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EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Time*, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 8, 1991
Barb Zeller opens hair styling salon
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Barbara Zeller
Barbara Zeller, a hairdresser with
15 years experience, has opened her
own shop, ‘At The Top,” at 655 S.
Chase in Heppner.
Offering personalized hair design
for men women and children. Zeller
will feature M atrix VaVoom,
Systeme Biolage and Paul Mitchell
products.
Zeller, who has worked previous­
ly at Country Shears, has worked in
Heppner since 1986. She is married
to Norm Zeller and has two children
Amanda and Brian.
Grand opening at the shop will be
Friday. May 10, with door prizes,
free samples and refreshments.
Phone 676-5558 for appointments.
Single-parent families on
the rise, say experts
If it seems as though there are
more single-parent families now than
just a few years ago, your percep­
tion is probably correct.
“ One of the most important recent
changes in family life is the enor­
mous increase in single parenting,”
says Carol Bennett, Oregon State
University Extension agent in Mor­
row County.
“ The number of single-parent
families more than doubled between
1970 and 1988, from 3.8 million to
9.4 million," she said.
“ According to the current popula­
tion survey and the 1970 decennial
census, about 15.3 million of the na­
tion’s 63.2 million children under 18
years were living with a single
parent.”
Nearly three out of five African-
American families with children
under 18 years in the home are head­
ed by a single parent. For Hispanics
the figure is 34 percent, for whites,
22 percent.
“ Almost nine out of 10 (87 per­
cent) of single parents are mothers
and four out of five of them had
never been married,” adds Jan
Hare, OSU Extension family life
specialist.
Research indicates that single
parents tend to be younger than
parents in two-parent families. The
median age of one-parent family
heads in 1988 was 33.2 years while
that of parents of two-parent families
was 37.4 years. Single mothers tend
to be younger than single fathers. In
1988, 19 percent of single mothers
and only 11 percent of single fathers
were under 25 years of age.
The data indicates 5.1 million
children under the age of sfx, 5.2
million between the ages of six and
11 and 5.1 million between the ages
of 12 and 17 live with a single
parent.
“ Nearly 47 percent of children
living with single mothers were in
families with an income of less than
$7 500, compared with 70 percent
of those with single fathers and on­
ly four percent of children living
with both parents,” Bennett points
out.
Income for the average single­
mother family was $ 11,989 com­
pared to $23,919 for single-father
families and $40,067 for two-parent
families.
The increase in single parenting
also increases need for personal
money management skills. If you or
a single parent you know would like
to improve money management,
consider viewing videos on "Track­
ing Your Spending” and “ Making
Ends Meet” which is available for
self study at the Heppner Extension
Office. Pettyjohn Building.
lone class of 1931 to hold reunion
By Anne Morter
The lone High School class of
1931 will be celebrating its 60th an­
niversary with a no-host dinner at
Beecher's Cafe on Wednesday, May
15. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m.
The Class of 1931 was one of
lo n e’s largest, boasting 19
graduates. Eleven are still living and
all plan to attend the festivities. Of
the graduates, all but two still reside
in Oregon but Virgil Ested will be
traveling from San Diego and Ordie
Farrens is coming from Boise,
Idaho. Despite the years and the
miles, the Class of 1931 has manag­
ed to stay in touch with each other,
getting together for many reunions
including their 50 and 55 year
gatherings. One thing is for sure,
Beecher's dining room should be
alive with memories the evening of
May 15.
Local Soroptimists members
attend regional conference
Seven local Soroptimists attended
the seventy-third Conference Nor­
thwestern Region of the Soroptimist
International of Americas, Inc., held
April 19, 20 and 21 in Kalispell,
Montana.
President Marlene Gray and
LoRayne Bowman were delegates.
Clista Venard and Pat Hyatt were on
the conference program and other
members attending were Judie
Laughlin, Molly Rill and Mary
Goheen.
Official federation visitor was im­
m ediate past president Patsy
Daniels. Del Nickerson, chairman of
the Growth and Development com­
mittee was the keynote speaker and
Roberta Porter, president-elect of the
International o f America also
attended.
The conference meetings and
meals were held in the Outlaw Inn
which proved to be very adequate in
all respects and Kalispell had warm
sunny weather. At this conference it
Heppner Middle
school announces
third quarter
honor roll
Heppner Middle School recogniz­
ed 27 students for their academic
achievement in the third quarter of
the school year. The honor students
have been issued an honor card
which entitles them to special
recognition at businesses in the
Heppner-Lexington area.
Four-point students are Jonas Hea-
ly, Shannon Benjamin, Brent
Gunderson, Toni Kemp, Traci
Dickenson, and Jenny Krein.
Those receiving a 3.7 or better are
Jessica Keersemaker, Ann Wick,
Eric Schonbachler, Brian Koffler,
Lindsey
W aterland,
Phillip
SpiccrKuhn, Mindy Qualls, Josh
Coiner, Ethan Burnside, Mark
Moeller, and Jessica Van Winkle.
Those receiving a 3.5 or better are
Dani Hill, Tracy Blodgett, John
Qualls, Ben Ewing, Bonney Hill,
Dan Burnside, Bryce Tucker, Brian
Struckmeier. Matt Keersemaker and
Jessica Sumner.
was decided that there would be no
division of the Northwest Region at
this time.
There was a total attendance of
487. Many m em bers from
Washington and Oregon had plann­
ed to travel by rail. The strike
disrupted plans, but the strike was
settled at the last minute and the
soroptimists were able to travel by
rail after all.
Mary Goheen stayed an extra two
days in Kalispell visiting a friend in
Victor, Montana and attending a post
conference theater dinner party in
Whitefish. The theater was a one-
woman play by Jane Fellows por­
traying a portion of Emily Dickin­
son’s life and, says Goheen, “ it was
an outstanding performance.” Mrs.
Fellows and her husband are both
well known artists, he as a painter
and sculptor and she as a sculptor as
well as an actress. The Railroad
depot is in Whitefish so the rail
travelers were also able to enjoy the
excellent dinner and performance.
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