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TWO • Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 11, 2004 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner 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 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. H mail gt (? heppner.net or gift?rapidserse.net. Web site: www.heppner.net. Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times. P.O Box 337. Heppner. Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: S24 in Morrow County: $18 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 62 years or older); $30 elsewhere. David Sykes................................................................................................... Publisher Katie Wall ........................................................................................................ 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 50c 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! Letters to the Editor E d ito r’s note: Letters to the Editor m ast be signed. The G azette-Tim es w ill not publish unsigned letters. Please include your address a n d p h o n e n u m b er 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 o f statem ents m a d e in letters. (A ny letters expressing thanks w ill be p la ce d in the classifieds under “C ard o f Thanks" at a cost o f $ 7.) City Hall condition didn’t happen overnight To the Editor: I hope all Heppner residents had a chance to read the article in the East Oregonian about the deplot able condition of Heppner City Hall. The article states, “Heppner’s City Hall is nothing more than a few run down rooms.” The people of Heppner might want to know who is responsible for allowing this building to become so “run down." Why wasn’t something done to prevent City Hall from becoming run down ? What will cause a building or anything else to become run down is neglect. I see it every day. The mayor has been in office for quite some time. The run down condition of City Hall did not occur over night. If “It’s almost a shame to take people in there,” why wasn’t something done to correct this run dowr condition a long time ago? In the event City Hall is relocated. It’s Girl Scout cookie time again and Girl Scouts are everywhere, taking orders for cookies. The Girl Scout Cookie Sale program is a learning experience for the girls, as well as a way for them to earn “Cookie Currency” with which they can pay for camps, activities, uniforms and equipment. “Please support the girls by ordering cookies, but please be cautious. By taking a few sim ple precautions, we can make this another successful sale,” said Sheila Bentley, communications director. In previous years, the Girls Scout office has received phone calls from people who had paid for Girl Scout cookies at the time that they ordered them and the cookies were never delivered. Girl Scouts are instructed not to collect money when taking orders for cookies. They are to collect money only when they are delivering the cookies. Do not pay for Girl Scout cookies until they are delivered to you. Also, a call came into the Girl Scout office from a man who said that he had been approached, at his home, for donations to a Girl Scout troop. Girl Scouts should never go door-to-door asking for money. If som eone approaches you as a representative of the Girl Scouts, asking for money, contact the Girl Scout office right away. Report any suspicious activity to (509) 783-7721, or contact the Girl Scout office at 8468 W. Gage Blvd., Kennewick, WA 99336. WVSC to host Sad is Not Bad presentation The Willow Valley Service Club will hear the “Sad Is Not Bad” presentation at its Thursday, Feb. 19 meeting from 12-1 p.m. at John’s Place in Heppner. “Sad Is Not Bad” is a presentation provided by the Pioneer Memorial Hospice as an informational program on children’s grief, including what to look for, how to answer questions, and when to seek assistance. The W VSC presentation will primarily be a 20-m inute video with statements of explanation by PMH Director Molly Rhea and volunteer Carolyn Willey. A few books from the Hospice library will be displayed, including ones given to hospice fam ilies with children/ grandchildren and the school how long will it take for the new location to become run down? If the city government is allow ed to erect a new building, I suggest it be located on Riverside Ave., directly across the street from, and facing the City Corporation Yard. That way when it becomes run down it will be in the right location, because the City Corporation Yard contains a run down building and some run down equipm ent. If I were responsible for maintaining the City Corporation Yard, that is one area I’d be ashamed to take people, even if it is zoned industrial. Suggestion»: The run down equipment could be sold, or moved to Heritage Park with the rest of the obsolete m achinery, for everyone to enjoy. The run down building could be tom down or repaired. (s) Gene Sonstegard Law enforcem ent Heppner officers will conduct the “Three Flags Campaign” enforcement blitz on Feb. 9-22, which programs- both large and focuses on increasing safety small- that make a direct, belt use throughout Oregon. positive difference. Worthy Because it coincides with local and statew ide National Child Passenger organizations such as Self Safety Week on Feb. 8-14, Enhancement, Inc., SMILE, the blitz will focus on public Big Brothers Big Sisters, education regarding proper Friends of the Children, and use of the correct type of child many others were recipients of restraint. Booster seats are required for children who have these donations. Private support for outgrown child safety seats but education and learning remain too small to fit securely programs is more important in adult lap/shoulder belts. Oregon law requires than ever before. As Oregon child safety seats until children looks for ways to help fill gaps reach four years of age or 40 and make sure kids in need do pounds, then booster seats not fall through the cracks, both until the child attains six years privately funded, innovative solutions and improved public of age and 80 pounds. Further, it is strongly recommended funding will be required. that children aged twelve and (s) Henry Hewitt. Chairman under ride in the back seat. JELD-WEN Tradition Safety belts and child Foundation safety seats can more than Stoel Rives LLC double the chances of surviving Portland a crash uninjured. Since Oregon voters approved the 1990 safety belt law, belt use has doubled and crash injury and fatality rates have systems. The “Sad Is Not Bad” raffle for the basket of gourmet food valued at $200 plus individual donations supports this children’s grief program. Raffle tickets are available at the Bank of Eastern Oregon. Willow Valley Service Club invites everyone to attend the presentation. WVSC has members from lone, Lexington and Heppner. It meets twice a month, the first and third Thursdays, from 12-1 p.m. at a no-host luncheon at John’s Place. One meeting is a business meeting; the second meeting is usually a program meeting. Anyone interested may attend meeting. New members are welcom ed. Annual dues are $24. Enforcement to target child seat safety on Feb. 9-22 Contribute to Oregon’s children To the editor: In view of the condition of public funding for education throughout Oregon, it is important to look beyond traditional solutions when it comes to helping kids. An example of this is the action taken this week by the JELD-WEN Tradition. Oregon’s Champions Tour golf tournament. The JELD-WEN Tradition Foundation announced it would contribute $170,500 to help support a variety of creative and innovative educational programs throughout the state. That is good news for children and fam ilies in Oregon, but it is also an important reminder that there are many ways to help. The JELD -W EN T radition Foundation is committing thousands of dollars to Girl Scouts office issues warning to beware of fraud m 'V a l e n t i n e ' s IH itn e v S p e c i a l fit J o h n ' s ‘ P l h e e Sad ii'dn i/ . F c h r u a r f i I I t It John is preparing an Elegant Buffet with decreased by 43 percent and 53 percent respectively. However, more than half of crash fatalities last year were reportedly not wearing safety belts. ODOT estimates that more than 200 lives could be saved per year if everyone buckles up. For m axim um protection and compliance with Oregon law, larger children and adults must wear both the lap and shoulder portioas of a safety belt system. "The odds are great that you will be in a crash at some point in your life,” said Carla Levinski, occupant protection coordinator for the Oregon D epartm ent of T r a n s p o r t a t i o n ’s T ransportation Safety D ivision. “Safety belts, properly worn, keep you inside your car where you have a much better chance of surviving a crash or rollover.” For several years, Oregon’s overall belt use rate has been among the top four states. While the national average use rate is 79 percent, Oregon’s official use rate is 91 percent. POOL CALCUTTA BENEFIT for RON SCHWARTZ Cornish Game Hens.in Creamy Orange Sauce, Saturday, February 28th at GD’s Restaurant in Heppner Baked Salmon, or Succulent Prime Rib Starting w ith an A uction at 4 p.m. at GD s Includes Champagne Cocktails and Dessert! S lfi.îlô p e r p e rs o n SUO p o r r o u p i e Buffet open from 6-9 p.m. Jo h n 's P la ce M ain S i.. Il<»|i|»n<‘r • (iTO-.'tOI 7 (The Calcutta will begin after the Auction) Sign up for the Calcutta at GD’s Restaurant For m ore in fo rm a tio n call Pat at 676-9048 Proceeds to go towards medical and travel expenses « St. Patrick’s Senior Center news The regular meeting of St. Patrick’s Senior Center Board will be Wednesday, Feb. 18 at 12 noon in the center office. Discussion and organization of activities of St. Patrick’s Celebration is on the agenda, as well as regular reports. Readers are reminded that these are public meetings and open to any interested person. Sherron Woodside, member of CAPECO Advisory Committee, was a special guest at the January meeting. She represents the interests of local centers to CAPECO and brings to the attention of local centers suggestions for available services. St. Patrick’s Catholic Parish volunteers will host and serve the noon meal. The menu of the day is Sloppy Joes, oven fries, Mexican com, fruit salad, bun, cookie and milk. Faye Wilson is the newest volunteer in the center’s office. She is there as hostess, information giver and recorder ot activities on Monday afternoons, from 1 -4 p.m. Ed Baker announced a bus shopping trip to Hermiston on Monday, Feb. 16, Presidents’ Day. The deadline for signing up to go is Friday, Feb. 13 at 4 p.m. The center office is not open on weekends or Federal holidays. Sign up may be done in person, at the office, or by phone at 676-9030. Departure time is 10 a.m. at the Main Street entrance of the Center. A Legal Aid meeting with David Allen and Bill Kuhn, attorneys, is coming soon. Watch for time announcement on the Heppner TV Channel 3 Bulletin Board. Pastor’s daughter graduates from Army school Misty D. Brudevold graduated from the U.S. Army Warrant Officer Candidate School at Fort Rucker, D aleville, AL, and was appointed to the rank of warrant officer one. The student completed an intense six- week course conducted in a very demanding, rigorous, high-stressed, and deadline- required environment. The candidate received training in leadership skills, Army customs, doctrine, tradition, and tactics, drill and cerem onies, professional ethics, physical fitness, time- stress-people management skills, decision making, and num erous other m ilitary academic subjects. They gain experience in leadership to maintain professional and quality work performance and standards required of career warrant officers. W arrant officers continue to further their training through technical and tactical certification. As the officers gain progressive levels of expertise and leadership, they operate, maintain, administer and m anage equipm ent, support activities or technical systems throughout their Army career. The newly appointed warrant officer will attend the Rotary Wing Aviator Course at Fort Rucker. The warrant officer has three years of military service. B rudevold is the daughter of Keith J. Brudevold of Heppner, and Charlene V. Brudevold of Orangeburg, S.C. Fundraiser Feed to be held at HHS There will be a Baked Potato and Chili Feed on Friday, Feb. 13 at Heppner High School during the Heppner games. The Feed will begin at 4 p.m. The menu includes: baked potato and chili, salad, dessert and beverage. Cost is $5 per plate. ABOUT THE HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES NEWSPAPER News articles The Heppner Gazette welcomes news articles that are of inter est to the communities of lone. Lexington. Heppner and the sur rounding area. You can submit your article through mail, fax, email or bring it to our office (see below under how to contact us). There is no charge for news articles, but if the article is a money making activity for a person or business other than a non-profit or community service organization, it must run as a paid advertise ment. / Advertisements There are several different types of advertisements in the Hep pner Gazette. Display ads are the boxed ads that run throughout the newspa per and are charged for bv the amount of space. The larger the ad the more it cost. Photos and graphics may be used in display ads. Classified, or want ads, run in the section near the back of the newspaper and are charged by the number of words in the ad. Business directory ads are boxed ads at a discounted rate. You must agree to run the ad unchanged (except for minor corrections) for a minimum of three months. Legal notices. The Gazette is the legal newspaper for various public entities and is able to satisfy publishing requirements for Morrow County. Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor must be signed. The Gazette-Times will not publish unsigned letters. Please include your address and phone number on all letters for use by the G-T. The G-T reserves the right to edit. The G-T is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters. (Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under “Card of Thanks" at a cost of $7) Letters in poor taste or libelous will not be published. Photos The Gazette welcomes photos to run with news articles. We accept either black and white or color photos and they can be returned. We also accept digital photos. Email or bring the digitals to the office on a disk. We also accept digital camera "chips" to download the photos from your camera. Please contact us if you are unsure how to submit your photo. Hours & Deadlines Open 9 a m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Advertisement and news article deadline is 5 p.m. Monday for that week's paper. The newspaper publishes on Wednesday of each week. Who we are Publisher David Sykes News Editor Katie Wall Bookkeeper April Sykes How to contact us Email david@heppner.net Phone: 541-676-9228 «Fax: 541-676-9211 »Cell: 541-980-6674 Web site: www.heppner net. (Articles and advertisements can be submitted from there.) 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