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EIGHT-The Heppner Gaiette-Timet, Heppner. Oregon, Ttiunday, June 11. 1M 15 4-H'ers attend 'Summer Week' By BIRDINE TTLLIS Morrow County Extension Service ' . .Fifteen Morrow 4-H'ers and agent Stephen Cmphell spent last week (June 11 16) on campus at Oregon State Uni versity at the annual 4-H Summer Week. To add to the fun and excitement, the group traveled by bus and along the way picked up 4-H'ers from Umatilla, Gilliam, Wheeler Counties. Members may attend Sum mer Week when they are eighth through twelfth grade. For many it is the first time ever to experience living and learning at the university, just like college students. In add ition, many recreational and social opportunities are avail able. Theme for the week was "Experience It" with events and classes planned around the theme. Each member p re registers the classes of their choice. Morrow County 4 H"ers attending were: Mike Amnions, Kathleen Brazell, Bonner retires from Heppner post office Gibb Evans, Swayne Evans, Derek Hoeft, Shannon and Chris McLaughlin, Marion McMillan, Steve Miller, Jason Palmer, Brad Reisch, Noella and Jennifer Rill, Mike Van Schoiack, and Kimberly Wright. Costs for those attending were paid by scholarships or donations. Many thanks to the following businesses or indiv iduals who contributed to this 4-H experience: Homemakers of North Morrow; B.P.O.E. No. 358; Bank of Eastern Oregon; Murray Drug; West ern Heritage; Pettyjohn Oil Co.; Columbia Basin; Rhea Creek Extension Unit; Mor row County Grain Growers; First Interstate Bank; lone Extension Club; Pettyjohn Farm and Builders; PGE; 4-C Ranches; Abrams, Kuhn, and Spicer; Willows Grange; Pine City Study Group; Les Schwab Tire Center; Cham ber of Commerce; Gardners Mens Wear; Sears; Central Market; Tul-Tec; Heppner Soroptimists; and Turner, Van Marter, and Bryant. Extension makes plans for Sat. Market By BIRDINE TUL1S Morrow Co, Extension Service Program Assistant There will be a multitude of reasons to come to Heppner on Saturday, July 7. Merchants are planning their annual side walk event, and Extension has plans to compliment or add to the excitement of the day. After you've shopped the downtown area, come to the fairgrounds and join the fun of learning by doing. There will be classes to fit interests of all age groups. Some will be serious classes, others for fun. You can learn how to make a sheaf of wheat; weave wheat into lovely articles; arrange flowers; prepare vegetable and flowers for fair exhibi tions; make children's cloth ing; play dough art; tatting; folded patchwork... and more. There will be the added attraction for 4-H Horse Clubs as they "tune up" for fair in an afternoon and evening train ing, as well as some of above classes of interest. Looks like a really big day for Heppner. July 7,..don't miss it... of course, all events at the fairgrounds are free of charge. A complete schedule of classes will be published later. Conservation tour set By BOB COSTA OSU Extension Agent, Morrow County The Morrow County Conser vation Farmer of the Year tour and barbecue will be held on Tuesday, June 26 to recog nize Jim and Monica Swanson. The tour of the Swanson farm will begin at 4:30 p.m. at the junction of lone-Gooseberry Road and Tews Road. A steak barbecue will be served at 6:30 p.m. at the Swanson home in lone following the tour. Everyone is welcome. A tour of wheat and barley variety trials, fertilizer trials, and herbicide demonstrations will begin at 2:15 p.m. at the junction of Sand Hollow and Myers Road and will conclude with the tour of the Swanson farm. The tours and barbecue are sponsored by the Morrow Cou nty Wheat Growers Associa tion, the Morrow County office of the OSU Extension Service, and by local agricultural ser vice and supply companies. Contact the OSU Extension Service office in Heppner, 676-9642 for more information. Employment increases Total employment for Mor row County expanded by 220, the number of unemployed increased by 30 and the coun ty's unemplyment rate rose by 0.1 percentage points reports the Oregon Stae Employment Division of the Department of Human Resources. The key to understanding these apparen tly contradictory occurrences can be foand in one word ag riculture. As occurred in neighboring Umatilla County, agriculture employment ex panded in April and will con tinue to do so through much of the summer. However, the agricultural picture is a rapid ly changing one this year. It appears that the winter wheat crop is going to be another bumper harvest which will undoubtedly keep the damper on prices. Like wise, the Department of Agri culture has extended the sign up season for acreage curtail ment programs and has listed itw 1985 wheat program rules. To receive the rules prior to planting is somewhat of a novelty for Eastern Oregon farmers; so much so that considerable skepticism a- boundsas to whether the rules will still be around in 1985. Farm programs set for 1985 crop Irene Bonner retired from the Heppner branch of the Post Office Friday, June 8, 1984. Her plans for retirement include "lots of fishing." Her husband is retired also. She says she hopes that she is always as "enthused about it (retirement) as I am this morning." m TJ' 1 -xx era leave iui The farm program for the 1985 crop was announced last Thursday, June 14, one of the earliest announcement dates for some time says a news release from the Oregon Whe at Growers League. The farm program for the 1985 wheat crop will be basic ally thr same as the 1984 crop. There will be a total 30 percent acreage reduction with 10 per cent of that being paid at the rate of $2.70 per bushel. Fifty percent of the diversion pay ment will be available at signup, which is October 15 through March 1, 1985. The loan price will be the same as this year, which is r m national average loan Check stored Leadership Conference grain By BIRDINE TULLIS Morrow Extension Service By BOB COSTA OSU Extension Agent Morrow County Wheat growers can borrow a grain probe and insect screen from the Extension Service office in Heppner to check stored grain. Farm stored grain should be inspected monthly for insects and general condition. Sampling with a grain probe is the best way to check. Temperature and smell also provide valuable clues. The Oregon Wheat Commis sion and the Morrow County office of the O.S.U. Extension Service are cooperating to make it easier for growers to monitor stored grain quality. The Wheat Commission has provided a long grain probe, an insect screen, and an insect identificaiton booklet. These items, along with sampling guidelines, can be checked out from the Extension Service office in Heppner. In addition, publications on temporary grain storage on the farm and drying and aera tion of grain are available at the Extension office. 4-H News By TROY DUNAW AY On June 10, 11 members hiked into Gibson Indian cave in the Blue Mountains. Dennis Papineau served as guide and identified different species of trees and plants. Club members picked a bucket of morrel mushrooms. The outing concluded with a wiener roast at Cufsforth Park. Two older 4-H members will depart June 23 for Lake Ta hoe, where they will attend the week long Western 4-H Lead ership Conference for Teens. Kimberly Hughes and Paula Plocharsky will be the two scouts who will attend to bring home news of the conference. If the event is as exciting and educational as hoped, next year there is the possibility of an entire bus load going from Morrow County to the multi state event. Kimberly and Paula will join other high school 4-H'ers from Lincoln County to travel by van to the State 4-H Camp, Lake Tahoe, Nevada. The Nevada State 4-H Camp is located at the community of Stateline, Nevada, on the California-Nevada border, near Carson City. The facility consists of 33 acres located on beautiful Lake Tahoe.. The conference will feature "hands on" workshops on Food and Fitness, Job Inter views and Resumes, Dress and Color Analysis, S.A.D.D., Public Speaking, Public Re lations, Sharing Ideas, Youth and Taxes, Youth and Stress, Initiative Training, Energy Education, various choices of classes related to 4-H projects, and more. Recreation activities in clude evening campfires, and an evening Lake Tahoe Cruise with dancing and refresh ments on the ship, a tour of historic Virginia City, Truc kee and Squaw Valley, Carson City (a barbeque at the Gov ernor's mansion) as well as other choices. Expenses for the exciting opportunity are a modest $70 per individual, which will be paid by scholarship by the Morrow 4-H Council. The two girls will pay expenses for travel with the group. Parents of the two will transport them to and from Corvallis where they join the members from other Oregon counties. The conference theme is "Togeth er Today for a Terrific Tomorrow." and is $3.50 average for Ore gon and Washington. The loan rates for specific counties in Oregon varies. The target price for the 1985 program will be $4.38. The $50,000 payment limitation will still apply in 1985. The summer fallow rules will be the same as in effect for the 1984 program. This means that summer fallow farmers will be able to desig nate their acreage conserva tion reserve on the summer fallow side and will be able to seed a crop, such as barley, on the 30 percent of their crop side. Of course, you must have adequate summer fallow to cover the acreage require ment. Haying will not be permitted on the acreage conservation reserve land, but it can be grazed except during the prin cipal growing months. The contracts for signup will be binding, as in 1984; in fact, most everything is the same as 1984. Check with Morrow County Agricultural Stabilization Conservation Service office for particular details. "Basically we're pleased with the program and feel that, in this political climate, that it is about the best we could have expected. The early announ cement really helps... you '11 remember that the 1984 pro gram was announced this last February. At least, you'll be able to plan fertilizer applica tions and other land manage ment decisions for 1985." says Wesley Grilley, executive vice-president of the OWGL. lone Bank of Eastern Oregon marks 25th anniversary .1 1 , f .11 I T r v. Q r-vKl. Q -.7 ....t)rt.MHt(IMJ1L j Jim limine r "imih "--rttmrn-'Mmtm ft' N-iiiriluiniftitT--n-iii--ni' Lett to right; Undo loRue, Fran Burnett, Juno Crowell, manager ot th lono branch, Gerald Prson, president of the Bonk of Eastern Oregon, Ltnda Conklin, and Julw Nelwn. ... , ...ff , mv Teresa King. Mildred Hend local patrons. Door prizes were won by: Travis Greenup, Art Rowell, Dana Heideman, Marilyn Rietmann, Laurel Cannon. June 13. 1984 marked the 25th anniversary for the lone Branch of the Bank of Eastern Oregon. An open house was held from 2 4 p.m. in the bank ricks, and Maxine Rietmann. Children's door prizes were won by: Mike Thornton, Nathan Thompson, Brian Pap ineau, and Brian Henderson. lobbv. Refreshments were Conslimer handbooks EfC available USDA announces wheat program Secretary of Agriculture John R. Block recently an nounced provisions of the 1985 wheat program, including a 20 percent acreage reduction and a 10 percent paid land diver sion. Signup for the program will be October 15 through March 1. The cash land diversion payment will be $2.70 per bushel with 50 percent avail able at signup. The program also includes a $3.30 per bush el national average loan rate and a $4.38 per bushel target price. To be eligible for program benefits, producers must limit 1985 wheat acreage to no more than 70 percent of the farm's wheat base. They must also dedicate a certain amount to their eligible cropland to an acreaage conservation reser ve. The amount to be placed in this reserve must be equal to at least 28.57 percent of the farm's 1985 planted wheat acreage plus 10 percent of the farm's wheat base for paid land diversion. Land designated for an ac reage conservation reserve must have been devoted to a row crop or small grains in two of the last three years except for a summer fallow farm. The summer fallow rules will be the same as those in effect for the 1984 prog rams. Those rules provide that the acreage must have been devoted to row crops or small grains in one of the last two crop years. The 1985 acreage base will be the average of the acreage planted and considered plant ed to wheat in 1983 and 1984. Haying will not be permitted on acreage conservation re serve land. However, the acreage may b grazed except during the six principal grow ing months as designated by state Agriculture Stabilization Conservation Service offic ials. Block said he has also approved a standby measure authorizing, in the event of a Don't Gamble with Mother Nature! Crop Insurance is Available Now, so Don't Delay. I VAN MARTER ERYAHT I INSURANCE Thank You for Making our 25th Anniversary a Big Success Door Frizes 6-13-84 Travis Greenup - folding aluminum ladder Art Rowell - Sun pack Dana Heideman - Hair dryer Marilynn Rietmann - tea kettle Laurel Cannon - 7 piece cookware set Teresa King - Tool box Mildred Hendricks - hanging basket of flowers Maxine Rietmann - hanging basket of flowers Children under 6 Mike Thornton - folding lawn chair Nathan Thompson - beach ball Brian Papineau - wheel barrow, sand shovel Brian Henderson - sand bucket & shovel YOUR HOME OWNED BANK HANK OF D as tern Oregon lone Branch Member FDIC natural disaster, implementa tion of emergency haying and grazing privileges. Approval of the emergency privileges would be made as needed on a county-by-county basis. Offsetting and cross compli ance will not apply to the 1985 wheat program. USDA intends to review the size of the farmer-owned re serve before regular price support loans for the 1985 crop reach maturity. At that time it will be determined whether entry into the reserve w ill be permitted. Program contracts signed by participants will be binding and will provide for liquidated damages for failure to comply with program requirements. Senator Bob Packwood an nounced recently that limited copies of the "Consumers Re source Handbook" are now available al no cost to Oregon inns. The handbook, published by the U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs includes tips on how to gel the most for your consum er dollars, and information on handling of consumer com plaints. A consumer assistan ce directory of organizations willing to assist consumen i also listed. Requests for these hand books must be made in writing to: Senator Bob Packwood, c-o Heidi Bialkowsky, 1220 S,W. Third. Suite 385, Port land, Ore 97204. Please include a return add ress with the written request. The handtxtoks will be distrib uted on a first come, first serve basis. 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