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T O o - T h « H » W «W G e se lle -Tl»e s llrppnrr Orrgoa. W m ìiw m I » >. AftH •»* /■ M èi tSSi _____ The Official Newspaprr of the City of Heppner and the County of M otto « > 4 .^.. - Letters to the Editor Engagements Wilson Green — Th« H i f p i n Town cleanup slated GAZETTE-TIMES M «c*«w t « i a l | • H . . « i iiftiif.l McahH N c a a fta t* U SPS 240 420 Published every Wednedday and entered as second class matter at the Pool Office at Heppner Oregon under the Act of March 1. 1*7» Second (lass postage paid at Heppner < Irrgnn Office at 147 West W illow Street Telephone < 509 > 676 »22* Address communications to the Heppner («a retie Times. P O Bo* 337. Heppner. Oregon 9783* Subscriptions til in Morrow. Umatilla. Wheeler A Gilliam counties, t il elsewhere extern aaiing Office Manager Sandy Holtz Mary Ann Cernito Joyce Hughes Marry Bacon D a v id and A p r il Syken, P u b lis h e r s Your ideas and your man woman power are needed Be at Heppner City Hall. Thurs day. April II. 7 30 p m to hear what we hope to do. and to tell us w hat you will do as well as provide additional ideas for the "W e re Proud of Our Town Clean Up Campaign This will be a brainstorming session to consolidate and communicate all planning Your involvement is vital To the Editor It's our town What can we do to make It more attractive for all of us and to show our pride in the community ’ There are many things that can be accom p lish ed, w ithout g re a t expense by a concentrated "clean up and spruce up" effort - if all individuals, businesses and civic groups will get behind the cam paign The City of Heppner and the Chamber of Com merce have united to promote April 27 through May J as a Get's Clean Up Our Town Week " Birdine Tullis, Chamber of Commerce Committe Chairperson Cara Costa. Mayor Heppner Improve state spending policies Camp teaches 4-H counseling Obituaries John W Madden John W “ Jack'' Madden. M. Fossil died Monday. April I, 19*5. at St Anthony Hospital. Pendleton G raveside funeral was at I p m Thursday. April 4 at the Fos.nl I O O F Cemetery He was born Jan 29. 1901 at Norton. Kan . son of Halph and Kebekah 4 Brown i Madden He was married on May 21, I ' d to Helen Dorothy Searls at Norton The couple cam e to ( Irrgnn in I »41. settling in Kelso, then came to Kinzua in 1961 where he was employed by Kiniua Pine Mills He retired to Fossil in 19*7 Survivors include a daughter. Phyllis Cole. Heppner a son. Curtis Madden. Fossil, and three grand children His wife died in March 19*3 Friends who wish may contribute to the Fossil Ambulance Ftiml Sweeney Mortuary, Condon, was In charge of arrangements Retha J . Watkins Retha J Watkins. 71. Hoseburg. form erly of Pilot Rock, died Satur day. March 30, 19*5 in a Hoseburg hospital Graveside funeral was i l l p m Wednesday. April 3at the Pilot Hock Cemetery She was bom April 5. 1913 at North Wilkaburg. N C Mrs Watkins lived in the Pilot Rock area for 31 year* before moving to Hoseburg seven y e a n ago Survivors Include a son. R G Watkins. Heppner daughter. Mon lea Hatley. Hoseburg five sister*, six grandchildren and four great grandchildren Her husband. Gwyn Watklna died earlier Friends who wish may contribute to the Community Center through Wilson's Chapel of Roses. P 0 Bo* 35*. Hoseburg 97470 Ten county 4 H teens spent the last weekend in March at camp counsel or training at Camp Hancock near C larn o Those atten d in g w ere Swayne Evans from Irngon. Travis Harrison, Julie Wilde. Marion Me Millian. and Kathleen Hrazell from Is lin g to n and Shannon M c lju g h Im. Jennifer Hughes. Susan Plochar sky, Benji Pearson, and Kevin Hughes from Heppner The program was designed to teach the participants how to coun sel at camp and how to relate to younger 4 II members In addition, they did a lot of the basic planning necessary to make 4 H camp a successful experience for counselors and campers alike says Oregon State University Extension Agent Steve Campbell The 4 H camp is an annual event held at Cutsforth Park on Willow Creek Gilliam and W heeler counties participate with Morrow County in the camp and also had counselors at the training The combined counties allow for enough campers to make the cam p a paying affair In addition. Warm Springs will send 10-IS campers and an adult to the camp •'ll was a good weekend." con eludes Campbell, "fo r all the coun selor* and in addition to counseling classes and practical training, they had several recreational activities The counselors also had a fieldtrip and a slide program about the local geology and prehistory from the Camp Hancock Staff " (S' Audrey Mayhew 3147 N E Lincoln Hillsboro OR 97124 Spay or neuter pets To the Editor The Pioneer Humane Society ap plauds the good hearted lady who offered a free cat spaying If all citizens were as concerned as she. our task would be made much easier One cal spaying will, in the long run. prevent 59.049 kitten births in 10 generations but one cat’ Among the thousands in the area a good beginning, and we honor you We have our own equally feeble ammunition against the terrible problem of unlimited breeding of cats and dog* in these two counties It is our offer of a 1 1 0 spaying neut enng certificate land a free pet ID tag i with every new flO annual membership Only about 25 people per year take advantage of the rebate and have their pets spayed or neutered under the program That is a little like emptying a swimming pool with a thimble Consider that in October. Novem ber and December just past, there were from 50 to too stray animals wandering the countryside around Board to hear Penland Lake proposal On Thursday. April IB. the State Marine Board will hold a Board Meeting in Salem beginning at 1 30 p m Among the items for consideration is the proposed amendment to allow districts so heavily depend on’ Is the real issue government spending getting the attention that it needs Decisions *5. to be opened by Rill Buckley. Jr and sponsored by Ore gon Citizen Political Audit, is a people* conference We urge Ore gonians to join us in sending a meaningful signal to Oregon s lead ership To the Editor One of the key topics on the format of (he Decisions 85 Convention, to be held May 10 12 at Seaside, is how do we im prove the tax and spend policies of Oregon Come May. we ll know a lot more about the shape of the Sales Tax proposal that legislators plan to put before Oregon voters However, is the Sales Tax the solution to Ore gon s depressed economy’ How will that package be affected by the loss of Federal Revenue funds that local the use of electric motors on Pen land Lake Comments concerning the propos ed amendment may be addressed to Paul Donheffner. 3000 Market St NE, No 505. Salem. Oregon 97310- 0650. phone 378 8587 H erm iston alone, accord in g to our records There are those who advocate low cost or free spay neuter clinics as a solution to the problem How we wish they w ere' Rut free clinics were tried by humane societies in California and Florida, as an experi ment, a few years ago Who cam e’ Those responsible pet owners who would have found some way to pay for spay ing neutering in any case, gratefully patronized the free clinics Irresponsible pet own ers stayed away in droves and the unwanted animal population re mained the same What, then, is the answer’ Clear ly. an activating of the consciences of all cal and dog owners is needed becoming sesitized to the pain, suffering and senseless deaths of hundreds of small creatures, so that every pel owner spays or neuters every animal not needed for breed mg. and humanely destroys those mature animals which are untam able, diseased, and insuitable for pels And this, In our case, means every pet owner in Umatilla and Morrow Counties This, dear reader, means you This. I feel, would solve in large measure the problems and be a really suitable m emorial to her two little kittens, in whose name she is giving the free spaying Let us each do our part maybe you have started something, ma 'am (Si Rose Hoosier President Pioneer Humane Society We’re putting your interests first! ^ As a new C ase International dealer right from the start we re putting you first with a choice of three great savings plans on our full line ot new equipm ent' Now through May 31 1985 8.8% A.P.R. Guaranteed O n new tractors co m b in e s and implements Mr and Mrv Tom Wilson Heppner announce the engagement of their daughtrr Lisa to Gary Green W ilson a graduate of Heppner High School is a student at Blue Mountain Communitv College Green son of Mr and Mr* Doug Green of Pendleton graduated from Pendleton High School and is employed at l S Gypsum Pilot Rock The couple plans to he married August 17. at the Peace Lutheran Church in Pendleton Privett Harris — Audte Joe Privett. Hermiston. announce Bobby Gene Harris Hardman The couple plans a Benton City Washington, and Donna Lynn Privett. the engagement of their daughter Melissa M ane, to Jr He is the son of Mr and Mrs Bob Harris of July wedding Police continue investigation Corwin tell the keys in the pickup, they had to cite him for Failure lo Secure Vehicle Witness reportedly saw four v is i bly intoxicated suspects leaving Ihe scene immediately following Ihe accident Monday afternoon. Police were actively pursuing one suspect and hoping to gam leads concerning the others Heppner Police are continuing their in v e s tig a tio n fo llo w in g an early Sunday morning accident on the corner of Gilm ore and Hager streets in Heppner The 1982 Ford pickup was being driven at fairly high speed when it hit the guard rail along Willow Creek City police say it caromed olt the rail and cam e to a stop in Busty Britt's backyard The pickup hit head on and took out a fence post and some shrubbery Because a hole in the pickup's gas tank result ed. the Heppner l i r e Dept was called to hose down the area Damage to the vehicle is estimated at *7.001» SH.ikxi Investigation revealed that the vehicle belonged to Leonard Corw in. Long Creek, who had reported it stolen Police say that because Sifting Correction John Grace, manager of the Boardman Branch of Inland Em pire Bank presented a fair and rodeo court belt buckle which Inland Empire Bank donated for Princess Cindy Davis This information was omitted from a story about the court's coronation in last week's Gazette Times th ro u g h th e imes - -- I trol District was formed as a result of a meeting of farm ers concerning the danger from sand blows on summerfallow "C .J D Baum an, M orrow County's wrestling sheriff, was fo l lowed to Pendleton Thursday even mg by a large crowd of local sports fans, when he beat Cecil Buck' Lieuallen with two falls in six minutes The match was widely heralded and drew a large crowd Lieuallen. form er stale policeman is a former Heppnerite He now manages an auto park in Pendleton and assists in presenting wrestling cards as w ell as p a rtic ip a tin g occasionally " to Years Ago Heppner Merchants Association at a recent meeting shared their con cerns over a recent increase in bad checks received locally. District Attorney Dennis Doherty advised them concerning the proper proced ure for accepting checks from per son* they did not know A strike of Carpenters Union Local 933 halted construction of the new Gourmet Foods plant in Boardman A new roadway was cut east of the Morrow County Courthouse through! the existing parking lot to Canon Street to alleviate the parking problem at the building 25 A'ears Ago Fight Heppner businesses short ened their hours to close at 5 30 instead of 6 p m The Morrow County Health I>ept received a letter from the Oregon State Board of Health "expressing concern over the low level of immun ization for all disease* among both children and adults in Oregon 50 A ear* Ago The North l.exington Erosion Con Coast to Coast BO AT M OTORS Minkota 5 Speed *147.77 W e ra n h e lp y o u Before y o u ask f o r h er hand, ask your je w eler fo r a hand. 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