FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 5, 1990
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
In retrospect, the line should have
been drawn during the days of the
Ayatollah but history had dictated it
be drawn now, on the border of
Kuwait, and that his generation of
young men and women may be the
ones who will go down in the annals
The Good Work
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