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TKN The lli-ppner OacUe-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 8, 1980 Helping hands available for elderly in trouble maintaining property Helping hands are available for older people in the community who. because of their advancing years, poor health or low incomes, may be facing difficulty in maintain ing their homes and property. The hands are those of Frederick Eaton, an energetic VISTA worker from Vermont, who arrived in Pendleton in December with his wife for a year long assignment in eas tern Oregon. He was in Heppner last week to begin part of his job of organizing and training re tired craftsmen to provide . home-repair services to the elderly or handicapped. The Eatons are working with the Blue Mountain Eco nomic Development Council. While he is arranging home repair services, not only in Heppner but Mil ton -Free-water. Hermiston and Pendle ton she has been assigned to the Eastern Oregon Hospital and Training Center to plan volunteer work. Frederick F.aton The Eatons. whose home overlooks Lake Champlain, were not strangers to the Pacific Northwest, for in 1952 he had a job in Seattle with the Boeinp Airplane Co. But Eaton did comment on the wheat-covered hills of eastern Oregon that contrast with his native Vermont, which he described as "not really mountainous" (despite the state"s identification as the "Green Mountain State"). Its hills are covered with maples, oaks, birches and some ever greensmainly pines. The tree leaves that turn into yellows and reds create the region's colorful autumns. Under Eaton's instructions trom the Blue Mountain Eco nomic Development Council, he is "to organize clusters of retired craftsmen to do home repair work for low-income persons who cannot do the work themselves or afford the repairs." The development council a community action agency serving low-income, disadvan taged persons in Umatilla and Morrow counties in turn works through such local groups as the Neighborhood Center in Heppner. Persons who may need the kind of help that Eaton is to organize may obtain question naires to mail in to the development council. These identify the two tasks: 1. Contacting the people who need woik done repairs of one kind or another that, unless taken care of. can lead to greater problems. 2. Forming a volunteer work group for the accomplishment of such repairs. The form provides spaces to fill out for those who are willing to volunteer their time and skills for various work projects, and those who need help in maintaining their homes. The forms are avail able at the Neighborhood Center. "I'm developing the pro gram" Eaton Said. "Perhaps there are older citizens, still living in their homes, who need help. The homes will be healthier for the assistance we give, in that they cannot do it for themselves. We want this to be an ongoing thing after we are through in November." Eaton was referring to the ending dale of his and his wife's VISTA assignment. Prior to coming to Oregon. E:aton said, he and his wife had been in Appalachia. "We were repaid in love and kindness for whatever we did for them. We know. then, that there is going to be a sense of accomplishment for what we do here." In his own plumbing exper ience, he commented, he worked on an "on call" basis, for emergencies often would develop on weekends, "at 5 a.m., at 10 below zero. We always wished we could be 90 miles away." In Vermont he was in involved in a "tap water project, to got water into rural homes." nn activity that was related to but outside of his business. "Here, we'll he working primarily with senior citizens who cannot take care of their own problems. A great many of the people we talk to don't have problems but they know of people, who do. We are available to help hut we don't want to harge in on anyone's privacy." "Do I feel like a senior citizen?" Eaton, who Is 69, responded to h (pieHlion. "No! Not by a long shot do I want to sit in an overstuffed chair!" He said he and his wife were both fortunate In their good health and saw VISTA as a way of continuing nn active retirement. SUPPORT HERMISTON BOOSTER CLUB . rrim Hakes RAnther's 7 1 V V V Washington Grown Whole Fryers Great for the Backyard Barbecue Worrell's Golden Smoked Boneless Ham Whole, Water Added, 5 to 7-Lb. Average J Lb. Armour's Boneless turkey Roast Waste Free, 3 to 7-Lb. Average n Lb. At "Thriftway, we offer Mom our best every day with qual ity foods at low, competitive prices. Now, you can offer Mom our best, too! We're featuring a store-f ul of won derful ways to remember Mom on her special day. 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