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. . & ------ Trek to see Pope exhilarating i. • > HEPPNER VOL. 112 NO. 36 6 Pages Wednesday, September 8, 1993 Morrow County Heppner, Oregon New playground equipment installed at Heppner Elementary grade school Kids that participated in the walk-a-thon show off new playground equipment at the school. with land excavation; South Mor row County Education Association^ 150; Oregon State Education Association-$100; and a $2,500 grant. The remaining funds were from private dona tions and monies raised by the Parents Club. Children involved in the walk- a-thon include: Jennifer Burken- bine, Aaron and Stacy Delveaux, Adam and Emily Bergstrom, Kiel and Krystal Naims, Markel and Travis James Riley and Adam Wight, Frankie Ledford, Olivia and Kaitlyn Sagely, Chris and Daniel T raylor, Kelly Straley, Aaron Griffith, Tylynn It’s still up for debate which ner group attended at Mile High was higher-the kids or the Stadieum. Catechesis included in altitude-during the Pope's visit to spirational talks interspersed with Denver, Colorado, as part of the music and testimonials from peo Sixth World Youth Day. ple all over the world and lasted World Youth Day involved between three and a half to four between 250 and 300 thousand hours. The sound system was youth from all over the world, in “ incredible” with three or four cluding a group from the Hepp bands playing rock, spiritual, and ner Lexington area: Tina Chinen, current music. There were Phillip Spicerkuhn, Cynthia and cheerleaders on the sidelines and Stephanie Skultety and Chuck “ waves” in the stands. Bowman, Heppner and Joe Lind On Saturday the Heppner and say and Ryan M unkers, Lexington kids joined 20 to 30 Lexington. thousand other kids in a “ The idea was to give kids a pilgrimage, walking 20 miles in chance to focus on themselves as the heat, some singing, some rap Christians and on the fact that ping on their way to Cherry they are a part of a community as Creek Park. That night they slept believers,” said Bill Kuhn. Hepp outside, in roped-off segments of ner, who chaperoned the local 1,500 to 2,000 people. “ Sleep kids, along with M artha ing was really interesting," said Munkers, Lexington. “ They saw Kuhn. “ The kids were so psych that being Christian was a cool ed up, sleeping didn’t make a lot thing to be.” of difference to them. Some tried And it was a lot of fun. The ral and some didn’t. We slept ly included rock bands, an oppor sardine-style, all crammed in.” tunity to meet people from all The Sunday morning Mass was over the world and to hear Pope open to the public, so they were John Paul II. a sleepout under the awakened at 5 a.m. to allow other stars with thousands of other kids, people to come into the park. a trip to a waterslide park, and all Around 400 thousand people at the McDonalds food you could tended that Mass. stand. “ Sunday was hard on the The group left Heppner around kids,” continued Kuhn. “ By 9 5:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 9 and a.m. it was 90 degrees. After that traveled to Pendleton where they much time, walking 20 miles and joined a group of Pendleton kids five days of hamburgers, some of from St. Mary’s church on a our kids got sick.” The local kids chartered bus. They traveled two weren’t down for long, however, days, 10 to 12 hours a day, stop and were soon back on their feet ping overnight in Ogden, Utah, after something cool to drink and both ways. Once they arrived in a rest in the shade. Kuhn said that medics were “ everywhere” but Denver, they stayed at the Sheraton Hotel, except for one so many people became ill, most night of camping out. ly because of the heat and Thursday and Friday were dehydration, that an elementary catechesis days which the Hepp- school was opened to take care of the overflow. The shuttle system was a “ disaster” said Kuhn, but the Heppner—Lexington kids were able to hook up with a LaGrande group who had chartered a bus. The two groups developed an “ instant rapport” and got to be good friends. Kuhn said that the Pope’s message to the youths was that they were not only the future of the church, but the present, and that meant that they can do something now to change the world. One particularly touching testimonial was from a young man with cerebral palsy who had been told that he would never walk. But, the boy’s father never gave up and the young man even tually walked. However, the young man and his father had now switched roles, because the father had developed cancer and it was now the boy’s turn to take care of him. Sunday’s Mass concluded around 1 p.m .. but because of the crowds and poor shuttle system, the group didn’t get out until around 6 p.m. and were not able to leave for home until Monday morning. The kids spent most of the time on the bus recovering, but stifl didn’t get much sleep. “ They were a little bit lower key, though," said Kuhn. The group arrived home around 10 p.m. on Tuesday. Aug. 17. “ It was ex hausting, but as far as mentally and spiritually, it was great. I needed several days to recover physically, though,” added Kuhn. A slide presentation of the trip will be held at St. Patrick Church and Brian Smith, Linsey Mit chell, Sally and Lily Calvert, Autumn and Emily Chick, Krystal Temple and Stephanie Smith. John Boyer and Mark Riet- mann did the excavation. Dave Allstott headed the construction crew with help from Jerry Gen try, Ken Eckman and Jim Lankford. Others involved were Tim Adams, John McCabe, Bob and George Naims, George Waterland, Kelly Fox, Steve Rhea, Mike Jones, Mark and Tami Rietmann, Scott Coe, Rita Bergstrom and Allen Burkenbine. lone to be featured on Channel 2 KATU, Channel 2 out of Portland will feature Cycle Oregon in lone several times dur ing the next week. On September 10, during the 6:30 p.m. news, the Cycle Oregon staff will be interviewed as a kick-off to the ride, wearing the original ‘Yikes! Bikes!’ T- shirts designed by the lone committee. On Sept. 14, all three news broadcasts will feature shots from lone. Live shots will air sometime during the 5 and 6:30 p.m. edi tions of the news and a taped seg ment will be featured at 11 p.m. On Sept. 15, lone will be the highlight of anchorman, Paul Linnman’s “ Spirit of the Nor thwest” feature, set to air at ap proximately 6:55 p.m. Linnman and a taping crew spent several hours taping at various locations around town last Thursday. Sept. 2. Volunteers needed to serve Camp Fire at lone for cycle VI seeks leader By Anne Morter More volunteers are still need ed for various meal serving jobs for the lone stay of Cycle Oregon. Dinner has been split in to two shifts, the first from 3 to 5:30 p.m. and the second from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Breakfast will be run in one shift, starting at 5 a.m. and ending at 9 a.m. Anyone in- f.í-.v ■* . . ^ V - . ■ H A s V -3 1 ' ‘J /• - ‘ . 1 V w • • - O «V » ; - »V * > \ , ‘ ? ' l - *" * s v'j imes By Anne Morter V • Mile High Stadium greeted 250-300 thousand people along with the Pope. A new piece of playground equipment, “ Tic-Tac-Triple- Zip,” has been installed at Hepp ner Elementary School. Volunteers started installation of the $12,345 piece of equip ment on Aug. 30, the first day of school and completed work on Sept. 4. The new equipment is handicap accessible. Children who participated in a walk-a-thon this spring raised around $900 for the equipment. Other donations included Lions club-$275; Willow Lodge 066 IO O F-$500; Kinzua C orp- $3,671, bark chips, logs and help ;.vV - terested in volunteering for a ser ving shift should contact Anne Morter at 422-7429. A complete list of dinner and breakfast servers has been posted at Bristow’s Market and the Post Office in lone. Del’s Market in Lexington and on the bulletin board at the Bank of Eastern Oregon in Heppner. Camp fire is seeking a leader to take over a local group for boys in kindergarten through sixth grade. Meetings for the group will be held after school. For more information call the Camp Fire office at Pendleton 276-6181. back l-r: Bill Kuhn, Phillip Spicerkuhn, Joe Lindsay and Ryan Munkers. Front-Stephanie Skulte-" ty, Tina Chinen, Martha Munkers Trust scholarship winners announced The South Morrow County Scholarship Trust has awarded five $500 scholarships to local students who are in their second, third or fourth year of college or in graduate school. The trust has awarded $6.500 in scholarships in all this year, $2,500 of which was received by an anonymous donor Other scholarships were announced at graduation time. Receiving scholarships this year are: Carrie Brownfield, a senior at Western Oregon State College (WOSC) majoring in elementary education; J.J. Shaw, a L’niversity of Idaho senior ma joring in mechanical engineering; Lana Orr, an Eastern Oregon State College senior majoring in elementary education; Scott Johnston, a WOSC junior major ing in elementary education; and Chisana Warren, a Blue Moun tain Com m unity College sophomore majoring in music education. ,The trust is accepting tax deductible donations. For more information or to make a dona tion, contact Bob K ahl, 676-9113. Singspiration service Sept. 12 “ Amazing Grace” , “ How Great Thou Art” , and "Battle Hymn of the Republic” if these and other hymns are your favorite, then why not come to singspiration service on Sunday, Sept. 12 at 7 p.m. at Hope Lutheran Church located near Willow Creek Dam in Heppner.” says the Rev. Stan Hoobing. “ It’s a great opportunity to sing your old time favorites, see old friends and make new ones,” he adds. There will be a free will offer ing for the work of the South Morrow County M inisterial Association. 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