FOUR The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Ore., Thursday. Feb. 10, 1977
Area farmers
asked to
aid
in survey
More than 20 farmers and
ranchers in Morrow and
neighboring Gilliam and Uma
tilla counties will be asked to
take part in an important
farm expenditure survey this
month, R.M. Pallesen, statis
tician in charge of the Oregon
Crop and Livestock Reporting
Service, said.
The survey will cover total
production expenditures be
tween Feb. 11 and Mar. 4 of
this year. Along with ques
tions concerning outlays for
equipment, services and other
production needs, some farm
ers also will be asked about
their marketing patterns for
wheat and grain crops as an
aid to accurately estimate
farm income.
" Other producers will be
questioned about pesticide
usage on crops and livestock.
"While participation in the
Extension
service
4-H STYLE SHOW A VALENTINE'S DAY FEATURE
"It's all Sewn Up! "....Spring fashions for the young and the
young at heart will be featured in the free style show which
will be presented Monday evening, Feb. 14, 7:30 p.m. at
Riverside High School. Models for the event, which will
include all the new looks and fabrics on the fashion scene this
spring as Simplicity Pattern Company sees them, will be 4-H
members from north end clubs. Following the style show, a
tea will be served by the Irrigon 4-H members.
Everyone is invited.. ..plan to attend and get a preview of
spring '77!
Extension Specialist to Share Thoughts on Homemaker's
Role
"Not Just a Housewife" will be the thought behind the
special message by Marcelle Straatman, OSU Extension
Human Development Specialist, as she presents a program
specially requested by young homemakers of this area.
Everyone is invited to attend the special program,
Thursday, Feb. 10, 2:00 p.m., Heppner Methodist Church
basement.
Ms. Straatman will examine the role of women today, the
many challenges and opportunities available to women, and
present the positive side of being a homemaker who remains
at home with family as first priority, when so many other
homemakers have chosen employment outside the home.
This is a program in keeping with Valentine's Day,
according to Birdine Tullis, Morrow Extension Service, it
will help all women feel good about being themselves!
IFYE Coining
Valerie Madison, Echo, International 4-H Youth Ex
changee who spent last summer in Switzerland will share her
experiences with Morrow County audiences next week when
she visits schools and clubs to report.
Ms. Madison is scheduled to visit lone Elementary and
High Schools, Heppner Elementary, and A.C. Houghton
Elementary School in Irrigon. She will also be guest speaker
at the Soroptimist Club meeting on Feb. 17th. Anyone
interested in hearing of her exciting experiences as an IFYE
is welcome to attend her presentations at the schools.
Correspondence Course "Your Food"
There is much concern worldwide for food! Will there be
enough to feed the hungry planet? Who will control food?
What about the consumer, and the farmer's fair share?
To help you understand the current and possible future
food supply situation in the world, OSU Extension offers a
five lesson correspondence course. Anyone may register by
sending name, address, and one dollar to cover expenses, to
Morrow County Extension Service, Box 397, Heppner, or
Umatilla County Extension Office, Box 1107, Pendleton.
Final date to register for "Your Food" is Feb. 18.
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survey is voluntary, coopera
tion is vital to the development
of reliable indications. All
information collected will be
combined to produce National
summaries," Pallesen contin
ued. Farm production expendi
ture information is a major
ingredient in determining net
farm income and is used as a
guide in computing the parity
index and other factors which
measure the position of farm
ers in relation to the rest of the
Nation's economy.
In 1975, farmers in the
United States paid out nearly
$82 billion to produce crops,
livestock and poultry. Produc
tion expenditures averaged
more than $29,000 per farm on
a nation-wide basis.
State-wide, the survey will
sample a total of 289 Oregon
farmers and ranchers.
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On civil liberties
POW
The most publicized prisoner-of-war
from Heppner is
Mike "Butch" Benge. He is
now working in the Philip
pines with the AID agricul
tural development program. A
dispatch from Manila appear
ed in the Feb. 3 Oregon
Journal in which Mike re
vealed his feelings about am
nesty and other issues. This
may not have been seen by
many of our readers.
Mike's mother, Mrs. Terrel
Benge, just told us that Mike
had expected to be home last
October, but that leave was
cancelled. "Now he expects to
come home this April," Mary
Round
Butter Creek farmers, and
possibly those in the Ordnance
area, will get another crack at
a proposed critical ground
water order this spring, ac
cording to James Sexson,
director, state Water Re
sources Department.
The first order, which would
have affected 270-square
miles in Umatilla and Morrow
counties, was reversed by the
Oregon Court of Appeals Jan.
24.
The court declared that
property owners weren't noti
fied of a hearing by registered
or certified mail. They were
notified by regular mail.
Sexson said last week his
department will send out the
proper notification, rehear the
testimony and make another
decision. Asked if there was
anything new that could
change the outcome of the
hearing, Sexson mentioned an
additional year's records on
water usage in the Butter,,
Creek area and the possibility ;
of hearing testimony from
persons who didn't make it to
the first hearing in February
1976.
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Benae
said.
Before he comes home,
Mike will celebrate the fourth
anniversary of his release
from the Hanoi prison where
he was held from January 1969
until March 1973. He last
visited here with his parents
and other family members
that year.
Victor Laniauskas, who
wrote the Manila story, quotes
Mike, "From my own ex
perience living in a Commun
ist regime, I came to realize
that we owe a lot to America,"
he said while suggesting the
U.S. should refrain from self
righteous nroaching to de
2 for formers
He' anticipated that a new
hearing would be rescheduled
this spring. The last hearing
was held at the Umatilla
County Fairgrounds.
Because of the court's de
cision, the Water Resources
NW wheat prices
increase 20 cents
Premiums for white wheat
in the Pacific Northwest were
sharply higher at 20 cents per
bushel over Chicago March
options for February ship
ment, the USDA's Agricul
tural Marketing Service re
ports. March shipment indi
cated 20 cents to 1 cent lower
per bushel.
Exporters are actively pres
sing to cover nearby sales and
continuing to show lack of
" interest for any lengthy period
ahead. Some traders were
working at a flat price of $2.95
per bushel to arrive, coast.
According to traders, country
selling in January was the
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speaks out
veloping countries.
"I think our stance on civil
liberties stinks. We are very
hypocritical when it comes to
civil or human rights. My own
answer is that democracy and
development are not compat
ible. "When the U.S. was de
veloping, there really was no
democracy. Look what hap
pened in Selma. How long ago
was that?"
Mike said he campaigned
for conditional amnesty and
approves President Carter's
recent pardon of Vietnam
draft evaders. He feels there
should be some conditions set
Department is leaving open
the possibility of including the
two critical ground water
areas in the Ordnance area in
the Butter Creek rehearing.
There was no appeal filed by
water users in this area.
poorest they can remember.
Selling improved when lev
els reach $2.95 and seem to be
the Plateau that some wheat
would trade at. The pipe lines
are thin and most terminal
positions are short. The Japa
nese Food Agency bought
during the reporting period
32,142 metric tons for April
shipment. There are 8 ships
along the Columbia River
presently loading, with desti
nations Japan, Korea and
Iran. '
Weather conditions across
the Pacific Northwest growing
areas are mild and lack mois
ture. Heinz
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carne
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for some pardons, especially!
for some of the more vocifer-
ous "peaceniks," among
whom he mentioned Jane
Fonda.
Using the Philippines, a
former U.S. colony, as an?
example, Mike questioned the.
wisdom of large American,
loans through various inter
national and U.S. agencies -without
studying carefully the ,
projects being financed. .
"We are so eager to loan,
money that many times sur-.
veys or feasibility studies are
ignored or not even con-,
ducted," he said.
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more absorbent-
yet with all the
ease-of-care
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School board
positions open
Petitions for election to the
Morrow County School Dis
trict Board in Zone VII,
Heppner, and advisory com
mittees are available at the
school district office in Lex
ington. Zone VII is defined as
the city of Heppner and a 3
mile radius outside the city
limits.
Vacancies on the various
advisory committees are:
Heppner-Lexington : Position
No. 1, 3 year term; Position
No. 3, 3 year term; Position.
No. 5, 3 year term; lone:
Position No. 1, 3 year term;
Position No. 4, 1 year term;
Position No. 5, 3 year term;
Boardman-Irrigon : Position
No. 2, 3 year term; Position
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No. 5, 3 year term.
Signers of petitions and the
candidate must reside in the
zone or attendance area from
which the candidate is to be
elected. A minimum of 25
signers is required for the
district board petitions and a
minimum of 10 signers is
required for advisory com
mittee petitions. All signers
must be registered voters in
Morrow County.
The last date for filing of
petitions is Tuesday, Mar. 15,
1977. Completed petitions are
to be returned to the school
district office or to the county
clerk's office before that date.
The annual election of di
rectors and the budget elec
tion is Apr. 19, 1977.
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Phones: (G roc.) 676-9614, iMeat) 676-9288
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