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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 24, 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 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- mail editortirapidserve.net or davidta heppner net Website: www.heppner net. Post master send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-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 Foster....................................................................................................... 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 tor 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 wntten 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 nght 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 • Start or C h a n g e a S u b scrip tion • P la c e a C la s s ifie d A d • S u b m it a N e w s Story • V ie w R eal E state for S a le • City Council & Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park • W illow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! Elks Americanism contest As the Elks plan for the implementation of the new Grand Lodge program, it is necessary for lodges to in co rp o rate the new Americanism Essay Contest into that plan. By distributing the new theme, “Why I am proud to be an American,” at this Spring time of year, lodges will have plenty of opportunity to get into area schools early, let teachers know about the program and solicit their participation in this most worthy program for the fall school term. Every exalted ruler and Lodge A m ericanism Committee chairman is being asked to follow through with this contest and let students in their community express their feelings regarding our country and the flag. To help facilitate the program , the Elks are working with the schools to help the children participate. They are giving the teachers the new rules and deadlines. A nyone w ishing to participate in the contest should contact their teachers or an Elks member. The contest is open to students in grades 5 through 8. ___________~ 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 w ill need to have the name o f 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 w ill only be used for verification and w ill not be printed in the newspaper. Letters may not be libelous. The GT reserves the nght to edit. The GT is not responsible for accuracy o f statements made in letters. Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under "Card ot Thanks” at a cost o f $10. Irrigon school problems should be addressed, not swept under the rug To the Editor: Those o f us who took the time to find out what is really happening at our school, reported our findings to Superintendent Burrows in late sum m er 2005, hoping the problem could be solved with little publicity. As you know, that has not happened. Business as usual is ongoing at Irrigon Junior/Senior High School. Personally, 1 would much rather talk directly to the Board members than air our dirty laundry in public. Since we have seen no improvement in the quality o f adm inistration at our school, I have decided tc answer the unfair persona charges that have been leveled against me. Twice Sami Griffin has attempted to vilify me at public meetings. The first time was during the March Irrigon High School Booster Club meeting. Although she never said my name, the majority of the people in attendance knew who she was talking about. She said I had talked to M ark B urrow s, e-m ailed the MCSD Board and called a rep o rter. The first two charges are accurate but I did not call a reporter At the MCSD board m eeting in A pril she changed her O regon In te rn a tio n a l Speedway Thank You Morrow County voters for your support! Your trust In Oregon Intern ation al Speedway to bring jobs and econom ic developm ent to M orrow County Is g rea tly appreciated. Through your support o f Measure 25-45 Morrow County now has a Speedway Activity District and the ability to collect an excise tax on ticket sales and certain retail goods and services sold only within the Speedway Activity District. Revenue from this tax w ill pay for the infra structure - roads, sewers, waste treatment, utilities - required to support this project. Special thanks to those who wrote letters to the editor, pul signs in business windows, made phone calls, wrote postal cards, and talked to neighbors and friends encouraging them to sup port this measure. Now it's up to OIS to secure sanctioned race date commitments and build a world class motor sports complex. ~ ___________ YES MCS Steering Committee (standing, left to rightI Boh Okeson. Dean Kegler. BillieJean Morris and Karen Pettigrew, celebrate the win with Bill Gardner, left, and Stew Brucker OIS will keep Morrow County residents in formed a s we move into the speedway's development and construction phases diatribe. This time she said I had written a letter to the editor. Actually, this is the first letter I have written. In view of the fact that I did nothing illegal, immoral or unethical, I find it absolutely abhorrent that at a time when young men, including her grandson, are risking their lives to bring freedom to the people of Iraq, she w ould deny a :itizen of the United States ner Constitutional right to free speech. Even m ore disturbing is the fact that Ron Anthony’s supporters applauded her effort. I guess they do not believe in democracy either. What have I done to earn Ms. Griffin’s disdain? I have helped to expose some of the problems within the sch o o ls ad m in istra tio n . Some people believe that by exposing the problems at our school I have brought shame to it. I believe the shame is in harboring the people who are guilty of misdeeds. As an old friend once told me, “It is not a sin for a rat to come into your house. The sin is to let it live there.” W hen parents a ttem p ted to air th e ir concerns at the December school board meeting, the board told them they could not talk about personalities at a public meeting. (This apparently does not apply to private citizens.) They were told they would have to ask for an executive meeting. For the parents, this meant that the board did not want to listen to them. Following an article in the E ast O regonian addressing some of their concerns, a mean spirited letter, comprised of mostly fiction, appeared in every paper in the county. These people were ridiculed and called names because they dared to attempt to expose serious offences against their children, each of which has happened in the past two years. O nly tw o o f the people that signed that bit of non sen se atten d ed the meeting. Even the author was not in attendance. Most o f the sig n atu res w ere e lic ite d by pure m isrepresentation o f the facts. The “negative nellies” are the few people in Irrigon that are supporting the abuse of “other peoples” kids in our schools. P aren ts w hose children have had unresolved problems at school should contact Teachers Standards and P ractices. T his organization is investigating IJSHS problems at this time. Their web site is TSPC. They need your help. (s) Meredith De Haven Irrigon CUSTO M BANNERS Gazette-Times 676-9228 Wallowa, Rene of Heppner and Sue of Cheney, WA; son, Don of Spray; 23 g randchildren, 44 g reat Richard E. grandchildren and 16 great- “Dick” Ruhl great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her Richard E. “ Dick” husband, J.J.; children, Mac, Ruhl, 65, died Friday, May Faye and Shirley; and three 19, 2006 at his home near grandchildren and six great Lexington. grandchildren. At his request no M e m o r i a l serv ice w ill be held. contributions may be made D isp o sitio n w as by to P io n eer M em orial cremation. H ospice, P.O. Box 9, He was born Dec. 1, Heppner, OR 97836 or to 1940 at Heppner, the son of Willow Creek Terrace, 400 Laurel E. “Buck” and Viola Frank Gilliam Dr., Heppner, Faye Gray Ruhl. He grew up OR 97836. on the Ruhl family ranch in Sweeney Mortuary Black Horse Canyon near of Heppner is in charge of L ex in g to n . He atten d ed arrangements. school in Lexington and then Heppner High School where Births __________ he graduated. He went on to play football for Oregon B ra n d o n Jesus State University and played G alv ez- a son, B randon in the 1965 Rose Bowl. Jesus, was bom May 9,2006 Ruhl married Susan at St. Anthony Hospital in M cQ uarry also from Pendleton to Lidia Magallon Heppner and they had two and Aaron Galvez-Angolo of children, Dana and Rich. He Boardman. received his master's degree J a s m in e A ra h i in p h y sical e d u catio n , N a v a rr o L e m u s- a startin g a teach in g and daughter. Jasmine Arahi, was coaching career in Henely. born May 14, 2006 at Good After two years, he moved Shepherd Medical Center in to R oseburg w here he H erm iston to R osalba continued his career for 27 Lem us C arillo and Luis years. D ick and Susan Navarro of Irrigon. divorced in 1978. Ruhl returned to the Physician Ruhl ranch every summer for prospect visits h arv est, retu rn in g permanently after he retired community in 1991. In 1993, his continued from page 1 companion, Lyn Reuteler, jo in ed him on the ranch 25 total runs w ith 12 w here they have lived transports for $10,947 in happily for the past 13 years. revenue; Irrigon Ambulance had 11 total runs with five tran sp o rts for $4,005 in Eva Griffith revenue; there were three Eva Griffith, 97, of flights; Pioneer Memorial Heppner, died Tuesday, May Hospital had 12 admissions, 16, at Willow Creek Terrace 401 outpatients, 1,454 lab Assisted Living in Heppner. tests, 83 x-ray procedures, A graveside service 31 CT scans, 37 EKG tests was held May 20 at the and two respiratory therapy Heppner Masonic Cemetery. procedures; Home Health A p o tlu ck g ath erin g had 140 visits; Hospice had ad m issio n s; the followed at the Heppner City tw o pharmacy administered 677 Park. She was born Jan. drug doses for $40,574 in 30, 1909 at Lexington, the revenue; the hospital had daughter of William H. and $ 2 1 ,8 0 0 in revenue for Mary Blake Padberg. She hospital encounters. -discussed a possible lived all of her younger years in C lark s C anyon and wellness outreach program attended the Social Ridge for students as young as S ch o o lh o u se. She then p reschool th ro u g h high atten d ed high school in school. -learn ed of a Lexington. At the age of 13, goodbye Griffith was queen of the com m unity scheduled for Dr. Sam Datta Morrow County Fair and on Tuesday, May 30, from 3- R odeo. She atten d ed 6 p.m. Everyone is invited to Monmouth Normal School attend. Dr. Datta is leaving and a fte r receiv in g her teaching degree, taught at the district for employment in Hermiston. lone. -learned that Tom On Dec. 22, 1928 W icklund is serv in g as she married J.J. Griffith at courier between the Irrigon Vancouver, WA. The couple and P io n eer was p aren ts to seven C lin ic Memorial. Wicklund is also children. They lived in the w orking as a yard Kahler Basin area near Spray maintenance person at PMH. and at Enterprise for a short -a p p o in ted board tim e. They m oved to members John Gochnauer Heppner in 1953. She started and Larry M ills to the cooking at the new Heppner district’s review committee High School w here she to review credentials. worked up until the time of -learned that Vander her retirement. She remained D oes went to Salem to active after her t'etirement testify concerning Medicare working at Heppner Day funding for sw ing-bed Care. patients. “I think we have a In 1975, she was named Grand Marshall for shot,” said Vander Does, the Morrow County Fair and who volunteered for a sub R odeo. She enjoyed committee. “This is more bowling, gardening, fair and progress than I’ve seen.” -learn ed from rodeos, her dog Missy and spending tim e w ith her Vander Does that the district has receiv ed no audit family. Survivors include in fo rm atio n from the d au g h ters, B everly o f B oardm an C om m unity Health Care clinic. Obituaries Stay tuned! This w ill be an exciting adventure for a ll o f us! Bill Gardner Managing Partner Steve Brucker Senior Vice President Oregon International Speedway Oregon International Speedway NOW C a « t Iro n • Bulli: T o u g h ! Bill Gardner is the founder of DiGard Racing, ime of the legendan names in NASI AR See www Jtgurdroang nun Morrow County G rain Growers Lexington 989-8221 • 1-800-452-7396 » f « farm equipment. visit our web rite at www mcgf.net
