H epprw Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 6, 1992 - THREE
Yes vote keeps libraries open
To the editor:
As the director of the Heppner
Public Library, I want to urge the
citizens of Heppner and Board-
man to vote for the Oregon Trail
Library District.
It would enable us to stay open.
We would increase our hours and
the budget would be much larger,
enabling us to increase services.
I urge you to support the
Oregon Trails Library District for
good, quality library service.
(s) Dorthy Wilson
Director,
Heppner Public Library
What shall we give the children?
To the Editor:
Anne Meyer, a member of the
National Federation of Parents’
Advisory Board, wrote an article
entitled, "What shall we give the
children?" She says:
"W e give them our attention;
for one day it will be too late.
We give them a sense of value,
a place for the individual: self-
reliance, courage, conviction,
self-respect and the respect of
thers.
We give them a sense of
humor; laughter leavens life.
We give them the meaning of
discipline; if we falter at
discipline, life will do it for us.
We give them the will to work;
satisfying work is not the lasting
joy, but knowing that a job is well
done, is.
We give them the talent for
sharing; that it’s not so much
what we give as what we share.
We give them the passion of
truth; bounded on precept and ex
ample, truth is the begging of
every good thing; the power and
faith endangering mutual trust.
We give them the knowledge of
being loved; beyond demand for
reciprocity, praise or blame, for
those so loved are never lost.
This wonderful words of Anne
Meyer are so true and the
organization of Oregon Together
of Heppner and Lexington thanks
parents, adults, coaches and
teachers who take them to heart.
If we do "those so loved are
never lost” to drugs and alcohol.
Sincerely,
(s) Rev. Stan Hoobing
Heppner/Lexington Oregon
Together Convenor
Wallace for judge
To the editor:
' In other words, with Jeff Wallace
We have known Jeff Wallace you not only get someone with a
for over 30 years and are good legal background, but a
delighted to see that he is a can hands on background in
didate for district court judge, agriculture as well. That is very
position 2. We urge everyone to important for a judge in this area.
Of all the candidates for this
vote for him.
Jeff is not only an excellent at position, Jeff has the most well-
torney, but a person whose roots rounded combination of legal
are deep in Umatilla county. Jeff training and background in
was the outstanding FFA Eastern Oregon. We hope you
Angus Exhibitor at the Oregon will join us in supporting Jeff
State Fair in 1967. He was high Wallace for district court judge,
individual FFA livestock judge at position 2,
the 1964 Pacific International. He
(s) Dick and Louise Piper
Milton-Freewater
is an FFA Oregon State Farmer.
Elect Rudy Murgo
To the editor:
We would like to encourage all
Umatilla and Morrow county
voters to cast their ballot for Rudy
Murgo. District Court Judge,
Dept, No. 1. Rudy has proven
himself, during his 11 plus years
as Pendleton’s city attorney, to be
an honest, dedicated, impartial
and diligent public employee.
Rudy’s legal experience is exten
sive. He has been the legal ad
visor to the city council, city
staff, and city boards and com
missions. He, also, was the past
Assistant District Attorney for
Umatilla County and past senior
deputy for Marion County.
Rudy is very committed to
community involvement and
enhancement. He has served as a
member and past chair for the
Umatilla County Juvenile Ser
vices Commission, State Juvenile
Justice Advisory Committee, as
well as local Boy Scouts Assis
tant Scoutmaster, and coach for
youth soccer and baseball teams.
Umatilla and Morrow Counties
are ready for a positive change.
Make a difference, elect Rudy
Murgo.
(s) Mike and Linda Wasson
Pendleton
Fels for position 2
To the editor:
I support Judge Peter Fels to
retain the position of District
Court Judge Department 2. Judge
Fels not only has the experience,
intelligence and temperament for
the position, he has already
shown his ability to do the job.
Judge Fels has begun to clear
up a backlog of cases that existed
before he took the job in January
of this year. Judge Fels has begun
to modernize court procedures
and revise and improve court
forms. Judge Fels has extended
the office hours of the district
court so that people have better
access to the court. Judge Fels
works everyday, all day to decide
cases promptly and improve the
court system for the citizens o f
Morrow and Umatilla counties.
Judge Fels is giving his best to the
job and should be retained.
Sincerely,
(s) Patricia Sullivan
Pendleton
criminal cases and administrates
a program to help victims of
crime.
A lifelong resident of Umatilla
and Morrow Counties, Jeff is
well acquainted with this area and
its people. I would urge you to
vote for Jeff Wallace for District
Court Judge in Position 2.
Sincerely,
(s) Jane Collier
Pendleton
Re-Elect Courson
To the editor:
Judge Richard Courson has
served over the years with
distinction. The Chief Justice of
the Oregon Supreme Court
selected him as the administrative
head of all the judges of the Sixth
Judicial District. To continue his
able leadership and his valuable
services to the community, I
recommend a vote to re-elect
Judge Richard Courson.
Very truly yours
(s) Robert T. Mautz
Pendleton
Chrysanthemums Garden club topic
as are roads, schools and medical
facilities.
I urge your "yes” vote on this
issue on the May 19 ballot.
Sincerely,
(s) John Prag
Candidate for
Morrow County Commissioner
Growing chrysanthemums as
trailing plants was a new techni
que to Heppner Garden Club
M embers when M rs. Fred
(Helen) Martin presented it in a
program on chrysanthemum
culture at their April 6 meeting
at the St. Patrick’s Sr. Center.
A member of lone Garden
Club and an experienced chrysan
themum grower, Mrs. Martin
demonstrated root division and
recommended this means of pro-
pogation over seed or cuttings.
To produce a full "mum” plant
with many blooms the grower
should pinch stem ends to six in
ches until late July. Large blooms
result when side shoots are pin
ched, leaving only the center bud
on a stem. Chrysanthemums re
quire full sun, rich soil and plen
ty of water. Overhead irrigation
should be avoided and roots
should be kept cool.
Using shade cloth will reduce
light period to produce earlier fall
blooms.
Supports Fels
To the editor:
May 19, 1992, Morrow and
Umatilla County voters will be
asked to select a candidate from
a field of five candidates to repre
sent the Sixth Judicial District,
Department 2, District Court
Judge. The incumbent, Judge
Peter Fels, brings to this position
a wide range of experience and
background that enables him to
deal with the many complexities
of our current judicial system.
Judge Peter Fels is a man of
good character and strong fami
ly ties. He has a sense of com
munity concern and involvement
and has shown his ability to be in
novative and creative in his
management of our district court
system. Judge Peter Fels is fluent
in written and spoken Spanish, a
skill that will benefit a growing
Hispanic population in our
community.
We would urge your support in
the upcoming election, to retain
District Court Judge Peter Fels.
Respectfully,
(s) Betty Lou and Emile M.
Holeman
Yes on Library District
To the Editor:
Morrow County’s two largest
libraries are being threatened with
closure. These libraries are cur
rently funded by the cities of
Boardman and Heppner, which
like other cities throughout the
state o f Oregon are under
pressure to fund services.
The formation of the Oregon
Trail Library District will allow
our communities to keep library
doors open and to increase ser
vices to a greater area at an af
fordable price.
Please vote yes for the Oregon
Trail Library District. Libraries
provide services that are essential
to everyone. Let’s keep Morrow
County moving in a progressive
direction.
Sincerely,
(s) Mike and Barbara Wetherell
Boardman
Fels for district judge
To the editor:
Our community is fortunate to
have Peter Fels district judge. He
is intelligent, hard working and
honest. I recommend a vote to re-
tain Peter Fels as our district
judge.
Very truly yours,
(s) Robert T. Mautz
Pendleton
Fels fair, impartial
To the editor:
We would like to voice our
support for the election of Peter
Fels for District Court Judge,
Department 2. We have know
Peter for over 12 years. He has
been a dedicated lawyer for legal
services for many years and now
serves as a judge who is commit-
ted to the fair and impartial ad
ministration of justice in our com
munity. We are convinced that
his intelligence, concern and
commitment make him the best
choice for District Court Judge.
Sincerely
(s) Kay and Jim Carlson
Stanfield
Vote Glenn
To the Editor:
I have known Ed Glenn to be
vitally interested in agriculture,
and the industries it supports. He
will support only that growth and
development of Morrow County
that does not destroy our
agricultural base.
Ed has the intelligence, educa
tion and judgment to make Mor-
row County an excellent County
Commissioner. He has the desire
to represent not only the Board-
man area where he lives, but all
of Morrow County. He has the
ability to do just that.
I urge you to elect Ed Glenn.
(s) Merle Carlson
Boardman
Retain Judge Fels
To the editor:
We have had the privilege of characterized by acrimony,
hearing Judge Peter Fels speak of anger, and stridency, it is a
his beliefs about the justice pleasure to be able to urge the
system, and of his own efforts to election of a man who has con
insure that all who pass through ducted his office with firm, quiet
his court are treated in an dignity. We invite you to join us
equitable, even-handed, and in voting to retain Judge Peter
realistic manner. He leaves no Fels.
Sincerely,
doubt as to the intensity of his
(s) Robert and Caryl Clapp
commitment to that goal.
Pendleton
In a political year too often
By Claudia Hughes, Chamber Manager
He has a broad base of legal ex
perience. I know him to be very
fair and he cares about people. He
listens well and follows the legal
mandates to make decisions. I
support Peter 100 percent.
(s) Elmo Bloom
Hermiston
Wallace best qualified
To the editor:
The judicial races this year are
very spirited and more com
petitive than usual. 1 believe that
Jeff Wallace is the best qualified
candidate for District Court
Judge. Position 2, both in train
ing and experience.
Jeff has been Morrow County
District Attorney the past five
years. During this time he has
done an outstanding job handling
a variety of regular and unusual
To the editor:
I want to express my whole
hearted support for the formation
of the Oregon Trail Library
District to serve the Heppner and
Boardman areas. Libraries are an
essential part of the infrastructure
of any community, as important
to all of us in this information age
Chamber Chatter
Support Peter Fels
To the editor:
I am supporting the election of
Judge Peter Fels for position 2,
U m atilla-M orrow
County
District Judge.
I have known Peter Fels for
many years, since he was involv
ed in Oregon Legal Services and
did a very Fine job.
Vote yes for library district
Thirty-eight attended the
hospitality training at the museum
Monday night, a great way to
prepare for National Tourism
Week May 3 to 9. In a nutshell,
hospitality is a smile, positive at
titude, and knowledge of your
area. For example, this summer
when asked how to get to the
pool, we can choose a negative
or positive response. Rather than
"what pool, it's shot"; an alter
native response would be "our
pool is closed for safety reasons,
but you might like to go up to
Willow Creek Lake, play tennis,
go golfing, bowl, hike up to the
dam. visit our museum, tour the
courthouse, or put together some
picnic supplies and drive to lone
or travel the scenic byway to
Lehman to swim.” Change a
negative to a positive.
More and more visitors are
stopping by or writing the
Chamber office. Many are look
ing for the nostalgic experience
of small town living and want
to return to that existance.
Visitors last week from the Seat
tle area were looking for a small
community to put down roots.
They were walking up and down
Main Street looking at infrastruc
ture (sidewalks, streets, etc.)
meeting people, checking out
medical facilities, and the feel of
the community. How they’re
received makes all the difference.
Though many Heppnerites
need a “ big city fix" periodical
ly; there are just as many on the
other end who need a "small
town fix” . They want to go
somewhere where there are no
lines, no crowds, where people
smile at each other on the street,
where they can walk the length
of Main Street and buy the basics
without overwhelming decisions
and best of all to experience a
place with an identity all its own.
If you were kidnapped and
deposited in the middle of a mall,
would you have any idea where
you were...they all look just
alike. Heppner has much to of
fer, it's a place where people can
experience rural for real.
Thought for the week: "N o
person can think clearly when
their fists are clenched.”
At the business meeting the
club voted to plant trees in
memory of Ed Gonty and Bob
Lowe on Gonty Comer and in
Hager Park.
Pat Brindle, Bebe Munkers,
Dorothy Jackson and Verna Brin-
da will attend the Blue Mountain
District Meeting in Echo on April
11 .
Plans were made for the second
annual "G ardener’s Clinic”
Chich will include a community
plant exchange from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. on May 2.
The club welcomed Janelle and
Andrew Lacey as a new members
and Vonnie Lovgren as a guest.
The next regular meeting will
be May 4. After a potluck dinner
at 6 p.m., Noni Johnson, com
mercial grow er of scented
geraniums, will present the pro
gram and Eva Lou Greiner,
District #10 director, will be a
guest. Both lone and Lexington
Garden Clubs and others in
terested in the topic are invited.
.St. Patrick’s
'Senior Center
Bulletin Board
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One hundred two people were present for the dinner on April 29
at the senior center in Heppner. Eight dinners were taken out.
Members of the Seventh Day Adventist and Nazarene churches serv
ed. Margaret Dubuque won the meal ticket, Ida Coleman the birth
day gift and Betty BUrist from Michigan the guest prize. Two guests
were present from Michigan. Sue Vinson’s son and his wife.
One hundred fifteen volunteer certificates were received.
The menu for dinner May 13 will be barbecued pork on a bun,
cauliflower, pineapple, carrot and raisin salad and crisp desert.
Dates to remember: Monday, 1-4 p.m. quilting; Tuesday and
Thursday 10-10:30 a.m. exercise; Friday, 10:30 a.m. Bible study.
Several people from town went on the Historical Society trip and
four went to the Hermiston dance by car.
HHS thinclads place
in CBC top six
Many Heppner High School
track members are in the top six
of Columbia Basin Conference
season’s "bests” listing as the
district track meet comes near.
The district meet, qualifying meet
for the state meet, will be held at
the Hermiston High School track,
Friday and Saturday, May 15-16.
Freshman Jenny Krein heads
the list of HHS thinclads leading
the district bests. She has the top
times in the 800, 1500 and 3,000
meter runs. Krein has run to a
pair of school records, running to
a5:1 4 .7 in th e 1500 and 11:18.2
at 3,000 meters. The time in the
longer race has earned her an in
vitation to run in the Cascade
Meet of Champions this Satur
day, May 9, where she will be
competing against the top 3A and
2A runners in the state.
Leonard Brittner has earned
two marks that currently rank
among the state’s bests. His 6’6’ ’
high jump is tied for third among
all jumpers in all classifications
of schools in the state and he is
the state leader as well as district
leader in the triple jump among
2A schools with a leap of
42-10lA. He is fourth in the CBC
with a 19-8 leap in the long jump.
He has been out of action for a
week with a hip-pointer.
Another freshman, Kelsie
Evans, has the districts best in the
girls 400-meter dash with a
1:03.9 and is second with a
2:36.9 clocking in the 800
meters, right behind Krein.
Ironically, HHS will not have a
runner in the 800 at district.
Evans is tied for fourth in the long
jump with a 14-5Vi leap.
Kim Umbarger. junior hurdler,
is the fourth Heppner trackster to
be leading in the CBC season's
best. Her : 17.7 time in the 100
meter high hurdles is a second
and a half faster than the second
best runner. Umbarger is fourth
best in the 300 meter low hurdles.
She has been out of action for
three weeks with a sprained ankle
but will be back running this
week.
Still another freshman John
Qualls, has the second best time
in the 3000 meter run with a
10:13. He is third best in the
1500-meter run only six seconds
off the district’s best mark.
Other girls in the top six in
clude Rondi Robinson who is
fourth best in the shot at 28-8 and
Jeanine Michael fifth in the
javelin at 83-0. Char Coe has
third best high jump at 4-5 and
Alissa Brownfield has the sixth
best marks in both the 200 and
400 meter dashes with :29.5 and
1:08.5 respectively. Sherry
Bingham is third in the triple
jump at 25’11” .
Heppner coaches have the dope
sheet for the district meet figur
ing Wahtonka as the favorite for
the girls team title with Heppner
in a battle with Weston-McEwen
and Pilot Rock for second. Wasco
County, Stanfield and Umatilla
should be far behind. "W e could
break up our relay teams and go
for individual points that might
get us second place,” said head
coach Dale Conklin. "But, our
long relay team should definite
ly qualify for the state meet and
I think it is important to get as
many to the state meet as possi
ble. Besides, the relays are more
fun.”
The girls long relay team has
been made up of seven different
girls during the season. "W e
have the second best time at
4:33.2, but 1 think we are capable
of running much faster,” said
Conklin. The short relay has the
fourth fastest tme at :56.3 and
currently is being run with A
M ichael, Evans, Coe and
Brownfield. The long relay team
will be run this week by Evans,
Coe, Brownfield and either Um
barger, Krein or Robinson.
Other boys in the top six in
clude Kevin Kilkenny in the
discus will a season's best of
110-6 for third and Ryan Pence
sixth at 106-10. Pence is also
also sixth best in the shot put
along with Shane Munkers who
has the fifth best shot and fifth
best javelin mark of 141-7. T.R.
Riehl is third in the javelin at
155-10.
Tony Burt placed fourth in the
300 hurdles at :47.7 and sixth in
the 400-meter at :57.3. Ryan
Munkers has yet to demonstrate
his pole vaulting skills but figures
to place in that event.
The boys don’t figure in the
race for the team championship.
The boys team is a very young
team with nd seniors and look to
be tough contenders for next
year. Heppner figures to qualify
for the state meet in four or five
events.