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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 5, 1990 j i- s J = O lfPA Letters to the Editor The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Thanks to the community The Heppner To the Editor: A number of members of the Portland Wheelmen Touring Club that rode Cycle Oregon III wish to express out thanks to your communi ty for the warm and generous welcome that we received. Because Heppner was so kind and friendly at the end of our first hot and hilly day on the road we got our trip off on the right foot and were able to fully enjoy the entire week. Our dinner on the shady grass by the school was a fantastic meal and the people on the food lines were fabulous. The entertainment area and GAZETTE-TIM ES Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper U.8.P.S. 240-420 Published every Wednesday and entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Second class postage paid at Heppoer. Oregon. Office at 147 West Willow Street. Telephone (503) 676-«28. 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 Hughes .................................................................Office Manager, Typesetting April Sykes ...................................................................................................News Editor Carol Atherly ............................................................................. Graphics Department Becky Evans ............................................................................... Graphics Department Monique P a r r e l............................................................................................. Distribution Kay Rene Q ualls....................................................................................................Bindery Bob S m ith .................................................................................................................Printer To the Editor: This is a letter to awaken this town abit. Some people in this area seem ed to have forgotten what flashers mean when a car has them turned on, as those who chose to stop it. or, more importantly, when an am These young men and women, bulance does. children of the Viet Nam generation, I was headed up to the hospital last who are already there are going Saturday around 1:15 p.m. due to an through tremendous hardships. They emergency, with my flashers on. need the support of all Americans, Three cars pulled out ahead of me. just as the men of my father’s Two had turned but one continued generation had the total support of driving ahead of me and totally ig the entire nation when they shipped nored me. He didn’t speed up, nor out for Europe and the South Seas did he pull over, he just kept driv in 1941. ing at a rate of about 20 mph. If there is bloodshed in the desert People generally don’t use their of Saudi Arabia for God’s sake emergency flashers and are headed America, let them all know we care in the direction of the hospital unless for them, love them and encourage they have an emergency. them. Don’t let them come home Later that same day the M.C. am- like the young men of my genera tion...outcast, forgotten, ridiculed. Betrayed by those who they thought they were protecting. What if, in 1776 they had said, “ A few taxes and a few freedoms are not The Justice Court office at the worth fighting for?” or in 1861 if courthouse annex in Heppner reports those who lived in the north had handling the following business dur said, “ Those blacks certainly are not ing the past week: worth going to war over?” or in T ravis Lee H arrison, 22, 1939 the world had said, “ Are Lexington-Exceeding the Maximum Hitler’s invasions of a few small Speed Limit, 72 mph in a 55 mph countries worth shedding the blood zone, $37 fine; of our sons over?” If so, what would Lorene E. Papineau, 31, our world be like today if everyone Lexington-Exceeding the Maximum had stayed home and minded their Speed Limit, 65 mph in a 55 mph own business? zone, $20 fine; No one wants those kids in Saudi Vernon Merald Stoddard Jr., 29, Arabia, but as long as they are there, Union-Exceeding the Maximum we, as a nation, owe it to them to see Speed Limit, 65 mph in a 55 mph to it that they are supported and ap zone, $20 fine; preciated as much as possible. And Shannon Marya Ball, 21, College most importantly, to pray to God that Place, WA.-Exceeding the Max- they are all home soon, safe and imum Speed Limit, 74 mph in a 55 sound, without a single shot being mph zone, $37 fine; fired. Craig Thomas Gutierrez, 26, (s) Ginger Perez Heppner-Offensive Littering, $31 lone fine; Service men and women deserve support of Americans Justice Court ____Report 4740 Richard Michael Erdos, 49, Sherw ood-V iolation o f Road Closure, $58 fine; Ralph David VanSant. 39, Aloha- Violation of Road Closure, $58 fine; William Douglas Fidanzo, 41, Alhoa-Violation of Road Closure, $58 fine. PROFESSIONAL KRYPTON LANTERN AND FLASHLIGHTS WITH BATTERIES IB Arts and Crafts meeting planned LU M ILITE g • Includes part no. 4700 professional Krypton lantern plus 8450 and 8050 flashlights with Eveready ’ Super Extra Heavy Duty batteries. • Clamshell package • Full lifetime warranty for the K-1AA® and K -2C * flashlights. Expires D ecem ber 12, 1990 Available At D &L CAPS Heppner 186 MAY ST. OUR POLICY FOR OVER 40 YEARS Offer the lowest prices Treat people right Provide quality service Support our community If you accept anything less you are not buying from the right dealership YOU CANT BEAT OUR DEAL SHERRELL CHEVROLET Hermiston, Oregon THE Weather Report by City of Heppner Nov. 27 - Dec. High Low 46 Tties. 32 Weds. 52 33 56 28 Thurs. 45 30 Fri. 42 32 Sat. Sun. 45 35 Mon. 55 45 3, 1990 Prec Snow .0 .0 .10 T .05 V4” .0 spots .0 Market Report Compliments of the Morrow County Grain Growers Tuesday, December 4, W hite Soft *2.91/*2.93 Dec. *2.94/*2.96 Jan. *2.97/*2.98 Feb. *2.95 New Crop Barley *110 D ec.-Feb 97 % Pik ns i SEE IT „ru 676-5009 CH EVRO LET • • • • bulance came through town follow ed by the Lexington Quick Response vehicle. Both had their lights going and the ambulance had the siren go ing. The roads were icy, yet so meone went ahead and turned bet ween the two vehicles requiring the quick response rig to slow down. Who had the right of way here? It’s bad enough when a car has its flashers on and people ignore them but when they ignore ambulances it’s a crime. So please people, be alert. Watch for lights and flashers. Take caution. It could mean life or death for so meone. That someone could be your family member or friend. Thank you, Shanna Paullus Morrow Co. EMT This is the time of year when outstan ding work is recognized. The Board- man Chamber of Commerce will name its Outstanding Citizen at their annual dinner meeting Friday evening. The Heppner Chamber will name its Citizens of the Year in January. Many other ogranizations will recognize their own choices for good work in the next month or so. This is the season for applause. Dozens, no, hundreds of deserving people will be considered, but not singled out, simply because there is not room to list all who qualify. That’s too bad because there is a lot of good work By Ed Glenn done by a lot of good people. And it should be recognized. All of us should be more generous with our recognition of good work. Most of those folks who will be recognized will be people who contribute volunteer time and effort on behalf of the community and its charitable efforts. Many very worthy projects can only exist with volunteer work so it is good that those folks are singled out. But there are many other kinds of good work. Political work, both paid and unpaid is important to our society and should be recognized. Even paid, for profit work, whether as an employee or as a private business person is deserving of recognition. The very best farm tractor driver should be honored. Somebody should name the best retail merchant and we should all know who the best school teacher is. The best at any honorable endeavor by any noble criteria should be emblazoned across the land. Even some of the near winners should be nam ed. Something like a second and third place and maybe even an honorable mention. Good work should receive our attention, our notice, our recognition so that more good work will be encouraged. When we honor a person in the community, it says a lot about us. That we are generous with our praise. It also says that we would like to be more like the person we honor. We admire his qualities and we recommend them to others. But as I see it, the reason we don’t recognize more good work is that it would require a lot of hard work. We would have to decide what it is that is good, and then decide who it is that is that good. And that is a lot of hard work. We find it to be hard work because we are not used to doing it. We have become a passive, namby-pamby society. It’s all part of that baloney about being non-judgmental. Don’t judge me until you’ve walked a mile in my shoes. That’s just plain foolish. We must become much more judgmental about each other. Even if we can only see where we start and where we end but didn’t make the walk. Of course we run the risk of leaving something out but there is much we’ll have included too. Maybe the fear of missing something in our judgment will drive us to be more aware of the things our fellow man is doing. Aware of everything from how our local politicians abuse their travel and expense allowances to how a savings and loan official is fretting away our money. Had we been more judgmental of our fellow man, we would not be coughing up $500 billion to bail out depositors for the bad work being done by some loan agents. The flip side of this new judgment will be to discourage bad work. The dope dealers, baby beaters and thieves in our midst would feel our disap proval long before the sheriff comes along. The laggards on the job, the cheaters on main street and the blood suckers throughout the society would get the message that we reward good work and disapprove of bad work. Think how much less work there would be for government if we took care of more of the judging ourselves. The first step is to honor the outstanding citizens. But let’s not let it end there. » ,. Morrow County Creative Arts and Crafts meeting is scheduled for December 18 at 1 p.m. for a Christmas party and gift exchange. Each one attending is asked to bring a gift (not over $3) and a favorite dessert to share after lunch. Officers for next year were decid ed upon at the November meeting. Mary Ella Moyer was elected presi dent, Pauline Matheny vice presi dent, Barb Ansotegui treasurer, and Alma Green secretary. Anyone with questions or an in terest in joining the group may call Mary Ella at 676-9844. $ 12.95 Now Only beer garden will always be special to me since my name is Bud. My friends made me pose for pictures in front of the inflatable statue of the “ genuine Bud man” so 1 will always have fond memories of our stay in Heppner. On top of everything else you had the best T-shirt of the trip. We can’t express enough of our appreciation for how well we were treated in Heppner. Thank you again for setting such a positive tone for the start of our trip. (s) Bud Rice, Tom Peterson, Dick Everett, Dee Wilson, Barbara Bours, Hank Saathaff Be alert David and April Svkes. Publishers To the Editor: Each evening as I sit before my T.V. watching the national news, listening and hoping that nothing has happened that will trigger war in the Middle East, but mostly hoping to catch a glimpse of someone very close to my family, Kevin Ball of lone, who has left his wife, 3-month old son and his family, to serve in Saudi Arabia. But instead, I see echos reminis cent of 1968. Long haired protesters shouting “ Hell no, we won’t go,” peace signs, flag waving sign carry ing remingers of the past. I feel my very soul crying out “ Dear God, don’t let this happen again,” not fearful of another Viet Nam, but the horrors of the dissension here at home. 1 do not believe in my heart for one moment that any American in their right mind wouldn’t vountari- ly give up the use of petroleum pro ducts rather than lose one American life in Saudi Arabia. But, I also do not believe that this confrontation has anything to do with oil. I believe that Kevin Ball and all his fellow armed service men and women are there so that his son and all our childen’s children can grow up in a world where men like Saddam Hus sein, who can and will terrorize the world, use chemical and/or germ warfare or even nuclear weapons will not prevail. 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