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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 28, 1993 - FIVE Wheatland Pomona holds meeting By Delpha Jones Wheatland Pomona Grange met at the Spray Grange Hall on Sunday, with the master Barton Clark presiding. The meeting began at 10:30 a.m. with minutes of the previous meeting read for approval. Honored guests Verla Larson, GW A chairman from District #4 and her husband Palmer were introduced and welcomed. The meeting was lowered to the fourth degree for the business of the day. Reports were heard from the subordinate Grange masters, star ting with Willard French from Willows. They have held all their meetings and had good programs. They have been busy serving din ners, and due to the cold winter and snow they all did a lot of snow shoveling which is unusual. Roger Scharon of Lexington Grange reported that they had held all their meetings with the exception of one due to a cold and stormy night. They a1 so held pro grams and held a booster night. Bob Hammack of Spray told the group that they held their annual auction and did well, taking in several new members. They have had county officers visiting and have kept busy with their grange work. Under committee reports Ken Smouse told of the measures in the legislature and of several in teresting bills and suggestions that should be watched, such as the debate between the sales tax, in come tax and property tax. The agriculture chairman Wilma Mar tin gave an interesting report on a meeting recently held in Fossil concerning a good water supply, and how to protect the river and stream banks from erosion, con cerning animal grazing and ways to combat this. Martin reported that Mother nature, with an assist from mankind, can help control this and in cases there is a need for tree and shrub growth to help hold this precious soil. Beavers working on trees can cause much damage to stream banks and high waters this year have done some damage. Grange week report was given with some granges holding meetings. It was reported that there were some good articles in the local papers as well as pro grams, posters, etc. Lexington held a Booster night and award ed certificates. Verla Larson spoke to the group concerning the work of the GW A and the many contests and prizes awarded at the state and national level. She reported that there are some lovely pins for this year’s session on sale with the money going to support these projects. Larson asked that Wheatland furnish 10 dozen cookies for the reception on Sun day evening. The group voted to do this with each Grange fur nishing three dozen. State Grange will be held this year at Pilot Rock. There is a need from ad joining counties to assist Umatilla in this project. W heatland members were asked to help serve dinners in the dining room on Friday, the last day. This group may also bring a few pies. State Grange starts on Sunday with the reception June ?Q. Wednesday, June 23 there will be the memorial in the afternoon, followed by the fifth degree at 4:30 p.m. and the sixth degree at 8:30 p.m. As state session is so near this year it would be a fine time to attend some of the ses sions and to receive these degrees which are beautiful and in teresting. The resolution commit tee Roger Scharon, Mike Medlock and Clarence Buchanan reported on the following resolu tions: better dates for reports to the state grange committee chair man; federal agencies; limiting campaign funds; justice courts; thanks to Spray Grange for a fine dinner and hospitality. All resolu tions were favorable and the body accepted the report. Following a lovely dinner and cake walk with 11 cakes won, there were readings in honor of grandparents and mothers. A reading “ Grand pa and I” was given by Dot H alvorsen. Palm er Larson received the prize for the man with the most grandchildren. Jean Nelson read ‘ Mothers’. The prize for the woman with the most grandchildren went to Katie Wag goner with 14. The group voted to buy tickets for the “ goodie baskets” for the youth travel fund and pay ex penses to the state session for the master. The roll call of granges was: Willows, five; Pleasant Valley two; Columbia two; Spray 14 and Lexington nine. The meeting adjourned early so members could attend the memorial service o f Clara Jenkins. The next meeting will be at the Anson Wright Park near Hardman for the yearly picnic and memorial. New 4-H program introduced A new 4-H natural science pro gram to teach young people about interrelationships in the environ ment and human responsibility wil be introduced this fall by the Oregon State University Exten sion Service. The 4-H environm ental stewardship program builds on young people's interest in the en vironment while giving them facts so they can make informed choices about environment, lifestyle and consumer product choices. The wide approach to en vironmental stewardship will in volve existing 4-H projects as forestry, geology, marine science and entomology. As 4-H members progress, they can choose to specialize in one of the existing 4-H natural science tracks. A program on biodegradable polymers is being tested in schools in Morrow County this spring. Biodegradable polymers, made prim arily from renew able agricultural resources, such as starch from corn anu potatoes, are used to make such items as packaging materials and golf tees, the products dissolve in water. OSU extension agent in Gilliam County is working on a statewide summer tour for about 40 4-H members to introduce them to dif ferent geographic regions of the state and their environmental characteristics. An environmental stewardship team of extension agents and 4-H volunteers including Morrow County agent Bill Broderick is implementing the new natural science program. CAPECO to open Heppner office The Community Action Pro gram of East Central Oregon (CAPECO) is expected to open a part-time office in Heppner by May 1. An office sharing ar rangement with the Greater Eastern Oregon Development Commission (GEODC) on Main Street in Heppner is near finalization. CAPECO has also announced that they have closed their former office in Pendleton and moved all personnel to their permanent Pendleton service center in the old John Murray Jr. High School. 721 S.E. Third St. The move became necessary because of the expansion from 12 employees in January 1992 to 74 employees in four counties today. This growth has made it necessary to vacate the classic Victorian home which has been home for CAPECO since April of 1989. The “ Murphy House” will be placed on the market in the near future and the proceeds from the sale will be used to support CAPECO developm ent. CAPECO officials expressed their fondness for the 1886 historic home, which is one of only two remaining Italianate Vic torian style buildings left in the Pendleton area. Stan Foster, ex ecutive director, stated that “ We have reluctantly concluded that CAPECO will not be able to rcoccupy the home for our business needs in the future, so it is our belief that we can best serve our clients by selling the facility.” Clients can still reach the Pendleton office by phone 276-1926. CAPECO operates of fices in Milton-Freewater, Her- miston. Irrigon and Fossil. Lexington News By Delpha Jones -:-Joyce Buchanan, who recently underwent major surgery at St. Vincent’s hospital in Portland is reported to be recuperating at the home of her sister. -:-Holly Rebekah Lodge will hold the initiation and installation of officers on Thursday at the Rebekah Hall in Lexington. Assisting with the degree work will be the ladies front Sunbeam Lodge and the DDP Donna Blades. Refreshments will be served. -:-Several students from Lex ington attended the exchange pro gram to Portland where they all report a fine and educational week. These students are from the Heppner Middle School. -:-The last of the series of card parties will be Saturday evening, May 1 at the Rebekah Hall. Prizes will be awarded and refreshments served. Garden club members attend meeting Members of the lone and Heppner Garden Clubs attended the Blue Mountain District #10 meeting at Milton-Freewater on April 8. Those attending from Heppner were Jane Rawlins, Pat Brindle and Irene Swanson. Those from lone included Pat Pettyjohn, Birdine Tullis, Jean Nelson, Helen Martin and Delta Huber. Elaine Belts, state president of the Oregon State Federation of Garden Clubs was crowned as “ Queen for a day” . A special show of floral arrangements, one from each club in the district, was presented with Elaine’s theme, “ Let Beauty Abound” . Cake was served after lunch in Belt’s honor. Officers for District #10 the next two years, installed by Sharon Hamner of Condon, were president Elaine Belts of Pendleton; vice president Connie Tellefson of Milton-Freewater; and secretary-treasurer, Cece Chapman, Hermiston. The group agreed to host the 1995 OSFGC convention in June in Pendleton. Charlotte Rausch and Evelyn Reese of the Echo club will act as co-chairmen. Wheat commission plans meeting The 1993 Oregon Wheat Com mission research review has been rescheduled for April 30 at the Sizzler restaurant in Pendleton. The review was previously canceled due to poor weather. This year’s review begins at 9 a.m. and besides hearing reports from Oregon State University researchers, will cover a number of other topics. Pendleton Flour Mills President Tony Flagg will discuss the importance of wheat quality in overseas markets and US Wheat Associates west coast director John Oades will com ment on the growing importance overseas wheat importers are placing on monitoring chemical residues in wheat shipments. All interested wheat producers in Oregon are invited to attend the review. Lunch will be provided by the commission for all attendees. Spring burning to begin in forests The Heppner and North Fork John Day Ranger Districts of the Umatilla National Forest are preparing for their 1993 spring prescribed burning program. Timber harvest units with large amounts of limbs and other non- usable materials generated from past logging activities will be burned to prepare the site for planting, and to reduce fire hazard. The North Fork John Day and H eppner Ranger Districts are scheduled to burn roughly 1,250 total acres in timber harvest units. An additional 25.000 total acres outside harvest units on these districts are scheduled to be “ landscaped underburned” . These lower-intensity fires are designed to reduce excess fuels and improve forage for wildlife and livestock. Burning will begin as soon as weather conditions permit and will continue until mid-June. Heavy smoke can be expected in and around units being burned, but should dissipate quickly. Prescribed Burning Plans comp ly with state air quality and smoke dispersal guidelines to reduce the impacts of smoke on the public and forest visitors. Proposed farm programs could hurt President Clinton’s proposed farm program reductions, taxes and user fee increases coupled with state fuel taxes and taxes to replace revenue lost under Measure 5 could well provide the “ final straw” that will break the back of many Oregon wheat pro ducers, according to a recently completed study commissioned by the Oregon Wheat Growers League. “ Making a profit in wheat pro duction is a major challenge under current conditions,” stated Bob Johns, OWGL president, “ the impact of eliminating 0/92, increasing the percentage of flex acres, imposition of the BTU tax and waterway users fee, not to mention state proposals, could be devastating for our growers.” The study shows that wheat producers can expect to ex perience a loss of approximately 38 cents per bushel due to federal proposals and if the Export Enhancement Program funding is reduced that impact could in crease to 63 cents per bushel. State proposal stand to contribute another seven cents per bushel, bringing the total to 70 cents per bushel. The impact on the state and local entities will also be signifi cant. For example, in Umatilla County alone 0/92 payments totaled nearly $1 million last year. The result of the increase in flex acres from 15 percent to 25 percent will reduce income to small grains producers statewide by over $4 million. Oregon state tax revenue on that income will be lost. As net farm income decreases property values will go down and additional demands on state general fund dollars will result. “ We certainly endorse the con cept of deficit reduction and realize that we must all do our fair share,” Johns concluded, “ but since 1981 agriculture has incur red cuts that has or will reduce the federal deficit by more than $57 billion. We’ve done a great deal already and we ask Congress to be sensitive to the magnitude of our previous sacrifices.” EM T w orkshop set at BMCC An Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) Recertifica tion Workshop will be offered by Blue Mountain Community Col lege, Friday and Saturday May 7 and 8. Up to 11 hours of instruc tion will be offered during the two days and while the classes apply toward recertification for all Oregon EMT’s they are meant to address patient care at the basic level. A tuition fee of $35 includes lunch on Saturday. Registrants may attend as many or as few classes as they wish. Registration and sign-in on Friday is from 6 to 7 p.m. with classes running 7-10 p.m. On Saturday, registra tion and sign-in will begin at 7:30 a.m. with classes starting at 8 a.m. and running until 5 p.m. All classes will be held at BMCC in Pendleton in the Health Education Building. Pre-registration is due by May 3. Students may register on the day of the workshop but the course is limited to the first 100 registrants. For more information or to register contact the BMCC Continuing Education Office at 276-1260 ext 207. Rhea Creek study group has meeting By Delpha Jones The Rhea Creek Study Group met at the home of Norma Craber with co-hostess Leila Palmer. The lesson was on keeping medical records. The group en joyed a lengthy question and answer period. One of the main concerns of people seems to be the billing process, the time it seems to take before all the bill ings are all completed from medical and doctor facilities, medicare and supplement in surance companies. Many other things were discussed such as ad mittance to the hospital facilities, etc. A pot!uck dinner was enjoyed with guest Carol M ichael Bennett. A short business meeting was held under the direction of presi dent Judy Stevens. It was an nounced that plans are going along fine for the ‘Homemakers Day’. The evening will begin with a coffee hour at the museum. Dinner will be served at the Hardman hall, after a visit to An son Wright Park, Heppner dam, Valby church and other places of interest. A booth for the fair was discussed and ideas suggested. Those present were Freida Slocom, Mary Wright, Beverly Wright, Creth Harris, Judy Stevens, Vema Brinda, Ruth McCabe, Delpha Jones, and the hostesses Leila and Norma. Market Report C om plim ents Of th s M orrow County Gram G row ers Soft Tuesday , April 27, 1993 White *3.71 * 3 .7 2 /* 3 .6 8 * 3 .6 0 /* 3 .5 0 * 3 .4 2 /* 3 .3 6 *3.34 ‘ 3 .3 5 A pril M ay June July A ug. Sept Barle\ *99 *99/*97 *96 *95 ‘9 6 $97 A pril M ay Ju n e July A ug. Sept. BOWLING Thursday Night Indies April 1, 1993 W L 27 Vi I2Vi Kinzua 14 Vi MCGO 25 Vi 17 23 B & C Repair 24 Taz mo’s 16 29 11 Bedrock Bowlers High game: Cindi Doherty 195. High series: Cindi Doherty 503. Splits converted: Phyllis Piper 3-9-K) April 8 W 30 Vi Kinzua 28 Vi MCGG 27 B & C Repair Taz mo's 16 Bedrock Bowlers 12 High game: Cindi Doherty 201. High series: Cindi Doherty 522. Splits converted: George Naims 5-7; que Devin 2-7; Phyllis Piper 5-7. L 13 Vi 15 Vi 17 28 32 Moni April 15 W 34 Vi Kinzua 32 Vi MCGG 27 B & C Repair Taz mo's 19 Bedrock Bowlers 13 High game: Fran Barnett 207. High series: Marie Rudisill 502. Splits converted: Cindi Doherty 5-K); da Gates 5-10; Kathy Cutsförth 3-10. L 13 Vi 15 Vi 21 29 35 Arlyn Property rights meeting planned As the anti-property rights movement increases its stranglehold on Americans through wetlands, endangered species, and the regulation of water rights, property owners across America are finding they have only one right left, “ the right to pay taxes,” says the Mor row County Livestock Growers Association. How to cope with the current “ land grab” in the United States will be addressed by key proper ty rights experts May 14 at Hepp ner High School beginning at 7 p.m. The speakers, Wayne Hage, Cliff Gardner and Frank T. Duran, are all well versed in pro perty rights as expressed in the U.S. Constitution, said the livestock growers. Wayne Hage is the plaintiff in one of the foremost property right cases before the courts today, Hage v. United States. The case, filed in the U.S. Federal Court of Claims in Washington D.C. is considered to be highly winnable by court watchers, the Livestock Growers maintain. If successful, the precedents in the case could be a major setback to the anti- property rights agenda. Hage is also the author of “ Storm O ver Rangelands: Private Rights in Federal Lands", which can be found in the law libraries and in ranch houses across the west. Cliff Gardner, a native of Ruby Valley, Nevada, has spent over 10 years gathering date on federal land management. His collection of studies, historical analysis and photos is one of the largest in the nation. Gardner demonstrates that “ private land management is a successful system which effec tively promotes healthy resources and wildlife.” He has spoken to numerous groups across the na tion and has developed a video and other information which sum marizes the importance of private stewardship in protecting our na tion’s resources. Frank Duran is a long time ad vocate of property rights and the resource industries. He is chair man of Stewards of the Range, an organization supporting proper ty rights litigation. Duran will be addressing solutions and objec tives that Americans can support to regain the principles this nation was founded on. The meeting, sponsored by Morrow and Umatilla County Livestock Growers and the Mor row County Court is open to the public. Admission is $3 single or $5 couple. Cattlemen’s Assoc to discus plan Lynn Lundquist, president of the Oregon Cattlemen's Associa tion. has announced the unveiling of the Cattlemen’s Eco-Health Opportunities plan during their quarterly meeting in Klamath Falls on May 5 and 6. This pro gram has been in the conceptual phase for several months and has had extensive input from agen cies, OSU, environmental groups and cattle producers alike. The goal of the program is to offer producers information on the management options available to them for their specific areas which may result in resource enhancement. Rob Gordon, of the National Wilderness Institute, will preface the program with a noon speech. Gordon will tie the philosophy of the NWI to the work being done in Oregon. NWI cham pions private sector stewardship which enhances the resource base without un necessarily inhibiting economic grow th. “ It supports en vironmentally sound, site and situation specific practices which harness the creative forces of the private sector, protect or extend private property rights, and reduce the regulatory burden of government," said an Oregon Cattlemen’s Association news release. A wetlands panel will speak to the issue of grazing on wetlands where applicable. Participants will include Dr. Ron Hathaway, OSU Extension. Dr. Harry Calrson, UC Davis Extension, and Dr. Robert Gearheart. senior engineer. Hydro Resources International The Cattlemen committees will also meet during the two-day gathering to discuss issues of policy and what is occurring at the legislature. In addition, An thony Giacomini will address the participants about current liabli- ty for workman’s comp and how it affects cattle operations. Klamath. Lake and Jackson coun ties are sponsoring this meeting and are putting on a barbecue for all involved. The Cattle Women will also be meeting and have ar ranged for a tour of the Klamath Basin Reclamation Project. For further information, please call the Oregon Cattlemen’s of fice at 731-3200. Weather Report By C ity ot Mappnar April 13 - 19, 1993 High Low Prec Tues. 51 35 .17 Weds. 61 38 .06 Thurs. 59 34 .04 63 35 Tr Fri. 59 37 .21 Sat. 57 34 .0 Sun. 67 37 .0 Mon.
