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Wednesday, November 3, 2004
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Light up the town
Heppner’s Main Street looks festive during the
winter months thanks to the great volunteers who put lights
on the trees These volunteers will soon be receiving calls
to confirm their participation this year The lights are to go
up on Nov 22 and 23
The City will have the electricity on those two days
for testing. All lights need to be up by Nov. 24, as they will
be turned on the day after Thanksgiving
Safety is most important, so lights should be put
up as high as one can safely reach Remember, there is an
extension pole for loan at the Chamber office For assistance
with some of the larger trees, please make arrangements
with the Chamber or City ahead o f time. Additional
volunteers are needed to assist with the tree lights.
Please call the Chamber, 676-5536, if you would
be willing to adopt a tree this year and help create a bit of
magic.
•*. everyone who came to
^ Gracie's one year
party and showered
her with love and
£ gifts.
ate
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C om m unity
College have scheduled a
D riv er’s Safety class for
Tuesday, Nov. 16 at the
Morrow County Extension
Office The class will run
from 8 a m to 5 p m with a
break for lunch
D riv er’s Safety is
classroom instruction for
mature drivers age 55 and
over, stressing laws and
safety M ost insurance
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and o v er w ho have
com pleted the class. The
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BMCC Coordinator at 422-
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enrollment must be met for
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Rwanda Update -
Over the Rainbow
“It was the best o f
times It was the worst o f
times ” I guess a quote from
Dickens best summarizes the
past couple o f months It has
been a tim e o f trials,
tribulations and stretching
comfort zones Wow, have
we been stretched It has also
been a time o f developing
new
frien d sh ip s,
experiencing God’s creation
up and close and learning
what is truly important in
life.
We retu rn ed to
Rwanda on Sept 6 after
spending nearly two months
in Kenya It is great to be
home. As one weary traveler
once said, “There’s no place
like home ” For most o f our
tim e in K enya I often
wondered if we too had been
sucked up in a to rn a d o
funnel and blown over the
rainbow. The only thing
missing from this adventure
was an appearance by the
Wicked Witch o f the West.
No witch in this story, but we
did
d ev elo p
lifelo n g
friendships, experienced
broken hearts when it came
time to fly back over our
rainbow , saw strange
animals (no scarecrows or
flying monkeys but a lot of
baboons), and walked roads
leading to people as different
from us as the people
Dorothy found living in the
Land o f Oz
Most o f our time in
Kenya was spent camping in
the bush near the Great Rift
Valley learning to view life
through the eyes o f an East
A frican. If you h a v e n ’t
surmised already, it was a
challenge for a family o f
seven to sleep on the ground,
wash clothes by hand, cook
o v er an open fire and
attempt to stay reasonably
clean. Cleanliness for us is
always a challenge living in
A frica But add in the
variables o f an abundance of
dust, wind and five children
under the age o f eight, then
the equation gets very messy.
As parents we enjoy
clean children. I don’t think
that is to o much to ask.
Children on the other hand
seem to enjoy dirt and grime.
I am convinced they get up
in the m orning with one
thought on their mind, “How
dirty can we get9” In order
to win a battle you need one
important ingredient- lots of
water Fortunately, we had
access to water but it was in
the form o f a stream Each
day we d ilig e n tly and
faithfully packed water in
buckets for the sole purpose
o f bathing and laundry. We
gave it our best shot but a
ch ild ’s nature is stronger
than Mom and D a d ’s
in te n tio n s o f keeping
everyone clean I will never
forget the day when Darby,
Brick and Tegan came to the
tent and proudly announced
their participation in a “dirty
feet contest.” I think you can
guess the rest o f this story.
Yuck After awhile, we had
to ju st shake our heads,
march off to the river and
gather another bucket o f
water to bathe the whole lot
o f them (in a dish pan). In
spite o f our valiant efforts,
you have never seen a dirtier
bunch o f kids in your life
Chalk one up for the kids.
There are some battles a
parent is not going to win.
Kids will be kids Let them
enjoy it What is a little dirt
going to hurt9 At least that
is what we told ourselves
Don’t get me wrong,
we w ere still concerned
ab o u t
th eir
w elfare,
especially what they might
bring home from all the
rolling around in dirt. That
is why before leaving Kenya
we
purchased
w orm
medicine Upon arriving in
Rwanda the medicine was
out o f the package and in
their mouths I never thought
I would live to see the day
w hen we w ould g ath er
around the dining room table
to be wormed Worming will
be a family ritual for as long
as we remain in Africa.
I could go on forever
recounting our experiences
in the bush Instead o f a
blow-by-blow account let
me share a few o f the
highlights: Hiking into camp
with five kids and all the
luggage we could manage to
carry (or in this case - drag).
A day spent in Nairobi riding
m a ta tu s
(public
tran sp o rtatio n ) trying to
com m unicate and avoid
getting lost. Searching for an
Internet Cafe and reading
email from home Visiting
Hindu and Muslim temples
W alking five k ilom eters
through the Rift Valley to
attend a Maasai church
L earn in g g re e tin g s in
K isw ahili and M aasai.
B athing in th e river.
Gathering wood for fire to
warm o u r w ater. Doing
laundry in a small basin.
Gagging down ugali more
times than I could count.
Eating wildebeest tacos and
wildebeest chili Butchering
g o ats and chickens. The
how ling
w inds
and
scream ing
baboons.
Monkeys in the acacia trees
d u ring
“ c la ss-tim e ”
attempting to poop on us.
Zebra, giraffe, w arthogs,
M aasai w arriors, Maasai
children, Maasai jewelry,
M aasai dancing, M aasai
singing and o f course what
Maasai do best - Maasai
jumping.
Our time in Kenya
concluded with a week-long
village stay with a Kenyan
family. During the week we
shelled and sacked maize
until we developed blisters
on our fingers We attended
church where Brick played
the drum and he and his
sisters sang a song The kids
rode on a cart pulled by a
donkey to fetch w ater
everyday and went with their
Dad to distribute maize and
beans to those who were
hungry and without means to
provide for themselves.
The kids have
thrived in Africa, having
interacted with people from
all over the world During
our village stay it was a
humbling experience to see
how joyful these people
were in spite o f how little
they had and how hard they
worked just to survive. At
the end o f the week we were
convicted to examine our
hearts and ask the question,
“Would we be this happy if
we had nothing but God,
family and friends?”
Overall we are doing
well. Adjusting to life in
Africa and making progress
Please continue to pray for
our family. Your emails are
an encouragem ent Brick
and Tegan turn eight this
week I asked Laura today
if she ever dream ed we
w ould be celeb ratin g
birthdays in Africa God
often has more planned for
us than we can ever dream
or imagine What is God
doing in your life? We’d love
to hear about it
Until next month
sam e channel, sam e bat
station,
(s) Kelly, Laura, Darby,
Brick, Tegan, Nyssa and
Kooper Sager
Kigali, Rwanda
Garbage change
bad for
community
growth
To the Editor
Does our city like to
be known as the city that
takes over businesses9 Our
city is try in g to bring
businesses to our area to
make our community grow
Who in their right mind
wants to start a business here
w hen they w ould be
concerned o f a city take
over?
D ave G reen is a
single p erson running a
b u sin ess th a t has been
handed dow n over tw o
generations and supporting
his new family. He may be a
day late in picking up your
garb ag e, but d o e sn ’t
everyone once in a while
have problems; or are we all
perfect?
Changing to the city
for o ur g arb ag e service
would get rid o f one more
family in our community and
be a costly increase. Also,
you w ould have to be
responsible to carry your
garbage to the curb, which
is too hard for elderly to do
and simply I refuse to.
D ave, o u r fam ily
supports you and if you can’t
pick up our garbage then
c o n sid er
this
o ur
cancellation notice to the
city.
(s) Mindy Davidson
Heppner
Obituaries
Virginia Frances
Corey
V irginia F ran ces
Corey, 84, a 40-year resident
o f Hermiston, died Saturday,
Oct 30, 2004, at Rocking D
A dult F o ste r H om e in
Hermiston
A graveside service
was held Nov. 2 at Desert
Lawn Memorial Cemetery in
Irrigon.
She was born Dec.
16, 1919, at Hutchinson, KS,
to Arthur and Pearl Stout
Force
She
cam e
to
Hermiston some 40 years
ago from Idaho
She
was
a
homemaker who enjoyed her
children and grandchildren
She
enjoyed
c ro ssw o rd
puzzles,
gardening, playing Scrabble
and canning
Survivors include
her sons, Ronald Matlack o f
Bay City, James Matlack of
H erm iston and K enneth
M atlack o f Irrig o n ; a
daughter, Sharon Alexanian
of
D epot
Bay;
37
grandchildren and one great -
g ran d ch ild
She
w as
preceded in death by her
parents, eight brothers and
sisters, her first husband,
Denton Matlack, her second
husband, Norm an Corey,
and an infant daughter
M e m o r i a l
contributions may be made
to the A m erican H eart
Association
Burns Mortuary o f
Hermiston is in charge o f
arrangements
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