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Sheep ranchers work hard just to
break even;
High
expenses, low returns … but it’s in
their blood, Capital Press,
posted 4/11/08 John O'Keeffe and his wife, Gail, raise Columbia sheep on the Oregon-California state line near Malin, Ore. They have 500 lambs from 300 ewes, with several yet to be born...I am a hobby farmer, he said, explaining that he doesn't make a profit from raising sheep, so it must be a hobby." |
The
heart of the homestead, John Terry,
H&N 3/17/08.
HERE for more on Tulelake
homesteaders and settlers.
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Retired vet teaches science in
state Capitol.
Years of experience help
legislator bring rural perspective
to issues, Capital Press 2/8/07.
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![]() Doug and Gail Whitsett return to their rural home in Southern Oregon between sessions. |
Martha
Anne Dow Oregon Center for Health
Professions, by Senator Doug
Whitsett, posted to KBC 2/20/08
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Breeder
loves border collies, politics Capital Press, posted 8/4/07. "So began the lives together of Geri and Dan Byrne on a cattle and sheep ranch near Tulelake, on the Oregon-California border." "...The American public is so far removed from farming and ranching these days, they want to legislate it, but they don't understand it..." PHOTO: Geri Byrne bred this litter of border collies for specific desirable traits to work cattle. |
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Honored by a president
December 28, 2006
Jim Ottoman cried when he heard former President Gerald Ford died. The 82-year-old, a long-time Malin farmer and now a Klamath Falls resident, met Ford in 1975 after being selected as National Farm Family of the year. |
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![]() Bryan Kelly Killed in action |
A
meeting with the president, by Pat
Kelly, guest columnist,
H&N.
The author, Pat Kelly, a retired sheriff's
detective and former police trainer, is the
father of Marine Lance Cpl. Bryan Kelly, who was
killed in action in Iraq in July.
"The only really important thing I said to President Bush was, 'Finish it.' He answered, 'We will, I promise.' " |
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A
bucket of love
Community sees what Ben DuVal couldn't |
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| NEWELL - Standing in the
fading light outside his family's homestead, Ben
DuVal pauses for a moment, leaning against the
crutches that have become a part of his life.
"You know, I have a silver bucket in there," he says, nodding towards the house. "It's from the town of Malin, and it's filled with cards, letters, checks, what ever the townsfolk thought I would need. 'Bucket of love' is painted on the outside." |
![]() Ben DuVal loads hay with his new squeeze, photo by Pat Ratliff |
| Mary Palmer
Nowland-born and raised on a farm in
Tulelake, California. 4-H Foundation Hanging by a Thread Sealing History Homesteading in a Promised Land film script AUDIO: Mary's grandparents were WW1 homesteaders, and her parents, WWII homesteaders. She shares how life on the farm molded her sense of community in the classroom AUDIO: Mary relates her appreciation of The Migration in the Tulelake basin
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