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' Heppner (iaaette-Tim es. H eppner, Oregon W ednesday, Nov em ber 1, H B • THREE Sheriff’s Report The Official Newspaper of the Cuy of Hcppoer arid the Coumv of Morrow .M S I à o n i GAZETTE-TIMES The Heppner Morn»»* ( ounl»‘> Home-Ownrd W w lJ) SrMs|uprr U SPS 24C *X l“uh*Khrd rsc rs H n k m d i* and rn trrrd w «rroad < la u m al Irr M I Kr P m OTTVr •« Heppner ( » r p m under ihr \*1 irf M arch ), I*’’» W u n d I law p>n<a«e paid *1 Heppner I K r r « OfTVr al 14' H n l M ittno Kcrrrt Irtrp h u n r B M W M M A d d rru rnm m unn aOon, Io Ihr H eppnrr U a irltr Tlmrc P .O . h u i VH. Ilc p p M » .O r * |« i m i * SotnerlpCkw* 112 la M om iw . W h rrtrr, (nlUam and l.ra a l C -nm tirv U .I eW where Jo*t* H a |h n ................................. ...............................OfTVe M anager ttpmeXIIng VprH S iln Son ► < 1 it t Gal I hafTrr Rock; h a n t I.eopIVK* Department ................................................................................. I.rapine* llrp a n n trtil Mimkjur Parrot B M tM M Ko Rene l>ull< Hlndrr* David and April Sykes, Publishers Letters to the Editor Attend dog control meeting To the Editor I am writing concerning the pnv hlcm of dogs m the Heppner area Dogs arc running around unsuper vised by their owners anti arc infr ingmg upon the rights of i>ther Citizens If you arc concerned about the dog pri>blem and would like to sec tnm rlh'i"' .henr* *K>n| u nlr-rw attend the meeting at h 4S p m at Kate's Pizza and Pastry on Nov b The more support there ik lor dog control, the more action we ht*pe to receive Sincerely, (s) Samira Van l.icw Hcppncr Support Pioneer Humane Society To the Editor Thanks to newspaper coverage and letters to the editor, the perilous condition of Pioneer Humane Socic ty finances this summer has finally come to the attention of the public The response has been gratifying, our membership has risen from 200 to about 265 rhose memberships ami contributions from certain in divuluals in larger amounts, will enable us to continue humane work through January Our goal is a stable, annually renewing membership of at least 600 individuals a base budget of $500 per month To that eml wc shall con tinue our membership drive At the time wc nearly closed for lack of funds, this summer, we had 44 members who could he counted upon to renew, $9 in the checking account and $5(X) in the emergency account fhe support wc have received, the letters of encouragement, ami the in crease in mem bership give us hope that our volunteers will indeed l i able to continue to serve the public throughout 1940 Eor those who arc supporting our work thank you For those who are postponing or neglecting sending their membership contribution we are n*x tax supported Your donation is tav deductible All involved in the society's work are volunteers l-css than five percent of the thousands of people who ask us to help them, sup port us Don't you believe you should, just in case you need to call us? (s) Rose Homier President Pioneer Humane Society Box '61 Hermiston. OR 478(8 Oct 2b 8:15 p m Request of ficer for Security Check. 8 28 p m Courteous Driver Award given to Jennifer Martin, 1203 p m -citation issued for Dog Complaint. 4 44 p m assist Morrow County Sheriff's office; 7:58 p in Motorist Assist. Oct. 27: 10:39 a m assist Mor row County Sheriffs office Oct. 28 12 lb a m false alarm; 3:2b a nt report of Fight; 7 sx p m. citation issued for Defective Heppner Police The Heppner Police department reports handling the following business during the past week t k i 23 m i a.m W elfare Check; 10 p.m Request officer for Security Check. Oct. 24: 3:30 p m.-Dog Com plaint. 10:40 p m.-Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle Oct 25: 7:35 p.m.-assist City Crew; 8:53 p.m.-citation issued for Dog Complaint. II 15 p m Request officer for Security Check. M o r r o w Equipment. (X-t 29 9:54 a m False Alarm. 5 23 p m Motorist Assist. 7 U p m. Welfare Check FALL MEETING C o u n t> W h e a t l uosilay. \o\«*m lM *r 7 , 1 9 8 9 Heppner Elks Lodge *|{iisiiipss > l«* «* iin tf - 2 I* > I till ll*> l * H appy H our - .» P .M Compliments o f Morrow County (train (irowers *P rim «» K ill IM im rr- H l* > l -.S B " " t‘«pli (This is a $10 dinner subsidized by (W G L ) * tiu«*sl S|»«*ak«*r- l*aul«*lt<* IN I«*, Oregonians for Food & Shelter RSYl* - Extension Office - 676-9642 During the week of October 16-22 Morrow Ct*unt> Sheriffs office assisted one disabled motorist Oct 22 M»*rrow County Sheriffs office arrested Abel Rodriguez Her nandez. 24. Boardman for Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants Hernandez was transported to Ben ton County Jail (Vi 23 Morrow County Sheriff s office was called to the Boardman area to find a vehicle that was heading west hxmd in the east Ixxind lanes Vehicle was unable to locate. Morrow Counts deputy respond cd to the Irvington area to in vestigate a family disturbance com plaint No action was taken Oct. 24 Morrow County deputy responded to a two vehicle accident on Hwy 7 V? in Irngon There were no injuries Citation was issued for failure to yield tVt 2b Morrow County Sheriffs office is investigating a vandalism to a vehicle parked at the school in lone; Morrow County Sheriffs office dispatched the ambulance to a one vehicle accident 4 W miles west of Boardman Ambulance returned with no transport Oct 27 Morrow County Sheriffs office responded to a residence in Hcppncr to investigate an animal problem. Morrow County Sheriffs office responded to a residence in Board nun to investigate a problem with barking dogs. Die Heppner ambulance was call cd to the lone football field for a per son with unknown injuries The par tv declined the ambulance so it was turned bask. fhe Hermiston ambulance was called to respond to Wilson Road in Hoardnun for a patient with unknown injuries <kt 28 Morrow County Sheriffs office is investigating a Motor Vehi cle Accident on Rhea Creek One person was transported to Pioneer Memorial Hospital with unknown injuries by a private vehicle Oct 29 Morrow County Sheriffs office assisted the Oregon State Police department with an animal problem on Highway 730; Morrow County Sheriffs office responded to I aggarrs I rattier Court in Hoardnun lor a report of shots be ing fired Report was unable to be located During the week of Oct 22 29 Morrow Count) Sheriffs deputies assisted »me.motorist Births Kelsey Marie \\olfT-.i daughter. Kelsey Marie was horn to Tom and Karen Wolff in Salem on October ttl, 1489 I'hc hah) weighed 8 Ihs 3 o/s Grand parents are Mr and Mrs Roland Gorham, luGrandc and the late Dr Wolff. Heppner Kelsey joins a sister I m.lsav Kay, 10, of Pampa, Texas Codv Robert Michael Jaques-a son. Cody was born to Kellie Sims and Paul Jaques of Pendleton at St Anthony Hospital on October 2b, 1984 The baby weighed 7 Ihs 8 ozs ( ¡randparents are Rav and Barbara Sims of Pendleton. I C Jaques of New Mexico and Alberta Baker, Heppner Colton Duane Dyer-a son. Col ton Duane, was horn (Vt 17. 1984 to Duane and Brenda Dy er of Hoard- man at (totnl Shepherd Community Hospital in Hermiston The baby weighed b Ihs 12 Vj ozs Megan Ann O rr-a daughter. Megan Ann was born Oct 22. 1484 to Jell and I ana Orr of Heppner at Good Shepherd Com m unity Hospital in Hermiston The baby weighed 7 Ihs II ozs Grandparents arc Raymond and I Vena Reid. Hcppncr, and Gordon < )rr. Prairie Citv Kadi E lizabeth M cKinley-a daughter. Kadi Elizabeth was horn (Vt 22, 1984 to Ross and Brenda McKinley of Boardman at Good Shepherd Community Hospital in Hermiston The hahv weighed 7 Ihs 3 ozs Obituaries A Bad Election Dorothy Leola Barlow Dorothy Leola Harlow of Washougal passed away Oct 19. 1484 at St Joseph Hospital. Van couver. W i al the age of 83 She was horn in lone July 26. 1906 to Benjamin Frank and Ida iPuycan Akers She married Carl Barlow m 1924 They had one son. Jack Mrs Barlow is survived b> three grandchildren Brian Harlow San Diego. Brenda Matson and Traci Barlow. Washougal and one great grandchild. Heather Matson, two sisiers. Bertha of Texas and Inna of Seattle, W i . and several nieces and nephews Her husband and son preceded her in death Graveside service was held Oct 21 at W'ashougal Memorial Cemetery H a ro ld Scritsmier Francis Sitting here on niy desk, umipened. unmarked, not returned is a mail balloi The issue is moot, the election is moo«, the results will be meaningless except to further polarize our community, so the halUx remains untouched I don't intend to write about how ill adv ised it was to call the election in the first place tan election in November on an issue which was decided in (V tober) Nor how pretentious it was to believe that a referendum in Morrow Count) would have any ctlcct at all on a state w ide issue (le t's put the federal budget on the ballot in Morrow Coun tv Maybe we van balance the thing » Nor how our elected representatives were modvaled more bv their own re election ambitions than by their devo tion to the public vers ice wc have already entrusted to them (Imagine the County Court putting up every decision we expect them to make for a popular vote I W hat bothers me more than all those- things is ihc current, popular trend toward increasing vixer participation How often have we heard some political figure decry the low percentage of voter turn out "Only 27 per- ccni of the voters casts ballots on the issue Dial's terrible We must do something to increase that percentage The conventional wisdom is thai an election is better it a high prreen lage of voters participate ami the conserve is also accepted as true an elec tion is had or worse it the percentage ot participation is low Believing that conventional wisdom, many lolks have expended much eltort to in crease ihc percentage ot participation "Get out the vixe." is the buzz word o! the day And these mail ballots are the ultimate in the effort to increase viXcr 'participation It is no longer necessary to lx- present on election day. go to your poling place ami mark a ballot With the mail ballot, vou have to do very little Just wail until it'v delivered to your door, matk it at your Icisuie right in your own home any time over a week or ten days ami then drop it in the mail •\m! it seems that the mail ballot has increased the percentage of v,xer participation Bui has ii improved the qualilv ot the results’ No Probably the quality ot the results has declined It 500 volets would go to the jvolls to vote and it 7«Hi would cast mail ballots shouldn't we ask ourselves why ’ Some, of course, would be out of town on election dav. some are physically infirm, some would have any number of iXher reasons why they simply could not nuke it to the polls on that particular day Most, however, would lx- those tolks who cared so little about the issue or candidate that they would not expend the little hit ot effort required to go to the polls, hut since it was so easy they will cast a mail halhx And on what basis do they make their decision? Whim, emotion, misin formation or perhaps iust one little hit ot information "I like this guy. his first name is the same as ms old uncle " I always vote ‘no.........I don't know this tellow Mv tincome) taxes are loo high " You know the stult that prompts the uninformed, disinterested, casuul vixer It d«x-s rvX appear to me that gmxl government conies from enticing max imum numbers of voters to vote based on their casual whim II they do not base the incentive to go to the polls, their mail in votes may well result in more hail government than we can stand H arold Eranci* S critsm ier. formerly of Heppner, died Oct 13 at his home in Portland He was born November 17. 190S in Portland to Frank Spies and Eliza Prince Scritsmier He lived in the Overtook neighhorhotxl of North Portland as he grew up He attend cd Thompson Gramitur S«.h»>ol and Jefferson High School whcic he played baseball He received a bachelor of science degree in Forestry from Oregon Agricultural College, now OSU in 1428 While at Oregon State, he joined the Phi Signu Kappa fraternity, plavrd baseball and played in nunv in tramural handball ansi swimming competitions He completed aliiK'si Ihree terms of graduate school betore leasing Corvallis to take a logging job as a timber cruiser with the Coos lias Lumber Company in the Co quillc, Powers and Myrtle Point areas In 193b. be received his Oregon professional engineer certification for logging engineering In 1437. Harold moved to the Heppner area to start a sawmill with his brother, l ee He built a log cabin in 14 34 outside Heppner and m arried Patricia Cason in 1444 Their four children were born in Heppner In 1451. the Scritsmier family moved to Portland to live in the family hs>me on North Melrose Drive He built and started arxxher sawmill in the St Johns area After the death of his lather in 14e> 3. he took over the operation of amxhcr lumber operation on N E Die /e ta Nu Chapter ot Beta Portland Highway He was preceded in death by his Sigma Phi and Boardman (ity I wile in 1982 In 198 3, Harold mov cd to Sauvies Island to share a home with his daughter and family He is survived by four children ( I ft s i: O i l John, Beaverton; Jane Brush. Prairie. WA . Jean Wakefield, Beaverton and Sue Wochnick. Portland, five grandchildren. Sean Wakefield, Lindsay and Bccca Wochnick and Jacob and Christian I ront A Rear Scritsmier lits 80 Hi. Nissan PI His last trip to the Heppner area I is! $220 SAI I 1 4 0 was in July, 1483, when he attend ( set of 4 I set only I ed a "C ason" family reunion at the Pat Cutsforth ranch in Lexington His sister in law was Vivian Elder. nieces and nephews were Jim and Patti Prock, Janice and Fritz Cutsforth. Colleen ami Jask Plovh.tr, bX 84 Chev 4x4 PI Barbara Hale. Karen and Pat SH< S H 0 Cutsforth and l^irry and Linda Prock 6 / 6 9123 4 \ ' c • ; • . w » . • -» -V , .. ... » . > f »•' . . . . • # U.. <*.'i - -, ' • * *Y *r a > '» ‘ V. .V • « •• • -! - -.. * • , * * 3 , L * *% • * - 1 • • ,* • • • . ... - - 7 . • ■ ^ u Council sponsored a Halloween pur tv with games and prizes tor aren children on ( Vt 3| •• t ' *a - . - - 4 « 4 * > J S P E C IA L S < ,--*. * • -X V V ^ s' V . 2, »'. e k: X . - N , ; ■•*~c *. Roll Bar ;» w, ' Black Lor '7 ( 84 I mi / u A l.uv b A 7* bed **. », y ^ v; I isl $190 S M I $ l 2 5 d only» I muted to Sim. k on Hand 148 E C enter H eppner All tlx* r will jetr ts in all the ntfht placa-»' C o u rt Str«*«»t Mark«»t CHECK OUR EVERYDAY LOW PRICES WHERE YOUR DOLLAR MAKES MORE CENTS ( iiernvv n h 1 rozenl /y g o 8 inch jx>t (blooming) Holiday Cactus M l.* * , 9 9 *.... Carrots Squirt - Diet Squirt mi ,. p St.irkisl ( hunk lit«* oil water park 6 Soz F rvsh 3 li.» ■ • on Game Hen i.ji 12i>z i a m Reg I 1 9 fresh Sib Bag 49<b Broccoli Reg I ¿9 Tuna Baker 1 f t 6 0 <e.i l iquid T)el»*rg«*nl 22oz Reg 2 09 Ivory 1 9 t b 1st 9 Western I «imily loz Boneless Ramen Noodle Pork Chops 1 l o Bottom Round Assorted Coke Products t X * 12 p.i< k c ,inx i ♦ Hep W estern family I’rrx esM*d Smglrwrnp Reg American Cheese,. SHERRELL CHEVROLET la»w Prices & (Quality Service Eor Over 4(1 Years - v V t .V , * ; - •/;. . ' • • V * * • N r ► % W • * • * » Roast 567-6487 ' r ' » . . . .-*,■* » • X -, • '< » -. jm s u m n m « x « x m t m % u m u % u u w u i Find A Better Price • W e’ll Match It 97838 . ' • Heppner Auto Parts« napai YO U C A N 'T BEAT O U R DEAL H E R M IS TO N ,O R 3-, !'; v Pro Stock Headers Pears PO BOX 209 ' „**** Fender Flares C om ire We Stand Behind Our Motto _ -, t « • « * « • . • x2L* 11 s Y ft*« - - - * '• • • Halloween party held Potatoes i • •V* 1 89 •I***-.« Prices Good November 2nd-6th O PEN 7 DAYS A W EEK - 7 A M - 6 P M. ( ’o iiri Sir«*«»t Mark«*t 111 N Court Heppner 676 -9 64 3 i ,« « ,« « — ■■■««a*x x x x x x ti» x x x x x x x x \\ \ x\x xxxxx x x x w i a * a .‘ m p tfi •9 T . » • * r • - s »
