FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 21,2012
A View from the Hill
By Doris Brosnan
This winter weath
er and life on the Hill share
one characteristic: both
have been, at least part
ly, unpredictable. Though
residents and staff do look
forw ard to the routines
they can count on each day
o f the week, they know
they should also be ready
for variables. This might
be compared to viewing
sunshine and 60+ degrees
one day and looking out at
snow and 36 degrees the
next day.
Terrace residents
continue to appreciate the
many volunteers provid
ing routine activities that
include bingo and other
games, piano music, read
ing of the Gazette-Times,
crafts, and book exchanges.
The daily exercise-and-
discuss program and the
Saturday-matinee movie
also add comfortable ex
pectations for the residents
and staff. The unpredictable
fills in the remainder of the
calendar.
Who can predict
the madcap celebrations
that the “someone” who
researches such things can
come up with in a given
month? This month, for
instance, one that a resi
dent with a sweet tooth
could look forward to was
“Oatmeal Cookie Day” on
March 18. Visitors might
be surprised to see more
than usual activity at the
Terrace on March 22, which
will be “As Young as You
Feel Day.” Imaginations
might run wild on March
26 because the feature will
be “Make Your Own Holi
day.” How the Terrace ob
serves these special days
oftentim es brings some
chuckles.
Some special days
are thought-provoking.
The emphasis on March 1
would be a good idea every
day and might contribute
to more world peace; it
was “ World Compliment
Day,” followed on the 2nd
by “World Day of Prayer.”
The entire week of March
4-10 was an observation
of “Celebrate Your Name,”
so the staff researched the
meaning of each resident’s
name, and everyone is help
ing to create wall and door
hangings that feature the
nam es and their m ean
ings. (Something new for
visitors to look for.) This
type of interest by the staff
members is why the March
9, “Employees Apprecia
tion Day,” was special on
the Hill. The 7* observed
the 79,h “birthday" of the
game of Monopoly, which
enticed a few resident-
players. and the Girl Scouts
organization was 100 on
March 12, which led to
some reminiscing. “Mom
and Pop Business Day”
on March 29 will probably
stimulate some interesting
discussions, as will “Doc
tors Day” on March 30.
Over the past two
years, residents have oc
casionally discussed wind
mill projects in Morrow
County, usually during the
Wednesday readings of the
Gazette-Times’ related arti
cles and letters to the editor.
Suzanne Jepsen organized
a field trip to the Matteson
Farms project on March 6
for the 11 residents, who
enjoyed an up-close look
at some turbines. Leann
and Jerald Rea went on the
trip, also, and Leann offered
her personal and political
knowledge of the projects
in the county.
T his m onth has
also featured two musical
groups led by Joe Lindsay.
The junior high school band
played some great tunes
for the residents and, on
the next day, the residents
enjoyed the Heppner High
School choir, also under
Lindsay’s leadership.
This young man
was also involved in the de
velopment of the dramatic
production at the Catholic
Parish Hall on Thursday
evening. Five residents
enjoyed this traditional be
ginning of the “Wee Bit O’
Ireland” celebration in Hep
pner. Some residents also
braved the cool weather
to watch the Great Green
Parade on Saturday.
Chamber Chatter
Heppner
March 21 from 6
-7 p.m .: Relay for Life
informational meeting to
talk about planning the
“ Relay for Life” coming
to Heppner. Come and find
out more, and see how you
can get involved...join the
committee, volunteer, get a
team going and fight back
against cancer. The meet
ing will be held at Heppner
City Hall.
M orrow County
Com m unity Health Im
provement Partnership will
be sponsoring “Wellness in
Morrow County - Public
Meeting.” This meeting will
give the local businesses an
opportunity to learn more
about health insurance costs
and em ployee w ellness
opportunities, with lunch
to be provided. Planned
topics include simple steps
businesses can take to en
courage better employee
health, a presentation on
factors influencing your
health insurance costs, pre
sentation o f local success
stories and countyw ide
efforts to improve health.
Meetings will take place in
Heppner on Tuesday, April
24 from 11:30 a.m. to 1
p.m. at All Saints Episcopal
Church and in Boardman on
Wednesday. April 25 from
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the
Port of Morrow.
Wednesday, April
18: Travel Oregon and Or
egon Parks and Recreation
Department will be hosting
a Scenic Bikeway Work
shop in Heppner on April
18 at All Saints Episcopal
Church; time and specifics
are still be defined. More
information to follow.
Saturday, April 28
at 10 a.m.: 5K Run, 10K
Run, 5K Walk and 1 Mile
Kids’ Fun Run to be held
at the Morrow County Fair
grounds. This great event is
being sponsored by Mor
row County Health District.
To register or get additional
information, visit http://
www.active.com/running/
heppner-or/rolling-hills-
run-2012.
Jerald Rea has re
turned to the Terrace for
a bit longer visit. Jerald
will be a respite resident
for a tim e, but his stay
still leaves one apartment
available for rent. Anyone
wishing more information
is encouraged to phone 541 -
676-0004. If Jerald has the
luck o’ the Irish, he will be
a temporary resident still
when Marge Burgess cel
ebrates her 94,h birthday at
the end of the month, since
something birthday-special
will surely be shared in the
dining room. Just another
extra event on the Hill,
The Wranglers riding club will be holding a can
which residents view as
drive behind Les Schwab Tire Center in Heppner on
important to their monthly
Thursday, April 5, from 4-6 p.m. They ask everyone to
schedules.
stop by and drop off their cans to help the Wranglers.
Wranglers plan can drive
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