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f WFI Vk Ttir Hrppnrr l.airtlr Times Hrppnrr Oregon Hrdnnda). krbruary M. ItU I rade Around About for small businesses B y Ju stin e If eatherfoni Until the night ol February 2. my only look into our southrrn neighboring country had twrn quick visda into thr bordrr hugging to»ns of Tijauru Nog.ilc» and Mexicali That Saturday night I n « H r»in and I reached the center of tremendous M exicol'ily which is taxi becoming the »orId » largest town After an exciting skillfully tlun aged drive by Ine; from Our home» to the Pendleton airport ami a »peedy flight to Bone on snowy February I. on Saturday morning »hen we joined four other members of the tour at the Boise airport Cancelation of our prompted re routing to Ixis Angeles »here » e boarded a Mexican flight to the capital city and joined other tourists under the leadership of guide Haul Vilehis Sunday morning » e began to learn about the »under» of the beautiful federal district with it» mass of skyscrapers great trees flowering shrubs and »id e monument and fountain lined avenues large parks and massive automobile and bus traffic Attending a colorful, musical performance by the Folklorico Ballet in the huge marbled Fine Arts Palace also called the opera house> »a s so exciting through the nine programmed sectors which began with dances concerning ancient rituals and progressed to more modern, regional dances culminating with a confetti flinging finale Next, » e »e r e led to the outstanding National Anthropological Museum »h ere » e were given an overview of the development of Mexican culture from pre historic times including seeing scale model* of the ruins we would later view full scale Just after noon we were bussed out to the famous Xochimilco llouling gardens lor a picnic lunch aboard a festivr Hat bottomed boa! which musicians ami various sellers of tourist items boarded as we floated alaml the canals of the gardens Keturmng to our hotel we drove past acres of small, thrown together, shanty ty pe homes of millions of poor families We paused for picture taking at the site of the summer Olympics and got off the bus to walk alaiut furl of the huge t'niversity of Mexico campus The morning of Monday , Feb I a lovely sunny day when the snow capped mountains. Ixtacihautl and Popocatepetl were sharply visible, we went northeast of the city toTeotihaucan 'house of the («mis a remarkable group of historic pv i .muds and temples I climbed [»art wav up the great fry ramid of the Sun which covers more than 10 acres Keturmng to the city we stopped at the shrines and liasillica of i lur I — ids of (iuadeloupe where masses of people attend servo o .’I hours of every day Then alter a quick luncheon at our hotel we look a tour of Mexico < ity p.ut of which is torn up because of the extension of its subway system We marveled at the magnificent cathedral and the I- literal Palace the . entral government building with the spii laculor Ihego Kivera murals We saw where more ancient ruins are la-ing cleared from under layers of later usage We stopped at the public flower market and at many punts of interest to picture snappers We saw the palatial homes of the very wealthy and became part of the tremendous traffic moving along the 12 lane avenues The next morning Tuesday we departed from the Federal District and drove southeastern!* I" the mountain city of Puebla where we walked through a very crowded marketplace near the city center and cathedral, visited the all golden Chapel ol the Virgin of the Kosarv shopped at a tile and pottery sholesale house and in an ony x factory and lunched in a modern, new hotel That afternoon we continued to the Southeast through agricultural and forested regions and descended over many hairpin turns from the great plateau Tixsi plus feel high to the costal area along the <>ulf of Mexico, reaching our beachfron hotel at Veracruir in time for another late evening dinner Next column I shall tell you ol our seeing Veracruir Vlllahermosa and Merida and the signifuant historic sights near these fine cities From left D uane B a ll, A n d re a Bv M il I I \ K il l Twelve member» of the Heppner t'hapter FFA attendili the Blue Mountain leadership skills Contest at Blue Mountain Community Col lege on Wednesday February 13 Alex landsay placed second in the extemporaneous speaking contest, Duane Ball placed second in the creed »|>eaking contest and Andrea Ball placed third in the prepared puhlid speaking contest The Hep B a ll, an d A le x Lindsay ter parlimentary procedure team consisted ol Alex landsay. Stacey Kennedy. Andrea Ball Tammy Hays Theresa landsay and Noella Bill The parlimentary procedure team plated fifth Alex landsay and Duane Ball will advance to regional competition February „’t> at laHirande Other members from the Heppner F F A that attended were Steve Currin Ryan Duncan. Cathy Mar tin Jason Dougherty and Mike \ an Schol.uk C P A s to award scholarships The Oregon Association of Public Accountants Scholarship Founda lion will award a maximum of lo one year scholarships during the 1'iR. Hi. school year, according to Raymond A Cass. Albany Founda turn chairman Cass said scholarships will range from t'axi to $ iinmi and will tie awarded to qualified residents of the sfate nt t »regoli wuu are preparing for careers in accounting and who ar«1 enrolled or plan to enroll in an Oregon college or university Scholarship applications may lie obtained by w riling Cass at I* O Box IHotc Albany. OB 97321. enclosing a stamped, self addressed envelope Applications must bo returned to him by April I Award winners are selected on a Itasi» of financial need, scholastic achievement personal q u a lifica tions and professional promise The accounting assoc iation initiated the awards program in pati and since then has granted approximately JIT.ixxi in scholarships W e ld in g Supplies ★ H e lm e ts it Leads ★ Le n s it W e ld in g Rods it E le c tro d e H o ld ers C o m p i e t e Gus & Electric. W e l d i n g S u p p l i e s. (N A PA » Heppner Auto Parts Area students attend symposium seminar set The opportunity for Fastern Ore gon businesses to espa..J their mar kets through international trade u the »uhjeef of a regional conference to be held in Lai.rande on Feb 22 al the Hoke Center on the Fastern Oregon State College campus The seminar is sponsored by the Small Business Development O n lers of Blue Mountain ( ommumty 1 1 i|ieg> F 11 si Treasure l alb i .immunity College and a nunitc i ■ state and federal agencies and port districts Joining with the small business development centers in presenting the workshop will tie the Oregon Department of Agriculture the Dre gon Kconomic Development Depart ment. the Small Business Adminis (ration I S Department of Com mercc the Institute for Internation al Trade and Commerce at Portland State I niversity the W illamette World Trade ( enter and the local port districts The conference liegins at *» a m with registration and concludes at < p m Cost is I2U per participant For more information contact Tom Harnpsonat BM< • »Sm all Business Development Center 276 6233 More than „Iio Oregon students selected for scholastic and leader ship achievements have accepted invItalians lo the secong Agric ultur al Science* Symposium for Hqfh School Scholar», lobe held at Oregon stale I nivenufy Wednesday md Thursday. Feb 27 and Ji The focus wdl he on issues and developments in food science according lo Bonald Wrolslad act mg head of *hc Ivpartmcnf of Food • * i. Stockmen's Roundtable announced Bon Baker President of ( A B laveslock has announced that a Stockmen s Boundlahle will be held on Friday March I, al the Hermis ton C ivic Recreation Center in llerimston Oregon The program which will feature the latest develop menls in cattle breeding al < A It lyl laveslock. will tiegin at 7 30 p m The tenth annual 0 A B Beef Production Sale will lie held the following day at 12 noon at the C A B Beef Center, Hermislon. featuring 225 Bulls and 43 hellers, inc luding jgj examples of the different dimen »ions discussed at the Stockmen s Boundlahle Copies of the Sale Catalog and program can lie obtained by calling or writing C A B Livestock. I M3 .67 5552. P D Box H » Hermislon. tire gon Y7IUH al Research Foundation will cover slum coordinator for the OSU Col student expenses in Corvallis lege of Agricultural Sciences lajcal students attending from The symposium will he held con ■ ___ . curr.-nllv with (he I t K Agricultural ' * • »'‘«J? Comerme. Dass program and the •*nd 'r *“ h' r Darrel WiUon student! will join conference parftc ipants for some eveni* None high Co a s t to Co a s t for school teachers are also ex pec ted to participate Fac h sfudrnt attending was norm Norellco nated by his or her teachers and high school principal A grant from the Savery Fund of th eiisl Agru ultur H OUSEW ARES H e cun help you “THANK YOU" T h e r e are no m an y m a n y peop le an d o r g a n iz a t io n * that we w o u ld lik e to p e rs o n a lly th a n k for the help this pa*t y e a r in m a k in g th i* (C en ten n ial y e a r mi s p e c ia l. F ir s t to tin* H o y s S c o u t * , \ o r i t a M a r q u a r d t , Hetty M a r q u a r d t . the R e v . S t u a r t D i c k . H a rn e y L i n d s a y , W ilm a (Cheney. J a c k M o r t o n . F r a n c i e H a n a e ll, L a V e r n e i ’ a r t lo w . J e r r y P e c k . M a r y l.o u (C a rlso n , Hud (C lark a m i the G r a n d S q u a r e * for a w o n d e rfu l p ro g ra m . l o the M o rro w (County (Court «X e m p lo y e e * , the H o ad D e p t , for m o v in g c h a ir * A t a b le * ; the S h e r i f f * D e p t, for the b e a u tifu l sleeve p a t c h e s ; F r e d 1'ooinb* of (C o lu m b ia B a * i n K le c t ic Ijj for tin* P A system it the h e l p ; to M o r r o w (County G r a i n G r o w e r s , the G a ze tte -1 im e s. H u t c h * H e lp e r , M u r r a y D r u g , S ho e H o x , each town for th e ir c e le b ra tio n s , (Cara (Costa it b a llo o n s , the G r a n g e * and e v e ry o n e w h o assisted in any w a y . \ ou are indeed a great b u n c h o f people it a j oy to k n o w . The C e n te n n ia l C o m m itte e
