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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.
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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.
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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
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understand the world around
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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