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FOUR Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 30, 1995 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U S P S. 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owjjed Weekly Newspaper Published weekly and entered as second-class matter at the Post Of fice at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3. 1879. Second class postage paid at Heppner, Oregon. Office at 147 West Willow Street. Telephone (503) 676-9228. Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. Box 337, Heppner. Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $18 in Morrow. Wheeler, Gilliam and Grant Coun ties; $26 elsewhere. Joyce H u g h es..................................... Office Manager, Typesetting April H ilton-Sykes............................................................. News Editor Stephanie J e n s e n ...............................................................Typesetting Monique D evin.................................. Advertising layout ft Graphics Susan Hansen...................................................................... Distribution Penni K eersem ak er.....................................................................Print« David and April Hilton-Sykes, Publishers Sheriffs Report The Morrow County Sheriff's office in Heppner reports dis patching the following business during the past week: August 22: Morrow County deputy responded to a theft complaint in the Irrigon area; Morrow County deputy handled a traffic problem in the Boardman area; Morrow County deputy responded to a report of an alarm at Cascade Specialties in Boardman; Morrow County deputy responded for a civil complaint in the Irrigon area. August 23: Morrow County Sheriff's office dispatched the Boardman ambulance and the Boardman Fire Dept, to a motor vehicle accident at the Wilson Road Trailer Park. One female was transported to Good Shep herd Hospital in Hermiston with injuries; Morrow County deputy responded to a juvenile pro blem at 2nd Street in lone. August 24: Morrow County deputy responded to a report of a theft of newspapers from a stand at Brown's in Irrigon; Morrow County Sheriff's of fice dispatched the Boardman ambulance to the Sandpiper Apartments. One female was transported to Good Shepherd Hospital in HermistSn with an illness. August 25: Morrow County deputy took a report of an abandoned vehicle at Eastern Oregon Farms in Boardman; Morrow County deputy began an investigation of a careless driver report in Irrigon; Morrow County deputy responded a report of trespass ers at the Boardman Bombing Range. The deputy was unable to locate. August 26: Morrow County Sheriff's office dispatched the Mitchell ambulance to a resi dence in Mitchell. One female with an illness was transport ed; Morrow County deputy began an investigation of gar bage being dumped on private property in the Boardman area; Morrow County deputy took a report of a missing juvenile from the Irrigon area; Morrow County deputy responded for a report of a juvenile problem in the Board- man area. August 27: Morrow County deputy responded to a hit-and- run property damage in the Lexington area; Morrow County Sheriff's of fice responded to a report of a vehicle being run off the road near the 21 road/Heppner; Morrow County deputy responded to a hit-and-run in cident at Beecher's restaurant in lone; Morrow County deputy responded to a domestic pro blem in the Irrigon area; Morrow County deputy responded to a domestic call on 1-84 near Boardman; Morrow County deputy assisted the Oregon State Po lice with a traffic stop on high way 730 near Irrigon. August 28: Morrow County Sheriff's office dispatched the Fossil ambulance to the Haven House for assistance; Morrow County deputy took a report of an animal problem in the Irrigon area; Morrow County deputy responded to a report of van dalism at MCGG in Boardman; Morrow County sheriff assisted the Oregon State Po lice with an attempt to elude on 1-84 near Tower Road; Morrow County deputy responded to a report of van dalism in the Boardman area. Everett and the kids invite all friends and relatives to help SURPRISE Elm a Har- sh m an w ith a birthday potluck to celebrate her 80th birthday. Anson W right Park, Septem ber 9, 1995, 12 noon. If the w eather doesn’t cooperate, it will be at hardm an Community Hall. .............. IM M M M M M "'' Help support one of our best resources: Our Children: Vote YES on Recreation District Letter» to the Editor Co-curricular activities make better people To the Editor: The voters of Morrow Coun ty are facing a crucial cross roads in the development of their youth. The choices the voters must make are not only going to affect themselves, but more importantly, the students that are now attending school in Morrow County. ^ The Morrow County Unified Recreation District will enable the students of Morrow Coun ty to continue to participate in co-curricular activities. As a past participant of co-curricular activities in Morrow County, I can tell you that they are a very important part of the educa tional process. The school dis trict has already been forced to reduce some of its resources that aid in student education. Don't make the mistake of in cluding co-curricular activities on that list. Rec district will benefit everyone went on to participate in college To the Editor: Residents of Morrow Coun sports. My daughter may be denied ty face the challenge of pro viding a quality education for those same opportunities. She their children, and a balanced is an excellent athlete. A good training in those things that student. But without sports, "reading, writing, and arith her abilities will not be noticed, metic" don't always provide... because she won't be compet commitment, teamwork, self- ing. Without sports, the finan discipline, pride, and self cial burden for her college edu esteem. For many youth, par cation will certainly be greater ticipation in sports provides all than our son's. Not all families will be able to provide a college of these, and more. For parents, organized sports education for their children offer our children improved without this financial aid. Remember when your ballot physical fitness, improved im munity against illness, and for comes in the mail in September many, a real inducement to to VOTE YES for the Morrow succeed...keeping up grades is County Unified Recreation a positive incentive in order to District. Every person in the remain eligible for a team sport. county will be able to benefit Sports can also provide an from the passage. Every stu opportunity for financial aid. dent denied an opportunity for My son excelled in high school high education will suffer. The sports, and his achievements' choice is clear. Please VOTE were recognized at the college YES, and return your ballot by level. His tuition was paid for September 20. (s) Della Heideman the first year of college, and hfcw lone Students support rec district To the Editor: In just a couple of weeks ballots will be mailed out for the vote on the recreation dis trict. We are asking for the sup port of our community by voting yes on this important issue. The recreation district will provide funding for all co- curricular activities within Mor row County. Should this fail, our main concern is the loss of sports in lone. We believe athletic competition benefits students in many ways. Because participation in sports requires academic standards, students work harder to keep their grades up in order to re main part of the team. Partici pation in sports requires dedi cation and discipline, teaches leadership, and encourages teamwork. Remaining active keeps participants physically fit and out of trouble. Athletics also provides enter tainment for the whole com munity. We have had the op portunity to compete beyond the local level in most of our team and individual sports and some teams and individuals have been very successful. Athletics provide a sense of ac complishment and self-esteem. It is also a way for participants to meet new people and make new friends. Please consider all of the ad vantages of a sports programs in our county and vote yes for the recreation district. (s) Melissa McElligott (s) Suzanna Heideman (s) LaRee Anderson (s) Dawn Boor (s) Kara Miller (s) Stephanie Haguewood (s) Jenny Sullivan lone Levy important to highest value crop - kids Please P l o y h a r I n su r a n c e Co-curricular activities make students better people. The time commitment that the stu dents put into these activities is time that could be spent doing much less productive and much more destructive activi ties. Co-curricular activities also help to keep students in school. The students that take these ac tivities seriously make the ex tra effort in the classroom to stay eligible. What's wrong with using co-curricular activi ties as a motivation tool, not only keeping students in school but to get them to excel in school? Please vote yes for the Mor row County Unified Recreation District. A yes vote will enable the students of Morrow Coun ty to continue to excel in and out of the classroom. Sincerely, (s) Rick Koffler To the Editor: Around September 1, a ballot will appear in our mailbox for the Morrow County Unified Recreation District. The pass age of this levy for the district is extremely important to the highest value crop this county raises, our children. Sports and other cocurricular activities are an absolute ne cessity to raising well-rounded young men and women. These activities teach teamwork, the ability to work and get along with other individuals, com petition, discipline and lessons in how to take care of their physical self. This levy will fund cocur ricular activities throughout the Morrow County School Dis trict. Please join us in supporting Morrow County youth by voting YES for the Morrow County Unified Recreation District levy. (s) Larry and Betty Mills Demand audit To the Editor: I am writing this letter in regards to the subsidies Dr. Boss in Boardman receives from the Morrow County Health District» I worked briefly for Dr. Boss and have many questions about the man and his practice. I have worked for a number of other doctor offices and feel I have a general idea of what merits a successful, profitable practice. Dr. Boss sees a good number of patients. He has state-of-the- art x-ray, lab, audio testing and other medical equipment. He charges his patients up-to-date acceptable amounts for his ser vices. These charges are paid either by the patients or their insurance. He sees a reasonable amount of Medicare and wel fare patients. He is required to write off a portion of these charges, no more than other doctors. I do not question that he pro vides good medical care in an area where it is much needed. I do question how such large subsidies are justified. Why is such a large amount of money Justice Court Report going toward a practice that should be able to successfully support itself as other medical offices are? It is possible that some of the services that Dr. Boss provides to north Morrow County warrant some of our support, but not the large amounts he is receiving at this time. A refusal to an audit is outrageous and raises my suspicions and concerns. Dur ing a time when our tax dollars are being stretched so thin, we really must carefully monitor where each dollar is being spent. I feel that Dr. Boss has treated our administrator Kevin Erich very unfairly. I believe Mr. Erich is working within a tight budget to best serve the entire county with all of its diverse needs. I strongly encourage the medical board and others in this community to demand an audit before we blindly renew Dr. Boss's contract. These tax dollars should be spent toward the best interest of everyone in the county. Sincerely, (s) Cheryle (Shelly) Reitman lone Births The Justice Court office at the courthouse annex building in Heppner reports handling the following business during the past week: Ronald L. Wilhelm, 38, Lexington-Violation of the Basic Rule, 72 mph in a 55 mph zone, $67 fine; Nicholas G. Smith, 28, Lake- grove-Failure to Renew Regis tration, $49 fine, Failure to Change Registration, $49 fine; Randy Allen Garrington, 39, Redmond-Failure to Validate Elk Tag, $90 bail forfeited; James Pickle, 28, Heppner- Assault IV, 180 days in jail, $620 fine, $250 and jail sentence suspended with one year pro bation with no further violation of the law; Darwin Eugene Sunday, 18, Bend-Exceeding the Speed Limit, 75 mph in a 55 mph zone, $77 fine; Kelsie Kaye Louise Daggett- a daughter Kelsie Kaye was bom to Shelley and Brian Dag gett of Irrigon on July 28, 1995 at Good Shepherd Communi ty Hospital in Hermiston. The baby weighed 8 lbs. 10 oz. Erik Alberto Alvarado and Cesar Eduardo Alvarado-twin sons Erik and Cesar were bom to Adriana and Ricardo Alva rado of Boardman on August 7, 1995 at Good Shepherd Com munity Hospital in Hermiston. Erik weighed 5 lbs. 10 oz; Cesar weighed 6 lbs. 3 oz. Tyrel Shae Walker-a son Tyrel was bom to Tina David son and Troy Walker of Hepp ner on August 7, 1995 at St. Anthony Hospital in Pendle ton. The baby weighed 7 lbs. 15 oz. His grandparents are Chris and Stub Lewis of Heppner, Steve Walker of Pendleton and Karen Walker of Milton-Free- water. His great-grandparents are Floss and R.G. Watkins of Heppner. Yeniva Joseline Landeros-a daughter Yeniva was bom to Fidelina Villanueva of Board- man on August 14, 1995 at Good Shepherd Community Hospital in Hermiston. The baby weighed 9 lbs. 2 oz. Anthony Scott Wichlan, 26, Ione-Failure to Wear Seatbelt, $57 fine; Shelli L. Correa, 33, Ukiah- Exceeding the Speed Limit, 70 mph in a 55 mph zone, $77 fine; Holly Marie Eckman, 19, Heppner-Exceeding the Speed Limit, 70 mph in a 55 mph t zone, $101 fine; James Princehouse, 50, La Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Grande-Tandem Overload, Richard R. Fowler, son of Dor- 36,000 alleged, 34,000 weight ma K. Bell of Irrigon, recently limit, $43 fine; reported for duty aboard the Jered Lee Wicklund, 19, destroyer tender USS Samuel Heppner-Exceeding the Speed Gompers, homeported in Ala Limit, 71 mph in a 55 mph meda, California. zone, $134 fine; Fowler's new assignment is Kyle Donald Hill, 19, Pendle- an example of how Navy and ton-Failure to Appear, 180 days Marine Corps men and women in jail, jail sentence suspended are assigned to ships, squad with payment of all fines, fees rons and shore stations around and costs on schedule as deter the world. Whether serving in mined by the court, No Angl the Persian Gulf near Iraq or in ing License, $181 fine; the Adriatic Sea near Bosnia, Shirley May Judd, 42, Hepp- people like Fowler are making ner-Violation of the Basic Rule, a difference as they work to im 51 mph in a 30 mph zone, $77 prove their knowledge and skill fine; as part of the most highly Jennifer L. Miller, 20, Lexing technical naval force in history, ton-Exceeding the Speed Limit, said a news release. 75 mph in a 55 mph zone, $77 The 1977 graduate of Colum fine; bia High School, of Richland, Thomas L. Wickel, 18, Hepp Fowler joined the Navy in Oc ner, Failure to Change Driver's tober 1977. License, $49 fine; Roger Dale Ehrmantraut, 47, Lexington-Disobeyed Stop Sign, $67 fine. In the Service Friday Night Only Mexican Plate Tequilla Sunrise & ^ i Margarita Special Heppner Elks 358 >«8^676-9181 \\ h, n I n , n ,h \ t , , r 142 V Main
