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LETTERS
Keep credibility
To the editor:
When I read your editorial
about the County Court and
their dealings with Dr. Koznek
over the Clinic, I was hot.
So when I saw Judge McEl
ligott at the Fair, I came at
him with fire in my eyes,
wanting to know what the neck
the court was up to. He took a
patient half hour to carefully
explain the entire story to me.
He explained that the court
has. in their opinion, made
many attempts to come to
terms with Dr. Koznek, and
have tried to be very reason
able. I concede that what one
man thinks is "many at
tempts" and "reasonable"
can come off seeming to be
abrupt and officious. But he
also quoted me a series of
offered figures that were quite
at odds with the Figures you
quoted, and he gave me a time
frame that was much different
than "30 days or else." And
the Judge explained that, fol
lowing the editorial, he had
gone over all the figures and
time frames with a member of
the Gazette-Times staff.
I commend the Gazette
Times for dealing with cur
rent, local issues I think
that's important for our area.
But, it is also your responsi
bility: Please return
To the editor:
We enjoyed having so many
of our friends visit the Small
Animal Barn during Fair.
We want to thank the Fair
Board for the expansion of our
facilities, we had many com
pliments on it.
We had a wonderful week
until the last evening when
Important facts
To the editor:
Oregonians have heard only
about 20 percent of the facts
about the last legislative ses
sion. Here are important facts
they haven't heard.
The sales tax passed by the
House in the last session was
designed to increase State of
Oregon General Fund taxes by
$800 million a year. This rep
resents a proposed increase of
over one-half in state general
fund taxes. The sales tax was
much broader in coverage
than either California or
Washington sales taxes. Most
services like dry cleaning,
hair cuts, a house call by your
plumber, etc. were to be taxed
at four cents on the dollar, as
well as retail sales. Some have
said failure of that proposal
was a failure to provide tax
relief.
The State of Oregon has not
levied property taxes for over
40 years. However, local gov
ernments and schools' prop
erty tax levies have increased
statewide by 51 percent in the
last three years. At the same
time the income of all Ore
gonians statewide has re
mained about level. It is easy
to understand why people feel
pinched by the local property
tax growth rate and by tax
increases in general. They
don't have any increased abil
ity to pay taxes.
The Legislature provided
property tax relief, despite
claims to the contrary. Direct
property tax relief totalling
$411 million will be paid to or
for homeowners and renters in
this two year budget period
through the existing H.A.R.P.
program and the general all
- OWNED NEW7APER
EDITOR
A
1. To be scrupulously ac
curate with hard facts like
dollar amounts.
t To openly revise your
reporting when new informa
tion calls your facts to ques
tion or at the very least to
print facts as the party under
scrutiny understands them.
I know how frustrating it is
to try and do a public job
correctly, only to be slammed
with inaccurate press that
throws everythinginto a mess.
It's unfair. So if we are going
to make public persons ac
countable by means of the
media which I think ought
to occur then it is the
responsibility of the media to
be dam sure of its facts before
it speaks.
Keep up the good work of
investigative editorializing,
but keep up your credibility by
making sure your data is
right.
John S. Maas
Heppner
(Editor's note: the facts
used in the August 18 editorial
were taken from a resolution
passed by the county court at
an August 3 meeting. A
Gazette-Times reporter at
tended the meeting and double
checked the figures with the
court before publication.)
the bunny
someone decided to take a
small brown and white Rex
bunny that belonged to a boy
who had paid for it, named it
and loved it. Would the
"Joker" care to return it to
the Fair office.
Irene Anhorn,
Small Animals Supt.
homeowners and renters pro
gram. Other state payments for
the next two years which
reduce the demand for proper
ty taxes are $917 million in aid
to local school districts. $104
million for community col
leges, $25 million of local court
costs and millions of dollars of
other state payments. All of
these latter state-paid
amounts have increased since
the !2st state budget.
Did the state have money to
pay these increases? Only by
continuing cigarette and in
come tax increases made in
1981-82, and by increasing the
tax per person. These totalled
$419 million. Direct payments
to homeowners and renters
were $411 million which, with
administrative costs, almost
equals the amount of increase
voted.
Did the state government
need this money for its own
operations? No. General
property tax relief was started
by state government in 1978.
Since then it has applied five
billion, one hundred forty-five
million dollars of state-collected
taxes to fund direct prop
erty tax relief and basic school
support and other aids to local
government. If state govern
ment had kept back this
money, it would be enough to
fund all state government ac
tivities at current levels for
the next six years without
another nickel of state taxes
being collected during that
time span.
Sincerely,
Edward N. Fadeley
President
Oregon State Senate
A
September 1, 1983
Wedding Announcement
Huddleston Sherman
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Sherman and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Huddleston, all of Heppner, invite all friends and relatives to
the wedding of their children, Janice Irene, and Mark
Raymond, on Saturday, Sept. 10, 4 p.m., at St. Patrick's
Catholic Church in Heppner.
A reception will follow at the Heppner Elks Lodge.
Reception to honor
Rietiiiaim newly weds
Brian P. Rietmann and Sharon L. Crowell who were
married June 21 at St. William's Catholic Church in lone, will
be honored at a wedding reception on Saturday. Sept. 10. at
the lone United Church of Christ, from 2 to 4 p.m.
All friends and relatives are invited to attend.
Obituaries
Olive Hughes
HEPPNER - Olive Hughes,
a longtime Heppner resident,
died Saturday. Aug. 22, at
Pioneer Memorial Hospital in
Heppner. She was 88.
She was born February 1,
1895 at Winters. Calif, to Glen
and Olive Davis Bassett.
On January 17, 1923, she
married Joseph Hughes at
New berg.
Mrs. Hughes was a member
of the Heppner Soroptimist
Club and the First Christian
Church in Heppner.
Services were held Tuesday,
Aug. 30 at First Christian
Church with the Rev. Don
Shelton officiating. Ron
McDonald was soloist and
Kathryn Hoskins was
organist.
Casket bearers were David
Hughes. Tom Hughes, Rich
ard Hughes. Chris Stroda. Jim
Stroda and Julie Roberts.
Honorary bearers were Paul
Jones. Marcel Jones and
Clarence Baker.
Concluding services and
burial were at Heppner Ma
sonic Cemetery.
Mrs. Hughes is survived by
sons Tom Hughes of Fossil,
Joe Hughes of Los Angeles.
Calif, and William Hughes of
Roseburg; daughter Ellen
Marshall of Salem; and five
sisters: Lucille McKeon of
Alameda, Calif., Frances Jen
sen and Florence Correll, both
of Long Beach, Calif., Evelyn
Picuell of Calimesa, Calif, and
Eleanor Jones of Sacramento,
Calif.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the memorial
fund at First Christian
Church.
Sweeney Mortuary, Hep
pner, was in charge of ar
rangements. TX. Toots'
Dubuque
HEPPNER - T.L. "Toots"
Dubuque, 70, of Heppner, died
Wednesday, Aug. 17 in Port
land. He was born November 11,
1912 in Crookston. Minn, to
Fred and Agnes Dubuque.
At age 14 he came with his
family to Yakima, Wash., and
then to Oregon in 1935.
Mr. Dubuque worked as a
maintenance supervisor in
several lumber mills in north
east Oregon. On June 8, 1945,
he married Marget Carlson in
Lewiston. Idaho.
He was a member of
B.P.O.E. 358, Heppner.
Graveside services were
held August 20 at Heppner
Masonic Cemetery with the
Rev. John Maas officiating.
He is survived by his wife,
Marget, of Heppner; sons
Doug Dubuque of Heppner and
Jo hn Dubuque of Pendleton ; a
MT.'and Mrs. Howard
and
Mr. and Mrs.
the pleasure of
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at a reception on Saturday,
from 2.-00" to 4) U the
lone Untted" Church of Christ.
All friends and relatives are invited to attend
tHe recent ion eiven m honor of the marriage of
f Brian P. Rietmann
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and
Sharon L. Crowell
on Tune 21, 193
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sister. Flora Naylor, and a
brother, Ernest Dubuque,
both of Yakima. Wash.; and
two grandchildren.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the memorial
fund at Pioneer Memorial
Hospital in Heppenr.
Sweeney Mortuary, Hep
pner, was in charge of ar
rangements. Maria Curran
Reno
SANTA MONICA. Calif. -Maria
Curran Reno, a former
Heppenr resident, died August
25, 1983. at St. John Hospital.
She was born at The Dalles
on February 20. 1903 to Mi
chael and Agnes Collary Cur
ran. Her mother owned a dress
shop in Heppner at one time,
and her father was a chief of
police at The Dalles.
Mrs. Reno attended and
graduated from Heppner
schools.
Rosary was read Friday,
Aug 26 at the Little Chapel of
the Dawn, Santa Monica.
Calif. Mass was on Saturday.
Aug. 27. at St. Martin of Tours
Catholic Church. Interment
was at Holy Cross Cemetery in
Culver City. Calif.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Robert Reno
in 1969.
She is survived by three
cousins in Los Angeles. Calif. :
Catherine C. Lassila, Patricia
L. Saikeo and Cecelia M.
Saikeo. and many cousins in
the Northwest.
Funeral directors Gates,
Kingsley and Gates of Santa
Monica were in charge of
arrangements.
Robert G. 'Pete'
McMurtry
HEPPNER - Robert G.
"Pete" McMurtry, 79. of
Heppner. died Sunday, Aug.
28. at Pioneer Memorial Hos
pital in Heppner.
He was bom March 7, 1904 in
Quay, Oklahoma to James and
Margaret Walters McMurtry.
He came to 6regon with his
parents at the age of 12.
He married Mary Duran on
April 19, 1923 in Philomath.
Mr. McMurtry was a mem
ber of the Odd Fellows, the
Rebekahs. the Rock Hounds
and the First Christian Church
in Heppner.
He operated Heppner Auto
Parts from 1952 until his re
tirement in 1972.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday. Aug. 30, at First
Christian Church with the
Rev. Don Shelton officiating.
Ron McDonald was soloist and
Kathryn Hoskins was
organist.
Casket bearers were Ed
Gonty, Ed Hunt, Cal Sherman,
Crowell
I Rietmann
your company
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SeptenTberlO, 1983, -
New lessons planned at
First Cliristian Church
A new quarter of Sunday
school lessons will begin Sep
tember 4 at the First Christian
Chruchin Heppner, 9: 45 a.m.,
announced the Rev. Don Shel
ton, pastor. The new classes
are also starting, he added.
Following are the topics for
each age group :
For children age two and
three. "God Who Made Us";
"We Learn About God." for
four and five-year-olds and
students in grades one and
Neigliborhood Center news
By NEOLA MACKEY
The Ladies' Relief Society of
the Latter-day Saints Church
will be hostesses for Thursday
afternoon social times at the
Randall Peterson, Edwin
Tucker and Paul Fortenber
ry. Honorary bearers were
D R. Tash, Dr. L.D. Tibbies,
Bud Springer, Walter Edger,
Paul Emerick and Bob Lowe.
Private inurnment was at
Lexington Cemetery.
His wife and a brother, Ed,
preceded him in death.
Survivors include a son.
Glenn McMurtry, of Portland ;
a brother. James McMurtry,
of Philomath; a sister, Mary
Anderson, of Eugene; and
numerous nieces and
nephews.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the Oregon
Heart Fund.
Sweeney Mortuary, Hep
pner, was in charge of ar
rangements. Sidney Carl
Zinter
IONE - Sidney Carl Zinter, a
longtime lone resident, died
Thursday. Aug. 25, at Pioneer
Memorial Hospital in Hep
pner. He was 75.
He was born in Clarkston,
Wash, on September 30. 1907.
Effective Sept. 1, 1983!
Counter checks drawn
on the Bank of Eastern :
Oregon will no longer
be available.
Thanks for your cooperation.
The Bank of Eastern Oregon.
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two: "How the Church Began
and Grew," for students in
grades three and four; "Basic
Bible Doctrines" will be
taught to youths: "Check
Your Life in Christ," for
young adults: and "Our Bibli
cal Faith." for adults.
"Anyone interested in at
tending Sunday School is invi
ted to join us." the pastor said.
For more information, phone
676-9209.
Heppner Neighborhood Center
fodr the month of September.
The center will be closed
Monday, Sept. 5 in observance
of Labor Da v.
He came to lone when he was
four-years-old. and lived there
for 71 years. He was a cattle
and wheat rancher.
Mr. Zinter was a member of
the Assembly of God Church
in Heppner.
Funeral services were held
Monday, August 29, at First
Christian Church in Heppner.
The Rev, LeRoy Warnell and
the Rev. Rotn-rt Wolf officia
ted Vault interment was in
Heppner Masonic Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife.
Mary, of lone: son Sidney of
lone; daughter Julie Kay Zin
ter of North Carolina ; a sister,
Irene Huit. of Portland; and
two grandchildren.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the building
fund of the Assembly of God
Church in Heppner
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