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fO l'R - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 25, 1990 The Morrow County Sheriff s of fice at the courthouse in Heppner O N PA reports dispatching the following in = = = «= = The Heppner cidents during the past week: April 17: Morrow County depu ty responded to the Irrigon area for Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper a report of a vehicle that had ran Through bus lights while the bus was U S P S 240-420 Published every Wednesday and entered as second-class matter at the Post Office unloading children; at Heppner. Oregon under the Act of March 3, 187«. Second class postage paid Morrow County deputy respond at Heppner, Oregon. Office at 147 West Willow Street. Telephone (503) 676-9228. ed to the Irrigon area for a dog pro Address communications to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. Bo* 337, Hepp blem. Investigations are continuing. ner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $12 in Morrow. Wheeler, Gilliam and Grant April 18: Morrow County deputy Counties; $23 elsewhere. responded to investigate a report of Joyce H ughes........................................................... Office Manager. Typesetting April Sykes .......................................................................................... News Editor a possible attempted abduction in Ir Beth Rafferty........................................................................ Graphics Department rigon. Call was unfounded; Becky Evans ........................................................................ Graphics Department Morrow County Sheriffs office Monique P a rr e t.................................................................................... Distribution dispatched the Condon fire depart Kay Rene Q ualls.......................................................................................... Bindery ment to Hwy 19, six miles S. Condon for a brush fire. Call was a David and April Sykes, Publishers controlled burn under control. Morrow County deputy respond ed to the Boardman area for a report of found property. Owner was contacted; Morrow County deputy respond ed to Pauls in Irrigon for an animal To the Editor: they have caused. problem. A recent article in the Gazette- Does this mean that our young April 19: Morrow County Times stated that some students of people have no idea about authori Sheriffs office dispatched the Con Heppner High School, while on a ty. and that they don’t realize that don ambulance to a residence for a school activity, attacked and damag teachers, liked or not. are in charge? 70 year old male with an unknown ed private property, in the form of Our community needs to support illness. There was no transport; a car. its institutions and those who are in Morrow County deputy respond A most appalling happening. It positions of responsibility. ed to the Irrigon area for a report of could mean these young people are Sincerely, a missing five year old. Child was lost to society, unless they are made (s) Don Peterson later located; and are willing to admit fault and Box H Morrow County deputy respond give full restitution for the damages lone. OR 97843 ed to the Irrigon area for an animal problem; Morrow County Sheriff s office dispatched the EMT’s to a business To the Editor: in lone. Subject was transported to are too busy playing to want TV.) Heppner Day Care Board of Pioneer Memorial Hospital by a At 10:30 a m. a program on Disney Directors would like to congratulate private vehicle; called “ You and Me Kid” was Paula and Philip Spicer-Kuhn on Morrow County deputy respond scheduled. And. at 4 p.m. Sesame winning their “ no television for a ed to the Irrigon area for a report of Street is available. Director. Kathy year” bet. We would also like to harrassment. Tellechea. assisted Paula and Philip thank the staff of Heppner Day Care April 20: Morrow County by turning off TV at 8:30 a.m. when for assisting them. Sheriffs office responded to attempt they arrived. She also eliminated the to locate a male subject on the Col Contrary to popular belief, very 10:30 a.m. Disney program. little television is available at Hepp umbia River to deliver an emergen Heppner Day Care is a profes cy message. Subject was located and ner Day Care. In the Gazette-Times sional child care facility dedicated to news article about Paula and Philip message relayed; providing quality, loving, and most a quote stated that the children's Morrow County deputy respond importantly educational care. Many most difficult time was at day care. ed to assist Heppner Police depart different resources are used, in This insinuates that too much TV is ment investigate an alarm sounding cluding the television. But, the TV watched at Heppner Day Care. This in the Heppner area. is not used as a babysitter. is not true. April 21: M orrow County Good job Paula and Philip. Being licensed by the state of Sheriffs office arrested Dallas Oregon, a strict schedule is follow Thank you Kathy and staff for Dwaine Senn, on a Umatilla Police ed. This schedule allows for only helping them and all the work you department warrant for Contempt of two hours of TV during the hours of do to help all the children. Court/Careless. Senn posted bail and 9 a m. and 5 p.m. From opening at Sincerely, was released; 6:30 a m. til 9 a m. television is (s>,John Murray Morrow County Sheriffs office available if the children wish (most Heppner Day Care Board of dispatched the Arlington ambulance Directors * to the Arlington area for a male who had fallen. There was no transport; Morrow County Sheriffs office dispatched the Heppner Ambulance To the Editor: for a female with unknown injuries. recognize his potential. A great dilemma of our times is Female was transported to Pioneer Dave Frohnmayer is a man of “ Why won’t people of exceptional Memorial Hospital; courage and honor. ability and integrity serve in political Morrow County deputy respond Dave Frohnmayer will not disap office?” ed to the Irrigon area for a complaint point us. The war of harassment by the of trespassing. Deputies were unable Sincerely, media into every detail of a person’s to locate subjects. (s) Bob and Suzanne Jepsen private and business life, biased or April 22: M orrow County Box 36 thoughtless publicity or inconse Sheriff s office responded from the Heppner quential trivia, and demands upon Boardman area to 3 mile canyon to the person's private life are just a investigate the report of a one car few of the reasons. rollover. Call was unfounded; Most fortunately for us we have Morrow County Sheriff s Marine a courageous candidate for governor Deputy responded to Boardman The Clerk's office at the cour in Dave Frohnmayer. Because of his marina to investigate vandalism on thouse in Heppner reports issuing the devotion to his state he is willing to following marriage licenses to John a 28’ cabin cruiser owned by Jay go into the battle. Robinson. Amount of damage was Parker Romano and Grace Marie While we may not agree with each unknown; McElligott on April 17. one of his views we need to look at Morrow County deputy arrested his overall accomplishments and Dennis Allen Winters, 37, of Ir rigon, for Assault IV. Winters posted bail and was released. During the week of April 16 through 22 Morrow County Sheriff s office didn’t have any disabled motorists assists. April 23: Morrow County deputy Saturday, April 28, 1990 assisted Boardman Police depart 10:00 A.M. ment with an arrest for Burglary I, Menacing, and Theft; Rt.2 Box 2384 Heppner Morrow County deputy respond ed to Irrigon for report of vandalism. Hinton Creek Body Shop Wires were cut on a sprinkler system. Amount of damage was Tools Books Cookware Girls clothing Dresses unknown; Lots o f good buys Morrow County deputy respond ♦ ed to the Port of Morrow container Susan Hansen and Alice Vance yard and began investigation of reported vandalism /crim inal n rm i n rm l r mischief. Amount of damage was unknown at this time. GAZETTE-TIM ES Letters to the Editor Students need to respect authority TV not a babysitter For Frohnmayer Marriage Licenses SPRING CLEANING GARAGE SALE I TO < ( In Stock Now There’s a giant fervor brewing among the potato plant employees over a new piece of legislation that denies them unemployment benefits during a week long plant shut down last Christmas. It seems the legislature decided that an employee should not receive unemployment benefits when they were also receiving vacation pay. “ Double dippers” they called them. When the Employment Division read the legislation, they thought it said “ no benefits if vacation pay is due. ’ ’ Poten tial double dippers. So if an employee had accrued vacation pay when the plant went down for a week, he didn’t get unemployment benefits whether he took that vacation pay or not. And that’s what’s got the dippers, single and double alike, in an uproar There really is some kind of disruption to a wage earner’s life style when he finds himself out of work. The whole idea of unemployment insurance was to soften the financial hardship while the employee finds a new job. It is just too much to expect a person to save a little nest egg against that possibility. But then the idea has reached, like the tentacles of an octopus, to workers in occupations that, by their very nature, do not extend the year around. Some jobs are simply not 52-week-a-year jobs. Sheepshearers, for example, work pretty hard beginning in January in Texas and migrating north to Canada by June. Then they have a long, leisurely and unemployed trip back for the next year. That’s not unemploy ment, just the nature of the job. School teachers sign a 190 day contract with a week off at Christmas, spring vacation and a long summer. Many elect to draw their pay over 12 months but, they too do not have a 52-week-a-year job. Many other kinds of workers don’t work year around. Nearly all of them recognize that fact when the pay rate is set. Hourly rates for heavy con struction labor seem high when compared with similar steady work but at the year end, when periods between jobs are figured, the annual pay is about the same. So what’s the flap over anyway? As I see it, its the spread of disease. The ' ’something for nothing” disease that promises to entirely engulf our economic system. The folks who won’t buy at all unless it’s on sale have some early symptoms. The farmer who gets paid for not growing anything has it bad. Hired workers are getting it all over the country. In addition to a paycheck, they’re demanding vacation pay, sick leave, floating holidays, health insurance, life insurance, babysitting service and the list goes on and on. Nobody wants to simply take care of themselves anymore. I wonder how the readers of this newspaper would react to an increase in subscription rates to cover the news that isn’t printed. Maybe a little break could be made for the advertisers whose ads are not published. Maybe the boss would pay me not to write this little column. How about that, next week this space will just be blank and the check will keep on coming. I like to think that what I do sometimes has value. Conversely, what I don’t do isn’t worth a thing. I should get paid for what I do. And I honestly can’t think of a single reason that would justify anybody paying me for what I don’t do. Not even once. I’d be plumb ashamed to ask for “ benefits” when the plant is down and then take “ pay” when it’s up and running and I wasn’t even there. Chamber Chatter By Claudia Hughes, Chamber Manager “ Do you get bored working for Chamber?” someone recently ask ed. Get bored. I can't think of many jobs with such variety and challenge. There never seems to be enough hours in my day. For instance, cur rently I'm trying to get mailings off to Big Lake, Alaska; Alpine, California; Yellow Pine, Idaho; Pitt sburgh, Pennsylvania; and tourist centers of Portland, Bend. Grant County. Klamath Falls, Portland, Eugene, Corvallis, and Bay area Chamber of Commerce. Many of the above want brochures, others want to know everything I can tell them about Heppner, as they would like to move here; and one is looking for harmonica playerss. (If there are any harmonica players who would like to participate in a harmonica contest in Yellow Pine, Idaho, stop by the Chamber office for information.) What else? Welcome packets need to be put together. Blue Mt. Scenic Byway display needs to be assembl ed for the May 12 dedication, membership plaques, welcome signs. State Fair booth, and a brochure rack are on the drawing board; Cycle Oregon III coordinator meeting is set for Sisters in May; it’s time for the Chamber membership drive; St. Patrick’s meeting; pro grams need to be scheduled, etc. Bored....not in this life. Mark your calendars: May I-Chamber board and business meeting; 8-Bob Mahoney and Don Cole on our school funding; 15-Port of Morrow-Gary Neal; and more “ Downunder” with Cliff Green on the 22nd. Thought for the week: “ Dif ficulties in life are intended to make us better not bitter.” w w w W W W W The Princess House Collection” Crystal, Qxenware, & Collectables For more information and orders call: Barbara Van Arsdale 989 8549 Saturday, April 28th 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Lexington City Hall Lexington Garden Bugs * F e a tu rin g an n u als, p e re n n ials, b ak ed g o o d s, w hite elep h an ts, ra sp b e rry p la n ts, sh ru b s, etc. Justice Court Report Ad sponsored by MCGG The Justice Court office at the courthouse annex in Heppner reports handling the following business dur ing the past week: Robert Joseph Talley, 22, Hcppner-No Operator’s License. $63 fine; Ron Schwarz, Heppner-Unlawful Possession of Firearm, $222 fine; John W. Moyer, Heppner-two counts of Theft of Services, $301, 180 days in jail (180 days in jail suspended) no further violation of laws. 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The funeral was April 24 in the chapel at Bums Mortuary in Her- miston. Burial followed at the Ir rigon Cemetery. Mr. Smith was bom Nov. 4, 1922, in Nebraska City, Neb. He came to Irrigon 18 years ago. Mr. Smith was the owner/operator of Smith Plumbing in Irrigon. He served in the U.S. Army dur ing World War II and the Korean Conflict. Mr. Smith enjoyed fishing and hunting. He married Jo An Breeding on Jan. 8. 1955 at Lexington. Survivors include his wife, at the home; a son, Oscar of Irrigon; a daughter Lola Humphreys of Ir rigon; brothers, Delbert, Fred and Robert, all of Glide, and Jerry of Mount Lake Terrace. Wash.; sisters, Betty Jackson in Texas and Eleanor Meagher of Brownsville, and five grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to a charity of choice directly or through Bums Mortuary in Hermiston. to Willow and Rhea Creek OPEN Saturday Something For Nothing Floyd Dean Smith f* Now You Can Fish! 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