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•’ 4 * . «» » F O U R - Heppner ? . The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow To the Editor: Hard working volunteers are the essence of many activities in this community But sometimes lost in the shuffle, we fail to give thanks to those volunteers who donate long hours In particular I would like to show my appreciation for the horse show committees whose efforts resulted m two very successful horse shows at our fairgrounds recently. Getting donations, acquiring awards and coordinating these events lakes countless hours And without U S P S 24*420 al Hcppoer, Orspuo under the Aft of Marctl 3, I F t . Sartawl daau puM f) paid at Hrppaar, O n * . Oflka W 147 WaU W«au> H trm t Ttfcpta»» iW l * 7 * .« » Addrou ri— w— Irattni la lk> Hup paw t^am a-Tta*«. P.O. Ban 337. Hupp M t. Orrgoa P7US S a lr r lp ttw : 312 la Murrua, Whaudur. C d a a «ad (.raat ( ooatla.. 313 uWwWrr Joycu llu g h n .................................................. Odin Maaagi Un t i K m .... DMrtbutlaa David and April Sykes, Publishers Letters to_t|ie Editor An open letter to Morrow Co voters To the Editor: You will receive a mail in ballot soon, ns urnie folk want to recall me from the School Hoard My response to the allegations against me will he printed on (he ballot Please read it carefully. I stood for election twice, in 1984 and 1988 I never presented myself as anything except what I am--home grown, a family man, interested in kids and schools The voters elected me twice, so I son of thought that is whal they wanted on the Board. I lake my duties seriously. The Hoard elected me Chairman this year, so I figured the other members thought I had enough sense and in tegrity to do that job. too Now cooks a lady whom I have never met She circulates a recall petition against o k and gets it on the ballot Consequently, you now have to vote whether to keep me on the Hoard This recall election is not about me It ii about whether Morrow County Schools will be run by out siders or by your locally elected representatives I would like to stay on the Board If you keep me. I pledge to continue to listen to all affected persons, and to exercise my best judgment about what is best for us. our kids, and our schools Sincerely, (s) Bill Doherty Lexington P S Another Board member will also be on the ballot If the recall proponents can name someone big enough or good enough to fill Mar cia Kemp’s spot on the Board. I would sure like to see them get out front with that name P P S Don’t you just love a guy who files a silly lawsuit against School Board members and then writes a 920 word newspaper col umn railing against people who file spurious lawsuits? r* ’ • *’ / 1 - j*» i ■ * ■ - J H g* *•» r . k j} ,r._ PANCAKE BREAKFAST Saturday, August 19 7 to 11 a.m. Heppner City Park TO BENEFIT HEPPNER DAY CARE CENTER B e e f B B Q D in n e r 4 :0 0 - 7:0 0 p .m . - S a t., A u g . 19th ' MENU •Pit BBO Beef «Baked Beane «Coleslaw «Baked Potatoes •Garlic Bread «Hot A Cold Beverages «Ice Cream Adults - *7 **—Children 6-12 - *3**-Seniors - *6 " y ■ COAST-to-COAST 1 SAYS j GOOD LUCK | T '■ 1 / < * - 1989 Morrow County Fair j and Rodeo Contestants I Coast to Coast We Can Help You! , HEPPNER . *( * », •; ' I* I I * more accurate means of allocating grazing resources among deer, elk and cattle. 2) To learn how elk and deer react to timber management practices 3) To gain more knowledge of how elk react to roads and vehicular (raffle. 4) To test the relationship of hull elk to herd recruitment The Starkey project is one that we will certainly he hearing about in the coming ten years I welcome the ac cumulation of factual information resulting from this project It is a very worthwhile study that will help us find better methods to manage our natural resources and work toward the sensible and practical goal of multi use forests As Oregon citizens we can all be winners Sincerely, (s) Eugene "G ene" D Timms State Senator District #30 Births Jo rdan Robert VYhitakrr-a son. Jordan, was born August 9. 1989 to Joe and Teresa (Skow) Whitaker of Redmond at Central Oregon District Hospital in Redmond The baby weighed 10 lbs 8 ozs and was 23 in. long Grandparents are John and Ann Skow, Heppner and Elbert and Wini. Whitaker, Redmond Great grandparents ar: Bill and la>renc Ary. Stiglcr, OK.. Francis Whitaker. Redmond and Elmer and Marge Whitaker. Talent The baby joins one brother, Jacob. I yr. at home Chamber Chatter By Claudia Hugh«« Chamber Manager Shooting stars, falling stars, dim stars, bright stars, large stars, small stars .. they’re all sparkling this week' When events go on in our small community everybody wears nunentus hats and we hope none of the "Stars on Parade" hum out' Thursday will find Chamber members at the fairgrounds enjoying lunch and a jazy amccrt Remember to play a little bingo while you’re at the fairgrounds from 3-5 daily Next week it’s back to regular Chamber business with speaker Christy Jellum from the American Cancer Society Reports will be given on various meetings held this week prison. NCOTC. Town and Country. Scenic Byway and any other burning issues rhai conK to mind See you at the fair! TH O U G H T FOR THE WEEK "You'll never he famous for what you were going to do " .. • ■ LcAnn Quigley and Darin WVhman were married in Hillsboro on March 18 and now reside in Beaverton. f-Uf'y J l • >**■*»* J*' " i ‘ H» 'W I ' ■</ • * ■ * • ' 1 » * *2 ‘ - * ■ • * v V * îV V , > f; ’ ’ ' ■ t r i - V' V, ,-Vp 5 ' * V’ Y * f M t\ . • « ■ * Y * > • T r On August 24th at 6:30 P.M. at the Heppner office of Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative, Inc. an informa tional meeting to discuss upcoming rate increases will be held. Members of CBEC interested in becoming active in the rate process are invited to attend ' ; • . yt ; > > ’*■• "V.'* ■ * w ■ It's Fair Time! What a week of the year County ‘it Fair Week A county fair, especially the way they do it in Heppoer. is one of the mo« cohesive forces in our society Oh to be sure, it is a time to show off the fatted calf, the new brood sow and Mom's pickles For some of us the fair is nostalgic We had chickens just like that on the farm when I was a hoy. and I haven't been around them at all in thirty years or so A tnp through the livestock barn is a real journey into yesteryear Born on a farm in Wallowa County. I tended cattle, sheep, hogs, chickens, rabbits and the faithful old saddle horse al one time or another as I grew up We've been away from livestock since college days but it's «ill a treat to sirnfl^ through the livestock bams and regale the children, who have no such perience themselves, about the trials and tribulations of growing up a go-for-broke stump ranch in the high country The crop exhibits prompt the «ones about how my grandfather brought! the fir« steam tractor to Wallowa County and coupled to an early steel sided thrashing machine used it to thrash wheat for most of the neighbors around (The kids have heard it before) The garden crops remind me of* the hiHirs and hours I used to spend on my knees weeding row after row.'| of my Mother's garden And of the neat lines of filled fruit jars I usashg to arrange in the cellar The cellar was sort of my own early domains I earned the freshly canned jars, and the jxxatnes. onions, carrots, and garlic to the cellar as the harvest came in the fall The tomatoes went on this side, the beans on that The peaches went on a shelf just eye ball high because they were the eas to look at I braided onions and hung them from the ceiling and carefully cleaned the potato bin so the new crop would keep as long as possible.ja Then it was up to me to keep the kerosene lantern lit on cold nights dur j mg the winter, and to fetch for mom the jars of fruit and vegetables she needed to keep the table loaded for a family of seven Look kids, there’s some home canned pickles just the way my MotheHl used to make' My children are good sports about it They probably wish ’ od they were somewhere else hut they stood fast and listened to an<Hher tale about making pickles My grandmother would spend hours and hours with one kind of needle or another When we found the quilts on display. I had to tell the children that this one was quilted just like the ones that Grandmother used to dojn over at the Indies Aid House And Grandmother would do crochet anil J knitting too See this stitch right here, she taught me to knit one winter, j., I couldn't do anythig fancy like this, but ytmr old Dad can knit They were polite but n«>t impressed Any good fair has a parade and rodeo! Every kid, including me and fxxh my children enjoy a parade We’ve had to watch instead of parade the jiast couple of years, but we’re working on o f BULA and planning something even better The kids heard again about Ross Dollarhide and how Uncle Dave was a pick-up man al Chief Joseph Days years ago They’d heard that before And they’d heard about the old buckskin saddlchorsc that stepped on rny foot and the more I yelled, the more steadfast he stood But I told ’em again ju« as they turned out the first saddle bronc Then there’s the food. Cotton Candy and popcorn and hotdogs washed down with fresh lemonade There’s the barbecued lamb and the baked jsolatoes and fresh com on the cob And more soda pop that anyone ou I to drink in a whole year But the most important part of a fair is not the herd sire, the pickled l<ppers. the clowns and the roman riders The most important part i people The old friends you meet Some of those old friends I hadn't since last fairand though I’d vowed to look them up before next fair, I knew I wouldn’t. And the new people you meet The fair’s a great place to meet people I think we’re all a little more friendly at the fair, it makes meeting new people and talking with them a lot easier And every kind of person ahvt can be found at the fair Bankers, merchants, farmers, loggers, tourists, beggars, cowboys, gamblers, old women, young kids, college professors and high school dropouts Everybody goes to the fair And they ’re all so pleasant and happy and full of promise Thai’s the neat thing about folks at the fair, they’re all having a good time and none arc hell-bent on spoiling someone else’s good time Well, as I see it. a fair is the most cohesive force in our society It bring* together all manner of folks, who have or have done all manner of things* J they want to show off And some of them, like me. arc anxious to look (I’m not sure I’m succeeding in conveying the desire to my children hut I’m trying ) Fairgocrs arc happy folks, anxious to share a part of their lives with each other, mostly pleasant parts, and full of hope and promise for a bright future I’d like a fair that goes on all year > it The la rg e s t re s ta u ra n t c h a in is M c D o n a ld ’s C o rp B e g in n in g as a h a m b u rg e r s ta n d in 1965. i t ’s sales to d a y su rp a ss 311 b illio n C o u rt S tro o i M a rk e t P e p si • CHECK CUR EVERYDAY LOW PRICES WHERE YOUR DOLLAR MAKES MORE CENTS p H . I l «X . c a n s Heinz Squeeze Bottle T om ato K etsup NOTICE OF MEETING . ■ t Diet & Caffeine Frt*t* Diet p lu s a * p . 1 : I t’s Fair Time Correction *1«, r; , ^ « . » m * - ? y : • I The Morrow County Justice Court departnKnt in the courthouse annex in Heppner reports handling the following business during the past week: David Lee, Sitton, I-’ossil-l»g Overload, $220 fine, Clifton Wayne Tccman, Milton Freewater Excessive Noise, $31 hail forfeited, LcRoy Keith Rea. lone-illegal Backing. $17 fine. Randy Rac Smith. Heppner-No Operator 1.ícense, $24 fine, Corey S Loveland. Pilot Rock Violation of the Basic Rule, 41 mph in a 25 mph zone, $4f> fine, Harold White. Jr . Rainier. No Helmet. $31 bail forfeited. l.yle Robert Davidson, l-aGnwdc Leaking Sifting l>oad. $66 bail forfeited, John Ekstrom, lone Maintain Dog as a Public Nuisance, $17 fine • •« ’ » r * \ i f 676-9961 Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner reports admitting and discharging the following patients during the past week: Randy H ughes, Lexington- admitted August 1, discharged August 3; John Penne admitted August 3, discharged August 7; Faith Reid admitted August 8, discharged August 10; Lincoln Nash. Heppner admitted August 10, discharged August 13. Patients still receiving care as of press time were Chris Lewis, Heppner admitted August 14 Justice Court Report____ All Saints Episcopal Church - Corner ol Church t Sale Sts. rsr the efforts of secretaries working quietly behind the scenes these events would not be possible These two horse shows have pro gressively improved each year as shown by the work of these people And for those who find fault with those volunteer efforts. I think that those people should evaluate their own contribution and the con tnhution of those who continue to serve. Sincerely, (s) Mcrlyn Robinson Hospital Notes The Clerk’s office at the cour thouse in Heppner reports issuing the following marriage licenses during the past week: Sco« Richard Sherer. 29. lone and Shera le e Hopper. 19. lone, Thomas Allen Hamnian. 23, Heppner and Valynda Lctrcce Hager, 19. Heppner Sponsored by Heppner Masonic Lodge No 69 r To the Editor: As State Senator representing over one-third of the land mass of this «ale. I was recently given the oppor tunity to join the State Department of Forestry in a tour of the much publicized Starkey Project I would like to share my reflections on the lour with the people of Eastern Oregon In its first year of study, the pro ject has already produced some very valuable in form ation. It has demonstrated that in many cases there is not direct competition bet ween elk and cattle for grazing In formation has also been developed showing that controlled cattle graz ing in reparian areas can meet, and even enhance, resource goals The goals of the Starkey Ex perimental Forest program are as follows: I) To attempt to develop new. Marriage License Adults - S3 • Children Under 12 - S1.50 \ . * /* • ■ . . . ' y ■ • We can all be winners! M ark Stnutkun Gall Paptnrau . . \F '■ ■ . —xflK i Eval luate your contribution GAZETTE-TIMES i .7 ¿ ' W edacaday, Aucuat lé . I M orrow C ounty’• Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper r. r. • f Ì ■ •• ; ‘x <* r . , INkNÊPiilttOMMfeMi V U • • » — ■ ' 20 * l 4 9 , 0/ W estern Family ( (H )kies 89V 1 4 oz pkg W estern Family Frozen L em onade Boneless 5 1st 4 re*, or Pmk W estern Family T h in L u n c h M e a t Round Steak 2 . 5 oz IM r 9 * ea 89* G round B eef Beef T ip R o a st to g C a r r o t s 1 ib H e r m is t o n W a t e r m e lo n Fresh P o ta t o e s Corn 6 Ears H r 99 5 lb bag 15V 11V •P * Prices Good August 16 j_21_____________ \ h O P E N 7 D A Y S A W E E K - 7 A M . - 6 P .M . C ourt M IN C ourt Heppner M arket 676-9643 ■;
