TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 6,2008 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner G A Z ETT E-TIM E S U .S.PS. 240-420 M orrow C o u n ty ’s H om e-O w ned W eekly N ew spaper Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act ot'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: editor « rapidserve net or da\id(u rapidserve.net. Web site: www heppner net Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions S27 in Morrow County ; $21 senior rate (in Morrow County only, 62 years or older), $33 elsewhere; $27 student subscriptions. David Sykes..................................................................................................... Publisher Autumn Morgan................................................................................................... Editor ~ 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 w ith 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 o f statements made in letters Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under “Card o f Thanks” at a cost o f $10. Thoughts on proposed Secure Residential Treatment Facility To the editor: Heppner City Council appears ready to approve the eight-bed. Secure Residen­ tial Treatment Facility (SRTF) for Heppner. The facility promises added jobs, annual revenue spent, and a $1.6 construction project in Heppner, and supplemental mental health services and collateral benefits for the community and schools. Maybe this is great economic development for Heppner, maybe not, depending on public concerns All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. and support. For Advertising advertsing deadline is Monday at 5 p m Cost for a display ad is $4 90 per My concerns are as much with the attitude o f the council and the prime movers column inch. Cost for classified ad is 50 1 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 in the background as with the facility. The publicized meeting on July 30,2008 was not, For Public/Legal Notices public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p.m Dates for pub­ in my opinion, a certifiable public meeting, but rather a way o f not having one. lication must be specified Affidavits must be required at the time of submission Affidavits The city administrator chaired the meeting and laid down the ground rules. The require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be specified if required). rules 1 heard were, “Listen to the presentations, ask questions (to be answered by those For Obituanes Obituaries are published in the Heppner GT at no charge and are edited to promoting the facility), no public comments, if you have comments speak to a council meet news guidelines Families wishing to include information not included in the guidelines person privately, write to the Editor, or go to the next city council meeting (where, I or who wish to have the obituary written in a certain way must purchase advertising space for the obituary understand, questions and comments may or may not be taken).” I verified meeting facts For Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor MUST be signed by the author The Heppner with others, as 1 left the meeting after those rules were repeated a second time. GT will not publish unsigned letters All letters MUST include the author s address and phone 1 cannot consider this representative government. Projects like this one, good or 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 not, force-fed to the public by those “who know better” are the reason public opinion of be placed in the classifieds under "Card of Thanks' at a cost of $10 elected representatives in America is at rock bottom. American citizens have the right On the HEPPNER WEBSITE: www.heppner.net to be included in decisions affecting them. • Start or C hange a Subscription Today many citizens o f Heppner still have serious unanswered questions and • Place a C lassified A d • Subm it a N e w s Story concerns about this SRTF. Those concerns should be addressed. Intentional or not, disal­ • V iew Real Estate for S ale • City Council & Planning Minutes lowing public discourse can create divisions in Heppner like we have recently seen in • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations Arlington and Fossil. If the majority o f people are not satisfied before approval is made, • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! and feel they have been shut-out, it doesn’t matter if the decision was correct or not. It’s not often the Senior Center is that full o f citizens concerning a council deci­ sion. It indicated the citizenry are not yet comfortable with the project. In my opinion the Heppner City Council needs to seek the will o f the people, not shut them off. To ap­ prove the SRTF at the current point o f conflict with the citizens may well divide friends, Renne and Luke Renne all families, and the community. That is not elective representative government at its best, Vern Batty A funeral service for of Greensboro, NC. regardless o f “good intentions.” She w as preceded in Ray Grace longtime Morrow County death by her husband Ken­ Heppner re s id e n t, neth Batty and a brother Vern Bat­ Support for proposed Secure Residential Treatment Facility Cecil McDaniel. ty , w ill C o n trib u tio n s for To the editor: be h e ld I am writing this letter to encourage support for the “Secure Residential Treatment those w ho w ish may be 11 a .m . made to Pioneer Memorial Facility” proposed for placement in Heppner by Community Counseling Solutions. Saturday, As a health care professional practicing pharmacy in Morrow and Gilliam Coun­ Hospice, PO Box 9, Hep­ August 9, ties for that past 20 years, I have seen first hand the tremendous benefit that well designed pner, Oregon 97836 or to 2 0 0 8 , at treatment plans involving today’s medications can have on a person’s life. We have an A lzheim er’s A ssociation, the United opportunity to extend a welcome to and indeed provide this important care to people 1650 N. W. Naito Parkway, Methodist Suite 190, Portland, Oregon who need it. Not only this, but also at the same time gain a service that is lacking at this Church in Vern Batty time and costing the citizens o f Morrow County money and availability o f local care. 97209. H eppner. That service would be the availability o f “respite beds” for citizens in a mental health Sweeney Mortuary C o n clu d in g serv ice and crisis. Currently they are transported by the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office to facilities o f Heppner is in charge of burial w ill follow at the in such places as Bend and Grants Pass. H eppner M asonic C em ­ arrangements. We are very fortunate to already have in place a very good spectrum o f health etery. Timathy Hunter care with our mental health services, public health services, Morrow County Health Mrs. Batty, 84, died District, hospital and clinic serv ices, and the levels o f housing care available for our Saturday, August 2, in Port­ Monahan-Rollis senior citizens. The facility’s respite care would provide one more service that is already A celebration o f life land where she had been for family and friends will needed locally. living in recent years. Facilities such as the one proposed have a good track record nationally, in Oregon She was born D e­ be held for Timathy Hunter and indeed “locally” meaning the facility opened about one year ago in Umatilla. cember 13, 1923 in Hard­ Monahan - Rollis at 4 p.m. Several tours o f local concerned citizens have visited this facility and found it man, the daughter o f Elmer on Sunday, August 10,2008 and Ethel Allen McDaniel. at the Heppner City Park. A to be modem, secure and a good neighbor. The addition o f about 15 jobs with a payroll She was raised and attended private inurnm ent will be o f $720,000 per year hasn’t hurt either. There are legitimate concerns that must be addressed, such as the type o f person school at B urton Valley held at the Heppner Masonic to be accepted into the facility. However, we do have control o f this through the locally near Hardman. She then at­ Cemetery. administered Behavioral Health Board. We can and should ask that our concerns be ad­ Tim athy M onahan tended high school at Hard­ man where she graduated in - Rollis, one year old died dressed. 1 feel that they have been. This is a unique opportunity to add services and jobs needed in South Morrow 1941. Following high school Tuesday, July 29, 2008, o f County. Please join me in showing support for this project. she attended a secretarial an accidental drowning at John Murray, Heppner his home in Heppner. college. Obituaries O n O c to b e r 3 1, 1942 she married Kenneth G. Batty at Weiser, ID. The couple lived at Hardman and Monument before settling in Heppner in 1970. She enjoyed flowers, gardening, cooking, sew ­ ing and golfing. She was a member o f the Heppner United M ethodist Church and the Willow Creek Coun­ try Club, also in Heppner. Survivors include: her daughter, Gayle Renne o f Portland; sister, Vera C line o f Salt Lake City, UT; grandson, Ryan Renne; and great-grandsons, Cole He was bom July 25, 2007 at Pendleton the son o f Sarah Monahan and Steven Rollis. Survivors include: his parents; sister, Larissa Monahan - Rollis; brothers, Chase Monahan - Rollis, and Aaron Rollis; grandpar­ ents, Russell and Ellen Rol­ lis and Marcella Monahan; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. Memorial contribu­ tions may be made to the donor’s favorite charity. Sweeney Mortuary o f Heppner is in charge of arrangements. BEO FINANCIAL SERVICES * IRA’s * Life Insurance * Long Term Care * Pension Rollovers * Retirement Planning * Long Term Financial Needs R uss M u rfitt Financial Advisor FFA students commended for incredible job To the Editor: The weekend of July 12, 2008, (Heppner High School vo-ag teacher and FFA advisor) Beth Dickenson, the Heppner High School FFA students and parents provided serving and cleanup assistance at our daughter’s wedding These outstanding young people deserve to be commended for doing an incredible job. Each and every one o f them worked tirelessly to make our event successful. A number o f our guests commented on how polite and efficient the kids were. We would highly recommend this group o f FFA students to any organization. Bruce and Vicki Coe Milwaukie_______________________________________ ___________________________ NOAA issues monthly climate summary for Heppner A ccording to p re­ liminary data received by NOAA’s National Weather Service in Pendleton, tem­ peratures in Heppner aver­ aged slightly warmer than normal during the month o f July. The average tem ­ perature was 70.8 degrees w h ich w as 1.4 d e g re es above normal. High tem ­ peratures averaged 86.9 de­ grees, which was 1.2 degrees above normal. The highest was 96 degrees on the 1st. Low temperatures averaged 54.7 degrees, which was 1.6 degrees above normal. The lowest was 46 degrees, on Securities related products and services made available through BEO Financial Services are offered by Royal Alliance Associates, Inc., an independent registered broker-dealer, member FINRA, SIPC, not affiliated with Bank of Eastern Oregon, its affiliates, divisions, or subsidiaries. Advisory services offered through Pearson Financial Group, a registered investment advisor. Not a Deposit of Bank of Eastern Oregon. Not FDIC Insured. Not Insured by any Federal Government Agency. Not Guaranteed by Bank of Eastern Oregon. May Go Down in Value. ^ ( / e m a il: r m u r f i t t a ro v a la a .c o m For an appointm ent in your area, call Rank of F.axtern Oregon. I Heritage Land Co. 278 N. Main, Heppner W e se ll Residences, Ranches, and Recreation \( Home Office: 279 !N. M ain St., Heppner. O R 97836 * 541-676-9127 ^ the 11th. On eight days, the tem perature exceeded 90 degrees. Precipitation totaled 0.00 inches during July, which was 0.35 inches be­ low normal. The outlook for Au­ gust from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center calls for near normal tem peratures and below normal precipita­ tion. Normal highs for Hep­ pner during August are 85.2 degrees and normal lows are 53.1 degrees. The 30 year normal precipitation is 0.54 inches. The National Weath- (541 ) 676-5049, (541 ) 980-3465 www.heritageland.net,www.farmseller.com www.eastoregonrealestate.com South Morrow County's Number In o Real Estate Company er Service is an office o f the National Oceanic and A tm ospheric A dm inistra­ tion, an agency o f the U.S. Commerce Department. “Just Us” team places second for money raised in Relay for Life T h e re ’s No Place Like Hope was the theme for this year’s Relay for Life in Prineville. The team “Just Us” came in second place out o f 25 team s for ra isin g $3,966.02, a little over a thousand dollars more than last year thanks to the gener­ ous donations from people in the community. The team consisted of: Co-chair Rebecca Swear­ ingen, Brenda Comni, Chera Elliott and Michael Boyd, all o f Prineville, Cheryl Parker o f Bend, Jeff and Kathie Maben o f Mt. Vernon, Tres- ton Maben, Josh, Jessica and Coley Roy, Celita Strouse, Ruth Mabe and Tom, and Shannon and Jered Wick- lund o f Heppner. The team also took Best D ecorated Cam psite for the relay, the second time in five years the team has taken part. The “Just Us” team never wants to give up hope that some day, in the very near future, a cure for cancer will be found. 2008 Morrow County Chronicles introduced at MC Fair W h a t k in d o f m ed ical e m erg en cy did a n e i g h b o r ’s h a c k s a w resolve? W hat happened to the mysterious keepsake quilt that disappeared from 1942 to 2007?. Who was the country girl from Lexington who went to the big city, but came back to her roots to be Morrow County Public Health Nurse? Who were really the earliest residents o f Morrow County? What Irrigon youth left his mark on the rodeo world? T h e s e q u e s tio n s and more will be answered w hen you read the 2008 issue o f the Morrow County Chronicles. Morrow County Historical Society publishes The Chronicles to preserve lo c a l h e r ita g e , an d as a fundraising project for restoration and preservation projects. T he new 2 0 0 8 ed itio n includes 11 new short stories and w ill be in tro d u c e d at the 2008 Morrow County Fair. “These small books o f interesting stories, photographs, and m aps should be in your personal book collection and they make great gifts for new comers and long time residents. Plan to pick up the 2008 edition at the Morrow County Historical Society Booth at M orrow County Fair,” said Carol Michael. The price for each copy is around $10. Blue Basin hike offered John Day Fossil Beds National Monument will offer a ranger-conducted hikes into the spectacular Blue Basin fossil beds. This two-hour hike will feature the geologic landscape and fossil history of the basin. The hike will begin at 10 a.mm on Saturday, August 9. It will begin at the Blue Basin trailhead, located three miles north of the Sheep Rock Unit visitor center which is located nine miles west of Dayville, Oregon, on Route 19. Participants should bring good hiking shoes, a sun hat, jacket, water bottle, and a camera. For further information please call 541-987-2333. Morrow County Public Works Household Hazardous Waste Event (541) 989-9500 for Details September 20th South end Road Dept. Parking lot September 21st North end Transfer Station. Times at both sites 10:00 - 2:00