TWELVE • Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 8, 1995
Letter to the Editor
Nursing Home to raffle pillow
Minimize schools' tough situation
To the Editor:
Morrow County voters have
an opportunity on March 28,
1995 to directly affect the future
of the children and young
adults in our communities. We
have a bond levy measure that
has been designed to relieve
overcrowding on the north end
and give us much needed
technology, maintenance, and
epuipment district wide over
the next 15 years. Passage of
the bond will help minimize
cuts in programs that the state
legislature has forced Morrow
County to do that we all do not
like. We all need to recognize
the situation at hand and deal
with it in the most productive
manner available to us.
This bond levy will help us
address the specific needs of
the district growth that has
happened and is continuing to
happen as the communities of
Irrigon and Boardman continue
to grow. We currently have
situations where computer
labs, storage rooms, cafeterias,
and libraries are being used for
classrooms. We are being forc
ed by the state and federal
government to meet new re
quirements when, at the same
time they are cutting the funds
available to us. This is putting
a strain on the district that they
have never had to deal with
before. I hope as the ballots
come in the mail that every
voter in Morrow County takes
the time to think about the
quality of education that has
always been available in this
district. We need to pass this
levy to protect and serve our
future generation's chance to
succeed in the ever tougher en
vironment that they will have
to deal with. 1 urge everyone in
Morrow County to vote yes
and minimize the tough situa
tion we now find ourselves in.
Sincerely,
(s) Gary Frederickson
Boardman
Need yes vote for schools
To the Editor:
Concerned citizens of Mor
row County are organizing to
ensure that all interested public
school students will continue to
have opportunities to par
ticipate in music, art, and voca
tional classes plus recreational
sports via the proposed recrea
tion district. This is good.
Let us also focus energy on
the need to vote yes on the
Morrow County School District
Bond levy, March 28 1995. A
yes vote will ensure that ex
isting classrooms can be main
tained, repaired and remodel
ed as need arises. It will also
fund construction of new
classrooms to accommodate
current Morrow County school
population.
A yes vote wil improve the
electronic technology programs
for current and future students.
Morrow County students must
be able to participate fully in the
"¡information'' society.
A yes vote will enable Mor
row County citizens to levy and
control local funds for local
schools. Please join us in voting
yes on March 28, 1995 to pass
the Morrow County School
District bond levy.
Sincerely,
(s) Carol and Ray Michael
Boardman
Support land use rights
To the Editor:
Good intentions legislated in
1973 in the form of Senate Bill
100 have gone wrong, very
wrong, under the guidance and
heavy handed control of Land
Conservation and Develop
ment Commission. What was
intended to be protection for
prime farm and forest lands to
sustain Oregon's agricultural
economy has turned into a
system of legal plunder under
which unfortunate land owners
are required to provide a wide
range of "public" benefits from
which they themselves receive
little benefits. To the public,
which demands them, the ben
efits are viewed as being free.
Therefore an ever increasing
variety of property rights are
being confiscated for the benefit
of society without compensa
tion to land owners.
There is an organization in
Oregon working hard and ef
fectively to obtain legislation
that will help to protect proper
ty rights while preserving the
best farm and forest lands.
Oregonians In Action has
worked with legislators to
prepare several bills that all
Oregonians should vigorously
support. Among them are: SB
305 which requires state agen
cies to compensate land owners
when land values are reduced
by regulations that provide
wildlife habitat and other such
public benefits; HB 2116 which
elim inates state required
minimum lot sizes; HB 2117
which establishes secondary
land zones. Prime land is pre
served while permitting some
flexibility of use on "secondary
lands."
Oregonians In Action has
taken a reasoned approach to
adjusting Oregon's land use
laws to relieve the sacrificial
burden forced on land owners,
by spreading the cost of public
benefits to the public, while
recognizing the long term im
portance of Oregon's prime
agricultural lands. These prin
ciples, though not as drastic as
many of us in the rural areas of
Oregon would like to see,
deserve your full and active
support.
Sincerely,
(s) Jasper H. Coombes
Retired Engineer
Rt. 1 Box 75-B
Richland, OR 97870
Troy Wilson joins Air Force
Troy E. Wilson, senior at
Heppner High School, has
enlisted in the Air Force, accor
ding to Sgt Ronnie E. Spencer,
Air Force recruiter from Walla
Walla, WA.
Upon successfully com
pleting the Air Force's six-week
basic military training at
Lackland Air Force Base, near
San Antonio, Teaxas, he is
scheduled to receive technical
training in the general aptitude
area.
Wilson will be earning credits
toward an associate degree in
applied sciences through the
Community College of the Air
Force while attending basic and
technical training school.
He is the son of Tracy
Wilson, Heppner and Terry
Wilson, Salt Lake City, UT.
Beware of telephone scam
Morrow County Sheriff Roy
Drago warned this week that
there is false solicitation going
on in the county.
Drago said someone is calling
people asking for donations on
behalf of the county sheriffs
department or the Oregon
State Sheriff's Association.
"People should know that
we are not solicitating for
anything," Drago warned.
Susan Hansen displays a Brazilian Embroidered pillow to be raffl
ed by the Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home Auxiliary. Tickets are
$1 or six for $5 and may be purchased from Hansen Tonya Jones
or the Shoe Box. The drawing will be held March 18. Proceeds
will benefit the Nursing Home. The pillow was hand embroidered
by Hansen. Tonia Adams sewed it together.
Krein chosen for Coca-Cola
Scholarship, wins trip to Atlanta
Heppner senior Jenny Krein
has been chosen as one of 150
finalists in the 1995 Coca-Cola
Scholars Program.
As a finalist Krein has been
invited to attend the national
competition May 4 through 7 in
Atlanta, Georgia. The Coca-
Cola Scholars Foundation will
be paying for her airfare, meals,
transportation and accom
modations. She will attend a
banquet where former first lady
Barbara Bush is the keynote
speaker, and will tour the Coca-
Cola bottling company head
quarters, the Centers for
Disease Control, Cable News
Network, the Martin Luther
King, Jr. Center and the Carter
Presidential Center.
Krein was selected from over
120,000 applicants for this
honor, and she is guaranteed to
win a scholarship of at least
$1,000 per year and possibly
$5,000 for four years.
She is the daughter of Bob
and Joy Krein, Heppner.
Coordinating Council to meet
The next meeting of the
Heppner Coordinating Council
will be Tuesday, March 14, at
7:30 a.m. at the GEODC office.
The council's self-assessment
review will be completed and
presentations of the Heppner
Strategic Plan will be
scheduled.
The council reminds com
munity residents and business
es to complete and turn in their
gap study surveys.
St. Pat's collector's stamp available
Heppner Postmaster Mike
McGuire has announced the
first ever Wee Bit O'lreland
stamp cancellation. Anyone in
terested
should
bring
envelopes and cards to the post
office on Friday, March 17 from
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. or Saturday,
March 18 from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m.
You may bring your own en
velope or purchase one from
the post office or from the in
formation booth Saturday.
"The cancellation will be a col
lector's item of your own or fun
to mail to family and friends,"
said St. Pat's co-chair Claudia
Hughes.
Lutherans to hold potato feed
The congregation of Valby
Lutheran Church in conjunc
tion with Aid Association for
Lutherans is preparing a potato
feed for Saturday, March 18
near the beginning of the St.
Patrick's.Parade route. "S o if
you are one of those parade
participants there will be plen
ty of good nourishment to carry
you through the parade
festivities," said Pastor Stan
Hoobing. Support will be mat
ched by AAL and help the
ministry of the Lutheran
church in south Morrow
County.
St. Patrick’s Senior Center
There were 124 people present for the senior dinner Mar. 1.
Velma Wight won the free meal ticket. Members of the Episcopal
Church served. Lynn Bibby and Elsie Huston are the hostesses
for March.
The menu for dinner March 15 will be meatloaf, scalloped
potatoes, green beans, roll and baked apple. Members of the First
Christian Church will serve. Blood pressures will be taken before
the meal.
Elma Scott has moved into the senior apartments on the se
cond floor. We welcome her to the St. Patrick's apartments famil
and hope that she will be happy here.
There were two tables of cards in play Friday afternoon, March
3. Four volunteers sold quilt raffle tickets at the Bank of Eastern
Oregon Friday. There are still tickets available at the senior center
office.
Nine seniors enjoyed the movie "Goldie 2 " Sunday evening.
The senior volunteers were honored with a tea at the Senior
Center recently. They received pins and balloons from the Ex
tension service for folding newsletters. Also honored were the
office staff, bus drivers, Dollaride car drivers, church volunteers
who serve at the dinners, Mealsite committee members, senior
boards, and other seniors who work on senior projects. Corol
Mitchell of CAPECO and Dyann Swanson of RSVP presented
carnations, certificates and pins. Many seniors from the Board-
man and Irrigon areas were also present and received awards.
Dates to remember are: Tues. and Thurs. exercise 10 a.m., Wed.
Senior dinner noon, quilting 1 p.m.; Friday cards 2 p.m., Sun
day movie 7 p.m.
A knitting class will begin April 3 at the center. Contact Anne
Morter, Blue Mt. Community College program co-ordinator or
Sandra Van Liew to enroll.
St. Patrick's celebration is coming up next week end. Be ready
for your work schedule. See you there.
Sheriff» Report
The Morrow County Sheriff's
office in Heppner reports
dispatching the following
business during the past week:
February 28: Morrow Coun
ty Sheriff's office dispatched
the Heppner Fire Dept, to a
vehicle fire at the Blue Spruce
Apartments south of Heppner
on Hwy 207;
Morrow County deputy
responded for a traffic problem
to the Country Garden Estates,
Irrigon. Tow was called and
problem resolved;
Morrow County deputy ar
rested Danny Lee Hampton,
41, Irrigon, for Criminal
Trespass II. He was cited and
released;
Morrow County deputy
responded to 3rd and Nevada
for a report of a fight in pro
gress and criminal trespass.
Toby Dale Rodriguez, 23, Ir
rigon was arrested on a Mor
row County warrant for Failure
to Appear on Criminal Tres
pass II. He was released to ap
pear. Casey D. Rodriguez, 21,
Irrigon was arrested on a Mor
row County warrant for Proba
tion Violation. He ws lodged at
the Umatilla County Jail.
March 1: Morrow County
deputy responded to the Ir
rigon area for a report of win
dows broken out of a vehicle
parked on N. Main;
Morrow County deputy
responded to Columbia Junior
High Irrigon for a report of
theft;
Morrow County deputy
responded to Main St, Irrigon,
for a report of theft;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice dispatched the Heppner
ambulance to Kinzua Mill for a
male with an injury. Patient
was transported to Pioneer
Memorial Hospital and then to
St. Mary's Hospital in Walla
Walla;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice dispatched the Heppner
Fire Dept, to Morgan St., for a
report of a flue fire. Fire depart
ment was unable to locate fire
upon arrival;
Morrow County deputy
responded to NE 5th and
Oregon in Irrigon to take a
report of tires slashed. In
vestigation is continuing;
Morrow County deputy
responded to the Adventist
Church in Irrigon for a report
of tires slashed. Investigation
was being started;
Morrow County deputy
responded to the Irrigon area
for a report of tires slashed. In
vestigation was being started;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice dispatched the Fossil am
bulance for a report of an injury
at Hancock field station.
March 2: Morrow County
deputy took four different
reports of tires that had been
slashed in the Irrigon area. In
vestigations are continuing;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice arrested Donald Larch, 31,
Irrigon, for Theft III. He was
lodged at Umatilla County Jail;
Morrow County deputy
responded to Willow Creek
dam for a report of an abandon
ed vehicle;
Morrow County deputy ar
rested Donita Petit, aka Sharp,
19, Heppner, for Failure to Pay
Fine/Driving While Suspend
ed. She posted full amount and
was given a court date;
Morrow County deputy
responded to the Irrigon area
for a report of a possible pro
wler. Turned out to be an
animal problem;
Morrow County deputy
responded to the Irrigon area
for a report of a suspicious
vehicle in the neighborhood.
Deputy was unable to locate
anything;
Morrow County deputy ar
rested Mathew J. Evans, 37,
Boardman, for Driving Under
the Influence of Intoxicants.
March 3: Morrow County
Sheriff's office dispatched the
Condon ambulance to a
residence on Main Street. One
79 year old male was trans
ported to Gilliam Co. Medical
Center with an illness.
March 4: Morrow County
Sheriff's office dispatched the
Condon ambulance to the
Medical Center for an illness;
Morrow County deputy ar
rested Cesar A. Gutierrez, 18,
Irrigon, for Assault IV, also ar
rested a female juvenile for
Assault IV. They were releas
ed on their own recognizances;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice dispatched the Boardman
ambulance to Paul Smith and
Kunze for a male with an il
lness. Patient was transported
to Good Shepherd Communi
ty Hospital in Hermiston;
Morrow County deputy
responded to Browns in Irrigon
for a juvenile in custody for
shoplifting;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice dispatched the Heppner
ambulance to Chase St. for a
female with an injury. Patient
was transported to Pioneer
Memorial Hospital;
Morrow County deputy ar
rested Cory Nelson Owen, 26,
Irrigon, for Failure to Pay
Fine/Driving While Suspend
ed. He posted full amount.
March 5: Morrow County
deputy arrested Evelio Lomas-
Torres, 27, Irrigon, on a Hepp
ner Justice Court warrant for
Failure to Pay Fine on an
original charge Assault IV. He
was released on his own
recognizance and ordered to
appear.
March 6: Morrow County
deputy received a request to
check on a welfare subject in
the Port of Morrow area. Sub
ject was contacted;
Morrow County deputy
moved an animal to safety and
from traffic in the Heppner
area;
Morrow County deputy
responded to assist Boardman
Police Dept, for an unwanted
subject at the Nomad Lounge;
Morrow County deputy
assisted the Boardman Police
Dept, with a suspicious person
at a Boardman business;
Morrow County deputy
responded to Irrigon to in
vestigate a report of a sus
picious vehicle in the "turkey
shoot'" area.
March 7: Morrow County
Sheriff's office dispatched the
lone EMTs and the Heppner
ambulance to a residence in the
rural area of lone. One male
was transported to Pioneer
Memorial Hospital with an
unknown illness.
Lexington News
_____ ______________ _____ _______By Delpha Jones
-:-The family of Cecil Jones,
Charlene, Kenny and Connie
Jones and nieces Valda and
Stuart Smith of Hermiston and
Jim and Vicky Bowen of
Goldendale, WA. hosted an
80th birthday party at the
Rebekah Hall. Cake, punch,
coffee and visiting was enjoyed
during the afternoon.
-:-Holly Rebekah Lodge met
Thursday for their regular
meeting. An election of officers
was held with Noble Grand
Kathy Clark, vice grand
Dorothy Jackson, secretary
Delpha Jones and treasurer
Virginia Peck. Plans were made
for a trip to the home in
Portland and committees were
appointed for the district
meeting March 25 in Pendle
ton. The evening started with
a potluck birthday supper.
-:-Bill and Bonnie Klinger
from Wyoming have been visit
ing at the Bill Padberg home.
-:-Luella Taylor is a patient in
Good Shepherd Community
Hospital in Hermiston follow
ing major surgery.
-:-Jean Nelson has been
transferred
from
Good
Shepherd Community Hospital
in Hermiston to Pioneer
Memorial Hospital in Heppner.
The card party for February
was held Saturday evening at
the Rebekah Hall. Women's
high went to Delpha Jones,
second-Josie Peck; men's high
was Henry Peck, second-Lyle
Peck. Refreshments were serv
ed and prizes given.