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ÎW O - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday. December 11 .2002 Editorial A Different Perspective The Official Newspaper o f the City o f Heppner and the County of Morrow H ep p n er By Wade A. Smith, Principal, Heppner Schools G A Z E T T E -T IM E S U S P S. 240-420 Morrow County's Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1874. Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon. Office at 147 W. Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676-9228. Fax (541) 676-9211. E- mail: gt@heppner net or gtiu rapidserve net Web site: www heppner net. Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, PO. Box 337, Heppner. Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $24 in Morrow County; $18 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 62 years or older), $ 3 0 elsewhere David Sykes......................................................................................... ............ Publisher K atie W a il Now» deadline i* Monday at 6 p m. Ed itor For Advertising: advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p m. Cost for a display ad is $4.75 per column inch. Cost for classified ad is 50* per word Cost for Card of Thanks is $7 up to 100 words Cost for a classified display ad is $5.35 per column inch. For Public/Legal Notices public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Dates for publication must be specified Affidavits must be required at the time of submission Affidavits require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be specified if required) On the HEPPNER WEBSITE: www.heppner.net • Start or Change a Subscription • Place a Classified Ad • Submit a News Story • View Real Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! School Board continued from page one retirem ents from: M ike Stuart, retiring from his position as lone School principal as o f Dec. 31; B e tty R ie tm a n n , fro m h e r t e a c h in g p o s itio n at lo n e E le m e n ta ry S c h o o l; K a re n Cooley, from her “teacher on special assignm ent for special education” for 2003-04; D arla Vandever, Riverside High School special ed one-on-one assistant. -ap p ro v e d in te r im agreem ents for: M ike Stuart to c o n tin u e h is a d m in is tra tiv e position as lone principal from Jan. 6 through June 30; Betty R ietm ann to continue in her te a c h in g p o s itio n at lo n e Elementary from Jan. 1 through June 13. -approv ed termination o f Daryl Grossman, from his district o ffic e p o sitio n as co m p u ter technician I. -approved employment o f G e o ff LaPeire as com puter technician I. -ap p ro v ed extra duty contracts for: Jim Swanson, lone H igh S chool assistan t b o y s ’ basketball coach; Kari M organ, lone High School assistant girls' basketball coach. -approved a policy on tem porary and standing school com m ittees and rescinded the previous policy on advisory committees. -endorsed passage o f M e a s u re 28 w h ic h w o u ld increase taxes to put more money into the ailing state general fund and thereby benefit state school funding. However, Dr. Crippen told the H eppner C ham ber o f C om m erce, Tuesday, that the cuts facing south end schools are basically equalization cuts and even if M easure 28 passes, the lost south end teaching positions would probably not return. -approved a change in per diem reimbursements which would reimburse employees for meals on a per diem basis rather than by meal receipts. -approved the district’s audit report w hich found no significant items o f interest. -aw arded a recognition pin to Rhonda Lorenz who has been employed with the district office for 20 years. -h eard the fo llo w in g announcements: MCSB/Oregon School Board Association v-tel meeting, policy review, Dec. 16, 9 a.m .; w inter break, Dec. 20- Jan. 5; school resum es, Jan. 6; next board m eeting Jan. 13, Heppner Elementary School. Adoption announcement Kelly and Laura Sager o f Lexington are proud to announce the adoption o f their daughter N y s s a M a e , b o rn F eb. 18, 2002 and son K o o p e r L ee, b o rn A p ril 15, 2 0 0 2 . T h e ir a d o p tio n s to o k p la c e in Vladivostok, Russia on Nov. 12, 2002. N yssa and K ooper jo in siblings Darby, Brick and Tegan. G randparents are Harley and Bertha Sager o f Hermiston and Jim and Susan H um phrey o f Fossil. Great grandparents are Lee and Patsy Hoover and Abbie H um phrey all o f Fossil. Great- great grandm other is Evelyn Woods o f Southern Oregon. Willow Creek Baptist has new home T h e W illo w C r e e k B ap tist C h u rch has recen tly rem odeled the gym /education building o f the Seventh D ay A dventist C hurch, at 560 N. M inor, as a place to hold their Sunday services. W illow C reek B aptist, led by Pastor Bud Wenzel, meets _______Letters to the Editor______ Sundays at 9:30 a.m. for adult and children bible studies and at 10:45 a.m. for a worship service. They also provide childcare. Fore m ore inform ation you can contact Pastor Wenzel, at 676-5428. 6/ve a Piece o f H is to ry fo r Christm as a n d H elp the M u ra l P rq je ct The m ural depith Heppner's M ain Street prior to the 1903 flood. With a tax-deductible donation of $300, you w ill receive a 21"x42" framed print of the mural. ¥fith a tax-deductible donation of $200, you w ill receive a 13"x24” framed print of the mural. P rin ts a re on d isp la y a t Klam ath F irs t Bank. Call Sharon Harrison, 676-5407, or Betty Mills, 676-5546, for more information or to purchase a print. Ask about a payment plan if you would like a print held for you I It was last week, while sitting through a myriad o f different educational speakers at a school law conference, that 1 heard something so out o f the ordinary, unique, and refreshing that 1 felt that 1 needed to pass it on to my community. Surrounded by hundreds o f school administrators, state educational employees, and other school leaders, we were reminded, speaker after speaker, o f the state funding crises, the PERS financial woes, and the dism al outlook o f our schools’ budgets in the upcoming years. With little light at the end o f the tunnel it was difficult not to hang one’s head in shame or throw your arms up in the air in disbelief like my wife did when San Diego got stom ped 27 to 7 by O akland last Sunday. However, just when you could hardly swallow another speaker’s bleak forecast, up came a gentlem en that pulled us out o f our wallow s o f self-pity and truly celebrated public education in Oregon. Instead o f focusing on the negative publicity o f dw indling budgets, he rejoiced in our achievements. As he relayed, school drop out rates across the state are the low est ever. Student test perform ance is the highest it has ever been. SAT scores are up and Oregon kids are competing amongst the nations best for college adm ittance and winning! Similarly, in Heppner, we are looking to attain another “exceptional" school rating from the state, one o f only a handful handed out every year. O ur local scores on state tests continue to im prove and are above the state averages in m ost areas. M ore and m ore o f our students from Heppner are attending four-year colleges and receiving scholarships along the way. Needless to say, despite our budget problems, it is an exciting tim e to be in education when so many things are going so well. It is not surprising that many voters and legislators across the state have recently decided against funding our schools adequately. I believe that an integral part o f this lack o f support is because we tend to dw ell on the negative rather than applauding the w onderful accomplishments we have made over the recent years. It is true that we are in a tim e o f econom ic crises. There is a ballot m easure, M easure 28, that will be coming to your hom es in January that will help ease our economic “hit” for this and the next two biennium ’s. However, if we do not celebrate our accomplishments very few people will feel com fortable supporting our public educational program. I believe a lot o f our “PR” problem is due to educators inadvertently misleading the community. Often we like to paint our scenario as the “sinking ship” model that must have money to improve. Typically, it takes the creation o f such a crises to elicit support from our constituents, whether we are indeed “going down” or not. However, I view this as a poor way to gain support. W ho in their right minds would want to “throw” more money at a sinking ship? Let’s paint the picture how it really appears: a successful program that is working well and needs the finances fo maintain. Remember, we are not “throwing” money at the sinking ship o f public education, but rather “allocating” money to a successful, accom plished, proven system that works and works well. — In the Service Local son graduates from navy training N avy Seaman M atthew Dezellem, son o f Jennie Riggle o f G re s h a m and R aym ond Dezellem o f Heppner, recently g ra d u a te d from th e M K -41 V ertical L a u n c h in g S y stem O p eratio n and M ain ten an ce C la ss “ C ” S c h o o l a t F le e t Training Center A tlantic, Dam N eck, Va. For n e a rly 20 weeks, Dezellem received tra in in g on how to operate, is o la te an d r e p a ir th e U.S. N a v y ’s m o s t Matthew Dezellem a d v a n c e d g u id e d m is s ile launching system. Dezellem was also required to study advanced electronics, computer language, h y d rau lic fu n d am en tals and explosives safety and handling. D e z e lle m is a 2 0 0 0 g ra d u a te o f R ey n o ld s H igh School ofT routdale and joined the N avy in O ctober 2001. 4-H News Public Clique 4-H Photography Club By Emily Rietmann, reporter The Public C lique 4-H photography club met at the Fire Hall in lone on Sunday, Dec. 8. It was the club’s second meeting for the new 4-H year. M e m b e rs lo o k e d through inform ation on taking portraits and went to the park to practice taking pictures w ith d iffe re n t b a c k d ro p s a n d at different angles. T hey d iscu ssed w hat they w ould like to do w ith the m oney they have earned selling pumpkins and other fundraisers. M em bers decided to donate to K evin and W aylon Johnson o f M ik k a lo , w ho w ere b u rn e d severely on Thanksgiving morning and to purchase an animal through Heifer International. Members discussed field trips they wanted to take through the year and decided to m eet again on Jan. 12 at the fire hall. Emily Rietmann provided snacks. Those present included Emily Rietmann, Kayla LaRue, A idan Burt, Kim M orris and leader Kristy Crowell. N e w m e m b e rs are always invited. Editor’s note: Letters to the Editor must be signed. The Gazette-Times w ill not publish unsigned letters. Please include your address and phone number on all letters for use by the G-T office. The G-T reserves the right to edit. The G-T is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters. (Any letten, expressing thanks w ill be placed in the classifieds under *Card o f Thanks'at a cost o f $7.) Businessman offers praise for Sheriff’s Office and Fire Dept. To the Editor: M ost o f this community is aw are that a rifle was stolen from H eppner H ardw are the evening before thanksgiving. As you w o u ld ex p ect, th is is a traumatic experience, especially so s in c e th e r if le w a s th e C ham ber o f Com m erce raffle gun which helps to fund chamber projects. N eedless to say, I had som e difficulty being properly thankful the next day. Flowever, the purpose o f this letter is to m ake everyone aw are o f the good I saw com e out o f this incident. I w as lucky, in that I discovered the theft within a few minutes o f its happening and was thus able to pinpoint the likely s u s p e c ts . I c a lle d 911 an d received an im m ediate answer. An officer w as dispatched, and w h ile he w a s e n ro u te , th e d is p a tc h e r w a s g a th e r in g information from me and relaying it to th e o ffic e r. W ith th is inform ation, the officer m ade a quick sweep o f the area looking for the four I suspected, before com ing to see m e. A bout this time, a neighboring merchant told me she had seen these four a few m inutes before and was able to tell m e w ho they were. (Isn ’t a small town wonderful?) At this time, an off-duty officer arrived, and with the new information, the two officers went to the residence o f the suspects to question them. I w on’t go into all the details, but I w itnessed som e very professional police work. O ver the next tw o days (which included Thanksgiving), the Sheriff’s Dept, continued to work the case with diligence and perseverance and an arrest was made. A lthough an arrest was made, the rifle had still not been recovered, but they had reason to believe it w as hidden on a hillside near the suspect’s home. A t this point, w hich was after dark, the H eppner Fire Dept, was asked to help. U sing the work lights from a fire truck and c o m b in g th e a re a in a coordinated search pattern, the rifle was found. This is a m uch better conclusion than I reasonably could have hoped for. I can’t say enough good things about the deputies w ho patrol H eppner and the Heppner Fire Dept. I am in their debt. (s) C liff Green Heppner P.S.: Tickets for this rifle are still available from m any cham ber m em bers. W ouldn’t you like to have a rifle with a history? Justice Court Report The Justice Court office at the courthouse in Heppner reports handling the following business: Steven Donald Lane, 45, Bend, E xceeding Bag Lim it, $207 fine. Wesley Ryan Martin, 23, Gresham , Unlawful Taking o f a Deer, to wit: C losed Season, $391 fine. Jym m e Suzanne C anham , 35, H e p p n e r, Maintaining a Dog as a Nuisance ( d o g b a r k in g ) , $ 7 9 fin e ; Telephonic H arassm ent, $207 fine. Paul Anthony Backman, 33, Hermiston, VBR 75/55, $87 fine. C harles Lee M atteson, 50, Heppner, Dog at Large, $79 fine. John A ndrew N elson, 31, H eppner, V B R 70/55, $87 fine. Giselle Lee Schoonover, 28, Heppner, DUII, $1098 fine, 24 m onths probation, 80 hours community service, completion o f alcohol education program , no alcohol in conjunction w ith a motor vehicle, and attendance o f the Victim’s Impact Panel. Mindy Lee Binschus, 22, Lexington, Maintaining a Dog as a Public Nuisance, $79 fine. C arol Lynn Daley, 42, lone, M aintaining a Dog as a Public Nuisance, $79 fine. D a v id R ic h a rd S paulding, 69, Follow ing to Close, $147 fine. Jacquelyn F. Burr, 55, Keizer, VBR 78/55, $132 fine. Jerry D.A. Pishion, 19, lone, V B R 78/55, Failure to Show/Carry Proof o f Insurance, $132 fine. Aaron Thom as Brown, 19, lone, VBR 75/55, $87 fine. Michael David Peterson, 23, V B R 74/55, $77 fine. D avid P. W inters, 49, Heppner, VBR 79/55, $ 132 fine. H arley B. Young, 43, Heppner, Passing in a No Passing Zone, $157 fine. Jerem y Paul C annon, 20, Portland, EMS 91/65, $207 fine. Lanny Richard Garland, 62, B anks, R e c k le s s ly Endangering A nother Person, $393. D e b o ra h L avonne W ells, 39, Heppner, Failure to Y ie ld to a P e d e s tr ia n in a Crosswalk, $147 fine. Jason T. L ehm an, 31, Pendleton, Failure to Immediately Validate Tag (elk), $ 157 fine. G a ry L ee W ard, 51, Springfield, Carrying a Loaded W eapon (firearm ) on an ATV, $111 fine. A lv in L ee D u ll, 51, Springfield, Carrying a Loaded W eapon (firearm ) on an ATV, $111 fine. V incent J. W ard, 37, Oregon City, Carrying a Loaded W eapon on an ATV, $77 fine. Ja so n L ee L an e, 23, B oring, A iding in a W ildlife Violation, $331 fine. Kacy John Childers, 20, lone, Careless Driving, $202 and V BR 69/55, $136 fine. T re n t B. M o se s, 31, M eridian, ID, No Insurance and F a ilu r e to C a rry P r o o f o f Insurance, $306 fine. Carolyn Faye Rupe, 30, Echo, Failure to Carry P ro o f o f Insurance, $202 fine. Cheryl Lynn Thom as- A lston, 51, A shland, D ead or Decayed Tree, $ 111 fine. R obert E. B ailey, 43, Oregon City, Unlawful Taking o f a C o w E lk , to w it: C lo se d Season, $157 fine. Steven M ichael Clark, 19, Pendleton, D riving W hile S u s p e n d e d a n d D riv in g U ninsured, $474 fine; D riving W h ile S uspended and Unreasonable Sound Amperage, $376 fine; Failure to Pay Fines, $688 fine. Pastor’s Christmas article due Dec. 20 Christmas articles written by local pastors are due Friday, Dec. 20 before 5 p.m . A rticles can be fax ed to: 6 7 6 -9 2 1 1 ; m a ile d to : P.O . B o x 3 3 7 Heppner, OR 97836; or emailed to: david@ heppner.net. A r tic le s can be h a n d w r itte n , i f le g ib le , or typewritten. It is recom m ended that you include a title. All area pastors are invited to subm it an article. Any questions call the G azette at 676-9228.
