TWO • Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 21,2004
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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