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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Hcppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 30, 1990
The Official Newspaper of the
City of Heppner and the
County of Morrow
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Leora D. Smith
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The Heppner
G A Z E T T E -T IM E S
Morrow County ’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
U S P S 240-420
Published every Wednesday and entered as sesond-class matter at the Post Office
at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Second class postage paid
at Heppner, Oregon. Office at 147 West Willow Street. Telephone (503) 676-9228.
Address communications to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. Box 337, Hepp
ner. Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $12 in Morrow , Wheeler. Gilliam and Grant
Counties; $23 elsewhere.
Joyce Hughes ........................................................... Office Manager, Typesetting
April Sykes ........................................................................................... News Editor
Beth Rafferty .......................................................................Graphics Department
Becky Etans ........................................................................ Graphics Department
Monique P a rr e l..................................................................................... Distribution
Kay Rene Q ualls........................................................................................... Bindery
David and April Sykes, Publishers
Letters to the Editor
Thanks to Heppner Police
To the Editor:
I just wanted to publicly thank
Heppner Police Department’s Doug
Rathbun this year and Merle Cowett
the two years prior for being a guest
at the Heppner Library’s Children
storytime. To see and talk to an of
ficer up close and to look over the
equipment uniform and the patrol car
makes a very big and positive im
pression on the kids.
(s) Kay Proctor
Rt. 1 Box 3026
Heppner, OR 97836
Shocked over incident
To the Editor:
No one is more shocked than I my life in this community has chang
concerning the events that occured ed. I no longer feel comfortable go
April 4. It’s not very difficult to ing to town as I used to. And, heaven
understand why some of these forbid, should a student, or an un
students are denying that anything familiar young adult walk toward
even occurred. This group has just me, I panic, retreating to my car. I
been charged with criminal mischief usually end up sitting there till they
and disorderly conduct. The DA go away, or just go home and try to
calls this a lesser charge, because it do my running later. There has been
was reduced from a felony, to a "very little mention concerning the
misdemeanor. Granted the husband other two “ isolated” incidents that
and 1 have only been residents here occurred the same afternoon, on the
for five months, and they have liv same "aerobic walk.” About the
ed hert all their lives. But we do not female UPS driver, who submitted
feel that for this reason our credibili a statement saying they not only de
ty should be questioned. There is no tained her, but crawled on her hood
way that anyone is ever going to con and stepped inside her vehicle, or the
vince me that they meant no harm, substitute teacher they nearly stop
when they held me captive in my ped on the same route.
I think the real question here is
own car with their foul language and
severe blows to my vehicle, to the who is telling the truth? And who is
point where they were physically trying to cover it up?
(s) Carman Smith
rocking my car, no way.
Box 1026
Seven hundred fifty dollars worth
Heppner, OR 97836
of damage was done to my car and
LCDC should do its job
To the Editor:
Last
month
G overnor
Goldschmidt signed an executive
order establishing a new council of
state agencies to solve "Growth
Issues in the Portland Area. " This
is indeed a major problem area.
However, Oregon already has a
state agency which has this respon
sibility; it’s the Oregon Land Con
servation and Development Com
mission (LCDC). Under current
laws, the LCDC is required to
" p re p a re state-w ide planning
guidelines,” and to "coordinate
planning efforts of state agencies to
assure compliance with goals and
compatibility with city and county
comprehensive plans.”
Unfortunately the LCDC is (1) too
bogged down in the minuscule
S h e riff’s R e p o rt
O b itu a rie s
details of too many local decisions
(which should be delegated to local
government), (2) too obsessed with
enforcement orders and (3) too trap
ped in their own maze of
bureaucratic and legal red tape to
have time to even consider such
planning.
Oregon doesn’t require another
state "planning agency," it should
require the one we have do its job.
Again, the political response to
any problems is to “ form a commit-
tee” -th a t’s ducking the underlying
LCDC problem.
Sincerely,
(s) Frank L. Nims, President
Oregonians in Action
Box 230637
Tigard. OR 97223
Leora Denise Smith was stillborn
on Tuesday. May 22, 1990 at St.
Anthony Hospital in Pendleton.
Graveside services were held May
24 at Heppner Masonic Cemetery.
Arkie and Sheila Smith were the
parents.
Jerry Lee W aters
The funeral for Jerry Lee Waters
was May 25 at Bishop Funeral
Chapel in Pendleton.
Mr. Waters, 58, of Pendleton died
Monday, May 21, 1990 at St. An
thony Hospital.
He was Kim Nov. 5, 1931 at Ho-
quiam Wash, to Ray Lewis and Faye
Witcher Waters. The family moved
to The Dalles when he was six and
lived there for seven years before
moving to Heppner. Mr. Waters
graduated from Heppner High
School then spent 3 'h years in the
Coast Guard during the Korean
Conflict.
After his discharge, he attended
and graduated from Multnomah
College.
He lived most of his life in the
Heppner, Hermiston, Stanfield,
Pendleton area.
He had been employed at Foster
Chevrolet in Pendleton and at Sher-
rell Chevrolet in Hermiston as a
tune-up specialist. He raised brown
Swiss cattle and ran the Sandy Acres
Farm dairy in the Stanfield area for
approximately 20 years. He ws
owner/operator of Pendleton Homes
and Construction and owned and
operated Spuds McStuff restaurant
for the past two years.
He married Marthella Moore in
Lewiston, Idaho, in November
1953.
He was a member of the State of
Oregon Construction Contractors
Association, a life member of the
Disabled American Veterans, a
member of Pendleton Eagles Aerie
28 and past member of Pendleton
Elks Lodge 288 and a past member
of the Pendleton Country Club.
Survivors include his wife at the
home; a son Ted of Pendleton; a
daughter Joan of Salem; his father,
Ray Waters of Green Valley, Ariz.;
sisters Sally Graham of Olympia,
Wash., Donna Tripp of Desert Hot
Springs, Calif.; and Margaret Week
in Arizona; brothers Jack of The
Dalles and Roy of Crookston, Minn.
His mother died earlier.
Memorial contributions may be
made to the Pendleton Community
Bargain Counter or to a charity of
choice, directly or through Bishop
Funeral Chapel in Pendleton
M argaret Pentecost
A memorial service for Margaret
P Pentecost was at the Condon
United Church of Christ on May 25.
Mrs. Pentecost. 75, of Mayville
was found dead at her home on
Tuesday, May 22, 1990.
She was born June 6, 1914, to
Tonie and Mayme Bainbridge Lillie
at the family farm on Mayville Flats.
She attended school at Mayville and
at Condon and graduated from
Mayville High School in 1934.
On June 23, 1937, she married
James Pentecost at Condon.
She had been a lifetime resident of
Gilliam County except for a few
years spent at Kinzua. The family
farm was recognized in 1982 as a
his education in the field of Century Farm.
The regular meeting of the Hepp
horticulture.
ner Garden G ub will be at the St.
Mrs. Pentecost was a member of
Jane Rawlins was elected to be the Gilliam County Historical
Patrick’s Senior Center Monday,
delegate of the club to the Oregon
June 4 at 7:30 p.m. Hostesses will
Society.
State Garden Club Convention in
be Be be Munkers, Verna Brinda and
Survivors include a son, Keith
Portland at the Red Lion June 18 Lillie of Heppner; stepson. Donald
Dorothy Jackson. Program will be
through 21.
by Vem Batty who will describe the
Pentecost of Salem; six grand
At this meeting there will be
Hosta plant, its culture and growing
children
and
eight
great
discussion regarding a possible trip
requirements.
grandchildren. Her husband died in
to tour the Arlington landfill
At the last meeting May 7, it was
1980.
facilities and a visit to the Condon
voted to give Charles Rawlins a
Memorial contributions may be
Flower shop.
donation of $250 as a help to further
made to the Gilliam County
Historical Society, Box 377, Con
don. OR 97823.'
Sweeney Mortuary. Condon, was
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in charge of arrangements.
Garden club to meet
The Morrow County Sheriffs of
fice at the courthouse in Heppner
reports dispatching the following
business during the past week:
May 22: Morrow County deputy
responded to the Irrigon area for a
report of reckless driving;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to the Boardman area for an
animal problem;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to the Boardman area for a vehi
cle problem.
May 23. Morrow County Sheriffs
office dispatched the Condon Fire
department to report of a fire within
a residence on Third St.;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
dispatched the Boardman ambulance
for a three year old child. The child
was transported to Good Shepherd
Hospital with an unknown illness;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to the lone area for a report o f a
motor vehicle accident with no
injuries;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to the Irrigon area for a report of
shots being fired. The problem was
resolved and there was no action
taken.
May 24: Morrow County deputy
responded to a report of Theft in the
Irrigon area;
Morrow County Sheriff s office
dispatched the Condon ambulance
for a transport;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
checked on the welfare of a person
on Fourth St. in Irrigon. Everything
checked out O.K.
May 25: Morrow County Sheriff s
office dispatched a deputy to check
on the report of a child taken from
a kindergarten school without the
parents permission;
A M orrow County deputy
responded to Rt. 2 Box 537, Irrigon
to investigate the theft of a playpen;
Morrow County deputies respond
ed to a school in Irrigon to in
vestigate the report of a suspicious
person around the school yard.
Deputies were unable to locate
anyone upon their arrival;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
dispatched Boardman Fire depart
ment to a grass fire on 1-84 at
milepost 167;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to a report of a hit and run acci
dent at Pauls Restaurant in Irrigon.
Suspect and vehicle were unable to
be located;
Morrow County deputies respond
ed to an area near Boardman Marina
to investigate the report of shots
fired. Deputies were unable to locate
anyone with a gun.
May 26: Morrow County Sheriff s
office dispatched the Fossil am
bulance to transport a patient from
the Fossil Nursing Home;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to investigae a possible one vehi
cle accident on Wilson Road. No
further action was taken;
Morrow County Sheriff s office
dispatched the Boardman ambulance
to a one vehicle accident at the
730/1-84 junction. One person was
transported to Good Shepherd
Hospital with unknown injuries;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to Pioneer Memorial Hospital to
investigate a one vehicle accident on
Shobe Canyon Rd./Willow Creek
Jet. Investigation is continuing. The
victim o f the accident was
transported by a private citizen to
Pioneer Memorial Hospital shortly
after the accident occurred;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
responded to Riverside High School
to assist Boardman Police depart
ment with a potential problem with
a citizen. The problem was resolved.
May 27: Morrow County deputy
responded to the report of an in-
jured/dead animal on 2nd and
Nevada. Irrigon;
Morrow County deputy assisted
Oregon State Police with a one vehi
cle accident on 1-84 and Hwy 730;
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Two events over the weekend blend
to a collage of conflicting thought pat
terns. First there was graduation. Com
mencement. The beginning of adult
life. What a wonderful time in life with
doors to the whole world beginning to
open up. As parents and members of
the community, we are excited about
these new members of the adult socie
ty, so young, so energetic, so full of
hope and promise.
Commencement, graduation of a
new class of society, always gives me
a new shot of hope and enthusiasm for
the future. In their hands lie the solu
tions to many of the perplexities in life
I was unable to find. In their minds lie the inventions and innovations that
my generation only yearned for. In their soles lies the spirit of peace and
compassion toward their fellow man that will bring harmony to human
relations, local, national and international.
Sometimes I would like to join them. Maybe, at times you would too.
Wouldn’t it be great to be an eighteen-year-old, starry eyed youth again?
Knowing what I know now, I think I could really capitalize on that youth
and energy and opportunity. That’s the reason I’ve tried to pass on to one
or more of those new graduates some of the lessons I’ve learned the hard
way, in the school of hard knocks. You have too. I’m sure.
But the advice and guidance we give our young people sometimes falls
on deaf ears and leads to our frustration in trying to help them avoid some
of the mistakes we made. Maybe we were no different. I remember rejec
ting some of the advice my father gave me, only to learn better, and then-
try to give it to my son.
And that brings me full circle to the other event this weekend: Memorial
Day. The day we honor our ancestors, especially those who have passed
on. I visited my parents graves in Lostine. And I remember my father’s
words, probably spoken in that same degree of frustration I have felt, "You
know, son, there are some things you only learn by getting old."
There’s some advice you simply can’t give your children, they must leam
those things by themselves. And their children after them and so on. You
only leam some things by experiencing them.
There are other things that it seems you only leam by example. Like
marriage and family. When I was a kid, if a girl got pregnant, her dad
got out the shot gun and there was a wedding. Most of those marriages
are still, in Lostine. If there was no beau about, the girl went away and
hid in convent, gave the child up for adoption and came slinking home
in shame.
Now, being pregnant and then a single teen-aged parent, seems to be
the fashionable thing to do. We have even set up a bunch of governmental
agencies to not only make the practice possible, but to encourage it.
I’ll bet on graduations in years to come there’ll be a lot of advice given
those children. Advice that will not be heeded because the example af
fords the stronger pull. But growing old will support the advice.
Some things you only learn by growing old. One thing is that the exam
ple many young parents are setting is not the best way to be a parent.
Morrow County Sheriff s office
dispatched Airlife to assist in
transporting an injury in Spray;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
dispatched the Fossil ambulance to
Fossil to assist in a transport.
Morrow County Sheriffs office
assisted three disabled motorists dur
ing the week of May 21-28.
May 28: Morrow County Sheriffs
office dispatched the Boardman am
bulance to a icpoi t of an unknown
illness in the Boardman area. One
person was transported to Good
Shepherd Hospital;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to a report of a theft of services
in the Heppner area. The problem
was resolved;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
dispatched the Fossil ambulance to
a residence in Fossil to transport a
patient with an unknown illness;
Morrow County Sheriff s office
dispatched the Boardman ambulance
to a Boardman residence to a report
of a person with unknown injuries;
Morrow County Sheriff s office
contacted a tow company to assist
with disabled vehicles at a Boardman
rest area in need of tow services;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to a report of a reckless driver in
the Irrigon area. Investigation is
continuing;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to a report of a suspicous vehicle
in the 3 mile canyon area. Stolen
property was recovered.
Red Cross Blood drawing
is June 13
The American Red Cross is look
ing for lifesavers this summer. You
can help save lives by donating blood
in Heppner at the Heppner Elks
Lodge, 142 Main St. on Wednesday,
June 13 from 1 to 5:30 p.m. Bone
marrow testing will also be available
at the blood drawing. The sponsor
for the Pioneer Memorial Hospital
and the goal is 50 units.
"Every summer the challenge is
to get enough blood donors to meet
the increased demand for blood pro
ducts due to recreational and
automobile accidents,” said Judith
Kehl, public information officer for
the Columbia River Blood Region.
"Right now we especially need Type
O blood donors because it is the
universal blood type and can be us
ed to help all other blood types in
emergencies," Kehl continued.
The blood given by Heppner
residents will be distributed to pa
tients in 31 hospitals throughout
Central W ashington and Nor
theastern Oregon. Much of the blood
controlled by the Red Cross is used
to save or enhance the lives of peo
ple
ungoing
surgery
and
chemotherapy.
For additional information about
the blood drawing contact Jay
Straley, 676-9133.
C o u rt S tre e t M a rk e t
Jeffrey Wallace Jaiuen-a boy
Jeffrey Wallace, was bom on May
22, 1990 in Portland, to Richard and
Kathleen Jansen of Portland. The
baby weighed 8 lbs.
Grandparents are Hank and Ver
na Jansen, Lake Oswego and the late
Dr. Wallace Wolff.
Aaron Connor Wildschuetz-a
son, Aaron Connor, was bom to
Alan and Kimberely Wildschuetz of
Irrigon on May 20, 1990 at Good
Shepherd Hospital in Hermiston.
The baby weighed 9 lbs. 7 oz.
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