The llrp p n rr « . • i r t i , T i m « . lU p p n er O r » !« «
Nazarene missionaries to speak
If inter If heat
Crop judged to equal 1983
Children invited
to story hour
The ISM Oregon winter wheat
crop is expected to yield 62 o bushels
per acre equaling 1983't record
yield reports a news release from
the Oregon Crop and Livestock
Keporting Service Based on crop
conditions as of July I winter wheat
producers are expecting to harvest
65 I million bushels
The five
percent increase from 1983 produc
tion is due to an increase in acres of
winter wheat for harvest as grain
The crop remains in good to
excellent condition Statewide but
development is slightly behind nor
mal
The maturing process was
slowed by cool, wet weather which
has contributed to excellent crop
growth Septoria and other fungus
disease have been checked by spray
ing but cheat and ryegrass remain
problems in many areas
Barley production in Oregon
should total 14 4 million bushels for
1984 down 13 percent from a year
earlier
An average yield of 6o
bushels per acre is expected Barley
harvest is underway
Nationally winter wheat produc
tion is forecast at 2 02 billion bushels
as of July 1. up two percent from
both 1983 and the June I forecast
I'he area for harvest as grain, at 31 I
million acres is 80 percent of the
planted area and up seven percent
from last year's harvested acreage
Yields are expected to average 39 6
bushels ( x t acre, the second highest
of record, exceeded only by the 41 8
bushel average of last year
A record high 623 million bushel
l S barley crop is forecast, up 23
percent from 1983 Average yield is
up 2 5 bushels from last year, but the
54 8 bushels expected per acre is 2 4
Slory hour will be held today,
Thursday July 26 beginning at
10 30a m at the library in Heppner
All children are invited to come A
special treat is planned in the park
near the library following the stor
lea
Story hour is held the last Thur*
day of each month during the
summer It will resume its regular
schedule of every Thursday at 10 30
a m in the fall
Barrel Club
lists results
The following results of the July 17
barrel racing of the Heppner Barrel
Club have been submitted hv secre
tary Mary Ann Munkers
Open
first
Trisha Mahoney,
second
Joan Eckman third
Janice Smith, fourth Terry (¿entry
fifth Tara Mahoney sixth Michel
lePapineau seventh Janice Smith
Juniors
first (h e n Papineau
second Staci O'Brien, third Sarah
Hritt
Novice
first ■ (• a 1 1 Papineau.
second Lori Cecil, third Mary Ann
Munkers. fourth
Kristi Jake O'
Brien
The next barrel racing will be
Tuesday . July 31 at 7 p m
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Lexington News
t t y H e lp ha Jo n e s
T E Messenger has returned
home after a stay of several days in
St Anthony Hospital in Pendleton
Mr and Mrs Wayne Miller of
Hermiston were callers in Lexington
on Sunday
Sue Messenger spent several days
recently at the home of Mr and Mrs
T E Messenger while he was in the
hospital Rosetta Clark of Hermis
ton took her sister Sue to The Dalles
where she was met by her daughter
Kathy returning home to Portland
with her
Pat Wright and daughter Sandi.
and Betty Marquardt and daughter
Jana recently enjoyed an Amtrack
Tour which took them to Vancouver
and Victoria B C , Canada, where
they enjoyed the Buchardt liardens.
Empress Hotel and other places of
interest
Mr and Mrs T E Messenger Sr
and Betty Marquardt and daughter
Jana were Walla Walla visitors one
night last week where they saw the
famous Lippizan horses perform
Mr and Mrs Ed Hudson of La
Grande are visiting this week at the
C C Jones home
Word has been received by friends
and relatives that Maude Pointer,
from the Pioneer Memorial Nursing
home is a patient in Consolidated
Good Shepherd Hospital in Hermis
ton
Pamona Grange will meet on
Sunday July 29th at the Anson
Wright Park Rhea Creek Grange is
the hostess
The dinner will be
served at 1 p m followed by the
Memorial and other business of the
afternoon
Norman Nelson is a patient in St
Anthony Hospital in Pendleton Mr
and Mrs Chuck Nelson and son and
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Smouse visit
ed him on Sunday
Jim Marquardt and fiancee of
Tohalah. Washington were visitors
with his mother Betty Marquardt
and family on the weekend He is a
security policeman at the (Juinalt
Indian Res
Billie June Owen and children are
visiting her parents Mr and Mrs
Bill B Marquardt from her home in
Texas
Other visitors on Sunday
were her brother and family Mr and
Mrs Rick Marquardt from Connell,
Washington
Larry McCracken from Salem
was a speaker at the Lexington
Christian Church on Sunday even
ing
bushels off 1982 s record high yield
The harvested for grain acreage
should total M 4 million acres, up 17
percent from last year and the
highest since 1962
Potato acreage for harvest in
Oregon is up 13 percent in 1984 to
55 0U0 acres compared with 48.500
acres in 1983
Malheur County
acreage is set at 9.S00 acres while
the remainder of the State expects to
harvest 45 SOI) acres The crop is in
good condition as growers in the
Hermiston Hoardman area are pre
paring for harvest
Statewide the
crop is 10 12 days later than normal
due to cool damp weather
The Ended States potato crop for
all season groups will be harvested
from 1 30 million acres in 1984 up
five percent from last years and two
percent above 1982 The fall potato
crop totals I 09 million acres for
1984 a gain of four percent from last
year's 1 05 million acres and two
percent above two years ago
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T h » s x p r t t ii o n " p ip in g h o t "
s llu d s s . « » p a r t i tay to the
h illin g to u n d i v e ry h o t fo o d
m a k e t a t it b o ilt
1 . I c c t r o l ) S
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Thermolysis
. u h
ll
Thursday July 26. 8 p m the Rev
and Mis Juhn E Cunningham will
)*• at the Heppner Na/arene Church
The Rev Cunningham received
his M Div degree with an emphasis
• Missions from Nararene Theolog
ical seminary in Kansas City
following that time, he pastured
four years in Shippensburg I ’enn
svlvama and gave sponsoring lead
Household
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P erm a n erli
H a ir R e m o v a l
rv i:
LSD A raises income limits for
child nutrition programs
New income limits for the child
nutrition programs became effec
live July I, Assistant Secretary of
Agriculture Mary C Jarratt said
recently
The income limit for free school
meals for a family of four was raised
from f 12.870 to 113.260 annually The
limit for reduced price meals in
creased from 118 315 to S18 870
Now a family of four mav receive
up to $18.870 and still take [»art in the
supplementary food program for
women, infants and children I ’re
viously. the income lim it was
$18.315
Congress requires Ended States
Department of Agriculture to update
the eligibility guidelines each July I
to reflect changes in the consumer
price index Th« se guidelines affect
the national school lunch, school
breakfast, special milk and child
care food programs, all administer
ed by ESDA s Food and Nutrition
Service at the federal level
Maximum annual gross income
limits for participation are
m « r . 8 . y . Jy| , „
A n n a Sehw arzin
C e rtifie d
ership to the planting of a new
church in Chambersburg. said a
spokesperson for the church
In September, 1984 the Cunning
hams will be going to the mission
field where they will In-gin learning
the Xhosa language and working in
the dev elopment of the ('hurch of the
Na/arene in Ixilh Ciskei and Tran
skei
h le c tro lo ß ist
0 7 6 9 2 4 ft
O p en l ues. • Wed,
O r by appi
L
L U fE S B X T G
T r e e Meal Kligibiltv
$6.474
8,736
10.998
$
13.260
$
15 522
«
17.784
20 946
8
22,308
Household Sixe
Reduced I’nce
Eligibility
$9 213
2
12 432
3
15.651
4
18 870
3
22.089
6
25,308
7
28,527
8
31.746
For each additional family member
add $2.262
$J219
State and local agencies on July I
began applying the new income
eligibility standards to all new app
I k ants for the V4 IE program, and to
all current participants at their next
certification
The \SIC program now serves a
re<ord three million participants a
monthly package of supplemental
S i/e
RAD IA TO R SERVICE
O p e n S a t u r d a y G i l b e r t Lutes,
10 to 2
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MasterCard
30 % discount
Most tore*
in
stock
lo r
Ford &
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p ic k u p *
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th ru
1 y r. w a r ra n ty on th e a b o v e
20% discount
on tru c k a n d t r a c t o r cores.
H ave your ra d ia to r
cleaned in m inutes
instead of hours!
ULTRA S O N IC S O U N D -W A V E S
( I lit* only one in the Hermiston area)
H:(X) a.m. to 5:T() p.m. Mon. - Fri.
V« m i l e S. o f U m a t i l l a S p e e d w a y
enniston M cNary Highway
5 6 7 -6 8 2 4
Hermiston
h om e & business
foods
HARVEST HOURS
Mr and Mrs Jim Rloodsworth
entertained at her home with a
barbecue on Sunday honoring her
husband Jim, and Ray Miller on
their birthdays
Those present
were Mr and Mrs Ray Miller and
family. Mr and Mrs Joe Miller, and
son Ryan, M r and Mrs T E Mess
enger Sr . Betty Marquardt and
daughter Jana Pam Piper and son
Chip, the Rev and Mrs Shelton and
children. Mr and Mrs Sam Bellamy
and children. Joyce Hughes and
children and Mr and Mrs Bob
Smith
Mr and Mrs John Tel!*chea have
had as their houseguest this week his
brother from Canada
They all
visited with friends in Burns over
the weekend
Let's not forget the Centennial
celebration at l>exington on Satur
day. July 28
laince and Kevin Klinger from
[.¿Center. Washington. Shane and
Sheridan Klinger from Ketchikan.
Alaska, are visiting thier grandpar
ents Mr and Mrs Bill Padberg
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SPECIAL HOURS FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE
Monday thru Saturday 7a.m. to 6p.m.
24-HOUR O N THE
FARM TIRE SERVICE
PARTS DEPARTMENT
HOURS
Mr A Mrs (has Buchanan spent
the weekend at John Day Dam Park,
taking their grandson Trevor there
to meet his mother to return to
Hillsboro
S ta rtin g Ju ly 22
Saturday: 7
NOTICE
The Town of Lexington is
offering a $100 REWARD for
information leading to the
arrest and conviction of person:
involved in theft and/or
vandalism of the Town’s
street signs. Lexington Town Council
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5p.m.
, Sunday: 10 - 2p.m.
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