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j Biiy,rHj-1miiTiir TWO The Heppnrr Gtiettr-Tlmes, Hrppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 22. 1980 jTsg, Tht Official Newtpaper of the j JKM. 3g-.i JOHTA City of Heppner and the County of Morrow The Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES Morrflw Cmtj's IOwifd Weekly Nfwspiptr U.SP.S 240-420 hilthshtti pvitv Thtmtrinv rnwt mtrml as nrmnd-rlnm matin- ni the Pratt Office l H Ihmi- ttnttim umfcr lh Art rtf Miirrh 1 WT Srrwwl-Wn pniar part at 1lrlHwr (trcunn iMlRt- ;it 147 Wnl Wtlttm SlrrH Ttphnr iVttt IW-t AfNIiim n h mini tritiums In Ihr Hrnnnrr CJhwMo Timtm, P O Rnx tIT. Hrpftmr. nwi itt Mrmm rmiiittln Whrtrr A Gilli.tm montir: tuitn rtarwhivt Jerome F. Sheldon, Publisher Steven A. Powell, Nmws & Sports Editor A Toast Deserved Orville Cutsforth, raised in Morrow .County and a rancher in the area since the 1930's, will be the subject of a "roast and toast" at the Heppner Elks Qub Saturday night. Active in farm and community organiza tions, he has been the "mover" in many a civic endeavour for more than half a century. As newcomers last August, the new owners of the Heppner Gazette-Times weren't long in becoming aware of Orville Cutsforth. He staked a prize for the winner of the Morrow County Rodeo as a way of giving encourage ment to the young cowboys. He was seen to be active in the Lexington Grange, of which he is a charter member. And as a conservationist, he obviously was prominent in efforts to save the Willow Creek watershed for the benefit and enjoyment of future generations, who also will thank him and his family for the trees so recently planted. Except that it might be downright embarrassing for him to hear such praise and flattery, the evening promises to be a happy event giving his friends satisfaction in being able to say such nice things. All of Morrow County salutes Orville Cutsforth. Meeting the Voters Last week, five days before the election, candidates in Morrow County had an opportunity to meet the voters. If any had hoped to sway opinions, it would have been among themselves for the candidates and their spouses outnumbered the public. Nevertheless, the "candidates' recep tion," sponsored by restaurateur Jim Rogers at the West of Willow, was a good civic gesture. It is too bad there were so few people there. A few days earlier, the Irrigon Lions Club had sponsored a candidates' night and in attendance besides the candidates were only 10 people. At such events, the candidates may project their personalities as they can in no other way. It is rare that one may see them all at the same time, even during the campaign season. Congratulations to Jim Rogers for arranging a worthwhile program and to former County Judge D.O. Nelson for serving as the moderator. Heppner Elementary School pupils have had to write "letters to the editor" as a class project. We are proud to present the following examples, and hope the young writers will always have subjects from which to draw. 'Concerned over herbicide ban9 Editor: As a third generation mem ber of a farm family, I am concerned about the petition being circulated to ban the use of phenoxy herbicides. If this petition gets enough signa tures to put it on the November ballot and if it passes, it would restrict the use of 2, 4-D on our crops, lawns and pastures. Restric tions in the use of herbicides will result in lower production. 'Needed: A go Editor: I am a very concerned student and citizen on a matter concerning go-carts and motor cycles. There seems to be no place for the children of the city to ride their small motorized vehicles. I feel to have a safe and legal place to ride, the City Council and police force of Heppner could block off a side street that is rarely used so the children could ride there on ;ne weekends. Sincerely yours. Jodi Mattison lower in quality, which means higher consumer costs and more starving in the world. There has been no proof by anyone that 2, 4-D causes miscarriages and birth de fects. If you are asked to sign a petition, please read it and ask questions before signing, as your signature is powerful. Jodi Padberg. Lexington - cart trail9 Editor: I am 13 years old and own a go-kart. I am very concerned about where and when to ride it. I feel we should all take part in making a trail or blocking off a road for one day on the weekend. I am sure that everyone who has small motor vehicles will agree with me all the way. I hope very much that you will respond to my letter. Thank you. Sincerely, Wnda Riley, Heppner LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Presidential primaries held inefficient, wasteful I am sure you have given some thought during this presidential campaign pri mary season to the burgeon ing number of state primaries and the impact they are having on the presidential selection process. It is my contention that the current system is woefully inadequate for the needs of the American electorate: inefficient and wasteful in terms of the enormous amount of money that has to be spent by any serious candidate for this highest elective office: and a distortion of the democratic process. Our presidential primaries are in reality a political marathon that has become a series of media events rather than campaigns dealing thor oughly with the issues. Early in this presidential race. 'Bail costs retained by county9 Editor: I noted with interest some allegations made by you in the front page of the Thursday. May 15. 19R0 issue regarding the motion to suppress in a local marijuana case. You indicated that all of the defendants were released without having to post bail. The facts are that the local Justice of the Peace did issue warrants with $1,500 for each charge making the total of $3,000 bail per person and each person posted the sum of $300 on a security release agree ment. All were locals and most were born in this community and all had strong family ties to this community and would not have ab sconded. The circuit judge subsequently released these parties on their own recogni zance and Morrow County retained $30.00 per person for being in the bail bond busi ness. Sincerely. Herman W. Winter Attorney at Law P.O. Box 5B2 Heppner (District Attorney Dennis Doherty commented on the letter from Herman W. Win ter, an attorney at law. Mr. Doherty said, with regard to the release of the defendants on their own recognizance, the money posted on security release agreements was re funded with the exception of a sum identified as "security release costs." (Mr. Doherty said he ap peared last Friday in court with the mother of one of the defendants and requested nf Circuit Court jiJfe William W. Wells that the security release costs be refunded, and this was so ordered. Mr. Doherty denied that the county is in "the bail bond business." 'Solar heating a good thing9 Editor: I am writing to you about the solar heating system for the swimming pool. I think it would be a good thing to do. for several reasons: (1) A lot of kids could swim all year round, which in turn would pay for the solar heating system: (2) the schools could use it in their P. E. classes: (3) the hospital could use it for therapy for some of the patients. With the rising cost of everything, it would pay for itself. It said in an article in the Gazette that it would cost between 6 and 25 thousand dollars. If they got a cheap one. it would probably pay for itself in a year or two. I hope the City Council will look into it more than they did when it was brought up in front of them before. Sincerely, Ron Doherty Box 323 Heppner several well-qualified candi dates found they no longer could compete because of the exhorbitant amount of time and money required to hop scotch the country in hap hazard fashion, to campaign in this state or that. Let's just look at the final lap in this marathon. Between May 3 and June 3. this nation will have witnessed candi dates racing through 21 pri maries from California and OreRon on the West Coast, to Maryland and the District of Columbia on the East; from Texas in the South to Rhode Island in New England. Surely the demands of travel, money, and the respon sibilities of current office holders who are candidates will keep the citizens of these states from seeing much of any candidate, and prevent Sifting through It 1936 Fifty years ago James T. Matthews, professor of mathe matics at Willamette Univer sity delivered the commence ment address at the Lexington' High School class. Heppner High School was planning to hear D.V. Poling of radio station KOAC in Corvallis. Heppner beat Fossil 14-0 in a baseball game. The local American Legion was selling poppies to aid war veterans. Local voters for county judge were close as Benge beat Bennett 97 to 90 in the Democratic primary election, and Campbell won the Repub lican nomination with 353 votes compared to 290 for Bleaskaman and 159 for Mc Namer. The Heppner Common Council adopted ordinances allowing the city to purchase, install and control a system of water meters within the city limits and another to allow the putting of signs on streets and house numbers in the city. 1955 Twenty five years ago Ernest Drake was named the student body president for lone, with Keith Rea vice president: Anna Jepsen. se cretary, and Kay Sherer. treasurer. A large potluck dinner was planned at the county fair grounds for anyone who wanted to celebrate Memorial Day with a community dinner. At the Heppner graduation, Ralph Marlatt and Patsy Wright won $120 scholarships, Lyle Jensen won scholarships of $250 and $200. and Lillian Hatfield would bar insurance sex bias Senator Mark O. Hatfield (R-Ore) has introduced legis lation to outlaw discrimina tion in the insurance industry on the basis of sex. Hatfield predicted that the bill would be considered by Congress this year. The bill extends a recent Supreme Court decision out lawing gender as a legitimate factor in employment-related insurance policies to all other Coach says thank you for support Editor: I would like to thank all the parents and student-athletes who attended the all-sports banquet Monday evening. It is with the support of all the people of the community that we can continue to work to improve both the academic and the extracurricular pro grams in our schools. Thanks again, all of you. your support is appreciated. John Sporseen. Athletic Director, and Coaching Staff Heppner High School them front addressing issues of pnrticulnr import to those states or regions. I believe you will see another round of superficial campaigning, the winner in each party most likely being the one who has the best image in the mass media, and the greatest physi cal endurance. We no longer choose our presidential candidates by their character, intelligence and stands on issues: the choice is dictated by whether they can stand at all after 35 primaries. I have long believed that Congress has a responsibility to end this madness. There is a better way and since 1972, I have been attempting to get the process changed to a system of five regional pri maries. Once again, the Sen ate Rules Committee is consi- the TIME Elde won a $250 scholarship. Ken Turner, Heppner junior agriculture at Oregon State College, was elected president of the college's agricultural society. Norman D. Peters accepted a teaching contract to teach band in Heppner. About 40 percent of the students in the county schools received free polio shots. Only Bl of the 1B3 students received permission from their parents to receive the new shots. Laverne Van Marter III celebrated his third birthday. His parents invited 365 chil dren and 16 adults to the bash. All the children received balloons. 1975 Five years ago Glenn Grif fith of lone was selected for National 4-H honors and a trip to Chicago in the fall. At the same time he was selected as a state finalist for the Alpha Gamma Rho national college scholarship The Democrat Gulch, a one-room school house, was moved into Heppner on May 22 The 18 ft. by 24 ft. school house was located on the Schrivner property in the eight-mile area. The property had been recently purchased by Jim Farley who donated the school house to the Historical Society. Plans were underway to have the school placed on city property near the museum. Orville Cutsforth was in charge of the project. The International Wood Workers of America were planning their first annual picnic set for June 28 at Cutsforth Park. forms of insurance. The legis lation is patterned after Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the Equal Credit Oppor tunity Act. Under the bill, a person alleging discrimination based on gender must file the charge with an appropriate state agency. There is no federal agency regulation under the bill. If the state has no law prohibiting such discrimina tory action, the complainant would be allowed to file a civil action either in the state or Federal District Court of Jurisdiction. "If traditional economic Has against American women i: to be overcome, we must eliminate unnecessary and patently unfair discrimination in important areas of the economy." Hatfield said. "Eliminating discrimination in all kinds of insurance will be a dramatic step forward in achieving the economic qua lity of women everywhere." "With over three-quarters of all women working out of economic need, the necessity for ending such methods of economic bias is absolutely essential," Hatfield said. "I expect that the Senate will act on this legislation before the end of the 96th Congress." 1 S dering holding hearings on my bill ' The nation would be divided into five regions. Within these regions, states could still determine for themselves whether to hold a primary. Once a state decides to do so. the primary would have to be held on the same date as the other states in the region. The sequence of these regional primaries would be determined by lottery each election year, so that no region could claim a greater influence by al ways holding an early primary. A lottery would be held 70 days prior to each primary date to select which region Irrigon aide says city going 'broke' By France Rose Wilson Irrigon City Recorder Bar bara Draxton told the City council at its May meeting recently that Irrigon is "virtu ally broke," with finances available only to meet the bare essentials. She said that after meeting the current payroll taxes and other neces sities, a balance of $800 would be left. Part of the problem, she explained, is the result of the current operating budget's being unrealistic, with "phan tom revenues" not being received and expenditures being under estimated. She did not explain what she meartt by t "phantom reve nues." Thirteen resumes were pre sented to the council by applicants for police officer. These were reviewed and a small number selected for further consideration. How ever, interviews were not to take place until after the May 20 primary election, when a request for a $30,000 tax base measure was to te Deter mined. No alternate provision had been made for financing the police program should the measure fail. The present tax base of $17,357 is $8,643 short of the $26,000 of tax money needed to operate the 1980-81 budget. The present city tax rate is $2.53 per thousand and pas sage of the measure with anticipated use of the $26,000 portion would require $4 per thousand of true cash value. Joel Stahl requested and received permission from the Irrigon City Council to lay out a 50-foot street west of 1st Street, beginning at South Main Avenue, to a proposed building development on his property, which was annexed to the city. The problem of dogs run ning at large was brought up by a concerned citizen. He was told the council was aware of the problem but being without a police officer at this time, there is little that can be done. It was also explained that the problem would probably not be resolved until some com bined effort was made by the city and county. A dog control program was included in the county budget, which was on this week's ballot. Junior Rodeo participant grateful Editor: I would like to thank all the people of Heppner who have donated their time and money to help put on the Morrow County Junior Rodeo this year. If it wasn't for all of the wonderful people in this town us kids wouldn't be able to compete in our own hometown in a sport which we love. Sincerely yours, Trisha Mahoney (age 13) Heppner will hold the next primary election. The first primary would be held on the second Tuesday of March and the second Tuesday of each succeeding month. I believe that if candidates had to campaign within a region for 30 days nt a time, the voters would be ahle to makes more informed choice and the candidates would acquire a greater sensitivity to the issues which affect different regions of the coun try. Limiting primaries to speci fic regions should greatly reduce travel time and ex penses. The costs of carrying on a campaign or indeed, of covering a campaign by the mediain turn, would be significantly reduced Credi ble candidates could remain in the race longer, No longer would candidates be forced f ' - ' II - Heppner Auto Ports 234 N.Main The IT-JlRapco Foamers Carpet. Linoleum. 72 i.-oe" o Ceramic Tile, Kit-ben Cabinet!, Rapoo Iniulatioo CASE Carpet , Beauty FUtKITUtl Heppner Linoleum, Counter Tops Installed Rest matt'estes. Fabrics and A cor von rv Sherwin Willuuni Paint l. mi I,,, ,;.; ,r , , f 1 N ci TURNER VAN MARTER i BRYANT I " MEDICAL CENTER PHARMACY -aJ -. 4 fm im -! lad U Me-nl tmm I I0O Somhfmc Pes din 00 276-1531 . ... SVEEtlEY MORTUARY Cemetery, Grave Markers 676-9600 Granite, Marble, Bronze 676-922 Serving tone, lexingfon 4 Heppner p,o. Box 97 fJAYNES BUSIXE83 S)2 t Mai ' III N. l-a, MAC-USES Chevron from a primary artificially soon due to a constant and excessive financial drain. Nor would a candidate be forced to leave the race because exces sive travel time conflicted with the demands of his or her occupation, Senators, Repre sentatives and Governors, for example, could plan cam paigns in a more orderly fashion and could continue to fulfill the responsibilities of their offices. It is important to begin making these reforms now while the inadequacies of the current system are fresh in everyone's mind. This year, even more than any previous presidential primary year since I introduced the bill, the soundness of conducting re gional primaries has ne'er been more apparent, Cordially, Bob Park wood United States Senator Washington. D C 20510 Heppner 676-9123 M&R FLOOR COVERING 66 94 18 Hepp"' rr si , you yniuxancM. nxd 1 - Service calls every Wednesday in Heppner. lone and lxu.gton GLENN DEVIN Chevron USA, Inc. Commission A(jnt 676-9633 J P
