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
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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
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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
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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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