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EIGHT The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon. Thursday. October 12, 1978 Missionary tells Heppnerites of life in Central American republic Back in 1964 a very small central American country, most people learned about as British Honduras, became self governing. Its name was officially changed to Belize, the original name of the area, in 1973. A missionary-teacher Ned Walter, on furlough from his work in the former capital of the country, Belize City, in swampy land along the west ern shore of the Caribbean, visited in Heppner last Wed nesday and Thursday. He brought updated know ledge about the country to a group gathered at the Method ist Church Wednesday eve ning, Oct. 3, to view his color slides, to hear his narration and to enjoy refreshments provided by the high school youth of the church. Walter was for some time a research chemist with the Dow Chemical Co. and his wife, also a research chemist, worked for Eastman Kodak Co. About twenty years ago they decided to enter the mission field and spent 17 years (1958-1975) in Brazil. They reared their eight children there before being reassigned to Belize, where both teach in Wesley College. Walter explained that Bel ize is still under the protection of the British military because of the "Guatemala Question", a border dispute dating back to Guatemala's independence in 1859. The small country is economically impoverished : and cannot maintain any ' military establishment, so the government depends on the British making a show of force periodically to keep the Guat emalans in place. Area clergy to attend BMCC confab Chruch leaders from Uma tilla and Morrow counties have been invited to a conference at Blue Mountain Community College, Oct. 12. The conference signals the start of a series of meetings between the college and var ious interest groups in the college area, according to Ellsworth Mayer, dean of academic planning and re -search. "In the future, we hope to focus on other special groups, besides the church community, like the business community or the retired citizen community," Mayer commented. Rev. Mary Alice Geier and Rev. William Hallman, two authorities in community col lege ministry, will serve as resource people. Rev. Geier presently serves on the staff of Campus Ministry with Com munity Colleges in Southern California. Rev. Hallman is the Western Regional Director of the United Ministries in Higher Education. The two will discuss the mission and role of the church in commun ity college education. "What life is like here" is the title of a panel discussion by students, faculty and other people involved with Blue Mountain. Possible courses that the college could offer for the group will be considered. Several such church-community college conferences have been held throughout the state. "We're not really uni que, but it's a first time for us,"Mayer pointed out. The conference is open to anyone who would be interest ed in attending. It will be held in the Pioneer Hall theater. The 142.000 oouulalion is nearly 98 per cent non-white and is basically Mayan and Carib Indians who have intermarried with the defen dants of the African slaves whom British settlers brought to the colony when they logged mahogany there. There are several great Mayan ruins in Belize. It has the second longest coral reef in the world. Many adults migrate to the U.S. because wages are so low in Belize. Because 98 per cent of the population is literate, speak ing, reading and writine English, those who get to the U.S. have a language advant age over others who don't speak English. One-third of the country's population lives in Belize City which is in the hurricane belt and has been destroyed twice. After the 1961 hurricane which killed more than 300 persons and left thousands homeless, the government began build ing an inland capital at Bel mopan. This planned community of 3,000 became the country's official capital in 1970. , ( Heppner nurses stage 'disaster' in Stanfield Linda Connor and Sally Winters of Heppner will co ordinate a mock disaster training exercise this after noon in Stanfield. The make-believe disaster is part of a 40-hour Crash Injury Management course the two Heppner nurses are giving to Stanfield police and firefighters. Since the mock disaster will be made to appear as real as possible, Ms. Connor cautions anyone who might be driving to Stanfield today not to become upset if they come upon police and fireman dealing with a large-scale "tragedy." Details on what the "di saster" will consist of were not released, so that the incident will come as a surprise to Stanfield emergen cy workers. I , . V , iFlRlirFTMW urasunPASsfl) is 1 I 1 A II """1 I JGE!3 MEDIVWISIZE BONELESS BEEF BEEF BOTtOWl WMh FRESH PORK ROUND ROUND 0 iC f SPARERIBS STEAKS ROAST 3T0 5-LB. 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