TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 22,2007
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Fires
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acres. The lightning-caused
fire started Wednesday and
is now 25 percent contained.
There are 663 personnel
now assigned to the fire,
and represented agencies in
clude USFS, Oregon Dept,
o f Forestry, Oregon Dept,
o f T ransportation, Grarrt
County and Oregon Dept of
Corrections. There is still a
considerable amount o f line
to construct on the south
side and along the river to
the east.
Due to extrem ely
dry fire conditions, Public
Use restrictions are in effect
and a complete campfire ban
has been imposed on the
following state and federal
lands: Umatilla NF, Malheur
NF, Wallowa-Whitman NF,
BLM lands in Bums BLM
District, and Oregon State
Parks in the NE Oregon
ODF Protection area.
Over the weekend,
the Berry Creek Fire located
8 miles south of John Day
burned 20 acres near a resi
dential area, threatening nu
merous structures. The fire
started Saturday afternoon
and was contained Sunday
at noon.
R esources on the
fire included tw o SEAT
(single engine air tankers),
one heavy tanker, eight en
gines, two bulldozers and
a 10-person hand crew. It
was called a “good catch” in
very dry, windy conditions.
Cause o f the fire is under
investigation.
For information on
ongoing wildfires in other
jurisdictions within Oregon,
go to the Northwest Inter
agency Coordination Center
website, www.nwccweb.us/
and to the national Incident
Information System w eb
site at w w w .inciw eb.org/
state/38/.
Fire Statistics:
As o f A ugust 20,
2007 there were 273 light
ning-caused fires that have
b u rn e d a p p r o x im a te ly
49,366 acres. There are 619
hum an-caused fires that
have burned approximately
4,378 acres. A total o f 892
fires have burned approxi
mately 53,744 acres.
10-year averages in
clude 251 lightning-caused
fires and 520 human-caused
fires for a total o f 19,874
acres burned.
Ukiah fires
-Continued from page one
No damage to any
structure or injury to the
public or fire fighters has
been reported. State High
way 244, east o f U kiah
(mile post 3 to 15) is cur
rently open. Many Forest
Service roads remain closed
until co n ditions becom e
safe for public travel. The
Umatilla National Forest has
opened Forest Road 52 and
the North Fork John Day
Campground. Forest visitors
are reminded that all fires
are prohibited in the forest.
Various trails, campgrounds
and backcountry roads are
closed as the result o f the
fires and may remain closed
when bow hunting season
opens August 25.
For more fire and
road inform ation, please
visit the Umatilla National
Forest web site at: http://
w w w.fs.fed.us/r6/uma. or,
http ://w w w .in ciw eb .o rg /
incident/943/. or the Oregon
Department o f Transporta
tion at: http://w w w .trip-
check.com.
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Letters to the Editor ~
Oregon legislature usurping the
will of the Oregon people
To the editor:
O regon’s new Domestic Partnership Law (HB
2007) imposes by fiat what the citizens o f Oregon in 2004
expressly denied by limiting marriage and its benefits to
one man and one woman. The Domestic Partnership Law
adds “or domestic partnership” after “marriage” 17 times
in Oregon law. The Oregon democratically controlled
legislature usurped the will of the Oregon people to ban
same sex marriage by creating technical distinctions to
disguise granting virtually all benefits of Oregon mar
riage to same sex couples. If this Orwellean legislation
becomes law only same sex couples would be allowed to
form domestic partnerships whereby they gain virtually
all the benefits and rights o f marriage with none o f the
responsibilities. Cousins, brothers, sisters, and unmar
ried male and female couples are discriminated against
and have no opportunity to gain the enormous economic
and political benefits o f this liberal democrat conceived
domestic partnership bonanza.
In addition Senate Bill 2 establishes a new “pro
tected class” o f citizens based on “sexual orientation”
which the bill defines as “an individuals actual or perceived
heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality or gender iden
tity, regardless o f whether the individual’s gender identity,
appearance, expression or behavior differs from that tradi
tionally associated with the individual’s sex and birth.” (p.
1:17-20) In other words Senate Bill 2 now defines male and
female according to ones “perceived” orientation not physi
cal or historical fact and this “perceived” sexual orientation
can change at will without regulatory challenge because
that would constitute discrimination. By this legislation
a male could decide they are identifying with the female
gender in the morning and use the woman’s restroom and
wear clothes historically associated with women’s wear
and in the afternoon “perceive” themselves a male and
change clothes accordingly. This behavior could not be
challenged by a supervisor nor could co-workers object
because by law that would constitute discrimination and
a hostile workplace. If this legislation becomes law, every
person in Oregon would have the right to behave according
to their won arbitrary standard for what they “perceive”
to be their sexual orientation and gender. Oregon would
become a modem Sodom and Gomorrah.
To enforce this new morality the Oregon Legisla
tive Assembly intends to provide “A program o f public
education calculated to eliminate attitudes upon which
practices of discrimination because of race, color, religion,
sex, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, age
or disability are based.” (p. 2:5-9) In other words the state
o f Oregon is now going to attempt to determine Oregonians
think and what they are to believe. In addition the state of
Oregon according to section four (p.2:39-45) has granted
itself the power to determine if the beliefs of a church or
other religious institution are consistent with Senate Bill
2 ’s intent to protect a special class o f citizens based on
“perceived” orientation. By this legislation the state has
granted itself the sole authority to determine what is a
“bona fide” church which violates the Oregon Constitution
which declares, “All men shall be secure in the Natural
right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates
of their own consciences.”
Concerned Oregonians are circulating petitions in
Oregon to prevent these bills from becoming law on Janu
ary 1, 2008. Please sign a petition to allow the citizens of
Oregon, not the legislature, the opportunity to determine
how we are to live and what we are to believe. For more
information see www.concemedoreuonians.com
Stuart Dick
Pendleton
Rodeo Parade winners announced
Winners have been announced for the 2007 Mor
row County Rodeo parade. The results are as follows:
Commercial F loat-F oster and Adoption Program;
Community Float - Small Town Critters; Musical Entries -
Pendleton Cowboy Mounted Band; Antique Autos, Steam
Engines, Tractors - Morrow County Museum; Courts &
Royalty - Pendleton Roundup Court, Morrow County Fair
& Rodeo Court; Family Riding Group - Horse Huggers;
Marriages
Individual Horse & Rider - Leila Workman; Junior Rid
ing Group - 4-H Riding Group; Senior Riding Group -
Morrow County Clerk Bobbie Childers has re Northwest Aside Group; Teams, Wagons, Buggies - Kristy
leased the following report of marriage licenses issued:
Crowell; and Youth - Madison Combe and her brother.
-August 16: Jeffrey Earl Sepulveda, 25, Irrigon and
Rebecca Inez Sandlin, 24, Irrigon.
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-August 16: Michale Donald Duncan, 26, Joplin,
MT and Katie Mariah Walton, 24, Long Creek.
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-August 20: David Lee Bowlers, 29, Heppner and
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Marlen Andrea Spaulding, 28, Heppner.
-August 20: Carlos Enrique Reyes Cardoza, 50,
Mondays at 5 p.m.
Boardman and Suzanne Molina, 62, Boardman.
Paul and Sue Walton
o f Long Creek and Bruce
and Tammy Duncan o f Jop
lin, MT would like to an
nounce the engagement of
their children, Katie Mariah
Walton and Michael Donald
Duncan.
D u n can a tte n d e d
flight school and received
his fixed wing license. He
is currently em ployed by
Swaggart Brothers o f Herm-
iston as a construction job
supervisor.
Walton attended OIT
and graduated with honors
in June receiving a Bach
elor’s Degree in radiologic
science. She is a registered
technologist in radiology
and is currently employed
with Morrow County Health
District working in the Hep
pner Hospital.
Friends and Family
are invited to join them in
the celebration o f their mar
riage. An outdoor wedding
is planned for September 1
at the home o f Paul and Sue
Walton in Long Creek.
Justice Court
Morrow County Justice Court Judge Charlotte
Gray has released the following report:
-Drion M. Donner, 18, Heppner, endangering the
welfare o f a minor (x2), $148 fine.
-John H. Walton, 19, Heppner, violation o f the basic
rule by going 85 mph in a 55 mph zone, $214.
-James Anthony Rembert Jr., 17, no operator’s
license, careless driving with an accident, $376 fine.
-Zachary .1. Kurtz, 18, Lexington, violation o f the
basic rule by going 75 mph in a 55 mph zone, driving
uninsured, $113 fine.
-John Avery Bowles, 45, Eugene, violation o f the
basic rule by going 75 mph in a 55 mph zone, driving
while license suspended violation, failure to carry proof
o f insurance, $917 fine.
-Jesse L. Fisher, 26, Heppner, dog at large, $76
fine.
DA’s Report
Morrow County District Attorney Elizabeth Bal
lard has released the following report:
-Santos Will Guardado, 43, was convicted o f Ha
rassment, a class B misdemeanor, and was sentenced to
90 in jail with 90 days suspended, 40 hours o f community
service, other numerous conditions, and $789 in fines, fees
and assessments.
-Santos Will Guardado, 43, was convicted o f
Possession o f Methamphetamine, a class C felony, and
was sentenced to supervised probation for 18 months, 90
sanction units with 30 jail units, the court ordered all but 5
jail sanction units suspended with the five units converted
to 80 hours o f community service, six months suspended
driver’s license, remain in the state o f Oregon until written
permission is granted by the Department o f Corrections or
a county community corrections agency, change neither
employment or residence without prior permission from the
Department of Corrections or a county community correc
tions agency, not possess weapons, firearms or dangerous
animals, and pay $983 in fines, fees and assessments.
M urray’s Drug is now accepting
applications. Call 676-9158
fo r more information.
4^ M umuj ’ j DtlUj
217 North Main • Heppner • Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426
W orking with the Health Care needs of the comm unity
Portable Evaporative Cooling Units
36” Belt-Driven
16” 112 H P C o o lin g U nit
C o o lin g Unit
with Cart and Tank ^
t0 O N S A L E
O N S A L E $930.00
sto ck on hand
$1,899.00
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Katie Walton and Michael Duncan
Columbia River Community Health
Services
Port • A • Cool
Lexington 989-8221 • 1-800-452-7396 Parrara
Walton, Duncan to marry
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