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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 1, 1999 The Official Newspaper o f the City o f Heppner and the County o f Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES 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. Penodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon Office at 147 W Willow Street Telephone 1541) 676-9228 Fax (541) 676-9211 E-mail gt@heppner.net -or gt@rapidserve net. Web site: www heppner net Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P O Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $22 in Morrow County, $16 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 62 years or older), $29 else- where David Sykes ........................................................................................................... ..Publisher April Hilton-Sykes......................................................................................................... Editor On the HEPPNER WEBSITE: www heppner.net • Real Estate For Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! The last word on the last day of the last year of the 1900s By George Koffler, Bank of Eastern Oregon president and CEO When the Year 2000 comes, your money is safest when it is left in the bank. That’s not just the banking industry saying this. Everybody is saying this. Alan Greenspan, chairman o f the Federal Reserve says this. The heads o f all the agencies that inspect, examine and regulate banks say this. They say this because they have checked every bank in the coun try not once, not twice, but at least three times. In some of the very largest banks, they have examiners in the bank continuously. O f the thousands of banks in this country, you can count on your fingers and toes the ones that have not yet met the toughest of standards, and you can bet the bank examiners are all over those few institutions. So it is true. Next month, next year and every day, the safest place for your money is in the bank. Banks have become community lead ers on Y2K by helping their customers, including businesses, learn about the issue and make preparations. Independent sources, including consultants and columnists, have singled out the banking industry as one of the best prepared to keep things running smoothly. Banks are preparing in a similar fashion as they would for a fire, hurricane, flood or other potential crisis. They have backup plans, which include generators to keep electricity flow ing and alternative locations, so that it will be business as usual for all o f their customers. Nobody is saying that absolutely nothing will go wrong. As Alan Greenspan has said, things go wrong eveiy day. Sometimes the ATM doesn’t work. Sometimes there’s an error on the monthly statement. Sometimes the pen on the desk in the lobby is missing. These all hap pen at times. , But none of these is real cause for panic. And that’s the point. January 1 will come and go, and then the Y2K worries will fade and there will be other things to be concerned about. When that happens, remember the basic point: the safest place for your money is in the bank. If you are concerned about your bank, stop by for a visit or call them to hear about the many things they are doing to keep your money safe and accessible. And remember these tips: Stay informed. Read the Y2K information your bank sends you; If you don’t already, keep your bank statements and records o f your transactions, particularly in the months just before the date change; If you bank on-line, make sure your own computer is Y2K compli ant. Most computer and software manufactures have extensive web sites on their products’ readiness. Keep a backup disk of your records; Avoid scam artists who offer to “hold” your money through the date change. The safest place for your money is in the bank; During the date change, take out as much cash as you would need for any long holiday weekend. If you feel you need more, your bank will be ready. And one more thing: Happy New Year. December 2nd - Thursday LADIES’ NIGHT: Joyce Ward, Judy Buschke and Crew will be having pork roast, dressing, potatoes and gravy, salad, rolls and hom em ade apple dum plings for dessert. Dinner w ill start after the Light Parade is over.____________________________________________ Letters to the Editor 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 for use by the G-T office. The G-T reserves the right to edit. The G-T is not responsible for accuracy o f statements made in letters. Campaign finance reform crucial To the Editor: There is no issue in the 2000 presidential election more crucial than campaign finance reform. Both parties have had opportunity to address this issue in the past, but have failed to do so. Finally our national well-being is clearly endangered if we continue to ig nore the damaging influence of too much money in our political sys tem. An example comes to mind that concerns our farmlands. They are being engulfed by large organiza tions such as insurance companies and other moneyed interests. Statistics published in 1914 sug gesting that there were too many farmers and that their labor was not being used efficiently resulted in continuing policy decisions that have reduced the number o f farm ers. We need to rethink our farm policy, just as we have had to change our thinking on other is sues. Who believes that listing non farm income is the only significant factor in employment statistics? Whoever controls our farm lands in the future controls the components of the most elemen tal needs of a society: i.e., food stuffs, clothing, pharmaceuticals and housing. Decisions that put our lands in the hands o f a mon ied few do our country an enor mous disservice. All sections o f agriculture are in serious financial difficulty. Many farmers lost 20 percent of their equity in their farms during the past year. Senator Hatch said in the Re publican debate Nov. 21 that cam paign finance reform would kill the Republican Party and that Sena tor McCain knew it. That state ment presupposes that (a) both parties are not being influenced by the need for money and (b) the majority of the electorate cannot think sufficiently well to vote w isely when p resen ted w ith clearly-stated facts. Spin from both parties is killing our system o f government. It is contemptuous of our people’s abil ity to reason and is turning off our young people who are the hope o f our future. This state of affairs has grown gradually over the years. Many honorable men are caught in a system that is not now working for our democratic form o f gov ernment or its citizens. It is a real and present danger. Both parties have men who strongly advocate real campaign finance reform. May their voices be clearly heard above the din of the spin. (s) Meg Murray lone 12-step program offers support? To the Editor: A nother group has been formed that you should know about. It’s called “Merry’s Volun teer Patrol” or “MVP” for short. It’s for those who don’t have any thing else to do in life. You know who you are. “Hi, my name is (so- and-so), and I’m a volunteer for Merry Brannon.” You’ve prob ably done it many times; you get sucked into each project she does. All it takes is her to ask you and you’ve done it again. We have a support group for you. It’s a 12-step program and it works. MVP Anonymous. Just say “no” to Merry and you’re on your way. W e’re here to help. We love you, Merry. (s) Bobby and JeanMane DeSpain Veneta, OR Telecommunications meeting Friday A meeting o f the Morrow County Telecommunications Planning Group will be held this Friday, December 3, from noon to 1:30 at the Port of Morrow Conference Room, Boardman. The agenda includes the following: -goals of planning group and process: broadband, high speed, affordable Internet access for all o f Morrow County; -an update on Bonneville Power Administration Fiber Brokering Possibilities; -id e n tify in g telecommunications bamers in Morrow County; -identifying action goals; -setting deliverables and time frame; -setting the next meeting. Morrow County Judge Terry Tallman will welcome the group. Leonard Jablonski, network manager for Centurytel, and a U.S. West representative have been invited. The meeting is convened by Morrow County Economic Development. For a box lunch RSVP to Lisa, 541-276-6745, or lbrecken@orednet.org by Dec. 1, noon. Copies 10$ Qazette-Times • 676-9228 WHEN YOU BUY THE WORLD'S FINEST SEWING MACHINE, WE'LL GIVE YOU THE WORLD'S BEST PLACE TO PUT IT FOR FREE. UPCOMING EVENTS TO M A R K ON YOUR CALENDAR Friday, December 17th ~ Giving Tree Dinner Saturday, December 18th ~ Tom SP J erry Party Friday, December 3 1 s t ~ New Year’s Eve BASH H U N T E R S: We are still co llectin g elk & deer liid e s! Memorial Services will be held on Thursday ; Dec. 2 at 8 y .m . for the following members who have answered their call in 1999. Services are oyen to the yubllc. M ay They Rest in Peace. Wade Bothwell • Arnle Hedman Robert Miller • Jack Lankford Gar Leyva • Eldon Padberg Harold Peck • Larry Inskeep Claude Pettyjohn • David Wright E.O. Ferguson • Joel Engelman he faults of our members are written uyon the sands; Their virtues uyon the tablets of love and memory BINGO ON WEDNESDAYS! Starting at 7 p.m. HEPPNER ELKS 358 676-9181 "Where F rim é, Meet" 142 North Main Obituaries Penny Jean Hoffman made to the American Cancer Society. Autumn Funerals of Redmond was in charge o f arrangements. Penny Jean Hoffman, 47, of Joel C. Engelman Hermiston, died Tuesday, Novem Joel C. Engelman, 85, o f lone, ber 23, 1999, at her home. died Saturday, Novem ber 27, Graveside services were held 1999, at his home. Monday, November 29, 1999 at Graveside services were held the Lexington Cemetery. at Petteys Cemetery near lone on She was bom June 7, 1952, at Wednesday, December 1, 1999. Heppner, to Wayne and Donna Mr. Engelman was bom No Robinson Papineau. She grew up vember 24,1914, at lone, to Frank at Lexington and graduated from and Olive Petteys Engelman. He Heppner High School in 1970. grew up at lone and attended lo In 1972, she m arried Dick cal schools, graduating from lone Hoffman at H erm iston. They High School in 1932. He worked made their home at Lexington until at his dad’s store, the lone Mer 1988 when they m oved to cantile, before entering the mili Hermiston. tary during World War II. Mrs. Hoffman worked at the He served with the U.S. Navy J.R. Sim plot Com pany for 18 and after his discharge in 1945, years. he returned to the lone area and She was a barrel racer and went to work for Pacific Petro won many prizes for her skill. She leum, now Morrow County Grain is said to have been a family per Growers. He became store man son, thoughtful and loving o f her ager there, retiring in the mid- family. 1970s. Survivors include her husband On June 20, 1960, he married o f 27 years, Dick Hoffman, of Ida Lee Chapel at Reno, Nevada. Hermiston; sons, Steven Hoffman He was a 60 year member of and Joe H offm an, both o f Heppner BPOE 358, and a mem Hermiston; her father, Wayne ber o f the lone American Legion. Papineau and stepmother, Patty He enjoyed playing cards, Papineau, both o f Lexington; Bingo, crossword puzzles and jazz brother, Donnie Papineau o f En festivals. He was especially proud terprise; sister, Carol Fhrmantraut o f his cat, Snowball. Survivors include a son, Frank of Lexington; a grandson, Nathan of Branson, Missouri; and other Engelman of lone; a daughter, rela tiv e s, in cluding an aunt, Cassy Reyes o f Woodbum; and Frances Beck and two uncles, four grandchildren. He was pre Ray Papineau and Earl Papineau ceded in death by his wife, Ida, in in the Lexington area. She was 1972; one brother and six sisters preceded in death by her mother, also preceded him in death. Donna Robinson Papineau, and Memorial contributions may be sister, Debbie Sharp. made to the lone United Church Bums Mortuary of Hermiston of Christ Building Fund, P.O. Box was in charge o f arrangements. 346, lone, Oregon 97843. Larry Keith Inskeep Sweeney Mortuary of Hepp Larry Keith Inskeep, 56, of ner was in charge o f arrange Heppner, died Tuesday, Novem ments. ber 23, 1999, at Portland. No fu Amber Lynn Lynch neral service is planned. Amber Lynn Lynch, 17, o f Mr. Inskeep was bom Febru Heppner, died Saturday, Novem ary 7,1943 in Portland to Paul and ber 27, 1999, at D oem becher Irene Inskeep. Children's Hospital in Portland. He spent most o f his life in Graveside ftmeral services will Portland until moving to Heppner be held at the Heppner Masonic in 1991. He served in the U.S. Air Cemetery on Thursday, Decem Force from 1961-1966, then ber 2,1999, at 1 p.m. K worked for Benjamin Franklin She was bom Septerrtber 6, Savings and Loan and Builders 1982, at Hermiston, to Michael Material Dealers Association in Portland prior to moving to Hepp and Ruth A an Keithley Lynch. She was raised in Morrow County and ner. attended schools at Heppner, lone Mr. Inskeep was a member of and Irrigon. She was active in the Oregon Cattlemen’s Associa school when her health permitted. tion, Heppner Elks, St. John’s She enjoyed writing poetry. Boosters, Jaycees and Kiwanis. Survivors include her mother, Survivors include his wife, Jane, o f H eppner; d aughter, Ruth Ann Keithley of Imgon; fa Sharon Inskeep of Heppner; son, ther, Michael D. Lynch of Lex Mark Inskeep of Portland; grand ington; sisters Airen Lynch of daughters, Stephanie Schuler of Irrigon and Ashley Lynch of Fos Heppner and Taylor Inskeep of sil; stepsister, Tabitha Baldwin of Portland; brothers, Walter Inskeep Fossil; maternal grandparents, and Richard Inskeep, both o f Port Vern and G inger Keithley o f land; and sister, Doris Dominick Heppner; paternal grandmother, of Portland. He was preceded in Kathleen Lynch of Heppner; and death by his parents, Paul and m aternal g rea t-g ra n d fa th er Everett Keithley o f Heppner. Irene. Memorial contributions may be Remembrances may be made to the Doembecher’s Children’s made to the Cystic Fibrosis Foun Hospital, Portland, or Elks Eye dation, 4445 S.W. Barbur Blvd., Portland, Oregon 97201. Foundation, c/o Heppner Elks. Sweeney Mortuary of Hepp Bill Charles Moore, Sr. ner is in charge of arrangements. Bill Charles Moore, Sr., 84, of Irrigon, died o f leukemia Friday, November 25,1999, at his home. Graveside services were held Joseph A. Cunha Monday, November 29, 1999, at Joseph A. Cunha, 87, of Hepp the Terrebonne Pioneer Cem ner, died Sunday at Lourdes Medi etery. cal Center in Pasco, Washington. Mr. Moore was bom June 20, Graveside services will be held 1915, at Argenta, Arkansas. He Friday, December 3, 1999, at 10 grew up in Wyoming and moved a.m. at the Heppner Masonic to the Northwest in 1977. Cemetery in Heppner. In 1978, he and his wife, Anna Memorial contributions, for Marie, were married at Casper, those who wish, may be made to Wyoming. The couple moved to Pioneer Memorial Hospital Fund, the Hermiston area later that year. P.O. Box 9, Heppner, Oregon Mr. Moore was employed by 97836. Burlington Northern Railroad for Sweeney Mortuary of Hepp 40 years, 25 years as roadmaster. ner is in charge of arrangments. Ill health forced his early retire A complete obituary will be in ment at age 59'A, as a roadmaster next week’s Gazette-Times. for Burlington Northern. He enjoyed fishing and the out doors. He and his w ife were camp hosts at Bull Prairie Camp Morrow County District ground, not far from Spray, for Attorney David C. Allen reports seven years. Survivors include his wife, handling the following cases: Caleb McDaniel, Heppner, Anna, of Imgon; daughters. Ruby plead guilty to two counts of B arkley o f H erm isto n , Pat criminally negligent homicide. D insm oor o f C rooked River Sentencing hearing is set Ranch and Virginia Johnson of Thursday, December 9, at 1 p.m. Greensboro, North Carolina; a According to Allen, sentencing son, Bill C. M oore, J r., o f could range from optional Hesperia, California; 13 grandchil probation to 18 months in jail, dren, 18 great-grandchildren and which could double to 36 three great-great-grandchildren. months. He was preceded in death by daughters, Vera and Irva, and FAX PAPER great-grandchildren Matthew and Gazette-limes 6 7 H t t t Tyler. 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