SIX -The Heppner Gazette-Time. lleppnei;, Oregon, Thursday, Close to home Mary Ann Cerallo Two freshman English classes at Heppner High School have been writing poetry for a week and a half now. For -many of them this is their first exposure to either reading or writing it. And after reading these first attempts that follow, I hope you will be as pleased as I am. Poetry is a feeling It is who you are It is where you've been, and where you're going. by Ella Mae Green ass of 1981 Money is green like the grass you see here, by Neil Frederick Skeater loves chocolate ice cream with syrup on her cereal, by Randy Smith "Smiles" Happy grins keep you going, sad grins cry. by Kelli Bergstrom Sky blue misty full of warmth until it storms, by Bridgett Greenup Emotions creep in flooding your heart then quietly go. by Averill Panter Gem and Mineral Soc. elects 1982 officers By JUSTINE WEATHERFORD The Morrow County Gem and Mineral Society recently elected officers for the 1982 1983 year. Bob Harris was chosen president: Jo Huston, vice-president and Babe Har ris, secretary-treasurer. Before the first meeting of the year, held in the Bob Harris home, the club mem bers and two guests, Tom Gonty and Alicia Marlatt, Lexington news Delpha Jones 989-8189 Millie Yocom of Heppner has moved into Mrs. Venice Hendrickson's home. Mrs. Hendrickson. Millie's grand mother is employed in Pen dleton. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bu chanan spent several days this week in Portland. Mrs. LylePeck (Virginia) is a patient in Good Shepherd Hospital in Hermiston where she underwent major surgery on Tuesday. Norita Marquardt and Linda Biddlecomb, fiancee of Doug Marquardt, were callers over the weekend at the Bill B. Marquardt home. We Also . mm uiier: Mot coa Custom Pipe Bending Tune-ups Complete exhaust systems Brakes Tires & Shock Absorbers High Performance Parts & Accessories Call or stop by today B&B CHEVRON Lexington 989-8575 No but then I mean yes or maybe Not. byJeffMcElhany Floating slowly falling to the ground white, cold snow, by Stephi Payne Kites soaring high against the blue until wind stops, by Kimberly Hughes Cat chased mouse down the stairs for an hour. He left and then died, by Hugh Hiatt Snowflakes cool, wet drifting silently down to the ground by Cherrie Hager enjoyed a potluck taco supper. During the business meet ing, new president Bob Harris named his committees for the year. Discussion concerned a field trip to Plush, Oregon. The trip, which will mean an overnight stay, is being plan ned for June. The society's second meet ing for 1982 will be at the home of Mildred Padberg on Feb. 15 A 6:30p.m. potluck dinner will precede the business meeting. Doug Marquardt left this week for McMinnville where he is a student at Linfield College. T.E. Messenger returned home on Thursday after several days spent in St. Anthony's Hospital in Pendle ton. Janet Balfe returned to her home in Anchorage. Alaska on Sunday after several weeks spent visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Palmer and her son Scott. Brenda Jones of Pendleton spent the weekend with her grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Yocom. Front End Alignment February 4, 1982 Local Scouts to celebrate 72nd year of US Scouting February marks the 72nd anniversary of scouting in the United States and local scouts have made plans to celebrate the anniversary. Scouting originated in Eng land in 1908, said a local den leader and Baden-Powell de veloped the scouting program and wrote a handbook, now world famous, "Scouting For Boys." William Boyce, an American businessman, brought scouting to the United States and after much enthu siasm, the group was incor porated into the Boy Scouts of America on February 8. 1910. In 1930, Cub Scouting started for boys ages 8 -10, the leader reported. In the fall of 1980, with the support of the Heppner Elks Lodge. Cub Scouting got a Heppner First Christian to host music group The First Christian church in Heppner will host the music group. "Image", on Sunday. February 7. The group of two men and three women are students at Boise Bible Col lege and will perform during the 9:45 a.m. Sunday school hour and the 11 a.m. worship hour, said the Rev. Don Shelton. Accompanying the group, which travels throughout the Pacific Northwest and Cali fornia, will be Professor Ida Grabill greeted by many at birthday party A host of friends and relatives greeted Ida Grabill on Sunday at a party given in honor of her 100th birthday. It was held at the lone Grange Hall which was festooned with crepe paper streamers and balloons. Serving cake, punch, coffee and tea were Marie Gorton, The Dalles, Suzanne Keithley and Todd Harrison of Hep pner, Steve and Karin Bristow of Tillamook and Laurie McCabe of Dayton. Travis Harrison of Heppner and Diane Bristow, Tillamook, were in charge of the guest book. Melissa Bristow ap peared as a clown and performed for the group. All are great-grandchildren of Mrs. Grabill. During the party she was Senior citizen Anyone visiting the Heppner senior mealsite during the month of February will re ceive a meal ticket, good for one free meal during Febru ary or March, announced Lynnea Sargent, Morrow County senior services super visor. It is suggested that seniors over 60 make a one dollar contribution at each meal to cover food costs. The cost for those under 60 is two dollars, said Sargent. A 75 cent charge covers children under 12. Kris Donaldson, an Ameri can Field Service student staying at the Bob Abrams home in Heppner, will attend FREE DEEP with tire HERE'S HOW IT WORKS $y50 FREE CERIFICATE With The Purchase Of 2 Or More New Passenger Or Pick Up Tires, Or 4 Les Schwab! Passenger Or Pickup Retreads. start in the local area. It t began with 20 boys and four dens. Today there are six dens, a Webelos den and a Boy Scout troop with about 60 boys involved, continued the leader. Last year's community ac tivities included tying yellow ribbons on trees at the Heppner City Park to wel come home the hostages, cleaning up local highways, marching and riding on floats in the fair and rodeo parade, selling fair buttons and pro grams at the junior rodeo, singing Christmas carols at Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home and in area communi ties and cutting and selling Christmas trees. The boys have also held sled racing parties, picnics, skating and Charles Faber. also of the college. Faber teaches several courses at the college and travels with the musical group which presents musical pro grams for churches and church rallies, said the Rev. Shelton. Faber is to teach the young adult class at 9 :45 a.m. and speak at the 11 a.m. worship service. The services are open to the public, said Shelton and a nursery will be provided for children. presented with a money tree and a quilt made by the first grade class of Wilsonville Grade School. Each child embroidered an outline of his hand on a block of the quilt. It was presented by Mrs. Gra bill's great-great-granddaughter, Jennifer Doherty, a member of the class. Present at the party were Mrs. Grabill's five children, thirteen grandchildren, twenty-four great-grandchildren and seven great-greatgrandchildren. Some family members were unable to attend. Mrs. Grabill spent several hours at the party and it was reported she was happy to get home to her favorite chair. She remarked that it was a real nice party. news the Wednesday, February 10 meal. She is scheduled to give a lecture and show slides, said Sargent. Donaldson, from New South Wales, is a senior at Heppner High School. lone and Lexington resi dents, needing a ride to Heppner on Wednesdays are asked to call Dot Halvorsen, 422-7143 to make arrange ments. Seniors attending the noon meal at the mealsite are not charged for transportation. For those over 60 who do not attend, the cost is 75 cents round trip. Cost for commu ters under 60 is $1.50. $ moo free E 2 CERTIFICATE With The Purchase Of 4 Or More New Passenger Or Pickup Tires. I Main & May St. Heppner 676-9401 or 676-9463, swimming parties, overnight camp outs, day camps, bake sales, bottle drives, garage sales, along with their weekly den activities, the leader said. Pack Troop 661 (Heppner, Lexington and lone) will mark the scouts 72nd anniversary with a traditional Blue and Gold potluck dinner on Febru ary 22 at the Heppner Elks Lodge. The feast will begin at 6:30 p.m. with following events scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. "Many area boys will receive recognition of their work and play as scouts during the past year." the leader stated. A display is to be set up at Murray Drug Store February 6. featuring crafts made by the local scouts. she concluded. Fair & Rodeo News There will ho no skntinc Siiiiirriav. Fehnijirv '' fairnrotmrls Hue ik it basket ball game in Hi'ivnrr rrtmrls Fair Soerolaiv )irthv F.StlHTl! The Morrow Cniin'v l-V"-Committee will heci' i nat ations lor I":".' Premium H"k All ' I l-'FV ()mmi Clav Wram'lorv inn1 Rodeo superintendents and leaders will be contacted again to make any depart ment corrections in the book. The Fair Office is open pail lime in I ho afternoon on weekdays. Monday through Friday. Call 676-9474 for any needed information. Positive outlook stressed at Wellness Workshop Sat. By MARY ANN CKRULl.O A positive outlook on life was one of the things stressed at the Wellness Workshop, held Saturday. January 30. The workshop was sponsor ed by the Heppner-Ione brancn of AAUW and "The Rolling Hills Run" committee for better health and fitness. Approximately three dozen people came away from a mentally invigorating morn ing session given by Len Tritsch, director of Health Education for the state of Oregon. Much of Tritsch 's presenta tion dealt with his own philosophies of life, which included self responsibility, fitness, good nutrition, stress management and environ mental awareness. As he switched his topics of discussion, Len Tritsch en tertained his audience by The first shorthand sys tem known to the modern world wai published by Dr. Timothy Bright, under the title "Character!: The Art of Short, Swift and Secret Writing," London, 1588. Despite the euthor's claims to the contrary, it was as difficult to learn as would be a foreign language. purchase FREE BEEF HePPner news Christopher Sykes celebra ted his fourth birthday Janu ary 22 with the help of brother Andrew, sister Allison and his dad and mom, David and April Sykes. Birthday party guests on Saturday were Nathaniel Shel ton, Seth Wilson. Jonathan Metz. Dustin Alford. Kristin Alford. Cathy Wilson and baby Cory Wilson. Delores Shelton and Anne Metz. Creative Arts Assoc. slates meeting Millie Rauch. 1982 president of the Morrow County Crea tive Arts Association will conduct a meeting. February 10, 1:30 p.m. at Hope Lutheran Church basement in Heppner. A discussion will be held on upcoming workshops, said a spokesperson. Robert Walton of I-envenworth. Wash, is scheduled to visit Heppner in April and Peggy Gilliam of Boise, Ida. is to come in May. she slated. Anyone wanting more in formation concerning those two artists may contact Rohe Munkers. Other officers for l!2 include Verna Brinda. vice president : Shirley McNary, secretary and Terrie Culs forlh. treasurer. Anyone in terested in joining the associ ation is asked to contact an officer for more information. The first numbering of houses wsi introduced on the Pont Notre Dame, Parti, in 1463. pulling on one of seven T-shirts he had on. bearing a logo pertaining to each subject . "Live or Die" and "What Makes Millie Run." Both films stressed the points "How you live determines how you die" and "You are responsible for your own health." Midmorning. the group took a break for a filling snack of fruits, nuts, and cheese, served with juice. The snack was provided by members of AAUW. Paul Stringer, Physical Ed ucation teacher at Heppner Junior High School continued the workshop in the afternoon with a Walk-Run Clinic. Stringer's session included instruction on stretching and warm-up exercizes, how cer tain running or walking re lated injuries occur and how to avoid them. Both sessions were espec ially geared for those who were interested in starting a program which included run ning for fitness. Those who attended were reminded of the Rolling Hills Run scheduled for April 4. The Teens MARGARET DOHERTY OF IONE Margaret Doherty it a senior at lone High School with a g.p.a. of 3.37. She is member of National Honor Society, Girls Letter Club, and Secretary-Treasurer of the Student Body. Her junior year, she served as President of the Letter Club. She has played four years varsity basketball, two years volleyball and has participated in track for three years, placing third and fourth in State 400 meter dash the past two years. . .The daughter of Bev and Charles Doherty, Margaret plans to attend college and major in elementary education. WES MARLATT OF HEPPNER . . Wes is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wes Marlatt and is the third of seven children. Wes has contributed to Heppner High School primarily in the area of athletics and drama. Wes is a three year letterman in football and track. This year he was named to the all conference football team for both offense and defense. Wes has done an outstanding job in recent drama productions and lends a hand backstage as well as acting. He is also a member of National Honor Society and ll-Club. Wes plans to go on a two year mission for the LDS Church upon graduation and then study medicine. Wes Is a quiet but dedicated student and sets examples of good citizenship for those around him. TEEN OF THE MONTH Local committee sponsors contest participation The Academically Talented Program Committee of Hep pner Elementary School is sponsoring local participation In the national I Love Liberty contest. The national sponsor ing group is People for the American Way, a group com mittee to the Idea that freedom of thought and ex pression is one of the greatest . strengths of America, said a local committee spokesper son. National co-chairpersons are Gcruld Ford. Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson and Walter Cron kite. A television program scheduled to air February 22 Seniors hear discussion llv Jl'STIN'K WFATIIF.RPOim Wednesday. January 27. Paul Sumner, customer ser vice representative of the Columbia Basin Electric Co operative, was guest speaker nt the senior citizen luncheon in Heppner. Ho talked iilmut energy conservation in homes, tilxuit having homo energy analysis, and nlxiut weatherization for elect ically healed homes in the Columbia Basin area. Sumner staled that imple mentation of many energy conservation measures could make the building of addition al energy plants unnecessary. After a good period of questions and answers. Sum ner handed out gift thermom eters and packets of light bulbs to the seniors. run will benetit trie soiar heating project at the Heppner Swimming Pool. Lees Kiofesh Larpets HygieracaRy Fresh Savinocnf February Kitchen & Vanity Cabinets Sale Save 35 to 50 Off List Price mm Of The Month IS SPONSORED BY, will Jointly celebrate George Washington's birth and an nounce the contest, she added. All students from Kinder garten through 12!h grade will be encouraged to participate. Entries muy be In three categories: artistic, musical, and written. Persons may participate as individuals, In small groups, or as part of a total class project. Age cate gories are grades K-3, 4 6, and 7-12. National prizes are $500 savings bonds for winners of each category. locally, entries will be due around the first week In March (a specific date will be announced at a later dnte) to le judged and displayed at the Heppner Elementary Opon House on March 16. "It is hoped that the contest will provide a chance for students to exercise their talents as well as to learn more nlxiut the foundations of the American way of life," stuted the spokesperson. More information may be obtained from Don Cole, Kuren Dubuque, Hrenda Wey gnndt or Linda Shaw, Heppner Elementary program coordinator. Copies qWeQJouqUnit !AZETTE-:TIHES ' Scotchgard Cleam 2.00tb 5.00 sa. yd. mm J I Ron McDonald 676-992) v V i I