FO U R - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 24, 1993
Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
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Letters to the Editor
Sharkey for port commissioner
To the Editor:
Bill Sharkey has served as a
commissioner for the Port of
Morrow for nearly eight years. In
that time he has become very
knowledgeable of the many facets
of port operations. Bill works
closely with the port maintenance
crews and throughly understands
the water systems and farm
operations. He participates fully
in shaping the annual port budget
and works well with the staff
throughout the year. He is at pre
sent assisting with negotiations
with Portland General Electric to
secure location of a co-generation
plant on the Port of Morrow.
Negotiations will continue for
sometime and he will be in
strumental in those talks. Bill is
an effective port commissioner
and represents the area well. Vote
for Bill Sharkey.
Sincerely,
(s) John L. Bristow
Council must work for kids, families
To the Editor:
The children (and the rest of say it is their fault. Part of their
us) of Heppner who wrote last job is to anticipate these problems
week about our pool situation and prepare for them.
The lack of a pool lowers the
deserve an explanation. Not the
quality of life in Heppner. It
constant statem ent of city
finances and condition of the makes it much less attractive to
pool What we need to know is newcomers. Recreation in an
isolated town like this is very im
why something wasn’t done five
portant. Residents consider these
years ago.
things when thinking about
The first summer we lived here
relocating. A pool in a town like
there were problems with the
.this
is not a luxury, it is a
pool. It was closed half the time.
requirement.
When it was open the water was
Large sums of money are spent
dirty and the decks were in no
in
this town and county to pay for
better shape than they are now.
senior citizen activities and con
Why did it take this long for the
veniences. Yet, the rest of us
city to figure out there was a
have to fight and scrape for every
problem?
penny we need to make this a bet-
Five years ago the city and
ter place for families and
citizens could have started work
children. It is time for the city
ing on funding for a new pool. If
council to get to work for the rest
they had, we would have a new
of us.
one by now. The city keeps say
Sincerely,
ing it’s not their fault, the pool
(s)
Lori
Straley
just got old and too run down. I
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Obituaries
Sharkey hard worker
The Official Newspaper of the
City of Heppner and the
County of Morrow
676-9961
To the Editor:
1 would like to recommend
W.P. “ Bill” Sharkey for the
position of Port of Morrow Com
m issioner.
Bill is very
knowledgeable about the opera
tion of the port and has worked
closely with the principals of
many of the developments within
the port. He has worked par
ticularly hard on the future co-gen
plant for the port.
We have served on various
boards and committees together,
and Bill has always worked very
diligently and paid attention to
detail.
Bill is highly recommended for
re-election to the Port of Morrow
Commission in the upcoming
March mail-in ballot election,
(s)
Raymond
M ichael
Commends teachers, district
To the Editor:
In January I attended the Mor
row County School District fact
finders’ hearing in Heppner.
After listening to the facts as
presented by the school board and
by the faculty negotiating team,
it appeared they really were not
that far apart.
It was very heartening to leam
that a settlement had been reach
ed even before the factfinder’s
report. The Morrow County
teachers and school board
members are to be commended
for bringing contract negotiations
to an end in an agreeable manner.
Negotiations take a tremendous
amount of time and energy for
those directly involved. Not many
people realize just how much time
and energy it does take. Those
who are participating in the pro
cess are doing it in addition to
teaching, farming, managing,
operating a business or some
other full-time employment.
As a member of the Morrow
County community, I want to
thank you for your hard work and
commitment. Thanks.
Sincerely,
(s) Nancy Bro’ field
Creamer effective commissioner
To the Editor:
I have worked directly with
Dan Creamer both as a commis
sioner for the Port of Morrow and
as a member of the Morrow
County Planning Commission.
His interests are broad and he
serves all of Morrow County as
well as the entire northwest
region.
Dan was recently elected vice
president of the Oregon Public
Ports Association and he is a
member of the Pacific Northwest
Waterways Assoc. (PNWA). The
PNWA lobbies at the federal
level for area funding. Dan is in
an excellent position to do great
service to our port district. He has
actively pursued many local pro
jects, one of which is his effort
to secure a right of way for a road
from Ella, north of lone directly
to 1-84 and Boardman. That road
will serve many purposes while
connecting north and south por
tions of the county. Dan is a very
effective com missioner and
should be re-elected. Vote for
Dan Creamer.
Sincerely,
(s) John L. Bristow
Game night planned at Stokes
Dinner and game night will be
held at Stokes Landing Senior
Center in Irrigon on Friday, Feb.
26. Dinner will be served from
5 to 7 p.m. The menu includes
beef stew, fresh rolls and a cherry
dessert. The price is $2.50 for
adults and $1 for children under
12 .
Game night will begin at 7
p.m. and will feature card games
B irths___
A lison D rew B u rn ett-a
daughter Alison Drew was born
to Nancy and Abel Burnett of
lone on January 29, 1993 at Good
Shepherd Community Hospital in
Hermiston. The baby weighed 7
lbs. 13 oz.
Lindsay M arie Cutsforth-a
daughter Lindsay Marie was bom
to Melissa and Jeff Cutsforth of
Lexington on January 26, 1993 at
Good Shepherd Community
Hospital in Hermiston. The baby
weighed 8 lbs. 2 oz.
G randparents
are
Pat
Cutsforth, Lexington; Karen
Cutsforth; Gay and Patty Har-
shman, Echo.
Lindsay joins a sister, at home
E d u a rd o C alvilio-a son
Eduardo was bom to Maria and
Mario Calvillo of Boardman on
February 7, 1993 at Good
Shepherd Community Hospital in
Hermiston. The baby weighed 8
lbs 12 oz.
Staci Lea Sherer-a daughter,
Staci Lea was born to Kristi and
Brett Sherer of Tigard on
February 9, 1993. The baby
weighed 7 lbs. 6 oz.
Grandparents are Dick and
Margo Sherer, lone and Marion
and Anita Fletcher, Tillamook.
Great-grandparents are Doc and
Beulah Sherer, lone; Agnes Flet
cher and Irene Beeler, both of
Tillamook and Martha Bar-
talamay, Odessa, Wa.
In the Service
Airman Andrea H. Cumbie
has completed the services
specialist course at Lowry Air
Force Base, Denver.
Students were trained in the
duties, responsibilities and
preparation of food for the Air
Force. Included were accounting,
storage operations, equipment
and facility safety, baking and
short order preparation and
service.
Cumbie is the daughter of
Wanda and Jerry Carr, Board-
man. She is a 1992 graduate of
Riverside High School.
and scrabble. The cost for play
ing games is $1. Coffee and
refreshments are furnished and
prizes will be awarded to the
winners.
Stokes Landing Senior Center
is located on N. Main and Opal
Place in west Irrigon. The public
is invited to attend.
W orkshop on
w eeds planned
Donald R. Lott
Donald R. Lott, 29, Heppner,
died Friday, Feb. 19, 1993 at his
home.
Recitation of the rosary was
held Monday, Feb. 22. at the St.
Patrick Catholic Church in Hepp
ner. Mass of Christian Burial was
held Tuesday, Feb. 23 at St.
Patrick Catholic Church. Con
cluding service and burial follow
ed at the Heppner Masonic
Cemetery.
Son of Randolph and Bernice
Kennedy Lott, he was born Oct.
18, 1963 in Portland. He grew up
in Heppner and attended local
schools, graduating from Hepp
ner High School in 1982. He was
an honor student at Eastern
Washington State University and
graduated with a teaching degree
in 1986. He taught in Heppner
and also worked in the family
business.
He enjoyed golf and was a
member of Willow Creek Coun
try Club and Heppner BPOE 358.
Survivors include his parents of
Heppner, brother Michael of
Pendleton; sister, Patti Pappas of
Boise, Idaho; maternal grand
mother, Frances Kennedy of
Milton-Freewatcr and paternal
grandmother, Edna Lott of Hat
tiesburg, Miss.
Memorial contributions may be
made to the South Morrow Coun
ty Scholarship Trust, c/o Bank of
Eastern Oregon, Box 39, Hepp
ner, OR 97836.
Sweeney Mortuary, Heppner,
was in charge of arrangements.
Ryan R. W ilson,
19,
Lexington-Minor In Possession,
$86 fine;
Tim Hedman, Heppner-
Maintaining a Dog as a Public
Nuisance, $25 fine;
Indalecio Sanchez, 42, Ione-
Exceeding the Maximum Speed,
72 mph in a 55 mph zone, $61
fine.
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... whatever happens.
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cerned for the future of
your family and want to do
everything to make sure
that your home belongs to
them, even if you are no
longer there to pay for it. A
good way to make certain
that they have a debt-free
home is to talk with your
Farmers Agent about a
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designed to pay off your
home loan, should you
pass away.
Call your Farmers Agent
today.
Justice Court
Report
The Justice Court office at the
courthouse annex building in
Heppner reports handling the
following business during the past
week:
Jerry Lee Rietmann, 31, Ione-
Truck Speeding, 65 mph in a 55
mph zone, $35 fine;
David John Anderson, 20,
Heppncr-Driving While Suspend
ed, $357 fine;
Thomas William Wickland,
41, Heppner-Exceeding the Max
imum Speed, 70 mph in a 55 mph
zone, $55 fine;
Thomas James Kraft, 49,
Heppner-No Side Marker Lights,
$25 fine;
A two-county weed manage
ment workshop is scheduled for
T hursday, Feb. 25. The
workshop will provide three
license certification credits for
each session.
The first session will be held at
Condon from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.
at
the
G illiam
County
Fairgrounds. The afternoon ses
sion will be held at the Grange
Hall in lone from 1:30-4:30 p.m.
The agendas will be identical
for both locations. Topics include
county noxious weed programs
(Don Farrar and Dave Pranger);
spring weed control (Phil Grief);
major weeds in wheat and iden
tification (Phil Nesse); chemical
fallow technology (Russ Canon);
cheatgrass and wild oat research
(Dan Ball); and goatgrass and
cereal rye (Don Rydrych). For
further information contact the
Morrow County Extension of
fice, 676-9642.
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