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St. Patrick's Senior Center
Bulletin Board
Heppner kids gain knowledge of city life
Seventy-seven people were present for the senior Mother's Day
dinner May 7, and 11 meals were home delivered. Members of the
Christian Life Center served. Orchids were won by Mildred Eubanks
and Sue Vinson as mothers with the oldest child. Rose Marie
Buschke, Lynn Bibby, Eleanor Gonty and Mary Goheen also received
orchids from Corol Mitchell. Hearing aid assistance was given and
blood pressures taken before the meal. A Nutrition Site Committee
meeting followed the meal.
Monday, May 5, Mary Jean and Ernie McCabe decorated the dming
room with flowers made by Jannie Allen's sixth grade class. Tuesday
afternoon nine volunteers folded newsletters for the Extension
Service.
The bus with 11 passengers and Mr. Thomasen of Boardman as
driver made the trip to Spray for the Mother's Day dinner at the Spray
meal site. Each lady attending received a potted plant. The meal was
delicious and the country side was beautifully green and there were
many wildflowers in bloom.
Friday seven seniors played pinochle. Five watched the movie, "The
Truth About Cats and Dogs." Saturday evening an appreciative crowd
listened to the Cowboy poet, John "Jay" Kulm. The Morrow County
Arts Council and Morrow County Museum sponsored him.
The bus is scheduled to go on a county tour Saturday, May 24, at 10
a.m.. Those going will need to bring a lunch. There is a sign up sheet
in the office.
The Friday breakfast was very good with around 25 people present.
These breakfasts will continue every Friday with a different menu
each week. Come try it, you'll like it.
The menu for the Wed., May 21 dinner will be chicken patty on a
roll, potato rounds, pea salad, and strawberry shortcake. Members of
the Catholic Church will serve.
An afghan will be raffled by the site committee to raise funds to
provide new aprons and other things for the kitchen. Tickets are
available at the senior center.
Scott VanWinkle
Back (left to right): Camille Sykes, Danielle McDowell and Marissa McCabe; front (left to right)-Mary Saenz, Shad
Hisler, Craig Scott
Were Heppner area teenagers
lured by the big city and bright
lights of Portland? You bet, but
the kids, who participated in the
annual
Centennial
Middle
School-Heppner Junior High
School eighth grade exchange
program also came back home
with expanded horizons, a better
knowledge of city life and a
renewed appreciation for their
own home town and school.
In addition to regular classes,
the 23 Heppner eighth graders
who participated in the exchange
April 26-May 3 learned about the
Columbia River Gorge; toured
the Vista House; hiked on the
Horsetail/Oneonta
Trail
to
Multnomah Falls; picnicked at
Blue Lake Park; visited Portland
businesses,
including
R.R.
Donnelley Norwest, Inc., Stream
International and Trailblazer
Food Products; toured OMSI,
which featured "The Living Sea"
and "Giants of the Gobi Desert";
visited Clackamas Town Center;
swam at the North Clackamas
Aquatic Center; learned about
the Willamette River, the port
and international trade while they
were aboard the Stemwheeler
"Columbia Gorge; took MAX to
Old Town were they saw
examples o f urban renewal,
visited museums, Nike Town, the
transit mall and Pioneer Square.
Whew! And some Centennial
families who hosted Heppner
students also planned activities
of their own.
So what do the local kids really
think?
Following
are
observations from a few of the
students.
"I had a good time," said
Danielle McDowell, 13, daughter
of Bill and Merilee McDowell of
Heppner. "I want to go back for a
longer period o f time." Danielle
says she liked the water park and
the mall best of all. "We needed
more time at the mall, though,"
she said. "We only had 40
minutes at the mall." Going to
school itself wasn't so much fun,
added Danielle. "I didn't like
going to school," she said. "We
just sat in the back of the class
and did nothing. The teachers
didn't have anything for us to do
and the librarians wouldn’t let us
go to the library." Danielle also
went to the aquarium at Newport
with another Centennial area
family.
"It was like one of the best
weeks I've ever had," said Craig
Scott, 14, son of Alan and
Debbie Scott of Heppner. "I
could have stayed another week."
Craig says that the best thing
during the week was the visit to
the aquatics center. "The most
boring part was when we went to
the print shop," said Craig. He
says he prefers the system at
Heppner Junior High over
Centennial. "They split the
school into groups and if
someone was on the other team,
you wouldn't see them until after
school."
"It was a lot of fun," said
Manssa McCabe, 14, daughter of
John and Sonja McCabe,
Heppner, "It was really different-
the school was a lot different. I
didn't like how they had teams.
You just didn’t get to see
everybody from the school."
Marissa said that the best thing
about the trip was her host
family. "I liked my family the
best," she said. "They were really
nice."
"I liked it," said Shad Hisler,
14, son of Susie and Paul Hisler,
Heppner. "But the school was a
!
tad bit too big for me." Besides
"the girls" at Centennial, Shad
liked swimming at the aquatic
center, but wasn't too crazy about
walking in Old Town. "I didn't
like walking downtown as far as
we did," he said.
Mary Saenz, 13, the daughter
o f Cayetano and Rosario Saenz,
Heppner, says that "School was
good. It was big." She said she
especially liked swimming and
going down the slides at the
aquatics center. "We went to a
place where they printed books,"
she said. "It was boring. " She
also accompanied her host family
to church and a youth group
meeting and went out for
hamburgers.
Scott VanWinkle, 13, son of
Georgia and Jim VanWinkle,
Heppner, said he really liked the
school and the kids at Centennial.
"I liked just hanging around with
all the people in the classroom,"
said Scott. "There were some
cool kids. The school was
awesome. It wasn't a lot different
from here other than there were a
whole bunch of kids. The classes
were kind of the same." Scott
said he thought the students had
to be "more responsible" at
Centennial, "because there are so
many kids, the teachers couldn't
help each one."
"School was okay," said
Camille Sykes, daughter of
David and April Sykes, Heppner.
"It was kind of strict." Camille
went to Saturday Market, to the
mall and skating with her host
family. "I liked my family," she
said. "And I liked the aquatic
center best out of the whole
week."
A.J. Perez, 14, son of Adam
and Ginger Perez, Heppner, went
to the Smithsonian exhibit, a
candy store with a real chocolate
waterfall and played paint ball.
"Paint ball was cool, really fun. It
hurt when you got hit, just for a
couple seconds." A.J. didn't
enjoy the long bus rides, but did
like his family. "They were
pretty nice people," said A.J. He
also liked the school. "The
school was really interesting," he
said. "It was fun, but if I would
have gone there without my
(host) kid, I would have been
lost. I wouldn't have known
where to go."
Heppner students attending
Centennial
include:
Krista
Adams, who stayed with Dan and
Karen Daugherty and their
daughter, Cheyenne, Gresham;
Beth Baker-William, Deidre and
Meara Henley; Jennifer Dilley-
Greg, Julie and Stacie Howell;
Sarah Eckman-Sue and Lamee
Walters; Amber Flaiz- Dennis,
Carol and Stacey Burnett,
Gresham; Manssa McCabe-Ron,
Becky and Melena Ertler,
Gresham; Danielle McDowell-
Harley, JoAnne and Jenny
Jentzsch,
Gresham;
Tara
Ozment-David,
Susan
and
Stephanie Schneberger; Mary
Saenz-Roger, Stephanie and
Allison Sliter; Mindy Smith-
Frank, Debbie and Sarah
Culbertson, Gresham; Mandi
Sneddon-Dan, Kathy and Ashley
Holcombe; Camille Sykes-John,
Amy and Wendy Peterson;
Lindsey Ward-Peter, Julie and
Claire DeChant; Nick Anthony-
Vo and Bnttany Sharp, Gresham;
Shad Hisler-Jim, Mary Jo and
Michael McIntosh, Boring; Blake
Knowles and Kyle McDaniel-
Cal, Lynne and Bronson Abts,
Gresham; Ryan Matteson-Casey,
Susan and Patrick Corliss,
Boring; Joe Papineau-Don,
Sandy and Chaz Bump; A.J.
Perez-Scott, Jody and Justin
Bnnghurst, Gresham; Craig
Scott-James, Linda and Becky
Emstrom; Scott VanWmkle-Don,
Beverly and Carissa Mylin;
Brandon Young-Doug, Laura and
Josh Fnant. (Centennial families
listed live in Portland unless
otherwise indicated.)
Heppner area host families are
as follows: Charlie, Marsha and
Claire Anderson; Ken, Kaedene
and Meghan Bailey; Don, Judy
and Brett Barber; Verlin, Andrea
and Leah Denton; Greg, Janet
and Kelsey Greenup; Kim, Gayle
and Jessica Gutierrez; Mike, Kay
and Julie Proctor; Mark, Tami
and Shelley Rietmann; Bob, Pam
and Olivia Sagely; Bill Kuhn,
Ann
Spicer
and
Paula
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Travis Bellamy; John, Sonja and
Mike McCabe; Tim, Shannon
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Waterland; Cecil, Molly and
Leland Rill; Doug, Carley, Amy
and Kevin Drake; Gary and
Martha Munkers; Dave, Patty
and Stefan Matheny; and Alan
and Debbie Scott.
Pioneer Memorial Clinic
will be closed May 26
for Memorial Day
The M orrow
County Health
W.C.C.C. Golf
Ladies' Play, May 6
Low gross of the field: Pat
Edmundson with 40.
Flight A: low gross Karen
Wildman; low net Jan Paustian;
least putts Susan Atkins; long
drive Pat Edmundson.
Flight B: low gross Luvilla
Sonstegard; low net Bernice
Lott; least putts Betty Carlson;
long drive Bernice Lott.
Flight C: low gross Lorrene
Montgomery; low net tie be­
tween Cam Wishart and Doll
Campbell; least putts Jenny
Reynolds; long drive Lorrene
Montgomery.
K.P.: Pat Edmundson #15.
Chip in: Pat Edmundson #17.
District
Welcomes
Dr. Sh an ilka de Soyza
to Boardman Medical Clinic
The Morrow County Health District is pleased to
announce that Shanilka de Soyza, MD, will be
providing physician services at the Boardman
Medical Clinic beginning May 5, 1997. Dr. de
Soyza is a General Practice physician.
The Boardman Medical Clinic is located at 203
Kincade Ave. Dr. de Soyza’s office hours will be
Monday through Thursday from 12-5 PM.
Phone 481-2267 to schedule an appointment.
“Hey, good idea!
Let's both of us move
our accounts to
Bank of Eastern Oregon!"
(These two know that with free checks
and local ATM's, Bank of Eastern Oregon
is pretty hard to beat.)
Bank of Eastern Oregon
“around the corner, not around the state"
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