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F O U R • H eppner G azette-Tim es, H eppner, O regon W edn esd ay, D ecem b er 23, 1992
Sheriff’s Report
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 Meekly Newspaper
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ner, Oregon. Office at 147 West Willow Street. Telephone (503) 676-9228.
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Joyce H u g h es............................................................Office Manager, Typesetting
April Hilton-Sykes............................................................................... News Editor
Mary Nan B ibber................................................................. Graphics Department
Monique D e sin .............................................................................................. Bindery
Penni K eersem aker........................................................................................ Printer
Jean Ann T u rn e r.................................................................................... Distribution
David and April Hilton-Sykes, Publishers
Letters to the Editor
Dreams do come true
To the Editor:
Dreams do come true, it just
takes a little time. Congratula
tions to the 1992 Mustang foot
ball team for their victory over
the Vale Vikings in the state
championship game.
(s) Jim Mallon
Mustang football coach 1954-60
Hood River
Blood drive response excellent
Rebecca Weseman, Heppner,
prepares to donate blood at the
Red Cross Blood Drive held last
week at the St. Patrick's Senior
Center in Heppner. Assisting her
is Gregg Calzadilla of Yakima.
The response of the donors in
the area was termed “ excellent,"
with 54 pints of blood donated.
Have An Old-Fashioned
iVIerry C h r is tm a s
We’re proud to carry on a fam ily tradition
of service to the community, and grateful
for your continuing support.
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L e t’s cherish the spirit of Christm as
and the joy of friendship.
Thanks for your patronage this last
year...Boh, Cheryl, Jerid & Darrin Ployhar.
The Sheriff s office at the cour
thouse in Heppner reports dispat
ching the following business dur
ing the past week:
December 14: Morrow Coun
ty deputy assisted the Boardman
Police Dept, with a report of
suspicious circumstances at a
business in Boardman.
December 15: Morrow Coun
ty deputy responded to investigate
a report of suspicious cir
cumstances on French Pass;
M orrow County deputy
responded to investigate a fami
ly matter. Turned out to be a civil
matter;
Morrow County Sheriff s Of
fice dispatched the Arlington am
bulance to the high school. One
female was transported to Mid
Columbia Medical Center in The
Dalles with unknown injuries;
M orrow County deputy
responded to investigate a report
of suspicious circumstances at a
business outside Boardman.
December 16: Morrow Coun
ty Sheriffs office dispatched the
Arlington EMT's to a residence
for an injury;
M orrow County deputies
responded to a residence in Ir-
rigon for a report of a domestic
disturbance. Richard Wiese, 19,
Irrigon was arrested for Assault
IV, domestic. He was lodged at
Benton County Jail;
M orrow County deputy
responded to a residence in Ir
rigon to take an animal
complaint;
Morrow County deputy ar
rested Jose Vasquez, 25, for
Driving While Suspended,
misdemeanor. Vasquez was cited
and released;
Morrow County deputy receiv
ed a report of theft from Lora
Griffitts, Irrigon. Amount of
value and items taken were
unknown;
Morrow County deputy ar
rested Kent Wendell Cate, 24, on
an Irrigon Justice Court warrant
for Failure to Pay Fine, Hunting
Mammal with the Aid of Light;
and Stacy Leann Hinz Cate, 23,
on an Irrigon Justice Court war
rant for Failure To Pay Fine,
Driving While Suspended. Both
subjects posted bail and were
released;
M orrow County deputy
responded to a report of a motor
vehicle accident on Hwy. 730,
mile post 178. Deputy was unable
to locate accident upon arrival.
December 17: Morrow Coun
ty deputy responded to investigate
a report of a traffic problem on
1-84 near Boardman;
M orrow County deputy
responded to investigate a report
of an animal problem in Irrigon;
M orrow County deputy
responded to take a report of a
stolen bicycle from a residence in
Irrigon.
Investigation
is
continuing;
M orrow County deputy
assisted the Oregon State Police
to investigate an animal problem
in the Boardman area;
M orrow County deputy
responded to investigate a report
of a juvenile problem in Irrigon;
Morrow County deputy ar
rested Leroy Swope. 57, Irrigon,
for Maintaining a Dog as a Public
Nuisance. Swope was cited and
released;
M orrow County deputy
responded to assist with a
message delivery in Hardman;
M orrow County deputy
responded to assist with a
message delivery in Irrigon.
December 18: Morrow Coun
ty Sheriffs office dispatched the
Boardman ambulance to a motor
vehicle accident rollover on 1-84
mile post 154. There were no in
ju ries and no one was
transported;
M orrow County deputy
responded to the report of a traf
fic problem in Irrigon.
December 19: Morrow Coun
ty deputy investigated a report of
a car sliding off Rhea Creek
Road. There were no injuries or
property damage;
M orrow County deputy
responded to a report of dog
mischief on 8th St. West, Irrigon;
Morrow County Sheriff s of
fice dispatched the Arlington am
bulance and rescue to two dif
ferent motor vehicle accidents on
1-84, mile posts 127 and 129.
There were no transports;
M orrow County deputy
assisted the Boardman Police
Dept in an investigation of a
reported fight at the Outback
apartments in Boardman.
December 20: Morrow Coun
ty deputy began investigation of
a motorcycle reported stolen from
a garage at an Irrigon residence;
Morrow County Sheriff s of
fice dispatched the Boardman am
bulance to the Outback apart
ments number E-12. One 17 year
old male with an illness was
transported to Good Shepherd
Community Hospital.
December 21: Morrow Coun
ty deputy responded to the report
of a disabled vehicle at the in
tersection of Peters and Kunze
Road that might be a hazard.
Deputy was unable to locate
vehicle.
During the week of December
14 through 20 the Morrow Coun
ty deputies assisted five
motorists.
Justice Court
Report
Good Luck
Mr. President
As President-elect Clinton names
more and more of his top governmen
tal appointees, his campaign promises
appear to be more and more real.
During the campaign, he talked a lot
about democracy and taxing the rich.
Those are a couple of subjects dear
to the hearts of Americans.
Clinton also talked a lot about put
ting people back to work. That does
not have anything to do with
democracy and taxing the rich. In
fact, democracy and taxing the rich
are the very reason people don’t have
jobs.
Democracy, you will recall, is a form of government where the ma
jority of the people rule. That is different from a dictatorship where
only one person rules or an aristocracy where a small group of specially
educated people rule. And it’s very different from the apparent rule
in Somalia-an anarchy where no one rules.
A democracy, according to most political scientists, is different from
a republic where elected representatives rule. Say, that sounds like us,
doesn’t it? Well, that’s what we called the United States, a republic,
until Franklin Delano Roosevelt renamed us a democracy. But why
not, he was a Democrat.
So if we are a democracy, it must be true, the Democrats are in power,
why does that mean no jobs? It really is simple. In most businesses,
there’s only one boss, often the owner, often a rich man (or woman).
But there are lots of employees. Folks with jobs. Now if the majority
rules, the rules will invariably favor the majority. That means when
the employees write the rules, they will usually favor themselves, usually
at the expense of the boss, owner, rich guy (or gal).
And when the rules get too far out of balance, the boss calls it quits.
After all, he’s in business for a profit, not the mere exercise. I have
yet to hear a business owner say he’s in business for the very purpose
of providing jobs.
So when the democratic process gets through with saddling the boss
with all the rules and regulations, and then adds a tax on top of it,
there will be little doubt that businesses will close or move overseas
and jobs will become scarce as hen’s teeth.
What we haven’t heard in a presidential campaign for years are the
words Capitalism and Freedom. Capitalism is not a political system
like democracy or dictatorship, it is an economic system, like socialism.
The problem with capitalism in a democracy is that the majority is
always on the lower end of the economic rewards of the capitalist
system. An inescapable feature of capitalism is that a few will become
very rich but most folks will only survive. In the past 200 years, the
majority has survived with a higher standard of living than any other
system in the history of the world.
Another feature of capitalism is that even the poorest person aspires
to do better. Everyone wants more and tries hard to succeed in finan
cial terms. But when combined with democracy, the capitalist drive
tempts the ruling majority to get more by taking it away from the folks
who have more.
That leads to taxing the rich. Before we take money away from the
rich to pay for government’s folly, we should pause to think a bit about
what the rich folks would do with their money. One, they put it out
for interest at some bank, which then has money to loan to some com
mon fellow who wants to go into business and create a job or two.
Two, they build a new factory themselves in the hopes of hiring a crew
to make something they can sell at a profit. Even the rich want to do
better so they put their money to work, creating jobs in one way or
another.
But that won’t happen when we take it away in the form of taxes.
And that leads to a curious mess of things. Our representatives, in
what we call a democracy, will be making decisions about how to spend
other people’s money, not for the capitalist purpose of making a pro
fit, but for the socialist purpose of simply making work for those who
need, but don’t really want, a job.
Good luck, Mr. President.
The Justice Court office at the
courthouse annex building in
Heppner reports handling the
following business during the past
week:
John Dalton Ledbetter, 65,
Heppner-Exceeding the Max
imum Speed, 73 mph in a 55 mph
zone, $55 fine;
Jason Patterson, 19. Heppner-
Minor In Possession, $86 fine;
David Porter, Lexington-
O perating
Power Driven
Machinery with out Permit, $214
fine, 60 days in jail, jail sentence
suspended with one year proba
tion with no further violation of
law excluding minor traffic;
James Houston Roach, 50.
Heppner-D riving Uninsured
While
Suspended,
$145
suspended:
Robert Skultety, 19. Heppner-
Minor In Possession, $86 fine;
Tammy Wilson, 18. Heppner-
Minor In Possession, $106 fine;
Deona Renee Hodges, 29,
Hermiston-Exceeding the Max
imum Speed, 75 mph in a 55 mh
zone. $55 fine;
Steven Randall Marsh. 39,
Cloverdale-Defective Equipment.
$60 fine;
Heppner City League basket-
Jody James O'Donnell, 21.
Salem-Exceeding the Maximum ball will begin January 10.
Speed, 65 mph in a 55 mph zone, Anyone interested in participating
$65 fine;
Ermin
G odinez,
39,
Hermiston-Offensive Littering,
$30 fine:
Javier C. Ramirez, 31, Ione-
No Operator's License. $130
fine.
Sign up for city league basketball
Births
Jónica M arie Schmeltzer-a
daughter. Jónica Marie was born
to Julee and Mark Schmeltzer of
Heppner on December 16, 1992
at St. Anthony Hospital in
Pendleton. The baby weighed 7
lbs. 6 oz.
Grandparents are John and
Jeannine Schmeltzer and Bob and
Joan Try, all of Sherwood.
Jónica joins three sisters,
Desiree. 10, Kandra eight and
Allina. two at home.
k u rtis E. Lane Toll-a son
Kurtis. was born to Staci LaRae
Toll of LaGrande at Grande
Ronde Hopsital in LaGrande on
December 17, 1992. The baby
weighed 7 lbs. 10 oz.
Grandparents are Trish and
Ted Toll, Soldotna, Alaska.
Great-grandparents are Mema
Toll, and Mary and Jack Van-
Winkle all of Heppner.
in city league should contact Ran-
dy Hughes. 989-8412, Charlie
Sumner, or Rollie Marshall by
January 5.
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