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TWO • Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 4, 1996 Letters to the Editor The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Editor’s note: Letters to the editor must be signed. The Gazett- Times will not publish unsigned letters. Please include your address GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at lleppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Periodical postage paid at lleppner, Oregon. Office at 147 West Willow Street Telephone (541) 676-9228 Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O Bos 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $18 in Morrow, Wheeler. Gilliam and Grant Coun ties; $25 elsewhere April Hilton-Sykes....................................................................................... News Editor Stephanie Jensen .......................................................................................... Typesetting Monique Devin......................................................... Advertising Layout & Graphics Bonnie Bennett .............................................................................................Distribution Penni Keersemaker Printer David Sykes, Publisher Singspiration to begin Sunday, Sept. 8 FflX Send or Receive Gazette-Times 676-9228 and phone number on all letters for use by the G-T office. The G-T reserves the right to edit. BMCC bond small price to pay U S .P .S 240-420 Hope Lutheran Church, Heppner, will host the first of the 1996-97 series of monthly Singspirations on Sunday, Sept. 8 at 7 p.m. Some popular gospel songs may include "Beautiful Savior," "Amazing Grace," "What a Friend We Have in Jesus," or "Rock of Ages." A group of musicians under the direction of Ralph Warner of Hermiston will provide some special numbers. Hostess and Garden Club to study peonies song leader for the event will be Rachel Hoobing. A special free will offering will be taken for the ministry of the South Morrow County Ministerial Association (SMCMA). This money is used to help people of the area in crisis situations like burnouts, emergency assistance to hospi tals, doctors, etc., said the Reverend Stan Hoobing, pastor of Hope Lutheran. Sinspiration is sponsored by the SMCMA. Death Notice Earl J. Blake Earl J. Blake, 96, Heppner, died Tuesday, September 3, 1996 in Heppner. A memorial service will be held Friday, Sept. 6, 1996 at 1 p.m. at the Heppner Elks Lodge in Hepp ner. Sweeney Mortuary, Hepp ner, is in charge of arrange ments. A complete obituary will be in next week's Gazette-Times. graduates of the BMCC ag. programs. The improvements proposed will only serve to improve our communities by expanding the educational opportunities to our citizens. The child care center (a desperately needed service) will help the students and staff. It will also provide a classroom for training child care providers. Nursing and psych ology students will have the opportunity to participate and observe as they study child development. Our community is fortunate to have a place like BMCC and the great teachers who choose to work there. It has helped us all and now it is time for us to help BMCC. Vote yes on the BMCC bond issue Sept. 17. Sincerely, (s) Lori Straley, RN 1996 BMCC graduate To the Editor: I am writing to encourage your readers to support the Blue Mountain Community College bond issue which will be decided by mail-in vote on Tuesday, Sept. 17. BMCC is a vital educational resource for this entire region. It has im proved the ’quality of, life for many residents. It has launch ed the continued education and careers of many young people. This bond is a small price to pay for all that BMCC has provid ed. Everyone has benefited from having this college in our area. BMCC has provided skilled and educated citizens to the betterment of our communities. Our businesses, hospitals and schools are filled with its grad uates. Even the farms in our area have benefited from the "Growing Peonies" will be the horticulture program topic for the Heppner Garden Club at their Monday, Sept. 9 meeting at 7 p.m. at the St. Patrick's Senior Center. Peony roots from members' gardens, including over eight choice varieties of Japanese and single cultivars, will be avail able to all present. Colors range from white to pinks and rose to Donald J. Carlson. D.P.M. Medicine and Surgery of the Foot will be at Heppner Clinic on Septem ber 11 to treat all foot problems 676-5504 Pioneer Memorial Clinic 567-8750 Come Share With Us at Willow Creek Baptist Church Bible Study for all ages 2 p.m. Worship Service S p.m. Meeting in the 7th Day Adventist Church Punished for smoking the cigarette tax, totaling $154 million a biennium, to pay for health care for the poor. Mil lions of dollars in existing cigarette taxes are already pay ing for the Oregon Health Plan. While I am as concerned as the next person about people who cannot afford health care, no one group should have to pay for the Oregon Health Plan. Health care for the poor is everyone's concern. Paying for it ought to be everyone's responsibility. Enough is enough. It just isn't fair. Sincerely, (s) Pat Casey Eugene To the Editor: As a smoker, I feel like I'm being punished for exercising my personal freedom to buy a pack of cigarettes. Every time I turn around, someone is try ing to raise cigarette taxes. Tobacco taxes are nothing more than attempts by anti-smoking extremists to dictate my per sonal behavior. The current cigarette tax in Oregon is already too high. Now a group of doctors and hospital corporations are pro psing a 78 percent increase in ~~ WCCC Golf deep red. "September is the ideal time for dividing and transplanting, " said a Garden Club spokesperson. The club will also make final plans for their flower show given in honor of their 30th year of service in this area, Sept. 21-22 at St. Patrick's Senior Center. The public is in vited to exhibit their flowers and arrangements. 560 North Minor G e n u i n C e h e v r o l e t Remember when your word was your Bond. - You sealed a deal with a handshake - That's still the way we do business today. COMFORTABLE • TRUSTFULL • HONEST • CARING Ladies' Play, 18-hole Scramble First flight: low gross Pat Ed- mundson and Norma French; low net tied two teams Alene Rucker and Maggie Marston and Betty CJjjistman and Lor- rene Montgomery (second flight). Second flight: low gross Lin da Schultz and Jenny Rey nolds. Third flight: low gross Karen Wildman and Lynnea Sargent; low net Jan Paustian and Doll Campbell. Long drive: second shot team Karen Wildman and Lynnea Sargent. Door prizes were won by Karen Thompson and Cam Wishart. Marriage Licenses The Morrow County Clerk's office at the courthouse in Heppner reports issuing the following marriage license dur ing the past week: Aug. 29: Dustin Lee Cossitt, 20, Heppner; and LeAnn Roberts, 19, Pendle ton. P A ’s Report The Morrow County District Attorney's office in Heppner reports handling the following business during the past two weeks: Aug. 22: Terry Lynn Jones, 34, Boardman, was convicted of Theft I, stemming from an in cident where he purportedly tried to sell stolen equipment (stereo and speakers) in the Boardman area. He was order ed to serve 15 days in the coun ty jail, complete 80 hours of community service, write a let ter of apology to the victim, pay assessments and fines, and violate no laws during the two- year probation. Aug. 29: Hilario Duarte, 24, Irrigon, was convicted of Criminal Possession of a Forg ed Instrument and Driving Under the Influence of Intox icants. He was ordered to un dergo evaluation and treatment for alcohol abuse, serve 10 days in the county jail, three years probation, pay a fine of $1,000, suspended except for $250, ordered to pay $310 in at torney's fees and assessments and commit no crime during a two year probation. Sept. 3: Wade Merle Pad- berg, 39, Arlington, was con victed of nine counts of Negotiating a Bad Check, stem ming from a check writing spree in 1995 where several local merchants were victimiz ed by the bad checks. He was ordered to pay restitution of $508.40 by Monday, Sept. 16, a fine of $690 with $200 sus pended, and six months in the county jail suspended on the condition he pay restitution and fines; Robert Earl Brandvold, 24, Ir rigon, was convicted of Un authorized Use of a Motor Vehicle, Criminal Mischief II and Attempting to Elude a Police Officer, stemming from an incident which occured in August 1995 when he attemp ted to elude an Oregon State Police officer and a Morrow County Sheriff's deputy in Ir rigon. Brandvold abandoned his vehicle, which turned out to be stolen, near the Irrigon Watermelon Festival, which was then in progress. He ran from the vehicle and suc cessfully eluded police. He was later picked up on a warrant. PORT HENRIETTA BAT8 jSSS 1 Saturday, September 7, ¡996 7 :0 0 ft.ni.-VFW Breakfast/VFW Hall 7 :IB ft.m.-Ran R efistration/Park 8 :0 0 ft.m.-5 ft 10 K races -Craft Market Opens -Street Vendors Open 8 :0 5 a.m.-Mile Run 8 :3 0 a.m.-Golf Tournament Tee off -Parade Judging 9 :0 0 a.m .-White Elephant Sale Methodist Church 9 :3 0 a.m .-Pie Sale/Fire Hall -Art ft Quilt Show Open (Close During Parade) •Railroad/Chinese House Museum Opens (closes during parade) 9 i 3 0 a . m .- 1 0 :0 0 -Roundup City doggers (Main St.) 1 0 :0 0 a.m .-Parade 1 0 :3 0 a.a.-V lntage Clothing Show (in Park) Baked Food ft Bazaar-VFW Hall, also coffee ft rest stop Museum. Art ft Quilt Show Reopen 1 1 :0 0 a.m .-2 p.m.-Luncheon, Echo Church Salads, Sandwiches 1 1 :3 0 a.m.-Rendesvous Camp Activities Begin Noon-Historical Museum Opens 11:45 a.m.-7 p.m. -Music ft Entertainm ent in the Park 11:45 a.m .-12:45 p.m.-Billie Nichols Guitar/Songs ft Comedy David Cratty Entertainment 1 2 :5 0 -1 :5 0 p.m.-Country/Blues 1 :55-2:55 p.m.-Nelson Band, Folk, Country. 50-60s, Rock ft MORE 3 :0 0 p.m.-Daryl ft Darrell Cow Pie Capers, last call 4 :0 0 p.m.-Pick ’n’ Bows Fiddlers 4 :3 0 p.m.-Raffle, Echo Boosters, last call 5 :0 0 p.m.-Nelson Band Sunday, September 8, 1996 8 :3 0 a.m.-Golf Tournament Tee off 9 :3 0 a.m .-Craft Market -Street Venders •RendesTOus 1:00 p.m .-Historical Museum Opens H istoric T ours-81 per person i A ctivities: Senecca Run, Tomahawk Throw, Frying Pan Throw. Fire Start, Roll ing Pin Toaa ft more. Corporate Sponsors: Coast to Cosst, Coca Cola Bottling, Graybesl Distributing, Hole Forms, Ini end Em pire ltosk, J .R . ttm ptot Inc., Pendleton Bottling Co.. Pendleton Groin Growers, Simmons Agency, St. An thony's Hospital. Umatilla Electric ft Wildhorae Gaming Resort. I I The Largest Volume Chevy Truck Dealer in Eastern Oregon SHERRELL CHEVROLET Hermiston, Oregon 1-800-567-6487 New Car Sales Used Car Center 567-6488 567-3919 j Return the Love your j Grandparents Give i Remember them j with a Bouquet on j Grandparents Day • Sunday, September 8 Serving: lone, Heppner, Lexington .. Country R o s e ] / h7ft<M26 2 VI N Main Heppno Will O regon Be The First State To Outlaw Livesto ck W atering? Ballot Measure 38, the so-called "dean stream” initiative would do just that. Initiative 38 would ban Emu, Ostrich, Parrots, Parakeets, Horses, Mules, Ass, Jenny, Cattle. Goats, Sheep. Llamas, and Pigs from watering within the state's boundary of all private, federal & state land. IT S TIME TO CIRCLE THE WAGONS! Rally against Measure 38—Come on foot or horseback and join a PEACEFUL EDUCATIONAL RALLY from the state fairgrounds to the Capitol on Friday, Oct. Il, I9 9 6 ,11:30 a m. until 2:30 p.m. Overnight camping accommodations for peo ple and horses are available at the Fairgrounds for $5 $10 per night. N O O N E A S S O C I A T E D IN A N Y W A Y WITH A N I M A L S I N O R E G O N W I L L BE S P A R E D IF THI S I N I T I A T I V E P A S S E S An organization meeting will be held in Lft Grande at the Intermountain Livestock Auction Building at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 7 For more information call "Circle Your Wagons" at 541-93 4-20 75 PMd lor by " C r t your W»fon. I o n Flow. Soo HCllb, I2 M KimtwtOy Or, (7 M < I A
