TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 4, 2001
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manager Bill Weinman.
These 19 new locations are in
addition to 10 sites that were part
of an initial roll-out by the company
in late 2000. CenturyTel already
offers DSL services in Lebanon,
Sweet Home, Brownsville, Shedd,
Scappoose, Aurora, Charbonneau,
Gleneden Beach, Depoe Bay and
Creswell.
DSL is among the newest
technologies allowing very high
speed, simultaneous transmission
of voice and data -including video -
over a single telephone line. The
best application for DSL, according
to Weinman, is high-speed Internet
access.
"Among the unique features of
DSL is that it's always 'on,'
eliminating the need of dialing an
access number for an Internet
connection," explained Weinman.
"You can be 'online' and on your
phone at the same time, on the same
line, saving the cost of a second line
for Internet access. In addition,
business users can connect many
computers to one DSL line with
special equipment," he added.
With DSL, CenturyTel customers
in the rollout areas will enjoy
increased download data speeds
up to 512 kbps per second, which
is many times faster than typical
dial-up modems. DSL is ideal for
the quick transfer of large data and
graphics files, telecommuting and
distance learning.
For more information, call the
CenturyTel Customer Service Center
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday
through Fnday, at 1-800-637-9843.
B acon to com pete
Katie Bacon, Pnneville, daughter
of Bill and Marcy Bacon, formerly
of Heppner and lone, will compete
in the Silver State International
Rodeo m Fallon, Nevada, July 3-7.
Bacon qualified in barrel racing
and may pick up poles. She
represented lone High School in
rodeo for three years.
She was also awarded a $500
scholarship by Oregon High School
Rodeo Association. She will use
the scholarship to attend Western
Montana College in Dillon,
Montana.
W .C.C.C. Golf
W C C C Ladies’ Play
Tuesday, June 26
Low gross of the field: Dana
Reid 43. Low net of the field:
Lorene Montgomery 28. Least
putts of the field: Lorene Mont
gomery and Lynnea Sargent 13.
Longest putt #16: Carol Norris
14’2’\
Flight A: low gross a tie be
tw een K aren T hom pson and
Lynnea Sargent; low net Luvilla
Sonstegard; least putts Pat Ander
son, long drive #8 Dana Reid; KP
second shot Karen Thompson;
chip in Lorene Montgemery #6.
Flight B: low gross a tie be
tw een D ella H eidem an and
Donna Morgan; low net Betty
C hristm an; least putts C arol
N orris; long d riv e #8 D ella
Heideman; KP second shot Della
Heideman; chip in Barb Gilbert
#7.
Flight C: low gross Joyce
Dinkins; low net Loa Henderson;
least putts Barbara Gilbert; long
drive #8 Loa Henderson.
V olleyball cam p
ptem red
A youth volleyball camp, coached
by head Pilot Rock High School
volleyball coach Susan Hisler. will
be held at Pilot Rock High School
July 16-17-18. The camp is for
students who will be in grades three
through eight this fall. The camp
will be held 9a.m. to noon each day
Besides Hisler, the coaching
staff will include her varsity players
who have returned from a volleyball
clinic at Clackamas Community
College. Cathy Stelk and Denise
Weinke, former Rocket coaches
will assist, as well at Heppner's
Amber Peck. Peck plays defensive
specialist for Mt. Hood Community
College, the 2000 NWAACC
volleyball champions.
Cost for the camp is $30 per
athlete or $50 for two sisters.
Emphasis will be put on basic
fundamentals of volleyball, passing,
setting, hitting and serving.
Call 676-5878 for further
information Players need to register
by July 10.
To the Editor:
Warner V. Wasley, Special
Master for the Morrow County
School District, announced his
conclusions Tuesday, June 26. His
findings regarding the matter of
board members Barney Lindsay
and Keith Lewis are that they do
not reside in the zones from which
they were elected. Therefore,
according to Wasley, the other board
members should vacate these
positions and appoint new board
members. I believe that Mr. Lewis
and Mr. Lindsay have acted in the
best of faith to represent the people
Morrow County. Their actions have
not been deceitful. They acted in
good faith based on information
given to them by the school district
and the school board.
It is unfortunate that the school
board has acted by voting to vacate
the positions held by Mr. Lewis and
Mr. Lindsay. In the beginning, both
parties agreed that the opinion of
the Special Master would not be
a binding, as this decision is simply
an opinion and not a legally
enforceable determination. However,
so much time, money and energy
has been expended by Mr. Lindsay
and Mr. Lewis that one must
question how much these non-paid
elected
officials
owe our
communities in the fight for what
is right. It is unfortunate that the
"anonymous group o f concerned
citizens" never came forward to
explain their true concerns about
our communities' right o f
representation. The biggest concern
as stated by school board chairman
Gary Fredenckson was the possible
position in which Mr. Lewis and
Mr. Lindsay placed the board. It
was suggested that actions taken
by this board could be jeopardized
due to the questionable eligibility
of these two board members.
Without doubt, the school district
needs to be able to act with
confidence on actions taken by the
board. Without this confidence the
school district would cease to be
effective We now need to satisfy
the concerns of all citizens in regards
to the actions of the remaining board
members. Board Chairman Gary
Fredenckson, during his sworn
deposition to the district's special
master, testified that he, along with
board members Dwayne Carroll,
Julie Weikel and Pat McNamee,
have violated Public Meeting L aws
(ORS 192.610192.690). These
activities place the board's
subsequent determinations and
actions in danger of becoming
voidable and subject to suit by
anyone affected by these
determinations or actions (ORS
192.680). It appears as though the
reason to pursue the residency issue
against the expressed w ishes of the
communities represented by these
board members hasn't solved the
actual legal problems of this board.
It would be understandable if
Mr. Lewis or Mr. Lindsay felt that
continuing this fight would be a
misuse of our children's resources.
It is also understandable if the
community demands protection
against the consequences o f the
illegal actions of these four other
board members. If Mr. Lewis and
Mr. Lindsay must leave, so too must
Frederickson,
Weikel
and
McNamee. Only then can we be
assured that the actions o f board
can not be voided. Only then can
we know that the true spirit of these
activities by the board have not been
in vain.
(s) Kim Cutsforth
Heppner
Let your voices be heard
To the Editor:
At the special Morrow County
School Board meeting held on June
28, "five board members moved
forward in removing Barney Lindsay
and Keith Lewis from their
positions. Then without input from
these two members, the remaining
board members not only voted to
continue Superintendent Anderson's
employment contract but extended
it.
Having been previously stated
that this contract review would be
held on July 9 at the regular board
meeting, it is apparent that this was
done to ensure a favorable outcome
for the superintendent's review and
evaluation. Not only were two board
positions left vacant and without
input, but it also precluded the
installation and input of a newly
elected board member who will join
the board at the July 9 meeting.
This was an effective way o f iJ
controlling the evaluation results.
We feel that this was not an
appropriate action to take at this
time. If you feel as we do, take some
time to call and express your
feelings to any or all of the current
school board members. Let them
know that as Morrow County
residents, both north and south, we
really care about our schools and
our children. We want the best for
everyone throughout our county
and hope that they will demonstrate
that they have that priority as well
through their future actions. Let
your voices be heard.
(s) Ralph and Sally Walker
Heppner
Portland student reports on
Morrow County
To the Editor:
Remember back in January when
you received a letter from me. I was
wnting a report on Morrow County.
I want to say I appreciate you for
(sending) the newspaper. It was
very helpful. It taught me about a
lot of stuff.
I learned a bunch o f stuff about
Morrow County, like the flood of
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Gordon Smith aids farmers
.J*J.thejEd»ton.;-wNU..' w , ^ . j - A ^ d e i a l judge's order to divert
Senator Gordon Smith is moreW9ftr for specieshsted under
determined to get relief to Klamath the Endangered Species Act this
County farmers and ranchers. year than in previous years threatens
Senator Smith has put the new to put Klamath County's farmers
Senate Appropriations Committee and ranchers on their own
Chairman, Robert Byrd, and Endangered Species list.
In essence, the Federal Judiciary
Democratic Senate leader, Tom
has
exacerbated the water-shortage
Daschle, on notice that their attempt
by
diverting
too much water, so
to strip aid to drought-stricken
Senator
Smith
is going to force the
Oregon farmers and ranchers is not
federal
senate
to
remember Oregon’s
going to happen without a fight.
farmers and ranchers in their time
On June 21, Senator Smith
informed the Democratic Senate o f emergency.
God may giveth and taketh away,
leaders that he intends to prevent
by filibuster, the passage of their but if the federal government taketh,
away the farmer’s water, it should
Emergency
Supplemental
giveth assistance to those it hurts
Appropriations bill unless they
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replace the provision for $20 million by its confiscatory actions.
Go Gordon.
in Klamath County emergency
(s)Dennis M. Richardson
drought aid that was requested by
President Bush.
Centra! Point
JUNIOR 60LF LESSONS OFFERED
at the Willow Creek Country Club
July 17, 19, 24 and 26
I would have had a bad report.
I want to visit Morrow County
sometime. I have enclosed a copy
of my report for you to enjoy.
(s) Jeffrey Hart
(fourth grader at Edwards
Elementary School)
Portland
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every story; please make sure you
To the Editor:
know exactly what you are putting
To Morrow County Citizens,
your signature on. It cannot be
I was glad to see Ms. Dellaven's erased.
article in Tuesday's East Oregonian.
4) Are you willing to bum bridges
It prompted me to finish this letter before they have been completely
Before you sign any petition, 1 hope re-built? Many people on both sides
that you ask yoursblf these of Morrow County have been
questions:
working real hard to help bring both
1) Have you ever served on a ends o f our county together again.
board that had to make financial The big gap betw een north and south
decisions using taxpayer money has been going on far too long. In
when there is not enough money this time when schools across
to make ends meet? If you have, Oregon are suffering financial
then you understand what kind of difficulties, we as citizens and
decisions these people have been parents need to be working to bring
having to make. Nobody w ill make both sides together. A burnt bridge
everybody happy all of the time. leaves nothing but a pile of nothing.
Nobody likes to lose precious A good strong bridge brings people
teachers, needed staff and valuable together to share ideas, knowledge
programs. If you have not. then you to solve problems constructively.
really have no business judging the
5) Will this recall really solve
jobs that any of these people are any problems? No matter who sits
doing. School boards all across the on the school board, the school
state are facing financial difficulties; funding problem will still be here.
it is not just a Morrow County Until the State of Oregon decides
problem.
that our children are worthy of
2) Are you willing to sit on the educating and start taking their
Morrow County School Board? Do responsibility seriously, tough
you really want everything you say decisions will continue to plague
during a meeting discussed and re- school boards everywhere. To me,
discussed across the phone lines this isjust another waste of precious
across Morrow County? Are you money that is not there to waste
prepared to have people talk about
This county has lost enough as
you and criticize your hard work it is now. Jobs, families, revenues,
behind your back? Are you willing the list goes on and on. Due to the
to sit in a room with 100 screaming hard work o f many citizens of
people demanding that you give Morrow County from lone to
them what you cannot give them? Imgon, we are finally seeing signs
If you are willing to do these things of "new life". Companies that will
and give up you and your family's offer and are offering family wage
privacy, then I suggest to you that, jobs, a bond that will bring good
when the position in the district in things to each community, and the
which you reside, comes up for re- many other good things that are
election, that you file to run. God happening in each of our
be with you. If you are not willing communities.
to sit on the board, then why are
Let us not drive another stake
you signing a petition to kick into the heart o f Morrow County.
someone who is willing to do it? Do what you feel is right but I ask
3) Do you really want to join in you to please think real hard and,
this 'Witch Hunt'? Do you really really consider the future o f your
understand why this recall is going children and your grandchildren,
on? I'm sure if you ask those that your community, your school, your
are circulating these petitions, they "way of life" and this county before
will gladly tell you their side of the you sign your name to any recall
story. I would bet by bottom dollar petition.
that they will in no way relate any
(s) Arlynda Gates
part of the other side of the story.
lone
Remember, there are two sides to
1903 and what's going on in Morrow
County.
If you hadn't sent your stuff then
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