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EIGHT-The Heppner Caiette-Times,
Aroiind
By Justine JVeatherford
Last week I had three of my grandchildren visiting: Anna,
six, Thomas, five, and Pearl, two-and-a-half years-old. It was
certainly helpful that my daughter, Ann, the mother of the
two younger ones, was here also. Although I dearly love each
one, I find that the joyful excitement and intense activity
they fill my home with easily tires me.
Now 1 am reflecting on the differences in parenting and
grandparenting. The first big distinction is that these
phenomena occur at quite different ages. Also, usually,
parenting comes when one has young spouse and helpful,
youthful friends who are experiencing a corresponding
situation.
Another big difference is that parenting extends over many
years and sort of builds up gradually, while grandparenting,
at least in my situation, comes in brief busy periods. I have
often envied contemporaries who have their grandchildren
living very near them while none of mine are living close by.
However, I am not at all sure how I would react to, or
survive, intensive, constant grandmothering.
I feel very fortunate that I was able to drive to Cascade
Locks to visit with my oldest grandchildren, Scott, 14 and
Anita Haberlach, 12 and then bring Anita to Heppner for one
week before returning her to her maternal grandparents in
Vancouver who say that she got to her home at Auburn, WA.
Then I hitchhiked with the Heppner-Ashland playgoers to
Medford and sort of kidnapped Anna Haberlach, six. and
brought her here for a week before making the long trip to
return her to ber home where I always enjoying visiting with
her parents and her brother Adam, seven-and-a-half. Young
Thomas and Pearl Chenhall were not transported by me but
came south from Cheney with their mother, who took them
back home after a short visit here.
Before I try to desist summer travel talk, it has been
interesting this year to observe changing types of traveling.
Last weekend as I drove to and from Medford, I saw many
bicycle travelers, many motorcyclists and a proliferation of
walking hitchhikers. Some campgrounds and motels had "No
Vacancy" signs out early on Saturday. I observed license
plates from most U.S. states and Canada. Yes, tourism is a
very big business!
In the mail which collected while I was away three days,
was a postcard from Juneau, Alaska, from Eleanor and Ed
Gouty. Eleanor wrote "We're amazed at the number of
people we are seeing and how they travel." She continued to
comment on the large number of people with backpacks and
sleeping bags everywhere, including on the Alaskan Ferries
where they get by as walk-on passengers and sleep on the
ship's deck. The Gontys were given their wonderful trip
through the Inland Passage as an anniversary gift from their
son, Tom. Several other friends have also returned from
Alaska recently, including Helen Currin. More local folks will
be northbound soon, I hear.
Be be Munkers has been showing friends a 1905 photograph
of two men in dark suits and hats standing by a display of
Morrow County products at the Oregon State Fair. Part of
the display tells that the 1905 county wheat crop "will ;
average from 70 cents to 78 cents per bushel." The pictured
display also proclaims "The Morrow County wool crop for
this year sold at an average of 20 cents per pound."
Who can identify the two men?
Many of us feel sad that there will be no Morrow County
display at the coming State Fair. In years past the county
displays have been very well done. I recall seeing several
that Harold Kerr and Birdine Tullis put together."
These last two weeks I've been impressed with the
knowledge I have gained from and about four ladies from
Lexington. First. Betty Chris tman, who along with Wilma
Martin and Dorothy Warren, superintends the Fruits and
Vegetables Department at our fair, gave a valuable
demonstration of how produce should be groomed for
display. Betty really knows about this fair department and
has learned much by observing judges working there for
years now. She said she supposed she will be helping at the
fair "until I die or move out of the county," neither of which
we hope will happen for many years to such a knowledgable
and helpful person.
The second Lexington lady who delighted me was Delta
Huber. Delta is a member of the lone Garden Club, and she
has helped with fair flowers and worked with certified
flower shows for some time. She presented a beautiful
demonstration concerning the displaying of flowers for the
August meeting of the Heppner Garden Club. I feel certain
that Delta grew up knowing a lot about flowers, yet she keeps
on learning and has been so generous about sharing her
know-how with those of us who know so much less than she.
Then two other ladies from Lexington have been featured
in print media recently - and I admire them both. Delpha
Jones is beaming from the cover of the August "Ruralite."
The article cn page 16 by Condon's Jean Gilliam tells about
some of Delpha 's activities. It really didn't have the space to
cover all of her good works. One of the things it omitted was
her leadership in the Oregon Iung Association. Delpha is an
achiever and an asset to Morrow County.
The fourth Lexingtonite I have just learned a little more
about is the youngest of the four - Cathy Peck, mother of
five, who taught in Heppner and
now has accepted the position of
city of Pendleton. We hope the Peck's will return often to visit
Lexington and Heppner.
BMCC open Fridays,
placement tests given
On Monday, Aug. 23, Blue
Mountain Community College
will resume its regular five
day work week, announced a
college spokesperson.
College offices will open at 8
a.m. and close at 5 p.m.
Monday thro'igh Friday.
During the summer months,
the college assumed a four
day work week designed
conserve electricity. The col
lege was closed on Fridays
and all air conditioning turned
off during the three-day week
ends. College personnel work
ed longer hours during the
remaining four days of the
work week to compensate for
the time off on the longer
weekends. v
Placement testing will be
Heppner, Oregon. Thursday,
About
worked as a writer, and who
youth services officer for the
done in the college's counsel
ing center on the same sche
dule it has been during the
summer months with the ad
dition of Friday. The test is
offered at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.
as well as 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
The placement test at the
college is free and is designed
to help place new students in
the appropriate English and
mathematics classes. Stu
dents are not denied admis
sion to the college on the basis
of the results of the test.
No appointment is neces
sary to take the test. After the
test is scored, prospective
college students have the op
portunity to talk with a college
counselor about their career
goals, the spokesperson concluded.
August 19. I9S2
Scouts ready
for Fair & Rodeo
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Local Scogt turned out bright and early Saturday morning
to clean up the town in preparation for Fair & Rodeo.
Pictured above ore six of the hard working boys.
(I-R) Dean Munkers, Scott Johnston. Bobby Krein, Doug Devin,
Shane Munkers and A.J. Tarnasky.
4-H horse show adds new classes
for the show on Aug. 21
The 4 H Horse Show at the
Morrow County Fair will have
three new classes for 1982.
"Advanced Equitation," the
first class, can be ridden
either English or Western and
follows Olympic competition.
4-H Riders have a mandatory
routine that they ride, with
emphasis on precision and
correctness. Riders then per
form a second time, utilizing
their own routine to show what
they can do with their horses.
Spectators will want to watch
this one to see that the rider
makes all gait changes as the
rider's shoulder passes the
marker. Contestants are ex
pected to make round circles
and straight lines during their
test.
A second class, added for
1982. is the Best Horse Club
Display. Each club is encour
aged to put up an educational
display for the public's in
terest, and to keep their area
clean and tidy. Spectators are
encouraged to see the horse
Archery season opens Aug.
reminded of closed areas
The statewide bowhunting
season for deer and elk opens
Saturday. August 21 and runs
through September 26. Al
though most of the state is
open during this season, there
are a few date exceptions and
two management units which
are closed to elk hunting,
announced the Oregon Depart
ment of Fish and Wildlife.
In Western Oregon. Wil
liam Finley National Wildlife
Refuge is open to bowhunting
Crop Report
The Oregon Crop and Live
stock Reporting Service has
released the following August
Crop Report:
Oregon's winter wheat pro
duction, based on conditions
as of August 1, is estimated at
58 3 million bushels, 20 per
cent less than last year's
record level. Fewer acres for
harvest along with a lower
average yield are the reasons
for the lower production. The
average yield of winter wheat
is expected to be 53 0 bushels
per acre, compared with 61
bushels a year ago. Spring
wheat production was placed
at 40 million bushels, four
percent less than 1981. All
wheat production totals 62.3
million bushels, 19 percent
less than last year's crop.
Nationally, all wheat produc
tion is forecast at 2.77 billion
bushels, one percent less than
last year's record production,
but 17 percent above 1980.
Barley production is esti
mated at 12 7 million bushels
with an average yield of 62
bushels per acre. Production
in 1981 totaled 11.7 million
bushels with an average yield
of 60.0 bushels per acre.
Other Oregon crops forecast
as of August 1 are as follows :
oat production at 5.5 million
bushels, 21 percent more than
last year's; corn for grain
production at 3.0 million bush
els, nine percent more than
1981 ; alfalfa hay production at
1.8 million tons, four percent
above last year; all other hay
production at 1.2 million tons,
Heppner
members at work.
Bareback Equitation Class,
the third new class for 1982.
has been very popular with the
4-H members at the warm-up
show in early summer, and
now is part of the fair horse
show. 4-H members may ride
either English or Western and
compete in similar tests as for
other classes.
Horse Judging Contest
starts at 8:30 Saturday morn
ing with classes being provid
ed by 4 H members from
Umatilla County. This is
another exchange program
for Morrow County; Morrow
County horse members pro
vided the classes for the Uma
tilla County Fair.
The 4-H Horse Show is ex
pected to start at 9:30 a.m.
Fitting and Showing is first,
followed by bareback equita
tion, western equitation, colt
ground training, advanced
equitation. English equitation,
"jumping. and the trail horse
class. , i .
from August 28 through Sep
tember 26 only. In Eastern
Oregon, Hart Mountain Nat
ional Antelope Refuge is open
from August 21 through Sep
tember 6 only, and Malheur
National Waterfowl Refuge is
closed to bowhunting.
The entire Sprague and Kla
math Falls units in Klamath
County are closed to elk hunt
ing this year. Although this
closure was noted in the 1982
Game Mammal Regulations
six percent above 1981; hop
production at 12.95 million
pounds, five percent more
than last year; sugar beet
production at 278,000 tons,
seven percent below 1981.
The first forecast of the 1982
Oregon plum and prune pro
duction is placed at 30,000
tons, equal to last year's total
production. Nationally, ex
cluding California, the crop is
estimated at 60,800 tons for
1982 or 11 percent lower.
Bartlett pear production in
Oregon is now estimated at
76,000 tons, 11 percent less
than last year, but six percent
higher than the July 1 esti
mate. All other pears are
estimated at 105,000 tons, un
changed from July 1, and 12
percent below the 1981 crop.
Pear production for the Pacif
ic Coast is estimated at 700,000
tons, 18 percent less than the
1981 crop,
Apple production in Oregon
is now expected to total 165
million pounds, six percent
higher than last year. Wash
ington is expecting a 13 per
cent larger crop and national
production is forecast at 8.6
billion pounds, 11 percent
above the 1981 crop.
The number of farms in
Oregon for 1982 is estimated at
36,000; down one percent from
1981 's 36,500 farms. Mean
while, land in farms totalled
18.3 million acres, up one
percent from a year earlier.
Average size of an Oregon
'arm is now 508 acres.
4-n .hownaiuhip Co. Fair
expanded for
82 Fair
With the expected increases
in both large and small ani
mals in the 4-H Livestock
division, the showmanship
classes have been expanded so
that there is now showman
ship in each animal species.
The eight divisions are: beef,
dairy, sheep, swine, poultry,
rabbits, goats, and other small
animals. Poultry, rabbits,
goats, and other small ani
mals have showmanship at 1
p.m. on August 24. The large
animal showmanship contests
start at 9 : 00 a m . on August 25.
"Round Robin" Showman
ship has also been expanded.
In the Round Robin Showman
ship each age champion in
each species division will com
pete against the other cham
pions of the same age group.
There will be two sections:
large animal (beef, dairy,
sheep, swine), and small ani
mal (poultry, rabbits, goats,
and other small animals).
For example, the champion
of senior beef showmanship,
senior dairy showmanship,
senior sheep showmanship,
and senior swine showman
ship will come back at 1:30.
August 25 with their animals
for a "show-off". Each 411
member will show their own
animal and each others ani
mals to see who is the best
Round Robin Showman of the
senior age division. Intermed
iate and junior Round Robin
Showmanship contests will
follow seniors.
Small Animal Round Robin
Showmanship contests are the
same procedure only with
small animals. The senior
small animal showmanship
champions will come back to
compete at 3:30, August 24,
with intermediates and jun
iors following.
The decimal system was in
vented in ninth century India.
21, hunters
under the section for rifle
hunters, it was accidentally
left out of the section on
bowhunting. But the closure
applies during all elk seasons
in 1982. including the bowhunt
ing seasons.
Further details on the fall
seasons are available in the
1982 Oregon Game Mammal
Regulations, available free
where hunting and fishing
licenses are sold, the depart
ment said.
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Princess Annette Wilgers (I),
The Morrow County Fair
and Rodeo Court has been
busy this summer traveling
to many fairs and rodeos in the
state.
Fish & Wildlife Commission to
set bird seasons Aug. 20
For those kindred souls
whose year is made fuller by
feathered game, and the gold
en days of fall. August 20 will
be an important date. That's
when the Fish and Wildlife
Commission will set 19R2 sea
sons for upland birds and
waterfowl. The meeting will
begin at 8 am. on Friday,
August 20. at the Fish and
Wildlife Department head
quarters. 506 SW Mill Street in
Portland
Those who have ideas or
recommendations concerning
the fall seasons are invited to
attend the meeting and make
their feelings known in the
public hearing. Those who
cannot attend may w ant to get
their thoughts down soon in
writing and mail them to the
department before the August
20 meeting, said a commission
spokesperson.
Field biologists are busy
wrapping up their field brood
census, which measures the
success of the spring nesting
season. Their findings will be
reviewed at the meeting.
Some opening dates were
set earlier in the year as an
aid to hunters planning their
vacations around the bird sea
sons. Those are August 28 for
blue and ruffled grouse state
wide, October 2 for chukars
and Hungarian partridge in
Eastern Oregon. October 16
for pheasants and valley quail
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Mel Tillis, Princess Nancy Poine
One of the court's highlights
was meeting country-western
singer Mel Tillis at the Uma
tilla County Fair recently,
Tillis, with his nine piece
hand "The Statesiders." is a
statewide and for chukars in
Western Oregon Mountain
quail season will open August
28 in Western Oregon and
October 16 east of the Cas
cades. The commission will
set the closing dales for these
seasons, daily bag and posses
sion limits and other regula
tions after the staff report and
the review of public comments
on August 20
Dove and band tailed pigeon
seasons have already been set
in their entirety because these
birds are migratory species
and fall under the cloak of a
federal framework of dates
within which states must set
their seasons. The federal
rules require that the states
set seasons for these species
and submit the dates to the
U S Fish and Wildlife Service
earlier than the August 20 date
selected for setting other
Oregon bird seasons.
Dove and pigeon seasons
will open September 1, the
earliest date permitted under
federal rules, and will extend
through September 30. The
daily bag limit for doves is 15,
an increase from 10 in recent
past years, and 30 in posses
sion, For band tailed pigeons
the daily bag limit is five, with
the possession limit also five.
A delayed pigeon opener the
last two years has reversed a
downward trend in Oregon's
band-tail populations, and
E-TMES
Tillis
ond Queen Anita Palmer
profile songwriter and per
former. He was named the
Country Music Association's
entertainer of the year in 1976.
One of the court's highlights
Ralph Denney, staff game
bird biologist, recommended
return to the more traditional
September I opener this year,
said the spokesperson.
Also to be considered this
year is the possibility of a
limited reopening of the sage
grouse season There has been
no open season (or this big
desert bird since 1975. This
possibility will hinge on the
findings of district wildlife
biologists as they conduct
their sage grouse brood
counts. Preliminary findings
do not indicate a good nesting
year in spite of better than
average adult overwintering
populations in many desert
areas
Brood counts for all upland
species are conducted during
the last part of July and the
first part of August For this
reason, the setting of seasons
is always delayed until late
August. This has always made
it difficult to have bird regula
tions printed and distributed
to license agents by the time
the earliest seasons open in
late August and early Septem
ber. That will again be the
case this year, so bird hunters
are advised to take note of the
grouse, dove and pigeon sea
sons. The printed regulations
usually become available by
the first or second week in
September, the commission
spokesperson concluded.