TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday. December 25, 2002
Benefit auction, dinner set for
Olex burn victims
The Official Newspaper
o f the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
H eppner
Boogie in Redmond; collectibles,
etc. C ash donations are being
accepted as well.
Due to tight budgets and
the som etim es heavy financial
load at Christm as tim e, auction
organizers are allowing credit for
60 days before paying for items
purchased at the benefit.
S e v e ra l f r ie n d s a n d
neighbors o f the Johnson family
are helping to organize the event,
including Gerry and Rene Durfey
o f C on d o n ; M ike and Vicki
M c K in n e y , R o d a n d L o ri
M c G u ire , K e n t a n d Ju d y
M ise n e r, D a rre ll a n d A p ril
A am odt, all o f A rlington; and
Brent Johnson o f Fossil. Contact
any o f these people for m ore
information on how to help with
the effort.
A memorial service was
held to celebrate the life o f Kevin
Johnson, 46, at the Condon Elks
Lodge on Saturday, Dec. 21.
Kevin and his son, W aylon, 19,
were burning trash Thanksgiving
Day and fuel w as added to the
blaze, which exploded, dousing
both in fuel and flam es. Their
bums were extensive and severe,
and it is anticipated Waylon will
be hospitalized for at least five
months. A fter putting up a hard
fight, Kevin lost his battle for life,
to a lung infection on D ec. 12.
W aylon continues to fight, is
gaining strength and healing.
You m ay send get-w ell
w ishes to W aylon at O regon
B u rn C e n te r, 3001
N.
Gantenbein Ave., Portland, OR
97227.
A trad itio n al holiday
comm unity party featured at the
form er Rock C reek School in
Gilliam County the past few years
will becom e a benefit for bum
victim s Kevin Johnson and his
son Way Ion this year. The event,
a benefit auction, potluck dinner
and dance, will be held Saturday,
Dec. 28, starting at 2:00 p.m. at
the R ock C reek C om m unity
C enter, 13181 M iddle Rock
C reek Lane, G illiam County,
Oregon.
Auction items are being
d o n a te d from re g io n -w id e .
Som e o f the donations received
to d a te a re : 3 0 .0 6 r if le ; a
working ranch horse; Raft Trips;
Two night stay at a beach home
on the O regon Coast; 1 week at
a s tu d io C o n d o w /k itc h e n
facilities on Kauai, Hawaii; Ocean
fishing trips a n d /o r sturgeon
fishing on the Colum bia; dinner
and night at S h an ik o H otel;
W ils o n R a n c h e s B e d an d
Breakfast retreat; Dinner for two
at the H otel Condon; Hair style
and m anicure; handm ade baby
q u ilts; h an d m ad e q u ilts and
afghans, one year’s supply o f dog
food; 2 m en and 3 days for a
c o n s tru c tio n p ro je c t; S heep
Pelts; B rass Trundle Bed; Hide
a Bed; Roll top desk; baked
goods; homemade preserves; art
w o rk
by
lo c a l a r tis ts ;
horseshoeing, trim and sets; New
Year’s Eve package dinner, room
and breakfast at Hotel Condon;
O ne-ton alfalfa hay; 4 tickets to
N ew Year’s Eve Bull Riding and
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lone School continued from page one
shipping students from the north
increasing available housing in the
end o f the county; approaching
a r e a ; e n c o u r a g in g h o m e
M orrow County for reparation
schoolers to enroll in the lone
m
onies for the lone-north end
Schools; encouraging Lexington
road;
p etitioning the state to
students to attend school in lone;
rew
ard
excellent schools w ith
prom oting construction o f the
tangible
support; repealing Ballot
r o a d b e tw e e n lo n e a n d
M
easure
5; and w ithdraw ing
Boardman; building a relationship
from the Morrow County School
w ith a m a tc h in g fu n d s
D istrict. The evening w as not
organization; obtaining grants;
w
ithout hum or as one person
instituting school tuition; seeking
s
u
g g e s te d , “ k ic k in g o u r
lo ttery m o n ey ; p ro m o tin g a
legislators
in the rear” as a way
change in the state school funding
to
resolve
the
state budget crisis.
form ula; establishing a charter
school; lobbying for passage o f “ O n our ow n personal note, us
y o u n g p e o p le n eed to k eep
M easure 28 to increase taxes;
h a v in g b a b ie s ,” a d d e d an
increasing lunch prices; soliciting
o
b v io u s ly p r e g n a n t D a rc y
area businesses; asking the city
Padberg
M itchell, prom pting
to reduce w ater costs or donate
laughter
from
the crowd.
w ater to the school; seeking out
Each revenue suggestion
students w ho qualify for free and
w as then assigned to a local
red u c e d school lu n ch es and
organization or com m ittee to
assisting those families in filling
w ork on such as Booster Club,
out the form s; siting a local cell
S ch o o l B o ard L ia iso n , S ite
to w e r a n d c h a r g in g r e n t;
C
ouncil, S e lf D eterm ination,
prom oting good will betw een
A dvisory Board, C ity o f lone,
lone and Heppner, shortening the
school year, seeking corporate > 1 ' T e a c h e r s , 'L o c a l 'F u n d i n g
s p o n ’s 'd /ih lp ;" te s tin g h o m e ' Foundation; lo n e C om m unity
A g ri-B u sin e ss O rg a n iz a tio n
schoolers tb verify that they are
(1CA
B O ), State School Lobby
m e e tin g s ta te s ta n d a r d s ;
and
Student
Recruitment.
e n c o u r a g in g e a rly te a c h e r
A n o th e r
lo n e
retirement; spending the school
community meeting is scheduled
district cash carryover; seeking
for Jan. 22 at 6:30 p.m . at the
N ature C onservancy financial
lone School.
su p p o rt o f sc h o o ls; g e ttin g
Chamber Chatter
By Claudia Hughes
Chamber Executive Director
As I write this, Christmas is three days away. W hy aren’t my
cards written? W hy isn’t my shopping done? Am ong other things, I
stopped and w ent ice skating w ith m y grandchildren. It had been
twenty-five years! At first it was a comedy o f errors, but someone up
there kept me from broken bones and after a few shaky rounds, this
grandmother was enjoying the lights and music and only touching the
rftil one or two times! It was great fun!
For some reading this, Christmas is already “over.” M y wish
for all is that pause be taken to truly savor the twelve days o f Christmas
(Dec. 25 to Jan. 6) so that the m ad rush doesn’t end C hristm as Day,
but becom es the beginning o f feeling the reason for the season. It’s
not too late to do for others what you didn’t have tim e to do before.
So m uch o f the w orld rushes m adly along letting deadlines and
pressures build, becoming overscheduled, running, running as fast as
we can! W hat are we running for or from? Rushing certainly doesn’t
extend our lives; it may even shorten them! W e’re writing our own
“story” as we go. W hat do we w ant our story to be?
Give yourself and your family a gift. Invite them to sit quietly
by the tree, watch feel-good Christmas movies with a message, read
stories o f the season, share moments with children, turn o ff the boxes
(because by now they’ve returned to repetitive sensationalism five
tim es a day); listen to music, send the cards you didn’t have tim e to
do, visit people who are alone or have lost family, enjoy your work,
take a w alk, look up at the stars, think about the true m eaning o f
Christmas. And while w e’re reflecting, we might give thought to how
our com m unity can w ork together to address the issues facing our
small town. Often we find problems are easier solved when w e take
tim e to breathe, slow down and listen to our hearts!
M ay the Christm as season be a tim e o f balance, caring and
reflection w ith good friends, family, food, em pathy, understand,
looking inwards and a bit o f “spice” (like ice skating) stirred in. May
it continue for you and yours.
“ m ileag e out o f the m ed ia ” ;
Lexington announces 2002 lighting
contest winners
Lexington announced the winners o f this year’s light contest
winners as:
“Best Overall Lighting”- Roger Ehrmantraut.
“Best Use of Lights”- B ob M ontgom ery.
“Mini But Bright”- John Ripple.
“Judges Choice”- M ike Orwick.
Colum bia Basin Electric, M orrow County G rain G row ers
and the City o f Lexington donated prizes. Out o f town judges were
used for the contest.
“There were many, many participants and all were beautiful,”
said a spokesperson.
A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ONE AND ALL
from THE HEPPNER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE!
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One view on Kulongoski’s comments to
but out farms
To the Editor:
I w as a sto n ish e d but
unsurprised at G overnor-elect
T ed K u lo n g o s k i’s r e c e n t
p a r a d o x ic a l c o m m e n ts on
O re g o n ’s econom ic recovery
plans and his desire to buy out
farmers in the Klamath Basin. At
a tim e w hen he can ta lk o f
increasing tourism, encouraging
new light industry, creating new
jobs and potentially raising taxes
he re c o m m e n d s b u y in g out
farm ers and ran c h e rs in the
K lam ath Basin. W hat part o f
taking productive property o ff
th e ta x r o le s d o e s n ’t he
understand? O f course, the pat
answ ers to this m ove and the
d r iv e r s b e h in d it a re th e
m andates under E ndangered
Species Act (ESA).
The enforcem ent o f the
ESA is m ost often tied to the
indicator o f the survival o f the
“m ost sensitive species.” I say
here th at the m ost se n sitiv e
species is and should alw ays be
people. The most sensitive issue
is our right to pursue our choice
o f life, liberty and happiness.
T h e b ro a d -s p e c tru m
m ove to relocate farm ers and
ranchers to controllable space
w ithin the urban spheres is the
bigger picture here. (1 can already
hear the m oans about another
conspiracy ranting). One has only
to get and read the torturous
b o o k , “ W a te r R e s o u r c e
M anagem ent, A W orld Bank
Policy Paper,” published by the
I n te r n a tio n a l
B ank
fo r
R e c o n s tr u c tio n
and
D evelopm ent, 1993, to see that
the global control o f land use is
a n a g e n d a th a t w ill be
o j u tiin K in s o o i o y y u -jiq
Lexington resident offers ideas on school
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To the Editor:
I p erceiv e the school
district as a forest and it appears
you are trying to cut one tree. The
largest part o f the forest is the
administrative cost; this is where
su b s ta n tia l a m o u n ts c a n be
reduced.
L ay o f f a ll b u ild in g
p rin cip als - have one in the
d is tr ic t o ffic e to d e a l w ith
personnel then each building
counselor would be in charge o f
student discipline and order.
A large savings: Lay o ff
all athletic directors - have one
in the district office and allow
each head coach to adm inister
their area.
A large savings: Do not
move the district office - the cable
a n d in s t a ll a ti o n h a s b e e n
completed. A move would create
m ore cost in relocation (cable/
office supply address changes)
than the present maintenance.
Lexington is (almost) the
geographic center o f M orrow
County. Reduce the vehicles to
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accom plished by the control o f
water. This plan is essentially (and
not very covertly) being placed
throughout the West today.
The socialization and
governm ent control o f farming,
r a n c h in g
and
reso u rc e
m anagem ent has already been
proven to be a bankrupt system,
(e.g. the form er Soviet U nion
failure, the m anagem ent o f the
U.S. N ational Forests) so that
doesn’t need to be revisited here.
We also know that ones
d o n ’t n e e d to re m o v e e ach
farmer, rancher, logger or m iner
from the land, but just remove (by
s e d u c tiv e o r o th e r m e a n s )
sufficient num bers o f them to
em asculate the targeted group
a n d th e r e m a in in g a re le ft
voiceless and easy pickings for
future control, buyouts and/or
relocations. It is really very simple
and effective.
A t a tim e w h e n w e
s h o u ld
be
e n c o u r a g in g
entrepreneurship and generating
p riv a te rev e n u e th at can be
legitimately taxed, our Govemor-
to -b e an d o u r S e n a to r R on
Wyden seem to think that taking
tax dollars to buy out productive
a g r ic u ltu r a l b u s in e s s e s is
c o n s is te n t w ith e c o n o m ic
recovery. I don’t like government
subsidies, but if w e are to have
them as a last resort, let them be
d ire c te d at k e e p in g p riv a te ,
industry in business and on the
tax roles. That is the only way we
as taxpayers, can get back so m e T
o f our invested tax dollars. That
is a p o s itiv e b e g in n in g fo r
economic recovery.
(s) Tim Smith
Harney County
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one car and one pickup to be
dispatched from the district.
Savings on insurance
a n d m a in te n a n c e : K eep the
“ E xcellence” in education by
busing the Heppner High School
students to lone, leave the other
students w here they are; in so
doing every com m unity is still
m aintaining an active school. In
keeping “ E xcellence” , do not
eliminate the kitchens - it’s been
p r o v e n a h u n g r y c h ild is
handicapped in learning.
G e n e ra te in c o m e by
selling real estate the district
owns.
U tiliz e th e s a te llite
system for extra classes (students
an d te a c h e rs) an d m ee tin g s
(teach ers and a d m in istra tiv e
staff).
Survey the graduated
s e n io r s as to w h a t b a s ic
education classes they fell short
in at college.
Possibly, a last resorjt
m aneuver w ould be to freeze
salaries for one year.
We
need
b a s ic
education; let’s dig down and get
back to it.
(s) Betty Christman
Lexington
Heppner Little
League and Youth.
Baseball set
meeting
H eppner Little League
and Youth B aseball will hold a
m eeting at 6:30 p.m ., Tuesday,
J a n . 14, 2 0 0 3 , a t G D s
R e stau ra n t in H eppner. T he
purpose o f the meeting is to elect
new board m em bers and discuss
the upcom ing 2003 season.
All interested is welcome
to attend. Your help is needed
a n d a p p re c ia te d . F o r m o re
inform ation please call Doug
H o lla n d 6 7 6 -5 0 6 7 o r D ave
P ra n g er676-9767.
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