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TWO-Hit Heppner Gaiette-Times. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 18, 1980 l!f Th Official Newtpoper of th , J City of Happner and th g-Sff. ' County of Morrow GAZETTE-TIMES MrrewCiity'$BoBf-Owitd Weekly Hewspitr U.S.P.S 240-420 Published ev.i y Thursday and entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Second-class postage paid at Heppner. Oregon. Office at 147 West Willow Street. Telephone (503) 676-9228. Address communications to the Heppner Gazette Times. P.O. Box 337. Heppner. Oregon 97836. $8 00 in Morrow. Umatilla. Wheeler 4 Gilliam counties; $10.00 elsewhere. David and April Hilton Sykes, Publishers What's your r,V..fv " il . I ill - jVL . !,, r . 1 . Question of the week: "What is Christmas all about?" Aleida Goodyear, 4. Heppner, says, "Holidays. Santa Claus brings toys." "Whose birthday is it?" asked her mom, Carol. "Paco's (grandpa's)," answered Aleida. "Who else? Who was born on Christmas Day?" continued mom. "Jesus," concluded Aleida. Letters to the Editor HHS students Thanks for sports proud of school To the Editor: When the Heppner High School Student Council met earlier this year one of the main goals discussed was how to improve community sup port. We felt that in previous years Heppner High students may have presented a nega tive impression to the com munity members, including school board members and advisory board members. We feel that the impression made in the past does not accurately reflect the attitud es, behaviors and spirit of the current students. Therefore Student Council invited school board members and advisory board members to come to the school and observe classes, and see first hand the involve ment, attitudes, and pride the students have in themselves and their school. We would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank the board members who took the time to come to school to observe. We would like to extend an open invitation not only to the board members but to anyone else in the community that has any questions concerning the activities at , Heppner High School. We are proud of our school and would be happy to show you around. Thank you, John Bier. Student Body President 1 ve ji finer I W Cci Us Today For An Appointment i 676-9418 opinion? pocket schedules To the Editor: As athletic directors at Heppner and lone High Schools, we would like to thank Randall Peterson for sponsoring the pocket sched ules again this year. These schedules are very helpful to us in our attempt to publicize our athletic programs. John S. Sporseen Gordon Meyers DMV schedule The Heppner office of the Motor Vehicles Division will be open 8a.m. to 5 p.m. every week day during the month of December except for the following days: December 25 - Heppner office closed, Christmas holiday. December 26 - Heppner office closed, Christmas hoi-' iday. a B.P.O. Elks Lodge No. 358 TOM & PARTY SATURDAY NIGHT 6:30 to 8:30 NO DINNERS SERVED SAT' From the (Editor's note: The follow ing letter was sent to the Gazette from Janet McElli gott, daughter of Jerry and Maryan McElligott, lone. Janet is attending school at the University of Portland at Salzburg, Austria. She was one of 38 people chosen from the U.S. to participate in the extension program.) 5:20p.m. Sat., Nov. 29, 1980 Dear All, I just now returned to my hotel room in West Berlin. I and three others spent the day in East Berlin. One would never have guessed that these two cities sit side-by-side and share the same name. You may remember having read that I was going to be going to school in Salzburg, Austria, as a college sopho more, at the University of Portland's extension pro gram. And if you don't remember that's O.K., too, but that's how I came to be in Berlin. I'm one of 17 that decided we wanted to spend our American Thanksgiving break inside a western city, in a communist country. And I've just spent one of the strangest days of my life today. In West Berlin the people talk and there is an almost electric feeling, an energetic static, that fills the air. The people here laugh, but they never really smile. They don't walk, instead they run. It's like no other European city, and I've been to several-London, Paris, Munich, Vienna... It's almost as if they live for the moment. It's a city that lives through the night. Salz burg folds up her sidewalks at 10 p.m., Vienna at 8:00, but West Berlin is a 24-hour city. There are cabarets on every corner. The central street now has Christmas lights on every tree. It's out of a movie, and even the store windows all enter the game trying to out-class the next. . l But it's really the people .J" Europeans on the whole (yes, even the French in Paris), are kind and helpful. Here, every one, not every other one, but everyone, is caught up in themselves. It seems as if they are so concerned with living that real life passes them by. They feel the constant pres sure. The continued pulse of the city goes on. The city is so young. Young and modern. The buildings? They were rebuilt after the intense bombing. The people, made up and even more fashion conscious than Parisians. And the pulsating lifestyle. It's here you find the true threat of what's on the other side of the wall. The life here is only a curtain that they hide behind. And it's as heavy and as hard to overcome as the curtain of iron surrounding the city, itself. West Berlin is trying to get all she can out of life before it closes in. JERRY Live Music FRI, By QurzrrrTTxr A Ten MWJm KJVUJ VVSX JLj other side... C-Ts Mailbag to help with letters to Santa An hour ago I was sitting In a cafe next to a girl my age who works in East Berlin. The city is as gray and bleak as an old war movie whose picture has faded. And the life, she said, was the same. It's a world, she said, of politics for her and all of her "com rades." "They" is an ugly word to her. "They force everyone to take five years of Russian in school. "They" won't let anyone leave. And "they" tell you how to live your life, and when to breath. The girl, whose name I never learned, spoke easily of hardships and the acceptance of "that's how it is, so we must make the best of it." She said many of her friends dream of places like America, but could never go. Except, she said with pride, one she knew who'd escaped. I couldn't understand everything she'd said, nor she, I, but I understood more than enough. It was even difficult to breathe while in East Berlin for not for a second were you without at least one policeman in sight. It's nothing to see 10-15 walking together. I was even called "comrade," by one. I've always wanted to visit a communist country and now I have. I really think it's something everyone should do, for nothing else could make you appreciate your own country more. And noth ing could ever make you hate communism more. It kills the individual. It kills ambition, and it kills creativity and imagination. It only leaves room for the smallest spark of hope, a hope for something better. I know that hate and kill are strong words, but so is ttiis emotion I feel. Only now do I understand what freedom is. Cherish It. . . ... - I- School lunch - menus' V IONE SCHOOL Tours., Dec. 18 - Christmas dinner - baked ham, sweet potatoes, fruit salad, hot rolls, Christmas dessert, milk. Fri., Dec. 19 - chicken noodle soup, turkey or peanut butter sandwiches, crackers, pickles, dessert, milk. Mon., Dec. 22 - Spanish rice, green beans, hot rolls, dessert, milk. Tues.. Dec. 23 - chicken salad sandwiches, pickles, potato chips, vegetable strips, oranges, milk. School will dismiss at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 23 for Christmas vacation. HEPPNER HIGH SCHOOL Mon.. Dec. 22 - corn dogs, tater tots, salad, cookie, milk. Tues.. Dec. 23 - Cook's choice. & SA T. Santa's i (jCA-f- So m t- For CKr',i CU J lax Id like. 4-o Kflte. Ka ye good bfocinct up -for Cl'U'SriK.S Specials Cn X u HEPPNER ELEMENTARY Thurs.. Dec. 18 - fried chicken, tater tots, celery and carrot sticks, Christmas sal ad, milk. Fri., Dec. 19 - Surprise! Mon., Dec. 22 - December Birthday Dinner. Tues., Dec. 23 - Sandwiches, salad, dessert, milk. School will dismiss at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday for Christ mas vacation and will resume Monday, Jan. 5. Health Dept. Thursday, Dec. 18 - Free Blood Pressure Clinic, Neigh borhood Center, Heppner, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Friday. Dec. 19 - Immuni zations. Free Blood Pressure Clinic, Health Dept. Office, Lexington, 8 a.m. to 12 noon. 1 to 4 p.m. Real ""y"" f f yr fJgm As enduring as the spirit of Christmas. If you're lootttng fof a gift that will be remembered und crwriihed long after tr Chrtsimos mjcjioo, real gold ewelry is tKte perfect crtotce Becuu&e real gold lasts and lulls, and its beauty never fades. We have a special holiday collection of Karat gold rings, pins, choms and bracelets And wed be pleased to help you make your girt selections Dn rmlH For n iretime of Mailbag id qml 4Vni T put rvj cujo UJDU Id U-1D )it Cue J i'-Lq Tuesday, Dec. 23 - Immuni zations, Free Blood Pressure Clinic. County Offices, Irri gon, 1 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 25 through Wednesday, Dec. 31 - Christ mas holiday, closed. Apply for Christmas baskets soon Any family in need this Christmas should have their application in for a Christmas basket as soon as possible, says Pat Brindle of the Neighborhood Center. Families may call Mrs. Brindle at 676-5873 for more information or to apply. Any donation for the baskets would also be appreciated, added Mrs. Brindle. Gold. Christ mates i. . kiu Cctte-Tlm la helping him out . little bit with hut letter from boys and girls. Kids are Invited to write their lettert to Santa In care of the newspaper: SANTA c-o Gazette-Times P.O. Box 837 147 West Willow Heppner, Ore. 97836 Letters for Santa'i Mailbag received by Monday, Dec. I, will appear in the Dec. 11 issue of the Gaiette; letter received by Friday, Dec. 19 will appear In the Dec, laaue. Be iure to sign your whole name (flrit and last) on your letter and send It or bring It In to the Gazette by Friday, Dec. 19, so that Santa will get It In time for Christina. If you can't write yet, maybe mom or dad or !ter or brother will help you out. Remember that Santa will do his best to bring the thing you ask for, but omeUme he Jut can't bring everything In hi bag. )ecr Wr Ve WvV Vvr. BUSINESS DIRECTORY AUTO PARTS FLOOR M&R i e fURtllWRl CASE FURNITURE Heppner Carpet, Linoleum. Counter Tojn trisiullcd Ikauty Host Mattresses, l abriis and Accessories. 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