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TWO • Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 31,2004 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner G A Z E T T E -T I M 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. Fa* (541) 676- 9211. E-mail: gtdfheppner net or gt@Tapidserve 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 Sykes............................................................................................Publisher Katie W all................................................................................................... Editor N«wt and Advertising Deadline is Monday at S 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 Pubiic/Legal Notices: pubiic/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 • Wtllow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! Chamber Chatter By Claudia Hughes, Exec. Dir. “Oregon for Dreamers” is the theme for Oregon tourism prom otion. Now, your reaction to this likely depends on your personality. If you are a very practical focused individual, you m ay find it rather disturbing that your state w ants to dream ; however, if you are a person with a run-away imagination that continually drives people nuts with new ideas, then you will probably love the theme. Recently fam ily m em bers were having a discussion about daydream ing, w hich results in m usic, stories, theater, change, creativity, success and sometim es failure. Our 7-year- old Pendleton granddaughter, after listening to her grandfather extol on the virtues o f w orking hard and seeing results, rather than sitting and daydreaming, finally put her hands on her hips and said, “But Granddad, if God hadn’t imagined, we wouldn’t have birds, and flowers, and trees, and rainbow s and you and me. Som e o f us flit about like birds o f the air, landing here and there, while others are firmly rooted providing sturdy trees to light in. The thing is it takes the doers and the dream ers to create balance, be it in families, marriages, jobs or communities. D ifferent strokes for different folks. T h a t’s w hat keeps life interesting; we ground each other w hen necessary and we rem ind each other o f the rainbow s o f life. “O regon for D ream ers” could be w orkable them e. W hen you go on vacation, you have a dream or plan that it will be enjoyable and offer new experiences. Y ou're dream ing, right. That dream can becom e reality with all the opportunities Oregon offers, especially tiastefn Orégon. It’s harder to dream driving in bum per-to-bum per traffic tftâh along a country road w here one can see forever and only has to dodge deer and antelope. It’s hard to dream w here you c a n ’t even see the stars above. M any successful businesses have results because someone had a dream and then because they applied themselves and w orked hard. H enry H eppnet had a dream and here we are. T he M orrow C ounty C ourthouse w as once a dream , as were the m useum s and the murals. Com posers and artists have dream s that take m ore tim e than building a house or bam , but all are needed to m ake life whole. “O regon for D ream s.” A ren’t we lucky to live here? L e t’s w ork together and dream together to bring people to visit and share our dreams. In the m eantim e, I ’m headed south for a reunion with five fem ale classm ates w ho will also turn 60 this year. Som etim es “girls (not m atter w hat age) ju st gotta have fun.’’ The office will be in the capable hands o f Tonia A dam s who will cheerfully assist you or find som eone who can. I’ll return ju st prior to Easter. M ay you have a H appy Easter. Engagement Johnston-W right ______Letters to the Editor______ Forest health important to forest Editor 's note: Letters to the Editor must be signed. The Gazette-Times will not publish unsigned letters Please include vour address and phone number on all letters for use by the G-T office. The G-T reserves the right to edit. The C-T is not responsible (or accuracy of statements made in letters. (Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under ‘ Card o f Thanks'at a cost o f $7.) Clean-up at City Corporation Yard appreciated To the Editor: W hat the city crew under the leadership o f our new Public W orks director, B ru c e N e ls o n , has accom plished, thus far, in the c le a n u p o f th e C ity C o r p o r a tio n Y ard is notew orthy. A s far as I ’m concerned this has done more to im prove the appearance o f our city, than anything else I’ve witnessed in the past 13 years. In my opinion, it surpasses the a n n u a l p a in tin g o f th e sh am ro ck , o r the h a n g in g f lo w e r b a s k e ts in th e d o w n to w n a re a , o r e v e n H eritage Plaza. T hese city e m p lo y e e s s h o u ld be co m m en d ed on a jo b w ell d o n e. (R a n d y R a y b u rn initiated a clean up in m id- A ugust 2003, but this w as never com pleted.) If the City C o rp o ra tio n Y ard is m a in ta in e d in a n e a t, organized, orderly m anner, after clean up is complete, you will hear no m ore from m e on this subject. A bout the proposed purchase o f the bank building for use as a City Hall: If Jerry and Jo y ceK ay H o llo m o n ’s description o f the building is accurate, and I have no reason to believe it’s not, why would the people w ant to pay a third o f a m illion dollars for a run d o w n b u ild in g w h e n they a lr e a d y o w n o n e ? W h a t w ould the price tag be for the needed repairs and additions to the b a n k b u ild in g ? We could be looking at a total cost of half a million dollars or more fo r th e p ro p o se d city hall a lo n e . W o u ld n ’t th is be a waste o f our tax dollars? W hat would be a realistic, uninflated e stim ate for upgrading the present City Hall? This could be o b ta in e d fro m a lo ca l contractor, w ith no need to p a y a c o u p le h u n d r e d th o u s a n d d o lla rs to so m e Portland consulting firm for the same information. As to Heritage Plaza: N either the large am ount o f w ater that will be needed to irrig a te th is a re a , n o r the m a n p o w e r r e q u i r e d to m aintain it is going to be free. If y o u b e lie v e th o se w ho proclaim “no new taxes, and no rate increases,” there is a bridge in Brooklyn I’d love to sell you. (s) G ene Sonstegard H eppner Wyden and our forests’ priorities To the Editor: It w a s w ith g r e a t surprise that I read of our U.S. S e n a to r R o n W y d e n ’s proposal to lock up even more o f our National Forests for the good o f insuring a few votes fro m th e e n v ir o n m e n ta l qomrpunily. JJis m ove to lpck up a further 160,000 acres o f the M o u n t Wood N a tio n a l F o r e s t w o u ld b e r a t h e r am using if it w asn’t a serious effort at a tim e w hen w e all know and Mr. Wyden him self has been pontificating on how badly we need to create jo b s in Oregon. D u rin g h is r e c e n t “town hall” in Bums, he spoke one m inute o f the need to develop O reg o n ’s econom y and jo b s w hile in the next he dodged the direct question, “Do you think we need m ore com m ercial logging in our forests?” T his question w as prefaced by the recognition that all during C ongressm an Greg W alden’s Healthy Forest Initiative (H FI) hearings, we heard time after time by forest e x p e r ts fro m a c r o s s th e country, that the tax dollars accom panying the HFI could n o t p o s s ib ly k e e p up by them selves w ith the need to thin our forests without the help o f private sector involvement. In addition, w hen asked if he w ould be supporting post-fire program s to expedite getting back into the burned areas to u tilize rem ain in g v aluable lum ber, stabilize slopes and streams and restore vegetation he sta te d th at the p re-fire efforts created through his e f f o r ts in th e H F I a n d subsequeqtact were all he felt coulcfbe taken on at this time and that post-fire efforts were not a priority. I guess he now has found som e tim e. T im e to w ork on locking up m ore o f our forests while our rural and tim ber producing areas wither a w a y fo r lack o f a sta b le economy. Its time to hold Mr. W yden’s feet to a forest fire and let him sm ell the despair created by his lack o f effort to create or even allow private s e c to r jo b s in o u r s ta te ’s forests. Mr. W yden, it is tim e for movement not politics, and action not rhetoric. (s) Tim Smith 1 H arney County, Oregon HLL to hold meeting K im berly Johnston and Todd W right, both o f W alla Walla, w ish to announce their engagem ent to each other. T he bride-elect is the d au g h ter o f Paul and D ebby Sum ner and Greg Johnston o f Heppner. She is a 1992 Heppner H igh School graduate. She graduated from Blue M ountain Com m unity College in 1994 and Eastern Oregon State College in 19% . She is currently em ployed at OneEighty N etw orks in Walla W alla T he groom -elect is the son o f G eorge and B arbara W right o f W alla W alla. He is a 1990 graduate o f P arkview A d v e n tist A cad em y . H e g ra d u a te d from W alla W alla C om m unity C ollege in 1996. He is currently em ployed at W inderm ere Real Estate in W alla Walla. The couple plans a M ay 1,2004 w edding at C ottage Flowers in Hermiston. H e lp lo v ed o nes c e le b ra te E a ste r a n d th e c o m in g o f S pring w ith a glorious T eleflora floral gift. W h ic h e v e r gift y o u c h o o se, it is su re to to u c h th e ir h e a rts in a v ery special way. For d elivery an y w h e re in th e U .S. o r C a n a d a , ju s t call o r visit o u r sh o p . Ti lA te r iti Sunday., <April 11tfi ^ «qp*1 To the Editor: F o r e s t h e a lth is a p rin cip le b e h in d O re g o n ’s State F orests M anagem ent Plan (January 2001 ). F o r e s t h e a lth w ill alw ays be im portant in the m anagem ent o f o u r forest. Sw iss needle cast is a recent disturbance to the T illam ook F o re st. F ire , w in d s to rm s, people, insects and diseases c o n sta n tly d isru p t fo rests. These disturbances are natural and necessary processes o f the forest ecosystem, creating the b io d iv e rsity n e e d e d fo r a healthy forest. The R a in fo re s t Coalition says that the Oregon State Forest M anagement plan is to o e x tr e m e . Y et th e Coalition fails to talk about the science, years o f planning and peer review s that w ent into th e O re g o n S ta te F o r e s t M a n a g e m e n t P la n . E v e ry seg m en t o f O r e g o n ’s population from industrial to environm ental had input into the plan. Also, the plan helps create the biodiversity needed by the creatures and people o f the Tillamook Forest. This plan in clu d e s all a c tiv itie s that people now rely on, such as h a rv e s t, h a b it a ts and recreation. T he C oalition raises m oney in Portland to kill the economy of Tillamook with the 5 0 /5 0 p la n . E x a m p le s o f m oney raisers: at the A valon H otel, Portland, D inner w ith Yvon Chounard, C o-Founder o f P a ta g o n ia S p o r ts w e a r $ 1 2 5 p e r tic k e t; a n o th e r exam ple $50 a person dinner and auction at the R efectory in P o rtla n d . N o w I m u st w o n d e r w h y d o e s th e Rainforest Coalition oppose a plan that creates H abitat out o f the Tillamook Bum ? Charles J. Hurliman Tillamook County Commissioner ODOT begins hiring for summer Youth Litter Patrols The O r e g o n years old w ith a valid driv er Department o f Transportation lic e n s e a n d g o o d d riv in g has jo b s for youth w ishing to record. There is no m axim um w ork outdoors and help keep age for a crew leader. C rew O regon clean. m em bers m ust be 16 to 20 This summer, O D O T years old. e x p e c ts to h ire a b o u t 245 The Youth Litter Patrol youth statew ide to clean up program was founded in 1971 litter along state highw ays as to help in cleaning up highway part o f the Youth Litter Patrol rights-of-w ay and is funded program . W hile the crew s through the sale o f custom prim arily pick up litter other license plates available through duties may also include graffiti D riv er and M o to r V ehicle rem o v a l and g e n e r a l Services (DM V). lan d scap e m ain te n a n c e . A typical crew includes a crew le a d e r a n d tw o o r m o re members. To be considered for a j o b a s a L i t t e r P a tr o l That tim e o f year has W orker, reg ister w ith y our once again com e upon us; it’s local Employment Department tim e to Spring forw ard and office. A list o f these offices iS’ Yam o u r clo ck s ah ead one a v a il a b l e a t hour. Sunday, A pril 4 m arks w w w .w orkinginoregon.org. the b eg in n in g o f D a y lig h t D e p e n d in g o n th e a r e a , Savings Tunes. i n te r v ie w s f o r s e le c te d applicants m ay begin as early M e lin d a J o y ly n n e as M ay 2004. Youth L itter Sm ith, 21, L exington, VBR P atrols m ay w ork up to 12 75/55, fine $108. weeks this summer. Harold George Little, Litter Patrol W orkers 79, W alla Walla, V B R 78/55, are temporary employees paid fine $239. on an hourly basis starting at D ean n a K. K asten, $7.49 for crew m em bers and 39, Heppner, V B R 76/55, fine $8.08 for crew leaders. C rew $180. leaders m ust be at least 18 Remember to Spring forward on Sunday Justice Court VOTE H eppner L ittle L eague will be holding its m onthly meeting on April 6 at 7 p .m . a t th e H e p p n e r N e ig h b o rh o o d C en ter. A ll managers and coaches need to attend this meeting. Spring a Surprise! Todd Wright and Kimberly Johnston management BETTY BURNS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE MORROW COUNTY MAY 18th ELECTION “A VOTE FOR PROFESSIONALISM AND EFFICIENCY” Murray's Country Rose Main Street, Heppner, 676-9426 Serving Heppner, Lexington & tone PAID AND AUTHORIZED BY BETTY A. BURNS I
