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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday. January 17, 1996
Smith embodies pioneer spirit
The Official Newspaper of the
City of Heppner and the
County of Morrow
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Monique Devin ........................................................... Advertising layout & Graphics
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David Sykes, Publisher
Letters to the Editor
Story biased, incomplete
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To the Editor:
We find a great disappoint
ment in your last week's (Jan.
10) front page article concern
ing our local medical situation,
especially the Drs. Berretta.
Did you personally attend
the meeting? Did you make
your own notes and conclu
sion? If so, couldn't you at least
have given our Drs. Jeanne and
Ed Berretta a little support and
defend what they have done
since coming here?
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Also, it is our understanding
that their salaries have been
quoted in excess of what they
actually receive. This couple
chose to move to Heppner for
many reasons. Since their ar
rival, our health has never been
better. We own them a lot. Air
Life for one. They live right
next door to the hospital and
clinic and take a personal in-
terst in all their patients, their
community and their church.
They dam well earn their
salaries. Try on their "sh o es"
for 24 or 48 hours. They de
serve a pat on the back and a
lot of "thank you's" for stick
ing around for all of us.
Please try to give your
readers the whole picture and
not just one very biased and in
complete side of the story.
Sincerely,
(s) Cork and Jim Norene
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To the Editor:
We urge all Oregon voters to
elect Gordon Smith to the U.S.
Senate in the upcoming Jan. 30
election. Mr. Smith is a reli
gious, hard-working family
man of traditional family val
ues. He is a successful busi
nessman and believes that hard
work embodies the spirit of the
American pioneers who
brought their Bibles and plows
out west to realize the Ameri
can Dream.
Gordon Smith believes the
American family today is over-
taxed-40 percent of family in
come. He supports federal tax
relief for families and also sup
ports the balanced budget
amendment and congressional
term limits. (Federal taxes eat
up 25 percent of our income.)
Mr. Smith believes in the
sanctity of life. He opposes
taxpayer-funded abortion. He
supports parental notification
for abortions by minors, realiz
ing that the child can be put up
for adoption if the family mem
bers cannot help raise it.
Gordon Smith supports vol
untary prayer in public schools.
He opposes outcome-based
education and he also opposes
banning ownership of legal
firearms.
Mr. Smith opposes minority
status for homosexuals. He
says they already have full civil
rights under the U.S. and State
Constitutions.
Our state needs Gordon
Smith in the U.S. Senate.
Sincerely,
(s) Philip and Jean Johnson
Astoria
Smith clearly best qualified
To the Editor:
Everyone that is registered to
vote will have received in the
mail a mail-in voting ballot by
now. It is the obligation of each
of us to mark this ballot and
return to it to our county clerk
for counting. Each vote is very
important. Regardless of how
you vote, our personal commit
ment is very important.
Personally, I do not approve
of the negative tone of the cam
paign ads we have been listen
ing to. But we still must vote.
I feel that Gordon Smith is
clearly the best qualified of the
two leading opponents. He has
the business and communica
tion skills to do the best job as
our next senator. It appears to
me we already have too many
career politicians and this is a
good chance to elect a person
who took over a failing busi
ness and has made it an impor
tant part of our Eastern Oregon
economy. I suggest you vote
for Gordon Smith. He is our
best bet for our next senator.
Also another thought is that
Ron Wyden is already a U.S.
Representative with, I believe,
another year or two left. Let
him serve out his present term.
After all these years, he has
gained important committee
appointments, and seniority is
very important in Congress.
I personally am in favor of
term limits.
Sincerely,
(s) Herb Wright
Fossil
Leland Rill wins Geography Bee
Leland Rill, sixth grader at tion with runner-up Jody Mad-
Heppner Elementary School, dem. Maddem is also a sixth
won the school championship grader. Rill has completed a
at the Geography Bee held written test that will determine
Monday, Jan. 8. Rill, the son of if he qualifies to participate in
Molly and Cecil Rill of Hepp the Oregon Geography Bee in
ner, participated for the first the spring.
Other participants were Matt
time in this contest for students
Jepsen,
Jeff Currin, Ben Good
in grades four through eight.
year,
Jesse
Gutierrez, Abby
Rill missed only one question
Kahl,
Jeff
Sneddon,
Mitch
in the preliminary round for the
Mathews,
Jake
Roy,
Craig
top 13 qualifiers on a written
.
Scott,
Daniel
Jepsen
and
Brian
test given in social studies
Hague
wood.
A1
Beck
read
the
classes before Christmas. He
questions
and
served
as
judge;
answered all correctly in the
final round and won the cham Linda Shaw kept score and tim
pionship round 2-1 in competi- ed the responses.
Ed-Net program offered Jan. 23
Open to anyone w ith ABC or WIBC cards
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Happy I8ik BwiMay
Clww!
Y o u ’re big enough
to wear the hat now!
A program titled, "Commu
nication, How Do You Rate?",
will be offered to health profes
sionals at Ed-Net I sites, Tues
day, Jan. 23, from 1:30-2:30
p.m.
The featured speaker for the
program is Susan Lewis, R.D.
Lewis is a registered dietician
for Grande Ronde Hospital.
For more information about
the program or to find a local
receive site, call Northeast Ore
gon Area Health Education
Center (NEOAHEC) at (541)
962-3801.
This program is sponsored
and produced by NEOAHEC.
Morrow County receives forest receipts
Love, Mom, Dad, Andy,
Allison and Camille
PAINT
Morrow County has received
$89,336 in national forest re-
J ceipts for 1995. The county
received $256,092 for 1994.
Balance payments of national
forest receipts to counties in
Oregon and Washington bring
total payments this year to $110
million for the state of Oregon
and $30 million for Washing
ton, says regional forester John
Lowe of the USDA Forest
Service.
Lowe, the chief executive for
the Pacific Northwest Region of
the agency, says, "The balance
payments of about $28.1 mil
lion to Oregon and $7.7 million
to Washington are the final
share of national forest reve
nu es." An interim payment of
about 75 percent was made this
year in October, he adds.
Normally, 25 percent of re
venues collected from land-use
fees and the sale of resources
from 24.5 million acres of na
tional forest lands go to the
States, schools and roads.
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S A TU R D A Y N IG H TS from 6 -9 p.m. Gay
and Patti Harahman are back aa cooks by
popular request (unretired I ]. Plenty of
good food at a reasonable price-try us-and
enjoy.
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Immigration laws
abused
Obituary
Lowell Dean Chally
Lowell Dean Chally, age 78,
To the Editor:
of La Grande, died Monday,
U.S. immigration laws are January 8, 19%, at the Grande
being horribly abused and Ronde Hospital.
broken. We need only look at
Services for Mr. Chally were
California to see the conse held Friday, January 12, 19%,
quences of failed law and or at Daniels Chapel of the Valley
der. Northward spread of with the Reverend David E.
California's welfare, crime and Paulson of the Zion Lutheran
infrastructure burdening is not Church officiating. Committal
in Oregon's interest.
and interment followed at the
Grandview Cemetery.
Law and order is important
Mr. Chally was born on Oc
to the well-being of any socie
tober 11, 1917, on a farm in
ty and Oregon is no exception.
Pocahontas County, Iowa to
Illegal immigration drives
Isaac and Daisy (Milbum) Chal
sustainable industries to leave
ly. He attended primary and
and prevents new industry
secondary schools at Marathon,
from entering the area. Today,
Iowa, where in early years at
Oregon is benefiting somewhat
tendance was oft times achiev
from California's errors, but we
ed by horse drawn bus or
will end up on the losing end
sleigh. He received a BA degree
of this trend if we fall into the
same trap which now sup in journalism at the University
presses the California econo of Iowa in Iowa City and a
secondary teaching certificate.
my.
Prior to entering the service
Immigration reform oppo
during
World War II, he spent
nents include big business, self-
considerable
time traveling and
serving elitist politicians, cheap
working
from
Mexico to the
labor advocates and special in
West
Coast.
He
eventually
terest groups. Intolerance,
landed
in
Alaska,
living
most
divisiveness, racism, bigotry,
ly
in
the
Kodiak
and
Nome
McCarthyism and mean-spirit
edness are a few of the hot but areas where he was employed
ton words used by those in by the Army Corps of Engi
terested in closing debate. neers. He found it amusing that
These terms are intended to be one day he was experiencing
intimidating and suppress bitter cold and virtually the
open discussion of the issues next, he was experiencing the
heat of New Guinea with the
conducive to their agendas.
Oregonians for Immigration Navy Seabees. He was station
Reform (OIR) was formed to ed at various points in the Far
counter such suppression, free East and returned to the states
ing Oregonians to express their at the end of the war.
During his college years, he
opinion on illegal immigration
met
and dated Edna Helen
issues in privacy by secret
Walter,
who went on the pur
ballot.
sue
a
nursing
degree. They
OIR has made available to
Oregonians Initiatives 51, 52, 53 were married July 18, 1943, at
and 54 on illegal immigration. Stratford, Iowa. Both enjoyed
Three cover public education, * dancing and tennis as a recrea
public benefits and drivers' tion for most of their lives.
licenses for illegals and a fourth They lived for several years in
requires that state agencies and North Bend, where he follow
jurisdictions cooperate with Im ed newspaper work and she as
migration and Naturalization a registered nurse. This was
Service in the interest of law followed by more than 23 years
and order. Signatures are now with the state of Oregon as ad
being gathered. Petitions are ministrator of public welfare
available at: OIR, P.O. Box 446, programs in Coos, Gilliam,
Independence, OR 97351-0446. Wheeler, Morrow, Union and
Oregonians interested in law Wallowa counties.
Mr. Chally enjoyed collecting
and order, excellence in educa
tion and citizen welfare are en old cars and was an avid
couraged to support the peti photographer. Following retire
tion drive so voters can express ment at the end of 1979, he had
their opinions later this year at the opportunity to fulfill his
desire of further travel to places
the ballot box.
Extensive details on the sur in the world he had dreamed
rounding issues and the four of as a boy. He brought back
initiative petitions are also pictures that he enlarged and
available, in full public view, on mounted. He was a past mem
the Internet: http://www.ncw. ber of the American Legion and
the Lions Club. A devoted
net/-dyoung/wscic/oir.html.
(s) Sharon S. Shepperd, family man, he found consider
chief petitioner/founder of OIR able pleasure in family life. His
Independence, OR wife of 49 years preceded him
in death on June 2, 1992.
Survivors include: daugh
Energy assistance ters, Laurie Marcum of Baker
City, Sue Skinner of North
currently available Pole, Alaska; sister, Marjory
Thomas of Emmetsburg, Iowa;
Energy assistance for low-in- six grandchildren, several
come persons will be available nieces and nephews and other
Tuesday, Jan. 23, at the Hepp relatives and friends.
Those who wish may make
ner Neighborhood Center.
Call Jan at the Neighborhood contributions in memory of Mr.
Center, 676-5024, by Jan. 23 to Chally to the Boys and Girls
make an appointment. Assist Aid Society, do Daniels Chapel
ance will be offered on a first- of the Valley, 1502 7th Street,
come, first-serve basis by La Grande, OR 97850.
Daniels Chapel of the Valley,
appointment.
La Grande, was in charge of
arrangements.
YES!
WE ARE REMODELING
W e have purchased Country Rose and are
expanding into the Country Rose building.
W e will have a floral departm ent
m anaged by T R IS H S W E E N E Y .
The phone num ber to Country Rose
(676-9426) will rem ain the sam e.
Hours for the floral departm ent will be
9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
W e are excited about future possibilities
and look forward to serving you!
John and Ann Murray
Murray Drug Inc.
MutAAij'j Diiifl
217 North Main
Heppner
676-91 5H