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i W -w ' TWO The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 4, 1978 VIEWPOINT. EDITORIAL Hospital Week has real meaning here May 7-13 is National Hospital Week... and while it isn't a holiday you would ordinarily celebrate, it is something people in Morrow County should be thinking about. Like most designated "weeks" or "days", NHW reminds us of something we often take for granted; in this case the presence of our local hospital. The facility on the hill serves a broad geographic region with medical care. Heppner can boast three practicing physicians and one of the reasons they're here is the hospital, but, as medical science advances and the existing facility gets older, the need for change at the hospital becomes more evident. The Hospital Board is currently studying plans for a new hospital as well as plans for renovation but remodeling the existing structure poses some problems. Secondly, demand for nursing home space continues to grow and perhaps the existing structure could be used for that if a new hospital is built. The answer to that question is still a distance away but a hand is a $167,000 budget request for operating the hospital for the ensuing year. At the time of this writing the County Budget Committee had not decided whether to include the request in the general budget or put in on the ballot as a special levy. Morrow County residents cannot escape rising health care costs and neither can Pioneer Memorial Hospital, but residents can and will determine what level of medical care will be available here. tmh COMMENT Getting the paper out this week has been a little different in knowing that next week, News Editor Jim Summers will be on his way home to Virginia. Jim came to the Gazette-Times just about a year ago and has been the backbone of the news operation here. Jim has spent countless hours attending city council, planning commission, school board and other meetings. Weekends have been taken up with high school athletics and many a Tuesday night has been spent in a dusk-to-dawn effort to produce The Gazette-Times for the week. In addition, Jim didn't test the water when he came here last year, he jumped right in and became a swim team coach when one was needed. This winter he was the organizing force behind the city league basketball schedule. A number one individual in every respect, we regret seeing Jim go, but wish him Godspeed on his trip home and in his endeavors that lie ahead. tmh Picture Credit Call it a 'sign of the times' or a social commentary. ..The trash can in the lobby of the Post Office in Heppner was chock full of Voter's Pamphlets after they came out in last week's mail. Numerous important ballot measures and candidates for elective office are profiled in the pamphlet. fft" if : i j I f t ,' ( f -f I f wHj r' fast JTf t- ... ' r f J --"Mi., : :. . . m .... .. : LETTERS FROM READERS Time for Atiyeh' Editor, It is generally agreed that most politicians have big egos. It is ego that gets them into the race in the first place and ego that keeps them there. Republican governor candidate Tom McCall is a good case in point. McCall was always bigger than the party that elected him (Republican), so he felt no obligation to support the Republican candidate who won a surprise primary victory over McCall's handpicked candidate for his successor, then Secretary of State Clay Myers. Vic Atiyeh, a Portland businessman with a solid legislative career behind him, took to the hustings and wrought a minor miracle by soundly defeating Myers in the primary. That was no small task for a candidate without a statewide image. Atiyeh got the job done with hard work and solid rank and file support."" With Myers on the sideline, McCall apparently sized the general election up differently. He failed to come out in support of his fellow Republican Atiyeh in the general election! McCall uttered some nonsense to the tune that he'd grown fond of his old political foe Straub, respected his environmental stands and just couldn't bring himself to work against him. Some who campaigned for Atiyeh found it hard to believe that a man of his stature, experience and integrity wasn't worthy of McCall's support. They looked for reasons. The best they could come up with was the fact that Atiyeh had not supported McCall on some key issues in the legislature. Thanks in large part to McCall's strange behavior in the general election, Bob Straub was elected governor. He has not distinguished himself in that office, but he wants another term. Atiyeh agreed to take another crack at the primary and found himself opposed by fellow legislator Roger Martin, minority leader in the house. Martin is a tough campaigner and Atiyeh welcomed the challenge of competing against an articulate and forceful campaigner. It would be good for both men. Surface the McCall ego again. Republicans are supposed to be sophisticated voters. They'll have a real chance to demonstrate that in the primary. For the life of me, I can't see any sophistication in nominating Tom McCall for a third term. I've had enough of the Tom and Bob Show. For me, it's time for Atiyeh. Excerpted from a Woodburn Independent editorial submitted by Don Peterson, chairman Morrow County Atiyeh for Governor Committee Senators v s. Canal Editor, The Veterans of Foreign Wars and The American Legion are two organizations I am proud to have membership in because of their positive stand against the Panama Canal THEi GAZETTE - TIME The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow .ublished 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. G.M. Reed, Publisher Dolores Reed, Co-publisher Terry M.Hager, Managing Editor Jim Summers, News Editor Eileen Saling, Officer Manager Elane Blanchet, Reporter Gayle Rush, Composing Chloe Pearson, Composing Justine Weatherford, Local Columnist Ron Jordan, Printer Treaties. They both held "Save Our Canal" rallies on the Capitol steps protesting ratification of the Canal treaties. In a massive rally on the Capitol steps on March 7th, nearly 3,000 V.F.W. members sent the message loudly and clearly to the Senate chamber a short distance away: "Save the Canal". Past Commander-in-Chief and Executive Director, Casper T. Holt, who acted as Master of Ceremonies, began by saying, "We the people object to the treaties ratification". On the speaker's platform, were Sens. James Allen (Ala ), Strom Thurmond (S.C.), Jesse Helms (N.C.), Paul Laxalt (Nev.), Jake Gain (Utah), Orrin Hatch (Utah), John Melcher (Mont.) and Harrison Schmith (N.M.). "In four words, my friends No, No, No, No," Senator Allen told the rally. He also said, "Torrijos (Gen. Omar Torrijos, Panama's strongman), is a dictator and from all economic and military security aspects, the treaties are not in the best interests of the United States nor is it in the U.S.'s interest to give. Panama hundreds of millions to take it". Senator Laxalt said that the "major problem in Washington right here on Capitol Hill, is that no one listens to the people. The risk of war is far greater if we give the Canal to Panama than if we don't because the day will come when we will have to send our sons or grandsons to invade Panama to take it back. That's why we as veterans, oppose it." Sen Turmond, attacked the treaties as weakening American security giving Panama billions of dollars to help bail out the debt-ridden Central American country and to perpetiate Torrijos' dictatorship. On March 6th, Rep. Philip Crane denounced the treaties by saying, "There is a triumvirate of big business, big government and big labor, working together in unholy unison against the will of the majority of Americans to give away our Canal, despite what certain interest groups will tell you, the so-called common masses of the United States understand the subtleties of these proposed treaties. Mr. Average John Q. Citizen doesn't take to having the wool pulled over his eyes as easily as some government leaders . seem to believe." In a citizen's point of view, how can we vote for Senators who vote against the vote of the people? Carl M. Marquardt Looking for relatives Editor, Prior to the year 1900 a man by the name of Peter Brenner settled in the Heppner area. He had married Melvina Richardson, both had been born in the Scio area and grew to adulthood there. They became the parents of three boys, Homer, John and Glen Brenner, and two girls, Verda and Cleo. It is my understanding that Peter and Melvina continued living in Heppner until their deaths. . I am trying to find descendents of these two people. Perhaps some of your readers are acquainted with this family. Sincerely, Mrs. Emma Kuiken 38888 Ridge Dr. Scio, Oregon 97374 April 25, 1978 dining iiiiuugn the TIMES County voters this week in 1968 were due to go to the polls to approve or reject a Morrow County School District levy that was up $167,000 over the previous year. The total budget stood about $801,000 above the six per cent limitation and taxpayers would pay an estimated $13.50 per $1,000 true cash value of their property if the budget was approved. Reason for the budget increase included a decline in other sources of revenue, higher salaries for beginning teachers, increases in Social Security and Public Employes, Retirement costs, and remodeling needed at lone and Heppner Elementary schools to meet standards. Judge Paul Jones appeared before the Chamber of Commerce ten years ago to talk about plans to oil 19 additional miles of roads in the county. The main purpose of advertising is to attract attention which will prompt the customer to buy the advertised product or service. A rather unusual ad printed in the Gazette-Times this week in 1968 was a cinch to grab any readers eye: HELP LB J with the ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAM in settling the Restless Natives. Donate to the RED CLOUD Lawn and Tree Service. For the benefit of Bill Red Cloud and Family. 17 years experience Insured, Bonded, Dependable and Darn Good Work.. .Please send all Smoke Signals to P.O. Box 207 Fossil, Ore.. .OUR MOTTO: "Why be trimmed by your friends when you can be scalped by Red Cloud." "Lexington Says 'No' to School Change", read a front page headline in the Times 20 years ago this week. By a margin of 121 to 51, Lexington residents favored retaining their high school instead of closing it down and transporting students to one of the larger schools. The Times commented: "The total vote is probably somewhat of a record as it represents well over 90 per cent of the registered voters and this compares with a total vote of eight in 1957 and five in 1956..." In a separate but related story petitions carrying the signatures of more than 150 persons were filed withthe county court asking for a vote to put into effect a county unit school plan in Morrow County. An explanation of the 'unit' plan basically described the school district system now in effect: "Briefly, the county unit plan would replace all present individual school districts and boards in the county and centralize purchasing, hiring, etc., in the hands of a manager or county superintendent. One advantage of such a plan. ..is that the entire county would be included in the district and would automatically return to the county tax valuations which now goes to Echo and Arlington because of the overlapping into Morrow County by some Umatilla and Gilliam county districts. It is claimed that the establishment of a county unit is about the only way that such valuation (approximately $1,800,000) can be returned to the county. ..Board members would be elected from zones in the county that would assure that each area would be represented." Jack Sumner, present state representative for District 55, was announced as the Morrow County "Conservation Man of the Year" this week in 1958 for his "excellent methods of farming steep and shallow lands on his 922 acre farm in the Eightmile area." Fair Board chairman Garnet Barratt announced this week in 1948 that the Morrow County Fair and the Heppner Rodeo were merging under sponsorship of the Fair Board. The combined shows were to be named Morrow County Fair and Rodeo. Under the terms of the merger, the Fair Board assumed all financial responsibility, retained full management of the fair and assigned conduct of the rodeo to a rodeo committee consisting of the former board of directors. A Morrow County Republican Club was formed this week in 1938 with Frank C. Alfred elected president. Other officers included J.O. Turner, vice-president; J.V. Crawford, secretary; L.W. Briggs, treasurer; and Fred Ely of Cecil, Dewin Hughes of Lena, W.F. Barnett of Lexington, Neal Kighten of Hardman, Leonard Carlson of Gooseberry, Glen Hadley of Boardman and E.R. Lundell of lone, directors. New lone High School student body officers elected forty years ago this week included Helen Lundell, president; Helen Lindsay, vice-president; Thelma Nelson, secretary-treasurer; Douglas Renoe, athletic director; Clyde Pettyjohn, transportation manager; and Earline Ferris, yell leader. Sixty-one students representing almost every school in the county competed in the third annual Morrow County Declamatory contest held fifty years ago. The winners, announced this week in 1928 were: High School Dramatic, Erma Duvall, Lexington, first; Imogene McFerrin, Heppner, second. Oratorical Earl Watenburger, Pine City, first; Dorothy Isom, Irrigon, second. Humorous, Mildren Morgan, lone, first; Mary White, second. Upper grades winners included : Non-humorous, Herman Green, Heppner, first; Norma Gibbons, Boardman, second. Humorous, Annabelle Turner, Heppner, first; and Mary Chafee, Boardman, second. In the lower grades, winners were: Non-humorous, Winnie Brown, lone, first; Lena Neil. Pine City, second; Humorous; Maxine McCurdy, lone, first; and Marvin Cdx, Lexington, second. Community BILLBOARD Call 676-9228 Thursday May 4 'County budget, 9 a.m., courthouse Story Hour, 10:30 a.m., Heppner Library Soroptomists, noon, Wagon Wheel Monday Mays Chamber of Commerce, noon, West of Willow AAUW book review group, 7:30 p.m., Nancy Hoecker's Wednesday May 10 I County court meeting, 9 5 a.m., courthouse Sponsored By HI I LlOj ray ; BOYCE : INSURANCE y 228 N. Main St. Heppner 676-925 J! A '
