FOUR The "Heppner Gaiette-Times. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, September 13, 1979
Steve Curtis returns from
4-H exchange visit to Japan
Just home from an exciting
month long visit with a
Japanese family, Steve Cur
tis, Heppner, encourages
other 4-H members to consi
der participating in the Ore
gon 4-H Japan Labo ex
change program. The pro
gram is a continuing cultural
exchange each summer which
allows 4-H members to travel
to Japan to live with a host
family. At the same time,
Japanese students visit Amer
ican families. Morrow County
has participated in the ex
change each year, either by
hosting Japanese students or
by sending a student to Japan.
Steve has written a brief
report of his impressions of
Japan.
"I have just spent the last
month in Japan. I lived with a
friend who spent a month last
summer living with my fam
ily. He came to America
through a Japanese program
called Labo.
Labo is like 4-H. In the
program the Japanese kids
learn American (sic) and
learn about America.
I would like to encourage
other 4-H-ers to try this
program. It is a great learning
experience and it is a compar
atively inexpensive way to
spend a month in Japan.
The family I stayed with
was super great and took me
every where to do everything.
I went to temples, castles,
festivals, lakes, mountains
and visited many relatives.
Some differences between
the Japanese way of life and
Edith Nichoson aids
Garden Show in lone
Edith Pettys Nichoson has
an unusual record as a
member of the lone Garden
Club. She was a charter
member 30 years ago and has
been very regular in her
attendance since the club
formed.
Edith served as the club
treasurer for 13 consecutive
years (1942-1962) and was the
club's delegate to three state
conventions (1954, '55, '56).
Mrs. Nichoson is a horticul
ture expert on chrysanthe
mums. She has lived alone
many years since the death of
her husband Fred and her
brother Manny. Her yard is
classified as "the best
groomed yard in town" by
lone residents. Edith will be
assisting members of the lone
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Garden Club and of the
Heppner Garden Club at the
Garden Show at the lone High
School Cafetorium on Sunday,
Sept. 23.
During September her
daugher Alice and husband
Jack Newell have visited with
her in lone. The Newells have
now returned to their home in
San Francisco.
our's that I noticed were first
of all in their religious
practices. The Nitta family
and many Japanese families
are Budhist. Every home that
is Budhist has a little shrine
with an incense burner and
some fruit and-or saki (rice
wine). Another difference I
noticed was the food. Most of
my meals consisted of raw
fish, rice, miso soup, chicken,
sea weed and coca-cola.
The Japanese drive on the
others (left) side of the road.
The steering wheel is on the
other (right) side of the car
and they drive sort of wildly. I
would say these plus the
crowded conditions of Japan
would be the major differ
ences between our two cul
tures. I would say that this was the
best summer of my life. I
really enjoyed seeing my
friend Shuhei and meeting his
family and making new
friends.
I am 13 and I am a 4-H
member in Heppner."
Steve Curtis
Flu shots
available
next week
The Morrow County Health
Department will be adminis
tering flu vaccine to anyone
over the age of 26 who wants it
at a cost of $2.
These flu shots will be
available at: lone United
Church of Christ, Wednesday,
Sept. 19, 4-5 p.m., Irrigon
county offices, Tuesday, Sept.
25. 1-4 p.m. and the Heppner
Neighborhood Center. Wed
nesday, Sept. 26. 2:30-4:30
p.m.
Registration begins soon
for Blue Mountain College
Registration for fall term
Blue Mountain Community
College courses will be held
Thursday, Sept. 20 from 8 a.m.
until 8 p.m. in the college's
McCrae Activity Center.
Registering on that day will
be all new, full-time students
as well as returning students
and students who wish to sign
up for only a class or two.
Evening division courses
registration may be comple
ted by mail. Registration
blanks may be found on page 9
of the fall schedule of classes
that were mailed to local
postal patrons in Umatilla and
Morrow counties last week.
New college tuition rates
are in effect this year. Tuition
payments include: $132 for
full-time students who are
residents of Umatilla or Mor
row counties; $180 for full
lime students from Oregon;
and $504 for out-of-state full
time students. All full-time
students are assessed an
additional $5 per term for
insurance.
Part-time students pay $11
per credit hour if they are
residents of the two county
area. Out-of -district students
are charged $14 per credit
hour with out-of-state students
assessed $42 per credit hour.
Students living more than 10
miles from the Pendleton
campus may apply for equali
zation allowance at registra
tion time. Commuters are
paid three cents per mile each
way for each day's attendance
in excess of 10 miles between
home and the college.
All new, full-time students
to BMCC are asked to take a
college placement test prior to
or during registration. The
test helps place students in the
classes appropriate to their
reading, math and English
skills.
Advisers will be available
all day Sept. 20 in the MAC to
help new students plan their
fall schedule of classes.
Classes at Blue Mountain
Community College begin
Monday. Sept. 24.
New classes start at BMCC
There are some exciting
courses being offered fall
term through Blue Mountain
Community College Evening
Division.
In addition to the usual
courses which are so popular
(tole painting, micro-wave
cooking, cake decorating and
expectant parents) such cour
ses as beginning bridge,
conversational French, Emer
gency Medical Technician,
American Government, Math
45 and on Being A Parent have
been added.
Math 45 is an elementary
algebra class offering an
introduction to the principles
of algebra, taught by Rod Aho.
It will offer practical applica
tions of math to everyday life :
metric system conversions;
Stop smoking-watch T V
The 5-Day Plan to Stop
Smoking will be offered again
in Heppner this month, but
with a different twist. This
"class" will be given in the
homes via television. Educa
tion Channel 10 (KOAP-TV)
out of Portland will carry the
program Monday through Fri
day, September 17-24, at 6 to
7:30 p.m. An introductory
program featuring Tom Bos
ley, "Let's Call it Quits", will
be given Friday, September 14
at 7:00 p.m. The station will
also carry a follow-up telecast
on Monday, September 24 at
7:30.
Leading out in the program
will be Health Education
Director of the Portland
Adventist Hospital, Harold
Burden and otolaryngologist
Ronal Franzke, M.D. Frank
Bonnema, an ex -smoker
widely known for his role as
announcer on televised wrest
ling matches in Portland, will
serve as anchorman for the
give-and-take among the stu
dio group and between the
stop-smoking callers on the
open line which will be
provided each evening.
Special kits for anyone who
wants to break the habit are
available for $3 by calling
676-9189. These are the same
kits used in the regular 5-Day
Plans, and will be used by the
TV group, so that smokers
desiring to participate may
follow in their homes.
unit pricing; setting up formu
las and equations from story
problems; ratios, proportions
and percentages; graphs and
graphing; fractions; solving
for unknowns in linear equa
tions. Oriented toward indivi
duals who have had little or no
algebra and who wish to brush
up on their math skill, there
are no prerequisites for this
class.
On Being a Parent will be
instructed by Larry Gordon.
School Psychologist. The
course is designed for parents
with children ages 18 months
to five years. The class will
include discussion topics such
as history of the family,
parenting, development of the
child, and behavior manage
ment. American Government exa
mines the process by which
public policy decisions are
made (politics) in America,
the environment in which
political choice takes place
and the role of governmental
elites in this process.
For additional information
for the three classes outlined,
plus information for the other
seven courses listed in the
schedule call Nancy Brown
field. Coordinator South Mor
row County, 67(1-5039.
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Mr. and Mrs. Steven Lankford
Joan Ployhar marries
Steven Lankford
Joan Ployhar, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ployhar,
860 Fairview Way, Heppner
and Steven Lankford, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lankford of
Heppner were wed Saturday,
August 4 in an afternoon
ceremony on the deck of the
Pat Cutsforth cabin at Lake
Penland.
The bride wore a full-length,
white peasant style dress
made of imported French
Alecon lace and a small brim
hat trimmed in imported lace.
She carried a bouquet of
yellow and white daisies
accented with baby's breath
and sword ferns.
She was given in marriage
by her father. Jack Ployhar.
Matron of honor was Brenda
Worden, the groom's sister.
She wore a yellow dotted
swiss, long peasant style
dress, tying at the back with a
large sash accented with
baby's breath and sword's
fern.
Best man was Jim Ployhar,
the bride's brother.
Wedding music was provi
ded by Jim Ackley singing
"Sunrise Sunset", "Ever
green" and "Love is Warm".
The bride's mother, Colleen
Ployhar, wore a street-length,
mint green dress and pearls
and the groom's mother, a
street-length apricot-colored
dress with belt.
Following the wedding, a
reception was held at Lake
Penland. Cutting the cake was
Cheryl Ployhar, the bride's
sister-in-law and Lyn Van
Marter, the groom's sister.
Pouring were fcfeurie McCabe
and Patti Allstott, friends of
the bride. Kristi Carpenter
and Tami Prock attended the
gift table and Kristi Lankford
served at the guest book.
The couple is residing at
their new home in Blackhorse
Canyon.
OSU scientist says
winter will be rainy
The odds are stongly in
favor of a normal or wetter-lhan-usual
winter, says an
Oregon State University at
mospheric scientist who uses
80-year Oregon weather rec
ords to back that statement
"There have never been two
consecutive years since the
turn of the century that
western Oregon or for that
matter any broad area in
Oregon has had precipitation
25 per cent below normal or
drier." Prof Fred W. Decker
points out
"And since last winter and
spring were pretty dry -more
than 25 per cent below normal
in lots of places the coming
lall-winter-spring figure to be
at least average or wetter." he
added
First week -of -September
rains could well be an indica
tion of what's to come,
according lo Decker "The
rains have begun and the
weather patterns that pro
duced them are characteristic
of the storms of late fall and
early winter."
New surges of cool, moist
air are coming around a low
aloft in the Gulf of Alaska.
Such conditions are typical of
the heavy storms that nor
mally come much later,
Decker explained.
"If there's hope for an
Indian summer, it looks like it
will have to come at the end of
September or in early Octo
ber." Historical weather records
are "very valuable," Decker
emphasized. "They paint the
big picture. We should not be
pulled off balance by short and
severe events, including per
iodic droughts."
The early September storms
are interesting in that coastal
precipitation was not unusu
ally heavy in most areas
i other than the Coos Bay
region i but rain records were
set in the Willamette Valley
and in some parts of eastern
( regon.
With just one week gone in
the month. Eugene had 68 per
cent more rain than it
generally gets in all of
September. Decker observed.
Corvallis was 41 per cent over
the normal all-month total;
Salem. 26 per cent over. The
first week rain reading at the
Portland Airport Station was
only to per cent below normal
lor the entire month.
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The family of
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Mackey
are inviting their parents friends
to help celebrate and honor them
on their 50th wedding anniversary
Saturday, Sept. 22, 1979
from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
at the Church of the Nazarene
Arlington, Oregon
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Planning session for childrens9
storyhour set next Thursday
A planning session for the
fall storyhour program will be
held Thursday, September 23
at the Heppner Library at
10:30 a.m.
The success of last year's
storyhour was largely due to
mothers who volunteered
their time to entertain the
children by reading stories,
singing songs and having
great fun dramatizing finger
plays.
The meeting will pertain to
scheduling and sharing of
ideas and refer y..ces that can
be used.
The only specific qualifica
tion requested from any
interested person is enthusi
asm. It is hoped that other
people in the community
besides mothers of preschool
ers will take an interest. Last
year, Irene Anhorn shared
herself and her frisky goats in
telling the famous children's
story, "The Three Billy Goats
lone Cardinal Club
presents teachers'
The lone Cardinal Club will
have a teachers' reception
Thursday, September 13 at 8
p.m. at the school cafeteria.
Everyone is welcome. Music
presentation will be on the
program.
It's a program designed to
acquaint the community with
the teachers of lone Schools.
Gruff."
If you are unable to attend
the meeting, call the library at
676-9964 or Joy Krein at
676-9956 or Chloe Pearson at
676-5035 for more information
and scheduling. It's great fun
and the children thoroughly
enjoy it.
The storyhour will officially
begin Thursday morning, Sep
tember 27 at 10:30 to 11 a.m.
Last year's volunteers were
Jean Fromwiller, Nancy Aho,
Brenda Weygandt, Chloe
Pearson, Susan Schubothe,
Miriam Munck, Laura Bro
derick, Irene Anhorn, Jan
Lillybridge, Chris Adelman,
Cindy Wright, Debbie John
son, Vicki Tollefson, Joy Krein
and Peggy Fishburn.
Mrs. Marvel Jones honored
in 90th birthday celebration
Mrs. Marvel Jones of Hepp
ner was hosted to a reception
Sunday at the First Christian
Church in honor of her 90th
birthday September 5.
Marvel, who has six chil
dren, three girls and three
boys, 16 grandchildren and 17
great-grandchildren, was
born in Ashland and moved to
Morrow County with her
parents in 1906. Her father
was C.A. Miller, a wheat
farmer in the Eight Mile area.
Her eldest son is Paul Jones,
a former County Judge for 12
years.
On November 14, 1909, she
married C.N. Jones with a
Justice of the Peace, Moses
Ashpaugh, performing the
wedding rites. She and her
husband, until his death in
1971, lived on their wheat farm
for 61 years and according to
Mrs. Jones, the farm is still in
the family's possession.
When Mrs. Jones moved to
Eight Mile, she was 16 years
old and a graduate of Albany
High School. She taught two
terms in the one-room school
Eight Mile and some of her
students were Henry Peterson
of lone and Bob Alstott of
Hermiston.
Asked what she liked most
about Morrow County, Mrs.
Jones said "I like it all, there
are beautiful, lovely people.
All of her six children were
born and raised at the family
farm and Mrs. Jones can
recall one incident in which
she was frightened that her
son, Paul, had fallen into a
vitriol barrel. Paul was about
2 years old when the incident
occurred but fortunately,
Marvel said, he was doing
other things.
She stopped driving a car
when when she reacher 81 . She
can still remember the fami
ly's first car, a 1916 Model A
Ford which the couple had to
crank and which sometimes
died in the middle of the
street.
Upon reaching 90 years old,
Marvel told the Gazette
Times, "It's been the pure
grace of God. I thank God for
the years and years he has
given in my life."
Although she arrived three
years after the 1903 Heppner
flood, Mrs. Jones said her
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husband told her the details
although he escaped because
he was a camp tender and
sheep herder in the higher
elevations. Her husband later
served as a school district
director and as a stockholder
in the farmer's cooperative.
Mrs. Jones related that she
was the grandaughter of an
Oregon pioneer family and her
husband came from North
Carolina. She recently atten
ded the Jones family reunion
this summer at Lookout Park.
Her three sons are Paul,
Marcel and Floyd and her
daughters, Mrs. N.O. Wash
burn, Lois Graybeal of Ukiah,
California and Loma Mae
Chalfont of Indianapolis, In
diana. At her birthday celebration
Sunday, Marvel was presen
ted with a cake and several
cards. She expressed thanks
to the many who made her
90th a success.
Lois9 Beauty Shop
We are happy
to announce
Rochelle Sforlie
will help us keep the shop
open six days a week. With
her experience and creative
ability she can style hair
with the blow gun and iron
curling. She also does
men's hair styling
Call for the operator
of your choice
Charleen Rochelle
Loio
676-9603 Heppner
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