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Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon VN tilrn-sdav. December 6. IW ) - FIV E SWCD improves Morrow Co. range conditions ed northerly in I'WO Have lunch with Santa Sunday Lunch 12-1 Movie 1-3 Heppner Elks % 1 4* * * OPEN SUNDAY 12-4 pan It ay A h 31. The Leadi Narni For fÆ Athleti IC rts Levi's Dockers il m See our selection of these popular casuals. Pleated pants in comfortable fabrics and new colors. ms U ps Arrow Dress & Sport Shirts For Fvery O cc a sio n ^ Æ 100‘fi rts vvt it :arvc S li Sweaters Great Style And Colors TT 111 rs ket ngc a i fly At the end of the grazing season a range analysis review is conducted with SC'S area range conservationist. SWCD. and IVpurtmcnt of the Navy Natural Resource* Branch person nel With this cooperation, the range ha* turned ihe comer from an average northwest rangeland to a more highly productive rangeland With the assistance of SC'S area range conservationist Alan Hahn, and Plan! Materials Center. Morrow SWC'D is establishing a range evaluation plot on two locations on the Bombing Range One plot will he loc ated near the north end on very fine candy l«vam soil and the second plot will he on silt loam near (he south boundary The grasses will consist of both naiivc and introduc ed specie* and will include fortvs (broad Icatcd flowering plants) as well The district has also acquired a range drill from Oregon Depart ment of Fish and Wildlife and will possibly contract with the Navy to reseed critical areas from the pipeline installation • • * •• '• -'v « % •* * * • - • *V • W J ^ • # * • k • > • » * % . -, 1 • . V |. • S - ;• • . '#• > s *V I • ,* ?*• * # • - . * _ ____ • <4 « . .) 1 « j / • • * -«* * * -v ,< < %• *'* • • * V ••: V ' Farmers face tough fight over chemicals Farmers face a tough light in Con gress in the coming year over the use of chemicals in agriculture. Pacific Northwest grain growers were told While wheat and barley growers of Oregon. Washington and Idaho favor the development of unifomt national chemical regulations, a public movement is afoot to eliminate the use of farm chemicals altogether, said Judy Olson, an eastern Washington farmer who i* a vice president of the Washington Association of Wheat (¡rower* Olson is among Oregon, Washington and Idaho grain growers who met this week in the first tri- state convention of wheal and barley grower* Among the topics of this year s meeting is preparation for the l*M) chemical argument* Already, at least one hill is cv pectcd to go betorc Congress by next summer that would deny the use of any chemical that induces cancer in laboratory animals, said Olson The hill. HR 1725. also called the Ken nedy Waxman hill, "could regulate us just at* >ut out of business, and |us! about eliminate the use of pesticides." said Olson The hill pronaxes the newly jlar idea of "'zero tolerance" of carcinogenic or cancer-causing chemicals in any aspect of food growing or production The problem with such a bill is tfs.it n addresses only public fear, she said, failing to lake into account how the chemical is used and whether any portion of it would actually ever reach users or consumers A different approach is taken in another bill, sjmnsored by the House Agricultural Committee, said Olson The de la Garza Mudigan (cqt hill, HR '2*J2. retains the current federal practice of determining whether a chemical poses an actuaJ risk, and if <**, whether a small risk might be worthwhile when weighed against the benefit to the public Under current law, a tolerance is established for every chemical, has ed on the benefit weighed against the risk Tolerances, which vary from product to product, arc established by extensive testing related to how it is to he used Olson said both bill* represent an attempt to "restore the credibility of our regulatory agencies" The Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency* after this year s major public scare regarding apples said to be tainted by ihe chemical Alar Alar, a trade name for damino/idc. was u legal, registered chemical used by growers to reduce cracking during ripening and main tain firmness for storage The chemical had been under medical review by the KPA since IYK5, dur ing which time grower reduced their use of Alar to 5 to 15 percent of the crop. The Alar scare "showed us in agriculture that we arc not immune to public opinion," said Olson. "And public opinion dictates what happens to us in legislation " Many supporters of the Kennedy- Waxman bill "think all the risks arc to the consumer and all the benefits arc to agriculture," said Olson "We're going to lose in some areas," Olson said of the upcoming debates "What we need to do now is draw the line on how far wc can go " . I* -*>• ,• • ' • u « •f *• . * \ * â 4 ’ . \ : • ✓ , *• , t >.* .:_</• » * V .- •* \ - * V’. . V« • . ». r*. V ■ * -v • • ' r • ' • v • • .- . . - • • * «*.' S r V . . . - • v, '•».**' a’ .? *4 V, * * ■»«■"• v; ^ V « X - •» > • \. Alumni tournament will he fun Levis JEANSWCAR Shirts Slacks Jeans Wool ft YVraji I?1 W lY A v a I a h Morrow Soil and Water Conser vation District is working u> improve range condition» in Morrow Coun ty Morrow SWCD ha* contracted with Soil ConservatK*n Service and U S Navy, to monitor range condo tion* on the Hoardnun Romhmg Range SWCD pcrvwncl work w ith James West (permittee) on range utilization and management The permittee grazes approximately 2200 head of ewe* and 7 V) pair* of cattle plu* yearling steer* on 45,000 acre* from Feb to June annually The range is divided into 15 pasture* ranging in size from hU) acres to 5000 acre* SWCD rev iew * weekly to see that livestock i* being rotated Water trough* and salt placement i* also changed to reduce ovw grazing BodtSCSMdSWC i> personnel were involved in helping the permittee design and install a pipeline for watering the livestock which reduce* the need to truck water. Two well* have been developed on the south end of the range and pipelines will he extend- N • . • ETSON MAI OMPANY C.ROt • «r.- - Y ’ V* f* !«•# , *• O A ♦ V .*! • » ■» , • r » 1 * » « T- - Stetson... Standard of Quality Great Selection From a Name You Can Trust. flMiai M I M (III /.-V v .- .v J usti n ' Q u a lity N a nd crafted Boots & Belts • : Dorian Forrar holds the trophy which will go'to the winner of this year’s alumni basketball tournament The trophy is a revolving trophy and will be displayed from the high school trophy case Dorian's team won it last year Gardner's MEN'S WEAR 193 N. Main St. Heppner 676-9218 The Sunday schedule for the se cond annual Heppner alumni basket ball tournament Dec 2*J through II. I>cgins at I pm with a game bet ween Condon and Heppner The exhibition game will match ages of players and will be for tun only to Marl off the last day of the three day tournament The second game of the day will be the Inlaws vs the Outlaws The Inlaws arc Heppner graduates over 40 years old. and the Outlaws are non-Heppner graduates over 40 Die Outlaws will be lead b) captain Harley Sager, and the Inlaw* by Ar chie Ball Before the game special recogni tion will be made to the girls who played on ihe I‘ZMA Kft girls basket ball teams At 5 p m on Sunday there will be a girls game with the odd graduating years taking on the even years At 7 p m will he the champion ship game to determine the winner of the three clay alumni tournament, and will match the winner of the young team brac ket against the win ncr of the old team # W ■‘y i • v
