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.
For upcoming events,
the club is planning a club
championship/Eddi Skow
Tournament for Sept. 4-5.
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