TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 20, 1996
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Heppner
G A Z E T T E -T IM E S
Back to the basics
To the Editor:
The Nov. 10 "C N N Pre­
Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
sents" researched the results of
PubWwd weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner,
using a curriculum developed
Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Periodical postage paid at Heppner.
in 1906 by a predominantly
Oregon Office at 147 West Willow Street. Telephone (541)676-9228 Postmaster
white private school. This same
send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times. P O. Bps 337, Heppner.
Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $18 in Morrow. Wheeler, Gilliam and Grant Coun­
curriculum was adopted by the
ties; $25 elsewhere.
black administrator of Barclay
April Hilton-Sykes.......................................................................................News Editor
Elementary Schools and was
Stephanie Jensen
Typesetting
presented to predominantly
Monique Devin
Advertising Layout 6c Graphics
Bonnie B e n n e tt.............................................................................................Distribution
black, impoverished students
Penni K eersem aker...............................................................................................Printer
with high expectations of their
success. And these expecta­
David Sykes, Publisher
tions produced the desired
results.
The curriculum offered was
the traditional basics. It had
been assumed heretofore that
Mike Dewey of Salem.
Members of the Oregon
sutdents from more economic­
The meeting begins at 8:30
W heat G row ers
League
ally
stressed homes could not
a m. and is scheduled to con­
(OWGL) will gather at the
achieve
at the same level as the
clude at noon. All OWGL
Pendleton Convention Center
privately
schooled children, but
members are urged to attend.
on Sunday, Nov. 24, for the
this program proved that this
The meeting is held in con­
19% annual meeting.
assumption was incorrect.
junction with the annual con­
The agenda includes election
The key was high expecta­
vention, which begins Thurs­
of officers to the OWGL board
tions,
plus the back-to-basics
day, Nov. 21 with the presi­
and presentation of the 1997
approach.
It appears that na­
dent's reception at the Red
resolutions, which will guide
tionwide
there
will be a renew­
Lion in Pendleton. General ses­
the organization's activities for
ed
effort
to
hone
our educa­
sions are scheduled for Nov.
the coming year. Also on the
tional
skills
by
a
"back-to-
22-23. Convention participants
agenda is presentation of the
basics”
approach.
Probably
no
may register at the door both
gavel to the incoming president
other
approach
would
be
so
days. No registration is neces­
and a review of legislative ac­
welcome.
sary to attend the annual
tivity by legislative analyst
Which brings us to the fact
meeting.
that our elementary system in
Morrow County will fall further
behind a renewed national
push if we do not dedicate
ourselves to improvement. In
talking with one elementary
teacher, we are told that she
spends all her time Monday
mornings reviewing what the
students had forgotten over the
three-day weekends. Talk to
another and she says the young
ones fall asleep after 2:30 p.m.
This doesn't leave much time
for learning.
No one wants to downgrade
our teachers' efforts, but the
painful fact is that while they
, 40fc
are being paid for a 10 hour
A ’•* •
day, four day week, the stu­
%»
dents are not learning 10 hours
a day. Possibly the top fourth
of a class could learn just as
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much under these circum­
stances, but the average stu­
dent probably will regress to
less than average. Is this what
we want for our children?
The thought of changing jobs
U S P S. 240-420
O W G L to hold annual meeting
Engagement
five or six times in a lifetime
scares me. Without a basic
foundation of elementary skills,
our children will not be able to
absorb and use the new tech­
nologies. An article in "T he
Oregonian" said that many
schools operate for the conve­
nience of the adults, not the
children. I believe this is what
we now have in Morrow
County.
There is a twe part question­
naire at the end of this letter.
Please, all of us, take the time
to check your answer and
return to your school board
member whose names and ad­
dresses are as follows:
Scott Bauska, 318 Willow
Fork Drive, Boardman, OR.
97818; Dwayne Carroll, Rt. 1,
Box 1816, Hermiston, OR.
97838; Bill Doherty, P.O. Box
4125, Lexington, OR. 97839;
Gary Frederickson, Rt. 1, Box
73-D, Boardman, OR. 97818;
Scott Johnson, Rt. 2, Box 72, Ir-
rigon, OR. 97844; Russell
Morgan, P.O. Box 628, Hepp­
ner, OR. 97836; John Rietmann,
P.O. Box 313, lone, OR. 97843.
Teachers in Gilliam County
asked their school board to
change their schedule to a four-
day week. The Gilliam Coun­
ty Board put this to a vote of the
public and it was defeated. The
following tabulation may, or
may not, send a message to the
Morrow County School Board.
Please check off your answer,
sign your name (this is impor­
tant for accuracy) and mail. We
all love our kids.
Sincerely,
(s) Meg Murray
lone
__________ Yes, I want to go
"Back-To-Basics” and the five
day week for school.
__________ No, 1 feel we are
preparing our elem entary
students adequately for the
future now and wish to keep
the four day week for school.
Signed: __________________
Nov. 1996
Wilson — Borup
The parents of Steve Wilson and Bonnie Borup, both McNary,
invite friends and family to attend the couple's marriage on
Saturday, Nov. 23, 1996, at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist Church ,515
W. Hermiston Ave., Hermiston.
Steve's parents are Carmen Wilson, Lexington, and Danny
Wilson, Heppner. He graduated from Heppner High School in 1994
and is employed with Marlette Homes in Hermiston.
Bonnie is the daughter of Debbie and Dave Borup, Hermiston.
She is employed with Hermiston Good Samaritan Center.
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alternate crops and pesticide
safety.
Those holding a pesticide ap­
plicator's license will be able to
pick up recertification credits
during program sessions Wed­
nesday afternoon, Thursday,
and Friday morning.
The Farm-City Fair dinner
will be Thursday night, Dec. 5,
at the National Guard Armory
building in Hermiston. The
evening gala will begin with a
no-host social hour at 6 p.m.
with musical entertainment by
Five Minus Two, followed by a
prime rib and chicken dinner at
7 p.m. The after-dinner enter­
tainment will be provided by
Fritz Hill, farmer/humorist
from Pendleton. Tickets for the
dinner are $12 each, and are on
sale at the Hermiston Chamber
of Commerce.
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To the Editor:
We are writing concerning
the theft of the money ex­
change machine at our laun­
dromat on Nov. 1 at around 7
p.m.
To the two local men who did
this act of destruction and van­
dalism, we hope you enjoyed
the $20 or $25 you got. Your ac­
tions have now deprived
everyone who used that
machine for quarters, not to
mention the great expense it
will cost us to replace the
machine (if we do) and to fix
the wall. Yes, it's true you will
probably not be prosecuted,
but we know who you are and
so do the police. We can only
hope that someday you will slip
up at the wrong time and get
caught at your thieving ways.
We also want you to know
.that as of Nov. 13, there will be
security cameras about the
building and you will no longer
be able to turn the lights off
from inside the laundromat.
To all the fine, hard-working
people of Heppner and the sur­
rounding area, we thought
long and hard about going to
this extreme, but with the soap
machine broken into last year,
the clothes cart (which, by the
way, many senior citizens us­
ed to help get in and out of the
laundromat) stolen the first part
of deer season this year, floors
and appliances written on, and
half-burnt newspapers and
books strung all over, we felt
we have no choice anymore.
The only other thing we can do
is lock up the laundromat when
we leave from work and open
it again in the morning.
As most of you know we
have worked hard these last
couple of months painting in­
side and out and doing a lot of
remodeling, cleaning and try­
ing to build up our inventory,
not to mention adding a
hydraulics shop for the local
farmers and loggers. We have
also purchased another double-
stacked dryer which has not
been installed yet.
With all the money, hard
work and time we have spent
to improve the business, we felt
we also had to protect our­
selves from people who want
to live off others and ruin it for
all.
Thank you to our friends and
customers for your support.
(s) Dale and Marda Adlard
Heppner
Justice Court
Report
Obituary
The Justice Court office at the Frances H . Farrens
courthouse annex building in
Heppner reports handling the
Funeral services for Frances H.
following business during the Farrens, Keizer, were held
Monday, Nov. 18, 1996, at
past week:
Daniel Chetwood, 32, Sweet- Lincoln Memorial Park Funeral
Home, Portland. Burial was at
home-Theft II, $920 fine plus Lincoln Memorial Park.
$150 restitution and reimburse­
Mrs. Farrens, 72, died
ment of court-appointed at­ November 15, 1996, at Keizer.
torney, 189 days in jail with She was bom February 9, 1924,
credit for nine days served, at Lake Zurich, Illinois. She
$200 and jail sentence suspend­ moved to Milwaukie in 1957 and
to Keizer in 1983.
ed with two year probation
Mrs. Farrens was a homemaker.
with no further violation of She enjoyed collecting antiques
and traveling. She was a member
law, excluding minor traffic;
Ana Erazo, 25, Heppner- of the Faith Lutheran Church at
Maintaining a Dog as a Nui­ Keizer and the Shamrock Lodge
sance, $145 and 180 days in jail, of the Rebekahs.
Mrs. Farrens was preceded in
jail sentence suspended with
death by her husband, Roland.
one year probation with no fur­ Survivors include daughters,
ther violation of law; Failure to Kathy Thomas, Keizer, and Susie
Appear, $181 fine, 180 days in MsGowan, Silverton; a son,
jail, jail sentence suspended Pepper Farrens, Heppner; and
with one year probation with seven grandchildren.
Lincoln Memorial Park Funeral
no further violation of law.
Home was in charge of
arrangements.
FSA com m ittee election upcom ing
Farm Fair set in Hermiston
The 23rd annual Farm Fair
will be held at the Community
Center in Hermiston, Wednes­
day through Friday, Dec. 4-6.
The Farm Fair is an agricultural
forum co-sponsored by the
Oregon State University Exten­
sion Service, local agri-busi­
nesses and the ag committee of
the Greater Hermiston Cham­
ber of Commerce. In addition
to some informative talks,
farmers and city residents alike
wil have an opportunity to
view and hear about some of
the newest technologies avail­
able from the exhibitors pre­
sent, plus "plenty of free food
and fu n ," said a fair news
release.
This year's program includes
sessions on agricultural issues
such as water rights, salmon
recovery and land use, and
feature sessions on potatoes,
Theft, vandalism ruin it for all
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The slate of nominees for the
upcoming Farm Service Agen­
cy (FSA) committee election
has been developed, Ronald
Matthews, CED, announced.
The candidates for Morrow
County LAA B, Heppner/Lex-
ington area are as follows:
Mark Miller, Craig Miles, Lori
Seitz and Michael S. Jones.
The FSA committee election
will be conducted by mail from
Nov. 18 through Monday, Dec.
2. Voters may also get ballots
at the county FSA office. Eligi­
ble FSA voters will receive a
secret ballot in the mail with in­
structions on how to vote for
candidates of their choice and
return the ballot to the county
FSA office.
Participation in FSA elections
is open to all farmers regardless
of race, religion, sex, color, age,
handicap or national origin.
FOOT PAIN ? ^ ¡ ¡ ¡ i
Dr. Donald Carlson, Podiatric foot and
ankle specialist will be at the Pioneer
Memorial Clinic, November 27, and
December 11, for the diagnosis and
treatment of all foot problems.
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