TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 2,2005
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criteria met: letters submitted to the new spaper w ill need to have the name of
the sender along with a legible signature. We are also requesting that you provide
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Jenkins Street
clean up
To the Editor:
Once again Jenkins
Street looks like what it is
supposed to be, a city street
and not a dump. The City of
H ep p n er P u b lic W orks
D e p artm en t
did
an
outstanding job of cleaning
up
th is
e y eso re
in
approxim ately four hours
tim e. The way the street
looks today is probably the
way it looked fifteen or
twenty years ago, before it
w as a llo w ed to becom e
overgrown with weeds, and
filled w ith trash . My
co m p lim e n ts to B ruce
Nelson and his crew for a job
well done.
(s) Gene Sonstegard
Heppner
lone students receive attendance
recognition
Old Advice
C ongratulations to
the following students who
have zero absences and who
have arrived to school and
their classes on time for the
first quarter of the 2005-
2006 school year: Morgan
Orem, Jacob Owen, Aaron
Sm ythe, Karsen Dumler,
H enry P adberg, A shley
Robertson, Seth Thompson,
Jaso n Ju arez , B rendan
Thompson, Lauren Garrett,
Skyler Kendrick, Zane King,
G abriella Owen, Jerem y
Robertson, Timothy Emmel,
Shadow K endrick, Lacey
Thompson, Jordan Peterson,
Daisy Robertson, G unner
Jessen, Tyree Svetich, Matt
C o lem an , K ip K rebs,
William Bergstrom, Nick
Kamp and Kristal Temple.
O ther
stu d en ts
receiving recognition are
those who have missed one
to three days o f school:
C assie A rb o g ast, Ju stin
A rcher, Stefanie A rcher,
M arisol A v ila-R am irez,
L uke B rad field , M ariah
Bradfield, Mason Bradfield,
L eslie B row ning, T iana
Camarillo, Dalton Campbell,
A lex C arlso n , Jerem y
C olem an, A dam C o llin ,
Britnee DesBoullons, Daniel
Doherty, Joe Doherty, Kaleb
Dumler, Melanie Eldridge,
Luke Emmel, Maggie Flynn,
M ichaela Forester, Kevin
F ow ler, K aitlin G arrett,
A shly
G ram s,
B lake
G reen u p ,
B ailey
H aguew o o d ,
K irk
H aguew o o d ,
M ason
H aguew o o d ,
Stacee
Halvorsen, Paul Hams, Matt
Hams, Torie Heagy, Rachel
Holland, Stephanie Holland,
Thom as H olland, Colton
H o llis, Am y Jep so n ,
Jaq u e lin e Ju arez , O m ar
Ju a re z -M a n c illa , B illy
Keisling, Stormy Kendrick,
K ayla L aR ue, M ichael
M ayer, B ruce M cM inn,
W yatt M cN ary, Jose
M ejorada, Jarried Miller,
Austin Morter, Clay Morter,
Zach Orem, Celeste Owen,
D estiny O w en, H annah
Padberg, Kaylee Palmateer,
Kyle Palmateer, TJ Patton,
Babali Peterson, Brianna
Peterson, Oskar Peterson,
Briceida Ramos, RJ Ramos,
M akenna Ram os, Jasm in
Ram os-M ejorada, Brenna
Rietmann, Mary Reitmann,
T anner R ietm an n , Ann
Rietmann, Ryan Robertson,
T ereza S in tak o v a , Joel
Stillman, Joshua Stillman,
M icah S tillm a n , Sarah
Stillm an, K ylee Svetich,
P risc illa T ellez, Jason
T h o m p so n ,
K elly
T hom pson, Max Trahan,
T eonna V andever, John
W alton, and H eath er
Wiggers.
Electric Co-Op Annual Meeting
Thursday
of Directors. Multiple door
The Annual Dinner
meeting of Columbia Basin
Electric Cooperative, Inc. is
planned for Thursday, Nov.
3 at the Wheeler County Fair
G rounds
in
F o ssil.
Registration starts at 4 p.m.
with dinner served at 5:15
p.m.
The annual meeting
and election of Directors for
zones 3 and 4 will follow the
dinner. Also on the ballot is
a by-law ch an g e as
recommended by the Board
prizes will be awarded and
results of the annual 4h grade
E lec tric a l S afety P o ster
c o n te st and the A nnual
Photographic contest will be
announced. Winning entries
will be on display.
Heppner Jn/Sr. High
Booster Club to meet
The Heppner High
Booster Club will be meeting
on Nov. 8 at the High School
Home Economics room at 7
p.m.
Electric Co-Op Annual Meeting
on Thursday, Nov. 3
The annual d in ner m e etin g o f C olum bia Ba
sin Electric C ooperative, Inc. is p lanned for Thurs
day, Nov. 3 at th e W h eeler C o u n ty Fairgrounds
in Fossil. Registration starts a t 4 p .m ., w ith d in
ner served at 5 : 1 5 p.m .
The annual m eetin g an d election o f Directors
for Zones 3 a n d 4 w ill fo llo w th e dinner. Also
o n th e b a llo t is a b y -la w c h a n g e as re c o m
m e n d ed by th e Board o f Directors.
M u ltip le d o o r prizes w ill b e aw a rd e d an d re
sults o f th e annual fo u rth g rade electrical safety
p o s te r c o n test a n d th e a n n u a l p h o to g ra p h ic
contest w ill b e a n n o u n c e d , w ith w in n in g e n
tries .on display.
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To the editor:
As a c itiz e n o f
H ep p n er and M orrow
County I have become very
embarrassed by how we are
p u b lic ly m alig n in g our
elected officials. I would like
to lift up some advice that is
over three thousand years
old.
In his book that we
call Deuteronomy, the great
re lig io u s lead er M oses
advised that “one witness is
not enough to convict a man
of a crime or offense ...A
matter must be established
by the testimony of two or
th ree.” T hirteen hundred
years after Moses lived Jesus
of Nazareth further advised
that it is best to carry your
grievance personally to the
person who offended you,
and if necessary to bring a
witness or two along. Part of
the reasoning for this is to
allow the p erson w ho
offended you to have a fair
opportunity to defend them,
at the moment of accusation.
Our entire justice system is
based upon this ancient but
obviously just advice.
Lately, it seems, we
have decided that justice is
b e tte r
serv ed
w hen
in d iv id u a ls are allo w ed
public forums, such as our
community newspaper, to
defam e th e ir n e ig h b o r
without the defamed person
being allow ed to defend
themselves at the immediate
same time. Not only does
th is b rin g to m ind the
potential for law suits for
defamation of character, but
it does not speak well for
those of us who allow such
em barrassing behavior to
continue. I believe it is time
for us as a community to
once again embrace what is
perhaps the oldest and best
ad v ice o ffered to any
c iv iliz a tio n : tre a t your
neighbor the way you would
like to be treated.
(s) Pastor Keith J.
Brudevold
H ep p n er U nited
Methodist Church
Middle School
Football team
recognized for
sportsmanship
To the Editor:
I want to comment
on the middle school football
game 1 attended a couple of
weeks ago between Heppner
and Athena-Weston Middle
School in Weston. My twin
boys play for Weston and
when the game was over, my
boys came off the field and
said that the Heppner team
w as the n ic e st, m ost
sportsm an-like team they
played all year. No trash
talking, swearing, or dirty
tricks like some we played.
The co ach was
polite, well mannered but
got his job done. Heppner
sends three tim es the fan
support other to w n s’ do,
which is nice to see. They are
vocal but polite. We sat right
with them (as the view is
better) and it was a pleasant
experience.
Your team and town
are a credit to the league and
you should be proud o f
them.
(s)Steve Hedgal
Athena
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Letters may not be libelous.
Bookworms
Obituaries
meet
Connie Lee
On O c to b er 25,
Bookworms met for their
second meeting of the year.
Two books were presented
to the Bookworms for their
approval to be donated to
the Heppner Library in the
names of Joyce Dinkins and
M arian B ro sn an , both
B ookw orm s
m em bers
passed away this last year.
T he first book
en titled A M illion L ittle
Pieces, by au th o r Jam es
Frey, will be given to the
library in the memory of
Joyce Dinkins. The author
James Frey tells his own 10-
year tale of drug addiction
and alcohol abuse. He was
also addicted to crack in the
later 3 years. He checks into
a treatment facility where he
makes the choice to live or
die before he reaches age
twenty-four.
T he second book
e n title d Sudden C ounty,
author Karen Fisher, was
presented to the library in
memory of Marian Brosnan.
A Sudden Country is a vivid
and reveling novel based on
actual events o f the 1847
Oregon migration. The story
follows two characters of
remarkable complexity and
stren g th in a jo u rn e y o f
su rv iv a l. A u th o r K aren
Fisher has worked in the
west as a teacher, wrangler,
farmer and carpenter. She
now lives with her husband
and three children on an
island in the Puget Sound.
The next meeting of
the B ookw orm s w ill be
November 8. They plan to
tra v e l to P en d leto n and
a tte n d a n o -h o st lu n ch
followed by a book review
of the many fall books at the
A rm chair B ook Store in
Pendleton.
Condon FFA
brings home
blue
by Tiffany Hill, Chapter
Reporter
Thursday, O ctober
20th The C ondon FFA
c h a p te r held its first
community event of the year.
It was a great success and
had a g re a t tu rn o u t in
numbers. This was an open
h o u se, a ch an ce fo r the
Justice court at the c h a p te r to in tro d u ce its
Morrow County courthouse
ch ap ter o fficers, new ag
in Heppner has released the
leader, and to get a feel for
following information:
what the year ahead would
Dustin J. Padberg,
hold.
35, lone, Failure to
Mrs. Heideman gave
immediately validate buck
a brief presentation about
deer tag, $159 fine.
FFA, events and activities
available to the members.
Also the chapter would like
to send out a big thank you
to E ric H arriso n for
p ro v id in g and c o o k in g
Korean ribs for dinner. They
were great. Also we would
lik e to th an k C o u n try
Flowers for providing the
beautiful vases for our table
decorations.
The next event the
Order
Condon FFA Chapter will be
competing in; will be the ag
Yours Here
sales and service career
d ev elo p m en t ev en t in
November. They will also
b eg in tak in g o rd e rs for
Christmas trees.
FFA is the largest
youth organization in the
world whose mission is to
p ro v id e stu d en ts w ith
HAPPY 21U t BIRTHDAY
premier leadership, personal
growth and career success
to
th ro u g h
a g ric u ltu ra l
ALESHIA GEER
e d u ca tio n .
F o r m ore
F2 Special Forces
in fo rm atio n log o n to
Security Guard and Honor Guard
www.ffa.org or contact the
Condon FFA Chapter at 384-
Hals from Ah' Rase, Great Falls, iMontana
2441.
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Cornelison
A graveside service fo
Connie Lee Cornelison wa
held at noon Saturday, Oct. 29
at the Lexington Cemetery
Mr. Cornelison, 64, of loni
died W ednesday, Oct? 26
2005, at Pioneer M emoria
Hospital in Heppner.
He was bom Jan. 22
1941, in S cio , to C onnii
Cornelison and Susan O. Lee
He was raised and attendee
school at Lexington, where hi
graduated in 1959.
A fter attending fou
years of college, he entered th<
U .S. Navy. F ollow ing hi
discharge he worked as ai
electrical lineman and then a
a line foreman. He worked ii
the Bums and Portland areas
He re tire d from P ortlam
General Electric after 32 years
On M arch 7
2003, he married Patricia Lei
Young at Oregon City. Th<
couple resided at lone.
He was preceded ii
death by his parents and
sister; Susan Cornelison.
Survivors include hi
w ife,
c h ild re n ;
Trac;
R em in g to n ,
M ichell
E sp an o za
and
R onni
C o rn e liso n , step c h ild ren
Jimmy Young, Kelly Young
John Young, and Julia Lorior
four grandchildren and sistei
Clell Rose Poeschel.
M e m o r i a
contributions may be made t«
Pioneer M emorial Hospice
P.O. Box 9, H eppner, O f
97836.
Sweeney Mortuary o
H ep p n er is in ch arg e o
arrangements.
Bob Abrams
Memorial services
are planned for Saturday,
Nov. 6, 1p.m. at the
E p isco p al C h u rch in
Heppner.
Robin Don Scott
R obin D on Scott
died O ctober 29, 2005 at
S an ta, Id ah o , w hen he
suffered a m assive heart
attack while helping a friend
work on an automobile. He
was bom January 28, 1963
to Harry (Sam) and Jessie
(M a tteso n )
S c o tt
at
Pendleton, Oregon. He grew
up in M onument, Oregon
where he attended grade
school. He attended High
School at Heppner, Oregon.
As a young man, he worked
fo r area farm ers in the
Heppner area. In 1998, he
moved to St. Maries, Idaho.
He was self-employed doing
excavating and caterpillar
w ork for area resid en ts.
According to his family he
was their “Grizzley Adams”
mountain man. He loved the
o u td o o rs, fish in g and
hunting. The fam ily says
many who knew him loved
him.
He is survived by his
parents Sam and Jessie Scott
o f H eppner, O regon; his
brother and sister-in-law
Robert and Terri Scott of
M o lalla, O reg o n ; his
d au g h ter Taryn Scott o f
H untington Beach, Calif.
A lso su rv iv ed by his
companion Cindy Marker of
Fern wood.
A memorial service
and celebration of his life will
be held at a later date next
spring. The location, date
and time will be announced
then. Hodge Funeral Home,
St. M aries, Id ah o is
e n tru ste d
w ith
arrangements.
Garden club to meet
Harry and Sbanna Geer
Pete and Bobbie Post
The Garden club will A
P lan n in g
G reens
be m eeting Nov. 7 at St. Workshop is planned.
Patrick’s Senior Center at 7
p.m.
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