TW O - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 22,1997
Arts Council impact positive
To the Editor:
I and many other citizens
missed the comedy show
sponsored by the Arts Council on
Oct. 11. For various reasons we
did not attend, and we apparently
missed an exhaustingly funny
evening that every participant I
have talked to has praised highly.
They talk about the nonstop
humor and surprises that literally
left them with muscles sore from
laughing.
I regret having missed out on
such a good time and a chance to
share the laughter. 1 regret that
the evening, the Arts Council's
fund raiser for the year, did not
work out as intended. I hear that
it lost some money because of
the low attendance.
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Suicide's statement: life is worthless
opportunities for our county,
almost all of them free. I for one,
think its impact has been strong
and positive and I would not
want us to lose it. It has brought
entertainment and education for
young and old. It has offered a
wide variety of artistic mediums.
Present
members
and
individuals who want to become
members of the Arts Council of
Morrow County can help to
ensure that these events continue
to come to the county by sending
the
very
important
$20
membership fee to Box 274,
lone.
(s) Doris Brosnan
Heppner
Vote yes on 51
To the Editor:
We urge all voters to vote
"yes" on Measure 51 which
repeals (cancels out) physician
assisted suicide in the upcoming
vote-by-mail election in October.
Killing someone else or oneself
is
wrong,
immoral,
and
unconstitutional. It is a sin. It
goes against God's word, the
Holy Bible. Both the Declaration
of Independence and the U.S.
Constitution
are
pro-life.
Children leam in Sunday school
the Fifth Commandment: "Thou
shaft not kill."
Statistics show teenage suicide
is on the increase today. What
kind of message do we send the
youth of Oregon and America if
terminally ill people are allowed
to kill themselves? Physician-
assisted suicide would do great
harm to Oregon and our country.
It must be banned Most doctors
are against it.
Human life is sacred, a gift of
God.
When people become
terminally ill, they have a chance
to set their affairs in order and
make their peace (become
reconciled to people they have
wronged, and thus become
forgiven).
America is a Christian nation,
founded upon the principles of
Jesus Christ. Jesus says that He
has come that we might have life
in abundance. We have the
comfort from God's word that
God will take care of us in our
old age. We live by faith. God
gives faith. If we don’t have
faith, we are to ask God for it.
That is Scriptural. Matthew 7: 7
and 8, Jesus' words: "Ask, and it
shall be given you; seek and ye
shall find; Knock and it shall be
opened unto you: For everyone
that asketh receiveth; and he that
seeketh fmdeth; and to him that
knocketh it shall be opened."
The Bible says that God has
appointed our days from our
birth onward, and He is the
Creator of life. God stops the
heart when it is His will. Man
cannot do that. Vote "Yes" on
Measure 51.
(s)Philip and Jean Johnson
Astoria
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homecoming if she didn’t partici
To the Editor:
pate. But, in the end, the decision
To the students and faculty of whether to participate or not was
lone High School-the manage hers.
ment and staff of Yaw’s Restau
We at Yaw’s have already been
rant were quite proud that one of ridiculed, cursed and belittled
our employees had been honored over this and want to set the
by being selected “Queen o f record straight. We had no con
Homecoming” for lone High.
trol over this person’s decision
We not only encouraged this not to participate. We wish she
individual to participate... we would have, and in later years,
made it clear that we would do reflecting back, we are sure she
anything to arrange her work will have some regrets for not
schedule to help her make it an participating.
We are still very, very proud
“event to remember.” We had
several conversations with her o f this person and everyone at
that it was a once-in-a-lifetime Yaw’s thinks she’s a wonderful,
event, and that she could never go friendly and caring individual.
back and relive the honor and ex
(s) Steve and Linda Yaw
perience that goes with being
Yaw’s Restaurant and Lounge,
Heppner
picked by your peers as queen of
H H S FFA delegates attend camp
The Heppner Future Farmers
o f Am erica (FFA ) Club sent two
delegates to the Blue M ountain
L eadership Cam p, held at the
Elkanah Camp near Ukiah, O ct
18-19.
J o sie P roctor and K risti
Worden attended from Heppner.
The six state FFA officers gave
p resen ta tio n s and ritu al and
k now ledge com p etition s w ere
held. Heppner placed fourth m the
know ledge con test
Liz Green of the Morrow County fair committee finds out how
many groceries she can gather in a two minute period.
The fair committee is planning to begin selling tickets soon for
a two minute Christmas shopping spree at Central Market in
Heppner.
Money raised will be used toward construction of a new
multipurpose building at the fairgrounds.
A lucky winner of the contest will have two minutes to gather as
many groceries as possible (with a maximum of $500) at Central.
The contest will be held in mid-December and tickets will go on
sale soon.
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Oct. ju t ~ <) p.m.-2 a.m.
Music: Buffalo Boys Karaoke
(ome Join the Party!
Prizes ~ Oroi-up
I Dance ~ Sing ~ Have Fun!
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Obituaries
Donald
kenbine
Earl Bur-
Donald Earl Burkenbine, 72, of
Wilsonville, died Thursday, Oc
tober 9,1997 at Wilsonville.
Memorial service was held for
Mr. Burkenbine on Saturday,
October 11, 1997 at the family
residence in Wilsonville with a
eulogy by Kenneth Garrison. Mr.
B urkenbine was interred at
Willamette National Cemetery.
He was bom December 8,1924
in Arlington, and grew up in Ar
lington, Umatilla, Hermiston, and
Stites and Kooskia, ID. He joined
the U.S. Navy during World War
II. In later years, he was the head
recruiter for the U.S. Coast Guard
for Portland and Boise, ID.
Mr. Burkenbine is survived by
wife, Evelyn; daughters, Janell
Renold and Nancy Duncan; sons,
Don B urkenbine and Del
Burkenbine; and eight grandchil
dren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Local relatives include: Loyd
Burkenbine, Forrie Burkenbine
and Arthur Burkenbine.
Margaret C. Donovan
Mrs. Margaret Donovan, 89, of
Boardman, died Monday, Octo
ber 13, 1997, at her home.
Memorial services for Mrs.
Donovan were held Saturday,
October 18, 1997 at the Good
Shepherd Lutheran Church in
Boardman.
Margaret C. Dunn was bom
D ecem ber 19, 1907, at
Bloomington, Nebraska, to Harry
H. and Mary A. Waring Dunn.
She grew up in Bloomington and
graduated from Bloomington
High School and attended
Marymount College at Salma,
Kansas. She left school during the
early Depression years to work at
the local Post Office and in her
Uncle Dan’s mercantile store.
On January 4, 1933, she mar
ried Bernard Duane “ Ben”
Donovan at Smith Center, Kan
sas. They farmed in Kansas until
the Dust Bowl hit. After several
years of no crops, they moved
south working on the El Paso Gas
Line in Texas and followed sea
sonal crops north during warmer
weather. They lived near Dale for
several years and worked for the
Forest Service near Ukiah. Dur
ing this time, Mrs. Donovan pre
pared three meals a day for a crew
of 40 men.
In 1943, they bought a home
in Pendleton and she became a
full-time homemaker and taught
Sunday School at the First Pres
byterian Church. They moved to
Boardm an in 1960. Mrs.
Donovan was a rural mail carrier
and a member of the Tillicum
Club. She enjoyed Tuesday pi
nochle with friends.
She was a charter member of
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
and a m em ber o f G reenfield
Grange.
Mrs. Donovan was preceded in
death by her husband of 59 years,
Ben Donovan. Survivors include
daughters, Sharon Barrick of
Boardman and Beverly White of
La Grande; two grandsons, a
granddaughter; brothers, Dan
Dunn and Max Dunn; and sisters,
Clare Moran and Joan Dineley.
Besides her husband, she was pre
ceded in death by her parents, two
sisters and two brothers.
Memorial contributions may
be made to Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church Memorial Fund,
P.O. Box 49, Boardman, OR
97818.
‘ Bums Mortuary of Hermiston
was in charge of arrangements.
Justice Court
Report
The Justice Court office at the
courthouse annex in building in
Heppner reports handling the fol
lowing business during the past
week:
Dewayne Claire Snell, 57,
Heppner-Truck Speeding, 69
mph in a 55 mph zone, $113 fine;
Charles D. K epford, 64,
Sheridan-Alleged Length Over
sized, 87’, limit 75’, $57 fine;
Bobby M. Ephrem, 27,- Port
land-Illegal Possession of a Deer,
$301 fine;
Janet N. Beamer, 63, Heppner-
Failure to Obey Traffic Control
Device (stop sign), $112 fine;
Giselle Lee Schoonover, 23,
Heppner-Violation of the Basic
Speed Rule, 75 mph in a 55 mph
zone, $77 fine;
D avid W ray Jacobs, 31,
Gresham-Possession of Protected
Bird Parts, $167 fine;
Hally Asa Arbogast, 61, Long
Creek-Violation o f the Basic
Speed Rule, 70 mph in a 55 mph
zone, $67 fine;
Sheila D. Piper, 27, Heppner-
Failure to Register Motor Ve
hicle, $49 fine;
Sheri Lynn A rbogast, 27,
Heppner-Exceeding Maximum
Speed, 74 mph in a 55 mph zone,
$77 fine;
Louis B. Williams, 41, Port
land-Insufficient Number of Per
sonal Floating Devices, $101
fine;
Jacob Wilson, Jr., 21, Albany-
Criminal Mischief II, 180 days in
jail, $826 fine and restitution,
$200 and jail sentence suspended
with one year probation with no
further violation of the law;
Thomas Gonty, 53, Heppner-
Permitting a Dog to Run at Large,
$43 fine.
Bowling league
KofTee Knp Keglers
week of Sept. 18
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High game: Joan Smith 201.
High series: Susan Atkins 543,
Joan Smith 509, Iris Campbell 500.
Splits: Betty Brown 5-8-10, Karen
Wildman 4-5, Susan Atkins 3-10.
week of Sept. 25
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High game: Susan Atkins 209.
High series: Susan Atkins 565.
Splits: Betty McDonald
Susan Atkins 4-5-7.
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To the Editor:
a tangible attribute we recognize
In a recent issue of a local pa in ourselves. Dignity is impar
per, doctors Glenn Gordon and tially observed; we can’t observe
Robert Loomis wrote an article ourselves in this way. Therefore,
expressing their approval o f Mea having ourselves killed cannot be
sure 16. This measure (subject to dignified; because suicide (in any
repeal if Measure 51 passes this form) doesn’t communicate dig
November) concerns assisted sui nity to other people, it communi
cide: the belief that man, like a cates despair, selfishness and con
dog, should be put out of his mis tempt for our own lives, things
ery.
that we all agree are not dignified.
I respectfully disagree with
These misplaced notions about
them.
i death and dying come from our
Margaret Mead, a respected flawed concept of suffering. We
anthropologist, once said, “We fail to realize that suffering is
should beware giving those with mental, social, emotional, spiri
the power to heal the right to kill.” tual and physical. We seem to
This is a true statement because have forgotten the importance of
there is no evidence that these the individual’s impact on their
opposite ends of the life spectrum environment. We’re turned so in
could coexist in the institution of ward that we ignore those around
health care. In fact, in the 19% us who see and leam from our
update o f the Remmelink Report actions. A flower wilts, but not
on assisted suicide in The Neth before the wind has scattered its
erlands, it was shown that by far seeds for miles around; that is,
the majority of patients asking for unless it’s been sprayed with
the practice were clinically de Round Up before the wind comes.
pressed. Since when has medicine
But, the proponents for pesti
found it necessary to gratify a dis lent compassion insist, the option
order it is prescribed to correct? needs to be available. The “op
Proponents of assisted suicide tion” has been available long be
believe very strongly that the fore the word “term inal” was
practice is purely compassionate. even defined. And it will continue
Not true. Assisted suicide is the to be available, hopefully not
product o f a society that has taken through medicine. Medicine ex
one aspect of compassion (kind ists to soothe and to heal, jobs that |
ness) and isolated it. The deifica it still does very effectively. Dr.
tion of kindness is dangerous be Kathleen Foley (pain specialist at
cause, as C.S. Lewis once put it, Memorial-Sloan Kettering Can
“Kindnqss consents very readily cer Center) points out, “It is a
to the removal of its object-we’ve well-documented fact that those
all met people whose kindness to asking for assisted suicide almost
animals is constantly leading always change their mind once
them to kill animals lest they suf we have their pain under control.”
fer.” True compassion involves
Suffering is only eased when
much more than kindness. It in the victim comes to terms with it.
volves care, understanding, love, By endorsing self-murder, medi
support, reassurance and guid cine would be allowing the ter
ance. The patient receives none minally ill to die in the same
o f these from a handful o f pills.
hopeless, unloved and unwanted
The other major force behind emotional and spiritual state that
assisted suicide is fear: the fear led them to seek suicide in the
o f losing control amid a sea of
pain. Through these fears, as i first place. Suicide can make no
other statement but that life is
sisted suicide came to be called
“Death with Dignity.” The flaw worthless.
And if that’s true, we should
in equating dignity and suicide is all just kill ourselves now.
this: Our dignity is not completely
(s) Jeff Eldridge
internal. Without something out
Hermiston
side ourselves (be it physical or
(Editor’s note: Jeff Eldridge is
otherwise), dignity remains an a sen io r at H erm iston High
intangible thing. An external vari School and is editor-in-chief o f
able to complete the equation is the high school newspaper, “ The
what we require to make dignity Bulldog.")
The Arts Council, during this
past year, has sponsored so many
FAX
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High game: Karen Wildman 185.
High series: Susan Atkins and
Joan Smith, 477.
Splits
converted:
Luvilla
Sonstegard 3-10, Susan Atkins 2-7.
Legion,
Auxiliary plan
potluck
The Heppner American Legion
and Auxiliary will meet for a
potluck supper at 6:30 p.m. at the
Methodist Church Basement on
Monday, October 27.
The auxiliary will have a food
sale October 28 at Central
Market. Proceeds will go to The
Dalles veteran's home.
Each Auxiliary member is
asked to bring a gift to the
meeting for the veteran's
Christmas gift shop.
Members and veterans are
invited to attend the potluck
October 27.
The Morrow County
Arts Council
is proud to sponsor
T he Sahella C onsort
concert at Heppner Middle
School Gymnasium on
Thursday, Oct. 30 at 8 p.m.
They will he performing
“Renaissance Jazz,"
combining original jazz
compositions, lively Irish
T bit concert it free to the public.
reels
and haunting melodies
Tki» m n t i* kainf f u n W kjr tka
Morrow County Unified R a cm tio n District.
from centuries past.