Image provided by: Morrow County Museum; Heppner, OR
About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 2005)
TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 21,2005 The Official Newspaper o f the City o f Heppner and the County o f Morrow Heppner G A Z E T T E -T IM E S U.S.P.S. 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3 , 1874. Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon. Office at 188 W, Willow Street, Telephone (541) 676-9228. Fax <541) 676-9211. E- mail: editors rapidserve net or davidts heppner net Website: www heppner net. Post master send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times. P.O. Box 337. Heppner. Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $25 in Morrow County; $14 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 62 years or older); $31 elsew here, $26 student subscriptions. David S y k es.................................................................................................... Publisher Katie Foster......................................................................................................... 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 $4.90 per column inch. Cost for classified ad is 50c per word. Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to 100 words. Cost for a classified display ad is $5.50 per column inch. For PuWic/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) For Obituaries: Obituanes are published in the Heppner GT at no charge and are edited to meet news guidelines. Families wishing to include information not included in the guidelines or who wish to have the obituary written in a certain way must purchase advertising space for the obituary. On the HEPPNER WEBSITE: www.heppner.net • Start or C hange a Subscription • Place a C lassified Ad • Subm it a N ew s Story • V iew Real Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! lone student raise over $3,000 for Katrina victims lone school stu d en ts recently raised over $3,000 for victims of the Katrina hurricane. The students collected coins and donated $3081.25 to the Red Cross, the lone School Board was told Monday night. In other b usiness the board: swore in Joel Peterson as a new board member. H eard that cu rren t enrollm ent at lone schools is 161 with 66 students at K-5, 41 students in grades 6- 8 and 54 students in the high school, learn ed from superintendent Bryn Browning that there are four exchange ♦ H T students this year. Two students are from Germany, one from Mexico and one from Czech Republic. H eard that the business/publications class has received a grant from the lone E d u c a t i o n F o undation in the am ount o f $1,000. The money will be used to purchase photography equipment. Students are currently learning proper use o f the equipment, strategies for taking good p ictu res and are gearing up to take the fall sports pictures. Other activities will include film ing of c o n ce rts and c lassro o m group photos. L earned that the PSAT test is sch ed u led for Wednesday, Oct. 12 during the morning forjuniors. H eard that all P.E. classes are currently using the pool for swimming instruction one hour a day. They hope to have a night for family swim and so that stu d en ts can show off their new skills before the pool closes at the end of September. The d istric t is currently advertising for a p art-tim e education assistant that will work one-on- one. It is a 16-hour per week job only in the mornings. Was given a report that the N ational H onor S ociety w orked on the landscaping project around the read er board. L earned th at the district is currently accepting bids for the grounds’ contract. It w ill in clu d e lawn mowing. The Tic - Tac Bandit is 75! HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELLIS! HEPPNER ELKS 358 676-9181 "Where Friends M eet" 142 North Main Thursday. Septem ber 22nd Letters 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 $10.) Poor planning may make asbestos trust insolvent in 10 years To the Editor: Re: R.R. Asbestos Bailout Bill, Trust fund, insolvent ’’Late last month, the congressional Budget Office released its estimate of trust fund costs (Congressional B udget O ffice C ost Estimate, August 25, 2005). The B udget O ffice concluded that expenses would exceed revenues in the first 10 years of the trust fund’s existence and that it w ould need to borrow money. The interest cost of b o rrow ing “ w ould add significantly to the long-term costs, faced by the fund” and increases the possibility that the tru st may becom e insolvent. A lthough, the maximum revenue that the trust fund may collect is $140 b illio n , the actual am ount “ co u ld be c o n sid e ra b ly le ss .” The projections that have been made in the past, o f the number of asbestos claims likely to be filed were much to low, suggesting there is a “ sig n ific a n t risk of underestimating the number Hurricane or bullying, child victims face same trauma m ake them v ictim s o f To the Editor: As we all watch the news and see the victims of Hurricane Katrina, we see all the children who escaped harm ’s way. Then we see only pictures of the children to which we are uncertain of their plight. Are they alone som ew here- traum atized and scared? Did they make it through the devastation? At this point, most of us are reaching for our box o f Kleenex and our feelings are that of sadness and anger. How could this happen? W hen we see the children’s pictures- some are overweight, some have bad teeth, tattered clothes, bad haircuts. But none of this m atters- it should never matter. We empathize and we want to help. The children at our sch o o ls have held fundraisers for victims of Katrina. Kudos to you all. There is irony, however, in this story and that is the purpose of my letter. R ight here in H eppner, d u rin g every school day, we have some of those same children who wanted to help the victims of Katrina that are manifesting victims of their own. It might be the person sitting across from them or maybe behind them or just a person they pass in the halls. The victims may be overweight, have an o v er b ite, be w earing undesirable clothes or are having a bad hair day. But instead of reaching out to those children (and it would not take m oney, ju s t kindness) the kids choose to bullying, hurtful words and degrading statements, which causes the victims to feel alone or trau m atized or d ev astated . The b u llies som ehow find this entertaining and even funny. The similarities are eerie and again ironic. I am am iss at how the tw o situations can be viewed by our children so differently. One group they want to help and one group they want to squash like a bug. How is it that they find empathy for total strangers and not for their own peers? My feelings for both situations however are the same. Sadness and anger. And your conclusion that my grandchildren are among the victim s in H eppner is a correct one. (s) Linda Corbin Heppner Magnetic Door Signs Order Yours Here Heppner Gazette-Times 676-9228 D istrict Deputy, Grand Exalted R uler Visitation 5 e p t. 1 1 t h - 1 7 t h Intiiiatioa beg inn a t S p.m. D in n e r starts at ft p.m. LIVING WEEK was (S tu ffe d C h ick en H ren x t irif/i n it the p a rin g *) Saturday. Septem ber 24 th \ E D istrict VP Tim D eserve V isitation D in n e r starts at fi :iiO p.m. (*M a rin a ted t*n rk Chop* tri/h a t! / h e firin g * ) BINGO is back! Starting at 7 p.m., Sept. 21st ( of future asbestos claims. Since the period from initial asbestos exposure to the onset of asbestos disease can be decades. This w ould be an excellent cover-up for the Asbestos manufactures to give the ap p earan ce o f making restitution to their victims by passing this bill. And we have already heard about the 13 asb esto s companies belonging to the “Fortune 500 com panies” and th e ir (not so secret an y m o re) arm y o f 168 lo b b y ists. C alled the “A sbestos Study G roup” also th e ir in v estm en t counselors from Goldman’s Sach’s advising the Senate Judiciary Committee on the amount of the trust fund. By the way, Goldman Sachs has massive Asbestos holdings. This Bill is “a slap in the face” to all the asbestos victims and their families. Please call your U.S. Senators and tell them to vote “No.” (s) Stella Queen Echo i ' A S S IS T E D I h a n k you, s ta ff m em b ers a t Will ow C re e k lerrace: G eorge, B obbie, C h e rri, Synrli, S ue, D ian a, Tina, B arb , D eana, C in d y , S b eila, B rea, K iesba, D aniel W E A P P R E C IA T E Y O U SO M UCH! F ro m y o u r g ratefu l b o ard o f d irec to rs Canadian family bicycles continued from page one a “house-h u sb an d ” , had worked for a community services organization as an ad d ictio n c o u n selo r for teenagers and had been in v o lv ed in o u td o o r/ w ilderness programming and lead wilderness trips. M artin e, w ho is an alternative school teacher, had p rev io u sly been in v o lv ed in b u ild in g mountain bike trails. And, they had both hiked before. The family travels around 25 m iles a day, bik in g in the m orning, taking a midday break and then biking again in the afternoon. The girls are “very good at antertaining themselves,” said Martine. “We know when they’ve had it and we stop.” Lily, the younger, tak es the opportunity to take two naps during the bicycling time. Sylvie takes one nap and then plays with stuffed animals and her interactive toy. They are pretty self- sufficient, bringing toys, books, stuffed animals and their guitar to entertain the girls and them selves, in addition to water, food, a tent and -20 degree sleeping pads. They plan to bicycle “as long as the girls are en jo y in g th e m selv e s. . .when they aren’t, we’ll take the bus,” said Martine. They plan to meet various friends and relatives at certain points during their travels and hope to arrive in Arizona in December. Health district shows $175,000 profit continued from page one for a combined ambulance revenue o f $42,077; 141 Home H ealth visits; four Hospice admits; 1217 drug does ad m in istered for $47,278 in revenue. Pioneer Memorial Hospital had 133 provider encounters at the h o sp ital fo r $30,473 in rev en u e. G ro ss p a tien t revenue fo r A ugust was $ 3 9 2 ,5 1 0 ; g ro ss p a tien t rev en u e fo r July was $353,979. MCHD CEO Victor Vander Does reported that the x-ray room, which is in the p ro cess o f being refurbished to accommodate a digital x-ray system, is nearly ready. He said that the flo o rin g is dow n, the electrical work is underway and the equipm ent is to arrive Tuesday. The x-ray d ep artm en t is c u rre n tly developing film, but the new d ig ita l eq u ip m en t is scheduled to be installed in October. V ander Does also rep o rted th at the front sid ew alk is aw aitin g h a n d ra ils and a rough surfacing and added that until work is completed, use o f that sidew alk will be restricted. He said that one resident has been discharged from the W illow C reek Terrace Assisted Living, but a person on the waiting list will move in at the end of the month, which will put the center at capacity once again with 16 residents. The d is tric t has scheduled a work session/ retreat on Thursday, Oct. 13, at lone Community Church, w hich w ill include adm inistrators, managers and providers. The next reg u lar m eeting w ill be held on Monday, Oct. 24. L e x in g to n c ity co u n cil continued from page one said they will hire someone to check for a leak at their end. The city currently has no easem en t for maintenance. The council directed the city recorder to draft a letter to the families involved stating the council’s position. -discussed the old telephone company building and decided to contact the Morrow County Historical S o ciety co n ce rn in g the building, which is believed to be a fire h azard and is located on Carmen Wilson and Jim and Yung Nelson’s property. Wilson said that she had earlier signed a paper to give the building to the Historical Society. -approved graveling the alley from ‘B’ Street to ‘A’ Street between West and Water streets. -discussed an issue raised by council member Luella Taylor. Taylor alleged that council member Jean Brazell, independently and w ith o u t the c o u n c il’s p erm issio n , co n tac te d a re p re se n ta tiv e o f the engineering firm Anderson Perry concerning the town’s water system. Brazell denied the accusation and said the A n d erso n Perry representative contacted her “out of the blue.” Taylor informed Anderson Perry that in the future they should not deal with any individual, but rather with the council as a whole. -passed a motion for Brazell to w rite M orrow Development Corporation for permission to use their o v erag e fo r the w ater management conservation plan, amounting to $7500. T he o v erag e has accumulated in a fund and can be used fo r w ater projects. -approved purchase of a new boring machine. -approved spending $75 for a city employee to attend a one-day workshop in P en d leto n on co n tro l valves. -discussed the city’s permit policy. A request for a permit was received from a pool company that was in the process of building an outdoor pool at a private residence in Lexington. The town had previously issued building permits, but details on p erm it req u irem en ts, circumstances of granting permits and fees were not immediately certain. -discussed the issue of liability between the city and a construction company concerning costs for repair o f a w ater line break. A cco rd in g to M ayor Edwards the company had asked for a locate from the city, but c o n se q u e n tly ignored th at advice and broke the line. -discussed an issue concerning alleged private use of the fire department’s brush rig. B enefit dinner planned for Kelly Paullus T here w ill be a benefit spaghetti feed for Kelly Paullus, Friday, Sept. 23, b efo re the Homecoming game against Stanfield. The feed will be from 4:30-7 p.m., at the M orrow C ounty Fairgrounds. The menu will consist of spaghetti, salad, bread, dessert and drink, Paullus was in an autom obile accident on Sept. 2. He graduated from Heppner High School in 2002 . I
