SIX The Heppner Gatette-Ttmea. Heppner. Oregon. Thursday.
Lexington
Delpha
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Word was received Oils
week of the death of Elmo
McMillan, Portland, former
Lexington-lone resident, at
Portland University Hospital.
He is survived by a daughter,
Beverly, of San Rafael, Calif.
His wife, the former Eleanor
Swanson, preceded him in
death.
Mr. and Mrs. Vilas Ropp of
Depoe Bay are the parents of a
daughter, Ashley Debb, born
Dec. 28. She weighed 8 lbs. 6
oz. She joins a sister at home.
Paternal grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Ropp,
Depoe Bay. Maternal grand
parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Gene Majeske, Lexington. :
Great-grandparents are Mr,
and Mrs. Kenneth Marshall,
Lexington and Mrs. Frieda
Majeske, Heppner.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Majeske
have returned from Depoe
OSU specialist offers
free parenting letters
By BIRDINE TUIXIS
Morrow County
Extension Service
"Oregon's Children," a
series of six letters for parents
of children up to age three,
will be available soon in
Morrow County, as well as all
other counties in Oregon. For
the first time ever, Extension
will offer a program simul
taneously to all residents of
Oregon.
The series, fresh from the
pen of Marcelle Straatman,
OSU Extension Human Devel
opment specialist, will start in
mid-February, free of charge
to all wishing to receive It.
The idea behind the Exten
sion educational program is to
provide basic information to
parents in the home about
parenting topics. ' "Young
parents want to do what's best
for their children, but are
often confused by popular
articles that contradict each
other regarding what to do
with children," according to
Ms. Straatman; "In addition,
few have first hand exper
ience or knowledge about
babies."
Knowing that about one
third of mothers with children
under age three work away
from home. Extension will use
the mail to deliver informa
tion directly to parents, thus
avoiding extra time away
Central Market awards 1st baby
Heppner 's Central Market
will give a $10 gift certificate
to First Baby of the Year
Jacob Nels Neiffer.
Central Market was inad
vertantly left out of an ad
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Jones 989-8189
Bay, where they visited with
their daughter, Debbie Ropp
and her family, and got
acquainted with their new
granddaughter.
Grant Henderson, Summer
ville, a former Lexington
resident, is a patient at Good
Samaritan Hospital in Port
land, where he recently un
. derwent heart surgery.
Floyd Borman, who recent
ly underwent heart surgery in
Portland, is staying with
. relatives in Baker.
Ruby Galley has returned
home from Farmington,
Wash., where she attended the
wedding of her son, Lee
Colley, to Carol Asching. The
newlyweds will make their
home in Farmington.
Kenneth Peck, who recently
had major surgery in Port
land, is recuperating at his
home near Lexington.
Marcelle Straatman
from home. The letters are
based on current child devel
opment research.
The first letter, titled "Be
coming a Parent," will deal
with such topics as building a
family, roles of parents and
differences in temperament
among children. Other letters
will deal with ages and stages
of development parents can
expect normal children to
experience, safety in the
home, babies and play, and
information about care cen
ters and how to select care for
children away from the home.
Those wishing to receive the
letters are asked to register by
February 1, by either calling
the Extension office, 678-9642,
or by stopping at the office
located on the second level of
the Gilliam and Bisbee Build
ing in Heppner. Registrations
are also welcomed by mail.
Be sure to include your
complete mailing address.
appearing in last week's
Gazette-Times which listed
local merchants who were
donating gifts to Heppner '
first baby of 1982.
555 OIFIF
January 7. 1882
OWGL announces Ore. wheat new
Dryland wheat farmers of
Eastern Oregon are breathing
a sigh of relief, despite the low
price of wheat this year,
reports the Oregon Wheat
Growers League.
Farmers would have lost
money had this been a year of
average yields of wheat per
acre, because the cost of
production would have ex
ceeded by far the price per
bushel.
But where yields in Eastern
"Oregon were up 80 bushels or
more per acre, the cost of
production dropped by nearly
half. (Willamette Valley
wheat growers had lower
yields this year and did not
fare so well), OWGL says. ..
Recent Portland prices for
No. 1 white wheat have been
about $3.78 per bushel. Had
yields been 34 bushels per acre
(consideredaverage), the cost
per bushel would have been
from $5.22 to $5.52 per acre,
depending on the farming
method. But with high yields
starting at 60 bushels per acre,
the cost of production for
Eastern Oregon farmers
dropped to $3.16 per bushel
and below.
How can we estimate the
cost of production, when every
farm and every farmer is
different? .
Each year, the Oregon State
University Extension Service
Former Heppner man
to receive
Dave Hall, Vocational Agri
culture instructor at Wallowa
High School, has recently been
named to receive the FFA
Honorary State Farmer De
gree. This degree will be
awarded at the annual Future
Farmers of America State
Convention to be held in mid
March at Oregon State Uni
versity in Corvallis, stated a
news release from Wallowa
High School.
Hall was nominated by the
Oregon Vocational Agricul
ture Teachers Association,
and was elected by the State
Executive Committee. The
selection was based on the
successful rebuilding of the
Wallowa Vocational Agricul
ture Department and the
devotion of Hall to Vocational
Agriculture students. In the
six years that Hall has taught
at Wallowa the students of his
The word "boycott is from ths name of an Irish
land agent who was the first known boycott victim.
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publishes a study estimating
the cost of growing wheat in
Oregon's Columbia Plateau.
, The study is used by farmers .
to plan ahead, and by would ,
be farmers who wando know
what it will cost to get Into the '
business, states OWGL. .
The 1981 study was presenf -ted
to the Oregon Wheat
Growers League during their
recent annual convention in
Pendleton. " '
To prepare the reportr
Union County Agent Gordon
Cook, Sherman County Agent
Sandy Macnab and OSU
Extension Economics Assis- '
tant David L. Hoist talk to;
growers, suppliers, rnachin-)
ery dealers and lenders.
The information is sum
marized and then reviewed
again by the growers,' county
agents and others familiar"
with dryland wheat produc
tion. Every year, the three
agents make adjustments to
try to come as close as
possible to the "real" aver
age.' In fact, this year's
adjustments actually resulted
in "dropping" the cost of
production by more than 50
cents an acre, said OWGL.
But that doesn't mean the
average cost really dropped
this year, warns Hoist.
Three changes were made.
First, the size of the
aver-
FF A honors
chapter have received 20 State
Farmer Degrees, 45 District
Proficiency Awards, five
State BOAC Awards, three
National Chapter awards, six
Superior Chapter Awards, five
National Safety Awards, had
four District Presidents, one
State Officer, State Star
Farmer and one American
Farmer, as well as numerous
other awards, continued the
release.
Hall was also noted as
having won the Outstanding
Young Vo-Ag Teacher Award
for Oregon and the Nation for
I960 and the Oregon Career
Exploration Award for 1981.
Hall received his State
Farmer Degree in 1968 as a
member of the Heppner FFA
Chapter.
He is the son of Gene and
Harriet Hall of Heppner.
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age" farm was changed from
S.0O0 acres to 2,500 Seres.
"Realistically, we've seen
Just that," says Hoist. "We
. found that if a farmer stayed
ln business, he usually ex
panded his acreage."
Second, more credit was
: given for the efficiency of the
"newer farm machinery, since
the new machines generally
can cover more acres per
hour. .' ",
: Third, and perhaps most
' significant in the estimation of
farming costs, the method for
land valuation was changed in
, the study. Instead of the cost
of owning land being based on
the market value, the land
cost Is based on its farm use
value and market rental costs.
- "The market value is no
longer representatiave of ag
ricultural value," Hoist ex
plains. . "We wanted some
thing that was more represen
tative of the actual value of
the land in agricultural pro
duction." The study, of course, does
. not always fit the "wide range
of real-life situations," says
Hoist. But every year, it
comes a little closer.
The Oregon Wheat Growers
League is the non-profit or
ganization representing the
interests of Oregon's B.000
wheat farmers.
This arrow, twisted into
a great G stands for a greet
idea: recycling fleas.
Although the primary
component of glass are in
abundant domestic supply,
recycling glass has long been
an integral part of the
glass manufacturing procees
becauas of 1U economic
advantage over raw mate
rials. There are also en
vironmental benefits. For
every pound of recycled
glass used, one leas pound
of glass enters the waste
stream aa litter or solid
waste. Furthermore, since
recycled glass melts faster
than virgin material, ita uae
allows manufacturers to de
crease energy usage and
emissions.
For years, consumer re
search has consistently dem
onstrated that glass is the
preferred packaging material
for protection of taste and
product quality.
For free copies of a
booklet about recycling
glass, write: Glass Packaging
Institute, Communications
Dept., 2000 L St., N.W.,
Suite 815, Washington, D.C.
20036.
Velma Seat
retires
Velma Seat, OSU Extension
Food marketing Specialist,
whose "Market Basket" fea
tures appeared In the Caiette
.. Times, retired December 30.
Ms. Seat is well known by
homemakersfor her excellent
programs on foods and a
yearly seminar on topics
relating to foods and market
ing as well as her widely read
reports, said Birdine Tullis,
Morrow County Exension Ser
vice. At this time it is uncertain
if her vacant position will be
filled, reports Tullis.
Although ths standard Eng
lish dictionary contains be
tween 300,000 and 600,000
words, the average parson
usas only about 3,000.
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Fair & Rodeo News
By DOROTHY R8TBERO
The Morrow County Fair
Board has re-elected Ron
Currin as chairman for 1982.
New Board member Merlyn
Robinson has been appointed
to replace Virginia Grieb, who
has served several terms.
Other board members are
Pete Richards, Charley Daly
nd Harold Peck.
While at the Oregon Fairs
Convention held in December,
many seminars were attended
by all Fair Board members.
The seminars were very
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in Budgeting, State Financing
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