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r'Ot"l--The Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday. May 7. I9NI ALSO KENNEY'S FARM MARKET SPECIALS Every Day Bedding Plants Per6-Pok Hanging Flower Boskets Excellent Supply Shrubs, Shade & Fruit Trees, House 322-5419 ' Highway Tfti ' 730 MIS Irrigon hhs spring Animals, Animals everywhere program Thurs. li i Heppner High School band and chorus spring program has been scheduled for this Thursday. May 7. at 7:30 p.m. at the high school gym. The program will include solos and duets as well as group participation. The program is under the direction of Kitty Coon, vocal, and Don Bryce. instrumental. The program is free of charge and open to the public. LIBRARY Monday through Thursday -1 to 5 p.m. Thursday - Story Hour. 10:30 a.m. Thursday evening - 7 to 9 p.m. Friday closed. Saturday - 2 to 4 p.m. YOU CAN DEPEND. ON I; T r t V u,. -hi' F 6. V I r .3 V-.'v",:'i We Are The Team You Can Depend On For All Your Farm Chemical Heeds ! O NH-3 O Aqua Liquid & Dry Fertilizers Farm Chemicals Variety of Application Systems 'WE NOT ONLY SELL THE PRODUCT -WE SERVICE IT TOO' mm uff4f g borrow Counf,yrnm UlMfM Offk FEATURING IFffflOIEKfflS with Special Guests THURSDAY, MAY 14 Heppner High School Cafetorium SPAGHETTI DINNER 6:30 p.m. CONCERT 7:30 p.m. Tickets available at Heppner High fi School, Heppner Elem. School & Gardner's Men's Wear TICKETS , SINGLE 3.00 H FAMILY 10.00 This Ad Sponsored By iANK OF jastern Uregon Member FDIC Heppner-lone-Arlington Bring a Friend Bring the Family Everyone Welcome S.Be sure and buy your tickets early! All proceeds shall go to the ACKLEY TEEN CENTER SCHOLARSHIP FUND t i 1 -i )' Mi 'iv T MIM. I ' iTwas ' Animal Songs Galore" last Thursday at Heppner Elementary School as kindergarten through fourth-grade students entertained a full house of parents, teachers, siblings and interested onlookers with a rousing selection of songs about animals. The students performed under the direction of vocal instructor Kitty Own and teachers Cherry Webber. Judy Maas, Pat Edmundson, Donna Weed. Marilyn Post, Phyllis Payne, Mary Fleck. Millie Hanna and Karen Dubuque. Wheat earmarked for food reserve Sorroinrv of Aerinilturp Rnh Rrriilnnrf rernnllv snid four million tnn: nf whffll owncrl bv Iho fnmmodilv Crodit rorporation will ho used to ronslitnlp the nation's first food security reserve "With this action, we have realized a goal set bv the Carter Administration to create a reserve which should help guarantee that this countrv will be able to meet its priority food aid commit ments to developing nations. It will help to ensure that the United States is a dependable supplier nf food aid even in years of short supplv." Berg lnnd said legislation to create such a reserve was introduced in 1T7ft-. hnwevpr. it was not until last December that authoriz ing legislation was passed by the Congress and signed bv the President. "Wheat from this reserve will be used only for food aid and then, onlv when the domestic supplv nf wheat is so limited that sufficient quant ities of wheat cannot be made available for disposition under P.I. 4Ki programs." Rerglnnd said "This insulates the security reserve from the marketplace and prevents the stored when' from depressing commercial grain prices when supplies are more readilv available." ' The United States has been a major source of food aid to developing countries during the past 2r vears. During that time, the United States has provided more than $27 billion worth nf commodities to help meet food needs of these countries Between 10.7:? and 1975. when world grain supplies were in short supplv. the United States cut back on its food assistance to meet commercial demands jnf when the need for food aid was nhnormallv large. The food security reserve will help permit this nation to maintain food assistance programs when supplies are short. Bcrel.ind said "Maintaining a regular level nf fod aid is also important to the economic woll-hoing of IT S. agricultural producers and the economies of both the United Slates and recipient countries." Berg land said "We know from past experience that manv nations that have received significant quantities nf food aid have become major com mercial customers of U.S. agricultural products," The CCC has already ac quired the four million tons of wheat comprising the reserve as a result of direct purchases from producers and assump tion of contracts cancelled by the suspension of sales to the Soviet Union A small portion of the reserve -:i(K).000 tons can be used under Title II provisions without regard to domestic supply availabilities to meet urgent humanitarian relief in developing countries suffering a major disaster. From the other side (Editor's note: The following letter, a periodic feature of the Gazette-Times, was written by Janet McElligott, a former lone woman who Is studying at the University of Portland at Salzburg, Austria. McElligott was one of only 38 people In the U.S. chosen to participate In the overseas study program. An lone High School graduate, she Is the daughter of Jerry and Maryan McElligott, lone.) Several days before Easter my girlfriend, Lenora, wrote, "Why do you want to go to Rome Sunday? You never received a reply from the letter you wrote and do you really think that two girls from America are going to even get a glimpse of the Pope? Be realistic." Why be realistic? It had never been my motto before this time and most likely "realistic" is not a word I often apply, at least to myself. I seem to opt more for chance and "unrealistic" goals. The things that have happened to me this year haven't been ordinary. During Christmas time I bumped Into Natalie Tews (who's schooling in Norway this year) at the Munich train station, totally by chance. In February Lenora and I somehow finagled two tickets to the most prestigious European social event, the Vienna Opera Ball, and found ourselves being nterviewed for a Texan newspaper. Later that night, while exploring the opera house, I wandered into the center box and was invited to stay. So why should seeing the Pope on Easter Sunday pose great obstacles? I don't know how many of you remember Deacon Joe - he was ordained in St. Patrick's sometime laBt summer. When he learned I was going overseas he Introduced me to a fellow seminarian who had grown up next door to Paul Marcinkus, who is now a bishop living in Rome. In October I wrote to Bishop Marcinkus and asked If it would be possible to attend an audience with the Pope. I received a Jovial note saying. "Let me know a couple days in advance and I'll arrange It for you." He also mentioned that audiences are held on Wednesday so that since I was In school, logically the best thing to do would be to come in May when school got out. It struck me in Theology class, about the first week of April. Easter weekend, which was a four -day weekend, was three weeks away and I had no plans. Where would any good Catholic, only 20 hours away from Rome, want to be on the most important religious holiday? BftO Austrian schillings (seven cents to a schilling) away. So I wrote another letter. I didn't receive a reply; Italian mail is famous for it's speed, until Good Friday, two days before the great Sunday. We'd all but abandoned going. It was on Thursday that Leonora had written the note. When the letter came we hopped on our bikes, made a mad dash tc the post, called Rome and made sure our tickets were being held by the Swiss guards. From there it was about a block to the bank for lire (Italian currency) and enough money for a train ticket. Our train was to leave at 7:15 p.m. that night but due to the rearrangement of the Salzburg Bahnhof (train station) we missed our train and had to play "catch-up". It was a wonder we even reached Rome. We arrived in Rome Saturday afternoon. (We'd hopped off the train for a few hours of shopping in Florence at the open-market.) The sun was shining and the birds chirpping. Worn out from the long ride we'd decided on an early night and slept. Our tickets read, "Scala" which means "steps". The altar was placed outside of St. Peter's Cathederal facing the open square with chairs on both sides for, I assumed, visiting dignitaries. According to my assumption (presummed it was correct) I was a visiting dignitary. 1 sat four chairs in from the right hand side of the altar. To my left three chairs sat two Polish priests, one who spoke English and I conversed with. The other was rumored to be the Pope's brother. (I'm not sure if he even has a brother . ) At any rate we seemed to be in the heart of the Polish section. It was only later that I dwelled on the reason I was where I was - decided It must have been my IQ. The Polish aren't said to have much there either. The Mass was beautiful and the Pope was so close I had to focus my camera. Not quite what I had expected but I couldn't have asked for more. Thanks Father Joe! I owe it all to you! mm 1 ST 9 lUf ..coCU 1 IT 11 4 VlC I 2 HANK OF I Saturday , May 16 Begins at 9 a.m. 175 W. Church St. Heppner GREAT BAKED FOODS GOOD USED CLOTHING Household Items, Antiques, Kid's Stuff, Plants, Tools, Gift Items, Miscellany Sponsored By 1 1 I m - nomemauB ne, astern Uregon Coffee & Pun,ch mf Drains Qslri 'Your Home-Ownecf, Independent Bank" " HEPPNER IONE ARLINGTON Member fdic uunng sale ) 1 ft Love, Janet Julie Grieb elected OSU senate officer Julie Grieb, Lexington, has been chosen senator for the school of agriculture for the 1981-82 school year at elections held recently at Oregon State University. Included in the election were 34 student senators, as well as Memorial Union stu dent activity officers and senior class leaders. Grieb is a freshman at OSU. T 11 unmiuid Ready -Mix is Still in Business in Heppner Cement deliveries scheduled twice weekly to South Morrow County. Regularly on Wednesdays end Fridays rML f or dispatch L&'zffi call collect 567-6173
