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4H Labo exchange
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THE
GAZETTE-TIME
Editorial & Viewpoint
Harvesf, harvest, harvest
Harvest. Harvest. Harvest.
Those grueling hours, end upon end, of
grain manufacture.
It becomes routine, day in and day out. In
the morning, at midday, in the afternoon and
evening. Sometimes even at night.
Labor, drudge, toil, struggle, work harder.
Then dirt, filth, dust, clogged noses, pure hell
under the sun. That produces torture, pain
even torment.
Ah . . . that cool shower. It's wet, moist even
tearful. The long, sun soaked sweat becomes
part of you but the shower cleanses your
sunburned arms. You feel drenched, drip
ping, saturated and great.
Sleep comes easy. Waking doesn't. No
excitement, no arousal, no motivation, is the
sun already shining at 3:30 a.m.? It's already
hot, you think to yourself.
Roll. over. Crawl out of the sack. Slink back
into the dirt, sweat stained clothes you wore
yesterday. Feed the dog. Drink a cup of hot,
black coffee.
Climb back into the dusty pickup. The
engine starts and the radio is still blaring.
You flinch and turn it off as the truck and you,
one body, head down the little road toward the
combine.
quick look over. It'll make it another day.
Climb up that ladder that makes you so happy
when you climb down. Turn it over.
Turn it over again. It starts ... a lunge and
you're off.
Another day, another dollar. It's true.
That precious routine. It fills your plate and
others' plates.
It becomes routine, day in and day out. In
the morning at midday, in the afternoon and
evening. Sometimes even at night.
Harvest. Harvest. Harvest.
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Communications & Comments-
Fair budget explained
EDITOR:
The publication of the County Budget and recent publicity
has lead some people to believe that the Morrow County Fair
and Rodeo is supported by taxpayer's dollars. At the request
of the Fair Board, I am writing this letter to clear up the
misconception and explain the funding of the Morrow County
Fair.
The Morrow County Fair and Rodeo does not receive any
tax money. It is however, included in the County Budget
report because all monies received by the Fair must, by law,
first be channeled through the County Treasurer.
The Fair receives its money from two sources.
Approximately 130.000 comes from the State Racing
Commission and is earned from Parimutuel Horse and Dog
races in the state. Another $20,000 the Fair and Rodeo
generates itself through gate charges to the shows and the
fair itself, and various rents during the fair and various rents
on off season use. The additional $20,000 is an amount that
has been growing over the past years little by little and is
placed in Time Certificates to draw Interest. When the
amount is large enough an additional facility can be built on
the grounds. The new grandstands and the pavilion were
funded with such monies.
While the 130,000 racing fund money is a gift to each County
Fair in Oregon there are strings attached. ORS 462290
stipulates that the monies appropriated each county shall be
"... limited to use by the beneficiaries designated therein to
dcsicmlnate knowledge concerning and to encourage the
growth and prosperity of all agriculture. Hock raising
horticultural, mining, mechanical, artistic, and industrial
pursuits." There shall be only one such show receiving such
funds per county and is to be designated by the County Court
with a governing board consisting of five taxpayers to be
appointed by the County Court to manage the fair.
130.000 of the State Racing Funds are paid direct. The other
approximate $10,000 varies in amount depending on how high
the Fair is rated by the evaluator when he reviews the books
and visits the fair annually. A fair that earns more money for
Itself receives a high rating and receives more money. Fairs
in Oregon are highly encouraged to earn money year round
and have the facilities used year round.
There are legislators who would like to see Parimuluel
Funds go elsew here. For this reason fairs now keep record
of the numbers and kinds of activities that go on the grounds
throughout the year plus a record of the number of people in
attendance at each of these events.
In summary the Morrow County Fair and Rodeo receives
over 50 per cent of its funding from State Racing Funds. The
remainder of the money needed to maintain the fair and
grounds it must earn for itself without any tax monies.
Because of the fine participation the Fair receives from the
people of Morrow County, it does not have to go begging for
lax dollars and it is the expressed wish of the Fair Board that
this never has to happen.
LIZ CURTIS. Sec. Treas.
Morrow County Fair It Rodeo Board
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Legislature subversion ?
Concern m some circles that Oregon's legislative process
was headed lor plebeian subversion has diminished and will
completely diapiear next week.
Thai concern involves what appears to be proliferation of
i'Ki-l.iti.tn by initiative petition in several states. And those
concern believe duly elec ted la makers legislate more fairly
than the people do by plebiscite,
The concern arose earlier this year when a total of 3
initiative petitions were filed with the Secretary of Slate,
proposing a Uk array of measure adlrein an equally
wideraneo( iue Mny. of course, appeared emotionally
moiuaird. appeared to lie the kind of measures that would
eoke U.illy emotional rrpme from voters and -if placed
on Hie 'loi - Mod a good chance of passage on that basis
alone.
The reason the concern diminished is that only It of lh
39 initiative petitions wrre circulated and only four
succeeded in obtaining anywhere near the number of
registered voter signatures required lo get on the General
Election ballot in November
tine, which would fpfculaie nuclear pwef plant
construction approval, received the retred 44.S21 valid
Signatures early and has been certified at flalM Measure
No 9 in the November 2 r let ( ion
Many people will never get
the chance but 15-yearold
Bobble Devine will.
Miss Devine, a sophomore
this year at Heppner High
School, will leave Monday for
Japan on a 4-H Labo exchange
program.
While 18 4-H members and
leaders from Oregon get
ready to go to Japan, more
than 100 Oregon families are
making preparations to wel
come Japanese teenagers and
adults in their homes in this
program.
Miss Devine has been bon
ing up on her world culture,
and is looking forward to the
visit across the Pacific.
She will be staying in Iwata
with the Kawasaki family, a
rather familiar name in Ame
rican motorcycles. Along with
the stay there, she and many
other 4H'ers will spend a week
at the Olympic Village in
Tokyo.
Much of her time will be
spent at the Labo Camp, a
place where Japanese kids go
to get away from it all, Bobbie
said.
The exchange is a learning
venture for both groups. It is
designed to help Japanese
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Bobbie Devine
kids learn better English and
all in all orient them and
Americans with a new way of
life.
Miss Devine called . it a
"learning experience in it
self." Right now, Bobbie is busy at
home packing and getting
ready for the big trip. While
the weather is "really hot" in
Japan now, she says she will
take "light clothes."
Bobbie, who says she has
never been out of the country
before, is the daughter of Jim
and Barbara Bloodsworth,
Heppner.
This is the second year that
Oregon 4-H members and
leaders have got to Japan
under the program. The
Oregon group will leave July
19 and return Aug. 21.
Families in Morrow County
will host part of the 96 teen
agers and eight adults arriv
ing from Japan, July 22.
Morrow County families host
ing Japanese exchanges are
Harold Baker, Boardman;
Vern Evans, Des Witt, Irri
gon; David Jones, Lexington;
John Gochnauer, Roger Pal
mer, Leslie Paustian, Robert
Abrama, Heppner; and Louis
Carlson, lone.
Chaperone for the group will
visit the Don Bennett family in
Heppner, Local coordinator
for the program is Mrs. Roger
Palmer.
For fire protection
63 Forest Servicemen
invade area forests
As the fire season approa
ched, many seasonal workers
were brought into the Heppner
Ranger District. All are now
busy aiding the established
staff. This year there are 63
employed to protect and en
hance the district's forests.
The Umatilla National For
est, headquartered in Pendle
ton, has published fact book
lets about each of the six
ranger districts under its
supervision: Dale, Heppner,
Pendleton, Pomeroy, Uklah
and Walla Walla.
Forest Supervisor H.B. Ru
dolph introduces these pam
phlets by stating, "Manage
ment of your National Forests
is guided by the policies of
Multiple Use and Sustained
Yield!"
Morrow County has 1,507.771
acres of Forest Service lands
within its boundaries. Besides
the timber yield, the recrea
tional use and the grazing use
are very important. W.S.
"Sam" Miller heads the
Heppner Ranger District.
Five permanent staff mem
bers assist the ranger: Bill
Cast is timber management
assistant; Charles Ernst, re
source assistant; Roy Skelton.
fire management assistant;
Richard Curtis, engineering
assistant and Bettie Doherty,
business management assist
ant. Each of these supervises
others all of them have en
larged responsibilities during
the summer.
Working with Bill Cast are
nine persons: Bob Walsing
ham. Warren llocharsky,
Chuck Rouse. Mattlon Hicks,
Don Kenison, Norman Clow,
Jackson Graham, Thomas
Jewell and student trainee,
Sherry Wilson, lone.
Resource Assistant Charles
Ernst's chief helpers are Art
Calbraith, range technician
and Richard Hardy, forest
technician. Ernst has the re
sponsibility for the Tupper
Youth Conservation Camp.
Roy Skelton has expanded
fire management crews and is
assisted by Dale Holland,
layout inspector; Jim Laffer
ty, supression crew foreman
and head of the helicopter
crew and John Breidenbach,
fire management technician,
who among other things
supervises lookouts, several
forestry technicians and for
estry aids.
The pamphlet lists six
persons under Engineering
Assistant Rick Curtis: Ron
Jones and Duane Van Geave,
civil engineering technicians;
Dennis Skidgell, Chris Hood
and Dale Conklin, forestry
aids and Leonard Corwln,
YOG
Bettie Doherty, business
management assistant, is as
sisted by Lynda Dunlap, Mary
McDonald and Jeanne M lin
kers. The lengthy listing of tem
porary employees includes a
helitack crew of 23 with squad
boss Thomas King and a he
licopter inspector, Kathy Wo
lfe. Other fire crew workers
are Karen Holland, clerk;
Judy Bennett, Maureen Dish
ans, lookouts; Randall Eard
ley, Robert Hakenen and
Chester Nelson, guards. Tom
Jewell is listed for timber
marking and Richard Hardy
as recreation and wildlife
technician.
Persons wishing to study a
copy of the Heppner District
"Forest Facts" booklet will
find one available at the public
library and other copies at the
Heppner District Headquar
ters near the high school.
Farmers cautioned
don't destroy damage
Disaster program eligibility
for wheat or feed grains Is
dependent on evidence of crop
damage, David McLeod, exe
cutive director of the Morrow
County Agricultural Stabili
sation and Conservation Ser
vice (ASCS) office, said.
Producers who believe they
may be eligible or may later
become eligible for disaster
payments for wheat, barley or
corn crops should notify the
local county ASCS office of
intentions to destroy acreage
before actual destruction of
any crop acreage.
McLeod noted, "If a pro
ducer believes that the disast
er has caused a substantial
loss to his program crops and
he chooses not to carry a
portion of these crops through
harvest, he should notify the
county office. He should not
destroy the residue nor gra
le, green-chop, cut for silage,
nor hay the feed crop real
due until he has notified his
local county office."
An ASCS farm visit will be
made to determine crop loss.
The disaster program for
wheat and feed grains la
authorized by the Agricultural
and Consumer Protection Act
of 1973. Coverage under pro
visions of the Act extends only
to planted acreage up to the
historical allotment on each
farm.
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