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TF. The Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner. Oregon. Thursday. February 21. IflKfl Wheat President denounces efforts to ban herbicides Phenoxy herbicides are no more dangerous than any other chemical on the market today when used correctly, according to Louis Carlson, second vice president of the Oregon Wheat League. Carlson spoke at a recent Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce lunch eon. "There is nothing worse than eating an apple with a worm in it unless it's eating an apple with half a worm in it," Carlson said. And that could be more common than it is today if environmentalists are suc cessful in banning the use of herbicides used by farmers of wheat and other products like cherries, apples and pears. The Environmental Protec tion Agency (EPA) has put a temporary ban on the use of the herbicide 2-4-5.T because of complaints about miscar riages in Lincoln County. "It is a very emotional issue and it must be taken serious ly," Carlson said. He added that the ban on the chemical spray may become permanent depending on a decision that will soon be made in Washington. D C. An OWL study of the chemical 2-4, D showed no adverse side effects. "We would like to know if there are any adverse side effects." Carlson said. "It has not been harmful to my family and it won't be as long as you follow the directions on the labels for use it- won't cause any damage." Phenoxy herbicides are weed killers farmers use in their wheat fields in the spring. There was a concentrated effort last year in Lane County for a referendum to ban phenoxy herbicides. It took only six days to get the required number of signatures to place a referendum on the ballot but 600 of the names were ruled invalid otherwise herbicides probably would have been banned there, Carlson said. Last year, the sprays killed another type of "weed" in Lincoln County and in northern California. The largest cash crop in that area, Carlson said, is marijuana and herbicides used by the "WW i ";r' A Future Farmers of America saluted this week Future Farmers of America are receiving a salute around the nation this week it is National FFA Week. The vocational agricultural program in America's school system that provides leader ship training for its partici pants was established in 1928. The first FFA chapter in Morrow County was organized at Heppner High School 43 years ago and for the past 14 years the work has been directed here by Hal Whi taker, vocational agricultural instructor who came to Ore gon from Texas. "I've seen the program grow and expand." he said. "It offers students an oppor tunity they don't have in other areas to develop an occupa tion and livelihood in agricul ture. They get leadership training by participation in meetings, meeting kids from other schools, and competing in contests." FFA chapters always func tion in conjunction with a school's vocational agricul tural instruction, Whitaker said. Besides the chapter in Heppner, with about 40 stu dents, there is an FFA chapter at Riverside High School in Boardman with about 50 members. Ron Black is the teacher there. Teachers are specially trained and accredited in the field of vocational agriculture. Whitaker said. They meet with their stu dents on a daily basis provid ing in-depth instruction in livestock projects, crop plant ing and agricultural engineer ing. Our motto is: "Learning by doing, doing to learn, earning Local residents should receive P1NB telephone books soon Heppner, lone and Lexing ton Pacific Northwest Bell customers should have a copy of the new 1980 telephone directory this week, according to PNB Manager Linda Buck ner. Inside the new book, tele phone users will find a new toll free telephone number for reaching the Oregon State Police offive in Pendleto. Customers outside Pendleton should now dial 1-800-452-8150. PNB has added two new numbers for telephone cus tomers for telephone repair service. One number 1-276- 5080, is for residence tele phone repair service. The second number, 1-276-4612, puts you in touch with a new business repair service esta blished by PNB to provide special service for business telephone systems. Postal ZIP Codes have been moved to the phone book's Center Color Section. The section, located between the white and yellow pages, also includes athltetic schedules and community information. Another new twist this year is the addition of official name abbreviations for the 50 states and 10 Canadian provinces in the "Area Code" section of the phone book. Heppner, lone and Lexing ton telephone users will dis cover that their new books are 24 pages fatter and include 797 more alphabetical listings than the 1979 edition. About 2,350 books will be delivered in the Heppner area, Buckner says. Lois Allen of Lexington will be delivering the phone books in the area and she said it will take about one week and some may have to be mailed. It pays to bring this coupon to us, your local Behlen builder. 'psj.l MAIL TO: Behlen Manufacturing Company, Box 569, Dept. 73, Columbus, NE 68601 lyTfffo I llPy My Behlen builder gave me a price quote on a Behlen SS ! Farmaster LP building Curvet building grain dryer O grain tank(s) j I iujiir n grain vfm D other: J J Please mail my check for $20 to: i AuihiwimJ ftrhlrn huOJri tifnaiurr I Nm J Addrctt Pnrl ) a CltvTown State Zip tliTliip lontmft LUv'townl I Ihn v t rtw hi w mku 'i rt wWi MI.W Bfw tr rM .!) , MM. (t-Ui . 0 000 BEHLENdD or nut hi T it ,m j l.'l) lw pa i, canon iJ" 'V-etito b lutMx.iw onijr "w- rou QincMa. " W Hf"" UMif rW iWn! n Myth a-naaiWH " " ". II 1M W . 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J Lions announce scholarship To encourage students in vocational or technical train ing, the Heppner Lions club has announced an annual $500 scholarship to be awarded to Heppner High School gradu ates. Cliff Green, scholarship chairman for the Lions, said the program is designed to encourage young people to acquire a marketable skill. So the one-year scholarship award could be used toward, but would be restricted to, community college vocational programs, Oregon Institute of Technology study courses, barber or hairdressing school, farriers' school, welding pro grams, business schools, com puter technology training, auto or diesel mechanics courses, or design school. In general, Green said, four-year college degree pro grams would not qualify for the Lions scholarship. Students may inquire from the school counselor and submit applications by March 31. Wheat growers meet in Heppner The Morrow County Wheat Growers will hold their annual spring meeting, Monday, March 3 starting at 7:30 p.m., at St. Patrick's Parish Hall, Heppner, Brok Tucker, county president, has announced. An interesting and informa tive program is planned. The topic will be the use of pesticides in agriculture and particularly the use of phe noxy pesticides such as 2.4-D. Two speakers will share the program. The first is Georgia Hoglund from Clarkston, Wash., chairperson of Citizens Against Herbicides, 1 whose talk is titled "Risks, Benefits and Alternatives." Dr. Jim Witt, Extension Service spe cialist in chemistry of environ mental toxology, from Oregon State University, will speak on "2,4-D, a Health Evaluation." All wheat growers and their wives are invited and en couraged to attend the spring meeting, Tucker said. 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SATURDAY, 8-1 Hermiston-McNary Hwy. 567-3317 forestry department are sus-. pected to have killed pounds of marijuana in the area. The results of a study done by Oregon State University that were announced recently state that the EPA used faulty information in its ban on 2-4-5.T. The OSU study found a 6.3 percent miscarriage rate for women in an area where 2-4-5, T was sprayed and a rate of 6.0 percent in other areas in Oregon. Carlson also talked about attending the National Asso ciation of Wheat Growers League in Phoenix recently. He said Frank Church of Idaho and Barry Goldwater of Arizona were at the conven tion but it was a speech by Howard York on the Russian Embargo that was the "red hot issue" and all who attended were interested in it. Carlson said wheat is a tool of the embargo and it focused national ' attention on the national convention. He said York told the wheat growers that they should support the president in this emergency but the wheat growers feel the burden should be on all industries and not just wheat. The wheat growers feel the USDA should buy all contracts of wheat that were to go to Russia and create an emer gency wheat reserve to keep the wheat off the market. Carlson said the soft white wheat market is at $4.30 a bushel and that the maximum price will be $4.50 a bushel unless China, Egypt, Iran and Pakistan start buying from the U.S. again then $5 a bushel will be a low price but "That is a big if," he said. The grain trade has a large carry over of old crop of 50 to 60 million bushels just in the Northwest while last year the carry over was 25 to 40 million bushels, according to French. "Five million bushels in the Northwest have been bought up by someone and it is not going anywhere." he said. "It was bought up hoping that the Iran situation would be straightened out." Carlson said California is coming into the wheat market with no storage facilities and it has 20 percent more wheat his year than last year. California has 75 million bushels of wheat this year while Oregon has 50 million and. the situation will be "detrimental on the West Coast" to the wheat market, he said. Brok Tucker, state chair man of the Wheat Use and Research Committee, talked briefly to the chamber at the same meeting about the use of gasahol as fuel. He said the conversion of alcohol to gasahol creates "all kinds of problems" but more research is being done to see if it can realistically be substi tuted for gasoline. Tucker said gasohol can be made by converting 100 per cent alcohol and water. A seminar in Pendleton Feb. 23 will show how farmers can convert their engines to take gasahol. he said. vs. ??A CEUCA HHoiaiirflc 1YT1h1 PONTIAC Mt GRAND PRIX OwwomH gw Moi lwdwji.o .i-i.i o.'. '.in. PONT I AC, HI. 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