TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 19,2006
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
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Katie F oster........................................................................................................... Editor
Letters to the Editor ~ ____________ Speedway spin
offs will help
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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
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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
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A ttorney. We have been educate herself on how to
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for alm ost two years and and their tactics. This is not
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p rio r to that I had the a p o sitio n th at m akes
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pleasure of working with her everyone happy, but it is
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Elizabeth is the best
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Protecting
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as “throwing
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at
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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:
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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.
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