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Monday, Heppner Police Chief Dean Gilman had a day off
from his regular duties. He enjoys something different when
not working so he decided to buy a basket of chicken and take
it home.
As he entered the tavern to pick up his order, two men
approached him and after a few unkind words to Gilman one
of the men asked Dean if he wanted some trouble. Dean
replied, "No, but I can order you some trouble in a hurry."
"Well go ahead, said one of the men." Sc Dean picked up the
phone and contacted Officer Chuck Holt. In a matter of
minutes Officer Holt appeared on the scene. "Here is the
trouble I ordered for you," said Chief Gilman as he and
Officer Holt escorted the two men to jail, charging them with
disturbing the peace. When they were outside the building
one of the men asked Gilman who he was. to which Chief
Gilman replied, "I am the big Chief of Police that is."
The two men appeared in Justice Court and after paying
their respective fines were cautioned by Justice of the Peace
Dee Cribble, "The next time you are in a strange town and
decide to have a fight, dont pick on the Chief of Police."
Most residents of small communities take the responsibili
ties of the various departments for granted. They depend on
the volunteer firemen to answer the calls as soon as they are
received, without giving any thought to the men of the fire
department or the various Jobs they hold as citizens of the
community. It is not the simplest thing to drop everything at
the sound of the fire horn and rush to the scene of a fire, yet
the men of Heppner 's Volunteer Fire Department respond to
every call in record time.
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Contrary to many communities, the fire chief and the men
of the volunteer fire department receive small compensation
for their efforts.
Recently a home occupied by Mr. and Mrs. William J.
Hunt, near the Willowcreek community, near Vale was
destroyed by fire because the fire department would not
respond to the fire. The Hunt's had moved into the
community only two days previously and were not aware
they had to become members of the rural fire department to
receive fire protection. The cost of becoming a member is $10
per year.
The rural fire department must charge a fee for
membership since they receive no funds from any other
source to operate the department.
The firemen charge a fee for fighting fires, they receive $4
for the first hour and $2.50 for each additional hour. A portion
of this money is put into a fund to help injured firemen. At one
time the fire department went out on every call then billed
the owner for the costs, however, many never paid their bill.
The result . . . fight the fires of members only.
Presently there are two alternatives, either continue the
way they are presently operating and hope everyone joins the
rural association or form a fire protection district.
Whatever their decision, the Hunt's, their daughter,
granddaughter and a new arrival within two weeks are in
desperate need of clothing.
The Willowcreek Community Church, the Gateway Baptist
Church, Ontario and the Malheur Enterprise are accepting
clothing and donations to help the Hunts in their hour of need.
While the members of the Heppner volunteer fire
department do not respond to all rural fires, they will
respond to all fires with a radius of 7 miles from the city
limits and they do this without checking a list to find if the
home owner has paid his fee and eligible for fire protection.
Last week's paper caught the expert eye of a few of our
subscribers as they noted a few errors in the paper. Last
Wednesday morning we had trouble with our compugraphic.
This is highly sensitive machine and adjusts the written
matter into columns. This machine must be on a circuit all its
own as a fluctuation in the electrical power will cause the
machine to falter. Electricity was not the problem, however,
as Wednesday morning after resetting a story for the nth
time, this is how the story appeared.
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properly. A simple adjustment and the machine worked
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written in a foreign language, the machine was to blame, not
the operator.
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R.A.Maxwell
inflationary, costing you and I
$2 billion annually.
Thank you Uncle.
Here are some tid bits for acteristics.
your mental digestion. He &ca mi op
The United States Postal tumties t0 new
Service is in favor of more He slates ms objectives in
curbside mailboxes. It costs amounts can measur
the government $50 a year for
every doorstep delivery by the -He takes moderate risks,
neighborhood mailman but He homework
only $35 to leave the mail in a ,0 rind Mw opportuni.
curbside box. ties and to reduce the risks in
' ' . . . seizing them.
Free enterprise and a free He ukes rcspon.
market have won at least one sibiUty for geUing resulu
small skirmish. Gerald F. Smyth, executive
April 1. 1976 wiU be the end of programs for
of all "fair trade laws in the smaHer business of
U S. The feds have finaUy Institute, the
uctiucu urc mwi mvvu ...ik- nf tho hirtv
According to "Nation's Bus
iness," published by the
Chamber of Commerce of the
, g . United States, Mr. Smyth also
Did you ever think of this . . . corrects , misConception on
This year many people will !j me of v s business.
donate one day s work to their Approximateiy 90 per cent of
6yeS 1 VlASA U.S. firms ha few than J00
They do this not WoT ,
company loyalty, but because ActuaIiy Mys Mr. Smyth,
annual salaries are based on entrepreneur me smart
365iay years and this year businessman who provides the
has 366 days. goods and services giant
At the same time, every- are big t0
body renung a house or an i(Je efficientv He fllls a
apartment, making install-
ment payments, or leasing a Hoof fof Uule feUows!
car, boat, store, office, or
equipment gets that extra
day's use at no charge. "Tomorrow is one clean,
OK. we'll take a little, give a beautiful day, the day on
little. which dreams come true, on
which the impossible things
If you think of the entrepre- will yet be done, on which I
neur as a swinger flying shall have the nerve and the
around in his private jet, will to be and to do that which
pulling off big merger deals, was too much for me in the
think again. grim battle of today. I believe
A new study tells you how in tomorrow."
you can identify the entrepre
neur. These are leading char- Graphic Monthly
Mankind's Lifesaver
By Rev. Ednin A. Cutting
There are times when life is pleasant, with hardly a worry.
On other occasions pain, anxiety and a deep fear take away
any joy that one might have had, so, when troubled people
turn to many panaceas for solving their predicaments.
Psalm 107 lists four disastrous situations which humans
can fall into and what provided relief:
"Some wandered in desert wastes, hungry and thirsty,
then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered
them from their distress.
Some sat in darkness and gloom (in prison) for they had
rebelled against the word of God, then they cried to the Lord
In their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
Some were sick through their sinful ways, then they cried
to the Lord in their trouble, and be delivered them from their
distress.
Some went down to the sea In shipa-and were at their wits
end (a storm). Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
He made the storm be still, and the waves of the tea were
hushed. Then they were glad because they had quiet, and he
brought them to their desired haven. Let them thank the Lord
for hii steadfast love, for His wonderful works to the sons of
men."
Psalm 107, portions.
Storms arise In the ordinary course of life. Hardly anyone
can escape suffering, conflict, temptation, humiliation, doubt
or fear to some degree at one time or another. Troubled times
rnay he miM iwj hort, or they msy be as fearful as danger of
immediate shipweck. How skeptical we are at such times
that any power can trample the turbulent waters into
peaceful calm.
Often the cry for help is heard by a close friend,
professional counselors and God himself. Deliverance comes
and one can Thank the Lord for his wonderful works.
One thing we often do when in trouble is to make It worse by
exaggerating the woes and minimizing the chance of rescue.
We think we'll never get over an illness; we believe nobody
was ever humiliated as we were; we wonder if our children
will ever grow sensible. On and on we pity ourselves, even to
giving up faith In the Almighty. ' l,
Vet. through the pounding surf our cry is heard by the
Divine life saver and wt can be delivered from our distress.
Give thanks to the Lord for his steadfast love, for his
wonderful works to the sons of men.
Limit setting vs. punishment
Terry D. Hirnl. ACSW
In the last article, we talked about the first year of life and
the importance of making a child feel secure, warm, and
loved in order to develop his dependence on the parents. We
also discussed how difficult it will be for parents to teach
their child morals and values unless this dependence is
developed.
Between the ages of 14 to about 6 years, a child learns
most of the values and morals that will remain with him
throughout his life. The child goes through the stage that Erik
Erickson termed "autonomy vs. shame and guilt," when a
youngster is learning that he is separate from his parents,
and that his parents have very little control over what he
does if the child really wants to do something. Along with this
discovery, though, if the child has developed a healthy
dependency on his parents, is the feeling that he wants his
parents to continue to love and accept him, and that this may
be withdrawn if the child does too much wrong in the eyes of
the parent. A child may be saying "no" to his parents at the
same time he is doing what they requested. This gives him
the feeling of autonomy, because he chose to do the task,
while at the same time staying in good with his parents.
One very common way of teaching a child or an adult what
is appropriate is limit setting. The parent may tell the child,
"stay in this room," or "be back home by 6 p.m.," or "you
can eat anything on this shelf." The parent is being specific
about what he feels is appropriate for the child, limit setting
is very important for people so that they know fairly
specifically what is expected of them in other words, some
kind of structure around their behavior. La ws are basically a .
limit setting method which structures a person's behavior.
If an individual does not abide by the limits set on him, then .,
he suffers the consequence punishment. Without the fear of n,
some type of punishment an individual will not abide by a
structure or limit setting because a good reason does not
exist for him to do so. The punishment may be toss of a
privilege, a spanking, a fine, jail, or fear of loss of love from a
loved one.
When an individual does not have limits set on his
behavior, then he may accept that behavior as appropriate.
A problem which frequently arises with children is that they
may learn initially that certain behavior Is inappropriate,
but then their parents may not set limits on that behavior or
punish them for that behavior. This can be very confusing for
the child, and he frequently Jnterprets his parents attitude as
not caring or not loving him. The child then may keep testing
his parents by doing other Inappropriate things to see if his
parents care enough about him to set limits on the harmful
behavior. If the parents still do not respond to the child's
inappropriate behavior, the child may adopt that behavior as
a consistent part of himself. A frequent example of this seen
in this area is the teenager's heavy use and abuse of alcohol.
Limits have not been set by the youth's parents Involved,
hence these youth adopt it as part of their everyday social life
at a very young age. True, "kids will be kids" at times, but
parents still have to be parents.
An important part of limit setting and punishment is
CONSISTENCY. If parents allow thier child to do something
one time but not the next, their child has a difficult time
figuring out what is right and expected of him. Being
consistent is a very hard task for anyone but very important.
Some of the most disturbed children I have worked with did
not come from homes which were too lenient or too strict but
from homes whose parents were very Inconsistent. A person
needs to be able to predict what will happen if he does
something In order to feel secure. If Bob goes some place he's
not supposed to and is punished, and this Is consistent, then
he is able to feel secure about the results of his behavior. If a
parent is very lenient one time and then very strict the next
time, the child has a difficult time deciding the degree of
inappropr lateness of his behavior.
If a child doesn't abide by the limit setting and needs to be
punished then the punishment should fit the crime. If Bob
was to spill pop 00 the floor and not clean it up and his parents
grounded him for a month, the punishment is far more severe
than the wrongful act. ' " : '
Another helpful way to figure out what the punishment
should be is that it should somehow relate to what the child
did wrong. If Bob spilled pop on the kitchen floor and didn't
clean it up, then the parent might have him mop the whole
kitchen floor. The punishment relates and fits the crime.
Limit setting and punishment add security, comfort and
love in a child's life. A child who does not know what his
limits are will not only feel unloved but will also hate himself
and everyone else.
Form Corporate Act
There will be a special
meeting at the Lexington
Grange Hall Tuesday. Feb. 17,
7:30 p.m. to discuss the Farm
Corporate Act.
This is a county kick-off
meeting discussing the prob
lem of large corporate deve
lopments in the state, nation
and world.
Primiry speakers will be
W.C. Harris, Master, Oregon
State Grange; Bob Elkins,
state president of the Farm
er's Union; and Don Willner,
candidate for attorney-general
and legal counsel for spon
sors of the referendum to
change the state constitution.
The meeting is sponsored by
Morrow County Grange, Mor
row County Farm Bureau,
Farmer's Union and the
National Farmer's Organiza
tion. This meeting will be the
initial sendoff or starting point
to acquire 60,000 signatures
for the ballot.
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Jayor of llartm
DEAR MISTER EDITOR:
I know the dead of winter has hit out at our Uttle pbwe
cause one morning last week I banged my head on 1 b"
full of dirt when I come in the kitchen to git a cup of coffee to
start waking up. The basket was. hung from a cabinet handle
on strings, and my old lady allowed as how her ndering
Jew was In it. When I declared that he must be a little feller
she lit Into me good fer making fun of her plants, and in front
of them to. . .
The house is full of plants of all races and creeds. And the
old lady is going from one to the other talking baby talk to
em, and giving em what she calls liquid nurishment. They
were on the back poch, and at the first cool snap she made me
put plastic over the screen to break the wind. That wasn t
good enuff when cold come, she had to have em in the house
with her. She's got em overhead and underfoot. In hanging
baskets and in them three-legged stools with buckets on top.
She's showing them a heap more attention than I'm gitting,
that's fer shore.
I couldn't stand to watch all the tender loving care them
bushes was gitting the other night, so I done some reading.
One piece that stuck in my mind was how much a housewife
is worth. The Social Security researchers put the price at
$4,705 a year. I call that pritty cheap labor this day and time,
so I have let up some about finding potted plants everywhere
from the bathtub to the bedposts. A feller has got to learn to
go easy on $4,705 a year help that works 12 to 16 hours a day
fer free. Is my way of thinking, even if her value dropped
sharp after age 54.
The subject of wimmen come up Saturday night at the
country store. Bug Hookum had saw where this girl reporter
come up with facts and figgers on wimmen in politics, and
she claimed that not enuff are in it. To many wimmen, she
said, are content to stand behind their husbands and say
sweet nothings while the men enjoy all that power. Bug was
strong disagreed. He said the only Democrats not running fer
President must be bachelers, cause the rest send their wives
ahead to prepare a place for them on campaign trips. Bug
said politics in this country is at a place where running fer
office without wimmen in charge would be like the sound of
one hand clapping. The fellers were general agreed with Bug
that nursery school may rock the cradle, but wimmen still
rule the world, and we ought to list names on ballots like they
are on joint bank accounts.
Actual, Mister Editor, me and none of the fellers would
know how to come in out of a shower of rain unless our old
ladies started hollering about how we would catch our death
of cold, and about how they weren't going to spend day and
night waiting on us like they do ever time we git laid up. The
fact is, after a man and a woman lives together 30 or 50 year,
they usual wind up griping about their own bad habits that
their partner has picked up. I got a real bargain at $4,705 a
year.
Yours truly,
MAYOR ROY.
The mail pouch
" EDITOR:
A
I am writing this letter to correct possible misconceptions
resulting km erroneous information contained in your
article on the Advisory Board's recommendation against
renewing Dean Naffziger's contract as basketball coach
(front page Feb. 9 edition).
The two documents you mentioned in this article were not
petitions, but instead were lists of people who intended to
speak one way or the other, and the attending members of
any organized delegations they represented. Only five people
from each group spoke before the Advisory Board. Since
those of us who spoke for Mr. Naffziger were not
representing anyone but ourselves, our names were the only
ones on the list speaking in favor of his renewal.
The implication that I presented a petition to the Board and
was unable to find even ten people in the community to sign it
is "totally false" and damaging to Mr. Naffziger and those of
us in the community who support him. I certainly hope that
this letter corrects some of this misinformation and will lead
to greater care in reporting facts as they are, and not as
someone might want them to be.
CHUCK STARR
Lexington.
ED. NOTE: (According to the dictionary a petition is a
formal written request made to superiors. A document is a
paper bearing evidence, proof or Information. According to
all reports all persons present who had signed the petition
were called before the advisory board. The story was
reported without any Implication of discrediting either you or
Mr. Naffziger.)
EDITOR:
I agree with the letter written by Mike and EvelynElder.
Sportsmanship la for everyone, team players, parenta.
student body and teachers, not just a few.
My husband was a coach, not basketball, and he always
told his boys it was an honor to be In uniform and a member
of the team. Many boys are unable to play due to Ulnesa or
laziness There la also the problem of drugs.
Some coaches find many problems that student Is
suffering from which his parenta do not know about. My
husband had a boy who suffered from poor vision, and
another who had problems with his feel.
I think all the people who signed the petition against Mr.
Naffziger should check on their background and see If they
have done all they could to help their own child.
Your next coach could be a lot worse and have no Interest
In sports.
Through the years I have followed the Heppner teams and
they have always shown good sportsmanship.
So team keep on. We like to win but remember there must
be a loser too.
Name Withheld by request.
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