FOUR - Heppner G u e tte -lim e s, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 12, IW1
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The Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
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at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Second class postage paid
at Heppner. Oregon. Office at 147 West Willow Street. Telephone (503) 676-9228.
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Joyce H u g h es............................................................ Office Manager, Typesetting
April Sykes ........................................................................................... News Editor
Carol Atherly ....................................................................... Graphics Department
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Monique P a rr e l...................................................................................... Distribution
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David and April Svkes. Publishers
Letters to the Editor
U rges support o f budget levy
To the Editor:
I am writing to you out of concern
for the future funding of our schools.
The Morrow County School District
is asking for a budget levy in the
amount of $9,086,618 for the
1991-92 school year. This amount is
necessary for our schools to main
tain the current operating level.
There seems to be confusion as to
the district’s and the state’s respon
sibility toward the funding of the
public schools since Ballot Measure
5 is now a very real part of our state
constitution. The constitution now
says that your property taxes will go
down to $5/thousand assessed valua
tion. It also says that the state will
make up the dollars lost to school
districts because of the reduction in
property taxes. These dollars are
what have been referred to as
“ replacement dollars.” So far, the
legislature has said that it will dole
out replacement dollars based
on any tax base or levy passed prior
to June 1, 1991. It appears that this
will also be the case for the next
biennium Plus, there is discussion
for extra dollars to those districts
with special need students. Whatever
the case. Morrow County will not
get “ replacement dollars” without
passing a new tax base or approving
a budget levy.
I feel I also need to mention that
as the squeeze is put on the state’s
General Fund, there will not be the
dollars available to maintain the cur
rent level of spending on the public
schools. The new constitutional
amendment says that the state must
make up the dollars lost to schools
districts, but it does not say that basic
school support has to be maintain
ed. The Morrow County School
D istrict
currently
receives
$1,661,641 in basic school support
from the state of Oregon. Nothing
says that this has to be maintained.
All considered here, I strongly
urge you to support the proposed
budget levy. This is a critical elec
tion for the future operation of our
schools in more ways than one. If
you have concerns or questions
about this levy, contact a school
board member or budget committee
member and get the answers and
satisfaction you need to support this
levy. A yes vote in this election is
a “ yes” for the future of the children
of Morrow County.
(s) Sally Walker, chairman
Community Relations Committee
Morrow County Education
Association
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The Sheriffs office at the cour
thouse in Heppner reports dispat
ching the following business during
the past week:
June 4: Morrow County deputy
responded to the Irrigon area to
assist Parole and Probation with a
subject;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to the Boardman area for an
animal problem. Cows were out;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to the Irrigon area for a family
dispute.
Investigations
are
continuing;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to the Irrigon area to investigate
vandalism to a residence. Window
was broken.
June 5: Morrow County Sheriffs
office dispatched the Boardman Fire
department to a grass fire on 1-84
between mile post 155-159;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to the Boardman area for shots
fired in the area. Subjects were
shooting at seagulls;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to the Irrigon area for a
neighborhood disturbance.
June 6: Morrow County deputies
responded to a report of a domestic
disturbance at Wilson Trailer Court
in Irrigon;
Morrow County deputies arrested
Daniel Dale Marry, 35, Irrigon, for
Assault IV, domestic. Marry was
transported and lodged at Benton
County;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to the Irrigon area to investigate
a report of a suspicious vehicle. Call
was unfounded;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to a report of Theft of an
aluminum picnic table valued at
$500 from Irrigon Marina Park.
Criminal Mischief investigation also
continuing at the park, same
incidents.
June 7: Morrow County Sheriffs
office dispatched the Condon Fire
department to Bryan Street for two
bales of hay on fire;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to the Boardman area for a report
of an intoxicated driver. Deputy was
unable to locate driver;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to Hwy. 74, milepost 39 xh. for
a one vehicle accident involving a
cow. Two people were transported
to Pioneer Memorial Hospital by
private vehicle with unknown
injuries;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to Hwy 74, milepost 38 Vi for a
one vehicle accident.
June 8: Morrow County Sheriff s
office dispatched the Boardman am
bulance to Lamb Weston, Board-
man. One female was transported to
Good Shepherd Com munity
Hospital with unknown injuries;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to the Boardman area to attempt
to locate a runaway juvenile. Depu
ty was unable to locate juvenile;
Morrow County Sheriff s office
dispatched the Arlington fire depart
ment to a car fire near the Village
Inn Motel in Arlington;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to the Dale Berger residence in
Irrigon for a report of a stolen weed
eater and extension cord valued at
$75;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to a residence off Division, Ir
rigon, for a report of an animal pro
blem. Problem was solved;
Morrow County deputies respond
ed to a location off Paul Smith Road,
Boardman, for a report of shots fired
close to workers in a field. Problem
was solved;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to the Boardman area to take a
report on a hit and run;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
dispatched the Boardman ambulance
to the Outbacks. Ambulance was
cancelled and the victim was taken
by private vehicle to Good Shepherd
Hospital with an unknown illness.
June 9: Morrow County deputy
made contact with an Irrigon resi
dent regarding a family problem.
Problem was solved;
Morrow County deputy respond-
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ed to the area of 9th St. Irrigon, for
a report of a juvenile problem;
Morrow County deputy contacted
an Irrigon resident regarding a
trespassing complaint;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to the Montigue residence in Ir
rigon for a report of a missing pet;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
dispatched the Arlington fire depart
ment to a controlled burn that was
out of control;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to a domestic problem on WA St.
Irrigon. Problem was resolved;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to a residence at Wilson Trailer
Park in Irrigon for a neighborhood
complaint;
Morrow County deputy made con
tact with a resident on 9th St., Ir
rigon for a report of a neighborhood
problem.
June 10: Morrow County Sheriffs
office dispatched the Condon am
bulance to Sniption Canyon. One
male patient with an unknown injury
was transported to Gilliam County
Medical Center, Condon;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to a residence in Irrigon for a
report of harassing phone calls;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to the Irrigon Marina Park for
a report of suspicious people. Call
was unfounded;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
dispatched the Boardman ambulance
and fire department to a report of an
accident on Homestead Rd east of
Poleline, south of Boardman involv
ing a person trapped. Dead was An
thony T. Boggs, 17, Irrigon. He was
trapped in the vehicle in a canal at
Big River Farms. Four males were
transported to Good Shepherd
Hospital. Morrow County deputy
also assisted on the scene. Accident
is under investigation.
Chamber Chatter
By Claudia Hughes, Chamber Manager
In a small town such as Heppner
we have all been touched by the way
our community comes together,
whether it be in times of personal
crisis or a need for volunteers for
local projects. We can always ac
complish so much more when we are
traveling in the same direction. From
the June 1991 Milton-Freewater
Chamer of Commerce Newsletter:
“ Lessons From Geese” -As each
Canadian goose flaps its wings, it
creates an uplift for the bird follow
ing. By flying in a V formation, the
whole flock adds 71% more flying
range than if each bird flew alone.
Lesson: People who share a common
direction and sense of community
can get where they are going quicker
and easier because they are travel
ing on the thrust of one another.
When a goose gets sick, wounded
or shot down, two geese drop out of
formation and follow it down to help
and protect it. They stay with the
goose until it can fly again or until
it dies. Then they launch out on their
own to catch up with the flock.
Lesson: If we have as much sense as
geese, we’ll stand by each other, too.
Whenever a goose falls out of for
mation, it immediately feels the drag
and resistance of trying to fly alone.
It quickly gets back in formation to
take advantage of the ‘lifting power’
of the birds immediately in front of
it. Lesson: If we have as much sense
as geese, we'll stay in formation with
those who are headed where we want
to go.
When the lead goose gets tired, it
rotates back into the formation and
another goose flies in the point posi
tion. Lesson: It pays to take turns do
ing the hard tasks and sharing leader
ship. with people being interdepen
dent upon each other.
The geese in formation honk from
behind to encourage those up front
to keep up their speed. Lesson: We
need to make sure our honking from
behind is encouraging-not something
less than helpful.
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Walk A Mile
There’s a popular phrase th a t’s be
ing recited by a lot of folks these days.
Attributed to an old Indian, it has lots
of variations. In one way or another
most versions advise against judging
another man until you “ walk a mile in
my moccasins.”
The idea, as I understand it, is that
most of us are too quick to judge our
neighbor without knowing the whole
truth about the matter that we judge.
We talk about a downtown merchant,
saying things like “ He’s a fool for pric
ing that item that high,” or “ If he’d
only carry this line of merchandise,
he’d be a success.” But not having
walked a mile in his moccasins, how
can we know much about his business?
There’s a flap along these lines going on in Wallowa County. Most of
the Hells Canyon is under attack by the environmentalists and it looks like
they might win without walking a mile in anyone’s moccasins.
Hells Canyon is certainly one of the wonders of the natural world. There’s
a view from Hat Point that will literally take your breath away. And there’s
a ridge running northeast from Memolose Guard Station, Monument Ridge,
that yielded nice four-point bucks, to the rifle I shot four years in a row.
The airstrip at Doug Bar is strictly one-ended and the Imnaha River has
produced some fine lively steelhead.
And Hells Canyon has been range land for the 40 years I can remember,
and several generations of Tippits before that. All the way from Cow Creek
to Mar Flat, the Imnaha country is cattle country if it’s anything at all.
I still remember the two or three trips I made, as a young boy, to my un
cle’s cow camp on the Flat. At the time, I was more interested in the cof
fee from the big blue porcelain pot Uncle Dave poured for me. Now, I
remember the concern he had for moving cattle from one part of the range
to another. A move necessary for not only the cows’ benefit but for the
care of the range as well. Dave Wamock grazed that range for nearly 60
years and left it lush, beautiful and productive.
But all that is due to change. The do-gooders from Portland and Seattle
are working hard on the Forest Service and the Congressional delegations
of other states to shut down cattle grazing in Hells Canyon. By the way
they define it, that means the Imnaha as well, to within sight of the town
of Joseph. The pitch is that the cattlemen will soon destroy the range beyond
recognition. Since they claim the range is due for imminent destruction
by ignorant, greedy, shortsighted cattlemen, all grazing must be halted
and only then can the Imnaha county be considered a national treasure.
Walk a mile in my moccasins. Ride a season on my range. Make your
living from cattle in the Imnaha Country a generation or two, and then
talk about the destruction of the range.
Just where do these Johnny-come-latelys get off anyway? None have
a motive more fleeting than a hope to see a pretty picture. None have a
knowledge, from live or die experience, of nature’s capacity. None have
an appreciation of balancing practical use with esthetic beauty. To a ma
jor extent, that includes the governmental regulators. It’s easy to miss the
lessons of the land when your paycheck comes from the taxpayers, pro
tected by a civil service law.
When you grow up in Wallowa County you develop a special bond to
the land. After all. there isn’t anything else. No factories, no high-rise
office buildings, no traffic lights. You live on and from the land.
When it means food on the table and a shirt on your back, you learn
to work hard, be frugal and above all else, you learn to respect the land.
It becomes a kind of shrine, to be protected with a religious zeal. You
know what the consequences of abuse of the land will be. Taking a little
more now means having nothing for several years to come.
The Lightening Creek Ranch was that way 40 years ago. Just a couple
of years of overgrazing and it took 10 or 15 years to bring it back. Every
cow man on the river knows that, and a lot more. Three generations of
survival on the river and the rim of Hells Canyon has taught those high
country cattlemen more about the land, nature and the stewardship they
hold than any book-worm environmentalist will ever know. That mile may
be generations long.
Were the Hells Canyon mine, and were I really concerned about its
preservation for generations and generations to come. I'd leave it in the
hands of Imnaha cattlemen.
B oyce elected O regon Jaycee president
Richard Boyce, son of Lil and the
late Ray Boyce, Heppner, has been
elected president of the Oregon
Jaycees Club.
Boyce, Portland, was a 1971
Heppner High School graduate.
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