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EIGHT The Heppner Gatette-Timet, Heppner. Oregon. Thursday, January It, 1984 lone girls lose to Honkers 30-51 Elks Hoop Shoot to take place Sat. lone J.V. team defeated ; 1 ''1 ' ?' , l- " , ' P tr' ,1 V Yt ' t - v x ) ' w" ; " 0 V. . - ' , t i ' ' V ..5.- " v ' ' . . . if tone player wrestles for bail By ASHLEY CONKLIN The lone girls' basketball team lost to the Arlington Honkers 51 to 30 on Saturday, Jan. 7. lone is now 2- for the season and 0-2 in the Big Sky Conference. Arlington ran a fast break to perfection in the opening stanza, taking a 20 S lead. Cara Bittinger and Becky Burdick scored 18 of Arling ton's points. Deena Hams scored six second period points for lone but the Honkers out-scored the st runes 1 3 70 J 10 11 T 30 51 Ion rllngtnn lone ecUllgott uollll ''rlot McCatw Total FT. 1 0 0 0 0 k 6 15 ? 0 0 J 1 ? s 0 w 5 0 1 3 fc 6 10 2 Arlington Sural Iroy Bitting er Jona Golna Jrmlna Total FGx 18 O 18 ? 9 10 67 rm s 0 1 o 1 9 FT 7 a a i 2 4 25 o f 1 3 ? ?1 Computer system to be offered to farmers One of these days. Oregon farmers will be able to put AGMAN. instead of PAC-MAN, on their microcomputers. That's the name - short for Agricultural Management researchers with Oregon State University's Agricultural Ex periment Station have given to a statewide, computer-based in formation network they are de veloping and already are testing in cooperation with OSU's Exten sion Service in Marion, Jackson and Umatilla counties. AGMAN is not a game. Oregon is lagging behind some other states in using one of the most powerful new farming tools of the century, the computer, in the view of OSU researchers. AGMAN and other farm man agement services under develop ment may help the state catch up or perhaps even surge into the lead, they think. The computer push crisscros ses traditional campus bounda ries, involving researchers and Extension Service specialists in most departments of OSU's Col lege of Agricultural Sciences, county Extension agents, and personnel from other units like the atmospheric sciences depart ment and the campus Computer Center. Leading the development of AGMAN is Brian Croft, an ento mologist who moved to OSU in 1982 from Michigan State Uni versity, where he was national director of a federally funded project developing computer models for appie crop manage ment. Croft brought his federal funds with him, using them as seed money to attract additional public and private funding for the AGMAN project. The idea behind AGMAN is "networking," gathering infor mation from many sources, like farmers in Oregon and other states, scientists and Extension personnel at OSU and other un Cardinals 11 - 10 to increase their lead to 31 13 at halftime. Again Arlington out-scored lone 11 to 10. This time it was in the third quarter and the Honkers led 42 - 23. Arlington went on to win 51 to 30. From the field lone made 12 of 32 shots for 38 percent, compared to 21 of 62, 34 percent for Arlington. At the free throw line lone was six of 15 connecting on 40 percent, while Arlington was 36 percent on nine of 25 shots. TCTML punts 4 0 0 4. 2 t 12 2 10 Pf 5 D 1 3 5 2 2 21 ET 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 9 TO J 0 0 1 0 1 10 1 16 1 0 3 3 3 5 10 0 25 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 e 7 TOTM. 17 ) D 2 5 W 0 20 3 6 5 51 Agriculture and the US. Weather Service, and making all that data available to whomever wants it. Eventually, through computer terminals at Extension Offices in Oregon's 36 counties, and through home- and business-based micro computers, farmers and people in agriculture-related businesses would be able to "tie into" AGMAN and Lake out informa tion ranging from market prices for beef, wheat and other com modities to the current life stages of crop pests in various parts of the state. The "brain" or central infor mation storage unit for AGMAN is a Digital Equipment Corpora tion PDP 11-44 minicomputer housed on the OSU campus. However, a larger computer will be needed for the system when Oregon farmers are given direct access to it. according to Croft. Getting AGMAN "Fully im plemented" so any farmer with access to a microcomputer can use the system may take five years or more, said Croft, who works on the technical side of AGMAN with computer specia list Keven Currans in OSU's entomology deparatment. But the service first will be available through county Extension offices and the initial steps for that service have already been taken, he said. The Extension Service is ope rating a pilot computer program in Jackson, Umatilla and Marion counties. It involves using micro computers and telephone lines to send and receive messages "electronic mail," in computer jargon. AGMAN is part of the three-county pilot program, too. "Through AGMAN, we have access to the latest market in formation, and we plan to use AGMAN in working with fruit growers, livestock people and other clients," said Ron Mobley, chairman of the Jackson County Extension office in Medford. Several farmers f n the Medford photo by Woyn Homi Hams and Kim McCabe led the Cards in scoring with 12 and six points respectively. 1 lone pulled down 25 rebounds. Hams grabbed 10 and McCabe got five. Bittinger and Burdick led the Honkers with 20 and 17 points respectively. lone will play at home on Friday. Jan. 13. and Saturday, Jan. 14. Those games will be against the Cascade Locks Pirates and the Echo Cougars. Both contest start at 6 p.m. YOUR HEALTH The American Dental Hy gienists' Association recom mends you inspect your mouth for any of the fol lowing signs of gum disease: Bleeding gums when brushing teeth Red, swollen and ten der gums Loose or separating per manent teeth Change in the way den tures and partial fit Bad breath Change in the way teeth fit together when biting Gum disease can be pre vented. Brushing and floss ing thoroughly at least once a day. eating well-balanced meals and limiting snacks, visiting your dental hygien ist and dentist on a regular basis, and checking for any signs of gum disease are im portant in preventing gum disease. area already have expressed in- in precise irrigation, be added, that will give people in agricul terest in purchasing a micro- AGMAN isn't the only elec- ture access to current market computer that will be "compati- tronically oriented innovation information from 8 a.m. until 11 ble" with the Extension office's headed toward Oregon farmers, p.m.," said Carl O'Connor, an microcomputer and they'll be i January, the OSU Extension OSU agricultural economist, able to communicate With it via Service Dians to hepin onerafino Mori clntM Hisuminat mar. telephone. Mobley added "What I d like to see AGMAN do first is help our farmers with irrigation." said Gary Prothero, an agent in the Umatilla County Extension office at Hermiston, another participant in the pilot computer program. AGMAN shows great potential for quickly processing weather OPBS'sfour television stations in print media, data for the semiarid region and the form of writing on the tele- The Extension Service plans to calculating potential moisture vision screens normally not seen begin the Line 21 market news loss for the day. Farmers could by viewers. service in January, said O'Con- then feed that information into The decoding devices, which nor. In 1984, the computer and their own microcomputers, cost $250 to $300, allow viewers to AGMAN pilot program will ex along with information about expand the line so it is visible and pand to "Eight to 10" county their own crops' conditions, and covers the middle of the screen. Extension offices, he said, find out when and how much to "We're looking at some new irrigate, said Prothero. mass technology here via com- As the cost of pumping irriga- puter AGMAN is where we'll tion water rises, so does interest Ret the market information FREE CUTLERY Thru January 1984 Big Engine or Small, Mobil Dolvac Oil handles them all, because the new Del vac is the king of the Oils. You can pay a lot more for some Oils, but you can't buy a better quality Oil than Delvoc because Dolvac does it all. Rated A.P.I. service CC CO and SF. You probably will only need to carry one Oil for all your engines. You can reduce your inventory Introductory Offer with Purchase of One 55 Gallon Drum of Oil: One Six Piece Set of Carvel Hall Cutlery Fftgg ' one set per customer PETTYJCIKJ CIL lone, Oregon 422-7254 The Heppner and lone com petition for the 12th annual Elks Hoop Shoot, the national free throw shooting contest for vmmgsters age eight through W. will be held at Hcppncr and lone on Saturday. Jan. 14 from :.in to 11:30 a.m.. announced Jim Swanson of lone, local contest coordinator, 1 This is Swanson 's ninth year to help with the annual hoop shoot. One of the reasons he enjovs working with the participants is because he was once one himself. As a seventh grader. Swanson was a winner in the hoop shoot contest and went to finish fourth in the state competition at Oregon State University in Corvallis. Swanson will oversee the lone competition, while Dale Holland will be in charge of the event In Heppner. Almost three million youngsters from throughout the country entered last year's competition for boys and girls in age categories 8-9: 10-11; and 12-13. Each contestant has 25 shots at the hoop. The boy and girl in each age group with the best scores advance through four tiers of competi tion to qualify for the national No. of acres enrolled in P.LK. program to be limited The number of acres of wheat a farmer can enroll in the U.S. Department of Agri culture's 1984 payment -in-kind program will be limited so that no farmer will receive more than $50,000 in benefits, a U.S.D.A. official has an nounced. Everett Rank, administra tor of U.S.D.A.'s Agricultural Stabilization and Conserva tion Service, said payment limitation is a ceiling imposed by law on the total amount of payments a farmer can re ceive for participation in U-S D.A.'s production stabili zation programs. Generally, a farmer can receive no more than $50,000 a year. However, price support loans, special disaster assis tance and-or cost-shariang for approved, enduring conserva tion practices are not subject to this limitation. Rank saia. "Because the 1984 wheat a new farm market information ket news through their state service in cooperation with the agriculture department but Ore Oregon Public Broadcasting Sys- gon law assigns the job to the tem. Its operation is closely tied OSU Extension Service, O'Con in with the AGMAN system. nor noted. For years, OSU has The service will allow persons transmitted marketing inform a -who buy a special decoding de- tion to the public with a noon vice to receive up-to-the-minute radio show and weekly written farm market information of summaries sent to electronic and of Oils! finals at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Local winners will compete against other contestants in the district event at Hermis ton in February. Winners advance through four tiers of competition: local, district, state and re gional semi-finals until only lfi boys and 36 girls remain. From this final group, one bov and one girl emerge as national champions In each of the three age categories. The winners receive trophies, and their names are inscribed on a special plaque in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. The Elks Hoop Shoot is the country's largest free throw shooting contest for young sters. It is also the largest and most visible of the many youth activities sponsored by the Elks and has served to high light the Elks' national com mitment to youth. The program began as a local Elks activity for young hovs in Corvallis in 1946. With in 12 years, support for the event had grown enough for the Elks Oregon State Asso loan rate was reduced from the statutory $3.55 per bushel to $3.30 per bushel to maintain our domestic and export markets, a portion of the deficiency payment rate may not be subject to the $50,000 payment limitation," said Rank. "The amount of deficiency payment not subject to the $50,000 limit will be the amount that the deficiency payment rates exceeds the difference between the old $3.55 loan rate and the $4 45 target price. This will ensure that the total returns to parti cipating farmers will be the same as if the adjustment in the loan level had not been made," he said. "We do not believe the payment limitatici statute applies to P.LK. commodities and we did not apply the limitation to last year's P.LK. program," said Rank. "This view has now been challenged FREE FREEi NL. ilU f llfj O f ciation to take it to the state level, And in 1972, the "Elks Hoop Shoot" was expanded to include contestants from 19 states. By 1974, girls were added to the competition, and the program has continued to grow ever since, The competition to become a champion is rugged but rewarding. At each level, con testants take a total of 25 free throws. National finalists have averaged around 90 per cent accuracy In recent yeras. Families of finalists on the state, regional and national levels attend the competition as guests of the Elks, and are encouraged to play an active part throughout the contest. One girl from I-aGrande has gone to the national finals two times, winning all the marbles one year and she came in second the next year. It is possible for anyone to win, Swanson said. "Please come to lone or Heppner January 14 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and watch our voung people compete." Swanson said. For more in formation, contact Swanson or Holland. by the General Account Office and some members of Con gress. "We continue to believe we are correct, but the issue must be put to rest so that we can get on with implementation of the 19B4 P.LK. program for wheat. Therefore, we have decided, as a matter of ad ministrative policy, that a farmer will not be allowed to receive a combination of P.LK. compensation and cash payments for participating in production stabilization pro grams that exceed $50,000, using the 1964 county wheat loan rate to determine the value of the P. I K." Rank said a proposal to make the necessary changes in the P. I K. program regula tions will be published soon in the Federal Register and that final action on the changes would be completed before the sign-up period for the 1984 program ends on February 24. -r A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in one night. 7) Hides most colors in one coat Washable, colorfast flat finish Easy water clean-up 112) REG Plus.. .Great Savings on Spred Lo-Lustre 424 Lynden Way, Heppner by Helix 35 By ASHLEY COIMKMN lone 'a boys J.V. basketball team fell to 5-4 after a 45 to 35 loss to the Helix Grizzlies on Friday. Jan, 6, Both teams scored very few points in the opening period as Helix took an 8 6 lead. Chuck Rover scored six for the Griz zlies, In the second stanza lone again scored six but Helix tossed 10 in to take an inter mission lead of 18 to 12. Boyer, Eric Flerchinger, Chris Rosecrans and Jed Ry drych each netted four points in the third quarter as the Grizzlies Increased their lead to 36-22. The fourth quarter saw the Cardinals out-score Helix 13-9 but it wasn't enough as the Grizzlies won 45 - 35, Chris Rea through in eight lone points in the quarter. BMCC election dates set March 27, 1984 was chosen by the Blue Mountain Com munity College budget com mittee as the date for the college's tax levy and director elections. The budget committee met in joint session with the col lege board of directors De cember 13 for an organiza tional session. Election date i options were reviewed at the meeting and budget commit tee officer elections were held. Oregon state law sets the director election on the March ballot, statewide. The budget committee decided to add the college's general operating levy election to that same ballot to save taxpayers the cost of an additional election, said a college spokesperson. Blue Mountain Community College operates without a tax base and so goes to the voters for approval of its tax levy each year. Under Oregon law, the college must put the ques tion of a tax base to the voters every two years. The board and budget com mittee decided to choose the May 15 date for the next tax base election. The state gives the option of the May, 1984 date or one in November, Board seats currently held by Ken Dauble and Joe Green will be on the March ballot. A candidate will also be elected For walls or woodwork Scrubbable lo-lustre finish Easy water clean-up GALLON REG. $9.99 SALE ENDS 'oil t4 r - 45 At the free throw line lone made 5 of II shots for 46 percent. Helix was 5 of 14, connecting on 36 percent of their shots. Rea led all scorers with 18 ponts while Flerchinger and Boyer had 12 and 10 points respectively for the Grizzlies. On Saturday, Jan. 14, lone will play at home against the Echo Cougars starting at 4:30 p.m. STATISTICS I 2 3 4 T lone 6 10 13 35 Hell H 10 in 45 FC.M FTM FT A TP PF lone IS S II 35 14 Hell 20 S 14 45 1.1 lone: Rea IN. Rielmann , Pointer 4. Taylor 4. Ilellx: Florrhinger 12. C. Hover 10. Glbbs 6, Docket R. ItoNrrrant 4. Hydrvch 4, G. Bover 3. to complete the one year remaining on Tim Prait'i term. George Anderson of Hermiston was appointed by the hoard to serve in that position until a director can be elected Persons interested in run ning for the BMCC board should contact College Presi dent Ron Daniels' office for more information. The filing deadline is February 16. 31 ONE FREE CAP with the Purchase off Each 03.00 JAN. 21, 1984 t 676-9157 ll'W RedWIng 1 1 "1 Shoes or Boots 1S1 ITT" Tint Extra I I
