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Apnl Hilton-Sykes........................................................................................................ Editor
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Gary Fradarickson
To the Editor:
It was a nice article about A1
Heppner and his friend in the
June 30 G-T. The last time I saw
A1 was when he was 10, when I
visited his dad in Baltimore.
That was in 1984. Actually, his
dad, Max Heppner, visited
Heppner in 1948. He and his
mom stayed with my family.
Max and I had just finished the
eighth grade. That's 51 instead
of 30 years ago. From Al's 20-
something perspective, that's
probably not much of a time
difference.
In 1947, Heppner's mayor gave
me a letter from Max Heppner,
who wanted information about
the town. The mayor was Jess
Turner, and he knew of my dad's
relationship to Henry Heppner.
Max and I have been pen-pals
since 1947.
We now
communicate by phone and e-
mail and he told me A1 would be
visiting. Max has had contact
with Michael Heppner of
London, who visited Heppner in
the early 1990s with his laptop
and left a genealogical printout
with the Morrow County
Museum. Al's name should be
included in that printout if it's
not already there.
I don't know how far back G-T.
archives go, but both the Gazette
and the E.O. in Pendleton had
good write-ups about Max and
Irene Heppner's visit, either in
June or July 1948.
Al's namesake and grandfather
Albert died while the family was
being smuggled out of Holland
during the Holocaust, when a
farmer friend hid Max and his
parents in a chicken coop. Max
and his mother visited their
Dutch benefactor several times
over the years, and this man was
eventually honored for his
heroism in hiding many Jews
from the Nazis during the
Holocaust. Had Max and his
parents been caught, A1 would
not be here today.
The Holocaust, "ethnic
cleansing," Rwandan massacres,
the same hatred and bigotry.
They happened in Europe and
Africa, so why should folks in
Morrow County care? Well,
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, isn't that
far away, and that's where the
Church of the Aryan Nations and
its KKK and Neo-Nazi buddies
preach about creating a Pacific
Northwest "uncontaminated" by
anyone who is not white and
"Christian" (their brand). Neo-
Nazis tried to recruit teenagers
in Yakima and The Dalles.
Sometimes these groups' hate
literature winds up on porches
and car windshields.
I hope no one gets taken in by
the lies these groups spread.
We're too smart for that to
happen, right?
(s) Sally Cohn
Portland
Marks alive and well in Whitefish
Scott Bauska
Pat McNamaa
organizational details
and
resolution 2000-01 to accept and
appropriate
unanticipated
revenue;
-heard a report on staffing for
1999-2000 with only four
certified staff openings-art and
science at^Colunthia, Middle
School, social studies in lone and
language arts at Riverside High
School;
-accepted resignations from:
John Thomas, RHS social studies
teacher; Melissa Isaacson, A.C.
Houghton Elementary fifth-grade
teacher; Rod Luce, ACH
counselor; Julie Weikel, CMS
science teacher; Chris Davis,
lone social studies teacher; Rita
Luce, CMS educational assistant;
-approved employment and
transfers for: Joanie Reck, ACH
special
education
teacher,
replacing
Karen
Cooley;
Matthew Neff, RHS social
studies teacher, replacing John
Thomas; Angelica Prongua, ACH
fifth-grade teacher, replacing
Tina Brodis; Holly Wells, ACH
counselor, replacing Rod Luce;
John Flaherty, Heppner High
School social studies teacher,
replacing A1 Beck; Kathy
Simonis, CMS language arts
teacher,
replacing
Thad
Killingbeck; Julie Walker, ACH
kindergarten-first grade teacher,
replacing Debbie Bums; Thomas
Vail, English as a second
language teacher, replacing Anita
Ottemess; Rachael Burton, ACH
fifth-grade teacher, replacing
Melissa Isaacson; Judy Daniels,
transfer from PE educational
assistant to ESL ed assistant at
CMS, replacing Cheryl Filarski;
Carol Johnson, transfer from
ACH ed assistant to CMS PE ed
assistant, replacing July Daniels;
Marvin Coleman, a r^w position
as Irrigon Learning Center ed
assistant; Kelley Ellis, add .6
office assistant to .4 food service
assistant, a new position at SBE;
Melodee Tovey, add .6 office
assistant to .4 food service
assistant, a new position at ACH;
Terri Palmateer, a new position
as half-time office assistant at
lone Schools; Jane Ginther,
transfer from special education to
regular ed assistant, replacing
Carol Johnson; Lori McCabe,
transfer from 3-1/2 hour ed
assistant to lone assistant cook,
replacing Shelley Key; Becky Jo
Pierce, RHS assistant custodian,
replacing Frank Wynne (.4
position) and fill new (.6)
position; Kelly Wright, transfer
from 3-1/2 hour K-l ed assistant
to full-time special ed assistant,
replacing Jane Ginther;
-approved extra duty contracts
for: Matthew Neff, RHS head
wrestling coach, replacing Chad
Ottemess; Kim Finley, RHS
assistant
volleyball
coach;
Thomas Vail, RHS head boys'
soccer coach.
The next board meeting will be
held August 9 at 7:30 p.m. at
ACH in Irrigon.
Commission to meet
The monthly meeting of the
Morrow County Commission of
Children and Families will be
held on Tuesday, July 20, at the
Family Service Center, 120 S.
Main, Heppner, from 7-9 p.m.
The main topic of discussion
will be the recommended
approval of the supplemental
requests for proposals for the
fiscal year 2000.
The public is invited to attend
and
participate
in
the
discussions.
For
further
information, call 676-9675.
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After North Bend, I began a job
search which resulted in being
hired by the city of Whitefish,
Montana. I began work for
Whitefish on June 1. Whitefish
is located in the northwest
region of Montana about 30
miles west of Glacier National
Park and 60 south of the
Canadian border. Whitefish, a
city of about 6,000, is a ski and
golf resort .located next to
Whitefish Lakd tod surrounded
by the Rocky Mountains. THe
Big Mountain Ski Resort is just
outside of town and the city
owns a 36-hole golf course that
borders Whitefish Lake. The
area is absolutely beautiful.
I have a wonderful city council
and a highly professional staff of
55. The city is experiencing
rapid growth, which has
necessitated an ongoing need for
infrastructure improvements.
Fortunately, the city also has
several fairly healthy revenue
sources to address these needs.
As you might guess, I am very
pleased to be here. (Although I
still consider Heppner my
hometown and probably always
will.) Laurie and I bought a nice
home on an oversized lot on the
edge of town. We have a great
view of the Rockies out our front
window. Just thought you might
like to know how things worked
out for us.
I hope all is well in Heppner.
I think of all of you often. Take
care and God Bless.
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To the Editor:
I found your e-mail address on
the G-T Home Page. I hope all
is well with you guys.
I saw that you reprinted that
story
from
The
World
newspaper about my demise last
November in North Bend. As
Paul Harvey would say ... I
thought you might like to hear
"the rest of the story."
It is true; I was confronted
with a very difficult decision
concerning the police chief. I
felt very strongly (and still do)
that I made the right decision.
Although the city council gave
me a 100 percent vote of
confidence after I dismissed the
chief and many citizens thanked
me for taking the action I did, a
small but vocal group of the
chiefs supporters and a biased
newspaper
created
an
unworkable situation. When a
serious threat was made on my
personal safety, I knew I no
longer wished to remain in the
employ of the city of North
Bend. At my request, the city
council agreed to a separation
deal in which they would
terminate my contract, which
would trigger my contract's
severance provision, which
provided for six months of paid
salary and benefits.
With me out-of-the-way, the
chiefs supporters launched a
recall of two city councilors
simply because they had
supported my action. However,
the recall backfired as voters
turned back the recall by a three
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lasting memorial to friend
To the Editor:
I am enclosing a copy of an
article from the June 24 edition of
the Cheney (WA.) Free Press re
lating to the Don Lott Memorial
GolfToumament. You may wish
to publish it.
Donnie was a good friend.
I coached Little League sev
eral years in Davenport, WA., and
Heppner. Don was such a good
pull hitter that we used the Don
Lott shift. I had never used it on
any other hitter against my team.
It has since become known as the
Ken Griffey shift.
He was an avid golfer and one
of the fun things he and I used to
do before golfing matches was to
putt around the holes on the prac
tice green for 5^ a hole.
When I moved to Cheney and
he attended Eastern Washington
University, our friendship contin
ued.
He is missed, but not forgot
ten.
(s) Dave Harrison
Vancouver, WA.
By Ruami Dyck
Cnanay Fraa Press Staff Writer
Don Lott passed away in
February of 1993 at the age of
29 in his home town in Oregon.
He was a great guy, according to
his college buddies, and an avid
golfer.
He was lucky to have such
good friends.
Two of his
buddies, Doug Ross and James
Vallance, who have been best
friends themselves since they
can remember, got together that
same year Lott died and decided
they would golf a round just to
remember Lott. They were
joined by Vallance's good friend,
Mike Wolan, the following year.
Ross is a Cheney resident and
serves as public works director
for the city of Medical Lake.
This year, seven years later,
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wish to get together, the tourna
ment is growing every year. But
one compelling reason remains
the focus for the three good
friends the second weekend in
June. Ross said, 'It's the very
least we could do for him." They
get to tell 40 people about him
every year.
Hospital is one class act
surprise Dr. Susan Krippaehne
To the Editor:
„•jtod
her staff had her/bdcsid
«i Overheard a man telling his
pressure
down to a tolerable
vacafibh story to someone and
level
within
30 minutes. I was
asked him to write it out and I
would forward it to my favorite very much impressed with how
little newspaper editor. I know efficient they were. At all times
it would be appreciated by my we were treated like we were the
friends in Heppner....... Helen only people in the world.
Riehl
Not only did Dr. Krippaehne
take excellent care of my wife,
To all of the people of the town she found time to have dinner
of Heppner Oregon:
with me that her staff arranged.
I have been going to Heppner She kept me at ease and
for over 15 years during hunting informed at all times.
season. I was always told, no
The next morning they had to
matter what, if you get sick or transport my wife to Portland via
need to go to the hospital, don’t ambulance where she spent
go to Heppner's. You will be several more days in the
taking your life into your own hospital. After all of the tests
hands. I have always believed were done, she ended up not
that statement until this past having a heart attack like we
June.
thought.
She has several
From June 13 through June 27 problems that are being
your town and the outskirts were controlled with medicine and
invaded
by
over
1000 diet.
buckskinners for the annual
I can assure you of one thing-
Pacific Rendezvous Black the town of Heppner has one
Powder Shoot.
class act in their hospital and all
My wife and I were at the site of their staff. I will not let
on June 21 when she started to anyone form an opinion for me
complain of chest pains. After in the future. I hope this town is
some deliberations I finally proud of its hospital and staff.
agreed to take her to the Not only did they treat my wife,
hospital. We were 15 miles they were busy treating other
from Heppner when I left the buckskinners of all different
site. As we were driving into types of problems along with
town I made the decision to stop taking care of the townspeople.
at the hospital. I would give Every where buckskinners went
them 15 to 30 minutes to try and they were treated well by the
find out what was wrong with townspeople.
my wife of 29 years. I knew that
My wife and I want to say
1 would need three-and-one-half thanks for being there when we
hours to get her to a hospital in needed them and we will never
Portland. If I didn't like what be afraid to go to Heppner's
was going on at the Heppner hospital in the future. I can
hospital I was going to need this assure you all, we will tell
time. Her blood pressure was people how we were treated.
way too high along with several
(s)Terry and Sandy McLean
other problems. Much to my
Hillsboro
Boardman selected as
site for cheese factory
Tillamook Creamery
Association has decided to place
a satellite cheese plant at the Port
of Morrow in Boardman.
The plant, which will produce
bulk cheese and whey, is
expected to employ around 40
people and bring many secondary
jobs to the area, including dairies
and feed production from area
ranches.
The plant will occupy between
20-30 acres in an enterprise zone
in the port industrial park east of
Boardman Foods. Construction
in an enterprise zone could offer
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through word of mouth and no
special effort, there are 40
people golfing in a tournament,
called appropriately, the Don
Lott
Memorial
Golf
Tournament. There are people
coming from as far away as
Montana and the Olympic
Peninsula.
Ross said they charge people
$25 and that covers a big barbe
cue and T-shirts at the end of the
tournament, which is tradition
ally held the second weekend in
June. They play a two-person
scramble so that everyone gets
involved.
Next year they will purchase a
memorial plaque to hang at
Hangman Valley Golf Course,
Ross said, and they are really ex
cited about it.
They have about eight people
who play in the tournament
annually who knew Lott. The
rest of the players are just people
who ask to play after they find
out what the tournament is all
about.
It may seem strange just having
a tournament for a friend who
died and for no other reason.
Ross said, "It's bizarre how it’s
come out. We just play a round
of golf in his memory."
They get together ahead of time
and make up a sign that tells
which annual event it is and the
name of the golf tournament and
take pictures of everyone on the
first tee before they start. This is
a cherished part of the
tournament as is a special toast
after the tournament's end.
Whether it's the golf or the
memories of a friend or just the
three to five years of tax
abatement for Tillamook.
Construction is scheduled to
begin in October on Columbia
Drive, with an estimated
completion date of summer 2001.
The plant could double
Tillamook's cheese production to
more than 100 million pounds a
year.
While no tourist facility is
currently being planned at the
Boardman plant, as at the
Tillamook site, the possibility of
such a facility has not been ruled
out.