FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 15, 1992
The Official Newspaper o f the
City o f Heppner and the
County o f Morrow
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The Heppner
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Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
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Letters to the Editor
Oregon Together concerned about youth
To the Editor:
Many people want to know
what is “ Oregon Together” ?
Oregon Together is a group of
citizens that are concerned about
the use and abuse of alcohol and
other drugs by the youth of Hepp
ner and Lexington area who are
under the age of 21. And we are
aware that the drug of choice in
our area is alcohol. We also know
that it is against the law for per
sons under 21 to be drinking or
have alcohol in their possession.
We want the youth of Heppner
and Lexington to live good
wholesome lives and enjoy their
school age years, school ac
tivities, youth groups, proms,
dances and outdoor recreation.
We want them to have good
wholesome fun and to enjoy life.
We just don't believe that alcohol
and other drugs are an answer or
even necessary for the “ rite of
passage” from adolescence to
adulthood.
The members of the committee
are not “ straight-laced, goody
two shoes,” but generally con
cerned adults and youth about our
youth.
1. personally have been known
to “ tip” a few beers and mixed
drinks in my life, but for the past
five years, I quit, thanks to a good
old army doctor who told me that
if I didn't quit and start exercis
ing, I would only live 10 years.
I even quit smoking and drinking
coffee.
So we are not all on the straight
and narrow, but we know the
price and want our youth to be
around and enjoy life.
And so if you are concerned
about the health and well-being of
our youth under 21 we hope and
trust that you will support us in
our projects and endeavors.
And so if you have concerns
and want to help us, please get in
touch with members o f local
Oregon Together: Carol Michael-
Bennett, Ron Bowman, Kathy
Lowe, Barbara Stefani-Peterson,
Doug Rathbun or myself.
Thanks for your support.
Sincerely,
(s) Rev. Stan Hoobing,
Lexington/Heppner Oregon
Together Convenor
Barbara Roberts failed
To
the
e d ito r:
July 1 Governor Roberts said
“ the voters of the state should be
angry ” because we were not
given the opportunity to vote on
her “ balanced and fair” tax
reform package. Balanced? Fair?
You judge.
1) The personal income tax rate
cut and renter relief were both
statutory, meaning the legislature
could remove them at any time.
2) Benefits of this cut came to
a whopping $6 per month, per in
dividual as a result of the
Measure 5 acceleration. In ex
change for that $6, we would
have gotten a V h % sales tax and
higher non-owner occupied pro
perty taxes. By the 1996-97
legislative biennium, the net sav
ings from Measure 5 would have
been $0.00. but the sales tax and
higher property taxes would have
remained. By that time, the state
government would have profited
almost 2.3 billion dollars.
3) Implementing the sales tax
would have cost 100 million
dollars. Of that. 70 million would
have benefited no one. The
retailers would have charged 36
million to collect the tax, and the
state would have needed 34
million to administer it.
These are only some of the
points in the Oregon Tax Plan as
drafted by governor Roberts’ own
people. After its defeat she said,
"I did not fail; the legislature fail
ed .”
No, Barbara, you did fail, and
the legislature did us all a favor
by killing it July 1.
Incidentally, have you asked
yourself where the $650,000.00
for that special election was sup
posed to come from?
Respectfully submitted
(s) Becky Walling
56080 Columbia River Hwy
Warren, OR 97053
Marriage Licenses
The Clerk’s office at the cour
thouse in Heppner reports issu
ing the following m arriage
licenses during the past week:
July 6: Michael Lee Ammons,
23, Boardman; and
Charlene Ruth Finley, 19,
Boardman.
July 7: Earl Wayne Connell,
Jr., 27, Boardman; and
Lisa Diane Erickson, 20,
Boardman.
July 13: Patrick Edward Baker,
35, Lexington; and
M aryetta S. C onnor, 40,
Lexington.
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Sheriff’s Report
The Morrow County S h eriffs
office reports dispatching the
following business during the pest
week:
July 7: Morrow County depu
ty responded to the Boardman
Marina Park to investigate a
report o f a problem w ith
fireworks;
Morrow County S h eriffs of
fice dispatched the lone EMTs to
a residence on 2nd St in lone. A
male with an unknown illness
refused transport and w as
transported by a private vehicle;
Morrow County deputy took
care o f a possibly dangerous
situation involving a vehicle on
Division St. in Irrigon;
Morrow County deputy cited
and released Peter Juston Ceton,
19, and David Sean Barrick, 19,
both Boardman on two counts
each o f Criminal Trespass II;
Morrow County deputy con
tacted a citizen regarding loud
noises in the Lexington area;
Morrow County deputy began
investigation o f a theft which oc
curred three days ago at the Ir
rigon Marina. John Friend, Her-
miston, reported two sturgeon
poles, one can o f starter fluid, and
12 gallons o f gasoline were
missing;
Morrow County S heriff s of
fice dispatched the lone Fire
Dept, to a grass fire on Jordan
grade, one mile north o f Hwy.
74.
July 8: M orrow C ounty
S h eriffs office arrested Shayne
Douglas Hoffman, 22, Irrigon,
for Driving Under the Influence
o f Intoxicants, Resisting Arrest
and Escape III. Hoffman was
lodged at Benton County Jail;
M orrow C ounty deputy
responded to the Boardman area
for a welfare check;
Morrow County S h eriffs of
fice dispatched the Boardman am
bulance to S & K Farms for one
male with injuries. Person was
transported to Good Shepherd
Community Hospital by a private
vehicle;
Morrow County S h eriffs of
fice dispatched the Heppner Fire
Dept, to a field fire three miles
East on Hwy 74 towards Pilot
Rock. Fire was under control
upon arrival;
Morrow County S h eriffs of
fice dispatched the Arlington am
bulance to Thrifty Foods for a
male with an injury. There was
no transport; .
M orrow C ounty deputy
responded to a report o f juveniles
digging near the cross on Cross
Hill in Heppner. Deputy was
unable to locate excavation upon
arrival.
July 9: M orrow C ounty
S h eriffs office dispatched the
Mitchell ambulance to the Jenkins
residence. One fem ale was
transported to Prineville with
injuries;
M orrow C ounty deputy
recovered a vehicle stolen out o f
Bend. Vehicle was impounded;
M orrow C ounty deputy
responded to an Irrigon residence
to b egin in v e stig a tio n o f
suspicious items received by
mail;
M orrow C ounty deputy
responded to Wilson Road in
Boardman and restored four cows
to their home pasture, with help
o f the bovine’s owner;
M orrow C ounty deputy
responded to assist the Mental
Health department.
July 10: Morrow County depu
ty responded to the Irrigon area
for a report o f an unsecured door.
Door was secured;
M orrow C ounty deputy
responded to Irrigon for a report
o f a restraining order violation.
Investigation is continuing;
M orrow C ounty deputy
responded to Irrigon to in
vestigate a report o f property
found;
M orrow C ounty deputy
responded to Bombing Range
Road for a report o f an injured
animal. Everything was fine;
M orrow C ounty deputy
responded to the Irrigon area for
a report o f a loud disturbance go
ing on at a residence on Main.
Problem was resolved.
July 11: Morrow County
Sheriffs office dispatched the
Mitchell Ambulance for one male
with an illness. Prineville am
bulance was to meet Mitchell am
bulance at Bandit Springs for a
transport to Pioneer Memorial
Hospital in Prineville;
Morrow County S h eriffs of
fice dispatched the Boardman am
bulance to Dodge City. One male
w as transported to G ood
Shepherd Community Hospital
with injuries;
M orrow C ounty deputy
responded to the Irrigon area for
a report o f an intoxicated driver.
One juvenile male was arrested
for Driving Under the Influence
o f Intoxicants;
Morrow County deputy advis
ed Lexington Auto Body for a
tow for a vehicle that was extend
ed beyond the white line hazard
on Hwy. 207 mile post 12;
M orrow C ounty deputy
responded to Pauls in Irrigon for
a disoriented person. A female
was picked up by relatives from
Pendleton.
July 12: Morrow County depu
ty responded to the lone area for
a complaint o f a loud party;
Morrow County deputy at
tempted to locate a female in the
Heppner area to d eliver a
message. Deputy was unable to
locate woman, she had moved
away;
Morrow county deputy remov
ed and took care o f a white sheep
type dog that had been hit and
killed by a vehicle on the com er
of
A n d erso n /M a lh u er
in
Boardman;
Morrow County S h eriffs of
fice dispatched the Boardman am
bulance to a residence on Paul
Smith road. One female with an
illness was transported by a
private vehicle to Good Shepherd
Community Hospital;
Morrow County S h eriffs of
fice dispatched the Arlington Fire
Dept, to a field fire at Philippi
Canyon;
M orrow C ounty deputy
responded to the Irrigon area for
a neighborhood problem in
regards to a juvenile disturbance.
July 13: Morrow County depu
ty recoverd a 1981 blue Toyota
pickup from the Irrigon Marina
that had been stolen out o f Ken
newick, W A.;
M orrow C ounty deputy
responded to the Irrigon area for
a report o f vandalism;
M orrow C ounty deputy
responded to the Irrigon area for
a report o f vandalism;
M orrow C ounty deputy
responded to the Irrigon area for
an illegally parked vehicle on
private property;
M orrow C ounty deputy
responded to the Irrigon area to
take a report o f m ischief done to
a trampoline being moved;
M orrow C ounty deputy
responded to the Irrigon area for
a report o f a juvenile driving
recklessly on a dune buggy;
M orrow C ounty deputy
responded to the west bound o ff
ramp in Boardman for a motor
vehicle accident. There were no
injuries but damage was done to
State property;
Morrow County S h eriffs of
fice dispatched the Boardman am
bulance to a motor vehicle acci
dent at the Port o f Morrow exit
on Columbia Blvd just east o f the
Ready Mix plant. One female
w as transported to G ood
Shepherd Hospital with injuries;
Morrow County S h eriffs of
fice dispatched the lone Fire
Dept, to a field fire at the George
Millers’ 10 miles north o f lone on
Baker Road.
C o lin d a M illm an B ork,
Heppner-Assault IV $451 fine,
$300 fine, 180 days in jail
suspended with one year proba
tion with no further violation o f
A Nice Guy
I met an old friend last week at the
Lostine school reunion. More of an
old acquaintance, than an old friend.
Nevertheless nice guy.
The Lostine school opened near the
turn of the century and closed in
1963. The reunion was for all who
attended, a real trip to yesteryear. But
this piece is about my friend.
Like I say, he is a nice guy. The
kind of fellow that everyone likes. He
was popular in high school, and is
popular today. Here’s the guy I saw:
Pleasant. Always had a smile on his
face, a winning grin. He laughed alot.
Especially at the jokes everyone else
told. He didn’t tell any of those dumb
blonde stories, nor make any racial slurs, but was most pleasant to
have in the crowd.
Considerate. He was polite to the women, offering a chair when there
were too few. He was polite to the men, too, offering an opening in
the conversation to the class braggart and the loud mouthed
under-achiever.
Agreeable. He seemed to agree with the opinions offered on politics,
business and social issues. Some other people wanted to argue about
the AIDS epidemic and the presidential candidates but my friend didn’t
engage in heated debate. Both sides seemed to think he supported their
position, but he never as much as said one way or the other.
Honest. I don’t think he would steal a dime. And he certainly would
not have agreed with someone if he really didn’t. That would have
made him a “ yes man” and people don’t like yes-men.
Someone asked my friend what he had been doing the 30 plus years
since we left high school. Some kind of office work for some kind
of wholesale company. Worked for the same outfit all those years, mov
ed up to assistant something or other and made a good living. Mar
ried, two kids, both in college. Someone else asked about politics and
he admitted he didn’t vote.
When we left, everyone gave my friend a big hug, told him how
good it was to have seen him again and made him promise to attend
the next reunion in five or 10 years. Everybody seemed to like him a lot.
On my way home from Lostine, I got to thinking about the people
we like and why. My friend from the reunion, just an acquaintance
really, is just the kind of guy everyone likes. Kind, gentle, agreeable,
he never rubs people the wrong way. He’s just the kind of guy you’d
like to have at a back-yard barbecue. And he probably is invited to
a lot of them.
Some folks never separate the folks we like to have at a back yard
barbecue from the kind of people we need in other places and times.
Take a chief executive officer of the company down the street or the
school district or the State of Oregon.
Maybe there are qualities that we should look for in those jobs that
wouldn’t necessarily be the ones we’d see in the nice guy we like so
well. More importantly, the nice buy probably has qualities that would
not be so good in those jobs.
After all, when we want a welder, we look for a guy that can weld,
not a carpenter. That’s the way it should be with our politicians. We
should look for a person to fill a political job, not a nice guy to attend
a barbecue.
As I neared home, on the way back from Lostine, I thought about
how so many people would vote for my friend if he ran for a political
office. I know they would because there are an awful lot of nice guys
holding political offices.
I couldn’t do that. You see. I’ve already forgotten his name.
law excluding minor traffic. At
tend Morrow County Mental
Health for alcohol education
marriage counseling and/or anger
management;
John Arden Roberts, 54.
B oardm an-E xceeding Truck
Speed, 68 mph in a 55 mph zone,
$40 fine;
Sidney Ray Britt, 51, Echo-No
PUC permit, $46 fine; Driving
While Suspended infraction,
failure to appear-hearing, $68
fine;
Martin Walter Spriggle, 29,
Pendleton-Failure to Wear Safe
ty Belt, $11 fine;
M ark Alva R oyal, 39,
Pendleton-Failure to Wear a
Safety Belt, $11 fine.
O’Connors have new address
June and Charles O ’Connor,
longtime residents of lone are
temporarily living in Springfield,
while June undergoes therapy
following a stroke.
They will be celebrating their
50th anniversary on August 2.
The O ’Connors address is
Sw eetbriar, 6135 E Street,
Springfield. Or 97478. 762-5026.
For more information about the
O ’Connors contact Lee Davis,
4741 Libbit Ave. No. 6, Encino,
CA 91436.
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