TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, March 3, 2004
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
H eppner
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lone Site Council hold meeting
and hears reports
The lone Site Council
met Tuesday, Feb. 17, at the
school staff room. The minutes
o f the previous meeting were
approved. C hair Dean
Robinson read the proposed
changes to the by-laws which
were approved by council
members.
Principal Dick Allen
provided test results o f lone
students in grades 3,5,8 and
10 over the past three years.
The results included the
proportion of students at each
level who did not meet, met
and exceeded benchmarks.
The resu lts w ere then
compared to district and state
results. Council members
agreed to look over the scores
and make recommendations
for school improvement at the
next meeting.
Allen explained in
detail the State Report Card
results from the O regon
Department of Education, lone
Schools received a “Strong”
rating. More students are
m eeting, but few er are
exceeding, the standards. The
Improvement Formulae goes
back four years. The scores
have improved from last year.
lone School will be
considered a Title I school
next year, based on the number
Chamber
Chatter
of students who qualify for free
and reduced lunch.
The council received
an elementary staff request to
attend an inservice. Teachers
have a contractual agreement
to attend one paid inservice per
year.
Site
C ouncil
recom m ends
to
the
superintendent any subsequent
requests by teachers. The
request was approved based
on funding in the budget.
Parents who provided
snacks for the students on test
days w ere th an k s. Paul
Neiffer and Natalie McElligott
were recognized for placing
first and Billy Gates third in the
Elks scholarship competition.
The boys and girls basketball
teams both made it to district
playoffs. Brittnee DesBoui lions
made the all-star bowling team
at the district competition in
Hermiston and will advance to
compete at state. lone High
2000 g rad u ate N ikki
M cE lligott is having an
outstanding season playing
basketball at Oregon Institute
ofTechnology.
The next meeting o f
the lone Site Council will be
Monday, March 15 at 5 p.m.,
at the staff room.
SPRING CROP
INSURANCE
MEETING
W ednesday, M arch 10th
lo n e G range Hall a t 7 p.m .
Pie and Coffee unit be served
Your C ham ber o f
Commerce receives many
calls for information about
events, activities in the area,
history and opportunities. It’s
always nice to hear great things
about Heppner and to pass
them on to those who make
the difference. One such
com m ent cam e from a
Kennewick visitor who plans
to return for the 22nd annual
St. Pat’s Celebration. She
said, “We love to come to
Heppner. I-ast year during your
c e le b ra tio n we w ere so
amazed at the people in all the
stores who were so friendly
and kind, in spite o f being so
busy. Heppner is great. We’re
coming back.”
Way to go. We never
know when a visitor will return
to live, or start a business, or
bring friends and relatives.
Every resident and employee
here makes a difference over
and over and over. As our busy
time o f the year draws near,
the Heppner Chamber would
like to share this message with
all the wonderful employees
and v o lu n teers w ho put
Heppner on the map in a
positive way:
“We appreciate you
for your ‘always’ attitude...
Always willing to lend
a hand,
A lw ays th ere to
understand.
Please remember, as
you say ‘hello’,
Heppner appreciates
and admires you so.”
Michael Heppner and
his wife Ursula Heppner visited
in 1993, along with Kim and
Helen Heppner from New
Zealand. He writes to let us
know that Heppner will mark
the anniversary o f Henry
H ep p n er in 2005 and
suggested that if something is
h ap p en in g they w ould
consider making another trip
to Heppner. Would this be an
opportunity for a Heppner/
Hepner family reunion? The
Cham ber office would be
interested in hearing ideas
along
th ese
lines.
Opportunities are always there
for new experiences.
But for now we’re all
Irish and ’tis a green focus we
have. One w eek away is
Heppner’s St. Paddy’s Day,
so the smell o f corned beef
and cabbage, preparation by
the Kilkenny clan, entries for
the Great Green Parade, fiddle
music, float building, sheep
dogs, cars being polished,
painted windows, and auction
items are the focus of the day.
Remember those auction items
and contact Kay Fowler or
John Murray for pick-up. The
auction is important to the
ongoing celebration, the
Parents Club and the Heppner
Chamber. ’Tis appreciative
they be.
M agnetic
Door Signs
This Is an Important
Insurance meeting and
all Interested persons
are Invited to attend
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Obituaries
Lettere to the Editor
Arthur C. Warren
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Arthur C. Warren, a
lifelong resident o f Morrow
County passed away Monday,
Feb. 9, 2004, at G ood
Shepherd Medical Center in
Hermiston.
A p riv ate fam ily
service will be held later.
He was bom March
13,1930 on the family ranch
at Gooseberry to Clarence
and E velyn M cD ow ell
Warren. He started grade
school at Gooseberry and
graduated from lone High
School in 1949.
In 1951, he married
Joanne Bothwell o f Heppner.
T ogether th ey had five
children, divorcing later.
He farm ed and
ranched in the Gooseberry,
Hardman and Bombing Range
area until the mid-60s when he
expanded his grain hauling to
form Warren Trucking. He
retired in 1982, but continued
working cattle, driving log
truck and w o rk in g for
C olum bia Im p rovem ent
District.
Warren spent his life
active and outdoors enjoying
his flying, hunting and fishing,
but his priority was raising his
five children and enjoying his
nine grandchildren and many
extra children who were part
ofhis family.
He was a member of
the Oregon Wheat League,
O regon
C a ttle m a n ’s
Association, BPOE #358,
Willow Grange and Valby
Lutheran Church.
Warren is survived by
his son, David and his wife
Barbara Warren, and their
sons Ryan and Cory, of Salem;
son, Michael and his wife
M ary W arren, and th eir
children Michala and Sean, of
Astoria; daughter, Darlene and
her husband Dick Clevenger,
o f T innie, N M , and her
children Sheridan Klinger, o f
Aztec, NM and Shane Klinger,
o f Ketchikan, AK; daughter,
Marilyn and her husband Bob
Fuller, o f Olympia, WA and
her sons Kris and his wife
Breanna Mies, o f Vancouver,
WA, Eric M ies, o f San
Antonio, TX and Daniel and
his w ife Sara M ies, o f
O lym pia, WA; daughter,
Debby Warren o f Heppner;
and
tw o
g reat-
granddaughters, Jordyn Mies,
daughter o f Kris, and Lucy
Mies, daughter of Daniel who
is presently serving in Iraq.
M e m o r i a l
contributions may be made in
his memory to the American
Cancer Society.
Bums Mortuary o f
Hermiston was in care o f
arrangements.
Riverside High to
host opera
company
Portland Opera Works has
rescheduled the performance
o f La Boheme at Riverside
High School to Thursday,
March 11 at 7 p.m., in the R.L.
Bateman Auditorium. The
event is sponsored by the RHS
music department.
The opera will be
user-friendly, meaning it will be
performed in English.
Advanced tickets may
be purchased in Heppner at
M urray D rugs. T ickets
purchased for the cancelled
show may be used for the
rescheduled performance.
Prices are $5 for adults and
$2.50 for students.
For more information,
contact Rick Drake at 676-
8772.
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Nationalism and freedom in America
We all know what
To the Editor:
kind
o
f
format CNN uses.
I was asked recently, “Where
are the letters to the editor?” I They try not to be biased, but
can only hope this question is they are. Try this, ifyou happen
to be connected to the Internet
not edited.
As much as I appreciate the and have at least half a day to
question as a whole, 1 also pick and choose titles, type into
appreciate the abrupt honesty. your search mode “ Bush
So into the breach once more, driving record" then click on
number six, “Special Reports.”
dear editor.
Nationalism and freedom. You’ll find a list o f 190,000
When Mr. Dean and others email entries.
H e re ’s
a
few
say, “We have the power to
take back our country,” I examples from other people
suspect they mean it quite across the country:
-The American Patriot
literally.
Act
or
The
Un-American Law
There has been, since
by
A.H.
Krieg.
(A five-page
the writing of the constitution,
narrative.)
He
quotes
George
a state’s right to govern its
own. More precisely, the Washington, “Government like
people o f a state to govern fire is a useful servant, but a
themselves. The “Death with fearful master.”
-E llen M ariani, a
Dignity Act” in Oregon for
widow
from
9/11. (A seven-
example. It had to be voted
on twice due to some religious page narrative.) “Bush knew
intervention, but passed none and let it happen.”
-“ Bush hides a
the less. A friend took
terrorist,”
by Jack Balkwill. (A
advantage o f the law shortly
three-page
narrative.)
after it was ratified. His last
-Q uestions m ount
words to me were, “I’m going
to meet my God.” He meant over New Hampshire Primary.
that quite literally as well, (A three-page narrative about
although he didn’t attend any ballot voting versus scanner
formal church. With all the voting.) Martin Bento did an
differing beliefs, I’m sure some analysis o f the systems, his
would say he’s in hell, some results: Hand counted- Dean
would say he’s in limbo and lost by 9.7 percent; Diebold
others would say he was scanner- Dean lost by 14.7
forgiven ofhis sin of suicide percent. Does someone want
and went to heaven. Ultimately Dean to lose the nomination?
-“ W hat did oil
he insisted on his freedom to
companies know and when did
choose.
A second, m ore they know it?” by Margie
precise example- California Bums. U.S. oil companies
lost its right to choose when imported 22.9 million barrels
the federal go v ern m en t of Iraqi oil during the month
sentenced a state-authorized the war started, 25.78 million
cannabis grower to 87 years the month before, February
in prison. Hopefully the state and March 2003. This was
commuted the sentence, after about trip le the norm al
all, the state authorized the amount.
, -“Cluster bombs: War
production.
Nationalism is defined crim es o f the Bush
by Webster’s as follows: 1) A. ad m in istratio n ,” by Paul
devotion to one’s country; Rockwell.
-“At year’s end, signs
patriotism ; B. excessive,
narrow or jingoist patriotism; o f dictatorship abound in
chauvinism; 2) the doctrine W ashington,” by Wayne
that national interest, security, Madsen. A short description:
etc., are more important than Walls have been erected
international considerations; 3) around monuments and the
the desire for or advocacy of White House, armed guards
and black SUV’s in the yard
national independence.
First, there’s nothing to the point there’s very little
with devotion, the USA is grass left.
Madsen sees from his
“ h o m e.” I ’m not going
perspective, the Berlin Wall all
anywhere.
Patriotism is a two- over again. Mariani sees an
sided coin. One side that says, endless supply o f greed. In
“Kill anything that gets in the either case, there’s certainly an
way” and the other that says, abundance of paranoia. To me
“We’ll talk about it and come it brings this thought back, “He
up with a tolerable solution.” who lives by the sword, dies
Since the four deaths by the sword.
A last thought for this
on the Kent State campus
time
around,
what people
there hasn’t been talk from
either side, which fits with don’t know, certainly can and
does hurt. You figure it out.
sense “B’ above.
F in ally , n atio n al (s) Phillip Kight
independence, it has been Heppner
suggested the U.S. offer the oil
producing countries only what MCCCF to hold
is an affordable amount. If not meeting
accepted, go elsewhere and
The regular monthly
watch their storage tanks fill up m eeting o f the M orrow
in about a week. Reopen the C ounty C om m ission on
Alaskan pipeline temporarily. Children & Families will be
Stop all educational visas to held on Tuesday, March 9, in
those over 21 years old, the the co n feren ce room o f
terrorists are the older ones. D epartm ent o f H um an
Stop all illegal immigrant Services Building, which is
workers and levy a fine to located at 103 S.W. Kinkade,
those cheap wage payers who in Boardman, at 7 p.m.
hire them. A bsolutely no
Agenda presentation
asylum given to anyone.
to include: RFP’s/Letters of
Well, we all know Intent, program reviews, set
what a neutral country is and site rev iew s and other
we know what self-sufficient business as necessary.
is. That’s another option that
The
p u b lic
is
hasn’t been mentions since encouraged to attend and
1970.
participate in the discussions.
A couple questions, For further information or if you
“How many people do your need special accommodations
read ers know that have call 676-9675.
bothered to compare the TV
news media with the Internet?”
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and “How many are too busy
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