FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 23, 1993
Children’s summer project funded
through commission
The Official Newspaper of the
City of Heppner and the
County of Morrow
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Letters to the Editor
Where is ‘middle of the road’ reality?
To the Editor:
Have you noticed what's been
happening at the fairgrounds late
ly? So you don't go to the rodeo.
Maybe you don’t go to ball
games. Perhaps you're not in
terested in the fair. But, you can
take justifiable pride in the work
and improvements being done by
many organizations, businesses,
and individuals supplying talent,
labor, material and equipment.
One group went out on a limb to
get the lighting installed. Another
group put out a lot of time and ef
fort to remove the old stadium
and move a lot of dirt to get ready
for a greatly improved arena. All
of this will make the fairgrounds
a continuing asset to the county.
Makes me proud to see dedicated
volunteers providing these im
provem ents almost entirely
without government help.
Which brings me, the long way
around, to the current county
budget crisis. Seems to me the ad
ministration has forgotten two
basic principles of a democracy
taught in high school American
history. First, government should
provide for the people those ser
vices which they cannot collec
tively provide for themselves.
That was usually defined as postal
service, roads, public education
and national defense. On a county
level that might be redefined as
roads, public education and
police protection. And, second
ly, that government can only be
empowered by those governed.
By rejecting a proposed budget
the people are asking, by the on
ly means they have, the ballot, for
government to reduce expen
ditures. 1 have been very disap
pointed that the administration did
not take a more reasoned ap
proach to cutting the budget. We
have been told that we are voting
on approximately 25 percent of
the total budget. And yet, we are
given the choice of continued big
government or almost no govern
ment. Yet, we are also told, this
is not ‘blackmail' but ‘hard reali
ty’. Is there no middle of the road
reality? Why does reduction of
services equal no service to the
politician? Just like the
fairgrounds, hardworking folks
will provide the things that they
can for themselves. We do not
need or ask for ‘new deal' or
‘great society'. But, if our coun
ty is going to spend 14 million
dollars, can't we please have de
cent roads, police and education?
Sincerely,
(s) AJ, R. Brazell
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To the Editor:
The Neighborhood Center
Summer Project is in its final
stages of preparation for 1993.
July will be a month when much
energy in the community will be
directed toward the successful
carrying out of field trips and ac
tivities for those youth who have
completed first through sixth
grades and who have been
registered to attend.
I want to emphasize that the
money which was necessary for
implementing the summer project
was granted through the Morrow
County Youth and Childrens Ser
vices Commission. This group of
dedicated volunteers surveys
needs in the county, encourages
individuals and groups to develop
programs which will address
those needs, and carefully
evaluates the progress and results.
The commission is composed
o f local people who care both
about our children and that our
tax dollars are spent as an expresr
sion of public trust.
Those of us involved in the
summer project are grateful for
the commission’s faith which they
expressed last year in a kind of
program not presented to them
before; and especially for their
continued support again this year.
I have received many honors
for the summer project. 1 greatly
appreciate them. However, I need
to say again that I am simply a
representative. I am only one part
of the total effort which ex
presses, overtly, the care which
civil officials and you, the general
citizenry of the county, have for
the growth and development of
our young people. I believe in
such tax investment programs.
They make a difference in a
tangible and seeable way.
Sincerely,
(s) Grace E. Drake
Coordinator,
Neighborhood Center
Summer Youth Project
B irth s
Marine Pvt. Travis R. Tate,
a 1992 graduate of Riverside
High School, Boardman, recent
ly completed recruit training.
During the training cycle at
Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San
Diego, recruits are taught the
basics of battlefield survival, in
troduced to typical military dai
ly routines, and personal and pro
fessional standards.
All recruits participate in an ac
tive physical conditioning pro
gram and gain proficiency in a
variety of military skills including
first aid, rifle marksmanship and
close-order drill. Teamwork and
self-discipline are emphasized
throughout the cycle.
Joan Sebastian Campos-a
son of Joan Sebastian was bom
to Maria Campos of Irrigon on
June 13, 1993 at Good Shepherd
Community Hospital in Her
miston. The baby weighed 8 lbs.
2 oz.
Deborah L. Driverhas earned
a bachelor’s degree at Kelly Air
Force Base, Texas, and was com
missioned a second lieutenant
through the Air Force ROTC
program.
She is the daughter of Linda
Ellison and Ivan Driver, both of
Irrigon.
The lieutenant is a 1989
graduate of Riverside High
School, Boardman.
No vote means end of services
To the Editor:
If you haven’t filled out your
ballot for the Morrow County
levy, I would like to encourage
you to vote yes. A no vote on this
ballot will not change anything
except the county services we all
enjoy and need desperately.
If you don’t like the decisions
that are being made, get involv
ed and change who is making the
decisions.
If you don’t like the budget, get
involved in the budget process
and let your views be known.
If something isn’t being done
you think should be, get on the
phone or write a letter to your
In the Service
county officials, let them know
how you feel.
Your vote matters to the
residents of Morrow County,
senior citizens, children,
employed, unemployed, retired.
We all use the roads, we all ex
pect the sheriffs department to be
there when we call, we expect the
mosquitos, other insects and
weeds to be controlled. If the
budget fails June 29 the services
we all enjoy will not be available.
Go find your ballot and please
join me and vote yes on the Mor
row County levy.
(s) Janet Greenup
Marriage Licenses
The Clerk’s office at the cour
thouse in Heppner reports issu
ing the following marriage
licenses the past week:
June 18: Scott Michael Reece,
20, Hermiston; and
Jodi Fae W ilson, 20,
Hermiston.
This Man Is Trying
To Catch AIDS
for Rev. Crum
Rev. Bob Crum wili celebrate
Holy Communion at All Saints
Episcopal Church on Sunday,
June 27 at 10:30 a.m. Gayle
Crum will provide special music
for the worship service.
Following the worship service
a coffee hour will be held honor
ing Rev. Bob and Gayle Crum’s
ministry at All Saints. This will
be their last Sunday to serve All
Saints.
Game night at
Stokes Landing
Game night and dinner at
Stokes Landing Senior Center in
Irrigon will be on Friday, June
25. Dinner is from 5 to 7 p.m.
and games begin at 7 p.m. with
refreshments and prizes to the
winners.
A special picnic dinner will be
prepared with a choice of hot
dogs or hamburgers, potato salad,
and dessert for $2.50.
The community is welcome to
attend.
WE W ILL BE CLOSED
J U L Y 5 FOR THE
4th O F J U L Y W E E K E N D
OCA childrens book reviews intolerable
To the Editor:
After the Cornelius vote, OCA
head Lon Mabon was quoted by
‘‘The Oregonian” May 20, 1993
as saying: “ Some o f the
children’s books are going to be
reviewed to see if they promote
homosexuality” .
That’s plain enough. If «.book
doesn ’t rpeet Mahon's test, as yet
Coffee hour set
undefined publicly, out the book
goes, regardless of what value it
may have for some readers.
That’s intolerable. Libraries
must be able to acquire books
based on their merit, and readers
must be free to select among them
on the basis of their own taste and
judgment.
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Narrow special interest gfoupfc,
such as the OCA, must never be
allowed to ’’cleanse” our public
library shelves to suit their own
particular creeds.
The Oregon Library Associa
tion urges Oregonians who value
the integrity of their libraries to
oppose vigorously the OCA’s
drive to impose censorship on the
rest of us.
Sincerely,
(s) Deborah L. Jacobs, president
Oregon Library Association
THANK YOU !
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217 North Main
Heppner
676-9158
OLD BOOT
ROUNDUP
Don’t just put your
old boots out to pasture.
Donate them to our Old Boot Roundup,
and w e’ll give you $10 off a
new pair of Red VCing Boots.
4-H News
North Lex Livestock
By Amber Peck, Reporter
On Sunday, June 13 the North
Lex Livestock club met at
McNab elevator at 3 p.m. They
judged swine and beef with Bill
Broderick’s help. Then they wat
ched Joe McEUigott castrate a
bull. After that they had a
barbecue at Jim and Monica
Swansons house.
Any Redwing Boots
in stock
June 24 - June 30
SHOE BOX
143 N. Main Street
Heppner, Oregon
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