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e ig h t Heppner (iazHtt-Timn, Htppnrr, Oregon W fdnnd»*, Jun* *4, l**HV r F f; >’ . I'C (<• >*’• O'*' » - < . /,* .. t £ *.i >v * i ' [ [Î v V’ ’ • - ' * . • • • ' y* • > * N w ' . . <* * n *. • ^4- % * - * * # % :.> * í y, f • k X • . • v . V» - * » 4 # 4 W * *1x4 • i ** - VJ ’ S C*t - a T* ï L ™ 2 'i '*d • ''* £ % K L i • Ï « * A R» * . 4*'' . By any measurement we use. the United States is a country blessed We feed more people than any other country in the world With a percen tage of population in agriculture far less than any other country, we pro duce far more in agricultural goods Productivity per man hour in agriculture has been increasing about twice as fast as the rate of produc tivity per man hour in manufactur ing The greater the farm pmductivi- ty. the more people a single farm worker can feed Currently he is feeding about eighty people The United States employ s about 2% of its population in agriculture Compare that with Russia (32%). France (14%), or India (68%) Compare the United State's percen tage of income spent on food (11%) with Ru*sia(35%), France(26%)or India (64%) The United States is an excellent example of the direct relationship between agricultural productivity and affluence We arc a wealthy na tion because we arc so agricultural ly productive With 98% tfour peo pie employed in producing something besides food, and with 89% of our income free to spend on other things, we arc affluent, indeed We have more telephones per per von. more cars per person, more col or television sets per person, and more of our young people finish high school and go on to college than any other country in the world We arc a good example of the basic princi ple that the more productive a na lion's agriculture, the more affluent its people The United States has accomplish ed this feat by having a strong incen tive to be productive, by the creation of the laind Grunt Colleges, and the research and development, the education, and the extension work done by them, and by the creation of improved technology and management tools. If we produced today 's food supp ly with the efficiency and techniques available at the time of World War I. we would need seven times the farm workers we have today We would need twenty times the horses and mules (and 180 million acres more just to feed them.) Trying to produce today's food needs with World War I technology would be a catastrophe we lack the manpower and the land This tells us something In 50 or 60 years, if we don't make even more remarkable agricultural progress, the people of that time will be mighty hungry While it is difficult to imagine what the needs of the world will be in another 50 years, we have to do just that in order to imagine what changes need to take place in agriculture in order to meet those needs Biotechnology is the hope of the future, promising such things as genetically enhanced productivity, pest resistant plants, crops able to thrive in areas now too dry or ¿aline for production The place of the luind Grant Col lege in the future agricultural scene is secure, therefore It is through the research and development and the extension of that information to the industry that future advances in pro ductivity will occur. And it is through future advances in prodi'vtivity that the wealth and prosperity of this nation will be assured. Affluence is and will con tinue to be a function of agricultural pnxfuctivitv W.C. Little League Schedule W eek of June 14- 21 Majors Wednesday. June 14 In dians v Angels at lone. (M)- Heppncr 3 v Hcppner 2. dam. (T)- Condon I v Hcppner I at Condon Thursday. June 15 Braves v Giants. Hcppner, (M) lone v Con don at lone Friday. June 16 Angels v Cubs. Condon; (M) Hcppner 2 v Hcppner I. dam Saturday. June 17: (T) lone v Arlington at lone 10 a m.; (Tl- Hcppner 2 v Condon I at Hcppner dam 10 a m.; (Tl-Heppner I v Con don I. at Hcppner dam 12 noon Monday. June 19 Giants v Angels. Hcppner. Indians v Cubs, lone. (M) Hcppner 2 v lone at Hcppner fairgrounds Tuesday. June 20 (Ml Hcppner 3 v Hcppner I at dam. (TV lone v c on don 2 at lone All ganxs begin at 6 p m unless otherwise specified Teams are as follows: Indians-lone; Braves Giants Hcppner. Angels Condon. Cubs Arlington (M> Minors (T)-T bell ¿k Lexington By News ____________ w Delpha Jones Holly Rchckah Lodge met on Thursday for the regular meeting with the NG Gen Martin presiding Plans were discussed concerning the President's visit the 29th of June The U N Pilgrimage send off din ner was held at the Pendleton Odd fellow Hall on Thursday honoring the two boys going from the Umatilla-Morrow district The lodges giving on the project were honored as well as the individuals giving on this wonhwhilc project The boys will join others going by bus from Portland to New York, and a siaht sec inn trip across the United States and Canada to the U N The trip is sponsored each year by the Oddfellow and Rchckah Lodges of the United States, and is given to the student writing and delivering the essay Following the meeting refreshments were served The next meeting will he held on Thursday June 15 w ith a pot luck dinner at 6 :30 p m shared with the (Xidfcllowx -:-Josic and Glover Peck have had as their guests Dorothy and Ed Tucker, a daughter of the Pecks, from their home in Salem All cn joyed a trip with their motor homes, and some sightseeing and fishing - -Creth and Darrel Harris and Cecil Jones motored to Monument on Sunday where they met the Har rix's son John who with several friends, floated down the John Day River on rafts, spending the weekend camping out on the banks of the river. -:-Past Noble Grand Club met at Paul's Cafe in Irngon on Wednes day where they enjoyed a lovely lun cheon hosted by Jo Irvin of Irngon and Hilda Yocum A clever game was at each place as a gift, and following the luncheon a short business meeting was held The table centerpiece was an arrangement of flowers and pink candles The visitors spent some time visiting Those present were, Dorothy Bur cham, Joyce Burchain. Leila Palmer. Delpha Jones and the hosts The door prize was won by IX’lpha Jones. -:-Fay Ruhl accompanied Lori Ross and son Josh to Portland last week where they attended the graduation of Tracey Ruhl at Mt Hood Community College as a den tal graduate Others motoring down were her parents and Skip and Jean Ruhl from Hcrmiston Kristin Nelson and John Grakam from Salem were recent callers at the home of her mother Jean Nelson and attended the church auction in lone Kenny Lyn Smouse anil sister Chcrylyn were Portland callers this past week where she went to consult a physician tor her broken leg She has been recuperating at the home of her parents Kenneth and Frances Smouse Local students receive degrees BOOK D /f QNMCNSTAT« l * M « W « EXTENSION 989-8189 •:-Jean Nelson attended the Nicl- TraskChn strain reunion at Monu ment Sunday. This was the 57th reu nion and was held at the William Ntel Homestead There were about 70 people present There were many guests from the Willamette Valley area, and Washington, several com ing by motorhome and campers A bountiful potluck dinner was en joyed Others going from this area were Kenneth and Julie Nelson and girls, Fred and Helen Nelson from Pendleton and sisters and husbands of Fred Nelson. Clara and Floward Slonemaker and Bert and Ellen Mason of Qakgrovc - -Cecil and Delpha Jones attend ed Edward and Clco Hudson's 50th wedding anniversary in LaGrande at their home on Sunday. - Recent visitors at the John Mollahan home were his daughter and husband Captain and Mrs Joe Borman of Fort Lewis. Washington, and a son and wife Joe and Tami Mollahan and daughter from McMinnville - -A visitor at the home of Frances and Edgar Murtry was a friend Viola Weiss from Newport. Washington - -Vacation Bible Scfu*>l is being held at the Lexington Baptist Church • Betty Marquardt took her parents Truman and Leila Messenger to Portland over the weekend where they attended (lie high school graduation of their granddaughter Joni Messenger Joni is the daughter of Carrol and Vivian Messenger of Tigard Tourism meeting held in Heppner A Tourism committee meeting was held May 30 at the Extension conference room in Heppner It was reported that the Port of Morrow is working with the Board man Park District to install a sailboard park It was noted that a parking area and sandy beach were needed The NCOTC committee toured the Heppner Museum, courthouse and bed and breakfast The next meeting will be in Irrigon June 20 at 4 p m at the fish hatchery The signage subcommittee has contacted (he Irrigon and Boardman chambers requesting their signage requests Bette Matthews is working on the information guide to Morrow Coun ty. It will be reviewed at the next meeting Fred Lundin demonstrated the static display. The Tourism brochures arc about gone Tourism committee will assist chamber with cost of reprinting by Marie St rut hers " It is rewarding to read a hook that is wntten about women and from a woman's point of v tew We seem to be gening more of these hooks in re cent years and they are very welcome Sheri S Tepper s new novel. “ The Gale To Women's Country” , definitely is such a hook It is the quintessential post nuclear holocaust tale, set far in the future Strikingly remcniscent of "Wintermind” (Marvin Kaye and Parke Goodwin. 1982». the hook is nontheless well written and Tepper doles out the underlying mystery with dexterity Set hundreds of years after the “ convulsion” , the novel presents a country surrounded by nuclear waste • the habitable land slowly extending itself In this place, women, their children, and a few men servents live in walled cities Outside are the garrisons to which the remainder of the men in this rather unusual society .ire relegated from the age of 5 years Central to the story is Margot, counctlwoman of Martha’s Town, physician, mother and actress in the traditional Greek play "Iphcgcnia at llliam The rchcrsals for this play, which is performed each summer by order of the council, parallels the story and reinforces the motivation It is a clever device which Tepper uses skillfully Margot's world of walled cities and Roman styled garrisons is a b a zar world of candles and hydro elec tric power, herbal medicine and hor mone implants, a world where all battles are fought hand to hand and there arc no battlefield hospitals It is also a world where every woman's son leaves for the garrison outside the gates to ’women's country' at the age of five, a bitter custom with whx h Margot has come to terms and which her daughters Stavia and Myra handle in two very different ways Despite the tact that Tepper has drawn heavily on "Wintermind" tor many of the incidents contained here, the hook still demonstrates enough originality to earn redemp tion for these thefts "The Gate to Women's Country” will be best understood and appreciated by women readers land men who aren't afraid to eat quiche in public» Tcp per shows no sympathy for 'machismo' in these pages and. in tact, presents an effective appology for equal rights It's all dressed in very entertaining garb, however, ami well worth reading Other books by Sheri Tepper are "The Awakcncrs" arxl "Alter Long Silence” 1 haven't read cither of these but after reading "The Gale to Women's Country" it sounds like a good idea See you at the library Following it a list of area arts. Dana Kay Reid, certificate in graduates that have received degrees general business stenography, cer from the following colleges tificate in general business- Blue Mountain Community information processing. Bern Jenvn Tanner, adult high school diploma. College Boardman: Suzanne Akers, Sheila Ann Coe. asvxiate of science asvxiate of am degree in liberal degree in nursing Lexington Travis Lee Harrivm. am, Lisa Lee Cejka. associate of am degree in liberal arts. Jackson associate degree in general studies LeRoy Shcadcl. associate of science Irrigon Trina Lyn Hellbcrg, degree in civil engineering asvxiate of arts degree in liberal arts technology Faistrrn Oregon Slate College Heppner Tonya Rene Bowers, Heppner Nancy Ixe Miller, BS associate of science degree in marketing and management. Marvin education James Brannon, associate of science Irrigon Leslie C'rcav>n Huffaker. degree in civil engineering BS education technology. Gregory Dean Connor, Mt. Hood Community College Hcppner Andrea Leigh Ball, asvxiate of science degree in civil engineering technology; David asvxiate deitree in general studies Wayne Green, asvxiate of science Willamette University degree in marketing and manage W illanxtte University announces ment; Kirsten Mane Green, cer that Stephanie Sue Payne, Hcppner. tificalc in txxikkeeping. Bridge« II- ene Greenup, asvxiate of science graduated from the school on May degree in nursing. l.ana Renca Orr. 14. 1989 She received a BS and ma jorrd in Biology Stephan« is a 1985 '*'**•<!* c*f '1*»o*‘*i* m graduate of Hcppner High Schtxil Thinking of a new car or pickup?? . rv Check our prices!!! — No Dealer Markup — Good Service — Locally Owned Just for starters, that's three good reasons to check for that new car or pickup at Wright Chev., Inc. 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