FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner,
Oregon Wednesday, May 5, 1993
The Official Newspaper of the
City of Heppner and the
County of Morrow
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Letters to the Editor
Big hand to council members
To the Editor:
A big hand to the three coun
cil people that are standing up for
the taxpayers: Martha Doherty,
Chuck Holt, David Pranger.
Come on city taxpayers, they
can't do it alone. Don’t be afraid
to voice your opinion.
Sincerely,
(s) Jessie Scott
Never too late to speak out
To the Editor:
To the citizens of Heppner:
1 appreciate those of you who
took the time to call me or to stop
in at St. Patrick's senior center to
visit with me. I felt it was a good
beginning for exchanging ideas
and concerns. For those of you
who were unable to meet with me
Saturday afternoon, or were
unable to contact me by phone,
I would still like to hear from
you. If you would like to voice
your concerns or get more infor
mation, pleae feel free to call me
at home 676-5417. If you don't
get an answer, keep trying.
For those of you who are in
terested, copies of the proposed
budget, the merit pay program,
minutes of past council meetings,
and just about any other docu
ment you might wish to read
should be available at city hall,
as they are public documents.
I make no secret of the fact that
I am opposed to merit increases
in salaries. Furthermore, I am ap
palled that the council gave up the
authority to approve those in
creases to the department heads,
based on evaluations done by
those same department heads. As
the proposed budget now stands.
in the next year the city
manager's salary can be increas
ed as much as $2,031, treasurer’s
by $722, police chief by $ 1,772,
assistant police chief by $929,
public works director by $1,811,
assistant public works director by
$1,520, utility worker II by $546,
and utility worker I by $348 bas
ed entirely on an evaluation form.
Remember, this is in addition to
the 3.5 percent cost of living raise
they will be receiving. The only
control the council has left is
through the budget. Salary in
creases can be granted only if
they are budgeted for. At this
point in time, I am the only coun
cil member opposed to budgeting
$10,224 for merit raises. (That is
almost one-half the salary of the
police officer we had to eliminate
last year.)
It is important for you to let
your council members know how
you feel. I have made an effort
to let you know my concerns.
Now it is time for you to be
heard. Let the council know how
you feel. It is never too late to
speak out.
Thank you,
(s) Martha J. Doherty
Heppner City Council member
Support pharmacy freedom of access
To the Editor:
Heppner Chamber Board of
Directors voted to urge support
of SB 597, the “ Freedom of Ac
cess” legislation that will allow
participants and beneficiaries of
a health insurance plan, policy or
health maintenance organization
(HMO) to select the pharmacy or
pharmacist of their choice as long
as they agree to participate in the
plan according to the terms and
requirements set forth by the
insurer.
We support this bill as we don't
wish to see rural communities in
danger of losing community
health services. Our consumers
need to be protected and to have
the freedom to deal with the phar
macy and pharmacist of their
choice. Senior citizens, especial
ly, would find it a hardship if they
were forced to purchase prescrip
tions out of their own rural
community.
Heppner Chamber's purpose is
to create a positive environment
where people and business thrive.
Sincerely,
(s) Rollie Marshall, President
Heppner, Chamber of Commerce
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Wake up Morrow County
ODOT powerful Sand use dictator
To the Editor:
Wake up Morrow County.
Black Mountain Adult Foster
care is no longer in business.
The article that was in the
paper (legal notice appearing in
the Gazette-Times March 17,24,
31 and April 7) about Jeanette
Earlywine nka Townsend, put us
out of business.
It was untrue. We have two
lawyers working on the judg
ment. The lawyer I hired in
Heppner didn’t do her job. That
is why the judgment came down
on me (Jeanette Earlywine nka
Townsend).
Because of the judgment we
have lost all of our clients.
People in Heppner are really
bad about rumors, plus they add
more to the rumor.
1 .1 care about Morrow Coun
ty Senior Citizens.
To the Editor:
It is ludicrous that Oregon is
making a great deal of effort to
develop tourism and economic
development while two state
agencies are spending millions to
discourage economic develop
ment and make the development
of destination resorts practically
impossible.
The criteria for destination
resorts laid down by LCDC is so
restrictive that no one has
developed such a resort since
these regulations have been in
effect.
As for economic develope-
ment, there is a new villain work
ing to block any development that
is even indirectly served by a state
highway. Thanks to an ad
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ministrative rule written by
LCDC called the Transportation
Planning Rule, the Oregon
Department of Transportation,
through its teams of planners and
lawyers, is successfully delaying
and killing development all over
the state by actively opposing
land use decisions and dictating
land uses to cities and counties.
If you think ODOT is not a
powerful land use dictator, just
ask Douglas, Wallowa, and
Clackamas counties or Waldport,
Pendleton, W oodburn, or
LaG rande. All have had
developments killed by the heavy
hand of ODOT. Heppner could
be next.
(s) Kirk Braun
LaGrande
Property owners should be compensated
By contacting your legislators
To the Editor:
in
support ot HB 2758, the Secon
Proponents of centralized land-
dary
Lands Bill, and HB 2899,
use controls, LCDC, and its
the
Regulatory
Takings Bill, you
friends, claim the current system
$100,000 from the March levy. provides many benefits at small can help recover a realistic county
If this does not pass and further cost. The exact opposite is true, tax base.
cuts are made, funding will have
Sincerely,
at least in Baker County.
to be cut from services we all re
(s) Allen Phillips
Of our 16,000 real property ac
ly on.
Baker County Assessor
counts, 2195 rural tracts are 40
We urge you to vote yes on the acres or smaller. LCDC restricts
levy and keep our county mov
their use at home sites. Their
ing forward.
combined unbuildable assessed
Sincerely,
value is $6,813,000. As potential
(s) Bob and Suzanne Jepsen home sites their value would be
The Justice Court office at the
$51,198,000. Tax unavailable to courthouse annex building in
Baker County on the difference
Heppner reports handling the
is $253,000 annually.
following business during the past
W ithout LCDC controls,
Oregon 97310.
week:
Sen. Shoemaker, chair of the homes would have been built on
Ronald Albion Schwarz, 31,
5-member Health Care and Bio- at least 10 percent of these tracts.
Heppner-Failure to Use Seat Belt,
Ethics committee may, or may The 219 new homes, with an
$25 fine;
average assessed value of
not, hold a hearing on this bill.
Howard Matthew Shane, 26,
The Senate Business, Housing $70,000 would add $22,044,000
Lexington-Exceeding the Max-'
and Consumer Affairs Commit to the value of Baker County and
imum Speed Limit, 65 mph in a
tee did move the bill with a “ do $96,000 to its annual tax income 55 mph zone, $25 fine;
pass” recommendation because potential.
Dustin Joe Padberg, 32, lone-
The forfeited $350,000 is Exceeding the Maximum Speed
of strong consumer support.
Communities need further in recouped by taxing other property
Limit, 68 mph in a 55 mph zone,
at a proportionately higher rate.
put from consumers to urge Sen.
$61 fine;
Shoemaker to hold a hearing and Fewer owners thus fund the
Michael Fred Vogele, 36,
an additional “ do pass” recom county.
Heppner-Failure to Wear Seat
Construction of 219 homes
mendation for a vote of the full
Belt, $25 fine;
represents labor and material that
Senate.
Stephen Louis H ill, 41,
Without this additional and would boost county and state in
Lexington-Exceeding the Max
timely support we can expect a come. Further, there would be imum Speed Limit, 65 mph in a
further decline in tax-paying rural 219 new families living in Baker 55 mph zone, $25 fine;
communities and a gridlocked
County. Many of whom would be
Joe Lynn Humphries, 50,
Western Oregon.
retired, each bringing into the Crosby, Tx-Violation of the Basic
Sincerely,
county an additional $25,000 or Rule, 55 mph in a 35 mph zone,
(s) Margaret G. Murray
so annual income to be spent with $55 fine;
local merchants.
Kenneth John Ohls, 57. Boise,
Other rural counties in Oregon ID-Exceeding the Maximum
must suffer similar LCDC impos Speed Limit, 69 mph a 55 mph
ed
loss to their tax base, and ex zone, $55 fines;
dom, across the state. Each per
perience
the same lack of
son was asked this question: “ In
Keith Earl Browning, 50,
benefits.
your opinion, should private lan
Goldendale, WA.-Operating On
The above facts show the im Flat Tire, $55 fine; No Oregon
downers be compensated when
pact
of just a small fraction of our Operator’s License. $24 fine;
government denies them the use
land
control system. From this it
of their land in order to provide
Tracy Shawn Wilson, 20,
seems
self evident that the lack of Heppner-No Angling License,
habitat for wildlife?”
A convincing 78 percent said, local funding for schools is large $25 fine;
yes. Nearly eight of 10 voters ly contrived. It is not the lack of
Carla Annette Morter, 27,
believe the current system is un county resources, but the negative Heppner-Exceeding Maximum
fair to land owners. Citizen greed impact LCDC controls have on Speed, 74 mph in a 55 mph zone,
for the possessions of others isn’t our tax base that is turning us in $55 fine.
as prevalent as state agency to wards of the state.
bureaucrats would have us
believe.
The legislature has before it a
bill, HB 2899, designed to pro
% minus
vide compensation for property
lV
i” minus
values lost due to state regulatory
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action. Let’s work to make it
become law. If we fail in the
legislature, perhaps it is time for
the people of Oregon to speak
through a referendum. We need
to insist that people are treated
fairly.
Pit 2 miles below Lex. on Lex/Ione Hwy.
Sincerely,
(s) George Holcomb
Contact Roger Britt 676-5096
Richland
Vote yes on county levy
To the Editor:
Recently all registered voters
received a ballot to vote on a one-
year operating levy outside the
tax base for Morrow County.
In March we voted on a higher
operating levy and it was defeated
by 29 votes with only 47 percent
of the ballots returned.
The county court and budget
com m ittee have trim m ed
Justice Court
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Bill will allow selection of pharmacist
To the Editor:
A sign of the times on the wall
at an auto repair shop states “ Ac
cording to Oregon Insurance
Law, an insurance company may
not require that repairs be made
by a particular person or repair
shop.’’ Senate Bill 718.
Do we really want to take bet
ter care of our car bodies and
their repair shops than our own
bodies and our own commun
ities?
To maintain community health
services,
please
call
1-800-327-7389 to contact Sen.
Bob Shoemaker’s office urging
support of SB 597, the Freedom
of Access legislation submitted by
the Oregon State Pharmacists
Assn. Contact this same 800
number to speak with your own
legislator’s office also. Or write
them at: State Capital, Salem,
LCDC has negative impact on tax base
To the Editor:
There is an increasing interest
by Oregonians in establishing a
system under which land owners
would receive compensation for
loss of use of their property due
to state regulatory actions.
State agencies such as Oregon
Department of Fish and Wildlife,
LCDC, and State Lands would
have us believe that Oregonians
in general are insensitive to the
plight of individual land owners
and support agency confiscatory
programs. One test of this view
provided interesting and encour
aging results.
The firm of Moore Information
Public Opinion Research tested
the public’s view by surveying
500 Oregon voters, picked at ran:
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Western Family chicken, celery or mushroom
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The St. Jude Bike-A-Thon is
set for Sunday, May 16 in lone.
A headline in last week's Gazette-
Time incorrectly stated the wrong
date. The course, which includes
a 22-mile scenic ride from Ruggs
to lone is open to anyone who
would like to participate. For
more information and a pledge
sheet contact Loa McElligott
422-7228.
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2. The Adult Foster Care could
have been good for Morrow
County.
3. Wake up Morrow County.
73 percent of Morrow County is
senior citizens.
4. Please start acting like our
seniors are people too.
We appreciated our doctors and
hospital and Heppner Clinic.
They really stood behind us, all
the way.
If everyone would take five
minutes each day to.listen to one
senior, Morrow County would be
a better place to live.
My husband and myself are
moving to find new jobs. Could
we please say good-bye to some
people: Velma Wight, Nellie J.
Jones, Agnes Sperry, Georgia
Lynch and our friends in
Heppner.
(s) Don and Jeannette Townsend
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Western Family 4-4.25 oz.
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Pudding Cups
Western Family 6 oz. lite 8 oz. reg-
Carrots
59«ea.
Fresh Broccoli
4 9 V
10 lb bag
Potatoes
Golden Delicious
Apples
5 9 V
New York Steak
Rib Eye Steak
Yogurt
Green Cabbage
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Beef Bottom
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Pork Loin Roast
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