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riOIIT The Heppner Gaiette-Tlntet. Lexington news Delpha Jones 989-8189 C.W.A. of the Lexington Grange met on Tuesday at the grange hall, the ladies provi ded lunch for a crew of men who were doing repair work at the hall. The business of the coming year was discussed, including various contests the group would take part in. Sewing, needlework, bread, cookies and stuffed toys are among the C.W.A. projects and the lecturer has many contests in that department also, such as photography, painting and others. There are contests for most anyone wishing to take advantage of the opportunity to enter. There are prizes at subordinate, Pomona, state and national levels. The group decided to try throughout the year to have some money making projects so that each of the suggested programs will be recognized. The new chairman is Josie Peck. Reports must be into the Pomona chairman before the Pomona meeting at Green field Grange on January 25. If the subordinate granges get their reports into the Pomona chairman early it helps her to get the state report in on time and all will get recogni tion for their efforts. After the meeting at Greenfield Grange Hall, the next meeting will be at Marie SteagaU's home. The door prize was won by Delpha Jones. The Three Links Club of Holly Rebekah Lodge met on Thursday at the home of Leila Palmer. The meeting was conducted by Chairman Leila Palmer and consisted mostly of plans for the state presi dent's visit to Holly on Satur day, March 5, which will also be the District 20 meeting. Quilt blocks made by Flor ence McMillan were presen ted to the ladies who plan to make quilts with them for a money making project. Lovely refreshments were served by the hostess to An- W.I.C. clinic to be held Jan. 25 in Heppner By NEOLA MACKEY A monthly W.I.C. (Wo men's, Infant's and Children's supplemental feeding pro gram) clinic will be held Tuesday, Jan. 25, 9 a.m., at the Heppner Neighborhood Center. Applications are available and when openings occur, eligible clients will be contacted to participate in the program. Those who feel they meet the guidelines for fuel assis tance under the Low Income Energy Assistance Program are asked to call the Center to make an appointment. For example: a household with one person who has a monthly income of $488 or less is eligible. An appointment must be made and an application completed before an order may be processed. Adult and Family Services counselor Janet Phillips will be available at the center on Wednesday, Jan. 26, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, to help those needing food stamps, aid for dependent children or who have questions concerning other adult and Family Ser vices programs. Ladies who attend the Thursday craft -social time at the center are busy making valentine mobiles and getting materials ready for volunteer seamstresses who are already preparing for next Christmas by making quilts and lap robes. The center is in desperate need of bedding for emergen cies. All donations will be greatly appreciated. The center will be closed February 7 and 21 in observ ance of Lincoln's and Wash ington's birthdays. The next free blood pressure clinic will be held Wednesday, Feb. 2, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., ' at the center. The next surplus cheese Heppner. Oregon, Thursday, January 20, 1983 netta Padberg, Kathy Telle chea, Luella Taylor, Joyce Buchanan, Catie Padberg, Eula Bloodsworth, Dorothy Burcham, Josie Peck and Delpha Jones. A door prize was won by Luella Taylor and it was announced that the next meeting will be held at Annet ta Padberg's home. A kitchen shower for Gail Papineau was held recently at the Lexington Rebekah Hall. There was a good crowd in attendance and she received many fine and useful gifts. The Papineaus are awaiting the delivery of their new trail er home at their lot in lone. They recently lost all their belongings in a fire and their home was destroyed. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Nel son spent several days this week in Spokane, Wash, where they attended the Northwest Ag Show. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Peck and granddaughter were The Dalles visitors on Thursday last week. O.W. Cutsforth. who recent ly underwent major surgery at The Dalles General Hospi tal, is reported to be doing fine and is able to begin therapy treatment. Mrs. Cuts forth is visiting with her mother and sister there while her husband is recuperating. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Bur cham of Condon have been recent visitors at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Burcham. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Peck entertained with a card party at their home on Saturday. There were five tables of guests present and all report an enjoyable time. Lovely snacks were served during the evening and at the close, sandwiches and other goodies were also served. shipment will be distributed in , Heppner for south Morrow County residents on Monday, Jan. 31, beginning at 9:30 p.m., at the center. Cheese will be given out in the north end of the county on Thursday, Jan. 27. Volunteer groups have been asked to handle the cheese distribution this year. Degree of Honor Lodge and V.F.W. members have volun teered to help with this project. Womens9 Aglow to meet Tues. Women's Aglow Fellowship will meet Tuesday, Jan. 25, 7:15 p.m., at All Saints Episcopal Parish Hall in Hep pner. Guest speaker for the eve ning will be Sammy Griffin of Irrigon. She is the mother of six boys, and a grandmother. All women are welcome to attend this time of fellowship, said a spokesperson. Refreshments will be served following the meeting. Babysitting is available by calling 676-5828. 4-H Clubs still forming By BIRDINE TULLIS Program Assistant Morrow Co. Extension Service A number of much reques ted 4-H clubs are just ready to start accepting members, so it is not too late to jojn4H; New cliibs "in" the beginning stages in Heppner are an Outdoors-Survival Club and an Archery Club. Another is a Photography and Woodwork ing Club. For information on the three clubs, or others that are just starting or who will still ac cept new members, call 676-9642. The Siberians' review surprises Bookworms By JUSTINE VVEATIIERFORD Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. The Bookworms were astonished by the truth about the vast polar regions of Siberia when Ruby Becket reviewed Farley Mowat's book "The Siberians" for them at Inez Erwin's home on January 11. Today that vast area of the world holds modern concrete cities, a fine university, many superior medical facilities (close to 90 percent of the doctors are women), large industrial plants and tremendous ani mal, timber and mineral re sources. (Siberia is one and one-half times the size of continental U.S.I. For over 30 years Farley Mowat. an outstanding Cana dian author, has written of land. seas, and people of the far north with humor, under standing and compassion. His more than 25 books have been published in over 20 languages in more than 40 countries. Mowat tells of his incredible journeys into little-known re gions of Siberia where rein deer herders, poets, dissi dents. Arctic engineers, in dustrialists and vigorous women welcomed him and his wife. Claire, who accompa nied him on his first visit, "with mare's milk and vodka, black bread and caviar, out ljewj rJ (pJ d fmm (fSI IspGAirens) shots J eM) f 1853 V POKE I 28y. 4 jJ (fJF jj II sauprTsIbJ fsF rT ifs nam n mm l) wn&m H W-- L 25 EE J) L cqms gay? rrri (mim rageous good humor and a fierce love for their isolated new booming, territory." Two years later he went alone and was shown even more of the far reaches of the area. He writes 'it is obvious that I could not have assembled the information in this book, or indeed made the journeys at all, without a great deal of cooperation from organiza tions and individuals in the Soviet Union." Mowat summarizes his feel ings about what he saw and felt among the friendly na tives he quickly came to love. "Siber, the Sleeping Land, the void of Darkness, is no more. Where, so recently, the Siber ian tiger, the wild reindeer, Baikal seals. Yukagir, Chuk chee. Yakut and all forms of life, obeyed the implacable but impartial rule of that omnipresent force we refer to vaguely as Nature, now there is a now ruler and a new law. One of the last remaining primeval regions of the earth is being rapidly reshaped. Nature, who was the mother, has be relegated to the role of stepchild." He continues "In terms of the new creed of technology, and of the godhead of the machine. I am, verily, a man of little faith. I suspect that those who talk so glibly of the brilliant future dawning for mankind do not possess either the ability or the will to look with honesty and clarity into the other potential future which may await us if we continue our headlong course a future which may be a timeless sleep from which our species will not again awaken." His final paragraphs state "There are some comforting signs among the Siberians which suggest that technolog ical men will not be permitted to chart the human course unchallenged. One of the mast exciting and heartening things I found in Siberia was the growing tendency to reject, or at least to question, the mech anistic blueprint for the fu ture of our species. And the genesis for this rebellion (for that is what it is) indubitably lies with the native races those once-forgotten Small Peoples who. under Soviet rules, have been permitted to retain their deep and subtle awareness of themselves as natural men. Their roots have not b4fn severed. They re main a proud and integral part of the continuum of life. "It is not inconceivable that these enduring peoples may some day be the swing-eyes to lead the rest of us (self blinded by the glitter of our own Creation) into a better day. "These, then, are the real Siberians. Together with those who share their sensibilities and their understanding, they are the men and women whom I shall forever remember." Some of Reviewer Becket ' listeners are eager to own the Bantam Book, 19B1 edition, of Mowat's remarkable writing. It sells" for $3.50 (Murray's Drug Store will order It). The Library Journal says "Its wealth of fresh detail will make Siberia and the Siber ians come alive. We highly recommend it." The Christian Science Monitor declares "What Mowat found in his travels will astonish Amer ican readers." Training-update session to be held for 4-H leaders, judges By Bill PINK Tl'M.IS Program Assistant Morrow Co. Extension Service Early notice is given to all 4-H clothing leaders, those who judge clothing exhihits at county fairs and those inte rested in becoming judges, that a very special training update session is planned for February 24 at the Portage Inn at The Dalles. Extension staff from a number of Eastern Oregon counties and neighboring Washington counties have banded together to offer much Degree of Honor plans upcoming events By JUSTINE WEATHEBFORD Mnry Bryant, president of the Degree of Honor Lodge, announces that Inspection will be held on April 14 and that the district convention will take place on April 23, In John Day. The next regular meeting of the lodge will be held on Tuesday, Jan, 25, with Jo Huston serving as the hostess for the 8 p.m. meeting at the lodge hall in Heppner. Mem bers are also reminded that the Christian Womens Club requested Information for those Involved In 4-H clothing programs. A varied and full day Is planned for partici pants Information offered will include Judging philoso phy, judging system, stan dards of quality in clothing construction. Interview judg ing, resources to assist judges, what's new in sewing today, and the role and responsibil ities of judges. The program is not all work, for a special fashion show will fie presented by lcal clothing stores of The Dalles during the lunch hour, showing spring will be having a salad supper and program at the hall on Tuesday, Feb. 1. Mrs. Pen Clmtw. flf't di rector of the lodge, along with her sister-in-law and niece, Jenny, attended the lnstalla- tion of officers for the Kate J. Young Lodge Number 29 held In Heppner on January 11. Mrs. Clausen, along with Ida Fairs, were the Installing of ficer. The three visitors, who had come from Bend, were overnight guests at the home of Ida Farra. and summer fashion trends. Registration forms are available from extension of fices In Morrow, Gilliam, Umatilla. Sherman, Wasco. Wheeler. Hood River counties, as well as Skamania county, Washington. Extension staff from the before mentioned counties will present the pro gram. Cost to attend Is S10 per person and includes the lun cheon and a resource noteliook for each participant. For more details, or a regis tration form, call the exten sion office.
