Around About
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The first full week of the new year certainly brought a most
pleasant January thaw to our part of the world with
temperatures close to 50 decrees, The media constantly
repeated stories of horrible floods and of road advisories
elsewhere, but we could almost feel some of our trees and
shrubs thinking of budding.' !
On Friday last I had to go to Pendleton to redeem my
repaired typewriter that somehow collapsed from the
pressures of Christmas correspondence or something. Two
friends traveled with me over the Pilot Rock highway and
back. As we went eastward we were slowed a bit by the
movement of cattle. Iater, coming home, we met another
small herd and a good-sized herd of cattle moving along the
highway. I recall that the first time I experienced driving a
car Into the center of a mass of moving beef, I was a bit
anxious and thought maybe the animals or the car might
suffer. Now I feel like an old hand and just work my way
along and trust the ranchers and the animals and my car and
enjoy the experience. I admit one gets slowed down
considerably for a little while but then living in the Old West
is a special experience and should not be rushed through.
We reached Pendleton before noon and agreed to go to the
Pendleton Senior Center for lunch. We were very pleased
with our visit and good meal In the converted old Seventh-day
Advenlist School. The Pendleton seniors were most cordial
and seemed pleased that we chose to visit. Each of us was
Introduced. Several Pendletonians apologized because we
had come on a day when they had no noon program no
music. They urged us to come again.
In several past columns I have written paragraphs about
the llajncesh development over Antelope way. If you are
interested in reading a complete and interesting story about
the big ranh, do get a copy of the Northwest Section of last
Sunday's "Oregonian." It presents a very good look at the
Hajneesh in the words of Portland free lance writers Larry
folton and Kirk Braun and a good group of pictures made by
the section's photographer, Handy Rasmussen. The cover
age points out that the ranch has become one of Oregon's top
tourist attractions. It has certainly had plenty of publicity.
Some folks seem to have lots of luck winning doorprizes
and raffles. Twice this winter I watched Avon Melby have
her name called as a lucky winner. The Washington State
lottery, however, has proved to its first million dollar
winner, Jana Page, a 30-year-old Walla Walla nurse, that it is
not all sheer, good fun She finds taxes and the matter of
wisely investing the $M,000 annual payments, adjustments
she never had prepared to handle and rather frustrating.
Now when I don't win prizes, I must just remember her
experience and know that I am not winning any possible
frustrations, also.
Last October, former Oregon Governor Tom McCall
announced "This activist loves Oregon more than he loves
life, and I know I can't have both very long." Those of us who
have watched a dear one suffer and struggle with terminal
cancer, appreciate what he went through as the end he
expected neared.
Because I am close in age, because 1 have been an
Oregonian since infancy, because I have many of the same
political persuasions and because I followed Tom McCall'i
career on radio, on TV and in the statehouse, I shall miss him
very much.
To those of us who read his mother, Dorothy Lawson
Mr-Call's books, "The Copper King's Daughter" and "The
Ranch on the Kimrock," Tom McCall became almost like one
of our own family members. We became close to his parent's
families and to their own children. Both the writing mother
and this son were strong, genuine, original human beings.
Governor McCall stated he rode into the governor's office
on a typewriter. I heard him tell how he put out a family
newspaper in his childhood on the family ranch near
PrinevilJe. Me loved to use the English language and was
called by reporters "the most quotable public official."
During his last several months, television documentaries,
radio specials and many interviews about him were being put
together.
As a Republican governor from 19C7 through 1974. he
responded to many problems which faced this state during
those eight years. As a TV commentator he kept on speaking
out about things political and environmental. His statment
telling folks to come visit regon "but for Heaven's sake don't
stay" was very widely circulated. I think he did not want this
state, which he called "demure and lovely," to become too
populated: he did not want it to ever become like California's
south.
Oregon has lost two very remarkable, very outstanding
men. in these first weeks of 1983. Perhaps many of you
readers watched the tremendous Mass for Portland's
Archbishop Howard on television, as I did. The world's oldest
Catholic prelate was so impressively memorialized. Beauti
ful tributes were read from admirers of various age groups
and various positions, including the Pope, all of whom loved
him very much.
Governor Atiyeh ordered all state flags to fly at half-staff
from the time of McCall's death on Saturday morning, until
after the Wednesday evening funeral services for him were
completed. Many Oregon ians considered this period a time of
personal mourning. We shall long remember our tallest
governor. You have probably heard that a tree and a man are
both measured most accurately when they are down. Tom
McCall measured extra large when he kept fighting and
working even after cancer was cutting him down.
The lleppner Gazette-Times, Heppner. Oregon, Thursday, January 13, 1983 THREE
BMCC and local schools awarded career awareness grant
A one-year grant of $7,984
has been awarded to Blue
Mountain Community College
and Morrow and Umatilla
counties' high schools to im
plement a career awareness
program for high school
sophomores, said a BMCC
spokesperson.
The grant was made avail
able by the Northwest Area
Foundation of Saint Paul,
Minnesota under its "Cooper
atives for Quality Education
Program," The BMCC grant
was one of 14 awarded from
among 61 applicants through
out the United States.
All 14 high schools in Mor
row and Umatilla counties
have expressed Interest in
participating in the sopho
more program which Involves
three phases, according to
Dorwin Lovell. BMCC coun
selor and one of the authors of
the grant application.
Under the career awareness
program to bo funded by the
grant . the approximately 975
sophomores in the college's
fwn-ootintv district will first
he tested on their interests,
abilities and attitudes. These
test results are then evaluated
in terms of career potential in
the Interpretive phase of the
proem m
Tho third phase of the pro
gram is for the sophomores to
visit the BMCC campus in
groups and meet with voca
tional and college transfer
course instructors During the
visit, the students find out
about the courses they need to
take while in high school to
prepare for the career they
have chosen.
The area high schools will
begin the testing phase in
February and March of this
vear. Visits to the college will
lie scheduled for this spring
and the fall of next year. High
schools that will be partici
pating in the program in
clude: Heppner. lone. River-
side Mi l,oiiihliii Umatilla,
t'kinh Kiho Helix. Hermis
Ion Pendleton, Pilot Rock.
slanfieM Umapine and
Weton McFwen
"Thin program is not just a
reeruitina tool for the colic-Be."
according to Lovell.
"ii'ii Hiined to help students
eet nn overall picture of what
their career potential might
he " Lovell noted that "pre
pared.iess" is a key word In
the program whereby the stu
dents are going to be provided
with an opportunity to have a
lietter background for educa
tional choices now that will
affect their careers later.
"We were pleased that
every school in the college's
district expressed a desire to
participate in the program,"
he added. Three counselors
who worked in the original
pilot project last year will be
working with schools in their
area to help with test adminis
tration and interpretation.
Thrv include: Michele Port
mann of Heppner: Jan Bensel.
Pilot Rock: and Mike Wether
ell Riverside.
On the college side, Pat
liiigharv. dean of students is
aNo working with the pro
gram and organizing the col
lege visit
In making these grant
awards the board of directors
of the Northwest Area Foun
dation noted their commit
ment '"to encourage coopera
tion between elementary and -
or secondary schools and col
leges and universities for the
purposes of improving the
general quality of education,"
the spokesperson said.
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