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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 17,2004 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Editor'i 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 by the G-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.) H eppner G A Z E T T E -T IM E S U.S.P.S. 240-420 M orrow C o u n ty ’s H om e-O w ned W eekly N ew spaper 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. B-matl gtCiheppner net or gt@rapidserve.net. Web site: www heppner.net. Postmaster 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 Wall ..................................................................................................... Editor News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. For Advertising: advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Cost tor a display ad is $4.75 per column inch. Cost tor classified ad is 50c per word. Cost lor 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 lo 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! St. Patrick’s Senior Center news Each senior center in the Morrow-Umatilla County area reported on activities o f their respective centers at the quarterly meeting of the Area A gency on A ging A dvisory C om m ittee m eeting, held at B oardm an on M arch 11. All centers were represented. W ithin the next few w eeks, each center will be m o nitored for m aintaining p ro p e r s ta n d a rd s o f fo o d handling and nutrition. The schedule was prepared and m onitors selected for each p la c e . A ll p h a s e s o f th e p ro c e s s e s o f p re p a ra tio n , serving and cleaning up will be o b s e rv e d by the se le c te d m onitors. Those persons to w hom M eals on W heels are d e li v e r e d w ill h a v e an opportunity to evaluate their services received as part of the m o n ito rin g p ro c e ss. T h is review o f services takes place each year. Eva M a b b o tt, Executive Director, announced that Sheila Piper is the new d ire c to r o f th e C A P E C O p ro g ra m a t th e H e p p n e r Coupon CHINA CREEK GOLF COURSE 2/1 GREEN FEES $18 TOTAL Mon ~ Fri Coupon expires 4/30/04 in Arlington Overlooking the Columbia (5 4 1 )4 5 4 -2 0 0 0 Senior Citizen’s Center. Corol M itchell w ill com plete her interim duties on M arch 31. Ed B a k e r rep o rted that 14 RSV P volunteers had s ig n e d up to a tte n d th e appreciation luncheon at the Pendleton Conference Center on M arch 23, at 12 noon. There is still time to do so, for those needing a ride. The H eppner Christian C hurch volunteers will serve the noon m eal on M arch 24. T he m enu is roast b eef, p o ta to e s and gravy, m ixed vegetables, fruit, hot rolls and cho co late cherry dessert. Serving time is from 11:30 a.m. until 12:30p.m. The Legal Aid meeting c o n c ern in g e ld e r abuse is s c h e d u le d f o r 10 a .m ., Tuesday, M arch 23, in the dining room o f St. P atrick’s S e n io r C e n te r. D is tr ic t A ttorney D avid A llen and attorney Bill Kuhn will be presenters. S u n d a y a fte rn o o n , M arch 21, friends are invited to a reception honoring Bud and H arriet Batty, from 2-5 p.m., at the Senior Center. The celebration is for their 60th wedding anniversary and also H arriet’s 89,h birthday. They request no gifts. Both have given many hours of service to th e d e v e lo p m e n t o f S t. Patrick’s Senior Center and to o th er com m unity projects. T h e y are b o th n a tiv e s o f M orrow County. BPA schedules power outage Mikkalo* cingtoR / \ II111':7V * Sem« Mtn Surnn* 4270 ft 7 \ »rdman . „ \ i/M ârnn \ Letters to the Editor __ Columbia Basin Electric Co-Op announces a planned BPA power outage on Wednesday, March 24 for the lone substation and the service areas it serves.The outage will be from 8-8:45 a.m. and from 4-4:45 p.m. There is a small chance the outage could last the entire day. This outage will affect the following areas: City of lone, Lower Rhea Creek up to the Hoskins place, the Perry Morter-Holtz-Snow/McElligott lines, the Dale Holland Rietmann-Peterson-McElligott lines, the Ladd/Martin-Osterlund-Dalzell lines, Joe Rietmann- Morter-Anderson-Juniper Canyon lines to Rauchis, the Cecil-Morgan areas, and the lower Fourmile and lower Eightmile canyon lines. It will be necessary for all irrigation pumps to remain off between 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. on March 24. The lower Rhea Creek services will be off from 8 a.m .- 1 p.m., including Jepsen.Tullis, Padberg, Gray and Palmer. CBEC regrets any inconvenience this will cause, however, it is very important that Bonneville complete this m aintenance work. C BEC appreciates your patience. If we are going to clean up the city, clean up everything To the Editor: This is something that might be of interest to Heppner residents. W hen questioned a b o u t a p r o p e r ty o w n e r storing unused equipm ent, used tires and other ju n k on public property across a city street from a certain residence, a city official, who will remain unnamed, seemed to fmd this practice perfectly acceptable. How could a private p arty’s junk on public property be less offensive than a private party’s junk on private property? This official told me that if I objected to this mess, the solution was to close this city street, adding that other city streets had been closed in the past, as if this closure would somehow cause e v e r y th in g to m a g ic a lly disappear. The street m ight disappear, but the junk would remain. I hate to be the one to tell him this, but there is no such thing as a genie. If s to rin g u n u se d , u n w anted item s (junk) on public property is condoned, we (the residents o f Sperry St.) should be able to utilize the public property, on the opposite side o f Sperry St. Obituaries Christopher Michael Whittington Christopher M ichael Whittington, 31, of Pendleton, died Friday, M arch 13,2004 in Pendleton. A m em orial service was held W ednesday, M arch 17, at 2 p.m ., at the B um s Mortuary Chapel in Pendleton. Whittington was bom M ay 13,1972 in Lodi, C A to Larry and Alice W hittington. The family m oved to Eastern O regon in 1979, w here he graduated from B aker City High School in 1990. A f te r g r a d u a tio n W hittington enlisted in the N avy and was a veteran o f Desert Storm. Afterwards, he re tu rn e d h o m e w h e re he e n jo y e d M o n d a y n ig h t wrestling and many friends. He will be greatly missed by all his family and friends. Survivors include his wife, A m anda o f Baker City; daughter, Chelsey o f Southern California; parents, Larry and A lic e W h ittin g to n of P en d leto n ; sister, L eA nne H ightow er o f Lodi, CA ; and numerous aunLs, uncles, nieces and nephews from California and Oregon. sc h o o ls, g ra d u a tin g fro m Heppner High School. « O n A pril 17, 1932, she m arried Harold H. Hill at Yakima. The couple lived in and around H ep p n e r until 1949 w hen they m oved to C oos Bay, w here they lived until 1976 when they returned to Heppner. Mr. Hill died in 1992. M rs. H ill liv e d in Heppner until 2001 when she m oved to La Pine to be near family. She enjoyeejf g ardening, c ro c h e tin g and w orking crossw ord puzzles. 4 She liked to read and take day trips in Oregon. S h e b e lo n g e d to garden clubs in both Heppner and C oos Bay. S u rv iv o rs in c lu d e sons, Dale Hill and his wife, Betty, o f La Pine and Clayton Hill and his wife, Mary of Coos B a y ; d a u g h te r , C r e a g h Williams and her husband Jim of La P in e ; fiv e g ran d d a u g h ters; 10 great- gran d d au g h ters; and other relatives. M e m o r i a l contributions may be made to Newberry Hospice, P.O. Box 1888, La Pine, O R 97739, or to a charity o f choice. Sweeney Mortuary of H e p p n e r is in c h a rg e o f arrangements. from our residences, for our ow n private ju n k piles. The plus side of this, for us, would be the elimination of numerous trips to the transfer station b e tw e e n H e p p n e r a n d Lexington. The minus side o f this is the public property on our side o f W illow C reek w ould then look exactly the same as the public property on the opposite side of the creek. B e lie v e m e th is is n o t something you would want to have to look at every day. Is there such a thing as selective enforcement of a city ordinance? If it is legal for the city to enter private property, remove material that they fmd objectionable, and bill the p r o p e r ty o w n e r fo r th a t rem oval, why shouldn’t city residents be able to clean up public property and bill the city? If we are going to clean up the city, let’s clean up the whole city, whether it be public or private property; w hether it be z o n e d r e s id e n tia l, com m ercial, pasture land or industrial. The people deserve nothing less. R y an E . H ite , 25, M e m o r i a l (s) Gene Sonstegard Boring, Hunting with N o Big contributions can be m ade to Heppner Gam e Tag (Deer), fine $209. Bum s M ortuary of Pendleton H ank J. Falcon, 47, in the nam e o f C hristopher H eppner, V B R 72/55, fine Michael Whittington. $143. B urns M ortuary o f Scott Allen Hollis, 40, P e n d le to n is in c a re o f L e x in g to n , E x p ir e d practiced a broad range of civil arrangements. R e g i s tr a ti o n , fin e $73. matters over the years, gaining civil experience in a vast array of civil law. Julia Mae Hill, 92, formerly of I am a lif e lo n g H eppner, died Sunday, Feb. Umatilla County resident, bom 29,2004, at the Dalton Gang in Pendleton and raised in Foster Care Hom e in La Pine. M arch 9: E duardo Hermiston. My parents are Jim A graveside service A lb e r to V e n tu ra , 19, and Dee Hill o f H erm iston. I w as held Friday, M arch 5 at H erm iston and M aria Cruz a tte n d e d H e rm isto n H igh th e H e p p n e r M a s o n ic M o ra le s R o d r ig u e z , 2 6 , S c h o o l, B lu e M o u n ta in Cemetery. Hermiston. Com m unity College, Oregon She w as bom A ug. State University and obtained 24, 1911, at L a G rande, to CUSTOM BANNERS my law degree from Willamette longtim e H eppner residents H eppner U niversity. I am m arried to A.T. and Mellie Presley Harris. G azette-T im es Jacque M ack Hill (I.J. Gems, S h e a tte n d e d H e p p n e r Q u a lity J e w e le r s , L td , H erm iston) and we have one A B O U T T H E H E P P N E R G A Z E T T E -T IM E S d a u g h te r, M ack en zie. M y NEW SPA PER News articles roots are here, especially since The Heppner Gazette welcomes news articles that are of inter my relatives were farm ing in est to the communities of lone, Lexington. Heppner and the sur the Pendleton area around the rounding area. 1930’s. You can submit your article through mail, fax, email or bring it to I believe that the duties our office (see below under how to contact us). o f judge take precedence over 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 a ll o th e r a c tiv itie s ; th a t everyone with a legal interest community service organization, it must run as a paid advertise ment. has a right to be heard; that Advertisements those appearing before the There are several different types of advertisements in the Hep court should be treated with pner Gazette. Display ads are the boxed ads that run throughout the newspa patience, and in a dignified and courteous manner; and that the per and are charged for by the amount of space. The larger the ad the more it cost. 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The G-T reserves the right according to the rule o f law. to edit. The G-T is not responsible for accuracy of statements I ask for your vote in made in letters. (Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the this election. classifieds under “Card of Thanks" at a cost of $7) (s) Daniel J. Hill Letters in poor taste or libelous will not be published. Photos Hermiston Justice Court Hill addresses citizens in Morrow and Umatilla counties To the Editor: C itiz e n s o f M o rro w an d Umatilla Counties: I h a v e f ile d fo r election as circuit judge. I am e n d o rs e d by Ju d g e R udy M urgo as his replacement. 1 h a v e 10 y e a rs experience as a judge and for nearly 17 years, I have been a practicing attorney. During this tim e, I have been an attorney in th e A rm y , a p r iv a te p racticin g attorney, a city prosecutor, a city judge, and am currently a circuit judge, p r o - te m , h a v in g b e e n appointed by the Chief Justice o f the Supreme Court, and the S u p re m e C o u rt, a f te r r e c o m m e n d a tio n by th e p resid in g ju d g e , a fte r the previous recommendation by a select advisory committee. My experience ranges from judicial experience on the b e n c h , to p ro se c u tio n , to c rim in a l d e fe n se , to civ il litigation and civil law. I have nearly six years on the bench as the elected municipal judge for Hermiston, and three years on the bench as a half-tim e circuit judge, pro-tem, with my appointment renewed in April o f 2003 for another term . I have prosecuted cases from tr a f f ic to m u rd e r, a n d defended in prosecutions o f m isd em ean o rs up through negligent hom icide. I have been a legislative aide, and know first hand the legislative drafting o f statutes, and the legislative process. I have LOCAL BARBECUE EXPERT Lott’s Electric 369 N. Main Si. Heppner Trmtger Wood Pellet Gftfb ( 541 ) 676*5811 Grasses in your wheat fields a problem? CLEARFIELD 101 is the answer! ANDERSON SEED is your local dealer We will have an abundant supply for your fall seeding needs. 541-422*7204 Julia Mae Hill Legion Auxiliary celebrates 85th birthday The American Legion and A uxiliary will m eet on M onday, M arch 22 in the M ethodist Church basement. A potluck will be held at 6:30 p.m . w ith a birthday cake furnished by the Auxiliary to celebrate the 85th birthday of the Legion. Girls' State, Auxiliary scholarships and future food sales will be discussed. A ll m e m b e rs are invited to attend and mark this special occasion. Marriage Licenses 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.) Mailing address: The Heppner Gazette-Times PO Box 337 Heppner, OR 97836 Office address; 147 Willow St. Heppner, OR 97836
