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M R R - H eppner Gazette-Times. M rp p o rr. O re g o n M rd n e sd a v. A p ril 26. 1989 »— «*■*• Appreciation expressed for Concerned Parents group The Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES M o rro w C H u n ts's H om e-O w ned Weekly Newspaper U S P S 240 420 PuMhkfd r»rr> H n ln ru lii <u»d rnlrrnJ •» wiM M l^U n n u lltt a Ikr Pi»»l I HTk« •' llrpfMwr. < (fnt.Ki uiMtrr I hr Act of M in k J, i r t S n in d >U m pmlagr p w l al ttrptmrr. (frryan Oftlre at 147 M m Will..«. S in n IHrptennr iSOU f>*-*22M A4dr«M <«wnmun M al am« to Ikr llrppnrr b w M e l DM». Y O H«i» J.H, llrpp ■rr, ( >rr*«»i 97HW Sutm-ripOom t l ] 6 k h m a . M k a h r , titlkam l i d (>raM CountMa. U ] (W a k r r r Jopre H u | k n ...................................................... OfTVr M aiugrr, T>prwtlln| I Ham Hail S r«> | | M Mart» M nilkcri ..................................................... tira p M o Ikrpartmrnt M j PatHnrau (.raptn.> D p M M M H «k t 4 »an» IX*lrihulM>n David and April Sykes, Publishers Births ‘ Hooked on Fishing latum VngH Aguilera-a daughter Laura, was born April 15. 1989 to Roberto and Barbara Aguilera o f Ir- rigon at ( * hk 1 Shepherd Hospital in Hermiston The baby weighed 7 lbs 11 o u % Jannette K speran/a /.uniga lh a/ -j daughter. Jannette. was born April 14. 1984 to Jesus and Carmen Dia/ o f Boardman at (¡ta d Shepherd Hospital in Hermiston The baby weighed b lbs «i % m s Sarah Nichole VN ilson-.i daughter Sarah, was horn April 12. 198V to Michael and Mary Wilson o f Board man at Ciood Shepherd Hospital in Hermiston The baby weighed 7 lbs 7 m%. competition May 7 On Sunday, May 7. Heppner F.lcmcntary will be sponsoring a special activity. “ H ooked on Fivhing-N ot on D rugs" will be a fishing competition for pre school children through! the eighth grade This activity will take place at W illow Creek Reservoir near the boat launch area from 14 p m All children must he accompanied by an adult to participate Registra lion will take place from 12 TO-1 p m and various prizes will he awarded For further information call Phyllis Payne at b7b9|28 Hospital Notes Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner reports admitting and (discharging the following patients during the past week Herb Lkstrom. lone discharged April 20; Frm a K e ilh lc y . Heppner discharged April 20 Margaret Murray was still rccciv ing care as o f press time Monday In the Service M arine ( pi. John A . M artin, son o f Carl I ) and Gcri Marlin. Heppner. has been promoted to his present rank while sersing with 1st Force Service Support (iroup. Camp Pendleton. C a lif A 1984 graduate o f Heppner High School, he (owed the Marine Corps in April 198b n m r • L * *‘ a *♦ « ft-\ * n iim m iu m i m BEDDING PLANTS ARE HERE , .* • * » ** r # • • i [> f .v W - ■ • ' ;«x '• » • » ' L i • ». . r • j & p V / * For all Your Gardening Needs (ireen Feed & Seed »* :<> ' . '. • 5 k ■ L Enjoy Yourself '■ . \T í £ i I1 ï Sunday Men A pril 23, 1989 Low gross John Fdmundson. bh; second low gross Ld Slruthcrs 70; third low gross Jim Wishart 71. Ii»urth low gross Furl l ishhurn 75 la»w net a tic between Randy la»tt ami Roy Martin. 52. third Delbert Hmschus. M . tourth la ri Norris S4 k P Pari Norris la»ng drive Delbert Binsihus Other awards Speak Harold Riotmann a m I I N * .t CASH DISC0UNT....10% VOLUME DISCOUNTS TO 10% Tide, pow dered Delicious Apples Detergent u V\»‘stern l.imilv frozen Apple Juice 39< i .» ' s S S S S S V V V^S V ' « *« « o o v ., lb V bunch«» Asparagus 9 9 W estern la m i K frozen assorted variety Vegetables 7 9 Squash 305, 1 arge size pink Grapefruit i«. e«i. ; 4 0 V Heel Pork Ribs Banquet, « «Miking hag a s s o r t it1-< tit Pork ( hops 296 E Mam HERMISTON, OREGON OREGON Mi * , -, . W 4* > ' »» K n trees 5 9 ‘ , Prices Good \pril 27 th - M;i\ 1 st .4 «. , OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK - 7 A M - 6 P M. 5 6 7 -6 4 8 7 <*r ' * l 8* ( ountrv St\ le SHERRELL CHEVROLET .1 \ Z u c ch in i Rih Steak . «V. ' » > i > v*-2& ' • ft* Y * ¿f>- ? Red 8 9 v ' includes fire, windshaltcr and transportation coverage CHECK OUR EVERYDAY LOW PRICES WHERE YOUR DOLLAR MAKES MORE CENTS ------------------ T « HAIL INSURANCE (Ireen Onions Find A Better Price And We ll Beat It « for C o u r t S l m ’l B a r k r l YOU CANT BEAT OUR DEAL ‘j l»M>YIIAlt IASI It\AC F V s i v v v V - v v v v v v v v '^ i v v v C ^ ? v « i i v ^ v v 'v % 'v - v v 2 s %■»» v s s ^ ' s s v s » w » s C1500 Extended Cab Silverado r "T l P r o te c t y o u r s e lf a g a in s t c r o p lo s s ! C o n ta c t: from an incline She is a patient at St Vincent's Hospital in Portland l«"<‘ CHEVROLET ; * >.'• v w v w v v w v 1 resb i ■ * * * ■ • •% • » »V A S . x, A *• . ► > ‘ Fri & Sat 122-7510 P % id i - WCCC Golf B e e e h e r N Fincfc F oods 5 ' '• Í .. > :> * yet Oregon exports roughly Niu million hoard feet o f timber a year lo countries overseas How may Oregon |obs arc lost’ Concerned about your tax base1 What's going lo happen to property taxes when thousands ot ( Jregomans loose then job and move out o f state, reducing needed tax revenues ’ Yet in a recent survey. tha*e out ol hnir ( fregoman» support the ban on Oregon's log ex ports Have you signed the petition? Do you plan to vote ’ The job you save may be your own (s! Citizen to save Oregon (ob? (ire g Sweeney Heppner F o r m e r lo n e r e s id e n t b r e a k s le g K ill Hours: Tues- Sat 8 a m 9 p.m Sunday 8 a m.- 8 p m : .* • ; ; :. V » I, ^ > v . . .1- Oregon, instead ot the existing ten. tscclsv beds lor Southern Oregon, in stead o f the existing eight, and thir teen beds lor Central and ha stern Oregon, instead ol the ten now available We turn away many adolescents now who need help because there are no beds available tor them Please help by writing your representative and your senator now to let them know that we need, and that you also see the need for more beds in Baker to treat our alcohol and drug iddictcd youth Thank you very much tor your support in this matter Sincerely yours. <s) Bari Murray Box 1005 Baker. OR 97814 / We also write hay tire & grain storage insurance * /. <*V • *•*' •* / 4. ^ ' z> ' \ * * > . \ T o the hdilor This is a letter ol request for writ ten support regarding the urgent need for additional youth beds at the Baker alcohol and drug treatment center. Baker House fhis issue will he addressed very shortly at the House o f Representatives and will only be acted upon if direct com m u n ity \uppori is involved Other wise, il will tail to pass from a lack ot community support W e are ge runnels asking tor your support on House Bill f 175 fhere are present ly twenty eight beds (or adolescents, who have alcohol and drug pro Wems. tor the entire stale ot Oregon House Bill 5175 would add ten ad ditional beds f his would nuke a total ot thirteen beds tor Western The current plan to transport Portland garbage to the Arlington land fill has hit a snag And the snag looks like the biggest log jam in the history o f the Pacific Northwest l-ong before the White Man. the C ol umbia Gorge was used for trascl. com mercc. communication from the in tenor to the sea The success o f the Oregon Trail depended on the Gorge Today. an Interstate Highway. two rna jor railroad mainlines, a secondary highway and maior barge lines connect the Inland F.mpirc with the West side population centers, the Pacific and the rest o f the world Free passage thnnjgh the Gorge is the life blood o f that vast interior from Canada lo California, and from the Rockies to the Cascades But the plan to truck garbage from Portland to Arlington has sparked a threat o f major significance The sheer volume of garbage is to Name. One hundred trucks, one way. every day i\ a lot o f garbage But it will increase the truck traffic by only tour percent and the total traffic bs only one percent Perhaps it is that volume, perhaps it is the nature o f the commodity, perhaps it is the spectre o f 25 tons o f garbage spilled on the highway in a wreck Whatever the tear, the Columbia Gorge Commission is hell bent on stopping the plan to truck garbage through the Gorge Created a few years ago to preserve the pristine beauty of the Gorge, the Columbia Gorge Commission has broad powers to limit further con struction and development in the Gorge itself Folks who raised the ques tion o f the Commission's authority to limit free passage were assured that no such thing would happen But. as we know about things politic, power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely The Commission is organized as an arm o f the U S Forest Serv ice and it has become apparent that that agency believes the National Forests belong to them and they are past masters at curtailing the right o f free passage Closed roads, roadless areas, limited access arc all frequently used tools ot the preservations ihai have permeated the Forest Service in recent years no wonder they to«» support iheir Columbia Gorge Commission's intent to limit traffic on Interstate K4 Additional supp«>rt comes trom a citizens' group called Friends o f the Gorge W c all have had bad experience with another group that claims to be "Friends " W c sh«»uld not trust any other group with that word in their name to do anything that is friendly The problem with the intent t«» limit garbage truck traffic through the Gorge is that it will have no end It Portland cannot truck its garbage to Arlington, it will switch to barges The Commission will then discover ihai a 5,(100 ion barge o f garbage presents a much greater hazard to the Gorge than a 25 ton truck A shift to rail will have the same fate Soon, the Friends o f the Gorge, encouraged by their success in shutting down the garbage trucks, will discover other commodities passing ll.-fough "th e ir " Gorge that arc tar more offensive Gasoline, farm chemicals, livestock, wheat, hay and automobiles, mobile homes and school busses will all be targets o f the shut down movement Rail and barge traffic will not be immune since both move larger volumes, creating a much larger environmental hazard in the event o f a mishap F.ven passenger car traffic is “ offen sive" to the gorgeous (Jorge and a limit to the number cars per h«*ur could he imposed I worried about that «»n my trip t«> P«»riland and back yesterday Suppose I had gotten to The Dalles ami checked in at the Columbia (J«»rge Commission "L im ited Passage Permit O ffic e ” " I 'd like to go through the Gorge to Portland "T h e Limited Passage permit fee is 550 " "T h a t's a little sleep." hut I paid " H e r e ’ s your permit. Y ou ’ ll be allowed through the gate at 2.5(1 a.m next Thursday Report in a halt hour bcf«»rc that time or your name will go It* the bottom o f the list Il is time you and I let «»ur voices be heard on the side «»t (he right to free passage Stafford Hansell is Chairman ot the Columbia Gorge Commission and his phone number is (5<I5| 481 Wkhl r iR E D U C E D HIGH RISK PREMIUMS includes salad bar i l Support asked for H B 3173 Former lone resident. Cherilyn Nmousc broke her leg while garden ing. Tuesday. April 18 She tell $000 - - ? I In the future, will this hoard con tinue to hire a profession al negotiator’ W ill they continue to support a superintendent who has lost the confidence o f many, many people here, one who recently staled in a public meeting that Morrow County has a history o f negative at titudes toward schools'’ (Note that two former superintendents who promoted and developed good schools here returned lo assist the Concerned Parents achieve the settlement» If the hoard continues with the at litudc expressed in that letter, it doesn't require much vision to predict that in a year an a half w e'll be repeating the nightmare w e've just experienced W e all want healing m this situa tion. hut wounds don't heal where infection persists I still believe that Morrow County people care about quality sch<H>ls for our children and young people, and if I had my " d rathcrv" . we will have the vision and courage to replace this board with some o l the leaders of the Concern ed Parents gn»up who served us so well It could gisc us a new start Sincerely, (s) Jane Rawlins Heppner P S Thanks again to the Concern ed Parents P R IM E * ' v iv a i s / ? : ; ... i ■ ' . *'• , Mon-Fri 8 a.m. till 5:30 p.m. Saturday 8 a.m. to noon *i The ungrateful, insensitive, self righteous, smug tone o f that letter truly disturbs me Not everyone shares the board's self-image We tan grant that during their " r e ig n " many firsts in Morntw County School Board history have occurred fhis is the first board to fail to move one bit during lb months ol negntia lions, the first to hire a professional negotiator from OSBA (despite the precedent o f successful negotiation without one), the first to support a district superintendent who has low rapport with almost all teachers (th a t's a first, too. for superintendents in Morrow Counts >. the first lo preside over a teacher strike, costing taxpayers over SMII.(ltll) and spreading the county's name over the state media to reveal us as niggardly with teachers, the first to base ten levy failures in less than five years, and we could go on lo the Hdilor Doesn't anybody read the weekly (viper ’ Are you concerned about the future o f Oregonians and its econom y-’ laist weeks (ia/etle l imes, page 5. I W A hosis speaker lo talk . i W hi I the ban on Oregons log exports, what a disappointment in (he turnout at our local union hall This issue affects every lumber pro ducing community in the state ot Oregon It's not just a union issue, it's a public and community issue Your job may depend on n Kvcryone is concerned ahoui the needed timber supply for the future. ‘ V* ■ - i ’ . T o the P.d it or Have you read the letter from our school board to the Concerned Parents group who achieved a set llemcnt o f the recent strike11 did and I can't believe it I just want to say thank you from the heart to that Con cerncd Parents group (I think thousands would join me.) You cared Sometimes it seems that N*th sides had forgotten our children and young people and the importance o f quality schttolv in their lives Concerned resident fears for economy Roses ¿•V Free Passage? Letters to the Editor The Official Newspaper o f the C ily o f Heppner and the County o f Morrow r l LOTTERY ( I 11 o N n Court S tre e t Heppner ila r k o t b7f>-<#>4.3 t
