The Poplar Shopper 1986-02-13

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POPLAR
February 13,1986
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1986 LEGION WHIST TOURNAMENT WINNERS
1986 WHIST TOURNAMENT �ras a definite success.   26 teams from Glasgow, Malta, Wolf Point and Poplar areas participated.   Pictured above are the top five teams: 1st Place, Denny Lotton and Jeff Swanson of Malta �Ith 80 points; 2nd Place. Paul Monson and Bud Erickson of Glasgow with 78 points; 3rd Place (tie) Richard Wagner and Del Strommen with 76 and Roger Ereaux and Dick Plouffe also with 76; and 5th Place went to Al Ault and Mllo Stangeland with 75.
# VA BENEFITS TAX EXEMPT
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JOB TRAINING
EXTENDED
The Veterans Administration announced today that the Veterans Job Training Act has been extended and that eligible Korean and Vietnam Era Veterans have until January 1, 1987 to make application under the program.
Frank w. Caldwell, Director of the Fort Harrison, VA Medical and Regional Office Center said that employers now have until July 1, 1987 to place veterans in on-the-job training positions under the program.
More than 200,000 veterans have come to work in new jobs under the program; in Montana 241 new positions have been created.   The VA pays their employers 50 percent of their starting hourly rate of pay for up to none months, 15 for disabled veterans, to a maximum of $10,000 per veteran. Korean and Vietnam Era veterans and employers interested in participating should contact the VA Regional Office or local state employment service office.   The VA Regional Office toll-free number is 1-800-332-6125.
VA Compensation, pension and education benefits are exempt from federal and state income taxation.   Frank Caldwell, Director, va Medical and Regional Office Center said, �Also exempt are grants to service disabled veterans for specially adapted homes and motor vehicles, as well as
clothing allowances paid to veterans who use prosthetic or orthopedic appliances that wear out or tear clothing.' Caldwell also said, '...that current IRS regulations do not require that any benefit paid by the vA be reported as income. 1
HUNTER ED. CERTIFICATE NEEDED
New residents of Montana under 18 years of age who hold a Hunter Education Certificate from another state or province must obtain a Montana Hunter Education Certificate and number prior to purchasing a hunting license or applying for a special permit through the state's annual drawings. Accordlnq to Tim Pool, Coor-diantor of Montana's Hunter Education Program, the certificate must be from an approved province- or state-sponsored course in the safe handling of firearms to qualify for a Montana certificate. License agents have been informed of this new policy and have been urged to inform new residents of this requirement, he said.
New residents should submit their out-of-state certificate to the Montana Department of Fish, wildlife end Perks, Hunter Education Program, 1420
East Sixth Avenue, Helena, mt 59620.   The Department will then issue a Montana Certificate of Competency, which will bear the number required for the purchase of hunting licenses and applications for the speical drawings. Although new residents are not required to participate in the Montana Hunter Education course. Pool strongly encourages them to do so since the Montana course teaches certain concepts, such as big game identification, ethics, landowner-sportsmen's relations and survival, unioue to Montana that would be of value to new resident youths. 3ool also encourages new residents to obtain their Montana :ertificates well in advance of the special drawing application deadline of June 1, or before the beginning of the general big game season.
WHEAT, FEED GRAIN PROGRAMS
A recent announcement by the Secretary of Agriculture set the signup fir the 1986 wheat and feed grain programs between March 3, and April 11, 1986, according to Rodney M. Iverson, Executive Director for Roosevelt County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service.
Other announced provisions include:   Producers may request 100% of tneir diversion payments and 40% of the projected deficiency payments will be paid in cash during signup, and the remaining 25% will be paid as payment-in-kjnd beginning May 1.   Producers will have from May 1 through Sept. 30 to request the PIK portion of their advance deficiency payments. Estimated per bushsl deficiency payment rates are; wheat, $1.83; barley, $.95; oats, $.45; corn $1.03; and surghum, $.98.
Everson said program participants must reduce their wheat acreage 25%, and their feed grain acreage 20%, from their Crop Acreage Base.   Included in the reduction programs is a 2.5% paid land diversion with payment rates per bushel established at $1.83 for wheat, $.95 for barley, and $.45 for oats The paid-in-kind 2.5% diversion payments can be obtained from May 1 through Sept. 30.   Winter wheat producers who do not harvest more than 65% of their wheat base may be eligible for diversion payments on an acreage equal to an additional 10% of their wheat base.   The payment rate for that diversion of $2.00 per bushel.
Producers who have price support loans on any commodity on the day the advance payment is requested must make that loan collateral available for their PIK.   The quantity of the loan collateral that must be redeemed will depend on the value of the loan crop, as determined by the Commodity Credit Corporation.
Producers who do not have commodities under loan, or enough under mar to meet their PIK entitlements, will be issued negotiable certificates in the net remaining monetary amount due them.   These certificates may be sold to others, out are redeemable only for CCC-owned commodities, according to Rodney M. Iverson.   The value of the CCC commodities that may be purchased with the certificates is determined by CCC. Iverson reminded producers that contracts signed by program participants will be considered binding and wirf provide for liquidated damages for failure to comply with program requirements.   A producer who accepts an advance payment, but does not comply with program provisions, must refund the amount of the advance with interest.
Bases and yields are being determined in accordance with the provisions of the Food Security Act of 1985.   Producers who believe either a base or a yield is incorrectly established may appeal to the Roosevelt County ASC Committee through the end of the signup period.
COFFEE TABLE OF BADLAND CEDAR CARVED BY MIKE GRANBOIS, LOCAL ARTIST IS ON DISPLAY IN TRADERS STATE BANK