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The Oregon Stale University Extension Service staff Is 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 4-H Agent
& Minnie RedDog 4-H Prgrm Assl't.
I. Wanted 4-H Culture Camp Staff
Are you looking for a fun way to
spend two weeks in August?
I Enjoying a couple of weeks in the
sun with the youth of Warm Springs
at 4-H Culture Camp at Peters Pas
tures. Dates of 4-H Culture Camp:
1 Session I August 5-12, 2000
Session II August 13-20, 2000
These are the positions needed at
this time:
3-Camp Cooks
; 1-Head female camp counselor
l.Head male camp counselor
; 1. Lead sweat house leader (fe
male) . l.-Lead sweat house leader (male)
Camp Counselors
. Pick up an application at the SO
Extension Office in the Education
Building.
Call or at 553- 3238
Sign up for the Warm Springs 4-H
Culture Camp at Peters Pastures
Culture Camp dates are Session I
HI well are you managing your
children's TV habits?
Consider the facts:
'Children spend more time watching
TV than in any other activity except
sleeping.
Preschoolers spend more time in
front of the TV than it takes to get a
college degree.
By the time they graduate from high
school, most children will have spent
15,000 hours watching TV, compared to
11,000 in school.
You can learn a lot in 15,000 hours.
Next to parents, TV is the most influen
tial teacher most children will have,
Children learn from TV all the time.
Programs don'thave to be "educational"
to teach. What children learn from the
"flickering blue parent" can either in
terfere with or enhance their growth.
The choice is up to you.
Most programs children watch are
meant for adults. But children don'thave
our broad experience with the real world.
For young children, TV is the real world,
even it differs from their own values and
experiences.
Children believe what they see on the
screen. They can't always tell the differ
ence between what is real and what is
make-believe, and this can confuse and
mislead them. In some cases, the conse
quences are more severe. Children have
been known to hurt themselves and other
people by imitating what they have seen
on the TV screen.
TV can hurt children in other ways.
We know, for example, that children
who watch a lot of TV can become pas
sive. Children need to do things in order
to grow. When they spend a lot of time in
front of the TV, they lose chances to
become creative, use their minds, and
develop their motor skills. Many par
ents and other experts on children worry,
about some of the "hidden" messages of
TV. They fear that some programs teach
negative attitudes toward women and
minorities. They are concerned about
the desire for toys and sugary food that
TV commercials create in their children.
And, of course, the mounting evidence
on the relationship between TV violence
and violence in our society is disturbing
to us all.
But TV is not all bad. TV can also be a
window on the world. It can broaden
children's knowledge and interests by
introducing them to:
Things they've never seen; Tlaces
STOCKMAN'S ROUNDUP: The new Extension Service-
by Bob Pawelek
OSU Livestock Agent
The U.S. land-grant university
"Extension Service" model is argu
ably among the most effective or
ganizations ever created. Over the
last century the Extension Service
has been a major source of informa
Boileau
Youth
Bob Pawelek
Livestock
BernadetteHandJev ZackdelNero Minnie RedDoe
Home Economics Natural Resources 4-H Assistant
August-6th-12 Session: II August
14th- 20,h. Cost $50.00 ask about
scholarships and with this comes
good meals, fun times with your
friends, and make new friends, sleep
in a tent, tie dye a T-shirt and a heck
of a good time.
Well Little Cooks here we go again
with another recipe for you to try.
This time we will cook Saucy Spa
ghetti. Remember to wash your
HOME SWEET HOME
By Bernadette Handley, Family &
Community Development Agent
they've never been; People they've
never met; and Things they've never
done.
TV also can teach children skills such
as reading, counting, spelling and
problem-solving, and healthy attitudes
toward themselves and other people.
Sharing, self-control and courage are
among the positive behaviors children
can learn from watching TV. Television
is here to stay. It is an extraordinary
invention that can enrich children s
lives or stunt their growth. It all de
pends on how you as a parent guide TV
viewing in your home.
, There is no need to go to the extreme
of forbidding any TV viewing in your
home. You may decide, though, to go
- down to cut down on the amount of time
your children watch TV. Or you may
want to be more selective using TV as
a baby-sitter isn't a good ideal either.
Instead, make TV viewing an active ex
perience for your children.
Become a ware of what your children
are watching
Plan their viewing; Talk to them
about what they watch; Follow up TV
viewing with active experiences.
For better or worse-the choice is up to
you. Television can be rich learning and
social experience for your children. With
a little planning, you can change what
might be a solitary experience into a
chance for family members to learn and
draw closer together. To add a healthy
and human dimension to TV viewing in
your home, try some of the following
ideas.
Find out what you're children are
watching. Watch programs with your
children whenever possible. If you can't
join them, let them know you're there to
talk about a program or answer ques
tions. Also ask them about what they think
about different shoes and encourage
them to ask questions. Don't be afraid to
express your
Talk about issues that come up on
programs, the difference between.
Talk about issues that come up Prop
erty. Tell you about issues that come up
on programs, the difference is: They don't
want to talk about issues. Talk about
issues that come up on programs. The
differences between make-believe and
real life. TV characters and how they
liked talk about issues type. Talk about
issues that come up on programs, the
difference between make-believe and
tion and advice for millions of
people. Young people have learned
citizenship and life skills through
4-H and other youth programs.
Farmers have become remarkably
more proficient in feeding the na
tion and the world based on
Extension-provided information.
Families and communities are
healthier and happier because of the
Extension Service.
From its original rural focus, Ex
tension programs have expanded to
suburban and urban areas. The scope
of Extension activities and programs
has increased, adding new skills
needed by individuals, families, and
communities.
Because the currencies of the Ex
tension Service have been informa
tion and human development, and
because its programs focused on
families and natural resources, the
organization has thrived throughout
four generations. The Extension
Service was successful as the nation
Clint Jacks Deanie Johnson
Staff Chair, Madras Secretary
hands and have big sister or brother
in the kitchen with you. You'll need
the following:
1 pound of Hamburger, 12 tea
spoon of instant minced onion, 14
teaspoon salt, 14 teaspoon dried
oregano leaves crushed, Dash of
pepper 19 -ounce can spaghetti in
tomato sauce with cheese. Green
Pepper and onion rings. Grated
armesan cheese. Take out 1 medium
skillet, wooden spoon, measuring
spoons, can opener. Brown the meat
in the skillet (electric skillet 350).
Stir. Spoon off the fat. Add onion,
salt, oregano and pepper. Use can
opener to open the spaghetti. Pour
spaghetti into the browned meat. Stir
with wooden spoon. Top with green
pepper and onion rings, Cook cov
ered, over low heat for 5 minutes.
Sprinkle with cheese. Serve with
hot garlic bread and juice. Enjoy
your meal.
Children have never been very
good at listening to their elders. But
they have never failed to imitate
them. James Baldwin
real life, TV.
Talk about issues that come up on
programs, the difference between
make-believe.
TV about issues that come up on pro
grams, the difference between
make-believe and real life. TV charac
ters and how they are like or unlike
people you know, and how violence can
hurt people. :
Plan their TV menu
On a daily or weekly basis, go over
the TV Guide or a local program listing
with your children and select programs
for viewing. If they' want to watch a
show you think is inappropriate, explain
what you don't like about it. Be gentle
but firm in enforcing1 your limits. En
courage them to watch a wide range of
programs. Providejthemwith many
other activities.
Follow TV viewing with active expe
riences. Encourage children to draw or act out
what they saw. Have them make up a
story about one of their favorite pro
grams. Type it up and let them illustrate
it. '
Help them write letters to stars, sta
tions and sponsors, asking questions and
expressing opinions.
Play games to increase their language
skills. For example, look for a new word
each day, or think of programs and
characters that begin with different let
ters. Follow new information and inter
ests with books and field trips.
Think up games like describing a TV
character and having other guess who it
is or imagining what certain characters
would do if they appeared on different
programs.
With older children, talk about how
TV shows are made and produced. If
possible, visit a TV studio or arrange for
children to participate in a program.
Of course, even while building on the
benefits of TV, you can't ignore its nega
tive aspects. When you see something
you don't like, write a letter to your local
station, a TV network, the press, your
Congressional representative, or a group
working for better programming for
children. Or start your own group. Many
local groups, like Action for Children's
Television, have been influential in
causing better programming for children
on both local and national levels (EC
1295 Helping Children Grow: Manag
ing Children's TV Habits).
moved from an agrarian to an indus
trial society and beyond. With this
long-lasting record of success, why
would the land-grant University Ex
tension Service need to change now?
There are two fundamental trends
in the world today that demand
changes in the Extension Service if it
is to survive and retain its premier
utility. First, the information needed
for guiding a family or a community
no longer arrives slowly or in dis
crete packages. Today, families and
communities (and businesses) have
the opportunity to benefit from huge
amounts of information, arriving
rapidly from multiple sources. They
must sort out and evaluate what is
truly useful or even essential. The
current configuration and practices
in the Extension Service, despite
some forays into modern informa
tion management, are simply not
designed for the age of information
technology.
The second fundamental change
Natural Resource
by Zach del Nero,
Federal studies predict impacts of
global warming
Global warming - how much do
we really know about it? Any day
you can pick up the paper and see
some sort of news about it - one sci
entist says its no big deal while an
other says it's the end of the world.
One thing is for sure - global warm
ing is real.
One time I saw a cartoon in a
newspaper, it had a picture of a guy
sitting in his car in his garage. The
picture showed exhaust coming out
the tailpipe and filling up the garage
and the guy didn't look too healthy.
The caption on the cartoon read
"Greenhouse effect - get it?"
That's the simplest picture of glo
bal warming I've ever seen. My
daughter really likes dinosaurs, so
we watched that "Walking With Di
nosaurs" show that was on Discov
ery Channel. The last part of the show
talked about how the earth had lots
of volcanoes going off ("geothermal
activity" they called it) and this was
all adding up to fill the atmosphere
with toxic fumes and gases. This,
along with a comet hitting the earth,
led to the extinction of 65 of all life
on earth. I couldn't help but think of
all the stuff that we in the industrial
ized world has put into the air, wa
ter, and land - and the earth has
begun to show signs that it cannot
take too much more. It's common
sense really, we add more and more
heat to the atmosphere - and it heats
up. But we are not just talking about
heat, there is an endless list of
chemical and biological changes that
are going on at the same time - and
they will affect our lives and those of
our grandchildren.
I remember joking about it that I
like the idea of global warming -sounds
pretty good to have Hawaii
weather on the Oregon coast! But it
isn't that simple. Global warming
and environmental change will lead
, to irreversible changes in the land
scape, plant and animal life, and
human life.
This week, CNN reported that the
Federal government predicts wide
spread impacts on the U.S. as a re
sult of global warming. The report,
"Climate Change Impacts on the
United States," is the first national
assessment of how global warming
might affect America. The report
predicts an increase in average tem-
Better hay prices
Dry weather in cattle coun
try is leading to better prices
for hay producers.
USDA-Wyoming reported last
week demand was good espe
cially for new crop dairy qual
ity hay. The agency reported
good inquiry for hay recently
Remember 4-H Culture Enrichment camp at
Peter's Pasture
August 6-12 session I for 2nd to 5th grade
August 1 4 - 20 session II for 6th - 9th grade
is that technology now drives virtu
ally all economic systems. To be suc
cessful, the Extension Service must
become an active partner in the use
of technology in all of its programs,
and in the technology sector itself.
Otherwise, Extension will become
too expensive, marginalized, obso
lete, and not a key participant in the
information technology world that
is here as we enter the 21st century.
Certainly the Extension Service for
the next decade will retain and ex
pand many of its current programs
and activities. However, Extension
must immediately reconstruct itself
as an organization to meet the needs
of its current and future constitu
ents. Among the most basics changes
are the following.
1. Become a partner with the
high-technology sector in addition
to the agriculture and forestry sec
tors. 2. Expand the focus of its programs
from the current constituencies of
Notables-
feratures between 5-10 degrees
ahrenheit over the next century
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with the following possible effects:
Cities grow notter with the
"heat-islana" effect as buildings and
streets absorb heat (ever been to
Phoenix! in August?). In addition,
global temperatures will rise and
make things even worse. This also
means that people will use more and
more energy to power air condition
ing, etc. - generating even more pol
lution. Heavier precipitation and faster
evaporation - leading to greater fre
quency of very wet and dry condi
tions. Floods and droughts are ex
pected to get worse.
Some ecosystems could disap
pear or otherwise be severely dam
aged. Alpine meadows in the Rockys
and sugar maples in the northeast
could die out, while southeast for
ests could break up into more grass
lands. Rising sea levels will cause
coastal wetlands to shrink and put
coastal communities at increased
risk of storm surges (like all that
flooding on the East Coast in the
winter storms). This leads to prob
lems as animal and plant species
disappear - and high risks of pollu
tion when storms hit and knock out
these town and cities.
The report also predicts more
heat waves and an increase in crop
yields (sol guess there could be more
food in the short run).
The report is still a draft, and the
final will come out of Congress this
fall. CNN says that the report pre
dicts little impact on the US economy
as a whole, but rough times for some
communities including coastal ar
eas, ski resorts, and those in delicate
ecosystems.
So what does this all mean to us
in cattle country
in northern Wyoming and
western South Dakota from
Montana ranchers facing dry
weather conditions. Texas
producers, who received some
much needed rainfall last week,
saw prices for premium alfalfa
hit $145 per ton.
persons, families and communities,
to include companies, whole eco
nomic sectors and entire counties and
regions.
3. Become experts at detecting and
then serving the complex informa
tion needs of all constituencies, uti
lizing the broad strengths of OSU
and its partners.
4. Meet the life-long education
needs of all constituencies, integrat
ing distance and continuing educa
tion programs with those of the Ex
tension Service.
5. Operate the Extension Service
on a business basis, providing as
much free assistance as possible, but
generating sufficient revenue to en
sure that the needs of its constituents
are met.
The new Extension Service will
serve as a national leader, like other
parts of the University, as it responds
to changing conditions to better serve
our diverse clientele.
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