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HeppnerGazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August22,2012 Chamber Chatter Boardman Rabies Clinic: The City o f Boardman is hosting a low-cost rabies vaccination clinic on Saturday, Aug. 25, from 1-3 p.m. at the Boardman City Park. The cost is $19.95 per pet. The Country Animal Hospital and the American Cancer Society will offer a Doggie Wash and Barbeque for do nations. Pre-registration is encouraged for the vaccina tions; call 541-481-9252. Rollin’ on the River: The fourth annual Rollin’ on the River will be held on Saturday, Sept. 22, at the Boardman Marina Park from 3-9 p.m. Two live bands have been booked for your listening and danc ing pleasure. Rollin’ on the River also includes a car show, dinner, and wine and beer. Call the chamber for more information. Tickets are available for purchase now. Traeger Wood Pellet Barbecue: The Kiwanis Club of Boardman and the Boardm an Cham ber are selling tickets for a Tra eger Jr. 055 wood pellet barbecue. Tickets are just $5 each or 5 for $20. The drawing will be held at Rol lin’ on the River on Sept. 22, you need not be present to win. Purchase tickets at the chamber office or from any com m ittee member. The Traeger was donated by Ranch & Home; they now have a new store open in Milton-Freewater. Biggest Winner: The C om m unity H ealth Im provement Partnership of Morrow County is once again holding the Biggest Winner Program. Registra tion and initial weigh-in will be 6-7 p.m. on Tues day, Aug. 28 and Sept. 4, at Sam Boardman Elemen tary, Heppner Elementary School, lone Community Church and the Irrigon Jr./ Sr. High School. For more information, contact 541 - 676-2538 or http://www. ohsu.edu/MCCHIP. Step Out Walk for Dia betes: ConA gra Foods- Lamb Weston challenges the businesses of our com munity to put a team to gether to participate in a fundraiser for the American Diabetes Association. On Sept. 29, they will host a 5K walk at the Boardman Ma rina Park, with registration at 8:45 a.m. and the walk to begin at 9 a.m. Each walker is requested to donate $25; participants will receive a t- shirt at the end of the walk. Pre-register by September 18 by calling 541-481- 2011, ext. 67310. Senior Breakfast: Sat urday, Sept. 1, the Board- man Senior Center will hold their monthly community breakfast from 7:30-10:30 am. Breakfast is just $5. Chamber Membership Lunch: The next Chamber Membership Lunch will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 19. We will be taking a bus tour of the GreenWood Tree Farm. The lunch tour will be from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. and the cost will be $20 for a box lunch from Boardman Select Market and the bus tour. This is your opportunity to learn more about GreenW ood Tree Farm and get in the middle of the trees. We do have lim ited number o f spaces available on the bus, so get your reservation in as soon as possible. Clean-Up Day: Make sure you are g athering your team to help with the Boardman Clean-Up Day on Saturday, Sept. 29, from 8 a.m. till noon. We will be cleaning up trash at several locations around town. So find your work gloves and your organiza tion team members and join us in making Boardman look much cleaner. The organization with the most volunteer hours will receive $100, 2nd place $75 and 3rd place $50. Call the chamber if you have any questions. Boardman Quilt Show: The eighth annual quilt show will be held October 12-13 at the Port of Morrow Riverfront Center. Hours are 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and admission is $3. Call Kath erine for more information 541-922-5293. Medical fund set up for local woman An account has been set up at the Bank of Eastern Oregon to help with the medical expenses of local woman Peggy Michel. Michel, 63, was diag nosed with esophageal can cer three months ago. The cancer is now in stage three; Michel has been traveling back and forth to OHSU and Providence Medical Center in Walla Walla for chemotherapy and radia tion. She has been told that, after that treatment, she will need to undergo surgery. Since Michel has no insurance and does not qualify for Medicare, her friends have set up the BEO bank account for those who would be willing to contrib ute toward her substantial medical fees. -FIV E Local boys get ‘corny’ with FFA project All right, maybe the only thing corny about this story is the headline. How ever, two local boys have shown some extra initiative with their FFA project this year, and it does involve a lot of com. Shane Miles and Tate Gentry, both of Heppner, grew half an acre of sweet com as a Supervised Agri cultural Experience (SAE) through their FFA program. Shane is the son of Craig and Tawny Miles, and Tate is the son of Jerry and Ter ri Gentry. Both boys are students at Heppner High School. They grew the com in one of the circles farmed by Shane’s father, on land leased from the Padberg family. The boys said Craig M iles bought the seed, which they plan to repay, along with the cost of some irrigation, after they sell the com. Otherwise, all the work and cost has been their own...and a lot of work it was. A fter beginning the planting with a single-row planter pulled behind a tractor, the two young men decided the results were less than satisfactory, and planted the rest of the com by hand. They also main tained the plot by hand, rototilling the rows them selves and caring for their crop in every stage. “ We realized it was going to be a lot of work hand planting, because you handle every kernel, but it was fun,” said Gentry. Miles added that it was an eye-opening experience, seeing the com through all stages of development. “We got to learn differ ent stages of it (the growth process), like the tassling stages,” Miles said. The purpose of an SAE project is to learn by do ing. FFA members work with agricultural teachers to develop projects based on placement (getting an agricultural job), research and experimentation, ex ploring Ag careers or, as with these two boys, engag ing in entrepreneurship by owning and operating an agricultural business. Shane Miles (L) and Tate Gentry stand in front of their half acre of sweet corn, raised as part of an SAE through the local FFA program. -Contributedphoto Beth Dickenson was the boys’ supervisor for the project, but she says all the praise goes to them. “I’m not going to take any credit for it,” said Dick enson. “They’ve learned a lot and put a lot of time into it. They’ve been re ally busy and I’m really proud of them for making it work. I’m proud of them for thinking outside of the box. It’s been a great project for them.” D ickenson said the project started a couple of years ago as a conversa tion with Miles and his dad regarding the possibility of using a comer that wasn’t in production for something else. Miles later persuaded Gentry to partner up. “Now they have com coming out their ears, no pun intended,” Dickenson said. “I haven’t tried any yet but I’m looking forward to it.” In order to apply for certain degrees within FFA, the boys also have to make a certain amount of money from their projects. That means it’s time for them to think about selling the com. They expect the first of the crop to ripen around Sept. 1, with most of it ready in the first two to three weeks o f September. They plan to sell it at the Heppner farmer’s market, take or ders and even carry it door to door if necessary. They plan on selling three ears for a dollar, but said they will have a discount for anyone who wants to buy it by the pickup load. And, like any good farmers, even in the midst of harvest and sales, they are planning for next year’s crop. Gentry said they are thinking of a custom-made planter pulled behind a trac tor, so they can plant more com, faster. “So we can get more than half an acre next year.” Miles added. Anyone interested in farm-fresh corn from this FFA project can catch the boys at the farmer’s market starting next month, or call Gentry at 541-676-5239 or Miles at 541-922-8377. Over the Tee Cup Pat Edmundson took low gross o f the field on Tuesday, Aug. 21, when the ladies played at Willow Creek Country Club. Karen Thompson had low net and Lorrene Montgomery had the least putts. On flight A, Pat Ed m undson had the long drive. For flight B, Lorrene Montgomery had the long drive and Karen Thompson had K.P. On flight C. Toni Nichols had low gross, and Laura Rogers had low net and the long drive. Karen Thompson also had a birdie on #4. 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