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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 10,2006 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow H eppner GAZETTE-TIMES U S.PS. 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, 1879 Periodical postage paid at Heppner. Oregon Office at 188 W Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676-9228. Fax (541)676-9211. E- inail editortu rapidserve net or davidt*heppner net Website: www. heppner net Post master send address changes to the Heppner Ga/ette-Times. P.O. Box .337, Heppner, Oregon 97836 Subscriptions $26 in Morrow County; $20 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 62 years or older); $32 elsewhere; $26 student subscriptions. David S y k e s.................................................................................................... Publisher Katie F oster.......................................................................................................... Editor All 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 Public/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: Obituaries 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. For Letters to the Editor: Letters to the Editor MUST be signed by the author. The Heppner GT will not publish unsigned letters All letters MUST include the author’s address and phone number for use by the GT office. The GT reserves the right to edit letters. The GT 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. On the HEPPNER WEBSITE: www.heppner.net • S tart o r C h a n g e a S u b sc rip tio n • Place a C la ss ifie d A d • S u b m it a N e w s S tory • V iew R eal E state fo r S ale • City Council & Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! Hermiston Herald endorses Spicer Reprinted Editorial from the Hermiston Herald May 2, 2006 Three candidates are vying to fill the role of circuit court judge in the newly-created 6"' district. Steven Fogelson, an attorney in private practice since 1992, and former deputy district attorney for Umatilla County, has put forward some interesting ideas should he win the election. He supports a night court, a drug court and more creativity when issuing sentences. Fogelson does not, however, have the temperament to serve as judge. Listening to him in private conversations or public forums, one gets the impression that emotion would play a role in Fogelson’s sense of justice. There is no place for advocacy in the judge’s chair. Christopher Brauer has a proven track record in his job as Umatilla County District Attorney, a role he has served since 1995. But Brauer’s background is almost primarily in criminal law. And while he has some experience in civil law, it is limited, and he lacks experience in family law. Annetta Spicer is currently a private practice attorney who has also served as Morrow County District Attorney and deputy district attorney. She is our choice to fill the seat as circuit court judge for the 6lh district. We like her broad experience in both civil and criminal law, and her emphasis on victim s’ rights. We also like that she is dissatisfied with the status quo of the current court system. She believes the scheduling of cases and jury selection is inefficient and needs revamping. She is right. Brauer has remarked little about any changes he would bring to the court if elected. Spicer also has a point in her concerns about the potential for conflict if Brauer were to serve as judge. He has appointed many of the attorneys who would be prosecuting cases in his courtroom. O f all three candidates, Spicer has the best temperament, background and concern for a fair and judicious court of law. STUDENT O F TH E M ONTH M AHALEY HUDDLESTON M ahaley Huddleston, 17, is currently a junior at Heppner High School. She is the daughter o f Mark and Janice Huddleston. M ahaley has two brothers. Kyle is a college freshman, and Jared is an eighth grader. Mahaley lived in Portland until the age of five. She moved to H eppner the sum m er before her First grade year. Mahaley's leadership experiences so far have involved being the ASB vice president and she is an active junior class member. She sponsored the sophomore class by going to the HOB Y festival in 2005. Last year she was sophom ore class president. She has also helped feed the homeless in Portland with her church group. Mahaley is active in 4-H, HHS drama, and is always looking for new opportunities and leadership activities. Mahaley consistently maintains honor roll status and is currently taking advanced placement (AP) classes in language arts and chemistry. Mahaley also was part of the lone/Heppner group that traveled to France this spring. Her career goals are either dram a or journalism . Student o f the Month is sponsored by Sherrell Insurance Agency-Farmer's Insurance Group 127 N. Main, Heppner • 676-5818 ____________~ Letters to the Editor ~ ____________ The Heppner Gazette Times will print all letters to the Editor with the following criteria met: letters submitted to the newspaper will need to have the name of 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 phone number will only be used for verification and will not be printed in the newspaper 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 ol Thanks" at a cost of $10. Help turn our economy around, vote yes for speedway tax To the Editor: It is probably too late to change the minds and hearts of voters who plan to vote against the excise tax for the speedway area but we so desperately need the jobs and the new businesses in this county that we have a very hard tim e understanding those who can’t get on board. Are they going to step up and create jo b s for th o u san d s o f people? This is one of the greatest opportunities in the state and they’re willing to turn it down- what do they think is going to come along and give us anything better? Even w ith re se rv a tio n s, please vote yes, we need to turn the economy around in this county and w e ’re running out of time to keep m ore b u sin esses from closing permanently. How many more empty stores do people need to see to get the picture? (s) John and Nancy Gochnauer Heppner Senior judge supports Brauer To the Editor: V oters have an o p p o rtu n ity to elect an outstanding candidate for Circuit Judge (Position 5, U m atilla and M orrow counties), Chris Brauer. Christopher Brauer has a solid fundam ental b ack g ro u n d o f m ost all phases of law practice, civil, business, probate, domestic and criminal law. He will bring to the c o u rt the important qualifications of experience, intelligence and the degree of common sense. Mr. Brauer has shown his dedication to public service by his distinguished tenure of 12 years as Umatilla County District Attorney. His peers understood his outstanding qualities by electing him p resid en t o f the O regon D istric t A tto rn ey Association. As a former district attorney and member of the bench for this d istrict, I highly recommend and urge your vote for Chris Brauer for Circuit Judge (Position 5). (s) R ichard J. C o u rso n , seniorjudge Pendleton DA report Clinton Eugene Springer admitted to violation of probation allegation for Possession o f a C ontrolled Substance. His probation was revoked and reinstated and he was sentenced to 20 days in jail and a one-year probation extension from the original expiration date. Connie Jo Raphael admitted to violation of show cause order allegations for Assaulting a Public Safety Officer. Her probation was revoked and reinstated and she was sentenced to 12 days in jail. Marvin Alex Pourier was convicted of Possession of a Controlled Substance 2, a Class C felony. His driver’s license was suspended for six months and he was sentenced to 18 months of supervised probation, 30 days in jail, 80 hours of community service and payment of $ 1765 in Fines and fees. Raul Vazquez Hernandez was convicted of two counts of Assaulting a Public Safety Office, a Class C felony. He was sentenced to three years supervised probation, 90 days in jail, 80 hours of community service and payment of $6337.55 in fines, fees and restitution. Juan Carlos Guzman-Madrigal was convicted of Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle, a Class C felony. His driver’s license was suspended for six months and he was sentenced to 18 months supervised probation, 30 days in jail, 80 hours of community service and payment of $1826.52 in fines, fees and restitution. James Everett Baker pled guilty to Possession of a Controlled Substance- Substantial Quantity of Marijuana, a Class B felony. He was sentenced to 10 months in jail, with credit for 150 days served from another case, 24 months probation and suspension of his driver’s license for six months. lone Community Church prepares for annual auction, barbeque The lone C om m unity C hurch is already selling tickets for their 44lh annual Auction and Barbeque on Saturday, June 3 at the Willow Grange in lone. The country store and silent auction will begin at 10 a.m., the live auction begins at 10:30 a.m ., and a pit barbeque dinner will begin at 12:30 p.m. For advanced dinner tickets or more information, contact lone Com m unity Church at 422-7530 or ask any ICC member. Pettyjohn reunion to be held in lone VOTE STEVEN FOGELSON All the friends and family of William Steagal Pettyjohn and Mary Ellen Mizell are invited to gather on Sunday, June 18 at 12 noon at the lone American Legion Hall for a reunion. for CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE Umatilla/Morrow Counties (Position No. 5) Meat, rolls and drinks will be fu rn ish ed , salad s and desserts should be brought. For m ore information, contact Margo Sherer at 422-7428. VI A Voisin strong opponent for Congressperson To the Editor: I have not seen nor heard local p u b lic ity concerning any of the four Democratic nominees who w ish to oppose C o n g re ssp e rso n G reg W alden in the g en eral election in November. For those who have not sent in their ballots, I would like to speak a good word for C^rol Voisin, the one w om an seek in g the nomination. I first met her in 1972, in Berkley, CA. I was a first year student at Pacific School of R elig io n , beginning my study for a master of divinity degree. She was a first year enrollee at the Graduate Theological Union, to seek a doctorate of theology degree. We were re g u la r d in in g hall companions and participants in lively discussions. For the next tw o years, she and I, with one other woman student, were apartm ent m ates, on and clo se to the cam pus buildings. We have remained in co n tac t d u rin g these intervening 30 years. She is now teaching at Southern Oregon University. I found her to be very focused about her goals in life and fair and inclusive in h er a ttitu d e s tow ard fairness and justice. She was able to ask p o in ted questions, was willing to listen to others points of view, yet insisting on clarity of opinion. She works hard and persistently, in study and work. In the Bay area, she has been a home owner, found improving her home to meet earthquake code was necessary; she was willing to serve on com m unity planning and development committees. She is thorough and fair in her analysis of situations. To vote for anyone for p u b lic o ffice is an investment of personal trust in the in te g rity o f that person. I perceive Carol to be a person worth of that trust and recommend her for your consideration. (s) Grace Drake Heppner Rhea, one of PMH excellent caregivers To the Editor: I read with pleasure and gratitude Molly Rhea’s letter of appreciation for the hospital's staff of caregivers. Some of them I know well from the 10 years of so when I was at the hospital often in the role o f v o lu n te e r chaplain. M ost read ers probably noticed that Molly, herself, wears three hats, administratively. Last week, I ap p eared at the Home Health offices for my regular foot care- at 12:30 p.m ., b ecau se I was being “worked in.” Who came to trim my toenails? M olly Rhea. Yes, the members of the s ta ff are a group o f special people and excellent caregivers, including Molly Rhea. (s) Rev. Grace Drake Heppner Our JVTPA OPEN HOUSE Monday , May 22nd Special Prices On ALL NAPA TOOLS A FILTERS Morrow County Grain Growers Lexington 989-8221 * 1-800-452-7396 For farm «quipm tnt. Writ our w i t rita at www.mcgg.Mt School board to examine program continued from page one M orrow C ounty School District. -ap p ro v ed the second reading and adopted district financial policies. -tabled a decision on drug and alcohol policies until further discussion at the May 15 work session. -approved classified/ confidential personnel for rehire for 2006-07. -agreed to discuss the issue of em ploying a school reso u rce o ffic e r (basically a police officer) in the schools at the request of board member Ken Matlack, who is also the M orrow County Sheriff. -ag reed to consolidate the June and July meetings to one day, June 29, at 7 p.m. at the district office. - a c c e p t e d resignations and retirements for: Amber Kellison, Sam B oardm an E lem en tary S chool second grade teacher; Gretchen Kirchner, Riverside High School ed assistant; Elisabet Flores, SBE kindergarten teacher. - a p p r o v e d em p lo y m en t for A lissa D alto so , h alf-tim e RHS lan g u ag e arts teach er, replacing Lea Mathieu who is on sabbatical for the 2006- 07 sch o o l y ear; Ju an a Santillan, ACH English as a second language teacher; Ryan Preuit, Irrigon High School ad v an ced m ath teacher; Michael Cates, SBE PE teacher; Raul Alvarado, ACH PE teacher; Franca H ernandez, SBE second grade te ac h e r; A nne O sterlan d , Irrigon Elem entary School sixth grade teacher, replacing Jim Keyes; Sonia Sanchez, WRE counselor; Harold Poehling, WRE music teacher; Beth D ick en so n , HHS vo-ag teacher; M ichelle Stone, HES K-l teacher. - a p p r o v e d p ro m o tio n for: L isa Konecny, IHS library tech, replacing Sharon Sample; Diane Skoubo, RHS library tech, replacing Kay Ceton. -approved transfers for Kevin Harper from RHS tech n o lo g y ed to SBE English language learner teacher; M arianne Smith from SBE th ird grade teacher to half-tim e HES third grade teacher and half time HHS art teacher. - a p p r o v e d rescinding retirem ent for HES teacher Cara Osmin and hiring her for a half-time tem p o rary th ird -g ra d e position at HES. -heard the following announcements: board work session, Monday, May 15, prior to the budget meeting, 5:30 p.m., district office; budget meeting, Monday, M ay 15, 7 p.m . d istric t o ffice ; B oardm an C om m u n ity E d u catio n C o m m ittee m eetin g , Tuesday, May 16, 7 p.m., R iv ersid e H igh S chool; Irrig o n CEC m eetin g , Wednesday, May 17,7 p.m., Irrig o n High S chool; H ep p n er CEC m eetin g , Monday, May 22, 7 p.m. Heppner Elementary School; M em orial Day holiday, Monday, May 29; Morrow E d u catio n g ra d u a tio n , Thursday, June 1; Heppner High School graduation, Saturday, June 3; Riverside High School graduation, Sunday, June 4; last day of school for stu d en ts, Wednesday, June 7; last day o f sch o o l fo r te ac h e rs, Friday, June 9.
