TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 19, 1997
The Official Newspaper of the
City of Heppner and the
County of Morrow
Heppner
G A Z E T T E -T IM E S
U.S.P.S. 240-420
Morrow County's Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner,
Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Periodical postage paid at Heppner,
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April Hilton-Sykes................................................................................ News Editor
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Typesetting
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Distribution
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Printer
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Letter home from Bosnia
Editor's note: The following corre
spondence is from Morrow County
District Attorney Earl R. Woods,
Jr., who has been sent to Bosnia
with his National Guard unit.
When I stepped out of my tent
this morning, I was struck by the
oddly beautiful sight of the sun pro
viding a background for a city de
stroyed.
My unit is currently based in
Slavonski Brod, which is a city of
approximately 100,000 people, situ
ated on the Sava River in eastern
Croatia. This city, during the
Bosnian-Croatian wars, was struck
by over 10,000 artillery rounds,
which destroyed 1/3 of the city,
including over 800 commercial and
residential buildings. Also, an esti
mated 2,300 people were killed and
twice that number suffered as
sorted wounds in attacks by
Bosnian Serbs.
The Croatians have done a ter
rific job of rebuilding their city.
However, across the river in Bos
nia, no such building is going on.
The Bosnia city of Brosanski lies
in ruins. We can only refer to this
city by its Bosnian name o f
Brosanski on this side of the river.
On the other side, which is now
held by the Bosnian Serbs, this city
is now called BosBrod, which is a
Serbian name.
We control the bridge between
the two cities and constantly stop
Croatian and Muslim refugees who
try and carry weapons and ordi
nance into Bosnia in the hopes they
will be able to reclaim their homes
which have been destroyed. We
seize those items; this sometimes
gets tense. We also patrol the
Bosnian side of the river to service
base camps occupied by American
soldiers to help them coordinate
their defense with each other and
us.
On Feb. 11, the Breko Arbitra
tion commenced in an effort to try
and arbitrate Serbian, Croatian and
Bosnian Muslim claims to western
Bosnia. I am betting this won’t
work.
I’ll be writing periodical articles
about this conflict and can be
reached with your questions, if
any, at: LTC Earl R. Woods, Jr.;
540-48-8029; O peration Front
Guard; APO AEO 9789; Slavonski
Brod, Croatia.
Number of Morrow County
criminal cases rises
Criminal cases handled by the
Morrow County Sheriffs Office
(MCSO) in 1996 are up 123 over
the previous year and up over 400
cases from six years ago.
According to information
released >by Morrow County
Sheriff Roy Drago, the MCSÔ
handled 1223 criminal cases in
1996; 1100 in 1995; and 809 in
1990.
Burglary, theft and criminal
m is c h ie f /v a n d a lis m s h o w e d
increases-with burglary up from a
low of 54 in 1994 to 70 in 1995 to
83 last year; theft is up from a
low of 70 in 1992 to 106 in 1995
and 123 last year; and criminal
mischief/vandalism up from a lo\v
of 63 in 1992 to 68 in 1995 to 102
last year.
There was some good news in
the report, however. Driving under
the influence of intoxicants is
down from 30 cases each in 1990
and 1991 to 15 last year and only
nine the previous year. Motor
vehicle accidents are down from
33 in 1990 to 17 last year. Drug
investigations are down from 42 in
1991 to 19 in 1995 and 21 in
1996. Criminal driving (such as
reckless driving, driving while
suspended, driving while revoked
and eluding police officer) has had
a general downward trend from 45
in 1990 to 13 in 1995 and 17 in
1996
Sex crimes, such as rape and
abuse are up and down, ranging
from a low o f three in 1990 to a
high of 22 in 1994. There were 12
sex crimes reported in 1995 and
16 in 1996.
Service reports (such as
responding to alarms, assisting
ambulances, checking residences,
checking suspicious circumstances
and
disturbances,
juvenile
problems , rendering assistance,
etc.) are
up
dramatically,
increasing from 1029 in 1990 to
1426 in 1995 to 1558 in 1996.
Complaints are also up markedly,
from 1394 in 1990 to 2156 last
year.
Arts and Crafts
Letters to the Editor
]ustlce Court
Report
Editor's note: Letters to the editor must be signed. The Gazette-Times will Ralph S. Crum
not publish unsigned letters. Please include your address and phone number
Ralph S. Crum, 84, lone, died
on all letters lor use by the G-T office. The Q-T reserves the right to edit. February 11, 1997, at The Dalles
The Justice Court office at the
Funeral services were held courthouse annex building in
Saturday, February 15, 1997, at
H ep p n er reports handling the
the United Church of Christ in following business d u ring the
If we fully fund needed local lone, with concluding service and past week:
Patrick Kay Schw arz, 31,
projects, and if state and federal burial at the Arlington Cemetery',
•
Heppner-V iolation of the Basic
governments can convince our lo Arlington.
Mr Crum was bom March 4,
cal officials, who can convince the
Rule, 60 m ph in a 45 m ph zone,
1912,
in Ajax and attended school
taxpayers, then monies and in
$67 fine;
structions should be sent to them. in Mayville, Olex and Arlington.
K eith R. P a p in e a u , 39,
Money is power. Let us retain In 1936, he began work for H e p p n e r -F a ilu r e to W ear
Braden-Bell Tractor & Equipment Seatbelt;
both at the local level.
Company
in Arlington, repairing
A “yes” vote on Ballot Measure
R obert Neil B ow les, 44,
machinery,
then in sales and
25-26 would be a good first step.
U n io n
G ap,
W A .-T ru ck
service for eight years in the Speeding, 70 m ph in a 55 m ph
(s) Floyd White
Columbia Basin.
Heppner
zone, $67 fine;
On June 16, 1929, he married
M arla James A nderson, 27,
Lou B. Strahm of Arlington and in
H eppner- Violation of the Basic
1946 they moved to lone where
Rule, 75 m ph in a 55 m ph zone,
they established a wheat ranch.
They' celebrated their 50th Expired Vehicle Registration,
continue city services at the
anniversary m 1989. Mrs. Crum $146 fine;
present level. The levy will not
Jacqueline R. M cConnell, 24,
died June 7, 1993.
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increase our tax rate. The levy will
H
e p p n e r-C a re le s s D riving,
The Crums helped establish the
keep our tax rate within the $ 10 per
$137
fine, Violation of the Basic
Church of the Nazarene in
$1,000 valuation limitation for
Rule,
48 m ph in a 35 m ph zone,
Heppner. They were able to travel
local, county and special district
$101
fine,
Failure to Obey Traf
to several foreign countries and
services of Ballot Measure 5.
fic
C
ontrol
Device, $122 fine,
visit many o f the states, including
It is time for rural Oregonians to
Furnishing
Alcohol
to M inors,
Hawaii. Mr. Crum had taken two
send a message to the westside big
$617
fine,
180
days
in
jail, $150
Good-Will Tours with People to
money people that we want to
People, visiting Russia, Germany, and jail sentence su sp en d ed
preserve our right to determine for France, Sweden and China.
w ith one year probation with
ourselves the level of public
Survivors include daughters, no further violation of law;
services we will maintain in our Bonnie Peterson o f Tempe, AZ
Jeffrey R. B o te fu h r, 20,
small towns. We need to serve
and Kathy Hageman of Mesa, AZ; H erm iston-Failure to Renew
notice that we don’t like being sons, Jack Crum of Portland, Bob Registration, $49 fine;
‘jerked around” by laws enacted by Crum of Dayton, WA, and Monte
Jason A lan B athurst, 20,
the urban majority of this state that Crum of lone; grandchildren, H eppner-V iolation of the Basic
just don’t work for us in Heppner.
Robm and Ranee Peterson, Holly Rule, 71 m ph in a 55 m ph zone;
I urge you to exercise your Crum, Rob, Cami and Steve Crum
Brian David Holz, 20, Lexing
democratic responsibility and cast and Jeremy and Danny Hageman; ton-M inor in Possession of
your mail-in ballcrt in favor o f the great-grandchildren, Ace Peterson Alcohol, $147 fine;
city of Heppner’s serial levy.
and Hope Crum; sisters, Inez
Jon David H anna, 20, H epp-
(s) John Edmundson Kegley and Charlotte Crum of The ner-M inor in Possession of
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Heppner Dalles and Maxi Kust of Alcohol, $147 fine;
Woodbum; and two brothers,
Ron C. Lewis, 26, Pendleton-
Jeremiah Crum o f The Dalles and
a
N egotiating a Bad Check,
Joe Crum of Washougal, WA
$620
plus restitution, $180 days
Memorial contributions may be
in
jail,
$200 and jail sentence
to
Child
Evangelism
We think this is critical at this sent
su
sp
en
d
e d w ith one year p ro
time because the city is making Fellowship (Umatilla County
bation
with
no further violation
Chapter),
P.O.
Box
1454,
great strides in upgrading the
of
law.
Pendleton
OR
97801.
downtown area and the liveability
Spencer, Libby and Powell was
of the entire community.
in
care of arrangements
Please join us in voting yes for
the city of Heppner ballot measure
25-26.
Leona M. Mason
(s) Larry and Betty Mills
Leona M. Mason, 66, Heppner,
Heppner died Tuesday, February 11, 1997,
at Pioneer Memorial Nursing
Home in Heppner.
Graveside funeral serv ices were
held on February 18, 1997, at the
Everyone seems to search and find
Heppner Masonic Cemetery.
at least one more item to donate to
Ms. Mason was bom at Alton,
the auction. Such support is what
Kansas on September 25, 1930, to
makes the auction work and what
Wane and Edith Ash Mason. She
means that the community can
moved to Oregon when she was 12
sponsor another year of the
years old and lived in Salem,
celebration. Proceeds from the
Pendleton, Condon and Heppner
auction also contribute to the South
Survivors include sisters, Mema
Morrow County Scholarship Fund
Campbell,
Pendleton,
Grace
and at least one other area project
Emerson, Wichita, Kansas, and
Ruth Hakerott, Osborne, Kansas;
each year.
brothers,
Ed
Mason, Nyssa,
We welcome your new and
Calvin
Mason,
Osborne,
Kansas,
collectible auction items. We will
Alvin
Mason,
Fruitland,
Idaho,
also be excited to see you at the
Sara Adkins
and
Wayne
Mason
o
f
Alma,
WI.
auction on Sunday, March 16.
Sara Adkins, Pioneer Memorial
Bums Mortuary o f Hermiston
(s) Doris Brosnan
Nursing
Home resident, celebrated
was in care of arrangements
Heppner
her 102nd birthday on Saturday, i
Feb. 15.
Adkins, wearing a shirt made by
The H eppner C oordinating a Valentine, is a long-time
The correct date for the auction is
Council (HCC) will meet on Tues Heppner resident
Sunday, March 16, in Heppner.
day, Feb. 25, at 7:30 a.m. at the
Future articles will include time,
Heppner Ranger District office.
location and more information
The council will work on the
about the auction.
Heppner community strategic plan
and make final arrangements for the
Heppner Friends of the Library
community volunteers’ recruitment
will
meet Thursday, Feb. 27, at 7
and development workshop that
will be held at the ranger station p.m. at the Morrow County Mu
seum.
from 7-10 p.m.
Heppner Legion and Auxiliary
Call the library, 676-9964, for
The public is welcome to attend
will hold its regular meeting Mon all HCC meetings.
more information.
day, Feb. 24 at 6:30 p.m. in the
United Methodist Church basement.
A potluck dinner will precede the
meeting.
Veterans and their families are
welcome to attend.
"Yes" on 25-26 is good first step
To the Editor:
Congratulations.
Somebody is finally getting it
right.
Propositions 5 and 47 are signs
of dissatisfaction with the current
method whereby state and federal
goverments tax us and then return
sm all am ounts o f it to local
goverment in the form of grants,
along with very specific spending
instructions.
This is backward.
Vote in favor of Heppner levy
To the Editor:
In last November’s general
election, 64.5 percent of the voters
of the city of Heppner opposed
state initiative Ballot Measure 47.
All four Heppner voting precincts
opposed the measure.
The consequences of Ballot
Measure 47 for our city would be
reduction of our police force from
three officers to two officers,
elimination of 80 percent of our
park maintenance budget, elimina
tion of the weekend emergency
employee and elimination of
summer extra help for maintenance
and clean-up projects.
The result of these cuts would
be a significant reduction in the
safety, efficiency, appearance, and
livability of our city.
The city council has decided to
submit a serial tax levy to the city’s
voters which will enable us to
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"Yes" vote on city levy critical
To The Editor:
This weekend we will receive
mail ballots for the serial levy for
the city o f Heppner. This levy is to
replace funds lost due to Ballot
Measure 47. The loss of these
funds will seriously hamper the
city’s ability to maintain basic
services.
Sara Adkins
celebrates 102
St. Pat's Auction set on Sunday
To the Editor:
“Oops! “ The news article two
weeks ago incorrectly stated the
date for this year’s St. Pat’s
Auction. The auction committee
regrets that error and any
confusion it might have caused.
The auction will, again, be on
Sunday of the St. Pat’s Weekend
Celebration. The auction will,
again, begin at 1 p.m. at the
fairgrounds on that Sunday, March
16.
We continue to be in awe of our
community this time o f year.
Club to meet Wranglers to begin playdays
The Morrow County Creative
Arts and Crafts Club will get
together for lunch on Wednesday,
Feb. 26, at the Willow Lanes
Bowling Alley in Heppner at 1
p m , with the meeting to follow at
1:30 p.m.
The fair annex building will be
open the same day from 9 a.m. to
4 p.m. for any artists or crafters
who would like to finish old
projects, start new ones or just get
together
Plans will be made for the St.
Patrick's Day sale as well as for
several workshops.
New members and guests are
invited to attend.
Obituaries
Wrangler’s Riding Club will hold
their spring playdays on Sundays,
April 20 and 27 and May 4 and 11
at the club grounds. Sunday, May
11, will be a Mother’s Day
barbecue.
All playdays begin with a potluck
at noon and games to follow at 1
p.m. Two clean up days have been
set for April 6 and 13 beginning at
12:30 p.m. to get the grounds
cleaned up and ready. The next
Wranglers’ meeting is scheduled
for Wednesday, March 5, at 6:30
p.m. at Kate’s.
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The St. Patrick’s Day Auction
date previously given was in error.
Legion, Aux
plan meeting
Little league plans meeting
The Heppner Little League will hold a meeting Wed., Feb. 26 at
7p.m. in the Heppner high school library.
Topics o f discussion include discussions on a new field
(preparations, costs, and construction) and election o f officers.
All adults interested in all aspects o f little league (coaching,
managers, umpires, helpers and volunteers) are urged to attend.
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