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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 7, 1994 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Classified employees against contracting out services Heppner G A Z E T T E -T IM E S U S P S 240-420 Morrow County's Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly and entered a s second -class m atter at the P ost Of fice at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Second class postage paid at Heppner, Oregon. O ffice at 1 4 7 W est Willow S tre e t. Telephone (5 03) 6 7 6 - 9 2 2 8 . P ostm aster send address changes to the Heppner G azette-T im es, P.O. Box 3 3 7 , Heppner, Oregon 9 7 8 3 6 . S u b scrip tio n s: $ 1 6 in Morrow, W heeler, G illiam and G rant Coun tie s; $ 2 3 elsew here. Jo y c e H u g h e s ............................................ O ffice Manager. T ypesetting April H ilto n -S y k e s .....................................................................News E ditor M onique D e v in ...................................... A dvertising layout & G raphics Lorene P a p in e a u ................................................. G raphics & D istrib u tion Penni K e e r s e m a k e r .............................................................................P rin ter David and April Hilton-Sykes, Publishers Punch contest announced Christmas Punch winners for week two of the four-week con test have been announced. Twenty-five dollar gift cer tificate winners for this week are: Esther Fowler-Green Feed; Jack Maben-Shoe Box; Dave Winters-Court St. Market; Shirley Harris-Country Rose; Doyle Keys-Heppner Bowl, and Tom Wicklund-Petty- john's, all Heppner, and Myr tle McMillan, Lexington- Central Market. Remember there are still two weeks to enter the contest and a drawing will be held each week. All entries will go into the pot for the final grand prize drawing of $650 in gift cer tificates for one luckv winner. fice, a gathering of friends and . ¡ v : n f f n a t Î V l t V of course festive occasions. L IV IIIg l i a u v i i y Letters to the Editor Pick up your punch cards at any of the participating local businesses. Each time you shop, don't forget to have your card punched and then enter to win. M arket Report Compliments of the Morrow County Grain Growers Tuesday, Dec. 6 Soft White Dec. *4.49/*4.50 Jan. *4.51 Feb. *4.52 Mar.- Apr. *4.53 Aug. New Crop *3.90 Barley Dec. *99 Jan. *100 Feb. *101 To the Editor: Morrow County School District classified employees are asking for your support against contracting out food service workers, transportation and maintenance. The facts are: contracting out does not save the district money. Transportation is 70 percent reimbursed from the government. The lunch pro gram is reimbursed. You lose control of and have no say in these contracted services. Dependable and quality workers would be forced to get other jobs. Selling the buses would be a temporary money fix. Once equipment is sold, you can't afford to buy back in. Tires, fuel and parts would no longer be purchased locally. Food and maintenance sup plies would not be purchased locally. Classified employees are will ing to take a wage freeze for the 1995 contract term to avoid con tracting out. The four-day week has already meant a 20 percent wage cut for some classified employees, which in turn means a reduction of money spent locally. If some are forc ed to look elsewhere for jobs, these faithful local workers will not be able to buy locally and continue to support our com munities in Morrow County. None of us want that to hap pen. Not only have these peo ple given 100 percent to their jobs, they are school and com munity supporters. Contrac ting out has been discussed before and was proven not to save money. Please call or write your school board members and let them know you do not want to contract out and want to keep the classified employ ees we now have. Write your elected legislators and ask them, as we do, to direct fun ding to support education for our young people. Please call or write a board member before the December 12 board meet ing, or tell them in person that night. Let them know you want to keep the people now work ing for you. Thank you for your support. Morrow County School District board members: Scott Bauska, 318 Willow Fork Dr., Boardman, OR 97818, 481-7047; Dwayne Carroll, Rt. 1, Box 1816, Hermiston, OR 97838, 567-5767; Bill Doherty, PO Box 4125, Lexington, OR 97839, 989-8113; Gary Frederickson, Rt. 1, Box 73-D, Boardmao, OR 97818, 481-6225; Marcia Kemp, PO Box 527, Lexington, OR 97839, 989-8178; John Riet- mann, PO Box 313, lone, OR 97843, 422-7123; Molly Rill, Rt. 1 Box 3220, Heppner, OR 97836, 676-5455. (s) Arless Faye Seitz OSEA Chapter 59 vice president O S S O M impacts alcohol use Christmas at Murrays Decorations Ornaments Pick up your Punch Card Here ^ S S 1 ^5^ Sign up fo r Qiant ‘Ieddy ‘B ear ‘D rawing D ec. 21 UPS Shipping Free gift wrapping See us fo r off your M umui ' j D ami 217 North M ain ^Holiday needs J Heppner 676-9158 *¿£¿4 »VIIV . IV * IV I IV I IVM VI »VIIV . * £ * * £ # *Ä**Ä* *Ä* »Ä' H at The Morrow County Museum H Marriage Licenses The clerk's office at the cour thouse in Heppner reports is suing the following marriage licenses during the past week: December 5: James Patrick Sullivan, 49, lone; and Carolyn Ann Benton, 39, lone. M FILES OF TIME H A Genealogy Time Line 1600 - Present B n The Hope-Valby Lutheran Parish will again sponsor a "Living Nativity Scene" on Sunday, D ec.'11 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Hope Lutheran church, 675 Alfalfa Street. Members of the congrega tions will portray angels, shepherd, Mary, Joseph and the wise men. There will also be cows, sheep and maybe a member of the camel family this year. People are welcome to drive by, visit with the participants or stop in the church for some cof fee and cookies. O bituary Mary 'Ilene' Richards Mary "Dene" Richards, 77, of McKinleyviDe, CA. died Thurs day, Nov. 24, 1994. Funeral Mass was Nov. 28 at Christ the King Catholic Church in McKinleyviDe. Mrs. Richards was bom May 11, 1917 at Heppner, and was raised on a ranch in Eastern Oregon. She received her registered nursing degree from the University of Oregon Medical School. She married Bill Richards prior to World War II. They moved to the McKinleyvUle area in 1954. Mrs. Richards was employed at the old Trinity Hospital in Areata and later worked for many years for Dr. Donald Bux. Her husband Bill and a brother Edward Kenny, died earlier. Survivors include daughters, Jennifer Simpson, JoAnn Ricci and Nancy Bettendorf; son, Kenny Richards; sister Patricia Erwin of Portland; brothers, BiD Kenny of Heppner, Emmett Kenny of Pendleton, Matt Ken ny of Portland and James Ken ny of Lake Oswego; and nine grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to Christ the King ChUdrens Fund, 1951 McKin- leyvDle Ave., McKinleyveUle, CA 95521. Pierce Mortuary Chapels/ Paul's Chapels, Areata, Calif, was in charge of arrangements. Admission 2 items of non-perishable food or paper products for the Neighborhood Center food baskets for the needy. Music by State Police Trooper Tim Cundell Sun. Dec. 11th: Lunch with Santa, noon to 3 p.m. Hot dogs, movies and pop for the kids Dec. 17th: Elks Tom & Jerry party 6-9 p.m. Binge every Wednesday Dining Friday and Saturday nights 6-9 p.m. 0 R Lutheran church Thurs. Dec. 8th: Family night Karaoke. »Ä*1.' NEW FOR CHRISTMAS •Ji*. To the Editor: A short time ago I attended a conference celebrating prevention. There were around 500 individuals from all around the state in attendance. Guest speakers and presenters came from all about this country. There was a wealth of informa tion sharing at this conference. I would like to talk about one of the guest speakers, Margie Boule and the OSSOM (Ore gon Student Safety On The Move) group presenters and how they touched me. Margie Boule is a feature columnist for The Oregonian newspaper. The OSSOM group is made up of students from various high schools throughout this state. Margie and her brother free ly talked about their childhood exposure to alcoholism and its effects on their family. It brought geniune feelings of compassion, as well, for many of those participants. It kindl ed childhood memories where alcoholism left lasting tread marks. My generation (50's-60's) grew up in a world where alcohol and tobacco use were just there, like mass on Sun days, prayers before meals and the knowledge that come *■ festive holidays our families grew intensely large and we ¥ got to eat at 'special' tables. I feel lucky in someway. Alcohol was always kept at its respectable distance in my im mediate family. It was used to a * relax after a hard day at the of- Growing up I never saw an adult falling down drunk, hav ing slurred speech or be physically abusive. As I grew older, we heard talk of a relative who apparently did get abusive while on a 'bender'. This was the term I heard. Vaguely I knew it referred to alcohol somehow. Eventually, like Margie's uncle who died, so did mine. I was an adult by then and felt the sadness. I was sad as my memories only saw a quiet, friendly, warm kind of man, who somehow died of alcohol complications. There must have also been a sense of relief as well. For the family, relief from the volatile environ ment and relief for my uncle from this monkey on his back. Why some can drink and walk away and why some can't is a mystery to me. With so many of us affected in some way by this brew each day is mind boggling. We carry these scars forever. It is truly refreshing to have a group of young adults willing to commit to a drug free life, called OSSOM. At this con ference workshop I listened to them as they announced the various reasons for joining OSSOM and their decisions to remain tobacco, alcohol and other drug use free. Their reasons definitely touched me; from the loss of loved ones due to drunk drivers to wanting a better life for themselves and the future generations. This truly is inspiring and definite ly worth giving recognition. I have an idea. In this season of thanksgiving and giving, please look into your local chapter of OSSOM (check with the schools). Make a donation of time and/or money. These types of groups need all our support so that perhaps some day the Margies, Marilyns and others won't be pondering the whys and feelings of sadness and loss. (s) Marilyn Bader-Nesse Heppner Elks 358 676-9181 “Where Friends M eet” E Street Market f Court 111 N. Court Heppner 676-9643 i 1 by fiauinejs G RO CERIES - M E A T S - PRODUCE Prices good Dec. 7th - 13th 4 9 ii Green Whole Fryers •ÎFancy Fugi Apples ----------- ---— also available... Morrow County Chronicles Complete sets - Vols. I-XIII $47.00 ? < U Q B w M -A ’ « » - * '« • -£ -« » V I » 4 . » « » ^ 4 • V • V I » V . • V I . 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