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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1981)
w- f with Justine Weather ford . This week it ii back to public school, off to college, back to evening extension classes and back to dally business as usual. During the last two weeks hasn't It been hard to keep track of the days with two holidays and weekends mixed together? Although most of us now have Installed 1881 calendars around our homes, it is so easy to keep writing 1980. Some of us who have January birthdays really get our new years off to new beginnings. If we believe in annual resolutions, it is fitting to make these at the time of our doubled, changing of the years. One very nice January birthday was celebrated in this community last Saturday in St. Patrick's Parish hall where Martha Van Schoiack's proud children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and many friends gathered to wish her happy 85th birthday, - The lovely weather here has really made some of us wonder about friends and family who have gone south seeking sunshine. We have been so delighted with the sunshine right here in Heppner. How good it has been to have safe road conditions prevailing while so many folks have traveled about for Christmas and New Year's visits, and when so many young people have made their Journeys back to colleges. Putting up holiday decorations, enjoying special musical programs and various holiday parties, receiving yuletime greetings, and enjoying extra visiting with friends and family is so Joyful that many of us are reluctant to see the holidays end. I think It took me about twice as long to regretfully take down my tinsel and lights as it did to put them out in happy anticipations. The legion of lovely greeting cards Is still lining my bookshelves, propped in front of my books. I shall slowly read the cards and letters over again and get a few letters written to send before tucking them away. As I am thinking over some of the events of last year, I recall a few unhappy occasions and many good things that happened In our community. First of all, last year began poorly when the Kinzua Mill needed to release many employees about Christmas 197V. This meant that many families left town and many children changed to schools elsewhere. I believe that this last year Is the first year since I have lived in this county that one could find an assortment of available unoccupied housing. During 1980 many good things happened. The wheat crop was exceptionally good; the schools' academic and athletic programs were successful; Del Piper remodeled and enlarged his Lexington store; the fair and rodeo went well; a new recreational vehicle park was built and began functioning in Heppner. Unfortunately the West of Willow Restaurant and Kroll's Department Store ceased business on Heppner 's main street in 1980. Several other businesses changed hands, such as the Chevrolet dealership, the Thomson Grocery, and Samples' Mobile and Mini Mart and the Gazette Times. I know that my . listing is very incomplete, but these things came quickly to my mind. In Nov. 1980 the county got its first elected Judge since Paul W. Jones was elected in 1974. During that six-year term Judge Jones resigned, and Governer Straub appointed D. O Nelson to the office. Then Judge Nelson surprised many by resigning himself, and Governor Atiyeh appointed Don McEIIigott to carry on. Now Judge McEIligott, who was duly elected last Nov. is Into his own six-year term. The Pioneer Memorial Hospital has been expanded and has gained a new administrator and now a new resident physician. It is good to learn that a doctor has moved into the north county area, too. 0 Everyone is pleased that Kinzua is re-hiring and expanding again. When I began writing this column quite a few years back, my late husband, Bill, was such a help to me. He so loved having coffee several times each day at that round table in a Heppner restaurant or in the local drive-in. Then at lunch or supper he would tell me a little about community activities that I didn't come in contact with, t come in contact with. Everyday when Bill picked up our mail at the post office he would usually stop in at a local insurance office to share his wisdom with other local wisem n who chatted there. Now I know that the window table is long gone, and I am hearing that the wisdom -sharing center seems to be moving somewhat from the insurance office to another spot where the owner presides over the coffee pot and where some of Heppner's present-day wisemen now gather to sip coffee and to exchange views and to talk over interesting local and world-wide problems. How good it is to have these gentlemen keeping up their watchful exchanges of knowledge. Here's hoping they gather someplace for many years to come and keep working out succeeding community problems. Gathering around hearth from p. 4 ignites creosote already formed. Burn only dry, well-seasoned hardwood. (Green wood produces large amounts of creosote and is especially dangerous in an "air-tight" stove; trash is highly flam mable and will produce a sudden, hot fire.) Above all, never start a fire with gasoline, kerosene or other flammable liquids. And don't use artificial logs in your stove. The gases generated could cause an explosion. To melt small amounts of creosote on your flue lining, burn your stove hot once a day, for about 30 minutes. Don't make this your first fire of the day--the sudden heat could crack your stove or ignite the creosote residue. However conscientious you are in day-to-day habits, it's still necessary to have your chimney inspected each fall ford -J ) for creosote. Inspections should be more frequent-as often as once a month-if you have been burning green wood or suspect a creosote build-up. Safe-And Sensible Although the precaution may seem obvious, Fuller said many people fail to keep clothing, log hoops and other combustible materials at least three feet away from the stove. Parents should also remember that a wood-burning stove does not look "hot" to a small child. Mark off an area surrounding the stove which is "off limits" to small fry. "A wood-burning stove is an excellent way to save on your fuel bills," Mann concluded, "My family has one and we get a lot of pleasure out of it.' Bu( we realize it's not a toy--i( has to be treated with respect." Experimental farm tests impact of acid rain on agriculture At an experimental farm Just north of Corvallls In the heart of western Oregon's fertile Willamette Valley, Or egon State University re searchers are conducting what may be the country's largest study of the potential impact of "acid rain" on U.S. agriculture. ' OSU researchers say the manmade "rain" laced with acid they sprinkled on major field crops in the study damaged some, boosted the yields of some and had no effect at all on others. But they cannot draw general conclus ions from the testing, which started last year. "The studies are in an early phase and we really don't know if the overall effect will turn out to be positive or negative." said Cynthia Cohen, OSU crop scientist. "Some think acid rain will help meet plant nutrient requirements. Others think it will be damaging. From a scientific point of view, it's too early to generalize. What happens one year with spin ach, or corn, can be mislead ing" Acid rain, produced when industrial and automobile pol lutants combine with moisture in the atmosphere, is falling with increasing frequency and acidity-in several parts of the United States, including northeastern states and parts of the Southeast, the Midwest, the Rocky Mountain area and California. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is funding the project at OSU's experi mental Schmidt Farm as part of an attempt to assess all potential hazards of the phen omenon, according to Jeff Lee, a biologist at EPA's Corvallis Environmental Re search Laboratory. He is coordinating the Schmidt Farm study along with EPA agronomist Grady Neely. "Two years ago, President Carter identified acid rain, along with the buildup of carbon dioxide In the atmos phere, as a major environ mental threat," said Lee. "But it's hard to unscramble the effects of acid rain from those of other types of' pollution." The government scientist said research dealing with acid rain's impact on crops is underway at several other sites, including the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Ten nessee, the Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island and the Boyce Thomp son Institute for Plant Re search at Cornell University. But he said the OSU crop study is the largest EPA is funding and "probably the largest in the country." Why did the agency pick Oregon as the site of its major crop study? EPA wanted the experi ments done in an area generally unexposed to acid rain so controlled testing would not be influenced by naturally occurring acid showers, explained Cohen, who is directing the OSU effort along with fellow crop science researchers Shelton Perrigan and Lou Grothaus. Oregon fit the bill, although there have been reports of mild acid showers Just east of Portland, Oregon's biggest city, and although acid rain has fallen on the state a couple of times in isolated incidents caused by volcanic fallout from southwestern Washing ton's Mount St. Helens. r Also steering the federal agency toward Oregon as the 'project site were studies OSU crop scientists had conducted for EPA concerning how gaseous pollutants affect crops, Lee said. When the acid rain work got underway, Schmidt Farm, set in gently rolling valley count ry, took on the look of a science fiction "moon col ony." with transparent plastic bubbles dotting the landscape. The bubbles are "rain chambers." Some are station ary and used to grow pots full of lettuce, onions, alfalfa and other crops which are sprink led regularly with acid rain. Mobile chambers are lifted over field stands of corn and other crops regularly during simulated acid rain showers. Source of the manmade rain is a small combination pump-house-chemistry lab. From there, technicians direct var ious mixtures of acids and water to sprinklers In the chambers. In last year's initial tests, three strengths of sulfuric acid rain (which is not "terribly realistic," said Co hen, because most acid rain contains both sulfuric and nitric acid) were applied to about 20 crops. Some plants, such as spin ach and radishes, were dam aged by the acid, some were not affected and some, includ ing tomatoes, actually pro duced bigger yields. In each case, the researchers are not sure why plants reacted as they did. Cohen explained that a pH of about 7.0 is considered neutral , on the scale used by rank acidity and alkalinity. When damage occurred in the test ing, it usually was in cham bers sprinkling acid rain with a pH of 3.0-about the acidity of vinegar. How does that compare to "real" acid rain's strength? Some studies have sugges ted acid rain was falling in a large part of the northeastern United Slates as early as the Update on current market values Velma Seat, food marketing specialist, OSU Extension Service Meat prices are expected to trend upward after the first of the year-although the chan ges may not be significant until February. In the mean time, it pays to follow the food ads and buy cuts featured at special prices to put into the freezer. HAMS are in good supply. Read the label to And out what kind of ham you are buying. If the label says "water added," it means the ham contains up to 10 percent added moisture this moisture is part of the curing solution. If the label says "fully cooked," you can eat it as is, although some people think the flavor is better if the ham is heated through. If the label does not say that the ham is fully cooked, assume that it should be cooked before eating. This is the season for FRESH CRAB and OYS TERS. Quality is excellent and prices are probably about' as low as they will get. ' s f t student OF THE MONTH JIM McCABE ) ..Jim. the son of Alvin and DeAnna McCabe of lone, is A senior at I US with ffrade noint iwrmn nf i 11 , ..He played end on the Cardinal football team and was f chosen 2nd team offensive end on the All Star team. He 1 currently plays forward on the J I! J... v fvii pi uuiiiuii. rfim riaii9 v viii uii 111 inr I'liivri suy ui . j Idaho. T - 1- J I . . a M! .JL1J. . .... k. nr is uuing an ouisumaing juo vear. This Ad T "Xs ! r T "f n T' Bon 1 - - x jiBJJonninr i 7 HiTTiii:4 mid-1950s and the average pH of precipitation In the area already was at or below 5.0. Today, the average pH of precipitation there is thought to range from 4.5 to 4.0. The ' OSU researchers haven't analyzed this years experiments, where they tried to inject more realism Into the crop testing by using combin ations of sulfuric and nitric acid rain and testing crops in the field (using the mobile chambers), as well as con ducting a second year of stationary chamber tests with sulfuric acid rain. They expect the work to continue for several years, even though a two-year con tract with EPA. providing total funding of about $440,000, runs out in December. "There are a lot of questions to be answered. When we find out how acid rain affects crop yields, then we probably will begin to ask why it does," said EPA's Lee. adding that he expects a longterm coopera tive research agreement with OSU to be signed soon. It would call for about the same funding level. He said the project will help EPA decide what emission standards are needed for automobiles, for power plants (such as coal-burning plants) and for other industrial facili ties that spew sulfur dioxides and nitrogen oxides-the ma jor pollutants that create acid .rain-into the air. If you are fortunate enough to have leftover holiday TUR KEY, it can be the basis for some really special-occasion meals. Get out your recipes for Turkey Tetrazzini, Turkey Divan or other casserole favorites. You can make a tasty turkey-noodle-vegetable soup or add diced, cooked turkey to baked macaroni and cheese. Creamed turkey made with cream of chicken soup and served over hot biscuits or rice is a quick and delicious lunch. AVOCADO supplies are abundant. The larger-sized fruit are usually the better buy. APPLES are plentiful. GOLDEN DELICIOUS and bagged small RED DELIC IOUS are the apples most often featured at bargain prices. There is an abundance of excellent quality D'ANJOU PEARS. The CITRUS FRUIT situa tion is good, with plentiful supplies of GRAPEFRUIT, ORANGES. TANGELOS and TANGERINES. Orange qual ity is improving. California KIWI FRUIT is' just starting to come to X X V A S Fi Y nnro Li.' 114 lone basketball team. II !. ,L. 11.1 I...-. in tavancea Accounting mis ry Sponsored By 676-9921 Inc. IIIVl I T T t F 1 1 Jin A x 1 mJk ( The. Hrppner r.aette-Time. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday. January 8, I9MSEVEN Farmers and energy Farmers know better than most people how important it is to save energy these days. They know It takes huge amounts of power to raise the food the expanding world population needs.. .power for machines.. .power for fertiliz ers... power for water., power for controlling the environ ment of animals inside build ings and hundreds of other Jobs. Yet the word "scarcity" comes up a lot when people talk about supplies of energy to do all this work. This means available energy must be burned more wisely than before. Success, say scientists that has barely been dreamed of in the past. Raising hogs poses a rough example of the problems farmers face in growing food. Charles M. Stanislaw, swine specialist, and L. Bynum Driggers, biological and agri cultural engineer, both of North Carolina State Univer sity, tell how to solve some energy problems hog farmers face in a chapter of the 1980 Yearbook of Agriculture, "Cutting Energy Costs," pub lished today by the, U.S. Department of Agriculture. To some, conserving energy on the farm may seem easy. Simply lower the heat in the pig nursery. Surely that would save energy. Be, careful caution Stani slaw and Driggers. Drop the temperature too much and the pigs skimp on changing the feed they eat to pork chops and bacon. The animals be come chilled and develop diarrhea. They grow less meat. In the end, there's a net loss of energy. Stanislaw and Driggers market. This fruit with the brown fuzzy exterior has a beautiful green interior with a very interesting seed pattern. Sliced crosswise, Kiwi makes a lovely garnish for any type of fruit plate. Good vegetable values in clude WINTER SQUASH, RUTABAGAS. TURNIPS, CABBAGE, BROCCOLI and CAULIFLOWER. Salad mak ings...HEAD and LEAF LET TUCES, RADISHES and GREEN ONIONS are excel lent quality and moderately priced. mm ((I r 1 ) rrcir ) KENNINGTON ) o , nvJ ' i wHgy., S BOY'S 1) .n. ii V 11 mart m , show how farmers can save energy by scientifically insul ating the walls, ceilings and roofs of hog buildings. Also, they advise, be sure to make the necessary adjustments to allow for the healthy ventila tion of gas created by pig wastes. They say the wide variety of pork-growing equipment re quires less energy when correctly used and main tained. Air filters in hot air heating systems should be kept clean and checked daily. This is especially Important in the winter, a time when hog buildings tend to be dusty. Efficient farmers are picky about animal housing for sound reasons. They've learn ed that a comfortable hog yeilds more meat than a hog that doesn't feel well. Hence, prudent use of energy re sources and other precise management practices trans late into higher profits and more pork per unit of energy burned-a good deal for farm ers and consumers alike. When pigs are uncomfort able, they let you know it. Let their housing get too cool and they'll pile up against each other or bunch up at the heat source to keep warm. They also may stay along the wall of a pen to avoid cold drafts. Comfortable pigs spread out uniformly. To get a copy of the 1980 Yearbook, send a check or money order for $9.50 to Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. 20402, or at a a U.S. Government book store in some cities. Members of Congress have limited allot ments of copies for free distribution to constituents. USDA has no copies for distribution to the public. The cost of POTATOES and ONIONS is increasing. CEL ERY is in short supply and' expensive. If you have an extra amount of that popular holiday bev erage, EGGNOG, remember it can be used in a variety of ways. It makes a tasty batter for French toast. It can be used as the liquid in some puddings and pie fillings. Or, you can mix orange juice and eggnog together for a nutrit ious, quick breakfast. 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