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By Justine Weathcrford
Two coming very busy and Interesting weekends should
please local residents and visitors In Heppner. This last
weekend In November will be brighUmed by the gs!a
Community Christmas Lighting Ceremony early' Friday
evening, Nov. 28. The program will feature community
singing and the sharln" of refreshments. Many people are
Involved In making the plans and carrying out this very
pleasing, first, Christmas holiday event.
Then on Saturday, Nov. 27, Heppner merchants will have
their official Christmas Opening with window displays and
great gift shopping inducements.
Christmas month's first weekend will feature the well-established
Art i factory on Saturday, Dec. 4. Many craft and
gift producing groups will be displaying and selling their
products. The Heppner Garden Hub's annual Greens
Workshop will be open, where members will give advice and
assistance to people wishing to prepare their own decorations
from freshly cut greenery. There will be holly and
miscellaneous decorative Hems for sale to be used along with
the greenery. Morrow County artists will be displaying and
selling their creations there, too. Everyone will want to spend
some time that Saturday at the fairgrounds.
Saturday, Dec. 4, and Sunday, Dec. 5, will be most exciting
days at the Heppner Bowl where professional bowling
champion Ernie Schlegel will make four appearances. This
colorful "almost forty," bowling celebrity, who holds five
Eastern Regional Championships and two national Profes
sional Bowlers Association championships, should draw a
large crowd of out -of town and local admirers. Those who
want to get close to Schlegcl might need to come to the alley
before his appearances at 1 and 8 p.m. on Saturday and at
11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday.
Many of you know that the U.S. Council of Bishops of the
Catholic Church has spoken out for a nuclear freeze. After
attending Saturday evening Mass, I had an unusual chance to
talk with Bishop Thomas Connoly who has come from Baker
to honor St. Patrick's Church here. The Bishop said "We
consider nuclear war a moral issue, not a political issue."
I mentioned that I had seen good coverage of the council on
P B S. television. Bishop Connoly said "We were thankful for
the excellent coverage the media gave us." I am thankful for
this great group of church leaders who spoke out so positively
on this issue which is so important to all of us.
Sunday evening, the basement of the United Methodist
Church was completely filled with families and friends who
enjoyed a pre-Thanksgiving Day potluck Harvest Festival. It
was a fun evening with much camaraderie. Some high spots
were the guitar and vocal numbers by local troubadour Ron
McDonald, magic acts and Joke telling by several children
and the winning of the prize McCabe-donated turkey by
Shirley Connor.
I feel sure that I am not the only one who thought that
business promotion and activity in a community would
originate with the Chamber of Commerce. Others, too, were
surprised to see the Heppner Merchants Committee become
a separate entity, and now to see that the real action seems to
be coming from that committee and a new organization, the
Heppner Economic Development Committee.
There is always plenty of room in America for differences
of opinions for which we all are very thankful. The
"spinning off" of sub-groups can be looked on as a happy,
healthy movement in the right direction. Enthusiastic
smaller groups can often expedite changes that a larger
group doesn't seem to manage. No matter what name a
working group assumes the name is not nearly as
important as the work the group accomplishes.
Usually during the week of Thanksgiving, I review
traditional reasons for feeling thankful and dwell on the
oft-repeated history of this big harvest festsival in America.
This year, along with these usual feelings, I have been
thinking some different thoughts about people who are
coming and who have come to our beloved country since the
first pilgrims reached its New England shore.
In the November issue of "Guldeposts," a small magazine
I enjoy and admire, Glenn Kittler has put down some timely
and appealing thoughts about Thanksgiving and pilgrims. As
he writes of his Puerto Rican neighbors in New York City, he
says:
"I heard one boy saying 'Today our teacher told us what
Americans eat for Thanksgiving dinner!' His voice took on a
rather bitter, singsong ring as he chanted, 'Turkey and
dressing and gravy and sweet potatoes and pumpkin pie
and...' His litany went on and on.
"The tone of the boy's voice made me wonder. Wouldn't
some Americans prefer to have rice and beans and stewed
chicken for their Thanksgiving dinner? Wouldn't some be
eating their Thanksgiving dinner with chopsticks? Wouldn't
some prefer veal parmigiana, a tangy salad and pasta, or
boiled pork shoulder and sauerkraut?
"America is known as the world's melting pot. For that
reason let us never forget the real meaning of our
Thanksgiving holiday gratitude to God for His guidance and
protection equally bestowed on all pilgrims to this new land.
The pilgrims are still arriving. Let us be thankful for every
one of them."
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Heppner Hotel entered into
Register of Historic Places
The Parks and Recreation
Division of the Oregon De
partment of Transportation
has anounced that the Hep
pner Hotel has been officially
entered Into the National Re
gister of Historic Places.
The hotel, owned by Arnie
and Ftita Hedman of Heppner,
was nominated to the register
at the recommendation of the
State Advisory Committee on
Historic Preservation. Word
Exclusion
mailed
Approximately 22,000 Ex
clusion Orders, nine in Mor
row County, have been sent to
parents of school and day care
facility attendees in Oregon
who are not in compliance
with Oregon's Immunization
Law, stated the Oregon State
Health Division. This Is less
than half the number of orders
sent out during the previous
school year, the division said.
The Exclusion Orders were
issued on Wednesday, Nov. 17
by each County Health De
partment, and will be effec
tive December 1 unless par
ents show proof prior to that
time that the child has met the
Immunization requirements,
the division said.
Morrow County Health
Nurse Pat Wright said of the
nine orders sent: two of the
students had moved out of the
school district. Two Exclusion
Orders were sent to Heppner
Elementary students and the
remaining seven were sent to
students enrolled at Riverside
High School at Boardman.
Wright said the Exclusion
Orders are usually sent to
students who transfer to Ore
gon from states which don't
have the strict immunization
laws that Oregon has.
All of the seven students
either need Just a booster
immunization or a copy of
' their immunization record to
show that they meet the im-.
munization requirements, she
said.
Oregon's Immunization
Law requires that parents
provide their child's school or
day care facility with an ac
curate, up to date record of the
child's immunization status.
This information must be
placed on a "Certificate of
Immunization Status" form,
available at schools, day care
facilities, or County Health
Departments. Children who
have no record on file, or
whose record does not indicate
that the appropriate vaccina
tions have been received, or
that the child is medically or
religiously exempt from re
ceiving the vaccine, are sub
ject to exclusion, the division
said.
Children who were in com
pliance last year may not be in
compliance this year if, for
example, they have transfer
red to a new school and their
immunization record is not on
file at the new school, or have
not received an immunization
that became due during the
past year.
Parents who do receive an
Exclusion Order should read
the order very carefully to
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of the recent action taken in
Washington, D.C.was receiv
ed by State Historic Preserva
tion Officer David G. Talbot,
the division reported.
The National Register is
maintained by the National
park Service. U.S. Depart
ment of the Interior, under
authority of the National His
toric Preservation Act of 1966,
the division said.
Orders
make certain what informa
tion is required, and to whom
the information is to be pro
vided. Parents who need further
Information, or who feel that
an error has been made In the
review of their child's record
should contact Wright at the
Morrow County Health De
partment, Lexington, 989-8256.
Crop
Report
The Oregon Crop and Live
stock Reporting Service has
released the following report:
A national and state agri
cultural survey will kick off in
late in November to determine
how many acres farmers
planted to winter wheat and
the latest facts on livestock
and poultry numbers.
Locally, this survey will be
conducted by the Statistical
Reporting Service (SRS) of
the U.S. Department of Agri
culture. This agency, headed
in Oregon by Paul M. Wil
liamson, is responsible for
collecting, processing and
publishing current National
and State agricultural infor
mation. The results of the survey,
which will contain estimates
of winter wheat acreages, will
be published December 22 by
SRS. Estimates of hog num
bers and the early 1983 pig
crop also will be published on
December 22 and the count of
chickens and cattle will be
ready to go in late January
1983.
These estimates will pro
vide producers and others in
agriculture with the necessary
background information to
make decisions affecting pro
duction and marketing opera
tions. A sample of 515 Oregon
farmers and ranchers will be
visited between November 20
and December 3 and asked to
supply information about their
winter wheat plantings nad
livestock numbers. While par
ticipation is voluntary, coop
eration is vital to the develop
ment of reliable indications.
All information collected will
be combined to produce state
and national summaries.
Thirty-one interviewers
throughout the state will be
collecting this information by
personal interviews for all
counties in Oregon with
special attention being given
to the major wheat areas.
For additional information
or the results of the survey,
contact: Paul M. Williamson,
phone (503) 221-2131.
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auction
Special
The Register is the official
list of the nation's cultural
resources worthy of preserva
tion. The list contains dis
tricts, sites, archaeological
sites, buildings, structures
and objects of national, state
and local significance.
Under Oregon's historic
property tax law (ORS 358.
475). an owner of a National
Register property who is wil
ling to maintain the property's
historic values may apply for
special assessment status, in
which the true cash value of
the property is frozen for a
period of 15 years. The law is
intended as an incentive for
the rehabilitation and appro
priate maintenance of historic
buildings, the division said.
A brief explanation of the
National Register nomination
process and the benefits
available to National Register
property owners is available
: upon request from the divi-
' sion's office.
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Opinion?
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Question: "Will you be
spending Thanksgsiving with
your family?"
"Well. I guess so," said
Allen Burkenbine, Heppner,
"my wife's family."
Ejections Div.
verifies
investigation
request
Ray Phelps, director of the
Oregon State Elections Divi
sion, has verified that the
Oregon Taxpayers, sponsors
of Ballot Measure 3,have re
quested an investigation of
voting results on the measure
in eight Oregon counties, in
cluding Morrow. Phelps said
that final election returns
should be in the Secretary of
State's office soon, but until
they are all received, he can't
determine whether an investi
gation is warranted.
Morrow County Clerk Bar
bara Bloodsworth has ques
tioned the Oregon Taxpayers'
report of voting results in
Morrow County on the mea
sure. The organization states
that 21 percent of the people in
the county did not vote on
Measure 3. Bloodsworth re
ports that 68 percent of the
registered voters in the county
voted, 98.5 percent of whom
voted on Measure 3.
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The Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, November 25, 1982 FIVE
Local areas
receive liquor
revenue
The Oregon Liquor Control
Commission has reported that
liquor revenue distributed
during the 1981-82 fiscal year
amounted to $72,275,794, an
increase of 3.12 percent over
the 1980 - 81 fiscal year. Hep
pner received $12,307, lone
received $2,941. Boardman,
$11,052. Irrigon. $7,104 and
Lexington. $2,533. Morrow
County received $17,646, re
ported Geneive Cook, in
formation officer. The cities'
and counties' share is in pro
portion to population, she said.
This does not include funds
received from City Revenue
Sharing or Mental Health Al
coholism and Drug Services
Account.
The State General Fund
received $39,421,711: the in
corporated cities. $12,475,505;
the counties $6,237,752; and
the City Revenue Sharing
Account. $8,732,853. The
Mental Health Alcoholism and
Drug Services Account re
ceived 50 percent of the gross
taxes collected on beer and
wine, amounting to $5,407,973,
Cook reported.
Liquor sales for the fiscal
year exceeded all previous
years. amounting to
$154,933,485. This was an in
crease of 0.1 percent over the
1980-81 fiscal year.
Scientists divide wasps into
two groups - social and soli
tary wasps. Social wasps,
such as hornets and yellow
jackets, live a community
life, while each family of
solitary wasps lives by itself.
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