TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 10,2006
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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
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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
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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.