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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Hpppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 19, 1992 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow The Heppner G A Z E T T E -T IM E S Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper U S P S 240-420 Published every Wednesday and entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Art of March i, 1874. Second class postage paid at Heppner, Oregon Office at 147 West Willow Street. Telephone (503) *76-9228. Address communications to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. Box 337, Hepp ner, Oregon 9783*. Subscriptions: $15 In Morrow, Wheeler, Gilliam and Grant Counties; $23 elsewhere. Joyce H u g h es............................................................Office Manager, Typesetting April Syltcs ........................................................................................... News Editor Mary Van B ibber................................................................. Graphics Department Monique P arre l.............................................................................................. Bindery Penni K eersem aker........................................................................................Printer Jean Ann T u rn er.................................................................................... Distribution David and April Sykes. Publishers___ Letters to the Editor Cooley understands Eastern Oregon To the Editor: When Wes Cooley spoke recently, I heard someone who understands that control of how we use our land belongs with us. I ’m tired of government run by environmentalists telling me what I can do with the land I own. Right now, Barbara Roberts has the power to appoint people to LCDC. Mr. Cooley says they should be elected. We’re suppos ed to be cutting government spen ding in Oregon. Instead, LCDC’s budget just keeps soaring. I am supporting Wes Cooley for Senate District 28 because he understands that we earn our liv ing and lead lives very different from Portland and Willamette Beltway citizens. Sincerely, (s) Dr. Stan Wells Hood River Wes Cooley understands life in Eastern Oregon Wes Cooley is running against Wayne Fawbush for the Oregon State Senate and I’m definitely supporting Cooley. Fawbush has been in Salem for 16 y e a rs.. .th at’s long enough. Things are gelling worse for us in eastern Oregon, more land use control, more rules, more taxes and fees. It’s time for a change. I think Wes Cooley really understands how to help eastern Oregon in the legislative. Sincerely, (s) Bob Borgen Baker City Time for a change ed with him. He also believes in term limitations, so he will not try to build a life time career as a legislator. Wes Cooley earns his living farming and in business, just like the rest of us do. He has my support all the way. Yours truly, (s) Sally Neal Hood River To the Editor: It is time for a change. We need a state senator in District 28 that will support our agriculture and timber industries. We also need some new blood. 1 want a senator that will listen to me and not tell me what is good for me. I have met Wes Cooley and am impress- Cooley’s residency is nonsense To the Editor: Mr. Cooley’s claim to residen cy in Crook County, based on a camp trailer that isn’t even hook ed up to utilities, is nonsense. He shouldn't be allowed to run for office using a trick like this. But if he is, no one should be sur prised when his campaign pro mises turn out to be as “ tran sient” as his residency. Sincerely, (s) Sheila Ford Richmond Hood River OPEN B E Tues. - Sat. 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. E % 1 . c H E R S Gale & Betty Gray Hwy 74, Y lu n e , O re g o n RESTAURANT & LOUNGE 422-7038 Elk’s Rodeo Weekend #358 Music & Light Show Saturday at 9:00 p.m. at the Heppner Elk’s Lodge B.P.O.E. #358 Special Rodeo Menu Friday - Dinner Served Grilled Salmon Dinner — Regular Cut -- Cowboy Cut Grilled Salmon - • • • * Dinner includes: salad, soup, choice of potato and dessert Saturday Lunch & Dinner Buffet * 8 ^ RX3 ^ •jjv ^ i ^ Lunch Buffet - Barbecue Beef Ribs Texas Cowboy Chili T acos (build your own Taco Bar) Dinner Buffet & Salad Bar Prime Rib Dinner - Regular Cut * 9 " Cowboy Cut • i i * * Barbecue Rib and Salad Bar Dinner Heppner Elks 3581 676-9181 Where Friends M e e t" 142 N. Mail To the Editor: I was very impressed with Wes Cooley when I met him recent ly. Wes is running for State Senate in District 28, which covers much of Eastern Oregon, including Hood River county. Wes is not only a farmer/businessman and family man, but he has also been very active working on land use, _____Births Nicholas Joseph Kempas-a son Nicholas Joseph was bom to Shawn and James Kempas of Heppner on July 23, 1992 at Good Shepherd Community Hospital in Hermiston. The baby weighed 7 lbs. 4 oz. Sierra LeAnn Osborn-a daughter Sierra LeAnn was born to Vicki and Almos Osborn of lone on August 5, 1992 at Good Shepherd Community Hospital in Hermiston. The baby weighed 9 lbs. 12 oz. Justice Court ____ Report Last week I pointed out how the farmer of the future would be king. Farm production will be reduced in the next few years by the set aside of wet lands, green strips and preserva tion of riparian lands. Minimum stream flows will reduce irrigation, health scares will limit farm chemicals and a desire to restore wildlife to some former level will all cut into farm production. At the same time, population will continue to explode five billion peo ple world wide will become 10 billion in just 40 years. The same 40 years that a young man or woman today could expect to be a fanner. What an opportunity. But one of the age old truths about farming is no longer true. Fanners for centuries have felt that it was essential to own their own land. That s no longer wise. The very same forces that will put pressure on farm production, work against land ownership. The folks who want wet lands set aside for birds, put that obligation on the landowner. The folks who demand green belts, demand that of landowners. When the DEQ demanded that the fuel takes at the school bus bam be cleaned up, it was the Mor row County School District who spent tens of thousands of dollars to do so. Water rights that will disappear in favor of fish passage will be the water rights of some land owner. The common enemy of the forces that affect this country is the landowner. And it’s not just farm land owners. Owners of residential property, whether for rental or for their own occupancy, are the folks who pay for maintaining societal demands. In the past, most real property was worth more than the costs for taxes, and meeting governmental regula tion. That value spread will soon disappear altogether. As the cost of meeting clean air, clean water, clear space and pro tection of endangered species goes up, the value of land will go down, because it is mostly the land owner who pays those costs. As society demands more wilderness, more buffer zones, more wet lands, more protection of ground water and better stream flows, the value of the land that depends on those resources will disappear. As those values approach zero, the conversion to socialism will be complete. I have long felt, without saying so, that the great environmental move ment has some strong socialist overtones. Just today, a friend of mine voiced the same sentiments. Socialism is a system whereby everyone owns everything, so that nobody owns anything. When the downtown Portland or Seattle yuppies are able to make enough decisions about what I can do and not do with my land in Boardman, pretty soon it is very much like we all own that property, and thus no one owns it. And that’s certainly the way we are headed. Moie and more folks who don’t own a piece of property are feeling like it is their right to control how that property is used. When that control becomes absolute, then the conversion to capitalism is complete. Tomorrow’s farmer will be king, but tomorrow’s farm will be within the total control of everyone other than the owner. Be a farmer. That is a bright future. But don’t own land. It will be valueless. When even the environmentalists get hungry, they will designate a piece of land for farming. It may or may not be a good piece of land. But it will be designated. And then the farmer of the future can make food grow and be proclaimed king. The owner of the farm will only have to pay, pay, pay. Obituary Leonard LeRoy Pate Leonard LeRoy Pate, 88 died Aug. 8, 1992 at his home in Klamath Falls. Memorial services were held at the First United Methodist Church. The Rev. Stuart Shaw officiated. Cremation by was Klamath Cremation Service. Mr. Pate was bom Dec. 25, 1903 Grafton, Neb., to Walter and Gertrude Pate. He attended Alliance High School and Chadron State Col lege before obtaining bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Nebraska. While in college, he was a member of Delta Upsilon and Phi Delta Kap pa fraternities and lettered in four sports. He spent his professional career as an educator, teaching science and math and coaching athletics before becoming a school superintendent. He was married to Beryl Lin- dgren in Butte, Neb., June 30, 1941. Their only child, Karen, was bom there. In 1944, they moved to Hepp ner where he was a principal and coach and later superintendent of schools, and in 1953, to Prairie City. After his retirement in 1967, they moved to Klamath Falls. Mr. Pate was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Elks Lodge, Lions Club, Klamath County Historical Society, Klamath County Retired Educators, and First United Methodist Church. He was an avid sportsman and enjoyed hunting, fishing and camping. Survivors include his wife. Beryl, at the home; daughter, Karen Scott, and granddaughter Jennifer Scott both Ashland; sister, Mildred Iverson, Sun Ci ty, Fla. sister-in-law, Louise Pate, Sun City; brothers and sisters-in-law , D arold and Jackie Lindgren, Donald and Donna Lindgren, Ray and Orel Walth and Oscar and Cloeen Anderson, all Butte. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother and a sister. Memorial donations may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice. Ward’s Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. The Justice Court office at the courthouse annex building in Heppner reports handling the following business during the past week: John Dale Lloyd, 43, Hermiston-Exceeding the Max imum Speed Limit, 69 mph in a 55 mph zone. $49 fine; Dwight B. Wood, 67, Pilot Rock-Overheight, alleged 15’6” , limit 14’, $130 bail forfeited; Junior Gene Holway, 67, Richland-Exceeding the Max imum Speed Limit, 70 mph in a 55 mph zone, $55 fine; Larry Gene martin, 26, Baker City-Tandem Overload alleged, 35,900, weight limit 34,000, $24 fine; Douglas Dougan, 40, Dale- Combination Overload, 81,700 alleged. 80,000 weight limit, $31 fine; Jay Paul Gammond, 45. Pendleton-Combination Overload 82,300 alleged, 80,000 weight limit, $35 fine; Douglas Paul Marquardt, 33, Lexington-Exceeding the Max imum Speed Limit, 71 mph in a 55 mph zone, $55 fine; Jack L. Gray, 47, Gold Beach- Failure to Wear Seat Belt, $35 fine; Marla Anderson, 23, Heppner- Assault IV, $316 fine, 60 days in jail, $150 and jail sentence suspended with one year proba tion with no further violation of law excluding minor traffic, at tend Morrow County Mental Health and complete program for alcohol education and anger management; Randy Verrall, 29, Heppner- Assault IV, Pointing a Firearm at Another, $587 fine and 180 days in jail, $250 and jail sentence suspended with one year proba Weather Report tion with no further violation of by C ity of Heppner the law excluding minor traffic, attend Morrow County Mental August 5 - 1 1 , 1992 Health for alcohol education and High Low Free Rain anger management. Tues. 85 47 .0 Shana Ann Geer, 40, Echo- Weds. 86 48 .0 Exceeding the Maximum Speed Thurs. 82 48 .0 Limit, 65 mph in a 55 mph zone, Fri. 82 49 .0 $35 fine; Sat. 79 48 .0 Ann M arie Murray, 27, Sun. 82 48 .0 Heppner-Exceeding the Max Mon. 90 58 .0 imum Speed Limit, 75 mph in a 55 mph zone, $49 fine; Matthew Ned Clark, 28, Heppner-Exceeding the Max imum Speed Limit, 65 mph in a 55 mph zone, $35 fine. Jackie Edwin Shaw, 49, Pendleton-Exceeding the Max imum Speed Limit, 65 mph in a 55 mph zone, $39 fine; Ronald Francis Haynes, 40, Hillsboro-Exceeding the Max imum Speed, 73 mph in a 55 mph zone, $46 fine; Kathleen Laree Hire, 18, Heppner-Failure to Yield Right of Way, $49 fine. Don’t Buy Land water, and timber issues-matters which affect us all. This is his first political race and I plan to work hard on his campaign to see that he is elected. I hope that my neighbors and friends will take the time to meet Wes Cooley. I think they’ll see that he is the kind of candidate we should support. (s) Meva Sandercock Hood River WCCC Golf Flag Tournament August 4, 1992 First-Eileen Padberg; second- Norma French; third-Jo Petty john; fourth-Betty Carlson; fifth- Muriel Palmer; sixth-Pat Ed- mundson. Jan Paustian had two chip-ins. Ladies Day August 11 Flight A: low gross-Pat Ed- mundson 37; low net-Neoma We Will Be Closed Saturday Have fun at the Fair and Rodeo! Morrow County Grain Growers 1-800-452-7396 Lexington. Oregon 1; GROCERIES - MEATS - PRODUCE A*,V ,> 5 ^ . ' Western Family 40 oz. 1 * B o n eless P ork C h o p s * 5 * # ib 1 > R ib ey e S teak • J # *ib * * Arm & Hammer 40 ct. • l * # ea. l » 9 9 <ca. mi D ry er S h eets H ^ e a M a rg a rin e 58V . 1 Western Family 1 lb. Tub * l* ® e a 88 V t > Welchs 32 oz. $ l* * e a D og Food C a rro ts C u cu m b ers L arge T om atoes , * 1 1 > Cello Pack 2 lb. bag 5 8 V. 5(or* l # # 58 V Prices good August 19 th Louis Rich Bun Size 16 oz. T u rk ey H ot D ogs < J Purina Field & Farm 40 lb. Northern 4 roll Toilet Paper B u tterm ilk B a k in g M ix G ra p e Jelly < ; T u rk ey C u tlets C om plim ents of the M orrow C ounty Gram G rowers Tuesday, Aug. 18. 1992 Soft White Aug *4.00 Sept. *4 00/*3 95 Oct.-Jan. *3.93 Barley Aug. *94 Sept. *95/*97 Oct *99/* 1.01 350 Main 989-8221 1 ^ ^ ' Roundhouse 10.5 oz. Market Report Bailey and Anita Boyer 28 Vi; least putts-Lois Hunt 13; closest to string-Martha Peterson; birdie- Martha Peterson. Flight B: low gross-Lorena Jones 49; low net-Linda Schultz and Luvilla Sonstegard 33; least putts-Mary Beamer 16; closest to string-Mary Beamer. Flight C: low gross-Anne Lusher 46; low net-Bebe Munkers 36 Vi ; least putts-Verna Brinda 18; closest to string-Bebe Munkers; chip in-Melba Miller. | C o u r t S tr e e t M a r k e t 1 111 N. Court Heppner 676-9643 , M icro w a v e P op corn V through August 2 4 th 8 * ’ <•
