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The Official Newspaper of the
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County of Morrow
The Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
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David and April Sykes, Publishers
Letters to the Editor
M o rro w C ou nty R o a d Departm ent
employees air grievances
To the Editor
Negotiations between Morrow
Cininty and ihe mad department
employees have broken down The
county commits toners have rejected
Ihe factfinder report that would give
employees a 3% raise in 1987. even
though the commissioners voted
themselves a 235t raise in 1987
Also, the county commissioners
have refused to meet face to face
with ihe employees Instead, they
have paid about $8,000 to a Salem
attorney to deal with the empkiyccs
If (hat money had been spent on
wages for Morrow County workers,
the contract would be settled now
Citizens of Morrow County could
help avoid a crisis by calling the
commission and asking them to set
tle this contract
(s) Jay Paptneau. Heppner
Tom Bedortha. lone
To ihe Editor
There is a problem in the Morrow
County Road Department
Morrpw County residents should
know that the county budget has
45.MW for wage increases for
workers in the mad department This
budget was passed by a vote of the
people
Die rna3 workers have accepted
a factfinder report that would pro
vide a wage ipc-reagr- eciMtug the
ernunty only S-HT'/iO. The county
commisMunas have refused to ac
cept that report, and want the
employees to take a 2% raise The
county commissioners have not said
why they are being so unreasonable,
and have refused to meet face to face
with the employees Maybe it’s
because they gave themselves a 23%
raise this year
The employees want to avoid a
strike on the contract Please call the
tommisMoners and ask them in meet
vyith the employees and settle this
problem.
fs) Kranklin B Gentry, Heppner
Ronald Cecil. Heppner
To the- Editor:
It’s time someone to)d the people
of Morrow County what is going on
at the Road Department We are
negotiating for a contract We arc
the lowest paid mad department in
the eight Northeast Oregon Coun
ties, except for Gilliam County For
esamplc. an equipment operator in
Morrow County makes $1,546 per
month. Compare the same job in
BARB S SLENDER
QUEST
(Toning System)
Watch For Our
GRAND
OPENING
Thurs., Dec. 3
LOCATEO AT
441 N. MAIN
Hood River $1,645; Wasco $1.821;
Sherman $1,837, Umatilla $1,716,
Union $1,737. and Wallowa $ 1.661.
The county budget, passed by the
people of Morrow County, has
$45,609 to give wage increases to
road workers The county commis
sioner's are refusing to give a 3%
raise recommended by the state fact
finder that would cost only 10,920
The employees have accepted this
factfinder report
These arc the same commissioners
that gave themselves a 23T raise this
year, making them the highest paid
commissioners in the counties listed
above
It's only fair that road department
employees receive the raise rccom
mended by the factfinder We need
your help Please call the commis
sioners and ask them to provide a
lair wage for the road department
employees.
(s) Kim M Gutierrez. Heppner
Boh Gates, lone
Dennis Thompson, lone
The fasts of our Brothers we write
upon the sands, their virtues upon
the tablets of love and memory.
MORIAL SERVICES
WILL BE HELD ON
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1987
at 8:00 p.m.
HEPPNER ELKS LODGE
r.. the Editor
beam weaponry Do we really want
Recently I read this most disturb
kids having tun playing nuclear war*
mg statistic "Since 1982 sales of
This coming year the average
war toys has increased 7(H) per
eight year-old will watch the
cent " Thinking about the meaning equivalent of 22 classroom days of
of this stjlisik prompts me to write pro war entertainment on TV Car
here
toons have an average of 50 acts of
Here wc arc in the middle of a violence an hour Wc need to
holiday season that celebrates life, recognize that by shaping our
and yet eleven of the lop Iwcnly hcsl
ihildrcn with violence toys and TV
shows, wc are legitimizing violent
selling holdiay toys have themes ol
behavior
Worse yet. wc arc desen
violence Wc need to think more
seriously ahnu the meaning of such silizing them to the danger of violent
statistics, to remind ourselves that behavior and the real horrors of war
every lime we buy a toy and give it and military combat Ixaming to
to a child, wc communicate our adult u k c pleasure from aggression
values to the child All the studies decreases their ability to learn sym
I've seen on the afleels on children pathy. empathy, and cooperation, to
be human
of violence toys. TV shows, car
Wc must sec that children do need
loons, and movies have shown lhai
to
leant how to deal with aggressnwi.
all these cause aggressive behavior,
more hitting, kicking, choking, hut there arc more constructive
pushing and holding down other ways Cooperative games do exist
children Yet we continue to give I urge parents to think more about
"dolls" of Gl Joe and Kamho. the statistics given here and not to
games like Dungeons jnd Dragons ¿¡low violent toys in their homes, but
to purchase non v k dent, constructive
and realistic looking battery
powered submachine guns, nuclear toys this Christmas
I x t't celebrate life
weaponry and megaton particle
<s) Jane Rawlins
Brother
In last week's article on Wilbur
Jackson, it was inadvertently
reported that he rides a red four-
wheeler It is blue w ith a red wagon
I got carried away with the season.
I guess Also it was not clear that
Wilbur is a member of the city coun
cil Sorry Wilbur for the mistakes
Most folks cither hunt alone or
with someone I have the worst of
both worlds. I hunt with my brother,
and he hunts with Don and Judy
Elk hunting is sort of an inslttu
tarn in Eastern Oregon And to some
extent I think elk hunters should he
institutionalized Take my brother
for example This year he showed up
with a brand new Remington model
7(JO m a 7 millimeter magnum
caliber with hand loaded ammo that
Bv Ed Glenn
would knock a freight train off the
rail at MOO yards Having missed a
shot at a big bull the first day out. he
shot a grouse on the way back to camp Wc had |ust enough to kind
of flavor the gravy
Judy went along, of course It was her granddad's cabin so we couldn't
say much She saw a couple of cows and went crazy screaming down
the hill to tell someone and we spent most of the second djy try ing to
find her rifle It was stuck in the crotch of a tree about 20 yards from
where I figured she first heard th»>sc old cows Don fixed the cracked
stock with some masking tape
I was glad to have Don along He knew the country like the hack of
my hand He put Jerry and I on a long down hill drive and when I got
lost, there Don was driving the road to pick me up Jerry hitched a ride
with some other hunters and we all talked them into guiding us back
to the cabin Don still thinks ol' granddad moved it over a couple of
canyons
Nobody shot any elk But it was a good hunt, anyway Wc hunted
hard and went to bed early Got up early and hunted hard We ate well,
drank everything and even played a little pinochle I was awful proud
of the pictures of the sunrise I took, except I forgot my camera at lion's
and it got broken when he shipped it back
Altogether it was a great time Especially the warm shower and thick
beef steak Francic had waiting when I got home
It was inadvertently omitted from
last week’s paper (hat Buzz Lynch
donated the space where the town
Christmas tree is located this year
Sorry Buzz, for this error
Chief Rathbun’s
Tips
Marriage License
Children always tell your mom
and dad if anyone tries to give or sell
you drugs When it comes to drugs,
users arc losers, and winners don't
use drugs.
_ D A’s Report _
The District Attorney 's office at
the Morrow County Courthousc in
Heppner reports handling the follow
ing business during the past week
Gerry Kirkpatrick. Washington
appeared for arraignment on the
charge of Sesual Abuse in the first
degree on November 19. 1987
before Judge Ralph Cumn Entered
a Not Guilty plea No trial date luis
been set
latter Mocn. Boardnwn appeared
for .raignmcnt for Failure to Ap
pear on the charge of Driv ing W'hile
Suspended before Judge Ralph Cur
rin on November 19. 1987 He
entered a plea of Not Guilty No trial
date has been set
Anthony Way ne James. Umatilla
appeared for arraignment on the
charge of Theft in the First Degree
before Judge Ralph Currin on
November 19. 1987 He entered a
plea of Not Guilty No tnal date has
been set
Kent Cate. Irrigon-Failed to ap
pear on the charge of Theft in the
Third Degree, warrant issued by
Judge Ralph Currin on November
/ hunt with my
Correction
The Morrow County Clerk's of
fice at the CourthiHise reports issu
ing the following marriage license
during the past week
Edward Carl Springer. 31 and
Dawn Rcnae Itnpcr Sandlin. 2fboth
of Boardman
AS
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QUALITY
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and
19. 1987
Francisco Santa Cruz. Umatilla
Failed to appear on November 19.
1987 on the charge of Sesual Abuse
m the Second Degree, and K k I tut
ping in the Second Degree Warrant
issued by Judge Ralph Currin
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