Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 1, 1993 - THREE
Hermiston Farm Fair Dec. 1-3
By Merlyn Wobtneon
Like magic, colorful Christmas decorations enhance the season as
time-honored carols waft through the air. It’s almost impossible to
not get caught up in the excitement. However, everyone is being urged
to ‘giddy up’ with Christmas shopping and planning, even those
already accelerated into high gear.
People like myself have to be slightly ‘bananas’ to go shopping
before the Thanksgiving turkey became cold; especially if one comes
home empty-handed. It was like getting caught in the middle of a
six-lane free-way during rush hour.
No wonder freight trucks roll every day of the week. It takes plenty
of hauling to supply goods for shop-happy people. Shoppers were
rushing about like it was the night before Christmas during the turkey
day weekend. I witnessed some arm wrestling over items marked
on sale. One woman smugly marched towards the check-out counters
with a large cart crammed with men’s shirts. Either she has an abun
dance of male relatives or she was stocking up for years to come.
There were very few sale shirts left in that display.
But in addition to being less forceful, I understand my problem.
Quickness is reduced when aging causes the loss of limb muscle mass.
It’s also difficult to convince older and wiser feet to boldly march
forward and get stepped on. And my solar plexus don’t take kindly
to elbow jabs anymore.
How about those people who persist in exiting the ‘in’ door or who
stroll in the opposite direction of the flow of traffic in store aisles.
There’s also the ‘stop in the middle of a narrow passageway to visit’
kind of shopper. But those shopping carts are handy for defense when
fleet-footed youngsters pretend that larger bodies are merely markers
as if those young speedsters were negotiating a downhill ski run.
I just hope Santa doesn’t bring them sidewalk skates.
Such an experience makes one realize what a bargain it is to shop
at home. If a particular item can’t be found locally, it might be
better to give an I.O.U. than risk getting carted off in an ambulance.
Hopefully I won’t have a yen to go store hopping in large places
again during the after-Christmas sales.
But Christmas isn't just about gifts. Highlights are the school and
church Christmas programs revolving around the true meaning of
the season that hopefully carries into the new year. Meanwhile many
people plug away at a daily routine with just a little less sleep. For
this family, that routine revolves around feeding critters with no time
out for holidays.
For those animals, a generous feed ration is an ample Christmas
hand-out. I did consider buying a catnip mouse for this cat that adopted
us. But I haven’t yet ‘sprung’ for that purchase. I’ve been too busy
‘springing’ when this feline repeated catch and release tactics for a
house mouse that finally met its demise in my trap. I hope mice are
an endangered species because they definitely endanger my
longevity.
c«re of animals, big and small, is a time-consuming chore. But
a surprise animal visitor has become a deterrent to hastily leaving
our house after dark. Thanksgiving evening, son number two did a
hasty retreat when he stepped out on the deck and came face-to-face
with a skunk. Out of necessity, his clothes that he was wearing were
hung outside their door all night. So I won’t be leaving an inviting
dog pan filled with food outside anymore for those nocturnal visits.
Meanwhile I’m reciting a parody for ‘O Holy Night’. But no one
seems to know the correct way to deter this particular kind of air
polution while this black and white beauty lurks about to add to
Christmas season scents.
There is som ething for
everyone at this year’s farm-city
fair Dec. 1-3 at the Umatilla
County Fairgrounds in Her
miston, according to Phil Hamm.
OSU Umatilla County Extension
Agent.
The topic on Wednesday mor
ning was potato pest manage
ment. Topics included the lastest
information dealing with disease,
weed and insect control. Most of
this new information came from
work being done in the Her
miston Agricultural Research and
Extension Center. Those atten
ding will receive six hours of re
certification credits for Oregon
and Washington private and com
mercial pesticide applicators.
The Wednesday evening ses
sion will begin at 7 p.m. Topics
will be animal, pasture and health
management for the small beef,
sheep, and swine operator. This
program will be of interest to
anyone that raises these animals
for fun or profit, said an exten
sion press release.
Speakers for the livestock ses
sion will include Bill Broderick,
OSU Morrow County Livestock
Agent. Broderick will present
recommendations for irrigated
pasture management. Swine pro
duction topics will be presented
by Gay Newman, livestock nutri
tionist for Pendleton Grain
Growers, Feedville Division.
Sheep production and marketing
will be discussed by Randy Mills,
Um atilla County Livestock
Agent. Weed control is a con
tinual problem on large and small
operations, Mary Corp, Umatilla
County Weed Control supervisor
will present information on iden
tification and recommended weed
control programs. The program
will conclude with an “ Ask the
V et” session. Dr. David
Rademacker will be available to
field animal health questions.
There will be ample time for
questions for all the program
speakers.
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City of Heppner and the
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Thursday’s program begins at
8:25 a.m. with a program deal
ing with several farm related
topics including farm business
risk management, farm safety and
farm welding.
Water issues will be discussed
at the afternoon session. The ses
sion begins at 1 p.m. Water is an
im portant
com ponent
to
agriculture in the area, said the
press release. Local leaders will
bring us up to date on what is
happening water wise in the local
area.
The annual Farm-City dinner
will be Thursday evening. A no
host social hour will begin at 6
p.m. followed by dinner at 7. The
speaker this year is Dale L.
Minnick.
The final session will be held
Friday, Dec. 3. Fresh and pro
cessing vegetables, pollinators
and pesticides will be discussed.
Production and interest in
vegetables continues to increase
in the local area. Speakers will in
clude subjects dealing with
onions, carrots and other
vegetables as well as protecting
bees and maintaining adequate
pesticide application records.
Three hours of re-certification
credit can be obtained by atten
ding this session.
For additional information con
tact the Hermiston Extension of
fice 567-8321.
Heppner
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Health Dept.
The Morrow County Health
Department lists the following
monthly schedule for blood
pressures and immunizations;
T hursday, Dec. 2-blood
pressures 8:30-11 a.m., Heppner
office;
Tuesday, Dec. 7-blood
pressures and immunizations,
1:30-4 p.m. Boardman City Hall;
Tuesday, Dec. 14-blood
pressures and immunizations, 1-4
p.m. County Office building,
irrigon;
Wednesday, Dec. 15-blood
pressures, l i a.m.-noon, Hepp
ner Senior Center;
Thursday, Dec. 16-blood
pressures and immunizations,
Weather Report
8:30 a.m.-noon and 2:30-4:30
p.m. Heppner office;
Tuesday Dec. 21-blood
pressures and immunizations, 11
a.m.-noon lone City Hall and
1:30-4 p.m. Boardman City Hall;
Tuesday, Dec. 28-blood
pressures and immunization, 1-4
p.m. County Office Irrigon;
Thursday, Dec. 30-blood
pressures and immunizations,
8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Heppner office.
lone Booster
Club to meet
The lone Booster Club will
meet this Thursday night, Dec. 2,
at 7:30 p.m. at Beecher’s
Restaurant in lone.
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Happy 16th
Birthday,
Beez!
We love you,
Mom, Dad & Crystal
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The Clerk’s office at the Mor
row County Courthouse in Hepp
ner reports issuing the following
marriage licenses during the past
week;
November 22; Christopher
Michael McClusky, 22, Irrigon;
and
Denise Raelene Winters, 20,
Irrigon.
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Taylor Robert Parks-a son
Taylor Robert was born to
Debora and Craig Parks of Her
miston on Thursday, November
25, 1993 at Oregon Health
Science Center in Portland. The
baby weighed 8 lbs. 9 oz.
Grandparents are Lee and
Mary Ann Palmer, lone and Fred
and Joyce Parks, Hermiston.
Great grandmothers are Bernice
Nash, Heppner and Geneva
Palmer, lone.
Taylor joins two brothers
Brent, five and Ethan three at
home.
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