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TWO • Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 21,2004 The Official Newspaper o f the City o f Heppner and the County o f Morrow Heppner G A Z E T T E -T I M 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. E-mail: gt@heppner net or gt@rapidserve.net Website: 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 Newt and Advertising Deadline It Monday at 5 p.m. For Advertising: advertising deadline is M onday at 5 p m Cost for a display ad is $4.75 per colum n inch C ost for classified ad is 50e per word. C ost for Card of Thanks is $7 up to 100 words. C ost for a classified display ad is $5.35 per column inch. For Public/Legal Notices public/legal notices deadline is M onday at 5 p.m. Dates for publi cation m ust be specified Affidavits m ust be required al the time of subm ission Affidavits require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date m ust be specified if required). On the H EP P N E R W EBSITE: 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! W alkers bring in over $6000 for M S research (Front L-R) Pauline Matheny and Suzanne Jepsen; (Middle) George Jeffries; (Back) M ayor Bob Jepsen, participated in the 2004 MS Walk in Heppner on Saturday, April 17. Sixty-seven walkers participated in the 2004 MS W alk for a Cure in H eppner on April 17. The total money raised so far is $6660, with pledges still being turned in. The walk began at City Park and ended w ith a breakfast at A ll S a in ts E p is c o p a l Church. Seven team s from th r o u g h o u t th e a re a participated. The teams were: E d ’s G irls, from the Hermiston Veterinary Clinic; Banking on a Cure, from the Bank of Eastern O regon; All the Saints, from All S aints’ E p is c o p a l C h u rc h ; T eam H o p e , fro m H o p e /V a lb y Lutheran churches; M ustang S tr id e r s , s tu d e n ts fro m Heppner Elementary and their f r ie n d s a n d f a m ily ; th e H a rd m a n T e a m ; a n d a representative from the Spray Walkers. Letten to the Editor Editor's note. Letters to the Editor must be signed. The Gazette-Times will not publish unsigned letters. Please include your address and phone number on all letters (or 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 $7J Hill a judge with hands on experience To the Editor: I am w r itin g to support Dan Hill’s candidacy for Circuit Court Judge in the May Primary. Recently, Dan handled a real estate transaction in which I was involved. He was v e ry k n o w le d g e a b le and c o u rte o u s in th e w ay he handled my legal m atter and totally professional in every way. I think it’s very important fo r a ju d g e to h av e som e “ h an d s o n ” e x p e rie n c e in representing clients in private practice handling divorces, c o n tra c ts an d o th e r leg al cases. Dan has been a lawyer in H erm iston for the past 15 years. City Hall proposal should be open to a vote To the Editor: T h e b e s t w a y to obtain a positive response on any issue is to poll only those who agree with you If our city government is so confident that the m ajority o f residents in H eppner w ant to spend one- third o f a million dollars, they don’t have, for something they d o n ’t need, why not put the city hall proposal on a ballot to be voted on? Is it because they know a large segment of the population is on a fixed income and can only afford the last water rate increase by not irrigating their lawns? T h e o ld e r m o re experienced m em bers o f the com m unity know better than to believe a politician, or a government, that promises no new o r increased taxes, or raised rates, while at the same time acquiring new debt. In last w eek’s school board story the last several paragraphs were accidentally left off. Following Ls the missing last paragraphs. A report on the ELL district plan was postponed until the May meeting because Chavez was unavailable. -ap p ro v e d an increase in hours for: Lori M cC abe from tw o-hour to four-hour HHS assistant cook; Jan Coe from HH S tw o-hour assistant cook to HES four- hour assistant cook, replacing Shelly Key. -approved extra duty contract for: Jodi Chapa, HHS dram a advisor. - a p p o in te d S u s a n Morelli and Angela Gutierrez The fed e ra l governm ent has the Social Security fund it can raid. The City o f H eppner has no such luxury. If the purchase o f a building for a city hall were to be on a cash basis, I w ould vote yes. If not, I w ould vote no. Hang on to your hats folks, we are being taken for another ride. L e t th e r e b e no m istake, I have the highest respect for the office o f the President, the office o f the G overnor, the office o f the M ayor, or the office o f any official. This does not mean that I autom atically respect the person elected or appointed to fill that office, nor should anyone else. Respect does not com e with the office, it has to be earned, and earned, and earned. (s) Gene Sonstegard Heppner To the Editor: This year the voters of Umatilla and Morrow County h av e a c h a n ce to m ake a to the Boardman Com m unity significant difference for the E ducation C o m m ittee and legal future of the area. Judge Judy Brown, Scott R oss and Kim Townsend to the Irrigon Dan H ill, bom and raised in Umatilla County, with lOyears CEC. o f judicial experience, is the -ap p ro v e d th e best candidate for U m atilla renew al c o n tra c t betw een and M orrow counties. M CSD and H eppner Youth As a lifelong resident, Baseball. -accepted a donation b o m in P endleton, Dan is dedicated to the area and its o f $ 150 from M id C olum bia Bus to district libraries. -heard the follow ing a n n o u n c e m e n ts: H e p p n e r To the Editor: C E C m eeting, HH S, 7 p.m ., Being a local person April 19; B oardm an-Irrigon may not be the most important C E C m eeting, RH S, 7 p.m. reason to vote for Dan Hill for A p ril 2 1 ; O S B A s p rin g C ircuit Judge, but for me it reg io n a l m ee tin g , B M C C helps a lot. Dan was bom and Student Union Building, April raised here, and his family has 22; next board meeting, Irrigon farm ed here since the 1930s. Elem entary School, 7 p.m. D an sp en t 10 y ears since M ay 10. before and after high school w orking at Pendleton Grain G row ers. Dan know s hard work and Dan knows Umatilla and M orrow counties and the people. M o re th a n th a t, though, Dan is the obvious choice forjudge with 10 years o f judicial experience and with people. Dan is a former Army p r o s e c u to r , f o r m e r C ity prosecutor, form er M unicipal Judge, and along with being a C ircuit Judge, pro-tem , has nearly 17 years o f private law practice. In this vote by m ail election, I strongly encourage you vote for Daniel J. Hill for Circuit Judge. (s) Spike Piersol Hermiston Vote for a local candidate, vote for Hill Re-elect LOCAL BARBECUE EXPERT Lott’s Electric 369 N Main Si Heppner Trmeftr Wood Pellet CieiBs (541) 676*58 1 1 n e a rly 17 y e a rs o f la w practice, including the private practice o f law in H erm iston since 1990. D an has three tim es the experience o f the other candidates each, in the a c tu a l p ra c tic e o f law in Oregon. In this election, we can elect a trained professional w ith th e e x p e r ie n c e , b a c k g ro u n d , ju d ic ia l tem peram ent, integrity and honor to be our next C ircuit Judge. Please vote for Dan Hill for Circuit Judge. (s) Frank J. H arkenrider Hermiston Correction In last w eek’s edition o f the G azette-Tim es a death notice for Eulenna Vaughn was misspelled as Evlenna Vaughn. We regret the error. Charlotte Gray • Join an in slndyinc and dismssinc lirk Morrow County Harrft’s " T V Purpose Drivn Ulf“ Justice of the Peace 25 Years Judicial Experience 25 Years Continuing Legal Education I mw Trained Judge • • To the Editor: I am angry - No, I am raging mad. I have ju st heard through a very reliable source and confirmed by another that the BM CC Board of Directors is intending to close down the M usic D epartm ent at Blue Mountain Community College. W ho are these people any w ay? W here do they live? They must live in a cave in the m iddle o f now here with no interaction with other hum an beings. They m ust not have TV s. They m ust not listen to ra d io , let a lo n e h av e C D p la y e r s a n d a s e t o f headphones. W h e re w o u ld o u r world be without music? Music is e v e r y w h e r e . I w o u ld venture to say it would be hard to go through a day w ithout being affected by music. It is a soothing balm for an agitated mind, it is a wake up call in the morning. It is a call to dinner, it is a call to arm s. I could go on for pages on the benefits of music and music study: such things like music helps to raise SAT scores, it helps develop eye-hand coordination, self esteem , and self-expression. M usic helps to raise math, foreign language and reading sc o re s. It d e v e lo p s v o ice in f le c tio n , c r e a tiv ity , imagination and self-discipline. M usic helps students learn fractions, problem solving, team w ork, and acoustics, as well as events and cultures throughout history. It helps us learn to deal with emotions and experience that far too often lacking feeling o f esprit de corps. Shall I go on? Plato (one o f the great thinkers o f all time) said, “Music is a moral law. It gives a soul to the universe, w ings to the m ind, flight to the im agination, a charm to sadness, gaiety and life to everything. It is the essence o f order, and leads to a ll th at is g o o d , ju s t a n d beautiful, of which it is invisible, but never the less dazzling, passionate and eternal form.” Plato also said, perhaps even more succinctly, “M usic is to the mind as air is to the body.” So what influence has B M C C m usic had on us? I know o f at least five m usic educators in local schools who are direct products o f Blue M ountain: Stacey C ooley- Hermiston, Annie Tester- Pilot R ock, G eorge W hite- M ac Hi, Andy Cary- Umatilla, and S m o k e y J o e W ig h tm a n ( r e tir e d fro m te a c h in g ) - Boardm an. I also know o f at least three full-tim e m usic teaching positions available w ith in d a ily c o m m u tin g distance o f Pendleton. Is it the cost? I would shudder to think o f any music program cost compared to the ath letic p ro g ram s in local areas. So what is the reason for the axe coming out against m usic at B M C C ? Is it ju st som eone’s w him or an easy fix? I’m reminded o f the words o f H.L. M encken, “For every com plex problem , there is a solution that is simple, neat, and w rong.” Let us not let this be one o f those sim ple and neat solutions for we will surely live to regret it. A s a m usic educator in a local school, m usic at B M C C is a m u st fo r m y p ro g ram . It is the p e rfe c t s te p p in g -s to n e fo r th o s e students com ing out o f high school desiring to pursue music as a career. D o not - 1 repeat, do not let this fine institution of BM C C music be laid to rest. (s) Richard J. D rake A A - BM C C , BA - CW U , M usic D irecto r, R iverside High School, Boardman Enforcement by signed complaints Make a significant difference, vote for not the right answer To the Editor: Hill Paragraphs left off of last week’s school board story Editor's note: In a d d itio n to h is private practice, Dan has a lot o f experience as a judge. He was the Hermiston Municipal Judge for six years and a Pro Tern C ircuit C ourt Judge in Umatilla and Morrow counties for three years. He has heard everything from small claims and traffic violations to prison cases and civil cases. D an also has a lot o f comm on sense and the ability to get to the root o f a problem. He w orks well with people, w hich is a good quality in a ju d g e . F o r th ese re a so n s, please join me in electing Dan Hill as our next Circuit Court Judge, Position Three. (s) Rose Em erson Hermiston Don’t let music at BMCC be laid to rest beginning tpril 21 • Disrassion and grnnp <lady ti*f* will V nude aiailablf throafhoal I V week. • For morr ialoranlioa. molari Vith Prier. 474- m j 2. or Dirk SargraL 474-9421. Sponsored 4r U ilioa Creek Baptist Chunk If the new pooper- scooper law is like most o f the ordinances, in Heppner, it will favor the law breaker. If city officials or law enforcem ent agencies observe a flagrant violation o f a city ordinance, and are unable or unwilling to correct the situation without a s ig n e d c o m p la in t fro m a citizen, som ething is w rong with the system. It appears to me that you can violate an ordinance for as long as you like, as often as you like and it will not becom e a violation u n til s o m e o n e s ig n s a complainL B ic y c le s , s k a te boards and scooters are used on sidew alks in the business district; dogs run free, bark all day and night, and relieve th em selv es w h erev er they please; horses are ridden all o v e r th e c ity a n d th e ir droppings are not picked up by th e r id e r ; p r o p e r tie s throughout the city are littered w ith junk. So m uch for city ordinances. S o m e p e o p le a re reluctant to sign a com plaint due to fear o f retaliation. With all the guns and rocks around, I share their concern. If yQU think these signed complaints will remain confidential, think again. For all w e know, the n a m e an d a d d re s s o f th e person making the com plaint is given to the offender. D on’t e x p e c t to see m u ch o f a d e c re a s e in d o g o r h o rse d roppings, o r less ju n k , if signed complaints are required to enforce the law. Signed complaints are not required for the enforcement o f city traffic law s, n o r sh o u ld th ey be required for enforcem ent o f certain other city ordinances. O f c o u rse , if a complaint, signed by a citizen, is re q u ire d to e n fo rc e an ordinance, it lets the officials o ff the hook. M aybe what we need is som e kind o f W yatt Earp with the authority to issue citations to breakers of the law. (s) Gene Sonstegard Heppner lone son graduates from basic training A rm y Pvt. Brooks S. Rea has graduated from basic c o m b a t t r a in in g a t F o rt Jackson, Colum bia, S.C. During the nine weeks o f training, the soldier studied the A rm y m ission, history, tradition and core values and p h y sic a l fitn e ss . H e a lso r e c e iv e d in s tr u c tio n an d practice in basic combat skills, m ilitary w eapons, chem ical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and u n a rm e d c o m b a t, m ap reading, field tactics, military c o u rte s y , m ilita ry ju s tic e system , basic first aid, foot m arches, and field training exercises. He is the son of Army Sgt. 1st C lass C raig A. and stepson o f B arbara R ea o f lone. Rea is a 2001 graduate o f lone High School. O rder Magnetic D o o r S ig n s HERE Heppner (ìazette- Ti mes 676-922 p
