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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
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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
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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
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