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TW O - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 25 ,2 0 0 7 The Official New spaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U .S P S 2 4 0 - 4 2 0 Morrow County's Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly and enlered as periodical m ailer at (he Post O ffice al Heppner. Oregon under the A ct o l M arch 3 ,1 8 7 9 Periodical postage paid al Heppner, Oregon. O ffic e al I8S W W illo w Street Telephone ( 5 4 1 1 6 76 -9 2 2 8 Fax 15 4 116 7 6 -9 2 11 E- mail editor <■'rapidscrve net or davidca heppner.net Website w w w heppner net Post master send address c hanges to the Heppner G azette-Tim es. P.O B ox 337, Heppner, O regon 9 7 8 3 6 Subscriptions $ 26 in M orrow County; $ 2 0 senior rate (in M orrow C ounty only; 62 years or older I, $32 elsewhere; $26 student subscriptions. Das id S y k e s .................................................................................................................Publisher A utum n Morgan ......................................................................................................... Editor ~ Letters to the Editor ~ The Heppner Gazette Times w ill print all letters to the Editor w ith the follow ing criteria met: letters submitted to the new spaper will need to have the name of the sender along with a legible signature. We are also requesting that you prov ide your address and a phone number where you can he reached. The address and phone number will only be used for verification and w ill 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 w ill be placed in the classifieds under “Card of T hanks" at a cost of $ 10 . Urging support for road levy To the Editor: 1 am writing to urge support for the M orrow County Road levy. Because of budget cuts, over which we have no control, and with e v er risin g co sts o f All News and A d ve rtisin g D eadline is M onday at 5 p.m c o n stru ctio n , it is not possible to keep up with m aintain in g n ecessary county roads w ithout a special levy. Without continuing to maintain and improve our local transportation system it will not be possible to keep our economy on track. Very little , if anything would be saved by turning major roads back to gravel as has suggested. The a d d itio n a l cost of maintenance would use up any savings from the lack of paving. In order to keep our local econom y m oving forward I urge you to join me in passing this necessary levy. Raymond French Heppner of these types of projects for several years. We also have done the following projects with o u tsid e d o llars. R econstructed and paved 2.6 miles of Coal mine Hill, reconstructed and paved 4 miles of Juniper Canyon, replaced the Brenner Bridge, replaced the Rhea Creek Bridge, replaced the Clarks Canyon Padberg Bridge #2 and will be replacing the Padberg B ridge #1 very soon. With Title II dollars, 4.5 m iles of the Penland Lake road, 3.8 miles of Ditch Creek road, as well as Shaw C reek grade and Tupper Lane very soon. We paved 10.5 miles of the Bombing Range road as well as added new turn lanes with Finley Butte Road Fund dollars. We will still be able to do some of these types of projects, just not as many. This does not speak to the snow plowing and sanding, or the rebuild work after storms to several roads, or the twice per year road grading we do on our gravel roads If we could find an option to this we would be happy to. However we to this point have no options. Our budget is not growing and will not grow because of the levy. During the 5 years o f the levy we w ill be w orking hard on these projects with levy dollars. But at the same time we would still have our budget for all of the other roads we need to maintain. Please do not force us to make the choice between keeping our good roads maintained or sacrificing them for these four roads because at the end of the day we really have no choice. John Vandenbrink, Burrell Cooley. Tom Currin. Roger Britt, John Ripple, Lee Palmer, Jerry Gentry, and Ron McKinnis Road Committee members 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 publictegal 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.hvppner.net • Start or C hange a Subscription • Place a C lassified Ad • Subm it a New's Story • View Real Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes •Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! Voters to decide on county road fix up -Continued from page one available to do this, yet it is In particular those residents of the Wagon Wheel Loop addition are very dependent on this road. In the B oardm an area we will be rebuilding that portion of Kunze from South Main Street to Tower Road w ith State Funds, leaving the rem ainder of Kunze and Miller Rd. to be done with no foreseeable funding. These roads serve the re sid en ts o f the Boardman area. In the lone area we have, through State Dollars, rebuilt a portion of the Bombing Range to lone connection, that being the new Juniper Canyon Lane. We still need to complete the rest of the road to lone. We have no funds currently of significant importance to those folks in that area. Sand Hollow Road has been upgraded and had preservation work done on over 50 p ercen t o f it however we are finding it impossible to get funding to finish the last 50 percent of that p ro ject. The road however is a very viable route from Heppner to the Hermiston area. We realize that a great deal of traffic from Heppner uses or would use this road if it were in decent c o n d itio n . The C ity o f Lexington while not directly on the Sand Hollow Road, does have access by way of Black H orse C anyon as well." Support for the road levy Letter to the Editor: 1 am w riting this le tte r in support o f the M orrow C ounty Road Department tax levy. Over the past 9 years we have been fortunate enough to do w ork on a su b stan tial num ber o f roads in our system. We have met needs in every area of the county. The projects we have done have all been needed. H ow ever many o th er projects are outstanding as well. The projects we have yet to do include four very large projects. These are the projects referred to in the levy. Without levy dollars these projects will use all of our maintenance dollars. If the levy does not pass that is exactly what we will have to do. We cannot and will not ignore the problems with these roads. This will mean the new road plan w ill ad d ress only those four roads. It will take us another five to six years to get them to a stan d ard that is acceptable and safer. Yet this Higher prices for recreation without forest management Letter to the Editor: A tten tiv e forest practices guarantees needed dollars for cam pgrounds, outdoor recreational desires and the environm ent we have come to expect in the Head Start sign up to be held May 1 North West. H istorically forest Ana Maria Reynaud will be at Heppner Elementary m anagem ent (tim b er School on Tuesday. May 1, from 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. to meet with parents and fill out applications for Head Start Mustang Mop Up for the 2007-2008 school year. For more information call 541-481-3254. Letter to the Editor: Well, our school year “After Hours” to be held by is almost done and the spring Heppner Chamber of Commerce activities at the high school have d e fin ite ly kept us The Heppner Chamber of Commerce will host hopping up here on the hill. “After Hours" at the Bank of Eastern Oregon on Thursday, With all the craziness that April 26, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. happens in the spring, I Coffee, punch, and hors d ’ oeuvres will be served. would like to introduce a Quilts, artwork, and personal collections from bank staff new activity that I and my and local families will be on display. staff are extremely excited about that will serve both our community and our students. It is appropriately named the Mustang Mop Up. The state of Oregon, and our nation in general, have really stepped up and imposed increased levels of school accountability at all levels. Because of this, we have had to put in place creative local control to meet the mandates of the larger Monday, April 30, 2007 governing body. We have You are invited to Tour M a d is o n Farm s Biosolids Recycling Program 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Call Madison Farms 541-376-8107 for reservations Learn more about the use of biosolids including management practices, regulatory controls and beneficial impacts on the soil. W T 0701 harvest) was the funding stream that provided the needed d o llars for recreation. Special Interest groups have attacked forest management with lawsuits to stop forest harvest. With the lack of forest management we are setting our forests up seen, implemented, and felt the impact of things like the No Child Left Behind Act, our state report card, and even in creased co lleg e en tran ce req u irem en ts. W ithout sp eak in g to idiosyncrasies with each of the afore m entioned, the premise of each is to increase the educational preparedness of each student to enter the workforce and our society as a whole. This brings us to the new g rad u atio n requirements that the State of Oregon have just put in place that we have to implement. As many of you know- our GOAL (Graduate O p tio n s o f A chieved Learning) requirement has to be implemented this year and our students and staff are working hard to make sure (April 28th) from 9 p.m. to 9 a.m*, TAYLOR S RESTAURANT Lexington 989-8221 • 1-800-452-7396 r» r*™ wjmimiOTt »wt w w»b «u» www m«crn«t I have issues with paying more for recreational o p p o rtu n itie s, sch o o ls, roads, and social services, at the inclination of special interest. Charles J. Hurliman Tillamook County Commissioner • our seniors are on track to finish in full stride. O ne of the requirements to graduate is com m unity service. The Mustang Mop Up is exactly that in a nut shell. We are targeting community-wide civic projects that benefit everyone as well as a few handicapped and elderly projects were need is viable. May third will be an amazing day w here many o f our students will get to use this opportunity for more than a w ork day. It w ill be a learning day. No, it will not be with books or the way you m ight see school tra d itio n a lly , but our students will gain rtiuch benefit from this experience. U n d erstan d in g and educating the whole child is our focus as a school, a state, and a nation. For many, this may be one o f the few opportunities to learn what their responsibility is with g iv in g back. T hese principles are embedded in the p lan n in g , c o m m u n icatio n , and implementation of such an event. If you know o f a project that would deem appropriate for this day, please contact me at 676- 9138. We are lucky to live in the South Willow Creek Valley. Our school is an e x ten sio n of o ur communities and this is a chance to prove that. Daye Stone Principal HHS ODFW to hold meeting The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, May 2. from 6 until 8 p.m. at the ODFW office in Heppner. The ODFW office is located in the old Kinzua mill office at 54173 Hwy 74 in Heppner. The meeting will include discussion about the proposed tag numbers for the 2007 big game seasons as well as the proposed season structure and bag limit changes for the 2008 seasons. The public is invited to attend. KARAOKE THIS SATURDAY! ~ for uncertain and unstable futures. T houghtful forest management plans ensure p re d ic tab le tim b er and revenues for our schools and local econom ies, diverse habitats for wildlife and fish and re c rea tio n a l opportunities. to help meet graduation requirements TAYLOR S RESTAURANT TMS 15 • 40 \ Quick Lift 55 gal. drums\55 gal. drums $460 \ $445 M o rro w C o u n ty G ra in Growers I does not mean they will be rebuilt to a standard that we would be able to with the levy dollars. In the mean time we will not be repairing the narrow c ro ssin g s, chip sealing, rebuilding sections of gravel roads or overlaying those sections of road that either need it now or will very soon. To give you a feel of what the comparison is since 1998 we have chip sealed 164.0 m iles, paved 18.6 m iles, reconstructed and paved 11.3 miles, built 13 plus miles of gravel road that was once paved, added 3" of gravel to 21.45 m iles of gravel roads, pave patched 14.5 m iles, w idened shoulder on 11.1 miles and replaced four bridges and reb u ilt 7 o th ers. T hese projects have all been done out o f our re g u la r road budget. If forced to rebuild the four roads in question with our road fund dollars we would not be doing most 422^800 Heppner Little League A H ep p n er L ittle L eagu e m eetin g w ill be h eld at th e H ep p n er N eig h b o rh o o d C enter on T hursday, A pril 26th at 7 p.m. A ll in terested persons are in vited to attend. ! lone School District Board of Directors to meet The Board of D irectors of lone School D istrict will m eet on Thursday, May 3, with the Educational Foundation at Wheatland Insurance Center on Main Street in lone at 6 a.m.
