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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 15,1998 lone youth group feed the hungry in Portland The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U S P S. 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published wreldi and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner. Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879 Periodical postage paid at Heppner. Oregon Office at 147 West Willow Street Telephone (541)676-9228 Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times. P O. Bo* 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836 Subscriptions $18 in Morrow , Wheeler. Gilliam and Grant Coun ties; $25 elsewhere April Hilton-Sykes News Editor Stephanie Jensen ................................................................................ Typesetting Monique Devin................................................ Advertising Layout It Graphics Bonnie B en n ett................ Distribution Penni Keersemaker Printer David Sykes, Publisher 1998 Rolling Hills Run/Walk, April 26 The 1998 Rolling Hills Run will be held Saturday, April 25, at Heppner. This annual 5 and 10 K run/walk is held as a benefit by the South Morrow County EMT Association to raise money for equipment purchases for ambulances stationed at Heppner and Lexington and the first response team stationed at lone. This year's race will again follow the traditional route, beginning at the Heppner Elementary School and winding up Hinton Creek before returning to a finish at the Heppner Elk’s Club. For those who have not participated in this event in the past, this course follows a peaceful, rolling terrain with sparse traffic and pleasant scenery, said Bill Sheirbon of the EMT Association. The run is well supported with aid stations and roving aid cars to assure participants are safe and to provide rides back to the finish line for anyone that might need one, he said. While some years have seen some wind on race day, the weather is frequently cooperative, he added. This year’s race will again be topped off with a breakfast, free for race/walk participants and available to the public for a modest price. This year's breakfast will feature french toast, fruit, juice, milk and coffee. Door prizes for participants, ribbons, plaques, and prizes for event winners will be awarded at the breakfast. Breakfast will be available to the public beginning at 8 a.m. at the Elk's Club. "We encourage people to come join us for breakfast and stick around to meet the racers after they finish their events," said Sheirbon. In addition to the race, EMTs with the association will raffle off a gas barbecue. The winner of the barbecue, which is valued at $550 and was donated by the Morrow County Grain Growers for this fund raiser, will be announced at the race morning breakfast. Tickets for the barbecue may be purchased at Gardner's Men's Wear in Heppner, from any EMT Association member or the day of the race at the Elk's Club. The barbecue is on display at Gardner's. Raffle tickets are $1 apiece or six tickets for $5. Early registration for the race is encouraged and will save participants money. Early registration forms may be obtained by calling Glenn Anderson at 541-989-8555. Registrations should be sent to Rolling Hills Run, C/O Glenn Anderson, P.O. Box 527 A, Lexington, OR 97839. Race costs are $ 10 per person for early registration or $12 the day of the race. Discounts for more than two people from the same family entering the race will be given. Commemorative T-shirts are not available this year but all race participants will be given free logo water bottles. Runners will be registered race day between 7 and 8:30 a.m. at the Heppner Elementary School. lOK walkers may begin at an early 8 a.m. start time. All others will start the race at 9 a.m. For more information about the race call Sheirbon at 541-989- 8526 evenings and weekends or Anderson. Arts and Crafts Correction Brent Gunderson's name incorrectly in the April club to meet appeared 8 Gazette-Times. Gunderson, the The Morrow County Creative Arts and Crafts club will meet Thursday, April 23, at 1 p.m. for lunch upstairs at Kate's Pizza, with a short business meeting to follow. Plans will be discussed for the theme booth at the fair and upcoming workshops. Guest are welcome to attend. son of Dave and Tricia Gunderson of Heppner, was named to the Eastern Oregon University winter quarter dean's list. To qualify for the dean's list, students must have a minimum of 12 graded credit hours and grade point average of 3.5 or better. Eight lone Youth Group high school students spent their last weekend of spring break feeding the hungry and learning about the Buddhist faith. Group leaders Jen McElligott and Cathy Halvorsen, and youth group members Jake McElligott, Nathan Rietmann, Jenny Sulli van, Mark McElligott, Camie B urright, Nikki M cElligott, Korey M organ and Jerem y Rietmann traveled to Portland on March 28 to work at the Salva tion Army Harbor Light. The Salvation Army provides services to many people in the Burnside area. They have a dor mitory with three floors, each serving a different group. They provide housing for men at $5 per night; they sponsor a program called Beacon House, which pro vides housing for men who have just been released from jail; and they house men who are using the services of the Salvation Army to get off the streets. Across the street from the main building is a single room occu pancy shelter. The first floor houses women and children, the second floor is for men who have children and the third floor is “Teen Challenge,” a place for teenagers to sleep at night. The residents of the shelters are served three meals a day and are provided snacks. Approxi mately 80 people use the meal services. Along with serving the residents, the Salvation Army also serves a meal to the public Monday-Friday in the afternoon, and a Sunday breakfast. They also put mats on their chapel floor at night and approximately 100 street people sleep there. Anyone sleeping in the shelter must have a current tuberculosis card to get in. They provide a tuberculosis clinic three days a week. The lone group helped prepare and serve lunch to the residents, mostly women and children. The kitchen manager, Bob, noted that 80 percent of the food is donated and 80 percent of work is done by volunteers. They plan their meals around the donations of the week. While the group helped prepare lunch, a van with day-old bread and rolls donated by Safeway arrived at the shelter. The cook also said they had re ceived 400 turkeys last fall and were still using those. The students served hot turkey, potatoes and gravy, com and rolls. There was also a table of sweet rolls and chips for residents to help themselves to. After the meal, the group washed tables, mopped floors, including the chapel room, washed windows, set up the afternoon snack, sorted food, cut up cardboard boxes for recycling and helped prepare din ner. After a short break, the lone group traveled to S.E. Madison to the Dharma Rain Zen Center. The priest at the center, Gyokuku Carlson, welcomed the group. After removing their shoes, they entered the Buddhist Center and were shown the altar area. On a small table on the right was the statue of Kan Zeon, who awakens compassion. The main altar held a statue of Wisdom. The altar also contained a light, rep resenting enlightenment, flowers, nuts and cookies. The flowers and food represent human pleasures and are left there at all times. The table to the left of the altar area contained the guardian of deter mination. It was noted not all temples have the same statues on the side tables, although most will have the Wisdom statue on the main altar. Carlson explained their Sun day w orship lasts about two hours, with sitting and walking meditation for a half-hour, chant ing for a half-hour and a lecture with questions for about one hour. Bells signal when each session begins and people are welcome to attend all or any one of the ses sions. Buddha is not just a historical figure, but also represents the principle of enlightenment, they said. The Buddhist’s focus is to understand how physical bodies interact and are interconnected, part of an infinite fabric, Carlson said. They stress being friendly, helpful and compassionate. One function of their meditation is to open their eyes to seeing them selves and everything around them, in the clearest possible way. But its greater purpose is to help them be in touch with their own center, a place deep within them selves that they feel to be still, peaceful and full of bliss. Re membering who they are in si lence brings tremendous strength and insight into daily life, they said. . The lone groqp practit^ed sit ting for a five minute meditation and practice3 the Buddha bow. It was agreed it would be difficult to sit quietly for the 30 minute meditation the next morning, so the group agreed to attend the chant and tea break afterwards. “The next morning when we ar rived we were warmly greeted by a group waiting downstairs for the chant period to b eg in ,” Jeri McElligott said. “We were ush ered upstairs at the ringing of the bell. Their chant was not in song like I expected, but the monotone reading of a Buddhist test to a drumbeat. They also paid homage to the Buddhist leaders who had died, by reciting their names.” Following the chant period, everyone went back downstairs when they gathered in a large circle and new people introduced themselves. Then the group broke apart for a 10 minute tea time. At the ringing of the bell, everyone went back upstairs to the lecture. The priest and speaker both knelt in front of the altar and the con gregation knelt or sat and listened. The half-hour talk was followed by a question/answer period, which was brought to an end by the priest. W eb P ages H eppner G azette 676-9228 BucRnum's 152 N. Mmn, Heppner, Oregon 97836 (541) 676-5274 KARAOAKE! 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