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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 23, 2004 - FIVE 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 num ber 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.) and have the time of our HES fifth and sixth graders speak out more letters page four [Editor’s Note: Fifth and sixth grade students from Heppner Elementary School wrote letters to the editor as part of class project. The subject of the letters range from ideas for the old pool to supporting our local businesses.! To the Editor: Due to our location near creeks, lakes and rivers, fishing should be promoted. Fishing is a lifetime sport that can be enjoyed by all ages. By promoting fishing, it w ill help our local economy by increasing gas sales, food sales and fishing tackle sales. People that enjoy our local fishing might even consider moving to our area. Please help promote fishing. (s) Justin Key Lexington To the Editor: W hen you are driving out to the mountains, how many deer do you see or elk? Not very many and I think I know why. It is because o f how many co u g ars are w andering around in the mountains. To reso lv e the problem, I have come up with a solution. I think we should be able to hunt cougars with hounds to get rid of some cougars. The average full grown cougar eats two deer or one elk a week. Now I don’t know about you, but when I am a grandpa and I want to take my grandkids hunting,,!I would want to kill an elk or a deer and not see a cougar. I hope that I have made a point to people and they w ill do som ething about it so I can kill an elk or a deer in a couple years. (s) Wacy Coil Heppner To the Editor: I’m a sixth grader who has gone to Tupper Outdoor School and have had the same great time as all my brothers have had. I want to make sure that the generations below me have the same privilege of going to Tupper. Tupper is Outdoor School, out in the mountains and we learn about the wildlife and survival. We stay there for a school week lives. But this past year, the school district did not fund Tupper. So we have had to earn the money on our own. We have gotten donations and they are g reatly appreciated. The best way to support Tupper is by buying a magazine during the HES m agazine sale. The magazine sale is in early spring and the fourth, fifth and sixth g rad ers sell magazines and earn money fo r our sch o o l. The magazine sale will be going toward Tupper. I hope that for many years to com e, the sixth graders will be able to get off the bus and hear, “ We w elcom e you to outdoor school and w e’re mighty glad you’re here.” (s) Catherine McElligott Heppner To the Editor: Not ev ery o n e is aware of a wonderful new program at H eppner Elementary School called the SMART program. SMART stands for S tart M aking a R eader Today. SMART volunteers come to the school Tuesdays or Thursdays for one hour to read to kindergarten through third grade students. Tracie B unch, head o f H E S ’s SM ART p rogram , had devoted much of her time to this program . E veryone appreciates the amount of help she has given. If you would like to be a SM ART v o lu n teer during the coming school year, call Tracie Bunch at the school or come by and ask. (s) Curtis Harper Heppner To the Editor: My name is Taighler D ougherty and I go to H eppner E lem entary School. I love cats and dogs. It is sad to hear that people are poisoning cats and dogs because they are barking or using th eir yard fo r a bathroom or ju s t doing something wrong. It’s very sad because if you think about little kids or people that love their an im als, then som eone poisons them and they die. What if your cat or dog that you loved died because it was poisoned by someone? Well I know ways to stop dogs and cats from doing things wrong. You could write a letter to the owners and ask them to keep their cat or dog home or call and ask. If you still have a cat or dog doing something wrong and the owner hasn’t done anything about it after you asked nicely, then call the police and have them deal with it. (s) Taighler Dougherty Heppner MCURD Budget Information The Morrow County Unified Recreation district is about to fin alize the budget process for 2004-05. At its regular meeting, June 24, at Riverside High School in Boardman the board plans to adopt the budget. If you have any q u estio n s regarding the budget or budget process, please join us. The spending levels are very similar to limits set in the past for community activities and contracts for co-curricular activities in our sch o o ls. The lone School D istric t has requested $84,000 for their performances by the Willow activities in the coming year Creek Symphony. Funding levels for as compared to the $94,000 contract for this last year. these activities may change The Morrow County School drastically in the near future. D istric t has req u ested MCURD’s financial director $ 3 4 9 ,0 0 0 co m pared to is projecting a $62,(XX) loss $318,000 for this last school in revenues in 2007. The year. The total approved for loss in revenue is directly both schools was $433,000. associated with a projected As in years past, the diminishing County value. To the Editor: board has dedicated $40,000 The board is making this My name is Bryan to community activities. The information available to all Holland and 1 am a student community activity money entities that do business with from Heppner Elementary helps purchase the district. It will be very School. 1 would like it if the en tertain m en t and im portant that we start City made a basketball court advertising for the following preparing for the revenue out of the old swimming annual events: lone 4lh of loss now. pool. I wanted once since 1 If you would like to July, Boardman 4,h of July, was a little kid. I live on express an opinion on the St. Patrick’s Day, Irrigon South Chase Street and it St. Patrick’s decisions made by the board Watermelon Festival, Cinco would make the kids in my please feel free to contact de Mayo, Lewis and Clark part o f town not have to Senior Center your board members: Cyde Heritage Day, twelve Music walk all the way to the other news Marie Estes (541) 676-5808; in the Parks summer events side o f tow n to play Heppner Christian in Boardman and Irrigon and Terry Tallman- Boardman; b a sk e tb a ll. I t’s not fun C hurch w ill provide tw o sum m er ev en ts in Bob Byrd- Irrigon; Barry walking all the way to the volunteer hosts for the June Heppner and lone, as well as Turner- R ural Irrigon- other side of town. It takes a Boardman; and Del LaRue- 30 noon meal at St. Patrick’s long time. Ione. I’d really appreciate Senior Center. The menu is if the City would make one. oven baked chicken, mashed WCCC to host ESPN golf school It would make the difference potatoes with gravy, mixed Valley Golf Course in Las vegetables, fruit salad, hot i n s t r u c t o r in my life. Vegas, NV, host of the ESPN rolls and apple crisp. (s) Bryan Holland W illow C reek golf schools. Koffler has had The results of the Heppner C ountry C lub w ill be an o p p o rtu n ity to w ork monitoring of the Morrow/ hosting a junior golf clinic under Jim Flick and Hank Umatilla County area senior INWM receives centers conducted by ESPN golf Haney, two of the top golf resulted in excellent grant from and inform ative reports. school instructor and PGA teachers in the game today. “We are very excited Each cen te r sta ff was apprentice professional Rick Meyer Memorial observed Koffler. The clinic will be about Rick coming to work in action, through Wednesday June 30 from 1- with our junior players,” Trust preparation, serving meals 3 p.m. and 5-7 p.m., and said Chris Bowman course Inland N o rth w est by v o lu n teers, kitchen Thursday and Friday, July 1 M u sician s is pleased to procedures and clean up. and 2, from 9-11 a.m.and 1- manager. “Having someone w ith the ex p erien ce o f announce that they have The monitoring committee 3 p.m. working under two of the received a grant totaling at each place consisted of Registration forms top teachers in the game of $11,700 from M eyer three or four people: one w ill be av ailab le at golf will be a tremendous Memorial Trust. The grant from the agency staff, one W.C.C.C. beginning June will be used to purchase from the local board of 22. For questions, call Chris opportunity for our kids.” Cost of the three-day musician chairs and racks, directors and one from the Bowman at 676-5035, or session is $10. This also AAA advisory committee. stan d lig h ts and m usic Greg Grant at 676-5257. includes junior golf every folders. This is the second Each monitoring group met Rick K offler is a T uesday th ro u g h o u t the grant from Meyer Memorial afterw ards with the staff sta ff m em ber at Prim m summer. Trust. In 2001, the trust they had m onitored to awarded INWM a similar discuss and present their Cardinal Booster Club news am ount to purchase findings. A check with the The C ardinal other means. The Class of p ercu ssio n eq u ip m en t. State Department of Health Booster Club met June 7 in 2004 voted to use th eir M e y e r' M em orial T rust clarified the dish-rinsing d ire c to r . D ean lefto v er m oney to help ,,fqr a th le tic s u p p o rts '''’ 'iibn-p^ofit te m p e ra tu re s : organizations in Oregon, sterilization and all centers Robinson’s room. Fourteen finance that project. Robinson reported members were present. e sp e c ially th o se who are in compliance. the football scoreboard will President Lynn Dee A new senior center pro v id e com m unity have to be moved because Ramos said she would look enrichment to underserved will be operating in Ukiah into purchasing 50 Cardinal the new sign is larger. The by the end of the summer, areas. mats are up in the gym and banners. The sixth grade will Inland N orthw est making a total of eight in the be given the opportunity to the Les Schwab basketball Musicians is an orchestral area. sell the banners as a sign w ill be taken to The next meeting of and choral o rg an izatio n AAA A dvisory fu n d raiser for O utdoor Hermiston to be repainted. dedicated to presenting live the He reported the recreation perform ances throughout C om m ittee w ill be in School. d istric t artic le was The fence around n o rth e a st O regon and P en d leto n and involve misleading. lone was cut southeast Washington. The train in g for co m m ittee the track practice area is complete. The final cost was $10,000 for the 2003-04 organization also provides members. Do not forget there $ 1800 for material and $630 year and will be cut again educational opportunities next year. for young and returning are cards, exercise, bingo for labor. Marlene Pointer is There will be a boys’ m u sician s through its and a jigsaw puzzle always doing embroidery work and basketball summer league W illow Creek Symphony in progress at the Center. For and Willow Creek Singers. specific tim es and place tournament June 12 and 13 sent several C ardinal In five y ears, Inland details, you can contact the at lone. Twelve teams will samples to the club. The club voted to Northwest M usicians has C en ter o ffice M onday participate, using both gyms. donate $100 to the Heppner The club w ill sponsor presented 110 concerts in 40 through Friday, from 9 a.m.- Booster Club if the money concessions. different communities. The 12 p.m. and 1-4 p.m., at 676- is needed to help pay for the The design for the Inland Northwest Musicians 9030. refinished gym floor in the baseball team charter bus en sem b les are led by Missionary returns high school was discussed they took to state. The club M aestro R. Lee Friese of and agreed upon. The design also approved loaning the Athena. from Russia will be sent to the school cheerleaders $1500. which Tom Norton recently grounds committee for final they w ill repay through returned from a two-week approval. D & S Hardwood fundraisers. Marriage mission at an orphanage in will do the work, starting Membership letters R ussia. W hile at the July 5. The school district will be sent to individuals Licenses orphanage, Norton helped will pay for the refinishing and businesses in July. Ju n e 15: Jeffrie make repairs on the building work and the expense of The next meeting of Duane Fountain, 43, Irrigon and m in istered to the having the basketball and Cardinal Booster Club will and D eana V irgene children. volleyball lines painted. All be Monday, July 5 at the N orton will be at artw ork must be paid by school library. Andermatt, 45, Irrigon. June 16: Santiago Lexington Baptist Church V. Pena, 28, Boardman and on Sunday, June 27, at 11 E lba L. C ard en as, 21, a.m. to share about his trip. The public is invited to Boardman. attend the meeting._______ EMORy DINNER SPECIALS SHCllA MTS' Pr«MS 1959 9004 CO M ING UP AT JO H N ’S PLACE F R E S H P R IM E R IB on F r i d a y & S a t u r d a y Watch for weekly specials at John’s Place & Bucknum’s Tavern! J O H N 'S P L A C E MAIN STREET, HEPPNER JOEB0XER YOÜR5MILEL GRACELD Ü5 ALL LO/6 VR BR8V!!!i J€Ff 6 S m (
