EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday. May 3, 1995
Students learn about life in Russia
Students get involved in community
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Heppner Middle School fifth graders (L-R), Rhonda Wilhelm,
Teresa Victorio, Krystal Baker, Meghan Bailey, Claire Anderson
and Kristin Nesse, help teacher, Bill Ewing, put the finishing
touches on the baseball field.
munity. The fifth graders, their April 11, 17, 19 and 20 to
Heppner Middle School
teachers and parents got in remove the bleachers, sand,
teachers Bill Ewing and Pam
volved in refurbishing the paint and reattach them. In ad
Dowdy wanted to find a way
bleachers at the baseball field dition to the entire fifth grade,
to encourage their fifth grade
near the dam, which is soon to helpers included parents, Karla
students to get involved in their
be dedicated to George Water- Waterland, Julee Schmeltzer,
community.
land, local coach and sports en Tammy and Mark Rietmann,
The teachers discovered a
project which would increase thusiast who recently passed Nancy Kurts, Debbie Miller,
Charlie Anderson, Dan Van
the kids' sense of community away.
The teachers, students and Liew and Ken Bailey.
pride and “pay back“ the com-
parents formed work crews on
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study will be held on Wednes
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A service of Holy Commu
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day, May 7, at 11 a.m. at Hope
Lutheran Church in Heppner.
A children's message will be
entitled, "Listen to His Voice,"
based on reading of John
10:22-30. Pastor Hoobing will
deliver the morning sermon.
Adventures in Faith, a Friday
school ministry of Hope
Lutheran and All Saints
Episcopal churches will be held
this Friday from 9 a.m. to 3
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Julianne Elise Carlson, the
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L-R: Nina Nikolaevna, Stanislav Vladimirovich Silinksy and HHS teacher Linda Dutcher
Forget the Cold War. It's an
cient history. Let's get down to
the nitty gritty. So what's life
in Russia really like?
Heppner High School juniors
and seniors learned about real
life in Russia through two Rus
sian visitors to the school, Fro-
fessor Nina -Nikolaevna
Kazakova and Professor
Stanislav
Vladimirovich
Silinksy. The professors, cur
rently Fulbright research
scholars at the University of
Oregon, came to Heppner
through a program on the Cold
War through the Oregon Inter
national Council. Heppner
High School language arts
teacher Linda Dutcher was
selected to participate in the
program and earlier attended a
workshop on the Cold War.
Kazakova and Silinsky were ac
companied by Robert Willner,
retired U.S. Foreign Service of
ficer and executive director of
the council.
Heppner students and
teachers compiled a list of ques
tions to ask during a question
answer period at the school.
Kazakova started out by say
ing, “ I think Russians are as
friendly as you are and as
helpful as you are." She spoke
on the Russian education
system, which, she says, has a
stricter curriculum and fewer
electives. She noted that our
small school children don't
seem to be as noisy and ner
vous as Russian school
children. But, she added, that
seems to reverse itself by high
school when U.S. students
seem noisier.
Kazakova remarked on the
advantages of learning foreign
languages and learning about
a country “ from the inside
out". “ I can read about things,
but it's not the same," she said.
She said that since she came
to the U.S. last fall she has
missed her son back home
most of all, but can com
municate with him by E-mail.
Kazakova said that previous
ly Russia didn't have inflation,
unemployment and a lot of
crime, but now it has changed
in much the same ways as the
U.S. “ Now that we're having
these problems, it makes us
(Russians and Americans)
closer," she said."l had a hap
py childhood," said Kazakova.
I could walk late at night. Now
1 worry when my son is out bet
ween 7-8 p.m ."
Kazakova said that bread is
cheaper in Russia, and cars,
priced around 2 to 3 million
rubles, cost about the same.
One striking difference is the
salaries between the two coun
tries. Kazakova said that she
earns around 250,000 rubles a
month, which, at an exchange
rate of 4,500 rubles to one
American dollar, amounts to
around $55. " I cannot afford a
car. Not everyone can afford
them ," she said. She said that
many people do drive,
however, and the majority
drive Russian cars, because the
Russian roads are "n o t as fan
cy" as ours and there is difficul
ty in getting parts and repairs
for foreign cars.
Kazakova says that she en
joys being in the U.S. and since
her arrival has learned to use an
ATM machine and was able to
travel to Washington, D.C.,
where she visited the White
House and the Pentagon.
Silinsky commented that
although the salaries in Russian
seem extremely low to us, they
live quite comfortably. He said
that the public transportation
system is good and that some
of the subways are quite
beautiful and ornate with glass,
marble and crystal chandeliers
and have become tourist
attractions.
Silinsky said that the peo
ple's attitude toward former
leader Josef Stalin varied great
ly. Some, whose families suf
fered during Stalin's time in
power, say he brought rigid
authoritarianism and a reign of
terror, causing the suffering
and death of around 20 million
people. But others, who
benefitted during that time say
that Stalin brought the country
to victory over Nazi Germany
and created a sense of na
tionalism, prosperity and
stability.
Silinsky said that education
in Russia is free, including col
lege. However, he added, there
are some commercial colleges
being started with tuition
around $2,000 for two terms,
much less expensive than at a
four-year U.S. college.
Leisure activities in Russia
are much the same, he says, in
cluding watching TV, walking
around the city, going to
museums, skating, fishing,
hockey, soccer, volleyball,
basketball and swimming.
However, he said that the
palaces are beautiful and many
people like to visit them. Rus
sians do not have American
football or golf. Not too many
people go out to eat, because it
is very expensive, he said. Most
of what we call restaurants in
U.S. would be cafes in Russia,
with the term restaurant reserv
ed for fancy places with music
and dancing.
While computers are cheaper
than in the U.S., Silinsky says
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not as many people have them
and schools have few.
Silinsky says that since his ar
rival in the U.S. he watches a
lot of American TV and movies
to learn spoken language and
slang, since he is a professor of
linguistics. The music here,
however, is much the same as
in Russia, where the American
top 20 are broadcast. In Russia,
most of the English teachers are
British or have been educated
by British teachers, so conse
quently they speak British
English, not American.
Food in Russia is much the
same as here, he says, perhaps
a little different. He said before
he came to the U.S. he had
never eaten raw mushrooms.
"A t first (when he was served
raw mushrooms) I thought I'd
die, but now I like them.”
Silinsky said that racial pro
blems are not so much an issue
as ethnic problems in Russia.
Their attitude toward lesbians
and homosexuals is different,
he said. "It is considered to be
a private matter and not dis
cussed so widely. It is your
business and keep it to your
self."
Some things apparently do
not have international boun
daries. While men help out at
home, he said, "it is normally
the women who do the cook
ing and cleaning."
Willner also said that the
Russian people are "very real,
very likeable, like you'd find
most everywhere." He said
that the workforce is becoming
more global and that learning
language is increasingly impor
tant in today's world and
stressed that it is important to
the U.S. that other countries
grow and succeed. Otherwise,
he feels, there will be a flood of
people wanting to come to the
states. He added, however,
that people around the world
are still looking to the U.S. for
leadership.
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A plant exchange is being
hosted by the Heppner Garden
Club on Saturday, May 6, from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the St. Pat
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The public is encouraged to
bring plant starts and exchange
them for ones that they may
not have. There is no charge,
and everyone is invited to par
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served.
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