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TW O - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 10, 1991
Host familes sought for
Japanese exchange
Local families may experience
another culture, as well as enrich a
Japanese student’s experience in
America by participating in the 4-H
Japanese exchange program.
By providing a home for a
Japanese student, an American fami
ly can provide an opportunity for
young people of two cultures to
establish a dose relationship, to
learn and appreciate people of a dif
ferent culture and to assist a Japanese
youth in mastering the English
ianguage.
Morrow County will host six
young people from Japan, three girls
and three boys, says local 4-H
Japanese Exchange Coordinator
Joyce Hughes. Around 130 Japanese
students between the ages of 12 and
18 will be coming to Oregon. The
students first arrive in Portland July
26 spend two days in Corvallis in
orientation sessions and then travel
by bus to their host counties on July
28. They will depart on August 22.
Hughes said that the students just
want to see a slice of American life
and do not expect special events or
tours. They expect to be treated as
if they were one of the family. They
arrive with their own money and are
well insured, she added. She said
that the only expense would be the
cost feeding an additional child, and
the experience is well worth it.
The Japanese students are study
ing English at home through pro
grams sponsored by the Labo Inter
national Exchange Foundation, the
Institute for Language Experience,
Experiment and Exchange or LEX
and UTREK, a program combining
language with the study of the rela
tionship between nature and culture,
says Ritz Oikawa, OSU Extension
program assistant for the exchange
program.
Hughes says that homes are need
ed for three students. The families of
Ken and Judy Wright, Heppner, Jim
and Monica Swanson, lone, and
Mike and Carol Allison, Boardman,
have
volunteered to host a stu
dent. Hughes and her family hosted a
student two years ago.
At the same time Oregon 4-H'ers
in grades seven through 12 will have
the opportunity to travel to Japan to
live with Japanese families. Casey
Allison, 16, of Boardman is the on
ly one from Morrow County going
to Japan. Nina Tucker from Hepp
ner went last year. To host a student
or for more information, call Hughes
at 676-9228 or 676-9959.
lone Garden Club plant sale April 23
The annual spring plant sale of the
lone Garden Club will be held on
April 23, at the lone American
Legion Hall from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Items for sale will include trees,
shrubs, bulbs, berries, perennials
and biennials, herbs and house
plants. Pie and coffee will also be
served during the day.
Committee for the sale includes
Delta Huber, Phyllis Anderson, Bir-
dine Tullis and Virginia Peck.
Soroptimists honor HHS senior girls Gardner.s clinic
“ Reach for a goal” even though
your plans may change, says Dr.
Jeanne Berretta, guest speaker at the
annual Heppner Soroptimist lun
cheon honoring Heppner High
School senior girls and their
mothers.
Women can do both-parent and
pursue a career, Berretta says. And
her present lifestyle exemplifies that
statement.
Since June, 1988, she and her hus
band have been the resident doctors
of the Heppner area. Berretta is
licensed in Oregon and has specializ
ed in geriatric medicine. She is also
the mother of four children, an
outstanding musician, a gourmet
cook and she takes an active role at
Hope Lutheran Church.
Berretta graduated from Condon
High School and began college at
Marylhurst in Portland. She receiv
ed her bachelor’s degree from St.
Joseph’s college in Hartford, Con
necticut and graduated from medical
school at the University of Alabama.
Her years of internship were served
at the Good Samaritan Hospital in
Portland and she completed residen
cy in family medicine and fellowship
in geriatrics at East Carolina Univer
sity, Greenville, North Carolina.
However, Berretta said that pur
suing her goal has not always been
an easy task, particularly when few
women were admitted to medical
school. Her decision to pursue her
dreams at that time was compound
ed by the impending birth of a child
and the necessity that she and her
husband would be separated for a
time while their education re-
IO°/o O F F
A “ Gardner's Clinic” will be held
April 20 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in
the St. Patrick’s Senior Center din
ing room for beginning gardners,
those with special gardening pro
blems or green-thumbers who just
want to talk gardening.
“ Our purpose," says a Heppner
Garden Club spokesman, “ is to help
south Morrow County people to be
successful outdoor gardeners.”
A group of experienced local
gardeners with books, charts and
catalogues will exchange informa
tion on gardening in this area. More
information will be announced at a
later date.
Among other topics of gardening
in Heppner will be information on
new varieties, pruning, drought-
resistant plants, container gardening
and soil testing. Those wanting a Ph
factor test should bring a cupful of
their garden soil.
Marlene Gray and Dr. Jeanne Berretta
quirements took them in different
directions.
“ Dr. Jeanne is living proof that
a woman can graduate from a small,
rural high school and achieve her
dreams, no matter how ambitious
those dreams may be,” said Marlene
Gray, 1991 president of the Hepp
ner Soroptimists.
About 50 women were present to
enjoy a salad luncheon prepared by
the women of All Saints Episcopal
Church. Special musical entertain
ment was provided by Pat Smith and
her daughter Liz of Irrigon.
The Heppner chapter comprises
about 30 business women in Morrow
County. All Soroptimist members
must have a business classification
and earn 60 percent of their income
from that classification.
Each year the club sponsors
scholarships through fund raisers
and receipts are also used for com
munity projects. The club recently
donated $500 towards replacing the
Heppner city pool filter system, a
project that could not be funded as
a result of a reduced city budget.
The clinic is free and refreshments
will be served.
Altar guild
workshop set
A workshop for both beginners
and old timers in altar guild service
will be held on Saturday, May 18
from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. The All
Saints Altar Guild will host and pro
vide a light lunch for those attending.
Mrs. Eva Child, altar guild direc
tor for the Diocese of Eastern
Oregon will be the instructor.
Locals attend The Dalles meeting
By Delpha Jones
ALL
MEN’S WRANGLERS
slated at center
Several members of the Morrow
County Home Extension County
Council motored to The Dalles on
Wednesday, where they attended the
district second annual meeting.
Lois
E nstrom ,
Oregon
Homemaker's president, was the
featured speaker of the day. Linda
Mauntain, director of Mary hill
Museum, gave a most interesting
talk and showed slides of the French
mannequins. These were originally
made and dressed in France, and are
about a third in size of the regular
mannequins. They were stored for
some time before coming to
Mary hill, and were sent back to
France for restoration. These are
lovely to the very smallest detail —
jewelry, accessories, etc. They are
touring the world, after which they
will remain in Maryhill where
building arrangements are being
made to house them.
A delicious punch was served with
the handmade centerpieces given as
door prizes.
Electrical work donated
Ball enlists in Air Force
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Brian Robert Ball, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Ball of lone, has
enlisted in the Air Force Delayed
Enlistment Program, according to
Air Force Recruiter Sgt. Pamela
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Brian, a 1989 graduate of lone
High School, is scheduled for enlist
ment in the Regular Air Force on
August 5, 1991. Upon graduation
from the Air Force’s six-week basic
training course near San Antonio,
Texas, Brian is scheduled to receive
technical
training
as
a
communication-computer systems
operator.
He will earn educational credits
toward an associate degree in applied
sciences through the Community
College of the Air Force while at
tending both basic and technical
training schools.
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George Koffler and Randy Lott stand next to re-wired fuse box
Lotts Electric donated the wiring
work done on the new scoreboard
recently installed at the Heppner Lit
tle League field.
“ It was quite a big job and we
really appreciate it,” said Little
League board member George
Koffler.
Koffler also reminded everyone
that this Saturday is the last day for
little league tryouts. Tryouts begin
at 10 a.m. at the little league field.
Bookworms entertain lone Topic Club
The Bookworms entertained the
lone Topic Club at the Methodist
Church basement on March 27.
Dr. Jeanne Berretta spoke on the
Hanford problem which is serious
and difficult to comprehend, as the
ground contamination will go on for
centuries.
Dr. Jeanne Berretta receives a
newsletter which tells what is being
done by the Hanford Environmental
project. Anyone wishing to be on the
mailing list may do so as this is a free
publication.
Portland paralegal
speaks at meeting
By Delpha Jones
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“ You Can Make A Difference”
was the topic used by speaker Judy
Wyers, Portland paralegal.
A short instruction was given for
those who have signed for hostesses
at the national meeting in Portland
in August.
Those from Morrow County were
president Isabelle Jones and Hazel
Leeves from Irrigon, secretary
Delpha Jones, Lexington, and
treasurer Ruth McCabe from lone.
Also present were Juanita Maltock
and LaVeme Henderson, former
Morrow County residents.
SALE
Odd Fellows Lodge
Lexington, Oregon
$400 - dinner
*100 - pie & coffee
*20n - pinochle per
person
649.00
W E REN T TH A TC H ER S
For A Healthy Lawn
The 25th Anniversary Diamond.
A brilliant celebration of the loving marriage.
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989-8221
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