lieppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 28. 1992 - NINE
Smith knows rural communities
To the Editor:
Bob Smith is the kind of con
gressman eastern Oregon needs
to keep. He understands the im
portance of renewable natural
resources to Oregon’s economy,
as well as the necessity of mak
ing a living off the land while
preserving it for future genera
tions. He knows that rural com
munities face problems far
removed from those in big cities
and suburbs and was instrumen
tal in bringing the regional office
of the Rural Development Ad
ministration to Oregon.
We should be proud that Bob
Smith introduced a balanced
budget amendment to the Con
stitution, which is supported by
President Bush and nearly pass
ed. He understands that a balanc-
ed budget amendment is the on
ly way to force Congress to
change its spending habits and
balance the budget. Bob believes
real people are forced to make
ends meet and so should
government.
He has tirelessly and suc
cessfully fought against proposals
that would have taken more
private land in Oregon off the tax
rolls and into the hands of federal
agencies. Federal acquisitions
hurt local units of government
that rely on a stable tax base for
vital services like schools.
A vote for Congressman Bob
Smith is a vote for preserving our
rural communities and way of
life. He cares.
Sincerely,
(s) Merlin and Claudia Hughes
McElligott honorable, trustworthy
To the Editor:
Where a person lives is rarely
if ever a criteria for giving a per
son a job. County commissioner
is a serious position and a deci
sion to give a person that position
is also serious.
Don McElligott has the ex
perience in Morrow County
government to help guide us
through the Measure 5 dilemmas
that will be coming. He served as
county judge with honesty and
integrity for the whole of Morrow
County. He will do that again as
Morrow County Commissioner.
Our votes are for Don
McElligott.
(s) Thomas and Sharron Meyers
Boardman
Carlson works hard for county
To the Editor:
I wish to go on record in sup
port of the re-election of Louis
Carlson for county judge.
I have personally observed the
high esteem Louis is held by
state, federal and private interests
on the Oregon Rural Devel
opmental Council and its na
tional counterpart. Not only does
Louis’ actions raise the stature of
Morrow County on all levels it
also results in the receipt of
grants, job building and broad
based economic development for
our county.
I personally appreciate Judge
Carlson’s hard work and dedica
tion for all areas of our county.
I am voting for Louis Carlson
on Nov. 3 and urge everyone to
do the same.
Yours Very Truly,
(s) John A. Prag
Boardman
Spicer knows what it’s all about
To the Editor:
Do you want the man in charge
or the woman who knows what
it’s all about? Ann Spicer, former
Morrow County District At
torney, has the qualifications to
make a top notch Morrow County
Judge. She is a good ad
ministrator and works well with
people. Her knowledge of law
would be a great asset as a
juvenile judge.
I urge everyone to come out on
November 3 and vote for the
woman who knows what it’s all
about, Ann Spicer for Morrow
County Judge.
(s) Pat Pettyjohn
Don McElligott is fair
To the Editor:
1 would like to express my sup
port for Don McElligott who is
a candidate for Morrow County
Commissioner. I have known
Don for over 30 years. I have
always found him to be honest,
trustworthy and fair in everything
he does.
For many years Don has serv
ed the residents of Morrow Coun
ty. He was Morrow County
Judge from 1979 to 1986, and
prior to that he served on the
school board and budget commit
tees, for more than 20 years, and
always with honor.
Don will represent the entire
county. He has property, family
and business in all areas of Mor
row County. He believes in
balanced representation for all
areas. He proved this as judge.
Support Don on November 3.
Sincerely,
(s) Dante Daltoso
Boardman
Ann Spicer should not be ignored
To the Editor:
Morrow County voters have a
rather unique opportunity in the
upcoming elections, that is the
option to cast their ballot for the
position of county judge in favor
of a candidate who has a profes
sional legal background. This op
tion, in the person of Ann Spicer,
should not be ignored.
Consider for a moment what
Ann Spicer’s candidacy offers to
Morrow County:
1. A legal background with 15
years experience practicing law.
2. The first-hand experience of
running a personal business with
all the management decisions
thereby entailed.
3. Two years experience as a
teacher of a trainable mentally
retarded class of children, which
could be of great value in the
county judge’s role as juvenile
court judge.
4. Three years experience
working with and for Morrow
County as district attorney and
assistant district attorney as well
as part-time county counsel.
5. A break from the traditional
M cElligott
an
To the Editor:
Don
McElligott, farmer-
rancher and former Morrow
County Judge, has earned the
vote of the people for the position
as Morrow County Commis
sioner. During his term as coun-
ty judge, he relocated the county
road shop to a central location in
Lexington. He initiated the new
road up Willow Creek that made
the scenic highway possible. He
rebuilt the Bombing Range Road
and helped secure the rebuilding
of the Lexington-Butter Creek
road.
For 15 years Don has been an
advocate of a connecting link
“ retired farmer” routine into
which the Morrow County Court
seems to have fallen.
While a legal and/or profes
sional background is not a re
quirement for the position of
county judge, it should be ap
parent to all that it would be a big
advantage. The bureaucracy, the
red tape, and regulations, which
make government and governing
such a bewildering process at
times, appear to increase each
year. Ann Spicer could help
simplify that process for Morrow
County. Furthermore, her years
of practice as an attorney nearly
guarantees good communications
skills and experience in
cooperating and dealing with a
variety of people.
For a rural area to have so
meone with Ann S picer’s
qualifications as a candidate for
the position of county judge is
unusual, perhaps even un
precedented in Morrow County,
we are fortunate to have this
choice and I urge Morrow Coun
ty voters not to pass it up on
November 3.
(s) A.J. Doherty
honest
man
from the northern part of the
county, from Tower Road near
Boardman to the lone road, in
order to bring the north and south
communities closer together. He
improved the county park system
and made them self-supporting.
His interest in schools and
school bus routes dates from 1955
to the present. He served on the
local and the Morrow County
School boards from 1955-1975.
Don is a square shooter, honest
and fair. His experience as a
public servant qualifies him for
your vote for Morrow County
Commissioner.
(s) Pat Pettyjohn
Let’s keep our place at the table
To the Editor:
It has been four decades since
the Boardman-Irrigon area fought
for and earned a seat on the Mor
row County Court. At that time,
north county had maybe 15 per
cent of county population and
precious little assessed valuation.
Does that mean that our candidate
at that time had all the answers?
Of course not. What we sought
was a seat at the table of county
government. So it has been 40
years like a handshake, a bond,
a sort of covenant, if you will.
So here we are in 1992. With
almost 60 percent of the people
and four-fifths of taxable value
within the greater Boardman and
Irrigon communities, are we now
to lose our only seat at the table?
Morrow County voters must not
allow that to happen. That is not
the recipe of cooperation and
economic growth.
Ed Glenn and Don McElligott
are both good friends. Both are
fiscal conservatives, believe in
open public libraries, good
schools, the best roads we can af
ford, and a balanced approach to
environmental concerns. So say
most of us. They will even
discuss home rule issues, if you
like.
Transcending these issues of
the day, and outweighing them all
is the 40-year old handshake, the
understanding. Please join in and
insist by your vote that we keep
our place at the table.
(s) Gene Allen
Boardman
nr row County Judge...
Andrew Kauffman
Kalven R. Keys
Vicki Kinzer
Lorraine Ladd
Alcy Lamb
Craig & Trina Lankford
James E. Larsen
Sean Lawson
Olli Lewellen
Micki Lewellen
Hazel Lewis
Paul R. Lienig
Vicki Lienig
Katherine Lindstrom
Roy Lindstrom
Kim Linn
Mike Linn
Brock Linnell
Larry & Corrine Linsday
Bill Loftin
Glenna Loftin
Michael S. Long
John Lovett
Erin Lovett
Bob Lovgren
Vonnie Lovgren
Ethel Male
John MaricV
Mary Lee Marlow
Betty & Va Mattison
Hope McCavley
Gale & Pat McClintock
Dori McKee
Mary & Pat McKenzie
Jane McRoberts
Tharon Midland
Hazel Miller
Tad Miller
Melba Miller
Gloria Mora
Milton Morgan
Michael Morrison
Keith Moultrie
Barry Munkers
Mary Ann Munkers
Meg Murray
Rod Murray
The Murray’s
Duane & Linda Neiffer
Brenda Newport
Bruce O. Nicholes
Gary Neal
Charlene Nix
Virgil Norton
Paul Olp
Vote yes on measure 9
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Shannon Plueard
Rolf Prag
John & Lynn Prag
Dante Pritchard
Perry Pummel
Dolores Pummel
Pat Quarisa
Al Quarisa
Marilyn Ralph
Margaret Ramirez
Guillermo Ramirez
Willie Ramirez
Keith & Judy Rea
Blanch Savage
Darrel & Judy Scott
Hubert Senn
Hazel Shannon
Jack & Shirley Sheadel
Helen S. Shearer
George W. Shearer
Oscar Shoemake
Virginia Shoemake
Bill & Peggy Simmons
Walter & Eva Sinclair
Steven E. Sinor
Joy E. Smith
To the Editor:
Just a few short years ago peo
ple were shocked to see explicit
sex on television. Are we shock
ed anymore, or being desensitiz
ed to the crux of acceptance, and
to the brink of teaching our
children to accept it?
Those who believe that
homosexuality is wrong are
draped with nasty labels like
homophobic or Christian. This
implies it’s not the deviant who
has the problem but the one who
states the deviance is wrong. It
says you have a neurosis if you
think the act of men preferring to
have oral and anal sex together is
unnatural. I do not think it is right
to demand that cameras be put in
all households to be sure that
everyone is practicing healthy and
moral sex. Even God has given
us the choice to accept or reject
His laws. But where people
choose to demonstrate and flaunt
that preference is everyone’s
business.
If this country gives homosex
uals a minority status it will only
be a matter of a year or so before
all delighters of perversion,
whatever may be, will demand
the same. What used to be
thought of as pornography, is
now entertainm ent, and if
measures like #9 are defeated,
there will soon be a different
story line on ‘My Two Dads’.
You shout never, but 10 years
ago that’s what was said about the
possibility that an issue like this
would ever stir.
If a married person is tempted
to have an affair should they just
do it because of a sexual urge or
preference? Or should they seek
help to get over the urge, doing
right by their spouse and
children? But the adulterer just
couldn’t help it, could he? Is it
really coming down to the point
that if the urge is there, you just
have to do it, and society had bet
ter understand you were just bom
that way? Should adulterers de
mand minority status?
Another point: when I try to
rent housing no one has ever ask
ed me if I am a lesbian, but I’ve
been turned down lots of times
for having children. Where are
my rights? It’s easier to hide your
sex than your kids in the closet.
The words ‘In God We Trust’
is becoming an abomination
because this country is selling out
to its lusts of pleasure. We think
we’re becoming more open and
humane, but are damning our
own selves. I used to concern
myself about the physical en
vironment, but the moral en
vironment is becoming so beyond
belief we’ve become numb. We
have problems in our USA that
says judgment is at the door:
drugs, alcoholism, divorce,
satanism, abortion, hate groups,
pornography, families torn
asunder, millions of children with
one parent
in poverty,
homelessness, child molestation,
killing children, killing parents,
killing just to kill, suicides, movie
stars proclaiming to be God,
adultery and homosexuality.
There’s only one healing factor
for all of this. It’s in Romans 8.
In John 7, Jesus said the world
will hate him because he tells us
to quit sinning.
Our country is falling under
judgment of a Holy God who not
only created and placed us here,
but commanded us to live within
the standards given long ago, pro
ven by history, and the modem
health professionals, to be the
healthiest way to live. God made
a man and a woman, that the two
should marry and become one
flesh; and keep only unto each
other. Our dollar bill says we
trust Him, but our lives and the
media are beginning to sound like
we hate our own creator.
God has already blessed
America tremendously, above all
other nations. We are turning our
backs and judgment is already
evident in every city. If we don’t
return our allegiance, love and
obedience to Him there will no
longer be an America, just a
history of another rise and fall.
Today God has given me this
verse, and the implication is chill
ing. “ But always first of all, I
warn you through my prophets.
This I now have done.” Amos
3:7.
Vote yes on measure 9.
(s) Sylvia Westrom
Vote for Ann Spicer
To the Editor:
It has been brought to my at
tention that Tidewater Barge
Lines and Ray Hickey (Finley
Buttes Landfill) have donated
$1,000 to the Louis Carlson
Campaign.
The firm who crushes the
County’s gravel donated $500.
Why are Carlson’s campaign
funds being donated by these
people?
I used to work for Morrow
County and I feel Louis Carlson
was very unfair in the way he
treated me and other employees.
I urge you to vote for Ann Spicer
in this election.
(s) Johanne Wood
Pat Suton
LeRoy & Barbara L. Swope
Terry & Cheryle Tallman
Joe Tatone
Alice M. Tatone
Larry Teters
Jim Thomas
Shirley Thompson
Robert Thompson
Wayne Tisin
Stanley T. Toms
Jennifer Triplett
Lee R. Triplett
Donna Trudeau
Brok Tucker
Janet Tucker
Anthony Tudar
Win Weston
Jane Weston
Patricia Wetzel
Gary & Patty White
Dick & Virginia Wilkinson
Chester Wilson
Rose Wilson
Brad Winkler
Jeri Withvcombe
Harold & Mary Wright
Mildred Wright
Olga M. Wyss
Danny Young
We Hope You Will Too.
Lyla Olp
Susan Orrala
Roger Palmer
Shirley Palmer
Elmer Palmer
Muriel Palmer
Frank Palmer Sr.
LaVelle Partlow
LaVern Partlow
Steve Partlow
Ada Patton
Frank Pearson
Lloyd Peck
Bobbi Jean Peck
Keith Peirson
Bonnie Pelzer
Herb Peterson
Don Peterson
Martha Peterson
Skip Pettyjohn
Mr. & Mrs. John Phillipi
Danny Phillips
Karen E. Pierson
Sheila Pincock
Krissie Rea
Bill J. Reaves
Carol Reaves
Joe Redinger
Rod Reeves
Clinton & Clara Reid
Tamara L. Ried
Dennis Reisch
Doug & Wanda Renoe
R. Marshall Richmond
Shelly & Dave Riekkola
Bob Rietmann
Betty Rietmann
Rev. Harold Roberts
Warren Rogalla
Jay Rood
Frank & Wanda Rossi
Vernon L. Russell
Barbara Russell
Shelly Salisbury
Howard & Winnie Salmon
Pearl Salmon
Virginia Sannar
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Kenneth Smouse
Joyce Snyder
Tom & Dorothy Snider
Joel Stahl
Norma Stahl
Toni Stanger
Newt Stanger
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Jane Sturgeon
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Vicki Wagenblast
Carl A. Ward
Glen Ward
Joyce Ward
Dewey & Jeanne West
Mary Westmoreland
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