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TWO • Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 14, 2004 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner G A Z E T T E -T IM E S Letten to the Editor Editor's note: Letters to the Editor must be signed. The Cazette-Times will 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 of statements made in letters. (Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under ‘Card of Thanks'at a cost of $7.) 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. E-mail gt@heppner.net or gt@rapidserve net. Web site: www heppner.net. 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Affidavits require three w eeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date m ust be specified if required). On the HEPPNER WEBSITE: www.heppner.net • Start or C hange a Subscription • Place a C lassified A d • Submit a N ew s Story • V iew Real Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! school board hires superintendent continued from page one budget. Previously, acting- su p erin ten d e n t G eorge M urdock had said that M orrow C ounty U nified Recreation District funds would be sufficient for MCSD extracurricular programs. -postponed raising the junior/seniorhigh school lunch prices from $1.75 to $2. Lorenz told the district that while the lunch program was currently self-supporting, additional costs are anticipated in opening a new kitchen and renovating an aging kitchen facility. -heard a report from Dirksen and Smith concerning the proposed FFA program. They said that a full-time vo- ag teacher would be hired at Irrigon High School and vo- ag classes would be available to Riverside High School and H eppner H igh School students via two-way V-tel, which will be available in a couple of months. Currently one-way V-tel is available. They said that Ron Anthony, Columbia Middle School principal who will then be principal at Irrigon Junior/ Senior High School this fall, was at a job fair to seek applicants for the position. They said that the program’s emphasis would largely be determined by the specialty of the teacher selected. -heard that plaques have been installed at the two new elementary schools and decided that dedications will be left to the schools and communities. -voted to suspend the teaching license for Jerry C ronin, CM S Spanish teacher. According to the board, Cronin had given only three days notice prior to his re sig n atio n b ecause of financial costs incurred in commuting to work and other family issues. According to M urdock, teach ers are required to give 60 days notice. -g ran ted an attendance variance for a student who lives on the “extreme edge” of the district, to attend school in Arlington. Kuhn opposed that motion. -heard a report from Kuhn concerning lone. Kuhn said that he and Craig Miles went to lone to try to work out a cooperative arrangement concerning disputed Pine City- students and suggested to lone representatives that the two districts share funding for the students. “We did not get a very good reception for that idea,” said Kuhn. The lone District has since explored formation of a charter school, which would allow admission to any student. Kuhn said that 25 students, each bringing approximately $5,200 in state school funding to a district are at the c en te r o f the controversy. Kuhn proposed that MCSD contact the Oregon School Boards Association to lobby for legislative changes, w rite the D epartm ent of E ducation and co n tact legislators, to prohibit charter schools from taking students from outside their districts. Charter schools in Oregon do not have atten d an ce bo u n d aries. M urdock reminded Kuhn that ISD is a member of the Oregon School Boards Association as well as MCSD. -heard information from Lorenz concerning landscaping. She said that the district plans to hire people for grounds keeping this year and hopes to have grounds keeping and landscaping contracted out for next year, once bidding requirements are established. -voted to designate a trial a tto rn ey as a housekeeping measure. Board member Julie Weikel was the sole “no” vote. -ap proved the following resignations: Jerry C ronin, tem porary CMS Spanish teacher, effective March 31; Maria Gomez, A.C. Houghton Elementary English as a second language ed assistant; Becky Kindle, H eppner H igh School assistant volleyball coach; Mark Rouska, Riverside High School head soccer coach. -rejected co n tract offers for: Dale Rowekamp, RHS science teacher; Jorja Gunderson, Columbia Middle School social studies teacher. - a p p r o v e d employment: Tyson Pratt, RHS ESOL teacher; Rick Drake, RHS music teacher; Maria Aguiar, CMS half-time ESOL teacher; V eronica Cortez, RHS ESOL teacher; Joel Chavez, half-time ELL (English as a second language) program director and half-time RHS assistant principal, pending budget adoption; L aetitia S chreier, ACH kindergarten teacher; Joyce Hesla, ACH reading specialist; Jill Milton, Sam Boardman Elementary first grade teacher; Kathleen Spinks, HHS/HES special ed teacher; David Melville, HHS half-time math and half-time PE teacher; Joel M yer, CM S tem porary Spanish intern, replacing Jerry Cronin; Elba Cardenas, ACH ESL assistant replacing Maria Gomez. The board further d iscu ssed the C h av e z ’ employment as half-time ESL d irector/R H S assistan t principal. Matlackexpressed concern that C h a v e z ’ employment as a half-time assistant principal would take away from his crucial job as ELL director. Administrators responded that Chavez’ half time position as assistant principal would also give him the freedom to respond to ESL priorities and free him to be Must succeed in Iraq to ensure safety To the Editor: I am an 85-year-old farmer and have lived through two terrible attacks on my homeland, those of Pearl Harbor and New York City. Pearl Harbor was an attack against our strongest armed service, but within a few hours our country was unanimous in our desire to respond in kind and avenge those lost. I believe that the attack on New York City was a larger, more heinous crime since it was perpetrated against civilians, unarmed men, women and children. The surprising thing to me is that the nation was not unanimous in demanding retaliation immediately and against Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Iran if they did not join us in hunting down the killers. We have been under criticism from many of our own for not calling on the UN. Of course forgetting that the UN has never taken any action against third world dictators even when they were committing genocide. Some European countries have been afraid of losing their private oil deals with Saddam while others are simply jealous of our power and influence. I do not think that the UN will ever be more than another League of Nations. For you younger readers, the old League was a debating society that existed before WWII. During that war, I was stationed for most of my active duty time in North and Central Africa and for a good portion of that time lived off base so had more contact than most service men with the natives and European émigrés. Since m ost o f the n ativ es are Moslems we soon became aware of their customs. As a result, I confess to having a sixty-year prejudice against Islam . To me its only relationship to religion as we know it is th at it is monotheistic. Otherwise, it seems to be a method of governing without any rights for the individual. Not only do the imams teach a hatred of Jews and Christians, but deny fundamental rights to their women. The wealthy oppress the poor, sometimes holding them in virtual slavery. Our landlady had a maid, a lady in her late forties, who had been purchased as a 6-year-old child from her father, and raised in the landlady’s family. Madame G recounted with pride that Zora had been allowed to marry a Moslem boy when she was sixteen “for love.” And she had allowed her Local Elks Lodge Effort and extra installs officers, work make a announces great community awards To the Editor: Pat and John Edmundson were right on target with their letter to the editor on April 7,2004.1 think we have the best city council ever. Tom Wolff did a lot of extra effort on the new city water project. For several days I saw Bob Jepsen and Jerry Breazeale with rake and shovel in hand fine grading the ground at Heritage Park. On A rbor W eek, I saw Bob Jepsen, Jerry Breazeale, Jack Meligan and Steve Brudevold planting trees that will be a joy to all for years to come. I also want to say Public Works Director Bruce Nelson is a hands on leader. This kind of leadership gets results. I’ve seen a lot of cleaning up in the last few weeks and other projects getting done in a proper manner. Effort and extra work by all. We have local merchants on Main Street from Cliff Green down to the City limits and back up to the other side and on several side streets hanging in there making our little town a much better place to live. What more can I say, God bless you all. (s) Mel Piper Heppner own daughter to choose her own husband, an alm ost unheard of liberty. In many cases, the camels seem to be held in higher regard than wives or daughters. T he w orld has changed a lot in sixty years and I hope that the Middle East has too, but unless we succeed in establishing some model like we hope to do in Iraq, none of us will probably be alive to see it. I suspect that even today the imam will have his madrassas, the circle o f a dozen squatting little boys memorizing the Koran, out in front of the mosque learning to hate the other half of the world. I support the war in Iraq, not because I love w ar, but because if we leave this battlefield, I believe that neither we nor our children will ever be safe anywhere in this world again. A characterless president and Congress ran from Beirut, Somalia and the Cole disaster so that most of the Middle East is convinced that we will cut and run if we suffer causalities. Presently, there are about 19 or 20 o f these “peace” groups and even a few candidates singing the “Hate Bush, Get Out Now” song. Do you know who is financing this propaganda? If not it is time to start asking questions. But don’t expected anything but silence from Dan Rather, Peter Jennings or the New York The Willow Creek Tunes. Symphony and Singers will (s) Don McElligott perform at A.C. Houghton lone Elementary School in Irrigon on Sunday, April 18 at 3:15 p.m. The sym phony will A nnaG race Olivia perform a variety of music “ M o o n lig h t Rose W enberg- a daughter, in clu d in g AnnaGrace Olivia Rose, was Serenade” by Glenn Miller and bom April 12,2004 at 11:34 a gyp sy them e en title d a.m . at K adlec M edical “Rumanian Overture.” The Center in Tri-Cities, WA, to c h o ir w ill sing several Erik and Cynthia Wenberg of selections including “Simple Heppner. AnnaGrace was 5 Gifts” and an arrangement of pounds 3 ounces and 19 “An Old Irish Blessing.” C o n d u cto r o f the inches long. She jo in s Willow Creek Symphony and brothers Sebastian, 6, and Singers is R. Lee Friese of Noah, 2. Grandparents are Dr. Ken and Bonnie Wenberg, Athena. Assistant conductors Heppner and Alita Leesburg, are W endy A p p leto n o f M ichigan and g reat- Heppner and Nolan Frost of grandparents are L illian Pendleton. The symphony and Shadduck, Heppner and P. singers are based in Heppner Kenneth Wenberg, Heppner. and are comprised of youth and adults from throughout Bailey makes M orrow and U m atilla counties. Both groups are EOU Dean’s List a ffilia te d w ith Inland M eghan B ailey, H eppner H igh School Northwest Musicians at 25 graduate and daughter of Ken S.E. Court, Pendleton, (541) or em ail and K aedene B ailey o f 9 6 6 -6 6 4 9 , info@inwm.org. Heppner, made the Dean’s List The concert is free to at Eastern Oregon University the public. A reception will be in La Grande. Bailey has a 3.6 GPA held following the concert. and is an Ag-Business major. Willow Creek Symphony and Singers to perform Births The Heppner Elks Lodge re c en tly held an installation ceremony and installed their officers for the 2 0 0 4 -2 0 0 5 Lodge Year. Installed, as Exalted Ruler, was Burke O' Brien. Other officers in stalled w ere: L eading Knight- Anthony Clement, Loyal K n ig h t- L indsay Kincaid, Lecturing Knight- Colin Anderson, Esquire- Marc Orem, Chaplain- Josh Coiner, Inner G uard- Wade Smith, S ecretary - Roger Mortimore, O rganist- Ken Turner, Treasurer-Joe Kenny, and Trustee- Thomas Wolff. Installing officers, all Past Exalted Rulers, included past Oregon Elks Assn. President and former Heppner resident Jack Sweek, with local Grand Lodge Officers Gene Hall, M arvin B rannon, D ave Barnett, Joe Kenny, Eddie Gunderson, Jr., Glen Ward, Bob Lovgren, Calvin Sherman and Dick Turrell. O utgoing E xalted R uler T hom as W olff announced the “Officer of the Year” and “Elk of the Year” aw ards. E squire C olin Anderson and Chaplain Marc Orem were named as Co- Officers of the Year. Both had taken ch arg e o f youth p ro jects, w ith M arc c o chairing the Elks Hoop-Shoot project, and Colin chairing the Elks Eye P o ster S afety Contest project. “Both of these Officers have helped with several projects through out the year, and I could count - on them to come-through for me” said Wolff. The Elk of the Year award was presented to Anthony Clem ent for his numerous contributions to the local Lodge. “Tony ran our Bingo project for us all winter, along with helping at almost every d in n er and social function” said Wolff. “He is always pleasant to work with, and volunteered every time the call for assistance went out,” continued Wolff. A fine Bar-B-Que Ribs and Oyster dinner was en jo y ed fo llo w in g the ceremony. Dancing concluded the affair with Matt Howard Productions providing the entertainment. A full calendar of community and charitable ev en ts w ill o ccupy the attention of the newly installed officers. Heppner Prom nearing The Heppner Prom will be held at the Elks Club, on Friday, April 23. This year’s theme is Mardi Gras. Music will be provided by Dan Bums. We Print Envelopes H e p p n er G azette-Tim es Speak up for a child. E ach year, nearly 3 0 0 .0 0 0 children end up in court. They have committed no crime, but have been abused and neglected - the forgotten victims of family crisis. It is up to a judge to decide where they will spend their future. You can help these children have a chance to live in safe, permanent homes. You can volunteer to be a child’s voice in court. There’s no pay. no legal background required. Speak Up For A Child. Give your time and support today. For information, contact: The Morrow County Juvenile Department / (541) 676-5642 Or write The National Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Association, 2722 Eastside Ave., E., Suite 220, Seattle, WA 98102 / (206) 328-8588
