TW O - Heppner G azette-Tim es, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 21, 2000
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Obituaries
Beulah "Boots" Way
A memorial service for Sandy
resident, Beulah "Boots" Way
was held on Thursday, June 15,
2000, at the chapel of Sandy
Funeral Home.
A graveside service was held
on Saturday, June 17, 2000, at
the Lexington Cemetery.
Mrs. Way died at her home on
Monday, June 12, 2000. She was
60
She was bom Beulah Faye
Davis on December 13, 1939, in
Prosser, Washington, to Jack and
Alta (Baker) Davis. She was
raised in Heppner on the Upper
Rhea Creek and received her
elementary and high school
education there.
Shortly after graduating from
Heppner High School, she began
her career in the banking
industry. She was employed at
the Bank of Eastern Oregon in
Heppner until 1961 when she
moved to Portland. She was
employed with various banks in
the Portland area.
On June 1, 1962, she was united
in marriage to Asa Way in
Lewiston, Idaho. Prior to making
then home in Sandy in 1976,
they resided in Beaverton for a
short time. She was employed at
Clackamas County Bank for
many years until retiring in 1996
as her health was declining.
Survivors include her husband
Asa of Sandy; son Kevin Way of
Sandy; daughter Diana Salathe of
Portland; and four grandchildren
Kelsey, Tyler, Taylor and
Megan.
The family suggests that
memorial contributions be made
to Mt. Hood Hospice.
Edyth M. Lee
Edyth Gibbs Lee, 93, of
Pendleton, died on June 6, 2000
at Pendleton.
A graveside memorial service
will be held on Monday, June 26,
2000, at 1 p.m. at Mt. Union
Cemetery
in
Philomath.
Disposition was by cremation.
Mrs. Lee was bom in
Montgomery, Minnesota, on
April 2, 1906. In 1919 she moved
with her family to Philomath and
lived there and in Corvallis
during her school years. She
attended schools in Philomath.
On October 27, 1927, she
married a young pharmacist
named Ray Lee, who was a
graduate of Oregon State
University in Corvallis. On May
1, 1930, their son, Paul Gibbs
Lee, was bom in Marshfield,
where they lived for a short
period of time.
From there, the family moved
to Longview, Washington, where
Ray was employed as a
pharmacist. After six years in
Longview, they moved on to Salt
Lake City, Utah where Ray was
employed as a pharmaceutical
salesman. The family lived there
until 1942 when Long Beach,
California, became their home.
In 1948 their son, an
accomplished
pianist
and
talented musician, graduated
with honors from Woodrow
Wilson High School in Long
Beach.
The Lees moved to Pendleton in
the early 1950s. They owned
Pendleton Drug Company on
Main Street in Pendleton, later
establishing the Medical Center
Pharmacy in the Southgate area
of Pendleton, which they
operated until Ray's retirement.
Survivors include three
grandchildren and three great
grandchildren living in Southern
California Their son Paul died in
1984; grandson Ray Marsh Lee
died in 1969 and grandson
Repeal death sentence, measure 11
Letters to the Editor
Thomas Lee died March 11,
1994. Her husband passed away
August 27, 1989.
Mrs. Lee was an active
member of the Presbyterian
Church for many years. She and
her husband enjoyed traveling,
duplicate bridge, coin collecting,
fishing, stamp collecting and
listening to music.
Memorial contributions may
be made to the Presbyterian
Church through Bums Mortuary,
P.O. Box 489, Pendleton, Oregon
97801.
Bums Mortuary of Pendleton
is in charge of arrangements.
To the Editor:
At a cost of just a few dollars
short of $20,000, the Morrow
County School Board has gifted
county residents with weighted
and meaningless survey figures.
Just 357 people were phoned -
not a large number for such an
important decision. In the past, it
has been possible to secure a
broad, written survey of all the
county residents from Eastern
Oregon University for one-fourth
this cost. Their questions were
clear and direct, while the board's
were not. And the University
survey gave concrete numbers
(not percent of respondents),
whether or not the total number
responding was significant.
Voters have the right to know
the conditions under which the
survey was conducted. Most
phone surveys occur 8 a.m.-5
p.m., and this does not reach
working families.
How many in each community
were
contacted?
Two
communities listed in the
"Executive Summary Nelson
Report" are Hardman and
Ione/Gilliam County. Does 75
percent in Hardman carry the
same weight as 75 percent in
more populated areas? And how
many Gilliam County residents
were phoned?
The survey had different and
confusing sections. One such
section was "If you knew." A
sample question: "If you knew
the
proposed
construction
projects provided by the bond
measure would provide a more
balanced teacher/student ratio
throughout the district would you
favor or oppose the bond
measure?" What should this
statistic mean? When we don't
have enough money now for
sufficient teachers, how can
constructing separate school
buildings possibly solve the
student/teacher ratio? Yet 59
percent are listed as in favor.
If this survey was meant to
promote trust in the Morrow
County School board, these
contrived results should fail
miserably with anyone who
bothers to read the Nelson report
of the 200 page full report.
The students deserve better.
(s) Meg Murray
lone
Seeks contributions for banners
County court
discusses
impact fees
To the Editor:
To Fellow Merchants and
Neighbors,
We definitely agree with
visitors who time and time again
remark on how wonderful our
Main Street looks. Few towns
the size of Heppner can boast
such a clean, spacious, inviting
atmosphere.
Behind the beauty of our main
street, we face a temporary "blip"
on our community's economic
heartbeat monitor. But we can
actively market Heppner to
people who can affect the health
of our community. (In fact, the
Port of Morrow, the Heppner
Economic
Development
Corporation and the Heppner
Chamber are three groups that
are striving to attract industry
and residents.)
Another small piece in the
puzzle of Main Street's vitality is
the tourist and the visitor who
come for events or pass through
and contribute to our retailers
while here. We can advertise
ourselves and help attract these
people by putting out the
welcome mat with colorful
banners.
The fair and rodeo and the St.
Patrick's celebration committees
now hang banners on the lamp
posts
to
offer
advance
advertisement and to contribute
to our celebrations. We enjoy at
least three other seasons for
which banners could add a sense
of community pride and a
welcome to outsiders.
B y D o ris B ro sn a n
The Court discussed the ques
tion of meeting with other coun
ties in the United States that are
interested in pursuing impact fees
because of the building of chemi
cal weapons incinerators in their
counties. A meeting will be held
at the annual meeting of CSEPP
in Arkansas in July. Of note, was
that the previous person assigned
to CSEPP for Oregon Emergency
Management has been replaced
Another related item was the ad
vising of the county’s attorney, in
the impact aid issue, of the recently
released report of toxicity at the
depot, provided by the Oregon
State Health Division.
The Court approved the collec
tive bargaining agreement for the
road unit. They also discussed the
compensation for the district at
torney for the grant administration
and decided to continue paying him
based on twenty hours per month.
Discussion of the museum web
site resulted in determining that it
should be restored to its previous
layout. The Court also discussed
with County Counsel Bill Hanlon
the draft enterprise-zone agree
ment with the fertilizer plant.
They also extended a contract
with Oregon Health Science Uni
versity and approved the “Babies
First” work plan.
The Court heard from a prop
erty owner who wanted assur
ance that a dairy that will be lo
cating on his ground will have
year-round access to move the
product. The Court resolved to To the Editor:
allow movement of dairy products To the people of the Town of Lex
from Morter Canyon to Highway ington:
I served on the committee for
74 year-round.
Guy Van Arsdale, Public Works this budget. I did not vote for its
Director, reported that work on
Washington Street is nearly fin
ished, and Columbia Street work
is completed. The crew will fog
seal the senior center parking lot
Mike Palmer, son of Leila
before moving on to Wilson road
Palmer,
purchased the Landmark
Anson Wright Park is getting five
Restaurant
in Ukiah.
new full hook-up camping sites.
The summer months increase
traffic through our downtown
and present a perfect opportunity
to advertise our community and
encourage visitors to linger. With
fall come the hunting seasons,
during which we welcome
visitors from far and wide. The
winter holidays offer warm
feelings and opportunities for our
community of merchants.
Of course, the banners are not
free. A banner for every post
would cost approximately $2000,
per season. We can stretch our
resources by using every other
post, of course. Winter holiday
wreaths or banners run higher
than the others, but we do have a
couple hundred dollars, as a start,
in a fund from the sale of old
decorations.
How much we can do depends
on the response to our pleas for
help. We hope you can join us by
contributing $50 to $100 as an
advertising expense. And if you
have a banner idea, we hope you
will share that with us.
Our Main Street committee
consists of Sandra Van Liew,
Tnsh Sweeney, Sharon Hamson,
Dons Brosnan, and Bob Kahl.
You may bring your contribution
-made
out
to
"Heppner
Merchants Committee"- to any of
us or mail it to Box 1232,
Heppner. We hope to hear from
you soon. If response is positive
and quick enough, we can get up
banners for the hunting seasons
of this year.
(s) Sharon Harrison
Main Street Committee
St. Patrick's Senior Center
Bulletin Board
The new activity on St. Patrick's Senior Center calendar is a
potluck dinner at 1:30 p.m. this Sunday, June 25, just to get
together for a meal and visiting, followed with pinochle and/or
games. It's all for free and fun. Everyone is invited.
A Umatilla-Morrow Counties Advocacy Training Workshop on
Tuesday, June 27, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Red Lion in
Pendleton offers seniors and the disabled help in making
themselves heard by legislators, county commissioners and city
councilmen. It will give us ways to better make our voices heard
by congressmen as they make decisions on social security,
Medicare and The Older Americans Act (this one determines
senior center programs). We can also affect Oregon legislators'
decisions on helping seniors to remain independent, healthy and
living in their own homes. Call 1-800-442-4352 to reserve a place
for this and 676-9030 for a carpool or our bus for a ride to this
workshop. Let's make our voices heard.
Garden lovers who want to go on our bus on a garden tour July
17-18 to the Oregon Garden in Silverton should call 676-9435
soon. Sponsored by Blue Mt. District of Garden Clubs, the tour
also includes the Gardens of Enchantment (for the blind), The
Leach Botanical Gardens and the Willamette National Cemetery
in Portland. The cost for the motel and the ride is $25. Riders pay
for meals of their choice.
As for the workshops offered by the OSU Extension Service, the
first will be "Along Came A Spider, - Developing Social
Networks." It will encourage participants to think about the social
networks in their lives, examine how social networks evolve and
change, think about the consequence of losing a key person from
a social network, and discuss ways to expand their individual
social networks. The class will be offered in late July or in August,
the exact date and time to be announced later. Call 676-9030 or
676-9435 if you think you would like to be a participant.
Last Wednesday, the meal was served to 81 with 13 take-outs.
Light lunches are also served on Thursdays at noon. The menu for
the birthday dinner next week will be chicken pot pie, vegetables-
cheese plate, Waldorf salad, biscuits and spice cake.
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Did not note for Lexington budget
Ukiah restaurant
purchased
C fourih
approval. I also believe it is not a
legal budget document, the way it
was approved and presented to
you.
(s) John Edwards
Lexington
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(especially poor people) with 20
years in pnson if they insist on a
trial.
So take the plea offer of five
years.
But I'm not guilty, you shout.
You cannot do this. I'm innocent
until proven guilty.
Your choice, 20 years vs five.
What else Measure 11 has
done is line lawyers’ pockets. We
need to change this.
Time to qualify is short - July 7
is the deadline. Any registered
voter wishing to sign these
petitions, please call Wm.
Connor. 503-494-2001; for the
death sentence and for Measure
11, call Cathi Lawler, 503-491-
0611; or me for both, 503-429-
8400.
(s) Helen Solem
Secretary-T reasurer
Oregon Judicial Watch
Vemonia
To the Editor:
There are two very important
ballot measures still needing
signatures. One is to repeal the
death sentence and the other is to
repeal Measure 11 (the one strike
and you're in prison).
For those worrying that to
repeal Measure 11 will turn loose
real criminals, need not worry.
No one can be released without a
second look at the crime they are
charged with. As the law stands
today under Measure 11, people
(poor people especially) can be
arrested on an accusation only
and jailed. Then that law,
because
of
mandatory
sentencing, took power from
judges (the referee in a court of
law) and transferred it to
prosecutors. Many ran with the
ball and are denying people due
process,
threatening
them
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