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Four Mental Health Reflection on mental health needs iKditnrs note: The following article Is the first of a scries of four, In ho published In the fJnzelle-Tlmejt consecutively throughout the month of My. Ilv Tend Teni plenum. Phi), Mny Is Nationul Mental lleiillh Month. As we busy ourselves with the Activities or spring, it isn good idea to take o few minutes and reflect on our own menlnl henlth needs. Heing menially healthy menus being nble to cope with life's problems without mak I im thine worse than they ore It does not mean that we ore free from stress or that we nuiv have no problems, Neith er does it mean that we are boppv all the time or perfectly under control. Rather, the mentally healthy person is nnp who generally feels good enoiit'h about himself or herself to fare life's problems realistically and to try to do someihinc about them. II has been estimated thai 15 IM'icent of the population of the I'nited Stales has some kind of mental health problem in nnv given year. Such problems mav range from feling depressed, worthless and unable to gel up in the morning, to feeling frightened and out of touch with reablv, or anxious about iff jn geiternl Approximately two percent of the population receive some form of mental health services each vear. In Morrow fount v this cor responrls In ulioill tr( people mt vear who seek help at our clinics Others seek help from personal ptivsicinns. pastors, teachers, or friends Tvpicallv. people with emo tional problems feel like tbev have run out of solutions, or believe thai they are Incap able of following through with Sharon Croweil to represent lone at Ore. Girlg State Sharon Crnwell. a .junior at lone High School has been chosen Jo attend the 42nd annual session of Oregon Girls State. The session is sponsor ed by the American Legion Auxiliary and will Ik? held June ISIR. The daughter of Howard and June Croweil of lone, Sharon will represent the lone Ameri can l,egion Auxiliary at the session. Miss Croweil attended a tea held in Mermiston on Satur day. April 24. and met with other area citizens of Girls Stale, Girls are chosen by their (nullifications in leadership, character and honesty, in operativeness, community participation and service and scholarship, il was stated in a lone student recipient of Scholarship lone High School senior Margaiel Dulierly hat, been named the recipient of this year's Morrow County Educa tion Association Scholarship. The $500 award is presented each year to a graduating Morrow County senior who plans on entering the teaching profession after college. Doherty will enter Oregon State University in the fall and major in elementary educa tion She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Doherty. K A ! "lev. m.'ff iff mr i ' Thw. M. and M. CLo CfuLLu xn)ut-i.t tfit fionou of your. jii&inc. at tUt maxxiuyt of tftcix dauxjflttx LuuU effnn to Mx, cMtxL 'j3uovj tSatuxday tfit fiftitnti of ettay nintutn kundxtA and tiyfity-tujo at two in till afttxnoon (UnitU C&uxck ofaUt Oont, (Dugon cRiciption following solutions other people offer them For this reason, merelv giving advice to people with personal problems Is not .'llw.'IVK helpful. . , Mental health professionals ore trained In go beyond riving advice, Psychotherapy is a process in which a clinician discusses problems wilh persons in need to help them develop insight into either themselves or their problems, so that thev can approach them more realist! cnllv There are manv different schools of psychotherapy, ranging from psychoanalysis io behavior therapy, hut all of hem are designed to help fH-rsons think, feel and act more productively in what ever situation they have to lace Medications have also become an increasingly im w.ii;inl part of mental health services in recent years, Medications used apprnpriate l can improve an emotional or menial state so that the person with problems can Munk more elearlv and feel more in control "since I "174, Morrow County bas owned and operated its own mental health services lir its residents It currently inplnvs Iwo full time clinic ians w it h advanced degrees in psychology who are available lor individual, marital, or lamilv Iherapv, Twenty-four hour crisis services are avail able for Ixtth the north and south ends of the county. I'-u hi at ric ion suit at ions limn Kastern Oregon Hospital are provided regularly. Con sultation in local schools, the hospital, and law enforcement at'encies are also provided. Morrow County Mental Health Services are financed by elteni feifs and slate and i-oiintv funds Girls' State Brochure. The Oregon Girls State - program -will be limited to a select group of girls who will constitute a model state. They assume the duties of citizens by electing their own city, county, and state officials. They set up their own city and county governments: they conduct court sessions, pass and enforce city ordinances. They elect their own state senators and representatives: and in their legislature. he pirls introduce, debate, and pass bills. They will also visit the state capital All girls have the opportunity to take an active part in the government program, since they live as self governing citizens during the full period of the session, the brochure stated. r- ft - i V V M Margaret Doherty ft" Morter, LaRue named valedictorian, salutatorian at lone High School Diann Morter and Michelle I .a Hue of lone High School have been named valedictor ian and salulAtorian. respec tively, n was recently announ ced from the school, Morter is the daughter of Perry and Kalhy Morter of lone She is n member of the Girls' letter Club, a member ol National Honor Society and bas a grade point average of :? W She was class president during , her junior year, has participated in volleyball and baskethall during her four vears nl IMS and served as a varsity cheerleader during her junior vear. She is also active in 4 H Cluh activities and placed second in the senior division of the state Make it wilh Wool Contest, and was runner-up in the National Contest . Morter was one of four eirls chosen to represent lone in the Ameri- Padbergs to cluiir Pioneer Picnic Henry Pad berg was born in this house in Gronebach, Germany. Karl Padberg presently occupies the house. By JI STINE WEATIIERFORD A major annual event in South Morrow County is the Pioneer Picnic "held each" Memorial Weekend at the County Fairgrounds. This year, the descendenls of William Henry Padberg will be chairman for the event. Because this family has records w hich go back many years, the Gazette-Times will publish several installments about the Padbergs, An organization called the Familienverhand Padberg County 4-Hers plan car wash Saturday, May 15 By JOHN P, NOItDIIKIM Morrow Co. Extension Agent Morrow County 4-H mem bers are sponsoring a free car wash fund-raising activity on Saturday. May 15. Members are gathering advance pled ges and will wash the cars at no charge. The public is encouraged to bring their cars to the wash sites between the Th greatest number of been reported in the Vote May 18 For Richard J. RlcWerney For Morrow County District Attorney (ftiid f by Richoid J. McNmy fof DAj 1 ' 4 ) I I Diann Morter can l,eiion Auxiliary's Girls S'a'c last vear Laltue is the daughter of Del and l.ind.i l.nltue of lone. She also is a member of the IHS Girls' Letter Club and Nation al Honor Society She has participated in vollevhall. has l -e'k'itl aoH mrW diiriop nil of has been actively involved for over a hundred years collect ing the history, both ancient and modern, of the family, t'ntil recently, the organiza " t ion centered fts " "research in Germany, but in 1970 attempts were made to collect the records of the families of the 15 Padberg immigrants in America. Daniel L. Padberg of the Familienberband Padberg. who lives in Iowell. Indiana, states that "All Padbergs are related Our origins lie deep in medieval Europe. Our 750 progenitor was Ekbert, the hours ol io a.m. and 4 p.m. In Morrow County the wash sites include: A C. Houghton Elementary School at Irrigon: at the Texaco Station at Roardman and behind the Ies SchwabTire Store in Heppner. All proceeds are used to further the 4-H programs both at the local and state level. For more information call John Nordheim. Morrow County Extension agent. UFO state sightings hive of California. teway WmI Irrctuw. 301 Colombo Av. N.W 1 Michelle Laltue her four years at the school and was also chosen to attend Girls State last year Present ly. Laltue serves as secretary treasurer of the senior class She plans to attend Oregon State I 'niversit v next vear and major in business. Duke of the Saxons. In the 10th century, our family founded the town of Padberg. building castles there, and becoming the Counts of Padberg. Harold III. Count, was the first to use the surname Padberg in 1029. "During the following cen turies, certain Padbergs lo cated in Westfalen outside Padlierg. These persons are responsible for the five branches of the family. The -Knry Padberg family be longs to the German Branch Kustclberg which began in I.YM) with Johann von Pad lierg." Daniel Padlierg stated. Henry Padberg's family knows that he was due for induction into the military service in Germany when with his father's help, he was smuggled aboard a ship bound for America late in 1851 or early in 1852. when he was about 18 years old. He arrived in this strange new country unable to speak its language and traveled across the conti nent, eventually settling in Eugene. By 1867. he had married a girl of English ancestry. Martha Vianna Itiggs and their first child was iorn in Eugene. In 1870. Henry moved with his wife. Ihen seven months pregnant, their daughter, and his wife's parents to a farm on Rhea Creek in Morrow County. Four miles short of their destina tion, at a stage coach stop, their second child was born prematurely. The remaining four children were all born on the farm of Henry Padberg. one of the early settlers of Kastern Oregon. Two IHS girls chosen to Two lone High School girls. Darla Anglin and Sharon Croweil. have been selected to attend, with 3(K) other Oregon students and 60 teachers. Oregon Business Week. Ore gon Business Week will be held at Western Oregon State College. Monmouth, July 2531. The teachers and students are able to attend by receiving a $150 scholarship, which covers room, board and mat erials, said Jack Zimmerman of Associated Oregon Indus tries. They will learn from a volunteer faculty of over 150 business people; fundamental ecomonies. essential business p Aii Ik UvnU Sue, Boozer & Rick Boocdman, OR 97818) The Heppner Gazette-Tlmei. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 6, 1982-SEVEN County residents celebrate 50 years of Extension programs K.vHmoiNKTl'M.IS Morrow Co. Extension Service To celbrale 50 golden years of Extension Home Econo mics programs, a crowd of women gathered to celebrate the annual Extension Home maker's Day in Irrigon last week. Special programs of the day offered fashions, fun and nostalgia, as well as recogni tion by special awards. Chosen Extension Woman of 19R2 was Jaunita Ryan of Irrigon. Each year an out standing study group member is chosen from the county to be named for the .recognition. Presenting the special award was Mildred Wright of Hep pner. who had received the honor in 1981. The North Morrow Home makers Study Group of Ir-rignn-Boardman. again cap tured the title of Study Group of the Year. Their accomplish ments included raising funds and donating over $1,000 to the HHS student By CATHY PECK ( Pal Slruthers. a sophomore at Heppner High School, placed second in the category of mental" calculations of Algebra II during a statewide' Math Contest held April 27 at Oregon State University. St rut hers qualified for the slate contest by taking a blue ribbon in the Algebra II Math Skills Contest held at B.M.C.C. earlier this month. He also took first place in an earth science test as part of a science team. For his efforts he received a book "Rediscov ery of Earth." Struthers also took first place in that test last year and received a book. Both volumes are now housed Hope, Valby sponsoring refugee family By CATHY PECK Members of Hope and Valby Lutheran congregations met with Barbara Brocker. of the Lutheran Rufugee Program in a preliminary discussion con cerning the sponsorship of a refugee family. The pre sentation, film and discussion were held on April 25. Refugee families from Indo china. Afghanistan. Etheopia. Poland and Rumania have escaped those countries and are seeking assylum. Mrs. Broker stated. The United States is one of several countries accepting refugees: people fleeing their countries practices and how to prepare themselves for the business career of their choice, Zim merman said. Participants will also operate a business of their own through a computer ized management game, and visit businesses in the mid Willamette Valley, he added. Primary sponsors of Oregon Business Week in addition to WOSC. he said, are the State Department of Education, This j Don't Miss HeppnTilg I SPRING CONCERT I B Your Home-Owned, Independent Bank" j MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE Senior Citizen Buiding Fund In Irrigon: volunteer time donat ed 668 hours to senior pro grams: clothing for needy tiiiiui en at On iblrna; help ing with a Grandparent Pro gram at A.C. Houghton Ele mentary School; trees planted for beauty and conservation at the two new schools in north Morrow: and many other volunteer community pro jects. The lone study group was named as runner up for their community Easter egg hunts, publishing a commun ity cookbook and other com munity projects. Four Morrow County women were awarded certifi cates and red carnations to note their fifty years partici pation in Extension home economics programs. Receiv ing the honors were Dorris Graves. Mildred Wright and Emma Drake, all of Heppner, and Edna Mulkey of Irrigon. Programs of the day includ ed a demonstration Looking places 2nd in state contest at the Heppner High School library The Heppner student has plans to go to college and would like to be an astrophysi cist, he slated. If he majors on astrophysics he would like to attend Arizona State Univer sity. The run Kit Peak Observatory, he pointed out. Kitf Peak has just about every kind of equipment available in the field, he added. His other career choice would be to go into computer programming, and use astro nomy as a hobby. Competetors in the state wide contest that place first, all around in math, and are seniors, receive a scholarship Of $1,000.00 congregations because they fear persecution for reasons of religion, political activity or nationality, according to Mrs. Brocker. The refugees seeking asylum in the United States are fleeing communist count ries, she said. First countries of asylum are France. Can ada. Germany and the United Slates. Resettlement involves culture and language training, the acquisitnn of temporary housing, clothing, food and a job The family's receive support until they begin to become self-sufficient. As families become self-sufficient, thev assume total cost attend Business Week Oregon Council on Economic Education and the Associated Wrecker Service is now available along with Automotive Service & Auto God Repair PIG IRON Heppner 676-5435 Advertisement Is Sponsored OF astern Ore Good.. .Make Up for all Ages; a brief history with slides depicting local Extension events of the past 50 years by Ruth ?,?cCabe of lone; Fashions-Then and When by Bir dine Tullis. a documentary of national events from the great depression days to present, and fashions to accompany each era. Collectors clothing and hats were displayed and modeled by study group members as the final fashion event to commemorate the fifty year period. Nancy Rogers, chairperson of the Homemakers Advisory Committee served as mistress of ceremonies for the day. Hostesses for the annual event was the North Morrow Homemakers Group. Rhea Creek Study Group provided the pre-event coffee hour. The crowd agreed that "Looking .back is fun. and needs to be done now and then., but looking ahead is far better." ' v h I Pat Struthers consider and responsibility for them selves, she continued. Members of the two congre gations voted by a wide margin on Sunday. May" 2, to continue their investigation of the sponsorship of a refugee family. A committee of eleven members will look into com munity resources to study the size and type of family that would best fit into a local community. Based on the , information they assemble, the committee will then re commend to the congregation, the feasibility of sponsoring a family. The final decision on whether or not to sponsor a family will then be made by the congregations. Oregon Industries Founda tion. 8p.m. High School Gym No Admission Donations Accepted fly aon ' CORPORATION f ..i.HiiimiIi Iiinuillilil J r , j 1 1 1 l , li ; i , , , i , , l 1 1 , i , i ,, , ., L . ... i I j ., ,; :j L
