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A2 News/Obituaries wallowa.com April 8, 2015 Wallowa County Chieftain Student from Jordan dispels stereotypes By Steve Tool Wallowa County Chieftain Sarah Abdeldayem, 17, LVDMXQLRUDW:DOORZD+LJK School. She resides with Woody and Megan Wolfe on the Wolfe ranch outside of Wallowa. Abdeldayem is from Amman, Jordan. /LNH WKH PDMRULW\ RI KHU FRXQWU\¶V FLWL]HQV $EGHO dayem is Sunni. She wears a traditional head scarf, called DKLMDE&RQWUDU\WRSRSXODU belief in the U.S. not all head coverings are called burkas. A burka, which cov- HUVPRUHWKDQMXVWWKHKHDG is only one of several types of traditional covering. Abdeldayem wanted to MRLQ WKH $PHULFDQ )LHOG 6HUYLFH $)6 IRUHLJQ H[ change students program to help dispel Muslim ste- reotypes as portrayed in the media. She is from an urban area and does not ride cam- hating other countries,” Ab- deldayem said. Seeing Muslim families suffer persecution in the U.S. concerns her, but she describes her stay in Wal- lowa County in glowing WHUPV ³3HRSOH DURXQG KHUH DUH YHU\ JRRG 7KH\ GLGQ¶W MXGJHPHZKHQWKH\VDZPH ZHDULQJ P\ VFDUI ,¶YH KDG no problems.” 7KHDEVHQFHRID0RVTXH is not a detriment to Abdel- GD\HP¶VUHOLJLRXVOLIH(YHQ in Jordan, men are the ones more inclined to attend ser- vices, while women tend to worship at home. Courtesy Photo Jordanian students start Sarah Abdeldayem is an exchange student at Wallowa High learning to speak English School. She plans to go to college in the U.S. to become a in kindergarten and Abdel- neurosurgeon. dayem speaks better En- glish than many Americans. HOVRUOLYHLQWHQWV7KHSUR Jordan is typically on She had planned to take gram chose Abdeldayem, good terms with the U.S. Spanish but decided to con- and 19 others from a field and European countries. centrate on improving her of over 500 candidates who ³:H GRQ¶W JR PDUFKLQJ LQ English. applied for consideration. the streets holding signs and After graduation, Abdel- dayem plans to attend col- lege with the idea of going to medical school to become D QHXURVXUJHRQ ,I KHU 6$7 scores are high enough for a U.S. scholarship, she in- WHQGV WR MRXUQH\ KRPH IRU a year before returning here to start college. Being independent and responsible for her own actions were part of Ab- GHOGD\HP¶V H[SHFWDWLRQV IRU KHU MRXUQH\ WR :DOORZD County. She liked the idea of the extensive differ- ences between Jordan and :DOORZD &RXQW\ DV LW¶V WKH point of the program. Because she kept her ex- pectations to a minimum, Abdeldayem did not find Wallowa County falling short on those expectations. She said she loves the na- ture, mountains and fresh air of the valley and always wanted to live in such a place, although she previ- 5RWDU\H[FKDQJHVWXGHQWHQMR\V his Enterprise High experience By Steve Tool Wallowa County Chieftain &KDZLW7KDQDGNLWRU³*R tro,” as he is called, is 17 and attends Enterprise High School as a senior. He lives with the family of Randy DQG-HQL*UHHQVKLHOGV *RWURLVIURP1RQWKDEX ri, a suburb of Bangkok, in 7KDLODQG+HDWWHQGVVFKRRO in Bangkok. *RWUR MRLQHG WKH 5RWDU\ exchange program for the experience and because he wanted to learn English. He said it is hard to learn En- JOLVKLQ7KDLODQGEHFDXVHVR few people speak it. A friend RI*RWUR¶VIDWKHUEHORQJVWR the Rotary Club and got him the information to enter the program. *RWUR GLGQ¶W KDYH DQ\ LGHD ZKHUH KH¶G JHW DV signed other than being told Steve Tool/Chieftain “Gotro” likes the our weather and the mountains. he would reside in Ameri- ca. Once he learned of his assignment to Oregon, he assumed he would reside in Portland. *RWURZDVHODWHGWRODWHU hear he was going to Wal- ORZD&RXQW\³,ZDVH[FLWHG EHFDXVH,GLGQ¶WNQRZDERXW WKLV DUHD ,W¶V SUHWW\ FRRO 7KLVPRXQWDLQ0W-RVHSK LV OLNH D SLFWXUH´ *RWUR said. With the population of the greater Bangkok area running over 11 million SHRSOH *RWUR VDLG KH OLNHG the small school he now at- tends. He said both the differ- ent family dynamics and the different food threw him a curveball at the start of his stay here. Both his mother and father are retired, and rice was a staple of his diet LQ7KDLODQG *RWUR KDG QHYHU SDU ticipated in sports before coming to Wallowa County, ously thought America only had large cities. $PRQJ $EGHOGD\HP¶V favorite things to do in the area is skeet shooting with KHU $)6 IDPLO\ 7KLV LV something she never did in Jordan. Abdeldayem said that she, too, harbored stereo- types about Americans and life in America that she had to revise. 7KLV LQFOXGHG WKH LGHD Americans eat and par- W\ DOO GD\ ORQJ ³, JRW WKDW from the international me- dia and the movies, because we watch a lot of American movies,” she said. After her experience in Wallowa County, Abdel- dayem said she feels like a new and different person who feels more responsible, mature, independent and open-minded. She said she now feels like a young am- bassador for her country. O BITUARIES Elizabeth Hanks Oct. 27, 1925 – March 31, 2015 Elizabeth Austin Hanks passed away in her sleep on March 31, 2015, at her home in Enterprise. Ellie was born in Seattle, Wash., Oct. 27, 1925, to Albert where athletics have been Walter Austin and Elizabeth Fredson Austin. She attended among his favorite activities schools in Selah, Yakima, and Spokane, Wash. Her varied employment history includes cook for logging during his stay. He played football, wrestled, and now camp in Alaska, manager for Alaska Housing Authority, ERRNNHHSLQJÀRULVWDQGUHVWDXUDQWFRRNDQGEDNHUDW7RPD¶V participates in golf. *RWUR VDLG RQH RI WKH in Enterprise, Ore. Hobbies included genealogy, crafting and biggest differences, besides sewing. Mrs. Hanks was an active member of the Church of Jesus population, is the weather. ,Q7KDLODQGLW¶VEHWZHHQ Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She is survived by her husband of 43 years, Chester L. and 100 degrees every day Hanks, daughter Rebecca Hill, son Edward Blanford, and six and all year. Education is also very VWHSVRQV-RHO1DWKDQ7LPRWK\-DVRQ0DWWKHZDQG7KRPDV GLIIHUHQW +LV 7KDLODQG Hanks. Also surviving are son-in-law, daughters-in-law, school is on summer break grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Private family inurnment will be scheduled at a later date. until May. He also took extra classes, so he attend- ed school about 6.5 days a ZHHN7KH H[WUD FODVVHV DUH News obituaries are a free service of the Wallowa County in math because he wants to Chieftain. The paper accepts obituaries from the family or fu- become an engineer. He will neral home. Information submitted is subject to editing. Send DWWHQGFROOHJHLQ7KDLODQG *RWUR VDLG KH¶V HQMR\HG obituaries by e-mail, obits@wallowa.com; fax, 541-426-3921; or mail, PO Box 338, Enterprise, OR 97828. The deadline to KLVH[SHULHQFHKHUH³6RPH GD\ , ZDQW WR FRPH EDFN submit an obituary is 2 p.m. Monday for the Wednesday pa- KHUH , PDGH VRPH JRRG per. For more information, or to inquire about a paid memori- IULHQGV DQG , ZDQW WR NHHS al, call 541-426-4567. in touch,” he said. 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