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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 30,2003 The Official Newspaper o f the City o f Heppner and the County of Morrow Letters to the Editor By Dr. J a c k C rip p e n , S u p erin te n d en t H eppner 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 byth eG -T office. The G-T reserves the right to edit. The G-T is not responsible for accuracy o f statements made in letters. (Any letters expressing thanks w ill be placed in the classifieds under ‘ Card o f Thanks' at a cost o f $7.) GAZETTE-TIMES 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 o f 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/aheppner net or gt(araptdserve net Web site: www.heppner net. Postm aster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, 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 a ll............................................................................................................... Editor News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. 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 tor Card of Thanks is $7 up to 100 words Cost for a classified display ad is $5 35 per column inch. For Pubkc/legal Notices pubfic/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Oates 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 C hange a Subscription • Place a C lassified A d • Subm it a N ew s Story • V iew Real E state for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! HOST FAMILIES NEEDED Hanna, Hi yrj. Make a new lifelong friend from abroad. Enrich your family with another cul ture. Now you can host an exchange student (girl or boy i from Sweden, Germany, France, Spain, England, Japan. Brazil, Italy or other countries. Becoming a host to a young international visitor is an experience of a lifetime! 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St. M axg’p Catholic Chuxch SCO SC Count Que., Pendleton ÍReception following, at the Pendleton Convention Centex City needs same standards as private citizens To the Editor: I w o u ld like to invite the Mayor, City Manager and City Council M embers to 660 NW S p e r ry to v ie w th e c ity property on R iverside Ave. from my front lawn. A special invitation goes to the people the city has contacted about cleaning up their property, so they can see w hat the city seem s to find an acceptable condition. I will describe this area for those who cannot accept this invitation. It is strew n w ith ju n k , trash, used tires and m o re a n d is p a r t i a l ly overgrown with large thistles and w eeds. M y n eig h b o rs agree with me that some type o f barrier should be put in place to shield the residents o f NW Sperry, and their guests, from this ugly mess. The last time I went to the City C ouncil m eeting about this problem the Public W orks Departm ent had it cleaned up within 30 days. This could be a c h a lle n g e fo r c ity beautification people. (s) Gene Sonstegard (Property Tax payer) Heppner Chamber Chatter By C lau d ia H ughes, Exec. Dir. Businesses, families, individuals, the world, seem to be on a roller coaster. Everyone is in a hurry forgetting that to m ake m em ories, one has to pause and enjoy the m om ents. Think about childhood memories. Were you rushing frantically from one thing to another or were memories made when left to your own devices and time schedule? Did you have time to lie on your back and w atch cloud form ations, or clim b trees, or play kick-the-can? Have you taught this to your children and grandchildren? Slow dow n, breathe; com petition is not the final answer. O ur com petitive, rapidly m oving existence is one o f the reasons it is so difficult to find businesses to start up in the South M orrow Industrial area. They w ish to be right on the interstate so things m ove quicker. We need to convey the m essage that “Som e o f the very best things in life take tim e.” We have them right here under our nose. H ow about a slogan: “ leave the interstate and discover Heppner.” People ju st need a bit o f encouragem ent to discover that back roads and small communities have much to offer. Interstate travel invites speed, in-car videos, com puters, games and m issing varied scenery, while back road travel offers m any opportunities for learning, stopping, exploring and looking out the windows. Were your best memories created rushing along the interstate? Relaxing m om ents were enjoyed during “Celebrate Historic Heppner.” Congratulations to Best o f Show first place w inner Dennis Wall and second place w inner April Sykes in the second annual C ham ber Pie B aking C ontest, sponsored by'Sherfell InsurancfcAgency, Third place, sponsored by John O ochnauer, w£ihi£to*B3fttty Pfeiffer, Bakers, bidders, buyers and auctioneer Larry Mills would be the reason for a resulting weight gain over the weekend o f 248.6 pounds and a successful Cham ber fundraiser. Next week all entities report during Chamber. Chamber w elcom es new m em bers R oger Britt Septic and G ravel and H eppner T.V. Inc. It takes everyone w orking together and communicating to make Heppner and the Willow Creek Valley a class act and the place to live, work, play and do business. The view from here looks good and what’s inside is the heartbeat that keeps H eppner growing. Be part o f that heartbeat. THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: “Life is not about how fast you run, or how high you climb, but how well you bounce.” Bus driver convicted of indecency .’X'reil > Arena In Heppner, O] TWO BIG PRCA DODGE TRUCK RODEO SHOWS W orld Fam ous R ldors Com puting! Friday, August 1 5 - 7 : 0 0 p.m. Saturday, August 16 - 1 : 1 5 p.m. pp» ■ *° Morrow County School District #1 Slack - Friday night following the performance Mutton Busters - 1/2 hr p rior to performance — TICKET INFORMATION — OTPR General Admission: Adulta - $8 • 7 -12 - $5 • 6 A under - FREE -Sold VIP Beating: $360 10 Pox* m ore inform ation, call M indy at < 1 9 sata, 3 days! X ) 6 7 6 - B B lf SPECIAL VACATION PACKAGE: Privais lodging on the outskirts o f town, VIP sooting, plus options such ss golf, swim m ing or shooting trop. CsO Sue Gibbs, (541) 676-5446 for m o rt Inform ation or to book package. a ANNOUNCER: Scott Allen of Redmond • CLOWN/BARRELMAN: Timber Tuck ness STOCK CONTRACTOR: Big Bend Rodeo Company of Ritzville, WA BULL FIGHTERS: Dm Vredenburg and Mick Thompson Refreahmenta, Food, Mualc 4t More! D o n 't rnlaa the “C a ll Y o u r D og Conteat” oxx F rid a y ! 2 0 0 3 Major Sponsors: Les Schwab Tire Center, Heppner Bank of Eastern Oregon, Heppner nmbtr POIC. fqu.1 Mooting Unde Morrow County Grain Grow ers, Lexington - Central Market, Heppner Morrow County W heat Grow ers, Lexington - Cam pbell Motors, Hermiston W heatland Insurance, Heppner and lone - Graybeal Distributing, Pendleton William Elmer Mabe, o f Irrigon, a form er M id- C olum bia school bus driver, w as c o n v ic te d o f P riv a te Indecency on July 2 4 ,2 0 0 3 in the M orrow County Circuit Court. M abe plead no contest to exposing his genitals to a 9-year-old student, w ith the intent o f arousing his sexual desire, while driving a school bus for M id C olum bia Bus Company. A s part o f M a b e ’s sentence, he is to have no c o n ta c t w ith any m ale or female children under the age o f 18, and will not be allowed to frequent places that exist primarily for the enjoyment o f c h ild r e n . M a b e w ill be re q u ire d to s u c c e s s fu lly c o m p le te a se x o ffe n d e r treatment program. M o rro w C o u n ty D istrict A ttorney, D avid C. A llen, said, “ A school bus needs to be a safe place for children. T he trust w e and children place in professional bus drivers w as abused by Mr. M abe. I am relieved he will no longer have access to children.” M abe is no longer em ployed by M id C olum bia Bus Company. It w as very exciting to see Susan and M ick Tolar as the G rand M arshals o f the Boardm an 4* o f July Parade. All the parades in the district have been enjoyable, how ever it is especially heartwarming to see such fine educators honored in such an event. The only more exciting news than that is, there is only 32 days until school starts. The principals are back in school, eagerly getting things ready for the teachers return on Aug. 25, and the students return on Sept. 2. How has the goal of education changed? It used to be that the goal o f education w as one o f a local hom etow n flavor. In other w ords, w e educated our students to take their place in the local community. We made sure students learned the level o f academ ic and social understanding necessary for them to be successful in our local community. Although the intent o f the goal is the same, instead o f it being a local community it is becoming a global community. M ore and more, our local businesses are doing a national and often an international business. Because o f our faster paced life, it is also necessary for students to learn process as well as content. By that, I m ean they need to learn how to be lifelong learners. It will not be uncom m on for our young people to change professions five tim es in a fifty-year working career. M any o f those jo b s are not even invented or know n at this tim e. We used to believe that for m ost o f us, our “ learning” was finished after high school. Now it means we have learned enough to be able to teach our selves for the rest o f our lives. Although much o f our curriculum looks the same, the w ay the content: nam es and dates, adding and subtracting, poem s and short stories, is presented and the expectation o f w hat is learned is different. We not only expect students to know things, but to be able to do things with the information and to tell us why they did them and be able to critique their performance. All the elements o f that process will be necessary for one to continue to learn and hold those jo b s that are now being created. What is the real purpose for an English as a Second Language Program? It is really the A m erican M elting Pot process. We in M orrow County tend to think o f ESL program s (often called ELL programs for English Language Learners) as only having to do with the Hispanic Culture. In the Portland Schools they have dozens and dozens o f different ESL or ELL program s, the intent o f which is to bring students from different cultures into the Am erican m elting pot culture. Since we started this process in schools over 100 years ago, we have learned a lot about w hat it takes to truly have a person read, w rite and speak in a second language. We have learned if we do certain things in a certain way it not only speeds up the process, but helps the students to com pete academ ically m ore quickly as well. We will be working this year to further develop our ESL or ELL programs in the district. Where is the Windy River Elementary School? It is at 50Q Tattone, BóardmAn, OR. The Board named the new buildingnext to^an? $ (?a rd w p Elementary School at the July board meeting. We heard that the district offices were moving, then no, then yes, then no. So what’s the deal? The Board is concerned about the accessibility o f some o f the districts educational leaders. Although in June the Board decided to not move the District’s Offices and in July the Board declined to put the Lexington building for sale, they have made some adjustments to make some o f the district level staff more accessible to patrons in B oardm an and Irrigon. Mr. Sheets (Maintenance Supervisor) has his office in the Learning Center in Irrigon as well as an office in L exington. Mr. A rbogast (Technology C oordinator) has an office in Lexington and at the Port o f M orrow office building. Mr. Johns (D irector o f Programs) will have his office in the Windy River Elementary School. Dr. Crippen (Superintendent) will have an office in Lexington and in the W indy River Elementary School. Is there a High School in Irrigon? Not at the m oment. H ow ever that is one o f this year’s m ajor issues for the Board to decide. T here is a large and vocal group w ho believe there should be and that the passage o f the Building Bond prom ised them a High School. There is also a large group and to this date not so vocal, w ho believe that the criterion that w as agreed to has not been m et for a high school to be built. There is also a group among the not so vocal that believes that one should not be built, because that w ould m ake tw o sm all H igh Schools instead o f one larger, small high school. The B oard it seem s has tw o choices: one, say that they will have a high school in Irrigon by a certain date; two, set a date by which they will make the decision and then set up a list o f information they will need prior to making their decision. The Board will be having a goal setting workshop in August at which time they will probably set some direction for this issue. If you have questions about items in this article or desire an explanation o f items concerning education, please write or e-mail me in care o f this newspaper or to the M orrow County School District office at P.O. Box 368, Lexington, O R 97839. JO H N ’S PLACE DINNER AND A MOVIE SPECIAL P u rc h a se a n y la rg e p iz z a and receive a coupon fo r a m ovie ren tal fo r 5CX a t The V ideo S to re , Heppner (a n y m ovie re n ta l, o n ly 5 0 « w ith coup onl) JOHN’S PLACE MAIN NTRECT, H E PPN E R
