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
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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
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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
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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
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it. He has sited a prison in
Wilsonville (a city that neither
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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
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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
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prepare their individual report of
volunteer hours and donations, and
bring the report to the Tuesiday,
April 6 meeting.
Eight members were present.
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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
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COFFEE HOUR
at 10 a.m.
Live from the Heppner Elks Club
Saturday, March 13th
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