TWO The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Ore., Thursday. April 21, 1977
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Sunshine whine
Daylight Savings Time (DST) goes into effect this Sunday,
April 24. The move to DST is easily accomplished by setting
clocks ahead one hour before bed time Saturday night.
DST continues through the last Sunday in October.
The observance of daylight savings time was instituted
especially for those people who like to milk cows in the dark,
watch drive-in movies in broad daylight and consume more
alcohol before sunset.
The law was finally passed for the benefit of attorneys who
desired a few extra hours on the golf course after a trying day
at the office.
Many people objected to daylight savings because it
caused children to go to school in the dark. It was felt that
they should have a little light on their subjects.
DST was first nationalized in a war effort and has since
become highly prized for its energy saving qualities.
Chickens, as usual, (along with God's other creatures), will
not observe daylight savings time.
If you have a hard time understanding daylight savings
time, remember that the sun is always directly overhead at
noon regardless of what time you say it is. When the sun is
directly overhead, you set your watch forward one hour,
thereby moving the sun back to 11 o'clock which, when you
think about it, is one of the better tricks you will ever perform
in this lifetime.
I am not against daylight savings time, because I am quite
capable of ignoring it. I cannot, however, forget that it was
instituted by the government and for that reason I would be
against it even if I liked it.
More trivia
The ability to relax in the dentist's chair is a religious
experience.
Some enough equals X is the mathematical equation for
guess what?
If you plan to be successful in starting a revolution, start
with yourself.
It appears to me that the existence of man in this world is
unnatural. If man really evolved here, it would be a better fit
instead of the fits it is.
Could it be that people who can be understood are second
guessing the listener, but saying nothing of themselves? In
my book, that puts most politicians on the flip side of the
human recording.
Many people 1 have talked with have some feeling for the
thought that marriage and other close personal relationships
fail because: We attempt to seek in someone else those things
which can only be found in ourselves.
The greatest danger today lies in the man at work. Those
who continue to work, and support the biggest bread line in
world history, are tempted to shelve it all. When the shelf
gives way, all those fancy little bottles of preserves in
Washington go with it. Great will be the splat thereof.
When you criticize welfare, remember that some of the
money is being spent locally.
same dollar spent in Washington is also a nonproductive
expenditure with office overhead to boot.
In spiritual life, many Americans think they are making
progress when they trade the lust of the flesh for the lust for
power.
It is pretty hard to set your affections on things above if you
don't know what is there.
Some people think that faith believes all things, but
according to the Good Book, it is love that believes all things.
If you check your own experience with love, you may find this
to be true. Children don't believe in adults because children
are natural giants of faith. They believe because they love.
The practice of living together is for those who need the
practice.
How do I like Heppner? What can you say about a town that
builds its cemetery on a hill and its houses in the creek bed?
The comment was made that some people fall in love every
week. "I wish it was that easy," she said. What I want to
know is where do they find the time? At one time, I thought
that people who fall in love every week were unstable. Now I
wonder if they are more efficient.
People are upset with the number of bills in the hopper at
Salem. Somehow, we must know that the odds are less with
every bill thai is passed, but the game goes on. Like many a
poor gambler, our law makers count the odds of the game
without considering the odds involved in going to the table.
If you think Alice doesn't live here any more, you ought to
check with me.
Collins honored
Leonard Collins was hon
ored at a retirement dinner
Friday night, April 15, at Jeff
more Hall in Kinzua. Collin
had worked in the planer for 34
years at the time of his re
tirement the first of the year.
Kinzua Corporation honored
him with an inscribed gold
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Second, remember that the
watch and the dinner.
Those attending the dinner
included Leonard and his wife,
Kathryn, Gordon and Shirley
Orr, Sandy Stuchell, Larry
McGillivray, Harry Kennison,
Marie and Joe Keys, Billie Joe
and Patsy McMinn and Ray
mond and Deena Reid.
Published every Thursday and entered as a
second-class matter at the post office at Heppner,
Oregon, under the act of March 3, I87. Second-class
postage paid at Heppner, Oregon.
0fficja newspaper of the City
of Heppner and the County of
.Morrow.
Jernstedt
eyes
drought
relief action
This week four of us, two
Senators and two Representa
tives representing the area
east of the Cascades, held a
conference phone call with
Senator Hatfield. The main
purpose of my part of the call
was to discuss with him the
federal government's part in
any drought relief program.
There has been appropriated,
through two different mea
sures, $130 million for drought
relief in 11 western states.
This money is to be ad
ministered through the Bur
eau of Reclamation. The plan
is to set up a Water Bank.
Anything that is done would
not affect any water right now
held in the area. Twelve
federal agencies are estab
lishing priorities for the use of
any such water that can be
established as being in a bank.
Senator Hatfield also agreed
to contact the President and
emphasize the importance of
Governor Straub's request to
establish 21 counties of Oregon
(including Hood River, Jef
ferson, Wasco, Sherman, Gil
liam and Morrow in my
senatorial district) as a dis
aster area. This step has to be
taken first. We also discussed
the possibility of making
available interest free or low
cost loans for those who are
going to lose their cattle or
this year's crop. We agreed
that the full impact of the
drought has not been realized,
both in Oregon and Wash
ington, D.C. The Willamette
Valley and the coastal regions
of Oregon are in pretty good
shape as far as moisture is
. concerned. Citizens have been
mowing their lawns for sever
al weeks. It is the area east of
the mountains that is hurting.
I certainly wish it were
possible to legislate rain in
stead of so much baloney!
I have previously discussed
at length HB 2038, the tax
rebate proposal, of which I am
a sponsor. This bill would
return two-thirds of your state
income taxes paid, up to a
maximum of $300. This money
was over-collected by the
state and should be returned
to the taxpayers.
Now there is a problem.
That $170 million surplus,
which should be returned, is
being spent. The majority
leadership has gotten together
and decided what programs
are going to get their share of
the surplus pie.
Not surprisingly, some of
these programs are special
"pets" of the individual lead
ers who are participating in
the decision-making process.
If the tax rebate measure fails
to break out of committee
and at this time its future
looks dim, it appears that
there will be plenty of special
interest projects ready and
willing to spend our money.
This session of the legis
lature is now approaching the
100th calendar day mark. Al
though bill introduction ac
tivity has been at a feverish
pace, few major bills have
come out of committees for
full floor debate. It still
appears that nearly 3,000 bills
will be introduced before the
session is over, with 700 or 800
of them becoming law.
When this session will end is
anybody's guess. There have
been predictions that if Ballot
Measure 1 (school finance
"safety net") passes at the
polls in May, we will be out in
July, and that if it is defeated
we will be here until August.
The latest scuttle butt is that
House Speaker Lang is pre
paring a sine die (last day)
motion for June 1.
HEPPNER
G.M. Reed. Publisher
Dolores Reed, Co-publisher
Letters
Are coyotes to blame?
Heppner Gazette-Times,
Dear Editor:
In answer to the statement
Gates of Spray, Ore., who said,
is a dead one," might be reversed the other way about some
of our two legged predators and murderers. But the truth is
all animals and people cannot
To say coyotes have put the
very challenging statement.
largest sheep raising country
stewed about the lack of sales
out of business because of
The fact is, with the
comfortable materials on the
I'm sure the majority of people don't consider mutton their
choice of meat. You seldom
so why use the coyote as a
modern progress? Shows about as much sense as blaming
the wolves for the shortage of
Just a stupid cover-up for the
join the armies of thrill sport hunters each year.
Thank goodness our Governor Straub doesn't have such
ridiculous ideas on wildlife. He
is a crime to keep a coyote in captivity," and that "the
Legislature now has the time and ability to change that
law." Even the people who were responsible for Kelpie's
sister's death were sorry of the mistake they made, thinking
she was a fox. To my knowledge, she had killed nothing, but
was just sightseeing.
If coyotes were really to blame for the mutton pusher
having to go out of business and making a shortage of wool,
I'm sure the prices would be going up as all shortages of
commodities have done, rather than be lowered.
To hate living creatures with such a vicious venom as Ray
Gates does, is sad and pathetic. Hate is like acid. It can
damage the vessel in which it is stored as well as the object
on which it is poured.
Most sincerely,
Lois Winchester
Heppner
No-growth cultists
TO THE EDITOR:
What do we call people who conspire to sabotage all efforts
to increase our energy supplies ; conspire to make this nation
MORE DEPENDENT on foreign oil; conspire to force
HIGHER PRICES for fuel by limiting supply with resulting
devastating effects on the poor and elderly; conspire to
reduce power to industrial customers, thus forcing MORE
PEOPLE OUT OF WORK?
The bitter truth is that these people MASQUERADE as
environmentalists, frequently using your tax money to
promote their deliberate no-growth sabotage and to convince
the hordes of well-meaning environmentally conscious
people that their efforts are "just protecting our
environment." This betrayal of the innocent and
well-meaning is just beginning to be recognized by the
betrayed and their bitterness and anger could swell into a,
national disgrace.
Within recent months, the truth has begun to leak out from
a formerly sympathetic press.
When Measure 9 was being debated in the fall of 1976, these
"NO-GROWTH CULTISTS" conspired to convince the public
that their only interest was safety; particularly the safe
disposal of spent nuclear fuel. The public was unaware that
these same people were conspiring to sabotage every
proposed federal deposit site. THEY JUST DIDN'T WANT
ANY MORE POWER, PERIOD.
They blocked the development of our enormous shale
deposits. Their excuse was POSSIBLE destruction of
mountain contours. They blocked every attempt for new
hydroelectric dams. They blocked the Alaska pipeline for
years, thus escalating costs and delaying production.
They opposed plans for pipelines down the Alcan to bring
wasted natural gas to our energy oriented economy.
They blocked by injunction the granting of off-shore leases
off the New Jersey coast. '
They blocked the production of low-sulphur coal which
could permit a massive shift from precious oil to plentiful
coal at generating plants across the U.S.
They continue to block every effort to develop additional
nuclear plants anywhere and everywhere.
Their goal is to block the increase of energy supplies and to
force us to rely completely on conservation to meet the crises
they have contrived.
If you lose your job when the energy squeeze reaches your
employer, if the cost of fuel shrinks your income or forces a
cold home, if you like inflation, higher prices and staying
home, then be sure to say thanks to the NO-GROWTH
CULTISTS because they have had you, but good. Their
conspiracy may accomplish what no external enemy could
i.e. to bring America to her knees. Now, what do you think
their next logical step will be?
E.M. Potter
Rt. 1, Box 120 F
Portland, Ore. 97231
Pastor's
Jesus
Often when a person thinks about Jesus of Nazareth, we
visualize a 'sweet Jesus,' one that is a Caspar milque toast. A
few years ago, in an underground newspaper, a completely
different image of Jesus was portrayed. It was a description
of Him as would appear on a
WANTED JESUS
Wanted for sedition, criminal
conspiracy to overthrow the
Description Dresses poorly, said to be a carpenter by trade.
Ill-nourished, has visionary ideas, associates with common
working people, the unemployed and bums. Is an alien,
believed to be a Jew.
Name he goes by Prince of Peace, Son of Man, Jesus the
Christ, light of the world, etc.,
Additional Information a professional agitator, wears a red
beard, has marks on hands and feet, the result of injuries
inflicted by an angry mob led by respectable citizens and
the legal authorities.
The picture of 'sweet Jesus' misses a major aspect of the
character and work of Jesus
and realizing the depth, the dimension and meaning of Jesus
as the Christ is a lifetime undertaking, one which is never
completely finished. But the more we realize and understand
about Him, the more we understand the revelation of God in
Jesus Christ.
in your paper made by Ray
"The only really good coyote
be set in the same class.
sheep men out of business is a
For years now, Australia, the
in the world, has worried and
of wool and many have gone
less use for wool.
lovely washable, warm and
market today, who needs wool?
ever see it in Heppner markets;
whipping boy to cover up for
big game animals in Alaska
extra amount of hunters that-
writes, about Kelpie, that "It
Corner
warrant for His arrest.
OF NAZARETH
anarchy, vagrancy and
established order.
etc., etc.
Christ. For an understanding
Steve Tollefson
United Methodist Church
Sumner says action
nil! on capital death law
This week I feel I must write
about HB 2321, the Capital
Punishment Bill before the
Legislature this session. HB
2321 is now in the House State
Government Operations Com
mittee and has had two
hearings to date after which
no action was taken. The
committee will probably not
take any more action on this
legislation until the Judiciary
Committee comes out with a
sentencing package.
I am shocked and outraged
over the recent incident of
kidnapping and murder in my
district. The victim lived near
my home and my neighbors
are shocked and disbelieving
of such an occurrence in a
small, quiet Eastern Oregon
farming community.
I once read a news bulletin
which described the execution
of Gary Gilmore in Utah as the
first in this country in 10
years. This is definitely not
so! People get executed every
day all over this country by
murderers like Gary Gilmore
and Michael Olds! I would like
to repeat again my remon
strance before the Oregon
House of Representatives on
Heppner officer
awarded trophy
Marine Lieutenant Colonel
Herman W. Winter of Heppner
is one of a 13 man legal unit of
Marine Corps Reserve Offic
ers awarded the annual Wil
liam Butler Remey trophy for
outstanding legal work. Briga
dier General Robert J. Chad
wick, USMC, announced.
Lt. Col. Winter, along with
nine officers from Portland
and three other officers from
Albany, Corvallis and Lake
Oswego, make up the Volun
teer Training Unit 12-4 (LAW)
of the United States Marine
Corps Reserve headquartered
in Portland.
Dispatcher
starts work
Theresa Hyatt of Heppner
has joined the Morrow County
Sheriff's Department as part
time day dispatcher at the
Courthouse.
She replaces Douglas Gun-derson.
Straub expands drought
information services
Governor Bob Straub an
nounced today he is expanding
the state's drought informa-
Justice court
fines five
In Justice Court at Heppner
during the week ended Tues
day, April 19, five persons
were fined in connection with
separate violations.
The court actions included
the following:
Brian Barratt, 20, Heppner,
charged with minor in pos
session of beverage alcohol.
Fined $35.00.
Leonard Corwin, 18, Hep
pner, minor in possession of
beverage alcohol, fined $35.00.
Michael Buschke, 18, Hep
pner, minor in possession of
beverage alcohol, fined $55.00;
one week jail sentence, sus
pended; placed on six months'
probation.
Douglas John Gunderson,
21, Heppner, furnishing liquor
to minors, fined $65.00 and
placed on probation for six
months.
Earl Bonner, 61, Heppner,
driving while under the in
fluence of intoxicants, fined
$300.00 and $5.00 costs.
April 11, stating that "had the
State of Washington imposed a
death sentence on this man,
two people would be alive
today and a killer would not
have been running loose, his
whereabouts unknown. We
must consider the Capital
Punishment Bill (HB 2321) so
that in the future we may
avoid this type of senseless
tragedy."
Criminals are becoming
celebrities in our society
today. They get big writeups
in the papers, books are
written on them. People
should remember that they
don't see the crime a criminal
commits. They don't hear the
victim's screams of anguish
and cries for help. They don't
see the blade of the knife or
the bullet or the blood. They
see the killer after it's over,
when he looks like the nicest
guy in the world.
Readymade opinions on
crime sprout in every corner
of the state. There are more
than a hundred bills on crime
before the Legislature pro
posed by four interim com
mittees and dozens of indi
vidual legislators. Why so
The commendation with the
trophy cited the officers for
"organizing and maintaining
a comprehensive legal as
sistance program for mem
bers of the regular and re
serve establishment and their
dependents, for conducting
programs at Oregon law
schools explaining the mili
tary justice system and for
providing assistance to the
regional office of the Veter
ans' Administration."
VTU 12-4 (LAW) is com
manded by Circuit Judge
George A. Van Hoomissen
(Col. USMC Res.) of Portland.
Other members of the unit are
either lawyers or law stu
dents. The trophy, named in honor
of the first judge advocate of
the Marine Corps, General of
the Navy, Colonel William
Butler Remey, is awarded
annually by the Judge Ad
vocate of the Marine Corps to
the most outstanding legal
unit in the Marine Corps
Reserve.
tion service to be more re
sponsive to the "critical needs
of Oregon agriculture."
The governor said he has
directed Leonard Kunzman,
director of agriculture, to
immediately install a toll-free
telephone line at the State
Department of Agriculture
headquarters in Salem.
He said, "As the drought
continues to worsen in eastern
and southern Oregon, the
plight of agriculture in those
regions becomes more critic
al. The toll-free line at the
Department of Agriculture
will put farmers and ranchers
in contact with people who can
help them."
Leonard Kunzman said the
new telephone line will be in
operation beginning Tuesday
and will remain in operation
during normal working hours,
8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday.
"We will have information
on what federal and state
assistance is available and
where to go to get it. Perhaps
one of the most pressing prob
lems now in agriculture is on
eastern Oregon ranches where
livestock water is drying up.
We have inventoried the
many readymade opinions, so
many committees, so many
bills? .
I think that members of the
Legislature sense the public
mood and their sensibilities
are stimulated by overcrowd
ing in all state penal insti
tutions and by the human and
political risks that go with
overcrowding. They are re
luctant to build more fortress
prisons. They are even more
reluctant to pay for them, but
they cannot agree on where to
put the extra bodies.
Even so, anyone not legally
blind with one good ear knows
the public thinks not half
enough offenders are locked
up. However, with all of the
varied interest in the Cor
rections System I am fearful
that the Legislature will not
act on any meaningful deter
rent to crime this session. The
time has come for all of us to
take a rational look at crime
and at our criminal justice
system.
Because it appears that the
Legislature does not have
enough votes to support pas
sage of HB 2321 and because
our Governor has already
publicly announced on several
occasions that he will veto any
legislation dealing with capi
tal punishment, an initiative
petition may be the way to get
this matter on the ballot for
the 1978 General Election for a
vote of the people. In order to
be placed on the ballot, 61,646
signatures must be obtained. I
am appealing to you to please
let me know your feelings
regarding this matter, as it
will help me determine if
there is interest in supporting
such a petition.
Crime occurs in all societies
at all stages of development.
The evidence indicates that
the volume of crime increases
with unemployment, increas
es when people are torn from
their moorings and drift to
cities, increases when neigh
borhood bonds are disrupted.
The evidence indicates that
crime is a young man's game.
Most crimes are committed
by males between 14 and 29.
There must be a deterrent for
the worst of these crimes.
Michael Olds was quoted as
saying after his capture, "I
have nothing to lose." Per
haps he would have acted dif
ferently if Oregon had the
death penalty and it was his
life that would have been lost.
Please feel free to contact
me regarding this at 378-8815
or write to me, Jack Sumner,
H276 State Capitol, Salem,
Ore. 97310.
state's supply of tank trucks
and trailers capable of hauling
water. By calling in on the
special line, ranchers will be
able to find out how and where
to get in touch with water
haulers," Kunzman said.
He said the number to call
for agricultural assistance is
1-800452-9102.
Straub said he has asked
President Jimmy Carter to
declare an emergency in 21
eastern and southern Oregon
counties and make federal
assistance available to these
areas as soon as possible. The
governor's office reported ac
tion on the request is expected
within "the next week or 10
days." .
Editor's Note: Lack of
moisture became even more
critical in most portions of
Morrow County this month as
precipitation lagged behind
normal for April. April is
generally one of the better
months for rainfall in the
county.
General concern among
farmers was evident. The
more optimistic have given
themselves another two to
three weeks before folding up
any crop prospects for this
year.
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