SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 19,1997
PSU lists tw o local summer graduates Chamber Chatter
Swiss exchange student attends
HHS
weeks vacation in the summer,
the students attend elementary
school; then, depending on
grades and testing, students
attend one of three types of
schools. Students who do not do
as well in school attend "real"
school or "sekundär" school
where they prepare for the
workplace. After completion of
four years of this school, those
students will go out into the
workplace, at around 16 years of
age.
Students who do better
academically attend "Bezirks"
school for four years. Then,
depending on whether they pass
an entrance exam, they may
advance to four years of college
and then, after college, two or
more years at a university,
depending on their goals. If a
student wanted to become a
teacher, for example, he or she
would go to a teacher's school for
two to three years after college,
says Maja. If the student wanted
to become a doctor, he or she
would study at a university.
Maja says that school here is
easier than back home. "We don't
have multiple choice questions
and we don't have true and false,"
she says. "We
have essay
questions." She adds that
normally, students do not get a
'6', which is equivalent to our 'A'.
"Its almost impossible, except if
you are really good," says Maja.
She says that teachers in the U.S.
are more open to their students
and more interested in them. "At
home we just have to sit in class
and listen. Here we can talk."
While Swiss students go to
school six days a week, the
schedule vanes from day to day.
Mondays at her school students
attend classes for nine hours,
until 5:15; Tuesdays school is
seven hours; Thursdays seven to
eight hours; and Fridays around
nine hours; but Wednesdays and
Saturdays they attend only five
hours and don't go to school in
the afternoons. Breaks between
classes are much longer, varying
between five and 15 minutes.
In addition to the Swiss two-
week ski holiday, they have five
Maja Dietiker
When you live in Switzerland
near the Alps, it would only
make sense to have a ski
vacation. Maja Dietiker, Swiss
exhange student at Heppner High
School, says that her school in
Switzerland has a two-week ski
holiday, much like Christmas
break or spring vacation in the
U S Dietiker adds that that's one
of the things she will miss most
about being away from home this
year, of course besides her
family and friends.
Dietiker, however, plans to
take advantage of the HHS
Outdoor Club ski trips this
winter so she can snow board, a
sport she loves. The 17-year old
has snowboarded for the past
four years and has skiied since
she was three years old. She adds
that one of the P.E. classes
offered in school is ice skating.
Maja says that the students skate
on a pond that is also used for ice
hockey.
Another of Maja's passions is
tennis. At home in Niederlenz, a
city of around 3,800 about 20
miles
from Zurich (pop.
384,000), Maja plays tennis year
round. While in Morrow County,
she hopes to be able to join the
tennis team at lone High School.
So far in Heppner, Maja has just
finished volleyball season. She
says that the rotations in
American volleyball are different
than in Switzerland, which was
confusing at first. Sports in
Switzerland outside P.E. classes
are offered through community-
The holidays are upon us and
sponsored clubs, rather than Blue Mountain Community
through the schools. Maja was a College announces its closures
member of both a tennis and a for November.
volleyball club. Many of the
The college will be closed
Swiss boys play on soccer clubs, Thursday and Friday, November
which is as popular as football is 27 and 28, for the Thanksgiving
here. While students there play holiday. The closure includes all
basketball in P.E., they don't special services areas such as the
have basketball clubs, she says.
library and computer lab, as well
Multilingual, Maja speaks as outlying centers.
Swiss-German at home, German
BMCC also reminds college
at school and also has taken students to listen to their local
three years of English, five years radio stations for information on
of French and two years of class closures due to inclement
Italian. Swiss speak German, weather.
French or Italian, depending on
Decisions on class schedules
the area in which they live. are made by 6 a.m. and the
English instruction is British following radio stations are
English. Maja says when she called:
KOHU/KQFM
in
speaks English now, she also H e r m i s t o n ;
KUMA,
thinks in English. "It would take KTIX/KWHT in Pendleton; KUJ
too long to think in German and in Walla Walla; KLBM in La
translate," she laughs.
Grande; and KIOK in the Tri-
Teens in Switzerland listen to Cities.
music in English as well as
Decisions on evening class
German, but the music is a closures
in
Pendleton,
different style from music here.
Hermiston, Milton-Freewater and
Maja says they definitely don't
Morrow County are made by the
have country-western music. The
coordinator.
The
musical tastes of Swiss teens local
coordinators
try
to
contact
local
tends more toward techno, which
is computer-generated music, rap radio stations by 3 p.m. with
these announcements, said a
and also rock music.
Teenagers there, however, BMCC news release.
dress much like they do in the
U.S. "We don't have such big
malls, says Maja. "But we have a
lot of stores in the city." The
H ave y o u r o w n
word Levi is universal, but young
Swiss spend a little more for
those jeans than we do here.
Levis cost between S60-S70 in
Switzerland, compared to around
S25-S40 in Oregon.
Schools are quite a bit different
between the two countries, says
Maja. In Switzerland students
676-9228
attend nine years of mandatory
school. For the first five years all
BM CC to close
Portland State U niversity
(PSU) has released the names of
the PSU students graduating sum
mer 1997. Local graduates in
clude Gretchen Berretta, formerly
of Heppner, who received a BS
in child and family studies, and
Maria Rodriguez, Imgon, who
received a BA in sociology and a
two weeks in the fall, one to two
weeks at Christmas and two
weeks in spring. Sometimes on
vacations, the Dietiker family
travels to Germany, Italy, France
or Austria.
Maja says that the Swiss don’t
eat as much fast food as we do in
the U.S. The Swiss have many
varieties of cheese, typically a
part of a meal. Lunch is the big
meal of the day there and lunch
break at school is about an hour
and a half.
When Maja first arrived, she
spent two weeks at a language
and culture camp at Yale
University with around 1,200
students from all over. Since her
arrival she has vacationed with
her host family, Bob and
Marianne Kahl and their
daughter, Abby, in the San Juan
Islands, and has traveled to
Portland and many other places
with the HHS volleyball team.
Maja won’t be able to go home
until June, but her parents, 15-
year-old sister, Karin, and aunt
will come to Heppner then. She
recently learned that her father
and grandfather plan a weekend
to Portland in December to visit
her.
Maja's father, Richard, is a
medical doctor; her mother,
Heidi, was a teacher, but now
works in tandem with the
schools,
as
a
sort
of
troubleshooter, a job position we
don't have in the U.S.
While in the U.S., Maja hopes
to be able to get her driver's
permit, partially because of the
expense in Switzerland.There
teens cannot get their license
until they are 18 years old and
are required to take at least 13
hours in driving lessons with a
driving instructor—at a rate of
about $50 an hour.
PUBLIC NOTICE
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS
HEPPNER
RANGER DISTRICT
MALLORY COMMERCIAL
THIN ENVIRONMENTAL
ASSESSMENT
The Heppner Ranger District
of the Umatilla National Forest
has completed an Environmental
Assessment for the proposed
commercial thin and sanitation
harvest of 1028 acres located in
Morrow County, Oregon, T.5S.,
R.28E. and R29E.; and T.6S.,
R.28E. and R.29E. The project
includes commercial thinning of
approxim ately 928 acres and
sanitation harvest o f approxi
mately 100 acres for approxi
mately 2.9 MMBF of wood prod
ucts.
This project is subject to appeal
pursuant to 36 CRF 215.7.
To receive a copy o f the Envi
ronmental Assessment, contact
Charlene Bucha Gentry at (541)
676-2148 or at the H eppner
Ranger D istrict, P.O. Box 7,
Heppner, OR 97836. Any written
comments should be addressed to
D istrict
Ranger D elanne
Ferguson at the same address.
Oral comments can be submitted
by telephone at (541) 676-9187.
The comment period ends De
cember 22, 1997.
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Funeral services for William L.
“Bill” Cox, Heppner, will be held
at the Masonic Temple in Hepp
ner Saturday, N ovem ber 23,
1997, at 11 a.m. A reception in
his honor at the Heppner Elks
Club is planned for friends and
family following the services.
Mr. Cox, 84, died at St. Vincent
Hospital in Portland on Sunday,
November 16, 1997 following a
short illness.
Bom on May 24, 1913, Mr.
Cox resided his entire life in
Heppner. His parents, William
“Claude” Cox and Clara Hamp
ton Cox were early residents of
Heppner, arriving in 1905.
Mr. Cox was married on Octo
ber 3, 1936, to W inifred
Thomson, with whom he had
grown up and attended Heppner
schools. They raised five sons,
who were also bom in Heppner
and graduated from Heppner
High School.
Mr. Cox owned and managed
Morrow County Creamery, which
his father began in the early
1900s. The creamery marketed
products under the “Pride of Or
egon” label throughout Morrow,
Gilliam and Wheeler counties.
An avid hunter and fisherman,
he spent much of his free time
hunting birds, deer and elk, and
fishing for salmon and steelhead.
A fter retirem en t from the
cream ery business, Mr. Cox
drove school bus for several years
and was very active in Heppner
community activities. He was a
member of the Heppner Masonic
and Elks lodges, as well as being
a volunteer fireman, member of
the Chamber of Commerce and
planning commission. Bill always
seemed to be available to help his
fellow citizens.
Mr. Cox is survived by his wife
W inifred; sons David, Gayle,
William, John and Todd; numer
ous grandchildren; and his sister,
Nancy Holden of Battleground,
WA. He was preceded in death
by his brothers, Clair H. Cox and
Charles M. Cox.
The family suggests that con
tributions be made in his name to
the Heppner Meal Site, where he
could be found contributing a
great deal of his time during his
last few years.
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Chicano/Latino studies certifi
cate.
Again, thanks to doctors and
staff at Pioneer Memorial Hospi
tal and to all the caring people who
have inquired about my broken
ankle.
Eleanor Gonty
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Whew! We made it through
another one.
First we would like to thank the
very talented Merry Brannon and
crew for yet another terrific
Haunted House. We really appre
ciate all your hard work and count
less hours you put in to make the
Haunted House such a thrilling
success. It just keeps getting bet
ter every year.
Our decorating crew really
came through for us again; with
out the talents of Stacey Wain-
wnght, Patti Allstott, Bobbette
Lovgren, Tami Rietmann, Shelley
Rietmann, Meghan Bailey, Kelly
Boyer, Kathi Britt and George
Naims, w e’d probably still be
decorating.
Also, to Maryanne Anthony for
making all the cute number crea
tures for the cakewalk booth; they
were the best.
Doug Dubuque, thanks for mak
ing the trip to Hermiston to get the
goldfish-this was the first year all
200 survived!
This was the first attempt at
having a book fair at the carnival
and it really worked out well. Rita
and Hal Bergstrom, Robin Jones
and Sandi Matthews, thank you
so much for running the book fair-
you did a great job.
We would also like to thank the
SOAR kids from the 5-6th grades
for selling the raffle tickets on the
scarecrow. This is a great group
of kids who really worked hard
selling the tickets. They raised al
most $500 from ticket sales. You
by Claudia Hughes. Chamber Manager
People call the Chamber office
for many reasons, most often for
lodging and information about
visiting or relocating, but
sometimes for unique reasons.
This past year, these questions
come to mind. "Do you know
who has tractor, will travel?"
"Where can I find a supply of
pheasant feathers?" "I need two
good horses to rent and if they
don't know how to pack, I'll train
them in two days. .." "! sold a
lady in Heppner two left English
riding boots and don't know her
name." And the best one of all. .
. "Can you tell me what my
address
is?"
Keeps
life
interesting in the office and so
far all the callers have been
satisfied.
We're hearing wonderful
comments about the Main Street
project. It's all coming together
and beginning to feel more like
home everyday. Don't forget to
give some pats on the back to
many of our local people,
including our city manager and
mayor. They've spent many days
walking the streets.
It's great not to have to drive
long distances to have fun.
November
22
offers
the
Artifactory, Murray's Hallmark
Open House and an evening of
fine music.
Our local businesses have been
busy meeting every Monday to
make plans for an extra special
Christmas
event Thursday,
December 4.
Mark your
calendars to be in Heppner from
2 p.m. on through the evening.
Make the Christmas stroll up and
down Main, enjoy open house at
the businesses, see Santa, bring
an ornament for the Chamber
Christmas tree, do your holiday
shopping, find out who the lucky
winner is in the Chamber
Vacation Give-Away, enjoy
music and participate in the first
ever Christmas Light Parade. It's
Heppner's Happy Holidays.
Monday, December 8, the
Northwestern Motel will be
hosting the Chamber Business
After Hours at 6 p.m. New and
exciting changes have been made
at the motel. We look forward to
a tour, refreshments and a
doorprize.
Next week's Chamber program:
Chris Brown, CSEPP.
Thought for the week:The
surest path to happiness is losing
yourself in a cause greater than
yourself.
are an awesome group! Your
teachers are pretty good them
selves, we appreciated them tak
ing on the huge task of running
the concessions the entire night.
C ongratulations to M arsha
Sweek. She was the winner of the
scarecrow. The winning ticket
was sold by Brian Smith.
Also thanks to all the very gen
erous cooks who donated pies for
concessions and all the great
cakewalk items. We are very for
tunate to have so many creative
people.
Bringing Bingo back seemed to
be a big hit and all the donated
gift items were very generous.
Thanks to all who donated these
items. Be thinking about “white
elephants” for next year! Good job
Mrs. Osmin and Mrs. Dubuque.
We have another person we
need to thank and that would be
Herman Winters. Herman grew
and donated the pumpkins and
cornstalks for the carnival. We
really appreciate all of Herman’s
help this year.
Once again, Green Feed and
Seed donated the use of the straw
bales. We really appreciate being
able to “borrow ” these from
them-Mike and Kay are very gen
erous.
Finally, we need to thank all the
teachers, aides and staff at the
school for putting up with us and
interrupting with all our trips up
and down and in and out. Having
everyone at our disposal is such a
huge help. Thanks for all your help
and support. All the positive com
ments really help keep us going.
We both had a great time again
this year and it was so fun to see
all the great costumes and smiling
faces from the kids and parents
from Heppner, Lexington and
lone.
We hope we haven’t over
looked anyone-please forgive us
if we have.
We’re looking forward to car
nival 1998.
Kaedene and Darcy
11-19-lc