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Spilyay Tymoo Warm Springs, Oregon Fehruary 8, 2001 9 Arlene Bolleau 4-H& Youth Bob Pawelek Livestock Clint Jacks Staff Chair, Madras (541) 553-3238 Bernadette Handlcy Home Economics Zack delNero Natural Resources Minnie RedDog 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, 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 extension service offers Its programs and materials equally to all people. Internet address: http:www.orst.edudeptwsext The Clover Speaks- Arlene Bolleau 4-H Agent And Minnie Tulalakue 4-H Program Assistant New 4-H Agent has joined the Jefferson County OSU Extension Office in Madras. Please stop in at the OSU Extension Office and say Welcome to Jefferson County Amy Davis. Events happening in February 2001 : Idea Fairs at the Hugh Hartman Middle School Located at 2105 W Antler, in Redmond, Oregon. Live stockSmall Animal Idea Fair for Feb ruary 10"1. Horse & Home Economic Idea Fair is on February 24 Lots of opportunities to leam and have fun Some events you will want to be a part of. This is the time to start planning for those summer events 4-H Know Your State Govern ment Conference The 2001 Know Your State Government Conference is scheduled for April 18-21, 2001 in Salem. This year's Conference headquarters will be the New Kings Inn Best Western at the I-5Market Street exit. The 2001 KYSG Conference is the beginning of a change for this dynamic program. This year marks the first annual Conference. It also marks a change from three days to four days. Participants will arrive on Wednesday afternoon and the Con ference will close around noon on Saturday. The extra day will include a mock legislative session, in which youth delegates will be assigned as a member of the House or the Senate and work on a bill. The mock session will take place at the hotel. Partici pants will still visit the Capitol, meet with their elected officials and learn about our legislative process the same as in past years, but the mock session will provide an additional and more hands-on style of learning. The mock session will be spread over the length of the Conference. Another change will be the opportunity for some of the youth to serve as KYSG report ers. As a reporter, the participant will be involved with such things as in i terviewing delegates, speakers and others, writing short articles about the interviews and various aspects of the Conference and helping produce a KYSG newsletter. Reporters will have access to a "press room", com plete with computers and printer. We are requesting an e-mail address from participants if they have one. There is no limit to the number of youth who can apply, but please note that application does not guar antee acceptance. All youth will be accepted as long as we do not exceed the maximum number that we can house. If we exceed that number, ap plicants will be prioritized by the Home Sweet Many older Americans ap proaching or in retirement suddenly find themselves caring for and rais ing their grandchildren according to the Administration on Aging. A grandparent stepping in to raise grandchildren or other relatives is not a new development. What is new is the growth in this phenomenon. Ac cording to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 1997 3.9 million children were liv ing in homes maintained by their grandparents, up 76 percent from 2.2 million in 1970. In a majority of the cases, grandparents are the primary caregivers. One in ten grandparents have been the primary support of a grandchild at sometime in their lives. Grandparents who are caregivers tend to be women. The majority of grandparents raising their grandchildren are younger than age 65. Based on 1996 Census data, 48 percent of grandparent caregivers are between age 50 and 64; 33 percent are younger than age 50 and 19 per cent are age 65 plus. University of Wisconsin-Extension categorizes grandparent caregivers into three types. First are the custodial grandparents. These grandparents have legal custody of their grandchildren; they provide daily care and decision making tasks. Typically, severe problems existed in the child's nuclear family. The focus of this type of caregiving is on the grandchild and providing them with a sense of security. The second type of grandpar ent caregivers are the "living with" grandparents. These grandparents provide daily care for their grandchil dren, but do not have legal custody. The child's parent may or may not live in the home. These grandparents focus on providing a stable environ ment for the child, and often on help ing the parent Because the grandpar ent does not possess legal custody, he or she has no way of protecting the child from an unsuitable or danger ous parent "Day care" grandparents are the third type of grandparent grade they are in - the higher their grade, the higher their priority. The Conference is for all high school age youth. The registration fee for the conference is $125.00 per person. This fee includes the delegate's room, all meals and any handout materials provided. Delegates will be respon sible for getting to Salem and back home again, but all transportation to and from the Capitol during the Con ference will be provided. We are also requesting that each county sending a delegation provide a chaperone. The registration fee for chaperones is also $125 and covers all their ex penses during the Conference. Offi cial 4-H registration forms are re quired for each youth and adult par ticipant. The group form and indi vidual application forms are due at the State 4-H Office by March 20. 200 1 .If your county does not plan to partici pate, please notify us promptly. 4-H Summer Conference at OSU: Dates June 20 23, 2001 Inter mediate grades 7-9. Open Track, similar to Summer Days. Senior grades 10-12 Open Track Oregon 4 H youth council Educational, Selec tive Track Seniors, Recognition, scholarship, Nat'l Congress, Ambas sador Training, county, state. This is 4-H Sponsored program, to teach leadership and citizenship to youth while acquainting them with the Or egon State University Campus. Cost $ 150.00. Deadline May 15, 2001 4-H Camp at Round Lake, near Sister Oregon, June 25-29, 2001 Cost $95.00 If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Arlene Boileau or Minnie for more informa tion on these. We will keep you up dated on all these activities in the up coming months. The following list of producers who sell market animals to 4-H and FFA members. Make arrangements with the breeder to ensure that a litter will be available. Many of these pro ducers started taking orders in the fall. Contact your producer as soon as possible to reserve your market ani mal for fair. Swine Pete & Candy Abbas (00) Terrebonne - 548-1784 2 Jan litters Hamp X Owen Allbritton (01) Sisters - 504-0091 HampDurocYorkBerk X JanFeb litters Jean Anderson (00) 447-1064 DurocBerks Feb Litter $50-60 Home: Grandparents Day! caregivers. Their focus is on helping the child's parent and on fulfilling their own needs. These grandparents tend to be least affected by their care taking role because the children re turn home at the end of the day. They function closest to the societal defi nition of "grandparent." Grandparents may resume a parenting role for a variety of reasons, most of which revolve around prob lems related to the child's parent. In creasing numbers of grandparents are providing permanent care to their grandchildren as a result of divorce, substance abuse, child abuse andor neglect, abandonment, teenage preg nancy, death, HIVAIDS, unemploy ment, incarceration and mental health problems. The reasons why grandpar ents raise their grandchildren are var ied, but all result in a great deal of responsibility for the grandparent who takes on the task. For some grandparents, health may be an issue. Older grandparents may be coping with progressively serious and frequent health problems. Many grandparents report feeling both emotionally and physically drained. They may fear that as a re sult of their tiredness (and possible health problems) they may be unable to meet the demands of parenting. Older grandparents also worry about what will happen to their grandchil dren if something happens to them. Many grandparents in this situ ation suffer from economic difficul ties. Because many elderly people are already living on a low income, tak ing on the care of a grandchild may put their economic future in jeopardy. Some grandparents are forced to make job-related sacrifices while oth ers, who were comfortably retired, quickly deplete their funds when they take on the responsibility of their grandchild. Although there is an in creasing number of support groups and informative organizations, there still exists a lack of government sup port For example, many grandpar ents are denied benefits provided to foster parents based on their blood Debbie Bartholomew (01) Bend - 388-3127 DurocHamp X JanFeb litters Mike Crawford (01) mmcgbcndnct.com Alfalfa 389-4078 Duroc & Berks & Xs Several litters-Jan Feb Mike Duggan (00) Terrebonne - 548-1432 Duroc, Jan litters Judy Hackett(Ol) judyhdeschiites.or8 Redmond - 548-0729 Duroc, Hamp X $75 Feb litters Kristel Hamlin (01) jgbbktdcschutcijiei Redmond - 923-6022 YorkDurocPietrain X Feb litters T. J. Heywood (00) Bend - 385-8856 All breeds, several Jan litters Kim Houston (00) Bend -312-0169 SpotDuroc X Feb 5 Litter TameLongRed wbl spot Penny Howard Bend -317-4974 20 sowsall breeds Jan & Feb litters Joyce Hyder (00) Redmond - 548-0561 Old Spot - $75 Jan litter-21 Paty Jager(Ol) Redmond - 548-6455 $50 Feb litter Erica Margo (01) dmareoredmond.kl2.or.us Bend - 388-8285 Duroc & DurocSpot X JanFeb litters Stephanie Morris (01) Bend - 330-1506 DurocHampY ork Landrace Feb litters Gene & Sue Nance (00) Redmond - 923-0954 Duroc - High Quality Blue Ribbon Mkt & Prod Jan-Feb litters $75 relation to the child, even though they may be in just as much need. Such inadequate assistance only com pounds the grandparents' economic difficulties, and in a sense penalizes them for their willingness to care for their grandchildren. Whatever the reason and situa tion, grandparents raising grandchil dren face major changes in their lives, shoulder an enormous responsibility and face a range of difficulties, in cluding legal and policy challenges. Many organizations that provide ser vices for both generations are not pre pared to deal with the special needs and situations presented. Legal op tions are limited and emotionally draining and financially expensive. Few attorneys are familiar with the relevant laws. A national satellite videoconference, February 27, 2001 from 12:30-1:30 PST will look at some of the legal concerns of grand parents raising grandchildren and the agencies and professionals they work with. The program entitled "Grand parents Raising Grandchildren: Legal and Policy Issues" will be available for broadcast through the OSU Ex tension Office in Warm Springs. The program will explore the implications of various forms of informal and for mal custody arrangements, how laws and policies impact custodial caregivers, ways to improve interac tion between grandparents and pro fessionals, including lawyers, medi cal personnel, schools and social ser vice providers and how states might design and implement changes in state laws. For more information on the upcoming video satellite program, con tact Bernadette Hoyer, OSU Extension 541-553-3535. Local sponsors are the Warm Springs Senior Program, I.H.S. Public Health and Oregon AARP. National Sponsors are the Co operative Extension Services of the University of Wisconsin-Extension and Purdue University, AARP, Gen erations United and the National As sociation of State Units on Aging. Kristy Prosser (01) Terrebonne - 923-3633 Mprpsiicryah.po,cQm HampDuroc Feb litter Mike & Susan Quinlan Powell Butte - 504-9354 DurocDuroc X Phillis Rufkahr(Ol) Alfalfa - 389-9528 LandraceYorkDuroc X Mid-Dec litters Sue Schwann Bend - 389-9008 Landrace Several litters Mike Wendte Cornelius - 503628-0798 Jan-Feb litters Lee & Susan Williams (00) Spray - 541468-2200 MT Blacks BelticsHamps Durocs Early Feb litters Lorren Wunder (01) Bend -617-1888 YorkDuroc X Late January Goats Judy Hackett (01) jtidyhdgschutcs.org Redmond - 548-0729 Boer & Dairy Feb-Apr kids Pierre Kolisch (00) Juniper Grove Farmmailto:jffcheesecoinet.com Redmond 923-8353 Nubians, Saanans, Alpines, LaManchas, Toggenburgs Dec, Mar-May kids AshleeSykes(Ol) lanismatters.com Terrebonne 548-4037 Boer X Market Goats Jan Kids Special price for 4-Hers Red Sky Farm (01) Linda Tenbrink redskycoinet.com Bend - 389-7693318-4910 Pygmydairy goats (Nubians) Mid-MarApr kids Thunderhead Farm (01) Jim & Toni Selk Redmond - 923-2456 Kids & breeding stock Colored Angora Goats Stockman's Roundup: Estimating body weight with a Knowledge of horse body weight is useful in determining how much daily feed is needed. Also, paste wormers and other medications are designed to be dis pensed at specific levels relative to a horse's weight. Unfortunately, most horse owners do not have easy access to a set of scales and must often resort to visual evaluation for estimating weight. However, one study conducted in Florida found that 88 of horse persons underestimated actual weight by an average of 186 pounds. Simi lar trends have been observed at edu cational programs elsewhere. In one field study, 37 of horse owner esti mates were at least 150 pounds be low actual weights. Some horse own ers tend to overestimate actual weights by visual observation. In the Florida study, 13 of participants overestimated by 90 pounds. Fortu nately, there is a simple formula that can be used to estimate body weights of individual horses fairly accurately. This formula utilizes heartgirth cir cumference, body length measurements and an adjustment factor . This horse weight prediction equation is shown below: (Heartgirth x Heartgirth x Body length) 330 Wt (lbs) Measurements should be taken and recorded in inches with a tape that is at least 75 inches long. Plastic measuring tapes are pre ferred over cloth tapes because they won't stretch. Metal tapes can be used but they sometimes scare horses, making them the least preferable. Heartgirth is a measure of the circum ference, taken by running the tape measure all the way around the horse, using the highest part of the withers. Body length is measured from the point of the shoulder, straight back along the horse's side, and to the point of the buttock. The tape should go around the comer of the hip and to the actual point of the buttock, which Natural Resource Notables Outdoor Safety in Winter This time of year, just getting to work can be a life threatening situ ation. I have been driving in from Simnasho and or Bear Springs just about every day for the past 4 years and have seen more wrecks and acci dents than I can count. Of course, Fridays and late Sundays seem to be the worst, with weekend vacation folks trying to get to wherever they are going just as fast as they can get there. We haven't had a lot of big storms on us this year, in fact, there is a lot of worry about possible drought conditions this year. I saw on the news this morning that, normally, a big blanket of Arctic air comes down toward us through Canada. This year, it has been sliding over into Si beria instead. We have had some pretty nasty road conditions though, especially out on Sidwalter and down the grades into Warm Springs. Safety tips? Make sure every one is seat-belted in - especially the little ones. Car accidents are still one of the top causes of death for our chil dren, and the injuries are sometimes even worse. If you don't need to go somewhere- don't. You'll save gas and time, and maybe even get into a snowball fight with your kids or grandkids instead. If you are driving, Livestock marketing by Bob Pawelek Not all horses and cattle are sold through the auction yard these days anymore. The stockman has various methods by which to market his stock. There are now satellite video auctions, where cattle are seen in the pasture and bids are placed by phone. Order buyers are also available, who buy direct from the ranch. This method is becomeing popular, but it pays to be knowl edgeable about the buyer, as well as the method of payment. A cattle producer may wish to hang on to some of his steers and sell them as yearlings. This ap proach is called a "rollback," as more pounds of beef are sold, but at a slightly lower price than for weaner calves. Horses are often bought and sold privately. This is a desirable A RANCH in winter and spring can be a mighty muddy place. I don't know of any ranch wives who don't get madder than a wet hen when their husbands or kids or one of the hands drags gobs of mud into the kitchen. The simple angle iron scraper I've shown can be rigged at a strategic spot outside the house. is essentially half the distance from the comer to the tail. Two persons will beneeded in taking body length mea surements. For owners who are learning to takemeasurements for the first time, it is advisable to get an actual scale weight on one horse and compare it to the prediction equation. This will help determine whether or not mea surements are being taken from the proper points. The horse should be standing somewhat square. Furthermore, measurements of a horse to compare changes in weight over time should always be taken at the same time of the day, preferably in the morning prior to feeding. In two demonstrations con ducted at Texas A&M, a total of 12 horses were taped. The horses were of Arabian, Quarter Horse or Thor oughbred breeding and had actual scale weights ranging from 725 to 1 275 pounds. The tape measurements and equation underestimated actual weight of 5 horses by an average of 15 pounds and overestimated actual take your time and carry along some blankets, a first-aid kit, and flares in case you do make an unscheduled exit Ok, so there is a foot of fresh snow and the kids want to go sled ding. Sledding is great, just need to watch out for a few things there too. Remember to dress the kids warm -especially the youngest. Kids are more at risk to hypothermia than you and I so we need to keep them safe. Check out the hill you are sledding for hazards - rocks, tree roots, barbed wire, etc. Find a safe spot and have a good time. It is always safer to sled feet first, as it will reduce your risk of head and neck injury. OSU Extension 4H will be working with the Warm Springs Community Center and the Boys & Girls Club this year to form an Out door Recreation Club. This will be for all ages. We'd like to get people in terested in hiking, snowboarding, sur vival skills, mountain biking, river sports, and anything else outside. We'd also like to work with Elders to bring the knowledge and tradition associated with cultural foods back into our children's lives. If you would be interested in participating in such a club, or volunteering to help - let us know at OSU Extension. option for many stockmen. How ever, some get non-payment problems in return. Reduce your risk by using a few precautions: Ask for cash (obviously). Verify the buyer's ability to pay by calling his bank. Retain title to livestock until final payment is received. Insist on other acceptable methods of payment, such as wire transfer, cashier's check, money order, letter of credit, or cash. When selling by private treaty, a personal check may be written. Make sure all pertinent information is on the check, including mailing address, phone number, and date of birth. It would be wise to jot down the auto license number if you accept a check from someone you've never done business with before. simple formula weight of 5 horses by 1 2 pounds. One mare, that was extremely heavy fronted, deephearted and light hipped, was overestimated by 150 pounds. The prediction equation estimated weight of 1 horse exactly. Overall, the procedure averaged being within - 24 pounds of actual weight. In summary, the above men tioned prediction equation appears to be a more reliable method for esti mating weight than visual observa tion. The procedure can be used ef fectively on many horses, but may not be highly accurate for pregnant mares or for horses with extreme conforma tional irregularities, especially very unbalanced horses. AH in all, horse owners should be able to utilize this simple tool in better managing horses. Adapted from Householder, D.D. and P.G. Gibbs. 1990. A method demonstration comparing visual es timation and use of a prediction equa tion to actual scale weights of horses. Robert Pawelek