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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 18, 2004 - THREE Century Farm and Ranch program awards century status to 18 farms and ranches in 2004 At an annual awards cerem ony at the O regon State Fair, Oregon families from 18 farms and ranches will receive the formal status of Oregon Century Farm or Oregon Century Ranch. The 2004 Awards Ceremony will be held on Saturday, Sept. 4, at 2:30 p.m., in the Jackman- Long B u ilding on the Oregon State Fairgrounds in Salem. The public is invited to jo in the O regon A g ricu ltu ral E ducation Foundation and its major partners, the Oregon Farm B ureau, the O regon Department o f Agriculture, and the Oregon Historical Society in the celebration of these C entury Farm and Ranch families. In 2004, there will be eighteen Oregon farms and ranches added to the list o f more than 1,000 family p ro p e rtie s w hich have reached the century mark or m ore. Five ranches and th irtee n farm s from 10 counties will be represented in this year’s awards. The local family and their ranch being honored in 2004 is R.W .B. R anch, M orrow County. The local family and their farm being honored in 2004 is S tevens Farm , Morrow County. The Oregon Century Farm and Ranch Program started in 1958 to honor farm and ranch families with century-long connections to the land. In the course of its 46-year history, the program has honored these families by re c o g n izin g th eir perseverance in the ever- ch an g in g ch allen g e o f supplying food and other farm products to the nation and the world. This award acknowledges, as well, the fam ilies’ com m itm ent to farm ing and ranching, a reflection o f Oregon’s rich agricultural heritage. A cco rd in g to Century Farm and Ranch Program Coordinator, Glenn Mason, “We, the public, as consum ers o f what these fam ilies grow and raise, need to take time out now and then and say, “ We a p p re cia te these hardw orking farmers and ran ch ers who have fed Oregonians and America for a century or more. Oregon’s more recent history o f the last 150 years o f settlement patterns can be traced in part by reading som e o f the stories submitted with the Century Farm and Ranch Program ap p licatio n s. Whether their family land was acq u ired from the United States government through a Donation Land Claim in the 1850s, or later in the late 19th or early 20th century by homesteading, or by purchase or trade from earlier Anglo or European settlers, these Century Farm and Ranch fam ilies give faces and names to Oregon’s agricultural history. This program and the aw ards ceremony at the State Fair provide us the opportunity to meet an important part of the living history o f Oregon.’’ C onducted each year, there is a form al application process required for a family to receive the century farm or ranch designation. A five-member advisory board reviews each ap p lic atio n ag ain st the q u a lific a tio n s, w hich include co n tin u o u s operation o f the farm or ranch; a gross income from farm use o f not less than $ 1,000 per year for the three years out o f the five years prior to application; and family members must live on or actively manage the farming or ranch activities. Each y e a r’s com pleted applications are forwarded to the Oregon Historical Society Library and are available to researchers and other library users. To mark the award o f the century farm or ranch status, each family receives a certificate signed by G overnor Ted Kulongoski and the Director of the Oregon Department of Agriculture, Katy Coba. A metal roadside sign denoting century farm or ranch status with the name of the farm or ranch and the year established also is made available to each family. This year the property signs have been made available to the designated properties through a generous grant from the O regon Department of Agriculture. The 2004 aw ard ceremony is made possible, in part, by contributions from the C apital Press (S alem ), the H azelnut M arketing B oard, the O regon W heat G row ers League, and the Tillamook C ounty C ream ery A ssociation. The Oregon Century Farm and Ranch program is adm inistered through the O regon A g ricu ltu ral E ducation F oundation (O A EF) in Salem and is p artially funded through a partnership o f the Oregon Department of Agriculture, the O regon H istorical Society, and the Oregon Farm Bureau. Slottee Memorial and Lexington scholarships The South Morrow County Scholarship Trust has announced a deadline of Sept. 17, 2004 for the Elizabeth Slottee Memorial S ch o larsh ip and the Lexington Voting Precinct Scholarship. The E lizab eth S lottee M em orial B U C K N U JV I'S C A T E R IN G : Barbecue Beef & Fried Oysters at Murray's Wine Tasting, Aug. 19 at the Morrow County Fairgrounds Watch for weekly specials at John's Place & Bucknum's Tavern! JO H N S PLACE MAIN STREET, HEPPNER x. S ' ✓ ».. V ^ , ». **, n # » m V 0*«* m « m s 4 •« ••y « I Anson Fashion Frames Available in Satin Goldtone and Satin Silvertone We will be closed Saturday, Aug. 21 Peterson s p i j j Jew elers/ Heppner 676-9200 S ch o larsh ip is aw arded annually to a junior, senior or graduate student at an accredited four-year college or university. The award is given to recognize and remember the enthusiasm, spirit and dedication that Elizabeth inspired in her students. It is also given to rem em ber Elizabeth's love of music. This scholarship is given annually, in order of priority to: first, a student w orking for a m ajor or minor in music and second, a student who has been accepted into a school o f education. The L exington Voting Precinct applications are also av ailab le. This aw ard is for a college sophomore, junior or senior liv in g in the L exington voters’ precinct. Applications in disc format can be picked up at Bank o f Eastern Oregon in Heppner. C ontact Sharon Harrison at 676-9125, Del LaRue at 422-7468 or Barb Hayes at 676-9141, if you have any questions. Willow Creek Water Park fair schedule 4-H members, with a 4-H member bracelet, can enjoy the W illow Creek Water Park in Heppner, free on Thursday, Aug. 19 and Friday, Aug. 20. Anyone w ith a fair pass will be adm itted at a discounted price o f $ 1 both days. The pool w ill be closed Friday night, Aug. 20 for the 7-9 p.m. session. It will also be closed Saturday, Aug. 21 and Sunday, Aug. 22 for the 1-5 p.m. session. Heppner Schools have new vice principal drawn to Heppner because lone school district continued from page one coaches can use the floor on of its small town atmosphere Aug. 23; and it offered him the ability -the district is still in to be activ e in school the process o f hiring a half a d m in istra tio n and time teacher for the 2004-05 co ach in g . “ I was also school year to teach two PE looking forward to working classes and an elective; in a great school system,” -the new read er said Stone. Heppner was also a board has been delivered “quality place” for him and and the lone City Council wife Michelle to raise their granted an easement to the three children, Nalani, 5, district for a section of the N aleah, 3 and N oah, 10 lot on the comer o f Spring and Main streets. Columbia months. Heppner was also Basin Electric is running the ideal, as a job in lone opened pow er and ISD w ill be for Michelle. She will be an charged the cost o f a street elementary music and math light, rather than a meter reading. Howard Mullins teacher at lone Schools. Stone has coached and Ron Haguewood are for 12 years, in both assistant constructing a pole for the and head coach positions. board. The district is in the He was a head football process o f establishing a Daye Stone coach for seven years, and phone line and electrical H eppner Schools has also coached basketball, wiring. The Cardinal on the have a new vice principal, track , v o lley b all and read er board, how ever, Daye Stone. Stone will also baseball. “I was also looking appeared orange, rather than be the elem entary school forward to the opportunity to red, and the com pany counselor and an assistant work with Greg Grant,” said su p p ly in g the pan els as high school football coach. Stone. “Heppner has a great agreed to replace them with This is Stone’s first football program.” the appropriate color free of administrative job, as he just charge; As a counselor at received his administration -B ro w n in g has HES, Stone will be active in credentials through Eastern completed a rough draft of heading up the Child Study Washington University. He the student/parent handbook Team, w hich is a received his bachelor of arts combination o f the English and w ill fin alize the degree at Western Montana Language Learners Director, graduation portion once she College. the ap p ro p riate the Title teacher and the has Stone com es to Special Ed director. He will information and will also H eppner from M ilton- also be active in the referral c o n tact the ESD for a Freew ater, where he had system for p ro fessio n al printing quote; been teaching for the past -Browning met with services for students. several years. Before that, he engineer Bob Depoe and “ I am looking was a teacher and football forward to a great year and K nerr C o n stru ctio n to coach in Montana. working with a tremendous discuss correction o f the Stone, who grew up staff,” said Stone. flooding/sink hole at the in Days Creek, OR, was school following three days o f heavy rain. A proposal is University of Nebraska announces being created with projected construction following the graduates psychology in the College of last football game. The goal Approximately 800 E d u catio n and H um an is to relieve some o f the students received degrees Sciences and director of the water load from the new from the U n iv ersity o f O scar and L uella B uros building roof into a separate N eb rask a-L in co ln in Center for Testing at the drain field and to also tie in commencement exercises U niversity o f N ebraska- the cafeteria roof drainage on Aug. 14. pipes, so that the cafeteria is Lincoln, gave the address. Chancellor Harvey The local graduate not flooded again. She says Perlman presided over the was A leida Johannah that the sink hole will no ceremonies. Barbara Plake, Goodyear, who received her longer be an issue when the W.C. Meierhenry university doctor of philosophy degree. water is diverted away from professor o f educational the original French drain; -in serv ice is ABOUT THE HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES scheduled to begin Aug. 23; NEWSPAPER -the 2004 A nnual News articles Yearly Progress report for The Heppner Gazette welcomes news articles that are of inter lone has not yet been posted. est to the communities of lone, Lexington, Heppner and the sur rounding area. Reports for 59 schools are You can submit your article through mail, fax, email or bring it still pending. Teacher Jim to our office (see below under how to contact us). 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