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First graders see real life "Emergency" The Hrppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, November 6, 1980-FIVE AAUW invites public , ii iiiiotm w. -item mmmm r w j. I 7; ft Pioneer Memorial ambu lance drivers John Mans (left) and John Kdmundsnn enthrall first pradiTK from Judy Maun and fat Edmundson's classes tit Heppner Elementary with a o H J 3 real-life demonstration ritfht mil of "Emergency." (Iron ically two ambulance drivers are married to two first grade teachers. ) "This is a follow-up activ- ity." said teacher Pat Ed mundson. They watched the same thing on the television program 'Ripples.' If they should ever have an accident, they won't he terrified." i M Jit - ;i J ! -r -J III' ' I till Kay Itobiniton, Heppner, prepares to excercise her right to vote at the Tuesday election Sifting through the TIMES W "ah Justin W'ealhfrford Fifty Yeiirs Ak Meier holds large lead for governor. ..election of Mc Nary, Hitler. Kiddle. Scott and diiwlcy is assured Only the eppner precinct favored Phil Metschan for governor. Isegion completes Armistice Day plans. A lo:io a.m. program is scheduled at the Slur Theater and two after noon football games will be followed by a banquet for the ex-service men and a big dance. The afternoon games will pit lleppner grade school and high school teams against two equal teams from ller niistun's schools. Lexington's town foot ball team resorted to a blocked punt as the method of defeating the invading Amer ican I-egion team from The Dalles, 71) on the Lexington field Sunday afternoon. A crew will be maintained for clearing of right-of -way on the lleppner-Sprny road all winter, according to G. A. Filcnkman, county commis sioner, who says he has definite word to this effect' from the district superinten dent in charge of forest road work. Nearly 200 people, the largest crowd known to attend a program there, attended the Halloween party at the Eight Mile School last Saturday night. Twenty-five Years Ago The Hope Lutheran Church has purchased a house and considerable property which is intended for the erection of a new church, it was announ ced this week. The property is located on Alfalfa Street in the southeast part of Heppner and formerly belonged to Harold Sanders, Sr. Hope Lutheran was organ ized on May 8 of this year. Rev. Merlin Zier is pastor. The church has 35 charter members and since its organ ization has accepted seven additional members. Richard L. Kononen and James H. Hayes, Heppner freshmen at Oregon State College, have hevn selected for membership in the Order of Silver Wings, an Air Force drill honor society at osr The new memorial organ at the lone Community Church will be dedicated during a special service, Sunday. Nov. (i The organ has been made possible by memorial gifts and a special gift by Mr. and Mrs. W K Melena Orville Smith, n former owner of the Heppner Lumber Company, has purchased the Stetson Ross Machine Com pany in Seattle, a pioneer industrial firm. . Norman Nelson will show slides of his trip through Norway and Sweden at the U'xington PTA meeting Tues day, Nov. 8 at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium Five Y nil's Ago "Wheal is important polit ically and the federal gov ernment is using wheat prices to influence political decis ions." said Dr. Norman Goetze. extension agronomist for Oregon State University, speaking before the 45th annual meeting of the Morrow County Grain Growers. Farley Motors' low bid of $H.(i57 for a new police car plus the trade-in of the present vehicle was accepted by the Heppner council. The council also accepted the request by Columbia Basin Electric, Milo Prindle and Howard Cleveland to vacate a certain portion of Campbell St Access to an existing fire hydrant will be granted to the city to maintain its fire protection policy. "There is a need for foster and shelter homes in Morrow County." said Bill Sheirbon, service worker for the State of Oregon's Children's Services Division, at the Chamber of Commerce, Monday. "At present some of the youngs ters in the county are being sent to other counties to be cared for because of the lack of homes " Umatilla Ready -Mix is Still in Business in Heppner Cement deliveries scheduled twice weekly to South Morrow County. Regularly on Wednesdays end Fridays for dispatch Ifr'J&sSM cal1 collect m. - Hi & & 567-6173 I 3 m i, . rz ,-, '. rt Tt. ' rr. Demonstration of the ambu lance facilities was two-fold, said John Maas. Besides acquainting the children with emergency procedures, Maas and Edmundson were at tempting to dramatize the need for ambulance drivers. "We need drivers," said Maas. "We used to have a pretty good crew, but it has dwindled down." Maas added that volunteers would be on standby call from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. only, and stresses that an Emergency Medical Tech nician would accompany the driver at all times. The "patient" is six-year-old Nicole Duncan. to Energy Nov. 13 The Heppner-Ione branch of the American Association of University Women invites the public to an Energy Fair; Thursday. Nov. 13, at 7:30 p.m. in the Multi-purpose room of Heppner Elementary School. This program is intended to expose the public to ideas and ways to harness and use potentially available energy sources. Emphasis will be placed on how such sources can be used by individuals. Participants and their top ics are David Burns, East Oregon Solar Group, solar energy; Rod Aho, Bonneville Power Administration, wind power; Gene Rietmann, lone, windmills in Morrow County; Harry Kennison, Kinzua Fair Corp., wood waste generating plant; Corrine Lindsay, Lex ington, gasohol and other alcohol fuels; John Nordheim, Morrow county Extension Ser vice, water power; and Paul Sumner, Columbia Basin Electric Co-op., conservation. Each participant will speak for ten minutes after which will be a refreshment period during which the public will be invited to write down quest ions for the individual speak ers to answer. Following the refreshment period the quest ions will be addressed to the participants. "This is an excellent oppor tunity to get an idea of the various sources of energy and their potentials for this reg ion." said an AAUW spokeswoman. Eeifii imfsFsst Emcl iFite cEaecEiG today witli a Bonus H Account . "Bonus II gives me more income." 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