TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 8, 1999
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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.
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pollution to stop because every liv
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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
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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
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