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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 7, 2001 The Official Newspaper o f the City o f Heppner and the County o f Morrow Letters to the Editor Editor's note Letters to the Editor must be signed The Cazette* Times will not publish unsigned letters Please include your address and phone num ber on all letters for use by theC -T office The G-T reserves the right to edit TheC-T is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters (Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds H ep p n er GAZETTE-TIMES under ‘C ard of Thanks’ at a cost of $5.) U S P S 240-420 Not the time for tantrums Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post O ffic e at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879 Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon Office at 147 W Willow Street Telephone (54 1) 676-9228 Fax (541) 676-9211. 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For Advertising advertising deadline is Tuesday at noon Cost for a display ad is $4 50 per column inch Cost for classified ad is 40< per word Cost for Card of Thanks is $5 up to 100 w ords Cost for a classified display ad is $5 10 per column inch For Pubiic/legal Notices public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p m Oates for publication must be specified Affidavits must be required at the time of submission Affidavits require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be specified if required) On the HEPPNER WEBSITE: wtvw.heppner.net • Start or Change a Subscription • Place a C lassified Ad • Submit a News Story • View Real Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! Local student earns Frohnmayer scholarship demolish the stereotypical images o f the Greek people," according to a news release. A com m ittee composed o f undergraduate fraternity and sorority members, UO Greek alumni and UO faculty reviewed the applications and selected finalists. The finalists were then invited to one o f two receptions hosted by the scholarship committee, hosted in both Eugene and Portland. The applicants and their parents had a chance to leam about Greek life and other student organizations on campus. Allison Halvorsen University o f Oregon Dave Frohnmayer Scholarship recipients have been announced. Six scholarships were given to incoming UO students from the state of Oregon in amounts totaling $3,000. Allison Halvorsen o f lone was selected as a recipient o f a $250 scholarship/ Based on applications from more that 225 men and women, and interviews by the scholarship com m ittee, recipients o f $250 scholarships, besides Halvorsen include Cassandra Aanderud, Christopher Adams, Jonathon Lemons; recipients o f $1000 scholarships went to Molly Diaz and Brooks Harrop. The Dave Frohnmayer Scholarship is m honor o f the University o f Oregon president to serve as a lasting tribute to his service for the UO. The scholarship was funded entirely by fraternity and sorority members. The UO Interfratemity and Panhellenic Councils offered the scholarships. "The purpose o f awarding the scholarships were to prom ote the qualities o f academic excellence, leadership with integrity, and dedication o f service to the University community. Secondly, the Greek com m unity at the UO wanted to continue its efforts to CBEC poster contest winners announced Columbia Basin Electric Co-op has announced the winners o f its annual electrical safety poster contest The 2001 winners were announced at the CBEC annual m eeting held in Heppner on Thursday night. The competition is open to all fourth graders in their service territory. First place winners are awarded $20; second place winners are awarded $ 10. Winners are as follows; Heppner Elementary School-first Kyle Tayloe, second Ashley Wolf; lone Elementary School-first Tyree Svetich, second B nanna Peterson; Condon Grade School-first Jarrod Thomas, second Tessa Kelly; Fossil Grade School-first Asia Anderson; second Dillon Nelson. The contest generated over 55 entries. " Electricity is like most tools: it can make our lives much easier and more pleasant, but if used carelessly, can be dangerous," said a CBEC news release. JàÊ « V main, To the Editor: It is true that many teachers in Morrow County were reassigned by the school board. Because o f this some Heppner citizens have put the whole county through a recall of three school board members. They have complained at great length that "they took our teachers." Therein lies the problem. This district is unique in that it is made up o f every com m unity within the county borders. The teachers that were reassigned were not "your" teachers. They work for the entire district; therefore they work where they are needed. In this democracy no community has the right to better schools, more teachers or better program s. It is ludicrous for one community to think they have the nght to maintain higher academic standards than the rest of the schools in the district. Like it or not, when the state makes funding cuts we must all tighten our belts. Unless a miracle in the legislative branch happens our board will need to make more cuts in the near future. As has happened in the past they will make cuts in areas that will have the least negative impact on our children's education. If we are to restore harmony to Morrow County we must all work together. Our school board is going to need help in m aking tough decisions in the days ahead. We must' look at this district as one entity and not demand more than is rightfully ours. We must show our children that we have the maturity to accept the inevitable. This is not the time for tantrums. This is the time to join together and show the world that with a little cooperation and ingenuity we can educate our children regardless o f funding shortfalls. (s) M eredith DeHaven Irrigon Support American farmers To the Editor: For the past three years farmers across America have been in an economic downturn in alm ost all sectors o f farming. Locally this has been made worse with poor weather conditions due to lack o f moisture affecting large parts o f the Pacific Northwest, hurting cereal grains production and also livestock producers because o f poor pastures for grazing. Now in the middle o f all this one of our own local stores has decided to take another stab at the American producer. Safeway stores throughout their chain have decided that the American fanner is not really worth their time to support and slapped them in the face once more. Safeway has now taken on the policy of selling only im ported lamb from New Zealand and not to sell lamb grown in the United States. Why they have decided to turn their backs on the American farmer I don't know but as a local fanner I know I can do som ething about it. My family and I are going to boycott Safeway from now on and we urge the rest o f you to do the same. I will even make this easier for you, and ask that you don't need to boycott the whole store, but do not buy any meat, fish or poultry from Safeway. Please take your business else where that at least gives the Am encan farm er a chance to compete. One last food for thought: did you know that produce grown in the United States has to meet certain standards o f quality that imported produce does not? Talk to fruit and vegetable farmers; they can enlighten you as to the standards they have to meet that foreign epuntnes do not hold their farm ers to. So please take your meat, fish and poultry business to another store that supports Am erican farmers, which will also help support the U.S. economy. (s) C hris Rauch Lexington Why isn’t residency laid at clerk's door? To the Editor: Whose mistake is it? As patrons and taxpayers in Morrow County, we are wondering why the issue of school board member residency is not laid at the door o f the county clerk's office rather than in the laps o f two school board members. It should not be held against board members who were elected to the board in good faith by the voters of Morrow County. The bottom line is they were elected by the people . . . period. (s) M arilyn Post (s) Judy Brown Irrigon Heppner Daycare receives education grant Attorney General Hardy Myers has announced that Heppner Daycare/Preschool is am ong 13 Oregon recipients that will share $120,000 in Children's Education Grants for support o f their programs that benefit and advance the education of children. A five-member advisory committee reviewed 140 applications from non-profit, charitable and govemmeptal groups. "The.caliber of these winners and their programs is very impressive," Myers said. "The advisory committee did an outstanding job o f selecting a group o f worthwhile program s, giving special consideration to counties that have not received assistance in the past." The grants were available due to Oregon's participation in national, multi-state antitrust settlements in 1998 and 1999 totaling $50 million in cash and toys with national retailer Toys 'R' Us and toy manufacturers Mattel, Hasbro and The Little Tikes Company. This resulted in Oregon receiving over a penod o f four years, toys worth more than $389,000 and approximately $ 150,000 in cash for children's programs. For the last four years, settlement money distribution has included toys being delivered during the holiday seasons throughout the state. The 2000 holiday toy distribution included the additional awarding o f $20,000 grants to the Oregon C hildren's Foundation SM ART program o f Portland and Libri Foundation of Eugene. The awarding o f Children's Educational Grants will end the disbursem ent o f settlem ent agreem ent monies. The settlements filed in 1998 and 1999 resolved a lawsuit filed in 1997 by the attorneys general o f 44 states alleging that the defendants conspired for more than 10 years to withhold popular toys from low margin warehouse clubs that undercut Toys 'R' Us prices. As a result o f these illegal agreem ents between the m anufacturers and the retailer, warehouse clubs could not compete in price with Toys 'R' Us and consumers paid more for the toys. Myers' Advisory Grant Committee m embers included Betsy Earls o f the Associated Oregon Industries, Courtney Vanderstek o f the Oregon Education Association, Mark Wilk o f the Oregon Legal Services, the Honorable Patricia Sullivan o f the Malheur County Circuit Court, and M elanie Curtis o f the Oregon C om m ission on C hildren and Fam ilies. Heppner Daycare/Preschool. The day care center and pre- school/preschool is the only state licensed nonprofit child care facility in South Morrow County. Child care services are provided for children, ages six weeks to 12 years. The school will provide a new computer activity with a number o f children's program s. Twelve o f the recipients received $10,000 grants with the 13th grant being evenly divided between Heppner Daycare/Preschool and Oregon Parent Center in Wolf Creek. 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