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, Mm nn "iwym-" FIGHT The Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday. March 13, WHO Heppner pupils to watch for sprouting wheat seeds Students in Donna Weed's Heppner Elementary Kinder garten class were given wheat seeds last week by two members of the Morrow County Wheathearts, Laura Broderick and Janet Tucker. It is the first year the Wheathearts have partici pated in such a program. The two wheatheart mem Alcohol engine class set for repeat at Blue Mountain Overwhelming response to Blue Mountain Community College's workshop titled "En gine Conversion for Alcohol Use" has prompted the col lege to schedule to repeat the class March 15, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The one-day workshop will include a discussion of: pro perties of alcohol, comparison of alcohol with diesel and gasoline fuel, carburetor mo difications, engine conversion details, problems with diesel Pharmacy student to aid project During their March 15-23 spring vacation from campus. Oregon State University phar macy students will carry out medicine information pro grams in their home towns throughout Oregon. About 250 students will be involved, including Heppner's Victoria R. Edmundson. Students will contact their home town pharmacists, show them the leaflets being distri buted, and ask for advice in the information campaign. About two-thirds of the 1.500 practicing pharmacists in Oregon are graduates of OSU. Oregon pharmacy students in their junior and senior years have been invited to participate in the patient information program. STORE COUNTRY M III rr HOURS: XD "3 1 029 i mi M "II u u u !V r f 77 i 0 bers told the class that all wheat needs to grow is dirt, sun and water. The students planted the wheat seeds in small planters and set them in the window sill. Wheat should be sprouting out of the planters by the end of this week, the Wheathearts said. engines, and alcohol injection systems. The workshop will be taught by Don Hulick. BMCC mecha nical technology instructor. Fee for the course is $5 and enrollment is limited to 20. During the workshop, Hu lick will have a six cylinder spark ignition engine on display that he has converted to alcohol fuel. Participants are asked to register early for the course since some had to be turned away during last month's workshop. For more informa tion, call the BMCC Division of Continuing Education at 276 1260. ext. 205. To register for the course, sent $5 to BMCC at P.O. Box 100, Pendleton, Oregon 97801. Posse, wives travel to Baker Eight members of the Mor row County Search and Res cue Posse and eight members of the Possettes at tended a gathering of mem bers from five eastern Oregon counties in Baker March 1. The men attended an after noon meeting and later in the evening attended a banquet and a dance. The annual summer train ing session was planned and it was decided that the Morrow County group will host the event in June. HO FRILLS' SUPERMARKET 4gS. STYLE 170NDER fofi?) 1 I X (ME PUS ' i i a i fJ&A I Tl. ;TT t KIT Students in Donna Weed's class received wheat needs from Wheathearts Janet Tucker and Laura Broderick. High school graduation requirements upgraded Changes in the Oregon high school graduation require ments approved by the State Board of Education will add more substance to the diplo ma. State School Supt. Verne A. Duncan said recently. Beginning with the Class of 1984. ' " : 'onts must take one yea' J. written composition, 1 S. history and global stu dies. "Too many schools have left essential studies as electives and students are not electing to take them." Duncan said. Currently, students are re quired to take three years of language arts, but not specifi cally written composition. A statewide assessment of writ ing skills of eleventh graders confirmed that students need more help. "You can't teach writing without writing." Duncan said, "because it is a skill you get through experience and lose through inactivity." He said history has been neglected. "It is tragic that an Oregon student can get a diploma without taking U.S. history. And you only need to X V HILLS CHUNK LB 9Sm ccuriTRy STYLE LARGE LOAF 5 50 LB BAG 0 I 0 I Fit -my look at your daily newspaper or gas pump to realize the price we'll pay if we don't understand the world around us." The board agreed to add a new requirement of one year in foreign language, fine arts or applied arts. It made some changes in the competency requirement which Duncan believes will make it more workable. The required competencies have been reduced to reading, writing, mathematics, speak ing, listening and reasoning. The toughest decision the board had to make was whether to award diplomas to handicapped students who do not meet all state and local requirements. Currently, some districts award diplo mas to such students while other districts do not. causing. Duncan says, "discrimination by location." The board agreed with Duncan that all students must meet all requirements. There are alternative ways for students to satisfy the require ments as long as the standards are not lowered. YRfaGQQSO0LI pij ct"j on o i FARM FRESH CHOICE NAVEL LBS 3 4-H Activities: Ky John Nonlhclni, Con Ml v Kxtcnsinn Agent 4-11 Small Rnghir Project For young people fascinated with motors, the 4-H small-engine project may be just the right activity to combine learning with their interest. The project, open to all interested boys and girls in grades 4 through 12, uses two and four-cycle engines to give the budding mechanic a firm grounding in how such engines work, how they should be maintained, and how they can be repaired. There are two clubs in Morrow County, one in Irrigon, the other in Heppner. The Heppner club has ceased functioning, since it can't find a place to store and work on its engines. Anyone who might know of such space may call the Morrow County Extension office at 67fi-9M2. "The small engine has become an important factor in many people's daily lives," adds Alan Snider, Oregon State University Extension 4-H specialist, "as they are used to mow grass, cut wood, or to power a -mull trail bike." Enrollment in the 4-H small engine project can give young people skills now they can use the rest of their lives, as they learn how to tune and main tain motors in good condition. Some 4-H'ers learn how to rebuild engines in some phases of the project. The volunteer leader works directly with a small group of 4-H'ers over a period of weeks or months or until the leader and 4-H members have achieved the goals they esta blished at the beginning of the project. College Student Kmplovment at Oregon State Fair College students interested in short term employment in j PRODUCE To www jmmmmmmmmmmm the -1 II division of the 19110 Oregon Slate Fair should apply by April 15 for one of the IH positions open. The students will help con duct 4-H programs and activi ties throughout the fair, with most of the students working from August 17 through Sept. 2. Each student will receive $27 KB a day plus room in the Lexington Angus breeder honored Ken Crieb. Star Houte in Iiexington. an Angus breeder actively involved in the Angus Herd Improvement Records (A.H.I K program, was re cognized in a program spon sored by the American Angus Association. The activity is the Path finder Angus Recognition Pro gram The Pathfinder Program identifies superior Angus fe males in the breed based on important production traits including regularity of calving and weaning weight produc tion. Superior cows in the breed based on performance records are listed in a Pathfinder Report published annually by the Association. To qualify the breeder must have been actively involved in Angus Herd Improvement Records. The top cows in his herd are identified from these records. In summary, the qualifying cows must produce a calf at a young age and continue to wean a heavy calf on an average of 12 months. Each calf must have a weaning weight ratio of 105 or higher with at least 10 herdmates evaluated each year A minimum production of three calves is required for 1845 LB CRISP STALKS 00j) c situs 00 CASCADE AUTOMATIC Small-engine project planned for boys, girls 4-H dormitory on the fair grounds in Salem. Persons Interested must be college freshman or older and be enrolled in school. Prefer ence will be Riven to appli cants who attend State Fair as 4-H members, points out Dunne Johnson, Oregon Slate University Extension 4-H youth specialist. a cow Report to be listed in the In the 1980 Pathfinder Re port a total of 2.024 cows are listed. That represents less than one percent of 300,000 bead reviewed for the publica tion In addition a total of 50 bulls that have sired five or more Pathfinder cows in the Report are listed in a Sire Summary. The Pathfinder Report is available from the American Angus Association For a copy contact the Performance De partment. American Angus Association. 3201 Frederick Rlvd St. Joseph, Missouri, M50I. f'ary Grieb, has been elec ted to membership in the American Angus Association. Headquartered in St. Joseph. Mo., it is one of the largest liecf cattle registry associa tions in the world. It hus 3H.IKK) active life and junior members Its computerized records include detailed infor mation on nearly 10 million registered Angus. The association records an cestral information and keeps records of production on individual animals for its mcmliers NORTH FIRST , X. . . , : "J luvu HEADS IB m 3LB20Z Interviews for the positions will be In early May with final selection made by May 15. Applicants and Job descrip tions are available In the Morrow County Extension office or may be obtained by writing the State 4-H office, 105 Extension Hall, OSU, Corvallis B733I. 4-11 Deadline Paten April 1, Trail Riding and Camping with Horses-Lead er registrations due in county office. April 10, 4 H Beekeeping Essay Contest entries due in county office. April 5. North Morrow 4-H Beef Weigh-in at N.W. Live stock Auction Yard in Hermis ton, 10 to noon. April 12, South Morrow 4 II Beef Weigh-in. county fair grounds, Heppner, K) to noon. Youth group to perform in Heppner A large troup of youthful musicians from Boise will perform in the United Metho dist Church beginning at H p.m. tomorrow, They have presented the "I.ightshine" program in Boise and in other communi ties. After the musical there will be coffee, punch and cookies and visiting in the church basement . Heppner Elementary School's fiftli through eighth graders will he making music in the Junior High (ivmtia sium beginning at 7 :m pro The program will feature vocal selections by fifth (!l J ders and the junior high choruses and instrumental selections by the junior high bands , Both of the musical pro grams offer free admission WE ACCEPT A USDAF00D tit OFF u c LB ; pintc 1 1
