HEPPNER (ORE.) GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, November II, IT1
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Morrow County's 1974 Live
stock Producer and Conner
vation Man will be presented
al the 24th annual Farm-City
Banquet, Friday, Nov. 30. 7
p.m., at the Heppner High
School Cafeturium.
Die Heppner-Morrow
Chamber of Commerce will
also give an award to a
businessman who hai con
tributed to the community
Rood. Last year'i winner was
Kinua Corporation.
Rim Daniels, superintend
ent. Morrow County School
District, will be master of
ceremonies for the dinner.
Executive secretary of the
Oregon Cattlemen's Associa
tion. Don Ostensoe, will be the
guest speaker.
Each year the Morrow
County Livestock Growers
Association. Heppner-Morrow
Chamber of Commerce and
the Soil Conservation District
sponsor the dinner.
The banquet is held in
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These six Heppner High School juniors recently returned
from a week's stay at Salem and Monmouth as guests of the
American Legion, The students attended Roys and Girls
Suite, where they had a chance to participate in government
activities. The students are. from thr left. Gary Hunt. Barry
Jtltnikers. Ton! Toll, Michele Evans. Karl Harrison and Dyrk
Dunlup.
Ecology practices
hit by cattlemen
l More than 500 cattlemen,
including Morrow County
Livestock Growers, attended
the Both annual convention of
the Oregon Cattlemen's As
sociation last week in Port
land. Members heard keynote
speakers talk on a variety of
subjects concerning the cattle
industry. Speakers included:
John Pitts, president of the
Wheatheart Inc. (one of the
world's largest cattle feeding
operations); General Harold
pppenheimer. chairman. Op
penheimer Industries; Dr.
George Crenshwa, DVM; Walt
Roadman, beef promotion
specialist: Dave Stroud, presi
dent, the National Livestock
and Meat Board; and John
Trot man. president, Ameri
can National Cattlemen's As
sociation. The Oregon cattlemen made
several resolutions and rec
ommendations during their
annual meeting.
' The OCA recommended to
the United States Forest
Service a plan where all
resource users be informed
and involved before any
changes in Forest Service
policy are initiated or altered.
The cattlemen further rec
ommended that the L'SFS give
more consideration to the
Forest Grazing Advisory
Board and that plans for
-resource improvement be
considered The members
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conjunction with the annual
meeting of the livestock grow
ers. The meeting will begin at
10 a m. Friday at the Heppner'
Elks Lodge.
President of the Morrow
County Livestock Growers,
Merlin Hughes, will open the
day long meeting. At 10 45
am. Ron Baker of C k B
livestock Company will speak
on "Should Beef Grades be
Lowered?"
Representative Jack Sum
ner will give a legislature
report at the no-host luncheon
at the Elks Lodge beginning at
1 1 : 30 a m. The Morrow County
CowBelles will Join livestock
growers at the luncheon
meeting.
At 1 p.m. Jerry Wasserbur
ger will speak on "Investment
Opportunities with Tax Incen
tive." Wasserburger is an
account executive of DuPont
Walston.
The CowBelles will hold
their business meeting also at
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urged all government agen
cies, state and federal, invol
ved in forest management
begin immediately taking
steps to spray the infected
tussock moth timber areas.
In a strongly worded reso
lution, the OCA took a hard
stand against those environ
mental forces trying to re
strict grazing of domestic
livestock on federal land,
stating such restrictions
would lead to a waste of public
resources and possible world
wide food sh rot ages.
They urged that the I'SDA
and Department of Interior
give serious consideration to
the important role of livestock
in multiple use management
of the eco system.
The members elected Ernie
Davis of Haines as the new
president of the association.
The Oregon CowBelles held
their annual meeting jointly
with the cattlemen. The e
lected Mrs. Bill Wolff, Wal
lowa, as their new president.
Morrow County Livestock
Growers who attended the
three-day convention included
Charlie Daly. Raymond
French. Melvin Ashbeck. Ed
die Brosnan, Tom Currin and
Merlin Hughes, president of
the MCLG.
Lorraine Brosnan. Claudia
Hughes. Virginia Grieb and
Norma French were members
of the Morrow County Cow
Belles who attended the OCA
and CowBelle convention.
I p m Guest speaker will be
Oregon CowBelles' president.
Election of 1974 officers will
follow.
Dr. Dave Church, animal
nutritionist at Oregon State
University, will present a
program on "Low Quality
Roughages" at 2 p m,
The Bank of Eastern Oregon
will host a "break" following
Church's talk.
At 3 p m the state brand
inspector. Gene Kunkle, will
soeak on the "Change of
Ownership and the law."
Elections of new officers for
the livestock growers will be
held at 3:30 p m. Don Osten
soe, executive secretary of the
Oregon Cattlemen's Associa
tion, will give the OCA report.
A social hour sponsored by
the Pendleton PCA. Federal
Land Bank and Northwest
Livestock PCA will follow the
final meeting of the day. The
social hour will begin at 5:30
p m.
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Staters delighted
with their trips
Six Heppner High School
juniors appeared before the
American Legion Monday
night and thanked the organiz
ation for sending them to
State."
The girls, Toni Toll and
Michele Evans, spent a week
at Girls' State.Salem. Ore.,
and the boys, Dyrk Dunlap,
Barry Munkers. Larry Hunt
and Karl Harrison, spent a
week at Monmouth, Ore., at
Boys' State.
All reported they had a "fun
time" at their respective
cities, and learned a great
deal about the workings of
government on all levels.
All were nominated for a
mock city or county official
position; however, only two
were elected. Toni Toll was
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SATURDAY,
NOV. 24
Cdcngcs in proving
wheat production
The Agricultural and Con
sumer Protection Act of 1973
requires certain changes in
proving production for pre
liminary wheat yields, ac
cording to Dave McLeod of the
Agricultural Stabilization &
Conservation Service.
The base period has been
changed from three years to
five years. 1968 1973 for the
1974 crop, and a provision was
made for not using one of
these years of abnormally low
because of natural disaster.
AH years of based period must
be provided.
Another change is that
productions records for 1972
and later years must show
disposition of the wheat.
Producers who prove their
production for the 1975 pro
gram year but not for 1974 and
who do not furnish their 1973
production evidence in 1973
will have to furnish the
evidence for' 1973 and for 1974
in 1974. This means that 1974
production and all future
years production must be
SNAPPY SNIPPERS
WORK WITH WOOL
Mrs. Rea demonstrated dif
ferent ways to work with wool
at the Snappy Snippers 4-H
Club meeting in October at the
home of Mrs. Paul Tews.
Elected officers are Carol
McElligott. president; Mic
chellc McElligott, vice-president;
Jan Peterson, secre
tary; Natalie Tews, sergeant-at-arms;
and Kristie Edmund
son, reporter.
Presents for patients in
Pioneer Memorial Nursing
Home were discussed. Mrs.
Herbert Peterson provided re
freshments. At the Nov . 1 3 meet ing at the
home of Mrs. Tews, 4-H
posters were discussed. The
club made gifts for the
nursing home. Carol McElli
gott provided the refresh
ments. elected county clerk and Dyrk
Dunlap. county coroner.
The girls attended meetings
of the legislative bodies in
Salem and were able to sit in
on sessions in the Senate and
House. They also visited the
State Supreme Court. Both
were chosen to attend Girls'
Nation, but they declined
because of previous commit
ments. The boys at Monmouth were
divided into two groups,
Federalists and Nationalists.
They had to set up their own
city ordinances, as well as
county and state regulations.
They drafted a bill for the
proposed Heppner Dam. The
bill was defeated after fellow
students asked, "Where is
Heppner?"
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proven in the year it It
produced.
Farms with all in. all out
rotations must have three
years of production in the five
year base period.
Producers having an inter
est In more than one farm in
the county or any adjoining
county must provide produc
tion data for all his farms, if
he proves his production on
any farm.
A producer may choose not
to accept a proven yield for a
program year even though he
has furnished production evi
dence for all five base years.
For more specific details
concerning individual farms,
producers should contact their
local Agricultural Stabiliza
tion & Conservation Service
office, Heppner.
Jerry Huff is the new
general loan officer for the
First National Bank of Ore
gon, Heppner Branch.
Morrow County
24vti Annual Heeling -- tape?
Friday, Nov. 30
10:30 a.m.-Greetings, Merlin Hughes,
President, MCLGA.
10:45 a.m.-"Should Beef Grades be Lower
ed? "-Ron Baker, C & B Live
stock Co.
11:45 a.m.-No-host Lunch-CowBelles and
Cowboys, Elks Lodge.
1 :00 p.m.--" Investment Opportunities With
.Tax Incentive"-! erry Wasserbur
ger, account executive, duPont
Walston.
1:00 p.m.-CowBelles' annual meeting.
Farm-City
Guest Speaker - Don Ostensoe, executive secretary, Oregon
Cattlemen's Association.
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Presentation Of Morrow County Livestock Grower of the
Year.
Morrow County Conservation Man of the
Year.
Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Com
merce Award.
Sponsored
$100 Diamond to
VETERINARY SCIENCE
4 II CLl'B ORGANIZES
The first meeting of the new
Veterinary Science 4-H Club
was held Oct. 23.
Leaders are John Maata
and Greg Canaday.
Maata handed out veteri
nary science guides and
explained the purpose of the
club.
Elected officers are Randy
Devine, president; Lee De
vine, vice-president; Mark
Sargent, secretary-treasurer
and reporter.
Members are Lee and
Randy Devine, Skye Krebs,
Glen Griffith. Clay West and
Mark Sargent.
"Good afternoon. I'm
working my son's way
through college!"
est elk
rower
invite you to their
Meeting: Heppner Elks Lodge
Registration 10 a.m.
Program
Nov. 30, 7 p.m.,
Heppner High School Cafetorium
by
Morrow County Livestock Growers Assn.
Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Com-
merce.
Soil Conservation District
be given away
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Roger Carlson, district manager of Pontlac Motor Division,
presents Jim Farlev with a silver serving dish
com menora ting Farley's 25 years as a Pontiac dealer in
Morrow Countv.
2:00 p.m.-"Using Low Quality Rough-age"-Dr,
Church, Oregon State
Animal Nutritionist.
2:45 p.m.-Break. Courtesy, Bank of East
ern Oregon.
3:00 p.m.-"Change of Ownership and the
Law"-Gene
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inspector.
3:30 p.m.-Meeting of MCLGA, Don
Ostensoe, OCA.
5:30 p.m.-Social Hour, courtesy of Pendle
ton PCA, Federal Land Bank
and Northwest PCA.
Bangyi
Admission $2.50 per person
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