ForK The Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner. Oregon, Thursday, January 17, 11180
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In spite of the recent ice and snow, cold temperatures and
drift-piling winds, I felt cheered last week when I noted the
courthouse clock beaming again. We who need to be out after
dark can feel reassured by its re-lighted dial, which had been
dark for several weeks.
Just as we thought we were getting back into a regular
post-holiday meeting schedule, many gatherings had to be
cancelled or postponed. School children got to stay home and
enjoy an extra holiday last week. Their teachers had quiet
halls and classrooms.
Portland newspapers did not get to Heppner between
Wednesday and Saturday, but in spite of storm and sleet the
faithful rural mail carriers made their rounds. Route Two
carrier, Zelma McDaniel, said it was "mighty rough," and
she didn't follow her usual route all the way each day
(couldn't get from Sand Hollo over to Little Butter Creek),
but she did not miss any boxes. It was several hours later
than usual before she completed all her stops.
County road crews worked strenuously to open roads
blocked by high drifts. By late Thursday, however a few
outlying ranches were still snowbound, such as the Raymond
French place east of Lena, where the owners broke their road
open on Saturday morning.
A hero of the traffic-stopping blizzard in the Columbia
Gorge was the "little train that could." The valiant Amtrak
Pioneer even made unscheduled stops at Cascade Locks and
Bonneville and, loaded to standing-room-only capacity,
brought many cheering passengers into Portland on
Thursday evening. Portland's Mayor McCready was so
pleased with the Amtrak performance that she rushed a
letter off to Secretary of Transportation Neil Goldschmidt
saying this "rescue trip" should help prove that the train is
really needed and appreciated by Oregonians.
Recently Morrow County Pioneer riders have been Mr. and
Mrs. Gay Harshman, Lexington, and Mr. and Mrs. Arnie
Hedman. Heppner. Both couples made round trips to Seattle.
Martha King went to Corvallis to spend the holidays with
her Kennedy clan. By the weekend of Jan. 6 she was ready to
come home: so her sister-in-law, Helen ((Mrs. Bud
Kennedy), a Corvallis neighbor and Martha made a nice
drive up the Columbia in the bright beauty of Monday, Jan. 7.
The next morning Helen and her friend decided they had best
get westbound ; they made it as far as The Dalles, where they
were held up along with so many other folks until Friday,
Jan. 11. when they proceeded south and west and back to
Corvallis around the south side of Mt. Hood. At The Dalles the
two women were lucky to find a motel room at $25 per night
(an expense that they of course had not planned on.) Now
whenever people recount snowbound adventures they can
describe their "I was there" stay along Highway 80-N.
The sudden disappearance of most of the snow during
Friday night disappointed a group of Heppner highschoolers.
Todd Harrison and a number of friends had planned a
sledding party for Saturday afternoon. This was to be such
good, old fashioned fun, and those invited were full of happy,
anticipation. The plan included pizzas after the sledding at
the Bob Harrison Ranch near Lexington. But the sledding
was cancelled by the thaw.
Some householders seem to think that the shoveling of their
sidewalks is no longer necessary. Among those who did clean
their walks, the best shoveler on South Court Street was
James Thomson. Jimmy didn't even wait until the snowing
stopped. What a pleasure it was to walk in front of his
oversized lot on a cleared walk instead of stumbling and
slipping as some did on many residential walkways.
Cal Sherman was most helpful to business neighbors near
his service station and to others as he moved about
voluntarily snowplowing.
When last Saturday afternoon's rain and melting snow
were making very large puddles at the intersection of
Baltimore and Main Streets, another helpful, good citizen,
Ida Farra. bundled up, grabbed a garden tool and worked at
cleaning the clogged street drain to release the collecting
water.
The Main Street plowing by the Heppner municipal crew
which created a low alpine ridge down the center of the
street, really stopped some of us from crossing it in the
middle of the blocks, as we know we shouldn't.
The county's first baby of 1980, Melissa Ann Cutsforth, is
very special in several ways. She is a member of the fifth
generation of Cutsforths to live in this county. Her
great-grandfather. Orville, told me that his parents came
here from Canada. There aren't too many families with a
five-generation record here.
Senior Citizens News
The Morrow County Senior
Citizen Advisory Council is
eager to have help in achiev
ing the best use of the
17 passenger bus which was
granted by the federal govern
ment to this county last year
to be used primarily by and
for handicapped and older
citizens. It is equipped with a
wheelchair lift and also a new
citizens band radio.
Groups other than the han
dicapped or elderly may apply
to use the bus when these
primary users have not sched
uled its use. The transporta
tion committee has a list of
qualified drivers.
Any group who asks to use
the bus will be expected to
contribute the cost of its
operation and will be respon
sible for its management
when and if the request for use
is approved.
1 Seniors or shut-in citizens of ,
the five communities in the
county are urged to schedule
bus trips on a sort of rotating
jbasis. Between trips the bus is
located in Heppner unless it is
scheduled for use in close
order by neighboring com
munities. Truman Messenger,
Lexington, is the chairman of
the Transportation Commit
tee. At the advisory council's
last meeting a "Name the Bus
Contest" was set up. The
council would like to have
some better name on the bus
than its present label "Quintra
Bus" (which refers to the five-
county ECOAC area to which
the 5 buses were granted.)
Anyone who has a good
name to suggest should tell
Advisory Council President
Doris Gollyhorn, lone (422
7512) before Jan. 28, when the
council will be meeting again.
A prize of $5 will be given to
the person who submits the
name selected. The Trans
portation Committee suggest
ed that the new name help
publicize this county in some
way.
Last week the Tuesday and
Wednesday dinners at Hepp
ner were very poorly attended
due to the inclement weather
and the Wednesday meal was
not served at lone.
Chief cook Eleanor Gonty
said that if attendance didn't
pick up and stay up, possibly
the meals would be cancelled.
However with last weekend's
improvement in the weather
the meals should be continu
ing. All citizens who are 60 or
more years old are urged to
attend, to enjoy the meals and
fellowship.
Menus for Jan. 22 and 23 will
be:
At Heppner on Tuesday, Ar
gentinian meat and fruit stew,
cheese bisquits and jelly,
molded lime and grapefruit
salad and peanut butter pte.
At Heppner and lone on
Wednesday, Jan. 23, saucy
chicken and rice, pineapple
glazed carrots, bran muffins
and jelly, tossed green salad
and apricot cake with topping.
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Christian Unity Week
set for observation
$1,000 grant to aide Nursing program
Gov. Vic Atiyeh donates blood in Salem. It was his
participation in Oregon Blood Donor Month.
When bloodmobile visits,
Morrow people give
January has been designa
ted "Oregon Blood Donor
Month" by Governor Victor
Atiyeh.
Pioneer Memorial Hospital,
does not have the equipment
needed to take blood from
donors so any Morrow County
residents interested in parti
cipating in "Oregon Blood
Donors Month"- musf go
somewhere else, according to
Lucky Felt, hospital admini
strator. Felt said the Red Cross
Bloodmobile comes to Hepp
ner once a year, usually in
April or May. He said Pioneer
Memorial does not have the
facilities to test donated blood
so it is only taken in an
emergenvcy.
The administrator added
that 50-100 pints of blood are
usually obtained from Morrow
County donors when the
bloodmobile comes to Hepp
ner. "When the bloodmobile does
come," Felt said, "our staff
will have time off to volunteer
and help the drive and our
employees will be encouraged
to donate blood."
Felt said the hospital does
not have an inventory of blood
so that when blood is needed,
Pioneer Memorial has to get it
from other hospitals.
In a ceremony Jan. 3 at the
First United Methodist
Church bloodmobile in Salem,
the governor read and signed
a proclamation that stated
"Volunteer blood donors are
responsible for saving thou
sands of lives each year in
Oregon through their unselfish
donations of blood. The only
source for this vital fluid is
healthy, caring human be
ings." It went on to say that "there
remains a growing need for
new blood donors. January is
the month with the highest
usage of blood and blood
products ... therefore, as
Governor, I hereby proclaim
January 1980 as 'Oregon Blood
Donor Month' and urge all
healthy citizens between the
ages of 17 and 66 to give blood
at their local blood center or
bloodmobile."
Following the ceremony,
Governor Atiyeh donated a
pint of blood to show his
Jim Monahan
has new grandson
Mr. and Mrs. Ron B.
Hoffman of Oregon City had a
baby boy, Nicholas John, who
weighed six pounds and 15
ounces.
The grandparents are Jim
Monahan of Heppner and the
Johnnie Hoffmans of Pendle
ton. He joins two sisters, Heidi
five and Andrea three, at the
home.
Valby Church
sets meeting
The Valby Lutheran Church
will have its annual meeting
Jan. 20.
Because it is Super Bowl
Sunday, the meeting will take
place at 9 a.m. with the
worship service beginning at 8
a.m. this Sunday only.
There will be no potluck
dinner because of the time
change. There will be a coffee
hour, according to Pastor
John Maas.
Aging advisory
panel meet
The Area Agency on Aging
Advisory Council will meet
Feb. 14 in Condon at the
United Church of Christ, two
blocks west of the main street,
i toward the north end of town.
The meeting will begin at 10
a.m. and continue throughout
the day. Lunch will be served
"dutch treat" at the Senior
; Center.
support in the need for blood.
The governor is a regular
blood donor for the American
Red Cross.
Oregon Blood Donor Month
is in conjunction with Presi
dent Carter's proclamation of
January 1980 as "National
Volunteer Blood Donor Mon
th". In his statement. Presi
dent Carter welcomed "this
opportunity to express thanks
to those citizens who regularly
donate their blood throughout
the year. I also invite those
who have never given to do so
and to experience the unpara
lleled satisfaction that comes
from offering the gift of life to
another human being."
Of the 80 hospitals that the
Pacific Northwest Regional
Blood Services supplies blood
for, 450 units of blood are
needed everyday. President
Carter said "even though this'
nation has the finest blood
banking system in the world,
critical shortages exist every
day. We continue to rely on the
wiiligness of our citizens to
fulfill our traditional compas
sion for others."
"I hope that more Ameri
cans will pledge now to
become donors during Nation
al Blood Donor Month so as to
make certain that an adequate
supply is always available
when we desperately need it,"
the President said.
In order to be eligible to
donate blood, a person must
be in good health, weigh at
least 110 pounds, and be
between the ages of 17 and 66.
Giving blood takes less than
an hour, including registra
tion, medical history, dona
tion, and refreshments. Per
sons who have given blood
before are asked to bring their
donor cards.
Heppner band
taking orders
for seafood
The Heppner High School
band is sponsoring a seafood
sale this week.
Band director Bruce Martin
said pre-orders will be taken
this week by band members.
A truck from the Trans-Alaska
Seafood Co. will be in
Heppner Jan. 21 from 10 a.m.
to 6:30 p.m. on Linden Way
across from Miller and Sons.
Purchases can be made
when the truck is in town even
if a pre-order has not been
made.
Martin said the types of
seafood available include sal
mon, salmon steaks, smoked
salmon, halibut steak, walleye
fillets, red snapper fillets, cod
fillets, ling cod steaks, Ala
skan crab, scallops, shrimp
and lobsler tail. Prices range
from $2.25 to $10.95 per pound
with the seafood packaged in
two to eight pound containers.
Proceeds from the drive will
go to the band fund which will
help to pay for the trip to the
Oregon coast in May.
A special service in Heppner
;if noon on Wednesday. Jan.
23. will commemorate the
Week of Prayer for Christian
Unity.
The service, to beheld at the
Parents get bid
to confer
with teachers
A parents conference day
will be held at Heppner High
School Jan. 23 according to
Principal Jim Bier.
There will be no school for
high school students that day.
Teachers will be contacting
some parents to schedule
conferences. However, all
parentsare invited to come to
the school and pick up
semester grade reports and
conference with teachers.
Conference hours are set
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Parents
that cannot come during these
hours may make arrange
ments for another time by
contacting the school.
Wjey're straight A!
Kristin L. Edmundson of
Heppner and Lorinda Ann
Schnell of Irrigon earned
straight A grades and were
named to the President's
Honor List at Oregon College
of Education.
The school had 203 students
on the honor list.
Sharon Anne McCarl of
Lexington and Anita Eileen
Rogers of Irrigon were named
to the College Honor Roll for
having a grade point average
of 3.5 or better.
The Oregon College of
Education had 375 students on
that list for a total of 578
students receiving grades of
3.5 or better.
First Christian Church, will be
sponsored by the South Mor
row County Ministerial Asso
ciation, said the Rev. Cathy
Barker of lone, who is the
local coordinator.
She said the observance
follows a tradition dating to
1908, when it was estalished by
the Greymoor Ecumenical
Institute in New York State.
The theme this year will be
"Your Kingdom Come," and
participants will include mini
sters of Heppner. Lexington
and lone, who will give
prayers, readings and solilo
quies. There also will be
special music.
The public is invited.
Parents' day
set at lone
Jan. 22 will be Parents Day
at lone Junior and Senior High
Schools.
Students in grades 7 to 12
will remain home while par
ents attend a mini-schedule of
classes in the morning, eat
lunch in the cafeteria at noon,
and have conferences with
teachers in the afternoon.
Elementary students will
have regular classes that day.
3 from lone on
honor roll
Three lone residents are
listed on the University of
Portland 1979-80 fall semester
honor roll.
They are: Carol McElIigott,
sophomore. School of Educa
tion; Janet McElIigott, fresh
man, College of Arts and
Sciences and Michael Mc
ElIigott, senior in the School of
Business Administration.
Starting Jen. 19th
we're offering a hard surface
Eufecfc Casiolin
WeWing School
2 Classes
1 :00 p.m. -4:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m.-l 2:00 p.m.
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Grain Growers., buy
A $1,000 grant will help
provide periodicals for the
nursing library at the Oregon
Health Sciences Center School
of Nursing at Eastern Oregon
State College in LaGrande,
according to Delpha Jones,
Lexington and Jusfine Wea
therford, Heppner, members
of the Eastern Regional Coun
cil of the Oregon Lung
Association.
The grant has been made by
the Saidie Orr Dunbar Nurs
ing Education Fund.
In 1915. Mrs. Dunbar be
came the first executive sec
retary of the Oregon Tubercu-
losis and Health Association,
now called the Oregon Lung
Association-or the Christmas
Seal Association. She held the
position until 1951. She died
May 12. 19fi0 at the age of 80.
In 1908. Mrs. Dunbar had
been elected chairman of
public health for. the Oregon
Federation of Women's Clubs.
In 1938 she served as national
president of the General Fed
eration of Women's Clubs.
In 1956, the Oregon Lung
Association and the Oregon
Federation of Women's Clubs
together established the Said
ie Orr Dunbar Nursing Edu
cation Fund.
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