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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 4, 1982)
Around About By Justine Weatlwrford Now we're in November. Becauc election day in the U.S. is set on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of this month, this ytqr it fell as early as it is possible. Working folks, and maybe some students, find this month rather dismaying it holds five, maybe, blue Mondays.- Historically this month was the ninth month. Novem is the Latin word for nine. My source book says the Romans changed that when they inserted July, named for Julius Caesar and August honoring Augustus Caesar. "The Roman Senate offered to name the 11th month for Tiberius Caesar, but he refused modestly, saying 'What will you do if you have thirteen emperors?"' It interests me to read that the Anglo-Saxons referred to November as "the blood month" becuase during this time they killed animals for their winter meat. In our part of the world hopeful hunters are still trying to capture winter meat. The last week of the 10th month was busy time in south Morrow Co. I didn't take in all the week's activities, but can report that I found those I did attend very pleasing. The Monday open meeting arranged by AAUW was very informative. The film "The Last Epidemic, Medical Consequences of Nuclear War" was positively frightening. The evening's speaker, engineer Stephen Donnell, La Grande, gave an excellent presentation and led an active discussion period. The women who arranged the affair concerning Ballot Measure 5 on the Mutual Freeze of Nuclear Weapon Development again offered this community an educational opportunity to which not too many folks responded. The next day I really dashed about. There was Chamber of Commerce at noon, Bookworms at Sadie Parish's home during the afternoon, the usual Bible Study from 7 to 8 p.m. and then a special visit to the Guest Night of the Degree of Honor Lodge after 8 p.m. There are not many days when I can manage four activities. At the Chamber of Commerce meeting, after brief reports from various committee chairmen, President Bob Harris opened discussion aboaut ideas that could stimulate tourism in this area. The llcppner Economic Development Commit tee is working toward stimulating business growth. It is becoming evident that tourism is big business and that its encouragement can mean much to the liveliness of any community. Harris was suggesting that this area might really promote certain winter sports. Many families really enjoy snow weekends, some actually prefer winter fun to the usual warm, crowded summer vacation time. Our nearby Blue Mountains and some of our ranch areas, too, afford fine places for snowmobiling, for cross country skiing and for tobogganing and other sledding. None of these activities demand great, expensive Installations like chairlifts, etc. Perhaps if some diligent promotional work can be done, if many community organizations will work together, ours might become a really busy area from November to March. We are hearing reports that before Nov. 1 there was quite an accumulation of snow up in the higher places of our south county. We are recalling the excellent planning and promotion that Jim Farley did last March when he brought a large, happy crowd of real and pretend Irishmen together here for a very fine St. Patrick's Day celebration. Checking ahead I note that St. Pat's Day next year is on s Thursday and in 19M if falls on Saturday. I surely hope that Jimmy will keep up his eood promotion of this area's great Irish heritage. Maybe he can help promote winter activities for families, too. At the Bookworms meeting. Lorena Jones presented an excellent review of "And I Alone Survived" by Lauren Elder. After the revue, Sadie Parrish displayed the fascinating, historical scrapbook which her dear friend Lets Humphrey Thomas has put together about the life and work of her father, Thomas J. Humphrey. Mr. Humphrey came to Heppner In 1898 to work as a pharmacist at the Sloe urn Drug Co., who bought the store in 1918 and who died in 1947 when Leta, also a pharmacist, took over the store and operated it until she sold to the Murrays. Leta asked Sadie to bring the scrapbook here to present it to the county museum. The presentation will be made in the near future, and I hope that at that time we can write more details about the contents of this remarkable, historic collection which Leta carefully preserved and mounted. Wednesday noon, along with about 60 other senior citizens, I enjoyed the nutritious meal and the delightful entertain ment presented at the fairgrounds annex. Anna Mae Steagall, the fine entertainment chairman, arranged for a large costumed group of kindergarten visitors to come and sing. These children, accompanied by their parents, some of whom brought along younger children, too, made a special effort to get into costumes and makeup and to appear during the noon hour with their much-loved teacher Cherry Webber. The children's act was followed by a great group of musical numbers by our former postmaster, Hubert Wilson, playing his guitar and his wife, Faye, playing her accordian and blending their pleasing voices. Some of us enjoyed their selections so much we wonder if they will be selling records. We expect that duo to become very busy entertainers throughout northentral Oregon like they were last winter at Vuma, Arizona, where Faye told me they performed five nights every week. Faye's lady's piano-accordian is forty years old and Hubert's antique guitar is a special, now discontinued, model. On last Thursday afternoon I Joined more than 60 other over-50-year-olds at the Halloween party at the Neighbor hood Center. The three green-faced witches who stirred ud that affair were excellent hostesses and a very good time was had by all who attended. By Friday I needed more time at home and was glad I had managed to give my lawn what I hope is its last mowing for this year. Many folks enjoyed some weekend visiting with the Rev. Mel and Nancy Dixon who were guests of Ida Farra while Mel did his elk hunting. Sunday evening I enjoyed the trick -or-treaters who came to my door. Some of them again told me that Halloween is their favorite annual holiday. Some of them appeared just when I was glued to my TV watching "60 Minutes" and being especially fascinated by reporter Ed Bradley's pictures and interviews with the followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and some more standard citizens of Antelope. How dandy November's first morning started weather wise. It was so sunshiny-bright Monday that maybe the five blue-Mondays won't amount to much. We are told that the day's weather affects the voter turnout for elections which we feel is a feeble excuse for anyone who didn't get to the polls and discharge his responsibility and duty there. Loans available for energy projects The Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, November 4, 1982-TIIREE The Oregon Deparatment of Energy Small Scale Energy Loan Program (SELP) has received a new supply of money to loan for energy projects. The department re cently Issued $2,340,000 In Oregon Alternate Energy Project Bonds. The new funds will permit SELP loans to be made at 11.9 percent, announ ced a spokesperson from the department. The money will be used primarily for loans to home owners, farmers and small businesses over the next sev eral months. Larger industrial or municipal projects will be financed from separate, fu ture bond sales, the spokes person said. SELP has made 24 loans for almost $16 millikon in the last 18 months. That many more loans are approved and being prepared for funding. The loans range from several thousand to several million dollars, funding energy pro jects such as business or residential solar heating, wind generators, family-sized hy droelectric generators, municipal hydroelectric gen erators and many others, Bor rowers include home and farm owners, small businesses and municipal corporations. Applications are being taken for loans in all sizes. Residential and business loans less than $25,000 usually take two to three wetks for appro val. Larger loans are appro ved in about 60 days. Appli cants interested in obtaining approval now for project con struction in the winter or spring should contact Dave White. 373 1033, for additional information. nVt A Proven Energy Saver! 0 ESQ mm i 0 i r a 1 1 r --i f i ii vw if y I f-OSS WORK FOR VOUI j H "'ll Make Your Own Storm Windows, Stoi w Doors, Porch Enclosures! 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