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To the Editor:
As an Oregon citizen,
I'm concerned about Measure 27
on the fall ballot.
M easure 27 w ould
require Oregon farmers, grocers
and restaurants to put special
labels on products that aren't 100
percent “organic." Labels saying
“Genetically Engineered" would
be req u ired on all food and
beverage products made or sold
in Oregon that are produced with
any modem biotech process or
ingredient - even if those products
d o n ’t ac tu a lly co n tain any
g e n e tic a lly
e n g in eered
ingredients.
Biotechnology is now
widely used to improve the yield
and quality of many food products
and to red u ce the need for
pesticid es. In fact, about 70
percent o f the food products sold
in the U.S. are produced with a
crop, ingredient or process that
involves biotechnology.
M easure 27 seem s to
ignore our national policy and
scientific consensus. The use of
biotechnology in food production
is supported by respected health
o rg a n iz a tio n s such as the
American Medical Association,
National Academy o f Sciences
and World Health Organization.
M easure 27 w ould
mandate special labels that could
be viewed as warning labels on
products known to be safe. In
fact. Measure 27 would require
labels that could make people
think there are things in their food
that aren't actually there.
Measure 27 would force
the O regon D ep artm en t o f
Agriculture to conduct thousands
o f inspections to try to enforce
this labeling scheme - at a cost to
O regon tax p a y e rs o f
over $118 million in the next 10
years. This could make Oregon’s
state budget deficit even worse
and take away vitally needed funds
from ed u catio n and o th er
important public services.
Furthermore, the millions
in increased costs forced upon
O regon farm ers and food
p ro d u cers to com ply w ith
M easure 2 7 ’s red tape and
bureaucracy could be passed on
to consumers through higher food
prices - costing an average family
o f four an estimated $550 more
per year.
I urge you to take a close
look at Measure 27. After you do,
I hope you'll join me in rejecting
this costly labeling law by voting
"no" on 27.
(s) John V. Byrne, Ph.D.
Former president, Oregon State
University
Salem
Men’s breakfast
to be held
There will be a m en’s
b re a k fa st at C h ristian Life
Center, Oct. 20, at 8 a.m. All men
are invited to come and share in
a devotional, fellow ship and
b rea k fa st. The b rea k fa st is
sponsored by the First Christian
Church, the N azarene Church
and Christian Life Center.
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good story behind Idelw ilde
Butte?
It may have been a good
idea to identify the forest roads
by num bers on a map so that
visitors can easily follow them,
but we will be remiss if we lose
the “real” names of the roads and
the stories behind them.
P erhaps the m useum
would be the proper organization
to collect and store the old names
and the old stories. How about an
oral history project to record the
stories and voices of those who
traveled the mountains on foot, on
horseback, on wagons and in early
vintage autos before WWII?
Now if I could just find
the Base Line Trail. Who removed
the sign from Elk Camp?
(s) Lance Tibbies
Columbus, Ohio
To the Editor:
It does not surprise me
that the V anSchoiack fam ily
cherishes Maggie's Drawers, as
well as every rimrock, draw and
spring on their allotment. Every
Forest Service allotment should be
lucky enough to have people like
the VanSchoiacks to care for it.
As tim e pushes on,
should we be thinking o f ways to
preserve the old names before
they fade away? Not only are the
old names an important part of
our heritage, but just as interesting
are the stories that go with the old
names. Should we be collecting
the old nam es as well as the
stories about their origin? There
are many names and stories that
we should not allow to pass from
our collective memory. Is there a
lone elections
To the Editor:
The residents o f lone
must soon decide whether or not
to re-elect Betty Gray, the current
Mayor o f lone to another term.
They must also vote on three
co u n cil p o sitio n s p rese n tly
occupied by Dennis Stefani, Mark
B runo and D ick G raham . I
strongly believe each should be re
elected. They each have years of
experience. They are fam iliar
with the process o f acquiring
grant monies and other forms of
assistance. They know what lone
needs and how to fill those needs.
Their list o f past achievements is
long but following are some of the
m ore
sig n ific a n t
accomplishments:
1. Obtained 1.2 million
dollars grant money for lone water
system im p ro v em en ts. 2.
Obtained grants o f $6000 and
$4000 for swimming pool and
C reativ e C are P resch o o l. 3.
D esigned and paved a bike/
pedestrian safety path from the
Emert Addition to lone turnoff. 4.
U sed County tippage fees to
install new sidewalks on Main and
Green streets. 5. Annexed Emert
addition and adjacent properties
into city limits. 6. Paved Main
Street. 7. Im proved corner o f
Main and H streets with new
curbing and paving. 8. Started
C ity S c h o larsh ip fund. 9.
Expanded City Park, installed
sp rin k lers,
lan d scap in g ,
amphitheater, Oregon Trail Kiosk
and paved access to the park. 10.
O btained grants for updating
transportation and comprehensive
plans. 11. Used grant money for
rem oving an old building and
cleaning up property. 12. Made
significant improvements in city
management and equipment. 13.
Cut down and removed many
Near miss at golf co
Friday, October 18 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
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Don’t lose the “real names
uuoco mam!
There will also be a drawing fop a Pamper Dag
at S unflower Junction, wfiicli will include a
manicure, pedicure, liair cut and stgle, tanning ses
sion, drink of choice and small Walloon bouquet
To the Editor:
I w onder how m any
people, driving beside the Willow
Creek Golf Course have been hit,
or had a near miss, by a misguided
golfball?
Last Friday m orning,
between 9:30 and 10 a.m., it was
our turn. If my husband hadn’t
been watching a couple o f men
tee off near the club house and
“hollered” at me to put on the
brake, we would have taken a
large dangerous trees in lone.
P lans for the fu tu re
include paving second and third
streets and the Emert Addition
road. The City Council under the
lea d e rsh ip o f the M ayor is
evaluating a feasibility study to
solve the problem of flooding from
the R ietm ann C anyon. (E lla
Road). A study for construction
of a new City Hall on Main Street
is also under consideration.
Betty Gray, as Mayor,
represents lone at the Oregon
M ayor’s C onvention, Eastern
Oregon M ayor’s Coalition and at
Morrow County meetings. She
has served on the Morrow County
Needs and Issues Group for five
years. She is also serving a six-
year term as a board member for
Baker-Morrow Partnership. She
is an eight-year veteran as mayor
o f lone and her experience and
connections will be invaluable
during the next four years.
Jim Swanson is running
for a position on the Council to
replace Dennis Thompson. He
w ill be an excellen t.C o u n cil
Member.
Betty has said, “Without
the help of council members Bob
Ball, (council president), Dennis
Stefani, Dennis Thompson, Mark
Bruno, Dick Allen, Tim Key and
Dick Graham, none o f the major
accomplishments could have been
done. We work as a team to make
lone a great place to live.” The
prudent action is to keep these
experienced capable and willing
individuals working for lone.
Exercise sound judgment
and vote for B etty G ray for
M ayor, Dennis Stefani, Mark
Bruno, Dick Graham and Jim
Swanson.
(s) John and Linda Bristow, Don
Bristow, Marvin Padberg, and
Darrin Padberg
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all o f lone
direct hit in the center o f our
windshield; it missed us by inches.
The least it would have
done is broke the windshield- I
don’t like to think of the worst
possible scenario.
I hope it doesn’t take a
severe injury or a hefty lawsuit
to facilitate a change on that hole.
I know none of your want anyone
hurt.
(s)Molly Day
Heppner
Because
It’s Convenient
If you asked a hundred people
why they use their ATM card
so often, they'd all say:
“Because it’s convenient.”
Member
Immediate cash 24 hours a day.
7 days a week. 24/7 almost everywhere.
Now, that's convenient.
An ATM card.
Bank of
Eastern Oregon
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Nedra “Rosie” Smith
Nedra "Rosie” Smith, 75,
o f Heppner, died Monday, Oct.
14, 2002, at
P i o n ee r
Memorial
Hospital.
A
memori al
graveside
serv ice w ill
be held at the
Heppner
Nedra “Rosie”
Masonic
Smith
Cemetery on
Thursday, Oct. 17 at 11 a.m.
Smith was bom Nov. 1,
1926, at B ountiful, U tah, to
W illiam and Vera P a rrish
Rosencrantz. She graduated from
high school at Castleford, Idaho
in 1944 then a tten d ed St.
Alphonsus Hospital School o f
Nursing at Boise, Idaho.
On April 25, 1957, she
m arried Kenneth R. Sm ith at
Elko, Nev. For over 30 years, she
worked as a registered nurse at
Pioneer M emorial Hospital in
Heppner.
Survivors include her
husband, Kenneth R. Smith o f
Heppner; daughter, Jamie Wise of
Traverse City, Mich.; sons, Mike
Smith of La Grande, Marty Smith
and Rick Smith, both of Heppner;
12 grandchildren; sisters, Mabel
Sparks of Twin Falls, Idaho, and
A m elia Adam s o f Post Falls,
Idaho; and a brother, Sherman
Rosencrantz of Herlong, Calif.
Memorial contributions
may be m ade to the Pioneer
Memorial Hospital Foundation,
P.O. Box 515, H eppner, OR
97836.
Sw eeney M ortuary o f
H eppner is in ch arg e o f
arrangements.
Janice M. Buecker
Janice M. Buecker, 84, of
Heppner, died Saturday, Oct. 12,
2002, at her home.
A memorial gathering in
honor o f
Buecker
will be held
at
the
family
residence,
6 7 6 2 3
L i t t l e
Buttercreek,
Heppner, at
2 p.m., on
T hursday,
O ct. 17.
Burial
services will be later at Haven
Rest Cemetery in Gig Harbor,
Wash.
B u eck er w as born
March 7, 1918, at Pueblo, Colo.,
to Rev. James A. and Ruth Wight
McKee. She was raised at Walla
Walla and attended schools there,
graduating from Walla Walla High
School in 1934. She attended
Whitman College, where she was
a m em ber o f D elta G am m a
sorority, graduating in 1938.
She spent five years at
Pueblo, C olo., the first year
training at Parkview Hospital and
the rem aining four years as a
medical technologist at Corwin
Hospital.
On Feb. 24, 1944, she
married Eugene Joseph Buecker,
at Oakland, Calif. The couple
lived in Yakima and Tacoma in
Washington state. Mr. Buecker
died in 1981.
B u eck er m oved to
Heppner in 1995 and lived on her
d a u g h te r’s ranch on L ittle
Buttercreek. She was a member
of the United Methodist Church
in Tacoma. She remained active
in Delta Gamma sorority and
maintained her membership in the
Society o f Clinical Pathologists.
She enjoyed activities in the
Tacoma Chapter o f Camp Fire
Girls. After moving to Heppner
she took up gardening and was
active in the Senior Center. She
enjoyed country life and sunsets
on Buttercreek.
S u rv iv o rs
include
daughters, Genette Ruth McGraw
o f Kirkland, Wash., and Joann
Tingue of Heppner; grandchildren.
Tucker Carlton, Trissa Nigetie,
Alison Harle, and Lindsay Harle.
A brother, James Wight McKee,
also preceded her in death.
Memorial contributions
m ay be m ade to P ioneer
Memorial Hospice, P.O. Box 9,
Heppner, OR 97836.
Sw eeney M ortuary o f
H eppner is in ch arg e o f
arrangements.
Clarence “Clancy”
Williams
C la re n c e
“C la n c y ”
Williams, 61, formerly of Heppner,
died at home in Sandy on Oct. 11,
2002 .
A funeral service will be
held on Friday, October 18,2002
at 1 p.m. in the chapel of Sandy
F uneral H om e. A co m m ittal
service will follow at Willamette
National Cemetery.
Clarence Allen Williams
was bom on Nov. 19, 1940 in
Emma, Illinois to Marion and Ollie
Williams. At the age o f 2, the
fam ily m oved to Hood River
where Williams was raised and
received his schooling. A fter
graduating from high school, he
fu rth e re d his e d u c a tio n and
attended college in Monmouth and
worked part time for the U.S.
Forest Service.
On D ec. 8, 1965,
W illiams was drafted into the
A rm y. He w as h o n o rab ly
discharged on December 7, 1967.
After his discharge, he continued
his employment with the Forest
Service.
On Dec. 15, 1968, he
w as u n ited in m arria g e to
Cameron Nichols in Hood River.
They made their home in Hood
River as Williams was employed
for the F o re st S erv ice in
Parkdale. Due to his career with
the Forest Service, the family lived
in v a rio u s a reas, se ttlin g in
H eppner in 1997 w here they
enjoyed retirement.
W illiam s was an avid
hunter all through the seasons and
enjoyed watching sports. In his
younger years, he played baseball
and wrestled.
Surviving is his wife,
Cammy o f Sandy; his daughter,
Chantelle Beason of Sandy; his
sons, Scott Williams o f Langley,
WA and Sam Williams o f Sandy;
his brothers and sisters, Betty
G u sta fso n o f B end, C lyde
W illiams o f Hood River, Tom
Williams of Elmira, John Williams
o f Portland, Peggy B rittle o f
Oregon City, Tony Williams of
Grand Junction, Colorado and
Donna Sanders of Milwaukie; and
12 grandchildren.
Fiddle students join
one-man show
“ S h en an ig an s
and
Friends” is the new name o f the
fid d le rs fo rm erly know n as
“Blazin’ Bows.” Fiddle students
from M orrow , G illiam and
U m a tilla c o u n tie s w ill be
performing the evening of Oct.
17, 7 pm at the Condon High
School M ulti-Purpose Room.
Their teacher is Peg W illis o f
Pendleton. The students will play
at 6:46 pm before the headliner
performance.
The student fiddlers are
e x c ited to be the w arm -up
perform ers for actor-m usician
Dan S lo sb erg w ho w ill be
presenting “Pierre Cruzatte: A
Musical Journey Along the Lewis
and Clark Trail.” In past years
they have had workshops with
Dan as well as performed with
him at Baker City’s Interpretive
Center. Dan features audience
p a rtic ip a tio n
d u rin g
his
performance.
Slosberg offers a unique
depiction of the expeditions' main
boatman and fiddler in a show
w hich has been c a lled “ A
delightful program of music and
monologue.” (Baker City Herald).
In this living history program,
Slosberg as Cruzatte captivates
audiences o f all ages.
The bicentennial of the
L ew is & C lark E x p ed itio n
officially begins January 2003.
L B A rts, C oA rts and The
American Legion Post #25 are
proud to sponsor this musical
event. Admission will be $2 per
person and $5 for a family of 3 or
m ore. R efresh m en ts w ill be
serv ed
fo llo w in g
the
performances.
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Birth
Announcements
D estiny M arie Muftoz-
R od rigu ez- a daughter. Destiny
Marie Mufloz-Rodriguez, was bom
Sept. 28, at Good Shepherd Medical
Center, Hermiston, to Melissa Isabel
Rodriguez and Eduardo Mufloz
Garcia, of Imgon