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Let’s get bureaucrats out of agriculture
The Official Newspaper of the
City of Heppner and the
County of Morrow
The Heppner
To the Editor
Many of you have enjoyed the Big
Boy tomato and other products,
which Marieluise Eager bred for the
Burpee Seed Company Marieluise,
an accomplished horticulturist, was
recently denied the right to develop
her 5.4 acre parcel in a general
agriculture zone to produce high
value nursery stock Why? Because
the bureaucrats in the State land
Conservation and Development
Commission believe that they know
better than Marieluise and other
family farmers what is best for
Oregon agriculture.
Why is the LCDC so powerful -1
Because of the small. richly funded
lobbying group called the 1000
Friends of Oregon The real
benefactors of its efforts arc the large
corporations which can acquire
small parcels at dirt cheap prices
because small farmers cannot afford
lo tight m the voiins tor their rights
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David and April "Sykes, Publishers
Letters to the Editor
Heppner Police
Report
Ripped off by dual status
To the Editor
The state of Washington has just
liencd our vacation cabin in that stale
for S17,3t>4 18, and we feel we have
heen “ ripped off,” here’s why.
We retired and sold our Portland
home in 1982. and since then we
have heen living in our RV and
“ following the sun,” except for
short periods each summer spent at
our cabin near C athlam et,
Washington We still call Oregon
our “ home base" and our vehicles
arc licensed in Oregon Between us,
we have lived in the state of Oregon
for 91 years, and thought we were
residents of one state
However, the stale of Washington
assigned us a “ dual residency''
status and assessed use and excise
taxes on our RV and other vehicles
Until now. we had never heard of a
"dual residency " status, and c'ertam
ly would not have bought property
in the state if known
The lien placed on our cabin by
the state of Washington, will be
satisfied from escrow, when the sale
is closed We feel this money should
he used to post “ dual residency“
signs at the state line, or better yet.
return it.
(si Howard Adkins
Lillian G. Adkins
11015 SW 62nd
Portland. OR 97219
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Sheriff’s Report
The Heppner Police department
reports handling the following
business during the past week
Nov 20 8 27 a m Motorist
Assist. 12:47 p m report of Attemp
ted Burglary
Nov 21 6 p m Motorist Assist
Nov 22 12:39 a m request of-
tk o r
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a m report of Hit and Run
Nos 25: 2 07 p m citation issued
Open Container
Nov 26 2 20 a m. report of
Theft. 2 50 a m assist Morrow
County Sheriffs department. 5 53
p m.-citation issued for Driving
While Suspended. 10 14 p m report
of Suspicious Peru>n
Nov 27 7 23 p m -M otorist
Assist. 8:37 p m -assist Morrow
County Sheriffs department
Nov. 28: 8:36 a m-Courteous
Driver Award to Jennifer Curnn;
11 59 a m Funeral Escort
Nov 29 1:19 a m assist Wheeler
County Sheriff s department
Nov 30: 1 1 1 5 a m -assist Court.
10:55 p m -request officer for
Security Check
Dec I: 137 a m -false alarm.
9 59 p m report of Suspicious Ptr
son. 4 32 p m assist Morrow Coun
ty Sheriffs dept . 10:27 -citation
issued for Illegal ’U ’ Turn.
Dec. 2: I 14 a m Motorist
Assist, 3:13 am .-D og Citation
Issued; 7:53 a m. Motorist Assist,
10:59 a m -Accident. 12.20 p m,-
citation issued for Dm ing Under the
Influence of Intoxicants and Hit and
Run issued. 7:50 p m request of-
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S o urn s
C heck,
10 47
p m -citation issued for Illegal
Backing
Dec 3 2:26 a m report of Eight.
8 56 p m assist Morn»w County
Sheriffs department
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Pvt. Jam es I). Putm an has
graduated from the U S. Air Force
cable and antenna system installation
and maintenance specialist course at
Sheppard Air Force Base. Texas
During the course, students were
taught pole climbing, fundamentals
of electrical current, outside power
plant con struct Kin. and to install, test
and maintain antenna 4hd cable
systems They also earned credits
toward an associate degree through
the Community College ot the Air
Force.
Putman is the son ot Mr ami Mrs
Douglas J Putman, Irrigon
His wife, Sandi is the daughter of
Pat Wright of lexington
The private is a 1986 graduate of
Riverside High School, Boardman
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The ultimate lasers will he you. the
consumer, when food and fiber
prices skyrocket as the competitive
family fanner is driven out Is it any
surptae that the name of Roc kefeller
appears among the directors of the
American Farmland Trust, the na
tiorul equivalent of I0U0 Friends’
As a state employee I just had the
opportunity to make a contribution
to 1000 Friends and other political
lobbies in Neil Goldschmidt's Com
bined Charitable Contribution Pro
gram I wrote across my pledge card
that I will not contribute until all
political lobbies arc purged from this
.program I recommend that all state
employees do the same or withdraw
your pledge if you have already suK
nutted it Let'» get bureaucrats out
of agriculture and politicians out of
charitable contribution campaigns
(si Walt Eager
3500 NW Glcnndgc
Corvallis. OR 97330
The Sheriff s department at the
courthouse in Heppner reports
dispatching the following business
during the past week
Nov
27
Morrow C ounty
S heriffs office investigated an
animal problem in Lexington Call
was unfounded.
Morrow County Sheriff s office
requested an ambulance to a
residence in Fossil for a female w ith
unknown injuries
Nov
28
M orrow C ounty
S h eriffs office dispatched the
Boardman ambulance for a female
with unknown injuries Subject was
transported to Good Shepherd
Hospital;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
dispatched the Boardman ambulance
to an accident on Hwy 730 There
were no injuries;
M orrow C ounty deputy in
vestigated a one vehicle accident on
Bombing Range Road.
Morrow County Sheriff s office
responded to the Boardman area for
a report of some shooting in the area
Investigations are pending
Nov
29
M orrow C ounty
Sheriff s office dispatched the Arl
ington ambulance for a 72 year old
female with unknown injuries Sub
ject was transported to Good
Shepherd Hospital
Nov 30 Morrow County deputy
responded to the Ash Ranch on Rip-
pee Road in Boardman, to in
vestigatc the report of theft of hay.
No further action was taken;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
responded to investigate a possible
theft at Rod s Market
Dec I ; Morrow County Sheriff s
office dispatched the Fossil am
hulance for a transport to The
Dalles
Dec 2: Morrow County deputy
responded to the westhnind rest area
m Boardman for a disturbance but
were unable lo locate disturbance
Dec 4 Morrow County Sheriff %
office dispatched deputy to a disabl
ed motorist on Hwy 730 Motorist
had a fiat tire.
During the week of Nov 26
through December 4, Morrow
County deputies assisted three
disabled motorists
Justice Court
Report
The Justice Court office at the
courthouse annex in Heppner reports
handling the following business dur
ing the (vast week
Rusty Jake R odriguez, 22,
Heppner Violation of Road Closure.
S90 fine
Coast to Goast.
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The recent Oregon Supreme Court
decision on the critical ground water
case in only a precursor of things to
come In our lifetime, water will he
available only by government edict
The old rule, dating hack to ter
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rito rial tim e, was sim ple and
straightforward He who makes first
beneficial use has priority That 'first
in time, first in right' rule does some
injustice to that segment of our society
who believes “ there ought to be a
law
Folks who believe that govern
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winning control over our water
The idea that the first farmer to irrigate out of a stream would he able
to continue to do so. even as to some johnny come lately, was comforting
to our pioneer ancestors Water, in the arid West, and in the desert of
Oregon, is truly a scarce commodity There must he some scheme lo
alKvatc it among the larger demand. ‘First in time, first in right' is just
that scheme.
Recent years hasc seen inc reasing pressure on the legislature to change
the rules This pressure docs not come from the johnny come lately s who
arc not served by the old rule Rather it comes from preservationists in
the water abundant western pari of the state
The persuasive argument is that in the water scarce desert, water is gobbl
ed up by those use make private, free enterprise use of it and none is left
for the “ public" uses such as minimum stream flows, fishing and other
recreational uses To assure water for those uses, the argument goes, it
is necessary to junk the old rule entirely and put government in control
of allocating all the water The argument presumes (and we think correct
ly so) that government bureaucrats will he responsive to the preservationist
demands for allocation and will not favor free-enterprise beneficial use
The old rule has not disappeared entirely, only going away bit by bit
The scenic and wild river programs (both stale and federal) put significant
limits on existing water rights Minimum stream flow and 'critical ground
water' designations chip away at the right of land owners to put water lo
heneificial use
The Ntftom line of the recent Supreme Court dec ision is that the govern
men! may now limit a farmer's right to pump water from a well on his
own land without regard to any other use. any benefit or any other factor
which might justify the limit Hie government's power over ground water
is now absolute.
As I see it. it is truly ironic that nightly we sec millions of Eastern Euro-
peans clamoring for freedom, demanding to he free from governmental
oppression And we applaud that revolt, cheering on their desire to he more
like us But at the same time wc allow our own legislators and bureaucrats
to march us down that same path lo maximum governmental control, even
to oppression
Will it come full circle 1 Will we allow our Oregon legislature to pass
more and more laws, and our agencies to adopt more and more ad
ministrative rules so that our children or grandchildren will inarch in the
streets some day. demanding the freedom we have let slip away? Will
Eastern Europeans s o u k day watch us demand the total overthrow of our
oppression and cheer us on?
(Eihtor '.t note the Oregon Sufireme Court recently ufsheld a Mate order
lo limit imitation across 274 square miles of Morrow ami Umatilla nnmties
Holler Creek has heen itftftrosed as Oregon's fifth "critical uroumi water
area. ” This declaration Hives the slate power to set a minimum limit for
pumfnnx from imitation wells.
In its decision, the Supreme Court said state law doesn't sufqiori ir
rotators ' claims that they he allowed to deplete underground water as /ong
as profitsihle < ropi can he grown According to the Court, the law is meant
to ensure "a reasomihlv stable aileqiuite water supply which may he
beneficially used on/s w ithin the capacity o f the asadable resource ")
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