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H SO-Thr H rp p n rr l i i i r l l r T lm rt M rppnrr O rrgon M rdnrsday. F ebruary II. 19x5 MM OMPA Obituaries Thomas C. Huston The Official Ne« »paper of the Clfy of Heppner and the County of Morro« lb * Mappa*. G A Z E T T E -T IM E S M o rv e ■ n t V * H u a r < ) * i i « d W e e k ly USPS 240 420 rublishrd every M rdnr«jav and entered a i trrond-class matter at the I'oat Office at Heppner. Oregon under the Act of March 3. 187? Second Cla»> pontage paid at Heppner Oregon Office at 147 West Willow Street Telephone >303 ) 676 9220 Address communication* to the Heppner Oazette Time*. H O Bo* 337 Heppner. Oregon »7113« (10 in Morrow. Umatilla Wheeler A Cilliarn countir* (12 eine« here Kileen Saling Office Manager Sand) Holtz Ne«»paper Kditor Mary Ann Cerullo (Iraphic* liepartment Joyce Hughe* Typesetter Marc y Bacon darkroom Technician David unci April Sykes, Publishers Letters to the Kditor KNUF field burning To the editor Field burning of grass stra« in the Willamette Valley is a year round concern as it should tie It is of great concern to farmers, country real dent* and city dwellelr* alike The director of K I’ A. Region X. In Seattle made this puzzling state ment " the current standard* (of air pollution average the air quality concentration* over period* of 24 hour* and one year " This could be taken to mean that if there is enough smoke in one hour or one day to smother u* all. then this, averaged over the «hole year, should still make It possible for us to breathe And that typifies the kind of bureau cratic non thinking that we have so far endured, and we have had t- N t I Intelligent farm er* have come to realize the millions and m illion* spent in bureaucratic research and development has produced lots of research, but only in certain areas There has been precious little in the way of development No bureaucrat ic agency is in a good position to develop markets in this rase, a market for ryegrass straw in any form The private sector is doing in a flash, by contrast, what the clanking bureaucracy has only seemed to be doing for more than a decade I doubt anyone w ill quarrel with the fact that many youngsters at <)SU have gained valuable training in research techniques Such train mg is expensive, but very important But for residents of l tregon to tie told to pin their clean air hopes on research and words only from K i‘A. l i l y or OEC and the like, is a sad farce More especially when the research is in such narrow confines that even before it tx-gins we know the likelihood of economic feasibility I* lacking Private research and private in dustry are now engaged in produc ing the results we need, straw removal without burning or baling development of markets for the straw , once removed And thanks to 20th century Yankee in g e nu ity, there are very promising experi ments in the wings There are experiments to sanitize the fields with no smoke and with no after effects Stay tuned Folks outside the valley and in Eastern ( iregon have also contended with the blinding summer haze for many year* DKQ has announced that Oregon. Idaho and Washington intend to jointly spend half a million dollars this year to find the source Of course most anyone in the valley could answer that question in three words open field burning The smoke that rose from open field burning of ryegrass straw many miles away in the valley is now descending upon you You drive with lights on In broad daylight along the Columbia, in the high country of central Oregon, and in the Klamath Falls area and beyond DKQ think* throwing money at a problem auto matically produces solutions What we need is the development that private industry is bringing about Wise people are investing their money there Thousand* of persons close to the source of this nuisance suffer miser ably because of respiratory ana pulmonary disorders, there arc exorbianl medical bills and this is as true for the young a* for the old Merchants suffer grave losses of business because of the smoke Farmers compassionate enough to realize this will tell you privately that they are as anxious to see an end to the problem as are all the rest of us Field burning is extremely dangerous and it is expensive Those who burn must stay close to home in because the order to burn can come any moment. the order to douse the flames, likewise And this in the very height of our otherwise glorious summer The flap atxiut Dioxin in field fire smoke is far from settled O'Connell of DEQ said in the Albany "Demo era! Herald." Thursday January 17. 19*5 " the extent of the problem of toxic compounds in smoke is not known In the same article a specialist in chemical toxicology and agricultural chemistry at OSt said " I would not describe any chemical a* being non toxic " So by encouraging seed growers to burn, despite these facts, and put toxic chem icals into the atmosphere we seem to have creal ed a department that is detrimental to environmental quality "Tourism ” , according to Bussell Sadler, in the "Oregonian. Mon day. January 21, 1985 "is more than just a means of survival " "The lesson 'about the importance of tourism in Oregon's economy' has been lost on Oregonians who listen only to the loud voices that merely echo the sounds of their own immediate self interest It should not tie lost on the legislature as it gropes for ways to restructure Ore gon economy " You and I know what tourists w ill do when they learn as they w ill' atxiut Oregon's "summer complaint" of smoky air Bill Tay lor, Oregon stale travel director, said in an article in the "Democratic Herald." December 22. 19*4. " we need tourists " I f we don't get that extra tourism dollar, you're not going to have a job " An organization ha* been formed to help bring an end to this unwel come condition Working quietly to link and expedite progress on objoc lives, it calls itself KNUF F.nd Noxious Unhealthy Fumes For those who still believe Oregon resi dents are "sleeping dogs that will roll over and play dead as the black smoke engulfs them please remem ber the old saw " the tail that wags the dog " A miniscule segment of the population (those who insist there is no way to remove the straw from the fields economically without burning it) wave that tail briskly every summer The rest of us represent the supposedly sleeping dog But all the while this old dog has Ix-cri lying with one eye deceptively closed thinking, thinking, and seeing very clearly, how things really are Wise grass seed farmers are now joining with this old dog in seeing the marvelous opportunity to market a product without making everyone w ill or angry And. as (iranny used to say: "There is none so blind as he who w ill not see " Stay tuned Yours, for air fit to breathe, (Si Bill Johnson enuf is KNUF Comparing state cultures To the editor, My name is Shelley I ’erkins and I'm a seventh grade student at Clyde Jr H(j;h in Clyde. Ohio W'e are studying com parative cultures between d iffe re n t states and countries and our hometown of Hyde I would really like to know what It’s like to live in (iregon and was hoping that perhaps some of your readers would like to correspond with me Could you print my letter in your paper, so your readers might possibly help me get an " A " on my report’ Maybe I can also obtain some pen pals my age I wrote to a newspaper in Canada and I got a lot of letters and a few pen pals I hope I gel a lot from Oregon Thanks very much for your tim e' Yours Truly, is) Shelley Perkins 439 Ames St Clyde. Ohio 43410 Thomas C Huston 61 died Friday morning. Feb 8, 19*5 at Pioneer Memorial Hospital lie was born in Heppner May 26. 1923 son of Thomas and Marietta 'Phillips Huston Izuring World War II he served with the Navy After his return he operated a sheep and wheat ranch in the Kightmile and Burton Valley areas He moved into Heppner in 1981 Huston was a member of the Heppner BPOK 358 Surviving are daughter Claudia Huston of Heppner son Thomas C Huston III Heppner sisters Jane Kawlins of Heppner and Jeanne Dobbs of Kihei. Hawaii Funeral services were held Mon day Feb II at the Heppner Klks Temple, with concluding service and interment at the Heppner Masonic ( emetery Those who wish may contribute to the Tom Huston Memorial Fund For the Needy, through the First Inter state Bank Heppner branch Sweeney Mortuary. Heppner was in charge of arrangements Sheriff’s Report The Morrow County S heriff * Office at the Morrow Co Courthouse in Heppner reports handling or dispatching the following business during the past week On February 4 the Heppner Police Dept responded to a two vehicle no injury accident on Main Street on F ebruary 6. a Heppner ambulance responded to Les Schwab Tire Center and transported a male with an injury to Pioneer Memorial Hospital On F ebruary 8. the Morrow County Sheriff s Office responded to a one vehicle no injury accident on Hwy 7:lo involvinv Richard A Hruska. Koseburg On February 9. the Heppner Police Department arrested Ralph T Marlatt 49 Heppner on a charge of Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants He was released on his own recognizance Also on February 9, the Heppner Police Dept responded to a two vehicle no injury accident Sifting Morrow County Justice Court at the Morrow County Courthouse in Heppner reports handling the follow mg cases during the past week James Clifford Freeman, Cay use No Operator's License $57 fine jnd reimburse cost of jury trial Stephen laroy l in e r Hermiston Exceeding the Maximum Speed t>5 mph in a 55 mph zone (13 fine Stephen Scott Dougherty Heppner Violation of the Basic Rule 41 mph in a 25 mph zone. CIO fine John Wesley Ferrei, la-xington Violation of the Basic Rule 4<> mph in a 25 mph zone CIO fine David Michael liage Heppner Ih»orderly ( ondili t (287 fine all but $107 suspended and Hi days in jail suspended to one year probation with no further violations of the law P A IN T P e r s o n a l Pri de I I It e can help you ¿AUTO PARTS HEPPNER AUTO PARTS 4NAPA} Rose Marie Buschke Heppner was admitted to 1’ ioneer Memorial Hospital February 6 and discharged from the hospital February 7 Judy Hampton. Heppner was ad nutted to the hospital February 4 and was still rrceivmg care at press time Monday 234 N. M a in Heppner 676-9123 TRAVEL A G E N C Y f-'lV u y^lV c-C /O (503) 567 7711 ( d x x iu tf í r 'J a Toll F r « date February 19 to the following Tuesday Feb 2t. 271 Í M A IN STREET HERM ISTON O H 9 Z 8 J8 1-800-452-8853 F L O O R C O V E R IN G M ar floor co verin g Linden Way Carpet, Linoleum, Times 676-9418 Ceramic Tile Kitchen Cabinets, Coun ter Tops Heppner FURNITURE lo A ears Ago City polit e arrested three men on charges of passing txigtjs checks to several Heppner merchants on Fn day and Saturday Senator Alike Thorne of Umatilla County was the scheduled principal s|xaker at the Morrow Soil and Water Conservation District Annual Meeting 25 A rars Ago February II, I960 Heppner suffered its greatest fire loss in several years Sunday night when flames threatened to destroy the Heppner Hotel Damage estim ated at $12 non w a s caused liefore the fire was controlled (iovernor Mark Hatfield and Mor row County officials reviewed at a meeting Monday preliminary plans for a I ini .(xxi acre space age indus trial |iark on the Columbia River in Morrow County 'Hardman residents made a con corted effort at the county school Ixiard meeting Monday night to win approval lor the rcojicnitig of their closed grade school but the board "Toas^^^Kos^^^ BUSINESS DIRECTORY Hospital Notes through the February 13.1975 Heppner Mayor Cara Custa will hold office hour* this Saturday morning from 9 a m til noon at City ■ Court Report Planning meeting date changed The lone Flanning Commission meeting has been postponed from the regularly scheduled meeting A story in last week s Carette Times with the headline f ire Ex tinguished contained incorrect in formation The house where the fire occurred was owned by Adelte I a Trace whose name was misspel led She say* that the house is rented by latrry Brodkorh not by the person named in the story The Carette Time* regrets the error J iL s tie e D.G. ‘Jack’ Loyd (ira ve sid e funeral for D (> Jack laivd was at 2 p m Tuesday at ulney Cemetery . Pendleton Loyd. 76. died at his home in Heppner He was txirn Aug 14 19(18, at Wallowa the son of lonnicand Allan Finley ' laiyd He was graduated from Fastern Oregon State College in laH.rande and tx-gan his te a ching career at U kia h in the early I9:uis lie later taught at Echo and John Day before entering the armed forces during World War II Following m ilitary service le re turned leaching He later moved to Heppner wfieri’ he and his brother. Tom. purchased and operated the Nobles Saddle Shop U y d was manager ol the Turn \ l.um lumtier yard in Heppner for several years and later returned to teaching working in the lone school until his retirement in !97n Loyd was a member of Heppner BPOK cat and the All Saints Episco pal Church in Heppner A son Tun la n d Pendleton sur vises Friends who wish may contribute to the Pioneer Memorial Hospital fund Sweeney Mortuary. Heppner. was in charge of arrangements Mayor sets Sat. office hours Correction stood on the previous decision to keep the school closed and transport the students lo Heppner r~ C A SE FURNITURE 511 A e a rs Ago February 14 1(35 ( has W Harlow was named to fill the two unexpired years of (iav M Anderson who resigned as Morrow County Clerk Barlow then appoint ed Mary Chaff«’ Boardman, a* IN S U R A N C E deputy The city council authorized the purchase of a power grader which could lx- operated by one man lo be used in keeping the streets in shape’ "Purchase of the machine was endorsed by the council with the belief that more adequate mainten ancecan lx- done with it at less cost than with the horse drawn equip meni formerly used Coa st to Coast f o r HOME EN TE R TA IN M E N T Atari If c can help you Be My Valentine Heppner C arpe t, L in o le u m . 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