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TWO The Heppner Gatette-Times. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, February 18, 1982 . i The Official Newipoper of (he City ot Heppner and rhe County of Morrow J 0H7A The GAZETTE-TIMES Mirror Csiit j'j Itae-Owita1 Weekly Newspaper U.S.P.S. 240-420 Published 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. Office at 147 West Willow Street. Telephone (503) 676-9228. Address communications to the Heppner Gazette Times. P.O. Box 337. Heppner. Oregon 97836. $10.00 in Morrow, Umatilla, Wheeler & Gilliam counties: $12.00 elsewhere. David and April Hilton Sykes, Publishers Obituaries Funeral services were held Oscar E. PeterSOn Saturday. February 13, at Valby Lutheran Church, with . - y,e nev jonn jjaas officiat - ; , ;(.'" '" i" ' IONE Oscar E. Peterson, a lifetime resident of the lone area, died Tuesday, February 9, 1982 at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner. He was born April 23, 1893 to John Edward and Louise Johnson Peterson on the family homestead near lone. He attended Reed College in Portland. On September 2, 1924, he was married to Esther Eng strom at Portland. Mr. Peterson was a member of the Rhea Creek Grange for 50 years ; a 44-year member of the lone Masonic Lodge; a member of the Oregon Wheat League; a founder of the Jordan Elevator; charter member of the lone Lions Club; member of the Heppner Morrow County Chamber of Commerce; a charter mem ber of the Willow Creek Country Club; an lone school board member and chairman for many years; a collabora tor with Giles French on the book "Homesteads and Heri tages"; and Sunday school superintendent of Valby Lu theran Church for 32 years. The church was founded by his father and neighbors near his farm in 1886. Mr. Peterson was promin ent in political, religious and farming circles in the North west as well as in Morrow County. He served on the state Agriculture Commission for eight years and on the advisory commission for Bon neville Power Administration for several years. He was elected judge of Morrow County Court (commission) in 1958 and served until 1966. Farming a ranch south of lone, which was homesteaded by his father, John, in the 1890s, he was instrumental in bringing electric power to the area. Along with neighbors, he organized Columbia Basin Electric Co-op under the Rural Electrification Act. He served on its board of direct ors for eight years. Mr. Peterson also worked for many years in the Pacific Northwest Waterways Asso ciation promoting navigation on the Columbia River. He was attending a national meeting of the waterways association in Minneapolis in November when he suffered a heart attack. He had been hospitalized most of the time since. Mr. Peterson worked for regional cooperation in gov ernment, helping to organize the Mid-Columbia Association of Counties in the early 1960s. He organized the Port of Morrow and served as a commissioner on its board for several years. He was also a champion of the Willow Creek Dam, mak ing several trips to Washing ton D.C. to promote the Heppner ing. Rikka Tews was organist. Casket bearers were Kerry Peterson, Paul Peterson and Joel Peterson, Richard Lind ner, Jon Kvistad and Rod Kvistad. Honorary bearer was Andy Kvistad. Concluding services and vault interment were at Valby Cemetery. Sweeney Mortuary was in charge of arrangements. Survivors include his wife, Esther, of Heppner; a daugh ter, Eunice Kvistad, Beaver ton; two sons, Donald and Gerald, both of lone; a sister, Lutheran deaconess Sister Emma Peterson, of Minnea polis, Minn.; seven grand children and two great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the Valby Lutheran Church memorial fund, or the Oregon Heart Fund, directly or through the Bank of Eastern Oregon. The Rev. Walter B. Crowell IONE Word has been received here of the death of former lone resident, the Rev. Walter B. Crowell. Mr. Crow ell, 81, or Woodburn, Ore., died Dec. 27, 1981. He was born January 6, 1900, at McClure, Ohio. Memorial services were held January 4, 1982 at Hubbard Community Church, Hubbard, Oregon, with the Rev. Burton AJvis officiating. Private entombment was at Belle Passe Memorial Mauso leum, Woodburn. The Rev. Crowell was a former minister of the lone United Church of Christ. Upon leaving lone, he and his wife retired to Woodburn Estates in Woodburn. His wife, Helen, preceded him in death in 1978. Survivors include a daugh ter Erlene Crowell Cares, 2817 Washington, Parsons, Kansas, 67357; a sister, in Vancouver, Washington; and several grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to Hubbard Community Church, Second and Eighth Streets, Hubbard, Oregon 97032. Five Day Stop Smoking Program slated A special Five-Day Plan to Stop Smoking will be pesented in Heppner starting Sunday, February 21 through Thurs day, February 25. at the Heppner Junior High School at 7:30 p.m. The plan consists of regular evening group therapy ses sions, films and a daily personal control program for home or work. Lectures, printed materials and medical facts will combine to help participants break the habit, said a church spokesperson. The plan was developed in 1959 by a doctor-minister team of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and has been success ful over the years in major cities around the world. It is presented locally by the mem bers of the Adventist Church with the help of medical and other professional personnel. There will be a small fee requested from each partici pant to cover the cost of materials, films and other immediate expenses, said the spokesperson. Thank God and Morrow County To the editor: Thank God our county had pride enough to have a Neighborhood Center If you could trade the sympathy for the pain that people really have when they need the services of our Neighborhood Center there would be no cuts or even a thought of any more cuts. Our county needs their programs. Look around, your mother, father, son. daughter, aunt, uncle, someone in your family or very close friend at one time or another has needed help that Welfare couldn't or wouldn't. They have gotten programs in our county that our tax dollars have paid for for years. They have helped the handicapped to be trained to take care of themselves otherwise they would of lived off us or drained the families of all savings with nothing left to educate the other children of the same family. The bread winner in the family is out of work-which we saw a lot of with Kinzua's cut back the last two years-they can give a helping hand in a retraining job. where to go look for what you need, help with tax papers free to the low income, help with heat and or heat bills. Helping our senior citizens so they don't set around and lock themselves away from the world, some will not eat right, some cannot afford to eat right. Out county takes care of our senior citizens through meals on wheels and helping them get to the free meals or the meals get to them. If we live long enough we will be senior citizens too and this just might be our highlight of the day-it doesn't cost that much but it does take quite a bit of time. So many enjoy donating time as they're not just sitting idle also. I'm proud to live in Morrow County as they do take care and they do care, lots of counties don't care. It's easier not to find the funds and forget it but so far we care for our own. I've seen families helped with clothes to keep children in school, children that would of been crippled if not for corrective shoes, encourage ment to families with a handicapped member to edu cate and train them to live and take care of themselves. I've seen a youth without a mother and an elderly father, get an education. What a proud day that was for Morrow County and that youth. We don't produce Welfare recipients. Morrow County produces self-supporting citi zens. I've seen times people from other counties turn to our Neighborhood Center for help to find out where to go for the help they are seeking. They have helped train our youth in actually finding work-job applications (when did you last fill one out? It's quite an experience in itself,) withholding forms and resumes. Of course, all the Christmas baskets that are made up and delivered. There are so many things they help with and I know I've forgotten many but I know as I was a Welfare recipient that our Neighborhood Center picked up by the boot straps, gave me the helping hand I needed for an education and job without crushing my pride, when my job was defunded a few years ago I went on to another job. bought and paid for and remodeled a house with the help of my five children. Four of these child ren finished school, two even college and one is in the fifth grade. With God's help and the education I received from our Neighborhood Center she'll have an education too. Thank you dear God and Morrow County for our Neigh borhood Center. Please don't defund any more of these programs. Sincerely. ,Torw. McKobertfl LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Boxing anyone? Is it real? We the people To the editor: The controversy over the Neighborhood Center reminds me of round two of a boxing match. Round one was a mismatch and the senior citizens came out the loser. The mealsite was underhandedly removed from the Neighborhood Center to the fairgrounds. Anyone wishing to ride the bus from lone or Lexington to the mealsite can ride free. Those that choose not to go to the mealsite and have other things to do are charged 75 cents. Some would call this, discrimination. Round two: "We will find someone to supply the human needs of those that need it if humanly possible." One word stands out in that quote, NEED. This round involves the Neighborhood Center. During the last budget, the writing on the wall began to show that something was in the wind as to the services the Neighbor hood Center was giving to the county of Morrow. Someone wasn't happy that the seniors were content with their meal center downtown. The seniors were content and also were, I am sure, happy being able to participate in the other things offered by the Neighborhood Center: handy helper (repair work), wea therization, clothing (washed and repaired before distribu tion), food program (all walks of life), gleaning program (products canned or frozen for future use), glasses, shoes, crutches for all in need, aid to burned out families, wood deliveries, blood pres sure (county nurse), use of government agencies, Christ mas baskets, Thursday social (getting together to talk over problems where someone is concerned). These are only some of the many things done at the Neighborhood Center by Pat Brindle and her faithful and hard working volunteer crew. Ten thousand dollars, re venue sharing funds, not a big price to ask for all that the people of Morrow County receive from it. There are no duplications of services such as the job title for senior services that cost the tax payers $7,000 last year and will receive $7,887 if the budget is passed this year. This job was handled by the Neighborhood Center. If we look around our county, we find at Lexington, the remains of the offices that cost the taxpayers many dollars, having them moved here, set up by county employees only to be con demned disassembled and moved to Lexington. Wasted funds. On the other hand, the Neighborhood Center, mostly volunteer operated, a place where everyone in the county, north or south, can come in need of help, just to pass the time of day, companionship or friendship, its existence being threatened by the same coun ty court that can spend thousands, reaping nothing in return. Again the county court has moved to not only do harm to the senior citizens but to all who live in Morrow County, young and old, those not so fortunate as they themselves who probably will never have to use the services of the Neighborhood Center. What will round three bring? After all. most boxing matches are three or more rounds. Thank you, Merl Cantin Heppner news David Sykes attended an Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association conference in Eu gene last Friday. He and April, Christopher, Andrew and Allison spent the weekend visiting Ardeen and John Clay and sons, Jim, Alan and J.C., in Monmouth and Vickie and Charlie Lewis and son, Max, in Portland. To the editor: If Oregon is short of money, why did Governor Atiyeh introduce Senate Bill 974, asking a $1,285,351 raise for judges of Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Oregon Tax Court, circuit courts and district courts? If, this is a genuine emer gency, why does SB 983 say it is "...for purposes of ORS chapter 197...," meaning SB 100 and LCDC? The first complete section of SB 983 says: "Section 1. Based on study of relevant data, includ ing but not limited to employ ment sales of goods and services, financial activity in the private sector and govern mental revenues, the legisla tive assembly finds and de clares for purposes of ORS chapter 197 that an economic emergency exists throughout Oregon, and that the economic emergency is a matter of state-wide concern." LCDC director Jim Ross made the statement while testifying for SB 983, that this bill would allow creation of five new positions. These would "...provide a tool in balancing statewide planning goals." He called this bill a "subtle tool" to be used in forcing counties to meet LCDC goals and guidelines, saying their economies would soon improve once they accept LCDC plans, showing Oregon is an economic hostage. The format of this emergen cy fits the game-plan of the faked 1973 gasoline shortage. Now the gimmick is a short age of money. The same planners are the 1.000 Friends of Oregon, who created L.C.D.C. Another dimension of Ore gon's dollar shortage comes from the nature of Oregon's fiscal agent, which is Chemi cal Bank of New York City. Oregon has over a $3.4 billion dollar bonded indebtedness, with annual principal and interest payments of over $250 million, near the amount of . our so-called emergency. This fact and the New York roots of L.C.D.C. need a grand jury investigation. Proof that artificial short ages have been created over the last 10 years, can be found op page 11 of a little known publication now available from Oregon State University, Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics, Corvallis, OR 97331. Ask for "Rockefeller Project, RF 71079, Final Report." Why short-change our vet erans and fire good employees for such plans? Sincerely, Joe Spenner HURRY! 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Current county comprehen sive plans are not citizen activated; rather they are the dictates of L.C.D.C. I moved from the soggy clay soils of Lincoln County to the semi -arid soils of sunny Mor row County hoping that less population and less rainfall would loosen their restrictive mandates. Not so. Our Mor-' row County Citizens Compre hensive Plan was a liveable 'plan, with many donated hours by local citizens. The land plan of Morrow County, now before L.C.D.C, for approval review in Feb ruary, is without question mandated by L.C.D.C. with out any regard given the earlier county comprehensive planning. We are solid block zoned either "Exclusive Farm Use" or "Exclusive Forest Use" in all county areas lying outside of municipal urban growth boundaries, regard less of the quality of the soils, rimrock or alfalfa lands. Practically none of the other Oregon goals are, in actuality, granted any consideration. Minimum lots will be 160 acres in EFU Zones. It is well established that any future growth must and will be held, within municipal urban growth boundaries only, as dictated by' "Uncle Tom's L.C.D.C." His "Visit but don't stay" philosophy is being well continued. Oregon is home to me and mine, consisting of six gener ations bom in our beautiful Oregon. It is hard to believe that our borders are being effectively sealed by this appointed, dictatorial, unelec ted body. It will remain so until our silent majority votes it out of existence, or its directorship becomes an elec tive position, more responsive to we the people. R.W.Harris Box 694 Heppner. Oregon 97836 Tlblwr TiadattiMM o OnaxM LM 676-9200 PLEASE To the editor: PLEASE! let the record Bhow that the Neighborhood Center Is more than a "soclo recreutional" center. It Is a desporatoly needed aid centor for needy people that provides help that no other group In our area has been able to provide not any government agen cy, not churches, not service clubs. As a pastor I've referred very needy people (and not Just seniors) to the center for food and clothing. These people arc both locals and transients. There simply is no other place In southern Mor row County that stock-piles emergency food and clothing supplies. And both local Lu theran churches, recognizing this, have supported the work of the center through dona tions. Even if the center wns only a "socio-reoreational" centor (which it is not ), so what? Our older citizens have paid their dues all their lives. Can't we provide a place where they can meet, feel warmth and friendship, feel wanted and needed? I think thev deserve BUSINESS DIRECTORY AUTO PARTS HEPPuER AUTO PARTS 234 N. 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HiERMISTON oIfFICE EQUIPMENT CENTER, INC. 567-0147 SlON FIR8T HERMISTON. OREGON pltliti::g PRinTIHG SERVICES FOR YOUR IIOrJE OR CUZISSS 147 .!! SIEPPnm GAZETTE-TLVJS 722 as much. Something else bothers me about the commissioners' at titudes. Are the ninny people served by the Neighborhood Center lucking "cooperation with the County Court" or is it a personnel problem? If It's staff that's not cooperating, why punish Innocent people who get help and pleasure from the renter? Some commissioners sound suspiciously like they're clos ing an entire program because they enn't or won't deal with one or two individuals. Too bad. A few win, many suffer. But then, that's what elected officials are for, right? John S. Ma as lone TV Co-op slates annual meeting The lone T.V. Co-op will hold its annual meeting Mon day, February 22. 8 p.m. at the lone School cafetorium. The first papar money in America was ittuad by col onist! in Massachuiattt in 1690. Counter Tops INC. 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