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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 9, 1990
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GAZETTE-TIMES
Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
U S P S 240-420
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at Heppner, Oregon. Office at 147 West Willow Street. Telephone 1 503) 676-9228.
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___Letters to the Editor
Support veterans during poppy sale
To the Ed*,or*
On May 15, the familiar red crepe
paper memorial poppy is being of
fered to the public by the local
American Legion Auxiliary. This
reminder of the sacrifice of countless
thousands in four great wars-WWl,
WW11, Korea and Vietnam-is an an
nual event undertaken by the
members of Heppner Unit #87 in
Heppner
Volunteers from the unit will once
again take part in this nationwide
program in memory of servicemen
and women who gave their lives in
the cause for freedom. Think of this,
as you give, they gave their lives,
what can you give?
These memorial poppies are made
completely by hand, by disabled and
hospitalized veterans in “ Poppy
Shops” run by Legion Auxiliary
volunteers It is part of a physical
and psychological therapy program
by veterans for veterans and is part
of the rehabilitation program at the
White City Domiciliary in the valley
where over 300,000 poppies are
made. All materials in the poppies
arc furnished free and the veterans
receive pay for each poppy made.
Do you know that in the spring of
1919, amidst complete devastation,
poppies bloomed in abundance on
the battlefields of France, where so
many of our men had fallen in bat
tle? And that is why a replica of this
Handers Field poppy has become the
i.ieiudrial flower o f the American
Legion and the American Legion
Auxiliary? These poppies are offered
to the public, not at a monetary
price, but for a contribution, a few
cents or dollars to say “ we care and
we remember" that sacrifices were
made that we might live free.
Contributions made locally are us
ed by the local unit to aid disabled
and needy veterans and their families
in the community and hospitals
throughout the state. All proceeds
are channeled-directly to rehabilita
tion and furtherance of programs to
aid the veteran.
Auxiliary members all over the
nation will ask the public to pause
for a moment, pin on a poppy and
wear it with pride, remembering the
civilians who took an oath to serve
their country and gave their lives
(many have been left with a shattered
existence) because they cared that
America would remain a land of the
free. As I mentioned earlier, think
about that and be gemeous in your
giving. Please don't walk on by
knowing the worthy work that is
done with the money you give.
Thank you for listening, for
remembering the sacrifices made by
the veteran and for giving with a
smile, it will brighten the day for the
auxiliary volunteer. Thank you also
to the businesses who allow us to be
outside their stores and to the
newspapers for helping us tell of this
worthy program. . ' | U ;'
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(s) RitaHedman
Heppner T/nit #87
School tax proposal not the answer
To the Editor:
As a voter and as a concerned
school administrator, I am writing to
express my opinion on the potential
effects of the Northern Spotted Owl
controversy as it economically im
pacts federal forest receipts as a
source of revenue in Crook County
School District and other districts
receiving these funds.
Currently, Crook County School
District receives $921,670 in federal
forest fee dollars. The district cur
rently enrolls 2705 students.
Therefore, the forest receipts/pupil
that our district stands to lose should
this squeeze on timber-dependent
communities like ours continue is
$341.00/student.
Simply stated. Crook County
School District cannot afford to lose
these revenue dollars. The district
has already fallen into Oregon's
Safety Net twice. Our students quali
ty of education will be severely af
fected, in my opinion, if we do not
find a workable solution to the
timber policy crisis soon.
Frankly, I am personally outrag
ed at what is happening and I for one
am not going to sit by and silently
take it anymore.
You need to know that this timber
policy crisis is endangering our com
munities in Crook County and our
In fact, in Crook County we
estimate that $.38 of every dollar
spent in the county is timber-related.
Each direct forest job generates two
other jobs in Crook County in sup
plier and service industries.
In summary, we need to find a
solution to this timber policy crisis
soon. Not for owls or loggers sakes,
but for the childrens’ sake in Crook
County and any other counties that
receive state and federal forest
receipts.
Sincerely,
(s) Tim Adsit
Director of Curriculum and
Personnel Services
Crook County School Dist.
Let’s honor
teachers
To the Editor:
Tuesday, May 8, was national
teachers day. Somehow we saw very
little mention of it in our press or
media. It seems to us that the pro
fession that has the most influence
on every child in America deserves
a special day of recognition and pat
on the back. Let’s hear it for the
teachers of Morrow County.
(s) Louis and Betty Carlson
To the Editor:
Mr. Cole,
The people of Heppner and Morrow
County, the staff at Heppner Junior
High,'
Thanks so very much for making
all of us from Centennial Middle
School feel so welcome. Your will
ingness to share in all aspects of the
experience was tremendous. Without
your enthusiasm, this exchange
could not take place.
The chance to meet new people an
Ray French for commissioner
To the Editor:
I would like to ask the voters of
Morrow County to join me on May
15 and vote for Ray French for Mor
row County Commission.
I’ve known Ray all my life. Ray
is someone you can trust. As a wheat
and cattle rancher and past chairman
of the Heppner Soil and Water Con-
servation District, he knows what is
important for Morrow County.
1 know Ray is the best candidate.
Please vote for Ray French, Morrow
County Commissioner.
Sincerely,
(s) Greg Greenup
Heppner, OR
For Ray French
To the Editor:
. Morrow County has the oppor
tunity now to elect an experienced
legislation
for
County
Commissioner.
Many circumstances in our daily
lives are increasingly dictated by
state policies. Raymond French has
the experience necessary to convey
to Salem Morrow County’s priorities
in such areas as water conservation,
ag ricu ltu re, county planning,
forestry and road construction.
Visit with him concerning your
priorities and vote for him. He will
be a progressive voice for all com
munities in Morrow County.
Sincerely,
(s) Meg Murray
Frohnmayer for governor
To the Editor:
I am supporting Dave Frohnmayer
for Governor because I feel that
Oregon needs the skills and abilities
he can bring to the job.
Dave Frohnmayer showed leader
ship skill in his handling of the Ra-
jneesh situation. He has shown
decisiveness in proposing legislation
to deal with Oregon’s drug pro
blems. He has also demonstrated his
ability to bring people together. I
feel that, as Oregon heads into the
next decade, Dave will bring these
abilities to bear to deal with the many
problems that face us as Oregonians.
That’s why I believe that Dave
should be Oregon’s next governor.
Yours very truly,
(s) Pauline Winter
Rt. 2 Box 2489
Heppner
Sales tax is regressive
To the Editor:
Sales tax plan is regressive. The
bursement. Thousands of Orego
sales tax hits low and moderate in
nians would lose their jobs and hun
come, retirees, families, students,
dreds of Oregon small businesses
the unemployed, and homeless the
lose profit or go out of business. This
hardest.
would occur if we had a sales tax and
Hurts senior citizens by adding a
lost hundreds of millions of dollars
tax on pensions to pay for property
spent in Oregon by Washingtonians,
tax relief for absentee property
Californians and Idahoans, shopping
owners. Absentee owners account
in Oregon to jivoid s^lps taxes in
fbr-alSout 50 percent of all tommer- ‘ thiii^hbtnfe 4thfes. . * 1 11 j i J .*
cial property and nearly 60 percent.
Once we have a.sales tax it will go
o f all Oregon property fs
up and up’hy new voters. ‘Remember
commercial.
our six percent tax base growth?
Are you willing to increase your
That will bring our property taxes
taxes in order to make up for pro
right back up again. There is an
perty tax relief to out-of-state owners
alternative, the Homestead Exemp
of Oregon property? A sales tax
tion. Vote yes on ‘5B’, No on ‘5D’
would give them a huge windfall tax
and ‘5E’.
break. They won’t be paying an
(s) Margaret Wilson
Oregon sales tax.
Chairman Lane County Consumers
Hurts small business by forcing
Opposing Sales Taxes
them to become tax collectors at a
223 Conestoga Way
cost more than twice their reim-
Eugene, OR 97401
LCDC personnel lacking facts
To the Editor:
comprehensive plan, but the state
The letter to the editor in the May
does not prescribe what restrictions
2nd Oregonian by Mitch Rohse of
must apply nor has the authority to
the LCDC staff grossly distorts the
change or veto the plans of the
facts. In it he states “ Maine, Ver
towns.
mont, Georgia. Florida and several
4. Florida’s system is concerned
other states have adopted planning
primarily
with significant develop
programs modeled directly after
ment,
rather
than rural resource
Oregon’s.” Upon checking the facts
from each of these states, here is issues. Also the system has a goal to
protect the property rights of lan
what I found:
downers,
which Oregon does not.
1. None of these states has any
5. Georgia has no “ state” land use
state agency with powers com
parable to Oregon’s Land Conserva-* planning program.
It is unfortunate that Oregonians
tion and Development Commission,
which in Oregon dictates land use are taxed to support LCDC staff per
sonnel who are either lacking in facts
regulation.
or
are intentionally misguiding the
2. Vermont has a plan which re
quires approval of each township to public.
Sincerely,
make it effective. Of 116 townships
(s)
Frank
L. Nims
which have voted on it, 113 have
President
turned it down, and by approximate
Oregonians in Action
ly a four to one majority.
3. Maine has a system which re f f 1
quires each township to prepare a
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Timber is Done
The timber industry is done. For all
intents and purposes, forest products
are through being a major economic
factor in the American economy.
It’s not just because of the spotted
owl. He is only a symptom of a more
deeply held sentiment. Consider the
facts: the huge majority of Americans
live in large cities. The quality of life
in those cities has deteriorated im
mensely in the past 20 years. Crime,
smog, housing, have all made life in
the big city a burden. As conditions
worsen, Americans become more and
more concerned with water and air
quality. The more concerned they get,
the worse conditions become.
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Americans are worried about the
very food they eat. So worried they demand a quality that is unavailable
in the quantity they demand.
These worried Americans must have a dream. They do not have con
fidence in their government (for good reason) nor in the industrial com
plex (for even better reason.) So the dream for many, many Americans
is a dream of a pristine, virgin forest somewhere.
No matter that they may never see it. No matter that its bounty will not
be harvested, but rather will go to waste. The mere knowledge of its ex
istence somewhere somehow is seen as a relief to the misery of living in
LA or Chicago or some other metro.
The spotted owl is only the rallying point for the growing number of
preservationists in America’s major cities. These folks have a deep set
psychological need for feeling that they have not defiled all of the nation s
landscape. So as they dump their garbage in the local landfill, their chemical
wastes in the nearby river and their car exhaust into the very air they breath,
these big city folks feel good about keeping a clean, beautiful, unspoiled
place somewhere for posterity.
As I see it, no matter how I hate it, we just must learn to live with it.
It’s sort of like the peace movement twenty years ago. I sure did hate to
see us give up to the Commies, but the whole nation was for it so here
we are.
There’s two things we can do about the timber industry. Kiss it good
bye is one thing. Oh, most of the folks working in the woods and sawmills
around will find something else to do. For those who don’t there will be
another government program or two to help them along.
The sawmill companies will find some other thing to manufacture. Pro
bably some artificial building material to replace the lumber we won’t have.
But chances are those other jobs and that other manufacturing will take
place somewhere else. Not in the old sawmill town. That’s where the long
term effect will be. As the mill cuts back at first, then closes, and sawmillers
move away, businesses in town will close. That will make the drive out-
of-town easier and more often to do more and more shopping which will
close even more businesses.
Maybe the salvation is in tourism. Everyone will want to come to see
the ghost town.
The other thing we can do is start right now planning for the eventual
loss of the sawmill. At first, we should develop secondary manufacture
of wood products. We should squeeze more and more value out of every
board now, so we will be ready for the day when fewer and fewer boards
are cut.
And we should begin now to develop a secondary industry. Something
with real jobs for family wage earners. Our first look should be at industries
in the alternate building materials business. And we should look at industries
supported by local materials.
We can’t waste our time promoting a piddling little bit of tourism when
the whole nation is bound to shut down the sawmill.
Asks support for Frohnmayer
To the editor:
During the course of my campaign
for the U.S. Senate I have sent you
detailed position papers on a number
of issues. I have done this because
it is important for the press to have
a clear idea of what each candidate
believes and 1 have done it because
I feel these papers show that I not on
ly understand the important issues
confronting our country today but
that I am able to formulate and com
municate reasonable ideas and
proposals.
I understand politics well enough
to know that I could probably never
offer a bill to the Senate that would
be unanimously hailed as the solu
tion that everyone is waiting for; but
these proposals, as well as many
others I have, are offered to provide
a basis for reasoned debate and com
promise that can lead to legislation
that truly promotes the general
welfare of our citizens.
Having made many joint ap
pearances with the other Democratic
candidates in this race I feel certain
that none of them have provided you
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with the detailed information that I
have nor have they demonstrated a
knowledge and interest in so many
issues or a willingness to com
promise for the sake of an acceptable
solution. Comparing my background
to those of the other candidates and
our performances in joint ap
pearances, 1 am convinced that I am
the person most prepared to go to the
U.S. Senate and make immediate
improvements in the way the in
terests o f Oregon are being
presented.
Of course, to get to Washington,
D C ., I first must win the primary
election on May 15 and to do this I
need your help. The support of the
press is a key element in my cam
paign and I am therefore earnestly
issuing this request for the formal
endorsem ent o f the Heppner
Gazette-Times as the Democrat most
prepared to become a United States
Senator for Oregon.
Thank you for your consideration.
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