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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 26, 1990
Heppner Hospitality wonderfiil
The Official Newspaper of the
City of Heppner and the
County of Morrow
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The Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
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al Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Second class postage paid
at Heppner. Oregon. t)ffice at 147 West Willow Street. Telephone (5031 676-9228.
Address communicatioas to the Heppner Oa/ette-Times, P.O. Box 337, Hepp
ner. Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $12 in Morrow, Wheeler, (iilliain and Grant
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April Sykes ........................................................................................... News Editor
Beth Rafferty.........................................................................Graphics Department
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David and April Sykes, Publishers
Letters to the Editor
Thanks for going extra mile
To the Editor;
I’ve never tasted a better steak
than the one you served me... And
the French toast the following a.m.
was excellent also. Your fast ser
vice, smiles and encouragement will
bring me back to your community
another time at a later date.
Thanks for going "the extra mile”
for Cycle Oregon participants to
make our stay in your community
the best of any on this year’s ride.
Sincerely,
(s) Rod Rumsey
Gold Beach, OR
Proud to share Oregon
To the Editor:
We want to thank the people and
businesses of Heppner for hosting us
on our first night on the road on Cy
cle Oregon III. It must surely have
been overwhelming but you were all
so polite and friendly that we felt
right at home. And the food was
great too. We’re proud to share
Oregon with folks like you.
(s) Stanford and Marilyn Smith
. Albany, Oregon
Court thanks Morrow County
To the Editor:
Your Morrow County Fair and
Rodeo Court, Queen Judy Jepsen,
Princesses Dana Flanagan, Tricia
Coe and Stacie Henry, have had a
great time representing Morrow
County this past year. We have en
joyed attending meetings, luncheons
and parades all the way from
Portland to Joseph. It has been our
goal to represent Morrow County to
the very best of our abilities. We
have met many people, learned
many new things and grown much
this year.
To each of those who have helped
support us by purchasing tickets,
sale items or donating to us in any
way, we would like to offer our
thanks. Your support has been
tremendous and we will always
remember our year with fond
memories. Thanks for allowing us to
represent you and Morrow County.
Sincerely,
(s) Queen Judy Jepsen
Princess Tricia Coe
Princess Dana Flanagan
Princess Stacie Henry
Support Frohnmayer
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To the Editor:
I am writing this letter to en
thusiastically
support
Dave
Frohnmayer for Governor of the
State of Oregon.
The Oregon Association of
Realtors Political Action Committee
has met with Dave Frohnmayer and
found Dave to be most supportive of
realtor philosophies on small
business, housing and property tax
relief issues. Additionally, Dave ex
pressed a strong committment to
equitable treatment to private parties
with regard to Oregons’ new
Forfeiture law and to reducing
uncertainties in Oregons’ land use
planning program.
Additionally, as one devoted to
continued rural economic develop
ment in Eastern Oregon, it is my
firm belief that Dave Frohnmayer is
the candidate whose philosophy is
most closely aligned with Eastern
Oregon’s “ self help” and “ can do”
attitudes. He will help us develop
our local rural economies and will
bring all the state assets to work
towards this goal.
Please give Dave your support and
your vote.
(s) John Prag, president
Columbia Basin Board of Realtors
Box 50
Boardman, OR 97818
Cyclists send thanks
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To the Editor
Just a quick note to thank all the
fine people of Heppner that helped
to host Cycle Oregon III. As a rider
I found your hospitality and friend
ship to be a very positive part of the
ride. Be assured that you added
tremendously to a very positive
experience
Thank you again for sharing your
friendship, community and beautiful
area with all of us.
(s) A.R. Rirkmeyer
Longview, WA
Top It Off
Top off your
W rangler jeans
with tradition —
the traditional style
of the W rangler
ProRodeo jean
jacket. 100% cotton
says easy care and
casual com fort.
No other town so hospitable
To the Editor:
On September 9th together with
about 2,000 other cyclists, I rolled
into your town. What a reception.
None of us realized how good we
had it in Heppner-because Heppner
was our first stop, we thought all the
towns we stayed at would be just as
gracious and generous as Heppner.
Not so.
No other town offered us free
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me, really wonderful.
So I want to thank you for all you
did for us and I hope we were good
guests. You were great.
Thanks,
(s) Victoria Gordon
Salem, OR 97301
Coos Sheriff for Frohnmayer
To the Editor:
Recently on television, Mrs. Bar
bara Roberts outlined her crime plan
for Oregon and at the same time
stated that Dave Frohnmayer has
done nothing about crime in Oregon
and has no plan for dealing with
crime.
How naive, or perhaps simply out
of sync with reality was this state
ment made. As a matter of fact, I had
the privilege of working with Dave
Frohnmayer in 1985 when we
traveled the state of Oregon helping
him develop Oregon’s “ Drug
Strategy" which is still in place to
day. Little wonder why all 36 coun
ty sheriffs, district attorneys and a
large majority of police officers I
have talked to support Dave
Frohnmayer We have not forgotten
Dave’s battle with the Rajneesh in
Antelope, his anti-racketeering law,
the regional narcotic task forces he
created as a result of the drug
strategy meetings held statewide, the
appellate and supreme court cases he
has fought and won for us and a
myriad of other law enforcement
issues he has worked with law en
forcement on for the last ten years.
Crime may be a new issue with
Barbara Roberts, but not with Dave
Frohnmayer. It has been a continual
battle, one that he will not be able
to forget when elected governor, nor
will he be able to forget the atrocities
committed to children and adults at
the hands of hard core criminals in
our state.
The new issues Dave will deal
with are school support funding,
taxes, economic conditions, and
social stability that includes the
preservation of a way of life for our
loggers, fishermen, ranchers and
farmers.
Law enforcement is part of that
social stability also, not to be
governed with an iron fist, but to be
meted out in a fashion that brings
about a willing compliance to the
benefit of all.
As a career law enforcement of
ficer with over 31 years in this
business, I have seen and dealt with
the liberal attitudes of many of our
state legislators in our attempt to pass
needed legislation dealing with such
laws as sex registration, career
criminals, and violent crime issues.
More often as not the benefits of
these laws have been denied to socie
ty because certain liberal legislators
in positions of power are more con
cerned about the rights of the accus
ed than the victim.
Barbara Roberts is an admitted
liberal who all of a sudden has a
crime plan for the state while Dave
Frohnmayer has been a friend and
supporter of law enforcement in our
state for ten years with a proven
track record on crime and more im
portantly the knowledge, ability and
desire to be a great governor. I’m a
registered democrat but that doesn’t
mean I am a liberal nor do I have to
follow party lines. In this year’s
election I feel I only have one viable
choice and that is Dave.
All of us 36 sheriffs and district
attorneys can’t be wrong so you
folks take it from there.
(s) Veral E. Tamo
Coos County Sheriff
Too Bad We
D idn’t Have A
Chance
I was a little sad to see the state wide
ballot measures be invalidated early
this week. I wanted yet another oppor
tunity to vote down a sales tax.
All this property tax reform and
limitation talk is fanned as much by the
recipients as it is by the payers. After
all we already have a property tax limit.
The limit by the voters seems to me to
work pretty well. Morrow County
schools have been limited several times
B> Ed Glenn
in the past few years by voters simply
saying ‘no’ to any new tax levies.
On the other hand, when property taxes do go up it is because the voters,
the very folks who pay most of the taxes, say ‘yes.’ County goernment
is a classic example. The County's tax levy has gone up quite a bit in the
past several years.
Now that’s a feature of the present system you won’t find in any reform
plan. The folks who pay the money can decide just which form of govern
ment will go up and which will not.
And this business about a sales tax surely does point out how politicians
think about things. They all want a sales tax, a new tax on Oregonians,
and one that is collected state wide and thus controlled at Salem. Financ
ing education is important, they say, but apparently it is less important
than all the other things the state is now doing because you don’t hear
anyone suggesting that education should be financed by cutting back any
other program.
In fact, the school finance problem is made bigger because the legislature
has decided all those other things are more important than education. Basic
school support used to run about 33 percent, but in recent years the
legislature has cooked up other programs to spend that money on. Now
basic school support is less than 25 percent of the cost of educating a child.
Well, it’s too bad we did not have yet another chance to say ‘no’ to a
new tax. We’ve done that consistently eight times in recent memory. One
more could have been added to the list.
Then maybe some, just one would be a start, politicians would get the
idea that taxpayers are not a bottomless pit. That maybe we already have
all the government we want. That maybe we should try to set some real
priorities about what tax money should be spent for and when you get to
the middle of the list, call that enough. I don’t think government can do
everything, nor should it try.
Spend, spend, spend. That’s all some of those fellows think. Take the
national deficit. A few years back the Gramm-Rudman bill was designed
to force a deficit reduction. But our spend, spend, spend representatives
have slipped around that act so that this year will post the highest deficit
ever in the history of this nation-$235 billion.
These are the same fellows who look us straight in the eye and say they
want to reduce the debt load on the American taxpayer. Then some hot
shot special interest group like the Savings and Loan executives get to them
and the first thing you know there’s another taxpayer financed bailout pro
gram and fat campaign contribution to show for it.
I’ve seen ordinarily sensible folks run for political office and the very
minute we elect them, they turn south and do the very same spend, spend,
spend trick the old politicians do.
Someday we’ll have two candidates for governor who will be arguing
about how much spending they can cut out of government, not about how
much new tax money they can collect. And who knows, maybe we’ll have
a county court that will not go out of their way to find new ways to spend
our money.
Until the, we’ve got to be very vigilant that we do not lose all the purse
strings on our tax money. Too bad we didn’t have a chance this time.
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Thanks a bunch
To the Editor:
Just a little note to say “ thanks a
bunch” for the wonderful hospitali
ty your town extended to Cycle
Oregon III-you were so great.
I will always have fond memories
of the folks at Heppner. Thanks
again.
(s) Bev Chamberlain
Cornelius, OR 97113
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Thanks to people of Heppner
To the Editor:
Dear Judge Carlson:
Sunday evening, after our first full
day on Cycle Oregon and after
savoring the wonderful dinner and
welcome provided by the people of
Heppner, you, your wife and son
came by our group at the beer garden
thanked us for coming to Heppner.
You also gave our tired bodies a ride
back to the campsite on the
fairgrounds.
This is the kind of hospitality that
captured my vote for the friendliest
city on the tour. This by no means
is meant to imply that every city
along
the
route
w asn't
great...because they all were. It
means that Heppner stood out in my
mind in a rather “ special” way.
Coming into Heppner after a long
hot ride, I was greeted by your
welcoming group that directed me to
an ice cold tub full of all the
Gatorade one could consume. Once
showered and clean we headed to the
shuttle area for a lift into town. The
Lexington Grange buckboard came
by and we hopped on. We learned
about your St. Patrick’s day parade,
the bed-races and that Heppner is
Lexington
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Gatorade when we arrived. No other
town served us steak. No other town
served us meals without waiting
lines. No other town in Oregon was
so hospitable.
Thank you for the personal tour of
the Morrow County Courthouse.
Sincerely,
(s) J.D. Foster
Ashland, OR
Thanks for all you did
To the Editor:
I have just completed riding Cy
cle Oregon III. I’ve never done it
before so the hospitality shown by
the towns we passed through was
such a surprise you made us feel so
special-staying with you was, for
now on the Pro-Rodeo circuit. Once
delivered to the school we were
treated to wonderful food and cool
pr^rodec
Special thanks to the Bill Ewing
family (he’s a fifth or sixth grade
teacher) for allowing us to take
showers at their house and for show
ing us the town. .and to the people
who own the BP Gas Station for their
help and the use of their bathroom.
Love your town, love your people.
(s) Molly McCallum
John Kahley
Bend, OR
To the Editor:
Thank you for your wonderful
hospitality during the Cycle Oregon
III. What a wonderful stay...and lots
of people to drive us around and help
carry our bags. The grounds were
beautiful, the entertainm ent
delightful and the food superb. Also
the people fantastic. You have a
great town.
We’ll be back for St. Paddy’s day
shade. After dinner we strolled down
to the beer garden and met other
people.
After a great breakfast, which I’m
told caused people to get up at 4
a.m ., we began moving up the hill
and out of Heppner. Off to the left
as we rode, a lady was waving good
bye to us and thanking us for com
ing to her city. Shortly up the hill,
others from Heppner were handing
out fresh watermelon to the riders.
The sun pushed up over the
eastern hills, as the birds sailed and
the horses wondered about these two
wheeled “ things" going up a steep
climb. It was to be another long day.
But for this native Oregonian, I was
proud of Heppner for the tremen
dous display of community spirit and
100% pure Oregon hospitality.
Thanks to you Judge and all of the
others for making Heppner a
wonderful experience.
Sincerely,
(s) Ron Allen
Portland
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Your wife and kids
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A C h evron say Instead of going on
that diet, you should just stay the way
you are.” Grazelda sputtered, "But
Clem, don’t you want me to be slim
and trim?" Clem scoffed, “ Naw, they
say if you stay the way you are, I can
have shade in the summer and heat in
the winter." Clem headed out the door
as Grazelda went for the shotgun over
the fireplace!
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