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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppnef, Oregon Wednesday, January 29, 2003 The Official Newspaper o f the City of Heppner and the County o f Morrow H eppner GAZETTE-TIMES U S P S. 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Pub lishe d w e ekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post O ffic e at Heppner, O rego n under the A c t o f M a r c h 3, 1879 Perio dical postage paid at Heppner, O regon. O ffic e at 147 W W illo w Street. T e le p h o n e (5 4 1 )6 7 6 -9 2 2 8 . F a x (541 >676 -9 2 1 1 . E-m a il: gt@ heppner.net or g t@ ra p id se rv e net W e b site: w w w heppner net. Postm aster send address ch an ges to the H ep p ne r Gazette-Tim es, P .O B o x 337, Heppner, O re g o n 9 7 8 3 6 Sub scrip tion s: $ 2 4 in M o r r o w C o u n ty; $ 1 8 senior rate (in M o rr o w C o u n ty only; 62 years o r older); $ 3 0 else w here D a v id S y k e s ............................................................................................. 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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 C hange a Subscription • Place a C lassified A d • Submit a N e w s Story • V iew Real Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! Letters to the Editor Editor's note: Letters to the Editor must be signed. The Gazette-Times will not publish unsigned letters. Please include your address and phone num ber on all letters for use by the C -T office. The G-T reserves the right to edit. The G-T is not responsible for accuracy of statements m ade in letters. (Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under " C ard of Thanks" at a cost of $ 7.) Work together to stop the crime To the Editor: I am writing because I am very concerned about the outpour o f thieving in our three small communities. I find this an • o u tra g e o u s in v asio n o f o u r privacy. 1 feel that we need to all w o rk to g e th e r to h e lp o u r communities stop this outrageous conduct o f these druggy scum s that are committing these crimes. We w ork very hard for w hat w e have. These scum s sleep all day and play hide-and- seek all night. This has to stop. We need to help our police force. They are always at the north end and w e do not get them dow n south very often. We could help by looking out our w indow s, watching for vehicles, and other suspicious behavior at night. It is amazing what you can see w hen you watch late at night and drive the streets. As neighbors, I feel this is more important than calling the cops for barking dogs, burning, and noise complaints. I think that we have good enough neighbors that w e should be able to call them ourselves to solve these problem s and leave our police force to take care o f the druggy scums and meth labs we all have in our communities. Dan and I own Lexington Auto Body. We were burglarized the night o f Jan. 22. We w ere robbed o f enough to interrupt our w ork for a couple o f days. We are not the only ones that have been hit though. I was upset when we had to go be fingerprinted to rule ourselves out. Even w orse is when you have to take your 17- year-old daughter too. Please, let us all pull together to get these druggy scums o ff our streets and out o f our com m unities. We all know who m ost o f these people are. (s) Dan, C arm en and D anielle Looslie Lexington Justice Court Report The Justice Court office at the courthouse in Heppner reports handling the following business: A nn M arie Murray, 38, Heppner, VB R 75/55, fine $77. Martin Raymond Smith, 43, Heppner, V B R 73/55, fine $77. T a n a Jo H ill, 4 9 , L exington, V B R 79/55, fine $132. Thomas Joseph Koehler, 46, U m atilla, B orrow ing Big G am e Tag (Elk), fine $301 and Taking B ranched Bull w ith no Valid Tag, fine $301. John F. Hendergart, 47, Boardman, Loaning an Elk Tag, fine $157. T o n y R o w la n d , 2 4 , Heppner, Allowing Consumption o f Alcohol to Minors, fine $407. Casey Daniel Rodriguez, 29, Irrigon, Passing in a N o Passing Z one and Failure to C hange A ddress on D riv er’s License, fine $147. MORROW COUNTY GRAIN GROWERS WINTER GROWER MEETING DATE: FRIDAY FEBRUARY 14, 2003 LOCATION: WILLOWS GRANGE HALL TIME: 7:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. MEETING AGENDA 7:00- 7:20 Coffee and Doughnuts 7:20- 8:05 Don Homeck, OSU Extension: Applications o f Manure and Compost and their effects on Soil Carbon and Herbicide activity. 8 :10- 8:50 Max Morenz, UAP Northwest: Adjuvant and Surfactant Updates. Their effect on Herbicide activity and the important rule they play in weed control. 8:55- 9:40 Don Homeck, OSU Extension: Weed Seed survival in Compost and other Agronomic questions. 9:45-10:00 BREAK 10:00-11:00 Joe Yennish, WSU Extension: Russian Thistle control in Dryland Wheat / Chemical Fallow -Applications-of Spartan Herbicide. 11:00-11:15 Jim Swanson. Wheatland Insurance: Insurance Updates and Acceptable Practices. 11:20-11:55 Karl Rhinart, OSU CBARC: Winter Malting Barley Heads Up. 12:00-12:30 Dan Steiner, MCGG Grain Dept.: Marketing Updates and Production Issues. 12:30 LUNCH Oregon Recertification Credits have been applied for. St. Patrick’s Senior Center reports on recent activities The annual meeting o f St. Patrick’s Senior Center was held on Jan. 18. Florene Robinson, treasurer, presented the annual f in a n c ia l r e p o r t; th e responsibilities for som e o f the p ro je c ts w ere o u tlin e d ; and o rg an iz atio n al b u sin ess was brought to the attention o f the m e m b e rs h ip . T h r e e b o a rd m em bers will com plete their te rm s o f o ffic e in 2 0 0 3 . A n o m in a tin g c o m m itte e w as appointed to bring a pool o f nominees before the group. From this pool, members for 2004 will be elected in D ecem ber. One third o f the m em bers on the Board o f Directors may be under 60 years o f age. T h e p re s e n t sla te o f officers will continue to serve in their present capacity. They are Felix Schwarzin, president; Tom Wilson, vice-president; Florene Robinson, treasurer; an.d Judy Buschke, secretary. In a d d itio n to th e officers, the following members and visitors were present: Archie Padberg, M ary G oheen, G race Drake, M ike Amato, Ex-officio m em ber, Tom W olff, M arian M urchison and Ed Baker. Ed B aker is in charge o f the buses and drivers o f the “Dollar-Ride” se rv ic e o ffe re d th ro u g h the center. The volunteer staff o f the center office consists o f nine r e g u la r v o lu n te e r s ( o n e a resident) and three alternates. They take phone messages, keep track o f the scheduling, answ er questions, and take care o f many other tasks that may com e up in the course o f a day or week. On Jan. 22, a busload o f guests from Irrigon cam e to eat lunch at St. Patrick’s; afterw ard they took a tour o f the recently opened W illow C reek Terrace assisted living facility. D orris G r a v e s , v o lu n te e r a n d S t. P atrick ’s resident, hosted their tour. A m ong the Irrigon guests w as fo rm er M orrow C ounty Com m issioner, Warren McCoy. A p p r o x im a te ly 60 p e o p le , (in a d d itio n to th e guests), ate lunch at the center on that day. Volunteers who helped serve the m eal w ere from the Heppner Christian Church. The tim e for serving the W ednesday m eal is now from 1 1 :3 0 a .m .- 1 2 :3 0 p .m . A beginning ceremony o f flag salute, b le s s in g th e m e a l a n d announcements will take place at 11:30 a.m.; then food serving will begin. People are invited to find seats before going to be served. D iners m ay go random ly to be served. Table numbers will not be called. P in o c h le , b in g o an d j ig s a w p u z z le s a re a m o n g activities that go on every week at the center. For o ther details, call the center office at 676- 9 0 3 0 , fro m 9 a .m .-5 p .m ., M onday through Friday. Court appoints David Allen as county counsel A t the M orrow County C ourt m eeting, Jan. 22, D avid A llen w as appointed C ounty C o u n sel and a c o n tra ct w as signed to begin duties as County Counsel as o f Jan. 1,2003. The list o f appointments to a num ber o f boards and com m ittees w as review ed and discussed, with the following appointments made: Kelly Sager to the Safety C om m ittee; Ray G race to the CA PECO B o a rd , N eigh b o rh o o d C enter, C ourt S ecurity C o m m ittee, R C & D B o a rd , a n d C l a s s i f ic a ti o n Committee; Terry Tallman to the G EO D C B oard and Extension A d v iso ry C o m m itte e ; C arla M cL ane to the L ocal R euse Authority; and Sheree Sm ith to the Commission on Children and Families. Public W orks D irector B urke O ’B rien reported that road blading is continuing on the f o llo w in g r o a d s : B r e n n e r Canyon, M cCabe Lane, Kincaid Lane, G us Road, H oltz Lane, Peck Lane, Cemetery Hill Road, Claries Canyon, Halvorsen Lane, S to c k D riv e , K e n n y R o a d , A lpine Lane, and Z inter Road. He also inform ed the court that the road crew is continuing to finish w ork on Juniper Canyon. They com pleted crushing on Tuesday and are starting to move equipment. O ’Brien also passed out pictures o f the truck accident o f Jan. 15. The driver m et a school bus, both were going very slowly due to the foggy conditions. The driver pulled over to the side and the soft, wet shoulder “pulled the right front wheel dow n” into the barrow pit. The truck was picked b a c k u p u s in g o u r o w n equipment. No one was hurt and there w as very little dam age to the truck. O ’Brien also noted that last year the county had 54 days o f lost time and 57.5 days o f light duty from on-the-job injuries com pared to only 5 days o f lost time and no light duty days this year. The C ourt approved a c o n tra ct w ith D evin O il for lubricants, at the recommendation o f O ’Brien. A contract w ith W ilbur E llis for herbicides w as also agreed upon. In other business, the Court: -approved an approach perm it for M ax H ellberg onto K angaroo C ourt Lane for the W est W inds Subdivision near Irrigon. - h e a r d fro m N a n c y Snider o f W heatland Insurance regarding flood and earthquake insurance protection. -h e a r d fro m s e v e ra l citizens o f M orrow County who c a m e to d is c u s s p o s s ib le situ a tio n s in w h ich M orrow County might assist the M orrow C ou n ty S chool D istrict w ith funding to alleviate the school’s b u d g e tin g s h o rtfa ll. It w as decided to table the discussion until after the vote on M easure 28 had taken place. -h e a rd a re p o rt from Andrea Denton on the Centennial C om m ittees activities from the last tw o years. -ap p ro v e d a c o n tra c t w ith IR Z C o n su ltin g for the E m e rg e n c y M anagem ent Department. -approved the education ex p en se r e im b u r s e m e n t a g re e m e n ts w ith K im b e rly Lindsay and Courtney Hesla. -ap p ro v ed the respite care a g re e m e n t w ith N an cy Huddleston. - a p p r o v e d th e n e w a g re e m e n t w ith the S tate o f Oregon Office o f Energy. Marriage Licenses Jan. 14: Jose de Jesus H ernandez, 25, B oardm an and Leticia Salazar, 25, Boardm an; S h a n n o n R ay D o u g la s, 39, I r r ig o n a n d M a ria L ynn Stonebumer, 20, Irrigon. Jan. 27: B lake B lair Philippi, 22, Boardman and Kara Lanette Sandlin, 21, Boardman. WE PRINT BUSINESS CARDS Heppner G azette- Times 676-9228 D A 's Report Chamber Chatter C ynthia Lee O lson was co n v icted o f C arry /U se o f a D angerous W eapon, a C lass-C felony. O lson w as sentenced to 80 hours o f com m unity service, 36 months supervised probation and $164 in fines. D ora E. R am irez pled guilty to Furnishing Alcohol to a M inor- as a violation. R am irez w as sentenced to pay $125 in fines. Jim R odriguez, Jr. was convicted o f Criminal Mischief- 1, a C lass-C felony. R odriguez was sentenced to 80 hours o f com m unity service, 30 days in j a i l, 18 m o n th s s u p e rv is e d probation, $914 in fines and $754 in restitution. Rodrigo Rodriguez was convicted o f Criminal Mischief- 1, a C lass-C felony. R odriguez w as sentenced to 80 hours o f com m unity service, 30 days in ja i l, 18 m o n th s s u p e rv is e d probation, $914 in fines and $754 in restitution. B y C l a u d i a H u g h e s C h a m b e r E x e c u t iv e WVSC announces February meeting agendas February meetings o f the W illow V alley S erv ice C lub include presentations on Head Start, the V ictim s’ Impact Panel and other club business. These n o -h o st lu n c h e o n s a re h eld upstairs at Jo h n ’s O ther Place, from 12-1 p.m. The Feb. 6 m eeting will b e a b u s in e s s m e e tin g to determine up-coming sponsored events. Kathy Cutsforth will be the guest speaker at the Feb. 13 m eeting and w ill explain the c u rren t H ead S tart program . C utsforth is a m em ber o f the Um atilla-M orrow County Head Start and is the Fam ily Educator for South M orrow County, a position she has held for 10 years. C utsforth was bom in H eppner and a fte r re s id e n tia l m o v es returned to H eppner 10 years ago. H er hobbies include horses and avid reading. C utsforth is active in St. P atrick ’s C atholic C h u rc h . C u ts fo r th a n d h e r husband, Ed Fullm er reside in Heppner. Betty Carlson will share her personal story and the work o f the V ictim ’s Im pact Panel, at the Feb. 20 m eeting. C arlson is a native o f H eppner and after m oving aw ay she returned 15 y e a rs a g o . H e r c o m m u n ity involvement is important to her. Carlson and her husband, Louis have four children and eight grandchildren. All community members a re in v ite d to a tte n d th e s e meetings. W V S C ’s s e r v ic e in January included helping to set up, serve and clean-up for the H eppner C ham ber of Com m erce’s annual luncheon. Magnetic Door Signs Order Yours Here Heppner Gazette- Times 676-9228 W ith the annual Town a n d C o u n tr y B a n q u e t a n d Chamber luncheon behind us, the C ham ber Board o f D irectors is ready to kick into gear to plan how to help make “Heppner, the place to be in 2 0 0 3 .” M any challenges lie ahead for Heppner and the Willow Creek Valley, but ou r c o m m u n ities have risen above similar difficulties for many generations and will continue to do so. It’s that pioneer spirit and a w illingness to m ake changes. We can choose every m orning how we approach each day. All one needs to do is drive around the state, read the new spapers, and visit small towns to know that our problems are not unique, but how we choose to deal with them is. A s w e w ork through our challenges, we need to also take tim e to enjoy new experiences and invite visitors to share them with us. One o f those experiences in 2003 w ill be th e C om m em oration o f the 1903 F lo o d . T h e M u seu m F lo o d C om m ittee has been w orking hard to plan the June 13 and 14 commemoration which includes funding a m em orial w ith the nam es o f the flood victim s, the dedication, a performance by the C a sc a d ia F olk Q u a rte t w ho wrote the Heppner flood song; a historic Volkswalk, museum visit, dinner at the cem etery and a historic flood presentation to music by the Shenanigans, under the direction o f Peg Willis. The com m unity will be g iv e n a p r e v ie w o f th e S h e n a n ig a n ’s f ir s t flo o d p r e s e n ta tio n o n T h u r s d a y evening, Feb. 6, at St. P atrick’s Parish Hall in H eppner. This young fiddler group, along with th e ir lead er and fam ilies, is working to earn m oney for their trip to Ireland for a music class. It will be Irelan d ’s turn to hear about H eppner! P lease m ark your calendars for an evening o f h is to r y a n d m u s ic b y th e m usicians, w ith dessert by the Flood Committee, just one week away. Both are w orking tow ard positive accomplishments. A nd, in-betw een these tw o events will be the “Wee Bit O ’lreland” celebration; the event that helps to bring incom e to all o rg a n iz a tio n s w h ile c a llin g attention to H eppner across the state and state lines. Volunteers are w elcom e to help w ith the celebration in a variety o f ways. There are many, many details and decisions to m ake it happen. L et’s talk! T ille r’s Folly from C anada, will be the Saturday evening entertainment. C o u n t y w i d e representatives met last Thursday in B o ard m an to d isc u ss th e O regon Cultural Trust for Arts, H e r ita g e , a n d H u m a n itie s . M em bers are asked to identify c u ltu r a l r e s o u r c e s in e a c h com m unity and to define w hat they would like the cultural life in their towns to be. Dream big and please share your vision with us right away, prior to Wednesday, Feb. 5. If you w ould like to be a part o f that committee, please call C laudia at the C ham ber office, Terry Tallm an, or Billie Jean Morris. A community with variety is a place people want to visit. Thought for the week: “ Your life is yours to design; m ake it all it can be.” - Ken Blanchard ADOPT A CALF Get GRAFTING CALVES Of D o n ’t L e t JVB DAIRY, ■ONE C h a d le ss! ( 541 ) "z!’°. 422-7035 (541) 561-5624 (cell) • (541) 561-5625 (cell)
