TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday,
April 15,1998
lone youth group feed the
hungry in Portland
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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.
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