Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday. August 8, 2007 - FIVE
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Umatilla-Morrow
Head Start has announced
the following classes avail
able in August. For more
information or to pre-reg
ister for classes, call Child.
Care Resource & Refer
ral at 1-800-559-5878 or
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541 - 564-6878
Family Child Care
Overview: Monday, August
6,6-9 p.m.; Pendleton, Mon
day, September 10, 6-9pm,
Hermiston; Morrow County,
upon request. This class is
required by the Child Care
Division for anyone wishing
to become a registered fam
ily child care provider and
for individuals who want to
learn more about Oregon's
laws governing child care.
CCD Certifiers will be on
hand to talk about the rules
and regulations and to ex
plain the on-site health and
safety review process. The
class is free.
S tartin g Points:
Tuesdays, August 14 and
21, 6:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m.,
Hermiston. Starting Points
is a two-session training
series on professional de
velopment, designed for
professionals in the field
of child care and educa
tion. The classes provide
hands-on activities to guide
participants through the
foundations of Oregon’s
professional development
system. Participants receive
the information and materi
als needed to apply to the
Oregon Registry. There is a
follow up with one-on-one
consultation. The trainer is
Betty MacTavish. The class
is free.
Building Blocks So
cial Emotional: Mondays,
August 13, 20, 27, Sep
tember 10, 6:30 a.m. - 8:30
p.m., Pendleton. "Building
Steele
graduates
from NROTC
at OSU
Navy Ensign Jesse
N. Steele, son of Mary Jo
E. Larsen of Pendleton and
William L. Steele of Irrigon,
recently graduated from
Naval Reserve Officers
Training Corps (NROTC), at
Oregon State University in
Corvallis. Steele graduated
with a bachelor of science
degree in environmental
science.
The
NROTC
program was established to
educate and train qualified
young men and women for
service as commissioned
officers in the Naval Reserve
or Marine Corps Reserve.
Steele will soon
report for duty to Naval
Aviation Schools Command
in Pensacola, Fla., to begin
training as a Naval aviator.
Steele is a 1997
graduate of Riverside High
School of Spokane, Wash.,
and joined the Navy in
September 2000.
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dation is critical for chil
dren's success.” The new
curriculum looks at four
major building blocks: Top
ics include: building posi
tive relationships, creating
supporting environments,
guiding children's behavior
and responding to the in
dividual child. Participants
w ill receive a manual, hand
outs and w orkbooks at each
class. Instructor is Starla
Halverson. The cost is $5
per session or S20 for all
four sessions. Scholarships
acre available.
Sm art Snacking
(Spanish): Monday, August
27,6:30-8:30 p.m., Hermis
ton. Participants are invited
to learn many fun ways to
prepare nutritious snacks
for the children in their
care with hands on prepara
tion and samples provided.
Participants will leave with
"many ideas and recipes for
snacks that the children will
love to eat and prepare on
their own.” Individual issues
will be addressed. Instructor
is Lydia Duarte. Cost is $5.
Scholarships are available.
Food Handler Certi
fication Packets (self-study):
$10.00; Reporting Child
Abuse and Neglect Packets
(SelfStudy):$ 15.00. Packets
are available in the Head
Start office.
According to the
Head Start news release,
child care providers urgently
needed in Umatilla and
Morrow counties. Interested
persons may call the of
fice to see how' to become
a provider to give quality
child care to the youth of
our community. Mentoring
is available for all aspects
of child care business, said
the release.
a
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Stargazing
program
offered
A tour of the sum
mer night sky and the oppor
tunity to w itness a portion of
the Perseid meteor shower
will be lead by a park ranger
on Sunday, August 12.
The program will
take place at the Painted
Hills overlook in the John
Day Fossil Beds National
Monument, Painted Hills
Unit, 10 miles west of
Mitchell, Oregon. It will
begin at 7:30 p.m. and last
three hours.
Participants should
bring a pair of binoculars
and dress for the outdoors.
Those planning to attend
should bring a blanket to lie
upon and look to the sky. A
telescope will be provided
for use during the program.
Participants can expect to
see a few satellites, star
clusters, a galaxy or two and
meteors.
No reservations are
needed and the program is
free.
In case of severe
cloud cover, or smoke, the
program may be cancelled.
For further informa
tion call 541-987- 2333.
and libraries of Eastern Oregon to
sponsor Chautauqua program
The C o n d o n
Chamber of Commerce
and the Libraries of Eastern
Oregon will sponsor an
Oregon Chautauqua program
by Richard Etulain entitled,
“The Magic West on Film.”
This free, public program
w ill take place on Saturday,
August 18, at 7 pm at the
Condon United Church of
Christ, 110 S. Church Street.
This program is funded by
the Oregon Council for the
Humanities.
“Films
about
the American West have
en te rta in ed audiences
around the world for more
than a century. Why have
these adventure stories, w ith
their simplistic plots lines
and stereotypical portrayals
of cowboys and Native
Americans, dancehall girls
and local schoolmarms, so
captured our imagination?
Do these films deal primarily
with the historical West,
or are they a reflection of
sociopolitical attitudes at the
time of their making? Could
a combination of these
impulses allow Westerns
to resonate so deeply in the
American psyche?” said a
news release.
Richard Etulain’s
slide-illustrated lecture
offers insights to these
questions through a historical
overview' of one hundred
years of Western films.
By considering classics
like "Stagecoach”, “High
Noon”, and “Shane”, as
well as modern Westerns
like “Geronimo”, “Lone
S tar”, and “ Brokeback
Mountain”, participants
will explore the popular
genre's changing images of
heroes and heroines. Native
Americans, and attitudes
about the env ironment.
The Oregon Council
for the Humanities was
founded in 1971 as an
independent, nonprofit,
affiliate of the National
E n d o w m e n t fo r th e
Humanities. According to
the release, “OCH believes
that knowledge and ideas
are fundamental to the
health of our communities.
Our public and educational
p ro g ra m s e n c o u ra g e
Oregonians to learn about
and discuss social, cultural,
and public issues.” OCH
receives support from
the National Endowment
for the Humanities, the
Oregon Cultural Trust,
grants from foundations,
and c o n trib u tio n s o f
individuals.
Those interested
may visit OCH on the web
at www.oregonhum.org
to learn more about the
programs, or contact Carol
E. Hickman at (503) 241-
0543 in Portland, (800)
735-0543 statewide, or at
chickman(a)oregonhum.
org.
HHS FFA members plan
fund raisers, other activities
Fourteen FFA mem are putting together a dou
bers from Heppner will be ble booth for the upcom
representing the community ing Morrow County Fair
on a trip the National FFA and will be sharing "then
Convention in October.
and now” photos and expe
"Due to the nature riences. With the chapter
of the trip, there are a lot of hav ing its first opportunity
expenses, so the kids have to show at the fair as FFA
been participating in quite members, they are excited
a few' fundraisers and have about showing off their
a few coming up that they accomplishments over the
wanted to share with you course of the year.”
and the area,” said FFA adv i- '
Dickenson said that
sor Beth Dickenson.
the students are looking for
“The kids are very photos and memorabilia that
excited about the great op past Heppner FFA members
portunities that getting in may have that can be used in
volved in such a great or the booth. Everything will
ganization offers to them,” be returned, she said.
said Dickenson. “They
Health Department schedule
M orrow C ounty
Health Department lists its
office hours for the month
of August:
Thursday, Aug. 9 -
Heppner clinic, 8:30 a.m.-
4:30 p.m., closed 12-1 p.m.
for lunch;
Monday, Aug. 13
Boardman clinic, 8:30 a.m.-
4:30 p.m., closed 12:30-1
p.m. for lunch;
Tuesday, Aug. 14 -
Boardman clinic, 8:30 a.m.-
4:30 p.m., closed 12:30-1
p.m. for lunch;
Thursday, Aug. 16
- Heppner clinic, 8:30 a.m.-
4:30 p.m., closed 12-1 p.m.
for lunch;
Monday, Aug. 20 -
Boardman clinic, 8:30 a.m.-
4:30 p.m., closed 12:30-1
p.m. for lunch;
Tuesday, Aug. 21 -
Boardman clinic, 8:30 a.m.-
4:30 p.m., closed 12:30-1
p.m. for lunch;
Thursday, Aug. 23
- Heppner clinic, 8:30 a.m.-
4:30 p.m., closed 12-1 p.m.
for lunch;
Monday, Aug. 27 -
Boardman clinic, 8:30 a.m.-
4:30 p.m., closed 12:30-1
p.m. for lunch;
Tuesday, Aug. 28 -
Boardman clinic, 8:30 a.m.-
4:30 p.m., closed 12:30-1
p.m. for lunch;
Thursday, Aug. 30
- Heppner clinic, 8:30 a.m.-
4:30 p.m., closed 12-1 p.m.
for lunch.
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Shanna Rietmann
Over the Tee Cup named NWC
scholar-athlete
Willow Creek Coun
try Club ladies' play day was
held July 31. Low gross of
the field was Loa Heide-
man. Low net of the field
was Pat Edniundson. Least
putts of the field w as Corol
Mitchell.
Other w inners are as
follows:
Flight A-Low gross
Karen Thompson; low net
Betty Christman, long drive
Loa Heideman.
Flight B-Low gross
Luvilla Sonstegard. low net
Jackie Allstott, least putts
Pat Dougherty.
Flight C-Low gross
Joanne Barbee, low' net
Lois Hunt, least putts Betty
Carlson, long drive Joanne
Barbee.
()ther ev ents include
closest to the pin-Jackie
Allstott.
There were 13 play
ers altogether.
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Shanna Rietmann
of Heppner was included
in a total of 28 Pacific stu
dent-athletes w ho have been
recognized with selections
to the 2006-07 Northwest
Conference Scholar-Athlete
teams.
Athletes were rec
ognized in each of the con
ference’s I 8 cham pion
ship sports. In addition, an
at-large team was selected,
honoring athletes not in a
conference championship
sport, such as wrestling and
lacrosse.
To qualify for the
N orthw est C onference
Scholar-Athlete teams, a
student-athlete must have
a cumulative grade point
average of 3.50 or higher
through the spring semester
and must have participated
a full season on their v arsity
team.
Rietmann, a biol
ogy major, plays women's
basketball. Her parents are
Mark and Tami Rietmann
of Heppner.
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a.m. gathering to watch the
lunar eclipse.
Music, music, mu
The Olympics have
sic.... Whether at their home also returned to the Terrace,
or in a park, music often with three of five Friday’s
fills the air surrounding the ev ents so far completed and
residents of Willow Creek medals awarded. Week #1
Terrace, and they view this offered the Putting contest.
fact with great pleasure. Medallists: Gold, George
Sev eral residents journeyed Jefferies, Silver, Harriet
to Irrigon for 50’s and 60’s Batty, and Bronze, Juanita
music in the park on July Martin. Week #2 featured
16, and last Monday, August the Water Balloon Toss (at
6, several traveled to the the Staff)- Gold, Juanita
Boardman Park to hear Joe Martin, Silver, Stubby Rog
Lindsay’s engaging songs. ers, and Bronze, George Jef
The Carlson family enter feries. Week #3 saw contes
tained on the hill on July tants vie in the Watermelon-
25, and the Jepsen family Seed-Spitting contest. Dot
came w ith music on August Halverson took the gold,
1. Dan Van Schoiack of Juanita Martin the silv er, and
fered a delightful “first" at George Jefferies the bronze.
the Terrace, w hen he recited Manager George Naims ad
Cowboy Poetry on July 28. opted Halverson's method in
Though not accompanied by her non-qualifying attempt
instruments, the rhythm and and said that it really works.
rhyme of the poetry created The Olympics w ill continue
its own music.
for two more Fridays, and
Verna Brinda, who this writer wonders who
had a positive view of life, will take the medals and
especially enjoyed music. if Martin and Jefferies can
So it was especially ap continue to place in the top
propriate that three of her three positions.
favorite songs played by
Helping with last
the Ol’ Time Fiddlers were Friday's game were Janet
selected for her graveside Greenup and grandchildren
serv ice on July 21. Several Riley and Evan Kolman,
residents attended the ser and Brook Ansotegui. They
vice for their ex-neighbor are just a few of the many
and could almost see Verna volunteers who help things
keeping time to the tunes. happen on the hill. Several
She is missed.
volunteers have been shar
August continues ing their garden harv est this
the busy-ness of the Terrace summer, and the staff and
residents, as they choose residents are thankful to
from the scheduled daily Wendy Appleton, Will and
and weekly activities and Lori White, Paul and Susan
from other options that come Hisler, Floss Watkins, Patti
their way. For a few weeks Smith, and Bill West for the
now, several residents have fine-tasting produce. Vol
been riding the bus on Tues unteers are needed to assist
days to the Senior Center for residents on the trip to the
Bingo. They will have the Morrow' County Fair on
opportunity to take the bus Wednesday, August 15, so
to the Morrow County Fair interested persons are asked
on August 15, the perfect to call Willow Creek Terrace
chance to see if anyone from at 676-0004 to volunteer.
the Terrace won a prize this Diana Sharp is organizing
year.
the trip.
Staying at home has
Residents of Willow
its rewards, also, as did Creek Terrace welcome visi
Tuesday evening, August tors who come for a chat, to
7. To celebrate National play some games, to work
Night Out, they sat down to on a puzzle, for a movie, to
a formal steak dinner. They enjoy a meal, to sit on the
will not have to be dressed patios or in the gazebo, visi
up, though, when they join tors who simply come by to
the Sun Rise Party on the enjoy the view from the hill
28th. Maybe pajamas w ill be with them.
acceptable attire for the 6:30
By Doris Brosnan
^ Heritage Land Co.
W orking with the Health Care needs of the community
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