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Spilyqy Tymoo, W3rrn Springs, Oregon Feb. 22, 2001 The Clover Speaks Arlcne Doilcau, 4-H Agent Minnie Tulalakua, 4-H Assistant How to start a 4-H Club: 1. Con tact the Warm Springs 4-H staff, Arlcne Doilcau or Minnie Tulalakus. 2. Sit down for an initial discussion about your club or project idea (aU ideas are good). 3. Complete re quired paperwork and training. This can be done before or concurrently with the start of your club. Require ments include filling out the follow ing forms: personal interview form. . Volunteer, services applica tion. Official 4-H registration form. Introductory to 4-H leader training (this will consist of view ing two videos and attending train ing session) 4. Set out your club plan. Keep in mind the four- (4) ba sic steps' of the , Club Program. Educational Transfer. Skill De velopment. Proficiency. Compe tition. This is a start when you de cide to become a 4-1 1 Leader. So step forward and become a 4-1 1 Leaded . Home Alone Cooking ' This is for youth at home after school and fixing a snack Well Little Cooks here is our recipe, for this week. Remember little Cooks to have someone older in the kitchen with you, this is for your safety, also wash your hands before you start. Baked Potatoes in the Microwave. You will need the following utensils before you start: fork, potholdcr so you don't burn yourself when you take the potatoes out of the microwave the potatoes will be very hot, so be real careful. You will also need the following in , grcdicnts: potatoes. After you cook the'potatocs you will need the fol lowing ingredients to put on the potatoes to eat. Salt, butter, sour cream, and a glass of juice this is to drink not put on the potato. To microwave the potato, do the follow ing: Wash and scrub the potato real good, use the fork to poke several holes in he- potato o that some of the steam can escape as they cook. When cooking several potatoes, it helps to have them all the same size. So they will finish cooking at the same time, also place the thick end of the potato toward the center of the fUxr of the microwave arrange them like the spokes of a wheel at least an inch apart. Turn the pota toes over and reposition halfway through the cooking time so they will cook evenly. Set the time for one potato at 3-5 minutes, for several potatoes set the time at 8-10. When the potatoes are finished cooking check with the fork to see if they are done, if they are not done set the time for 3-5 minutes more. When they are done enjoy eating your snack with a glass of juice. Source of information: (Its not just for cooking anymore what can I do with my microwave.) by Ruth Spears. The 4-H program here in Warm" Springs is in need of 4-H leaders. Are you ready to share your talents with the youth of Warm Springs, if you are ready please call Arlcne or Minnie at 555-3238 or come on into the Education Building and talk with us, Some dates to remember and events to go to. Know Your State Government, April 18-21, Salem, Or Interested youth in High School. Cost of this event is I 125.00 Camp Counselor Training and Counsclors-in-Training will be May 18&19 in Salem, Or. If you plan to be a counselor, Please reserve this weekend. High Desert 4-1 1 Camp at Round Lake is June 25-29 Call Arlene or Minnie should you have a question. If you are considering raising an animal for the Jefferson County Pair now is the time to start thinking about buying that animal. We have some contacts if you arc interested, think about it. Call Arlcne or Minnie at 553-3238 See you next time. Natural Resource Notables World Amphibian Population decline Home Sweet Home When we moved to Crooked River Ranch 15 months ago, we opted to jenf bur home until we were sure we wanted to live there. The landlord was interested in trav eling fo few yers, so we had plenty of time to make up our minds. Or so we thought. Last month, he gave us the bad news. His plans changed and he would be mov ing back in four months. Suddenly, we were thrown into the world of real estate agents, mortgage lenders, interest rates and the dreaded.. .credit reports. Trying to understand it all and keep a perspective on what we are able and willing to pay can be quite difficult. This much is clear. A good credit score can make all the difference in terms of what you may qualify for. It may mean the difference between a 7.5 rate and an 11.5 rate. It may not SEEM like a lot., just 4.. but over the course of a 30-year mortgage,, that is a.lpt of money. How ar$ credit reports and scores determined?When you apply for any type of credit (mortgage, credit card, etc.) your credit history is given a "score". The automated scoring system we use now was designed by Fair, Isaac and Co. (FICO) in 1989. The credit score is based on risk models that analyze your various , debts and your credit history with payment performance and compares it to millions of other consumers. Consumer A M li Reports (www.ConsumerReports.org) iden tifies five factors that can be used as predictors for how well folks pay their bills. 60 to 65 percent of the overall score is determined by the first two factors. Previous payment behavior. Do you pay your bills on time or late? On time is better. Late is evaluated depending on how late, how often and how recently. Your mortgage is the most important bill for you to pay. Current level of indebtedness. What are your credit limits and lines? What do you owe? Charging your accounts to the maximum con sistently is not good. Credit should be used only when it is needed not as a supplement to your income. If you accept a credit line increase, the company is responsible for report ing that increased credit line. If it is not reported in a timely manner, your credit report may reflect that you have exceeded your balance. Length of time credit has been in use. A new line of credit is con sidered a risk. Can you handle the burden of additional credit? Until you prove that you can make respon sible and regular payments over a period of time, the new account adds to your credit burden. Pursuit of new credit. Each time you apply for new .credit, a new credit report is issued. Someone who is requesting or searching for addi tional lines of credit in a short pe riod of time is considered "risky", mind that most lenders don't incli If you are searching for the best deal ' cate that a credit card is secured, so in order to finance a car, the model it appears as an unsecured credit. If allows for that and you are not pe- you are trying to rebuild credit then nalized. However, if you apply for secured credit cards are an excellent the different lines of credit or loans,"' way to achieve that, then your score will be impacted. Keeping your record - credit Types of credit In use. Variety is ' record - clean can be a challenge es the spice of life. This is also true for , pecially if your household or em credit lines. Lenders like to see more ' ployment situation changes. The than just an auto loan or a mortgage, good news - it is possible and it is They like to see how you handle a definitely worth the financial ben variety of payment options. Keep in efits. Scientists worldwide, including Oregon State University zoology professor Andrew Blaustcin, are ex pressing deep concern about the trend of declining amphibian popu lations. Many say that this is a sign that the health of our planet is in jeopardy. Progs, toads, salamanders, and others have been the subject of in tense research in Oregon for years -and all arc declining rapidly. In re cent years, 14 species of amphibians have disappeared from Australia, along with a host of other species in Europe, South America, Asia, and Africa. Amphibians are extremely sensi tive to the environment. Mr. blaustein comments that "the over all result is that this group of ani mals, which has been around since the time of the dinosaurs, is now in serious decline all over the world. And some of the things that are kill ing frogs almost certainly have im plications for other animal species, including humans." Some of the things that may be responsible include changes in glo bal climate (global warming), insec ticides, crop fertilizers, viruses, and industrial pollution. It doesn't mean that just one of these causes is re sponsible for everything, but when they are all added up together it pre sents a major problem for the health of the planet. There are 5 Northwest species of frog which are listed as candidates for the endangered species list: Cas cades frog, red-legged frog, Oregon spotted frog, Columbia spotted frog, and the Western toad. Destruction of habitat (wetlands) is considered to be the primary cause for amphibians decline, however, biologists list other factors. Out breaks of a lethal skin fungus have been found throughout western states. A fungus which kills larvae and adult amphibians has been found in Oregon. Non-native preda tors (bullfrogs, trout) have taken a heavy toll on native amphibian populations. Pollutants such as ex cess herbicides and crop fertilizers degrade the quality of the environ ment for amphibian species. Mr. Blaustein's research has also shown that increased levels of UV B radiation, caused by the thinning of the Earth's protective ozone layer, is negatively affecting salamander eggs in the Cascades and causing eye damage to the Cascades frog. Get plugged into good news about education c in i t i is ii 1 1 nail Grandpar ents raising grandchildren: legal and policy issues The ' national satellite videoconference "Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Legal and Policy Issues" will be offered on February 27, 2001 from 10:30-1:30 PST in the 1" Floor Training Room, Education' Building. The videoconference will look at some of the legal concerns of grandparents raising grandchildren and the agen cies and professionals they work with. The program will explore the implications of various forms of in formal and formal custody arrange ments, how laws and policies impact custodial caregivers, ways to improve interaction between grandparents and professionals, including lawyers, medical personnel, schools and so cial service providers and how states might design and implement changes in state laws. It will explore custody arrangements and implica tions, how to work with local ser vice providers, and how some states have made changes in laws. Grandparents and service provid ers will learn about various forms of informal and formal custody ar rangements, how laws and public policies impact custodial caregivers, how to improve interaction with medical, school, legal and social ser vices providers, and how to design and implement changes in legislation in their state. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions of a studio panel and share information with a national audience. In addition to Warm Springs OSU Extension, local sponsors in clude the Warm Springs Senior Pro gram, I.H.S. Public Health and Or egon AARP. National Sponsors are the Cooperative Extension Services of the University of Wisconsin-Extension and Purdue University, AARP, Generations United and the National Association of State Units on Aging. For more information or to register for the upcoming video satellite program, contact Bemadette Hover, OSU Extension 541-553-3535. OSU Extension wants you to Get plugged into the good news about education. ' The Satellite Town Meeting is the j U.S. Department of Education's monthly live broadcast about im provements in teaching and learn ing that are happening in schools and communities across the nation. On each show, the Secretary of Edu cation invites national experts as well as local educators and community leaders to share their ideas about how schools are preparing all stu dents for the challenges of the 21st century. ' " In panel discussions with parents, teachers, principals and business ex perts, as well as videotaped reports on innovative schools, viewer call ins, and special segments on re sources, the Satellite Town Meeting focuses on what works. The Secretary and his guests talk about the most important issues fac ing today's schools and communi ties - improving reading skills, ex panding technology, boosting stu dent achievement, assuring safety, serving children with disabilities, raising mathematics performance, and more. Communities and local school systems around the country are working collaboratively in new and creative ways to help make schools safer for students. Effective strategies include communitywide and schoolwide efforts that promote healthy child development and re duce school violence and drug abuse. Keeping Schools and Commu nities Safe: Collaborating for Healthy Children Tuesday February 20, 2001 - 5:00 PM PST, 1" Floor Training Room, Edu cation Building. The February Satellite Town Meet ing will feature people and programs that are implementing tailored strat egies, focused on prevention, inter vention and accountability. Upcoming Satellite Town Meet ings Tuesday March 20, 2001 Tuesday April 17, 2001 Tuesday May 15, 2001 Tuesday June 19, 2001 Town Meetings will be broadcast from 5:00 - 6:00 PM. For more in formation or to register for the event, contact Bernadette Hoyer, OSU Extension 553-3535. toekman's Roundup: Nation marks milestone in Brucellosis eradication As the year 2000 drew to a close, the nation marked an historic mo ment in the fight to eradicate bru cellosis. For the first time in memory, there is no known brucel losis infection in commercial cattle or bison in the United States. "We reached an apparent zero in fection in late December when Florida lifted a quarantine on a pre viously infected herd that had been cleaned up and Texas depopulated its last known infected herd," said Dr. Bob Hillman, president of the United States Animal Health Asso ciation (USAHA). USAHA, an or ganization composed of state and federal veterinarians, laboratory di agnosticians, researchers, academics and livestock producers, has been instrumental in developing and rec ommending implementation of standards for the cooperative state federal brucellosis eradication pro gram. Brucellosis is a bacterial dis ease that causes cattle and some other species of animals, such as bi son and elk, to abort, deliver weak calves or produce less milk. In hu mans, where it is also called undu lant fever or Malta fever, the disease causes severe flu-like symptoms that can last for months or years if left untreated. Hillman pointed out that no newly infected herds have been found in the United States since last July when infection was disclosed in a cattle herd in Navarro County, Texas. "However," he added, "we can't afford to relax our surveillance efforts. This is an insidious diseases whose signs are not always easily seen." Hillman noted that currently the only remaining foci of brucellosis in the United States is in the Greater Yellowstone Area, which includes Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National park, the National Elk Refuge and portions of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, where free ranging bison and elk are infected. These animals pose a disease threat to cattle in surrounding brucellosis- free states and serve as the only known source for reintroduction of the disease into domestic cattle and bison herds. Hillman said that state and federal officials are working to develop and implement plans to con trol and eventually eliminate brucel losis from bison and elk in the Greater Yellowstone Area. Currently, 46 States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands are clas sified as brucellosis-free, meaning that they have had no infected cattle or domestic bison herds for at least one year and have active surveillance programs in place for the disease. Four states Florida, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas are in the fi nal stage of eradicating the disease and, with no known infection at this time, are now in the final one-year countdown phase. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service carry out the brucellosis eradication program in cooperation with the cattle indus try and animal health agencies in the various states. Efforts to combat brucellosis began as part of a cattle reduction program in July 1934 be cause of extreme drought conditions. The program lapsed during World War II, but was accelerated in 1954 as an eradication effort with addi tional funds. At that time, an esti mated 124,000 cattle herds were in fected with the disease. A major boost to program opera tions came in 1978 when a special commission completed a two- year study by concluding, "control lead ing to eradication is biologically fea sible." By August 1990, the num ber of quarantined herds had dropped below the 1,000 mark and five years later to fewer than 100. In 1997, the Brucellosis Emergency Action Plan, which provided addi tional funds and procedures, was implemented. "Our progress in eradicating this disease can be directly credited to producer cooperation and the efforts of state, federal and private veterinar ians," Hillman said. "All are to be congratulated. But, while we 'have reached this historic milestone, we can't become complacent about this insidious disease. We must continue active surveillance until we are sure that no more infected herds exist in the United States". It has been esti mated that if brucellosis were al lowed to spread, beef and dairy pro duction costs would increase by an estimated $80 million within 10 years. SOME CATTLE and horses don't have much respect for a cattle guard. This is another idea that should slow em down some while permitting a car to drive over. 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