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Letters to the Editor
Chamber urges support for school
T o the Editor:
Heppner Chamber o f Commerce
encourages Morrow County citizens
lo vote positive in support o f the
school one-year operating levy The
past should not have an effect on
Mipfhtft o f ih'f ir**'vslr
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resolved by a no vote A yes vote is
a yes for Morrow County't youth
and future citizens
Sincerely,
(») Forrest Burkcnbmc
President Heppner Chamber
Positive change made in beef industry
To the Editor
More Americans are discovering
that beef is hack, indicating a
positive change for the beef industry
I think you'll agree this is much
welcomed news for American beet
producers.
Beef is important to our state's
economy because it is big business
In 1988, cash receipts in Oregon
from cuttle and calves totaled $340
million And every dollar o f cattle
sales directly generates an additional
S5 to $6 of business activity m the
farm supply and food businesses
The recent progress of the beef in
dustry can he attributed to a sigmfi
cant event that occurred on October
I . 1986 On that day. U S heef pro
ducers became part of the national
checkoff program Through the
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checkoff, each producer contributes
one dollar for each head of cattle
sold. The funds arc used for
research, education and marketing at
the suite and national levels The
results have been outstanding
Checkoff-funded programs arc a
driving force in repositioning beef in
our changing society
June 27. 1989, marks the 1,000th
day o f the national beef checkoff
program- I.(XX) days o f solid pro
gress in the beef industry The result
is a better, more nutritious product
for consumers and improved pro
(liability for the biggest single sec
lor o f the agriculture economy
Sincerely.
Reid Johnson. Chairman
Oregon Beef Council
Wallowa. OR
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To the Editor
We are constantly being told that
SO or 60 percent o f federal las
dollars go to defense This seems to
be in the tradition that if you tell u
lie otten enough, people will believe
it
Ronald Reagan's budget transmit
ted to Congress in January. 1988
asked 26 2 percent of federal outlays
for defense amounts to 5 .9 percent
o f the gross national product for
I9H8. 3 7 percent lot 1989 The
defense budget has gone downhill
since, and the 1990 and 1991
budgets show more sweeping
changes All the serv ices arc intend
cd lo have reductions in manpower
Our troops arc trained with
broomsticks when World War II
started, and died in (he Bataan death
march and on other Pacific Islands
because we had not heeded George
Washington's advice If you want
peace, prepare for war
I h»>pc today's pacifists saw Com
munism in action in China Many do
not remember the Russian tanks and
the bloodshed
in H ungary.
Czechoslovakia, etc when they
wanted a little freedom The Berlin
wall is still there, and we trust a
smiling Gorbachev at our peril
Sincerely,
<s| Joyce Pahlkc
761-6565
13811 S E Foster
Portland. OR
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TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED BEFORE
JU NE 27th. They arc available through Vic
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several other Ittcal businesses. Don't miss our on
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Confidence is the bottom line
To the Editor:
Confidence is the biXtom line in
most human transactions Much like
a loan officer expresses confidence
in a loan applicant s ability to repay
by granting a loan, a taxpayer e x
presses confidence in an educational
system by passing a tax levy to
finance the school district budget
Where there is no confidence, there
is no money
I contend that the recurring failure
o f school i>peratmg levies has been
an expression o f “ no confidence " in
the school district The incessant
friction hotween the school board
superintendent, and faculty has
created so much instability in the
system that passage o f an operating
levy seems impossible to conceive
In my mind, a ray o f hope is on
the horizon A movement called
Fresh Start has begun an effort to
remove this pubnactous school hoard
from office It is my hope that a
replacement board will he elected to
fulfill the following agenda
I Agree with MCEA that Ed
Rutledge and Mike Persons have
nnrhinr at stake here except their
personal reputations as fighters Fur
ther agree not to use either for
negotiations
2 Hire a superintendent with the
ability lo promote good will and
good education Mr M cCaslin's
history o f “ no confidence-’ levy
defeats and labor strife indicates to
me (hat be sprinkles sand in the
gears instead o f greasing the bear
mgs o f educational progress
3 Get this district out of the Safety
Net and headed toward the 21st Cen
tury. There arc kids in school now
that will be living iherc
The Fresh Start movement has
altered my confidence level With
high hopes that a new school ad
ministration will be nuking better
use o f my tax dollars. I am going to
sign the recall petition and cast a yes
vote for the June 27th levy attempt
Sincerely,
(si Dean Mason
Boardman
P S My compliments to Dwayne
Carroll for ramrodding the strike-
r-vling agreement through a stub
'y recalcitrant Board
Landowners snubbed by Salem
To the Editor
Landowners, in many cases, have
absolutely no say as to how their
land is to he used lan d conserva
tion and development. LC D C ,
decides all that for us The only
privilege we. rural landowners, are
given under LCDC restrictions, is to
struggle to pay (he taxes on the land,
year after year.
Two bills. Senate Bills 539 and
688. bills designed to give the lan
downer back a fraction o f control,
were scheduled to be debated before
the Senate Agriculture and Natural
Resources Committee on May 25.
1989 m Salem
Many o f us traveled hundreds o f
miles to get there
Senator Dick Springer opened the
discussion and minutes after, conve
niently had to leave
Senator
Fawbush was in and out. in to vote
on the bills he wanted passed, and
conveniently out on the land use
Sheriff’s Report
The S h e riff s office at the ctnir-
thousc in Heppner reports dispat
ching the following business during
the past week
June 13: Morrow County dispat
ched the Heppner ambulance to a
residence in Ixxington to a report of
an unknown illness One male was
transported to Pioneer Memorial
Hospital
June 15: Morrow County deputies
responded to a truck pedestrian
fatality at I>cpoc Road outside o f Ir-
rigon A five year old hoy. Michael
Mcduna, of lm gon was hacked over
by a Sanitary Disposal Truck The
driver was Marlin Reeves, age 35 of
Umatilla The accident is being in
vestigated by the Morrow County
Sheriff's ofTice No citations will he
issued
June 16 Morrow County deputy
responded to a report o f two male
pedestrians on 1 84 between Hwy
730 and Boardman who were en
dangering themselves and traffic
Deputy contacted subjects and situa
tion was resolved
June 17 Morrow County deputy
began investigation of reported theft
of equipment and damage to a field
just outside o f Heppner;
Morrow County deputy arrested
Andrew Lloyd Erickson, 39. lmgon
for Assault IV (Domestic) hrickv>n
was lodged at Benton County Jail;
Morrow County deputy began the
investig jtK>n of a reckless dnv ing in
cident Abel Hernandez Rodriguez.
24, Boardman. was arrested for
Driving Under the Influence of In
toxicants and Failure to Perform
Duties o f a driver
June 18 Morrow County deputy
arrested Jose Juniga Benavides, 32.
Boardman on a Umatilla County
warrant for Failure to Appear Dnv
ing Under the Influence o f Intox
icants Subject was transported lo
Pendleton and turned over to
Umatilla County deputies lor lodg
ing at Umatilla County S h e riffs of
ficc jail;
Morrow County deputy began in
vcstigatHvn of a one vehicle toll over
accident on Upper Willow Creek
Road above the dam There were no
injuries.
Morrow County deputy received
a report o f a theft and began in
vestigation of a burglary in the Ir-
rtgon area Investigation is to
continue.
Morrow Cminty deputy arrested
Daniel Armenia. 21. Hcrmiston for
Driving Under the Influence o f In
toxicants Armenia was arraigned
During the week o f June 12-19.
Morrow County deputies assisted
one disabled motorist
debate Senator Bill Bradbury didn't
bother to show up for anything
Senator Bob Kintigh alone, showed
any interest in our problems
Wrhy was the meeting scheduled if
these S e n a to rs all had prior
commitments’
I feel the meeting was deliberate
ly boycotted by these Senators,
because they don't want to deal with
the concerns o f landowners By
refusing to acknowledge wrong
doing by LCD C. they don't have to
fix it
If these are the kind of represen
tatives we have in Salem, those who
run from problems and ignore the
fact that they exist, why do wc elect
them ’ Hopefully, next election wc
won’t.
Sincerely,
<s) Velma Spores
I 5432 Hwy 62
Eagle Point. OR 97524
(503) 826-7712
Justice Court
The Justice Court office at the
courthouse annex building in Hcpp
ner reports handling the following
business during the past week
Stephen Ray Partlow. Boardman
Driving Under the Influence o f In
toxicants, and Open Container $505
fine, go through alcohol rehahilita
lion program and license suspended
.365 days.
Albert Paul Jewell. Monument No
Vehicle License. Expired Trailer
License, Expired Truck License.
$185 bail forfeited,
William Edward Douglas. Bryte.
CA Improper Passing. $66 hail
forfeited.
David Roy Moss. l^iGrandc
Hunting with Aid of Motor Vehicle.
$87 hail forfeited.
Nancy Lou E kstro m , lonc-
Kxcccding the Maximum Speed, 70
mph in a 55 mph zone, $30 fine.
Tony Kphren. Eugene Hunting
from Public Road, $97 hail forfeited.
Steven A rb o g ast, Heppner
Assault IV , $487 fine, one year
probation
Leadership vs.
Representation
There's a curious anomaly about that
seems to defy explanation We have
been baffled, and have only arrived at
a tentative conclusion that we offer with
trepidation
Property taxes, in Oregon, have
traditionally financed a wide range o f
local government services Schools top
the list with mads, police and fire and
then the collection of minor services
such as parks, transportation and
Bv Ed Glenn
"paperw ork" things in descending
order
In Morrow County. voter support for
schools has been less than oscrwhelm
ing This has the prospect for being our second year in the safety net with
tax levies for 1989 9 0 the same as 1988 89. the same as 1987 88 In that
time, the exist for nearly everything has g«*ne up. so with revenues remaining
(he same, the quantity and quality of the cxlucalional offering must neccvsari
ly go down
Al the same time, property tax levies for the County (roads, police,
"paperw ork" servicesi have gone up significantly to a level among the
highest in the state Three o f our cities have tax rates among the highest
of all cities in the state
Morrow County. espec ially in the cities o f Boardman. lm gon or Hcpp
ner no longer has a 'low ' tax rate, hut rather ranks right up there in terms
of total taxes lev ted compared w ith otlvcr places around ( )rcgon But unlike
the rest o f the state wc do not chose to spend our tax money heavily on
schools and much less on county and city services In Morrow County
we spend pixvportionatcly less on schools and much more on county and
city programs
th a t's the anomaly that's hard to explain Wc know that folks in M or
row County arc a little "d iffe re n t." if you know what I mean, hut that
does not seem to explain why wc assign mads, police and fire protection,
parks and Port districts a mush higher value than do our neighbors in cither
Umatilla or Gilliam Counties, and al the same time assign education much
less value than they do
Tentatively, we think it has to do with leadership leadership rather than
mere representation
It is true that wc elect a County Court. City Councilmcn and School
District Directors to ' 1 represent" us in the conduct of the business o f those
entities But sometimes, no. often, we elect officials that "le a d " us as well
A representative reflects our own opinions, prejudices and attitudes. If
wc think taxes are too high. *> does our representative II wc think wc
have a lot of bad teachers so do our representatives It wc think economic
conditions arc recessionary. so do our representatives The conduct of our
public business by representatives is based t>n our opinums ot the way things
are
A leader, on the other hand, has some vision about how things ought
to he Some idea about where we should be at some point in the future
and how wc’rc going to get there A leader will direct us into the future,
by saying and doing things that make us want to follow willingly The
conduct o f our public business hy leaders is based on their vision o f the
way things ought to he
This difference was most grajvhic this past spring when wc heard a school
director parrot the popularly held opinion that the county economy was
not only in recession, hut on the verge of depression Not a week later,
wc heard the leading county official explain how the economy was im
proving so rapidly that gtxxl times were |ust around the comer Sure enough
the school tax levy was defeated and the county levy passed, on the very
same ballot Wc arc mesmerized when listening to a city mayor explain
why it is necessary to expand city services in order to expand the city tax
base in order to spread the cost of those services That vision leads most
city residents to accept a tax rate much higher than nxist cities.
As I see it. the county and the cities in it have simply outpaced the school
district in leadership They have taken a larger and larger slice o f the pro
perty tax dollar pie while the school district has been relegated to a smaller
and smaller slice 1 rue. the pie has gotten larger, hut there is real resistance
to much further growth in spite of effective leadership
Until a scht*>l leader surfaves. one with a clear vision of the future, the
safety net will have to hold, and the educational opportunity afforded our
vms and daughters will continue to slip
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Marriage License
The C lerk's office at the cour
tfiouse in Heppner reports issuing the
following marriage licenses during
the past week
David Charles Porter. 28. Ix x
ington. and
Susan Marie Wilson Magnus. 28.
Lexington
4-H News
4-H Food Factory
Hv Melissa M cH ligott. Kejairter
The first and second year
members met on June 14 Wc talk
ed about has ing a fit vat and bake sale
on the 4th of July We are to be at
the M C G G elevator in lone at
9 :3 0 a m on July 4th Our next
meeting is on July 3 Then wc will
decorate the float
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