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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 26, 2000 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 ot March 3.1879 Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon OITice at 147 W Willow Street Telephone (541)676-9228 Fax (541 (676-9211. E-mail: gt(u!heppner net or gt^u rapidserve net Web sue 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 Das id Sykes .......................................................................................... Publisher April Hilton-Sykes Editor On the HEPPNER WEBSITE: www.heppner.net • Start or Change a Subscription • Place a Classified Ad • Submit a News Story • V lew Real Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park • W illow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! Historical Society Board meets By Delpha Jones Morrow County Historical So ciety board of directors met at the Bloodsworth home on Sunday. Dinner was enjoyed prior to the meeting which was called to or der by the chairman. A report was heard from Louis Carlson on the repairing of what is called Groshens Springs near the rodeo grounds Some of the past history of this springs has been lost and anyone having any knowledge is asked to contact Carlson or Wilbur Jackson. There was also a discussion on the small cemetery on Rhea Creek which needs a fence built to pro tect the stones. Anyone who knows anything about this cem etery is asked to call either Ruth McCabe or Delpha Jones. They hope to find out who owns the ground, so that some work can be done by the society to protect the stones. The Mason building in lone was another topic and those in atten dance discussed how it could be placed into a national register. The report is that is was at one time the lone school. Board members discussed therr wish to keep it up and do some repair work The “Chronicles'' needs new members and the following were appointed to help with this project: Doris Brosnan, Jean Nelson, Kathryn Hoskins, Ruth McCabe, Dorris Graves, Ruth Bently and Chester Wilson. Don Eppenbaugh gave a report on the Lewis and Clark Heritage Foundation. Lewis and Clark passed through the county and plans are underway for a celebra tion. Plans are being made to visit The Dalles Interpretation Center and the one at Wildhorse. Barbara Bloodsworth is the chairman for the annual Historical trip and no tices will soon be out explaining the trip. Anyone interested should call either Barbara Bloodsworth, Ruth McCabe or Delpha Jones. The next directors meeting will be at Ruth McCabe’s home and the June meeting, under the direc- tion of Don and Donna Eppenbaugh, will be in the Irrigon area. A late Christmas exchange was enjoyed following the meet ing. Those present were Don and Donna Eppenbaugh from Irrigon, Kathryn Hoskins, Ruth McCabe, Jean Nelson, Diane and Lindsay Kincaid, Dave and Fran Barnett, Cecil and Delpha Jones, Louis and Betty Carlson, and the host and hostess, Jim and Barbara Bloodsworth. St. Patrick's Senior Center Bulletin Board Eighty meals were served in the Senior Center dining room January 19 and 18 meals were taken out. The Christian Missionary Fellowship members served. Ed Hunt and Clarence Buchanon helped do the dishes. Blood pressures were taken before the meal. The menu for Feb. 2 will be hamburger pie, mashed potatoes, green beans, tossed salad, rolls and cookies. Members of the First Christian Church will serve. Hearing aid service will be given and blood pressures taken before the meal. Lunch is served from 11 a m. to 1 p.m.. Exercises are held in the rec. room Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10-10:30 a.m. Cards are played Tuesdays and Fridays from 1-4 p.m. Bingo is played every Tuesday evening from 7-9 p.m.. Two tables of pinochle were played Friday afternoon. The video "Alaska's Great Wilderness Denali" was shown Wednesday afternoon and the movie "Maverick " was shown Thursday afternoon. There's always a jigsaw puzzle in progress. All seniors are invited to join in these activities, or just come in to visit. The Red Cross blood drawing is Thursday January 28. Everyone is invited to come give the gift of life. Remember the champagne Valentine dinner Feb. 14. Reservations may be made by calling the Senior Center office, 676-9030, by Feb. 11. CSEPP, OEM conduct joint test Umatilla County CSEPP and Oregon Emergency Management conducted a joint test of the CSEPP Alert & Notification System on January 14. The test consisted of a person pushing the "C-34” button on the Whelen console at the Umatilla County Emergency Center in Pendleton. The live test was successful, in that button "C-34" activated the intended reader board with the correct test message when the "send" button was pushed, according to a CSEPP news release. In the course of doing this test, two associated issues were identified, according to the release: -the "Crash Phone" that was used for notifications just before the test was done did not get rings at the Hermiston Safety Center or the Heppner EOC. The "All-Call” line is the primary system, and the "Crash Phone" is a secondary notification system Personnel are working with US West and will have that problem corrected right away, they said. The second matter was that the "Chemical Message Light" for button "C-10" on the Whelen* console came on during the procedure. This light was cleared before the "Send” button was pushed. The fact that the light came on raises the possibility that the "Chemical Event Warning" (Sirens and Reader Boards) could have been activated if the '"Send" button had been pushed while that light was on, according to the release The two issues that were identified during the tests will be reviewed and addressed immediately. This should be the final step in making all four consoles fully operational, concluded the release. We Print BUSINESS CARDS H eppner (iasette- Time* 676-9228 Letters to the Editor Editor's note Letters to the Editor must be signed The Cazette-Times will 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 St. Pats, Rodeo Committee can’t agree on motorcross To the Editor: To the Editor: Dear St. Patrick's Day To The Oregon Trail Pro-Rodeo Committee, Committee, The Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo From The St. Patrick's Committee was contacted by Committee. your committee to limit the The St. Patrick's Committee Motorcross Race, which we regrets that they were unable to sponsor, to a four-hour event this come to a compromise with the year. Rodeo Committee on the length After discussion, the OTPR and time of the St. Paddy's Motor Committee will not be Cross, therefore resulting in the participating with the Motorcross Rodeo Committee's decision to Race this year. Our committee discontinue it during the 2000 felt that the following reasons for celebration. this decision should be noted to The good news is that its you and your committee: success far exceeded all a) The setup/preparation time expectations. As we understand it allotted for this event to take from the conversation with Ken place in our rodeo arena is two Bailey and Ken Eckman, the days. The equipment, earth and event will continue to grow and it safe track setup are all taken into is not their desire to have to limit consideration. entries. We understand it is a b) Our advertising to the racers weekend of work for the Rodeo in other communities and Committee and it certainly sponsorships for our event should be worth their while. requires considerable lead time. Growth is good and often, as in Our committee has increased its your case, proves that an event racers every year and is building can stand on its own. this event. Our desire is not to The St. Patrick's Committee discourage participation, but wishes the Rodeo Committee build the interest and offer continued success. We hope that classes to all ages groups. by rescheduling it for April c) The committee does not wish Fool's weekend or another to spoil the dinners and other weekend in the spring both scheduled events or take away entities will have more from any downtown activities. volunteers and more of us will be We realize the importance of able to attend your event. With it success, however OTPR scheduled on another weekend, it committee feels that certain will not have to be limited time- groups and crowd participants wise and the noise factor will not attending the Motorcross Race interfere with the Irish would not ordinarily be involved entertainment provided during with those downtown functions. the Wee Bit O'lreland evening Furthermore, nothing prohibits event. We would be glad to list them from leaving our races the new date in the St. Patrick's early. brochure if we know d) OTPR Committee promoted immediately. and sponsors the Motorcross Our committee has appreciated Race for the underage your efforts to provide an activity minors/teenagers and racers for youth and we still need that in thereby keeping them occupied the afternoon. We would and otherwise out of trouble in welcome ideas from you or other our community during the St. organizations on this. The goal of Patrick's Day event. And we the St. Patrick's Committee have drawn people from outside continues to be to provide as our community to participate many opportunities as possible during the weekend and thereby for all organizations in Heppner increase the numbers of to improve their finances, while attendees at all functions. working with the overall cultural e) Many people stay in the Irish theme of the celebration and Heppner area as a result of our working within the scheduling Motorcross Race. boundaries. f) OTPR Committee wants to The committee would be contribute positively to our receptive to revisiting this. They community m anyway that we are not adverse to change. can. However, we need to know Possibly if the auction could be how we can participate without changed to Friday night in 2001, upsetting the St. Patrick's Day the motorcross could be held on Committee or the downtown Sunday. Join us in keeping the merchants. lines of communication open and g) OTPR Committee has let's work together toward the contributed financially to your success of all events in Heppner. committee. Our all-volunteer We would like to meet with the committee works very hard to Rodeo Committee at your contribute to our community. convenience to explain the make The OTPR Committee wishes up of the St. Patrick's committee your comments and concerns so that the Rodeo Committee is regarding the Motorcross Race aware that we are not a and its importance to the committee of the Heppner community. Please call the St. Chamber of Commerce; Patrick's Day Committee or write however, the Chamber believes OTPR Committee, P.O. Box 113, in and promotes all events and Heppner, OR. would certainly do so for an (s) Ken Bailey, April Fool's Day Motorcross. Chairman OTPR Motorcross Please keep us advised. (s) Claudia Hughes and Cara Osmm Co-chairpersons of the Heppner St. Patrick's Committee Hay growers meeting set A Umatilla-Morrow Hay Growers meeting has been planned for Friday, February 25, from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the OSU Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center. The agenda includes: Fertility Recommendations for Alfalfa and Hay by Don Homeck, with Agri-Check; Interpreting Forage Nutritional Analysis by Mike Mehren, Wiomun Feeds, Hermiston; Columbia River Processing- Opportunities for Area Forage Producers by Mike Gamroth, OSU animal science, Corvallis; Alfalfa Insect Problems and Control Options, tentatively by Glen Fisher, Extension entomologist, OSU entomology department, Corvallis; Selection of Alfalfa Varieties for the Lower Columbia Basin by Don Miller, Agnpro-ABI Alfalfa, Nampa, ID; and Hay Growers Associations by Mylen Bohle, OSU Extension, Pnneville. McCain will target needed reforms To the Editor: Regarding the ethanol subsidy- a few years ago when I served on the Umatilla/Morrow County Regional Strategies Committee for economic development, we had a meeting with the man running the ethanol program for J.R. Simplot. He advised that it was nowhere near cost effective. We dropped any further consideration of a like program. Simplot’s made use of potato waste from his vast hold ings. To me, using waste by-prod ucts of foodstuffs makes much more sense than using food stuffs like com. For some time. I have hoped that any excess food production that cannot be aggressively sold be used for domestic welfare pur poses as well as foreign aid. Why not send food instead of guns? Transportation as well as distribu tion could be handled, but no ef fort has been made to do this. We could benefit far more in world opinion from this generosity than the current political monkeying that sends money to corrupt for eign leaders instead of help for starving people. That I don’t support the etha nol program that smacks too much like corporate welfare (gas and oil too) is not to say I don’t under stand the real need for farm policy reform. There are deliberate road blocks to prevent family farms and ranches from marketing their products with a price structure that Obituary William A. Huff William Arnold “Bill” Huff, 72, of Lonerock, died Wednesday, January 19,2000, at his nephew’s home in The Dalles. Recitation of the Rosary was Friday. January 21, 2000 at St. John Catholic Church in Condon. Funeral Mass was held Saturday, January 22 at the church with con cluding service and burial follow ing at St. Joseph Cemetery in Condon. Mr. Huff was born May 7, 1927, at Walla Walla, Washington, to Andrew and Detphine Nibbler Huff. The family lived at Heppner where he attended school for three years before moving with his fam ily to Hillsboro where he com pleted school. He served with the U.S. Navy during World War II. Following his discharge in 1948, he attended and graduated from Pacific University at Forest Grove. On May 1, 1952, he married Nola Nelson at Hillsboro. He taught school at John Day, Milton-Freewater, Helix, and for 18 years at the 509-J School Dis trict on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation at Madras, retiring in 1987. In 1992, he and his wife moved to Lonerock. He was a member of St. John Catholic Church, the Oregon Edu cation Association and the Ameri can Legion. Mr. Huff enjoyed camping, hunting and fishing. Survivors include his wife, Nola Huff of Lonerock; son, Bill Huff of Bend; daughters, Patricia Ann Ray in North Carolina, and Tonja Marie Brown of Madras; brothers, Andrew of Hillsboro, John of Gold Beach, and Ted of Clovis, New Mexico; sisters, Helen Kingsbury of Hillsboro, Margaret Dieringer of Oregon City, and Agnes Whitman of Elgin; two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a sister, Frances Nelson, and a brother. Albert Huff. Memorial contributions may be made to the VA Hospital Cancer Research Center, P.O. Box 1034, Portland, Oregon 97207. Sweeney Mortuary of Condon was in charge of arrangements. Wc Print BUSINESS CARDS G azette-Timen - 676-9228 allows them to sustain their op eration and live too. All segments of family farm production are in serious trouble-no product is ex empt. If these farms are allowed to demise and international cor porations are allowed to dominate all markets with no competition, you would soon be looking at higher food prices and many in dependent farmers reduced to serfdom, or off to the city. None of this is desirable. We are at a crisis point where we need to get the corporate spe cial interests out of our nation’s business and form a visionary farm policy. John McCain’s pro posal to end oil, gas and ethanol subsidies is a first step, and a good one, as he proposes using the huge sums saved on education. Many programs are lumped under the heading of farm subsi dies. This includes the school lunch program which no one proposes doing away with. But when such things are looked at by the public in odds against farm subsidies, the public has no idea of what is in volved. We have to trust our lead ers to look after the public inter est. Money from special interests corrupts or muddies their view. Please vote for a leader, John McCain, who will target the needed reforms. He’s proved he’s tough-minded enough to withstand most anything. (s) Meg Murray lone Local man hired by Washington Douglas Gribble, son of Lowell and Delores Gribble of Heppner, has been hired by the state of Washington at Centralia, WA, in their maintenance department. Douglas Gribble was involved in UVLM (Ultra Vibe Lubrication Monitoring), an offshoot of UPM (U ltrasonic P redictable Maintenance, established by the Gribbles 32 years ago. Prior to his employment with the state of Washington, Douglas Gribble met with Boeing concerning equipment maintenance. UPM has recently done work for Union Pacific at Hinkle, hoping to put a program together to help prevent train wrecks, and the elder Gribble has been working with a professor at Blue Mountain Community College who coordinates the manufacturing tech program at the college. lone preschool plans Valentine delivery Creative Care Preschool is once again making Valentine's Day a little sweeter. The preschool offers a choice of two Valentine's Day gifts which can be ordered and delivered to sweethearts at home, school or work in the Heppner, Lexington and lone areas. Those ordering may choose between two options-a stuffed animal, small box of chocolates and stickers, with a Valentine theme; or a single red rose with a small box of chocolates-each for $ 10 . Delivery is on Valentine's Day. Proceeds benefit the Creative Care Preschool in lone. The preschool is hiring a new teacher and plans to send her to childhood education classes and is also considering buying their building. .To order call Shelly Rietmann, 422-7243. For more information, call Shelly or Lea Mathieu, 422- 7215. Checks may be made payable to Creative Care Preschool and mailed to P.O. Box 301, lone, OR 97843. Quantities are limited this year, so if orders are received too late, they will be returned immediately. Under the current elective system, JOHN McCAIN needs money to share his vision for the future. Please send any size contribution to M cCAIN 2000 P.O. Box 1677,Alexandria, VA 22314 Paid For By The Local Committee To Elect John McCain
