FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 17, 1993
The Official Newspaper of the
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Letter to the Editor
Don’t use Measure 5 as excuse
To the Editor:
This is an open letter to the
Morrow County School Board.
We are continually encourag
ing our youth to be independent
and use their heads, but when
they do, they get shot down, and
by people who are supposed to
have their best interests in mind.
Here we have a group of girls
who have raised money for a
dance team yet the board con
tinually says no. Why? They’ve
raised their own money, they’ve
informed other schools on how
they did it, and they’ve found
their own advisor. What more
can they do?
Watching a dance team per
form is nice because not only is
it entertaining but you know the
girls are trying their best and
working hard. It also encourages
the athletes and the crowd.
Y ou’ve ju st begun with
cheerleading and dance team,
what’s next? If we continue to
take activities away from our
kids, a lot of them will begin to
lose interest in everything else
that has to do with school. They’ll
turn to drinking and drugs more
than ever. Our drinking/drug pro
blem is already large.enough in
the high school/town now. But
what else will they have to keep
them busy?
School board members, if
you’re going to continue to say
“ no” to these girls and activities,
then have a good reason. Don’t
use Measure 5 as an excuse. This
dance team would cost this school
district nothing in dollar amount,
but you might gain back a little
respect from our high schoolers
and many community members.
I’ve felt all along that this is a
very prejudicial decision and
that’s really sad. You all are giv
ing our kids a very poor exam
ple to follow.
Sincerely,
(s) Shanna Paullus
LCDC greedy, selfish
To the Editor:
The Land Conservation and
D evelopm ent
Com m ission
(LCDC) has impacted Oregon in
a very negative way. In Central
Oregon the land use laws have
allowed this state commission and
special interest groups to scare,
coerce and intimidate private pro
perty owners.
Property ow ners are the
Oregon citizens who support this
state with much of its financial
resources. Yet these tax dollars
are spent supporting a govern
mental agency that is taking the
value of their property and the
fruits of their individual labors.
Even more frustrating, the land
use system enables special in
terest groups, local trouble
makers and vindictive individuals
to object and appeal without a real
cause, costing a landowner many
thousands of dollars just to get a
permit to build a home on his or
her property.
After working for many years,
the vast majority of landowners
just want a home in which they
can live, raise children, and grow
old. I don’t find this offensive or
destructive.
Special interest groups have
blasted Oregon property owners
as greedy and selfish, but I ask:
who really are the greedy and
selfish parties here?
Sincerely,
(s) Sally Crandall
457 5th St.
Metolius, OR 97741
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Sheriff’s Report
D.A.’s Reflort
The Morrow County Sheriffs
office reports dispatching the
following business during the past
week:
November 9: Morrow County
deputy responded to a traffic pro
blem on Hwy. 730.
November 10: Morrow Coun
ty deputy began investigation of
a checkbook stolen from a
residence in Irrigon;
M orrow County deputy
responded to the Boardman area
to assist the Boardman Police
Dept, with a possible dispute at
a business;
M orrow County deputy
responded to the Irrigon area to
investigate a family dispute civil;
M orrow County deputy
responded to investigate criminal
mischief on the McNab Road
west of lone;
Morrow County Sheriffs of
fice dispatched the Arlington am
bulance to 1-84, mile post 147,
west bound for a motor vehicle
accident with injuries. Three
people were transported to Good
Shepherd Community Hospital in
Hermiston with injuries;
M orrow County deputy
responded to a report of a
neighborhood disturbance in
Irrigon.
November 12: Morrow Coun
ty deputy responded to Anson
Wright Park to deliver a message
to a hunter;
Morrow County Sheriffs of
fice dispatched the Heppner am
bulance to a residence in Hepp
ner for a female patient;
Morrow County Sheriff s of
fice assisted the Boardman Police
Dept with a possible family
disturbance at Desert Springs
Estates.
November 13: Morrow Coun
ty deputy responded to investigate
an animal problem in Irrion on
4th Street.
November 14: Morrow Coun
ty deputy responded to Irrigon for
an animal problem. Problem was
resolved;
Morrow County Sheriffs of
fice dispatched the Mitchell Fire
dept to a car on fire on Highway
26, mile post 71, east bound;
M orrow County deputy
assisted the Boardman Police
Dept with an arrest.
November 15: Morrow Coun
ty Sheriffs office dispatched the
Heppner ambulance to Court St.
One female was transported to
Pioneer Memorial Hospital with
an illness;
Morrow County Sheriffs of
fice dispatched the Boardman am
bulance to Riverside High
School. One fem ale was
transported to Good Shepherd
Community Hospital with an
illness;
M orrow County deputy
responded to the lone area to in
vestigate and to assist a citizen
with an animal problem.
The District Attorney’s office
at the courthouse in Heppner
reports handling the following
business during the past week:
November 9: Frank P. Arm
strong, Portland, was convicted
of Driving Under the Influence of
Intoxicants and Possession of less
than one ounce of Marijuana. He
was fined a total of $ 1,437. In ad
dition he was sentenced to 180
days in jail with all but two days
suspended on the condition he
pay fines and assessments and
undergo alcohol abuse evaluation
and treatment.
Donald H. Dickenson, Board-
man, was convicted October 7 of
Rape I and Kidnap I. Dickenson
is scheduled for sentencing Nov.
19. The convictions stem from
the rape and kidnap of an eight
year old girl from Boardman on
Sept. 28. D ickenson was
previously convicted in 1989 in
Marion County of Rape II and
Sodomy II. He was released in
February 1993 and then moved to
the Boardman area.
Clayton Shuman, Heppner,
was recently released from the
Oregon State Penitentiary and is
scheduled to appear on Nov. 19
and be sentenced for failing to ap
pear for trial on an unrelated traf
fic charge. Shuman was sentenc
ed to the Oregon State Peniten
tiary for the burglary of his
grandparents’ home in Heppner.
Greg Martin Jenson, Wasco,
was indicted Nov. 10 and is
charged with Rape III for the
alleged rape of a 14 year old girl
while hunting in the Heppner area
during September 1993. His first
appearance has not been
scheduled.
Toby Rodriguez, currently of
lone, is scheduled to be sentenc
ed Nov. 18 after being convicted
of an ex convict in possession of
a firearm and theft in the first
degree following a trial on April
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Obituary
Clarence Medlock
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Private services were held for
Clarence Ernest Medlock, 79, of
Dexter. Mr. Medlock died of a
heart attack on November 1,
1993. Interm ent was at
Springfield Memorial Gardens.
Clarence Ernest Medlock was
bom in Winlock to Charles Ed
ward and Velena Enyart Medlock
on May 12, 1914. He married
LaRue Smith in Condon on Sept.
20, 1927.
The heavy duty mechanic spent
30 years with Pape Bros. Cater
pillars. He had lived in Oregon
all his life, moving to the
Springfield area in 1961.
He is survived by three
daughters: Maxine Schmidt of
Heppner, Patricia Kidder of Dex
ter and Luanna Fountain of Scap-
poose; one son Ronald of
Springfield; three brothers Milo
“ Mike” of Spray, Ralph “ Rus
ty” of Post Falls, Idaho and
Morgan of Hermiston; seven
grandchildren, five stepgrand-
children
and
six
great-grandchildren.
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By Claudia Hughaa, Chamber Manager
Michael David Pederson-a
son Michael David was born to
Judy Currin-Pederson and Curtis
Pederson o f Hermiston, on
November 4, 1993 at Good
Shepherd Community Hospital in
Hermiston. The baby weighed 8
lbs. 3 oz.
R ey-onna Denise H a rt-a
daughter Rey-onna Denise was
bom to Cindy Hart of Irrigon on
November 7, 1993 at Good
Shepherd Community Hospital.
The baby weighed 7 lbs. 9 oz.
‘‘W hat’s Bugging Rural
O regon?” H eppner.. .W here
Rural Is For Real... Change and
our Rural Communities...Staying
Alive and Well In Rural Oregon.
These are just a few of the themes
being considered for the annual
Jan. 12 Town and Country
meeting. What common agenda
do we all share? How can we all
work together when many issues
and decisions over which we have
no control are affecting our very
existence? What can we do to
keep our schools healthy, our
small retailers in business, our
farmers and ranchers producing
Marriage Licenses
The Clerk’s office at the cour
thouse in Heppner reports issu
ing the following marriage license
during the past week:
November 15: Keith Roy
Morter, 23, lone; and
Yvonne Kay Frost, 25, lone.
food, and our attitudes positive.
What issues are closest to your
heart and what do you want to
hear about? Visit with the Town
and Country committee and share
your ideas. Our future is in our
own hands. Many are envious of
the great little community we call
home. It’s up to us to keep it that
way.
A group working to help rural
communities thrive is the Rural
Futures Forum. It serves as a
mechanism to link rural com
munity leaders in a collaborative
effort to strengthen rural Oregon.
The charter class who met for
five sessions last year will be
meeting with new trainees this
weekend at KahNeeTa to con
tinue networking and share in a
conflict management training.
Local attendees will be sharing
their newly acquired knowledge
next week at the Chamber noon
luncheon.
Thought for the week: “ The
community who takes action
together, makes progress
together, laughs together, forms
a lasting bond.”
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Men’s breakfast
at Christian
church
First Christian Church will
hold its monthly men’s breakfast
on November 21 at 8 a.m.
A video will be shown entitled
“ America’s Godly Heritage” .
The menu will be bacon, eggs,
hashbrowns and pancakes. A
freewill offering will be taken to
defray
costs.
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4-H News
The Martingales
By Salli McElligott, Reporter
The first meeting of the Mar
tingales 4-H horse club w<as held
Oct. 27 at The Office in lone.
The club held a pizza party and
elected officers.
Election of officers were as
follows: president-Dawn Boor;
vice president-Am ber Peck;
secretary-E rin
C row ell;
treasurer-Sybil Krebs; reporter-
Salli McElligott; junior leader-
Brenda Holtz; telephone caller-
Molly Barrow and snacks-
Amellia Peck.
Other members present were
Katie Bacon, Jared Thompson,
Olivia Thompson and Nonnee
Walters.
Dawn Boor led the pledge of
allegiance and Molly Barrow led
the 4-H pledge.
The club decided to have their
annual bake sale just before
Thanksgiving. At the next
meeting members will discuss a
Christmas party. Dawn. Brenda
and Sybil will do presentations.
Dani Hill, Tony Becket and Joe Lindsay rehearse a scene for
the play.
Cast members have been
rehearsing for the Heppner High
School Drama production of
Oscar Wilde’s “ The Importance
of Being Earnest” . The play is
scheduled for performances
Thursday and Friday, Nov. 18
and 19 at the HHS cafetorium.
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