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TWO • Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 18, 2001 The Official Newspaper o f the City of 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 Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon Office at 147 W Willow Street Telephone (541 >676-9228 Fa* (541 >676-9211. E-mail gt@heppner net or gnu rapidserve net Web sue www heppner net Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Ga/ette-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 April Hilton-Sykes ................................................................ Publisher ............................................................... Editor News deadline la Monday at 5 p.m. For Advertising advertising deadline is T uesday at noon C ost for a display ad is $4 50 per column inch Cost for classified ad is 40< per word C ost for Card of T hanks is $5 up to 100 words Cost for a classified display ad is $5 10 per column inch For Public/Legal Notices public/legal notices deadline a Monday at 5 p.m. Dates for publication must be specified Affidavits must be required at the time of subm ission Affidavits require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be specified if required) On the HEPPNER WEBSITE: www.heppner.net • Start or Change a Subscription • Place a Classified Ad • Submit a News Story • View Real Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes • Local B u s in e s s e s • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • F re e Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! Letters to the Editor Editor’s note: Letters to the Editor must be signed The Gazette-Times will not publish unsigned letters Please include your address and phon e num ber o n 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 of statements made in letters. (Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under “C ard of Thanks ' at a c o s t of $5.) Time to build road between lone and Boardman To the Editor: It’s time to build the road between lone and Boardman. During WWII, the area between Willow Creek and the north Lexington road to the freeway was taken and established as a bombing range. After the war, the bombing range was made smaller with the west part becoming a state administrated area under contract to Boeuig for a proposed space-age development. It never happened. Later the state and Boeing established a large corporate farming operation rather than develop farming with smaller pnvate-owned units. These entities were all outside Morrow County and blocked the building of this road as they could care less about lone. The Boardman area has continued to grow with more job opportunities, and still no road. All this time any excuse has been used to block the road and now environmental groups, away from Morrow County, have joined the effort to block the road. The road should have been built many years ago and certainly should be now, as these would be more positive results than negative. (s) Don Peterson lone Levy ensures schools ready for future To the Editor: The Morrow County School Board, after receiving input from all communities, seeks a bond to build new schools where needed, and replace and/or update other facilities. The growth in the Irrigon and Boardman area is projected at 25-30 percent. Two new elementary schools will provide for that growth. Existing facilities in lone and Heppner need to be replaced. The elementary school in lone was built in 1924. The old elementary gym in Heppner was built in 1917. These buildings are unable to be renovated and must be replaced to make them safe and cost-effective. Other facilities throughout the county need to be updated and repaired. Heating and cooling systems, energy-efficient windows, replacement of roofs and replacement of asbestos floor tiles are all necessary projects in order to extend the life of the buildings and make them safe for our children. Passing the school bond levy ensures that our schools will be ready for the future. Please join me in voting yes for the future of Morrow County. Vote yes for the May 15 Morrow County School Bond Levy. (s) Nancy Snider lone Bond approval now will result in saving To the Editor: The voters of Morrow County are being called upon to provide approval for a $22 million school bond measure. The large size o f the measure requires the voters to give serious consideration to the proposals and their cost. From the perspective of long-time school district employees, we are o f the opinion that the proposals are carefully studied and well conceived. They represent what must be done to provide suitable and safe school facilities for our county's children. The cost of replacing obsolete buildings, repairing existing W.C.C.C. G o ir W C C C Ladies’ Play Tuesday, April 10 Low gross o f the field: Pat Edmundson, 39. Low net o f the field: Jan Paustian and Dana Reid, 29. Least putts of the field: Carol Norris, 13. F light A. low g ro ss Eva Kilkenny, 45; low net Pat Ander son, 33; least putts Donna M or gan. 18. Flight B: low gross Bernice Lott and Betty Christman, 51; low net Joyce Dinkins, 37. Flight C: low gross Joanne Barbee, 51; low net Barb Gilbert, 35; least putts Loa Henderson, 21. Chip in: Jan Paustian, #10. Birdie: Jan Paustian #10. On opening day, April 3, Joanne Barbee had a chip in on #6. facilities and constructing new buildings for additional students will continue to go up. Approval now will result in long-term savings. We support and will vote for the Morrow County School- District bond measure. (s) John Edmundson (s)Pat Edmundson Heppner Need is critical To the Editor: I am writing to encourage voters of Morrow County to vote yes on the upcoming school bond election. The vote-by mail ballots will be mailed April 27 and must be returned to Morrow County Elections Office and received by 8 p.m. on May 15- ballots may also be deposited at the Irrigon Justice Court office on 3rd Street. Passing this bond is crucial to our young people and the Morrow County School Board has worked diligently to prepare a bond that will take care of our needs for years to come and yet remain affordable. Continued rapid growth in North Morrow County necessitates new elementary schools, one in Boardman and one in Imgon. Also, schools in South Morrow County are in need o f repairs including roofing, replacement o f asbestos floor tile, energy-efficient windows, replacement o f some buildings and remodeling o f others. It should be noted that restoring a high school to Irrigon does not involve a new building; Columbia Middle School was designed to house a 7-12 configuration, and Riverside High School would provide adequate space for a 7-12 configuration in Boardman. The 7-12 configuration is widely used by towns in our area, including Umatilla, Stanfield, Heppner and lone. One principal commented to me that this is especially beneficial for seventh and eighth grades, as it provides them the opportunity of specialized teachers in the various fields. A big concern to property owners is, o f course, the expense. While the bond amount, 22 million, sounds large. Morrow County is fortunate in having a large tax base, resulting in a bond rate of $1.38 per thousand o f assessed value. For example, if your house is assessed at $100,000.00, this bond would cost you $138 per year, or 37.5 cents per day. If your house is assessed at $50,000.00, your annual tax would be $69, or under. 19 cents per day. By contrast, the school bond recently passed by the City o f Umatilla in the amount o f 10.3 million, cost taxpayers in that city a bond rate of $4.20 per thousand, more than three times the amount we would be paying. Stanfield’s recent school bond in the amount o f 5.4 million resulted in a bond rate o f $2.97 per thousand (more than double our rate) and Hermiston’s school bond in the amount o f 39.9 million resulted in a bond rate of $2.83 (also more than double our rate). No one enjoys paying taxes, but the need is here, it is critical and the bond is affordable. Let’s support our schools and vote "Yes for Kids” on the May ballot. (s) LaVelle Partlow Irrigon School renovations necessary are not capable of supporting them they will choose to live outside our school district. This bond measure covers a new elementary building in Boardman. a new elementary building at Imgon, convert Columbia Middle school to Jr/Sr high, replace lone Elementary School, replace the old gym at Heppner and other renovations. All these things are necessary to people living in our county. Please join me in voting yes on May 15. (s) Cindi Doherty Heppner To the Editor: I have a daughter in the fifth grade at Heppner Elementary and two grown sons that both graduated from Heppner High School. I graduated from lone High School and my husband graduated from Heppner High School. We are proud to live in Morrow County. We that live in Morrow County know that it is a great place to live. With the growth in the north end of the county and all the work that the Willow Creek Valley people are doing to bring jobs to that end of the county we need to encourage people to move here. If our schools Our children need adequate learning environment To the Editor: Morrow County residents will soon have an option to upgrade facilities and improve educational opportunities for our children. The Morrow County Schools Maintenance and Construction Bond ballot will soon be delivered to our homes. I urge residents to consider voting "yes” for our kids. These monies will provide for additional classrooms and educational facilities throughout the county, along with much needed maintenance and repairs to existing facilities. We’ve taken quite a hit the past two years in operating Hinds -funds to provide for teachers and educational materials. If monres have to be diverted from operations to provide for capital type maintenance and repairs, additional strains will be put on the "teaching" budget. Over the next three to four years, older bond issues will be paid off. This allows for a very minimal increase in our annual property tax bills from this bond. Our children need an adequate learning environment to master the skills needed to prepare for tomorrow's workforce. Say "yes" for our kids. (s) Tom W olff Heppner High school rodeo visit Roseburg Oregon High School Rodeo competitors traveled to Roseburg April 14-15 for the latest stop on the rodeo trail. Heppner's Jend Penturf claimed the bull riding championship with a 71-point ride. Penturf also placed ninth in the bareback riding with a score o f 50. Ryan Matteson and Blake Knowles, both Heppner, claimed the team roping reserve championship with a 8.84 run. Knowles also claimed fifth in the steer wrestling with a 22.83. Chris and Joe Irzyk o f Moro claimed second and fourth respectively in the steer wrestling. Chris had a T.2 run while Joe turned in a 11.03. On the girls' side, former lone resident, Katie Bacon, placed in two events. She stopped the watches at 16.460 in the barrel racing for seventh place and 22.849 in the pole bending for ninth place. Lacey Matteson, Heppner, grabbed fourth in the barrel racing with a 16.124. Jome Nash, Pilot Rock, continued her domination o f the barrel racing and pole bending, claiming the barrel racing title with a 15.916 and reserve in the poles with a 20.836. Liz Bowerman, Pnneville, held on to seventh in the girls' cutting with a 68. Heppner will be the site o f the rodeo action on April 20, 21 and 22. The cutting contest will feature a doubleheader, with competition for the Hermiston rodeo, which takes place the following week, combined with the Heppner competition. Action will start at 6 p.m. on. Friday. Rodeo performances will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, with slack at 8 a.m. on Sunday. Several local youth will be competing, giving their friends and neighbors a chance to see them in action. Wranglers begins 2001 playdays The Wranglers Riding Club will hold playdays at the Morrow County Fairgrounds in Heppner on April 22, April 29, May 6 and May 13, with a barbecue for Mother's Day. Playdays will begin with a potluck at noon. Activities start at 1 p.m. Age divisions will be decided on the first playday. For more information, or for those who can't attend on April 22, but plan to attend other playdays, contact Lon Seitz, president, Sandy Matthews, vice president, Judy Barber, treasurer, or Shen Gregory, secretary to be included in an age division. Everyone is welcome to join the club. There is a membership of $25 per family, $15 fora single,or $5 for the day. Justice Court Report The Morrow County Justice Court office at the courthouse annex building in Heppner reports handling the following business: Gary W. Richards, 62, Heppner- DisobeyingTraffic Control Device (stop sign), $132 fine; Richard Glenn Devin, 30, Arlington-Violation of the Basic Rule, 80 mph in a 55 mph zone, $132 fine; Randall Keith Williams, 50, Heppner-Failure to Renew Registration, Driving Uninsured, $136 fine; Marion Howard Mitchell, 20,- Kelso, Wash.-Exceeduig Maximum Speed, 80 mph in a 65 mph zone, $132 fine; ■> Debra Ann Wright 49, Heppner- Violation of the Basic Rule, 75 mph in a 55 mph zone, $77 fine; Keith Thomas Hanson, Jr., 38, Heppner-Violation of the Basic Rule, 75 mph in a 55 mph zone, $77 fine. A p ril 19 th ~ T h u rsd a y FISHERMAN’S NIGHT - O ysters, Catfish and Ham Dinner sta rt ing at 6 p.m. Drawings for a G Loomis pole and a chainsaw, plus m any m ore prizes. Lodge starts at 8 p.m. For Elks m em bers only. B I N G O B A C K O N W E D N E S D A Y S S T A R T I N G A T 7:00 p .m . HEPPNER ELKS 358 676-9181 " W h e re F riends M e e t" 142 North Main RE School budget Meetings of the Morrow County School District Budget Committee for consideration of the 2001-2002 budget will be held on Thursday, April 19, at 7:30 p.m. at the school district office in Lexington and, if needed, on Tuesday, April 24, at 7:30 p.m. at Riverside High School in Boardman. COLT VOLLEYBALL SIGN-UPS FOR COLT VOLLEYBALL REGISTRATION FOR NEXT FALL WILL BE: Tuesday, M a y 8th: H eppner N e igh b o rh o o d Center, 6-8 p.m. Thursday, M a y 10th: lone Fire H all, 6-8 p.m. Saturday, M a y 12th: H eppner N e igh b o rh o o d Center, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. There will be a release form for parents to fill out. We would appreciate If parents would be there for sign-ups so they can sign the release form. It does not cost anything; all you need to bring Is a pen. There will also be information about Colt Volleyball for next fall and a sign-up sheet for coaches and volunteers. There may be a clinic in August that will be put on by the high school volleyball players. This will be included on the release form. If you can't be there and would like to sign up, or for more information, contact Missy Cutsforth, 989-8104. G E T $5.00 BACK FROM W R A N G LER O N EVERY T W O PAIR PURCHASE O F W R AN GLER C O W B O Y CUT* JE A N S FO R M EN A N D Y O U T H , UP T O M E N ' S $ 2 2 95 3 8 " le n g t h , $2°° e x t r a Y O U T H $ 1 9 9s t o $ 2 2 95 Gardner's Men’s W ear (541) 676-9218 • 193 N. Main St. • Heppner OFFER E N D S M AY 6, 2 0 0 1 ’ Two pair minimum purchase see store lor details
