TWO The Heppner Oazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, February 2S, 19K0
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A GoodPicture, but...
Once again Pacific Northwest Bell has
distributed its new telephone directory, and
would it be too parochial to wonder why a
book for eastern Oregon could not have had
an appropriate scene from this region on its
cover? The color photo on the 1980 directory
for Morrow and Umatilla counties shows the
Yaquina Head lighthouse near Newport on
the Oregon coast.
The photograph was taken by Chuck
Forinash, 21-year-old student at Portland
Community College, where he is studying
photography and journalism. Among 500
entries submitted, his picture was one of 10
finalists in the First Directory Cover Photo
Competition held by the telephone company.
It is a beautiful picutre, well composed, no
doubt about it.
But shouldn't telephone books have
covers that identify them pictorially with the
communities they serve?
For instance, a Morrow County cover
might well show off the historic courthouse in
Heppner with its facade of native-quarried
stone and classic clock tower. Golden fields of
grain or corrals filled with livestock might
also be suitable subjects for a regional
directory.
Admitting this touch of provincialism, we
still congratulate "Ma Bell" for holding a
contest. Pictorial covers, no matter the
subject, are more interesting than the plain
gray or green jackets that once covered most
telephone books. Now if they could only do
something about the fine print inside.
A Judge's Objection
(The following letter, penned by Wheeler County Judge
Andrew F. I.eckie. appeared in last week's issue of the
Condon Times-Journal. It w as w ritten in response to a survey
circulated by an organization called the Tri-County Health
Planning Committee, asking for the opinions of Gilliam,
Wheeler and Morrow county residents regarding health care
offered by Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner.
(Judge I.eckie, whose name was included as a member,
is mistaken in identifying the sponsors of the survey as a
"commission." which would imply governmental authority.
The letter mailed over the signature of A.K. Felt, hospital
administrator, calls the group an advisory or planning
committee. Judge I.eckie's letter is addressed to Mr. Felt.)
Mr A.K. Felt. Administrator
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
Heppner. OR 9783fi
Dear Mr. Felt :
The "survey" of health care needs for Wheeler, Gilliam
and Morrow counties recently received is an outrageously
presumptuous piece of propaganda. The name "survey" is a
poor disguise for a pamphlet which blatantly is seeking
Wheeler tax dollars to support the Heppner Hospital.
Furthermore. I also object to the name the group is
using. The Tri County Health Commission, which is formed
of the three county courts plus additional citizens, has existed
since at least 19f9 and has served the three counties well as a
body which has helped each of the counties toward the
attainment of its particular health goals. How dare this new
group adopt the name. Judge Barnett of Gilliam County is the
current president of the Tri County Health Commission.
Planning to meet the health care, or any other, needs of
Wheeler County residents is a function to be performed by
Wheeler County residents and not some outside committee.
When asked to serve on the advisory committee, I agreed to
do so because of the feeling of mutual helpfulness and
cooperation that has existed for many years between the
three counties. My serving on the committee inno way
implied the relinquishing of Wheeler County residents' right
of self-determination. As a matter of fact, when Mr. Bob
Burns, the former Pioneer Hospital administrator, and Mr.
Fred Martin, president of the Pioneer Hospital board, came
to Fossil about eighteen months ago to talk about the
possibility of a Hospital District to include Wheeler County
and for the support of Pioneer Memorial Hospital, I told them
that T was sympathetic, with their problem of getting funds
forthe hospital, but that they should not look toward Wheeler
Countv for help or involvement. Ifurther, told them that I
personally would oppose such a district because the patterns
of usage for Wheeler Countv residents did not include
Heppner to a sufficient degree to warrant our support with
the peoples' tax dollars. - .
In closing, let me say that you may be assured of my
continued active opposition to the formation of a Hospital
District wishing to include Wheeler C'yj.niy.
Please remove my name from yo-;r list of committee
members. Sincerely,
Andrew F. Leckie
Wheeler County Judge
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Anthony $1 Another Postal Problem
With a host of problems facing the U.S. government,
ranging from draft registration for men and the parallel
problem for women to the crisis in Iran and Afghanistan, why
do the leaders of this country insist on continuing to promote
a losing proposition. ..the Susan B. Anthony dollar?
Now the government has decided to force the two-bit
sized coin into general circulation through its network of post
offices. Initially the effort was made through more
conventional outlets hut the public reaction was very
negative and the private banking and business sector went
back to conventional currency.
Rut. alas, the poor ol' much maligned post office has
been dragged into he marketing battle for the Susan B.
Anthony sandwich silver dollar. The post office has enough
problems keeping its head above water without being given
the ridiculous task of doling out dollars that generate little
but ill will among recipients.
There are a couple of ways the government can stil
secure favorable reaction for the Susan B. Anthony coin. One
way would be to quit making them entirely. ..creating a new
collectors' item.
..
A second way would be to release them in certain "test
markets" only and give the silly little reminder of the
inflated value of the dollar a certain "snob appeal." For
instance making Susan B. Anthony coins availableonly at the
Beverly Hills post office or only in Hawaii thereby letting
those with such dollars spread them about the country as a
means of bragging about their latest trips.
Of course, the government still has a couple of marketing
tricks available that smack of high handedness. One 'such
trick will be the systematic removal of the dollar bilf from
circulation forcing reliance on two previous'unpopular
money items the Susan B. Anthony coin and the two-dollar
hill.
A second high-handed trick will be for the government to
continue spending its way to great and greater levels of
inflation and forcing all the country's vending machines to
have slots for Susai B's head to roll down. People will have to
use these coins becnuse the quarter candy bar will have gone
the way of the nickel candy bar if inflation continues through
the '80s.
Polk County Itemizer-Observer
Dallas. Oregon
Willow Creek project
to be aireci by Army
A meeting to inform Hepp-.
ner area residents and land
owners about the Willow
Creek Lake Project and the
associated land acquisition
program will be conducted by
the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers in the Heppner
High Scool Cafetorium, begin
ning at 7:30 p.m. March 4.
The Corps' Walla Walla
District will acquire all lands
and easements for the dam
site, construction areas, pub
lic access atid use. and for
relocartons of pubfic utilities,
roads and highways. Approxi
mately 450 acres of land will
be required for the project.
At the public meeting, land
acquisition schedules and pro
. cedures will be described as
well as ways in which indivi
dual problems caused by the
. project may be minimized.
Snbw operation
cost $105,000
"Operation Snowmarch,"
the name the State Highway
Division applied to its snow
removal efforts in the Colum
bie Gorge during Jan.- 7
through 15, cost the state
r$105,000. H. Scott Coulter,
state highway engineer, said
recently.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
'State Forestry not
giving us a fair shake 9
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Sifting through the TIMESfl,
1
Editor:
We are concerned as to w hy
people trying to do an honest
day's work can not get a fair
shake from some governmen
tal agencies which our tax
dollars pay for. Our concern
deals with the State Forestry
Department in Fossil
We are private contractors
and were doing a thinning
contract for a private rancher
from Mitchell, which the State
Forestry in Fossil admini
stered. The state was respon
sible for designating the area,
the specifications of the opera
tion, follow-up inspections,
and final approval.
Our first concern is that we
feel the area should not have
been pre-commercially
thinned. Then once we had a
good start on the operation we
had to call the state to see if
they could come out and
inspect: this was done and we
based the rest of our work on
what we were told. Thirdly,
when we were almost done we
again called to have them
come out for an inspection and
also because we felt there was
a discrepancy in the acreage
of one of the two areas. We
were now told that the area
would not pass, and after they
checked the acreage they told
us there was no mistake. We
then re-worked the area to
their specifications, but we
still felt there was a mistake in
the acreage of the one area . So
when the state made the final
inspection they checked the
area once again and then
found that they had made a
mistake and we resolved the
problem.
Finally, when we received
payment from the rancher for
our work, we were paid for the
original amount of acreage. So
when we questioned him he
told us the state had informed
him of the mistake on the one
area in question, but then they
told him they had also made
another mistake on the other
area and it was considerable
less than had been originally
thought. When the state found
their mistakes they miracu-
"Tri County
Committee says
thank you9
Editor:
The Tri County health
planning committee wishes to
thank the people who took the
time to fill in and mail the
questionaire recently distri
buted in Morrow. Gilliam and
Wheeler Counties.
, A lot of time, effort and
expense has gone into develop
ing this public survey. It's
very important that a large
part of them are returned. The
responses will have a definite
effect on the recommenda
tions made by the Committee
and will ultimately effect the
level of care offered to the Tri
County people.
If you haven't responded,
please do. if you don't have a
questionaire extra copies are
available at the hospital.
A.K. Felt
Administrator.
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
Heppner
lously happened to balance
each other, and they did not
take the time to inform us.
All we wanted was some
straight answers and a fair
shake, not the run around and
problems we encountered.
Respectfully.
WaltKight.
Box 2:i7
Canyon City, Oregon
Mitch Mund,
John Day, Oregon
'Unpleasant
experience
at Jamboree
Editor:
I would like to use this
newspaper column to share
with readers an unpleasant
experience that occurred at
the Junior High basketball
Jamboree held at the Heppner
Junior High Gym on Feb. 16.
1980. This experience was
shared by my wife, my
youngest son. and myself.
Based on observations of
and-or conversations with
other people attending this
activity I am sure their
experience was as bad or
worse than that of my
family and myself.
We attended this activity to
support our son or brother
participating with the Hepp
ner Junior High team. We
went to view and support
basketball competition with
teams from neighboring
towns, as did most people
attending. Interfering with
our enjoyment of the basket
ball competition was the rude,
rowdy, and ill mannered
behavior of local unsupervised
children. I am not describing
activities of children using
their energy supporting bas
ketball or school spirit. I am
describing unnecessary run
ning about, scuffling and
horseplay, and throwing of
debris exhibiting an obvious
lack of interest in basketball
and a lack of concern for the
rights of other spectators. I
question why children who
obviously have no interest in
viewing or supporting school
activities but are only interes
ted in engaging in their own
distracting and sometimes
destructive side activities are
allowed to remain on public
premises.
I would like to offer my
apology to the visiting teams
and fans who traveled to
Heppner to enjoy basketball
competition and were treated
to less than full enjoyment. I
make this apology recognizing
my lack of past involvement in
demanding more enforcement
of discipline in the school
system. :
I do not want to give the
impression that the whole
Jamboree was a negative
experience. I would like to
commend the teachers parti
cipating in extracurricular
activities and offer my sup
port for future activities.
Donald N. Kenison
Box 547
Heppner
l!:io
Fifty years ago more than
250 Odd Fellows from Uma
tilla at)d Morrow Counties
attended the lfith annual
convention of the order in
Heppner.
The Hermiston debate team
won both debates from Hepp
ner High School.
More than 300 persons
attended the Elks annual
Washington's Birthday '('cele
bration in Heppner. Pat's Six
Aces from The Dalles enter
tained. Members of the Lexington
Grange practiced the play
"Cyclone Sally."
Seven high school basket
ball teams were signed up to
compete in the district basltfet
bnll tournament in Heppner.
Umatilla. Heppner.' lone. Ar
lington. Fossil. Lexington, ahd
Boardman were scheduled to
compete. The top three teanp
would go to the district
tournament in Pendletoli
against the three top teams if)
the other district consisting of
Adams, Stanfield. Hermistoi
, Helix. Echo. Athena am
Weston. Cost for the entin
tournament was $1.
!I55 .
Twenty five years ago winds!
up to 75 miles per hour hit
Morrow County and caused
considerable losses. Sheds
were demolished, antennas ,
blown over, trees knocked
down, power poles dropped,
the flag pole at the Lexington i
school was blown into the
school, and soil erosion was
said to be the greatest loss.
Central Market was sold by
Sara McNamer to Ed Bennett
and C.E. McQuarrie.
Dr. Harold S. Huber, a
dentist, opened his dentist
office in Heppner after mov
ing his practice to Stanfield
for two years.
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
manager Jack Angel an
nounced that the Heppner
Elks Lodge donated a check
for $1,332 to help pay for
equipment needed for the new,
four-bed children's wing at the
hospital.
Eight schools entered the
Heppner grade school double
elimination basketball tourna
ment with a cost of $1.50 for
the entire tourney.
In celebration of 25 years as
an organization, the Morrow
County Grain Growers an
nounced a plan for payment of
growers certificates.
The Star Theater in Hepp
ner was charging an admis
sion price of 70 cents to see
movies like John Wayne in the
"Reap of Wild Wind." Dale
Robertson in "Sitting Bull"
and Gregory Peck in "Man
With a Million."
Charles Tolbert of Board
man took the grand prize in
the steelhead fishing derby
w ith a catch of 20 pounds and
six ounces. He won a $35
spinning reel for winning the
six-month derby.
Frank Anderson of Heppner
raised the top female at the
Hereford Blue Tag show.
Lance Tibbies came off the
bench to lead Heppner to a
61-24 stomping of the Wasco
Braves scoring 11 points.
Heppner led 20-0 in the first
quarter of play so substitutes
got to see a lot of playing time.
Heppner basketball team
was advancing to the District
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Five years ago Anita David
son and John Kilkenny came
in first place in the local Elks
scholarship contest winning
$300 each. Both students went
to Heppner High School.
Sherri Wilson and Mike Mills
of Heppner came in second
and Dena Struthers and Jerry
Gentry placed third.
The Archbishop of Central
Africa, the Most Rev. Donald
Arden. came to town to visit
Heppner's All Saints Parish. .
Chairman Mike Sweeney
was busy putting together
plans for Heppner's celebra
tion of the Bicentennial.
The Elks Foundation Asso
ciation was sponsoring a
coyote killing contest in an
attempt to improve the survi
val chances of baby deer and
elk.
Todd Peterson sank a 22-foot
shot with 19 seconds left in the
game to lead lone to a 53-52
win over the Helix Grizzlies to
.lock up a tie for first place in
the Big Sky Conference. 1
Heppner placed third in the
Columbia Basin League after
beating Pilot Rock 83-79.
Denny Smith challenges
Rep. Ullman to debate
Residents of the 2nd con
gressional district would have
an opportunity to hear the
candidates for Congress de
bate each other, under a
proposal made by Republican
candidate Denny Smith. The
Salem businessman has made '
the request in a letter to his
opponent. Representative Al
Ullman. .
"The latest bribery scandal
on Capitol Hill ; is further
eroding the public's sense of
trust and confidence in our
government," Smith wrote.
Smith believes that he and
Ullman can help restore
public confidence inthe politi
cal system by holding debates.
Smith said he realizes that
many incumbents are reluc
tant to debate because they
don't want to give challengers
the chance to become better
known, and because they are
afraid of damaging their own
reputations. "Iam sure you do
not fall into this category,"
Smith wrote to the Congress
man. Smith said that by request
ing a debate he was following
up on a conversation he had
with Ullman last fall. Smith
had contacted Ullman to let
him know he was running, and
the two ' agreed that the
campaign should be run on the
issues.
"I'm hoping that you agree
with me that one of the best
ways for us to run on the
issues is to debate each
other," Smith said.
In his letter, dated Feb. 12,
Smith asked for "a series of
debates in different locations
through the second congres
sional district." Smith sug
gested that the'two campaign
staffs confer to make the
necessary arrangements.
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