T W O - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 25, 2002
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A ug. 6: Joshua G len
Vandecar, 20, Umatilla and Amie
Marie Swanson, 19, Umatilla.
Aug. 12: Mervin Orvial
Hussey, 27, Irrigon and Crystal
Faith Dumler, 23, Irrigon.
Aug. 16: Kent Michael
Jones, 21, Keizer and Jody Ann
McDaniel, 19, Rexburg, Idaho;
M odesto Calderone Ortiz, 22,
Hermiston and Roberta Carol
Flores, 39, Hermiston.
Aug. 23: Leland “Blair”
Purcell, 44, Boardman and Shirley
Gwen Parker, 45, Umatilla.
Aug. 26: Colin Anderson,
24, Lexington and Erin Marie
Melton, 23, Lexington.
Aug. 30: Richard Lee
Smith, 39, Umatilla and Crystal
Anne Fierce, 30, Umatilla; Salas
Nunes Reyes, 49, Umatilla and
Elma Salas Rafael, 35, Umatilla;
Marcelino Martinez, 23, Umatilla
and Silvia Nava, 24, Hermiston.
Sept. 3: Joseph Aaron
Steinbruck, 21, Hermiston and
Je n n ife r M arie Eidem , 23,
Hermiston.
Sept. 5: A lvaro Eloy
Ramirez, 25, Hermiston and Amy
Danell Montoya, 28, Hermiston.
Sept. 10: C hester D.
Brooks, 47, Irrigon and Sharen
Jean Hinz, 54, Irrigon.
Sept.
12:
W elson
Eduuiges Sandoval, 23 and Laura
Celia Rodriguez, 21; Kyle Lindley
Killingbeck, 23, Prineville and
Anne Carissa Tretheway, 25,
Prineville.
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Some Do/Some Don’t Ecumenical
Golf Scramble announced
contest also, with the winner
getting half the pot o f money.
Registration starts at 12:30 p.m.
with tee off at 1 p.m. The event
is sponsored by Valby Lutheran
Church of lone, Hope Lutheran
Church of Heppner and All Saints
Episcopal Church of Heppner.
W inners
w ill
be
announced and a potluck dinner
open to everyone will start at
about 3:30 p.m. The event and
potluck are open to everyone.
Any proceeds that are raised will
go to the three churches high
school youth group, which is open
to anyone in grades 9-12.
If you are looking for a
different type of golf event then
sign up for the Some Do/Some
Don’t Ecumenical golf scramble
to be held on Oct. 6. It’s a bit
d iffe re n t than your regular
scramble. It is a quick nine-hole
event but participants’ scores are
only counted on five of the holes.
The catch is you don’t know
which five count until you are
finished. Also, to make it even a
bit m ore o f a challenge and
interesting, names will be drawn
from a hat to make up the teams.
Cost to enter is $15 per
person. There will be a putting
BMCC offers classes in Heppner
Fall
classes
are
underw ay at Blue M ountain
Community College, including a
selection of classes being offered
in the Heppner area.
B eginning G o lf is
scheduled to begin this Thursday,
Sept. 26, at Willow Creek Country
Club starting at 6 p.m. The class
will last for six weeks and will
cover the fundamentals of the
game. Cost is $30 plus a $20
temporary membership to WCCC
for non-members.
E m ergency M edical
Technician (EMT) 1 class started
this past Tuesday, Sept. 24, but it
may not be too late for interested
students to join. Call 422-7040 for
more information
A Fitness Orientation is
set for Tuesday, Oct. 1, at the
Pioneer Physical Therapy Office
at Pioneer Memorial Hospital
beginning at 6 p.m. This class is
intended to orient students to the
d iffe re n t fitness m achines
available for use at the physical
therapy office and also to explain
the hours and cost of the facility.
All fitness levels are encouraged
to attend this session. Cost is $5
for initial orientation class.
Beginning Computers is
a three-w eek class startin g
Thursday, Oct. 3, followed by a
two-week course. Internet for
Beginners. Both classes will be
held at lone High School from 4-
6 p.m.
Sm all
B usiness
Counseling is set for Tuesday,
Oct. 15, at the Morrow County
School D istrict O ffice in
Lexington. Students interested in
starting their own business are
offered the chance to m eet
individually with a Small Business
Development Center Counselor at
no cost.
Later in the term, a 55
A live Class and a Christm as
Wreath class will be offered.
For more information or
to register for a class, contact
BMCC coordinator for South
Morrow County, Anne Morter, at
422-7040.
Birth announcem ent
H aylee
Dawn
Schneider- a daughter, Haylee
Dawn Schneider, was bom Sept.
11, 2002, at Good Shepherd
Medical Center, Hermiston, to
K ristin a Jo Janssen and
Christopher Scott Schneider of
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To the Editor:
We are writing a letter of
support for Betty Gray.
Betty has been and
continues to be, a very positive
force in our Morrow County
communities. She has unselfishly
given of her time and energy for
the good of all of us, even those
who can only point out the
negative.
Betty has served as
lone’s mayor. She has been an
active force in the areas of
tourism
and
econom ic
development, a member of the
Topic Club, the lone Booster Club,
and the United Church of Christ
as a moderator and a Christian
educator. She has also been a
teacher in our Morrow County
schools. The list could go on and
on.
The point is that Betty
has done and continues to do a
lot of good for all of us. Let’s give
her our encouragem ent and
support.
(s) PatEdmundson and
Suzanne Jepsen
Heppner
2002 General Election candidates in
The general election will
be held on Nov. 5. M orrow
County ballot boxes will be
located at the following sites:
Heppner, at the Morrow County
Court House Clerk's Office; lone,
at the Bank of Eastern Oregon;
Lexington, at the Public Works
Building; Irrigon, at the Justice
Court lobby; and Boardman, at
the Behavioral Health Building.
All box locations will be open
from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on election
day, except for Bank of Eastern
Oregon, which will be open from
9 a.m. to 4 p.m, and Morrow
County Court House C le rk ’s
Office, which will be open from
7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Candidates this year will
be:
United States Senator:
Lon Mabon (Constitution), Bill
Bradbury (D), Gordon H. Smith
(R ), and Dan Fitzgerald
(Libertarian).
U nited
States
Representative in Congress,
2"d C on gression al D istrict:
Mike Wood (Libertarian), Greg
Walden (R), and Peter Buckley
(D).
O regon G overnor:
Kevin L. Mannix (R), Tom Cox
(Libertarian), and Ted Kulongoski
(D ).
State Representative,
57,b District: Greg Smith (R) and
Elizabeth Scheeler (D).
M orrow
County
Commissioner, Position No. 2:
Ray Grace (R) and Barbara B.
Bloodsworth (D).
Judge of the Oregon
Tax Court: Henry C. Breithaupt
(D )
M orrow Soil and
Water Conservation District
Director: Zone I: Pat Suterand
Joe Taylor; Zone 4: Brian
D oherty; and Zone 5: Judy
Barber.
City o f H eppner:
M ayor: Bob Jepsen; City
C ouncilor, P osition No. 1:
C ynthia R. D oherty; C ity
C ouncilor, Position No. 2:
M arian F. M urchison; City
Councilor, Position No. 4: Tim
VanCleave; City C ouncilor,
P osition No. 5: Thom as F.
Wolff; and C ity C ouncilor,
Position No. 6: No candidate
filed.
City of L exington:
Mayor: Ron G McDowell; City
Councilor, Position No. 3: Jim
Nelson and Marcia Kemp; and
City Councilor, Position No. 4:
Jean M. Brazell.
City of lone: Mayor:
Betty L. Gray and Gayle Eynetich;
City Councilor, Position No. 3:
R ichard L. G raham ; City
C ouncilor, Position No. 4:
M ark B runo and Sam uel A.
Backm an; C ity C ouncilor,
Position No. 5: Dennis Stefani;
and City Councilor, Position
No. 6: Cathy Gates and James
L. Swanson.
City o f Boardm an:
City Councilor: Ed Glenn, Curtis
J. Mosman, Pam Neal, William
(B ill) C. Brown, T. M ichael
Tallman, Gene Allen, and Don
Vandeventer.
City of Irrigon: City
C ouncilor: John Sw anson,
Arnold Joseph Theisen, Donald
W. Hurd, and Robert Flournoy.
Also on the ballot this
year w ill be the follow ing
measures:
14- removal of historical
racial references in obsolete
sections o f the O regon
constitution; 15- authorizes state
to issue general obligation bonds
for seismic rehabilitation of public
education
buildings;
16-
authorizes state to issue general
obligation bonds for seism ic
reh ab ilitatio n o f em ergency
services buildings; 17- reduces
minimum age requirem ent to
serve as state legislator from 21
years to 18 years; 18- allows
certain tax districts to establish
permanent property tax rates and
divide into tax zones; 21 - revises
procedure for filing ju d icial
vacancies, electing judges and
allows vote for “none o f the
above” ; 22- requires Oregon
Suprem e Court ju dges to be
elected by district; 23- creates
health care finance plan for
medically necessary services,
creates additional income and
payroll taxes; 24- allows licensed
denturists to install partial dentures
(replacem ent
teeth)
and
authorizes cooperative dentist-
denturist business ventures; 25-
increases Oregon minimum wage
to $6.90 in 2003 and increases for
inflation in future years; 26-
prohibits payment, receipt o f
payment based on the number of
initiative, referendum petition
signatures obtained; 27- requires
label o f genetically-engineered
foods (as defined) sold or
distributed in or from Oregon; and
25-41- elimination o f electoral
zones for recreation district.
Public hearing canceled
The M orrow County
Planning Com m ission public
hearing scheduled for Thursday,
Sept. 26, at 7:30 p.m., at the
Morrow County School District
Building in Lexington, has been
canceled.
The next regularly
scheduled meeting of the Morrow
County Planning Commission is
Thursday, Oct. 24, at 7:30 p.m. in
Irrigon.
For more information call
the Planning Department office at
922-4624 or 676-9061 ext. 5503.
September 86th - Thursday
HUNTERS NIGHT. Barbecue Ribs
with all the fixings. There will be
a drawing for a 270 Savage Rifle
w ith Scope, p lus m an y m ore
prizes. Dinner starts at 6 p.m.,
Lodge starts at 8 p.m. This y e a r’s Hunters
Night will be dedicated to the memory of Jerry
Dougherty, a 43-year member of Heppner
Elks. M em bers and out-of-tow n guests only.
HUNTERS: save your deer hides!
Barrels will he located in Heppner, Lexington and lone.
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Justice Court
Report
The Justice Court office at
the courthouse in Heppner reports
handling the following business:
Justice Court
Morrow County Justice
Court at the Morrow County
C ourthouse has released the
following report:
-Farias Noe Godinez, 18,
Grandview, WA, VBR 83/55 and
driving uninsured, $264 fine.
-C h risto p h er
J.
Defrancesco, 24, Firebaugh, CA,
VBR 60/45, $77 fine and VBR
89/55, $242 fine.
-Henry Alonzo Childers,
79, lone, VBR 77/55, $77 fine.
-G eorgia
C arllena
Rathbun, 56, Heppner, VBR 76/
55, $132 fine.
-Juan A. Lem us, 22,
Irrigon, VBR 74/55 and failure to
carry vehicle registration, $136
fine.
-Phillip Lawyer, Sr., 64,
Lapwai, ID, no operators license,
$202 fine.
-John Patrick Torgeson,
55, Canby, truck speed 69/55, $77
fine.
-Naomi Ruth Donohoe,
72, Heppner, failure to stop at stop
sign, $132 fine.
WVSC October
schedule listed
S peakers
V ictor
VanderDoes and Steve Rhea, and
club business are on the agendas
of the Willow Valley Service Club
meetings in October at John’s
Other Place in Heppner. Meeting
times are 12 noon-1 p.m.
On Thursday, Oct. 3, the
business m eeting includes
decisions
regarding
the
Artifactory preparation for Nov.
23.
On Thursday, Oct. 10,
V ictor VanderD oes, M orrow
C ounty
H ealth
D istrict
administrator, will give the club an
update o f the health district.
VanderDoes, a native of Michigan,
came to Heppner three years ago
to assume his current position. He
and his wife, Nancy, have two
grown daughters. His interests
include woodworking, travel and
sailing.
On Thursday, Oct. 17,
Heppner native Steve Rhea will
speak on “ Life as a Volunteer
Firefighter.” He and his wife,
Molly, have two children, Macy
and Trevor. Rhea has been a
volunteer firefighter for 13 years
and holds the rank of captain. He
is an insurance agent w ith
Wheatland Insurance and names
his hobbies as fishing and hunting.
Any interested person
may attend these no-host lunch
meetings.
Chamber Chatter
By Claudia Hughes,
Chamber Executive Director
There was a story about
a teacher who asked her class,
“ If all the bad children were
colored red, and all the good
children were colored green, w hat
color would you be?” “Striped,”
answered one wise child. And
aren’t we all becoming more
striped with each day that passes,
not necessarily because we are
bad and good because that’s in
the eye of the beholder, but due
more to our diversity of ideas!
There’s a nursery rhyme
too, that goes, “when she was
good, she was very, very good,
and when she was bad, she was
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horrid.” Then there’s yet another
story about w arm fuzzies and cold
pricklies. Regardless, the bottom
line is Heppner is composed o f a
wonderful variety of individuals,
all of whom want the best for the
community but are not necessarily
in agreement as to what that might
be. As an example, our legislators
have received almost an equal
number o f calls from Heppner
saying, “don't raise taxes” to calls
saying, “you must raise taxes.”
Do we have a definite color here,
or are we striped? We can look
back at decisions that had a
gigantic impact on the future of
Heppner and we would have to
conclude that we are indeed a
community of great diversity and
individualism.
Given that quality, how do
we as individuals come together
to bring business to Heppner?
W hat is our com petition for
shopping locally? What is our
competition for tourism? How do }
we find something uniquely ours
to share with others? What can
our businesses do to bring in J
customers? How do we instill
pride in Main Street Heppner?
The feeling of a community is
exemplified in many ways, from
sportsm anship at gam es, to
custom er service, to how we
speak of our hometow n. What is
it you like best about your town
and have you thought about what
we as individuals can do to keep
good things going here?
R em em ber, $1 spent
locally means it turns over seven
times before it leaves town. That
m eans it keeps paychecks
coming, pays taxes, supports
schools,
con trib u tes
to
organizations and churches, and
the list goes on. Personally, I want
that to happen in my own
hometown, the address on my
return envelope, the place where
my friends run businesses, teach
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kids, farm, practice the religion of
their choice. It’s home! It’s where
there are a lot o f great looking
striped people and we want to
keep it that way, with a warm
fuzzies attitude and a plan to
move forward.
Next time you drive into
Heppner, please look at it through
the eyes o f a visitor, or pretend
you are selling it to a prospective
business or someone who wants
to move here. What would you
say, what would you do? Share
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your ideas. Together we can
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make a difference. Just look
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around at all the things we zebras,
tig e rs,
cats,
etc.
have ’• •
accom plished even w ith our
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diversity. Let's get going with a
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positive attitude and Heppner will
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continue to be alive and vibrant.
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Celebrate our many successes
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and “keep on trucking.”
4-H News
The Bakery Boys 4-H
Club
By Eric Jepsen, Reporter
The Bakery Boys 4-H
Club recently held their last two
meetings o f the 4-H year. On
Friday, Sept. 6, the Bakery Boys
met at the First Christian Church
in H eppner. L eader Nancy
Jepsen handed out record book
materials and members discussed
how to do record books.
On Friday, Sept. 20. the
Bakery Boys met at the All Saints
Episcopal Church. M embers
talked about getting record books
turned in on time and what to do
next year in the club. All members
-which include Alex Carson,
Drew Johnson, Matt and Bryan
Holland, and Eric Jepsen- took
home a questionnaire sheet to
complete to help plan next year’s
activities.