2 HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, February 14, 1963
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HEPPNER
GAZETTE-TIMES
MOBBOW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
PHONE 676-9228
1he Heppner Gazette, established March 30. 1883. The Heppner
Times established November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15
1912.
HELEN E. SHERMAN
Associate Publisher
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
WESLEY A. SHERMAN
Editor and Publisher
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Our Team Loses a Crucial Game
When the Heppner High Mustangs lost an Important basket
ball game to Sherman County Friday night in Heppner gym,
one might expect the citizenry to wear black bands around
their arms and go into solemn mourning. But such is not the
case.
This was the Important game. A victory would have meant
that Heppner had a full two-game lead over the rest of the field
and an almost certain Greater Oregon division championship.
But the loss almost directly reverses this. The Mustangs have
three games to go two of them this week-end against Burns
and Grant Union here while Sherman County only has to
face Pilot Rock in Its last league tilt and then sit back and
watch what happens to the Mustangs.
Should Heppner win all three remaining games, which in
cludes Pilot Rock after the two games this week-end, the league
championship would be in a deadlock, and Heppner and Sherman
County then would have to enter into a sudden death playoff,
perhaps on a neutral floor. The winner would play the eastern
division winner, probably either Vale or Enterprise, for the
right to go to the state tournament. This all, of course, is
contingent upon a Sherman County victory in its last game
with Pilot Rock (and Heppner will surely be rooting for Pilot
Rock!).
So, after having pretty much the upper hand through the
season, Coach Bob Cantonwlne's lads now have quite a long
uphill grind.
State tournament teams are quite a rarity for Heppner, and
this makes the incentive so much more enticing. If the team
wants It badly enough and they really have the ability to get
there, they still have the opportunity to make the tournament,
but they will have to produce.
While a basketball fan is prone to groan (and we are among
them) when his favorite team suffers such a setback, it must
be conceded that victory alone will not make a winner in life.
The fellow who suffers setbacks and overcomes them is the
one who gains strength and fortitude for other challenges ahead.
High school athletics can well become the case of youngsters
looking for a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow if the wrong
emphasis is given. It can become his obsession to the exclusion
of other things perhaps more important to his total develop
ment as a worthwhile member of society.
Appropriate to this point is an editorial written last week
by Earle Richardson in the ltemizer-Observer, Dallas.
"In sports it is not a matter of following but of producing,
day after day, in the manner he customarily can. So a seasonal
slump may take a top star back to the minors forever. It is
a sobering thought that conditions men rather quickly about
paying too much heed to his press clippings.
"The same is quite true of the high school athlete who
displays marked prowess. If he goes on to college, chances
are he has to be a superman to even get a look from the coach.
His previous record may help, but It must be conditioned with
considerable attention to his day by day performance and im
provement. His brawn may be matched and bettered by dozens
of other youths. His brain must be conditioned to stand up
under both discouragement and over-encouragement. Most
youngsters are aware of this before they finish high school and
realize It is either the mid of the trail, or a new start Iharder
than before that takes all the courage they can muster.
"Years ago we read the following quotation from a man who
at that time stood at the pinnacle of success which we felt
carried a message to all young men and a lesson:
"To this day I thank difficulties. They were more numerous
than the nice happy incidents. But the latter gave me nothing.
The difficulties of life have hardened my spirit. They have
taught me how to live,
'"To me it would have been dreadful and fatal if on my
journey forward I had by chance fallen permanently into the
chains of comfortable bureaucratic employment. How could I
have adapted myself to that smug existence in a world bristling
with interest and significant horizons? . . . These energies which
I enjoy were trained by obstacles and even by bitterness of
soul. They were made by struggle, not by the joys of the path
way,' "We wish we could attribute the quotation to someone who in
the light of history has continued along the path he indicated.
It Is from the life of Benito Mussolini as it appeared in the
Saturday Evening Post May 5, 1928, at the peak of his power
and adulation. The fad that success made him forget the steps
he had taken to gain it Is probably as good a lesson as a
better ending."
Our Silence on Boardmon and Boeing
For some two years or more our area has been on tenter
hooks about the future of the Boardman Industrial Park and
the plans of the Boeing Company. Many obstacles have come
up that were anticipated by no one in the beginning.
In June of 19G1 this paper published a Welcome Edition
under sponsorship of the Chamber of Commerce that was de
signed to be distributed to Boeing people with the thought
that their coming was imminent. (However, Governor Mark
Hatfield advised in a letter that this was premature).
At succeeding stages, It has been rumored and forecast that
the project agreement would be concluded within a short time,
only to find that some new stumbling block would come up
to cause delay.
Because the development is so important to the future of
Morrow county and this entire section of the state, the delay
creates confusion, uncertainty and impatience.
Everyone would like to know what is going to happen and
when, but the intergovernmental processes, which include the
state, Bureau of Land Management, the Federal Government,
the Navy and the Army Engineers, obviously grind slowlv and
ponderously. Indeed, one could scarcely think of a more cumber
some combination.
The governor and the State Department of Planning and
Development have been the target of considerable criticism
because of the prolonged negotiations, but theirs has not been
an enviable task. There is Indication that the agreement will
be culminated in due time, and more patience and forobearance
are called for.
As we see it, local clamoring will not hasten matters. Those
trying to work out the project are goaded enough as it is.
In the early stages of negotiations this paper followed rather
closely every little development on the Boardman project, and
every tidbit of news concerning it was good for a headline.
Some of our contemporaries are still following this policy, but
we quit some months ago. There is no point in printing these
"shadow boxing" stories until some news of real merit comes
along. To do so serves no useful purpose and mav Indeed hinder
those who are working towards culmination of the agreement.
When there is some real news on the Boardman Booing sit
uation, this paper will report it. Until then it will be silent,
content to watch, without trying to grasp a handful of clouds
or to report a wlll o'-the wisp story.
Chaff and Chatter
Wes Sherman
THERE IS peace at the Harley
Young household. The cat they
lost in tne Hood scare has been
relumed, apparently as a result
of the little story and ad in last
week's U-T.
Harley apparently isn't like
the man who appeared at the
newspaper office to place a
classified advertisement offering
a reward of $100 for the return
of his wife's cat.
"That's an awfully high price
for a cat," remarked the clerk.
Not for this one," said the
man darkly. I've already
arowneu u.
WE MUST report that Mrs. Fred
Gimbel didn't come at us with
a rolling pin after last week's
remark about the tuna and
noodles, but we think we may
have done an injustice that we
would like to correct. She is an
excellent cook, and the Sher
mans have had the pleasure of
knowing this first hand as
guests of the Gimbels.
It's just that Fred, like the
writer, is not at all fond of tuna
fith. In fact, we're thinking of
founding the Anti-Tuna Fish
Eaters' society. (And now we'll
probably get an indignant letter
from the Columbia River Pack
WELL, this is Valentine's day,
and perhaps this little mes
sage of love, clipped from some
publication by our friend,
Howard Leigh of Salem, and
mailed to us, is appropriate:
"You say you love me, but
sometimes you don't show it. In
the beginning you couldn't do
enough for me. Now you seem to
lake me for granted. Some days
I even wonder if I mean any
thing at all to you.
"Maybe when I'm gone, you'll
appreciate me and all the things
I do for you. I'm responsible for
getting the food on your table,
ror the clean shirt you wear
every day, for the welfare of
your children and a thousand
and one things you want and
need. Why, if it weren t for me
you wouldn't even have a car to
drive.
"I've kept quiet and waited to
see how long it would take for
you to realize how much you
reany need me.
"Cherish me. Take care of me,
and I'll continue to take good
care oi you.
"Who am I?
"I am your job! "
VE NOTICED on our last trip to
Portland that the complex of
'.he motel and hotel business has
changed. The city is full of brand
new hotels and swanky motels.
in is may bode well for the city,
but it makes it pretty tough on
tht smaller establi s h m e n t s
which have been in operation for
a lew years.
On these winter nights some
of the excellent little motels only
have three or four cars parked
around them.
We feel a sympathy for these
smaller operations that are get
ting the squeeze from the big
time hostelries. Personally we
prefer to stay In them when
occasion calls us to Portland.
They are just as nicely appointed
and not encumbered with lavisn
ness. One doesn't have to go up
to several stories to get to his
room, and the accommodations
are first class.
The folks at the Caravan
Motel, currently advertising in
the Gazette-Times, are amon
those who feel this pinch. Theirs
is one of those places with all
the conveniences. One can drive
Legal Point Kills a Good Idea
Those who worked diligently preparing preliminary steps
from the citizens' standpoint for a municipally-owned but privately-operated
recreation building In Heppner must now be
sorely disappointed with the recent opinion from a League of
Oregon Cities staff attorney that the proposal Is unconstitutional.
Nevertheless, those who took the time and effort to Implement
action on a pressing local need are to be highly commended
for their work, the prime movers being Earl Ayres and Clint
McQuarrie.
Despite the fact that it is apparently unconstitutional, It still
was a good idea with sound and honest motivation.
Could laws be made so flexible as to fit all conditions and
areas, this might not be illegal in Heppner because there Is no
intention to fatten a private person's pocketbook at the expense
of the public, but rather to meet a need that would serve the
public interest.
It can readily be seen, though, that It is logical and reasonable
that such a constitutional provision is made to safeguard the
use of public monies.
Were the legal barrier one of statute and not embraced in
the constitution, a special bill possibly could have been intro
duced in the legislature that may have succeeded in granting
sanction to the local case, but it is in the constitution, and
certainly there is no hope of the state voting a constitutional
amendment for Heppner's benefit!
Thus, this avenue to solve the recreation problem is dead.
However, It may be hoped that with the manifestation of
interest by the community some private parties may now realize
the earnestness of local citizens in support of either a motion
picture theater or bowling alley, or both. Petitions presented
to the council carried well over 200 names and it is a certainty
that more could have been obtained if more circulators had
worked at it.
Among those on the petitions, to be sure, were a few who
were probably opposed to the project but did not object to
the people getting a chance to vote on it. These same persons
might bo happy to have a privately-operated facility established
that would require no outlay of public funds and no tax levy.
The supporters of the recreation idea, though blocked on the
bond issue proposal, are not quitting yet. They have some
other ideas that would require no public funds'. While their
chances may not be too great, they are worth investigating, and
they are going at it.
Meanwhile, those who may have been looking at Heppner
with the possible idea of opening a theater or bowling alley
could well take a second look. The interest and need are still
here.
With the heavy support given by business people to the
municipal building plan, it is a virtual certaintv thAt therp
would be hearty willingness of most merchants to sDonsor howl-
ing teams, for instance, thus helping to assure success of lanes
acre.
Disappointment felt by the community committee leaders on
the demise of the recreation plan by the legal opinion is not
theirs alone. It is shared by manv citizens whn hnH hnnd fnr a
wholesome public recreation outlet, both young people and
adults alike .
SEE
THE BIG BIAS?
Sound Color Spectacular
166 MM ONE-HOUR MOTION PICTURE
Produced on Location in Cooperation With The U. S. Depart
ment of Defense and U. S. Air Force.
Exciting Air Force Action
Breathtaking Suspense
Grandeur of Hazardous Ski-jumping
Competition.
Religiously-Oriented Film.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 7:00 P.M.
Grade School Multipurpose Room
No Admission Oflering Will Be Taken
Sponsored by South Morrow Ministerial Assn.
TO THE
EDITOR.
Mr Editor:
Ok Wes, you asked for com
ments on parking meters here
are a few of mine. Keep the
meters and enforce them.
Add one hour free parking
spaces between the First Nation
al Bank and Fulleton's Garage.
This will rid the streets of some
derelict cars and provide more
parking for the man with no
change.
Have twelve minute maximum
on two meters each side of main
street, with two or three more at
the Post Office, maybe even five
minutes free.
Clint McQuarrie menti o n e d
delivery trucks. Don't any stores
in Heppner have back doors?
Why should deliveries be made
from the front, parking meters be
hanged, instead of off Main
Street?
Outlaw the parking of long
wheel base trucks on Main Street
with the truck sticking out into
practically to the doorway of his
room. There is a nice little rest
aurant on the lower level. Get up
in the morning and just go down
stairs to breakfast. Outside not
very inviting at this time of the
year but a great attraction in the
summer is a swimming pool.
Oh, it s a great way to rough
It!
If you don't know where you
want to stay next time you go to
fortiand, we commend tnis place
ti you. Their ad is in this paper.
the traffic lane, or worse yet,
making a blind corner at an in
tersection. How about a parallel
truck parking only with a one
hour limit, on the side street De
tween the Hotel and Wagon
Wheel.
The critics to all this will say
"Too much to enforce," but all
the spaces to check often will be
within a one block area.
Although I live out of the City
limits, I still manage to spend
nearly every cent I make in Hep
pner, and after all this I'll prob
ably be the first one to forget the
parking meter, and get a ticket,
but I'll be glad to pay it because
with parking meters enforced, a
parking space is nearly always
available.
D. H. Jones, Jr.
Heppner-Condon Highway
Dear Editor,
I favor the maintenance of a
strong grade and 'high school
program at lone.
We are a sparsely settled
county with long distances be
tween farms. The school day, in
cluding time on the bus, must be
kept as short as is reasonable. I
do not agree with the state and
local school planners that con
sider hauling children 10 to 20
miles west, south, and north of
lone through lone and on to Hep
pner. This is not just or reason
able because of the lengthy
transportation time Involved.
I favor the maintenance of a
strong curriculum at lone. The
county school system could shift
teachers between the school
plants rather than transporting
the children. These teachers can
bring to the students of lone the
same extra subjects that are of-
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fered students In Heppner.
We are faced with an unfortu
nate trend in the United States
today which points toward cen
tralized control with less and
less contact with the people. It
would seem that much better
public relations should be possi
ble between the school adminis
tration, the school board and the
people, than there is at the pre
sent time. The democratic pro
cess dictates that more attention
should be given to the policies
of the local administrators and
advisory boards of each school.
Yours truly,
Don Peterson
Mr. and Mrs. Walt Hill and
three girls, Pendleton, were
week-end visitors at the homes
of Howard Pettyjohn, John
Graves, and Louis Carlson.
COMMUNITY V
J BILLBOARD K
Coming Events
LEGION MOVIES
No movies this week because
of home basketball games.
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
Heppner Mustangs vs. Grant
Union, Friday night.
Heppner vs. Burns, Saturday
night.
JV game, 6:30. Varsity, 8:00
Help Support the Mustangs!
WILLOW GOLF CLUB
Annual Meeting
Sunday, Feb. 17, 7 p.m.
Elks Club
FREE MOVIE
'The Big Blast," Multipurpose
room, Sunday, February 17.
7:00 p.m.
EPISCOPAL SPAGHETTI
FEED
Parish hall, Sunday. Feb. 17
From 2 to 5 p.m.
Tickets, $1.25 and 75c
SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC
SERVICE BY
C. A. RUGGLES
Insurance Agency
Heppner
P. O. Box 247 PH. 676-9625
See The Sound, Color Motion Picture
"Outdoor Sportsman11
Starring
JIM CONWAY, TV Personality
And Northwest Sports Authority
Sponsored By
Heppner PTA
WEDNESDAY
FEBRUARY 27
8 P.M
Heppner High Gym
FISHING --HUNTING
See the best selections of three Years filming produced in color
and sound in the field . . .packed Into two hours of entertainment
for the whole family.
SALMON. STEELHEAD, STURGEON, MARLIN AND KAMLOOPS
FISHING
MOOSE, PHEASANT. ELK. DUCK HUNTING
Buy Tickets at the Door Adults $1.25-Students, Children 75c
This Is A Film You Will Not
Want To Miss !