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The Heppner fianette-Tiines, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, August 27, 1981--8EVEN Carnival rides offer extra surprise for fairgoers 4 ill will t lwi'i fe -" . 'If' If you're plunrung to go out to the Morrow County Fair & Kodeo this week, you'll be in for an extra surprise. This year's Fair will have a carnival complete with rides. The carnival set up its rides on Tuesday. Hides include a Ferris wheel, octopus, swing List of federal erop insurance rep Fanners nnw can call or visit the Morrow County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service and get a list of local federal crop insurance representatives. County ASC Official Judy Buschke, says the agents will explain how farmers can receive insurance protection for their crops. Farmers may also call 1 8(M)-447-47(Mi. a toll free nutnlxT, to net names of local agents who sell all risk insur ance October 31 is the last day for winter wheat and barley producers in Oregon to sign up BACK'S) Sctfooi m 'Wt m A ONE RACK OFfA i V IFflNS nnreere o i in r a a r tf w i i bizes -14-4-bx i Go Back To School In f ride and three rides for small children. Soft drinks and food will also be available. Normal ticket prices are ten rides for $5, five rides for $3 and single rides 75 cents. On Thursday, however, you can ride for less, with ticket prices three for one dollar. for the insurance. Federal crop insurance is available in every county previously cov ered by the ASCS disaster payment program. USDA urges farmers to sign up for the insurance coverage before the deadline and cau tions them not to expect disaster program protection to be available again next year. According to Ms. Buschke, current legislation twing considered by Congress calls for disaster payments only in those counties where the federal crop insurance is not available. The future plans of the Federal Crop Insurance Corp- Tnne. 1 1 ir.sf Hi Mi OS? oration is to establish insur ance coverage on most agri cultural crops. The expansion is part of an overall effort to assure virtually every farmpr the opportunity to take advan tage of the all-risk crop insurance program. USDA statistics show that each year, one of every 14 crops planted never makes it to harvest. The federal crop insurance is a self-help assistance pro gram designed to provide economic protection for farm families. Next year, the cover age will be available nation wide on corn, wheat, cotton, grain sorghum, rice and barley - the six major crops. Major producing areas growing 22 other crops also will be covered. The list of agents authorized by FCIC to sell all -risk crop insurance may be obtained by calling or visiting the county ASCS office at 676-9152 or corner of Main and May. WE WILL BE CLOSED SATURDAY SO OUR EMPLOYEES CAN THE RODEO i M0N.,AUG. 31 WITH REGULAR HOURS 8 a.m. -5 p.m. AAon.-Fri. 8a.m.-Noon Sat. HAVE FUN AT THE RODEO Recreation Report The Umatilla National For est Service has issued the following weekly recreation report. High temperatures and low humidities have driven the fire danger up on the Umatilla National Forest. The Fire Precautions Class has risen to D, which closes the forest to woodcutting and limits some logging activities. The closure will remain in effect until conditions bring the Precau tions Class down to C or less. DALE RANGER DISTRICT Phone: 421-3311 Hours : 7 :00 - 4 : 30, Mon Fri, 8:00 - 5:30, Sat Sun Trails: All trails are opened but dead lodgepole may fall across them at all times so motorcyclists should be pre pared to cut themselves out. Roads: All roads opened. Road 10 between Olive Lake and Fremont is very rough, recommended for high ground clearance only. Campgrounds: North Fork John Day reduced service -no drinking water; Olive Lake - self service - no drinking water; Welch Creek - reduced service - no drinking water; Tollbridge - reduced service -no drinking water. Fishing: Poor to fair, good luck in Granite area with small flies. The forest visitor is asked to use extra caution during this time of year with campfires. It is recommended that a shovel and a one gallon bucket full of water be handy at all times. When you leave your camp make double sure your camp fire is dead out. The best way to tell when it is out is to feel through the ashes for any hot coals. HEPPNER RANGER DISTRICT '81 wheat eligible for entry in grain reserve Judy Buschke. County exec utive director for the Morrow County Agricultural Stabiliza tion and Conservation com mittee, says farmers who place their 1981 wheat crop under price support loan may enter it immediately into the grain reserve. "They will receive annual storage payments of 26-1? cents per bushel, payable in advance," she said. While interest will be charged on the loan during the first year that the wheat is in the program, interest will be waived during the second and subsequent years of the reserve loan. So far, local farmers have placed about 254.059 bushels of their 1981 wheat crop under loan. Mrs. Buschke said the county loan rate is $3.36 per bushel. The new wheat reserve program authorizes farmers to keep their crop in the program until the national average market price for Phone: 676-9187 Hours: 7:45 - 4:30. Mon - Fri Trails: Copple Butte No. 3052 is open and Bull Prairie Lake No. 3056 is open and maintained. Roads: All roads are open. There is a lot of dust from logging traffic on Road 21, Campgrounds: Bull Prairie with 20 campsites and Fair view with five campsites are open. Fishing : Fishing at Penland Lake and Bull Prairie Lake Is fair. There is no woodcutting except on A-B- or C days. Check permits for fire re quirements. POMEROY RANGER DISTRICT Phone: 843-1891 ' Hours: 7:00 - 4:30, daily Trails: All trails are open. Roads: Road crew will be working this week from Clear water to the Boundary and the Stevens Ridge Road. Campgrounds: All open with limited maintenance. Fire danger is very high. We are in a precaution class of D. This has shut down all woodcutting. Loggers have to shut down at 1 p.m. All campers please be aware of the high fire danger and make sure your campfire is in a campfire ring and out when you leave the camping spot. Roads are quite dusty and logging traffic is heavy until early afternoon. I'KIAIl RANGER DISTRICT Phone: 427-3231 Hours: 7:00 - 4:30, Mon - Fri Trails: All trails are open. Tread work is being done on Round Meadow Trail No. 3155 and Big Creek Trail No. 6145. Roads: All roads open. wheat is at or above the trigger release level of $4.65 per bushe,!, or until the three-year reserve loan matures. "Earlier crop wheat now in the other farmer-held reser ves may be transferred into this wheat reserve," the ASCS official said. When the release level is reached, farmers may re move their grain from the reserve without penalty. If the market price continues above $4 65 per bushel after the initial release period, farmers will stop earning storage payments. Interest charges, if previously stopped, will be resumed. As of Aug. 20, the grain reserve contained about 1,236,042.79 bushels of Morrow County wheat. The maximum amount of wheat eligible to be in all farmer-held reserves at any one time is 700 million bushels. On July 1, reserve wheat totaled 360 million bushels. ENJOY! Majoi iwiua maintained, Road No. 52 is dust-oiled to M.P. 20, except for M P. 0 to M P. 6 0 which is very dusty and rough. Heavy log truck traffic during week on roads 52, 53, and 54. Road 55 is dusty. Campgrounds: AH camp grounds open on a self-service basis. Heavy cured grasses in campgrounds are causing fire concerns; open fires permit ted in cleared fire rings only. Fishing is poor to fair due to hot weather and low stream flows. Hunting: Bow hunting sea- son opens August 22. Hot, dry weather is not helping the prospects nor fire danper risk Be extremely careful with fire. Fairly good huckleberries are showing up in isolated areas that escaped earlier frosts; 5000 - 5500 ft. elevation appears best. High-Fire Precautions Class is "D" which means no wood cutting until there's some relief. Hazards: Tower Mtn. Road No. 5226 is narrow, dusty and busy - be careful. WALLA WALLA RANGER DISTRICT Phone: 525-5500 Hours: 7:45 - 4:30, Mon - Fri Attention woodcutters: The fire precaution class to date is D as in Dog. There will be no Heppner sisters visit Japan By PATTI ALLSTOTT It seems rising travel costs have caused many to take shorter, less distant vacation trips this year. But Cindi and Sandi Hudson of Heppner weren't discouraged. Both girls have pen pals living in Japan and they decided about a year ago to begin saving for a trip to visit them. Sandi 's pen pal of 5'4 years, Tomoko Morita, visited Heppner in 1979, but Cindi had never met Shikiko Tanak&i her four-year friend via-writing. The sisters left Portland on Wednesday, July 15, and arrived at Osaka, Japan on the 16th. The trip took 14 hours, Sandi said. Both of the girls' pen pals lived in suburbs of Osaka. Though the sisters didn't see each other much, they visited the same points of interest. They traveled to the city of Kobe where they saw Port opia, comparable but smaller than Spokane's Expo Center, they said. The sisters and the two natives spent two days in Kyoto, ex-capitol and 5th largest city in Japan. There the group visited three tem ples. They also went to Nara where they saw the largest Buddha in Japan. The building incasing the Buddha is the largest wooden structure in the world, Sandi said. They also visited the Japan Sea and Osaka Castle where, Sandi said, part of the movie "Shogun" was filmed. While discussing interesting points of Japanese culture, Sandi said she was told that when a pregnant woman reaches the eighth month of her pregnancy, that she leaves her husband and home to stay with her mother. After the baby is born she returns to her otyiiPTc sthinu) J2yi Samt-Ttanaparant Stain Ftenetraies to give new wood beauty thats more than skin deep. $16.75 woodcutting allowed. The Umatilla National Forest is too dry. Campers - Woodward and Jubilee Lake campgrounds are both open. These camp grounds are usually full for the weekend by Friday noon. Please remember that the backside of Jubilee Lake is off limits due to an active timber sale. Also open and available are Woodland and Target meadows campgrounds. Although the crop this year is sparse, there are some huckleberries being picked in the Jubilee Lake and Target Meadows areas. Anyone pick ing huckleberries during the week should avoid the west side of Target Meadows road to prevent being hit by logging activity. All motorists should be advised that there is construc tion on the Mottet Road and on Road 6413 in the Lookout Mountain area. There is heavy log truck traffic on Road No. 64 (Jubilee Lake road) and Road No. 62 (the Troy Lookingglass Road). All roads on the district are dusty, so be considerate and cautious of other traffic. Backpackers - The Eagle Cap Wilderness maps are now available for $1 each at the Walla Walla Ranger District. mother's home and remains for another month, then re turns to her own home. Sandi said Tomoko was surprised to learn that Americans do not practice this ritual. Cindi reported that the drinking age was 20 but minors are permitted to drink when accompanied by their parents or guardian. She also said a person must be 18 to obtain a driver's license and said she was told that it costs about $1,000 for a license. Railways are the major mode of transportation, Sandi add ed. iV SO" . V Cindi (L), and Sandi kimono they bought Buy 4 gallons of any Olympic Product, get 1 free. uurinu iu OVRCOfcT f v!TV I lWl-'''l"'' j Olympic Overcoat The house paint that s tested lough to take on the weather $16.75 Weather Screen Get extra protection where you need it most with Olympic Weather Screen. $16.75 schedulc The Motor Vehicles Division at 278 Main Street in Heppner , will be open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 12 noon and 2 to 5 p.m. except for the following days ; Wed., Aug. 19 - Heppner office closed; Condon office open, County Courthouse, 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon, 1 to 3:30 p.m. Mon., Aug. 31 through Fri., Sept. 4, - Heppner office closed for a statewide manager's conference. Mon., Sept. 7 - Heppner office closed, holiday. Wed., Sept. 16 Heppner office closed; Fossil office open, courthouse, 10 a.m. to 12 noon, 1 to 3 p.m. THE CASE OF WINDOWS, OPEN AND SHUT No matter what the architec tural style of your home, there are appropriately designed wood windows to go with it. Traditional double-hungs, bowj and bays and contemporary casements, sliders and fixed sash picture windows are exam ples. All are available in stock sizes at local home centers or building supply stores. Because modern wood windows are factory-made, they fit snugly and are easy to install. Cindi collected key chains from each city she visited as momentos. When asked what she felt was most interesting and exciting about the trip, she answered: "visiting the temples and meeting a four year pen pal and her family." The sisters returned to Heppner Monday, August 17, after being away for about a ' month. They said that Cindi's pen pal, Shikiko, might visit Heppner next year. Sandi and Cindi are the daughters of J.D. and Jo Hudson of Heppner. 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