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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 9,2004 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 U S PS. 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@rapidservc.net. Web site: www.heppner.net. Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Oarette-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 News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 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 Public/Legal Notices public/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 • Sturt or C hange a Subscription • Place a C lassified Ad • Subm it a N ew s Story • View Real Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! Engagement Robinson-Davis Letters to the Editor Soccer registration extended until June 21 Editor's note Letters to the Editor must be signed. The Gazette-Times w ill not publish unsigned letters. Please include your address and phone num ber on all letters lor use by the G-T office. The G-T reserves the right to edit The re g istra tio n to 13 may participate in The G-T is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters. (Any letters expressing thanks w ill be placed in the classifieds under “Card of deadline for the local soccer soccer. Anyone interested in Thanks" at a cost of $7.) team has been extended to signing up should contact Heppner Is A SMART Community To the Editor: The first year of the H eppner E lem entary SMART Program is over. In retrospect, the challenges and accom plishm ents of SMART are phenomenal. The goal set by the Oregon C h ild re n 's F oundation, which oversees the SMART Program, was to serve 25 students, 25 percent of the K-3rd grade. The number of volunteers that stepped up to read w ith o u r stu d en ts, allo w ed us to have 39 students in the program this school year. There were 45 active volunteers that were willing to come in for one hour each week to Start Making A Reader Today. 1 am proud and overwhelmed that Heppner is the first school in the state to not only meet their goal, but to pass their goal, the first year in the program. The involvement of this community and the staff of Heppner Elementary have made the SMART Program an enormous success. My hat is off to all of you for your support and encouragement. Anyone interested in being a part of SMART this coming school year, please give me call at 676-9128 ext. 2630 and you can Start Making A Reader Today. (s) Tracie Bunch H eppner E lem en tary SMART Coordinator Umatilla/Morrow SMART June 21. Children ages 4-'/2 Darrell Raver at 676-8710. PRO PERTY & HOM ES FOR SALE Large home with daylight basement and large deck o v erlo o k in g the g o lf course. 3 fireplaces, large country kitchen on main floor and mini kitchenette in basem ent. A ttached carport w ith extra storage shed. 11.4 acres On the Golf Course Blowing Heppner’s Horn Robert Davis and Rondi Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Kirk and D elia R obinson, o f H eppner, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter. Rondi, of Portland, to Robert L. Davis, of Portland. The b rid e -e le ct graduated from H eppner High School in 1995 and atten d ed P ortland Community College. She is currently self-employed in Portland. The groom-elect is the son of James and Anita Fontenot, of Portland, and Robert and Jeanette Davis of Vancouver. He graduated in 1994 from Evergreen High School in Vancouver, WA. He also attended Portland Community College. He is cu rren tly em ployed at M&M Custom Cabinets in Portland. The couple plans an Aug. 1, 2004 wedding at L akeside G ardens in Portland. St. Patrick’s honors first communion participant m Father Condon (left) with Ryan Dougherty. Ryan D ougherty received her F irst Holy Communion recently at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Heppner. She had prepared and studied for this special event through the past year. Following the event at Mass, the Altar Society had a reception for her in the parish hall. Friends and guests joined in the joy of the occasion. Dougherty is the daughter of Cliff and Dawna Dougherty of Heppner. P ro u d o f th e 2 0 0 4 M u stan g B a s e b a ll Tkam l We just wanted to let the baseball team know how very proud we are of each and every one of you. What a great year it was, from the first game 'til the cham pionship game was over. You never let us down. You kept us on the edge of our seats in some, but in most, you had total command of the game. We would not have missed this incredible journey for anything. Thank You for a FANTASTIC year of baseball; the mem ories will be with us for years to come. Phil and Kathy Carlson I To the Editor: Amidst all the fuss over relocating city hall. Heritage Plaza’s agricultural relics, the cost of city water, and all the rest, it’s important to keep things in perspective. These topics generate some controversy and are currently part of the ongoing debate over local conditions, which is fitting and proper. However, after having to spend much of my adult life in places such as Seattle, Portland and San Francisco, it occurs to me that Heppner actually has a good deal to crow about with respect to quality of life. A llow a relativ e newcomer to blow out a few notes on Heppner’s horn: In H eppner, everybody waves at each o th er; to neglect o n e ’s waving duty is to be guilty of the high crime of putting on airs. If you w ave to people in San Francisco, they’ll mug your hand. In Heppner, there's a cross on the hill, lovingly m aintained and lit up at night for the inspiration of all. San Francisco also has a cross — hidden from public view in a thick grove of trees on Mt. Davidson. The last tim e anybody paid any special attention to it was during the filming of “Dirty Harry,” which contains a scene of Clint Eastwood being savagely attacked at the base of that cross by the film’s villain. In Heppner, it’s easy to make a veritable snootful of fine friends. All you have to do is employ a reasonable am ount of civility, show some respect for the other person’s point of view and refrain from taking yourself too seriously. Although it seems to come naturally to most folks here, this basic skill seems to have been lost to many of the larger U.S. cities, and I suspect that some of them never really got the hang of it in the first place. Heppner is not a rich tow n in the sense o f d isp o sa b le cash, but it doesn’t really need to be. When som ebody’s house burns down or th e re ’s a family in distress, neighbors com e to the rescue with fundraisers, food and moral support. Some of the best volunteers I’ve ever seen regularly step up to the plate to take on p ro jects like H eritage Plaza, w hich probably couldn’t have been su ccessfu lly co m p leted w ith o u t in-kind c o n trib u tio n s o f labor, equipment and materials. Sure, everybody runs for cover when they see John Edm undson com ing, but eventually the same good ones emerge and John gets his v o lu n teers (J o h n ’s motto: You can run, but you can’t hide). Finally, no town of H eppner’s size I’ve ever been in has done a finer job of preserving, recording and cele b ra tin g its history. Shoot, m ost o f H eppner p ro p er likely m eets the e lig ib ility c rite ria for a National Historic District, and perhaps th a t’s something we should aim for. And these things, ladies and gentlemen, make H eppner ju s t about the hottest thing around. (s) Glenn Baker Heppner Museum, a memorial to Marsha Sweek To the Editor: Tim e p asses, and with it, we lose the people whose vision and hard work have contributed toward m aking H eppner the wonderful community it is today. To those who have forgotten, and to those new in the com m unity who d id n ’t know - please remember every time you pass it on Main Street, that there is no better memorial to M arsha Sw eek’s spirit than the Morrow County M useum. It is what it is today in large part due to her past service as curator. (s) Linda A. Shaw Heppner resident, 1978- 2004 Don’t give up hope for Peck To the Editor: To the friends, family and loved ones of Deanna Peck. Be encouraged and never, never give up hope. Our God is a mighty God and he rules. Deanna is now in H erm iston at the Hermiston Good Samaritan Center at 970 W. Juniper Avenue, in room 503. She would he blessed by your prayers and visits. (s) Stuart Dick Pendleton $248,00» 3 bedroom in Heppner / Large lot in back. Insulated shop. Fireplace $74,000 3 bedroom 2 bath in lone New Listing 1998 Double wide in lone. Includes shop, shed, satellite dish and applicances all on 1.72 acres. $105,000 ■ \ r> t ,1 M\ h r* Cf t \ A. 1 * 1 <; m f ‘•»f u *'t * • '* Country living next to town Nice home near town on 1.7 acres. Keep your horse here next to this 4 bedroom 2 story home. 2 car garage, lots of storage, large barn and garden area. Fully fenced perimeter. È 8«, I $185,000 BUILDING LOT WITH GREAT VIEW OF WIL LOW CREEK LAKE. Near Heppner. Ready to build on. $20,900. price reduced WARM A N D COZY HOME with two bed- le ■fey- ■ , room*, one bath in 'e Q i Q l l l ^ r a n d new furnace, wood floors and tw o-car garage. $60,000. 4 BEDROOM IN IONE 100 X 100 lot with large shed. Large 2808 square ft home, $88,500 $78,500 2 STORY HOME WITH 0 % Down BARN for storage in back 1 of home. Attic has been finished with bedrooms. Yard has lots of estab lished plants, weeping cherry, peonies, lilacs, m ock o range p lan ts. ■ Reduced to $65,000 $75,000. 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