TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 4, 2002
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Harney Co. resident expresses respect for
Smith-Walden decision
To the Editor:
In light o f th e recent
attacks on U.S. Senator Gordon
Sm ith by the current O regon
R e p u b lic a n P a r ty C h a ir,
e x e c u tiv e d ir e c to r a n d th e
O regon R epublican N ational
Com m itteem an, I w ould like to
salute both Senator Sm ith and
C ongressm an G reg W alden for
th eir e ffo rt on b e h a lf o f all
R e p u b lic a n s in th e S tate o f
O r e g o n . T h e s e tw o m e n
recognized problem s within the
Oregon Republican Party (ORP)
and stepped up to help bring
reform to a previously ineffective,
top-dow n organization. I do not
know if their recent endorsement
o f Lynn Snodgrass for the new
O R P C h a ir is th e d e fin itiv e
answer, but the courage they
show ed by stepping forw ard at
a tim e w hen they had nothing
Obituaries
Homer Schell
Matthew Jepsen and Erin Meacham
Bill and N ancy Jepsen o f H eppner w ish to announce the
engagem ent and upcoming wedding o f their son, M atthew William
Jepsen to Erin Eileen M eacham , daughter o f Scott and Terry
M eacham o f Lew iston, Idaho.
Erin is a graduate o f Lew iston High School and a 2000
graduate o f the University o f Idaho with a major in Music Education.
She is currently employed by Moscow Building Supply and plans to
teach private music lessons.
M atthew is a 1999 hom e school graduate from Heppner.
He is in his senior year at the University o f Idaho with a double major
in M usic Education and Trum pet Perform ance and a m inor in
C om puter Science.
The couple is planning a Jan. 4,2003 wedding at Liv ing Faith
Fellowship Church in Pullman, WA.
Child Study Team meeting to be at HES
T h o s e in te r e s te d in
v olunteering for the Child Study
T e a m s h o u ld a tte n d th e
W ednesday, Dec. 4 m eeting at
the Heppner Elementary School
library. The meeting will begin at
4 p.m.
The C hild Study Team
at HES is looking for volunteers
to work with individual students
in their classroom s. Volunteers
can be parents (mothers, fathers
o r g u a rd ia n s), g ran d p aren ts,
other family members, or simply
members o f the community who
would like to help.
For m ore inform ation,
you can contact M olly Rill at
HES by phone at 676-9128.
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Letten to the Editor
H o m e r S c h e ll, 9 3 ,
formerly o f the Fossil area, died
N ov. 25, 2002, at M t. V iew
Living Center in Madras.
Schell w as b o m D ec.
2 9 ,1 9 0 8 in Ketchin Creek, KY
to N icholas and Betty A dam s
Schell. He m oved to W heeler
Co. when he was 29 and resided
there most o f the rest o f his life.
S c h e ll w o r k e d on
ranches, in sawmills, and last, but
far from least, he raised gam e
birds in Tw ickenham . H e w as
once referred to as “The Birdman
o f T w ickenham ,” a nam e he
really loved. Along w ith raising
birds, and taking care o f his
cows, chickens and pigs, Schell
also made time to do other things
he enjoyed like hunting, fishing
and gardening.
S o m e m ay d e s c r ib e
Schell and “unique” or “one o f a
kind.” He touched the lives o f
m any people, and was loved by
m ost o f them . Som e, how ever,
m ay have w ished th ey ’d never
crossed his path; especially some
o f the river floaters who thought
they could help themselves to his
garden. He was often thought o f
as a “one w ay” m a n ... and o f
course, that was his way. Though
he could be pretty “pig headed”
at times, and liked things done his
way, he could also be a lot o f fun.
He loved playing jokes on some
o f his friends and they always got
even.
It se em e d as th o u g h
“Pop" really started living when
he moved to Twickenham. There
he could have his animals and do
w hat farm ing he w anted. He
raised m any, m any birds and
spent the last 30 years doing
exactly w hat he wanted, and he
loved it that way.
A graveside service was
held Nov. 30, at Fossil M asonic
C e m e te ry .
M e m o ria l
contributions may be made to the
charity o f one’s choice.
D r is k ill M e m o ria l
Chapel, o f John Day, is in chaise
o f the arrangements.
personal to gain and abundant
political capital to lose should be
com m ended. These m en again
show leadership at a time when
other w ould-be Party leaders
choose to sit on the sidelines and
w atch a dam aging family fight
unfold, while preparing to step in
at the last m inute like a white
knight and pick up the battered
pieces. We all should be proud,
as I am , o f Senator Sm ith and
C ongressm an W alden for their
insight, guts and leadership as well
as their effective legislative efforts.
As a Republican, they have given
m e and the grass roots o f our
p a r ty r e n e w e d fa ith a n d
e n th u s ia s m a b o u t b e in g a
Republican.
(s) Tim Smith
Harney County
Grange members
travel to annual
meeting
G range m em bers from
M orrow and U m atilla counties
attended the annual m eeting o f
the N ational G range session in
the Portland area, Nov. 12-16.
T his is the first tim e in seven
years that the national meeting has
been held on the west coast.
L o c a l g ra n g e rs w ere
transported to the event by the
W heatland Pom ona bus. B ob
Allen o f W illows Grange drove
the bus. Local grange m em bers
th a t a tte n d e d th e s e s s io n
included: Bob and Sylvia Allen,
D o t H a lv e r s o n a n d H e le n
C raw ford o f W illow s G range;
C la re n c e B u c h a n a n , E d ith
H endricks and R obin M oran-
B ailey o f L exington G range;
Bobbie Peck, Connie Rodriguez,
Julie Steinbruck and N atisha
Beaver-Steinbruck o f Greenfield
G range; Gary and Vi H artinger
o f S ta n f ie ld G ra n g e ; a n d
M argaret T horpe o f C olum bia
Grange.
S e v e n m e m b e rs o f
W heatland received the sixth
degree and 11 members took the
seventh degree.
W h e a tla n d P o m o n a
m em bers helping act as hosts in
the hospitality room w ere Bob
and Sylvia A llen and Lyle and
V irginia Peck. The hospitality
room served 2500 people during
the session.
Invitation to pastors
O n c e a g a in , as th e
C hristm as holiday approaches,
w e w o u ld like to ex te n d an
invitation to all area pastors who
would like to include a Christmas
article in the Dec. 24 edition o f
the Gazette.
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Respite Care available at
Willow Creek Terrace
Individuals who take responsibility for the care of
a family member will be interested to know that
respite care Is available at Willow Creek Terrace,
the new assisted living facility in Heppner.
Whether for a few hours or a few days, the
facility - when it can meet the needs of the
individual - provides a furnished room and a
24-hour staff. Arrangements must be made far
enough in advance to allow
a needs assessment.
Cost is $ 100 daily.
Inquiries are encouraged.
Call 676-0004, or visit the
Willow Creek Terrace at
400 Frank Gilliam Drive.
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Gas up Oregon’s economic engine
(From the Sunday Oregonian Editorial page, Dec. I, 2002
edition)
Building new sewers in rural communities w on’t bring back
O regon’s economy or restore state tax revenues. It w on’t save school
days from being cut, or allow state police troopers to keep their
jobs.
Only an econom ic resurgence in the W illam ette Valley can
do all that.
A s fo rm er G ov. N eil G o ld sc h m id t rec e n tly to ld the
Association o f Oregon Counties, Oregon m ust refocus its economic
developm ent efforts w here the state can get the m ost bang for its
bucks: in the Willamette Valley.
G ov.-elect Ted K ulongoski has loaded his 23-m em ber
transition team with business leaders and charged them to com e up
w ith ideas to im prove the sta te ’s E conom ic and C om m unity
Development Departm ent and help get O regon’s econom y moving
again.
The first step should be recognizing that it’s not 1998 anymore.
During O regon’s boom , when the m etro area was so flush it
w as literally turning aw ay new jo b s, it m ade sense to concentrate
tens o f millions o f dollars in econom ic developm ent m oney in rural
O regon, building new sew er and w ater projects and sprucing up
dow ntow ns. The m etro econom y w as so hot back then that at one
point Intel even had to promise Washington County to limit new job
creation in order to get a property tax break.
Som e rural developm ent projects m ade real differences in
com m unities such as Hermiston, Prineville, Redm ond and Madras.
H ow ever, m any other investm ents only dem onstrated that rural
problem s are m ore fundam entally tied to federal land policies and
the collapse o f forestry, farming and fishing than to inadequate sewer,
and water systems.
The employment numbers tell the story: Even with more than
$100 m illion directed by Gov. John K itzhaber and R epublican
legislators into rural areas over the past decade, the gap in jo b growth
betw een the valley and the rest o f the state h asn’t narrowed.
N o one should suggest giving up on job creation in rural areas,
but if lawmakers and the governor really want to help rural Oregon,
they should look for ways to help logging, farming and fishing.
M eanwhile, the state must get back to fueling the engine that
drives O regon’s econom y and supplies most o f the revenue for state
services and schools. Seventy-five percent o f O regon’s jo b s lie in
the nine counties o f the W illam ette Valley - M ultnom ah, Linn,
Clackamas, Washington, Yamhill, Polk, M arion, Benton and Lane.
All the conditions for a powerful surge in economic growth
lie in the valley: proxim ity to suppliers o f all kinds, plentiful labor
pools, m ajor airports and interstates, and the Port o f Portland.
Goldschmidt is worried that the state economic development
departm ent has becom e so fixated w ith “distressed com m unities”
that the agency no longer has the skills o r expertise to lure m ore
businesses to O regon cities. “ We have basically dism antled it,”
G oldschm idt said o f the departm ent. “The m om entum is gone. We
are paying an ungodly price for this decision.”
The risk now' is a bitter tug o f w ar over the lottery m oney
that funds economic development in Oregon. Rural communities still
are hurting for jobs, and are suffering disproportionately from cutbacks
in state services and schools. They and their legislators are likely to
fight any redirection o f economic development money back to urban
areas.
This is a sensitive issue for K ulongoski, w ho w on the
governorship only because ofhis margin o f victory in a few Willamette
Valley counties. H e ’s eager to broaden his support in rural Oregon,
but focusing economic development spending in the valley, however
wise that is, w on’t win him m ore friends in the rest o f the state.
But stoking the state’s business core in the Willamette Valley
is the surest route to improving the economy, closing the state’s deficit
and improving the lives o f Oregonians.
CCF to discuss
child care
development funds
T he M o rro w C o u n ty
C om m ission on C hildren and
Fam ilies w ill hold its regular
m onthly m eeting on Tuesday,
Dec. 10 in the conference room
o f the D epartm ent o f H um an
Services Building located at 103
S.W. Kinkade, Boar dm an, from
7-9 p.m .
A g e n d a ite m s w ill
include discussion o f child care
d e v e lo p m en t funds, b u d g et,
legislative issues, E m ergency
Food and Shelter Program , and
other business as necessary.
The public is encouraged
to attend and participate in the
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James Benjamin Murray
was found guilty o f Contempt o f
Court for failure to com ply with
order o f the Court, to-wit a Child
S u p p o rt o rd er. M u rra y w as
sentenced to three years bench
probation with die following terms
and conditions: m ust pay the
m onthly c o u rt o rd ered child
s u p p o r t p a y m e n t p lu s an
additional 20 percent o f the court
ordered am ount per m onth so
long as his child support case
carries an arrearage balance;
m ust notify D A ’s office o f any
change in em ploym ent, address
or telephone num ber w ithin 10
days o f change; and if for any
reason he is not able to m ake his
monthly child support payment he
shall contact the Morrow County
Support Enforcem ent Officer to
provide notice and explanation.
Tnnette Raechel Hill was
found g u ilty o f C o n tem p t o f
Court for failure to com ply with
the child support order. Hill was
sentenced to 30 suspended days
in jail, five years bench probation
with the following conditions: must
pay the court ordered am ount
plus 20 p e rc e n t o f the court
ordered am ount each m onth;
shall advise o f any change in her
em ploym ent status, address, or
phone num ber within 10 days o f
any ch ange; and d u rin g any
p erio d o f u n em p lo y m en t, or
underemployment which results
in her not being able to pay child
support as ordered, she shall
report a bi-w eekly list detailing
her employment search and shall
continue until gainfully employed