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J J 3 Z T i w r I It 1 if V ; .. C i Mayor of Hardmn Page, 2 THE GAZETTE-TIMES, Heppner. OR. Thursday, May 13, 1976 J F . .- v,04 'v -x - nlr p. , B ER VIE CERES j Now that the newspaper has changed ownership, one of the inost frequent questions asked of the staff is. "Will the new lowner make any changes in the paper?" The only answer I Jean give is, "I hope so." .... - Let me explain my reasons for my point of view S Mr. Smith returned home from work Thursday and asked Shis wife, "What's for dinner?" She replied, "Stew. He remarked, "We had stew Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night and we are having stew again tonight? His wife replied, "If you have eaten stew three nights a i the past week, how come you refuse to eat it again tonight? Perhaps you may not see the connection between the stew and the newspaper, but most of us do not want to change our way of life and we do the same things day after day. Perhaps we don't want to change our way of life. Some people I know have worked in the same office at the same desk on the same floor for many years. They will probably continue to do the same thing day after day until they retire. For entertainment they go to the same places on the same night of each week with the same friends, they eat the same foods as the previous week and drink the same drinks. If these people would only get up in the morning and try putting the other leg in their trousers first, put on the right shoe instead of the left, they might find they would enjoy something different. We become slaves to our habits and we become afraid or any changes, simply because we do not want to try anything new or different in our life style. We become like the man and the stew, we are in a rut. Well last week the newspaper made a few changes and we hope to conUnue to make changes in our newspaper until we have one of the best weekly newspapers in the state of Oregon We feel the people of this county deserve the best and w are going all out to bring it to them. In order to accomplish this there will have to be some changes. We hope they are to your satisfaction. .retires Bob Ashmead retired May 1, after being associated with Blue Mountain Telephone, Inc. since 1933. In that year Bob was employed for a time with the former owner, the late Sammy Johnson and was steadily employed from 1940 until 1948 when he, with his 'associate, Don Kyle, purchase ed the business from Johnson. !ln a 1956 transaction Kyle sold his interests in' the com pany to Ashmead and Bob has seen the Spray telephone system through it's adolescent growing pains, so to speak, dating from the antiquated crank type telephone, com plete with "rubber -neck" swi tqh and a turn of the crank signaling "centrals" pleasant number please, to the now ultra modern system of radar and microwave equipment. A dream realized for the Ash meads and a far cry from the barbed-wire lines of the 30s, serving the Paulina section. Line miles have increased to more than 1100 with thousands of miles of carrier leads, Ashmead states. jSew office buildings and equipment also stand as part Oregon Beef wins award !- 1 The Oregon Beef Council was presented with the first annual "Sixzler Award" for outstanding beef promotion activities during the year 1975. The presentation was made on Friday. April 23. at the annual meeting of the National Beef Industry Council, at the head quarters of the National Live ttxk Meat Board in Chicago. The award was pre sented to Oregon Beef Council Manager, Donald Ostensoe, by John Iluslon. General Managrr of the National Beef. Industry Council. Oregon won over 23 other state Beef Councils which made presen tations. This award will con Unued to be presented annual ly to the slat Berf Council with the most outstanding promotion program. ; Beef promotion programs ere considered 'r their creativity, originality, and overall effectiveness of pro of the many improvements. And the $30,000 transaction of 1948 has grown, the Ashmeads selling out to Telephone Utili ties, Ilwaco, at a better than one-half million figure. Ashmead is a man who has climbed the ladder (pardon the witticism ) of success with hand-forged spurs and a firm grip on his boot straps. Bob's family joined him this past week in observance of his 65th birthday anniversary and be assured he will enjoy many more. His father reached 98 years and his mother, Effie, only recently passed away on the day she would have cele brated her centenarian birth date. The Ashmeads have pur chased a new home and plan to remain in Spray. And that is as it should be. Bob and Margaret are essentially an integral part of this communi ty and it's people. Lastly, Bob, be reminded of the adage, "behind" each successful man there is ... the words escape me. I will say there must be a gal like our Mag." Council motion -programs. Judging of the promotion efforts was by a three person panel of non Industry specialists. Included were; Isabel DuBois, Food Editor. Chicago Daily News; Ed Bachtel. National Product Manager, Swift Fresh Meata Co.; and Jerry Greenfield. Public Relations Director, National Restaurant Associa tion. Earl Harris, Chairman of the Board of Directors. Na tional Live Stock k Meat Board, stated, "I have per sonally been familiar with the programs and projects of the Oregon Beef Council for many years, and In my opinion they have continually done an outslanding quality job In selling the beef product to the American consumer. I want to add my congratulations to Donald Ostensoe and lo the members of his council." A single sentence in a forest management bill before the U.S. Senate this week could seriously retard the practice of forestry on western national forests. An amendment to S. 3091 offered by Sen. Dale Bumpers (D-Ark.) would require the Forest Service to "assure that timber production is not a management goal in lands where the estimated cost of production will exceed estimated economic return." HA. Roberts. Executive Vice President of Western Wood Products Association, said. "If this means no timber would be harvested on slow growth sites, it would deal a crippling blow to the nation's timber supply. Lands east of the Cascade and Sierra crests would be particularly vulnerable to any requirement where dollar return to the federal treasury is the necessary criteria for selecting lands for timber management and harvesting to meet national needs for housing and wood fiber." The amendment was offered to S. 3091. a bill which would amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-Minn.) to provide guidelines for management of 155 nat'ional forests by the U.S. Forest Service. Even though timber growth on some western land is not as vigorous as on better growing sites, Roberts said it would le a waste of the national resource not to utilize timber from such lands. He said timber not harvested inevitably is destroyed bv wind, fire, insects, disease and rot. Roberts pointed out that timber growth on forests in the inland region of the West, including the Rockies, is relatively slow because of dry climate and smaller native tree spec.es. He said that water, wildlife habitat, rangeland. recreation and wood fiber benefits are all enhanced by forest management. The major source of financial support for all of these benefits comes from timber sale receipts, said Rolx-rls. He added that these receipts also support local communities and are a substantial source of funds for county roads and schools in the West. Court receives eviction notice Morrow County Court received an eviction notice to vacate its office in Irrigon by June I. The office space that must be vacated is owned by Knight s Catering Service which says it needs the space in order to expand its business. Court members said last week that a ma jor effort had been made to locate another suitable space, however, there is no existing space available. The possibility or purchasing the required land has been considered. Justice of the Peace Ernest Jorgensnn uses one of the offices leased by the court. The other is used once a month by the court to hold court sessions in the north end of the county for the convenience of the people. It is used each day by some of the existing seven other agencies; extension service; juvenile department; mental health division; Children's Service Division: public welfare: county planning department, and the sheriff s department. If no office space is located by the June I deadline, users of the office will have looperale from Heppner. with the Justice of the Peace operating from his home as he did until about three years ago. Hospital Not.. Patients at Pioneer Memo rial Hospital this week ore: Arthur Sicfani, I'Mie. Hose Peniltertim. Spray; Gcalla Cox and James Mams. Hepp ner. Dismissed was Norman Ri tkcrt. Heppner. M II tINf. PFWMITM Morrow County's building permits for outside the city limits dropped considerably from the March Mai During the month of April building permits were issued for a total of 3I.SM. while the totals for March showed IIOM44. - - ! 7 j I VIEWPOINT SfBrll Hi low I'rrr. Wednesday " 41 Thursday 67 3H Friday "3 Saturday 7'J 41 Sunrl.iv l Monrl.iv 7 ."l " TlMl.l 37 01 Wheat WHEAT While 3.;My Red 3.lt!Ma The mail pouch EDITOR: According to the latest American Monitor Poll. Eastern Oregon participants strongly oppose federal legislation that would require the registration of all handguns, and the Federal funding of new public works projects lo create jobs for the unemployed. 1-ocal results generally reflected the views expressed throughout the state and nation. The American Monitor Poll has interviewed 29.300 voters all over the country on these issues. The Washington-based lino-It) Action Plan.'sponsor of the monthly poll, called it the nation's most comprehensive test of voter sentiment. George Milieu. Executive Secretary of the 300-10 Action Plan, pointed out that Gallup and Harris questioned only 1 .000 to ntsi cilicns compared to American Monitor's 20,000 to 2.1.IMMI For this poll taken in March, a total of 1516 registered voters in Oregon responded. 500 were from district 2 represented in Washington by Representative Al Ullman. Other districts responded with 483 votes in district 1-Les AuCom : 2.13 voles in district 3- Robert Duncan and 280 votes in district 4 -James Weaver. Nationallv. Vni per cent of the voters questioned expressed opimsition to registration of handguns, and 87 per cent voted against new federal projects to create jobs. An important feature of the Poll is that it compares voter sentiment with I he voting records of Congressmen on specific issues ( n the public works issue. 73 per cent of the members ol the House voted for spending $6 1 billion for the program. This poll is conducted by volunteers, called Team Captains, in more than :hhi Congressional districts. Results of the Poll are delivered lo Congressmen to keep them informed of the activitv and opinions in their districts. The questions for May are No. 1. "Would you want your Congressmen lo vole in favor of a $3 billion foreign aid bill for fiscal year 1976?". and No. 2. "Would you want your Congressmen to vote for a comprehensive, uniform national health insurance program for all U.S. citizens?" The American Monitor Poll is open to anyone wishing to have their vole counted. CARLM. MARQUARDT Lexington EDITOR: In the final re tvping of last week's story about the Brosnan Family, regretfully, several lines were omitted. The paragraph about the second generation. John and Zetta, should have read "They had three children: Jerry. Jo and Margaret. Jo and Margaret now live in Arkansas. Jo has two sons and a daughter." EDITOR: I would like to comment on some of the rash and general statements O.W. Cutsforth imy father in law) made In reference to the Great Volunteer Stale of Tennessee. First off. the litter is here, but nol to the extremes at Mr. Cutslorth state's. East Tennessee covers a lot of ground and Micve me there isn't a slate that could possibly obtain that rmirh litter without drawing the attention of the highway authorities. Second ; the entire country is not . or could be owned by coal mining companies, may lie Virginia. Tennessee is cotton stale and much farm land In reference to houses, I'm quite sure Mr. Cutsforth did not search In every aspect aa to who owns the homes. You go to Tennessee, and believe me there l plllDK in our slate Tennessee has many historical places which are wonderland places Some of Ihe leaders came from our state and many died at Ihe Alamo I fail lo see the point In Mr Cutsforth making general alalemenla of the Slate of Tennessee , In light of Ihe fact, my father gave him Ihe opportunity to m c the greal Mississippi River for the first time. The people that Mr Cutsforth was introduced to by my father were very well educated and by locking at them and Ihe appearance of the home you wouldn't Indieve such. The Mississippi River Is the result of there not leing many houses due to the land erosion caused by Ihe river So lo end tnv statements I'm Tennessean and proud of It and keep in mind one should not judge a great slate by one section of it and nol lo mention very little research. , DENNIS It. WATSON Sgl, U.S. Army JUSTINE WEATHERFORD DEAR MISTER EDITOR: I've heard it said that a little education Is a dangeroua thfng ff that's the case, Mister Editor, wjj. Jg t -JJJJ schools that ought to be In line fer safety awards. They .In t pS out no education at all. so they .in t going to git anybody in trouble. And I'm talking about colleges, not the SSnat all of us out here In the country know about The fellers was talking at the country store Saturday 'night about how another college year is about over and how all e young people will be overhead and underfoot looking for LmepuKdo. or at least somepun to git InUHhto jummjj The feller that runs the store said he hoped they do bet er than take to the roads on them little skinny wheel bicycles this season, cause nothing terrifies h.m more than to r pack of them bikes weave in the wind when one truck passes and another is snorting behind em. Riding bicycle, on the same roads with cars and trucks may 4c allowed, but it's bought to be hazerdous to their hea th He said he'd feel better knowing they were home In front of he TV. cause he'd ruther they have soft muscles than busted heRdwas Clem Webster that allowed he couldn't see how college students could very easy tell when vacation time comes. From what he's been seeing In the papers. Clem said, their hole year is a vacation. Test scores to git In college are lower, but grades onct they're in are higher until we ve got runaway inflation on A's and B's. Leastwise, Gem went on grades are gitting as cheap as money where they .till give grades. In some places they have done away with testsand grades so the students won't feel so tied down to wmebody else's opinion of them. Clem said the thinking is that without worrying about pleasing somebody who cart reward them with a grade, students can learn for the sake of learning. It wouldn't be true to say that none of the fellers has ever wen the inside of a college. Ed Doolittle went to visit his daughter in the city onct. and she took him to a high class musical program at the university. Ed reported that while his girl was listening to the music, he snuck out and walked all over that campus. Other than that, a discussion of higher education by the fellers is pritty much a case of pooling their 'BiTuhaTnever stopped em before, so Ed follered Clem with a comment that with some of the courses no grade probable is better than any grade. Ed said it seems to him that most of the stuff they take in college is what we used to take up during recess. They can earn credit fer learning how to run a roulet wheel in some places, and until they got In trouble with the church that supported It one school was running a course in how to bet on horses. Just the other day, declared Ed. he saw where the University of Iowa is giving class credit for learning to throw a frisbee. and it was Just one of 60 courses listed by the school as requiring physical skills. Vours truly, MAYOR ROY. Letters for publication should be addresed to the Editor, The Gazette-Times, P.O. Box 337, Heppner, OR. 97836. All letters are subject to abridgement and must be signed and carry an address. Short letters, typed double spaced are preferred, but all letters will be considered. We do not publish third person letters or anonymous ones. LIVING IN THE "NOW" By W. DuaneGeyer.' Pastor. Assembly of God Church Today is a new day that God has given us. He desires that we live this day to its fullest. John 10:10 records Ihe words of Jesus "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." He gives us eternal life as we choose lo live our life to honor and serve Him. As well as eternal life, He gives us freedom to live right now In an abundant and overflowing manner. Many in this world are bound by guilt and past failures. Their new day is always clouded by the past. God sent Jesus to change all of this. Through Jesus our past wrongs can be forgiven, never to be remembered against us again. This does not mean, as God's children, we will never fail again. I John 1 :0 was written to believers. "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." Daily He sets us free from the past as we ask Him. The future, to many, looks threatening. To live "now" to the fullest is always clouded by the 'Vhat ifs." There Is fear of the future and this fear robs from the new day. As we choose God's way for our life, we realue that God has everything in control. He not only has our world situation in control but He has our own individual life under control. What a peace there Is In knowing this! With the past forgiven, the future in His hands, God sets us free to put all of our energies Into today. As we practice God'i teachings in the "now" we truly find fulfillment and contentment In this life. THE W GAZETTE-TIMES THE GAZETTE-TIMES The official newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow. G.M. Reed. Publisher Delores Reed. Co-publisher FrnI t'ereta, Editor a Published every Thursday and entered at a second-class matter at the post fflce at Heppner, Oregon, under Ihe act of March 1. 171. Second-clait postage paid al llrppner, Oregon. fxN HTTTNEa
