TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 11, 1996
The Official Newspaper of the
City of Heppner and the
County of Morrow
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David Sykes, Publisher
Health District story in error
A story on the Morrow
County Health District Board
meeting that appeared in the
Dec. 4 Gazette-Times was in
error.
The error concerned the
proposed Morrow County
Health
District
survey
conducted by the Regional
Services Institute at LaGrande.
A group o f Boardman people,
including Ray Michael, Tom
Meyers, Anthony Carabba and
Martin Montes de Oca,
resigned from the Morrow
County
Health
District
Community Response Steering
Committee. But, the group
resigned
before
Don
Eppenbach, Irrigon, wrote a
letter to the MCHD Board
disputing the truth o f materials
submitted for the survey by
Michael, not as a response to
Eppenbach's
letter,
as
erroneously stated in the G-T.
The G-T was also mistaken
concerning Irrigon City Hall.
City hall was formerly located
in a building which has been
proposed as a site for an
Irrigon medical clinic. Irrigon
City Hall has not been located
in the building for the past six
months.
Humane
Society seeks
donations
Justice Court
Report
The Justice Court office at the
courthouse annex building in
Heppner reports handling the
following business during the
past week:
Duane Randell White, 38,
Umatilla-Violation of the Basic
Rule, 83 mph in a 55 mph zone,
Driving Uninsured, Failure to
Register Vehicle, $256 fine;
Ana Erazo, 25, Heppner-
Permitting a Dog to Run at
Large, $91 fine, with one year
probation with no further viola­
tion of law;
Andrew E. Burt, 18, Hepp-
ner-Minor in Possession of Al­
cohol, $147 fine with one year
probation with no further viola­
tion of law;
Lester R. Martin, 58, Uma-
tilla-Failure to Validate Big
Game Tag, $58 fine;
James O. Johnson, 30, Herm-
iston-Failure to Validate Big
Game Tag, $58 fine;
Joseph M. Harwood, 19, Lex-
ington-Violation of the Basic
Rule, 80 mph in a 55 mph zone,
$192 fine;
Kary Wayne Fuller, 30, Rich­
land, WA.-Driving Uninsured,
Failure to Obey Traffic Control
Device (stop sign), $359 fine;
James S. Pearsall, 34, Mil-
waukie-Driving While License
Suspended, Unlawful U-tum,
$144 fine;
Leland Ray Marlett, 22, Mil-
waukie-Exceeding Maximum
Speed Limit, 85 mph in a 65
mph zone, $126 fine;
Troy Allen Murray, 28, Scap-
poose-Driving Uninsured, $192
fine;
Richard G. Peck, 60-Causing
Unreasonable Noise, Failure to
Renew Registration, $138 fine,
Violation of the Basic Rule, 45
mph in a 25 mph zone, $192
fine.
The Umati 11a- Morrow
County Humane Society is
seeking donations to fund a
building to house a shelter.
According to Laurie
Reichardt, Heppner, a Humane
Society volunteer, the area
shelter has been operated out
o f people's homes tor 20 years.
Reichardt said that at one time
Rose Hoosier, president o f
Pioneer Humane Society,
sheltered 17 dogs and 23 cats
at her home.
Reichardt and Hoosier say
that land is available on
Airport Hill in Pendleton, but
a minimum o f $200,000 is
required to build the shelter.
Hoosier estimates that 26,000
area families are served by
Pioneer Humane Society,
adding that if each o f the
families donates $10 by
January, the shelter would be
built by mid-year 1997.
Hoosier says that she intends
to retire, at age 85, in October
, leaving "no one to answer the
west end phone, nor to shelter
animals here. " "This will
leave only our Pendleton
answering person on duty,
facing an impossible task,"
said Hoosier. "She will then
also resign, thus closing down
the 22 year old Humane
Society for good."
Anyone wishing to
contribute, may send their
check to: Shelter, P.O. Box
361, Hermiston, OR 97838.
Donations are tax deductible.
For more information, call
Hoosier,
449-1213,
or
Reichardt, 676-5893.
Letters to the Editor
Obituaries
Frank H. Robinson
Frank H. Ro­
binson, 84, of
Lexington, died
Thursday, Dec­
ember 5, 19%,
at his home. Frank Robinson
Graveside memorial services
were held Wednesday, Dec­
ember 11,19% at the Lexington
Cemetery.
Mr. Robinson was bom Sept­
ember 8, 1912, at Klickitat,
Washington, to John and Mar­
tha Dyal Robinson. He grew up
in Klickitat and attended local
schools.
On January 22, 1934, he mar­
ried Ruth M. Morehead, at
Stevenson, Washington.
He worked at the Klickitat
, sawmill for 14 years before
coming to Lexington in 1949.
Mr. Robinson worked at Kin-
zua until his retirement in 1976.
He enjoyed spending time
with his family, visiting, fishing
and hunting. He also played
cards three nights a week and
was an avid cribbage player.
His favorite hobby was read­
ing.
Survivors include his sister,
Nellie Stackhouse of Golden-
dale, Washington; four grand­
children; 17 great-grandchild­
ren; and six great-great-grand-
children. He was preceded in
death by his wife, Ruth, son,
Francis D. Robinson, daughter,
Donna Papineau, a grand­
daughter, Deborah Sharp,
brothers, Sam, Dan, Ed, Butch,
Jake and John, and sisters,
Lillian, Eva and Winnie.
Memorial contributions may
be made to Pioneer Memorial
Hospital, P.O. Box 9, Heppner,
Oregon 97836.
Sweeney Mortuary of Hepp­
ner was in charge of arrange­
ments.
George Williamson
Izzett
A memorial service was held
December 7, 1996, in Healds-
burg, California for George
Williamson Ezzett, who died
November 28, 19% of cancer at
the age of 65.
Mr. Izzett was born August
6, 1931, in Venice, California.
He married Margaret Boggs in
1953. He was a teacher and
minister. He lived in the Port­
land area from 1972 to 1993. He
also lived in Heppner in the
mid-1980s and the early 1990s,
where he served as priest at All
Saints' Episcopal Church. He
belonged to St. Raphael's
Episcopal Church in Oakhurst,
California, where he was vicar.
Fresno, C alifornia; sons,
Ronald of Gilbert, Arizona,
Robert of Beaverton, Bruce of
Tokyo and George of Portland;
daughter, Heather Oliver of
Chandler, Arizona; sister Mary
Connor of Santa Rosa, Califor­
nia; brother Alistair of Elgin;
and 10 grandchildren.
Desposition was by crema­
tion. The family suggests re­
membrances to St. Raphael's
Benevolent Fund, 43140 High­
way 41, Oakhurst, California
93644.
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Educational system
To the Editor:
About 15 years ago, I joined
Associated Oregon Industries
(AOI). Many programs they
conduct are for the betterment
of Oregon, as well as the in­
dustries they represent. The
paramount thrust of the in­
dividual industries involved in
AOI is market share for their
companies and their investors.
I often cannot agree with what
is happening (particularly in
the drug and insurance in­
dustries), but in many in­
stances I do recognize and ap­
preciate what they are trying to
accomplish in AOI.
This much I do know. They
have tried everything they
know to Teform and help edu­
cation provide the graduates
who can run their businesses.
It is essential that these busi­
nesses are competitive, not on­
ly in the USA, but also in the
world marketplace. This is
necessary for their existence,
but also ultimately for the ex­
istence of jobs for all of us.
Our educational system has
and is failing us in this regard,
and the rise of home-schoolers
is a direct result. We now have
a large, organized parent group
in Morrow County, with home-
school curriculum more dif­
ficult than public school's. The
program doesn't always work,
if the parent is not really involv­
ed and the student is not help­
ed and disciplined by them.
But it is a vastly growing pro­
gram because of the public
school's failure to pursue
excellence.
love of horses
from page one
mucking
stalls,
training,
teaching, massaging horses
and working at the Spokane
Polo Club.
failing young people While living in Spokane, she
met Bill Bitsas and the two
Because of this failure, AOI eventually became engaged.
will be endorsing charter After Heppner physicians, Ed
schools. These are schools , and
Jeanne
Berretta,
which receive funding through
announced that they would
their school districts, but are resign from their positions
essentially run similarly to with the Morrow County
private schools. They hire their Medical District (MCMD), Dr.
Bitsas was hired by MCHD.
own teachers, who do not have
The couple bought a house
to join unions, and parents are
allowed to assist. They have to on Cemetery Hill in Heppner
and moved here in September
maintain curriculum standards,
and Dale has already jumped
plus test standards for their
in with both feet. She is
students.
leading a 4-H group, the Wild
In essence, we have a charter
Riders, along with Merlyn
school program in Morrow
Robinson and Tricia Coe, in
County, but they do not now
addition to taking care o f their
receive monetary support from
six horses, Michy, a four-year-
the school district. They have
old thoroughbred; Sunny, an
had merit scholars in local
eight-year-old thoroughbred
home-school programs.
and a grandson o f Seattle
I view the splintering of focus
Slew; Keeta, a nine-year-old
in education as a disaster for
quarterhorse; Okie, a six-year-
those parents dependent on
old Appaloosa; Frankie, a five-
ear-old
Appaloosa;
and
public schools. But the people
.Yankie's daughter, Bessie, six
who really care and who are
months. Dale would like to
capable of home-schooling can­
not be blamed for pursuing ex­ teach people in the area how to
cellence on their own.
massage their horses and is
Neither do I blame AOI for planning to do a demonstration
advocating charter schools. The for 4 -Hers and a series o f
bureaucracy of school adminis­ dressage and jumping clinics.
Dale has also joined the
trations and teachers' unions,
Heppner
Garden Club and
disdain of school reform is ram­
hasn't
had
any trouble settling
pant everywhere, particularly
into
Morrow
County life.
in Morrow County.
"Everyone
has
been
so nice,"
Our youngsters that need
said Dale. "Everyone has just
direct instruction and a good
been wonderful. Just super." 1
work ethic need your help. Per­
sons willing to circulate peti­
lone Legion, Aux.
tions stating simply, "1 am in
favor of a five day school potluck, Dec. 17
w e e k ," please call (541)
676-9777, 676-5474, 676-9625 or
The lone American Legion
422-7509.
and Auxiliary will enjoy a
Sincerely, Christmas potluck dinner on
(s) Meg Murray Tuesday, Dec. 17, a 6:30 p.m.
The main dish will be
lone
provided. Those attending are
asked to bring a salad or
awards and are not bas6d on dessert.
The ladies are reminded to
academic achievements. Con­
bring their Christmas cookies
tact local high school counse­ for Christmas delivery.
lors for more information.
E
Scholarships applications available
Soroptimist International of
Heppner invites mature wo­
men who must enter or return
to the job market to apply for
a TAP (Training Awards Pro­
gram) scholarship. Applicants
should be heads of households
completing undergraduate pro­
grams, or entering vocational
or technical training programs.
Forms may be obtained from
Marianne Kahl, 676-5422.
It is also time for area youth
to obtain a youth citizenship
award application from their
high school counselor. Two
awards are presented annual­
ly to seniors who "have made
contributions to their homes,
schools, communities, coun­
tries and the world," said a
spokesperson. These are merit
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placed on the Christmas tree at
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child's age, sex and items on
his or her
wish list.
Participants then purchase the
gifts, wrap them and return
them to Yaw's, with the
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children of Lewis and Edith Batty wish
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