EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 29, 1992
Country kids adapt to city life
Garden club plans open meeting
The Heppner Garden Club will
hold their open meeting May 4 at
the St. Patrick’s Senior Center
beginning with a pot luck dinner
at 6:30 p.m. The public is invited
to attend. A guest speaker, Nona
Johnson, a commercial grower,
will present a program on
“ Scented Geraniums” following
dinner.
Eva Lou Greiner, Condon,
director of the Blue Mountain
District of Oregon State Garden
Clubs will also be a guest.
The dinner will feature a table
setting arrangement show, where
guests will be seated at the show
tables.
Anyone interested in entering
the table-setting arrangement con
test should call Pat Brindle,
676-9684, Bebe M unkers
676-9677 or Jane Rawlins
676-9435.
St. Patrick’s
‘Senior Center
Bulletin Board
L-R: Dan Burnside, Jossie Evans, Tina Kemp, Heather Rip
ple, Brian Struckmeier.
Heppner Junior High students
seemed to adjust to big city liv
ing just fine. The students, part
of the eighth grade Centennial
Middle School Heppner ex
change, returned to Heppner
April 18 after a week-long stay
with a Portland area family. The
exchange is in its twelfth year.
Centennial Middle School has
between 800-900 students com
pared to around 70 at Heppner
Middle School.
The Heppner kids attended
school with the Portland kids at
the Centennial Middle School and
were treated to field trips in
cluding the Zoo, OMSI, and the
Viet Nam Memorial.
Dan Burnside, 13, Heppner
student who participated in the
exchange, said that he liked his
host family, Shari and Butch
Johnson and their son, Sam, but
didn’t enjoy the school. “ The
worst part was the school,” said
Dan. “ There are too many kids.
The dance was really boring.”
He said he liked going to the
movies and Chuck E Cheese with
his hosts.
“ I liked it,” agreed Brian
Struckmeier. "People were pretty
nice and talked to us a lot. We got
asked if we were from Heppner
about 300 times.” Brian. 13, also
liked his host family, Jack and
Elaine Simms and their son,
Justin. They went to the movies
and to a sports club to play
basketball. Brian thought the
school was crowded with around
30-35 kids per classroom.
Heather Ripple, 13, .said that
the hardest part was adjusting to
a big family. She stayed with
eighth grader Gloria Doud, her
mother, Diana Baker and three
brothers, 11, 16 and 19. “ I lik
ed it though,” said Heather. She
thought the worst part was walk
ing downtown for a field trip. The
kids came across what they tact
fully called “ colorful characters”
on their downtown excursion.
Heather said that school was
“ lots of fun, lots of people.”
“ It was a bunch of fun,” con
curred Tina Kemp, 14. Tina
stayed with Dan and Patti Rid
dell, their eighth grade daughter
Melissa and 11 year old son.
“ The first day of school was
scary. The kids were mean,” said
Tina. “ But by the end of the
week, everybody at school was
sweat to me. The best part was
school and all the people there.”
Tina thought the worst part was
the weather. “ It always rained,
but I had a great time.” Tina
went shopping and to a movie
during her stay.
Jossie Evans, 14, had a less en
thusiastic response to her
Portland visit. “ I had an all
right” time,” said Jossie. “ It was
different. It wasn't bad. School
was the worst part. It was too big
and really crowded.” Jossie's
hosts Ann Roberts and her
mother Sue, took her shopping
“ a lot.” Jossie wasn’t able to
spend much time with the Hepp
ner kids while she was there.
Although Jossie didn’t get
homesick, she said she was ready
to come home to Heppner.
There were 110 present for the Senior dinner April 22. Six meals
were taken out. Members of the Catholic Church served. Bill Cox
won the meal ticket, the door prize went to Cal Healy, and Tom Har
man of New Mexico received the guest prize.
The menu for the Mother’s Day dinner May 6 will be oven fried
chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy, carrots, salad, hot rolls, and
dessert. Members of the Baptist Church will serve.
On Thursday, April 23, 17 people rode the senior bus to Hood
River, where they took the scenic train ride. They reported a very
enjoyable and informative day.
Saturday evening nine seniors went by bus to Hermiston for the
dance. Sunday a car load went to the dance at the Senior Center in
Pendleton.
The Garden Club will hold a garden clinic and plant sale in the
Senior Center dining room on Saturday, May 2. They will also meet
at the center Monday, May 4 at 7 p.m.
The senior bus is scheduled to go to Boardman May 5. Those
wishing to attend the Cinco De Mayo celebration may sign up at the
Senior Center.
Dates to remember: Monday 1-4 quilting; Tuesday and Thursday,
10-10:30 a.m. exercise; Friday 10:30 a.m. Bible Study.
Mustangs win one, lose
one to TigerScots
Barbecue planned
dropped the second 5-4.
In the first game Jim Kindle
started on the mound getting the
win, striking out 12 TigerScots.
Kindle threw strong through five
and two-thirds innings, giving up
three hits and five runs.
Jim Tellechea took over on the
mound for the rest of the game,
A family barbecue and play day
at Willow Creek Country Club
will be held on Sunday, May 3
at 4 p.m.
Hosts for the afternoon are:
John and Pat Edmundson,
chairmen, Bob and Suzanne
Jepsen, Duane and Robanai Dis-
que and Gary and Barbara
Watkins.
Each family will bring their
own meat to barbecue. Those
whose names begin with A
through I should bring dessert and
J through Z a salad.
striking out two, giving up no
runs. The Mustangs swung the
bat pretty solid, combining for 11
hits, lead by Tellechea, Trent
Hughes, Scott Coe and Chris
Dickenson each with two hits
apiece.
Scott Coe took the loss on the
mound in the second game pit
ching all seven innings. Coe
threw well, giving up three hits
and five runs while striking out
eight batters. Heppner combined
for just five hits and scored four
runs.
By Andy Ashbeck
The Heppner Mustangs travel
ed to Athena on Saturday April
18 to begin league play against
the Weston-McEwen TigerScots.
Heppner took the first of a
doubleheader game, 10-5 and
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Sr. Center plans plant exchange
A community plant exchange at
the St. Patrick’s Senior Center
from 9a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday,
May 2, offers all gardeners in the
area an opportunity to bring
plants to share and or exchange
with other gardeners. This is the
time of year to prune, divide
perennials, transplant, find seedl
ings, plant seeds, tubers and
conns so gardeners are invited to
bring their “ extras” and share
with their neighbors.
Green and color bright yards
are an asset to any home and to
any town. This exchange is spon
sored by Heppner Garden Club
as part of a “ Gardening Clinic”
designed to provide information
and discussion of all kinds of
gardening in this area.
“ In an exchange, all plants will
be free, and who knows? You
may find plants to try you haven’t
grown before. That’s part of the
fun of growing things,” said a
garden club member. “ We
especially invite those just star
ting their gardens as well as the
more experienced.
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Laity to preach at Lutheran church
The laity will lead the con
gregation in worship service at
Hope and Valby Lutheran chur
ches this week. Donna Bergstrom
will teach the 8:15 a.m. class at
Valby, in the absence of Pastor
Hoobing. The topic will be on the
book of Esther. Paul Tews will
begin the 9 a.m. worship service
at with Sarah Carlson giving the
children’s sermon and Dave
Barnett will deliver the sermon
entitled “ O God, Can You Ex
plain This Mess?” . His sermon
is based on the scripture reading
of Revelation 5:11-14.
At the 11 a.m. worship service
at Hope Steve Hill will serve as
liturgist. Irv Rauch will read the
lessons and Linda Shaw will give
the sermon.
Pastor Hoobing attended the
ELCA Region I Pastoral Con
ference held in Seaside this past
week. Ministers from Alaska,
Washington, Idaho. Montana and
Oregon. This weekend Hoobing
will be at Camp Elkana with his
confirmation students and other
students from Lutheran Churches
of the Blue Mountain Cluster.
This is an annual confirmation
event of the clusters.
Thursday evening April 30, the
adults of Hope-Valby congrega
tions will gather to study a three
to four week session on the
church and health concerns. The
event begins at 6 p.m. with a soup
supper and discussion on health
concerns starts at 7 p.m.
Friends and relatives are cordially in
vited to the 50th wedding anniversary
honoring Carl and LaVerda Cox on
Saturday, May 9, 1992from 1 to 4 p.m.
at the Monument City Park, Monument,
Oregon.
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