TWO-The Heppner Gaiette-Times, Heppner. Oregon, Thursday. February 14. 1980
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Jerome F. Sheldon, Publisher
Steven A. Powell. News Editor
Write-in candidate eyes
U. S. Senate seat
Call to Battle
Over Herbicides
Farmers are sounding a call to battle to
defeat an anti-herbicide initiative that may
appear on the Oregon ballot at the November
general election. Louis Carlson, a wheat
farmer in the Valby area of Morrow County,
raised the issue at a recent Chamber of
Commerce luncheon in Heppner. If the issue
should pass, he said, farmers would be
severely restricted in their use of an
everyday tool to kill weeds, namely the group
of chemicals known as phenoxy herbicides.
"They're the tools of our trade," he said.
"We use them every day, every month to kill
weeds." He said if the chemicals are used
according to the directions of the manufac
turers, they may be applied safely and
without harm to farm workers or their
families.
A provision of the proposed initiative, Mr.
Carlson said, would limit the use of phenoxy
herbicides to commercial applicators, whose
services would have to be hired by the
farmers. This, of course, would increase the
overhead costs of farm operations.
An editorial in the Gate City Journal of
Nyssa, Ore., points out that farmers are in a
very serious economic squeeze, just like
everyone else. The overall effects of inflation
are being felt on a daily basis and certain
crop prices, particularly onions, are at a low
ebb. The use of agricultural chemicals has
enabled the farmer to become more efficient.
The proper use of chemicals has enabled
many farmers to stay in business because of
the availability of efficient and effective
alternate control methods. It would be
impossible to produce many of our crops at a
profitbale level without the use of farm
chemicals, the Nyssa newspaper declares.
If there were more efficient alternate
methods for controlling insects, weeds and
diseases than using chemicals, the farmers
would adopt them, asserts the Nyssa editor,
Jim Peterson.
Both Mr. Carlson and Mr. Peterson point to
the "environmentalists" as a group of people
who are "completely against" using any
chemicals in agricultural production. Their
campaign has originated in western Oregon,
where the chemicals 2,4,5-T and 2,4-D, have
been used extensively in spraying forests to
increase evergreen timber growth. The use of
chemicals disrupts the growth of undesired
brush and broadleaf plants and enables the
conifer trees to thrive under increased
exposure to sunlight, nutrients and water.
An organization known as "Keep Oregon
Oregon" is a new political action committee
sponsoring the statewide Herbicide Safety
Initiative that will need 60,000 signatures to
place the measure on the ballot. The group
says, in the publication "Wild Oregon," that
the initiative would not ban the chemicals but
restrict their use. The sponsors are
concerned that these toxic chemicals have
been found to cause cancer and birth defects
in animals. Vietnam veterans complain of
illnesses they believe to be related to Agent
Orange, a substance containing 2,4,5-T, while
pregnant women living on the Oregon Coast
fear miscarriages and malformed babies.
However, studies originating at Oregon
State University in Corvallis dispute these
claims with the assertion that no significant
differences in the abortion rate have been
observed in groups either "exposed" or
"unexposed" to the chemicals.
To bring the issue back to the
agriculturists, Mr. Carlson used the example
of people who eat apples. The one thing
worse, he said, than biting into an apple and
seeing a worm is to bite into an apple andsee
half a worm. It is thanks to the use of
chemicals that consumers may have appetizing-looking
food.
Editor:
In reading the pros and cons
in regard to the Olympics, I
would like to get on my soap
box and express my opinion.
This is not a thought that's just
coming off the top of my head,
but a well studied fact.
The Olympics were the
brain-child of Greece, and I
was always under the impres
sion that it was their copy
right, and it was, til the
"WORLD" Chamber of Com
merce woke up one day, and
said that pie is too good for
Greece, we want it. They
could plainly see that it could
be the world's biggest propa
ganda machine along with a
hundred billion dollar rip-off
financially. So that is why the
big powers are dividing this
big, juicy pie- and this year
Russia is getting the big bite.
Being Greece is such a small
country, she couldn't defend
herself.
This is my undivided pin
ion, that we send our athletes
to Russia to participate in the
Olympics this year, for if we
don't, we will certainly be
dumping our whole bucket of
stupidity which sometimes
seems to be our main product.
'Postal Service delivers only bills9
Editor:
I don't know how many of
you realize it but you are being
taken for a ride. The organiza
tion that's taking you for the
ride is the U.S. Postal Service.
The service that I have
personally received stinks.
Have you ever noticed that
the only mail you seem to
receive on time are your bills.
I think there must be some
sort of conspiracy between the
postal service and the bill
collectors.
This letter though is not
complaining about late mail,
I'm talking about letters that
never arrive. Three weeks ago
a friend of mine sent a letter
that failed to show up. Now
three weeks isn't bad if it's
going to New York and back,
but this was just going from
one side of Eugene to the
other. This isn't the only time ;
twice last year I had cards
from a friend that never
showed.
I would like to ask one
question; what are we paying
15c a stamp for if the darn
thing isn't going to arrive?
The next time the postal
service asks for a postage
hike, (which probably won't
be long) we ought to tell them
where they can put it until
they prove they can do the job.
I would like to state that I
mailed this letter in Eugene
and if it appears, then I know'
the postal service isn't all bad.
Chris Rauch
U of 0 student
Eugene
(Editor's Note: Mr. Rauch's
letter was postmarked in
Eugene Feb. fi. 1980 and was
delivered to the Heppner
Gazette-Times box in Heppner
on Friday morning, Feb. 8.)
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Heart and blood vessel
diseases affect all Oregonians,
regardless of race, age, color,
sex, or economic status. No
one is immune.
The Oregon Heart Associa
tion's relentless battle against
Last year over 10,500 Ore
gonians died from diseases of
the heart and blood vessels. In
addition, almost 300,000 citi
zens suffered to some degree
A PROCLAMATION
No one immune
to heart diseases
from these diseases.
These diseases cost Ore
gon's business and industry 40
million dollars annually in lost
income.
our state's leading health1
hazard has helped reduce the
death rate from heart and
blood vessel diseases by 18
percent since 1950 for persons
under 65, through advances in
prevention and treatment.
Therefore, as Governor, I
hereby proclaim February
1980 "OREGON HEART
MONTH" and I urge all
citizens to support the Oregon
Heart Associaion and thus
speed greater advances in the
conquest of Oregon's leading
killer and disabler.
Vic Atiyeh
Governor of Oregon
Then I would like to suggest
that we return the Olympics to
Greece, its true home and
forever be theirs, and tell the
"WORLD" Chamber of Com
merce to keep their damn
politics and their greed and
grafting out of the "OLYM
PICS." Otto H. Jorgensen Jr.
P.O.Box 443
Scappose, Oregon 97056
'We're enjoying
Gazette-Times'
Editor:
We are enjoying the Gazette-Times.
We are so glad
Eva Hamlett is writing from
lone again. And your other
special correspondents make
it interesting.
As former residents, we can
often recall some of the
happenings from "Sifting
Through the Times."
We hope Mrs. Weatherford
keeps traveling and vividly
describing the eastern Oregon
scene- Sincerely, i
Erling and Katherine
Thompson,
1549 Morgan Lane
McMinnville, Oregon 97128
A great job!'
Editor:
I would like to subscribe to
the Heppner Gazette-Times.
Enclosed is my check for $10.
I think you doa great job!
Sherill Rudolph
9436 S.E. Winsor Drive
Milwaukie, Oregon 97222
Speed control
board to meet
The State Speed Control
Board will hold a regular
meeting starting at 9 a.m.,
Feb. 20 in the Main Confer
ence Room (Room 122) of the
Transportation Building in
Salem.
Sifting through the TIMEf
19S0
Fifty years ago the Heppner
school faculty performed the
comedy-drama play "Smile
Rodney Smile." Money raised
from the benefit went to the
purchasing of school equip
ment and library books. Cost
was 25 cents for children and
50 cents for adults.
More than 400 persons
attended the athletic circus
staged by the Heppner Grade
School. Exhibitions of class
gymnastics, dancing and
tumbling were featured. With
the lights out in the audi
torium, the first through
fourth graders, with flash
lights in hand, followed each
other in serpentine-like forma
tions across the darkened
stage executing the move
ments of a glowing worm. It
was the first year tumbling
had been taught at the school.
Evangelist and singer Fred
Canaday visited Heppner.
An essay contest was being
put on by the Morrow County
schools. The subject of the
essays was butter. At the time
there was an overproduction
of dairy products and prices
paid to the farmers were
below the cost of production. It
was hoped the contest would
stimulate the use of butter.
1955
Twenty five years ago
Heppner Value Days were
going on in town with all the
businesses having special
sales. Penny's had a robe for
$3, the Heppner Bakery sold
Coconut cream pies for 39
cents, a dozen daffodils from
Mary Van's Flower Shop for
76' cents, a case of 24 cans of
corn for $2.95 at Central
Market and Grocery, a 1940
Chevrolet Club Coupe for $49
from the Rosewall Motor Co.,
two cans of pork and beans for
19 cents at Loyd Burkenbine's
Heppner Market, and a chili
burger and coke for SO cents
from Moyer's Cafe.
Other savings came from
Fulleton Chevrolet which gave
a free lubrication job with
every oil change, denim jeans
for $1 a pair from Penny's,
lipstick for 50 cents from
Phil's Pharmacy and shoes
from 99 cents to $6.95 a pair
from Gonty's.
While lone and Heppner
were talking about how to get
TV into their respective com
munities, Lexington residents
took things into their own
hands and beat those commu
nities to having TV. A tower
was erected and 30 customers
subscribed to get the TV
service. The cost was $3 a
month with a one time $159
charge for a hook-up fee. The
tower was 105-feet high and
was placed on the hill near the
Lexington airport. The Lex
ington TV corporation was in
charge of the program.
There was going to be a
special door-to-door campaign
drive for the Oregon Heart
Fund.
The chili feed sponsored by
the Heppner band parents
raised $105.96 toward the
purchase of new band uni
forms. The group was plan
ning a carnival to raise more
money in April.
The Boardman post office
safe was found two miles
north of Pasco, Wash. Money
order forms worth $40,000
were still in the safe. About
$300 in cash was missing.
Heppner students were put
ting on the play "Here Comes
the Brides." The cast included
Ralph Marlatt, Laurel Allstott
and James Monahan.
The Heppner Ministerial
Association encouraged a
church drive for members to
attend more often. Attendance
increased from 233 to 264 after
one week.
Roice Fulleton, the Heppner
Chevrolet and Union Oil
dealer, was presented a check
for $1,000 as the winner of a
Union Oil contest. He sold
more oil in the previous three
months than any dealer in the
northwest.
Swanson's Grocery in lone
was hit by burglars for the
second time in six. weeks. No
money was taken but some
food was.
The March of Dimes fund
drive in Morrow County netted
the fund $2,442. Heppner was
the most generous city donat
ing $1,462.
Four dogs in Heppner were
poisoned and another shot.
The townspeople had been
complaining about dogs run
ning loose.
Heppner won its eighth
straight basketball game
beating Rufus 38-21.
Oregon marijuana law
invalidated by ruling
An Oregon legislative law
that intends that marijuana
should be made available for
treatment of persons experi
encing reactions to cancer
chemotherapy and for persons
with glaucoma has been
invalidated by the U.S. Attor
ney General.
According to an Oregon '
State Health Division news
release, the Attorney General
stated that the Oregon Laws
Chapter 253 is in conflict with
the Federal Controlled Sub
stances Act and since the two
laws conflict, the federal law
is supreme and the state law is
invalidated.
Jn an effort to satisfy the
intent of the State Legislature,"
the Health Division is prepar
ing a research protocol that
will be submitted to the Food
and Drug Administration. If
approved, marijuana grown
under federal supervision
may be made available to
physicians who are willing to
participate in the research
protocol.
Several states are already
following this legal approach
to providing marijuana, free
of contaminants, to physicians
for the treatment of their
patients, the release said.
1975
Five years ago city police
men arrested three men on
charges of passing bogus
checks to Heppner merchants.
They were from Colorado and
were ages 18, 19 and 22. They
cashed checks totaling more
than $370.
James Healy, 22 of Heppner,
was arrested for driving while
uner the influence of liquor.
Morrow County residents
were charged $611 per capita
to run the local government.
According to Census Bureau
information, the national
average was $511 per capita
and in the State of Oregon
$504.
Charles Sherman Gilman of
Heppner was sentenced to
four weekends in jail for the
theft of a fur coat valued at
$2,700.
About 150 music lovers
turned out to hear the College
of Idaho Concert touring choir
in Heppner. The choir was an
hour late because its bus
broke down.
' Ron and Bruce Young of
Heppner were delivering pa
pers along Hager Street when
they heard faint calls from
Eva Robinson, 74, who lived
alone. Quick action by the
boys saved the woman's life.
She had gone into the bath
room the night before and
fainted and fell on the floor.
She spent the night on the floor
but did manage to crawl to the
front door and yell for help.
Rodney Cole, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Don Cole of Heppner,
won the area free throw
shooting contest. He went to
the state competition in Cor
vallis and made 13-25 from the
foul line but was not one of the
top finishers.
Ione's Paul Petersons
scored 18 points and Charlie
McElligott scored 16 to lead
the Cardinals to a win over the
Helix Grizzlies. Peterson
made a shot with three
seconds in the game to beat
Echo 53-52.
Quarterback Jerry Gentry
of Hepner named to the
East-West Shriner's All-Star
team.
Another candidate has de
clared he will be running for
the United States Senate in the
1980 elections, according to a
post card received in last
week's mail at the Heppner
Gazette-Times.
The candidate is Greg
Goodwin who, his post card
said, would make his formal
declaration at the Lewis and
Clark Monument in Washing
ton Park in Portland. He will
seek a write-in, vote for the
seat now held by Sen. Robert
Packwood of Oregon, a Re
publican. 1 ,
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