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Steve Warren Says 'Life Is Different in South America' Steve Warren, a tall hand, some young man back from 27 months In South America ad mlU he'a having some adjust ing to do. Ills two shock were serins the men In uniforms wearing beards and long hair ruts and the length of the girls' skirts. They were wearing them much shorter In Venezuela and Colombia where he has been on a Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was In six different cities; the two largest were Bogota In Colombia with 3 million and Caracas, Venezuela with a pop ulatlon of 2 million. The sizes of which call for more adjust ment to the size of Hcppncr. He paid for his board and room with local families each place he stayed. Differences in prices are unbelievable. Pop is 3c in American money, movies and haircuts 30c, gasoline Is 15c a gallon. However, there is a ter rific tax on imported cars. Cars that sell for $3000 here sell for $7000 there. More and more American ' products are appearing in the .stores. They are produced in the country itself and are much cheaper than the American ver sion. There are such brand names as Gillette, Pepsi Cola, VO-5, Colgate. These firms pro vide local employment. There are many thieves in the big cities. Steve knows on several occasions when attempts were made to pick his pockets. He foels he was fortunate not to have had a single loss but R-l School Board Discusses iMany Issues (Continued from page 1) tend. This exploratory program i planned for small schools is in line with the district's attempts to develop a program in Career i Education. Answers to some of the questions, "What should we be offering?" may be gained from districts who are already ; in the program. The district program must be submitted by May 1. Etta Mae Lovgren's resigna 'tion from Heppner's Advisory Council was accepted and Har- ley Sager was appointed to fin . ish out the terms. Mrs. Eddie Gunderson, member of the (board, was appointed to work 'with the teachers to review the front portion of the district handbook. Jack Sumner announced that ' the consultation committees ex pected to finalize the teachers salaries at the Jan. 19 meet '; ing at Riverside. .' Bus Bid Accepted ....Five bids were received for the 30-passenger bus body. W. 3. Root & Co s bid was accept . ed to supply a Carpenter body for a price of $2,788 plus $500 delivery for a total of $3,288. There were two bids received ' to supply the chassis. Fulleton : Chevrolet bid of $3,688.30 with a delivery price of $500. for a total of $4',188.30 was accepted This brings the total figure to $6,976.30 and the budgeted fig : ure is $$6000. The last 30 pas senger bus the district bought in May was $6161. Mr. Daniels noted that the district should receive $600 to $800 for the old bus if a buyer could be found. Other body bids came from Allied Bus and Truck Equip ment $3,866. Cascade Bus Sales $4,041. Schetky Equipment Corp. $3,720.60 and $3,570.60. The other chassis bid was Heppner Auto Sales for $4,367. 67. Merle Jewett of Allied and Chuck Rogers of Schetky were present to make their own pre sentations. The next regular meeting of the board will be Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m. at Riverside High School. soma of hla companions lost cameras, money and pens. He felt there was little anl moslty shown him. On occas Ion students and a few older guys showed that "Yankee go nome- attitude. For the most part he said he felt the South Americans have a family attl tude towards the United States. As in some families though the ieua may be bitter. Christmas time lasts until Jan. 6, Independence Day and at the Bull Fights, they shoot off lots of fire works. He at tended his first Bull Fight Just a few days before he left. There are many local bull fights but tnis one was a traveling bull fighter from Spain. He received $19,000 for killing the two bulls. There was a tense moment when the bull caught the fight er's cape in his horns and drag ged rum down on the ground He gored his leg and the bull fighter was carried from the arena. However, he returned un der hts own power and killed the bull, much to the delleht of the spectators. After the bull is killed, the meat Is sold out side the arena. The bulls bred specially for bull fighting, cost 2!i thousand dollars each. Steve came home with a few souvenirs, a machete, some paintings, some leather work. He saw lots of coppersmiths at work. Many gold artifacts In museums are a testimony to the skills of by-gone genera tions. Learning the Language Before leaving for his Mission, Steve took a crash course In Spanish. At first the language proved a barrier but not for long. He Is anxious to talk with his brother, Mike, student at BYU, who says he can still re member his Spanish from his Mission in Mexico. Mike re turned about 3 months before Steve left. This is a program practiced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints. He has received four de. ferrments by his draftboard, for his two years while attending Rick College at Rexburg, Idaho and his 2 year Mission. He is excited at entering BYU for the second semester early In Febru ary. He is interested in Politi cal Science and also mass med ia. He wrote an article in Span ish on a general church activ ity that was published in one of the papers. He also did some printing in the mission office on off set. Newspapers were made up similarly to those in the Unit ed States, devoted to world news, national news and local lone Sorority Dates Card Party for State Fund Drive Each year, all Oregon chap ters of Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority raise and donate funds to the Crippled Children's Hos pital in Eugene for their state project. At their Jan. 12 meeting in the home of Mrs. Jerry Martin the Beta Omega chapter decid ed to have a Card Party for this year's fund raising cam paign. In addition to the hospi tal, proceeds will go to Mead owood Speech Camp located in the Blue Mountains. The Card Party will be held Wednesday, Jan. 27 at 8:00 p.m, in the St. William s church base ment in lone. Tables of bridge and pinochle will be in play, Refreshments will be served during the course of the even ing and prizes, including home baked goods, will be awarded All area residents, men and women, are cordially invited to attend. Admission price will be $1.00 per person. LeRoy A. Jayne Passes Word has been received by Maurice Elder of the death of his uncle, LeRoy A. Jayne in Denver, Colo. He was 91. Mr. Jayne spent a great part of his life in Morrow County Besides Mr. Elder, he is sur vived by a sister, Gertrude Vance, Portland; two nieces, Elizabeth Ward, Seattle, and Mayree Elder, Bremerton. SUIT FILED In Circuit Court a suit has been filed by J. E. Hams, plain tiff vs. John F. Mollahan, C.J.D Baunian, Daroid O. Hams and Curtis Culp, defendants. Action for $100 special damages, $7500 general damages and $7500 pun itive damages for Plaintiff's costs and disbursements incur red. Attorneys for plaintiff are Mahoney & Abrams and Roger Germundson of Gresham. Plaintiff alleges false arrest at his ranch in August, 1970. He says in complaint that he ex pended sum of $100 in employ ment of an attorney to procure his release. Mustangs Dumped in Non-League Meeting By DALLAS HARSIN A 35-point fourth quarter for the Wahtonka Eagles dropped the hopes of the Heppner Mus tangs. At the end of the first quar ter, tne score was all tied up and after that it was Wahtonka all the way. When the final horn sounded, Heppner was down by 25 points, 68-93. The Mustangs shot 50 per cent from the field but just didn't put up enough shots. Heppner also shot 50 per cent from the gift line, but Wahtonka still shot better. La Verne Van Marter led the scoring again with 27, followed by Sam Bellamy with 12. Logan led the Eagles with 19, followed by Griffin with 15. Wahtonka also had four other Eagles in double figures. When talking with JV Coach Ed Hiemstra, he wasn't too happy as they also lost 53-41. While talking to one of his play ers, Coach Hiemstra said "most of the team doesn't care if they win or lose" and this is prob ably the reason for the two quick losses. The JVs have only made 86 for 368 at the gift line for 23 per cent this year. news. They use lots of color pictures and played up the last Casslus Clay fight when his op. poncnt was from South Amer ica with lots of colored pictures. Lots of things happened while he was away, Nixon was elect ed, Eisenhower died, man land ed on the moon. He said he felt that the South Americans really lauded the moon landing more than we did in the unit ed States. The governments are not stable and could be over thrown by the military or an other party. Gone something over two years, he had to re establish his identity at the bank. He walked into Gonty's and showed Ed the shoes that he bought there Just before 4ie left He had them half-soled four times while he was gone. It wasn't very long before Ed recogniz ed him. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Warren, his family is delighted to have him return home. He is enjoying a change in diet from rice and srches as his mother makes his favorite dish es. He was amazed at how tall Matt had grown while he was gone. He appreciated naving his grandmother, Mrs. Ray Drake, send the Gazette-Times to him each week and he said "I really missed my little sis ter." i Dolven Services Held Friday Raymond M. Dolven, 61, died in El Paso, Texas on Jan. 11. He was born April 25, 1909 at Lincoln, Wis. Mr. Dolven was a resident of the Lexington area where he had a wheat ranch. Memberships included the Jehovah Witnesses and the Thoroughbred Horse Association. Survivors Include a son, Rus sell of Dillon, Mont.; two broth ers, Gilman Dolven of Toledo, Ore., and Donald Dolven of La Grande; three sisters, Delia Al zatc of Sacramento, Clarissa Kilmer of Port Townsend, Wn, and Alice Sharp of Ontario; and several nieces and nephews. Services were held Jan. 15 at the Sweeney Mortuary Chapel with Mr. Ted Poland of Hermis ton officiating. Interment was in the Heppner Masonic Ceme tery with Sweeney Mortuary In care of the arrangements. The music selections were provided by Mrs. Virginia Mitchell, pian ist. Casket bearers were Alfred Nelson, Alvln Wagenblast Wayne Papineau, Kenneth Peck, Monte Chamberlain and Don Robinson. HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday. January 31. 197! S About 20 per cent of birth de fects are caused by faulty genes, according to the March of Dimes. Bench Chatter If KEVIN DICK ; Coach Clough has been try ing to find a more balanced scoring attack. Friday night he found no such combination. The second high scorer had eight points that's not enough. Saturday, three scorers were In double figures. Gary Watklns came off the bench late In the first period and sparked to 22 big points. As usual. Van Mar ter led with 23 but Kemp should be up there too. He works hard on rebounds and gets a lot more than anyone else on the squad. He should come back up and dumD it in. Steve could really '' help the scoring power of the team with a few more points a game. Watkins, who was cold Friday night with Condon and missed some critical foul shots along with the rest of the team, didn't start at Umatilla. When he went into the game (late In the first quarter) he knew what he was there for. Gary dumped 22 onto the board in the remain ing 3 periods. Sherman County will host the Mustangs Friday, Jan. 22 and the Horsemen will entertain Stnnfleld here Jan. 23. Heppner defeated Sherman on their last meeting, 46-41. The Mustangs haven't met Stanfield yet this' season. Baby Sitting Training Given at HHS Twenty two students from th Freshman Home Ke class an completing an American R-l Cross Mothers Aide course. ThU Is being taught by their Home Ee Instructor, Mln Linda Kahr. The students have learned baby sitting technique. They have had lessons in nutrition, what and how to feed small children, talked about Imthing and dressing children, emergen cies in case the child swallow a foreign object, in case of (Ire, accidental poisons cuts and bruises, This course will give the girls valuable Information that will be beneficial for baby sitting. Upon completion of the course and passing the final examina tion they will be presented with American Red Cross Mothers' Aides cards. Gem fir Mineral Club Meets January 23 R. G. "Pete" McMurtry and other newly elected officers of the Morrow County Gem and Mineral Society will hold their first meeting in 1971, Saturday, Jan. 23 at 7:30 p.m. In the Mc Murtry building. Any interested person in Gem and Minerals is welcome to attend. New Grandchild for The Paul Jones' With the birth of Shane Mi chael Blake in Auburn, Wn., on Jan. 7, Judge and Mrs. Paul Jones now have four grand children. They include Shawn Patrick, Shane's older brother and his two cousins, Holly and Guy, children of the Gary Jones' n Hood River. Shane is the son of Sandra, the Jones' daughter, and Jon Blake of Renton, Wn. Mr. Blake is employed by Boeing. The new arrival weighed 5 lb., 10 oz. at birth. His paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs Keithley Blake of Gresham and former Heppner residents.. Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Jones are great grandparents. Judge and Mrs. Jones drove to Renton where Mrs. Jones re mained until the first of this week. LONG RANGE PROGRAM PLANNING MEETING DATES Education Committee Jan. 21, 7:30 p.m. Lexington School Housing Committee Jan. 27, 7:30 p.m. lone City Hall Youth Committee Feb. 1, 7:30 p.m. Lexington School Family Stability Feb. 2, 1:30 p.m. Lexington School Human Resource Com. Chairmen Feb. 3, 1:30 p.m. Vern Evans. Irrieon Consumer Competence Feb. 19, 1:30 p.m. Lois Allyn, Boardmari SEARS, ROEBUCK and CO. TO OPEN CATALOG SALES MERCHANT STORE Heppner, Oregon Here is an exceptional opportunity for a person interested in a sound business arrangement who desires to operate as an in dependent merchant, in a downtown location to serve Sears customers. Write today for further information to: SEARS, ROEBUCK and CO. T. J. 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