page 2, THE GAZETTE-TIMES, Heppner, OR, Thursday, Jan. 15, 1978
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Editoroi
The following editorial was written by Success
ful Farming Washington Correspondent, Fred
Bailey. If you agree it tells a side of the story
that urgently needs to be told particularly to
nonfarmers clip this page and mail it with a
note to your Congressman or Senator.
It's nice to be assured, as we frequently are,
that the people of influence in Washington these
days are "friendly" to free markets. But recent
events can't help but remind us of the old quip:
With friends like these, who needs enemies?
It's one thing that all manner of special in
terests and assorted bureaucrats are suddenly
having a say-so about food exports. Given the
importance of both food and exports, it may be
inevitable. What troubles us is that their state
ments and their actions are roughly 180 degrees
misguided. Interference with normal commercial
sales of farm commodities for political reasons is
as injurious to consumers as it is to farmers.
Economic ignorance. The importance of export
markets to farmers is obvious. What is appar
ently less obvious, judging from what we've been
seeing and hearing lately, is their importance to
everyone else as well. In this regard, it's high
time someone told our leaders that their eco
nomic ignorance is showing.
A case in point is the allegation that farm
exports cause inflation. The notion that farm
exports cause inflation and therefore ought to
be restricted for the good of the country is pure
nonsense.
, Narrow vision. It's nonsense because it focuses
solely on those few commodities whose prices
tend to react to exports and totally ignores the
much more significant onfi-inflationary contri
bution of farm exports. That contribution has
to do with this country's balance of trade which
would have been $20.3 billion in the red last
year had it not been for farm exports. Instead,
the balance was $1.7 billion into the black.
Farmers propping up labor unions. Simply
put, the farm sector of our economy is presently
the only thing keeping the less efficient and less
competitive nonfarm sector from tumbling over
the brink of international bankruptcy. Mr.
Meany may not like to be told that his mem
bers are being "carried" by farmers, but the
facts and figures on this score are pretty clear.
What, exactly, does the balance of trade have
to do with inflation? Answer: A whole lot, start
ing with its effect on the purchasing power of
the U.S. dollar. Since 1971, all major world cur
renciesincluding the dollar have been on a
"floating" basis. Their value in relation to one
another changes day by day and hour by hour.
A huge trade deficit is a sure way to send the
value of the dollar down the cellar drain.
If and when this is allowed to happen, consum
ers will discover what inflation is really about.
For starters, there will be sharp hikes in the dol
lar cost of everything we buy from abroad
from petroleum to plutonium and from copper
to coffee. Most of the $100-plus billion worth of
products we import each year are items we can't
produce in sufficiency for ourselves. Moreover,
as the OPEC oil price rise has clearly shown,
higher cost imports aggravate inflation by great
er multiples and in more ways than politicians
seem to comprehend.
In addition to being anti-inflationary, farm
exports are anti-recessionary another fact Mr.
Meany and his cohorts might reflect on as they
read the latest unemployment statistics. By gov
ernment estimates, nearly one million U.S. jobs
(half of them off the farm) are tied to farm ex
ports. These exports generated roughly $47 bil
lion of additional income for American workers
last year.
Bureaucratic malpractice. Performing surgery
on exports thus represents the worst possible
form of bureaucratic malpractice. As demon
strated by the soybean embargo fiasco of two
years ago, the resulting disability can all too
easily become permanent. Deprived of U.S. soy
beans and unwilling to believe Washington's
assurances that it wouldn't happen again, cus
tomers like Japan and Germany poured mil
lions of yen and marks into Brazil to provide a
more reliable source of supply. This year Brazil
will sell one-fourth of the world's soybean ex
ports and plans to double production by 1980.
This was a market the U.S. could once call vir
tually private property.
All of the criticism of farm exports might in
deed have some scant justification if Americans
were not the world's best and most affordably
fed people. But they are . . . and this continual
meddling with farm exports is unwarranted.
tSDA INVITES COMMENTS ON PROPOSED CHANGES
IN CHILD NUTRITION REGULATIONS
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) invited
comments from the public on proposed changes in the
regulations governing Federal, State, and local revenues
used in the National School Lunch Program.
The proposed changes would give State educational
agencies and local school districts clear authority to use
Slate and local monies to support each or all of the three
categories of lunches served under the program. These
categories are: paid0 lunches, where the child pays the full
price charged by the school; "reduced price" lunches, where
the- child pays 20 cents or less per lunch ; and "free" lunches.
Under the proposed changes, States and local school districts
would have clear authority to target State or local monies to
support "paid" or "reduced price" lunches, thereby keeping
their price as low as possible.
In addition, regulatory language on USDA's cash
assistance for all school lunches would be changed to allow
States to vary per -lunch reimbursement rates among school
districts in order to maintain the lowest possible lunch prices
lo children. By varying these rates, States would have the
flexibility to assist those districts in greatest need for such ;
funds. '
The proposed amendment to the regulations appears in the
Federal Register of Monday. Dec. 29. '
Comments are invited and should be delivered to William
G. Bolmg. Manager, Child Nutrition Programs. Food and ,
Nutrition Servire. US. Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D C. 2o2jO, or submitted by mail postmarked no
later than Jan. 28, 1976.
All comments received will be open to public inspection.
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EDITOR:
I am doing a genealogical research about members of my
family, thus prompting the following questions.
My grandfather Robert Forbes Hynd, died May 26, 1921.
Although he was living in Portland at the time of his death, I
understand he was a pioneer sheep and grain rancher in the
Heppner area.
Do you have any files back to the 1920s? I would be most
grateful for a copy of any article that may have been printed
about him at the time of his death.
He also had a first wife and two children killed in the
Heppner flood of 1900 or thereabouts. Do you have records or
files from that period? I have heard stories about the flood
but would appreciate printed information If you have any or
know where I may obtain some.
Perhaps a Heppner Historical Society or museum might be
a better contact for these requests, but I do not know if they
exist.
I would like to pay for copies of anything appropriate from
your files. Will you let me know what is available and what
the cost will be.
MRS. DONALD CULBERTSON
18183 60th PI. NE
Seattle, WA 98155
Gleanings
All is not Gloom to Doom
THE OSU Ag Economist,
Steven Marks predicts better
times for cattlemen and says
that potato production and
marketings from Hermiston
Boardman area will be most
successful.
Cackle Berrys . . . Eggs to
the unitiated.are less plentiful
by about one million eggs. On
the bright side, more eggs
were hatched for layers and
broiler types in November.
You probably won't have to go
eggless at breakfast. ,
Talk about ups and downs . .
have you looked at the price of
bacon lately? Maybe this is
the reason. On Dec. 1, 1975
there were 5.000 fewer hogs
and pigs in the State than one
year ago. There were 3,000
more breeding hogs but mar
ket hogs and pigs declined
8,000 head. The 1975 pig crop
gained slightly over 1974, with
more sows farrowing, but
fewer pigs per litter. Got that?
Maybe could be called "hog
wash." t How would you like to see
"The next 200 years." All you
have to do is go to OMSI
between Jan. 7 and Feb 29
and they will give you a trip
:hrough the next 200 years.
R.A.Maxwell
Losing $270 million per
month. It doesn't take a genius
to see where some of it goes.
We used to get the correction
for wrong addresses in a small
envelope, cost about 1.1 cents
each. Now we get a computer
print out about 10" by 22" in
an envelope about 114" by
10' " with a special window,
cost about 7 cents each.
Maybe I went to the wrong
school, but I don't see any
thing but more money spent
for nothing. It's always the
same when someone else will
underwrite your loses.
There's new boaters guide
out. It shows launching ra
mps, marinas and other
facilities throughout Oregon;
It's a new one so if you are a
boater you better get it.
Available through the Depart
ment of Fish and Wildlife and
other places throughout the
state.
A smile for this week . . .
Little girl: "Daddy, why
does an editor refer to himself
as we'?"
Dad: "So that the fellow
who doesn't like what he's
printed will think there are too
many for him to beat up."
. -Chemistry in Action
Los Angeles, CA.
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Learning Disabilities
(3rd In Series)
James Angermeyr, MA
For the normal child, school becomes an experience that
he looks forward to with anticipation and excitement. Given
average ability, an adequate learning situation, and a
supportive home environment, the child will absorb
knowledge with an eagerness that will last the rest of his life.
For the perceptually handicapped or learning disabled child,
that same experience becomes a nightmare of failure;
failure which also may, in all likelihood, stay with him the
rest of his life.
This pattern begins almost immediately. In kindergarten
and first grade, the child is exposed to his first real social
system with all its potential chaos and its long list of rules.
Most children quickly learn to filter out the unimportant
things in the classroom and to pay attention to the important
ones. In other words, a normal child can more or less ignore
what's going on outside, and pay attention to the teacher. Not
so with the learning disabled child. Because his perceptual
system is faulty, all stimulus seems equally strong and he is
unable to "shut out" the unimportant things. As a result, he is
seen by his teacher as having a short attention span and an
inability to follow directions. A good example of this is a
young boy I was testing for learning problems who was asked
to distinguish between the two words I had spoken for him.
Instead of hearing my question, the youngster kept getting
distracted by trucks driving by on the highway outside the
office. It is not difficult to imagine the problems this boy was
having in the classroom. Short attention span and poor
discrimination are two common symptoms or features of
learning disabilities.
Another feature is hyperactivity. Simply put. this means
excessive and disruptive behavior, including the constant
touching of people and objects In the room; the inability to
stay in one place for any length of time; or the inab'Uty to
attend to a single task for any period of time. Many
youngsters are overly active to various degrees, and this fact
has led to an extreme overuse of the term hyper-active. In
reality, its use should be confined to the learning disabled
child alone, for the hyperactivity of a non-learning disabled
child can usually be modified over time without loss to the
child. Not so with the handicapped child. His hyperactivity is
his attempt to understand his environment. Where most,
children take In information and gain knowledge through the
distant percepts, (eyes, ears, nose), the learning disabled
youth can't trust those senses and needs to use his sense of
touch. By the same token, he constantly needs to interrupt his
tasks to "check out" what is going on around him. since the
sense of continuity which normal students take for granted is
not available to him. Over time, the attempts to quiet his
"hyperactivity" will force him to give up even this form of
learning; a fact which may please his teacher, but which
forecloses his gaining much knowledge.
There are, of course, other more obvious signs of the
learning disabled child. He will undoubtedly be a very poor
reader, slow in math, and have insufficient spelling skills. If
he does learn to read, his comprehension will be poor.
In next week's article, we will examine some of the
techniques that are being used to help the learning disabled
child achieve in school settings.
(Continued from Page 1 )
Chamber
not needed because of the
warm climate, as Trinidad is
located near the equator.
(Both Trinidad and Tobago
are located off the coast of
Venezuela).
While In the area Bonkowskl
spent a week at a 4 II camp.
He noted that all the girls at
camp wore the same type of
dress, their school uniforms.
The students displayed their
projects at camp and ex
changed their ideas.
Bonkowskl also visited Pil
ch Lake. At Pitch Lake, hoi
tar bubbles from the soil and
is used to pave many of the
roads. Some of the tar Is also
exported to other countries.
There are no tractors on the
Island and the farmers use
cither donkeys, mules or
water buffalo for their farm
ing. The water buffalos In the
area do not perspire and must
be allowed to cool themselves
about every 20 minutes. When
they become heated they
wander into the nearest water
hole either with or without the
rider.
As a comparison of the area
of Trinidad and Tobago to the
Stale of Oregon, Bonkowskl
said 10 Islands the size of
Trinidad and Tobago could be
placed within the state of
Oregon.
Bonkowskl expressed his
appreciation to the Oregon
Bankers Association, the Bur
eau of Educational and Cul
tural Affairs of the U.S. State
Department and other friends
of 4 H for making his visit
possible.
i
In other business to come
before the Chamber, mem
bers were asked to pay their
dues as soon as possible.
Current dues are 1105 for a full
membership, f3S for an asso
ciate membership and IIS for
a special membership.
DEAR MISTER EDITOR:
About the time you git convinced that science is moving to
fast fer the good of the human race along comes word that
we've got a far piece to go in plain everday horse sense. 1 see
where they developed a egg without a yellow in It just one
breakfast afore they found out that nobody will eat a egg like
Mister Editor it goes on all the time. I been seeing by the
Daoers where all the educators are worried about scores on
JllfSSSSSt Aptitude Test going down. They say th.s ha.
been the trend fer 10 years now. and somepun ought to be
done. The somepun some of em want is a est that don t
depend so much on what the younguns can write down. They
saystudents git so much of their learning today from seeing
and hearing til the tests ought to be updated to take that in
account. , , , , .......
I say that's lowering the river instead of raising the bridge.
It seems to me if a student can't deal with the written word he
can't handle a written test, and rather than change the rules
we ought to show the student how to play the game. That s
what testing is fer. to give them a chanct to show what they
know If they don't know. I can't see much shortcut fer the
problem. It's true that a boy can learn from television which
underarm spray stops wetness best, but if he can't read
directions on his bottle of medicine and if he can't work up a
note that will git his paper stopped during vacation, he s In
trouble and there's no way around it.
The fellers at the country store took up this matter of us
outsmarting outselfs Saturday night, and they was general
agreed we can go to far in trying to make up fer the hard fact
that some people are dumber than others. It was Ed Doolittle
that give the example of what's going on with elections in this
country. . . , i
Fer a long while, Ed said, we got along making people
know how to read afore they could vote. Now Ed has saw
where we got problems with the ballots on account If the
voter can't read he don't know the name of who's running. Ed
saw by the papers where some states are using cartoons on
the ballots, and he was wondering how that worked. If you're
voting on bonds to improve your sewage plant, fer Instant,
how do you git the question on the ballot without words. Ed
wanted to know. And if you draw the faces of people running
fer office, you got to be careful to git a Impartial artist.
Speaking of horse sense, Bug Hookum said the city fathers
in Charleston final did the right thing. First they said horses
on city streets had to wear dipers. then they changed their
mind and said horse and buggy drivers had to have radios to
call fer a cleanup when nature took its course, and last Bug
heard they had decided the arrangement that had worked fer
250 years could work a few more.
Mister Editor, if you can housebreak a dog why can't you
streetbreak a horse, or is that plan to scientific?
Yours truly,
MAYOR ROY.
Does music
influence our lives?
By G.E. Nikander
Pastor of the Lexington Church of Christ
The right kind of music does increase our spiritual growth,
but there is music used by Satan to brainwash our young
people as well as adults. Constant exposure lo this music
undermines our young people, ,
A drummer for a smash rock and roll group, the Moby
Grape gave the following testimony :"In 1968 they sold
850.000 copies of their album Moby Grape." They made five
more albums which are still best sellers. In May of 1974. Don
and Melissa Stevenson met Jesus. They left the rock and roll
scene and today they are following Jesus with all their
hearts.
This young couple has said, "Most of our friends in the rock
and roll scene are either dead or they are Christians.
When asked why he was rauaht in a life like that he
answered. "I was caught in a compulsion and there was no
way out. Then I began to take drugs in an attempt to play the
drums faster."
"I was also deceived into thinking that some drugs such as
speed, made me play better. Nearly everyone In rock does
that however, they do it by degrees, taking anything from
marijuana to heroin."
Today the rock scene is worse than it was five years ago. It
is a straight Satanic show business. When seen on television
it is used to pervert the minds of its audiences, glorifying the
synthetic joy of the lost life.
Don was asked, "What should parents do toward helping
their children from attitudes about rock and roll?"
Don replied, "Parents should do as the Bible says, train up
a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not
depart from it." Proverbs 22 6.
The right music, especially spiritual records and tapes will
minister life. It will present God's word; be clear in thought
and inspiration; be played and sung to the Glory of God.
What our young people see and hear will greatly influence
their lives and it Is the responsibility of their parents now, as
tomorrow may be too late.
. IpiRTllSE m
Mike Sweeney was appoint
ed to replace Virginia Grieb
on the Planning Commission
Board. Virginia Grieb will
replace Dr. Norene, who
resigned, on the Fair Board.
Jim Wishart was appointed
the Forest Classification Co
mittee Board.
Over f 1,700 was refunded to
trailer owners by the Morrow
County Court. This money
paid to the tax office by trailer
owners was an overpayment.
All trailer owners have to pay
their taxes one year in
advance before they can set
up residency In the trailer.
A request to the Morrow
County Court for a road
closure on Knighten ltd., Irrl
gon by Del Smith, represent
ing Western Empire Corpor
ation was refuhed. Judge Paul
Jones said the court 'i refusal
reason was the land bordering
the road is toned for one acre
lots.
Doc Sherer, Morrow County
Roadinaster, reported the Ho-,
ad Dept. is ready for winter
wealher. He Mid, "All snow
plows and emergency equip
ment are ready to go."
The Heppner Gaiette Times ,
was again appointed Morrow ,
County's official paper tor this
year.
From the Morrow County
Juvenile Director office is an ,
announcement that there will
be a Juvenile Advisory Coun-
cil meeting Thursday, Jan. 22.,
7:30 p m. at the court house.,
Ms. Carol Biddle of the Oregon ..
State Employment Service,,
Pendleton, will present a,
program on the Job Corps.
A safety precaution class t
will be held at A C. Houghton ',
Grade School, Irrigon, Wed-,
ncsday, Jan. 21. Deputy Mor-i
ris and Carolyn Davis will,
cover precautions of bus,
safety and the policeman's;
purpose and hopefully a tourj
of the policeman's vehicle. ?
Some Interesting statistics''
from the court house reveal1
that during 1974 there were
only 9 births In Morrow
County as compared to 36 in
1975.
By the same token there
were 33 deaths In 1974 and 27 In
1975. ')
There were 24 marriage
licenses issued In 1974 and 41
In 1775.
Dissolution of marriages'
and annulments were clone
during the two years with II In
1974 and 15 In 1975. "