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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 20,2005 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow H e p p n er GAZETTE-TIMES U S PS 240-420 Morrow C o u n ty 's Home-Owned Weekly New spaper Published weekl) and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner. Oregon under the Act o f March 3, 1879 Periodical postage paid at Heppner. Oregon Office at 188 W Willow Street Telephone (541 >676-9228 F «x(54l>676-9211 E - mail gt a heppner net or gt a'rapidserve net Website www heppner net Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner (iazette-Times. PO Box 337, Heppner. 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Obituaries Earlene Wilson Miller E arlen e W ilson Miller, 69, o f Hermiston, died A pril 12, 2005, at O regon H ealth Sciences U n iv e rsity H o sp ital in Portland. A memorial service was held April 18 at Burns M o rtu a ry C hapel in Hermiston. Miller was born Oct. 15, 1935, at Ft Davis, TX to Carlton Dewey “Dude” and Goldie (Willis) Wilson She was raised in Ft. Davis and graduated from high school there with her twin brother Gerald, one of four in her graduating class. She w orked as a telephone operator in Marfa and El Paso, TX. She m et her 'hiisband, James B. Miller, on "¿blind date set up by his best man They married July 6, 1956 at El Paso, TX. They lived in Ft Bliss and El Paso before moving to Corvallis where Jim finished school and graduated from Oregon State University. The couple then moved to Lexington and farm ed w ith Jim ’s brother for several years A move to Pendleton was next and they farmed on Birch Creek for a time before m oving to H erm iston in 1972. M iller enjoyed reading, gardening and her family. S urvivors include her husband o f 48 years, Jam es B M iller o f Hermiston; son, Terry Miller o f Rodgers, AR; daughter, Kristi Brown of Seattle, WA, and eight grandchildren She was preceded in death by her parents, Carlton Dewey and G oldie M ae W ilson; daughter, Tana C larice Thomas; son, James Kip; and three brothers, Dunk, twin brother, G erald and P L. Wilson M e m o r i a l contributions may be made to a charity o f your choice Burns M ortuary o f H erm iston is in c are o f arrangements. Paul Warren Paul Warren, 83, o f P o catello , ID, a retired H eppner school d istric t em ployee, died M onday, April 11, 2005, at the Idaho State V eterans H om e in Pocatello w as held April 16 at the H eppner Masonic Cemetery. C o lo n ial F u n eral Home, 2005 S. 4th Ave, Pocatello, is in charge o f arrangements Death Notice Joyce Y. Dinkins Joyce Y. Dinkins, 78, o f Heppner, died Tuesday, A pril 12, at her hom e Arrangements are pending at Sw eeney M o rtu a ry in Heppner Letters to the Editor Editor's no.e: Letters to the Editor must be signed. The Cazette-Times w ill 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 o f statements made in letters. (Any letters e x p re s s in g t hanks w ill be placed in the classifieds under “Card o f Thanks" at a cost o f $7.) Law enforcement, Heppner’s paper turkey residential areas at 45 mph To the Editor: At its reg u lar monthly meeting on April 11, your city council voted 4 to 2 to ratify a contract with the county sheriff for municipal law enforcement services Councilor Judy Buschke and 1 voted against it. Councilor Tom W o lff w as absent Mayor Tim Van Cleave and councilors Kay Robinson, Cynthia Doherty and George Koffler carried the majority vote Previous versions of this contract have worked all right, so no big deal, right9 Think again Under the old contract, you got 120 hours per week o f police coverage o f H eppner for about $ 18 0 ,0 0 0 /y ear- roughly $60,000 per officer T h a t’s b asically salary, benefits, patrol vehicles, w eap o n s, uniform s, communications equipment, e tc ., fo r th ree full-tim e officers Under the new one, you will get 80 hours (two officers) o f weekly coverage for about $ 155,000, or about $77,500 per officer per year Expressed in these terms, you will pay ab o u t 30 percent more per officer, in exchange for which you will receive fully 1/3 less police coverage. That’s not all You’re g e ttin g local law enforcement managed by a new county sheriff who has balked at just about every turn to provide the service unless major concessions were granted under a revised agreement vesting him with much greater control over officer deployment, tour o f duty d u ratio n and other contract terms. Add to that his contention that deputies are bored with patrolling Heppner That is, since we haven’t been inundated with m ajor crim es, H eppner patrol is generally regarded as a ho-hum assignment In short, y o u ’re getting law e n fo rcem en t serv ices pro v id ed by a bunch o f people that don’t want the job And you’re getting all th is at a tim e when enforcement o f traffic laws in Heppner is just about non existent (m onthly officer logs show ing few or no c ita tio n s issued are co m m o n p lace), an u n co m fo rtab ly large segment o f the local driving population is running stop signs and tearing through and up and recent thefts o f anhydrous ammonia from area farm s su g g est an u p su rg e in local m eth am p h etam in e lab activity Finally, hacking our local law en fo rcem en t co v erag e to bits has understandably a ttracted som e reg io n al new s coverage And that’s as good as an engraved invitation announcing that Heppner is now a great place for the region’s drug-dealing jerks to set up shop and conduct a little commerce O f course, much o f that commerce will probably be financed by the stre et value o f personal property boosted from your homes Why did a solid majority o f the city council bend over backw ards to approve such a contract? And why wasn’t the obvious alternative o f reconstituting our own municipal police department given a serious h e a rin g 9 In te re stin g questions; I wish I could answer them for you But, for the time being at least, it looks like you and I are now subscribers to what’s known in government contracting lexicon as a “paper turkey.” The new law enforcement service contract is not a good deal. It’s a bad deal U nfortunately, two d issen tin g v o te s a re n ’t enough to overcom e the uncanny ability o f political assemblies to occasionally com e up w ith bad m anagem ent d ecisio n s H ow ever, citizen involvement and oversight might keep our little group m ore co n siste n tly on a reasonable track I ask that more o f you start getting into the habit o f a tte n d in g city council m eetings on the second M onday o f each m onth G ran ted , i t ’s a sacrifice You’ll find these sessions boring, mired in routine city business and usually d elib erated w ith reaso n ab le co m p eten ce. H ow ever, every once in awhile, half-baked ideas and p ro p o sals em erge like cockroaches. T hat’s when things get interesting and that’s when you should be th ere to th ro w a royal conniption fit. (s) Glenn Baker Heppner City Council Heppner Give Mom a new favorite. 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Lexington & lone lone superintendent receives praise continued from page one child care providers The sessions include musical activities, a group story and an activ ity , w hich may include crafts, extended reading responses, games or free play time The next session on April 26 will include a tour of the school’s new greenhouse and children will be able to plant their own plants to take home Read-n-Play has a page on the ISD website -Browning, Melissa LaRue and Steve Schaber attended a workshop at the High Desert ESD pertaining to early childhood education, teen parenting and child development, which will be in c o rp o ra te d into the s c h o o l’s h ealth classes, Read-n-Play and elementary e d u catio n classes. The workshop was funded by an O regon D ep artm en t o f Education grant received earlier. -Student-led conferences for grades five- 10 were held on April 7. A tten d an ce at all conferences exceeded 90 percent The Booster Club made dinner for the staff that evening. -Volunteers Theresa Dumler, who assists with the “ Read Naturally” program fo r sev en th and eighth grades, and John Bristow, Don Bristow and Katherine L indstrom , who read to students in grades one to four each day, were to be honored with a tea on April 19. - “ Inside lo n e ,” a program to show student learning through projects, videos, work samples and presentations will be held on April 21 at 6:30 p m. The ev en in g w ill in clu d e greenhouse tours and a book drive for new and “gently used” books to give to the Confederated Tribes o f the Umatilla Indian Reservation library -Tw o ISD employees, as yet unnamed, will be h o n o red w ith U m atilla M o rro w ESD Crystal Apple Awards at a banquet in Pendleton on May 11. -T u p p er for lone students will be held May 9- 12 . -lone Schools spring music program will be held May 25 at 7 p m.; the Junior/ Senior banquet will be held May 17. -ISD received notice from its legal counsel that the Morrow County School District has decided not to have its legal counsel review the deeds involved in the transfer from MCSD to ISD and will execute them on their own. No timeline has been set. -ISD enrollment is 162 students as o f April 13 -T he b u dget committee met April 11 and included th e fo llo w in g additions to the budget an all-d ay k in d e rg a rte n p o sitio n ; an ad d itio n al elem en tary te ac h e r; ex p an d in g Tom S h e a r’s position from half-time to full tim e (w hich w as absorbed from the current physical education position); an increase in the PERs rate from 11.11 percent to 16.97 percent, based upon recent court rulings; a transfer for the early re tire e health b e n efits ag reem en t. Browning said that while it “appears that the budget reflects a larger than needed in crease in s a la rie s ,” “ certified and classified contracts were finalized after the 04/05 b u dget was adopted, so it actually is covering two years' worth of raises ” “Recommendations included funding specific p ro g ram s at a higher amount, reducing contracted services where needed and in creasin g th e cap ital projects fund if possible for future projects.” -The lone pool has p u rch ased a h eavy-duty c o llap sib le canopy to provide shade for the pool audience The purchase was funded by the 1909-1939 Alumni Association, headed by H elen C raw fo rd and Helen Lindsay. -N atio n al H o n o r Society members will create a c o u rty ard in the area su rro u n d in g the read er b o ard as a com m unity service project Plans include installing a stone planter at the base, landscape plants and flow ers and a co b b lesto n e p ath /p atio . Additional plans include a bench and a plaque thanking those who made the reader board possible In other business, the board: -learned that Ryan Rudolf and Dennis Stefani were selected as coaches for the Eastern All Stars and Nick Christman was selected as a player -learned that Kristal Temple has been named a N atio n al M erit Scholar, ranking in the to p five percent o f the nation. -T he S tu d en t Success C om m ittee reviewed new bylaws for the N ational H onor Society; reviewed policy concerning naming o f valedictorian and salutatorian with regard to home school students; and drafted policy concerning distance education -learn ed th at the pool plumbing project is almost completed and the cro w s nest is u n d er construction. -learned th at th e shop cleanup and school in v en to ry have been completed, along with repair projects. -h eard from Browning that the district is in co m p lian ce w ith th e O regon A d m in istra tiv e Rules. -heard from board member John Rietmann that the district does not have sufficient funds to proceed with a major paving project. Rietm ann said that such projects may have to be funded through a bond levy several years down the road. -heard the following announcements: the Oregon School Boards Association m eetin g will be held M onday, May 2, at Blue M o u n tain C om m unity C o lleg e; C ry stal A pple Awards presentation, May 11, Pendleton Red Lion; budget committee meeting Monday, May 16, 6 p m., prior to the board meeting; next board meeting Monday, May 16, 7 p m DA’s report Bobby G. Burgess was convicted o f Possession o f a Precursor Substance, a Class B felony, Possession of a Controlled Substance 2, a Class C felony and Burglary- 2, a Class C felony For the two possession convictions B u rg ess received a concurrent sentence o f 10 months in jail and two years probation. He will then serve a consecutive sentence o f 13 months in jail and one year probation for his conviction ofBurglary-2. C USTO M BANNERS Heppner Gazette-Time
