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s t ir-t' tt -' SIX The Gaette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 18, 197 ! ""J "T ""I V Extension Events... with ttinlim Tullis Sue Kangaroo Went to School Six Times on One Day Last Week! So who is Sue Kangaroo? That's the name of a puppet show developed to help youn ger people understand the four food groups; the importance of balanced diets and good nutrition. The Happy Cookers 4-H Club of Irrigon presented the pro gram to 11 classes at A C. Houghton School last week. Their "stage" for the produc tion was a train, made of ELECTION DAY DINNER Tuesday, May 23 11:30 to 1:30 lone Legion Hall Spaghetti Dinner with homemade pie and cake Adults $2.50 Grades 1-6 $1.25 Pre-School Free Presented By The one legion Auxiliary This Message Sponsored In The Public Interest By Columbia Basin Electric r c 1 d. V 1 1 cardboard, which they painted and decorated. Puppets made by the group represented various animals and charac ters, with the following 4-H members playing a part : Sue Kangaroo Veronica Mc Donough and Ann Marie Evans; Cow Amanda Under wood; Mr. Choo Kami Wael ty; Owl Michelle Heisch; Gorilla Vonnie Stacy; Lion Joyce Elsasser, and Narrator Monica McDonough. Doesn't that sound like a fun way to learn nutrition. ..for I I Cooperative, inc. i Serving the rural area for nearly 30 years both the stars of the show, and their audience'.' (irange Sewing Contest Peeking over the shoulder of Pomona Grange Women's Sewing Contest Chairman, Mildred Wright, Heppner, I see that some of our county women and girls have been involved in sewing lovely garments this year. The contests are annual events with the Granges, and open to all wishing to enter. Each Grange has a local contest, with the winner then judged on a county or Pomona Grange level. Pomona winners this year, with garments going on to a state contest are Franeine Evans, adult garment sewed by adult; Helen Daltoso, garment made by contestant 10-17 years of age; Virginia Peck, child's garment made by adult. You might want to think ahead of other such contests, and visit with a member of your local Grange about entering. ! 4-H Leader Salute... Bev Doherty Our leader this week came to Morrow County as an Extension agent. ..and remained to be a permanent part of our county, living on a farm outside lone, where she is a fulltime homemaker and mother. Bev Doherty, lone, was our agent as Bev Gradshaw for a number of years, prior to becoming Mrs. Charles Doherty. After her family grew to 4-H age, she became a clothing leader, and has continued faithful service in that capacity for ten years. It is great to have experienced and devoted leaders there, doing and helping not only the youth in their clubs, but others at such times as county fair and other times of need. Bev joined the women of Morrow County at the recent Homemaker's Day to share her memories of her days as agent with one vivid memory of being very confused by roads in our county. She knows them all now, for she has traveled them many times for many years as part of our 4-H program and community. 1978 Graduate "'CARE PACKAGES ..our specialty! Sheets & Pillow Cases Towels & Washclothes Blankets New Arrivals This Week And More pell mmmm Morrow County 4-H mem bers attended an orientation meeting and made their selections for classes at Ore gon Slate University dining Summer Week in June. Our delegates will attend the special event on scholarships provided by the following businesses: Farm Bureau. Paul Pettyjohn Shell, Rhea Creek Grange, Heppner Elks, Central Market, Bank of Eastern Oregon, Turner, Van Marter & Bryant Insurance, Attorney Bob Abrams, Sorop timist Club and Columbia Basin Electric. We want to say "Thank you" to each sponsor for offering the support that makes Summer Week a possi bility for kids in our county. Those attending will be Paula Palmer, Anita Palmer, Lottie Laughlin, Patti Devine, Di anne Samples, Heather Win ter, Sonja Biddle, Michelle LaRue, and Deann Connor. They will travel by bus to Corvallis with members from Gilliam, Wheeler and Sher man counties. A reminder to all older 4-H members who have applied to serve as counselors at 4-H Summer Camp that a training-planning session is plan ned for Sunday, May 21, 2 to 8 p.m. at the Fairgrounds, Condon. Meet at the Extension Office, Heppner, at 1 p.m. for transportation to the event. Especially for North Morrow Residents... If you have questions for the County Agent or wish some one from the Morrow County Extension Office to contact you, please leave your mes sage at the County Office, Irrigon, phone 922-4082. Some one from this office is in the North End of the county each Thursday, (and often other days). The secretary is happy to take messages for us! CUSTOM BUSINESS FORMS & STATEMENTS 676-9228 Tuesday meeting to air new water quality laws affecting farmers Morrow County farmcis interested in how new federal water quality laws will affect area agriculture are urged to attend a meeting set for 7:30 p.m. next Tuesday, May 23, in the Columbia Basin Electrical Co-op conference room in Heppner. The meeting was organized to review a draft report on how the five Oregon grain-belt counties of Morrow, Wasco, Umatilla, Sherman and Gil liam proposed to deal with the water quality laws, particu larly as they apply to agricul ture. Prepared under the direc tion of a water quality committee for the area, the draft report represents a portion of the efforts the committee has made towards developing a plan for comply ing with the federal laws. The five county group, which includes area wheat growers, cattlemen, and conservation group representatives, is one of the only active organiza tions of its kind in the state. Ken Turner, a Sandhollow area rancher, is chairman of the Morrow County Water Quality Committee. The Mor row County group plans to develop a water quality plan to be implemented into a statewide plan. Federal law requires each state to develop a water quality plan by November of this year. According to the Morrow County group's working re port, stream siltation caused by runoff from storms ac counts for the area's major water quality concern. Dry land cropland, which totals 370,000 acres in the county, accounts for the bulk of stream sedimentation. Since sprinkler, rather than gravity flow irrigation is used for the majority of irrigated land in the county, few erosion prob lems exist that would contri bute to excess sedimentation. Runoff from dirt roads and timber landings in the for ested areas of the county account for a smaller portion of stream siltation, and some water quality problems have arisen from livestock winter ing areas near streams, ac cording to the report. Pollu tion from septic tank systems in the lone, Irrigon, Lexington and Boardman areas were also posing some problems, according to the report. Management practices be ing recommended in the report to abate water erosion include constructing terraces and diversions, implementing contour strip cropping, using stubble mulch, and minimiz ing tillage in summer fallow cropland, or even eliminating the practice through use of chemicals. At some time in the future, such management practices may have to be regulated and enforced by government agen cies. The Morrow County water quality group hopes that implementing the manage ment practices would be a voluntary matter between landowners and the Soil and Water Conservation District, which would be charged with dealing with county agricul tural water quality problems. According to the prelimi nary Morrow County plan, the ORDER YOUR Memorial Day Peonies EARLY 676-9426 Soil and Water District would lead in developing a natural resources conservation plan for agricultural areas that would be a part of the county's long-range comprehensive plan. Complaints over water qua lity would be filed with the County Court, under the working plan. The Soil and Water Conservation District would examine the complaints for validity, and make recom mendations to the parties involved for correcting water quality problems. Should regulations become necessary to enforce compli ance with management prac tices, they should be handled through the ordinance-making authority of the County Court, with the advice of the Soil and Water Conservation District. MIKED DOUBLES TOURNEY 6-GAME HANDICAP HANDICAP IS 80 of 180 ENTRY FEE PER COUPLE CALL 676 VicAtiyeh .... ....A man of substance for governor VOTE FOR RESPONSIBILITY A CHANCE FOR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION A STATE BUREAUCRACY THAT SERVES THE PEOPLE It's time for Atiyeh. Morrow County Republican Comm. For Atiyeh, Don Peterson, lone, Chrmn. Appeal rights would be avail able through Morrow County Circuit Court. The Morrow County Water Quality Committee is holding the May 23 meeting to hear Seedlings green burned forest area Umatilla National forest may appear a litle greener in years to come, following this year's annual reforestation program, which saw the planting of about 42,000 seed lings. Nearly all the new trees were planted in the Yellow Jacket area, where fire de BOWL - 9208 TODAY TO ENTER comments on its working plan. Since the plan may well play a significant role in Morrow County's agricultural development, farmers and citizens are urged to attend. stroyed a large stand of Ponderosa Pine two years ago. Ponderosa seedlings were planted there to replace the burned timber. The other major planting area this year took place in the Bull Prairie timber sale area, where Douglas Fir seedlings found a new home. Saturday MAY 20 !,- -W" A(s jje aw (jti.. K .
