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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 10,1999 Heppner Elementary students write letters To the Editor: The school's cafeteria made up a lunch time rule called quiet time. That is where you have to be quiet for five minutes. If you do talk in that time, you get five minutes on the wall at recess. Lunch time should be a social time where you can eat and talk with your friends. If there are a few kids who get out of hand, they should be dealt with individually. We shouldn't be punished for other kids' misbehavior. (s) Daniel Basile To the Editor: I'm a fifth grader at Heppner Elementary School and my name is Robert Worden. I'm complaining about Kinzua closing. I think it should open back up so people can get their jobs back. Then they can get paid more money to buy what they need. Then the people who bring logs on their logging trucks will not have to go as far anymore. A lot of people are moving because of Kinzua closing. So please help the people. (s) Robert Worden Cardinal Booster Club discusses volleyball board Cardinal Booster Club met Monday, March 1, at the lone High School library. Members were shown the new state volleyball board. They agreed a light stain would be best for the new district board being made. The lettering for the 1979-80 district championship board will cost the club $120. Cindy Burright is working on a sample state championship track flag. A committee was formed to recommend future gym improvements. The members are Monica Swanson, Laurel Cannon and Jeri McElligott. Community members are encouraged to make suggestions or join the committee. The Little League dugouts will not be moved to the other end of the field, but will be rebuilt where they are now. The club received a thank you note for the state board from the 1998 volleyball team. Club members agreed to send thank you notes to Shop-n-Kart for th e, shopping cart of groceries and to Loa Henderson for the quilt. Both were raffled at basketball games. Dave Radie has offered to look up the team members for trophies in the trophy case. Jim Swanson, Cannon and McElligott will make a list of trophies needing identification. McElligott suggested attending the lone Site Council meeting to inform members of the combination of Cardinal Club with the booster club. She encourages the teachers to come to the Cardinal Booster Club if funding is needed for special projects. Members discussed the funding policy. It was agreed to fund only school-related requests, deciding case by case and encourage the use of the regular budget process first. It was emphasized the members attending booster club meetings need continued community support. Radie asked club members if they were interested in creating more videos of school events to sell. It was agreed that with the cooperation of the community in donating pictures and videos, a video of the 1999-2000 year could be made. Terri Bennetto asked for help in collecting pictures and articles to make her children new scrapbooks. Everything they had was destroyed in a fire. Club members voted to pay $367.50 for 35 pairs of shorts for the middle school track team. Cardinal Club will sponsor a donkey basketball game Wednesday, March 17. Middle school students will sell tickets in advance. It was suggested they hold a contest for nicknames for riders. The lone faculty will square off against the high school basketball teams. Bennetto and Debbie Morgan will be in charge of promotion and Morgan will organize concessions. The next meeting of the Cardinal Booster Club will be Monday, April 5, at 7 p.m. at the high school library. March 11th - Thursday Old Timers, PER, and Ladies Night: “Jean A nn’s ” Barbecue Chicken, Baked Potato, Com , Salad, Rolls, and A n gel Pood Cake, b e in g p rep a red b y Kim Cutsforth and Crew. Dinner starts at 6 p.m. March 18th - Friday Buffet Dinner stin tin g at 6 p.m. March 13th ~ Saturday Ladies Brunch from 11:15 a.m . until 1:30 p.m. Buffet Dinner: Corned B eef and Cabbage Dinner start ing at 6 p.m. Live m usic (2 bands I) starting at 9 p.m. Upstairs-High Five, Downstairs-Tone M asters. BINGO IS BACKl Wednesdays a t 7:30p.m. HEPPNER ELKS 358 676-9181 " W h é n F ritiu b M eet" To the Editor: I don't like the way people come to a game and they don't even watch it. They're too busy playing under the bleachers buying junk food. They can eat at home if that hungry. People are too annoying when they play under the bleachers. (s) Amanda Williams To the Editor: I appreciate the coaches of Colt Basketball for teaching kids how to play basketball, but some kids don't even try. Some kids that play aren't very athletic, but they at least try. Parents should encourage their kids to play for at least one year and if they don't like basketball they can quit and keep playing if they do like it. I feel it’s important to at least give it a try. (s) Sloan Keithley To the Editor: The new school does not have lockers; it has "cubbies." The cubbies are 11" by 14", just big enough for some papers and a book. You cannot even fit a binder in them. Therefore, we have to carry our stuff for all our classes at one time instead of switching it after every class. I understand they put cubbies instead of lockers because of fire safety. However, smoke and flames won't fill the school in five seconds. Besides there are doors on the side of each classroom (or one right near the classroom.). So I ask why we do Letters to the Editor not have lockers? It's my guess the school is just being cheap. (s) Roy Proctor Editor's note: Letters to the Editor must be signed. The Gazette-Times w ill not publish unsigned letters Please include your address and phone number on all letters Ior use by the G -T office. The G-T reserves the right to edit. Support 1-82 through Eastern Oregon To the Editor: I am a little disappointed that the varsity girls and boys get more attention than the C-team girls and boys do. At varsity games the snack shacks are open but at C-team games you have to bring your own food. This is what really disappoints me, there are only about 20-30 people at C-team games, there are too many people to count at varsity games. I guess what I'm saying is that varsity players aren't the only players in the school. (s) Joshua Gutierrez To the Editor: Hello, my name is J.C. Sherritt. I'm in the fifth grade at Heppner Elementary. I am curious why we don't have wrestling for our elementary school. Our high school could learn how to do wrestling. Mr. Anthony was a wrestling coach. We could take a bus to Riverside, Pendleton, La Grande and even Enterprise if we need to. You never know, one of Heppner's wrestlers could become a state champion. I know a lot of people in our Heppner Elementary School, and probably a lot in high school, who would like to wrestle for Heppner High School. So please, Heppner, let us have wrestling for our Heppner High School and our Heppner Elementary. (s) J.C. Sherritt We can't afford to squander tax dollars To the Editor: I am writing to ask your readers to support the proposed extension of Interstate Highway 82 from Umatilla to Klamath Falls (House Bill 2692). This dramatic vision benefits our entire state. This highway would relieve the very congested 1-5 corridor and western Oregon. East Oregonians should gladly take some of that burden. There are many considerations, of course. I believe the legislature can find the needed revenue to support it. Many people in this area will argue that it will cause uncontrolled growth and change our small town way of life. I do not believe this will happen. Ranching and farming will go on as it always has. Our small Eastern Oregon towns will 'Just hanging out' might have serious implications To the Editor: The rites of spring for some OLCC inspectors include a trip to Seaside and maybe a visit to a party at a local home, a riverside gathering spot or a secluded location. Their trip to Seaside won't include salt water taffy or rides on the bumper cars. The parties they attend won't be mentioned in the latest happenings of society columns. But each occasion will mark OLCC's efforts to curtail what some term as rites of passage for young Oregonians - drinking beer or maybe hard liquor or wine and partying. Our inspectors will cite minors for possessing, drinking and Talk to m e about: • Tax Deferred Annuities HARPER HOLSTERS S r. P&rRidVs 0 & SpeciaX Greenfield Grange plans flea market $ lone Legion Aux. meets K IR K er R O B IN SO N RAN CH J L • IRA’s & SE P P ’s St. Patty V O’Bull Sale • Mutual Funds for Potential Growth & Income Your Irish Station on ST. PATRICKS DAY Sunday March 14th 1:00 p.m. • Tax free Municipal Bond Funds* Morrow County Fabyroundi • Heppner • Pension Plan Rollovers *iomc t u n may apply Anda Kay Zastrow 676-9127 BEO Financial Service Plan to attend the three day Irish cele bration in Heppner and choose your 1999 range sires from the top end of our Polled Hereford, Salers or Angus bulls Bulls w * be available for inspec tion at the fairgrounds starting on Fri day, March 12th. This is a low-key, si lent auction where bidders may place or raise bids without haste W rite or cad for information a division o f B E O “J lr o m J Q u o it ty ” f o r O p tim u m Insurance products are offered through B EO Financial Services, Inc. a subsid iary of Bank of Eastern O regon and issued by licensed Insurance Com panies S ecurities products are offered by Royal A lliance Associates Inc., registered B roker-D ealer. m em ber N A S D /S IP C Royal A lliance Associates, Inc is not an affiliate of the Bank, its divisions or subsidiaries Securities are not guaranteed nor endorsed by the bank, its divisions or subsidiaries N ondeposit investm ent products are not FD IC insured and involve risk to principal 4 attempting to buy alcohol. They may confiscate fake identification, the beer and other alcohol. You can help make our work easier by being aware of or asking about the spring break and springtime activities that your teenage sons and daughters are planning. We're counting on you to be aware that "just hanging out" may have serious implications on the welfare and safety of your sons and daughters if alcohol is involved. Help us ensure that all Oregonians can enjoy the tender budding and blooming rites of spring. To the Editor: development. If they don't get You may have heard about the it, it is likely the state will have prison siting arguments that are to cough up additional economic going on around the state but development dollars for the you haven't paid much attention region. According to the mayor because you think it has nothing of Umatilla, this $93 million (s) Linda Ignowski, OLCC to do with you. I suggest you would build 16 elementary Regulatory Program Director take a closer look. schools in his area. Our governor is about ready to Think prison construction squander over $100 million •doesn't impact you? Think dollars on prison construction. again. It's your tax dollars that The state of Oregon already has are at risk here. We can’t afford a prison construction budget that squandered tax dollars. far surpasses most other states. (s) David B. Lake A recent report found that the Wilsonville , r ¿V T O'A i) Department of Corrections is '— / . . i ' spending far more than it should to construct prison beds: And our governor not only sanctions this overspending, he encourages Ericsson LX677 it. He has sited a prison in Wilsonville (a city that neither Digital Phone wants nor needs it) that the legislative fiscal office says will 1 ONLY cost at least $93 million less if it is built in Umatilla. This doesn't Greenfield Grange GWA's will Call Debbie or Terry include the lost of the value of hold a flea market April 16-17 the land on which this prison 676-5565 will be built. . .estimated and also plan to sell sandwiches, soup and desserts. between $20-35 million. Tables can be rented for $10 a Oh yes . . . and Umatilla wants this prison for economic day or $15 for two days. To reserve a table call Edna Melby, •(OAC - $25 activation fee) 481-6191, or Bobbi Peck, 481- 7359. The ladies will host a GWA Copy • Copy • Copy • Copy • Copy • Copy • Copy conference March 12. All Grange women are invited to Q tt your copies made at the Çazette-Times attend. The lone Legion Auxiliary met at B eecher’s R estaurant on March 2. The Legion birthday dinner was rescheduled for Monday, March 22 due to conflicts on Monday, March 15. t The Spirit o f Umatilla County All members are requested to A M 1290 1 0 7 .7 FM prepare their individual report of volunteer hours and donations, and bring the report to the Tuesiday, April 6 meeting. Eight members were present. IJMA 142 North Main benefit from any added employment opportunities. So many jobs are slipping away from us now as our mills close and turn our small towns into ghost-towns. We cannot afford to pass up opportunities that strengthen our economies. Many towns continue to remain small and exist next to major highways and freeways without a big change in lifestyle. In the end, we will find that the benefits of this highway far out weigh the negatives. Any obstacles can be overcome if we keep in mind that all of Oregon will benefit from this. Please let your state representative know that you support House Bill 2629. It will make Oregon a better place for the citizens on both sides of the mountains. (s) Lori E. Straley Heppner T ^rform om oo 64623 Spur Loop • Heppner OR 97836 (S41) 676-9014 or (S41) «76-1781 Sale »ay PI m m : (S41) *8 0 7871 Don’t Miss Our Annual COFFEE HOUR at 10 a.m. Live from the Heppner Elks Club Saturday, March 13th 69 *
