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. ,
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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.
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