TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 5, 1995
Letter to the Editor
Sixth graders express opinions
(Editor’s note: the following let
ters to the editor were written by
stu d e n t s in the H e p p n e r
Elementary sixth grade class).
To the Editor:
I'm writing about Measure
18. I don't think that is right.
The only way you can hunt
bears and cougars is with dogs.
I was going to take my kids
hunting someday, now I can't
unless we do something about
it.
It is much easier to hunt with
dogs and safer, too. It is more
exciting and gives your dog lots
of exercise and builds the dog's
muscles.
I hope this will change your
mind about Measure 18.
Sincerely,
____________ (s) Rob Nichols
To the Editor:
I would like to take an oppor
tunity to tell the community I
appreciate their support for the
Morrow County schools and its
students. The R & W has done
a lot with R & W certificates for
reading books. The donors for
honor cards and parents club
money raisers have done a lot.
Also to the colt basketball and
baseball coaches for taking time
out of their iives to coach. I
most recently would like to say
I appreciate everyone that
voted yes on the bond levies,
one for the school and one for
the swimming pool.
Thanks Heppner,
___________ (s) Krista Adams
To the Editor:
I am writing to you because
I am very concerned about teen
driving. There are lots of teens
driving with their seat belts off
or have been drinking.
They are playing their radio
too loud and could get in an ac
cident or could get hurt real
bad. Because their radios are up
too loud they couldn't hear car
horns and could be hit. So if
you are going to drive keep
your radio down, go the speed
limit and drive safely.
1 Concerned kid,
_________(s) Matt Looney
To the Editor:
The county is making raises
to the county employees when
the schools are slowly dying.
Below are some examples of
what kind of raises are made in
this county: Sr. communica
tions officer, old salary 22,200,
new salary 32,826, amount rais
ed 10,626, 47.86 percent in
crease; public health director
old 29,592, new 40,640.28, rais
ed 11,048.28, 37.34 percent;
county counsel old 33,780, new
45,552, raised 11,772, 34.85 per
cent; museum director old
18,216, new 24,363, raised
6,147, 33.75 percent.
This is only about a quarter
of all the people that got raises.
I think we should start look
ing toward our schools and
kids. Because the kids and
schools are the ones who real
ly need help. The passage of
the bond issue helps the
schools, but it is not enough.
Sincerely,
____________Brandon Young
To the Editor:
My name is Chris. In school
Mrs. Allen is having us write
letters to the editor and I'm go
ing to write about sports.
I think we should have sports
because it gives us something
fun to do after school, and it's
what makes kids want to go to
school. I understand we might
not have all the sports but even
a couple would help.
We have the opportunity to
keep sports in the Morrow
County schools. Vote yes in
September for the Park and
Recreation District.
Sincerely,
______________(s) Chris Peck
To the Editor:
I'm glad that the people
voted yes on the pool. We
needed the pool so the kids can
go swimming. The People for
the Pool committee that raised
the money worked hard. I want
to go swimming too. It is fun
to have a swimming pool back
again. I like to go swimming
again.
__________ (s) Cory Breeding
To the Editor:
Now that the bond issues
passed, let's focus on the Park
and Recreation District.
Sports and other activities are
To the Editor:
a
big
part of education in Mor
I'm writing to voice my opi
row
County.
Without them it's
nion on the community sup
like
having
a car without a
port in Heppner. All of the kids
motor.
that are in sixth and seventh
If there aren't any sports,
grade are excited for the pool
what
will kids do? They might
and school bond issue. I'm
writing mostly to say I'm glad drink and they'll be driving
around a lot more, but to sum
that the community helped
it
up, just getting in trouble.
with the funds and voted on
Now
let's look at the bright
the levies.
side.
If
this
passes and there are
There have been several
sports
and
other activities the
meetings about the levies and
kids
will
have
a reason to keep
other issues. You are urged to
their
grades
up.
Sports teaches
go to the meetings too, they're
teamwork
and
it gives kids
not just for kids.
something
to
do.
Also the
But remember, our future
basics
of
a
sport
and
sports
depends on you.
manship.
Sincerely,
What does it balance out to?
_____________ (s) Beth Baker
I encourage you to vote yes
To the Editor:
in September.
I'm writing to complain
Sincerely,
about all the dogs barking at
__________ (s) Blake Knowles
night. I wish people would
To the Editor:
keep their dogs quiet so people
First of all I woultl like to tell
can sleep. Also I want to a$k
everyone
I was happy^for the
them to keep their dogs in their
yes
vote
on the bond isSue.
yards.
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Sincerely,
another
issue.
The Unified Park
________ (s) Marissa McCabe
and Recreation District.
This issue will fund many
after school trips, clubs and
sports teams. Some of these in
clude drama, year book, FFA,
rally squad, dance team, drill
team and all school sports
teams. If this issue fails we
would have to fund these
things a different way. But it
would be nearly impossible to
do so since we are such a small
community. Kids love having
these activities and they teach
things you can't learn from a
text book.
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To the Editor:
I would like to tell the
coaches who were in Colt and
little league that I'm glad you
coach. These people don't get
paid.
The businesses who spon
sored the honor cards, we ap
preciate the rewards they have
given us.
Also, I'm glad the Parents'
Club raised money for going to
Tupper.
Sincerely,
____________ (s) Justin Wood
To the Editor:
I'm glad the community par
ticipates in Colt basketball and
the businesses participate in the
honor card students cer
tificates. We all appreciate it.
The Parents' club also raised
lots of money so the sixth
graders can go to Tupper and
have field trips. I hope lots
more of this happens in the
years to come.
Sincerely,
(s)
Danielle
McDowell
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To the Editor:
As a person in a wheelchair
I think that Heppner should fix
all of its sidewalks because they
are dangerous and difficult for
physically challenged people to
use.
One reason is physically han
dicapped people can't get on
the sidewalks very easily or get
across the streets because the
ramps down the curbs are not
well-placed and there aren't
enough of them. Many people
have to take the shortest
distance across because they
tire easily or in my case, I have
to go around the curbs at car
ramps which can be very
dangerous.
A nother reason is the
sidewalks are too bumpy. A
person could trip and hurt
themselves or a wheelchair
could flip over on bumps like
the one on Main Street at the
Willow Creek bridge or the
bump by the motel.
A third reason is there needs
to be sidewalks on every street
in tow n. You know it's
dangerous to walk or drive a
wheelchair on the edge of the
road with fast moving traffic.
Independence is important,
isn't it? Therefore, the city
should make every effort to
make the sidewalks more han
dicap accessible.
______________ (s) Eric Rollis
To the Editor:
I'm here to talk to you about
measure 18. Measure 18 was a
bill that was passed into law by
the animal rights and conserva
tion groups to not allow bear
and cougar to be hunted with
dogs or use food and scraps for
bait. My dad and I love going
hunting with dogs, it was life
to us and it's not fair to take
that away.
In California the animal
rights groups put the same bill
on the ballot and it passed. So
far there have been cougars kill
ing two innocent people. There
have also been cougar spottings
(too many to count), all over
California.
As I end this letter I am just
going to say: people might not
like certain kinds of hunting
but we are all hunters. If we
don't want all hunting to go
then we all need to stick
together until the end.
Sincerely,
________ (s) Scott VanWinkle
To the Editor:
I would like to tell the Colt
basketball coaches I appreciate
their time they donate for us to
have fun.
John McCabe and Ron
Brisbois led the Trojans
through a great year. They
helped us win the champion
ship this year. Good job
coaches.
Sincerely,
____________ (s) David Piper
To the Editor:
Our community needs to
take more responsibility and
pride in the town of Heppner.
I think it would be a good idea
to have a cleanup day. Maybe
we could have some volunteers
on certain days when people
aren't so busy and have some
time on their hands.
We need places cleaned up
like by the dam, down by the
creeks and at the parks. So let's
take some pride and make
Heppner a cleaner, more plea
sant place to be.
Sincerely,
_________ (s) Roxanne Miller
To the Editor:
I live in Lexington and I think
people should keep their dogs
tied up or quiet. Mainly at night
dogs bark and when they do it
keeps me awake. Dog owners
should keep their dogs tied up
because they come and leave
their dung in other people's
yards. So all of you people out
there please keep your dogs
tied up or on your property.
Sincerely yours,
___________ (s) Joe Papineau
To the Editor:
I would like to express my
appreciation to the Parents'
Club for all of their support
raising money for our sixth
grade classes so they could go
to Tupper. If it wasn't for you
we would not have a lot of ex
tra things around school.
Sincerely,
____________ (s) Shad Hisler
To the Editor:
I am writing this letter to let
the people who helped with
the Colt basketball organiza
tion, the volunteers who
helped with the officiating and
coaching I appreciate them.
Without them it would be im
possible to have fun.
Sincerely,
__________(s) Ryan Matteson
To the Editor:
I don't think the bicycle laws
are fair. The law says that you
can't ride on the sidewalks.
Most parents won't let their
children ride in the roads so
they can't ride.
I think that a bike lane is a
great alternative and more
children can ride. A bike lane
is a safe cheap way to help us
children that want to ride from
one place to another.
A bike lane is a good way to
help our community.
Sincerely,
______________ (s) A.J. Perez
To the Editor:
I'm going to talk about the
pool bond issue. I am pleased
that it passed. This is an oppor
tunity for all of us to have fun
during the summer. They have
had so many meetings talking
about the pool, but not only
parents but kids can go and talk
about the pool.
I'd like to tell everyone that
voted for the pool and is will
ing to chip in some money I'm
glad they did it.
Sincerely,
__________ (s) Camille Sykes
To the Editor:
I'm writing about the gifts the
businesses give the students for
honor cards. It is very nice to
do that. In a lot of other towns
kids don't get rewards for good
grades that we should be get
ting in the first place.
Sincerely,
__________ (s) Jennifer Dilley
To the Editor:
I'm a student of Heppner
Middle School and I would like
to talk about some dog pro
blems on our street. The dogs
bark all night and people can't
go to sleep. Also they let their
dogs run around and go to the
bathroom on our lawns. We
also have a lot of stray puppies
on our block.
If people don't want to be
responsible for puppies then
they should have their dogs
fixed.
Sincerely,
____________ (s) Amber Flaiz
To the Editor:
I would like to talk about the
bicycling rules in Heppner. I
think it's wrong that we can't
ride on the sidewalks. No one
will get hurt if the kids don't
ride fast. I think the city coun
cil should change the laws.
Sincerely, a very
concerned citizen
___________ (s) Tara Ozment
To the Editors:
I have a complaint about our
dog leash law. I myself am not
a dog lover. For quite a while
a few dogs have been roaming
the streets of Heppner. I don't
understand why we have a
leash law when it is not enforc
ed. I don't like any dogs roam
ing without its owner. We need
to enforce this law.
Sincerely,
_______________(s) Jeff DeBo
To the Editor:
I am writing about my con
cern about gill nets on the Col
umbia. Some people say that
loggers kill the salmon but
really gill nets catch a lot of the
salmon. The environmentalists
blame it on the loggers so now
loggers have a lot of restric
tions. Because of Indian gillnets
loggers can't log within 100 feet
from creeks. That is my
concern.
Sincerely,
__________ (s) Kyle McDaniel
To the Editor:
I'd like to take this opportuni
ty to say I was glad Deputy
Myren was our DARE teacher. <
He taught us information about
drugs. He said not to use them
and he also spent time with us f
and took off work to come to
class.
Sincerely,
,
________ (s) Jeanette Brantley
To the Editor:
I'd like to give Mrs. Geneva
’
Matthews a pat on the back for
getting together the Heppner
and lone school bands for the
St. Patrick's Day parade. I am
one of her students and I think
we sounded pretty good. She
helped us by putting in her
time and taught us how to
march and play the music. I
think we sounded great. I ap
preciate the opportunity to par
ticipate in Heppner's music
program and parade.
Sincerely,
________ (s) Mandy Sneddon
To the Editor:
I would like to tell all of the
people in Morrow County I ap
preciate them for voting yes for
the swimming pool. It's nice to
know that everyone cares about
the kids so much.
It's important to have a pool
to keep kids busy with
something positive rather than
getting into trouble.
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I'm looking forward to play- *
ing football next year. This f
won't be possible without the
help of the voters who will
have the chance to vote for the
Park and Recreation District.
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This election will be in
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September. Be sure to vote yes
for the kids in Morrow County.
Sincerely,
__________ (s) Mathew Baker
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