FOUR - Heppoer Gazette-Tiroes, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 1, 1990
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Hospital gets gold
The Official Newspaper of the
City of Heppner and the
County of Morrow
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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L e t t e r s to t h e E d it o r
Prevention, not vengeance
To the Editor:
In the recent issue of the Gazette-
Times (July 25), one of the letters
to the editor entitled, “ Insist On
Tough Laws Swift Justice” struck
me as a sample of deep human cry
of anger, resentment and fear of the
evils of our day.
I do not know all the facts surroun
ding the sudden and tragic death of
George and Charmaine Meyers, but
I am sympathetic to the family and
friends in their pain and grief and
their right to publicly express their
feelings.
I do not feel that tougher laws are
the best solution to the problem.
Even the death penalty which in
some form or another has been
around almost since the beginning of
humankind has not been a deterrent
to criminals.
. I would rather, strongly urge that
we use our time, energies and tax
dollars to get at the root of the pro
blem. (The time and space does not
permit a detailed analysis of a com
plex social problem.) We need to
seek out, train more people in the
helping professions in our public and
private schools and social service
agencies. I recently spent time with
a school counselor who has over 150
students in her care, besides all the
other work the school asks of her.
How can this one counselor (and she
is just one of thousands across the
country) give quality time to each
and every one of the students assign
ed to her?
And not just counselors and pro
fessional social workers for high
school students. Why not in situa
tions that involve elementary age
children?
I know this sounds like “ social
goodness” and that it should start in
the home. But one out of four
families end in separation, divorce,
alcohol, substance or family abuse.
I agree justice needs to be done,
but it should be preventative and not
reactive vengeance.
(s) Stan Hoobing
Heppner, OR
Fairgrounds need work
To the Editor:
I have lived above the rodeo
grounds since 1973, and have always
been proud to show them off to
visiting friends and relatives. Not so
this year. They have looked more
like an abandoned stock yard.
The grass has not been green and
the dirt track grew up into a huge
weed patch. They have been trying
to get rid of the weeds this week.
Instead of spending $20,000 for a
study on how to better use the fair
and rodeo grounds, I think a little
more time and money should be us
ed for the facilities we have.
(s) Jack Van Winkle
Heppner, OR 97836
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As Good As A
Prison
first concern.
I wish to congratulate your com
munity for maintaining this excellent
facility. Walter and I both were
impressed.
Sincerely,
(s) Lucille Kostechka
9114 SE Stephens
Portland, OR 97216
To the Editor:
On July 19, while visiting in your
city, I found it necessary to take my
husband to the hospital.
It is my pleasure to give your
hospital a gold star in performance.
The equipment-modem and effi
cient. The staff-pleasant and effi
cient. The patient was so much their
Sheriff’s Report
Port Manager Gary Neal stopped by
the Boardman/North Morrow County
Chamber of Commerce recently with
an update on some of the industries
around.
Portland General Electric, he said,
is gearing up for a restart of the Coal
fued plant on August 20. They are also
planning a co-gen plant in the Port's in
dustrial park, at a cost of about $60
million and a plant start up in 1993 or
so.
Oregon Hay Company has concrete
poured for a new baled hay com
pressor. The building should be erected
sometime this week.
Oregon Pop Corn Inc. has moved offices into the old Wild Bill’s Hard
ware building and they are shopping for cleaning and packaging equip
ment for this falls harvest.
Oregon Potato Inc. has finished its new dehydration line and will be
up and running with the new crop of potatoes just now coming out of the
ground.
Logan International is making headway with its french fry plant financ
ing and expects to break ground soon.
Finley Buttes land fill company expects to be finished constructing the
first cell soon and will probably start receiving industrial waste in 30 days
or so.
Pekton, Inc. has leased a building at the newly purchased airport tract.
They are setting up a pilot plant to make fire proof building boards from
waste paper fiber and diatomaceous earth.
Lamb-Weston is back on line after making more than $1 million in im
provements during the short summer downtime.
As each project was listed Neal picked off the number of new jobs to
be created and the construction cost that might end up on the tax rolls.
The list was hard to follow so Riverside Principal Dave Youngbluth ask
ed specifically for the new jobs within the next year.
Neal added up between 150 and 160 with similar numbers over the next
couple of years. Nobody added up the increase in tax base dollars but it
seemed to me to go well over $100 million.
Those numbers seemed familiar but I couldn’t put my finger on it till
just this morning.
Isn’t that what we thought a prison would bring, about 170 new jobs?
But without any tax base increase.
Many folks are still bitter about not getting the prison sited here and
they blame the agricultural community. They claim that agricultural jobs
are low paying and ag workers are migrant. Well I just took a closer look
at the jobs Neal listed and sure there are some low paying ones. There
are also an awful lot that pay a whole lot more than a prison job. On the
average it looks to me like the jobs on line for the next year will be as
good as a prison.
And the industries are better than a prison since they all pay taxes to
help pay for the governmental services we seem to be demanding.
The best part is that it all came about by way of a natural evolution of
things. There wasn’t any forcing the issue, political upheaval, or nasty
name calling. It all happened in spite of some plan, some designed scheme
of things and is a broad diversification of the economy. Food, feed, ex
port domestic agriculture and energy-a neat mix of industry and businesses.
That means some insulation from depression and down turn in one com
pany or even an entire industry.
A prison might have been a nice industry to have but as I see it what
we ended up with is far better.
“ Patience,” my father used to say and it sure looks to me like he was
right.
wood Loop for a 77 year old male
with an illness. Subject was
transported to Good Shepherd
Hospital.
July 26: Morrow County deputy
responded to the Irrigon area and
took care of an animal problem;
Morrow County deputy arrested a
15 year old male on a juvenile war
rant out o f Yakima County
Washington. Juvenile was turned
over to Yakima County;
Morrow County deputies respond
ed to the Boardman area for
domestic dispute. Dispute was
resolved;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to the Boardman area for a report
of suspicious circumstances.
July 28: Morrow County Sheriffs
office dispatched the Arlington am
bulance to a report of a two car
motor vehicle accident on 1-84. Call
was unfounded;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to the Juniper Canyon area to in
vestigate a report of illegal shooting.
Call was unfounded;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to a residence in Lexington to in
vestigate a report of a neighborhood
disturbance. Investigation is
continuing;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to the lone area for a report of
vandalism.
July 29: Morrow County deputies
responded to the Irrigon Marina to
begin a search for boaters reported
missing. Boat and occupants were
located. Everyone was safe;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to investigate a report of a
domestic assault in the Heppner
area;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
dispatched the Boardman fire depart
ment to a report of fire at the Man
Camp, in the Boardman area;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
responded to the Boardman area to
investigate a neighborhood distur
bance. Investigation is continuing;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
dispatched the Boardman ambulance
to a residence in Boardman with
unknown injuries. Subject refused
transport;
The Sheriffs office at the cour
thouse in Heppner reports dispat
ching the following business during
the past week:
July 24: Morrow County Sheriffs
office dispatched the Boardman fire
department to a grass fire at Paul
Smith and Kunze Roads in
Boardman;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to the M orrow County
fairgrounds near Heppner. An
unknown dollar amount of van
dalism was reported. Investigation is
continuing;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
dispatched the Boardman ambulance
to the clinic for a male patient with
an illness. Patient was transported to
Good Shepherd Hospital;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to Paul Smith and Kunze road
near Boardman for a report of a hit
and run. Damage was done to a
fence belonging to Richard Smith.
Amount of damage was unknown at
press time;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to the Irrigon area for a report of
vandalism to a residence;
Morrow County deputy arrested
C hristopher Paul Stone, 19,
Umatilla, on two Umatilla county
warrants for Delivery of Marijuana.
Stone was transported to Stanfield
and turned over to Umatilla County
Sheriffs office deputies;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to the Patterson Ferry Road for
a hazardous road condition;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to a one vehicle rollover on Bom
bing Range, 7 miles S. on 1-84. Sub
ject was transported to Boardman by
a private vehicle;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
advised the lone Fire department of
an out-of-district field fire on Hwy
206 milepost 57;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
dispatched the Arlington ambulance
to 1-84, two miles west of Arlington
in the east bound lanes for a report
of a man down. The ambulance was
unable to locate the man upon their
arrival.
July 25: Morrow County Sheriffs
office dispatched the Boardman am
bulance to a residence on Cotton-
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to 1-84 for a report o f a stranded
motorist. Deputies were unable to
locate motorist upon their arrival;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to the Boardman area to locate a
possible drunk driver. Deputies were
unable to locate driver upon their
arrival;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to East Oregon Farming Com
pany to investigate the report of
theft;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
dispatched the Boardman fire dept to
1-84 one mile east of Boardman for
a vehicle fire.
July 30: Morrow County Sheriffs
office dispatched the Boardman am
bulance to a residence on Mt. Hood
Ave. for a female patient with an
unknown illness. Patient was
transported to Good Shepherd
Hospital;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
dispatched the Boardman ambulance
to a one vehicle accident on 1-84
west bound at Patterson Ferry Road.
Three people were transported to
Good Shepherd Hospital with
assistance from the Hermiston
ambulance;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to the West Glen Addition for a
neighborhood disturbance. Call was
unfounded.
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