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The Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
U S P S. 240-420
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at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Second class postage paid
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Letters to the Editor
For Frohnmayer
To the Editor:
Oregon faces many challenges as
we move into the decade of the
I990’s. Included among these are
maintaining O regon's livability
while still generating economic
grow th.
Dave Frohnm ayer,
Republican candidate for governor,
has the qualities necessary to deal
with these challenges.
Dave Frohnmayer is a lifelong
Oregonian, raised in Medford. He
has served in the legislature, as our
current attorney general, and now
seeks the governorship. I am voting
for Dave because 1 believe that he
has the personal characteristics of
leadership and vision, combined
with down-to-earth common sense,
we Oregonians need in a governor.
The crisis in workers’ compensa
tion and the “ spotted owl” con
troversy are but a few of the
challenges facing the state. I’m
voting for Dave Frohnmayer for
governor because I feel that he has
the experience and ability to deal ef
fectively with these problems.
Yours very truly,
(s) Corabelle L. Norene
Box 3006, Rt. 1
Heppner
Frohnmayer a leader
To the Editor:
Five years ago we were the closest
neighbors to an illegal alien called
Bagwahn Shree Rajneesh. We saw
many of our friends and neighbors
literally scared out of their homes by
followers of the Bagwahn.
Because my wife and I dared to
speak against the terrorist tactics tak
ing place in our community, they
stationed armed guards just across
the John Day River, less than 200
yards from our house. They watch
ed us with binoculars by day and
shined high powered spot lights in
our windows at night. (This is
documented by Oregon State Police
records).
But what was really frustrating
was the way many Oregonians said,
“ that’s Antelope’s problem,” and
the way much of the news media
branded us as rednecked radicals
who had the audacity to stand in the
way of progress and the economic
boost the state could receive from the
millions of Ma Annand Sheela
claimed to be spending.
Elected officials counted the less
than 200 votes that the natives in and
around Antelope could muster.
against upwards of 6.000 the Ra-
jneeshees supposedly had. and wrote
us off. That is, all but a hand full of
'em.
Attorney
General
Dave
Frohnmayer listened when no one
else would. He began an investiga
tion. He filed criminal charges and
won. And he did it long before it was
politically popular to stand against
the Rajneesh.
That’s the difference between a
leader and a politician.
To those who were hoodwinked
by the Rajneesh public relations
machine, citizens, media and elected
officials, we forgave you long ago.
But we can’t forget someone like
Dave Frohnmayer who went ahead
and did the job he was elected to do,
in spite of the death threats he
received.
That’s leadership. That’s doing
what’s best for Oregon. That’s just
one of the many reasons Dave
Frohnmayer will make an outstan
ding governor.
(s) Jon Bowerman
Box 45
Antelope, OR 97001
Urges Frohnmayer support
To the Editor:
I would urge people to vote for
Dave Frohnmayer for governor of
Oregon. Dave is an outstanding per
son who will also make an outstan
ding governor.
Dave Frohnmayer has been at
torney general of Oregon for the past
nine years. During his tenure as AG.
he has been a leader in developing
new ways to attack the crime pro
blem, including drugs and child
abuse. He has the broad base of ex
perience to start immediately as
governor and get the job done.
Dave is a devoted family man and
knows the problems and pressures
facing Oregon’s families. He knows
what it will take to make Oregon a
better place for all families.
I would urge you to support Dave
Frohnmayer as the next governor of
Oregon.
Yours very truly,
(s) Hazel Mahoney
Rt. 1 Box 3431
Heppner
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106 E May Ave_______ 676-9961
Fair board questions county
To the Editor:
This letter is to provide public in
formation and to give recognition to
volunteers who freely give year-
around time devoted to the annual
Morrow County Fair and Rodeo.
Also, there are many other dedicated
volunteers who support other ac
tivities that are held at the
fairgrounds.
Funds for financing the fair and
rodeo and the maintenance of these
facilities are primarily provided by
annual apportionment to counties
from the Oregon Racing Commis
sion revenues.
Under State Statute ORS 565.230,
fair boards are granted exclusive
management of fair grounds. And
these boards are charged with the en
tire business, financial management
and other affairs related to the
fairgrounds.
In order that the fairgrounds and
buildings be utilized for pleasure,
recreation and public benefits, fair
boards have the authority for year-
around management. State statutes
clearly preserve the fair board’s
authority against infringement by
other county bodies, including coun
ty courts.
At present, the local facilities are
used by mutual agreement by entities
such as the school district, the Mor
row County Livestock Growers, 4-H
and FFA. pre-school, Little League
and many other private and public
groups. Use of the facilities is also
donated for community events such
as the Pioneer Picnic on Memorial
weekend.
Assistance in cost-savings for
fairgrounds operations, given in the
past, by the county court has been
the use of county equipment, road
improvements, auditing and a por
tion of mailing expenses.
However, within the past year, the
fair board has had to expend time
and lawyer fees to defend its authori
ty in matters of management as
defined by law.
For several months, a dedicated
group o f qualified citizens
volunteered their time to explore the
development of a long-range plan
that could better serve the communi
ty’s needs for athletic purposes as
well as rodeo of the present facilities.
That committee’s findings revealed
that there is not sufficient space for
a desired design that would divide
the fairgrounds into specific areas
for football, baseball and rodeo.
However, without consultation or
approval by the fair board, the Mor-
FREE
row County Court has advertised for
bids on a comprehensive develop
ment plan for the fairgrounds, as
published in the Heppner Gazette,
April 18.
As members of the fair board, we
feel that the county court is again
taking unlawful management deci
sions into their own hands. And the
fair board questions the wisdom of
expending an estimated $15,000 of
taxpayers’ money for this purpose.
Should a major development plan be
instigated, the estimated cost could
ultimately run around $150,000.
Numerous meetings were held
concerning the present antiquated
rodeo field lights that are primarily
used for football. Many organiza
tions expressed interest in helping
with a community project to finance
this need. To expedite matters, the
fair board had the light poles tested
for soundness. This testing and the
reinforcement of one pole was a fair
board expense of about $1.500. And
a professional engineering plan
determined that up-dated lights on
existing poles would provide an ade
quate system.
The cost estimate of $20,000 for
lights and installation is beyond the
fair board resources. And since the
facilities are leased by the school
district for football, etc. it would
behoove school management to take
the lead to secure funding for new
field lights.
The 1990-91 county budget
received voter approval. However
the allowable 6 percent increase in
the county tax base and a projected
drop in the county’s assessed valua
tion are reflected in higher taxes. But
there is no automatic built-in cost-
of-living revenue increases for
businesses and agricultural-based
taxpayers.
The fair board has worked to ac
commodate fair ground users, to up
date the facilities and operate as
frugally as possible. However, it is
the dedication and involvement of
people and organizations throughout
the county that makes the annual fair
and rodeo a successful production
that demonstrates the quality of our
sparsely-populated
county’s
productivity.
Respectively submitted,
(s) Merlyn Robinson
Harold Peck
Rob Meakins
Charles Daly, chairman
Richard Ladd, vice chairman
Not long ago, a mayor friend of mine
accosted me with the challenge “ You
really don’t like government, do you?”
I hadn’t really thought much about
it before, but when I did, I had to
agree, “ No, I really don’t."
You see, I think a human being is
bom to be free. Free to roam like a
lion, to soar like an eagle, to race the
wind like a wild stallion. Man is ill
equipped to live in a cage or be a slave.
Ground zero, to me is absolute freedom
to do as one will.
But unlike any other free thing, man
is unique in two regards.
Man is absolutely ingenious in devis
ing ways to limit and restrict the
freedom of his fellows and relentless
in applying those ways. Somewhere in our make-up there is a great pen
chant for imposing control, limitations and restrictions on our tellow man.
I think that is part of the nature of man, like the drive of a bull elk to
assert control over his herd of cows. Unlike the bull elk, though, is man s
inventiveness is concocting ways to accomplish that desire to control others.
The other part of man’s nature that compounds the equation is his great
complacency in being controlled. You’ll know what I mean when you try
to catch a badger by the hind leg to put him in a cage.
So I see my fellow man with a strong drive to assert control over each
other, including me; and with a weak desire to resist being controlled.
No wonder, then, that organized government came about to satisfy both
drives.
Perhaps some rules are necessary. As we crowd more and more people
into less and less space, some territorial disputes are bound to arise. But
it is our complacency that leads us to demand that government solve all
of our problems, real or perceived. We have lost our own responsibility
for the environment around us and seek to pass it on to the government.
We refuse to seek a solution to every disagreement on our own, and pass
it on to our government.
There is very little of the kick of a badger in us, no flight of an eagle,
no race of the stallion at all.
Quick and eager to respond to our own lethargic passiveness, our govern
ment rises to the occasion and rules, regulates and governs to its heart’s
desire. These are the same ordinary sensible folks who live next door that
when elected to the city council, legislature or congress grow giddy with
the power to control.
Just as there are excesses in our insistent demand for more control of
others, there are excesses in the degree of control asserted. When bring
ing the soaring eagle a little closer to earth, it’s easy to clip its wings too
closely, to hobble the stallion to tightly, to finally pen the badger with death.
I don’t like government because I think it has gone too far in corralling
a free being; a being that does not recognize the limiting affect of the pen
nor is inclined to resist. Unless some of us decry the loss of our freedom
to our own government, we will soon be a world of slaves and masters.
The need for government permits, permission, special dispensation will
become greater and greater, for just a little trot around the fenced pasture.
Soon we’ll each be relegated to a mere box stall and the mere thought
of soaring, racing or roaming will be gone.
St. Jude’s Bike-a-thon is Sunday
By Anne Morter
This Sunday is the St. Jude’s Bike-
a-thon to be held in lone. Proceeds
benefil the St. Jude's Children’s
Research Hospital.
Participants will be grouped into
two categories—“ oldsters” and
“ youngsters” . An “ oldster” is
anyone old and strong enough to ride
from Ruggs to lone, approximately
22 miles. The “ youngsters” will
ride bikes or trikes or just walk on
a course set out within the city limits
of lone.
Registration for the ride will take
place between 12 and 12:30 p.m. in
Enjoyed St. Pat’s Bed Race
To
the
Editor:
We Brosnans enjoyed the St.
Patrick's Day weekend in Heppner.
It was an opportunity to visit among
our families and to see many fellow
Irishmen and “ Irishmen.”
We have learned from our first
bed race experience and know that
we can triumph (if we can talk those
young’ns into running again). Vic
tory will taste so much sweeter.
though, if we see more Morrow
County family contenders, trying
desperately to catch us with their bed
entries. So, we hope some other
pioneer Irish clans will join us next
year.
Thanks for a fine day and excuse
to get together with family and old
friends. It was truly a fine “ Irish”
happening that weekend.
(s) Doris Brosnan
Lottery not stable school funding source
To the Editor:
Recently, there has been a great
deal of debate about the proper use
of Oregon's lottery money. As you
will recall, in November of 1984.
Oregon voters approved an initiative
that established a statewide lottery.
The measure directed that all pro
ceeds from the lottery be used for
economic development.
Many have suggested that we now
redirect the lottery dollars to help
finance Oregon’s public schools.
While this idea sounds attractive,
let’s review some facts:
* In the 1987-89 biennium, the lot
tery raised $60,955,000;
* During the same biennium,
$4.369.000,000 was spent to fund
Oregon schools from Kindergarten
Dining room will be closed Friday, May 4.
through the 12th grade;
* If redirected, the lottery money
would account for only 1.4 percent
of the total education costs;
* The lottery is not a stable fun
ding source.
I would like to hear what the peo
ple of District 59 think about this
issue. Please write or call me at my
Baker City office.
Thank you for your time and I am
looking forward to hearing from
you.
Sincerely,
(s) Michael Nelson
State Representative
Route 1 Box 54B
Baker. OR 97814
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Justice Court
The Justice Court office at the
courthouse annex building in Hepp
ner reports handling the following
business during the past week:
John Francis Marik. 34, lone-
Exceeding the Maximum Speed, 75
mph in a 55 mph zone. $37 fine;
Shirley Ann Haugen. 55.
Heppner-Wrong way on a One-Way
Street, $20 fine;
Leslie Lee Thompson, 28, Ione-
Exceeding the Maximum Speed, 71
mph in a 55 mph zone. $37 fine;
Mary Catherine Kilkenny.48-
Exceeding the Maximum Speed. 75
mph in a 55 mph zone. $65 bail
forfeited;
Rick Rea, Heppner-Maintaining a
Dog as a Public Nuisance. $38 fine
the lone City Park or at Ruggs at
12:30 p.m. Both the ride from Ruggs
and the ride in lone will start at 1
p.m. Pickups will be available to
transport people and bikes to Ruggs
if needed.
A pickup will follow the riders
from Ruggs for those unable to finish
the course. Drinks will be available
at the halfway point from Ruggs.
Lemonade and cookies will be
available at the city park for all
participants.
For more information, see the
posters around the area or call Loa
McElligott at 422-7228.
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