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Global Debacle
The new Climate
Change folks make me
chuckle… and scratch my
head. I wonder what the
next title will be for the
ever-changing weather.
The whole Global Warm-
ing thing kinda went flat. I
guess they figure their new
term is more all-encom-
passing, as in, including
weather changes that have
happened since the world
began.
It’s ok though. The ex-
perts are gonna fix it. Per-
fect, non-changing weather
is on the horizon… just
as soon as they get a few
other things figured out.
They’re currently work-
ing on determining the
definition of a “woman.”
Last thing I heard there’s
still no consensus. I guess
they’re pretty busy trying
to figure out how to scare
the socks off us so they
can get us to agree with all
their planet-saving ideas,
which readily become new
laws that micro-manage our
daily lives. On the chopping
block so far: cows that
break wind, gas stoves, gas
cars… basically anything
that has to do with gas.
Watch your husbands, la-
dies. They may be next.
All this from our illus-
trious scientists that think
they can fix a planet, you
know, the one they believe
came into being because
of a fluke. BANG… then
everything fell into place.
Luckily planet earth hap-
pened to land the perfect
distance from the sun. A
fraction closer and we
fry, farther and we freeze.
Whew… that was close.
Mention “creation” in
the presence of these guys
(and gals… whatever they
are) and they come un-
glued. Doesn’t matter that
everything we touch has
been created by someone.
The chair you’re sitting on,
your shoes, this computer
I’m typing on… all have a
designer and creator. But
trees, flowers, rocks, fish,
humans… all here by ac-
cident. Yep. Makes perfect
sense.
The audacity of it all
astounds me. These guys
can’t create one blade of
grass from scratch yet
they’re gonna fix the earth.
God must be chuckling too.
Seriously, I guess if I
believed there was no God,
I’d be worried sick too.
Maybe I’d even be ok with
a teenager reprimanding me
and telling me the planet’s
about to expire. Still, the
thought of depending on my
fellow humans to extend the
expiration date isn’t very
comforting.
What is comforting is
knowing there is a God that
is very capable of managing
the world He created…
including the climate. Next
time you try to convince me
that our world was not made
by intelligent design… I
challenge you. Take a box
of 1,500 City Legos and
throw the entire contents
into the air. If they come
down and land in the form
of a city, I’ll consider your
opinion valid. If not, I’ll
keep my Creator thank
you… but you might wanna
watch where you step in
stocking feet.
“But ask the beasts,
and they will teach you:
the birds of the heavens,
and they will tell you: or
the bushes of the earth, and
they will teach you, and the
fish of the sea will declare
to you. Who among all
these does not know that the
hand of the Lord has done
this? In His hand is the life
of every living thing and the
breath of all mankind” (Job
12:7-10).
Susie Crosby
Heppner, OR
Coffee Hour and Ceili
return for St. Pat’s
The Irish Coffee Hour
and Ceili will be back again
this year at the Wee Bit O’
Ireland Celebration in Hep-
pner March 18. Both event
will be held upstairs at the
Elk’s Lodge, the coffee hour
from 10-11:30 a.m. and the
Ceili from 2-4 p.m.
Great programs have
been planned to fill the day
with music and local talent,
and the group Whiskey for
Breakfast will fill listening
ears and hearts with lots of
Irish songs—and, of course,
they will want the audience
to join in. Onlookers and
listeners also shouldn’t be
surprised if Heppner’s lep-
rechauns make an appear-
ance and dance to some of
the music during their visit.
Also at the coffee hour,
the audience will hear some
stories about this year’s
grand marshals, past “key
organizers” of the Heppner
St. Patrick’s celebration,
with a special mention of
founder Jim Farley. It can
only be hoped that Joe
FEEL THE SPEED,
EVEN AT PEAK TIMES.
Lindsay will also be there
with a song to share.
The Irish Brogue Con-
test will give the audience a
chance to tell the best “Blar-
ney” stories for a chance to
win some gold coins, so ev-
eryone should be thinking
of something appropriate
to share.
The Ceili will run from
2-4 p.m. with Alan Feves
and the rest of the Whis-
key for Breakfast group.
Joe Lindsay will join to
wrap up the afternoon. The
weekend’s main entertain-
ment, Tiller’s Folly, will be
stopping in around 3 p.m.
to sing a few of their songs
to get everyone warmed up
for their concert, planned
for 7:30 p.m. in the Gilliam
and Bisbee building.
The weekend is sure to
make everyone want to clap
their hands, stomp their
feet, have a few laughs and
even dance as they enjoy
some great Irish music and
entertainment.
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Heppner preschools get
boost from local charity
Spiritually Speaking
Father Thankachan Joseph
St. Patrick Catholic Church Heppner
Lent: A Time Transform Oneself
Tayllor Brannon and Darcie Chick of Sage Garden Preschool.
-Photo by Andrea Di Salvo
Kathi Dickenson of Friends Helping Friends with Jessica Britt
of Heppner Day Care -Photo by Andrea Di Salvo
Heppner Day Care and
Sage Garden Preschool
each received a donation of
$200 from Friends Helping
Friends this week. The mon-
ey, which is from last year’s
Remembrance Walk/5k
Run, will go toward sup-
plies at each preschool.
Heppner Day Care plans to
use the funds for books and
consumable art supplies,
which director Jessica Britt
says they go through quick-
ly. Sage Garden Preschool
director Darcie Chick says
they want to get the most
“bang for their buck” and
will use the money either
toward a sensory table or
the purchase of one more
table and set of chairs for
their learning stations. This
year’s Remembrance Walk/
Run will take place March
18, beginning with a social
hour at 8:30 a.m.
‘Stuff the Bus’ drive
collects food for
Neighborhood Center
Mid Columbia Bus Company and Heppner Market Fresh
teamed up to collect food for the Neighborhood Center last
Saturday. Five bus company employees—four of them Hep-
pner school bus drivers—collected the food for the “Stuff the
Bus” event. Despite the cold weather and a power outage,
Heppner-area residents stepped up and helped donate an
estimated 400 pounds of non-perishables for the Heppner
food pantry. A Heppner school bus delivered the food Mon-
day morning. Pictured (L-R) are Mid Columbia Heppner
bus driver Russell Rollis, Neighborhood Center Coordinator
Lisa Patton and Neighborhood Center Vice Coordinator
Kelly Fritz. -Photo by Andrea Di Salvo
Barbershop to
sponsor chili cookoff
Faded Joe’s Barber-
shop will hold a “Wee Bit
o’ Chili” chili cookoff on
Saturday, March 18, during
the Wee Bit O’ Ireland cel-
ebration in Heppner. All
proceeds will go to Tupper
Outdoor School.
Cooking will begin at
10 a.m. with judging from
12-1 p.m. Limited entries
are available for teams of
three. Contact Faded Joe’s
Barbershop for entry forms.
NRCS Oregon announces
CSP application deadline
The next deadline for
Conservation Stewardship
Program (CSP) applications
to be considered for funding
this year is March 31.
Through CSP, USDA’s
Natural Resources Con-
servation Service (NRCS)
helps farmers, ranchers
and forest landowners earn
payments for expanding
conservation activities
while maintaining agricul-
tural production on their
land. CSP also encourages
adoption of new technolo-
gies and management tech-
niques.
While applications are
accepted throughout the
year, interested producers
should submit applications
to their local NRCS office
by the deadline to ensure
their applications are con-
sidered for 2023 funding.
Learn more about the pro-
gram on the Oregon CSP
webpage.
CSP is offered in Or-
egon through continuous
signups. The program pro-
vides many benefits includ-
ing increased crop yields,
decreased inputs, wild-
life habitat improvements
and increased resilience to
weather extremes. CSP is
for working lands includ-
ing cropland, pastureland,
rangeland, nonindustrial
private forest land and
agricultural land under the
jurisdiction of a tribe.
For additional infor-
mation about CSP, con-
tact Misty Beals at misty.
beals@usda.gov or your
local service center.
The first Sunday of Lent we reflected on the theme of
temptations we are faced with. We meditated that Christ
could win over his temptations since he was led by the
spirit of the Lord. We sometimes fall into temptations
since we are led by the spirit of this world and its attrac-
tions. We are all invited to have the same desert experience
as Christ himself had gone through.
The Second Sunday’s scripture reading invites us to
transfigurations; i.e., we need to get away and move from
our present state to a spiritual state. The word transfigu-
ration literally would mean a complete change of form
or appearance into a more spiritual state. That is what the
desert experience leads us all to.
The first reading of this coming Sunday is taken
from the book of Genesis (12: 1-4), wherein we read
and reflect the call of Abram. Abram was called from a
little hamlet of Ur in the southern part of Mesopotamia
in what is today southern Iraq. Abram seemed to appear
from nowhere, suddenly making his appearance in the
Scripture in the book of Genesis. But this was the man
whom God had called and chosen, for God who knows the
heart and mind can see that Abram had faith in Him and
was a righteous and obedient person. When God called
Abram, he changed his name and asked him to leave be-
hind all his kith and kin and take up a hazardous trip to
an unknown land which the Lord God would show him.
God promised that the name of Abram would be blessed
and great, and He would bless all those who bless him
and curse all those who curse him. God called Abram to
an unknown wilderness and an uncertainty. Abram had
a lot of property, connections and things he enjoyed in
his ancestral homeland. But Abram chose to trust in God
and leave his past behind him, and walked to the distant
land which God promised that He would give to him and
to his descendants. Abram trusted and had faith in God,
committed himself fully in the promises of God, and we
see that he and his offspring were blessed by the Lord.
The Gospel reading on the second Sunday is the
theme of transfiguration of the Lord from the gospel of
Mathew (17: 1-9). Christ prepares himself well for this
event. He is taking only a few of his close collaborators
with him to Mount Tabor where in front of them he was
transfigured. Through this incident of Transfiguration
mentioned in our Gospel passage, the Lord Jesus was
glorified and appeared before three of His disciples: Peter,
James and John. In this manifestation, His fullness of
glory and divinity was exposed to them, and we see the
presence of Moses and Elijah to give the understanding
that Christ is the fulfilment of the law and the prophets.
It was revealed at the Transfiguration that Christ was not
merely a human being, but also the divinity of Christ
as the Son of God, in the person of Jesus Christ, Savior
of the world; the Messiah. Two distinct yet inseparable
natures of Human and Divine were exposed to humanity.
What happened then at the Transfiguration and what
is its significance for us? We need to pay attention how
the Transfiguration of the Lord revealed to us what we
ought to do as Christians, how we ought to be living our
lives and our faith from now on. In the transfiguration
scene we hear a beautiful declaration of Peter suggesting
to the Lord Jesus, “Lord, it is good that we are here. If
you wish I will make three tents here, one for you, one for
Moses and one for Elijah” (v 5). He completely forgets
himself at this juncture and begins to live for others. This
experience of the desert and Mount Tabor will lead us out
of ourselves and to living for others.
The season of Lent, in particular, we are called to
re-examine our lives and how we have lived thus far.
Are we able to think and discern carefully what we are
going to do with our lives, how we are going to proceed
forward? In our life, we certainly go through and will go
through a lot of trials and challenges for the gospel values.
It is not easy to keep our faith and trust in God always
and every time, if we don’t believe in what we read in the
Bible. God promised to Abraham to be a father of a great
family of faith. Jesus promised his disciples a glory that
they will share with him in heaven. These are our hopes.
Christians do not hope in this material world; we hope in
God’s promises. We hope in God’s mercy that we will be
glorified with him in heaven if we accept to suffer with
Him. The words of St. Paul are very apt here: what we
endure in this life is incomparable to the reward for us
in the life to come. Do you believe in this as Abraham
believed, and can you go ahead like he did? God is calling
all of us during this season of Lent to make the leap into
such unknowns to which the Lord God leads us all.
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Friday, March 17, 2023
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