FOUR The Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner. Oregon, Thursday, February 21,
1980
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Don't the recent local weather changes remind you of a
childish jingle about a little girl who had a little curl right in
the middle of her forehead? "When she was good, she was
very good, but when she was bad, she was horrid!"
Last Wednesday night as Lavonne Bergstrom and I
drove very slowly back to Heppner from a Tupperware party
at Renita Powell's, we passed an "almost" accident, which
made me shift to a lower gear. It appeared that a station
wagon had surprisingly headed off the highway for a quick,
shortcut trip toward John and Louise Wood's front porch, but
after slipping onto the high, graveled dropoff from the
highway, the vehicle had stopped and seemed to have been
left hanging on the edge.
Last week when there were tremendous floods in
southern California and Arizona, it was good to have a phone
call from daughter-in-law Tess Weatherford saying that she
and Bill and Billy were still OK.
Some of us were concerned that our county budget
officer, Alma Green, and her sister-in-law, school cook
Gladys Van Winkle, had chosen such an exciting time to go
visiting brother Jack in Arizona although weren't they
smart to leave Heppner and Lexington when they did?
Here are a few helpful definitions gleaned from recent
reading: Graffitti wit-and-run literature; Platitude an
epigram with a steady job; Rapid transit what everybody
wants everybody else to ride on; Conscience what hurts
when everything else feels so good; Housework something
you do that nobody notices unless you don't do it.
Last weekend was great for youngsters involved with
local Methodist Youth groups. Early Saturday morning some
were off skiing at Spout Springs; some attended the exciting
Heppner basketball game that evening; some went roller
skating in Hermiston Sunday afternoon. "Oh to be young
again," their slightly weary adult advisors were saying.
The John Breidenbach family from Timber Lake was in
town for four days last week. John and Cindy worked at
completing the remodeling of their Chase Street home while
John Alan and Howard and Rosalie enjoyed visiting with
former school friends. The five former residents and high
school senior daughter Lela joined others from a wide area in
attendance at the memorial service for Cindy's grandmoth
er. Olive Reade, which was in the Spray High School
Saturday afternoon.
A coming event that we can enjoy anticipating, the St.
Patrick's Altar Society, will hold its annual Irish Stew Dinner
and family-night program March 17.
A coming event that we suffer anticipating the
approaching deadline for income tax reports. A few smart
and happy folks have theirs all processed and maybe their
refunds will help postpone the promised economic
depression.
Here is a collection of "Remember when" thoughts,
borrowed from various places. Remember when. ..charity
was a virtue, not a telethon. ..lights, not people, were turned
on and off.. .instant recall was a sign of good memory, not of
bad manufacturing. ..trouble in the streets meant potholes...
campers were people, not trucks. ..movies were rated on how
good they were, not on who was allowed to see them.
Frigid weather promotes more than the usual TV
viewing by many. How pleasing viewers find the exhilarating
Winter Olympics. Thankfully they were not cancelled by the
Iranian and Afghanistan crises. Seeing winter sportsmen
from so many countries competing and seeming to enjoy one
another's company is delightful.
Senior Citizens
last week it was declared in
this space that a bus load of
seniors had departed from
Heppner at 8 p.m. Thursday to
attend a five-county, Area
Agency on Aging meeting and
a Valentine luncheon in Con
don. Such are the exigencies of
newspaper deadlines, that the
story had to be written in
advance as if the senior had,
indeed, taken thejrip.
Well, it turned out not to be.
The director of the Aging
Agency, Rollin Reynolds, tele
phoned from Pendleton before
the senior dinner Wednesday
evening to say that the
meeting had been called off
because of very unsafe travel
conditions. He alerted seniors
in the other four counties, too.
The county's Senior Citizen
Program, which was granted
a federally-funded bus last
year, has tried to arrange
for more usage of the vehicle.
It is a shame that no one has
worked out a way to use the
bus more. It is here primarily
to help the elderly
and handicapped citizens, but
also may be used by commu
nity groups who clear with the
senior's transportation com
mittee and who arrange to
handle the responsibilities of
operating the bus.
The 17-passenger bus is
insured, has a citizen's band
radio and is equipped with a
wheelchair lift. Those who
ride it are expected to donate
enough money to cover the
cost of its gasoline for their
trip
""Both the Heppner and lone
senior citizen groups were
saddened by the sudden death
of Marion Hayden. He had
been a most dependable and
pleasant helper of the pro
gram for many years. Re
cently he had been carrying
the Wednesday meals from
Heppner to lone each week.
Since Marion's death, Adon
Hamlett of lone is serving as a
substitute carrier. Pat Brindle
says there is a need for
someone who will make the
weekly roundtrip each Wed
nesday. The senior citizen
organization pays the cost of
the gasoline for the carrier.
The best turnout of 1980
attended the Heppner meal
site last week, Wednesday, to
see Inez Erwin's colored
slides and hear her tell of her
travels in Argentina and Peru.
After the program about twice
the usual size group enjoyed
the Valentine dinner served by
Eleanor Gonty, Marilyn Berg
strom and their helpers.
Next week the following
dishes will be offered to senior
diners at Morrow County's
three senior mealsites: at
Irrigon Feb. 25 tomato juice,
baked beans with bacon,
baked squash, tossed green
salad, relish dish with carrots
and celery and birthday cake
and ice cream.
At Heppner Feb. 26 burger
and tater tot casserole, island
style baked beans, tossed
salad, bulgar muffins and
jelly and fruit cobbler.
At lone and Heppner Feb.
27 apple juice, meatloaf,
scalloped potatoes, buttered
spinach, carrot, apple and
raisin salad, biscuits and jelly
and chocolate marble cake.
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To
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Fluffy hot cooked rice is perfect to serve with Savory
Steak jardin, complete with its own rich, flavorful
sauce made with condensed Cheddar cheese soup.
A warming meal
on a chilly day
Just a pound of lean round steak can serve six when
combined in this mouth watering dish Savory Steak
Jardin. The meat is a less expensive cut and serves more
because it's thinly sliced and served over rice. Use
condensed Cheddar cheese soup as the sauce and add
easily available winter carrots and celery as vegetables.
Cook the rice by your favorite method while the meat
and vegetables are simmering. Rice is bland, but its bland
ness is ideal as the natural accompaniment to the saucy
savory steak.
SAVORY STEAK JARDIN
1 pound lean boneless round steak
1 cup chopped onions
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
2 cans (11 ounces each ) condensed
Cheddar cheese soup
12 teaspoon garlic powder
14 teaspoon pepper
2 cups sliced carrots
2 cups sliced celery
3 cups hot cooked rice
Freeze meat 1 hour to make slicing easier; slice into
thin strips. In saucepan, brown meat and cook onions in
butter until tender. Stir in soup and seasonings. Add
carrots. Cover; cook over low heat 20 minutes. Stir in
celery; cook 10 minutes more or until done. Serve over
rice. Garnish with parsley, if desired. Makes 6 servings.
EXTENSION TOPICS
Life changes new topic
for Extension training
Are you able to adjust to the
many changes taking place in
society and in your own life?
If you aren't, you'll want to
attend a special training
program to be presented by
Jan Weber, Oregon State
University Extension home
management specialist, Feb.
27 and 28. The title of her
program is "Living with
Change." It is designed to help
us live with changing times
and manage for an uncertain
future.
This training will be pre
sented for Home Extension
study group leaders in Mor
row and Umatilla counties.
According to Extension Home
Economist Molly Saul, a new
concept in leader-training will
be started with this program.
Because of the high cost of
gasoline, resulting in higher
costs for leaders to altend
meetings, more than one
training lesson will be held at
the same time. This will allow
leaders to pool rides. It is
planned that more training
sessions will be combined next
year.
While Ms. Weber is teach
ing, simultaneously Molly
Saul will teach a training
lesson on "Unusual Fruits and
Vegetables." This lesson will
show homemakers how to
make meals more interesting
by using less common fruits
and vegetables.
Study groups are asked to
send at least four leaders to
Retired teachers
slate meeting
in Hermiston
Oregon Retired Teachers
Association Unit 9 will meet at
the Assembly of God Church,
703 E. Hurlburt in Hermiston,
on Saturday, Feb. 23, at 11
a.m.
The program at this meet
ing will be on "Pre-Retirement
Planning." Chairman,
Rachel Jackson, of Hermis
ton, and National Retired
Teachers Association Area 9
Vice President, William J.
Miller, Portland will be speakers.
v this training, two for each
lesson.
Both classes will be offered
Wednesday. Feb. 27, 10a.m. to
12 noon, at the Peace Lutheran
Church. N.W. 9th and Carden,
Pendleton.
The identical training will
be presented Thursday. Feb.
28. 10 a.m. to 12 noon, at the
Catholic Church Parish Hall,
145 S.W. Sixth, Hermiston.
There will be a coffee and get
acquainted session each day
from 9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Mrs. Saul encourages orga
nized groups to send represen
tatives to this training ses
sion, and later present the
programs to their groups.
Ticket requests
being taken
for new play
Reserve seating requests
are currently being taken by
the College Community Thea
tre for the winter term
production of "Long Days
Journey Into Night," to be
presented Feb. 28, 29, March
1, 6, 7 and 8.
All reservations must be
made by mail and only season
ticket holders may request a
reserved seat. Reservations
may be made by writing Blue
Mountain Community College
in care of Theatre Tickets,
P.O. Box 100, Pendleton;
Oregon 97801.
When requesting a reserva
tion, one should state his
name, phone number, the'
number of seats desired, the
date, whether all seats must
be together and any special
requests. The CCT asks that
orders reach them at least two
days before the night of the
performance requested.
Book describes
vets' benefits
Benefits for veterans and
their families and how to get
them are described in a
booklet, "Federal Benefits for
Veterans and Dependents." It
can be obtained by sending a
check for $1.50 to the Superin
tendent of Documents, U.S.
Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C. 20402.
Roller skating party creates family togetherness
By Birdine Tullis
Morrow Extension Service
Skating Party Attracted a
"Kink Full"
We know now, 4-H'ers and
their parents love to roller
skate. That fact was proven by
a full house attendance at the
roller skating party recently.
Family togetherness was the
rule with mom. dad, and the
kids all taking to wheels. A
few spills, lots of laughs, and
lots of good, clean exercise
and fun. All that skating
develops a hearty appetite, so
pizza after the party was the
rule. Almost 150 skaters
enjoyed the event, and asked
for more of the same.
The skating party was
planned as the "4-H Loves
Families" event for Valen
tines Day.
Home Ec and Creative Arts
Leader's Luncheon
Plans for spring and sum
mer activities were the
agenda for the 4-H Home Ec
and reative Arts leaders as
they enjoyed a luncheon
get-together at the Vern
Evans home, Irrigon, last
week. Changes coming up and
thoughts of county fair were
reviewed, as well as special
trainings and fun events, for
approval by the leaders. The
event was planned as a "4-H
Loves. ..Leaders" salute for
the Valentine season as well
as a work session for leaders.
Spring Events Planned
We think that spring is not
Beef Cook-off calls
for original recipes
Good home cookin' using
nutritious, delicious beef, will
be the aim of the Oregon
CowBelles as they launch the
1980 Beef Cook-off.
Round up your favorite
original beef recipe, they say,
and you may win an expense
paid trip to the national
cook-off at Phoenix, Arizona,
along with a fun-filled week
end for your family on a
genuine cattle ranch, or if you
prefer, a weekend for two at
one of Oregon's famous re
sorts. The second prize will be
$50 worth of choice T-bone
steaks and the remaining four
finalists will receive $10 beef
gift certificates.
Anyone over 18 years of age
may enter. However, the
contest is closed to cattlemen,
CowBelles, their immediate
families, and anyone with
professional food status.
Recipes must use cuts from
the chuck, round, rump or
fresh brisket, including
ground beef; must use a
minimum of two pounds and a
maximum of five pounds of
beef; meat must be exclu
sively beef: total cooking time
cannot exceed four hours,
except marinating time. No
outdoor recipes will be consi
dered nor those calling for
commercial tenderizers. All
entries will be judged on taste,
appearance, originality, and
ease of preparation. Decision
of the judges will be final. All
entries will become the pro
perty of the Oregon Beef
Council.
Here's how to enter:
1. Enter your original beef
recipe, typed or printed on a
full sheet of paper.
2. List all ingredients in
order used, with no brand
names.
3. Give complete recipe
directions.
4. List number of servings
and approximate cost-per-serving.
5. Fill out entry blanks and
mail to Oregon Beef Cook-off,
Imperial Hotel, Portland, Ore
gon 97205.
6. Entries must be post
" marked no later than March
17, 1980.
7. Entry forms are available
from local CowBelles, in meat
markets. County Extension
Service offices, and -by con
tacting Oregon Beef Council.
You don't have to be an
expert. Look through your
recipes today and get in line
for that free vacation!
For more information call
Betty Carlson at 422-7282.
Blue Mountain College
sets open house Sunday
Blue Mountain Community
College will host its "Open
House of the Decade" Sunday,
Feb. 24. from 1 to 5p.m. on its
Pendleton campus.
Every department on cam
pus is planning special open
house activities, tours and
displays as their part of the
open house.
Athletically inclined visi
tors may test their basketball
skills in the McCrae Activity
Center. The study center will
invite participants to match
their wits against the toughest
20 words in the English
language.
Law enforcement students
will fingerprint volunteers,
while nurses plan to measure
blood pressures upon request.
Dark room procedure will
be demonstrated in the college
photography department. In
the auto mechanics area, an
engine running on alcohol fuel
will be displayed.
Arts show
entry forms
available
Entry blanks for craftsmen
wishing to display and sell
their work at the seventh
annual Pendleton Arts Festi
val, May 9-11, are now
available.
Three photos or slides
representing typical work are
to be submitted for jurying.
Categories include textiles,
pottery, wood-working, glass,
jewelry, leather and graphic
arts.
For an entry form write
Arts Council, P.O. Box 573,
Pendleton, Or 97801.
A special "Issues and An
swers" session will be held
from 2 to 3 p.m . Contemporary
concerns in the areas of
psychology, sociology, eco
nomics, politics and geograpy
will be discussed.
The BMCC music depart--ment
will be entertaining at
half hour intervals in the
College Union.
Most activities wil run
continuously throughout the
afternoon.
far away, so numerous plans
have been started for special
events that come along with
the spring-summer season!
Looking ahead, we'll share
some dates you may wish to
add to your calendar -for
reference:
Homemaker's Spring Tour
to The Dalles and surrounding
area, scheduled for April 2;
Homemaker's, or Women's
Day, May 1; 4-H Camp at
Cutsforth Park, 4th through
7th graders, dated for June
22-25; Summer Week at
O.S.U., Corvallis for 8th
through 12 graders,, June
9-14: and County Fair; August
17-20.
Many other plans are under
way for events for both 4-H'ers
and adults. We hope you watch
this news space for news of
extension programs for every
one. Complete information on
all events is included also, in
the "Morrow County's Exten
sion Letter", which goes out
monthly to all 4-H leaders,
those involved in study
groups, and others who re
quest it. If you'd like your
name on our mailing list, just
call 676-9642.
4-H Scholarship Available
Last year the Morrow
County 4-H Council esta
blished a scholarship in the
amount of $250, which is
available to high school se
niors in the county who have
been involved in the 4-H
program at least three of their
high school years. Application
forms will be mailed this week
directly to those seniors who
are currently enrolled in the
4-H program. Those who have
been involved three years, but
are not currently enrolled
may pick up an application at
the extension office. The
completed application is due
in the Morrow County office
by April 15th. For more
information, call John or
Birdine, 676-9642.
"Rock Crushers" Tour
Ten "Rock Crushers" and
their leaders, Liz and Rick
Curtis, have plans underway
for a trip to Portland to attend
the Gem and Mineral Society
show at Oregon Museum of
Science and Industry on
March 1st. After the OMZI
tour, they will be taking other
fun and education side trips to
the Forestry Center or Zoo.
The members of the 4-H
Geology Club keep an active
pace.and more fun is in store
later this spring when they
make their annual trip to
Camp Hancock, also an OMZI
sponsored science center.
Wheathearts
That's the name of the
women's auxiliary group to
the Oregon Wheat Grower's
League. Lots jf people do not
know that, and "maybe it isn't
important that they do for in
our county the Wheathearts
are about to present a whole
new image.
Recently appointed chair
man of the group, Janet
Tucker, called the gals tog
gether just the other day to
ask what the wives of wheat
growers wanted to do to assist
the industry, or to better
understand the production of
wheat on their farms. She
asked the question, and she
got answers! So if you are
interested in the wheat indus
try, or are the wife of a wheat
farmer, watch for what is
about to happen locally with
the Wheathearts! You'll be
hearing more from Janet, and
her husband Brok, who is
president of the Morrow
County Wheat Growers this
year.
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Heppner Elks 358
83rd Annual
Saturday, Feb. 23
Crab Feed
Registration - 10:00 a.m. -8:00 p.m.
Lodge Activities - 2:00 p.m.
Ladies Champagne Tea - 1:00 p.m.
Dinner . 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Dancing -9:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m.
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Playing Downstairs
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