F O U R • Heppner G azette-Tim es, Heppner, Oregon W ednesday, June 24, 1992
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Letters to the Editor
Fire volunteers are committed
To the Editor:
The Heppner Fire volunteers
are committed to our communi
ty. We are committed in saving
property and lives, to you, our
neighbors and friends.
Second graders like nursing home
To the Editor:
This is the second year the se
cond grade class of Heppner
Elementary has been visiting the
P ioneer M em orial N ursing
Home.
As a culminating activity we
asked the students why they lik
ed visiting.
Here are their reasons.
Sincerely,
(s) Lea Calvert
second grade teacher
Tonya Jones
Activities Director
Vote yes for levy
To the Editor:
The final date for getting the
ballots in on this current election
is getting close; if you haven’t
voted yet please do and please
consider a yes vote for the levy
suppo rtin g the new fire
equipment.
This is an investment in our
community we need to make.
W e’ve all seen how important the
contribution made by our firemen
is and how critical good fire pro
tection is. We have equipment
that is getting worn out and in
need of updating. We need to
keep strong, effective fire protec
tion and we owe it to the men
who volunteer their time to have
equipment and facilities which
are equal to the job we’re asking
them to do for us as volunteers.
None of us want to pay more
taxes but looking at the total cost,
the benefit and the possible alter
natives, this levy deserves our
support.
Sincerely,
(s) Bob Kahl
Voice of moderation
To the Editor:
I have appreciated the recent
letters by Stan Hoobing and Kel
ly Christman on the dangers and
prevalence of alcohol abuse. Both
had excellent points.
I would like to add the voice of
moderation and discipline from
those of us who enjoy a glass of
wine. The following are “ Aun
tie Lea’s Drinking Rules” that I
wrote for a beloved niece who got
in trouble for drinking in a car
a few years ago. She still has
them pasted to her wall:
1. Never mix drinking and
driving in any combination.
2. Know your limit and stick to
it.
3. If you can’t stick to your
limit, don’t drink at all.
4. Don’t drink with people you
don’t know well.
5. If anyone tries to pressure
you into drinking more than you
want, recognize that they have a
big problem. Walk away.
Finally, I sent her a book that
I would recommend to anyone
concerned with their own drink
ing or that of a loved one:
“ Under the Influence” by James
Milam and Katherine Ketcham.
Sincerely,
(s) Lea Mathieu
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I think second grade should go
to the nursing home because they
will learn not to be afraid of old
people.
Shelley Rietmann____________
It makes not only you feel good
but the Resident’s feel good. You
make friends and have a good
time talking.
________________ Olivia Sagely
I think not just second graders
should go to the nursing home.
Other grades and other people
should go too. It brings joy into
their hearts and if you go up alot
they get to know you and your
name. But my partner Beth at the
nursing home is outstanding. Her
voice is like a sweet soft bell ring
ing. She is so kind. This summer
I think everybody should go up
there at least once or twice this
summer. And if you think they’re
not they’re just older than us.
________________ Julie Proctor
Because they don’t get to see
their kids very much but when we
go up there they can visit with us.
And also we like to go up there
and see them.
______________ Kyle Waterland
I know some of the people and
we sing good and we know some
good songs and we have friends.
_______________Tane Deardorf
I think that second grade should
go to the nursing home next year
becuase I liked making crafts at
the nursing home. I think they
will like it.
________________Molly Turrell
Well the reason I like to go to
the nursing home is I like to sing
and make experiments (activities)
and visit. I think that we should
give them a treat.
______________ Jake McDaniel
I like going to the nursing home
because you get to know more
about the residents and you get to
do activities with them and sing
songs with them and you get to
read with them.
_____________ Claire Anderson
It’s fun to go up because we
have candy. We have a good time
and I like talking to them.
_______ Tabatha Lynn Baldwin
I think second graders should
go to the nursing home because
whoever goes there will meet a
lot of very nice people and make
a lot of new friends.
_____________Jessica Gutierrez
My resident Sara, I missed
you. I’m glad you’re hear today.
She shows me pictures of her
family and friends. I like her
because she always listens to me
when I say something.
Jodie Carlson
d . a .’ s
I like Irene because she usual
ly holds my hand when I am there
and she usually hugs me when I
am there. That’s my story about
why I like her.
_____________ Rhonda Wilhelm
Because Elvy was a special
person. I like the nursing home.
_________________ Eddie Meek
I like to read with Anna, it is
fun. I like to do a butterfly with
Anna. She likes a butterfly. It is
fun.
_______________ David Norton
It’s fun and they should have
the privilege to meet Residents.
I liked Roxie. She gave us
butterfingers.
_______________Daniel Traylor
I like all o f the people there.
They make me feei good. I like
to be there. It is fun and I think
you should try it.
__________________ Leland Rill
So the first graders have more
old friends.
_________________ Brett Barber
Petition would limit
money to candidates
To the Editor:
Norma Paulus, a republican,
Rep. Mike Burton, a democrat,
and Common Cause are the chief
petitioners o f a petition for cam
paign finance reform that would
limit the amount of money pacs,
organizations, businesses and in
dividuals could give candidates
for political office. This is a
bipartisan effort to lesson the in
fluence of special interests. This
is particularly needed in rural
areas as we cu rren tly are
voiceless politically. We do not
have moneyed interests to pro
mote our special needs. And ur
ban area politicians simply don’t
know our needs.
Anyone interested in securing
a more equitable voice for rural
areas should sign the petitions that
are available at M urray’s Drugs
in Heppner and Bristow’s Market
in lone. Two signatures are
necessary as one petition limits
while the second petition makes
the limits legal.
Time is of the essence as these
have to be mailed Friday, June
26. Please sign, twice.
Sincerely,
(s) Meg Murray
J.J. Shaw
inducted into
society
Who’s In
Charge ?
It’s not all that difficult to find, not
“ little known’’ at all. It is right there
in the books for all who look to see.
It does not take a Philadelphia
lawyer to find it, either. Any elemen
tary kid, with a little curiosity and
passable library skills could be on it
in 10 minutes. So how did it escape
so many, so long?
You see, the Oregon Revised
Statutes (ORS) are compiled in a set
of paperbound books that take up
nearly two feet of shelf space. "The
Code” as some lawyers call it, is
divided into more than 600 chapters,
each dealing with one subject or another. It’s bound in paper because
they send you a whole new set every two years after the legislature
changes all the rules.
But finding a needle in the hay stack is not all that tough. There’s
a two volume index, and reading an index is a basic library skill taught
in about the fourth grade. Then each chapter has a Table of Contents
and most kids learn about that even sooner. Reading a table of cross
references is certainly within the skill level of an eighth grader. And
there you have it-all except the curiosity.
Now suppose you were just mildly curious about the law pertaining
to the formation of a new library district. You might go directly to
the law books, the “ Code,” the ORS’s and look. You probably wouldn’t
know the appropriate chapter number, few lawyers would. So here’s
your library lesson for the day.
Step 1: Pull down volume 1 of the Index and flip through to
“ Districts” . Scan down the list of sub-entries to “ Formation” . And
there you see that Chapter 198 contains most of the law on the forma
tion of special districts, including library districts. That’s not so tough,
so far, is it?
Step 2: Pull down the volume containing Chapter 198 (it’s written
on the spine) and take a look at the table of contents. Each Chapter
of the Code is divided into sections and the section number and title
are listed in the Table of Contents that precedes each Chapter.
Step 3: While you have the page open, read on down the table of
Cross References that immediately follows the Table of Contents. And
son-of-a-gun, there it is. “ ORS 308.225 Boundary change or propos
ed change; procedure.”
In all fairness, an elementary student might not recognize the
significance of a cross reference or this one in particular, but any lawyer
worth his salt would read it. More importantly he’d know about it even
before he read any of the stuff in Chapter 198. So why didn’t any of
them?
You know that it’s ORS 308.225 that prevents the Oregon Trail
Library District from levying taxes this year because no one filed a
description and map of the proposed boundaries by March 31. No one
seemed to know about ORS 308.225.
The question is: who should have known?
The chief legal advisor to the county is commonly thought to be district
attorney Jeff Wallace. But he’s really a state officer, elected under state
law and paid by the State of Oregon with the principal duty of pro
secuting crime. Only by reason of a little supplemental contract does
he have any duty at all to advise the county on matters such as this.
He heard about ORS 308.225 from Bill Kuhn just last week.
The deputy district attorney Val Doherty, commonly called the County
Counsel, has the duty to advise the county, but also has obligations
to prosecute criminals. She takes direction from both the district at
torney and the county court. She did do some work on the library district
formation but then ’’got busy with a bunch of criminal cases.” Val
heard about ORS 308.225 from this reporter while preparing this article.
The county judge is not formally educated in the law, but does preside
over the county court. The county court is the count’s governing body
that undertook to put the library format'on issue on the ballot. He says
the proponents of the district had some responsibility. He heard about
ORS 308.225 too late to comply.
Jerry Alldredge is the chief proponent of the district, and the librarian
at Sam Boardman Elementary. He relied on a pamphlet on the law
distributed by the State Library. It did not mention ORS 308.225.
Bill Kuhn, city attorney for Heppner, is a proponent of the district
and was elected one of its directors. He heard about ORS 308.225 from
his wife.
Former district attorney Ann Spicer practices law with her husband
Bill Kuhn, and she is a candidate for county judge. She read about
ORS 308.225 in the Condon newspaper.
Officials at the city of Boardman started the whole idea of a library
district when they told the city’s library board to eo out and form a
new district. The city of Boardman was not going to fund libraries
anymore, but will use the money to hire a new police officer. Some
of them may not have heard about ORS 308.225 yet.
Now that we have a cast of players, ask yourself “ who’s in charge?”
In this case it looks like nobody.
John Jacob (J.J.) Shaw, a
junior in mechanical engineering
at the University of Idaho in
Moscow, was recently inducted
into Tau Beta Pi, the national
engineering honor society. To be
eligible, students must be in the
top eight percent of junior
engineering majors. Shaw main
tained a 4. grade point for the en
tire year. He is the son of Linda
Shaw, Heppner.
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June 19, 1992: Larry Hottel,
21, Irrigon, plead guilty in Mor
row County Circuit Court to
delivery of marijuana for con
sideration. According to Morrow
County District Attorney Jeff
Wallace the charge arose as a
result of an investigation by the
M orrow County Drug Task
Force in August of last year.
Hottel was placed on two
years' formal probation and given |
120 custody units under state
sentencing guidelines. He was
also fined $500, ordered to pay
$80 in assessments and complete
80 hours of community service.
He was given a standard range of
drug related probation conditions
including random urinalysis,
evaluation and treatment for drug
abuse, and submission of his per
son, residence and vehicle to
search for evidence o f drug use.
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