Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 7, 1991 - THREE
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Letters to the Editor
Clean up act
To The Editor:
Senator Bob Packwood has spon
sored the Private Property Rights
Act (S.50) in the United States
Senate. This bill would require
federal agencies to study their rules
and regulations, before they imple
ment them, to determine if they
would result in denial or limitation
of private property rights. Senator
Packwood made a good point when
he said that taking of private proper
ty was a taking of ‘personal rights'.
The U.S. Constitution states that
‘No person shall...be deprived of
life, liberty, or property, without due
process of law; nor shall private pro
perty be taken for public use without
just compensation.’ In disregard of
this section of our Constitution,
government continues to ‘take’
private property. Our federal and
state governments are taking land to
provide ‘scenery’ for the Columbia
Gorge, for the spotted owl habitat,
for wetlands and a multitude of other
‘public uses,’ with no compensation
to the land owner.
I commend Senator Packwood for
his support of private property rights
and personal rights at the federal
level.
Legislative bills in support of
private property rights in Oregon
have been introduced in the current
session of the legislature and in most
past sessions, but have received lit
tle serious support. In the meantime
state agencies like LCDC ’Land
Conservation and Development
Commission) continue to whittle
away at our private property rights.
Numerous people have had their
property down zoned in the recent
past. Loss of building rights has
destroyed a number of dreams, caus
ed financial disasters, scared away
numerous business ventures and
created long legal battles for those
able to fight.
While we are working to force our
federal government to comply with
the Constitution, maybe we should
first clean up our act in Oregon.
Sincerely,
(s) Bradley A. Peters
29416 Newton Rd.
Corvallis, OR 97330
(503) 745-7594
NOTICE OF NOMINATIONS
Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative, Inc. is noti
fying all members that nominations are open for the
following two director’s positions:
ZONE NO. 1. That territory served or to be served
by the Cooperative lying West of the Morrow-
Gilliam County line and North of the Township line
dividing Townships 3 South and 4 South.
ZONE NO. 7. FOSSIL CITY ZONE. That territory
served or to be served by the Cooperative within the
incorporated city limits of Fossil, Oregon.
The members of the nominating committee are:
ZONE NO. 1: Allen Anderson, Arlington, Oregon,
454-2577
ZONE NO. 7: Steve Conlee, Fossil, Oregon,
763-3263
The nominating committee will accept nominations
up to and including the last day of August.
Nominees must be members of Columbia Basin
Electric Cooperative, Inc. They must reside in, and
receive service in, the Zone in which they will be
running.
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The Morrow County Sheriff s of
fice at the courthouse in Heppner
reports dispatching the following
business during the past week:
During the week of July 22-28 the
Morrow County deputies assisted
two disabled motorists.
July 29: Morrow County Sheriffs
office dispatched the Boardman am
bulance to a one vehicle accident on
1-84, mile post 149. One male was
transported to Good Shepherd
Hospital;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
dispatched the Boardman Fire
department to a grass fire on Ander
son Road. Page was cancelled;
Morrow County deputy arrested
Willie Eugene O’Dell, 24, Prineville
on two Crook county warrants for
Failure to Appear II and Theft ID.
O’Dell was lodged.
July 30: Morrow County Sheriffs
office dispatched the Boardman Fire
department to a car fire on 1-84 mile
post 163.5. There were no injuries.
July 31: Morrow County deputy
assisted a Boardman resident in get
ting her keys out of a locked vehicle;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
dispatched the Boardman ambulance
to Lamb Weston, Boardman. One
person was transported to Good
Shepherd Hospital with an unknown
injury;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to a location on Hwy 730 east of
Irrigon for a motor vehicle accident.
There were no injuries;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
dispatched the Arlington fire depart
ment to a field fire on the Anderson
Ranch;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
dispatched the Arlington fire depart
ment to a field fire on the Phillipi
Ranch;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
dispatched the Arlington fire depart
ment to a field fire on Powerline
Road, Arlington;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
dispatched the Mitchell ambulance to
a motor vehicle accident on Hwy 26,
mile post 82;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
dispatched the Condon fire depart
ment to a field fire on the Greiners
ranch;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
dispatched the Arlington fire depart
ment to a field fire on the freeway;
Morrow County deputy made con
tact with a residence on Willow
Creek Road in Heppner regarding a
suspicious matter. No action was
taken;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
contacted the Navy Bombing Range
facility regarding numerous reports
of field fires on their property.
August 1: Morrow County
Sheriffs office dispatched the Hepp
ner fire department to a field fire at
the Drake ranch on Sand Hollow
Road in Heppner;
Morrow County deputy assisted
the Boardman police department
with a domestic disturbance in
Boardman;
Morrow County deputy made con
tact with a Heppner resident regar
ding an animal problem;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
dispatched the Arlington fire depart
ment to a field fire in Phillipi Canyon
near Arlington;
Morrow County deputy made con
tact with an Irrigon land owner
regarding a civil problem;
Morrow County deputy arrested
Abel Rodriguez Hernandez, 26,
Boardman, on a Morrow County
warrant for Failure to Appear, Driv
ing Under the Influence of Intox
icants. Subject was lodged at Ben
ton County jail;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
dispatched the Condon fire depart
ment to a grassland fire on the
Camerer ranch near Ajax.
August 2: Morrow County depu
ty arrested Richard Jon Silver, 27,
Kennewick, WA for Driving Under
the Influence of Intoxicants. Silver
was cited and released;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to Division St in Irrigon for report
of vehicle accident near the school.
Deputy was unable to locate accident
upon arrival;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to Irrigon to begin investigation
of a vehicle stolen from 14th St. NE.
Vehicle
belonged to Don
Eppenbach;
Morrow County deputy began in
vestigation of a bicycle stolen from
the Neila Coffman residence, 195
Utah in Irrigon;
Morrow County deputy began in
vestigation of a possible assault in;
Ione;
Morrow County deputy began in
vestigation of a bicycle stolen from
600 NE Oregon in Irrigon. Bicycle
was valued at $175 and belonged to
Laura Morgan;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to assist Umatilla ambulance in Ir
rigon. Patient was in the ambulance
before deputy arrived;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
dispatched the Condon fire depart
ment to a brush fire between Lincoln
and Church streets in Condon;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to Irrigon residence to begin in
vestigation of a possible domestic
disturbance. Everything was OK;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to West Glen near Boardman to
investigate a report of a vehicle park
ed in a dark wooded area. Vehicle
was unknown to residents there.
Everything was OK.
August 3: Morrow County depu
ty assisted the Boardman Police
department with a family dispute at
a Boardman residence;
Morrow County deputy arrested
Tracy Shawn Wilson, 18, of Ione for
Criminal Trespass I. He was releas
ed on his own recognizance;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to investigate a reported theft of
services. Gasoline was taken from
Brown's Truck Stop in Irrigon. In
vestigation is continuing;
Morrow County deputy arrested
Kenneth Gene Duvall. 25, Madras,
for Driving Under the Influence of
Intoxicants and Driving While
Suspended felony. Duvall was also
arrested on an Irrigon Justice Court
warrant for Failure to Appear/Driv-
ing Under the Influence of
Intoxicants;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to a reported fight in progress on
Third St West in Irrigon. Report is
under investigation;
Morrow County deputies respond
ed to a possible domestic disturbance
in Irrigon. The matter was diffused.
August 4: Morrow County depu
ty responded to Olson Road in
Boardman for a report of unwanted
subjects. Problem was solved;
Morrow County deputy made con
tact with an Irrigon resident regar
ding a civil dispute;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to the Rowan residence in Irrigon
for a report of a stolen bicycle.
Amount of value was unknown, in
vestigation is continuing;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
dispatched the Condon ambulance to
Well St. Condon, for one female that
was transported to Mid-Columbia
The Dalles;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
dispatched the Arlington ambulance
to the Chevron station. One female
was transported to Good Shepherd
Hospital in Hermiston;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to Irrigon for a report of a
suspicious vehicle leaving the
marina
August 5: Morrow County depu
ty responded to Rt. 2, Depot Road
in Irrigon, for a report of vandalism.
Investigation is continuing;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to a residence on Old Hwy 730
to assist the Irrigon ambulance;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
dispatched the Condon ambulance to
a residence on Jefferson St., for a
man down. There was no transport.
Justice Court
Report
The Justice Court office at the
courthouse annex building in Hepp
ner reports handling the following
business during the last week:
Shawn Ray Eng, 19, Lexington-
Careless Driving, $172 fine;
William Charles Porter, 61,
Lexington-Driving Under the In
fluence of Intoxicants, one year pro
bation, complete alcohol education
program, $591 fine, 92 days in jail
credit for two days spent.
Marriage Licenses
The Clerk’s office at the cour
thouse reports issuing the following
marriage licenses during the past
week:
July 29: Bruce Arnold Coe, 32,
Milwaukie; and
Vicki L. Schubert, 33, Milwaukie.
August 2: Gregg Rietmann, 28,
Ione; and
Cheryle Ann Turner, 32, Ione.
Lawns Should
Be Concrete
“Honey, I’d like to have a lawn this
year.”
That didn't surprise me. She's
wanted a lawn ever since we moved
here. But she still does not understand
that you can’t grow much of a lawn
without all the other goodies that go in
to it. Like an underground sprinkler
system that runs from an automatic
time clock. Everybody knows you
can’t grow a decent lawn without an
automatic system. We didn’t have one
of those.
And you have to level the land, work
up the dirt, fertilize it a lot and then if
it does grow, you’ve got to have a lawn
mower. I still don’t think she really understands.
One thing, though, she’s talking “year” now. She used to ask for a lawn
“this week." Then it was “this month.” When she started saying “sum
mer” I felt like maybe there was some progress. But now it’s "year.”
“Really honey, if we just had a little lawn out back. I’d feel a lot better
about this place.”
Now that’s my first notice she was feeling bad about the place. Maybe
it’s this new outfit, Barenbrug, that’s got her thinking. Any new industry
comes along has a down side. Barenbrug is harvesting all that grass seed
around here so that’s what’s got her to thinking about lawn.
Well, I begin to think about it. After all, there is a little comer of grass
out front that’s been there since we moved in about 10 years ago. Don’t
ask me how it’s survived what with dragging hose to water it all these
years. Maybe a little patch out back would sort of balance things out.
So I got to planning. I can do that well, and so there's a most elaborate
plan on where the sprinkler system goes and how it hooks into the water
pipe at the old winery. The automatic controller is inside the winery out
of the weather, say, it is a good plan.
But-you have to work up the ground first-right? That’s calls for a rototiller
and I’m not about to get beat to death on one of those cheapies. So we’ve
got a nice big 10-horse-power rear-tine self-propelled tiller that wasn’t in
the plan.
That isn’t the only thing not in the plan. When we got to buying sprinkler
parts, we found some fancy pop-up sprinkler heads and automatic drain
valves and electric control values. Wow, does that stuff add up.
Then things went along pretty well all spring and into the summer and
we had a nice wet patch of worked up dirt. We did find a few rocks that
tore up the new tiller, but the guy who fixed it went easy on me, he didn’t
charge quite as much as the thing cost new.
Finally it came time to plant. Seed of course. My lawn is going to be
grown from seed. Turf is for sissies. There’s two kinds of turf fellows,the
kind that drives with two-foot wide tires on his 4-wheel drive pickup and
the kind that builds new houses on speculation (to be distinguished from
custom house builders who take the 90 percent completion draw and disap
pear). Spec house builders and wide tire runners lay turf, real men plant
seed.
By now it’s well into the summer but imagine how smart I feel when
my fully automatic system keeps that old bare sand wet even on a hot,
windy day. The extra drain on the well caused it to start sucking sand and
that eats up the impellers on the pump. When it got down to where we
could only run one faucet at a time, we had to put in a new pump.
Maybe it was just the age, or the pressure from the new pump that caus
ed the pressure tank to start leaking. Have you ever tried to patch a pressure
tank? I’m working on my third band of goop and about to believe it can’t
be done.
But look at that, the darned lawn is turning green. On closer examina
tion though, it appears to be coming up sand burr. Oh no, I don’t mean
an occasional burr here or there. They’re golf green thick.
Back to the drawing board. Let’s see, we’ll have to till her up again,
let her dry out, rack and level and then replant. Maybe it’s too late in the,
year to get a good stand now, looks like a restart next summer.
I’ve noticed the pig weed is coming good now too, maybe I’ll just let
her grow until fall and then I’ll have a good crop of green manure to start
with next year.
“Honey, I don’t see any grass coming. Will it be a lawn soon?”
See, I told you she didn’t understand.
Births
Whitney Smith-a daughter
Whitney, was bom July 22, 1991 to
Sheila and Arkie Smith of Gallup
New Mexico. The baby weighed 8
lbs. 7 ozs.
Grandfather is Mel Piper, Hepp
ner. Great grandparents are Irma
Kiggins, Heppner and Ada Piper,
Portland.
Shianne Ceairra Tanner-a
daughter Shianne Ceairra, was bom
to Jennifer Tanner, Heppner, on
August 1, 1991 at St. Anthony
Hospital in Pendleton. The baby
weighed 7 lbs.
Grandparents are Becky and
Wayne Florea, Heppner.
Great-grandparents are Betty Tan
ner, Heppner and Clarence and Jean
nette Florea, Bonner’s Ferry, ID.;
and Linda Baird, Grants Pass.
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Margaret Elizabeth Michael-a
daughter Marearet Elizabeth was
bom to Kim and Michael Armato of
Lake Oswego on July 23, 1991 at St.
Vincent Hospital and Medical
Center in Portland. The baby weigh
ed 8 lbs. 2 oz.
Grandparents are Kenneth
Cutsforth, Hermiston; Sharon
Lewis, Heppner: and Frank Armato,
Petaluma, CA.
Great grandparent is Alta
Cutsforth, Heppner.
Christina Hernandez Garcilazo-
a daughter Christina Hernandez was
bom to Aurelio and Fidelina Gar-
cilazo of Irrigon on July 24, 1991 at
Good Shepherd Hospital in Her
miston. The baby weighed 6 lbs. 13
oz.
Dustin Ray Osboroe-a son Dustin
Ray was bom to Dwight and
Michelle Osborne of Irrigon on Ju
ly 23, 1991 at Good Shepherd
Hospital in Hermiston. The baby
weighed 9 lbs. 8 oz.
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