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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 19, 1997 - THREE 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, Oregon. Office at 147 West Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676-9228. Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. Box 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 D evin.....................................................Advertising Layout & Graphics Bonnie Bennett ------ .............................................................^ ......... Distribution Penni Keersemaker ............................................................... . .....................Printer David Sykes, Publisher Letters to the Editor Editor's note: Letters to the editor must be signed. The Gazette-Times will not publish unsigned letters. Please include your address and phone number on all letters for use by the G-T office The G-T reserves the right to edit. School district could learn from king To the Editor: On March 3, I saw two very noteworthy matters that will stay in my mind for a long time to come. I find myself compelled to put my feelings about them both in writing. That night, I found myself in spired by one small item on the evening news. It seems that King Hussein of Jordan had visited an orphanage in his country that day. He was so appalled by the condi tions that these orphans were liv ing in and the deplorable housing that the orphanage was confined to, that he ordered the building closed. He then gave the orphans the palace that his wife had re sided in and now housed visiting dignitaries to his country. The news showed the King visiting the orphans, hugging and kissing these tiny children and my heart was touched by his compassion. O f course, he can afford to do these things, but the point was that he did it. His motives appeared genu ine and, surely, his heart was in the right place. That same evening in Heppner, the Morrow County School Board voted to extend the four-day school week in order to save that almighty $200,000. I wondered, had the members o f the school board traveled to visit the homes of families that this decision w ould continue to affect? Did they take into consideration struggling fami lies who have small children that require care while they work to make ends meet? Have they con sidered driving through Heppner, lone, Imgon or Boardman on a Friday afternoon to see how many kids are walking the streets? 1 have seen surveys, read ar ticles and statistics that state all the reasons for the continuation of the four-day week in the Mor row County School District. But there are many families through out this county where the parents don’t care about these surveys, who have never read the articles and frankly don’t care whether their kids are in school on Friday or not. These are the children that 1 am concerned about. If going to school five days a week helps one struggling family who cannot or will not afford child care, or if one kid is inspired by a good teacher on a Friday afternoon, then the four-day school w'eek has no value whatsoever. If we as a county wide community don’t care about all kids regardless of their SAT scores, ethnic background or eco nomic standing enough to keep them safe and learning for six more hours a week, then what have come to? We have entrusted the educa tional quality and possibly the very lives of kids in Morrow County to seven o f our neighbors. We elected these people to make good decisions for all children. I know that parents are supposed to be raising children, but I think that we all know that the school makes decisions every day for our kids that are parental rights in nature, and that many of the rights our parents had with us have been taken away by law in modem times and for good reason. My point is that it is everyone’s re sponsibility to help kids. We all need to have a conscience that is not influenced by finances or how many days a week we want to work when it comes to kids. If I had it to do over again, I would write in the name of the King of Jordan for the Morrow County School Board, just on prin ciple. (s) Ginger Perez Heppner Life spans many milestones To the Editor: I would like to share some thoughts with those who knew Sarah Adkins. She was 102 years old on Saturday, February 15. Her (funeral) services were Saturday, February 22. Sarah or Sally, as we sometimes affectionately called her, and I shared a common birth date. I suppose it was because of this we always kept in close touch. I wonder how many of her friends in Heppner have thought about her life? She was just eight years old when Henry Ford first organized the Ford Motor Company. She was also eight when Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first flight in a powered plane. Now we can be anywhere in the world in a few hours. She was here to see man walk on the moon. She watched man go from the oxen or horse and buggy to the space age. She was here when the first radio, television and computers became a part of our lives.She witnessed two world wars and had a son serve in the last one. She suffered though the Great Depression, although I don’t know what was so great about it. She watched the dam being build across the upper end of Heppner that left a wall above her house. Still, she approved. She outlived family and friends of her generation. Most recently she lost her only son. She had observed the radical transformation of our culture and at times with some distress, I would imagine. Still she enjoyed life and people. She had a loving relationship with her daughter-in- law and three grandchildren and their families. Fortunately for me she will be buried in Silverton and I can run out on our birthday and place a flower on her grave, but still I will miss her. (s)Frances Griffin Salem To the Editor: This letter is a note of encouragement to the citizens and community organizations of the Willow Creek Valley, to consider making a contribution to the Willow Creek Park District Aquatic Center Project. If you've been thinking about buying a brick or making a general donation for the pool project, now is the time to do it. If an organization to which you belong has been considering making a contribution to the pool project, now is the time to do it. Every bit, large or small, will help to bring the project to full completion. Now that the funding for the outdoor pool is in place, the need now is money for completion of the construction of the indoor multi-purpose pool that will be used for therapy, water aerobics, instruction and group activities on a fee-for-use basis. If you need more information about the project, please contact the People for the Pool at 676-9827. So everyone, let's all do what we can and raise the remaining funds needed for the multi-use pool. (s)John & Pat Edmundson Heppner On Tuesday, April 1, the Auxil iary will join the lone Unit for a no-host luncheon at 11:30 a m. at Beecher's Restaurant, lone, in honor o f District 6 president Hildegarde Piersol of Hermiston. All members are invited to attend. The Spray Rodeo Queen will be crowned on Saturday, April 5, the same day as the queen try outs, not on Saturday, May 24, as reported in last week’s Gazette- Times. The queen will be crowned April 5 at the Spray Rodeo Kick- O ff dance held at the Spray school gym, beginning at 9 p.m. The Spray Rodeo will be held May 24-25. For more information, call (54 ! ) 468-2442. St. Patrick's Senior Center _______ Bulletin Board_______ There were 75 present for the Senior St. Patrick dinner March 12 and eight meals were home delivered. George Steagall won the meal ticket. Members o f the Christian Life Center served. A Senior Center Board meeting following the meal. Blood pressures were taken before the meal. The menu for the Easter dinner Wed., March 26, will be baked ham with raisin sauce, whipped potatoes with gravy, sweet potatoes, com, fruit salad, rolls and pudding. Members o f the Catholic Church will serve. One table o f pinochle was in play Friday afternoon. Friday evening the United Methodist Church held their Mrs. O'Leary's stew dinner, with a big crowd attending. The senior center breakfast at the fair grounds was a success as was the soup, roll, pie and coffee luncheon at the center. Fewer people attended this year because o f the bad weather. The quilt raffle did especially well. The quilt was won by Jean Johnson o f Pendleton. The seniors had a lot o f volunteer help on these projects, not only from senior volunteers but also from the community and the young 4 H members, who did a great job o f helping to serve soup and pie and clearing and resetting the tables. Many people made pies and Joyce Breeding and Susie Cooper made the soup and rolls. There was no movie Sunday evening. The Senior bus is booked full for the trip to Pendleton for the RSVP appreciation dinner Sat., Mar. 22. The Heppner Housing Authority Board will meet Monday, March 3, at 7 p.m. Irene Anhom has moved in to her apartment at St. Patrick's. lone Site Council holds meeting The next meeting will be The lone Site Council met Wednesday, March 12, at lone Wednesday, April 9, in room 1 of High School. The primary the high school. objective of the meeting was to work on the school improvement Chamber Chatter plan. By Claudia Hughes. Chamber Manager The council formed a plan of action for each of the im 'Tis true the weekend brought provement goals developed at the just a wee bit o' snow, but the last meeting. The plans show went on thanks to the best developed by the council will be St. Patrick's committee ever. discussed by the school staff and Everyone deserves a big Pat on then sent back to the council to the back for a job well done. The finalize. entertainment, dog trials, coffee Steve Schaber, Positive School hour, parade, auction, meals and Action Committee advisor, Volkswalk all require real reported they made $130 on the commitment by the chairpersons cake raffle at the high school pep and volunteers. Did you catch the races? There assembly. A barbecue to honor the for a few minutes it looked like middle/high school honor roll curtains for Chamber President students is scheduled for Gary Marks and Vice President Thursday, March 20, during the Mike McGuire as they gave their lunch hour. The middle school all to both the O'Shanty and students who made the honor roll O'Hanky Planky races. Thanks will also get passes to walk to the to team efforts of "volunteers" store during the noon hour all Skip Matthews, Greg Sweek, and Dave Fowler who came to their that week. High school students of the aid, the "Good Sport Guys" month for January were Kelly managed to survive with only a Morgan and Jenny Sullivan. few crashes. In fact, due to the February students of the month determination that the Forest were Jake McElligott and LaRee Service competitors' legs were 15 Anderson. Middle school stu inches longer than the Chamber dents of the month for February participants, Marks managed to were Cayle Krebs and Diana talk someone into a one second handicap for every one-inch McElligott. The council recommended that difference in leg length. Con middle and high school students sequently, Chamber won first in attend the 1997 National Honor the O'Shanty race; but the Forest Service creamed them in the Society installation. The agenda for the next meeting Hanky Planky race. Spectators was planned. The council will are looking forward to 1998. Has anyone seen a pair of hear reports from a National Honor Society representative, brown swede high top Keds? The students attending the trip to auction committee got overly Italy, the bylaws committee, and enthusiastic with items and my the Positive School Action lost shoes wound up at the Committee. The council will auction. I assumed that a certain also continue work on the school party was going to make me bid on them for leaving them in her improvement plan. car, but they disappeared alto gether Some wayward lepre chaun, I suppose. Doug Holland, not Dale, was TV crews have left town, clean the winner o f the St. Patrick's up is happening, a wrap up lucky shamrock contest meeting is scheduled for sponsored by the Bank o f Tuesday, March 25, at 6 p.m. at Eastern Oregon and the Kate's, and it's time to get on Gazette-Times. with the business of the Heppner Chamber of Commerce. The Main Street Project is soon to kick off and cyclists biking the Oregon Trail will be visiting in July. The Lexington Baptist Church, Next week the program at 160 B Street, Lexington, is spon Chamber will be Oregon Trail soring a baby shower on Thurs Internet, an opportunity to learn day, March 20, at 6:30 p.m. at the how to get on-line. church. The gifts will be given to Thought for the week: This the Pregnancy Crisis Support week is ag week. Thank someone (PCS) of Hermiston. for growing the gram, meat, fruit, A spokesperson from PCS will vegetables and trees which give an informational talk about provide food and by-products for the center and its functions. your use. Without agriculture For more information, call 676- there would not be grocery stores 9661. or any other commerce. 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Play M E G A B U C K S DOUGH Second-Chance Drawing' Just send in four con secutive nonwinning M E G A B U C K S tickets for drawings dated Nov 13. 1996. through June 14. 1997. for a chance to win great prizes each month' megabucksdough ; S e c o n d -C h a n c e D ra w in g ■ *« mnwnn) MEGtfUOG itdtrts (or drtnmgs doted to w fa 13, ItH, dufa Jw 14,1W «ÌÉ fcs I I Sai entry d f for our a anserai Jana lo «ai1 Ente ® many Unes os you fe rite entry is good facor* town) only I Legion/Auxiliary to celebrate birthday The Heppner American Legion and Auxiliary will celebrate the Legion’s 78th birthday with a pot- luck on Monday, March 24 at 6:30 p.m. in the Methodist Church basement. Cake and ice cream will be furnished by the Auxiliary. Veterans and families are wel come join in the celebration. Correction Encourages donations to W C Park District _____I | Nome _ C laudia, C ara & Doris, too are thanking you & all the erew for the terrific St. Pat's job you do! 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