FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner. Oregon Wednesday, October 19, 1994
The Official Newspaper of the
City of Heppner and the
County of Morrow
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David and April Hilton-Sykes, Publishers
Letter to the Editor
Tim e to return high school to Irrigon
To the Editor
1 am writing to respond to the
"View From the West” column
in the Sept. 27 issue of the Her-
miston Herald. Parts of the ari-
cle 1 agree with, a plan was
devised that would have
restored a high school to Ir
rigon at no additional cost to
the district, Glenn is right about
that; however, he states it
would be detrimental to educa
tion, and with this I heartily
disagree. 1 was at public
meetings when Mr. Starr was
asked outright, "Will we lose
electives if we split the high
school?” He answered without
hesitation, "W e may lose some
anyway, because of measure
5 . " f ie went on to assure the
people that any electives lost
would not be in science or math
fields.
Glenn states that Irrigon is
trying to have their high school
restored at a time when other
schools are consolidating in
order to have better schools.
Contrary to this statement,
when the Oregon State Depart
ment of Education was called
and asked if consolidation was
the trend, they referred us to
Sisters, Oregon, a town that
bused their students to Red
mond for 25 years and then
succeeded in getting their high
school back. The following
quote is from the Dec. 13, 1993
edition of the East Oregonian:
"Having our students back has
been great," said Connie Hol
ly, the high school secretary.
" It's given more time for
students to spend with their
families." The community has
rallied around its high school,
attending games and other
school events, Holly said. The
smaller school also gives more
students and opportunity for
individual attention and greater
opportunies to participate in
sports, she added.
I agree with Connie Holly,
the thing I liked most about be
ing in a small school was the
whole class participatd in every
sport and school activity. We
were more closely supervised
which resulted in better
behavior.
I was in the class of 1959, the
last class to graduate from Ir
rigan high school. I can tell you
(as anyone can who lived here
than) that there is no com
parison to the town spirit that
existed then and now. Without
a high school, there is nothing
that draws all aspects of a town
together. There was never a
town more proud of its high
school than Irrigon. We had a
marching band that traveled
and performed constantly
along with good ball teams.
Our town has not been the
same since we lost all of this
and w’e believe now is the time
to return a high school to Ir
rigon. Anyone who has seen
the student configuration staf
fing analysis prepared by Starr
can see that an extremely well-
rounded education would be
available to students of both
Boardman and Irrigon. When
we get our high school back,
the same thing will happen
here as in Sisters, our town will
come alive.
Mr. Glenn, I would like for
you to state who campaigned
against the bond, because I
know of no such action.
(s) Sarnie J. Griffin
P.O. Box 323
Irrrigon, OR
Vote for French
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To the Editor
We would like to express our
support for Ray French in his
bid for re-election as Morrow
County Commissioner.
French possesses the ex
perience, background, skills
and abilities to contiue to meet
the many challenges of running
county government.
We believe he will continue
to do a good job for us.
We urge you to re
elect Ray French for county
commissioner.
(s) Bob and Suznne Jepsen
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Measure 5 damaging
To the Editor
You may remember me
when I was Oregon's Attorney
General. Even though I'm not
the attorney general anymore,
I still care just as deeply as I
always have about Oregon and
its future. Right now, I'm
worried.
What concerns me is the new
Measure 5 we'll be voting on in
Nov. Though its content isn't
anything like the old Measure
5, the new measure has the
same capacity to sneak up on
us in unintended and very
damaging ways.
It would require an election
to obtain voter approval for
i almost every single fee increase
by cities, counties and the state,
no matter how small, no mat
ter how trivial.
Now, I'm not talking about
major tax increases either. As
a practical matter under
Oregon law, we already have
an opportunity to vote on tax
increases.
I'm talking about how expen
sive it will be to vote on a nickel
increase in the fee for copying
papers in Oregon's district
courts, or a dime increase in a
county's marriage license fee,
a hike in a city's boiler inspec
tion fee or an increase in the
cost of a flu shot at a public
health hospital. Measue 5
would force an expensive
public vote on these and
thousands of other little fee in
creases that we don't have to
vote on now.
This would increase the
Memorier of Heppner
anount of money spent on
political campaigns by millions
of dollars every year. I think we
spend enough time and money
on campaigns already.
Requiring a vote on
thousands of little fee increases
also means urban voters will be
forced to vote on rural issues,
such as livestock disease con
trol programs. Rural voters will
be passing judgment on urban
issues such as pollution control.
With Measure 5, the wrong
people will be voting on the
wrong issues. That's not good
for Oregon.
Measure 5 would also require
a statewide vote on fees that
people want to pay voluntari
ly. Oregon strawberry growers,
for example, willingly pay fees
to help market their crops. If
Measure 5 passes and voters
decide these growers should
not pay the fee, their marketing
efforts would stop, sales would
plummet, and farm families
would suffer. Multiply this
times all the commodities in
Oregon agriculture, and you
begin to see the very dangerous
threat Measue 5 poses to
Oregon's farmers and the
state's economy.
Please join me in voting no
on Measure 5. It goes too far.
It costs too much. It makes no
sense. Thanks for taking the
time to read this letter
Sincerely,
Dave Frohnmayer
P.O. Box 12945
Salem, OR
To the Editor
Your most informative
10-5-94 article on the Reaney
Reunion was read with much
interest by the writer. 1 recall
most vividly my associations
with the Baldwin family over 60
years ago when the Mitchells
were Heppner residents.
Daughter Olivia was a
classmate of mine in grade-
school. Shelly, the patriarch of
the family, operated a furniture
store on Main St. Son Andy ran
a grocery delivery service and
split the town deliveries 50-50
with a Mr. Beamer. I assistd
Andy in these deliveries from
the six stores in town. Now
there are only two. Sadly we
call this progress. Don't ask the
Heppner Merchants. Hello
shopping malls in Hermiston,
Pendleton and the Tri-Cities.
When Andy took a day or
two off, Frank Egan, son of a
union pacific engineer, filled in
admirably. In those days, the
town housewives phoned in
their orders and we would
complete the cycle. Orders
were different then. Forty-nine
and 98 pound sacks of flour,
HuntersSave
Your Hides
Donate your Deer and Elk
Hides for the Veterans’
Rehabilitation Program
Look for Hide Barrels
Around Town
Get real on Measure 20
To the Editor:
If you love the existing and
promised new taxes at all
government levels, stop
reading now.
Measure 20 is a well thought-
out approach for raising funds
needed for government func
tions such as police, fire and
schools, to mention just a few.
Now for the rest of us, brief
ly: essentially no politician,
either Democrat or Republican,
is for this Measure. That fact in
itself says it all; I believe that
none of them wants to lose
his/her control to tax us. You
know then that Measure 20
must be good for us.
The Measure will replace the
present system of 27 state taxes
and eight plus local taxes, with
only one exception: the
Workers Compensation In
surance Taxes. That means that
state income taxes, property
taxes and all the rest go away.
I urge you not to be confused
by tax and spenders who are
using their own concocted
scare language on how this
Measue will impact you. No
matter what the Tax and
Spenders say, the only
language that matters to you,
is the Equal Tax Initiative which
was signed by over 105,000
voters. I shall be happy to pro
vide you with a copy plus a
summary of the Oregon taxes
mentioned above.
As current taxes are remov
ed from the cost of producing
Oregon's goods and services,
this will make the prices of
Oregon's products for sale very
advantageous for both in and
out of state trade. This will
place Oregon in a most favored
position to attract/keep
business with increased oppor
tunities for all of us.
The two percent transaction
rate was determined by taking
the total costs of all govern
ments and schools divided by
the total dollars of trade in
Oregon based on fiscal year
1992. The Tax and Spenders
love to say that this Measure
will create short-falls which will
harm our governmental func
tions. Measure 20 is a respon
sible solution to the raising of
funds and its language does
provide for such an emergen
cy should it arise.
This measure is "School-
Friendly” . This measure pro
vides the solution to the pro
blem of school district funding
and assigns a high purpose to
reducing tuition charges to as
nearly free as possible for resi
dent students in accredited
post-secondary schools and
colleges.
Big caution. Do not be fool
ed by Measure 5; it will not
eliminate the property tax, the
state income tax, the 24 cent a
gallon state gas tax or the other
35 or more taxes. Its sponsors
have left the door open again
for more taxes and assess
ments. "The Oregonian” in its
comment of Measure 5 said in
part "it would permit two tax
elections annually and allow
continuation of automatic an
nual six percent tax base in
crease” . You know that if the
politicians can raise your taxes,
they will. Vote " n o ” on
Measure 5. Vote "y es” for
Measure 20.
(s) Joseph G. Reiser
765 17th Ave.
Coos Bay
Correction
The Morrow County Sheriff's
Office German Shepherd
Police dog, Dax, was purchas
ed through drug seizure
monies, not tax monies.
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Endorsing French
To the Editor:
We are endorsing Ray French
for re-election as Morrow Co.
Commissioner. French is very
knowledgeable and hard work
ing for the benefit of all Morrow
Co. We are fortunate to have a
man with his outstanding
record of public service willing
to give of his time and energies
to make our county a better
place to live.
A vote for Ray French for
Morrow Co. Commissioner is a
vote for dedicated experience.
Sincerely,
(s) Cam and Jim Wishart
etc., and case goods (canned
milk, etc.) made up many an
order. Check with that well
known retired grocer, Jim
Thomson, he will confirm. An
dy married Eva Hiatt and as I
recall, their first home was on
Quaid St. across from Bert
Sigsbee and Mrs. Whetstone.
Eva played a "mean piano” for
sound accompaniment to the
silent movies at the Star
Theater.
Andy also ventured into the
soft drink business. He built a
bottling plant on a vacant lot
next to the Hinton Creek
Bridge on North Elder. I peddl
ed his wares at the rodeo
grounds during the Sunday
Wheatland League Baseball.
Tasted rather good, too. I
remember Andy telling me he
was just an infant when the
disastrous June, 1903 flood hit
Heppner.
Memories, memories, folks.
But they just don't go away
and I hope they never will.
(s) Bill Mitchell
61 Forest Grove Dr
Daly City, CA 94015
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