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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 8, 1999 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of 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 Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon Office at 147 W Willow Street Telephone (541)676-9228 Fax (541)676-9211 E-mail gt@heppner net or gt(u/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 a mini-greenhouse. Sincerely, (s) Aaron Allstott To the Editor: I think the world would be a much better place if there was not so much air pollution. If people would not drive so many cars and walk or ride a bike, the world would be a better place. So please, please stop pollut ing. You will be surprised how much better the world would be. Sincerely, (s) Cody Ford To the Editor: When I get older, I might need some help and I hope some young person will help me. If we all put some effort towards helping the elderly, it would be a much better Editor's note: following are letters to the editor submitted by world. Sincerely, students in Jannie Allen's fifth/sixth-grade classes at Heppner (s) Riley Wight Elementary School. To the Editor: Do you want to be involved, To the Editor: To the Editor: I have noticed that most towns I think we should get everyone have fun and help the community? don’t have very many trees. One in our community to give five or Whether you are a grown-up or town was by the highway and they more dollars to the poor. It will child, it doesn’t matter. All we had no trees. It was a dirty place. need are a few people that are make the world a better place. They should plant some beautiful We could even send our town willing to volunteer some of their trees. Then when the cars pollute doctor to places where people time to organize activities for kids. the air the trees will help clean the I think the world would be a need help. He or she could help air. Make the world a better place. much better place if there were them because a lot of poor people Plant a tree, please. have diseases. Doctors could also more activities to keep kids out of Sincerely, help all of the sick children. That alcohol and drugs. We need to (s) Heather Yocom would be a really good thing to do make these young people feel im portant and needed. for the poor and diseased. To the Editor: I think great places to hold these Sincerely, I want, in the town of Hepp events would be gyms, class (s) Matt Kenny ner, plastic recycling. rooms, the senior center and Heppner needs plastic recy maybe the park. If you are retired, To the Editor: cling because when die people use 1 am writing to you about how get Fridays off or just want to help a product made of plastic they to make the world a better place. out, that would be great. have to throw it away, and that One activity that I have in mind My idea may be an old one but it adds to our garbage a lot. is still a good one: picking up litter. is maybe going to the senior cen If we get a plastic recycling bin, ter to do homework. Then volun It we all just stopped throwing Heppner will be a better place. teers could help kids study for garbage on the ground and started Sincerely, tests, do weekend homework, or picking up some of it that arro (s) Quinn Peck any subject. All we need are gant people throw on the ground, people that can help on a certain the world could be just a little bit To the Editor: subject. better than it is today. Hi, my name is Kody Lovgren I think having clubs for activi The city could sponsor a clean and I am a fifth grader at Hepp ties such as 4-H, community ser up day, where everybody goes and ner Elementary. vice, cooking and helping elders picks up litter in the town. We I’m going to tell you about wa- would be a great success. 4-H Could also form groups and walk ter pollution. Water pollution is very clubs could work on projects year around and pick it once a week. bad. round and then enter them in the Heppner surely is a good place If it gets too much out of hand, fair. Community service groups to live, but we could make it a lot our water will be unsafe. We need could go around and pick up trash, »better. >-'i -> ' U: j . * • pollution to stop because every liv "■ on Sincerely, clean up ball fields and just clean ing thing in the water will start to ' (s) Roy Proctor ing things up to make them look die, get cut, get sick and the ba better. There could be a cooking bies would be deformed. group that would get together and To the Editor: Now when people swim with make food and then give it to My name is Rory Kilkenny and all the junk in the water, they might I would like to make the world a people that are old, lonely or can’t get cut, sick, or wire might get cook. Another idea for a club better place by picking up litter. I tangled around someone and think we could by having a meet could be one on crafts. When ev drown them. erybody finishes a project there ing once a week to pick up litter. So, if you like our water, help My next idea is that we could could be a craft show. At craft stop pollution, or these things will make a bin for garbage that can shows, people could sell their happen. not be recycled and my last idea projects and donate the money to Sincerely, is to go door to door asking for charity. One group could help the (s) Kody Lovgren their trash so that we could re elderly. Each child could pick an elderly person and help them ev cycle it. To the Editor: Sincerely, ery Friday when the club met. I have some ideas about how They could help them by getting (s) Rory Kilkenny to make the world a better place. their mail, raking leaves, gather I think if we wouldn’t use cars ing their groceries and other small To the Editor: so much we could really make a chores. Wow. Look at all this garbage. difference with the air pollution in Another activity would be to go Good thing there’s a way we can the world. to the nursing home and visit the recycle it and still get money. We Cars produce one-half of the can give half to the Neighborhood people. A group of people could world’s air pollution and use up go up once a week. I’m sure who Center and the other half to the one-third of the world’s gas. Cars ever you visit will be very glad to local schools. By doing this, we are the main producers of air pol see you. It’s probably not very can help the environment, schools often they get visitors. If you go lution. and neighborhoods. Instead of using a car, for short up there you could sing a favorite I think the world would be a song, play your instrument, read trips, use a bike, skateboard, better place if everybody helped stories or just visit with them. rollerblades or just walk. pick up garbage, collect pop cans Another thing that makes air I’m positive that if you tried and recycle them. pollution is people that bum trash. helping others you would see how Maybe if we convince the prin much they’d appreciate it. It also If you bum trash don’t bum plas cipal we can adopt a child from would make you feel good about tic. Plastic smoke is highly toxic. the Neighborhood Center. If we yourself. Being involved and help Instead of burning plastic, recycle do this we would be helping a ing organize activities for kids is a it. child by getting him or her a bet great way to help make the world In my opinion air pollution is the ter education. They could get a a better place. I’m ready, are you? worst form of pollution. There’s goodjob. Sincerely, so much air pollution in the world Let’s go make this world a bet (s) Laurie Murray that it’s made a hole in the ozone ter place. layer which protects us from the Sincerely, To the Editor: sun’s ultraviolet rays that can (s) Peter Geer My name is Caleb Maben. I cause cancer. attend the fifth grade at Heppner So, if you want to make the To the Editor: Elementary School. Here are the world a better place...don’t drive Hi. My name is Samantha reasons why I think you should so much. Burkenbine. I’m in sixth grade. I recycle: Sincerely, go to Heppner Elementary School. R - Reduce Waste (s) Drew Prindle I’m writing to you about a prob E - Eliminate Trash lem that’s going around in Hepp C - Campaign against litter To the Editor: ner. Helping old people. Y - You’ll live longer In Heppner, our town has a lot When kids go by on their bikes C - Clear Air of litter. We have pop bottles, ciga and old people are walking by, they L - Littering is bad rette butts, candy bar wrappers, don’t care. They just run right into E - Existence for Mankind paper, etc. When you walk around them and knock them down. Sincerely, town it is a mess. People don’t care about other (s) Caleb Maben I think the world would be people. Especially old people. much better if everybody wouldn’t That’s why I want people to help To the Editor: litter. I will tell you some ways out. Get together in a group and We need more trees. people should try not to litter. do something nice for some old I insist you encourage people People shouldn't throw gar people in their neighborhood. to plant more trees. Trees produce bage out of car windows. They Please. cleaner air and we need it. People should wait until a garbage bag Sincerely, are cutting down trees and that comes available to put the garbage (s) Samantha Burkenbine means dirtier air. Planting a tree in, or they could put a garbage bag on Earth Day would help a lot. You in their cars. could be really creative and make 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! When you have a cigarette, in stead of stomping on it and leav ing it there, you should stomp on it and make sure it is out then put it in the garbage can. Here are some ways I can help control litter: I’ll go around town hanging posters telling the towns people that littering is bad for our environment. Having a day that my friends and I will get litter bags and clean up Heppner is one of my ideas. Getting people involved to clean the town is very important. My friends and I will send let ters to the city council telling them how messy our town is and the need to clean it up. We should also ask the city council to put more garbage cans around. Sincerely, (s) Sarah Hickerson To the Editor: Hi, my name is Ashley Dima and I want you to know how care less the people are today. Most people today don’t care about the people who don’t have homes and food...what about them? I know you’re probably saying they ruined their own lives, but some of them are born on the street and never had a chance. I am especially talking about the children and babies that are living on the streets. I mean, think about it...would you like to grow up on the street? Better yet, would you like to see one of your own chil dren growing up on the streets? In the United States today there are thousands of young children eating out of garbage cans and sleeping in boxes. We need to start food drives, give away toys, gather blankets and sleeping bags, and gather clothes for the homeless. Volun teers could even travel to Port land and help in a soup kitchen for a day. We could just help shelter the homeless by donating money and time. Well, that’s what I think every body should do to help make the world a better place. Sincerely, (s) Ashley Dima To the Editori My name is Regi Seitz. I am a fifth grade student at Heppner Elementary. I think the world would be a better place if people donated clothes. When was the last time you went to the mall or went shop ping? Did you ever think of the people who can’t go shopping? Now let’s think...what could we do to make the world a better place? One thing is to make a goal, such as, “I will donate at least two t-shirts a month.” It could be anything. Another thing is to take any old clothes and donate them to the Neighborhood Cen ter. So the next time you get ready to throw something out, stop and think about what you are doing. I mean, think about it...there are millions of things you could do to make the world a better place. This is just one that’s important to me. Sincerely, (s) Regi Seitz To the Editor: My name is Jackie Meyer. I am a sixth grader at Heppner El ementary. I think cigarette butts on the ground are disgusting. One way that we could maybe help is put some garbage cans by places where there are usually a lot of people. That way we can make our world look better and cleaner. Sincerely, (s) Jackie Meyer garbage can. (s) Veronica Wilhelm To the Editor: My name is Chelsey Foster. I'm 10 and in fifth grade. I think the world would be a better place if everybody donated. A lot I see people with clothes too small or too big. I just want people to do nate to those in need. It could be clothes, toys or money. Sincerely, (s) Chelsey Lee Foster P.S. Please donate. To the Editor: I think the world would be a better place if we help the elderly, helping them or making them feel better. You can send them a letter to make them feel better. If you have a neighbor or friend that is old you should help them because they could break their hip. Sincerely, (s) Sloan Keithley To the Editor: Hi, my name is Mikel Britt and I am attending school at Heppner Elementary. I think the world would be a much better place if people would stop littering and start recycling. When people throw gaibage on the highway it looks awful. It also makes the air smell horrible. If everybody would make sure they throw their garbage away in a garbage can we wouldn’t have to worry about horrible smells and awful sights. So please don’t lit ter and start recycling. Sincerely, (s) Mikel Britt To the Editor: My problem is there is too much trash in the town of Hepp ner. I think there should be more garbage crews to pick up all of the garbage around Heppner. So please help decrease the garbage around Heppner, thank you. Sincerely, J.C. Sherritt To the Editor: I think the world would be a better place if we all try to help the elderly and poor somehow. You can go visit a senior cen ter and ask if you could run er rands for the elderly. You could fix up old toys and give them to the poor. All kids have toys they don’t play with, and the poor kids would love to have them. So let’s all pitch in and help our elderly and poor. Sincerely, (s) Lynan Bingham To the Editor: I think the world would be a much better place if schools would invent a program called ESP (Ex tra Special People). ESP would be about a group of kids picking up litter. It would also be about helping people who can barely help themselves. The group ESP would do fund raisers for children who are home less, poor, orphans, or sick chil dren. The money would help them get food, shelter and clothing. ESP would also help neighbor hood people, whether to get their mail or even help them with chores around the house or yard. Donating toys would be some thing else for ESP. I know that orphans or children who are poor would not care if their toys had a scratch or if their books had a rip. They would be happy with almost anything. It would be great if people in vented ESP. Sincerely, (s) Brenda Victorio To the Editor: Swimming, fishing and waterskiing are lots of fun, but if the water is polluted the fun is gone. I have some ideas to save To the Editor: the water. I want to tell people to I think the world would be a keep the water clean. better place if people didn’t pol Here are some of my ideas for lute. Pollution often is from smoke water pollution: when you go boat out of wood stoves. Maybe people ing, check the gas and oil tanks, should get gas stoves. keep fishing lines off the ground Pollution is also from litter. Lit and make sure you don’t leave ter is throwing things on the your fish hooks on the ground. ground and in the ocean, rivers and Don’t leave fish that you catch on lakes. People should recycle to the ground because it will stink, help cut down on litter. but it will also make good fertil Pollution is bad for the earth izer. and everything on it. Pollution can Sincerely, kill a lot of animals and plants. The (s) Nathan Kennedy people of the earth need to care for the plants and animals by con To the Editor: trolling pollution. Hi may name is Justin Maybe we should stop pollut Delveaux and I am in fifth grade. ing the earth. When you see gar I have some ideas to make the bage pick it up and put it in the world a better place. My ideas is to make the environment better. I think if we bum down the trees, there won’t be trees for the environment. The water has too much junk in it to let the fish live longer. If you see litter you should pick it up and throw it in the trash. If you keep on littering, the world will be a mess. We should have a day where every person in Heppner plants trees on hillsides. Some people would pick up garbage around Heppner. This is a good community and together we can make it even bet ter. Sincerely, (s) Justin Delveaux To the Editor: I think the world would be a much better place if we all did something nice for a sad or lonely person. You could send a card or write a letter to someone that is sad. You could also go over to someone’s house that’s lonely and talk to them and maybe read a story to them. Another thing that would be nice that you could do for a sad or lonely person would be to just be their friend. You could also do things for them like raking the leaves, shoveling snow and other things like that. If they are old or have trouble doing those things they will appreciate the help. So the next time you look in the obituary and see someone that has lost a loved one, maybe you could send them a card or go visit them. (s) Colton Helfrecht To the Editor: Hi, I’m Stephanie Burkenbine and a sixth grader at Heppner El ementary School. I’ve been seeing a problem all over town...at the senior center, the school, the stores, and other places around Heppner. When I go in those places, I see people go by elderly and ill and never try to help them. I wish I could change that. If everyone stops what they’re doing and does something nice for an elderly or ill person, this world would be a much better place. I really hope that this letter gets in the paper so people can see it. They just might change their minds. Sincerely, (s) Stephanie Burkenbine To the Editor: I’m concerned about recycling. I wrote a story about recycling and here are some of my ideas: put up signs, ask people to recycle and pick up garbage and recycle it. I would really like for people to recycle and make the world a cleaner place. Sincerely, (s) Robbie Smith To the Editor: Hi, my name is Brendan McElligott and I have a request, please don’t litter, and if you see litter please pick it up. Here are some other things that would help: 1) Have a group go around your community and pick up garbage. 2) Collect donations for the needy. 3) Go get pop cans and recycle them, and with the money you get give it to charity. 4) Have a canned food drive. 5) Get old clothes and give it to the needy. Thank you for reading this, I appreciate it a lot. Sincerely, (s) Brendan McElligott To the Editor: Old people are really nice but not very many people take the time to find out. So let’s give them a chance. I think the world would be a much better place if people would help elders. For instance elders don’t get very much company es pecially if they don’t live near fam ily. Another thing you should do that would be nice is join them on holidays. Maybe you could include them in some of the other family traditions you might have. Raking their leaves would be really nice or holding the door open for them as they are walk ing out of the grocery store. You could also ask the elderly if you could get their mail for them. My aunt goes around and helps coatiaaed aext page
