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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 23, 2003 The Official Newspaper o f the City o f Heppner and the County of Morrow I St. Pat’s Senior Center announces upcoming activities H eppner 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, 1879 Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Ore gon. Office at 147 W. Willow Street Telephone (541) 676-9228. Fax (541) 676- 9211 E-mail: gt(a heppner net or gtWrapidserve.net. Web site: www heppner net Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazene-Timcs, P.O. Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $24 in Morrow County ; $18 senior rate (in Morrow County only, 62 years or older); $30 elsewhere. David S y k e s.................................................................................................. Publisher Katie W ail....................................................................................................... Editor News deadline is Monday at S p.m. For Advertising advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p m. Cost (or a display ad is $4.75 per column inch Cost for classified ad is 5 0 t 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 publi cation 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! Karen’s Korner By Karen Masshoff D ear Readers, A s m any o f you know the State o f O regon has taken aw ay the funding for the T obacco Prevention/E ducation Program . Will it be reinstated again in the new fiscal year? M ore about that later. Before 1 left M orrow County this spring, I w anted to put out one m ore colum n. O ne im portant consideration regarding O re g o n ’s Tobacco Program is its com prehensiveness. This m eans w e approach tobacco use issues from m any aspects: through school curriculum and tobacco-free cam puses, by having sm oke-free workplaces in our com m unities, by encouraging sm oke-free hom es - then by having access to cessation programs for those that want to quit. W here is M orrow County in the schem e o f all this? Pretty good actually, but there is m ore to do. There is m uch we can do for ourselves at home. W hat can parents do? Set good exam ples by not using tobacco and give clear, consistent m essages about the dangers o f tobacco to their children. Som ething I just read: teenagers w ho smoke and are suffering nicotine-dependence tend to have an attention span o f about five m inutes. A lso, o f those that sm oke, only about seven percent get ‘ A’s in their school work. Support coordinated school health programs and insist that they include tobacco-use prevention education. Work with the school board to provide assistance program s, rather than punishm ent, for students who violate tobacco-use policies. If your children already use tobacco, help them understand the underlying reasons they are using tobacco (to deal with stress, to feel accepted, to show their independence). H elp them set realistic goals for stopping; give them positive reinforcem ent and encouragement. H elp your children critically analyze m essages that glam orize tobacco use on television, in m ovies, and in m agazines and other print m edia. This is w here the tobacco industry is really targeting our young people. T he M aster Settlement in 1998 did away with Joe Cam el, but the industry is only getting m ore creative w ith introducing m ore exotic appearing tobacco blends (that m ay be even m ore addicting), with the “sizzling” and enticing ads to go with them. Tobacco officials state they are speaking only to those o f “legal age.” Do w e believe this? Write to those periodicals where such ads appear. A t this m om ent in Salem , the W ays and M eans C om m ittees are in the m idst o f deciding the fate o f O regon’s exemplar Tobacco Program. How can we afford to not continue th e c o st-sa v in g p ro g re ss w e ’ve m ad e? W rite to th o se com m ittee m em bers, encouraging them to fund HB 5030 for 2 0 0 3 -2 0 0 5 . T h e ir E -m ails: rep .g re g sm ith @ sta te .o r.u s; s e n .j a c k i e w i n t e r s @ s t a t e .o r .u s ; and sen.avelgordly@ state.or.us. I do w ant to com e back to M orrow County. I care about the health and well-being o f all you. Stokes Landing Senior C enter in Irrigon and The Old Time Fiddlers Show is the destination for the next St. Patrick’s Senior C enter bus trip, according to Ed Baker, chairm an o f the transportation committee. The show will be held on Saturday, A pril 26. The bus w ill begin loading at 5:15 p.m ., on M ain Street, in front o f St. P atrick’s Senior Center. O n Friday, M ay 2, the St. P a t’s dining room will be tra n sfo rm ed into a B in g o H all. T he A d o p t-A -T each er Com m ittee is sponsoring the Bingo lundraiser. The fundraiser will lend support to the program to help provide for an adequate num ber o f teachers in local schools. W atch for details on the TV bulletin board and other places. The lunch m enu for Wednesday, April 30 beginning at 11:30 a.m., is roast b e e f w ith w hipped potatoes, hot rolls and other goodies. M em bers from St. P atrick’s Catholic C hurch will volunteer on that day. DA'» Report Tony Ralph Page was c o n v ic ted o f C o n te m p t o f C o u r t, a n u n c la s s if i e d m is d e m e a n o r. P a g e w a s sentenced to 90 suspended days in ja il, six m o n th s o f bench probation, 40 hours o f com m unity service and $374 in fines. Ephrem Espinoza was convicted o f tw o co unts o f Possession o f a C ontrolled S u b s ta n c e - 2 , C la s s - C fe lo n ie s , o n e c o u n t o f P o s s e s s io n o f a F o r g e d I n s t r u m e n t - 1, a C la s s - C felo n y , a n d o n e c o u n t o f Endangering the W elfare o f a M in o r, a C la s s - A m isd e m e a n o r. E s p in o z a ’s driver’s license was suspended for six months and he received a co n cu rren t sentence that b r o u g h t: 2 4 m o n th s o f supervised probation, 90 days in jail, 80 hours o f comm unity service and payment o f $2492 in fines. Jam es E rnest Stout w as found guilty o f D U II, a C lass-A m isdem eanor. Stout w a s s e n te n c e d to 180 su spended d ays in ja il, 80 hours o f com m unity service, 24 m onths bench probation, completion o f a m isdem eanor a lc o h o l p a c k a g e to b e provided by M orrow County B ehavioral H ealth, driving p riv ile g e s are su s p e n d e d / re v o k e d fo r one y e a r and paym ent o f $ 1294 in fines. Pioneer Memorial Hospice honors volunteers N a tio n a l H o s p ic e V olunteer W eek is A pril 27- M ay 3. D u rin g th is w eek, P ioneer M em orial H ospice wishes to honor the following volunteers w ho have trained and registered to assist in this health care program . F ro m H e p p n e r: M ichael A rm ato, N ella Britt, Betty Carlson, Louis Carlson, Barb Coiner, A loha DeSpain, C yde Estes, Joy K rein, Judie Laughlin, Sherree M ahoney, The O regon W heat C om m ission w ill hold regular Veda N ave, D elia Robinson, meetings on Tuesday, April 29 at the W heat M arketing Center F lo ren e R o b inson, D ebbie C onference R oom , 1200 N W N aito Parkw ay, Suite 240, Sumner, Paul Sumner, Lindsey Portland, at 8:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. D ress is business casual. W a rd , M a ry W e st, a n d The m eeting location is accessible to persons w ith C a ro ly n W illey; an d from disabilities. The Commission meeting is open to the public and B oardm an: M arie D eB oer, anyone w ishing to attend is encouraged and w elcom ed to do N o rm an D e B o er, D ona so. Edman and Alice Ellis. A hospice volunteer is a lay, or professional person, trained in providing support and c o m p a n io n sh ip to the patient and family, including OWC to hold meeting R E T IR E M E N T O P E N H O U SE fo r B U T C H L A U G H L IN F red E ugene Stephens, Jr., w as convicted o f H arassm ent- Physical, a C la s s - B m is d e m e a n o r . Stephens w as sentenced to 179 suspended days in jail, 2 y ears bench pro b atio n , 20 hours o f com m unity service, o n e d ay in ja il as p a rt o f probation, and paym ent o f $424 in fines. Todd P a tric k Copenhaver was convicted o f A ttem pting to Elude Police, a C la ss-A m isd em ean o r. H e w a s s e n te n c e d to 9 0 su sp en d ed d ays in ja il, 24 m onths bench probation and $374 in fines. C openhaver w as also found guilty o f DUII, a C lass-A m isdem eanor. For this, he w as sentenced to 180 days in jail w ith 178 o f those d a y s s u s p e n d e d a n d th e remaining two days converted to 80 hours o f com m unity s e rv ic e , 24 m o n th s b en ch probation, com pletion o f a drug package to be provided by M o rro w C o u n ty B ehavioral H ealth, driving privileges suspended/revoked for one year, and $1294 in fines. H u s s a in J a s s im A lsuw aihy w as convicted o f Providing False Information to Police on a Citation, a C lass- A m is d e m e a n o r. H e w a s sentenced to 90 suspended days in ja il, one year bench probation and $374 in fines. reg u lar survivor contact as needed. Volunteers m ay also provide supportive services to the hospice staff in such areas as, but not lim ited to assisting in the office, public relations, fund raising and other various hospice activities. T h e a b o v e -n a m e d people have taken a seven- week training course, made the d e c is i o n to s e r v e a s a v o lu n teer in som e areas and continue to participate in the monthly educational meetings. Currently, a volunteer training class is underw ay in Condon under the direction o f R o b a n a i D isq u e , H o sp ic e coordinator, C arolyn Willey, v o lu n te e r c o o rd in a to r and C y d e E s te s , t e a c h e r - in - training. For m ore information on th e P io n e e r M e m o ria l H ospice Program call (541) 676-2946, w eekdays, from 9 a.m .-5 p.m. Morrow County 0HV Park Q u a d s , D irtb ik es, J e e p s Opening May 17, 2003 For More Information Contact: Morrow County Public Works (541) 989-9500 «fei r Wednesday, A p ril 3 0 th 11:00 a.m. to 2 p.m. M orrow County Grain Growers in L exington R efreshm ents w ill be served Morrow County 0HV Park Work Party on Sunday, April 27,2003 Bring your gloves, hammer, wheelbarrow, rakes, fencing supplies, pitchfork, chainsaws, and, of course, your OH V. We w ill be marking and clearing trails, fixing fence, etc. H e lp ¿ et y o u r park ready to use! Letters to the Editor __ Ed ito r's note: Letters to the Ed ito r m ust be signed. The Gazette-Tim es w ill not publish unsigned letters. Please include your address and phone number on a ll letters fo r use by the G -T office. The G -T reserves the rig ht to edit. The G -T is not District office move creates unknown burden To the Editor: A t its la s t m e e tin g , th e M o rr o w C o u n ty S c h o o l B o a rd v o te d to m o v e th e school district o ffices from L exington to Irrig o n ’s new school building. T he idea o f m o v in g th e o f f i c e s w a s originally intended to save the district m oney in this revenue crisis. M oving the offices to u n u se d sp a c e in H e p p n e r Elementary School and closing the L exington building m ade good econom ic sense. H ow ever, the superintendent d id n ’t feel “w a n te d ” w hen H eppner requested that the d is tr ic t p a y a p o r tio n o f expenses such as utilities and custodial care (currently in the d i s t r i c t b u d g e t) . N o w , s e e m in g ly fro m o u t o f now here, the superintendent claim s carte blanche to move the offices w herever he wants them , regardless o f cost and future consequences. Since the district has already b a lk e d a t p a y in g re n t to w hatever school building it is housed in, it seem s that the d istric t’s electricity, w ater, heat, and m aintenance w ill c o m e o u t o f I r r i g o n ’s “e q u a lize d ” p o rtio n o f the budget, or the superintendent w o n ’t fee l w a n te d . F urtherm ore, w hen the tim e com es that the d istrict can afford to staff Irrigon’s school, a new administration building w ill have to be built. From w hat funds, pray tell? T he bottom line is that Irrigon will not be able to use its school for children until the district can afford a new office building. At the same time, available space sits em pty in Heppner. W hat started out as a cost saving exercise has turned into an unknown burden on district funds, and potentially a large burden on Irrigon. Surely our school board can do better than this. (s) Joel Peterson lone Show your support for MCHD To the Editor: I wanted to take a few minutes and tell my opinion on the M orrow C ounty H ealth District. I’ve lived 50 years in M orrow County and have had m any dealing with all aspects o f the care offered. In 1950, when the hospital opened, my son was one o f the first babies bom in the facility and I have been using M CH D ever since. It is m y feeling that they all do a w onderful jo b from th e c lin ic s, h o sp ita l, physical therapy, hom e health, s p e e c h a n d o c c u p a tio n a l therapy and nursing home. Thy have all been very supportive to m y p r o b le m s a n d rehabilitation. In O c to b e r 2 0 0 2 , I m oved to the W illow C reek Terrace (assisted living) and enjoy the facility very much. In February 20 0 3 ,1 began having m e d ic a l p r o b le m s t h a t required m e to spend tim e in the h o sp ita l and in M arch 2003, it w as decided th at I n e e d e d to r e c o v e r in th e nursing hom e to regain m y strength and mobility. People think nursing hom es are ju s t for long-term care, but I have found that the s t a f f w o rk s v e ry h a rd to reh ab ilitate residents in all aspects o f care to help them return to as norm al a life as possible. T he kindness show n to m e and the other residents has been exem plary. A ll the e m p lo y e e s o f th e M C H D should be recognized for their p r o f e s s io n a l c a r e a n d faithfulness to the district. I w o u ld like to ask everyone in the county to give th eir support to the H ealth District. We need our facilities on both ends o f the county so that everyone has adequate health care. (s) Jean N elson Heppner Final thoughts on the war To the Editor: The coalition counties are being told they m ust now deal w ith Jihad. F o r those r e a d e r s w h o d o n ’t k n o w e x a c tly w h a t th a t m e a n s, here’s a note from Webster: 1 - a w ar by M oslem s against u n b e lie v ers o r en e m ies o f Islam, carried out as a religious duty; 2- a fanatic campaign for o r a g a in s t a n id e a , e tc .; crusade. I need to take a step back to the onset o f this w ar w hen a new s rep o rter asked the Com m ander in C h ief how h e is h a n d lin g th is o n a personal basis. His answer: “I pray for guidance every day.” Very shortly after that, Hussein was quoted as saying, “I pray for salvation, long live Islam.” Yet, they both let it happen. I u n d e rs ta n d , fo r m yself anyway, that about 50 percent o f this letter will be in the realm o f fiction; at the very least, debatable ideas. C o nsidering the tw o a s p e c ts : “ g u i d a n c e ” a n d “religious duty”; could there be something else that the general p u b lic i s n ’t h e a r i n g ? S om ething that is, as a show title in d ic a tio n s, “ B e y o n d B elief’? T h in k for a m om ent about N ostradom us’ quatrain a b o u t a t h ir d w o r ld w a r h o l o c a u s t b e in g le d b y som eone in a blue turban. C o u ld a ll t h is b e happening because o f o v er simplified, very fearful ideas. L ast line ab o u t this w ar: I w ould sooner put m y faith in us. U s hum ans, the peacem akers, the ones w ho open their m ouths and keep the box o f bullets closed. N ow I ’ll shut up; for aw hile. (s) Phillip Right Heppner Smith to hold Town Hall meetings R epresentative G reg Sm ith w ill hold Tow n Hall for us to discuss the O regon meetings, Thursday, April 24, that we w ant.” in H e p p n e r , lo n e a n d The first m eeting will L e x in g to n to d is c u s s th e be held in lone at the U nited release o f the C o-C hair’s and Church o f C hrist at 3 :30 p.m. th e G o v e r n o r ’s 2 0 0 3 - 0 5 T he second m eeting w ill be budget and other legislative held at 5 p.m., at the Lexington items. C ity Hall. T he third and final “This is an opportunity m eeting for the day w ill be for us to sit dow n and discuss held in H e p p n e r at J o h n ’s O re g o n ’s econom ic crisis,” O ther Place at 6:30 p.m . said Rep. Sm ith, “ It is a tim e
