TWO The Gazette-Times. Heppner. Ore., Thursday. March 3. 1977
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:: First I thought it was just the weekly newspaper syndrome,
$ but now I know the horrible truth! Morrow County residents :
: schedule all meetings on Monday and Tuesday nights.
: Anything that cannot possibly be jammed into Monday and
:: Tuesday night is allowed to run over into Wednesday. The
:: rule seems to be if it looks official and smells
official schedule it for Monday or Tuesday night.
: Wednesday is a toss-up. A gray area between official
: meetings and social gatherings. Thursday and Friday are
party, social, and sports nights. Saturday night is almost
strictly a party night.
I recall getting somebody up for church Sunday to face the
complaint that Sunday morning always follows Saturday :
i; night. The schedule I noted was part of infinite wisdom. I
cannot say the same about Monday and Tuesday nights in
Morrow County. ft
WHAT IS TRUTH? 8
When I was first introduced to philosophy, the great
questions of the ages captured my attention. Judging from
my grades, this fact remained unknown to my instructors.
The thing my instructors didn't take into consideration is
S my left handedness. Being left handed, my approach to
problems appears torturous. That is from the Latin 8
tortuosus, a twisting, and the Greek, atraktos, to spindle. In
semi-modern English, I appeared to do with philosophy what $
:$ some people do with punch cards. I folded, spindled and
S mutilated. $
: A right handed person would say it takes me a long time to :
: get to the point. :
Aside from the big philosophical question of How Do We $
Know? I was introduced to the question What is Truth? With
a profound sense of duty, I started to answer this question. :
Unfortunately, I didn't answer it in the allotted time. While
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. I am not resentful, I never cease to envy those who got an
: "A" for finding truth in three semester hours.
: After all these years, I have found that truth is not found in
: study, but in living. The first question to be asked is not What
: is Truth? but rather Where is Truth? It would seem to be
common sense that one must be in contact with truth before
: an attempt can be made to define it.
: Truth by the first definition is a state of being true or
: faithful. The search for truth as an abstract concept, dealing
I with what is fact or what is reality, now appears to me as a
nearly useless process. If there is anything "out there" that
: is true, it can only be realized from a state of being true or
: as Flip Wilson once said, "What you see is what you get."
POI NDS OFF AND ON
I follow with some interest the work of Weight Watchers
: and TOPS. There are a number of active members of both in
: the county. TOPS, you know, means Take Off Pounds
: Sensibly. Within the group are KOPS, who Keep Off Pounds
: Sensibly.
I have been working on ROBBERS, which is Reheat Old
: Baked Beans Enduring Rigorous Starvation.
Having weighed upwards of 235 pounds at one time, I
entered on a crash diet. Smoke two packs a day, omit
breakfast and worry constantly. I call it SOW. It worked. I
lost 45 pounds and 10 years.
HOW TO W RITE
They tell me that The Virginian was written in the Heppner
Hotel. I would take a room there if I thought the location had
that much to do with it. Who knows, maybe somebody is in a
Virginia hotel room right now writing The Oregonian.
After writing this, I learned that the hotel in question no
longer exists. It makes no difference, because the real secret
of writing is the ability to put one word after another,
regardless of what hotel you find yourself in.
THOUGHT FOR THE W EEK
A good state of mind is the only state worth living in.
Huff named pres.
Grant W. Perry, senior vice
president in charge of First
National Bank of Oregon's
branch offices east of the
Cascades, retires Mar. 1, after
32 years with the bank.
Named to succeed Perry as
regional vice president is Bert
Huff.
Perry was elected vice
president in 1958 and pro
moted to vice president in
charge of the bank's Eastern
Oregon branches in 1959. He
was named senior vice presi
dent in July 1968.
THE
GAZETTE-TIMES
Phinney,
Advertising Manager -,
Tom Franks,
Editor
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Franks i
Huff comes to his new post
after 23 years with First
National, beginning as a com
mercial teller assigned to the
La Grande branch in 1953. In
subsequent years, he held
various operations and lend
ing positions in the bank's
Pilot Rock, Nyssa, Pendleton,
Heppner and Klamath Falls
branches.
Huff has worked on the
regional branch administra
tion level since 1971 and has
been assigned to the Eastern
Oregon region since last year.
Published every Thursday and entered as a
second-class matter at the post office at Heppner,
Oregon, under the act of March 3, 1879. Second-class
postage paid at Heppner, Oregon.
ne official newspaper of the City
of Heppner and the County of
Morrow.
Historical
Society
discusses trip
Directors and members of
the Morrow County Historical
Society have discussed plans
for an open-to-anyone, spring
fieldtrip to historical sites in
Portland. Preliminary plans
were that a date in March
would be arranged. As some
preferred a Saturday trip, the
date Mar. 19 has been se
lected. The society secretary, Ruth
McCabe, lone, has investi
gated transportation possibili
ties and found that the round
trip fare per person on a
highway bus with toilet facili
ties would come to about $12
but could be a little under that
figure if the bus is filled to
capacity. If too few indicate
interest in going, the planned
trip will not materialize.
Sites that were recommend
ed for viewing were the Pio
neer Courthouse in downtown
Portland and the Oregon State
Historical Society Museum
and headquarters on West
Park Avenue. It is thought
that the bus will need to leave
Heppner about 7:30 a.m. and
would get folks back here
after 11 p.m. that same night.
If you are interested in
making such a fieldtrip,
please contact Bill Weather
ford, 676-5013, before Mar. 10. ,
The bus people have to know
very soon how many will plan
to go.
Nash's
visit
family
Wednesday, Feb. 23, Mr.
and Mrs. Lincoln Nash were in
La Grande with their son, Lyle
Jensen, while his wife Pat had
major surgery. Mrs. Nash
reports that Pat was in
surgery seven and one-half
hours.
The Nashs returned to Hep
pner that evening. On Sunday, j
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Palmer, '
Lyle's sister, and daughter
Anita of lone, and Mrs. Nash
and Greg Connor again trav
eled to La Grande to visit Pat,
whom they found on the way to
recovery. She told them she
will be hospitalized for 10
days.
The Jensen family, former
Heppner residents, are re
membered by many here.
Hospital
Notes
Fifteen persons were ad
mitted or dismissed from
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
during the past week.
Remaining in the hospital
Tuesday were Ladd Dick,
Heppner, Richard Lyle Cox,
Lexington, and Marguerite
Guthrie, Lexington.
Dismissed during the past
week were Lisa Griffith, Con
don; Jesse Childers, lone;
Robert Shuman, Heppner;
James Rouska, Condon;
James Phillips, Calif.; Roland
Bergstrom, lone; Barbara
Pine, Heppner; Gene Cossitt,
Kinzua; HazflC Rice, Condon;
Van Hubbard, lone ; Jeff Sum
ner, Heppner; Thomas Ken
ney, Heppner.
HEPPNER
G.M. Reed, Publisher
Dolores Reed, Co-publisher
Letters
Farmers
To the Editor:
There was a recent article in your paper about a petition
asking some questions about the wheat commission tax. In
this article, there was an implication that farm organizations
oppose one another.
I want to assure you that in
each farm organization has
interest and the members relate to that interest.
Most farmers belong to several farm organizations and at
that point wear many hats.
In these very difficult
organizations recognize more and more that they must work
together, allow one another their special interest, and get
about the business of moving agriculture into an equitable
relationship with the rest of
Editor's Note:
The article in question appeared in the Feb. 17 edition of
The Gazette-Times and concerned a petition circulated in
Morrow County protesting an increase in the wheat
assessment from one-half cent to one cent per bushel. It was
our intent to make certain that the petition did in fact
represent a protest of those who grow wheat as opposed to
membership in a specific farm organization.
There was no intention,
article, to imply that farm organizations oppose one another.
It should be mentioned that
where there is perhaps less
organizations than there should be.
If the article raised such a doubt in readers' minds, we
stand corrected. We are in support of full cooperation among
farm organizations. Lack of such cooperation over the years
has been the major drawback in obtaining honest prices for
growers.
Public views needed
Dear Sir,
The van loaded with 10 Oregon State University students
and 2 instructors pulled out of
as it climbed the hill into the
Umatilla National Forest.
impression of the forest.
There were thick stands of Lodgepole pine, ravines with
mixed conifers, scenic vistas, snowmobilers on one of the
many visible trails, and the Tupper work site. The class
passed newly cut areas of Ponderosa pine and several mule
deer foraging on bitter brush before it descended into the fqg
near Bull Prairie Recreational Area. These were some of the-
things that were seen in the forest recently.
The Forest Service is going to formulate a management
plan for this unit. It wants your (the public) views on what is
important to you and how you want the forest managed. The
Oregon State University class will be working with the Forest
Service on developing alternatives. There will be a public
meeting to discuss ideas on management March 1, 1977, in
the Heppner Elementary School all purpose room.
Ann Heck
Received by the Forestry Student
G-T on Feb. 24. Oregon State University
Inspired scriptures
I have just finished reading the Pastor's Corner written by
the Rev. Mark Johnson. In regard to the emphasis of the I
Found It campaign;
I am no theologian, but I find many scriptures to support
searching and finding God, which are not "impressions" but
the inspired word of God. (Scripture chapter and verses
listed below.)
Yes, God speaks to us through the hearing of His word. We
are drawn very close to Him through holy communion and
baptism, but in John 14:6 Jesus says, "I am the way, the
truth and the life: No man cometh unto the Father but by
me." Those who responded to the "I Found It" campaign
found new life in Jesus Christ and that is what all evangelical
movements should be about.
. If we are not to seek and find, but only be found, what do we
do with these?
I Ch. 28:9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God
of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a
willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and
understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts : if thou
seek him, he will be found of thee ; but if thou forsake him, he
will cast thee off for ever.
II Ch. 15:2 and 4 And he went out to meet Asa, and sait
unto him , Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin ; Tht
Lord is with you, while ye be with him ; and if ye seek him, he
will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake
you.. ..But when they in their
God of Israel, and sought him,
Isaiah 55:6 Seek ye the Lord
ye upon him while he is near:
Jer. 29 : 13 And ye shall seek
shall search for me with all
De. 4:29 But if from thence
God, thou shalt find him, if thou
and with all thy soul.
II Ch. 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name,
shall humble themselves, and
turn from their wicked ways;
and will forgive their sin, and
Pr. 8: 17 I love them that love
early shall find me.
Luke 11:9, 10 And I say unto
you; seek, and ye shall find;
unto you. For every one that
seeketh findeth ; and to him that
Ho. 10:12 Sow to yourselves
mercy ; break up your fallow ground : for it is time to seek the
Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
Matt. 6:33 But seek ye first
righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Amos 5 :4 For thus saith the
Seek ye me, and ye shall live.
Zeph. 2:3 Seek ye the Lord,
which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek
meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord's
anger.
Acts 17:27-That they should
might feel after him, and find
every one of us :
united
this county we recognize that
been organized for a special
economic times, the farm
the economy.
Sincerely,
Don Peterson
Pres., Oregon National
Farmers Organization
nor was it the purpose of the
the editor comes from an area
cooperation among farm
the fog near Ukiah into the sun
Heppner Planning Unit of the
This group was getting a first
trouble did turn unto the Lord
he was found of them.
while he may be found, call
me, and find me, when ye
your heart.
thou shalt seek the Lord thy
seek him with all thy heart
pray, and seek my face, and
then will I hear from heaven,
will heal their land.
me; and those that seek me
you, ask, and it shall be given
knock, and it shall be opened
asketh receiveth; and he that
knocketh it shall be opened.
in righteousness, reap in
the kingdom of God, and his
Lord unto the house of Israel,
all ye meek of the earth,
seek the Lord, if haply they
him, though he be not far from
Virginia Whitaker
Heppner
BMCC
The Blue Mountain Com
munity College budget com
mittee Feb. 22 reduced the
college's proposed 1977-78 bud
get by $35,000, then approved
the new figure by unanimous
vote.
The budget approved for the
coming year is $3,318,707, an
increase of 7.77 per cent over
the current figure of
Peterson elected again;
starts 52nd Jordan year
The annual meeting of the
Jordan Elevator Company
was held Thursday, Feb. 24.
Oscar Peterson, lone, was
elected to another three year
term as president of the
59-year-old organization. Pe
terson has served as a
member of the board for 51
years.
Farmers
pass test
Nearly 100 per cent of the
Morrow County farmers in
attendance at a pesticide
training program in Heppner
Wednesday, Feb. 23 passed
the test for a license to handle
certain controlled pesticides,
according to the Morrow
- County Extension Service.
The pesticide training pro
gram was held at the Fair
grounds. Programs to license
users of pesticides have been
implemented nationwide in
recent years to improve the
safety record .involved, in the
application of modern pesti
cides in agricultural pro
grams. From our Queen
Casual tops by
-A REMINDER-
Dutch Auction starts
March 9 at Lebush
Shoppe.
Lebush Shoppe
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Quantity & Quality
guaranteed.
Personally supervised by J.R.
"I guarantee it. "
Breakfast Menu
Eggs-any style ham,
bacon, or steak,
browns, toast
with ham or bacon
with steak
For pizza to go,
call 676-5551
For sandwiches to go,
call 676-5149
budget proposed
$3,079,381.
Efforts to reduce the budget
figure further failed when
board members, who also
serve on the budget com
mittee, pointed out that cuts in
a proposed new nursing pro
gram would be unpopular with
many voters because of the
need for more nurses in
Eastern Oregon. The pro-
The current board includes
Kenneth Smouse, re-elected
secretary-treasurer, and Fred
Nelson, Harold Snider and
Marvin Padberg, whose board
terms expire in future years.
Forty members and guests
feasted on a turkey dinner
served by ladies of the ,
Eastern Star and Rainbow
Girls of lone..
The program, "High Food
Prices Compared to What?"
was presented prior to the
business meeting by Mike
Howell, Morrow County Ex
tension St -vice. Oscar Peter
son show i slides on his
recent trip to South America.
Business included plans for
plant repairs, visitations to
prospective members and
special put-through charges
for farm storage customers
and NFO members.
The prospect of dividend
payment to stockholders was
discussed and left in the hands
of directors in view of crop
prospects for the coming har
vest, it was reported.
Tax increase ,
The counties served by the:,
Columbia Basin -' Electric "
Co-op will be receiving an
increasing amount of taxes in
1977.
Corner
SfljfVtf
Sizes 38-44
Blouse of the Month
winner for February.
Ann Wilson
676-5561 Heppner
Open everyday
at 8 am
for breakfast
A Heppner First
From 8-11 am, Mon. - Sun.,
West of Willow will feature a
self-serving fruit breakfast bar!
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Pears
Plums .
Grapes
Peaches
Mandarin oranges
Filled blueberry hotcakes
Filled apple hotcakes
Link sausage
hash
$2.50
$3.00
Package orders to go
as always
O Seafood
O Steak
O Pizza
Sunday
Luncheon Buffet 12-4
gram, which will produce
two-year Associate Degree
nurses, still has to be ap
proved in Salem.
Attempts to cut student ser
vices and classroom instruc
tion were rejected by the
committee because each
would result in loss of stu
dents, reducing income by
possibly more than the sav
ings in expenditures.
"The net savings to tax
payers from cuts of this type
would be zero," President Ron
Daniels explained.
Total amount to be collected
by taxes is $1,858,367, an
increase of $313,108 over the
current year's levy. The in
crease in taxes is greater than
the increase in the total bud
get, Daniels said, because
state income will be down.
Although the total true cash
value of the college district,
Umatilla and Morrow coun
ties, is not yet known, Daniels
said he was confident the
operating levy would be about
$1.80 per $1,000 true cash value
and the bond redemption levy
below 24 cents per $1,000 true
cash value. He said the total
increase is expected to be
about 26 cents per $1,000 true
cash value.
BMCC has no tax base,
therefore, the full amount
must be approved by district
voters Apr. 19.
TP
jiffs
Dads caN
They can pay less for fire pro
tection, theft coverage, glass
breakage and personal liabil
ity. It's as easy as combining
all four protections into a
Homeowners Package Policy
witn . . .
John Gochnauer
Agency
676-5862 home. 676-5818 off.
Breakfast Bar
$2.50
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