TWO • Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 31,2005
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TV members say yes
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employees, and remain in the
Main Street office.
N ate A rbogast o f
Windwave was at Tuesday’s
m eeting and he said his
com pany w ould offer
“ex p an d ed s e rv ic e s ” to
subscribers. “We want to
deploy
advanced
in fra stru c tu re in to the
community,” Arbogast told
the gathered members. He
said W indw ave w ould
p ro b ab ly o ffer 80 TV
channels with current TV
m em bers g ettin g free
hookup.
He
said
subscriptions prices would
stay the same for at least 12
month.
.
Arbogast said over the
next five years it was
expected Windwave would
finish bringing fiber optics to
all of the subscriber homes.
Services that could be added
ov er the fib er w ould be
internet access, telephone
and other services. He said
Heppner would be divided
into sectors and increased
services would be provided
sector by sector over the
next five years.
H ep p n er TV board
chairman Jackie Allstott said
the financial troubles for
Heppner TV can be traced
to the loss o f subscribers
over the years, mainly to dish
TV. She said the number of
subscribers went from 609 in
2000 to 403 in July of 2004.
According Heppner TVs
fin an cial statem en ts the
company had $33,830 on
hand as of January 31,2005,
and there was $28,000 cash
in the bank as o f June.
Allstott said the company
was losing about $1650 per
month.
DA’s Report
Morrow County District Attorney David C. Allen
has released the following report:
-Toni Marie Taylor plead guilty to Possession of a
Controlled Substance and was sentenced to 18 months’
formal probation and 80 hours of community service. She
was also ordered to complete a drug package and pay $ 1131
in fines, fees and assessments.
-Joshua Sean Spinden, 20, was convicted of
.Contempt of Court/Punitive, an unclassified misdemeanor,
and was sentenced to 90 days in jail, suspended, and one
year bench probation. He was also ordered to pay $376 in
fines, fees and assessments.
-David Ramirez, 22, was convicted of Harassment,
a Class B misdemeanor, and was sentenced to 90 days in
jail, suspended, one year bench probation. He was ordered
to have no direct or indirect contact with the victim, her
¡residence and place of employment, have no offensive
physical contact with the victim, enroll in a batterer's
•intervention program, submit a written apology to the
victim, complete 20 hours of community service and pay
$526 in fines, fees and assessments.
-Ruben Cardoza, 31, was convicted of Harassment,
a Class Be misdemeanor, and was sentenced to 90 days in
jail, suspended, one year bench probation, complete 20
■hours of community service, have no direct or indirect
.contact with the victim , her residence or place o f
employment, be financially responsible for all counseling
costs incurred by the victim, resulting from or related to
the crim es, w rite a letter of apology to the victim ,
successfully complete a batterer’s intervention program and
pay $801 in fines, fees and assessments.
-Brenna Anne Perri was convicted of Hindering
Prosecution and was sentenced to 180 days in jail,
suspended, 24 months’ bench probation, complete 40 hours
of community service and pay $626 in fines, fees and
assessments.
-Christopher Andrew Buffo, 20, was convicted of
Possession of a Controlled Substance, a Class C felony,
;and was sentenced to 18 months’ probation and ordered to
•complete numerous conditions of probation. His driver’s
license was suspended for six months and he was also
ordered to pay $166 in fines, fees and assessments.
Colt volleyball to begin
H eppner
C olt
volleyball, for children in
third through sixth grades,
will be held Sept. 8 through
Oct. 16, on Thursdays from
6-7:30 p.m., and Sundays
from 1-4 p.m . at the
Heppner Elementary School
gym.
Volleyball signups
will be held Thursday, Sept.
8, at the first practice. A
schedule will be handed out
on that date also.
P a rtic ip a n ts are
asked to bring kneepads,
gym shoes and a w ater
bottle.
F or q u e stio n s or
further information, contact
Becky Kindle, 676-5040, or
Christy Correa, 676-5149.
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Thanks" at a cost of $10.)
Mayor John Edwards works for
Lexington citizens
To the Editor:
C itiz en s
of
Lexington: A few months
back when the city water
well shut off in the middle of
the night and continued to
blow breakers, who was the
person that got up at 1 a.m.
and got the well going so you
would have water at 7 a.m.,
and who was the man that
made numerous trips to the
well at all hours of the day
and night to make sure all
was going as it should be?
That man was the M ayor
John Edwards. Did he have
to do that? No. But he did...
for you.
»
Who was that man
that was digging ditches
a lo n g sid e
the
city
maintenance man when the
town had broken water pipes
and pipes that had to be
moved? That man was your
Mayor John Edwards. Did
he have to do this? No. But
he did to help the town. He
did this even though he had
just had knee replacement
surgery.
Some of the citizens
of Lexington have always
been disrespectful at council
meetings; it is under Mayor
E d w ard s
that
The
Community Input for the
b e tte rm e n t o f the tow n
section has been put on the
agenda. When at a public
g o v ern in g tow n co u n cil
m eeting, the C om m unist
F ascist degrading o f the
United States of America
and its government should
not be tolerated. If one does
not believe in the American
w ays and they live in
A m erica, th ese feelin g s
should not be brought up in
at th is type o f p u b lic
meeting. This only brings up
unwarranted discussions of
the public audience, and they
need to be asked to leave for
the betterment of the council
meeting and I for one do not
want to hear that at my town
council meetings.
I do not know about
the rest of the community
but I, for one, live on a
budget. I do not have endless
pockets of money to spend
on loan fees. Why did we
need a $96,000 loan when
we didn’t have anything to
apply it to? That is just a
waste.
A few fast thoughts
to end this with: If Mayor
Jo h n E d w ard s does not
represent the town in an
appropriate manner as Mr.
Charlie Sumner stated in his
petition, why has he been
asked back to said meetings
and to be on committees?
M ayor E dw ards d o e sn ’t
drive town vehicles all over
the town for his personal use,
and then gas them up with
tow n
m oney.
M ayor
Edwards made sure that the
town had a legal title to a fire
truck that was at least five
to seven years in the making.
Do you think you
could do more or would do
more? M aybe... Maybe not.
(s) Lori McCabe
Lexington
Teacher seeks Mini Page for
students
To the Editor:
A valuable learning
tool often finds its way into
the recycle box or the wood
stove on Wednesday of each
w eek. The “ ‘M ini Page”
from the East Oregonian is
a great reso u rce for my
Reading class. If I have 15-
20 copies, I am able to use
the newspaper page with my
stu d en ts as p art o f our
reading curriculum.
So... ifG T readers in
Heppner would be willing to
drop the M ini Page by
H ep p n er E lem en tary or
downtown at the Heppner
TV Office, and lone readers
put them in my newspaper
mailbox at 210 Third Street,
that would be very helpful.
I appreciate all the
assistance.
(s)Jannie Allen
5th-6th grade
teacher
Heppner
Elementary School
Media indoctrinated, not educated
To The Editor:
The m a jo rity o f four activities require the
m edia
co m m en ts
on Law o f B iogenesis to be
President Bush’s statement accurate. All biology and
concerning students being agriculture depend on this
w hich
d ire c tly
exposed to multiple beliefs law
contradicts
the
theory
of
on o rig in s have been
evolution.
reminiscent of the scientists
I work with multiple
o f the 17th cen tu ry who
sp
ec
ie
s.
I rely on the
re v e red A risto tle and
c
la
s
s
ific
a
tio
n
system
persuaded the Pope Paul V
p
ro
p
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sed
by
c
re
a
tio n ist
and the In q u isitio n to
c h a stise
G a lile o
fo r Carlus Linnaeus in diagnosis
proposing a new theory in and treatment. This system
also directly contradicts the
astronomy.
theory
of evolution.
The scientific naivete
There is no precept,
of the critics indicates that
principle,
or hypothesis of
they have been indoctrinated
evolution
that
is useful in the
rather than educated. For
scien
ce
o
f
v e terin ary
exam ple Senate M ajority
medicine.
L e a d er B ill F rist was
When you are in the
criticized for supporting
hallowed
halls of Humanism
Intelligent Design because
or
behind
a word processor,
he is a surgeon who knows
it
sounds
quite
intellectual to
how to use the scientific
T h eo d o siu s
method and should know q u o te
D
obzhansky’s
claim that
better.
evolution
is
the
unifying
The
sc ie n tific
p
rin
cip
le
o
f
all
biology.
method was developed and
However,
out
here
in
the real
promoted by Francis Bacon,
w ho also b elie v ed in world it just doesn't work
that way.
Intelligent Design.
T he b e lie v e rs o f
As a veterinarian I
Aristotle
sought to silence
use
an
a u to clav e ,
disinfectants, and antibiotics. anyone who disagreed with
I believe in the germ theory them . The b e lie v ers o f
of disease which was proven Darwin are no different.
Respectfully,
by c re a tio n ists such as
Supports Mayor Edwards and
(s)DickTemple,
DVM
Joseph L ister and Louis
- Lexington
Pasteur.- I also utilize the
Councilor Taylor
signers have very rarely if science of genetics. These
To the Editor:
T his le tte r is in e v er atte n d ed a co u n cil
support of Lexington Mayor meeting. How can you make
E dw ards and C o u n cilo r an honest decision of the Awana Bible Club starts up involved. Last year the club
qualifications of these two again on Wednesday night, averaged alm ost 50 kids
Taylor.
M ayor
(John) people when you have not September 7, at Lexington each week in attendance.
E dw ards and C o u n cilo r even attended a meeting? Do Baptist Church. Awana will C lubbers in kindergarten
(Luella) Taylor have done you d epend on o th ers run from 6:30 to 8 p.m. most though second grade are in
their best to make decisions opinions when making other W ednesdays nights from the “Sparks” group. Third
I
w ould September until early April. though sixth graders are in
that best suit the needs of the d e c isio n s?
people. One of the decisions recommend that you find out A ll a rea c h ild re n in the “T & T ” Club, which
that has caused contention is the real facts before making kindergarten through the stan d s fo r T ruth and
a
loan
fo r
w ater your decision on this recall. sixth grade are invited to Training. Each Awana Club
meeting includes three half
improvements. The town is This recall will only cause attend.
Awana
is
one
of
the
largest
hour
sections: game time,
more
problem
s
and
solve
already paying on two loans
n
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Awana
handbook time, and
nothing
and the $12 we pay each
c
h
ild
re
n
’s
and
youth
council time, which features
Some of the people
month for one of them is not
being fully utilized for this that co m p lain about the m in istrie s in the w orld. singing, a short Bible lesson,
purpose. There are people in actions of these councilors Currently Awana clubs are and awards for the evening.
town on a fixed income that are the ones that harass and active in m ore than 110 Lexington Baptist Church is
cannot afford higher water dem ean p eo p le at the countries, reaching more located just west of Highway
rates and more debt. I feel meetings because they have than one m illio n young 74 on B Street. For more
th at the lo an s we have an opinion different than people each w eek. The information, or if you are
should be paid down before theirs. Different opinions can Lexington B aptist Awana interested in being a leader
the tow n goes into debt be a good thing. The present Club is a joint effort with or helper this year, contact
again. It has been noted at council should put their leaders from at least three Glenn or Phyllis Anderson at
area
ch u rch es 989-8555.
meetings that w ater rates differences aside and work o th e r
should be increased, a tax together for the good of the
levy approved and a loan town. Not many volunteers Booster Club to meet
should be taken out. Mayor have come forward to be on
H ep p n er J u n io r/ school year.
E d w ard s and C o u n cilo r this co u n cil. It is tim e Senior High School Booster
The m eetin g w ill
Taylor have not been in favor consuming and the rewards Club will hold a meeting on begin at 7 p.m. in the HHS
of this so I guess some of you are few.
W ednesday, Sept. 14, to Home Ec. Room. Everyone
I urge you to elect officers for the current is invited to attend.
think that looking out for
your welfare is a bad thing. research the facts for
I do not think recall yourself and do not rely on
is the answer to the problems others to make your decision
of this town. I have seen the on this recall.
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signature sheets and am
outside o f Condon, Oregon
Lexington
amazed that a majority of the
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