TWO • Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppnef, Oregon Wednesday, May15, 2002
Meeting to discuss goals for Heppner
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Heppner city council
consider why Heppner has the
highest tax rate in the state of
•Oregon.” If we have the highest
tax rate in the state we must
justify it to people who ask us why,
Sly told the council. “High tax
.rates are discussed a lot around
town, but not by the council. I
think it should be,” he said. He
-.said high tax rates are a deterrent
>to people moving here.
-Was told by Fire Chief Rusty
Estes that the department had
been approached by contractors
¡working on the new school
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building in Heppner about burring
down the old middle school and
gymnasium down. The contractor
would then have less debris to
haul away after the burning. Estes
said the fire marshal would be in
town soon to see if it was
feasible.
-Voted to apply for grants from
the USDA and other agencies for
Heppner’s proposed $2,400,000
water project. The project is
needed to replace much of the
deteriorating water system in
Heppner.
T ea ch ers h o n o red w ith C r y sta l
Apple Awards
34 educators from the 11 school districts in Umatilla and
Morrow Counties will receive the Crystal Apple Excellence in
Education Award. For the third year the Umatilla-Morrow ESD,
Banner Bank, the East Oregonian, and the Pendleton Red Lion will
sponsor this event.
District employees and any community member can nominate
a certified or a classified educator for the award. The individuals are
nominated and chosen based on exemplary leadership, innovation,
outstanding performance, exceptional service or contributions to the
school districts), excellence in instruction and outstanding dedication.
There will be a presentation banquet at the Pendleton Red
Lion for the Crystal Apple recipients on Thursday, May 16, at 4:30
p.m. For more information, please contact Courtney Stenson at the
Umatilla-Morrow ESD at 966-3210.
! A wr,t d c d d e l u d e :
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Morrow County School District:
Katie Dawson— 2nd Grade Teacher for Sam Boardman Elementary
School
.Shane Fritz— Spanish/Japanese Teacher for Riverside High School
•Sarnie Griffin— Head Cook for Columbia Middle School
Linda Padberg— Secretary for Heppner Elementary School
\
U mat i 1 la-M orrow' ESD:
Pablo Garay— Migrant/Bilingual Classroom Assistant at Sandstone
.Middle School
Marcella Cate— Migrant/Bilingual Classroom Assistant at Hermiston
-High School
Dome Morris— Early Childhood Special Education Assistant
•Eric Wade— Physical Therapist
population of 2,000, while
quality health services, schools,
A revised “ S trategic
and public safety will be
Plan” for Heppner continues to maintained to keep pace with
take form at the H eppner growth. Community projects will
Coordinating Council meetings.
be financially supported in a
R epresentatives from local variety of ways including our
organizations and citizens who continued partnership with local
have dem onstrated notable
businesses, receipt of state and
interest in the com m unity’s federal grants, and the
decision-m aking efforts are establishment of a not-for-profit
invited to participate in the work.
community foundation.”
As the participants examine the
Compiled as guidelines
previous plan, and they work to on which to base community
update the information and rethink goals, the framers of the strategic
goals for the local area, they wish plan have included “Principle
to do so with the help of input Statements” that try to capture
from a majority of area citizens.
the philosophy that drives the
Individuals interested in goals. 1) Heppner’s quality of life
the community’s plan but unable must be preserved. 2) Heppner
to attend the m eetings may must remain a community with an
participate by offering written emphasis on feeling safe and
com m ents on the drafts o f secure. 3) Landscape and
material as they appear in the beautification projects enhance
paper. Also, two public hearings the aesthetics of our community.
for discussion of the work are 4) Awareness of drug and alcohol
planned for June 25.
abuse and zero tolerance for child
To date, the HCC has abuse are necessary to the health
produced the following “Vision of our community. 5) Local, high
Statement,” which is intended to quality, affordable health care
serve as a generalized positive remains an essential ingredient in
image of Heppner’s future. “The Heppner’s livability. 6) Local
2151 Century will bring continued access to higher education and
revitalization to Heppner, with a quality job training enhances
secure job base, an infrastructure citizens’ lives and H eppner’s
that has kept pace with the needs workforce base.
of a projected population of 2,000
7) Successful schools
people, community support for require community support and
local im provem ent projects,
involvem ent.
8) Public
development of human capital, understanding of and confidence
and economic growth that is in in community and economic
balance with the small-town developm ent activities are
character currently in place.”
essential to Heppner’s viability.
The recently proposed 9) Local high quality, diverse
“ M ission Statem ent” for the childcare opportunities must be
strategic plan reads, “Given the available.
strengths and challenges facing
10) Involvement of the
our community, an environment public, including our youth and
will be created that allows for young adults, in com munity
continuous
enhancem ent.
planning and decision making is
Emphasis will be placed on the critical to a balanced, cohesive
existing friendly atmosphere and present and future.
positive spirit of community that
The next meeting of the
includes supporting each other, Heppner Coordinating Council
feeling safe during all hours of the will be on Tuesday, May 21, at
day, and welcoming visitors and 7:30 a.m ., in the US Forest
newcomers. The local economy Service building.
W ritten
will be diversified in order to comments on the materials so far
offset large fluctuations in natural drafted may be taken to the front
resource-based occupations and desk of the forest service building
stabilize fam ily incomes.
or mailed to: HCC, Box 1231,
Infrastructure such as sewer,
Heppner. Another opportunity for
water, and streets/sidewalks will input will be on June 25, at the
be further developed and public meetings.
upgraded to meet the needs of a
Adkins family reunion
To the Editor:
The Adkins family will be in
Heppner on Saturday, May 25,
and Sunday, May 26, as part of
their reunion. We are the
descendants of James Adkins and
Lucy Morgan o f Chesterfield
County, Virginia and later,
Kirksville, Missouri.
Our family has a long
history in Umatilla and Morrow
Counties. Oregon became the
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home for ten of James and Lucy’s
13 children. James A. Adkins and
his wife Susan Ann Kirk, Virginia
Ann Adkins and her husband
James Travis Kirk, and Clark R.
Adkins and his wife Louisa Cain
settled in Umatilla and Morrow
counties.
We will be gathering in
Pendleton at the Oxford Suites on
May 24-27. The reunion is open
to all branches of James Adkins
and Lucy Morgan’s family, as well
as friends and related families.
(Some local family surnames
descending from our family are
Kirk, Saling, Cain, Crawford,
Spencer, Sperry, Rhea, Jones,
McClure, McKinney, Dennis,
Brown, Ayers, McConnel, and
Ewing.)
There will be a Saturday
evening banquet at the Pendleton
Convention Center. We maintain
a
w ebsite
at
www.adkinsfamily.org
We are looking forward
to being in Heppner.
(s) Willis A. Adkins,
President
AdkinsFamily
Organization
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Health Director
terminated
The Morrow County Court has
fired Laura McElligott, former
Morrow County Health Depart
ment director. Judge Terry
Tallman could not be reached for
comment.
The Health Department
hours for May are:
Thursday, May 16-
Heppner clinic, 8:30 a.m.-4:30
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Monday, May 20-Boardman clin
ic, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, May 21-
Boardman clinic, 8:30 a.m.-4:30
p.m.
Thursday, May 23-
Heppner clinic, 8:30 a.m.-4:30
p.m.
The M orrow County
Health Department offices will be
closed from Tuesday, May 28,
through Sunday, June 30.
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Henry Heppner was Jewish
To the Editor:
Preserving our local history is
a responsibility and privilege we
all can share. In response to Mr.
Mel Piper’s letter of May 1,2002,
1 would like to offer him the use
of our Genealogy Library at the
museum, and also the great
number o f family files, family
letters, and newspaper articles
written about and by members of
the Cohn, Goldstone, and Heppner
family members who are very
proud of their Jewish ancestry,
and who emigrated to the United
States in 1849. These families
were all related by marriage.
Elinor Cohn Shank, whose aunt
and uncle were the Henry
Blackman’s, Peter Cohn was her
paternal grandfather, and her
father Phill Cohn was the son of
Peter Cohn and Elizabeth
Heppner. Henry was the eldest,
(bom in Pleschen, the province of
Posen, Prussia on March 25,
1831), then Flora, Mary, Kaskel,
Phill, Fanny, and Elizabeth. Elias
stayed in Europe and died at
Pleschen, (now known as)
Germany in 1911. When the
district court convened at Shasta,
CA in 1856, seven men from the
Cohn, Goldstone, and Heppner
fam ilies received their final
citizenship papers. Henry
H eppner arrived from San
Francisco to the John Day gold
fields in 1862 and operated a
pack-train for a few years. By
July 4, 1872 he was standing on
George Stansbury’s land, which
is now the City of Heppner. He
formed a partnership with Jackson
Lee Morrow and together they
built a store, as Heppner (then
Stansbury Flats) was located on
the main route to the gold mining
country. Blackman’s, Cohn’s, and
other family members came to the
area and opened businesses from
Heppner to Arlington.
To quote Elinor Cohn Shank
(Henry’s niece): “I learned the
precepts o f Judaism, and the
meaning o f the holidays that
illustrate and express those
beliefs. I understood that Judaism
is more than a religion, and that
deference in another house p f
worship does not make one less
Jewish. In my 14th year, I met the
requirements for confirmation by
Rabbi Jonah Wise, at Temple
Beth Israel, where my parents
had been m em bers or years
before my birth.”
There was not a temple in
Eastern Oregon. The Jewish
people worshiped in their homes
with other families of their faith.
But equally as important: they are
the Jewish people who practice
Judaism. A race and religion to be
proud of no matter how remote
their travels take them. Henry
Heppner died in his apartments at
the Palace Hotel in Heppner on
February 16,1905. His body was
embalmed and transported by
train to Portland. He was laid to
rest in Beth Israel (Jew ish)
Cemetery in Portland, Oregon. A
memorial stone was placed in the
Heppner Masonic Cemetery.
Henry Heppner’s will
was filed with the Morrow County
Clerk on February 28, 1905. He
appointed Phill Cohn, Henry
Blackman, and Charles Goldstone
to be executors of “this my last
will.” He left real property in
excess of $140,000. To share and
share alike: to-w it: Haskel
Heppner, Elias Heppner, Dora
Buckholz, Mary Bamert, Jenny
Hasinberg, and Fanny Blackman,
all of said persons being brothers
and sisters and half-sisters to me.”
Henry Heppner never married.
His generosity to the town was
frequent. In the Indian uprising of
1878 he donated all the materials
to build Fort H eppner, and
provided the supplies. Though the
fort was never used, his
willingness to provide and protect
was apparent.
Yes, H eppner has many
residents with German heritage.
As time goes on, there are few
people anywhere that are not a
mix o f different heritages. My
own family was originally from
Germany. I was bowl Robin
O ttenbacher. My m aternal
grandfather was French-
Canadian and Shoshone Indian.
My paternal grandmother was a
Kilbourne, her grandfather a
McAfee, and my half-sister is a
Wilhelm, German and Jewish.
Two of my grandchildren are a
quarter
C herokee.
Two
grandsons are a quarter Hispanic.
My husband’s family is from
Switzerland and England. I rather
think at this late date in history we
can pretty much concentrate on
being very proud Americans,
honoring
all
heritages.
(s) Robin Krebs
Morrow County Museum
Let us think for ourselves
To the Editor:
There are so many
wonderful people in Heppner it is
a shame that one person that is a
rotten apple can spoil the rest of
the barrel. The victim this time is
a wonderful man that just wanted
to help people he doesn’t even
know. He is a master gardener.
Reference Ruralite magazine
pages four and five for May 2002.
One person lit into him
with all barrels loaded that he
couldn’t donate his time to our
community. Surely this man had
to be doing something illegal or
immoral. Yes he was guilty of
being a good person doing a good
deed.
N obody should do
something for someone else just
because it needed to be done. A
kindness in H eppner is not
allowed, so says our welcome
lady. This wonderful kind man
was helping stake and rake the
community garden for those that
plan on using the garden.
As a Heppner Garden
Club member, I understood part
of our lives is to use resources
available and plant to beautify and
make Heppner a better place to
live. She yelled at him that
Heppner should not donate the
property or pay someone to work
in the garden. He was donating
his time and effort. What has this
town become? I wonder that any
effort to make someone else’s life
better isn’t permitted by some
people. Why does one person
have a right to tell others how to
live? I am am azed why this
person has been allow ed to
continue the belittling and
harassment for so many years.
If we all thought the
same, wouldn’t it be an exciting
world? One person would do all
the thinking for everyone else.
Scary isn’t it?
We are individuals that
want and need to think for
ourselves.
(s) Maij and Sherrill Spangler
Heppner
M arriage Licenses
May 6: Jose Antonio
Pena, 34, Boardman; and Maria
Guadalupe Ruiz, 33, Boardman.
May
10; Douglas
Fredrick Hanson, 31, Hermiston;
and Tara M arie Smith, 21,
Hermiston.
Barnett will bring balance
To the Editor:
I do not very often cross party
lines, but as I listened to the
persons running for the office of
County Commissioner at the
meeting of Lexington Grange, I
thought one person stood out as
the best person to view the county
business as a while, not one area
over the other in this widely
diverse county.
I believe Dave Barnett will
be a very good balance to the
county court
(s) Barbara Gilbert
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