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TWO • Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday. September 2 2,2004 Letten to the Editor The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow H eppner GAZETTE-TIMES 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: gHe5 heppner net or gt@rapidserve.net Web site: w ww heppner.net. Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times. PO. 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 tor classified ad is 50c per word Cost tor 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 • Start or C hange a Subscription • Place a C lassified Ad • Submit a News 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! Heppner busy with activity Heppner will be busy with activities as the fall and winter seasons come upon us. From the scarecrow contest to the C hristm as tree auction, there will be many opportunities for community members to come out and have fun. Some of the activities include: Welcome Scarecrow Contest- Oct. 1: Stuff some clothes and put on a welcoming face for the friendly scarecrow event. Create a teacher, pastor, football player or cheerleader. Use your imagination. Then vote for your favorite during the Oktoberfest, on Oct. 9, when winners will be announced. Check with businesses to display an entry downtown. Be sure to remember to register your scarecrow at the Chamber. Oktoberfest- Oct. 9: This is a new event sponsored by various entities. Contact Nancy Gochnauer to have a booth or enter the cake-baking contest. It’s an opportunity to make money for your organization and to be visible. Food, music, dancing, children’s activities and contests, it’s an all day Heppner family happening. We may even have a live scarecrow style show. November- make time to give thanks. Light Parade- Dec. 2: Start thinking now about an entry. The more participation, the more fun for the community and the prize money is great. Share the community spirit. Working on lighting your entry is a fun group project. How about entering for a class competition or as an organization and business. Plan ahead. C hristm as Tree Auction- Dec. 2: The Heppner Chamber has invited Hospice to work together on the auction this year and receive part of the proceeds. We invite you to think about donating a tree or planning on bidding on one for your Christmas or someone else’s. And there you are... all kinds of opportunities to have some fun and be a positive part of our great community. Also remember to nominate deserving folks for the Town and Country awards. The categories are youth, business, man, woman and educator. Please call the Chamber at 676-5536 with ideas. Team Oregon offers motorcycle safety class The Team Oregon motorcycle safety program is sponsoring a basic motorcycle rider course in Pendleton, Oct. 1-3. This 16-hour course includes both classroom and on-cycle instruction and will be conducted over a three- day period. Enrollment is limited and pre-registration is required. Motorcycles and helm ets are provided for student use during the course. Tuition is $95. M otorcycle riders under the age of 21 must successfully complete this course to become eligible for a m otorcycle end o rsem en t on their Oregon operator’s license. DMV will waive motorcycle exam inations for course graduates. For reg istratio n information, visit the Team O regon w ebsite at teamoregon.orst.edu. The Team Oregon Motorcycle Safety Program is sponsored by O regon State U niversity and the O regon D epartm ent of T ran sp o rtatio n . Team Oregon’s goal is to foster and prom ote safe m otorcycle operation through q u ality rid er education program s and public inform ation campaigns. Team Oregon is funded by a fee on m otorcycle license endorsements. T O W N H A L L M E E T IN G There will be a Town Hall Meeting to discuss the proposed M orrow County Health District Levy on Wednesday, September 29th at the lone Legion Hall, lone at 7 p.m. Officials from the Morrow County Health District will explain the levy and take questions from the audience. All interested persons are encouraged to attend. lone to apply for charter school continued from page one Ed itor's note: Letters to the Editor must be sinned The Gazette-Times w ill not publish unsigned letters. Please include your address and phone num ber on a ll letters (or use by the G-7 office The G-T reserves the right to edit. The G -T is not responsible for accuracy o f statements made in letters. (Any letters expressing thanks w ill be placed in the classifieds under “Card o f Tha nks’ at a cost o f $7.) Keep SAIF, vote Tillamook State no on measure 38 Forest recreation To the Editor: To the Editor: The counties have always recognized the value o f recreation. Tillam ook County is proud to be third highest provider of county parks in O regon. A comprehensive recreation management plan has been in place since 1993. A recreation program enables the Department of Forestry to m anage ex istin g and future recreational uses. Cooperative agreements are important to the users groups and the N orthw est O regon State Forest Management Plan. C oo p erativ e agreem ents involve the Department of F orestry, interagency (school district, U.S. Forest Service, Fish and Wildlife, e tc .), user group organizations, businesses and individuals. The M anagem ent Plan identifies different uses and the interaction between those uses. The Rain Forest C o a litio n ’s 50/50 plan ignores the management of recreation by saying hands o f 50 p ercen t o f the Tillamook Forest. Voting for measure 34 would cut out the money that provides the opportunity for camping, h ik in g , access, b icy cle, hunting, equestrian, etc. (s) Charles J. Hurliman Tillamook County Commissioner St. Patrick’s Senior Center news Hope, Valby and All Saints Ecumenical Parish is the host for the Sept. 29 Senior Center noon meal. The menu for that day is oven baked chicken, mashed potatoes, peas, fresh carrot and apple wedges, hot rolls and Baby Ruth bars. F o u -r representatives, Ed Baker, Tom Wilson, Grace Drake and Sheila Piper will attend the reg u lar M orrow / Umatilla Area Agency on Aging (AAA) meeting in Pendleton on Sept. 28 at 10 a.m. in the CAPECO office. An official from the state office will be presenting updates on p o licies and services available to seniors through the agency. At the regular Center board m eeting, the “ M em orandum of Understanding” between the S en io r C enter Board of Directors and RSVP was signed. The agreem ent concerns the division of responsibilities between the local board, RSV P and C A PEC O . The w eekly senior meal is provided by a cooperative com m itm ent between the three entities. The co n d itio n s of the agreement are reviewed and signed annually. I’m writing because my 12,000 Oregon small business members want to urge you to vote no on Ballot Measure 38, a scheme to abolish O re g o n ’s SA IF C orporation. A bolishing SAIF would cost Oregon businesses more than $108 million a year. An average e m p lo y e r’s w o rk e rs’ compensation rates would increase by nearly 20 percent, costing O regon thousands of jobs. The com pany behind Measure 38, Liberty Mutual Insurance of Boston, has made O regon’s SAIF Corporation its most recent target of a national campaign to elim inate com petition from state w orkers*' compensation funds. Liberty has spent m illio n s brow beating O regonians with misleading and false attacks on SAIF. The plain truth is this: only Liberty Insurance stands to gain if SAIF is abolished. Official state estim ates show M easure 38 w ould cost Oregon $2.2-$2.4 billion to implement. SAIF is required by state law to keep rates as low as possible. Over the past five years, SA IF saved O regon b u sin esses- including businesses not insured by SAIF- an average of over $40 million a year. Since 1990, SA IF has returned $734 m illion in dividends to its customers, providing a needed boost to O regon businesses. And O re g o n ’s low w o rk e rs’ com pensation rates have been a m ajor econom ic development asset, one of the few attractions bringing jobs to Oregon. In contrast, W ashington w o rk e rs’ com pensation rates have gone up 29 percent and California’s rates have risen 20 percent in the last year. Oregon’s basic rate hasn’t increased in 14 years- thanks to SAIF. SAIF insured more than 60 percent of Oregon’s small businesses and many high-risk businesses that private insurers like Liberty don’t want to insure (such as nursing homes. Firefighters and farm ers). If SAIF is abolished, these small and high-risk businesses would be forced to pay rates 30-50 percent higher than what SAIF charges them. The vast majority of N FIB /O regon’s members choose SA IF for th e ir w o rk e rs’ co m p en satio n insurance. Please join us in saying No to L iberty Insurance and No to increasing Oregon workers’ compensation rates to raise profits Liberty sends back to Boston. Please vote No on Measure 38. (s) J.L. Wilson, Oregon State Director NFIB/Oregon Wheat Commission to hold meeting The Oregon Wheat C om m ission will hold a regular meeting on Oct. 8 at the C o lu m b ia Gorge D iscovery C enter, 5000 D isco v ery D rive, The Dalles, at 9 a.m. Dress is business casual. Commission m eetings are open to the public and anyone wishing to participate is encouraged to do so. Persons interested in p a rtic ip a tin g by co n feren ce call should contact the C om m ission office in advance, as this meeting may be available by phone. The m eeting is accessible to persons with disabilities. A request for an interpreter for the hearing impaired should be made at least 48 hours in advance of the m eeting to the commission office at (503) 229-6665 or TTY (503) 986- 4762. “if the student’s IEP Team d eterm in es the lone Community Charter School is the appropriate placement for the student.” The a p p licatio n projects student enrollment o f ap p ro x im ately 170 stu d en ts in grades kindergarten through grade 12. Current enrollment is 164 students. A public hearing for citiz en input on the application has been set for Monday, Oct. 18, at 7 p.m., prior to the next regular lone School D istrict Board m eeting. C opies o f the application will be available at the school. If the application is approved by the state, the “ lone C om m unity C h arter School” could be in effect by Jan. 18, the first day of the second semester. Besides Rietmann, others contributing to the drafting of the application include lone School District su p erin ten d en t/p rin cip al Bryn Browning, lone School B oard m em ber A nne Morter, Tim Holtz and Eric Orem. The board also approved the first reading on a home schooling policy and approved an agreement with the city of lone to provide grounds maintenance. In other business, B row ning subm itted an ad m in istrativ e rep o rt as follows: -the reader board is ready to go and replacement panels with the correct red cardinal will arrive in a few weeks. Installation, wiring and construction of the pole were donated. The city of lone has decided to ploy the en tire lo t, put in an underg ro u n d sp rin k ler system and plant grass. The natural resources class will build and plant a decorative planter around the base of the pole. -the p laza brick project is complete with a dedication of the plaza by the school board prior to the E d u catio n F oundation auction of Sept. 25. -the pool, which was used by classes during the first of the month, will be closed at the end o f the month. -teacher Jim I has taken on re sp o n sib ility of yearbook and concessi sporting events. Throu creation of the lone Business Club, studen receive work experiei small business, as w earn credit towards tht and CAM and will i w age for wo concessions. Student also create a busines: that incorporates sup dem ands, adverti purchasing, budgeting o f fa c ilitie s and | sharing. Money eamei the concessions will g student body account later date. -the fot program with Arling going well and they asked about the poss of joining together « B row ning sugg d iscu ssin g this iss spring or late summer -the zero p natural resources cl planning a trip to the i on Sept. 26-29. -the elem e teachers are wrappii pre-assessments for fi -enrollment is K-12 students: 54 in p nine-12, 51 in grades eight and 61 in grad four. -the first in-s< day is set for this Frid the morning, ESD sta: provide e-m ail technology training; afternoon, there will b fo r o rg an izatio n assistance with auctic up and also time to w the classrooms. -the schoo w orking w ith the department to develop safety plan to ensure fire escape for classroom. -the first Council m eeting w held on Oct. 18. at 4 p the library. The board ap p roved a recom m endation tc B ias E lg u ezab al o teaching staff. The next School District meetin be held on Monday, O following the public h< on the c h arter s< application. lone Education dedication, aucti< continued from page one Eastern O regon in lone. Tickets will be sold at the door if available. For all who attended this event last year, there will be the same great food. The live auction will be limited to around one hour. There will be a silent auction for some memorabilia, allowing for more time to socialize. L ast y e a r’s d in n er and auction was a huge success, helping the foundation to fund m any lone School projects. The IEF has approved a Tier One grant w orth $ 2 5,000 to lone School District for the 2004- 2005 school year. The grant will be used to fund a music teacher. The Foundation plans to provide a similar grant to the lone School each year. In addition to the Tier One grant, the IEF has made all dues co llected available to the lone School in the form o f Tier Two grants. For the cu rren t school year through December of 2004, grants totaling $9250 are available. These grants are available for teacher/student learning projects. Tier Two grants have been used to pa fund field trips, pn learn in g m aterials support teacher works The IE F has applied for and recei matching grant of $75 the Wild Horse Found The grant has been u: fund the constructioi green house. Foundation has agre match the $7500 pro' a total of $15,000 f< project. The green hou been built on lone S District property and v owned and operated I district. P lease come enjoy the afternooi evening in lone and si the lone School. Heppner Boro Club to hold steak feed and auction M ark calen d ars. The Hej Booster Club Steak and Auction are comi Oct. 16. Dinner ticket be bought ahead of tir $10 each at H ollon H eppner H ardw ar M orrow C ounty < Growers.
