SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 30, 2002
KAREN’S KORNER
Anniversaries
Lyle and Virginia Peck
Justice Court
Lyle and Virginia Peck,
o f Heppner, recently celebrated
their 50th wedding anniv ersary at
a dinner party at their son and
daughter-in-law ’s, Stephen and
Camille Peck o f Lexington.
Their children are Allen,
Debbie VanCleave o f C alifomia,
S te p h e n , T e re s a o f N o rth
Carolina, and Dennis. The couple
has ten grand children and two
great grand children.
L y le P e c k m a rrie d
Virginia Allstott on Oct. 5,1952,
in Heppner. Lyle was a self-
employed wheat farmer and now
is r e tir e d . V irg in ia is a
homemaker. They have lived in
Heppner for 31 years.
Richard Frank Flaiz, 54,
H e p p n e r, D riv in g w h ile
Suspended, $297 fine.
Travis P. Bellam y, 19,
L e x in g to n , M IP -A lc o h o l-
Consumption, $ 157 fine.
S andra Kay Day, 36,
Heppner, VBR 75/55, $ 136 fine.
C hris Q uinn Brusm an,
41, Long Creek. D riving w hile
Suspended, $297 fine.
M ich ael S. M cC ab e,
18, H eppner, M IP -A lc o h o l-
C onsumption, $ 15 7 fine.
Edw ard J. D ucre, 28,
Stanfield, Failure to Validate Elk
Tag, $59 fine.
N athan M . W ilson, 25,
Lexington, No D river’s License
(D riving w hile Suspended in
M O), D riving U ninsured, and
No Seatbelt, $213 fine. VBR
81/55, Failure to Display Plates
(out o f state), Failure to Register
Vehicle, $268 fine.
Jeffery Jam es Carrow ,
39, Ridgefield, WA, Operating an
All-terrain Vehicle while Carrying
a Firearm, $ 155 fine.
Carol Lynn Daley, 42,
lone, VBR 65/45, $77 fine.
C hristina M. Stanton,
21, W ilkes B arre, PA, O pen
C ontainer, $ 179 fine.
Jeffrey P. Cutsforth. 43,
Lexington, V B R 75/55, $111
fine.
J a m e s L. B o o r, 5 5 ,
A rlington, Failure to Validate
Deer Tag, $77 fine.
D ouglas Jam es Boor,
34, lone. Failure to Validate Deer
Tag, $77 fine.
Jose A. M adrigal, 34,
Boardman, Truck Speed 68/55,
$117 fine.
M ark A. A nderson, 31,
lone, VBR 73/55, $77 fine.
Sheri Renee Haley, 54,
Roseburg, V BR 76/55, $132
fine.
Brian Robert W allace,
20, Dallas, Operating All-Terrain
Vehicle while Carrying a Firearm,
$155 fine.
Christopher D. Brown,
31, Tigard, VBR 71/55, $87 fine.
S u n d a y D y e r, 4 3 ,
Heppner, VBR 73/55, $132 fine.
Kathleen L. Sinsel, 46,
Toledo, VBR 63/45, $111 fine.
Child Care
Resource and
Referral to hold
class
C hild C are R esource
and Referral will be offering an
O v erv iew sessio n , Tuesday,
Nov. 5, at 6:30 p.m. in the Gilliam
and B isbee B uilding, above
Heppner Hardw are.
This class is designed for
childcare providers w ho are
interested in becoming registered
through the state. C hildcare
prov iders that are caring for three
or more children are required by
O re g o n law to b e c o m e
registered.
For more information or
to register for the free class,
contact Child Care Resource and
Referral in Hermiston by calling
1-800-559-5878.
Garden Club to
hold meeting
The H eppner G arden
Club will hold at m eeting Nov.
11, at St. Patrick’s Senior Center.
The meeting will begin at 7 p.m.,
with hosts Ida Farra and Eleanor
Gonty.
The evening’s program
w ill in clu d e a talk by John
M urray-on general gardening.
M urray is the President o f the
Master Gardener Club, Heppner
Chapter.
DA’s Report
Todd
P a tric k
C o p e n h a v e r p le d g u ilty to
P o sse ssio n o f a C o n tro lle d
Substance-Methamphetamine, a
Class-C felony. Copenhaver was
sentenced to 18 m onths formal
p r o b a tio n , 80 h o u rs o f
community service, completion of
a drug package to be provided
by M orrow County Behavioral
Health, and $914 in fines.
Local advisory
committee to meet
T he L o c a l A d v is o ry
Committee for the Willow Creek
Senate Bill 1010 process will be
m eeting at 6 p.m., on Nov. 5, in
the Pettyjohn O ffice Building
conference room. This meeting is
to review the final draft o f the
W illow Creek Plan. The public
is welcom ed to attend.
SWCD weed board
to meet
A regular board meeting
o f the M orrow SW CD w eed
advisory board w ill be held
Tuesday, Nov. 5, at 1:30 p.m. at
the Pettyjohn Office Building in
Heppner. The meeting is open to
the public.
A g e n d a ite m s a n d
discussion items include: BPA
contract update, LAC update,
annual meeting planning, annual
report discussion, sub-basin
p lan n in g , sm all g ran ts, and
agency reports.
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Heart-Shaped Pendant
1 have a potpourri o f
items to present in this colum n
starting o ff w ith a disturbing
report out o f T o ro n to ’s T he
Globe and Mail on an aspect o f
breast cancer research.
If a teenage girl takes up
smoking within five years from
th e o n se t o f h er m e n stru a l
periods, she almost doubles her
risk o f developing breast cancer.
“Even if they quit in their early 20s,
the d am age m ay already be
done,” medical oncologist Pierre
Band says.
T he th in k in g is th at
during puberty, when th ere’s
overall rapid growth, the cells o f
the developing breasts are also
undergoing such changes that
increase their vulnerability to the
carcinogens'in tobacco smoke.
Som e breast cells d o n ’t fully
d e v e lo p until a w om an has
carried a baby to term.
F in a lly , w h e re d o es
fam ily history o f breast cancer
and growing up in an environment
o f secondhand smoke fit into this
equation? The article did not
speak to this specifically.
S o m e n u m b e rs to
ponder: On O ctober 17, 2002,
Philip Morris posted third quarter
revenues o f $19,996,000,000
w ith a net incom e o f $4.35
billion. This included the profits
fro m K ra ft F o o d s at $ 8 6 9
million. Their total revenue to date
comes to $61.6 billion with a net
income o f $9.3 billion. However,
Philip M orris has lost som e
dom estic retail shares over the
last six m onths so they will be
increasing their prom otional
spending to about $350 million.
It is estimated that it costs about
a p e n n y fo r th e to b a c c o
com panies to m ake a cigarette;
the ad d itio n al costs pay for
advertising and profit.
A report released by the
C am paign for Tobacco Free
K id s a n d C o m m o n C a u se
reveals that the tobacco industry
has thus far contributed more than
$7 m illion in soft m oney and
p o litic a l a c tio n c o m m itte e
c o n tr ib u tio n s to fe d e ra l
candidates, political parties and
committees during the 2001 - 02
election cycle. During this same
p e rio d , P h ilip M o rris h a s
contributed $3,203,801. Over a
14-year period, the C enter for
Responsive Politics estimates that
Philip Morris has contributed at
least $18.9 million.
I refer you to M argie
B o u le ’s c o lu m n in O ct. 24
e d itio n o f T h e O re g o n ia n ,
“O regon needs to take a deep
breath and ban smoking in bars.”
...”Doesn’t anyone else find it odd
that people go on and on about
the “ freedom ” to sm oke, when
m ost sm okers w ant to quit and
c a n ’t ...b e c a u s e t h e y ’re
addicted? W here is the freedom
in th a t? L e t’s m o v e to th e
question o f m orality. Sm okers
m ust not be allow ed to harm
o th e rs . B ar an d r e s ta u ra n t
w orkers m ust be p rotected...
Allowing smoking in any public
place in our state is allow ing
people to be hurt. It’s as simple
as that. And nobody should have
the legal right to hurt other
people.”
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Diamonds
OSU Extension
offers
Farm
Business
Plan
workshop
Farm ers and ranchers
w ill create a com prehensive,
w ritten business plan in the
upcoming OSU Extension Farm
Business Plan Workshop Series.
T he first sem inar session is
scheduled for Wednesday, Nov.
13 from 1-4 p.m. at BMCC in
Pendleton in Morrow Hall Room
132. Registration is required by
Friday, Nov. 1. Enrollment is
limited to 12 families or farms per
location.
A ccording to a new s
release, producers will answ er
three age-old questions about
their business: “ W here are we
now ? W here do we want to be
in the future? and How do we get
t h e r e ? ” a s th e y b u ild th e
components o f their plans.
“ I believe the ‘Create a
B usiness Pilin’ series offers a
unique opportunity for local
grow ers to develop a business
plan,” says M ary Corp, OSU
E xtension agent. She sees the
three-pronged approach offering
a good mix o f structure, helpful
tools and individual assistance to
make the series productive. The
degree o f personalized feedback
an d a tte n tio n h as n o t b een
available before locally for farm
business plan development. The
examples and leaching materials
will be oriented towards dry land
and irrigated cropping as well as
livestock production.
C ontact the Pendleton
Extension Service office at (541)
278-5403 or Blue M ountain
C om m unity College at (541)
278-5969 for more information.
A brochure detailing the series is
available by request.
lone
graduate
finishes
Army
National Guard
course
A rm y N ational G uard
Pfc. Christopher R. Bennetto has
g r a d u a te d fro m th e r a d io
operator-m aintainer advanced
individual training course at Fort
Gordon, in Augusta, Ga.
The soldier was trained
to install, operate, and perform
preventive maintenance checks
and services on single channel
r a d io ,
te le ty p e w r ite r
assem blages, com m unications
security devices and associated
equipm ent. The student also
learned to operate m anual and
a u to m a te d c o m m u n ic a tio n s
systems, and perform preventive
maintenance services on assigned
vehicles and pow er generating
equipment.
Bennetto is the son o f
Terri B en n etto o f lone, and
Kevin Bennetto o f W illits, CA.
He graduated from lone High
School in 1999.
Marriage Licenses
O ct. 18: Duane Edward
Strong, 43, Irrigon and Liza De
Maria Quintana, 30, Irrigon.
O c t. 2 2 : M ig u e l A
Sepulveda, 47, Boardm an and
Josefina Rangel, 33, Boardman
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Court approves new security
plan and position
a n d R o d e o C o m m itte e fo r
At the M orrow County
Court meeting on Oct. 23, Circuit
C o u rt J u d g e J e f f W a lla c e ,
acco m p an ied by Trial C ourt
Administrator Bill Jones, County
Counsel Bill Hanlon, and Sheriff
V erlin D enton, spoke to the
commissioners about using some
court security funds to pay for a
C o u rt S ecu rity C oordinator.
Wallace explained that the Chief
Justice’s budget reduction plan
includes $ 13 million that is being
rem oved presently, w ith som e
possible add-backs if the January
budget issue passes. Cutbacks
include offices closed on Fridays
and employee hours cut to 90%.
He
spoke
of
p rese n t
understaffing and empty positions
that will go unfilled and shared a
prioritization list that reflected the
impact the reductions will have
on c a s e s . H e a n d J o n e s
explained their hope for county
fu n d in g o f a s ix - m o n th
tem porary position for a court
se cu rity c o o rd in a to r for the
county. After discussing the merits
and com plications o f W allace’s
request, the Court approved a
slightly different agreement with
the Trial Court Adm inistrator to
fund a position, from November
1 to June 30, to develop and
manage a court security plan for
M orrow County.
The Court review ed an
amended architect’s proposal for
the expansion o f the Boardman
A nnex. E x ecu tiv e S ecretary
Andrea Denton reported that the
Behavioral Health Department is
prepared to proceed but that the
Public Health Department has no
funds for construction. She also
suggested that the Court consider
the possible future co-locations
o f other departments to the annex
before finalizing an expansion
p la n . T h e C o u rt a g re e d to
discuss the issue further.
County Counsel Hanlon
re v ie w e d fo r th e C o u rt an
agreem ent from the State that
recognizes the County Building
Official’s authority in determining
T h re e m ile C a n y o n D a iry ’s
compliance with building-code
requirements for the issuance o f
an o c c u p a n c y p e rm it. T h e
agreement clarifies the technical
assistance to be provided by the
State. The Court approved the
agreement.
C o u n ty
C o u n sel
Appointee David Allen reported
on the issue o f the Behavioral
Health em ployee’s educational
expenses for courses from a
college that is not accredited.
The em ployee’s supervisor had
approved the enrollment, and the
college officials had presented it
as an accredited college. He
recom m ended that the Court
ap p ro v e reim b u rse m e n t and
pursue a refund from the college.
The court agreed, and A llen
a g re e d to c o n ta c t th e S tate
A ttorney G en eral’s O ffice to
request a dem and letter to the
c o lle g e .
A lle n
f u r th e r
recommended that employees be
required to check with the Office
o f Degree Authorization to assure
accreditation before commencing
classes.
Public W orks D irector
Burke O ’Brien and US Forest
Service representative Lori Seitz
reported to the C ourt on an
application for Federal Title II
money. I f funded, the project
would improve safety on Ditch
Creek, Penland Lake, and Shaw
Creek Roads. The road surfaces
w o u ld be s ta b iliz e d by
introducing a new lift o f crushed
rock o v er the ex p o sed base
rock, cattle guards w ould be
replaced - im proving one-w ay
traffic problem s - and sight-
restricting trees and limbs would
be removed. The project would
also reduce the introduction o f
a ir - b o r n a n d w a te r- b o rn
sedimentation into the ecosystem.
S e itz re q u e s te d a le tte r o f
support from the Court before
the Dec. 15 deadline.
O ’Brien asked about the
com m issioners’ m eeting with
representatives o f the Fair Board
discussion o f the school district’s
request to pave and use the road
behind the rodeo arena. The
commissioners believed that the
issue seem ed resolved at that
m eeting, granting the school
d istric t’s request. A copy o f
meeting notes from a subsequent
R o deo C o m m itte e m ee tin g ,
however, show ed that the issue
resurfaced.
O ’Brien reported crew
w ork w ith the grader on Rhea
Creek Road, sign work and rural
addressing, and stockpiling o f
sand for winter maintenance. He
described a tour o f the Juniper
C anyon project scheduled for
O ct. 29. H e ad d e d th a t the
project is on schedule.
A ctio n s o f the C ourt
follow:
- approval o f a permit to
K n e rr C o n s tr u c tio n
fo r
installation o f new phone lines on
Spring Street in lone;
- a p p ro v a l o f an
approach perm it on the First
Street extension in Irrigon;
- approval o f a Bunker
Hill landow ner’s request for a
w eed no-spray zone to protect
some windbreak trees;
- approval o f an indirect
cost rate agreement between the
C SEPP program and O regon
Emergency Management;
- approval o f a renewed
c o o p e r a tiv e
p u r c h a s in g
agreement with the State;
- review ed the letter o f
r e s ig n a tio n fro m P la n n in g
D irector Tam ra M abbott and
a g re e d to p r o c e e d w ith
recruitment for the position; and
- a p p ro v a l o f tw o
quitclaim deeds, from the Nature
Conservancy to Morrow C ounty
and from the C ounty to the
N a tu re C o n se rv an c y on the
Juniper Canyon project.
Lexington Grange
happenings
The Lexington G range
met Oct.*21 at the hall beginning
with a potluck dinner at 6:30.
At the m eeting officers
w ere e le c te d for 2003. T he
e le c tio n s w e re as fo llo w s :
M a s te r- W ilb u r J a c k s o n ;
O v e r s e e r - E a rl P a p in e a u ;
A ssistant Stew ard- N ed Clark;
L a d y A ssista n t^ S te w a rd -
K athleen Clark; Stew ard- Lyle
P e c k ; C h a p la in - Z e lm a
M cD an iel; G a te k ee p e r- Jim
C a r te r ; L e c tu r e r - B a rb a ra
Gilbert; Secretary- Robin Moran
B ailey; T reasu rer- C la re n c e
Buchanan; Pom ona- D orothy
Jackson; Flora- Edie Hendricks;
Ceres- Lisa C arter; Executive
C om m ittee m em bers- D orris
G raves, Virginia Peck and Ned
Clark.
G uests for the evening
were Bob Allen, Helen Crawford
and Dot Halvorsen from Willows
G range; and Richard H artw ig
and his m other from Estacada.
During the meeting plans
w ere m ade to host W heatland
Pom ona on Oct. 27 beginning
with fifth degree. M embers will
then be eligible to receive sixth
d e g re e , s ta te , a n d s e v e n th
degree, n ational, Nov. 16 at
Portland.
The group decided to
have a table at the Arti factory on
Nov. 23 at the Fairgrounds.
Fourth degree pins were
presented to Edie H endricks,
Lisa and Jim Carter, and Ashley
Zimmerman by Master, Barbara
Gilbert.
Members plan to help as
hosts at the N ational G range to
be held in Portland, Nov. 11-17.
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