TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 31, 2001
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Ethical lapses come down to state level
To the Editor:
Lazenby, the governor’s staff
On November 7.2(XX). we Oregon attorney, did attend.
voters passed Measure 7 which
This meeting was ostensibly to
protected private property rights. plan the state's budget but meeting
As most of you know the government notes secured through the Freedom
cannot take your property without of Information Act by Oregonians
paying for it. If the government w ants in Action never mentions the state
your property to build a road or other budget. The notes seem to indicate
"necessary purpose" that property that the only thing discussed was
can be condemned but if you are how to thwart the will of the voters
not given full value you can take and, finally, to agree on which judge
the agency to court, prove and
to hear the challenge.
recover the value plus costs. However
As of now the Marion County
the state can reduce the economic
judge has declared the measure
value through various environmental
unconstitutional. Schuman, who had
acts such as Endangered Species
opposed the measure, put himself
or Clean Water Act or even by
in charge of the defense but he has
zoning and. unless you are denied
been reported to the Bar Association
all use, you cannot recover your
for failing to provide a vigorous
economic loss. Measure 7 was
defense.
enacted to cure that injustice.
Governor Kitzhaber was
When the measure was placed
apparently satisfied because he has
on the ballot our governor, various
appointed Mr. Schpman tq the court
civic officials and the leftish
of appeals and Mr. Wyatt, his chief
environmentalistsopposed it. Soon
of staff, to be chairman of the* Port
after the measure's passage there
of Portland. State Attorney General
w as talk of taking the measure to
Bill Bradbury is running for Sen.
court. On November 16, after
Gordon Smith's job with the
passage, before any lawsuit had been
governor's endorsement. The only
filed, assistant attorney general for
losers seem to be the taxpayers of
Oregon Schuman set up a meeting
Oregon.
with Kitzhaber to meet with Tom
These forgoing paragraphs are
Christ and Jerry Lidz who were to
a brief review of a story appearing
be attorneys for the plaintiffs. That
in the August issue of Brainstorm
meeting took place for 2'/ j hours
NW which published a copy of the
on the 17th with the governor,
meeting notes. If this is as it seems
members of his staff. Dick Townsend
to be, a conspiracy by some of our
o f the League o f Oregon Cities,
officials to thwart the will of the
Robert Liberty of Thousand Friends,
voters. I think that we must assume
representatives of the city of Eugene
that the ethical lapses of our last
and Dick Benner o f LCDC. Mr.
national administration have come
Schuman himself did not attend for
down to our state level.
that would have disqualified him
(s) Don McElligott
from participating in the trial, but
lone
Martin Davis
Martin
Davis
of
Pendleton has been hired by the
Port o f Morrow' and Morrow
County
as
economic
development director for both
entities.
Davis' extensive business
experience includes employment
with Inland Empire Bank at
Umatilla, first as a management
trainee. While with Inland
Empire (now Banner Bank) he
also spent one year as manager at
the Boardman office and several
years as a commercial loan
officer at Pendleton.
Davis also worked for an
ag export business and owned
his own small business, selling
center pivot irrigation systems.
He later bought Down's
Supply in Hermiston, which he
owned for two years.
He worked in sales for
the Selectric company in
Umatilla, which built irrigation
pump panels, and later worked
for Selectric as chief executive
officer.
Davis was employed for
several years by the Oregon
Econom ic
D evelopm ent
Department as regional business
development officer for a 10-
county region, from Gilliam
County east.
Davis' career experience
includes doing consulting work
in business development for
private companies and also for
the city o f Umatilla, He was
involved in the siting o f the Two
Rivers Correctional Institution
and worked on the proposal for
that area's waste treatment plant.
He was later hired by the
city of Umatilla as the city
administrator.
During
his
administration he took the
community through a period of
rapid growth and change.
In 1999, Davis was hired
by the Greater Eastern Oregon
Development Commission and
this year he came on board as
economic development director.
As
economic
development director, he spends
half of this time working for the
port and half for the county.
Davis says he prefers to think of
his
job
as
"community
development," working
to
recruit new businesses while
helping
create
livable
communities. "It’s important that
we don't forget any aspect o f the
community," says Davis.
Davis said the real
challenge
in
economic
developm ent,
especially
concerning business recruitment
in south Morrow County, came
after the September 11 terrorist
attacks. "We would have landed
two or three businesses," says
Davis. "But now it's going to be
an uphill battle during this
recessionary period. People are
just kind o f hunkered in. We're
going to have to see some
economic recovery before they're
going to relocate. Difficulty in
the economy is the message right
now."
Davis has an office at the
Port of Morrow in Boardman,
481-7678, and also at the
Morrow County Courthouse
Annex in Heppner, 676-5668.
Davis, 47, grew up in the
Hermiston area and has lived in
Umatilla County most of his life.
He graduated from Hermiston
High School and then attended
Oregon State University. He later
received a degree in business
through
Eastern
Oregon
University.
Davis, who is single, has
three children, Molly Loy61a, 26,
who lives in Wenatchee, WA;
Luke, 23, who lives in
Hermiston; and Jessica, 19, who
is in her second year at OSU.
lone Elementary
plans book fair
lone Elementary School is
planning a Scholastic Book Fair and
program on Thursday, Nov. 15, at
6:30 p.m. in the school cafeteria.
Everyone is invited to attend.
The theme of the book fair is
"Books are Magical". Ihe elementary
students will present a short program
featuring nursery rhymes, complete
with Mother Goose, fairy tales and
Harry Potter.
After the program, participants
will be able to choose from a
selection of Scholastic books to
purchase for personal use as well
as earn points for the school.
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Animals
discovered
mutilated
Two animals have been
discovered mutilated in the
mountains near Divide Well,
west of Ukiah.
According to the owner
o f the animals, one cow and one
bull were discovered dead the
last week in September with their
genital areas and tongues
removed. The owner said that the
parts appeared to have been
removed by a knife.
lire rancher, who wished
to remain anonymous, said that
the incident was turned over to
the U.S. Forest Serv ice, who told
him they planned to notify the
Oregon State Police.
Advisory
comm ittee to
meet
The Heppner-Lexington
f
Advisory Committee will meet
for a regular business meeting on
Wednesday, November 7, at 7
p.m. at Heppner High School.
On Monday, November
19, at 7 p.m.. the committee will
meet at Heppner Elementary
School
to
view
architect
drawings for the school bond
construction project and continue
the discussion about demolition
of old buildings on the
elementary-old
junior
high
campus.
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Local liquor stores wont sell to minors
Two area stores were among 18
o f 27 state liquor stores checked m
11 central and eastern Oregon
counties who refused to sell alcohol
to a minor during a recent
compliance operation conducted
by the Oregon Liquor Control
Commission.
Liquor stores in Heppner and
the lone refused to sell liquor to
minors, according toanOLCC news
release.
Five members of the OLCC's
Statewide Compliance Team and
three underage volunteers conducted
the compliance checks on Oct. 24-25
as part of the agency's Secret Shopper
program. They visited liquor stores
in Baker. Deschutes. Gilliam, Grant.
Harney. Malheur, Morrow, Sherman.
Umatilla, Wasco and Wheeler
counties.
The OLCC has conducted checks
at most of the state’s 237 liquor stores
under the two-year Secret Shopper
pilot program.
During a compliance check, young
people age 18-20 work with OLCC
inspectors or other law enforcement
officers to verify that liquor stores
or licensed businesses are properly
checking young-looking patrons and
are obeying state law prohibiting
alcohol sales to anyone under age
21. The volunteers carry their own
legal ID and are instructed not to
lie about their age. OLCC inspectors
are sworn peace officers.
"We’re pleased that 18 o f our
liquor stores said no to selling to
minors." said James Miller. Statewide
Compliance Team manager. "A 33
percent sales rate is higher than the
statewide average, which is
unacceptable. Our goal is for none
l
of our liquor stores or licensees to
be selling to minors," he explained.
"That's why we conduct these
compliance operations."
The OLCC offers training to store
clerks, service permit holders and
others on ID checking techniques,
identifying false identification and
the laws regarding minors and
alcohol.
Fair & Rodeo
Court plans
fund raisers
The 2002 Morrow County Fair
and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Court,
consisting of Queen Salli McElligott
of lone and Princesses Julie Proctor
and Genia Grant, both of Heppner,
are already busy trying to earn money
to help offset some of their wardrobe
and travel expenses.
The three court members are
selling raffle tickets for a half beef
and a whole hog that have been
donated in their behalf, with cutting
and wrapping donated by Mike and
Judy (Jcpsen) Julio of Mike's Mobile
Slaughter in Stanfield
They are also collecting Red
Apple Grocery receipts. Receipts
may be dropped off at Green Feed
and Seed. Heppner, or Bank of
Eastern Oregon. Heppner.
Ihe 2002 court is looking forward
to a busy and fun year as they travel
around Oregon and Washington,
promoting Morrow County. Those
who would like to buy tickets may
contact any of the court members.
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