IX- H ppner Gaz t Ti
, H ppner, Qreson Wednesda , F bruary 12, 1992
Letters to the Editor
Talk with children about drugs, alcohol
To th Edit r :
Dear Mom and Dad:
I'm confused. It em like all
m friend go to partie and drink
beer. I know I'm not upposed to,
but all my friend say it• great .
The want me to drink. and I
want to k p my friend . I kn
that you both drink. Sometime
at home, ometime at partie . If
y u do. why h uldn 't I?
Love, your teenager.
I u pect you have not gonen
a letter like thi one, but chan es
are your teenager(s) are thinking
these thoughts. What are you go-
ing to do? One method might be
to it down and di cu an agree-
ment, tating what both ide ex-
pect. Here i a ugge ted
covenant:
Family afe Driving Pledge:
To my parent :
I know that alcohol and drug
u e i illegal for minor , and that
driving under the influence of
alcohol or drugs 1 illegal
regardle of age. I also know
that you expect me to follow the
law.
However, I pledge to call you
for advice and/or transportation
if I am ever in a ituation where
I have been drinking or taking
drug , or the per on who i driv-
ing ha been drinking or taking
drug .
I under tand that we will talk
about my behavior and your ex-
pectation at a later time;
however, I appreciate your con-
cern for my immediate afety.
Signature
To my on/daughter:
When you call , I pledge to
come and get you at any hour,
any pla e, no que tions a ked at
that time. Or, I will have a
re pon ible adult come to bring
you home afely. Your im-
mediate afety i my fir t
concern .
However, I will want to talk
with you about your behavior and
my expectation at a later time.
I a1so pledge to act as re pon ibly
as I expect you to.
Signature
The Heppner Oregon Together
Group suggest that parents talk
with their children about drugs
and alcohol and make a covenant
or agreement that deals with
behavior and safety.
Thanks for taking the time on
thi s important issue.
Sincerely,
( ) Rev. Stan Hoobing
Convenor of Heppner/Lexington
Oregon Together
Heppner sixth graders voice concerns
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(Editor's Note: Following are
letters of concern, interest and
appreciation from some of the
sixth grade students at Hepp-
ner Middle School. The sixth
graders have been studying
about newspapers and what it
takes to publish one. Their let-
ters range from closing the
Heppner swimming pool , ap-
preciating the honor card
system and Parents Club,
stopping for children in
crosswalks, closing the
skating rink and the police
department. The sixth graders
were sincere in their concern
over these issues. During their
study they published their own
newspaper.)
To the Editor:
I think we need to buy ome
stop lights on Main Street. When
school gets out there are kids run-
ning around and they might get
hurt.
To prevent the e accident I
think we need to have a fund
raiser and buy them and put them
up with the money that's raised.
Lexie Short
I would like to thank the
Parents Club for all the things
they have given to the school.
They just gave us two new
basketball hoops and have al o
given u two VCR's. They have
given u lots of things that we all
enjoy . Thanks Parent Club.
Brian Bum ide
I think we should give special
thanks to the Parent' Club. They
have given us alot of things like
basketball hoops and VCRs. If we
didn't have the Parent's Club then
we wouldn't have many of the
items we enjoy at our chool .
Anyone who ha a child in
school or an intere t in the chool
could join Parent' Club.
They have their meetings on
the first Tuesday of every month.
The date for the re t of the year
are Feb. 4, March 3, April 7 , and
May 5. Show your support for
kids and the chool by getting in-
volved in Parent' s Club.
Mindy Bin chu
I would like to voice my opi-
nion about ecurity in Heppner.
I like ome of the police officers,
but their patrol routes are
ridiculous.
I live on Hager Street. Last
month, there was a drug bust on
my street. Everybody around the
neighborhood suspected it for
about a year. It took that long to
reveal it.
I ee a police car drive by my
house a maximum of three times
a month. I ay that they're down
at Cal's in their reserved parking
place drinking coffee.
Jonas Healy
Have you ever been in a
crosswalk and had to wait for
about five minutes before
anybody would stop to let you
walk to the other side of the road?
Well, I have and I hate it. This
i a real problem on the main
treet of Heppner. As it is now
pedestrians have three choices:
one-wait five minutes for all the
traffic; two-trust the traffic and
walk across the road; and three-
jay walk.
But pecle trians need to use the
cro swalk . Especially when all
the kid are walking home from
chool. And drivers need to stop
for tho e pede trian in the
crosswalk. Together we can
make the treets of Heppner
safer.
Melissa Cutsforth
I'm writing today to express
my feelings about the skating rink
being closed . One year ago, the
kating rink closed. It has not
opened because it needs a few
changes . There are many kids
that would like to go skating
again.
The kate are for ale and it
would be nice if omeone would
buy the kates and rent the skating
rink.
I sure wish someone would buy
the skates, so all of the kids could
go skating again. They would be
grateful if someone would open
it back up.
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The Heppner wimming pool
won't be open thi ummer. Thi
1 due to Measure 5 . What are
kid going to do?
At the Heppner dam kid can
go wimming, but it• dangerou .
They need to have wimming
le son at the pool to tay safe.
People should add it to the
hoot budget like lone does. We
should rai rooney, and lot of it.
Cam Sweeney
We need the kating rink to
reopen o there i omething to
do in thi
mall town. The
kating rink wa fun and it wa
good exercise. It would probably
get kid off the treets and out of
trouble too. I have been kating
ever ince I was three years old
and this i the first year I haven't
been skating. It is terrible. So
please try to reopen the kating
rink.
Tom Zumwalt
We need some stop lights in
Heppner. When little kids come
to the crosswalk the cars don't
always stop. If we had stop light
then they would help to avoid any
accidents . We need to make the
streets more afe for everyone.
Tim Sumner
I would like to expre s my feel-
ing about the upkeep of public
places such as parks. The people
that work for the city are nice, but
I don't see why they can't make
things a little nicer around town.
I know that many of the job
they do aren't noticeable, but
very important to our town. But
I'd like to see better care taken
of the parks. For instance, the
grass cut more often, more trees
and flowers planted and more
equipment for kids to use.
Josh Roy
I'm writing to show apprecia-
tion for all of the businesses and
people who are willing to give
free items or discounts to kids at
school whose grade average is
over 3.50.
The kids get a card that has
their picture on it. The card is
called an honor card. These kids
can go to certain businesses and
get free items such as a pencil, a
medium pop, or maybe a dis-
count, half off any item or buy-
one, get-one free. Kids work real-
ly hard for these cards. Keep
working. We really thank all of
the businesses for their
contributions.
Jayme Hansen
I'm writing to talk to you about
the swimming pool closure .
When I found out I was so mad .
That was our favorite spot to hang
out in the summer time.
Also it is a good place to teach
kids how to swim. It is also very
good exercise as well as very fun .
If kids go to the dam without first
knowing how to swim, that is
very dangerous and they might
even drown.
Now that it is closed we won't
have any place to swim except for
the dam, (who would want to
swim there?) . I just want to say
we should work together and
have a fund raiser to build a new
pool or fix the old one.
Jessica VanWinkle
I would like to express my feel-
ings about how nice the town has
been to Kelly Rafferty. Kelly is
a tudent here at Heppner Mid-
dle School.
I think the town and chool
were very helpful by sending let-
ter , cards, and gifts. We hould
be proud that when someone
needs help we give help.
She
Sieler
I would like to thank the
Parents Club for donating thing
we need here at the school.
Recently they gave the fifth and
sixth grades two basketball
hoop .
The Parent Club ha given
VCR' , card , and a11 ort of
things to the chool.
It would be great if more peo-
ple would come to the Parent
Club meeting . They're on the
fir t Tuesday of every month .
Jo ie Proctor
I am writing thi letter to thank
the Parent's Club for the new
basketball hoops they donated for
the fifth and sixth grader and I'd
also like to thank them for the
Carnival every year.
There are many other things
the Parent' Club ha done over
the year to help our hoot. I
know the school appreciate thi
group effo rt . Anyone i
welcome to join Parent' Club
and help the kid of Heppner.
Sarah B er
I am writing thi letter to thank
the Parent' Club for donating
new basketball hoops for the mid-
dle hool kid . Also for the
chool carnival every year, and
many other things they did and
will do in the future.
All the kids are happy for all
that the Parents Club did for them
and the hool .
C ti Ta lor
I think our community is real-
ly nice to help people out that are
sick or in need of help. For in-
tance George Waterland was
down in Portland having surgery.
George works at the mill in
Heppner. Hi wife, Karla, work
a an aide for the Heppner Mid-
dle School.
The cooks at Heppner Middle
School are starting a raffle to
raise money for the family. The
kid at school are going to sell the
ticket door to door. There are
three prizes. The tickets cost 25
cent . The winning number will
be announced at the last home
basketball game. I hope that the
community of Heppner will sup-
port this effort to help the
Waterlands.
Adam Doherty
I would like to state my opinion
about the problem of trying to
cross the street in Heppner. Lit-
tle kids leaving school at 2:30 are
in danger because cars don't
alway stop for them. Kids stand
in hail, rain, snow or sleet and
till the cars never stop. So I think
that crossing guards at 2 :30 to
help kids aero s the treet would
be safer.
Joe Kindle
I think crosswalks are really
dangerous anymore, cars don't
always stop for pedestrians. Lit-
tle kids try crossing the street and
ome cars going by see them and
don't care.
What I think we should get is
some crossing signs, or lights to
let people know to watch out for
kids. IL wuuld also be great if
people would volunteer to walk
little kids aero sat 2:30 when lit-
tle kids get out of school.
It's against the law for cars to
go by when people are standing
there waiting to get across.
Let's all work together to make
the streets of Heppner safer.
Linsey Ropp
The Parents Club in Heppner
has done a lot of things to help
our school. The Parents Club
really helped out the school by
getting new VCR's. They bought
two new ones this year.
They put up new basketball
hoops for the fifth and sixth
graders. The seventh and eighth
graders play at the tennis courts.
Everyone enjoys them.
Thank you Parents Club.
Jarrod Clark
I think that the swimming pool
should be open because summer
is boring without a pool . It keeps
kids in shape and give them
something to do.
I know it takes a lot of money
to fix and run it. But everyone in
town, whether they use it or not,
benefit from it. It gives them
something to do.
We need to all work together
to raise money and save our pool .
Caleb McDaniel
I am writing to you to express
my feelings about crosswalks. I
don't think people care about who
i going to cross. I think we could
top that.
I wa talking to ome friends
and we tarted thinking about
cro swalks and maybe having
crossing guards. It would give
them something to do outside and
also help our little children .
Katie Nichols
I think we hould have cros
guards o the cars will stop on
Main Street. People should stop,
e pecially for little kid , becau e
they tru t the car to stop.
Maybe a lot of people would
like to be cros guards, e pecial -
ly enior citizen , who might
have extra time. Perhap an
organization could organize peo-
ple to help. Cro ing guard
would help keep the children of
Heppner afe.
Ka Fo ter
I am writing to expre s my
feelings about cro swalks.
It i a problem when the little
kid want to cro the treet and
the car won ' t top. If we had
orne cro ing guard to help the
'ds cross it w uld be much safer.
Officers could give ticke if they
d n't top.
Katie Kenny
I am writing to you because of
the wimming pool closure. I
think there are going to be a lot
of families that are going to com-
plain if the city closes the swim-
ming pool. Where are the kids
going to go? The dam? Well,
what if the kids drown up there
then what are we going to do?
That's why the city needs to open
the pool for swimming lessons.
I know that a lot of kids are go-
ing to be upset if they don't get
to go swimming.
If we need to make some
money why don' t we have a fund
raiser? I realize that the swimm-
ing pool has a lot of problems, but
Heppner wiJl too, if the pool
doesn • t open.
Annie Hisler
I think that it is a great idea for
there to be honor cards. This pro-
gram was started last year to
reward and encourage good
grades . It makes everyone work
hard so they can reach their goal .
More and roore people are getting
them and are caring more about
their grades.
I hope that younger kids will
care more about their grades so
when they get into the middle
school they will get an honor card
for working so hard.
I would also like to thank the
stores and businesse who are
participating in the program.
Without them it wouldn' t be
possible.
Carrie Hargrove
I am writing about the swim-
ming pool closing this year. Dur-
ing the summer a lot of kids go
to the pool. They go for
something to do and to get cool-
ed off. It teaches kids to swim and
also about water safety .
The pool also gives people a
place to swim where there are
lifeguards. Places like the lake
don't have lifeguards. The lake
doesn't have a restricted area to
swim in either. The swimming
pool is a lot safer place to swim
than the lake.
I think that the people of Hepp-
ner need to find a way to raise
some money to fix the pool.
Jessica Keersemaker
At Heppner Middle School last
year a new program was started.
The program was started by Mrs.
Carlson to encourage kids to do
well in school and on their
grades. The program is called the
Honor Card Program. Students
receive a little card with their pic-
ture. It shows their name and
their grade. The kids that get
them can go to a participating
store or business and get
something free or at a discount.
It encourages the people wo get
them to appreciate what they can
do .
The kids really are appreciative
of all the businesses that take part
in this program. The stores that
participate in it are: Orwick
Machine Shop, Gardner's Men's
Wear, Bank of Eastern Oregon,
Murray's Drug, Central Market,
Millers Mini Mart, Peterson's
Jewelers, Shoe Box, Heppner
bowl , Our Place Cafe , Heppner
Auto Parts, Court Street Market,
Beechers and the Gazette-Times.
They all give uper prizes.
It's great to see the students and
community working together to
make our schools even better.
Bonney Hill
Masons plan
open house
The Masonic Lodge has plann-
ed an open hou e on Sunday,
Feb. 23 from l to 4 p.m. at the
lodge at 138 West Willow St. in
Heppner.
Everyone is invited to attend.
Lodge member will be on hand
to vi it with gue t .
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The Planning Commission for
the City of Heppner, Oregon will
conduct public hearings at 7 :00
PM on March 2 , 1992 at Hepp-
ner City Hall regarding the
following application :
1. Variance: Waiver of setback
requirements for a garage at 225
Rock Street, Map# 2S 26 358A,
Tax Lot #3200 owned by William
and Marilee McDowell .
2. Variance and Floodplain
Development Permit: Waiver of
setback requirement and ap-
proval of an acce ory u e
building in a floodplain/way at
55 We t Union Avenue, Map II
2 26 27DD, Ta Lot #300 own-
ed by Raymond and Deena Reid.
3. Variance and Conditional
Use: Waiver of setback re-
quirements and an addition to a
previous conditional use and per-
mi sion to place a premanufac-
tured extension onto the Pioneer
Meamrial Clinic at 130 Thomson
Avenue, Map '2S 26 35BA, Tax
Lot 12200.
A copy of the applications for
the Variances, Conditional Use
and Floodplain Development Per-
mit and copies of all documents
in evidence relied upon by the ap-
plicant and copies of any ap-
plicable zoning criteria are
available for inspection at no cost
and copies of the same will be
provided at a reasonable cost. To
obtain this infonnation contact the
office of Gary Marks, Heppner
City Administrator, Heppner City
Hall, 188 W. Willow Street, PO
Box 756, Heppner, Oregon
97836, 676-9618.
Published: February 12, 1992
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IN THE MA TIER OF CML
FORFEITURE OF:
$781.76 in U .S . currency;
$60.00 in Food Stamps;
miscellaneous
weapons ;
miscellaneous drug parapher-
nalia; and miscellaneous elec-
tronic equipment, including scan-
ners, seized from Michael Lynch,
Naomi Johns and others on
January 7, 1992.
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FORFEITURE COUNSEL Jeff
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676-9061 Address P.O . Box 664,
Courthouse, Heppner OR 97836
SEIZING AGENCY Morrow
County
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PHONE
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Courthouse, Heppner OR 97836
SUMMARY
STATE-
MENT OF BASIS FOR CIVIL
FORFEITURE
On or about January 7, 1992,
the above described was seized
for civil forfeiture by the Morrow
County Sheriff' Office. The pro-
perty is subject to forfeiture under
OR Law Chapter 79 1 as X pro-
ceed X profits and/or X in-
strumentalities used in the follow-
ing prohibited conduct, and/or the
solicitation, attempt, or con-
piracy to commit the- following
prohibited conduct: X possession
of a controlled ubstance, X
delivery of a controlled
sub tance, X manufacture of a
controlled
substance .
FORFEITURE mean that the
property will be tran ferrcd to the
government and penons with any
intere t in the propeny will be
deprived of that intere t without
compensation because of the use
or acqui ition of the property in
or through prohibited conduct as
defined in OR Law.
Publi hed: February 5, 12, 19
and 26. 1992