, Canadian fanners from British Columbia to Quebec harvested their first commercial hemp crops in 50 years. This past Tuesday, the GovernorofHawai'i proclaimed December 14th as "Industrial Hemp Day" in Hawai'i. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency issued the permit for the Hawaii Industrial Hemp Project this year, the first of its kind in over 40 years. The project has been made possible by funding from vrnl privntp sources, in cluding Alterna, a company that specializes in hemp seed oil products. Is industrial hemp production a possibil ity for us here at Warm Springs? The an swer is yes; however, it'll be a while before anything actually happens. We need irri gated sites with good soil fertility, and we need the proper government permits to do it. It is a possibility for us here, and defi nitely within the scope of self-determination and sovereignty. Marketing and pro cessing centers will need to be developed in order for this to be a viable economic ven ture - but it appears that hemp is on its way back into production on the American land scape - and we may be able to be a part of that trend. earth's atmosphere is heating up at an alarm ing rate. The main effect of this appears to be climatic change, and the problems asso ciated with it. So, what's the difference between "climate" and "weather?" the main difference is time. "Weather" occurs in the short term - like a storm that rolls in. "Cli mate" is the long-term trend of conditions, for example -central Oregon's "climate" is characterized by hot, dry summers and cold, wet winters. Now, with the effects of global warming, central Oregon's "climate" could change - altering the natural systems that we rely on. I remember my friends and I would be surfing at Florence or Newport and laugh about global warming -"sound good to mc the water is freezing! Maybe with global warming we can get some of that Hawaiian water!" The fact is, we don't know what the long-term effects will be. More than likely, the effects will be drastic in the short term for virtually every kind of life on the planet. We have learned a lot about the fate of the dinosaurs and many scientists theorize that asternirU hit thp. p.arth. causing a global climatic change and killing oil a good share of earth's plants and animals. I once saw a cartoon in the paper, it was a picture of a guy running his car inside the garage and suffocating-the caption read "Greenhouse gases-get it?" The idea is that all over the world, human populations are exploding. More people means more for ests are cut down, more fuel is burned, more resources are used, more natural systems are disrupted. Common sense tells me that the earth can only give so much. We must relearn ways of life such as the basic rule, and convince lawmakers in Salem and Washington, D.C. to do the same. Gasoline burning vehicles are probably the worst thing there is for global warming. We have to search the world for oil, fight wars to keep our "pipelines" open, clean up huge spills and accidents like the Exxon Valdez or the one last winter on Beaver Creek, and the emissions from vehicle exhaust actually burn holes in the protective ozone layer of the eart- the one and only protective shield we have. If we truly believe in working for the seventh generation, then we must act now. Learn what you can do to reduce fossil fuel use, pollution, and to promote common sense in managing America's resources. We are the most powerful nation in the world today-we must continue to lead the world in idealogy as well as strength. Satellite Events OSU Extension hosts a series of educa tional satellites developed by the U.S. De partment of Education. Smart from the Start- January 18 Powerful Middle Schools - February 15 Nurturing Readers - March 21 Multiplying Excellence - April 18 Connecting with Youth - May 16 Learning Everywhere - June 20 Programs will be offered in the 1 st floor classroom of the Education Building from 5PM-6 PM. Contact OSU Extension 553-3238 if you are interested in attending. 1 1... 'L..;.. ... . Sun if i 4
