Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon VN tilrn-sdav. December 6. IW ) - FIV E
SWCD improves Morrow Co.
range conditions ed northerly in I'WO
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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
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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 "
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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-
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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
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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
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