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mm FOUR Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 24. 1991 Concern for soldiers appreciated The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow To the Editor: This is to convey our love and thanks to our neighbors and friends, known and unknown, for your con cerns and prayers for our sons dur ing Operation Desert Storm. We are happy to report that each has now returned safely to his duty station in the States. Joe Struthers got home to wife Sarah in Maine in March in time for new baby expected May 1st. Carl II also got back in March to O NPA = The Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES Morrow C ounty’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper U.S.P.S. 240-420 Pubifchvd every Wednesday and entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Secood 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. Bo* 337, Hepp ner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $15 In Morrow. Wheeler, Gilliam and Grant Counties; $23 elsewhere. Joyce H u g h e s............................................................ Office Manager, Typesetting April Sykes ...........................................................................................News Editor Carol Atherly ........................................................................Graphics Department Becky Evans ......................................................................... Graphics Department Monique P a r r e l..................................................................................... Distribution Penni Keersemaker....................................................................................... Bindery Bob S m ith ................................................................................................... ,. Printer Letters to the Editor asy to give what doesn’t belong to you To the Editor: Since Morrow County con solidated into one school district, none of the promises to Lexington have been kept. Since the consolida tion. Lexington is the only school district that has lost everything (schools, etc.) (Irrigon did lose its high school.) In 1959, when it was announced that Lexington High School would be closed, the prin cipal at Heppner High School claim ed the Lexington student body money before the school was even closed. Heppner is still taking. Through the years, we have helped finance new schools, shops, athletic fields and the land they were built on, while Lexington has receiv ed nothing. How come two people from Hepp ner can parcel out Lexington? In the newspaper article they said they were trying to give something to Lexington. I don't doubt their intent, but the definitions of to give or generosity do not include the word ‘take.’ To tum the old Lexington football field into a commercial lot is ludicrous. Since it’s in the middle of a residential zone, there is very lit tle they can do with it except maybe tum it into a "full service" service station. Now that would be ironic. Morrow County School District did not purchase the football field at Lexington, it was part of the con solidation. The football field is not an eyesore. As you drive into Lex ington it enhances the looks of the city with its grass and trees. There are adequate sites above and below Heppner for a baseball field. There are also adequate sites near Lexington. To acquire a site in Heppner, I doubt very much that there would have been a land ex change. The school district would have had to purchase the land outright. So why, with the deal in Lexington, is there a land exchange where Lexington has to give up something, when Hepner would not have to give up anything?. When the land swap is complete in Lexington, will the Morrow County Grain Growers also own title to the football field in lone, the manicured front lawn at River side High School, the title to Hepp ner High School, and the grounds at Columbia Junior High? Sincerely, (s) Tom Pointer Lexington P.S. Why is it so easy to give away or take away something that doesn’t belong to you? for pool f k r tk 'i .-V- To the Editor: The fund raising drive to raise $6,500.00 to repair the filtration system at the Heppner City Swim ming Pool now stands at $5,045.00. This is primarily due to very generous donations from the Willows Lodge along with sizable donations from Morrow County Grain Growers, Kinzua Corpora tion, the Soroptimists and the Bank of Eastern Oregon. Added to that, personal donations from the Proctors, Mabens, Kof- flers, McDowells, Demons, Mur rays, Pipers, Berrettas and VanEt- tas means we only have $1,455.00 to raise. «itti The materials should be here by the first of May to get the repairs done in time to open the swimming season early in June. 1 would like to urge any other businesses or in dividuals who have been thinking about donating to the fund to do so, so the money can be raised by that time. The city swimming pool is a good asset for the community and provides many hours of entertain ment, enjoyment and exercise for children. Any donations would be appreciated. Sincerely, (s) Geoge Koffler Swimming Pool Repair Committee Seeks classmate To the Editor: The Hermiston High School class of 1941 is searching for the whereabouts of Lyle Sargent? He transferred from lone to Hermiston High School about 1939. We are having our class reunion of 50 years July 5, 6 and 7 in Hermiston. We have never been able to locate him. I wrote lone school once and never heard from them. I just wrote Hepp ner High School and Liz Curtis gave me your paper’s name. If anyone knows where he is please contact me at 27% So. Main Rd. # 2 , Twin Cedars Mobile Park, Lebanon, OR 97355. Sincerely, (s) Mrs. Bruce Follett Lebanon CO AST TO CO AST is your S o u rce To the Editor: These are still trying times which try men’s souls. We send men all over the world to fight to preserve the freedom of others, but aren’t doing much for ourselves or others here. We see the gates closing all around us cutting off our rights. The super-controllers that want to take away our right to defend ourselves are distorting every intent of the consitution. They want to take our guns away by taxing, outlawing and other ways. They are making rules and passing ordinances so that the only thing you can do with your property is to pay more taxes. They have search and seizure laws that are so strong they make you wonder if you're still under the rule of the old English kings. On the national forests-it’s getting so you can’t even walk into them without paying fees. You have to get perm its to cut wood, pick mushrooms or to gather and use almost anything. State fees, permits and licenses keep doubling. This state has a no-self service law. But in spite of this the Lex ington station operator has been driven out of business and our coun ty attorney and lawmen don’t seem to care. I’m reasonably sure that a new big station will be built in Lexington soon after some horse trading takes place for space to build. We are slowly losing all our in dividual rights while the east Ger mans, Polish, Russian and other peo ple are regaining some of theirs. We’re either throwing ours away or having them stolen from us. Signed, (S) Charles McConnell Heppner Births Obituary Marci Brianne Jarvis-a daughter, Marci Brianne, was born to Mark and Cindy Jarvis, Bend, on April 8, 1991. The baby weighed 7 lbs. 2 oz. Grandparents are Jiggs and Rita Bowman, Heppner and Lyle and Mary Jarvis, Redmond. Great grandmother is Margaret Jarvis of Gresham. She joins a brother. Tanner. Alisha Jerelle W arr-a daughter Alisha Jerelle, was born to Steven and Annette Warr, Irrigon on April 10, 1991 at Good Shepherd Com munity Hospital in Hermiston. the baby weighed 8 lbs. 6 oz. Silvia Valdez-a daughter Silvia was born to Santiago and Silvia Valdez, Boardman, on April 15, 1991 at Good Shepherd Communi ty Hospital in Hermiston. The baby weighed 7 lbs. 6 oz. Levi Benjamin Kauffman-a son Levi Benjamin was bom to Andrew and Renee Kauffman, Irrigon, oft April 14, 1991 at Good Shepherd Hospital in Hermstion. The baby weighed 8 lbs. 4 oz. Anne Noelle Steagall-a daughter Anne Noelle, was bom to David and Carole Steagall of Kennewick, WA. on March 22, 1991. Grandparents are Tom and Ed- wina Duzan, Kennewick, WA; and Bob and Beverly Steagall, Lex ington. Great-grandparents are Alda Baker, Hermiston; Marie Steagall. Lexington; Ed and Blanche Shumaker and Larry and Catherine Duzan, Woodland, CA. AS I SEE IT 4-H News__ Fruit Cakes By Kelly Rafferty, Reporter The first meeting of the 4-H cook ing club met April 22. Members of the group led by Tracie Bunch are Audra Bunch, president, Sarah Grief, secretary-treasurer, Bonney Hill, vice president and Kelly Raf ferty, reporter. The name of the group is the 4-H Fruit Cakes. The next meeting will be held Thursday, May 9 at the home of Audra Bunch. Members plan fruit kabobs for their first cooking project. James R. Smith James Robert “ Jim” Smith, 76, of Medford, formerly of Pendleton, died Saturday, April 13, 1991. A memorial service was held at Zion Lutheran Church in Medford on April 20. Inurnment was at the cemetery in Monument. Mr. Smith, bom July 18, 1915 at Monument married Sara Viola Lesley on Jan. 8, 1938 at Tillamook. He w orked as an elevator superintendent at Pendleton Grain Growers in Pendleton for 35 years before his retirement and had lived in the Rogue Valley area for the past three years. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and Kiwanis in Pendleton and the Zion Lutheran Church in Med ford. Survivors include his wife, at the home; daughters Angela Wright and Beverly Deanne Chase, both of Portland; sisters Sylvia McDaniel, Heppner and Helen Smith Jones of Glen Bumie, MD.; six grand children and five great grand children. A brother died earlier. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Socie ty, P.O. Box 698, Medford, OR 97501. Conger Morris Funeral Directors, Medford, was in charge of arrangements. In the Service Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class M urry J . Starke, a 1987 graduate of Riverside High School of Board- man, recently returned from deploy ment to the Mediterranean Sea while serving aboard the submarine USS Dallas home ported in Groton, Conn. The submarine conducted several operations and participated in major exercises. The ship visited various ports including Naples, Italy, Toulon, France and Gibraltar, United Kingdom. The USS Dallas received the Commander Sixth Fleet award for Anti-Submarine Warfare Excellence during her deployment. Starke joined the Navy in September 1987. Weather Report r by City of Heppner April 16 - 22, 1991 High Low Prec Tues. 58 36 .0 Weds. 58 37 .0 Thurs. 65 38 .0 Fri. 68 44 .0 Sat. 72 44 .0 Sun. 74 41 .0 Mon. 74 42 .0 OPEN Saturday FISHERMENS' NEEDS Rods - R ee ls - Line - Eggs W eigh ts - Lures - B ait Box - H ooks We carry the largest assortment in 0 O 676-9961 676-9228 White *3.38 *3.40 Bariev April-July Aug. Sept. PIK STOP Mark your calendar for M ay 26, 1991 Pioneer Memorial Picnic at the Morrow County Fairgrounds Low Prices • Quality Service • No Pressure • Firm Price Quotes YOU CAN T BEAT OUR DEAL SHERRELL CHEVROLET Hermiston, Oregon Gazette-Times Heppner l Tues. April 23 Soft April May-Sept CHEVROLET W e Print FLY E R S asttoGc iast STO P Market Report Compliments of the Morrow County Gram Growers Sponsored by the Lexington Grange By Jake McElligott, Reporter The Crazy Cookers met Monday, April 15 at the lone home ec room. Jake McElligott made Southern biscuits. Kara Miller, Nathan Riet- mann and Marc Orem made sour cream doughnuts. The first year members, Katie Tworek, Felicity Warren. Jamie Perez, Amber Peck, Jessica Krebs and Mike Snider made carrot sticks, strawberries, baked ham, boiled red potatos and whip ped cream. Members practiced a food judging contest about nutrition and measur ing. The first-year members practic ed measuring shortening, water, flour and baking powder. Melissa McElligott graded the judging and helped the members with their measuring. Willow and Rhea Creek WE CAN HELP YOU Every 10 years the census triggers a legislative exercise that brings out the worst in elected officials. The usual rales about representing the people don’t apply and party politics play a much more important role than in other matters, if that is possible. Yes, it’s time to redistrict the legislature. It seems that the U.S. Supreme Court has said that equality means ’‘one man, one vote.” When that is applied to a legislative district, or any other district for that matter, every district must have Bv Ed Glenn the same population as every other district. The idea is that if there are fewer voters in my district than yours, that gives me more political power through my representative than you have by way of your representative. Say, those tired nine old men-oops, eight old men and one woman, sure do have to think hard to come up with some of these rules. The population of Oregon has been moving west in the past few years, and while the state as a whole has grown less than any other western state in the past 10 years, a lot of folks have moved from Eastern Oregon to the other side of the mountains. So when you divide us up among the 60 legislative districts, Eastern Oregon districts must have more people. The first argument was over how many more. Was it OK to have a 3% difference between the biggest district and the smallest or would the dif ference have to be trimmed to less than 1 %. That was a hot issue until it was discovered that even the lower 1 % number would not shift a whole seat west of the divide. A computer mapping program was set up to draw some possibilities but the real decisions were made in the smoke filled back rooms. There’s young Ray Baum up in the northeast comer. For his district to gain more people, he’d have to reach farther into Umatilla County or dip south into Mike Nelson’s district.Neither Chuck Norris to the west nor Nelson to the south were giving up ground easily. If Norris gave up to Baum, then he’d have to reach west into Morrow County and that too is Nelson’s territory. If Nelson lost ground to either Baum or Norris, he’d have to reach west himself to gain it back. In an act of futility, Morrow County adopted a resolution saying it wanted the whole county in a single district. The county has been that way for years and it seems to add a little bit to the unity that is torn by so many other factors. Equally futile, the city of Boardman agreed, but added the caveat that if part of the county were to be split off, then cut off both Boardman and Irrigon since there too, any further threats to unity were critical. The usual rales about representing the people don’t apply in redistric ting decisions. Each representative, and senator, acts first out his own per sonal desire for re-election. He grabs the area where the voters are sym pathetic and shuns the area where they are hostile. Second, the considera tion for party preference is paramount. The incumbent looks for areas that are predominantly his party and shuns areas of the other party. Consulting the folks at home and considering their desires is so far down the list of priorities when it comes to redistricting that most politicians forget to even consider doing that And just which district represents an area is important. For example, Norris represents the south bank of the Columbia through Umatilla Coun ty. That includes the new Port of Umatilla, a prospective player in the Columbia River Barge traffic system. Nelson, on the other hand, represents Morrow County including the Port of Morrow, the major Oregon player in river barge transportation. Now if a change is necessary, it seems reasonable to put the Port of Morrow in Norris’ district. After all, he lives in Hermiston, not Baker. He represents one port already and a lot of farm land that relies on the river system. Nelson has mostly National Forest in his district. These kinds of reasons don’t apply in redistricting, because this is a special kind of legislative action. Personal and party considerations are all that count. Crazy Cookers for ■ Heppner Special Rules Apply Hawaii. Will completed his advanc ed training just as the Gulf War end ed so went to Japan instead. And John just returned to El Toro, California. But America still has many men and women in the Gulf, so let’s keep those flags and ribbons flying along with our concerns and prayers. Thank you. (s) Carl & Geri Martin Heppner Individual rights stolen David and April Svkcs. Publishers _ M M H M H H H ha« THE OF AMERICA IS WINNING Phone 567-6487 TODAYS CHEVROLET *100 *101 *102 98
