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THE GAZETTE-TIMES. Heppner. OR. Thursday. -c. . IS7S. Page 3 key to Pride, promotion 4 I ' - it. , ., fc.J.., ml N L,, -J. I ",!! , . . . '-"- Eeara A growing community, like a growing adolescent, needs increasing amounts of nour ishment. In keeping with that well knowa fact, Boardman is beginning to cry out for more food. City Manager Jim Thompson hopes to see aid Cattleman .(Continued from Page D sale. That bunch will wind up the two year old bulls. Calves that are a year old now, will be for sale in the spring. The culling will produce a better strain of cattle, Grieb believes, as he replaces the breed heifers and a small bunch of cows with the top third of his heifer population. Grieb, who has a brolher-in law who was honored for the same thing in Walla Walla County, said he's not real worried about weaning weights. He plowed 30 acres up and will come bark with a new mixture of grass this year. But, he can't complain about that 98 per cent weaning this year. Grieb has bull calves at S50 pounds and 500 pound heifer calves He expects that to increase with the Tall Tim calves, but says "weights don't interest him much." It s what you feed," Grieb said "A 700 pound heifer, you know, has been getting a lot of grain." As the three fold. grainatlle operation is a full time job. Grieb has handed over much of the toils to his children and wife In fact, the three Heppner High School students own more than a third of the entire herd. Ken. a Junior at HIIS. is the President of the FFA chapter and recently relumed from the national FFA convention in Kansas City. Ken has been showing cattle since he was nine years old. The secretary treasurer of the Oregon Junior Angus Association has I o loves, according to his father. And Grieb said, he domn'l know which one he likes better, "the basketball floor or Angus cattle " Ken showed the champion steer at the Morrow County Fair this year. It was one of the It home raised animals Ken owns. Julie is a sophomore at WIS and has also showed cattle since she was nine In 172. she showed the champion heifer at the first Junior Angus Show at the Pacific International. She hasnl let up since She was the all-around champion showman at this year's Morrow County Fair and along ilh Ken. showed animals at the stale fair In Salem this year. Treasurer of the FFA chapter this year. Julie owns len head of Angus cattle She d have more, her father says, but her production keeps on being dull calves and her herd won't "Inrreane as fast as Ken or Geri " Ort. the younueM of the threesome, is a freshman at MILS this year She showed the chT'" href at the 4 If show at the county fair this year She also won the filling and showing at the Pacific International this year. Cert has a 11 head hen! The kith own most ol the cattle," Grteb said, adding that "they're interested " Grieb admits that his hleresl has had to dwindle a lillle In the Angus to keep up wdh his field operations "Kenny can walk out there and tell you which calves are which and who it belimgs to." iJrleb said. The Griche operation ts a little more money consuming than many in the area. They must ulilue stubble pasture as much as they ran. because mountain pasture Just isn't available In the rolling hills of the north Lexington area Al. Grte' Angus la registered cattle business, which a.kte time lot wenhina". la'" and the InevilabW paper , most of which falls Into the hamk of Mrs tirwb In the registered operslHui. Cf ieb must know hen a calf is bnrn ami other vtul statist s He cent M the animals have It full run of the farm N like a commercial business, the cattle must remain In small groups so that bull can be pot with the cw In rertain area Th rsiile run wt M arrea of Irrigated pasture and Ma k Hr k Tall Tim has the run of that acreage The Grirbs r alved ( cws last year and weened taNes. and hr In maintain thai prwnl 'hi )esr This is or Pral" that ' rnrn,l'r family . . K. I WheMUff fifieb l thai M .il lrify c fwlay h l aN la keep hi mind off 11 fi tNl H r"s his lmlty. tw It II go rrt l dViens nf tries thai elrea.fy are esi'C-wirg INr Mc In Ihe t.ft Angirt hirnnm , i , ' i .-. -.ji.piji-tiii I. t ml iih-t-t ' ' Witt- nti it m ii i'i t - M. t .jAgfc-rffcjBu"--""- mmmei' - - Raymond French inn sum cites buesiiraess'inieeds come in the form of a 10,000 square foot grocery tore. "Anyone interested," said Thompson, "please come for ward. We (the city council and planners) will, be more than willing to listen to all offers." Thompson said bringing in a food store as well as other commercial businesses will be the deciding factor in the future growth and develop ment of Boardman. "By 1880 we will probably tee a 3,400 ro 4.000 population here," fore casts the city official. "And by 1995. the population may reach 10,000 provided there ia a sound commercial district." Presently the city's popula tion is listed at 800 by the sUte. This figure is baaed on its building permit total. However, Thompson sees that figure slightly higher. "Using our swrvice and building appli cation random count, I would say the population ia well over 1.000. During the peak of potato harvest, I'm sure it must be closer to 1.100." Optimistically, the city ad ministrator looks to the near Spuds US No. 10 lbs. Large Oranges 6,bs. . Golden Del. ADPleS Rome s i Tangerines Beef Chuck Roasis 85 V Cornish Game Hens (v, ib. Hills Jumbo Bologna Cool Whip , Flav-RPac Orange Juice 12 oi. Court Sireet Market 676-9643 French It will mean more than Just a matter of pride Friday afternoon when Raymond French steps to the podium to speak to a joint group of Cowbelles and the Morrow County Livestock Association. French is past second vice president of the Oregon Cat tlemen's Association and wholeheartedly wants to "Keep Beef King." Although he was replaced in November by Les Marks, Hermiston, after serving a two year term as second VP, French is still part of a committee that is trying to generate more than simple interest in the beef industry. French, for the last two years, has represented a five county area as second vice future for the period of the most rapid expansion. That is because we now have the ability of handling people. Our new water system will be ready to go in the spring ani the new sewage system ia the fall We have three subdivi sions, Columbia Pacific Re sources, Boardman Develop ers and the Hansen Develop ers, with a commercial dist rict available and an ambu lance service (see story pg. 1) coming in any time." Providing the outside Inter ests come to the inside, the city has a few projects of its own in mind. The planning commission is looking for a 10 acre park site on the south J side of the freeway near the Hill view apartment develop- ment 65 $1.00 z c 7 nn Red Del. ' -ww IUJ, 4 $1.00 lbs. $1.19 ea 79,:. ot. 65 2 iot8V HofJpnor ret president. His district, known as the Mid-Columbia District, takes in Morrow. Umatilla, Sherman, Gilliam and Wasco Counties. As VP, his duties were to be somewhat of a liaison between the county and state as sociations. A kind of "grass roots" theme, French was a coordinator between the coun ty problems and the state offices of the cattlemen's association. He was also ti e state's na tional membership chairman. French was and still is involved in a beef research and information act, passed by President Ford in May. He'll be speaking on that referendum tomorrow at 3 "It will be largely a wildlife area," said Thompson. In another section, south of Wilson Street, a park compar able to the already establish ed park located on Park Street, is being included in the plans. "We looked at neighbor hood parks in-depth but they would be impossible for us to maintain cost-wise," Thomp son said. With more people come increased needs. "Police protection, when it does come," said Thompson, "will Uke a big bite out of city taxes." This will mean a tax increase. But the flexible nature of the community reassures Thompson that "the projected growth will not make the increased tax base hard to swallow." We're here at last, and we're excited about it. So we're Kivinu away a Mediterranean style stereo console as a ikr pme, and these premiums for deposits: with a deposit of S5.(UK) plus $5.00 this complete Shelton h. kit. with a S50IUK) deposit this quality coffee server, and with a deposit of $100.00 this Luftin tape. Open a new account, or add to an existing account to Ket these fine gifts from First Federal Savings. 1 J .-m Come on down to First Federal and meet John an Wtrkte a"d lH Zimmerman. TrVrr ready to serve ou from l to on Tuevlaw and Thursdays at the uner .4 Center and Ma.n in I lTV"-'. ,rv,m J0 4 n Mothlm. VrdrHd,iv. and Friday at S. Mam Street m IVsirdman. FSljg vTJT- eren p.m. at the Morrow County Livestock Association annual meeting. The act was initiated by cattle producers, not the gov ernment, and is designed to enable cattle producers to pay a fair share for research, education and promotion of their industry. The act is a self-help program that will enable beef producers to vote in a refer endum on an "everyone-pays-a-fair-share" system to fi nance its own research, con sumer education, producer information, promotion and market development pro grams. As the committeeman for the five county area, French Presently, major areas ol development include "115 or so acre south of town (Columbia Pacific Resources) and 10 acres east of the Riverview Motel on the north side of the freeway (Hansen development)." said Thomp son. Overall, the largest influx of people seems to be coming from the Richland. Wash, area. Thompson said this was because the area offered the same type of economy, power and agriculture. Whatever the rate of growth, the city manager doesn't see any sign of cosmo politan influence moving in. "It will be a rural direction. I don't think any city in Eastern Oregon will Uke on any of the cosmopolitan nature of Portland- C5 mt First Federal Savings has opened full service facility in Hen"! Now you can have the convenience of a kxal offae with a complete range of loan and savings programs. 7 d um talk will be giving a slide show and talk on the referendum in all the areas. The cattle industry has in the past few years heen faced with its fair share of problems and dilemmas. Boycotts, price controls, environmental con cerns, suspicion of colon can cer, heart disease, meat sub stitutes, even "eat less beef" campaigns have slowed the industry's progress. The beef industry, accord ing to French, needs this program to increase market development and market pro tection through research, edu cation and promotion. But like everything else, it takes money. So far, more than 80 state and national beef and dairy organizations have endorsed the plan. Five such organizations have incorporated themselves with a single lobbyist in the legislature. The Oregon Cat tlemen's Association is joined by the Wheat League, Dairy Association, Sheep Growers and Livestock Association. And that brings the cause even closer to home. The president of the Oregon Sheep Growers is a Morrow County man, Henry Krebs, and so is the Wheat League's president, Tad Miller. Beef is at the bottom of the promotion list when listed with other agricultural com modities. For example, the Florida Citrus Growers spend 2.3 per cent of their market value for promotion while the entire country's beef promo tion comes from about .015 per cent of their market value. The plan is outlined well and French will speak on it Fri day. Every producer pays his fair share in the plan. The program must be legislated and approved by two-thirds of the producers voting in a VKJ.IJ First Federal Savings e Heppner Branch Comer ol Cent9r & Main. Heppner PndUton, Milfon-Ff0wafr, Hermiston & Boardman referendum. The rate of col lection is just .3 per cent of a producer's sales value. Briefly, here's how the plan will work: At each point of sale, a producer deducts collection based on value of transaction and retains it until animals are sold. Only the packer sends any money to the beef board. Each time cattle are sold, the seller contributes .3 per cent of the value he adds to the animal. Example: A cow-calf producer sells a calf to a stocker operator for $100. The purchaser deducts .3 per cent (30 cents) when he writes the check. The producer receives $99.70. Later, assume the stocker operator sells the yearling to a feeder for $200. Then .3 per cent (60 cents) is deducted by the feeder so the stocker operator receives $199.40. Since the stocker operator collected 30 cents from the producer, he is only contrib uting 30 cents on the $100 of value he added. Later, if the feeder sells the steer to a packer for $400, the packer deducts .3 per cent ($1.20) and sends it to the beef board. Each man has paid his fair share, based on the value each added. If any owner does not wish to participate, he can get a refund of the amount he con tributed upon request. A beef board, comprised of 68 members from across the nation, will collect funds and contract with other organiza- tions to conduct desired pro- ' motion, information and re-. search programs. French is urging all cattle owners of at least a year to register and then vote yes on , the referendum. A cattle owner can register at the ASCS office. French will speak at 3 p.m. at the Elks' Lodge Friday.
