TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 6,2008
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of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
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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
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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.
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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
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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-
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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