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The Heppner Gazette-Times, ileppner, Oregon, Thursday, November 24, 198 J FIVE Scout's food Cub Scout Charlit Raihbun (L) and Jim Kindle donated by area rendonti during a food drive Mother, looks on. The food will be distributed Beginning Foods 4-H project to learn to 'Fit It All Morrow County 4 II leaders and memhrs enrolled in the beginning foods project will be talking about how good food habits coupled with physical fitness can help "Fit It All Together" as they begin using new project materials this fall, according to Oirdine Tul lis. Oregon State University Extension Program Assistant. Oregon, along with most of the other 49 states, will intro duce the new foods materials this fall It is the first time that the 4 H food and nutrition project has Incorporated phy sical fitness as it relates to health and nutrition, adds Barbara Sawer. OSU Exten sion 4 H youth sptialist Ob r i J t i JI - I I . t i ' - ' I GAZ 147 drive a big (p fejL fj drift Together' "Food for Fun and Fitness" is the title of the beginning foods project which was pre ared by the National 4-H Council with support from General Foods Corporation. The new material replaces "Tricks for Treats" which was the beginning foods project. In the beginning phase of the project, the aim is to teach young people In grades four through 12 basic information atxiut nutrition, information on fitness and healthy life styles, food preparation skills, food and kitchen safety, and consumer skills as well as introduce them to foods from other cultures. Tullis explains. The new "Fit It AIITogeter" T Gazette - 1 F IPir The Ileppner LLj 11 JJ Willow Ileppner success (TJ unpack some of the 1,715 lbs. of food Monday night, Helen Riehl, assistant Den during the holiday season to the needy. materials include a leader's guide, which gives volunteer 411 leaders help on how to plan meetings as well as sug gested activities and lesson plans and a 4 H member's book. Advanced phases of the 4-H foods and nutrition project will continue to use existing materials. Sawer said. It is anticipated that new mate rials for these levels will be introduced during the next few years as they are prepared on the national level. Additional information about the 4-H foods and nutri tion project as well as other 411 projects is available from the county extension office in Ileppner. Fuel assistance program Hy NEOl.A MACKEY The fuel assistance program for south Morrow County resi dents will begin Friday, Dec. 2. nf the Ileppner Neighbor hood Center. Appointments Times l PRICED FOR FEASTING J 1 76 Ton 4x4, fjjjj ? J AT, PS, Nice Rig. 1 iRon $3'100 f 'sstiwaates gladly given' Printing For Your Home or Business IE-TIME 676-9228 t "i i"" tT1 This week calls for family National Family Week. November 21-27, and its ac companying holiday, Thanks giving. November 24. call for special family celebrations in November. Bays Dawn C. Hawkins. Umatilla County extension agent. If your family hasn't had an enjoyable outing together for a long time, plan to do some BMCC board votes to put The Blue Mountain Com munity College board of edu cation voted to approve e resolution asking that the sales tax package be placed on the Oregon ballot for a public vole in the March, 1984 elec tion, announced a college spokesperson. The board action on the sales tax question came dur ing the board's regular monthly meeting following a public hearing on the matter. The action by the board is not an endorsement of a sales tax, but rather a statement by the board that voters should be able to voice their opinion on Winter Farm Fair to be held in Hermiston The 10th Annual Winter Farm Fair coming November 30 and December 1 and 2 has several special feature attrac tions that should be of broad public interest. According to Luther Fitch, OSU Agricultural extension agent in Hermiston, the Farm Fair, being held again this year in Thompson Hall on the Umatilla County Fairgrounds The first solo flight around the world oc curred in 1933. It took pilot Wiley Post over a week to complete the 15,596 mile trip. must be made in advance, and those not keeping their ap pointments will not receive new appointments until all others have been served. Those applying for fuel as sistance must meet the fede- 'Ifi if iiH..i ifW a tfTTi iri i sssssssssssssssw thing special during family week this year. Hawkins sug gests, The week of November 21-27 has been designated National Family Week because many families use the Thanksgiving holiday for reunions with rela tives and friends. It's time to emphasize the importance of family life In America and be thankful for your home and the matter, the spokesperson explained. The Oregon Legislature determined that a vote of local taxing districts including community colleges will de termine whether the sales tax proposal will be on the Marach ballot. A majority of each of the three taxing groups (cities, counties and schools, including community col leges) is needed , to put the question to the voters. Hermiston attorney George Anderson was appoin ted to the board opening left by the resignation of Jim in Hermiston. has been broadened and expanded through involvement of local Chamber of Commerce staff to include both a special Thursday evening banquet highlight, and some broader public and farm family interst daily program subjects. The 7 p.m.. Thursday even ing banquet feature will be a talk by Wayne Cryts, Missouri sovbean farmer. who to begin soon ral guidelines and are to bring a copy of their fuel bill, proof of all income (this material will be kept at the center), proof of medical expenses paid such as medication, den tal bills, health insurance and doctor bills. There will be a Neighbor hood Center Advisory Council meeting at the center on Mon day. Nov. 28, at 7:45 p.m. The center will be closed this Thursday and Friday, Nov. 24 and 25, for the Thanks giving holiday. Over $1 .200 in food and a few toys were collected by area Cub Scouts in a food drive Monday night. Over 1,700 lbs. of food was turned over to the center for holiday distribution to the area needy. One slice of bread makes about a third of a cup of dry bread crumbs or three-quarters of cup of soft bread crumbs. TOTAL HARDWARE rr r n TinHt M.a p JWIPWLS L rot MWAOOW WOTOY maim tonka duw truck nw-" ojwirLO beau bags ' Rv- I "5-jVfc4-' ;ST r "7 Sale 3 49 El sJeS js " """" Sa.e992) SHfe iSS?9 I celebrations one anther, she said. Many people worry about changes occurring in the way families carry on today, the agent says. However, (amily group members still represent the most important and in fluential people in anyone's life, according to 82 percent of the respondents to recent Gal lup polls. In spite of strains that occur tax measure Pratt. Pratt, who was serving as chairman of the board, has taken a job in Alaska. Ander son will serve until June 30, 1984 as the appointed replace ment for Pratt. In the March 27. 1984 elec tion, voters will elect someone to serve the remaining year of Pratt's term, from July 1, 1984 to June 30. 1985. Anderson will have the option of filing for that seat, as will other college district residents. Ken Dauble. board member from Weston, was elected chairman of the college board for the remainder of the year. achieved national recognition, and became something of a farm folk-hero by running afoul of some fine points of the law when he removed his stored soybean crop from a bankrupt elevator. Mr. Cryts topic will be "A Farmer's View of Problems in Ameri can Agriculture." Tickets for the banquet will be available at the Hermiston Chamber of Commerce office and at the OSU Extension Service office in Hermiston. Cost is $10 per ticket. The banquet is being held at the Hermiston Elks Lodge and is co-sponsored by the Blue Mountain Potato Growers As sociation, area banks, and the Hermiston Chamber of Com merce. Another special feature will be a Wednesday afternoon talk on New Legislation Af fecting Water Use in Oregon by Mr. Bill Young, newly appointed director of Oregon's Water Resources Department in Salem. Mr. Young has agreed to stay over Wednes day evening for an informal 7 p.m.. no-host dinner at the Quartermaster Restaurant in Umatilla to get acquainted with local citizens and discuss water use and water policy concerns of mutual interest. Dinner cost will be $12 per ticket. Tickets will not be available at the door. Reser vations must be made in ad vance by purchasing tickets at the Hermiston OSU Extension office (phone 567-8321) or at the Hermiston Chamber of Commerce office (phone 567 6151) before November 28. Other general interest spe cial features include a talk Thursday afternoon by Mr. Robert Kelly, vice-president QaS- says extension agent in one-parent families, two worker families, and step families, these family groups still provide vital support, encouragement, friendships and care for their members. In fact all families, young and old. feel tossed about these days by what appears to be today's unmanageable influ ences. A strong family Is the single on ballot In other business, the col lege board discussed equitable ways of dealing with the over collection of 1982 property taxes in Umatilla County. The board adopted a resolution requesting a special ruling from the Oregon Department of Revenue whereby the col lege could be allowed to return the excess funds to the county tax assessor to be placed in an interest bearing account. These funds, along with the interest, would then be applied as an offset against Umatilla County's share of the 1984 college levy, the spokesperson said. and Yakima, Wash. Valley area manager of the Old Na tional Bank, Sunnyside, Washington on Ag Financial Relationships Between Far mers and Bankers; a Friday morning discussion on Points of Oregon Law on Storage Bankruptcies, etc. by Larry Rew of Cory, Byler and Rew, Attorneys at Law in Pendle ton: and a Friday morning "Stress in Farm Families" workshop conducted by Mar celle Straatman, OSU human development specialist from Corvallis. Fitch points out that the 20 or more exhibits of the newest in equipment, farm services and supplies are always a highlight and attraction, as are the door prizes and draw ings that accompany both the informational sessions and the trade fair. French fries and other products courtesy of Lamb Weston, and coffee, doughnuts and soft drinks sponsored by the Hermiston Chamber of Commerce add to the flavor and enjoyment of the Farm Fair, Fitch said. Specific informational ses sions on irrigation and on farm use of computers are featued in the first day's pro gram: potatoes, alfalfa, and Mr. Kelly's discussion on farm finance are the program of fering for Thursday, Decem ber 1: and Friday morning's topics include The Oregon Farm Law and Dealing with Stress in Farm Families subjects. The fair concludes at noon on Friday. Fitch reminds that there is no admission charge and the general public is not only welcome, but encouraged to attend any of all sessions. i is our tO 038"- most important background you can have. Building family strengths has a high priority among all American families during the '80s, Hawkins says. Some families are already strong, ethers need to work on themselves, says Marcelle Straatman, Oregon State Uni versity Extension Service human development special ist. "I have no doubt that family members love one another, but many have strange ways of showing it." Straatman says. "Most of us haven't learned much about nurturing one another once the lovable dependence of infancy or the excitement of a new marriage is over. After marriage, many part ners tend to reduce their communication to "please pass the potatoes" or they make one another feel inade quate for expectations each hasn't fulfilled for the other," Straatman says. Over the past decade social scienteists have focused their investigations on what makes families strong and indivi duals feel good about them selves. This is an important change because social scien tists used to look for all the reasons why families are going wrong. They now have discovered five characteris tics of strong families that all families can adopt, he reports. They care for one ano ther. Care is not just a feeling ; it's activities that show consi deration, appreciation, re spect and empathy in some way every day. They do things together, spend time together. They talk and listen to one another. They share a family be lief system about what's right and wrong, good or evil, im portant or non-important. They stick together in times of trouble. One way to celebrate Na tional Family Week is to em phasize at least one of these characteristics each day. On Monday you can say, "Jim my, how will you show care for us today?" And how will you, the parent, show it to your children or partner? ' Communicate within the fam ily how family strengths are demonstrated by children and parents, he suggests. While many caring acts occur daily, emphasis is usu ally placed on what is going wrong rather than the tender attentions given. Strengthen ing your family will happen like magic if you encourage more thinking about what a family means and how mem bers strengthen one another. Sharing appreciation of one another helps children and parents grow together and increases the pleasure of being part of your family. This is something to be deeply thankful for, Straatman con-, eluded. mm
