THE CJAZKTTE-TIMES, tlfppnrr, OR, Thurwi.y, Auguttt 19, 1976, PAGE THRFK
Irrigon council asks
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Child Care
Center wants
to continue
Smiling, bashful faces, on little bodies run and jump and
slide and play. Kids are having fun at the Heppner Child Care
Center.
The center in Heppner Is certified to take on 30 kids,
Tuesday afternoon, there were 23 little tykes, ranging in age
from six weeks to 10 years.
The average age of the children is four, according to
Monica Swanson, director of the community service
operation.
The center is financed through federal grants and private
and organization donations. The three major funding
projects are private parent fees, the Community Coordinated
Child Care program, and club and organization donations.
But even with the 4-C aid, the center has difficulty holding
on without community support.
"It's difficult to maintain a center in a town like Heppner,"
Ms. Swanson said. "There are not alot of low income people
and that's what the 4-C finance. So, we don't get much money
from the 4-C."
Swanson said the cost of child care is higher than the
parent fees so the center must rely on donations.
The center is staffed by six people. Ms. Swanson heads up
the staff as director and works part time. Ldee Lorengel,
head teacher, and Swanson each have bachelor's degrees in
education.
Edna Struthers, Anna Mae Sleagall and Sally Winters also
serve as teachers and Paul Carlson, a high school student, is
a teacher's aide.
Many of the children at the cenler have working parents,
many are mill workers and furm workers. Some of the kids
are brought in on a daily basis.
The center will have been open for two years in October
and the enrollment right now is down.
Swanson said one of (he reasons is vacations and another is
that the slow harvest has enabled some workers to keep their
children.
The staff saluries vary. They depend on children being at
the center. Swanson calls it a "valuable and important
service to tho community."
The only other child care cenler in the county is in
Boardman.
The staff also keeps up to duie w ith monthly workshops,
involving child care specialists.
In handouts the center provides to parents, it says the
"goal is to care for your child to the best of our ability.
Activities are carefully planned to meet the physical,
emotional and social needs of your child. Activities provide
an excellent opportunity for children to learn to get along and
share with one another and for shy children to gain
confidence in themselves."
The staff tries to initiate child involvement and urge the
children to take part.
A daily schedule, though flexible, could have the following
planned: 6:307 a.m. breakfast; 7-fl-frc play; 8:30 9
group time featuring language development and arts and
crafts; 9:15-Scsame Street through tapes, records, books.
TV; 9:15 9:30 snack; 9:30-10 -Sesame Street; 10 10:45
group lime; 10:45-1 1-get cols ready for nap time:
I1-U:1J music on Mondays and Thursday, storytime on
Tuesday and Wednesday and cultural awareness on Friday:
From 11:30 12-Iunch; 12 2-naptime (quiet tune or
outside play for school age children); 2 3-put cols away,
play outside; 3 -3:15 nack; 3. tO-4-oulside plav: 4 6:15
educational TV in poor weather; and at 6:15. the cenler
closes.
The playground area outside is large but the cenler is in
need of playground equipment.
The smiling faces enjoy their home away from home.
You can tell ... by the smiles.
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Vy Hungs tempt
friends with menu
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Left tec .. . what should we
have for dinner.
How "bout crab and aspar
gus soup, with a meat roll
made of pork, crab, mush
rooms, and rice paper? Urn.
And tome corn, chicken, pork,
' vegetables and shrimp all
mixed up and steamed.
Some Chinese fried rice and
fruit for dessert. Like Lotus
nuts, dried lily budd, pearl
barley, fox nuts and dried
login. Sounds yummy.
Add a cup of tea and were
set.
Sounda pretty good.
That's the menu that Vin
cent Vy Hung and his wife Ann
presented guests with at their
first anniversary, working for
Pioneer Memorial Hospital.
Vu Hung, a Vietnamese
maintenance man at the hos
pital, had as guests Mrs. Ilrne
Wyman, Mr. and Mrs. Pat
O'Brien, Mr. Nlchils and Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest Ertt.
Ask them about that deli
cious sounding menu.
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Our Appreciation
to Doctor Carpenter and his nurse
for their quick assistance In aiding
Steve Carpenter after his serious
auto accident last Thursday.
Dill and Helen Drltt
Steve Carpenter
Spray, Oregon
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Local Man Reports On Subaru
Lo Maret of Hermiston purchased his
Subaru two months ago. Leo uses his
Subaru for distributing newspapers and
doea a great deal of atop and go driving,
averaging about 3.000 miles per month.
What docs Leo think of his Subaru? He
say i he is sorry he waited so long before
purchasing his new Subaru from Harlej
Swain. Sara it's economical and so easy
to handle. Why not drop in at Harley
Swain Subaru (across from Rick's House
of Discount) and test drive the car Detroit
couldn't build? No high pressure. You'll
sell yourself!
for second basalt well
By Frances Rose Wilson
Aside from payment of
routine bills, Irrigon's August
council session Tuesday even
ing was short.
Discussion centered around
projects for which funding will
be requested when funds are
available under the upcoming
local public works and em
ployment programs. Among
pressing needs for the city, for
which no local funds are
available are street improve
ment, an alternate emergency
water source, and a city hall
building.
The council authorized an
appeal to the water resource
division be made for a second
well into the shallow basalt
from which the city is now
drawing water. "
The request will be for ati
emergency stand-by well eq-"
uipped for immediate ' use
should malfunction of the pre
sent well occur. Without aft
alternative source the ' city
would be completely out of
water if the well equipment
should break down, until 're
pairs could be made. This'
could take several days. TVi
Immunization required
for first year students
Parents of students entering
schools in Morrow County are
advised that Oregon law
requires that any student
entering a school in Oregon for
the first time is required to be
' immunized against diseases
that have been specified by
Cox
Graduates
John Thompson Cox graduat
ed during summer session at
the University of Oregon last
Sunday.
Cox, a Heppner High School
graduate, completed his stu
dies in marketing with a MBA.
He was among some 1,249
degree candidates that parti
cipated in summer com
mencement ceremonies at the
U of O. Highlighting the
annual summer graduation
exercise were feature re
marks by Lester Anderson,
mayor of the city of Eugene.
John's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Cox, Heppner at
tended the commencement
exercise.
the Oregon State Health Divi
sion. These diseases are measles,
rubella, polio, diptheria, who
oping cough and tetanus.
Parents of children who will
enter Oregon schools for the
first time this year should
obtain the necessary immuni
zation from their family phy
sician, or they may obtain
immunizations free of charge
through the Morrow County
Health Department.
The only exception to the
rule are cases where health or
religious conviction prevent a
child from conforming to the.
law.
The law does not apply to
students who have already
been enrolled in an Oregon
school during the past year.
Persons seeking more infor
mation can contact their local
school office or contact the
Morrow County Health Department.
Leagues Starting
Sept. 7
Anyone wishing to join
a league or substitute contact:
FIESTA BOWLING ALLEY
Or League Officers
ASAP
Leagues Open
Sunday, Monday, Wednesday
and Thursday
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