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Wedding Announcements
Schultz Collins
Jan Schultz and Lisa Collins invite all friends to attend
their wedding on Saturday, Mar. 19, 1 p.m., at United
Methodist Church, Heppner.
A reception will follow at the Heppner Elks Lodge.
A wedding reception
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hansen invite all friends and relatives
to their wedding reception on March 24, 7 to 9 p.m., at the
Wagon Wheel in Heppner.
Music will be by Billy Nichols.
Marriage Licenses
A Marriage License application was accepted at the
Morrow County clerk's office at the Morrow County
Courthouse in Heppner from:
Terry Lynn Phelps, 23, and Theresa Kathleen Hancock, 21,
both of Kimberly.
I.U.C.C. to welcome guest
preacher Sunday
The lone United Church of
Christ w ill welcome the Rev.
Don Sevetson of Portland as
guest preacher on Sunday,
Mar. 20. announced the Rev.
Cathy Barker, pastor of
i u.e e. The Rev. Sevetson is
the conference minister for
the Central Pacific Confer
ence of the United Church of
Christ, an area which includes
Oregon, southern Idaho, and
two churches in Washington.
Barker will serve as litur
gst in the regular 11 ajn.
worship service. The church
choir will sing and the Sunday
school children will sing "A
Place in the Choir."
Local churches
welcome
new priest
The Rev. Brian McGovern
was welcomed by the congre
gations at St. Patrick's Catho
lic Church in Heppner and St.
William's in lone last Sunday,
Mar. 13, as he began his
service here. McGovern is
originally from Edinburgh,
Scotland, and was ordained in
1969 at St. Kieran Seminary in
Ireland.
He has previously served
churches in Lakeview, Kla
math Falls, The Dalles and at
Chiioquin. where he was most
recently pastor of Our Lady of
Mt. Carmel Parish.
Tickets now on sale for
C.W.C. Guest Night
Advanced tickets are now on
sale for the Christian Wo
men's Club Guest Night to be
held Thursday, April 7, 6:30
p.m., at Heppner High School.
Everyone is invited to attend
this special event, said a club
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Sevetson will be honored at
a potluck dinner following the
service.
Barker said all are welcome
to attend.
Justice Court
Morrow County Justice
Court at the Morrow County
Courthouse in Heppner hand
led the following cases during
the past week:
Maurice Louis Herinckx,
Portland - No Driver's Daily
Log Book, $28 fine.
Joe Mario Castilla, lone -Expired
Vehicle License, $24
bail forfeited.
Thomas Dail Howell, lone -Expired
Vehicle License, $24
bail forfeited.
Robert James Gates, lone -Expired
Vehicle License, $24
bail forfeited.
Dana Duane Nance, Lex
ington - Exceeding the Maxi
mum Speed (65 mph in a 55
mph zone). $24 bail forfeited.
Nicky Lee Parret, Heppner,
- Excessive Noise, $6 fine.
Michael Dean Lynch, Hep
pner - Disobeyed Stop Sign,
$14 fine.
Russell John Britt, H eppner
- No Fixed Load License, $18
fine.
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LETTERS
Williiijr
To the editor:
I would like to make the
voters of the Heppner-Lexing-ton
area aware of my willing
ness and interest in serving on
the Heppner-Lexington School
In favor of
To the editor:
To the registered voters of
Umatilla and Morrow coun
ties: On March 29 you'll be asked
to consider Blue Mountain
Community College's budget
for the coming year. I urge
you to vote in favor of that
budget. The increase is only
five cents per thousand asses
sed valuation.
For the past four years, I've
been involved in BMCC's
Adult Education Program as
the teacher in Heppner. The
adult program here as well as
in Boardman, Hermiston,
Pendleton and Milton-Free-water
provides an opportunity
for adults to choose from
several options. Adults can
study for the GED examina
tion or earn credits toward a
BMCC high school diploma.
They can strengthen their
skills in English, math or
Keep it
To the editor:
I am a second year student
at Blue Mountain Community
College and I am urging all the
voters of Umatilla and Mor
row counties to vote "Yes"
March 29 for the budget levy.
There are several good rea
sons to pass this levy for Blue
Mountain. The first is for the
people of the two counties.
Blue Mountain Community
College provides good quality
education at one-third of the
cost of a four-year institution.
In these times of economic
hardship it is important to get
the most from your money,
and education is no exception.
Blue Mountain Community
College has many programs
that cater to diversified inte
rests. The instructors here at
Blue Mountain truly care
about the student and the
quality of education he-she is
receiving. By obtaining your
Vote 'Yes'
To the editor:
March 29. 1983. Blue Moun
tain Community College sub
mits its budget to the district
voters for approval. The board
of directors and budget com
mittee have developed an ex
tremely tight budget with a
total tax levy increase of only
3.5 percent.
BMCC does not have a tax
base and must submit a bud
get for approval by the district
voters each year. The voters
in Morrow County have al
ways been supportive of the
college and we do benefit from
Important to
To the editor:
I am a student at Blue
Mountain Community College.
I live near Burns, but have
come all the way up here to go
to school, mainly because I
think it's the best college of all
my choices. The tuition here is
only one-third of what it is at a
state college and I feel that
you learn a lot more in a
smaller school.
Many of the classes offered
here are transferable to larger
schools so your credits trans
fer with you and you don't
have to spend so much more
time and money at a larger
NOTICE
The Town of Lexington is
offering a $100 REWARD for
information leading to the
arrest and conviction of persons
involved in theft andor
vandalism of the Town's
street signs. Lexington Town Council
editor
to serve
Advisory Committee and
would solicit your write in vote
for that position at the polls on
Tuesday, March 29.
Harley Sager
Lexington
BMCC's budget
reading. Non-English speak
ing adults can use the pro
gram to learn English as a
second language. For some
high school seniors, it pro
vides an opportunity for them
to make up deficient credits.
Presently, we have adults
enrolled in all of these areas.
The importance and need of
BMCC's Adult Education Pro
gram seems obvious since our
enrollment keeps increasing
throughout the two counties.
It's exciting to think a com
munity the size of Heppner
can provide adult education
for its citizens. Personally, it's
rewarding to witness the suc
cess of adults who have
achieved their goals.
BMCC's Adult Education
Program needs your support.
Vote "Yes" on March 29.
Joy Krein
Adult Education Instructor
Heppner. Oregon
that way
degree at BMCC you are sure
you have received the quality
of education you deserve.
Also, if you decide to go on to a
larger institution, you have
received a very solid basis to
continue your education with.
By passing the levy on
March 29 you will not only help
the students already here, but
will continue to draw students
from surrounding areas to
BMCC. thus helping the econ
omy of our own area. I'm sure
everyone knows or has known
someone who has attended
BMCC, so if you have any
doubts, ask them how much
BMCC helped them.
BMCC has been known for
its quality of education and
instructors, let's keep it that
way. Vote "Yes" March 29 on
the budget levy for BMCC.
Elizabeth McKinney
221 NW 12th
Pendleton. Oregon 97801
for BMCC
the board philosophy of offer
ing courses in this area when
ever there is sufficient de
mand, as well as the travel
allowance for full-time stu
dents. In these economically
troubled times, all of our high
school graduates benefit from
having access to the college.
I strongly urge your con
tinued support to Blue Moun
tain Community College by
voting "Yes" on March 29.
Very truly yours,
Robert B. Abrams
Heppner
everyone
college.
Everyone on campus and in
the community is very friend
ly and helpful. By the end of
your first year you're almost
on a first name basis with
everyone. The instructors are
very knowledgeable and go
out of their way to help you
learn.
And without this institution I
feel that this entire area would
be at a great loss. So vote
"Yes" on the budget, it's
important to everyone.
Duane Davies
Student Body Representative
414 S.W. 17th
Pendleton. Oregon 97801
Cheap shot
To the editor:
One of the absolute delights
of being in a public position is
that of accepting the scrutiny
of those who understand only
enough of an issue to comment
based upon assumptions that
make up the balance of the
facts of the issue
I refer to the Letter to the
Editor of March 10 that ap
peared concerning the meet
ing at Columbia Basin Elec
tric office of members of the
Northwest Regional Power
Council and Columbia Basin
Electric Cooperative.
This meeting was held only
because of the constant com
munications of concern by
staff and board members ex
pressing the concerns of the
members of the cooperatiave
to the council members and
was not established by the
council as a public meeting.
The highly publicized public
meeting intended for consu
mer input, not sponsored by
any particular utility, but by
(he council itself, was held in
Expressing concern
To the editor.
I wish to express my con
cern for the upcoming election
on March 29 to the voters of
Umatilla and Morrow coun
ties. On the ballot will be a
budget levy for Blue Mountain
Community College.
Blue Mountain is of great
importance to the two-county
area, for it provides training
opportunities in both
vocational and transfer areas
Df education.
BMCC allows students who
might not have the funds to
attend four-year institutions
the chance to further their
education at the community
college level.
This institution has a repu
tation of providing quality
graduates from many fields.
Many of BMCC's curricula
have a high reputation
To clarify
?To the editor
As a rule, I do not take the
time to answer a derogatory
letter to the editor, but for my
own defense and clarifica
tion. I must reply to my friend,
Marvin Padberg.
Yes. Roy Hemingway and
Al Hampson, the two people
representing Oregon on the
Northwest Power Planning
Council, did meet with Fred
Toombs and me at the Hep
pner office. Because I had
talked to Roy four or five
times before and Fred had
talked to him a couple of
times. Roy extended us the
courtesy of asking to meet
with the two of us to discuss
our problems which are
unique for the state. Roy and
Al were on their way that
same day to a well-publicized
public meeting in Pendleton,
where any protest which con
sumers wanted to organize
would have ben appropriate
Out of common courtesy to
the irrigators, we did invite a
few of them to sit in on our
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Pendleton later in the day.
Very few utilities have had
the opportunity to have the
council take valuable tiire to
listen to (lie concerns of indi
vidual circumstances and we
should feel gratified that their
interest is sufficient in our
particular problems to meet
with us on a one on one basis.
In the past, many opportun
ities have been afforded those
consumers who wished to
have input into the regional
plan which does have a great
affect on all of us. To the best
of my knowledge, very few
consumers have taken advan
tage of these opportunities.
Those who have made the
effort have found it reward
ing. I consider the accusations of
lack of publicity a cheap shot
at what was intended as a
sincere effort to aid all of our
consumers and not a select
group.
Fred R. Toombs, Manager
Columbia Basin Electric
Cooperative, Inc.
throughout the state and
Northwest.
I graduated last year from
BMCC with an Associate
Degree in Production Agricul
ture. I am now attending
BMCC for a third year to
educate myself in the areas
of electronics and computers
which I feel is the trend of the
future. Blue Mountain has
allowed me to stay in the
community in which I work
and get the education I need,
without the expense of a four
year institution.
It is my hope that the voters
will cast their ballot for Blue
Mountain Community College.
Please vote "Yes" on March
29
Merle H Gehrke
A S B. President
Rt.2Box 13
Echo. Oregon 97826
meeting so that Roy and Al
could get the story from some
of the irrigators themselves.
We had nearly three hours of
give and take from all of us on
many items of mutual interest
to all our consumers.
Roy Hemingway and Al
Hampson thanked us for the
chance to meet wiih us and
remarked on the excellent
information they received
from our group. But no way
could we have turned this into
a large public meeting. It
would have defeated the intent
and purpose of their informa
tional meeting requested with
Fred and me.
It is never our intent to
conduct Columbia Basin busi
ness in secrecy and we will
continue to include the mem
bership by holding public
meetings and by letter as we
have done in the past.
Sincerely,
H C. Wrieht. President
Columbia Basin
Electric Co-op
676-9200
KNOWLEDGE,
Deserves
To the editor:
This has been my second
year at Blue Mountain Com
munity College. I will gradu
ate with an Associate in Arts
degree In Liberal Arts at the
end of this year. 1 came to
BMCC because I felt It neces
sary to start out at a commun
ity college before proceeding
to a four-year college. The
time al this college has been of
great service to me. My In
structors have always been
willing to answer any of my
questions to further my
knowledge. Their special at
tention is my benefit and
others who attend BMCC.
There are many good pro
grams for one to choose from
before going on to a tour-year
college. Students in a dilemma
about their major can begin
with a two-year degree in
general studies. This is less
expensive for the student, es
pecially at BMCC, since it is
one-third the cost of a four-
Votes will be
To the editor:
I am a student at Blue
Mountain Community College
enrolled In the Secretarial
Science program. I am from
Hermiston and decided last
year to go to a community
college instead of a four-year
college because it was less
expensive. Blue Mountain also
has an excellent business pro
gram which is just as good or
even better than a four-year
college. It is also easier to get
individual help if you need it.
The upcoming election on
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year Institution.
At BMCC there are plenty of
athletic sports and fine arts to
, be Involved with. There are
also activities offered for the
students. Some of these In
clude: theater, dances, din
ners, movies and a good fam
ily event Is the Christmas
eve dinner.
Those pople wishing to en
hance their education or cre
ativity may do so by taking a
night class or going to school
part time. So, as you can see,
BMCC offers a wide-range of
happenings for all ages. Best
of all the faculty and students
are very friendly. I feel very
fortunate to have been a stu
dent at BMCC.
Please remember us on
March 29. Vote "Yes" on the
I0R3 84 school budget. It's a
good school and deserves to
continue.
Tammy Williams
22S W. La Dow
Pendleton, Oregon 97801
appreciated
March 29 is very Important to
the citizens of Umatilla and
Morrow counties. Blue Moun
tain can provide education for
young people, which will help
them obtain a career. Without
your support Blue Mountain
will not be able to have the
funds it needs to operate. Your
vote supporting the Blue
Mountain budget levy will be
greatly appreciated
Monica Eppenbach
Rt I. Box 1548
Hermiston, Oregon 97838
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