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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 19,2006 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow H eppner GAZETTE-TIMES U S P S. 240-420 Morrow 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. 1874 Periodical postage paid at Heppner. Oregon O M a it t n w Willow sued M apbope (541)676-922> A x (541)676-9211.8- mail: editor<i»rapidserve net ordavidta heppner.net. Web site: www heppner net Post master send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times. P.O. Box 337, Heppner. Oregon '17836. Subscriptions $25 in Morrow County; $19 senior rate tin Morrow County only; 62 years or older); $31 elsewhere; $26 student subscriptions. David S y k e s..................................................................................................... Publisher Katie F oster........................................................................................................... Editor Letters to the Editor ~ ____________ Speedway spin offs will help The Heppner Gazette Times w ill print all letters to the Editor with the following criteria met: letters submitted to the newspaper will need to have the name of south county the sender along with a legible signature. We are also requesting that you provide your address and a phone number where you can be reached. The address and communities ____________~ phone number will only be used for verification and will not be printed in the new spaper. Letters may not be libelous. The GT reserves the right to edit. The GT is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters. Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under "Card ofThanks” at a cost of $10. Common sense and tenacity will make Elizabeth Ballard good as DA the Editor: I write this letter in harder and harder everyday All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. support of Elizabeth Ballard to prosecute criminals, but For Advertising: advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Cost for a display ad is $4.90 per for Morrow County District E liza b e th c o n tin u e s to column inch. Cost for classified ad is 50c per word. Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to 100 A ttorney. We have been educate herself on how to words Cost for a classified display ad is $5.50 per column inch. For Public/legal Notices public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p.m Dates for publi members of the same team com bat defense attorneys cation must be specified Affidavits must be required at the time of submission. Affidavits for alm ost two years and and their tactics. This is not require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be p rio r to that I had the a p o sitio n th at m akes specified if required). For Obituanes: Obituaries are published in the Heppner QT at no charge and are edited to pleasure of working with her everyone happy, but it is meet news guidelines. Families wishing to include information not included in the guidelines through a different position n e ce ssa ry and we need or who wish to have the obituary written in a certain way must purchase advertising space someone in this position that for the obituary within the county system. cares about the end result. For Letters to the Editor: Letters to the Editor MUST be signed by the author. The Heppner Elizabeth is the best GT will not publish unsigned letters All letters MUST include the author’s address and Protecting the innocent is as c a n d id a te fo r d istric t phone number for use by the GT office The GT reserves the right to edit letters. The GT is much a concern as “throwing not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters Any letters expressing thanks attorney. She continues to the book” at everyone. This will be placed in the classifieds under 'Card of Thanks' at a cost of $10. prove her dedication and On the HEPPNER WEBSITE: www.heppner.net p ro fe ssio n a lism in the p o sitio n needs the right • Start or Change a Subscription position as deputy district co m b in a tio n o f c arin g , • Place a Classified Ad • Submit a News Story attorney. She works for the common sense and tenacity. • View Real Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes v ictim s o f crim e and is I have witnessed these three •Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations dedicated to protecting their qualities in Elizabeth Ballard • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! rights. 1 witness this daily. and therefore am certain she Elizabeth is goal oriented is the best candidate for Children’s Fishing Derby to be held and believes in the process. M orrow C ounty D istrict We as a community Attorney. at Cutsforth Park (s) Samarra D. Van Doom Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife along with must understand that it gets Heppner Morrow County Parks are sponsoring a Fishing Derby on May 6 at Cutsforth Park Fishing Pond. The fishing derby is Speedway will help bring in young for children up to 14 years old. It is free. There will be families to brighten future prizes for the biggest fish contest for age categories of 6 very dim. We have excellent and under; 7 to 9; 10 to 12; and 13 and 14. The derby will To the Editor: be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Elks Lodge of Heppner We are voting yes on “curb appeal,” now we just em p lo y m en t #358 is providing lunch for the derby, good hot dogs and May 16 for the M orrow need opportunities to bring people hamburgers. County Speedway Activity Cutsforth Park is located 22 miles southeast of District and the proposed here and keep them here. Heppner on the Blue M ountain Scenic By-Way. The ex cise tax that w ill be When we look around our physical address is Cutsforth Park, 58430 Willow Creek collected on certain goods community for young adults Road, Heppner. and services sold only within raising families, there’s really ODFW will have bait and tackle for this event. Also the speedway activity district not many. Why would they some donor fishing rods will be available for kids that need boundaries. There will be no come here? (Other than for them. Volunteers will be available to help the kids clean cost or risk to us as county o u r e x c e lle n t sc h o o ls.) and care for their catch. We hope to provide a fun day of ta x p ay e rs. We see this Where can they work? How fishing for kids, one that will encourage them to enter into endeavor only as a benefit to can they support a family? the sport of fishing. Tim Bailey of ODFW, Umatilla District M orrow C ounty and a We need th ese ty p es o f Fish Biologist and the Morrow County Parks Board are positive direction for our p eo p le here and the sponsoring this event. If you have any questions please diminishing economy. The speedway activity district contact Betty Gray at the Morrow County Public Works project will bring 100-200 can bring them. P lease jo in us in Department, 650 Highway 74, Lexington, OR 97839- full-time family wage jobs as phone, 989-9500; or email: bgray@co.morrow.or.us. well as 750 construction jobs voting yes for the excise tax. for three years. This would And remember- it will be in turn raise opportunities for collected only within the new and existing businesses. speedway activity district 676-9181 "Where friends M eet" 142 N o rth M a in We are very boundaries and won't raise passionate about Morrow your taxes one penny. (s) Slater and Darcee C ounty and its fu tu re. - Thursday, April 20th - Mitchell W ithout a su sta in a b le Heppner economy that future looks F is t term in i's J\iff lit To HEPPNER ELKS 358 Dinner by Rick Smith Fried Oysters, Catfish, Coleslaw, Ham Prizes and Lots of Fun! Please Hfpte: Ladies M jyht unlfhe Thursday, M ay 11, u/ith the M other's D ay Observance Speedway will provide economic lift To the Editor: The v o ters of Morrow County will have an ex cellen t o p p o rtu n ity to a ssist in p ro v id in g an economic lift for the area- In la n d N orthw est M usicians. present the >; Willow Creek ' ; Symphony and Singers p e r fo r m in g w ith th e Wallowa Valley Orchestra Two FREE Concerts the speedway activity district tax. The passage of this tax w ill not cost local taxpayers any money unless they ch o se to atte n d sp eed w ay e v en ts or purchase goods and services in the tax district. This tax will enable the developers to finance large infrastructure improvements to the site at no cost to the county and with no future risk. The county needs economic diversity and this project will provide good family wage jobs and other o p p o rtu n itie s that w ill benefit the entire area. P lease jo in us in voting yes for the speedway activity district excise tax. (s) Larry and Betty Mills Heppner To the Editor: In the beginning, the O regon In te rn a tio n a l Speedw ay seem ed like a very remote possibility. I regarded the project as an “I’ll believe it when I see it” type of project. Then, as the project moved forward, I changed from re g a rd in g it w ith disbelief to thinking about it w ith sk e p tic ism as to whether it would, in fact, be a good thing for Morrow County. A lot of my doubt was p ro m p ted by my incorrect perception that the project would involve only one large race track with one two or three races a year. I did not see how this could translate into permanent, full time, family wage jobs. Then, I learned that the project would include a variety of activity centers with a multitude of events taking place throughout the year. Thus, the employees of the speedway project would have regular, good paying jobs. C onsequently, my feelings about the speedway p ro je c t ch an g e d to enthusiastic and unqualified support. This position was further reinforced by the state of the Morrow County econom y, esp e c ially the south c o u n ty and the c o m m u n itie s o f lo n e, L exington and H eppner. T h ese c o m m u n itie s are hurting and the spin-offs from the speedway will be a significant benefit to the well being of the south county communities. So. 1 encourage all registered voters in Morrow C o u n ty to rally to the support o f the speedw ay project and vote in favor of the excise tax in May. (s) John Edmundson Heppner Everyone ¿3 invited to attend! Sponsored by: fPIrstBonk JbU > continued from page one at the O SB A ’s annual business meeting. -learned that Sarah Stillman was the Elks state winner for division 2 (eighth g ra d e ) fo r the c o n te st, “What I feel when I look up at the American Flag.” The national contest is in July. -le a rn e d from B row ning that several stu d en ts p laced in the business and engineering technologies day at Blue M o untain C om m unity College as follows: Tiana C a m a rillo -first p lace, geom etry, second place, office m ulti-m edia; Cody H ollis-second, metric car race; Josie M iller, third, office m ulti-m edia, third, d e sig n a d ish ; B renna Rietm ann, second, office multi-media; Kristal Temple, first place, office m ulti- media, third place, design a dish; Teonna Vandever, third place, office multi media; and Kip Krebs, third place, metric car race. -received the data from the lone Community School parent survey. -heard the following an n o u n cem en ts: O regon School Boards Association spring regional m eeting, Monday, May 1, BMCC; sch o o l sp rin g m u sical, W ednesday, May 3, 6:30 p.m .; budget co m m ittee meeting, Thursday, May 11, 5 p .m .; b o ard m eetin g , Monday, May 15. Lexington Council continued from page one for city employees as of July 1, 2006. -approved the town audit for the 2004-05 year. -tabled the to w n ’s personnel policy until the next meeting. -le a rn e d that the state will not agree to the removal of trees from the creek because it could harm Lexington fish h a b ita t. C o u n cil members were concerned Baptist to host th at the tre e s and o th e r guest singer and debris could create a flood hazard. speaker -le a rn e d that the Pacific N orthw est town’s fire hydrant project Country Gospel recording has been completed. Funding a rt>st J e ff C o lso n w ill included grant monies. perform songs from his current CDs entitled “From a Tavern to a Temple” and “The N arrow T rail” this Sunday, April 23, during the morning worship service at Lexington Baptist Church. Fred C ohu from Valley Life Baptist Church at T his is y o u r last Grandview, WA will give a chance before the summer m essage entitled “ Sound break to ju m p in on the Salvation.” The public is ballroom dancing classes invited and encouraged to being offered at the Morrow attend. The service begins at County Fairgrounds Annex 11 a.m. in H eppner. C lasses are Free copies of a new being taught by Jodi Chapa. CD entitled “Living Water” The c la sse s in clu d e that Colson and Cohu were instruction in rumba, tango, featured on will be made w a ltz, cha ch a, salsa, a v a ila b le to th o se who jitte rb u g and East C oast attend. H ope to see you swing (jive). Classes are held there. at 7 p.m. on May 3, 6, 11, 13, 18. 20, 25, 27 and June Last chance to join ballroom dancing Speedway discussion in lone Saturday, April 22nd at 7 p.m. at lone High School and Sunday, April 23rd at 4 p.m. at Elgin High School lone School Board declines support An lone community meeting will be held Thursday, April 20 to discuss the speedway activity district and the proposed excise tax, which will be on the May 16 ballot. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the lone Legion Hall. A nyone with questions or a desire for more information on the subject is welcome to attend the meeting. i. Cost o f lessons is $ 10 per lesson or $45 for five lessons. Couple discounts are available. Please contact Jodi Chapa at 676-8161 for more information. M C G G G R E E N F E E D S T O R E in H e p p n e r It’s Spring! Time To Work In The Yard... 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