Heppner, Ore.. Gczette-Time,. I7.ur.day, Feb. 14. W4 ....
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Mayor of Hardman
Horse sense
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That's the second time I've seen that bumper sucker:
"Read the Bible. 1:11 scare Hell out of you."
I dont care what Congress says. Feb. 22 is George
Washington's Birthday and nobody is going to make me
celebrate it on Feb. 18 so people can have a three-day
weekend orgy. Today, Feb. 14. is the formal birthday of the
Sate of Oregon. Shouldn't it have been celebrated on
Monday. Feb II This year July 4 comes on Thursday. I fully
expect Congress is readying legislation to celebrate in on
Monday. July l. as part of the bread-and-circus gambit so
popular with the people Feb. 27 is Ash Wednesday. If it could
be changed ;o Feb 25 it would be Ash Wednesday on Monday.
Thts may sound siL'v, but if we're set or. having a three-day
weekend, let s get on with it.
If there had been welfare and aid to dependent children
programs by the government when George Washington was
bom Feb. 22. 1732 this nation (and the world would have
been the loser Can you name one distinguished American to
come from a welfare or AID family? -Just give it time,"
welfare proponents reply. Well. George Washington didnt
need ary time" any more than he needed aid to dependent
children. When George was II his father died He was faced
with caring for his mother, himself, and five younger
brothers and sisters. There being nobody around to convince
him he was "under -privileged, needy, deprived or
neglected." he went to work. At 15 he was an accomplished
surveyor. At 2! he was a major in the Virginia militia. He
rose to the rank of colonel in the French and Indian War. At
43 he was unanimously elected Commander of the
Continental Army. He served as President of the
Constitutional Convention and became the jjrsi President of
the United States in 1739. He iiked to gamble, chase women,
dance all night, and is said to have enjoyed all the delights of
the flesh. But he stiE had time to achieve greatness. He didn't
live in a society that made excuses for his failures. Tragedy
and hard times, not pleasure and prosperity, bring out the
best m men. The man who is well-fed and well-cared for in his
slum or ghetto has little incentive to utilize his resources to
better his condition. If there is one indisputable human
quality it is that men who don't have to work, won't: and
those who place no value on achievement, don't achieve.
Ironic. isn't it. that we have chosen a day that is not his
birthday to honor Washington's memory-that we honor the
memory- of a man who believed in hard work by not working
a! all!
What's the difference between Oregon pine and Oregon
fir'' None. Both are Douglas fir. The Oregon Grape. Oregon's
sta'e flower, comes from California, I am now in deep
trouble i
- I have been admonished by a reader who believes that I
am not qualified to pass an opinion on the effect of pesticides
on animal, marine and plant life: and that I have no business
with the opinion until I qualify myself by sitting at the feet of
some college professors. It occurs to me that had my opinion
or. the use of DDT on the tussock moth coincided with his own
-which is that pesticides should be banned for all purposes
jrv qualifications as an opmionator would not have been
called into question. In short, he surely would have
commended me for my deep understanding and appreciation
of the problem without examining my credentials.
What impressed me most in his letter is the suggestion
that I should consult with college professors who have
answers to this and other problems. Having suffered five
years in college under Pontius Pedante and another 40 years
'in more pleasant communion with various college professors
I am inclined to the notion that the last place to seek out the
truth is in the professor profession. Just show me the
professor w ho chants the virtues of a One World through the
United Nations and I'll show you another professor who
believes the UN is evil incarnate and should be destroyed.
" There are professors w ho believe in God and some who are
atheists, guaranteeing that one of the two is in error. Some
.like Shockiey believe Negroes are genetically inferior, and
others disagree. One teaches the virtues of communism
Herbert Marcuse). others damn it. Some believe in Jesus
Chnst, and some swear He never existed. .Many, including a
professor of entomology at San Jose State College, are
convinced that DDT does no harm to wildlife or
environmeni-many others are convinced he's wrong, and a
tool of the capitalists. There are professors who teach that a
republican form of government is best: others vote for a
benevolent monarchy. One academic segment stays with the
old-fashioned theory (hat 2 and 2 equal 4. but there are
colleaeues who can prove uo themselves at least - that the
formula is incorrect. I had a professor whose dogma was that
there is no question that can be answered with a simple yes or
no-! he same professor whose final examination in Education
IV consisted of 100 true or false questions! You can hire a
thousand professors to swear that smoking causes cancer.
You can also hire a thousand professors to swear that
smoking does noi induce cancer. Given these circumstances,
the place to go for reliable information is not always (he
college professor.
College professors have achieved startling unanimity,
however." on two propositions: 1 that institutionalized
education controlled by educationists and paid for by tax
pavers is the salvation of the human race: and (2; that the
teaching profession is grossly underpaid
Now. if saturating the Douglas fir forests of Oregon.
Idafio and California with suiphur -larded blackstrap
molasses would save the SXi.000 acres of timber now being
devoured by the tussock moth. I would favor the sticky
applicator.. And if that sticky application should go against
the prufessorial gram, or screw up the ovarian cycle of the
female cut-throat trout, or upset the bowels of
environmentalists who bleed more for fish than for peopie, so
be it.
For the sake of my gentle critic, and others. I hope the
dsv never comes when a person cannot arrive at an opinion
v.vhouf having it first certified as correct by protessors
whose grea" worth lies in their abilry to provoke thought,
smuiaie interes and curiosity, cause students to question
traditional "truths" and to certify their validity. The
professor is a guide, not an oracle.
Last week an Oregon woman and her baby were involved
in a fatal auto accident. The mother was killed. The baby
escaped death because he was thrown from the car at the
moment of impact. Had the baby been using a seat belt he
would nave died as did the mother. Seat belts are not always
the answer, are they''
Over at Enterprise the First State Bank of Elgin took a
full page ad in the Wallowa County Chieftain to announce
some new services to its patrons Effective Feb 7. the ad
says, the bank will offer free checking accounts, free
imprinted checks, free travelers checks, free bank money
orders and small-size safety deposit boxes for $1 a year That
is startling news At least one bank has progressed to the
point where it can offer the same services all banks offered 40
years ago.
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God bless Al Ullman!
'Cut paper work
for small firms'
Federal paperwork and
reporting requirements for
small businessmen are be
coming a real burden with the
numerous forms and check
lists demanded by federal
agencies, according, to Con
gressman Al Ullman
Ullman. a co-sponsor of
legislation aiming to reduce
the paperwork burden for
small businesses, said that
many federal record keeping
and reporting requirements
are costly and may be
repetitious and frequently
unnecessary.
The legislation directs the
Menial health clinic fee
By DAVID MITCHLM. .
Director
Mental Health Services
I have been asked to write
an article in the paper
explaining our policy regard
ing collection of fees.
The question is no! whether
we have a fee scale, since we
do charge fees, but the reason
fees are charged in a pub
iicaliy funded program.
There are two major rea
sons for charging fees at
Mental Health Services for
Morrow County. I could sim
ply state that it is directed by
the Mental Health Division
that we do so according to
Oregon Revised Statutes
430.021. and Oregon Revised
Statutes 430.WO which have to
do with the authority the
division has in directing
activities of community
menial health programs.
However, to use this as an
explanation would be a cop
out.
The two reasons to which I
refer are both financial and
clinical The primary finan
cial reason we charge fees is
because, even with the money
from public sources, we re
quire additional monej to help
pay for the program in view of
reduced public funds from the
federal government and in
creased cost of living, which
we all feel.
The clinical reason for
charging fees is something of
interest to most people in the
mental health field, and has
been of concern for at least the
nearly 12 years I have been in
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General Accounting Office to
study the nature and extent of
federal reporting require
ments, and to make recom
mendations to Congress for
consolidating or eliminating
many of the required reports.
"Because of their limited
resources." Ullman said,
"small business and small
professional partnerships
spend much more time and
money on federal paperwork,
proportionately, than large
corporations." "This ob
viously affects the ability of
small enterprises to compete
effectively in the market
the profession. Practitioners
have drawn the conclusion
that charging fees is good
clinic practice. The making of
some sacrifice for the sake of
paying for treatment is likely
to increase the benefit which
She individual will receive
from treatment.
The fee makes clear the
contraciural relationship be
tween the patient, who con
siders himself in need of our
services, and the clinician who
offers to assist him. -It
emphasizes the patient 's obli
gation and responsibility for
contributing to the treatment
process in many ways, of
which the fee is one. This is
also considered to be a matter
of one's self-esteem. The
patient is not receiving char
ity, but is a "customer."
buying a service from a
professional person The pa
tient has a right to expect and
demand adequate value for
his money. In a therapeutic
relationship, both the patient
and the therapist invest a
great deal of themselves
which is more clearly seen
and appreciated when there is
some monetary value at
tached. We wish to make clear that
the fees in the Mental Health
Services for Morrow County
are based upon one's ability to
pay considering the gross
family income and the num
ber of dependents. No one is
denied the services of the
clinic if unable to pay. Our
lowest fee is $1 and the highest
is currently $20. The clinic
goes on the philosophy that a
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The Office of Management
and Budget is supposed !o
prescribe procedures for con
solidating and streamlining
federal information collection
activities, but Ullman said it
appears OMB has not done a
good job implementing this
directive
"Managing federal paper
work costs the federal govern
ment a; least S8 billion
annually and small business
men considerably more."
Ullman said. "Armed with the
GAO's recommendations,
maybe we can begin to cut
away the yards of red tape."
explained
therapist must help the pa
tient to face the realities of a
competitive society and that
any attempts to deny financial
problems or to minimize the
patient's sacrifice do not help
the patient assume a respon
sible role in sociecv.
Accident victim
is recovering
Mike. 3-year-old son of Mr
and Mrs Robert Mahoney.
has been released from the
hospital after a near-fatal
accident
On Feb. 5 Mike accidentally
fell out of the cab of thetraclor
in which he w as riding w ish his
father.
The accident happened on
the Mahoney 's Clark Canyon
ranch rather near their home.
Mike was caught underneath
the tractor. His father rescued
him and took him !o She ranch
house. He was rushed to
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
COW POKES
lilllL.
"Awright, Mr. Deer Hunter, you shootin' my
mil cow and two pet horses could hv be?n
an accident but how come you shot a hole
through the Gare Warden's car?"
Parking tickets
back in style
Sometime it's a little hard
to rrmrmtrr certain dates
and apparently some of down
town Heppner's customers
were late n remembering that
parkins; meter were back into
effect bo Feb. It.
Those wbo fore.ot were
abruptly reminded by the
presence o( a little piece of
paper on their windshield,
which when accompanied by
one dollar, would clear things
up.
A few weeks ago the city
council decided the meters be
shut down because of cold
weather, which hindered the
operation of meter anyway.
But as of Monday the meters
were back on duty, along with
Chief of Police Dean Oilman,
who helped remind the forget
ful. For some it was a return
to old habits, including the
usual morning custom of
parking in front of the broken
meters: just one way of saving
a lew pennies.
. . Apparently business neither
thrived during the meter
huiidav nor declined when it
ended. B noon Monday there
was hardlv a parking place to
,be found in town.
Those who wonder how
much meter money was lost
during the holiday, can relax.
Many people didn't know
annul the meter moratorium
and kept plugging in their
loose change. Too. think of all
the money those Monday
tickets brought in!
After X-rays. Mike and his
parents and Dr L.D. Tibbies
went lo Pendleton in the
Morrow County Ambulance.
Two Pendieion doctors were
waiting to help when the
ambulance arrived at Pen
dieion Community Hospital.
Mike was found to have a skull
injury, a cracked pelvis and a
broken right arm. He could
have been more severly in
jured if he had not been
carefully dressed in extra
clothing, and if the soil where
he fell had not been moist and
rather soft.
By Ace Reid
DEAR MISTER EDITOR:
I was wondering how long "Say What You Think Week"
would last, and now I know. It won't, and it's probable a good ,
thing. Last year some feller thought up the week to give
everbody a chanct to blow off steam.
I saw by the papers recent where there won't be a second
annual "Say Whay You Think Week."
The reason, the piece said, was that nobody took it serious
last year. The health benefits of cutting down on tention by
saying what vou think would of been offset by wear and tear
on' one another, hospitals, police, jails and courts. They is
plenty of us around that figger it'd be worth a week in the
hospital lo tell some varmints what we think of em.
Fer instant. I would have some h.ard words fer whoever it
was that said garlic is good fer what does or might ai! you. Ed
Doolittle gitting to the session at the country store Saturday
night was no surprise. The rest of us could smell him coming
half a mile awav. Ed said he had saw where garlic would
keep him from catching cold, and it would keep his blood
pressure down.
Mister Editor. I can't say about the blood pressure, but
thev ain't no chanct at all that Ed will catch any kind of
germs from anybody. You can't stand being in the same
room with him. "much less get clost enuff to sneeze on him.
Course, this not being "Say Whay You Think Week." the
fellers heard Ed polite, and tried to move on to other topics so
he wouldn't talk and stir the air.
I mentioned this week that wasn't, and Clem Webster was
of a mind that practical ever week of 1973 was "Tell What
You Know Week" in Washington fer the Democrats and
"Blame Whoever You Can Week" fer the Republicans And
he said both was taking their tolls. Clem had saw where one
feller that is a White House staff member said he didn't mind
so much having his name wrote on his office door in chalk, it
was thai big wet spong hanging beside his name that left
some feeling of job security to tie desired.
Speaking of job security, Zeke Grubb said he had saw
where the gas shortage was hurting the worm business. Zeke
was where growing fishing worms is a $1 billion a year
business in this country, and if folks ain't got gas to git to the
water and run their boats, they won't be buying worms Zeke
said he had heard of business going to the dogs, but this was a
new one.
Bur you can figger this energy situation ever way from
Sunday, Zeke said, and not come up with a stranger deal than
they got in Boston.
lii Bosion. the less electricity folks use the more they're
going to pay. Zeke had saw a study that showed people that
iive m the big cities was cutting back, but is was costing the
power companies jest as much to make less. So Ihey're
wan'ing to hike the rates to make up fer lost income, li s a
good thing it ain't "Say What You Think Week" in Boston
Yours truly.
MAYOR ROY.
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INDIANAPOLIS - Al long last, the Church Federation of
Greater Indianapolis has spoken out against that great,
bloody merry-go-round for speed freaks called "The
Indianapolis 5oo "
The Church Federauon's resolution made no mention,
however, of last May's race having caused the death of one
driver, and serious injury to another.
The resolution also failed to-mwition previous races where,
in addition to dead drivers, spectators have been sprayed
wiih flaming fuel and killed by a flying wheel.
Neiiher did the Church Federation's resolution express any
concern about what the 500 s vice-president and superin
lendent of grounds, Clarence Cagle, told his column was an
esnmaied consumption of 40.0'JO gallons of fuel las! May
. Enough for President Nixon to take five Air Force One trips
lo Key Biscayne
Ai this writing, ihe Nixon administration is pleading fur
voluntary fuel conservation, and murmuring about possible
rationing Bui it has done nothing about the announced intent
of the aou's promoters lo renew this 190 m.ph.
ring-around-ihe-rosy. Hence thousands of gallons of fuel will
be burned up again this May so that 75 grown men can risk
each other's lives in this nitwit marathon of racing about in
circles for 500 miles.
The expressed concern of the Church F'ederation of
Greater Indianapolis did not mention death, dismemberment
or fuel waste Its concern is that the Indy 500 is for the first
time this year scheduled for Sunday morning, at 11 a m.
Admittedly there is more to (his concern lhan a yen fur
blue laws For some 350.000 race fans will predictably so clog
the streets outside of churches all over west Indianpolis as lo
cut off the churches from their parishioners.
Despite this, the 500 s publicity director. Al Bloemker, told
this column:
"There has been no organized protest of this HooSier
insutuiuon that everyone takes pride in."
Not as effectively organized as Bloemker's boss, at any
rate. For Anton Hulman is . Yale alumnus who reportedly
owns most of Terre Haute, .nd
Hulman purchased and refurbished the now profitable
(seats from S10 to $50) speedway-just after World War II.
when it had been closed down due to gas rationing
At ihat time the 5oo was. happily, almost dead. Then along
came Hulman. who derives a significant amount of his
money from a baking powder with one of the nation's most
exquisiiely ethereal brand names: "Clabber Girl."
This product, considering the lethal effect of Mr. Hulman's
great motorized Memorial Day manslaughter, might
appropriately be renamed "Clobbered Boy."
mum
"Dig that
Motorized
slaughter
BY
LESTER KINSOLVING
crazy staircase!"
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