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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 16, 1992 » • The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U S P S. 240-420 Morrow County's Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekh and entered us secund-t luss mutter ut the Post Office ut Hepp ner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Second class postage paid at Hepp ner, Oregon. Office at 147 West Willow Street. Telephone (5031 676-9228. Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Ca/ette-Times, P.O. Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $15 in Morrow, Wheeler, Gilliam and Grant Counties; $23 elsewhere. Joyce H u g h es................................ ........................... Office Manager, Typesetting April Hilton-Sykes................................................................................News Editor Mary Van B ibber..................................................................Graphics Department Monique D e tin ...............................................................................................Bindery Penni k eersem ak er.........................................................................................Printer Jean Ann T u rn e r.....................................................................................Distribution David and April Hilton-Sykes, Publishers Letters to the Editor Congratulations from alum I can see that the pride of be ing a Mustang hasn’t decreased over the years. Those of us who choose to leave the area will always have the feeling that it is our team too. A special con gratulations to the team for a great season. Sincerely, (s) Ted Ferguson Class of 1945 Gold Beach To the Editor: This past weekend I had the time of my life. Members of the 1942 football team met in Cor vallis to renew old friendships and watch the current group of Mustangs do their thing. They do that very well. 1 enjoyed one of the best played high school foot ball games i have ever seen. The players, coaches, parents and fans have a lot to be proud of. Philosophy of taxation unfair To the Editor: I noted recently that Barbara Roberts has again proposed several new revenue sources to cover the projected shortfall from Measure 5 tax reform. Because 1 am a physician, I was particular ly interested in her proposal to tax physicians and hospitals to make up shortfalls in the health care budget. This philosophy of taxation is unfair. If this thought process were carried throughout society, then each state worker should be assessed a surtax to pay for short falls in other parts of the budget. Teachers might have a special one percent tax on their earnings to pay for budget shortages in education. Tri-Met drivers should have a tax placed on their income to pay for their indigent riders. Will doctors who provide free medical care in their offices and free clinics still have to pay this tax? It is demoralizing to be singl ed out and taxed in excess of the general society for services pro vided to the general society. But, if Governor Roberts cannot cut waste and must “ enhance” revenue in this unfair way, at least the tax should be technical ly fair. For example, because the tax is based on gross revenue, not net revenue, specialists with high overhead practices could pay two to three times more of their after tax income than those with low overhead practices. Also, a health care worker who is an employee rather than in private practice I COAST 9 I® would pay nothing in the gross receipts scenario. Furthermore, HMO’s like Kaiser will be able to pass this tax on to their insured by raising premium rates, but most private practitioners and hospitals have their fees capped by Medicare, Medicaid, and con tracts with various insurance payors and will have to absorb most of this tax. If patients are unhappy with the present health care system, they are no more unhappy than most health care providers. Both ma jor presidential candidates cam paigned for medical reform which included eliminating waste created by competing insurance com panies and lim iting bureaucracy in providing medical care. It is estimated that 30% of our medical care expenditures are wasted on administration. Star ting up a new system of taxation will only create one more wasteful bureaucratic layer, and does nothing to improve the pre sent flawed system. I would suggest that Governor Roberts, her advisors, and the state legislature can get much more bang for their buck by reforming the insurance industry and stream lining the ad ministrative portion of medicine, than they ever would by creating a new bureaucracy to tax and fur ther demoralize health care providers. Sincerely, (s) Dr. Brooks G. Cofield Hillsboro TO COAST YOUR I SOURCE jj F0R $ ÌEASY SHOPPING? « & 9 9 (f & (9 t* t* t* Pi ftj a ^Friendly *Helpful Staff Selection & *Value Competitive Prices *Quick & *Easy a c * a a 9 t* 9 •No long drive -*Close to home *Punch cards P Gifts for everyone on your list! Open Sundays till Christmas 9 (9 ft* P Let Us Help You! P P « « tj a ts a *} tj * « 5 *Not generally available in malls & discount stores^ Coast to Goast Hrppicr ( W F ( 'S V H U P U H *76-9981 ft To the Editor: I have been doing a family geneology research on my fami ly, going through family records, pictures, etc. While doing this, I came across a photo of the 1927 Lexington football team. My Sheriffs Report The Morrow County Sheriff s office at the courthouse in Hepp ner reports dispatching the following business during the past week: December 9: Morrow County deputy recovered a signed stolen vehicle from Hwy. 730, mile post 177; Morrow County deputy in vestigated the report of several things taken from the Taggares Farms. Total value was approx imately $10,800. December 12: Morrow Coun ty deputy was contacted regar ding a break in at the Boise Cascade Fiber Farm. Tools and a Polaris 4-wheeler were taken. Amount of value was unknown; M orrow County deputy responded to investigate a report o f m ischief at an Irrigon residence. December 11 : Morrow Coun ty deputy attempted to locate a juvenile that was reported to be a runaway and was in Morrow County; Morrow County Sheriff s of fice dispatched the Arlington am bulance to a residence where one person was transported to Mid Columbia Medical Center with an unknown illness. Decemberr 12: Morrow Coun ty deputy began investigation of theft of Christmas light bulbs from a residence in Irrigon; Morrow County deputy in vestigated a report of possible stolen property at a residence in Irrigon; M orrow County deputy responded to investigate suspicious circumstances in Irrigon; Morrow County deputy ar rested Cheryl McBride, 34, Heppner for Assault II, Assault IV and Reckless Driving. She posted bail and was released; M orrow County deputy responded to investigate a report of a possible disabled boat; M orrow County deputy responded to investigate suspicious circumstances on Lit tle Buttercreek Road out of Heppner; M orrow County deputy assisted the Boardman Police Dept to investigate a forced en try at the Outback Apartments in Boardman where items were reported missing. December 13: Morrow Coun ty Sheriff s office dispatched the ambulance to a residence on Main Street in Condon for one male. There was no transport; Morrow County Sheriff s of fice dispatched the Boardman Fire Dept, and ambulance to Col umbia View Apartments; M orrow County deputy responded to the Irrigon area for a careless driver; M orrow County deputy responded to the Irrigon area for a neighborhood disturbance. December 14: Morrow Coun ty deputy investigated a report of shots being fired in Irrigon near the residential area; Morrow County Sheriffs of fice dispatched the ambulance to the Condon RV Park. One male with an unknown illness was transported to Mid Columbia Hospital. Heppner/Lexington area and liv ed on Rhea Creek for several years with his parents, Oliver J. and Emma J. Cox. The family lost one daughter Bessie, in the 1905 Rhea Creek flood. The last father, Harold James Cox, is on the left in the second row. I thought you might be in terested and perhaps print the pic ture in your paper, being this is the football season. My father was raised in the surviving member of the im mediate Oliver Cox family, Lena Cox Young, passed away July 29, 1992, at The Dalles, Oregon. Thank you, (s) Arnold O. Cox Bridgeport, WA. BMCC announces holiday hours LEW’S PROCESSING Special service departments at Blue Mountain Community Col lege are changing hours for Christmas vacation. McCrae Ac tivity Center will closed Dec. 16 and will reopen Wed., January 6 when it will resume regular hours. The BMCC bookstore is clos ed and the computer lab will close Dec. 18. They will both open on January 6. The Pioneer Hall Library will remain open for the holidays. The hours will be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Regular hours will resume Wednesday, Jan. 8. The entire campus and all outreach centers will be closed December 24, 25, 31 and January 1. Winter term 1993 begins Wednesday, Jan. 6 for day and evening classes. Registration will be held Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 4 and 5. Students are en couraged to make their registra tion appointm ents with an academic advisor prior to those dates. Registration appointments for returning or transfer students can be made by calling the counsel ing center at 276-1260, ext. 206. For students who will be new to BMCC and who have never at tended college, the registration process starts with placement testing. The counseling center in Pioneer Hall offers placement tests at 11 a.m. Monday or Thursday. Anyone interested in attending BMCC and taking more than eight credit hours of course work is required to take the place ment test. Appointments are not necessary. Home Cured Hams and Bacon Smoked Turkeys and Pepperoni Holiday Gift Ideas! Call us for all your custom meat cutting, curing and smoking Locker beef by the half and quarter Locker hogs - whole or half Slaughter Service Available We Deliver! Len & Pat Schwarz 676-5150 (3rd and 4th generation meat cutters in Morrow County) BANK OF EASTERN OREGON Heppner Branch O ★ ★ ★ ★ pen //« OUSE Tuesday, December 22 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Coffee, Cookies & Punch Door Prizes will be given away “Join Us For This Day O f Appreciation For Letting Us Serve Your Banking Needs ” H A 5 IK OF V JZ astem Orecjon “ Your Money Helping Your Neighbors' MEMBER F.D.I.C 1$CS a Court Street Market 111 N. Court Heppner 676-9643 G R O C E R IE S - M E A T S - PRO DUCE Bar-S E-Z Carve Frozen Whole Ham lb. Oregon Chief Bone In Half Ham $ |79 lb. 2 liter ¥ ^ ¥ * +dep. Hills 12 oz. Pkg. $l ,5 ea 2 Western Family American Sliced 16 oz. 2 Cheese o c to rn P a m ili: T /-»-» r n io n Western Family 1 12 oz. C Frozen W 2 I Orange Juice $ï loea. J 8 9 « ea Western Family 8 oz. Whipped Topping Corn or Peas 1st two 89V 2 2 Hills Pork Loin Roast g Weiners Salad Shrimp Western Family Frozen 16 oz. Boneless Coke J^amily SEASON 99' ea. Sliced Bacon Radishes or Green Onions Fresh Tomatoes 2 2 89V Fresh Express Salad Mix Celery Sweet Potatoes or Jams Jumbo Size * * v 1 9 lb. 19V 8 Oberti Large Black 5.75 oz. 8 2 Olives ¥9* ea Shoulder Pork Roast 2 London Broil Steak • l # *ib. Prices Good Dec. 16th through 24th8 8 $ P * ib
