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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
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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
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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 ■ ___
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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
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