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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
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GAZETTE-TIMES
Morrow C ounty’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
U.S.P.S. 240-420
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at Heppner. Oregon. Office at 147 West Willow Street. Telephone (503) 676-9228.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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