TWO • Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 31,2004
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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
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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
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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
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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
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AND EFFICIENCY”
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