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The Heppner
G A ZETTE-TIM ES
Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
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Published every VN ednevday and entered as second-class matter at the Post Office
at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1874. 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: $15 in Morrow, Wheeler, Gilliam and Grant
Counties; $23 elsewhere.
Joyce H u g h es........................................................... Office Manager, Typesetting
April Sykes ...........................................................................................News Editor
Carol Atherly ....................................................................... Graphics Department
Becky Evans ......................................................................... Graphics Department
Monique Par r e t ...................................................................................... Distribution
Kay Rene Qualls . .......................................................................................... Bindery
Bob S m ith........................................................................................................Printer
David and April Svkes. Publishers
Letters to the Editor
Concerned about high speed
To the Editor:
We are writing this letter as con
cerned citizens and taxpayers.
At 3:40 p.m. on Thursday,
November 8, 1990, we were some
of the few that witnessed an officers
car going through Main Street of
Heppner at a very high rate of speed.
This vehicle could not have been
controlled if one of the senior
citizens had been in the crosswalk,
or anyone, for that matter, or if a car
had been backing out from the curb,
as we have seen many times without
knowing that something is coming.
If this is legal for officers, please
reply.
(s) Pennie Miller
Jessie Scott
Dennis E Miller
Doreen Parret
Sandy Russell
Ema Winchester
Thanks for successful food drive
To the Editor:
The Neighborhood Center wishes
to express its deep appreciation to
Helen Riehl, the Cub Scouts and
their adult leaders, various church
youth and their adult leaders and all
the fine residents of lone, Lexington
and Heppner that made this year’s
food drive a great success.
All the hard work that went into
the drive cannot be measured, but
many families and their children will
have a nicer holiday season thanks
to your efforts.
(s) The Rev. Stan Hoobing
Neighborhood Center of
South Morrow County
Morrow County school system a success
appropriate time to acknowledge our
successes, but maybe an even better
time for everyone to recognize their
stake in the education of our youth.
In this America Education Week, I
would like to encourage individuals
to do just that by visiting with an
educator or education employee, at
tending a board meeting, visiting a
classroom , volunteering as a
teacher’s aide or tutor, going to a
ball game, working with the local
advisory committee, or attending a
budget hearing. By doing any one of
these things, individuals will become
more knowledgeable of the suc
cessful educational programs in our
schools, and more committed to con
structively changing the shortcom
ings of our educational system.
Sincerely,
(s Sarah Carlson
President MCEA
Science Teacher, HJH
Thanks to voters
To the Editor:
I wish to take this opportunity to
thank the voters of Morrow County
for their support in my election as
county commissioner. I am especial
ly grateful to my campaign staff and
all the volunteers who worked so
hard in my behalf.
A special commendation goes to
my opponents, Irvin Rauch and Pat
Wright, for their positive campaigns.
After all the negative advertising that
was evident in the recent election, it
is indeed refreshing to be a part of
an effort based on positive issues and
attitudes.
1 feel it is not time to get on with
business of government and keep
Morrow County moving forward.
Irvin Rauch has offered his coopera
tion in this time of transition, and for
this I am especially thankful.
Irv, your service to Morrow
County will not be forgotten.
Sincerely,
(s) Ray French
Concerned over non-alcoholic beer
To the Editor:
My cause is to have adopted a bill
banning the sales of non-alcoholic
brew to our minor children in the
state of Oregon.
My concerns as a citizen and
parent of three teenagers are that our
minor children can legally buy and
drink these products.
The non-alcoholic brew smells,
tastes and looks like the real beer.
Some of these products contain a
small amount of alcohol content.
I believe by drinking the non
alcoholic brew our children can ac
quire the taste for the real beer as
well as the habit.
The non-alcoholic brew ingre
dients are the same as real beer, they
both are made from water, malted
barley, com, yeast and hops.
I am asking for your letters of sup
port. Please address your support
and concerns to the Oregon State
Legislature in care of Bill Bradbury.
Please mail your letters to Dorothy
Lynn Elbert. Box 1253, Bandon, OR
97411.
Sincerely
(s) Dorothy Lynn Elbert
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The funeral for Carol Ann Rea
was held at the Trinity Lutheran
Church in Hermiston on Saturday,
Nov. 10. Burial was at Highview
Cemetery in lone.
Mrs. Rea, 47, of Hermiston, died
Tuesday, Nov. 6, 1990 at Swedish
Hospital in Seattle.
She was born Nov. 21, 1942, at
Heppner to Kenneth and Leila Mar
shall Palmer. She attended school at
Lexington and graduated from lone
High School. She attended the
Pendleton School of Beauty and
Barbering.
On Aug. 25, 1963, she married
Dallas Rea at lone. They moved to
Condon in 1964 and lived there un
til 1973 when they moved to
Hermiston.
Survivors include her husband at
the home; daughters Janell Hasen-
bank of Adams, and Dyan Rea of
Hermiston; mother, Leila Palmer of
Lexington; sister, Janet Balfe of An
chorage, Alaska; brother, Mike
Palmer of Ukiah; grandfather, Ken
neth Marshall of Zillah, WA. and
one grandson. A brother Joe Palmer,
died earlier.
Memorial contributions may be
made to the Fred Hutchins Cancer
Research Center, 1124 Columbia
Street, Seattle. WA. 98104.
Sweeney Mortuary, Heppner, was
in charge of arrangements.
Donald L. Munkers
Graveside funeral service for
Donald L. Munkers was held at the
Heppner Masonic Cemetery on
Thursday, November 8.
Mr. Munkers, 62, of Heppner,
died Monday, Nov. 5, 1990 at his
home.
He was bom July 6, 1928, at
Heppner to Harry and Cora Gilman
Munkers. He attended school at lone
until his senior year when he mov
ed to Heppner and graduated from
Heppner High School in 1947. In
1949, he enlisted in the U.S. Coast
Guard and after his discharge in
1952 he returned to Heppner where
he was employed by Morrow Coun
ty Road Department.
In 1973, he began working for
Morrow County Grain Growers in
the grain division.
Mr. Munkers enjoyed bowling,
hunting and fishing and spending
time with his family.
On June 16, 1951, he married
Ruby J. Teague at Stevenson, WA.
He was a member of the American
Legion.
Survivors include his wife at the
home; sons, Stephen of Elgin and
Dale of Heppner; daughters Donna
Acock of Heppner and Kathryn
Alldritt of Lexington; brother Riley
of Heppner; half-brothers, Harold
“ Doc” Sherer of lone and Glenn
Sherer of Union; and 17 grand
children. A son, Eddie, died earlier.
Memorial contributions may be
made to the Heppner Ambulance
Fund, P.O. Box 9, Heppner, OR
97836.
Sweeney Mortuary, Heppner, was
in charge of arrangements.
Death Notice
Jeanne T. Collins, 48, of
Sherwood, formerly of Heppner,
died Tuesday, November 13 at Em
manuel Hospital in Portland. She is
the daughter of Daisy Collins and the
late William C. Collins.
Memorial service will be held 11
a.m. Saturday, November 17 at
United Methodist Church in Hepp
ner. A complete obituary will follow
in next week’s paper.
Sweeney Mortuary. Heppner, is in
charge of arrangements.
Births
Spencer Alan Palmer-a son
Spencer Alan was bom to Larry and
Tina Palmer of Heppner on October
28 at St. Anthony’s Hospital in
Pendleton. The baby weighed 8 lbs.
1 oz.
Grandparents are Roger and
Shirley Palmer, Heppner and Jerry
and Janet Kloeppel, Vernal, UT.
Great grandparents are Elmer and
Murial Palmer, Harold and Edna
Peck, Everett Keithley all of Hepp
ner and Nellie Kloeppel, Vernal,
UT.
Elliott James Ployhar-a son
Elliott James was bom to Jean and
Jim Ployhar of Lufkin. TX, on
November 5, 1990. The baby weigh
ed 9 lbs.
Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Ployhar, Heppner and Mrs.
Julius Conrad, Franklin, PA.
He joins a sister Allison, 2 years
old, at home.
Kristina Ann Axtell- a daughter
Kristina Ann was born to Keith and
Rashell Axtell of Irrigon on
November I, 1990 at Good
Shepherd Hospital in Hermiston.
The baby weighed 8 lbs. 11 oz.
Cayla Nicole Smith-a daughter
Cayla Nicole was bom to Oscar and
Cathalina Smith of Irrigon on
November 2, 1990 at Good
Shepherd Hospital in Hermiston.
The baby weighed 8 lbs 4 oz.
The Depot Is
Gone
The Heppner Police department
reports handling the following
business during the past week:
October 29: 4 p.m. assist Mental
Health; 4:42 p.m.-report of Harass
ment; 5:23 p.m.-citation issued for
No Helmet and Allowing Passenger
to Ride with No Helmet.
October 30: 1:15 p.m.-Worthless
Document Case; 9:47 p.m.-assist
Fire Department; 10:29 p.m .-
request officer for Security Check.
October 31: 12:06 a.m.-request
officer for Security Check; 5:01
p.m.-Criminal Complaint; 7:40
p.m.-report of Criminal Mischief.
November 2: 1:22 a.m.-request
officer for Security Check; 1 p.m.-
Worthless Document Case; 9:08
p.m.-report of Shots Fired; 10:33
p.m.-report of Criminal Mischief.
November 3: 11:18 p.m.-assist
Morrow County Sheriff’s Depart
ment; 11:19 a.m.-Dog Complaint;
10:24 p.m.-report of Prowler.
November 4: 11:02 a.m.-Motorist
Assist; 11:07 a.m.-Motorist Assist;
9:44 p.m .-report of Domestic
Violence; 11:35 p.m.-parking cita
tion issued.
November 5: 1:30 p.m.-Motorist
Assist.
November 6: 10:23 p.m.-request
officer for Security Check.
November 7: 6:38 p.m.-report of
Fire Alarm; 6:45 p.m.-assist Fire
department.
November 8: 2:51 p.m.-Motorist
Assist.
November 10: 5:59 p.m.-report of
Speeding Car; 11:45 p.m.-request
officer for Security Check.
November 11: 6:28 p.m.-citation
issued for Disobeyed Stop Sign.
The Umatilla Army Depot is lost
again. Lost to a morass of governmen
tal power play.
KTie depot is on the list of military
bases slated for closure as a part of the
long range stand-down. The long term
program to pound swords to plow
shares (in its modem sense it’s more
like national security into welfare) will
eventually close a lot more than the
depot.
In the case of the Umatilla Depot,
that won’t happen for quite a few years.
There’s a pretty big stock pile of
chemical weapons there that have to be
destroyed first. That’s an expensive
undertaking in itself. The first estimate of the cost was around $34 million.
Most recently that cost has climbed to $500 million and I’d bet it will dou
ble again.
There’s even some talk that maybe it is too costly and the old leaky
weapons should be shipped somewhere else to be burned up.
But however that fiasco turns out, the depot will be closed in 20 years
or so. It’s not too soon to figure out what happens next.
About a year ago, Gary Neal, general manager of the Port of Morrow,
spied a group of six buildings on the southwest comer of the depot that
are presently unused, easy to get to from Paterson Ferry Road and par
ticularly suited to a variety of private business uses. He devised a plan
of “ Early Access” which would allow the port access to those buildings
right away for use in local economic development efforts. He even found
a tenant for one of them.
The plan only involved moving some boundary fencing, cleaning up one
of the buildings and building a little road. Private use of the buildings would
not interfere with present activity at the depot since they are empty now
anyway and there are no plans to use them in the future. Besides, the ren
tals would reverse the flow of money back into the treasury.
Neal and Port Commissioner Dan Creamer talked the plan up all the
way to Washington, D.C. Face to face with some high powered general,
Neal and Creamer found enthusiastic support for the "Early Access” plan.
But the political powers that be couldn’t stand the pressure of a Morrow
County plum. Governor Goldschmidt, with some special contacts in
Umatilla County, ordered creation of the Umatilla Depot Task Force to
determine the future use of the facility. That task force would have two
members appointed by the Morrow County Court (Judge Louis Carlson
and former Port Commissioner Matt Doherty), two members appointed
by the Umatilla County Commission (Commission Chairman Bill Hansell
and Hermiston attorney George Anderson), a chairman selected by those
four (Pendleton attorney Alex Blyer) and two members appointed by the
governor.
The governor has now announced his two appointees. Both from Umatilla
County, of course. That puts the score at 2-5.
The Umatilla County folks want to convert the weapon incinerator (which
they have managed to slip across the county line from its original location
in Morrow County) to commercial use and/or use the entire depot for a
new National Guard unit stationed in Hermiston.
While Morrow County has a couple of good folks on the task force,
I have some first hand knowledge of the power of provincialism shown
by at least two of the Umatilla County people. There is little hope that
the “ Early Access” plan will even get an airing.
With 10 percent of the people in the two county area, and 28 percent
of the membership of the task force. Morrow County interests will be on
the short end of the stick again. Never mind that 60 percent of the land
area and about 50 percent of the building floor space lie in Morrow County.
Marriage Licenses
The Clerk’s office at the cour
thouse in Heppner reports issuing the
following marriage licenses during
the past week:
Tim Edward Hedman, 28, Hepp
ner; and
Jacque Ann Johnston, 20,
Heppner.
Health Dept.
The Morrow County Health
Department lists the following
schedule for the month of
November:
Friday, November 16-blood
pressures and immunizations, 8
a.m.-4:30 p.m.;
Tuesday, November 20-blood
pressures and im m unizations,
Boardman City Hall, 1:30-4 p.m.;
Wednesday, November 21-blood
pressures, Bank of Eastern Oregon
kitchen, lone, 2-3 p.m.;
Friday, November 23-blood
pressures and immunizations, 8
a.m .-4:30 p.m. Heppner office;
Tuesday, November 27-blood
pressures and immunizations, 1-4
p.m. Irrigon County office;
Friday, November 30-blood
pressure and immunizations, 8
a.m.-4:30 p.m., Heppner office.
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To the Editor:
With this being American Educa
tion Week, I wanted to take a minute
to express a few of my thoughts
regarding education. For some
reason, this time of the year has
become a time for the media to point
out the ills of the America education
system. While it is healthy and ap
propriate to look at shortcomings, I
feel it is equally important to ex
amine and credit success. One of
those successes is the Morrow Coun
ty school system.
Morrow County is fortunate to
have some of the most talented pro
fessionals in education. These
teachers, coaches, and education
employees are totally committed to
seeing that the youth of Morrow
County become educated. Some of
the greatest things are happening
within the walls of our school
buildings
because
of this
commitment.
American Education Week is an
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