TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 5, 2001
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Heppner continues to take cuts
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LCDC unfair
To the Editor:
The Land Conservation and
Development Commission (LCDC)
set up an income standard that
prohibits landowners to build a home
on their own land. This governmental
agency said that regardless o f the
size o f the parcel, a landowner must
meet a income standard o f 580,000
for two years before the landowner
could build a home on his own land.
This regulation is unfair because
it is a rule expected to fit the whole
state. Well, this "one size fits all"
rule allows only large farm ers to
build home on their property. Small
farm ers who could not meet the
requirement can't build a home on
another teacher should have been
hired without taking one o f ours.
Heppner continues to take cuts in
teaching positions. We can find the
money for teachers. It has to be made
a priority. It isn't now.
We are currently without
representation after losing two board
members, Barney Lindsay and Keith
Lewis, when the board voted to
remove them in June. (They are
awaiting legal court action on this
issue.)
Teachers and curriculum are
crucial for our students. Our kids
grow too fast. We don't get another
chance.
If you haven't signed the recall
petition, please do so. Contact Mike
Armato, 676-9777, for more
information.
(s) Ann Murray
Heppner
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their land. Not having a home on
the land makes it even harder for
small farm ers to farm. Everyday
farmers would have to bring the tools
and equipment needed to the site
because they would have no storage
space or home. More time and money
are wasted, thus inhibiting them from
even meeting the 580,000 rule even
if they wanted.
This is but one example o f how
unfair the 580,000 rule is. This is
one exam ple o f the Land
Conservation and Development
Commission's unfair regulations that
hurts Oregon landowners.
(s) Barbara West
Arlington
Hazard, berm still there
To the Editor:
The Oregon Departm ent o f
Transportation (ODOT) worked all
sum m er on Highway 207 north o f
Lexington at the Bombing Range
Road Junction.
Money, time and work was spent
on this highway and we still have
a highway hazard and a big berm
o f dirt. Why was this left this way?
(s) Eva Kilkenny
Heppner
Measure 7 step in right direction
To the Editor:
In 1973, the legislature gave the
Land Conservation and Development
Commission (LCDC), a non-elected
body, the power to control the use
o f every acre of pnvate land in the
state. Unfortunately, the legislature
did not insure that the rights o f
landowners would be protected
against unfair, excessive land
controls.
As a result, year after year, LCDC
imposed more and more controls
that denied landowners the naht to
live on their own land, to harvest
trees, to divide o ff and sell or give
children a portion o f their property.
No compensation whatsoever was
paid to the landowners.
Worse y e t the controls were not
imposed to protect the public's
interest in water, air or safety (other
regulatory agencies do that); they
were imposed mainly to preserve
open space in rural Oregon and to
force people to live in cities.
Measure 7 will help bring some
fairness to such controls by requiring
com pensation to landowners for
losses they suffer from excessive
regulations. It's a step in the right
direction.
(s) Jam es W oodward
Mitchell
Garden Club
to meet
Colt volleyball
program to get
underway
The Heppner Garden
C lub will meet on Monday,
September 10, at 7 p.m. at the St.
Patrick's Senior Center.
Their guest speaker will
be Garden Club scholarship
recipient Brandon Young.
Orchids will be the
m eeting topic. In addition, those
attending will tour the yards o f
the yard o f the month recipients.
Ida Farra and Jeanette
Padberg will host the m eeting
Gladys Cox, 79, o f Hermiston,
formerly o f Heppner, died Monday
September 3,2001, at the Hermiston
Care and Retirem ent C enter in
Hermiston.
Funeral services will be Thursday
September 6, 2001, at 1 p.m. at the
Bums M ortuary Chapel in
Hermiston. Bunal will follow in the
Hermiston Cem etery.
She was bom near Thomfield,
Missouri, on May 8, 1922, to Smith
and Nona Lawson and grew up in
the Thomfield-Ava area o f Missoun.
She m am ed Glenn Irby in 1941
and moved to Oregon in 1942, living
and working at ranches in the
Heppner area. She cooked for the
harvest crews and hired hands. The
couple had two sons. Bill and Bob
Irby. They later divorced.
In 1956 she m arried Ivan Cox
and they lived on a wheat and cattle
ranch in the Heppner area. After
selling the ranch, they spent winters
in Pendleton and sum m ers at their
mountain home near Bull Prairie.
Ivan Cox died in 1982.
After moving to Herm iston in
1984, she met Ken Maynard who
has been her friend and companion
since February 1988. They attended
many of the senior meals ¿id dances.
She had resided at the Pat Gray-
Wheelhouse Home since January,
2001 .
under ‘C a rd o f Thanks’ at a cost of $5.)
To the Editor:
A few days before school was
to begin, after classroom preparations
had been made, our school district
cut yet another teacher from the
Heppner schools.
We lost one o f our kindergarten
classes (from two down to one) and
a kindergarten teacher was told to
teach the second/third combined
grade. This com bined classroom
environment is a challenge for any
teacher, and I know the current
teacher will make it a success, but
planning for this type o f class is
extremely important This also leaves
us with a much larger kindergarten
class - when one-on-one attention
is extrem ely important.
The position was given to
Boardman. With knowledge o f a
large incoming class in Boardman,
Gladys Cox
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The C olt
volleyball
program for children in grades
three to six will get underway
Friday, Septem ber 14, at the
Heppner High School gym.
Registration and release
forms will be available at the
Heppner Elem entary School
office.
Form s may be returned
to the school or to Missy
Cutsforth, 989-8104.
She was a member o f the Eagles
Auxiliary. She thought Hermiston
was the "friendliest town she had
lived in" and she really enjoyed her
friends in Hermiston.
She is survived by her companion,
Ocie "Ken" Maynard o f Irrigon; two
sons. Bill Irby of Hermiston and Bob
Irby and daughter-in-law Claudia
ofHermiston; stepdaughters, Mary
Banks of Pendleton and Rita Sumner
of Heppner, sisters, Ruth Workman
of Ava, Missoun, and Hazel Sullivan
o f Indianapolis, Indiana; brother,
Earl Lawson o f Oklahom a; four
grandchildren,
three
step-
grandchildren and four great
grandchildren; numerous nieces and
nephews. She was preceded in death
by her husband, Ivan Cox in 1982;
one sister and one brother.
Memorial contributions may be
made to the Alzheimer's Association
or to the American Cancer Society
through Bums Mortuary, Box 289,
Hermiston, Oregon 97838.
.... Bums M ortuary o f Hermiston
is in charge o f arrangements.
Maynard Jackson
Struthers, Sr.
Maynard Jackson Struthers Sr.,
87, o f Herm iston, formerly o f
Heppner, died Thursday, August
30,2001, at his home in Hermiston.
A funeral service was held on
Saturday, September 1,2001, at Faith
Church o f God in Hermiston with
bunal following at the Hermiston
Cem etery in Herm iston.
Mr. Struthers was bom November
19,1913, on the family homestead
at Ronan, M ontana, to A.C. and
Myrtle FI. (Jackson) Struthers.
Mr. Struthers was a farmer in his
early life in the Connell, Washington,
area. He moved to Heppner and was
a truck dnver, farmer, carpenter and
then worked as a heavy equipment
operator for Morrow County Road
Dept, until retiring in 1981.
On August 28,1959 he m am ed
Edna M om s.
In 1984 he moved to Hermiston
and lived there since.
He enjoyed yard work, hunting,
fishing, farming, quilt tying and was
an avid Atlanta Braves fan.
He is survived by his wife o f 42
years, Edna; four sons, Jack Struthers
o f Heppner, Bill Struthers o f
M ilwaukie, Gary Struthers o f
Portland and Joe Struthers o f Clovis,
New Mexico; daughter, Dena Wiese
o f Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; brother,
Archie Struthers o f Wilsonville; 11
grandchildren and seven great
grandchildren.
Mr. Struthers was preceded in
death by his parents; two brothers,
Clayton and Alger, and sister, Agnes
Abercrombie.
Memonal contributions, for those
who wish, may be made to the Faith
Church o f God directly or d o Bums
Mortuary ofHermiston at P.O. Box
289 Hermiston, Oregon 97838.
Bums M ortuary ofH erm iston
was in charge o f arrangements.
Births
Mason Gage Lehman: a son
Mason Gage was bom to Jessica
and Jon Lehman o f Boardman on
August 24,2001, at Good Shepherd
Medical Center in Hermiston. The
baby weighed 8 lbs. 8 oz and was
23 inches long.
He joins brothers, Kaden, VA,
and Payton, l, at home. Grandparents
are Donald and Sharron Lehman,
San Diego, and Charlie and Cindy
Sum ner o f Lexington.
Slottee scholarship
winner announced
The South M orrow County
Scholarship Trust has announced
that Matthew Jepsen is this year's
recipient o f the Elizabeth Slottee
M emorial Scholarship.
Jepsen, the son o f Bill and Nancy
Jepsen, is in his third year as a
student in the Lionel Hampton
School o f Music at the University
o f Idaho. He is working towards a
BS in music theory, with additional
emphasis in teaching and mentonng.
The scholarship given this year
is in the am ount o f 51,000.
The Elizabeth Slottee Memonal
Scholarship is given to "remember
Elizabeth's love o f music and her
wish to share it with others" and is
awarded each year to a junior, senior
or graduate student majoring or
minonng in music or a student who
has been accepted into a school o f
education.
Weather Report
By the City of Heppner
For the month of August
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M C Health Dept.
M orrow County Health Dept,
lists its September schedule for clinic
hours:
Thursday, Sept. 6-Heppner clinic,
8:30 a.m .-4:30 p.m.;
M onday, Sept. 10-Boardman
clinic, 8:30 a.m .-4:30 p.m.;
Tuesday, Sept. 11-Boardman
clinic, 8:30 a.m .-4:30 p.m.;
Thursday, Sept. 13-Heppner
clinic, 8:30 a.m .-4:30 p.m.;
M onday, Sept. 17-Boardman
clinic, 8:30 a.m .-4:30 p.m.;
Tuesday, Sept. 18-Boardman
clinic, 8:30 a.m .-4:30 p.m.;
W ednesday, Sept. 19-Irrigon
clinic, 8:30 a.m .-4:30 p.m.;
Thursday, Sept. 20-Heppner
clinic, 8:30 a.m .-4:30 p.m.;
M onday, Sept. 24-Boardman
clinic, 8:30 a.m .-4:30 p.m.;
Tuesday, Sept. 25-Boardman
clinic, 8:30 a.m .-4:30 p.m.;
Thursday, Sept. 27-Heppner
clinic, 8:30 a.m.~4:30 p.m.
Death Notice
James E. Bloodsworth
Jam es E. Bloodsworth, 71, o f
Heppner, died Sunday, September
2, 2001, at Pioneer M emorial
Hospital in Heppner.
Funeral services will be Thursday,
September 6,2001, at 1 p.m. at the
Heppner Elks Lodge, with
concluding service and bunal at the
Lexington Cemetery,
Sweeney Mortuary o f Heppner
is in charge o f arrangements.
A complete obituary will be in
next week's Heppner Gazette.
Davis wins shopping spree
M ary Ann D avis at Central checkout
Mary Ann Davis was the lucky
winner o f the Morrow County Fair
and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo royalty's
5300 shopping spree at Heppner
Central Red Apple M arket.
Queen Tammy Booth, Pnncess
Kelsey Greenup and pennant bearers
Lacey Davis and Megan McCabe
sold the tickets.
The winner was drawn at the
Morrow County Rodeo on Sunday,
August 19.
After paying for the shopping
spree the girls will use the proceeds
to help pay some o f their expenses
incurred representing M orrow
County at area parades and rodeo
grand entries.
Where did Mary Ann spend most
o f her allotted tim e? At the m eat
counter, o f course.
Speedway topic of
Boardman chamber
The Boardm an C ham ber o f process," according to a Boardman
Com m erce will hold its monthly Chamber news release. He will also
general luncheon m eeting on introduce his partners and other
Wednesday, Sept 19, at the Port of people involved in this project.
Morrow's R iverfront Center Ball Onufrei is "looking forward to being
in Boardman and is honored to speak
Room at 12 noon.
Stelian Onufrei, CEO o f Racing about this exciting project."
A buffet lunch will be served at
Unlimited, Inc., will be the featured
speaker. Onufrei will give an update a cost $6.50, to be paid at the door.
for the proposed speedway in Contact the chamber by Monday,
Boardman. He is "thrilled to speak Sept. 17 to reserve lunch at 481-
about the speedway's development, 3014. Due to the anticipated
status o f application, prelim inary attendance o f this meeting, lunch
project information and the permit reservations will be limited to the
first 150 RSVPs.
H ighw ay 395 still restricted
Highway 395 betw een Ukiah
Junction and m ilepost 62 is still
restricted to single lane traffic
between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., Monday
through Friday, as o f Aug. 30.
During nights and weekends, the
road will be open to two-lane traffic.
Motonsts are still cautioned to not
stop along the roadway while dnving
through the area.
"We have two pilot cars escorting
traffic through the area during
w orking hours, while crews continue
removing damaged trees and debris
near the highway," said ODO T
District 12 manager Terry McArtor.
Traffic delays during work hours
are down to half an hour or less, but
there are still safety concerns.
"Variable message signs in the area
are warning motonsts to stay o ff the
shoulders and not stop, as debris
and trees may continue to slide down
the hillsides." M cA rtor said.
The highway will remain restneted
to single lane travel during work
hours for about a week.