The Heppner Gazette-Times, Ifeppner, Oregon, Thursday, November 6, 1880-THREE
Engagements
Lindstrom-Schimling
Mr. and Mrs. Hal Schimling of Tacoma nnnounce the
engagement of their daughter, Debra Elizabeth, to Stephen
Roy LlndHtrom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy W. Llndstrom of
lone.
MIhs Schlmling, a graduate of Curtis High School In
Tacoma, was employed until recently in the Washington
D.C., office of Congressman Norm Dicks.
Following a late November wedding they will reside In
Vancouver, Wash., where Mr. Llndstrom, a graduate of lone
Schools and Eastern Oregon State College is executive
vice-presid!nt . of Pacific Northwest Waterways Association.
Wedding Announcement
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The Reverend and Mrs. BUI Poole
William Scott Poole, former pastor of the Heppner Seven
Day Adventist Church, and Tammy Lane Dimke, Clarkston,
..Wash., were married August 3, in a garden wedding at the
nome of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mr.. Vernon Dim! e.
The bride is a former teacher at Harris Junior Academy in
Pendleton. The groom is the son of Kider and Mrs. Loren
Poole of College Place, Wash. He is now the pastor of the
' Adventist church in Ellensburg, and Mrs. Poole is taking
, classes at the University toward her master's degree
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' Well, when you read this the election will be over and
hopefully the too-long hostage hassle will be near resolution.
With everything settled-at least those who voted can relax
Ond accept the verdicts of the majority of their fellow voters.
Never before have I felt so disturbed, so uncertain, in such
anguish about an election. I have voted in a good many now. I
supose my life might have boon somewhat simplified if I
were a strong party person, but I usually vote for as many
candidates outside my party as those sponsored by it.
My first presidential vote was for F.D.K. and as I review
my succeeding votes, I see I have voted for only two
Republican presidents. Maybe, like several of my children, I
should be registered as an Independent. However I like to
vote in primary elections and feel that 1 would forfeit the
privilege of voting in them. As a college student I admired
' Norman Thomas, and when I talked with my father about
maybe registering as a Socialist he was upset because he felt
that Socialists were "Pinks". So I joined my parents in the
GOP.
This year several ballot measures disturbed me and party
affiliation doesn't help with decisions about those. I read and
re-read the Voter's Pamphlet and carefully marked my
choices in it and on my ballot. Now I hope I will relax and quit
doing some of the stupid, absent-minded things I have been
doing the last several weeks-like misplacing things, leaving
lights on all night, leaving my phone off the hook, and writing
"Vern Nolan" when I know that Irene Peck Nolan's
husband's name is Millard and that Vern is their son.
Yet in spite of the anxiety I suffered in making my 1980
choices, I feel I shall never neglect to vote and would be
terribly ashamed if any of the younger members of my
family ever neglect this responsibility.
In spite of its political pressure, last week had some bright
spots. On Tuesday Kay Anderson's showing of slides and her
excellent narration pleased and enlightened the Topic Club
and Bookworm ladies. They viewed modern China, its vast
agricultural stretches, its modern cities and quaint villages,
and looked at its communal life as Kay and Frank saw it
traveling from Hong Kong by hovercraft to the mainland and
then by bus west and north. The amount of hand labor and the
rather primitive equipment still being used by the world's
largest population is remarkable. Frank Anderson managed
to get pictures that brought out the contrast between their
farming and harvesting methods and the advanced methods
used in the U.S.
Thursday, Oct. 30, was a party day at the hospital nursing
home. Ladies of the Hospital Auxiliary and of the Heppner
Garden Club helped with the Halloween festivities. There
were appropriate decorations including several unusual
pumpkin heads, one of which was having its temperature
taken. Garden Club members Theta Lowe, Julia Hill,
Eleanor Gonty, Ida Farra and Helen Graham made lovely
popcorn balls, and Julia baked and decorated cookies to go
with the hospital's punch and coffee.
Some young mothers brought little children in interesting
costumes to Join an adult witch who was rather frightening
for awhile, but after removing her horrible mask turned out
to be one of the nursing home residents' most helpful friends,
Irene Anhorn.
A special treat was having pretty, dresscd-in-pink, little
Jessica Van Winkle, attend the party. She especially
delighted her great-grandmother Cleo, who generously let
some of the other grandmothers hold her, too. There is
nothing like a baby to warm hearts.
That evening's Moonlight Sale brought quite a few
'shoppers out in the fog. I got a little more Christmas shopping
done and bought some spook insurance. How easy it is to
become Insurance poor these days.
Friday night many young spooks found my front door. The
first three, who arrived extra early were the little
dark -haired, bright-eyed Laotian children who surely have
learned about tricks and treats quite quickly. They wore
masks, but when I asked "Who are you?" they politely
pushed back the masks and said "Hello, and thank you very
much." .
Many other strange characters followed them several red
demons, a skeleton and a fairy queen whom I recognized
because I had seen them in those costumes at the hospital
party. All my spooks behaved nicely, and I wished I had more
and better treats for them.
Sunday was that With birthday party for Carrie Becket. I
was told that it was a very nice occasion. There were several
other birthdays to be remembered that day-Sylvia McDaniel
was feted at an after-church spiced cider and birthday cake
party and my good neighbor, Dee Crist was having a quiet
birthday at home.
Elk season brings us many hunting folk, and each year
more of them come in super recreational vehicles. Former
residents the Rev. Mel and Nancy Dixon, have been guests of
busy Ida Farra. They are now residents of the Riverwood
Mobile Home Park just south of Creswell. Ida invited my
regular Sunday morning riders, Amanda Duvall and Martha
King, and me to join the Dixons for a delicious Sunday dinner
and lively visiting.
Lois and Ernie Winchester and pilot son, Lowell, and his
daughters are now back from a five-day sentimental journey
and vacation trip to Guam. Ernie spent considerable time on
that 30-mile long and 4-to-10-mile wide speck of land during
World War II.
Iahh says they found 1980 Guam was very different, "so
grown up." It was beautiful but hot. The white sand beaches
were super; the restaurants were mainly Oriental. The
Winchesters especially enjoyed going through the old, very
strange Winchester Mystery House near San Jose,
California. A high spot of their vacation for Lois was
attending the annual meeting of the Humane Society of the
U.S. in San Francisco before they flew west.
Now before Thanksgiving many will be attending the
annual meetings of two helpful county institutions, the
Morrow County Grain Growers and the Columbia Basin
Electric Co-op. Time flies so swiftly that it is now hard to find
folks who recall the beginning of these businesses here;
however, when we come around to counting our blessings we
might give thanks for both of them.
Local hunter tags elk
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Eileen Saling, Heppner, shows the spike elk she shot
Sunday morning in the Ditch Creek area.
Saling said this was the first time she had gone elk hunting
in around 15 years.
The second elk season runs Nov. 8 through 16.
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What is mental health ?
(Editor's note; This is the first in a series of articles
intitlcd "Your Mental Health." Readers are invited to send
comments or questions about these articles to: Dr. Terry
Templeman, Morrow County Mental Health Services, P.O.
Box 554, Heppner, Ore. 97836.)
In the year that I have been director of Morrow County
Mental Health Services, I have found that many people have
genera questions about mental health. Below are some
answers to typical questions which people have asked.
What is mental health? Quite simply, mental health means
being able to cope with problems and stresses without
making things worse than they are. People who are mentally
healthy are not perfect or masters of everything that they do
or even happy all of the time, but they have learned ways of
coping wth their problems without becoming debilitated by
them.
What are mental health services? Mental health services
are available to aid people in coping with life's problems.
Such problems are as varied as life itself. They include
practical problems like being out of work or suffering a
physical illness, interpersonal problems such as losing a
loved one or having difficulty getting along with your
children or spouse, and more existential problems like
worrying about the future or the meaning of life. Typically,
people with emotional problems feel like they have run out of
solutions or believe that they are incapable of following
through with solutions that other people give them. For this
reason, merely giving advice to people with personal
problems is not always very helpful.
Mental health professionals are trained to go beyond giving
advice and to help people view their problems and
themselves more productively and more realistically so that
they cn actually do something about them.
Why are mental health services needed in Morrow County?
We in Morrow County are fortunate to have clean air, pure
water, friendly neighbors, and wide open spaces conducive to
both physical and mental health. Unfortunately, a good
place to live is not enough to insure mental health. Even in
the best of places there may be marital strife, depression,
anxiety, loneliness, drug and alcohol abuse, and other mental
problems. Without mental health services in our county,
persons with these problems would have to travel long
distances to obtain help.
What services are provided in Morrow County? Our
services are primarily designed to meet the individual needs
of the clients who come in. We offer individual counseling,
counseling for couples, or family therapy. Specialty services
such as hypnosis, relaxation training, child behavior
management training,, habit control (e.g., for smoking
overeating, overdrinking ) are also available. For people with
more serious emotional and mental problems, we can
arrange for hospitalization, either at Eastern Oregon
Hospital or with Pioneer Memorial Hospital. Where
necessary, medications can be arranged with the local
physicians or with our consulting psychiatrist from the
Mental Health Division, Dr. Richard Johnson. Our services
also provide evaluations and consultations to the local
hospital, the local nursing home, the school district, the
county juvenile department, and state agencies such as
Children's Services Division and Vocational Rehabilitation
Division.
How do these services actually get used? One way to
answer this is bv looking at the records. Morrow county
Mental Health Services has seen on an average 150 clients
per year since it became an independent agency in 1974. This
represents roughly 2 percent of the county's population,
which is similar to the overall percentage of people in the
state who seek mental health services. People from each end
of Morrow County use our services about equally.
Who pays for mental health services in Morrow County?
Morrow County Mental Health Services is a county agency
financed by client fees and state and county funds. We are
mandated by law to provide services to anyone, regardless of
his or her ability to pay, and hence will make adjustments for
people who cannot pay the standard fee.
For more information about these questions or others you
may have concerning mental health, you may contact the
Morrow County Mental Health Clinic in either Heppner or
Boardman. In my next article, I will discuss how beliefs and
thinking patterns can produce emotional problems.
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