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Comment
In a continuing effort to build a page in the
Gazette-Times where opinions can be expressed by
ourselves, by your legislators and public officials and most
importantly, by you the reader we are taking this oppor
tunity to hit on a few subjects in "comment" form.
There will be few weeks that pass when you won't see
either an editorial or a column greeting you from this corner
of the Gazette-Times Viewpoint page.
Also located on Page Two, will be either a feature
picture sometimes light in nature, sometimes pointing out
a potential problem or concern or an editorial cartoon
about something in the greater Morrow County community.
Then we have our "Sifting Through The Times" column,
where we go back to years past and let you decide about the
"good 'ol days".
And, at the heart of the Viewpoint page there's a space for
you. The Gazette-Times welcomes and encourages your
letters on any subject. It's your turn to say what you have to
say.
Speaking of editorial cartoons, we ran such a feature not
long ago concerning the City of Heppner's sewage
treatment plant.
It was signed "Mercury Pitchfork" and we have had
numerous people ask who the masked penman really is.
First about the name.
There is a writer in our time whose use of words is best
described by a familiar quote by Southey. It goes:
"If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as
with sunbeams the more they are condensed the deeper
they burn."
The writer-philosopher we talk of is Richard Brautigan,
who wrote a book of poetry entitled "Loading Mercury With
a Pitchfork."
Now the Gazette-Time's editorial cartoonist so like '
Brautigan's style and the book, that he penned his
pseudonym from the title.
As a matter of fact, the cartoonist tells us he likes the book
almost as much as his anonymity.
In our "We-know-it-isn't-funny-but-we-had-to-chucle"
department this week we heard about the local farmer
whose pickup had a "run in" with his Steiger Bearcat.
It seems the farmer's pickup wouldn't turn over so he
drove the Bearcat complete with drill attached over for a
"jump".
Jump the farmer did, jump the pickup did, and jump the
Bearcat did right on top of the pickup. Seems the 'ol Dodge
"weren"t no match" for the Bearcat.
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A number of things are happening in Morrow County and
the mid-Columbia Region that require the attention of the
citizenry at large.
The Gazette-Times, being a weekly publication, tries to
stick pretty close to home with its news content. Daily
newspapers and the broadcast media bring you the state and
national news you want and need.
However, we feel a responsibility to bring forth to our
readers issues that will have an affect on our standards and
quality of living in the community we chose. Hence, in the
weeks and months to come the Gazette-Times will be
broadening its scope of news coverage for our readers. We
urge you to look at the information provided, make your
decisions and react accordingly.
Some of those issues include the expiring moratorium on
the Columbia River's waters. ..the Water Bonds measure
coming before you on your Nov. 8 election ballot. ..a serial
levy for voters in Heppner, that will provide a bridge across
Willow Creek that will be safe for all vehicles.. .getting the
Navy to release the bombing range lands to agricultural
production. ..support of and control over industrial
development that is expanding in leaps and bounds in
Morrow County. ..and the list goes on.
Steve Lindstrom, an lone boy that now manages the Port of
Umatilla, made a comment recently when speaking to the
Heppner-Morrow Chamber of Commerce. We think it not
only makes good sense, but we think it is fundamental to all
of us.
Lindstrom said, "Don't lose sight of the regional problems
that will have an impact on our local communities... for if we
do, we will become the victims, instead of beneficiaries, of
such development."
Editor,
I was a visitor in your city recently and visited the
Museum and Library. I was so impressed with both of these
places that I couldn't resist writing and doing some "bouquet
throwing".
I have seen quite a munber of museums around Oregon
and none can compare with the Heppner one which is so well
organized nd so efficiently marked and labeled and so clean
and neat.
The library and women working there deserve a great
deal of credit. There certainly is no excuse for anyone in
Heppner to be bored or uninformed with all that wealth of
reading material at their disposal. I do hope that the
taxpayers of Morrow County do not begrudge the amount
taken from their income to finance these two fine projects
and will continue to support them.
Sincerely,
Edna Bauman Lyons
4603 SE 52nd. Ave.
Portland, Oregon 97206
'Thanks for support'
'Impressed by museum' (Letters to the Editor
Editor:
The Soroptimist Club of
Heppner has many persons,
businesses, and organizations
to thank for the success of last
weekend's rummage sale in
cluding: the Gazette-Times
for pictures and stories; the
Bank of Eastern Oregon for
sponsoring our ad: a non-So-roptimist
for her help; and
others too numerous to men
tion. We would also like to
ST ATE ME NT OF
OWNERSHIP,
MANAGEMENT AND
CIRCULATION
As Required by 39 USC 3685
TITLE OF PUBLICATION:
Gazette Times, Publication
Number 240420.
DATE: Oct. 1, 1977
FREQUENCY OF ISSUE:
Weekly. A) No. of issues
published annually :52. B) An
nual subscription price: $6.00.
LOCATION OF known office
of publication: 147 West Wil
low, Heppner, Oregon.
LOCATION OF the head
quarters or general business
office of the publishers : Same
as above.
PUBLISHERS: G.M. and
Delores Reed, Hermiston, Or
egon 97838.
MANAGING EDITOR: Terry
M. Hager, 515 N. Elder, Hep
pner, Oregon 97836.
EDITOR: James M. Sum
mers, 100 C Street, Lexington,
Oregon 97839.
OWNER: G.M. and Delores
Reed, Hermiston, Oregon
97836.
KNOWN BONDHOLDERS,
mortgagees, and other secur
ity holders owning or holding 1
percent or more of total
amount of bonds, mortgages
or other securities: Charles
and Dorothy Heard, 117 SE
6th, Milton-Freewater, Ore
gon 97862.
EXTENT AND NATURE OF
CIRCULATION (Average
numer of copies each issue
during preceding 12 months,
followed by actual number of
copies of single issue pub
lished nearest to filing date).
A) TOTAL COPIES PRINT
ED: 2220, 2275.
B) PAID CIRCULATION: 1)
Sales through dealers and
carriers, street vendors and
counter sales :330, 365. 2) Mail
subscriptions: 1446, 1443.
C) Total Paid Circulation:
1776, 1808
D) Free distribution: 61, 58.
E) Total Distribution: 1837,
1876.
F) Copies not distributed, 1)
Office use, left over, spoiled:
368,379; 2)Returns from news
agents, 15, 20.
G) Totals: 2220, 2275.
I CERTIFY THAT THE
statements made by me above
are correct and complete.
Terry M. Hager
Managing Editor
thank those who found use for
some of our left over rum
mage: the Neighborhood Cen
ter; Jane and Bill Rawlins
who found things to use in the
drama class and Lutheran
Church clothing drive; and the
Jim Lankfords who took
things to their mother's se
cond hand store. Thanks also
to Tom Gonty for use of his
pickup for trips to the dump.
The money we received
will help with scholarships,
trips and parties for senior
citizens and numerous other
uses. The rummage sale in
October and the Turkey Hop in
November are two events the
Soroptimists have sponsored
for several years.
Again our sincere thanks
to all,
The Soroptimist Club
UN Day set
for observance
Dear Mayor Sweeney:
This is a personal letter supporting the United Nations
Association of the United States of America's support for the
nationwide state and city U.N. Day observance this October
24th. As Governor Bob Straub wrote when he named me
Oregon Chairman for 1977: "We must all continue our
longstanding commitment to make the United Nations a
strong, workable tool for dealing with international
problems."
One thing we hope to do on the state level October 24th, is
to bring to Salem foreign students from our colleges for the
formal ceremony and then introduce them to various
departments of state government in which they have a
special interest. Perhaps you might want to apply this idea
by introducing foreign students at your observance and then
giving them a chance to become acquainted with your
minicipal government scene.
Sincerely yours,
Frank A. Bauman
EDITOR'S NOTE: Although
Heppner has no foreign stu
dents in town to show the inner
workings of local government,
Mayor Jerry Sweeney invites
any and all native born
citizens to drop by City Hall
for an informal introduction to
what goes on at the focal point
of city operations.
'Tip of the hat... 9
Editor,
The Morrow County Fair Committee would like to
commend you and your staff for the pie-Fair coverage you
gave us.
It was truly appreciated. .
Thank you,
Morrow County Fair Committee
Mildred Rauch, Sec.
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Elks Calendar
Thursday, Oct 20
Regular Lodge, 8 p.m.
Kitty and Dinner Drawings
Friday, Oct. 21
Happy Hour 5-7
Dinner 6 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 22
Seafood Dinner
6:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Live Music 9:00 - ?
Tuesday, Oct. 3i
Senior Ciuons Dinner
4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 26
Senior Citizens 4:30 p.m.
Pinochle 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Oct.27
Regular Lodge 8 p.m.
Kitty and Dinner Drawings
Klks and out-of-lou n guests only.
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guests only.
In an editorial titled "Monday Deadline" in this week's
Gazette-Times of 1967 it was interesting to note that some of
the explanation of deadline necessity and production
problems still pertains to the paper today. We pass it on:
"When the weekly issue of the Gazette-Times is small,
probably many persons are disappointed when their items do
not appear in print. The paper can only be as big as its
advertisers make it economically feasible to be. ..Seldom is a
weekly issue printed that there is not a large quantity of
materiaiheld over...The big problem is that too many news
items... are received too late...When a mass of material
comes in on Tuesdays. ..it imposes a burden on our small staff
that means a frantic rush and working late at night to
produce the paper..While writing this, we realize the
difficulty of making the. point. To any who may not
understand, we invite them to come down earh any
Wednesday afternoon (Tuesday night in 1977) as the staff
strives to squeeze perhaps 600 inches of type into a 400-inch
"news hole". It probably hurts the staff more to leave out
"live" material than it does the persons who are anxious to
see it in print..."
While the modern offset printing process of today makes
it much easier to handle late news than in those "hot lead"
letterpress days, it still pays to get your news in as early as
possible.
A front page story 10 years ago concerned local attorney
Robert Abrams, who was in Washington, D.C. arguing a
condemnation case in the Supreme Court. The case involved
settlement for the riverfront property taken by the federal
government in the Boardman area because of construction of
the John Day dam.
In this week in 1937, a Times story reflected
consternation, expecially among railroad men, about the
possibility of the mail contract being awarded to a truck
company instead of the railroad. A petition had been
circulated asking that "such steps be taken as be necessary
to improve the mail service" and said mail service had been
disrupted because of "the consistent late arrival of the
branch train."
A second petition, counteracting the first, was circulated on
behalf of railroad employees who feared that "loss of the
mail contract by the railroad company would result in tying
up the branch train in Arlington instead of Heppner,
necessitating the removal of their homes to that place."
The runaway of two teams of horses caused considerable
excitement in Heppner in 1917:
"The four horse team of Chas. B. Cox, attached to a
wheat wagon, became frightened at the warehouse near the
depot on Friday morning and made a lively runaway.. .Just
after crossing the bridge over Hinton Creek the team met
with Luther Huston who was exercising his Percheron
stallion. The animal became at once enthused with the
excitement, whirled about and joined in the race. "Mr.
Huston had the animal hitched to a light sulky and exercised
all the strength he could muster but to no avail, and it kept
him mighty busy dodging the other rig, telephone and
electric poles and holding himself on the seat..."
Today's readers will be pleased to know that neither men
or horses were badly injured at the conclusion on the "race".
Picture credit
The grass er, cucumbers is always greener on
the other side even if it takes a little work to get
there. ..isn't that so, Boss.
Letters Policy
ALL LETTERS of general interest are welcomed,
providing they are in good taste and not libelous.
250 WORDS IS about the maximum length we can
accept, however, if you need more space, please use
it.
ALL LETTERS MUST be signed to be considered. If
you wish to have your name withheld for good
cause we will do so after contacting you for an
explanation.
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LETTERS SHOULD BE addressed to Editor,
Gazette-Times, P.O. Box 337, Heppner, Ore., 97836.
THE
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TIMES
Published every Thursday and entered as second-class
matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, under
the Act of March 3, 1879. Second-class postage paid at
Heppner, Oregon.
The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner
and the County of Morrow
G.M. Reed, Publisher Dolores Reed, Co-publisher
Terry M. Hager, Managing Editor
Jim Summers, News Editor
Eileen Saling, Office Manager
Elane Blanchet, Reporter
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