SIX-The Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday.
USW to emark on
noodle research
U.S. Wheat Associates
(USW), the American wheat
producers' organization res
ponsible for securing and
expanding foreign demand for
U.S. wheat classes, has em
barked on a multi-phased
Chinese noodle research study
in South Asia.
According to Bill Hulse, vice
chairman for USW, Dufur,
Oregon, noodle consumption
in South East Asia dominates
the per capita usage of wheat
flour. Current estimates indi
cate that noodle flour sales by
the local flour mills amount to
forty percent of their total
volume.
Hulse stated that the re
search study was initiated due
to the demand for technical
information by the noodle
industry. "In the past, most
noodle production was being
Umatilla
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Heppner
Cement deliveries scheduled twice
weekly to South Morrow County.
Regulsrly on
Wednesdays end Fridays
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We're holding public meetings throughout
the region to help explain the Pacific
Northwest Electric Power Planning &
Conservation Act.
In this Act, Congress has given our region a
new set of tools with which to tackle our
growing power supply problems. But making
those tools work Is up to us-oJI of us in the
Northwest.
We promise not to do all the talking. Well
outline the region's power problems as we
see them and the new Acfs tools for dealing
with them We'll tell you what we think all of
us wW need to do-BPA. the utilities, the states,
local governments and even private citizens.
And we'll ted you how we plan to ask for your
Ideas about our part of the Job.
Then we'll open the meeting for questions
and general discussion.
Remember, the new Act greatly expands
your opportunities to participate in regional
power planning. We hope you'll begin by
attending one of 25 meetings being held
handled by hundreds of small
back-alley 'mom and. pop'
operations. Each shop only
used fifty to two hundred
pounds of flour per week,"
HuLe said. "Now, however, a
shift is being made where
currently fifty percent of the
noodle production is being
handled by large mechanized
factories."
"We consider this first
phase of the noodle research
study highly successful,"
stated Hulse, 'and we are
currently drafting the next
phase which will study how
flour derived from various
U.S. wheat classes can best
meet the needs of the indus
try." Hulse reported that to date,
noodle flours used in South
East Asia have reflected
almost entirely Australian
soft white wheat varieties.
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(Editor's note: The photograph of Mrs. Amanda Duvall's
nativity scene "was inadvertantly reversed in last week's
issue of the Gazette Times. Following is another photo of the
creche. )
This may be the last Christmas season that area residents
will be able to see this large illuminated wood Nativity that
has become a tradition at the home of Mrs. Amanda Duvall.
Knowing poison
number good idea
by Birdine Tullis, Morrow
Extension Service
We like to remind you
once-in-awhile of the import
ance of having the phone
number of the Oregon Poison
Control and Drug Information
Center near or on your phone.
This service, which is open 24
hours a day. 7 days a week,
and is staffed by physicians,
pharmacists and nurses is
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throughout the Pacific Northwest. See below
for a meeting in your area. For Information on
other locations and dates, call toll-free
V8CO-452-8429.
Pleas join us.
nfsticttezi
Meeting time is 7:30 p.m., registration 7:00 p.m.
Knnwlck, Monday, January 12
Benton PUD Auditorium
524 S. Auburn
be last for
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quickly available to anyone by
a toll free number.. .1-800-452-7165
for all of us outside the
metropolitan area.
This number is especially
valuable to those who have
small and adventurous young
sters in their homes. Many
substances often found around
the home can be very toxic if
swallowed. Keep this number
handy just in case you need it.
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WE HAV'E.y
Heppner tradition
Mrs. Duvall has put the hand
citing difficulty in arranging to
up.
OSU to dedicate vet.
medicine facility Boon
Oregon State University will
dedicate its new $8.5 million
veterinary medicine facility in
January with two open houses
planned for the public and
with scientific conference's
scheduled to serve practicing
veterinarians of the North
west and the nation.
The dedication progran is
planned Jan. 2( at 1 :30 p.m. in
the Memorial Union Ballroom
on campus. Educational, gov
ernmental, animal industry
and veterinary dignitaries will
participate.
Open house at the veteri
nary will follow the dedica
tion. A community type open
house has been planned also
for Jan. 17, from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m., to allow OSU students,
staff members and Corvallis
area residents to tour the
building that was constructed
with a $3.2 million stiite
appropriation and a $r.3
million grant from the u.s.
Department of Health, Educa
tion and Welfare.
Tied to the dedication of the
facility will be Jan. 25 27
meetings of the Oregon Veteri
nary Medical Association and
a Jan. 27 national symposium
on "Newer Knowledge about
Dogs." The symposium is
sponsored each year by the
Gaines Dog research Center of
New York. Scientific present
ations will focus on canine
parvovirus, dog eye diseases,
drug interaction problems in
dogs, and the development
and operation of nn intensive
care unit to tree, seriously ill
or injured animals.
The OSU building has been
named Magruder Hall to
honor the late Oregon State
Legislator Dick Magruder of
Clatskanie, who was instru
mental in the establishment of
the school of veterinary medi
cine in 1975 and funding for the
veterinary medicine building.
The OSU school, headed by
Dean E. E. Wedman. is one of
2fi in the nation and part of a
cooperative Northwest veteri
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nary program with Washing
ton State University and the
University of Idaho that is the
only one of its kind in (ho
country.
The regional program is
designed to provide n reason
able opportunity for Oregon
residents to obtain a veterin
ary education and to nssure mi
adequate supply of veterinar
ians to serve the multi million-'
dollar animal and poultry
industries of the region. Dean
Wedman emphasized
Thirty six students now
enter the OSU veterinary
medicine program each fall
2B of them from 'W'if'in, it wan
noted The students tVnnsf er to
Washington State University
for their second year and part
of their third year of study,
i Then they come back to OSU
to take their fourth and final
year of instruction ' 1 ''
Students may also elect to
receive instruction during
their fourth year at the
University of Idaho's Food
Animal Heferra) Clinic at
Caldwell, Idaho
In addition to the teaching
program for students, fhe
school offers continuing educ
ation programs for practicing
veterinarians of the region,
who have a professional
requirement to take additional
training annually
The OSU School of Veteri
nary Medicine also conducts a
broad program of research on
health problems of Oregon's
$:!.ri million livestock inds
tnes Kesearch into the complex
and costly diseases which
affect Oregon's domestic an
imals and wildlife are carried
out at the Veterinary Medical
Animal Isolation Laboratory.
The school also maintains a
Veterinary Medical Diagnos
tic Laboratory to aid veteri
narians and animal owners in
the identification of animal
diseases, some of which could
pose a health threat to humans
as well
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PI general manager resigns
Clark , E. . Schenketiberger
has tendered his resignation
as general manager of the
Pacific International Live
stock EVcpouition. according to
Earl Smith. President of the
organization.
Schonkenberger served as (
manager of the PI for the past
2 years. Prior to coming to the
OSU to experiment with
bobcats, coyotes
in beaver control
Bobcats and coyotes could
boost Oregon's tree crop by
preying on tree-damaging
posts. That's the focus of a
new research project at Ore
gon State University, accord
ing to David S. deCalesta, OSU
Extension wildlife specialist
and associate professor of
fisheries and wildlife.
The project will explore the
effect of not trapping the
predators, allowing their
numlx'rs to increase, and
seeing if they eat more of the
tree -eaters.
The Oregon Department of
Forestry has provided $27, (MM)
through' OSU's F'orest Ke
search Lab to fund the
two-year study, deCalesta
said.
"The number-one problem
facing newly planted Douglas-fir
is animal damage," he
said, '"and most of that
damage is done by the
mountain beaver." That small
rodent, more like a rat than a
real beaver, thrives in the
coast range and just loves to
eat the tops off of young,
just -planted tree seedlings.
They damage alniut UMI.wmi
acres annually, he said.
"We're talking alxuit millions
of dollars of damage."
Stale foresters develoiwd
tJ t -
the idea for the research on
Elliot State Forest, near Coos
Bay. The area, even with
trapping, is capable of sup
(Mirting a large number of the
bolx-ats and coyotes that may
help control the mountain
beaver numbers.
Traditional methods of con
trolling mountain Ix-aver
damage include such things as
flexible nylon mesh tubes
placed on the seedlings when
they are planted. "But that's
$25(1 to $:1IM( per acre,"
deCalesta said "There is new,
less expensive type under
study, hut they sometimes
make the trees grow crooked
Market
Veimu Seat, food marketing
specialist. OSU Extension
service
Although many uncertain
ties exist in food price
estimates made this far in
advance, retail food prices are
exjweted to ris io 1K The
rise will be grea'ler than the 9
percent estimated for this last
year-most likely falling be
tween 10 and 15 percent,
Much of the 1MU food price
increases will ! attributed to
red meats and poultry, as the
total supply of these commod
ities will be less than in WHO.
Decreased pork production
will be only partly offset by
slight increases in beef and
poultry. Thus, with total meat
supplies reduced, and with
some strengthening of the
economy, retail meat prices
are expected to rise through
out the year. The greatest
increase will probably be in
the cost of pork.
Sugar prices are expected to
keep on climbing. After two
years of poor crops, world
wide sugar supplies are low.
SHOP
LaVerne Webb is
vacation ready to
vehicles.
PI, Schenkenberger function
ed as' executive editor and
general manager of the West
ern Livestock Reporter publi
cation of Billings, Montana.
The Pacific Livestock Inter
national Exposition is one of
the major livestock shows in
the country, presently In its
7(th year of continuous operation.
"Trapping the mountain
heaver Is also a common
control, and only costs alniut
$(K)por acre." But it's a nasty
job. he said, and it's hard to
find people willing to do it.
Also, trapping could again be
challenged by a ballot meas
ure like the one that failed in
November's election.
"Biological control of postB
is common with insects,"
deCalesta said, "and works
well; because after the pred
ators eat the problem species,
they just die off " But you
can't raise vast numbers of
hotH-ats and coyotes and turn
them loose, he said, "What
will they eat when the
mountain beaver are all
gone?"
Pesticides are also com
monly used in M-st control, but
deCalesta said combining
methods of control leads to a
more effective, less excnsivo
program "Besides, we al
ready use a lot of poisons." be
said
So Elliot Stale Forest is now
closed to all trapping of
predators. Bob Hahcrman. an
OSU graduate student in
wildlife biology, will sMnd the
next two years monitoring the
changes, if any. in the
animals' byes.;
"He'll le trapping, mark
ing, counting and releasing
the animals," deCalesta said,
"first to estimate the density
of the (Herniations of Uibcats.
coyotes and mountain bea
vers Then he'll study the food
tcit.itu tif (ll. f iritrlsi i tutu'
many mountain beavers they
each eat tcr dav." When all
the numbers are tallied,
they'll be able to figure out
whether the cxcrimenl has
affected the mountain beaver
IMipuliition, he said
"Even if we save only $20
per acre on other pest control
methods, it will be worth it,"
said deCalesta.
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Not only will this affect the
price of sugar but will
increase the retail prices of
many other items such as soft
drinks, cereals, bakery pro
ducts and canned fruit.
Price increases for fresh
fruit in the first half of WHI
will likely be moderate as
there are record crops of
apples, oranges, and winter
pears.
Because fewer acres were
planted this year, prices for
potatoes and tomatoes will
probably remain above those
of last year.
The cost of fish and import
ed foods is expected to rise
1(1 12 percent in WHI.
Depending upon the rate of
inflation, food marketing costs
will probably rise at about the
same rate as they did last
year. Labor costs are expect
ed to go up slightly more this
year partly because of the
January Social Security tax
increase.
This information is also sent
out weekly by Associated
Press.
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