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T W O - T i l i H r p p n r r G i i H U - T I m H . I l r p p n r r , O rrg o fi M l t Z 7 A H r d n n d a i . M a rc h 2e. IW 5 Limit school elections to odd years The Official N rw spaper of the f’lty of Heppner and the County of M orro« I ha H appaar Letters to the Editor GAZETTE-TIMES M o rro w C ow atv • Supports grandparents’ rights VL**l»lv USPS 240 420 Published every Wednesday and entered a» second elans m atter at the I’ost Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of M arch J, I STM Second Class postage paid at H eppner. Oregon Office at 14? West Willow Street Telephone 5031 676 9228 Address com m unications to the Heppner G azette Tim es. I* O Box 137. H eppner. Oregon 97836 llo in Morrow. I m atilla, Wheeler A Gilliam counties $12 elsew here Kileen Saling Office M anager Sandy Hoi 11 Newspaper Kditor Mary Ann l erullo G raphics D epartm ent Joyce Hughes Ty pesetter Marcy Bacon Darkroom Technician David und April Svk»*H, Publishers ( )b itu a ri< ‘s Samuel W. Heath Sam uel W H eath. 67. Heppner, died Thursday , March 14 1985 at flood S h e p h e rd C o m m u n ity Hospital. H erm iston He was born May 28, 1917 in H odgeman County. K ansas, the son of William and H arriett fSheeksi H eath He moved to Portland in 1942 w here he worked in the shipy ard s In 1946 he purchased and operated a ranch on Khea Creek with his fam ily In 1967 he leased and operat ed the Heppner Bowl until his retirem ent in 1979 Survivors include brothers Kolph H eath. K im berly. Idaho. Klmer H eath. Heppner and P earl Heath Pendleton, and a sister Jessie AI i I mi II P ortland Henry "Jo e " G aarsland. age 71 of lone, died Tuesday March 12 at SI E lizabeth Nursing Home in Baker Kuneral service» were held on K nduy, M arch 15 at 2 p m in the lam grell Monroe M ortuary Chapel P astor Russell Schott of the C alvary Baptist Church officiated and inter m eni followed in Mount Hope- fe m e tery in Baker G aarsland was iMirn in E verett Township Minnesota to Ole and Caroline G aarsland He received Ins education in B attle Cake Minnesota He served in the U S Army for four years during World War li He was baptised and confirm ed in Skibtbedt i C hurch' in Battle laike Minnesota Kuneral serv ux-s w ere 2 p m Saturday, March 16 at the Heppner f irst C hristian Church The Kev Don Shelton officiated Parley Drake- played the organ Casket liearers w ere Bob Hubbard (iene Doherty P ete S chw arnn. Dad Turner. Dallas H arsin, and (iary Watkins Honorary b e arers were Al Ketsch Boti Schiller. Riley Munk ers, Al Bunch Bob Hoskins, and Klwyn Hughes Concluding m T vices and interm ent were at Hep (Hier Masonic Cemetery I- riends who w ish many contribute to the American C ancer Society, Oregon Division, 0330 S W f urry. P ortland <>rr BT20I Sweeney Mortuary . Heppner was in charge of arran g em en ts To the Kditor Matt Doherty would tie a good c o m m is sio n e r for th e P o rt of Morrow The P o rts' industries are big taxpayers in the county and have huge nav rolls FARMERS THERE IS ANOTHER CHOICE Check Our Big Farm Sale Circular Coast to Coast We Can Help You Lrges ‘yes’ vote for schools To the Kditor As a form er board m em ber of the Morrow County School D istrict. I urge vour support of the levy by voting "y es" on March 26 Sixty -one citizens who served on seven different com m ittees ranging from com puter education trans (Mirtation risk m anagem ent, to the build in g n e e d s of e a c h school deserve our respect and thanks (or the lim e and concern that they have given freely lor the students of our To the Editor Iaist year Heppner got its first, in a very iong tim e, publicly available tr a n s p o rta tio n T hro u g h m any years, as folks grew older and more of them found them selves living alone som e of them moved away from here just because they felt so housebound and disliked to ask friends and neighbors for help Buzz Lynch cam e up with the idea of providing this on call car. which he owns It employs very courteous and com petent drivers all day und all night Hazel Hamlin telephoned m e last week to say that she had heard that the Courtesy Car might be d is c o n tin u ed H azel feels q u ite emotional about this service. “ It's such a good thing, and is one good thing that just m ustn't come to a ^ end She has been so appreciative of this service, she says it has tieen so beneficial to a growing num ber of older folks and lo many others also, who for various reasons n«-ed rides She wonders if everyone realizes lhat this service m eans so much to this comm unity and is so hopeful that more helpful support will come in soon Buzz Lynch says the car is busy from 6 a m until 3 a m and it averages about eight trips each GARDEN EQUIPMENT PERFECT TINING! BUYS! CENEX K" CENEX has the right OUTDOOR POWER EQUIPMENT d riven • Convenient controls • I ofs of accessories too' REDUCED! NOW ONLY Modal 214-310 095 county Their recom m endations guilded preparations of this budget We all know that the pric e of every thing is up The district has found that growth in num bers of students and new educational standards require more staff m em ber» All of this adds to the total dollars needed to run our schools Help your children to a tietter education Vote "yes on March 26 S incerely. 1 s - Jean Bennett for your lawn... garden .. .open spaces! *329,s •» * C enex x FOR YOUR ONE STOP REAR TINE TILLERS! 2 MODELS AVAILABLE' LAWN & GARDEN CENTER day and often from It to 15 each night He says the trips a re often to the banks, to various stores, to the doctors' offices or for recreation T his s e rv ic e c a n n o t a c tu a lly charge folks for rides because it is not licens»-d as a public ca rrie r, hut its operation and upkeep is costly Alton V arnell is now m anaging the M-rv ice and has several other helpful courteous com petent drivers work ing with him Buzz Lynch gave us this list of the businesses that have contributed lo the Courtesy Car Bonnie’s B arber Shop, Bud's Hub. B ucknum 's. the Wagon Wheel, Country Kose, Vinh's Chevron. C entral M arket, the E lk ’s Club. Case F urniture Heppner Auto P a rts , M urray's Drug Store. D & L Auto Hepuir Hay Boyce Insur ance T urner V anM arter and B ry ant. and G reen's Feed and Seed in addition to the 15 businesses, 9 thoughtful and generous persons have contributed llene laiughlin. Alvin Bunch. Jim Lovgren, Kd Tarnasky L E Dick Billy Kenny, Paid Hislcf ii in < i.m- K o n e k and Cornett Green We know Hazel Hamlin co n tri butes for each ride she has. but there are some who use the c a r who never pay Some wonder if the city of Heppner or even the county of Morrow might not help this wonder ful service survive None of us knows just when some sort of trouble might strike in our lives, and we might need the help of the Courtesy Car which is available by dialing 676 5026. where a pleasant voice will answ er "Cal s laiunge and will be quick to offer help Sincerely s Justine W eatherford Court St Heppner } M.C.G.G. EARLY SPRING • Chom Voting for Matt with his strong interest and background will assure the Ports and counties growth and future Sincerely, i * - Ken T urner Appreciates Courtesy Car G aarsland moved to (iregon after serving in the Army and had Iw-en living in the lone area until just recently when he moved to Baker A farm er most all of his life he was a m em ber of the American la-gion in lone ahd had r«-ceived his 40 year pin Survivors include his sons, John D G aarsland and J Melvin G aars land both of Baker a daughter M Elaine Johnston of La G rande and his d aughter Jo Ann Hayes ol Van l ouver Washington his sister. Kdna M ien of B attle |„ike Minn . 10 g ra n d c h ild re n , two g re a t g ra n d c h ild re n , n u m e ro u s n e ic e s and nephews and his form er wife. Mar garet Smith of Baker ROTARY TILLERS exended family K esearch is proving that ihildren who a re allowed to continue norm al relationships with the non custodial fam ily have a greater chanct- (or norm al emotional growth There is a toll free num ber I #w 982 1211. which allows a u r a s to all Oregon legislators This bill HB 2428 is of conc ern to all fam ilies It concerns the welfare of children The bill will die in com m ittee if those interested in children do not support it is * Birdine Tullis lone ( iregon 97843 Vote for Matt Doherty Joseph Henry ‘Joe’ Gaarsland Joseph To the Kditor It is my understanding that House Bill 2428 the rights of gran d p aren ts to see their grandchildren will be h e ard in committer- in Salem on March 22 Many gissi loving g randparents with much to offer grandchildren in term s of emotional support, stabil ity and love at tim es of stryss are denied the opportunity for various reasons beyond their cnntrol Children under stress such as the breaking up of a family by divoro- need the stability, love, understand ing reassurance and support of the Schools close for spring vacation Morrow County schools will be closed next week M arch 25 29 for spring vacation Classes will dism iss at the reg ular tim e Friday and buses will run as usual * * SPRING PLANTING NOW with Mini G reenhouses. Start your plants now. FROM • 649 *» REDUCED! NOW ONLY 599’ Modal 214 405 095 $ • ìl T mo»e ef ant • Reversa dvacton tin« sova non» tours of t ll.ng Tire» • uns ■- esv ros -oo Morrow County G rain G row ers Phone • 989-8221 1-800-452-7396 HARDWARE * 350 Main Street Lexington, Oregon 97839 A UTOM OTIVE * CHEMICAL * M ACHINERY To 'he Kditor I would like to bring to your attention an issue of statew ide im portance I have introduced legis lation. HB 2211. that would limit Oregon » school districts to the election of board m em bers in May of odd num bered years onlv As you anow under c u rrrn t law school districts a re the only rem ain ing special districts holding annual elections of directors More often than not the election of school directors in M arch is the first of at least two elections held each year as school districts prefer to wait until later to present their levies to district electors This year, only 54 school districts a m ere 1 5 (wreent of the 353 school districts throughout the state will hold director and levy elections on M arch 26 Under the provisions of HB22I1. most of these districts would have needed only one election this year In even num bered years a district living within its tax base would not need an election at all l nder the current statute those districts still needing to pass operat ing levies will hold two elections In 1984 elim ination of the even year election of directors would have m eant a savings of $422.<■"> to school districts statew ide K&ti m ates for 198». put the savings at over $5oo out) opponents of the change to odd year elections of directors, ‘(’onfed eration of School A dm inistrators Oregon School Boards Association and O K A > claim that our purpose is to create adm inistrative conven lence They contend further that odd year elections will c re a te a situation wherein a m ajority of board positions could change hands breaking continuity in board policy and function One look at the anticpated savings for school districts statew ide shows that we a re not looking at m ere adm inistrative convenience K ather. we see real and substantial economic benefits for our schools As to the latter argum ent, it is possible even under current law for a majority of board positions to he open at an election Unscheduled vacancies frequently occur requir ing that the vacant positions be placed on the ballot w ith the regular ly scfw-duled openings It is not unusual to s«-e three or even four directors positions on the ballot at a given election Krankly. I f*-el the "continuity" argum»-nt sm acks elit ism If a school tMiard espous»-s a policy that is unpopular to a m ajor ity of those it represent», the elect or» should have the opportunity to c h a n g e th at policy a lth o u g h experience indicat»*» that this is unlikely to happen Kor your information and (or the sake of comparison the legislative assembly elects seventy five per cent of its m em bership every two years Our county governm ents elect the majority of their m em bers at least once every four years Many ( iregon cities elet 1 their entire conn ells every two years Obviously, the subj»*ct ol continuity is not terribly troublesom e to these governm ent e n titie s What o th er g o v ern in g I todies in this state ties ides school boards elect their m em bers on an annual basts'' Kinally. the intent behind limiting the num ber of election dates is to promot»* consolidation of more item s on fewer dat«*s Klim mating the even year election of directors is consistent with this goal E lectors tire of going to the polls again and again Under HB 2211 voters would know that on the second Tuesday in May of odd numbered years they elect school board and other district directors, and on Ihe second T ues day of even num bered years the May prim ary election occurs Sincerely. -s B arbara Huberts Sheriff’s Report D .A .’s Report The Morrow C ounty D istric t A ttorney's Office at the Morrow C ounty C o u rth o u se in H ep p n er reports receiving com plaints on the following charges during the past week Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants (3 c a s e s '. Driving While Suspended itwo cases). U nauthor ized L's»- of a Motor Vehicle. Minor in Possession, ( l i v i n g a F alse N am e to an Officer. Negotiating a Bad Check Assault IV. two counts of Theft I. and Burglary 1 Hospital Notes Patients adm itted and discharged from Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner during the past week include John Glavey. Heppner adm itted March It. discharged March 15. Patti Nairns. Heppner adm itted March 14 discharged March 15. and Cheryl Ployhar. Heppner. ad m it ted March 15. discharged M arch 17 FIdnu Bailey. Heppner. who was adm itted to the hospital M arch 16 was still receiving care at press lime Monday Births I r \u h rv D a n rllr S lr u th e rs a daughter Aubry was born F ebruary 28 to Jo»- and Sarah S lruthers at Williams Air Force Base. Mesa. Arizona She weigh«-d 7 lbs 13 oz G randparents are M aynard and FIdna Slruthers Hermiston and Carl and Geri Martin. Heppner Great grandparents are M yrtle Slruthers. Hermiston and Mildred Morris. Heppner G reat great grandm other is Iris Martin. San Diego. California The Morrow County S h e riff's Office at Ihe Morrow County C ourt house in Heppner handled or d is patched the following business dur ing the past week On M arch II. Ihe Morrow County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Boardman Police D epartm ent in the arrest of Honald Curtin Maxwell, 42. Boardm an. on I tnatilla County Sheriff's Office w arrants for Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants, and a felony. Driving While Sus pended He was lodged at the U m atilla County Jail On March 12. the Morrow County Sheriff's Office was assisted by the Boardman Police D epartm ent in the arrest of Theodore Brian Anderson. 25 Boardman. on a charge of Assault IV lie was lislged at the U m atilla City Jail On March 14. the Irrigon Police D epartm ent arrested Mark William M essersuuth 23 Irrigon. on charges of Burglary I and two counts of Theft I He was lodged at the U m atilla County Jail On Murch 16. the Irrigon Police Department arrested Joseph H Gonzales. 37. Irrigon on charges of Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants He posted bail und was releas«-d Also on March 16, the Heppner Police D epartm ent arrested Mark D Way, 19. Heppner. on a charge of Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants He was released on his own recognizance On M arch 17. the Heppner Police D epartm ent arrested Mlchale Scott Baife. 22. I.exinglon on charges of Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants He was released on his own recognizance on March 18. the Irrigon Police D epartm ent arr»-sted Jose Kodri guez. 28 Boardman on charges of Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants He was liKtged at the Umatilla Police D epartm ent o n M arch 18. the Boardm an Fire D e p a rtm e n t resp o n d e d to a telephone pole on fire one fourth mile west of Paul Smith Hoad on Wilson Hoad jp lò g ive ò t t o share. Exquisite gold jewelry, handcrafted of yellow, pale green and rose gold. Choose from many beautiful designs in a ft w ide range of prices. Wedding sets—plus gifts for the wedding j irtv and t" -a \ «C ‘thank you" larcnts.^^Bl Ä * . Ill your paret Created hy Stamper GENUINE Black Hills m S S r - Gold Jewelry Company. HIM in Also a La rg e S e l e c t i o n of G a r d e n Tools & Im plem ents Rietmann’s Hardware A 'l à il i i Peterson’s j S j j Heppner _ s e , Jew elers / 676-9J00 i I
