Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 8. 2008 - FIVE
It’s important to report
suspicious activity
By Kenneth Matlack
Morrow County Sheriff
I have been in con
tact w ith H eppner C ity
M anager S teve B ogart
and learned that there have
been some reports o f suspi
cious activity that may not
have been reported to the
S heriff’s Office because
some citizens may have
felt the information may
have been too m inor to
report.
1 believe it is very
important to report any ac
tivity that a citizen deems as
suspicious and is a concern
to them or other citizens.
By reporting suspicious
activity, it generates a call
for service that identifies
the date, time and location
o f a potential problem.
In the event a crime
did occur and was related
to the suspicious activity
call, the information that
was initially called in could
be o f great importance and
may help solve the crime.
The call can be document
ed quickly and then be
recalled in the future if
similar activities continue.
This allows us to collect
data and pin point potential
problem areas.
We desire your calls
because working together
increases the chances o f
investigating crimes or to
stop unwanted or poten
tially dangerous activities.
We also appreciate very
much the w illingness o f
citizens to get involved
and help remove unwanted
graffiti that may occur in
tow n. H ow ever, please
remember that it is very
important that you call the
S heriff’s Office as soon
as possible so that it can
be photographed prior to
being removed or covered
up.
O n m an y o c c a
sions, the suspects will
leave details that can lead
to his or her identity. Once
the crime has been reported
and then p h o to g rap h ed
your assistance in helping
get the graffiti covered up
as soon as possible is very
m uch appreciated . We
have found that the sooner
the graffiti is covered up
or removed significantly
reduces the addition or re
occurrence o f additional
graffiti or vandalism.
We appreciate your
w illingness to help and
together we can and do
make a difference in our
community. Thank you
again for your willingness
to get involved.
Over the Tee Cup results
The WCCC Ladies competed in a seven week long
match play competition during the summer. Sally Walker
was the champion. Second place was a tie between Jackie
Allstott and Cindi Doherty. Fourth place was Pat Edmund-
son. Fifth place was Sandi Hanna, and sixth place was a
tie between Virginia Grant and Luvilla Sonstegard.
The competition ended with an evening scramble
activity and awards presentation. A 2009 Match Play com
petition is being planned and all interested lady golfers are
urged to sign up when play starts again in April.
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Cast your vote...
Letter to the editor:
1 would like to see you cast your vote for the in
cumbent sheriff, Kenneth Matlack.
1 have seen him on the rural roads patrolling and
also stopping and visiting w ith people and asking how his
department could better serve Morrow County. I have lived
all my life in Morrow County and this is the first time 1
have seen this much communication with rural people.
Bob Kilkenny
Heppner
Obama has a thorough analysis of situations
To the Editor:
Ray is a veteran o f WW1I, where he was a combat
infantryman and fought through the Battle o f the Bulge,
and on through Germany until Germany surrendered.
While overseas, he voted for Franklin Roosevelt,
and we have both voted in every presidential election since
then. We have voted not always by party but each for the
person we considered to be the best, and we have not al
ways won. This year, we both feel, is the most important
ever, and there is no question which is the choice.
Barak Obama has demonstrated that he is very
thorough in his analysis o f situations. He seeks the counsel
o f the most qualified and knowledgeable persons available,
weighs all the facts and therefore makes well-informed
decisions based on knowledge, rather than impulsively
and on “instinct.” He is even willing to change when new
information is available. Good grief—who ever w ould have
thought o f such a thing?
He has not only been a brilliant scholar but has
worked in the community and understands the situation
so many o f us find ourselves in due to the disastrous two
terms o f the present administration. He understands the
difficulty ofjust taking care o f our families, as we should,
in the one-time richest country in the world. Barak Obama
had stood against going into the war in Iraq, as we did. He
has a vice president who can hit the ground running, the
ability and leadership and the plan to bring about the
changes we must have to regain the respect o f our own
people and o f the world.
Ray and Martha Johnston
Olympia, WA
MORROW COUNTY HEALTH DISTRICT
Voter Fact Sheet
The District provides healthcare to
Morrow County residents in many ways:
Ambulance Sgryifig
Ambulances & EMTs located in Boardman, Heppner & Irrigon
Quick Response teams with EMTs located in Lexington & lone
Standby coverage for community & sporting events
Pioneer Memorial Home Health & Hospice
Services provided to the entire county
Nurses & therapists see patients in their homes
Irrigon Medical Clinic
Primary healthcare (nurse practitioner & physicians), free sports
physicals & blood pressure checks
Columbia River Community Health Services Subsidy
Primary healthcare to all residents of the Boardman community
Pioneer Memorial Clinic
Primary healthcare, free sports physicals & blood pressure checks
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
Emergency Room, Inpatient & Swing Bed care, Lab, X-ray & CAT
scan, upper endoscopy, colonoscopy
Cppnty-widg
County-wide enrollment assistance for Medicare Part ‘D’
Prescription Drug Plans
Ladies Play Day
results
Community banks are
safe and sound
By George Koffler, CEO
vision schedule regular and
Bank of Eastern Oregon
periodic examinations of
All o f America has community banks. Teams
been w atching intently o f examiners come directly
w hile both houses o f con to the bank for several
w eek s ev ery 1 8
gress have been
months or sooner
grappling with
and grade us on
th e b e st w ay
capital adequacy,
to stabilize the
liquidity, manage
financial m ar
ment, asset quality,
kets. A deal has
finally emerged
and sensitivity to
interest rate risk.
that not all are
In addition, banks
happy with but
it stands a good
subm it quarterly
George Koffler
chance o f help
d e ta ile d rep o rts
to regulators and
ing us through
the months ahead to calm have the unenviable task
the financial storm and o f complying w ith scores
navigate through these un o f federal and state regula
tions, unlike many o f our
certain times we are in.
It should serve us competitors.
well to look back and re
Your com m unity
member what brought us bank is highly c a p ita l
here. For 70 years, since ized and your deposits are
the Great Depression, fi insured to certain limits
nancial regulation, primar by the Federal D eposit
ily through the Glass Stea Insurance C orporation.
gall Act, was the keystone In addition, some banks,
to a sound base for the such as Bank o f Eastern
financial services industry. Oregon, can provide ad
Early this decade Congress ditional co v erag e w ith
repealed Glass Steagall as rep u rch ase ag reem en ts
part o f the modernization and the CDARS product,
o f our financial system, extending FDIC insurance
and as a result the walls to as much as $50,000,000
between banking, invest per customer.
ments, and insurance were
There is no credit
p ra c tica lly elim in ated . crunch at your community
Wall Street investm ent bank. We are ready and
banks used these changes willing to loan money to
to take unquantifiable risks credit-worthy businesses
in search o f huge profits, that create jobs in your
and today those business town and help support all
practices have come home o f the other services in
to roost in a big way. Us your local community.
ing sub-prime mortgages,
When you are de
financial derivatives no ciding where to put your
one understands, and high hard-earned cash, remem
risk leveraging, greed has ber your community bank.
driven many investment We need your deposits
banks and funds to the to loan funds to farmers,
brink of collapse.
ranchers, main street busi
H ow d o e s th is nesses, and individuals
model com pare to your for homes, autos, educa
local com m unity bank? tion, and other consumer
There are several impor needs. Your money is safe.
tant differences. A com Your money is liquid. Your
munity bank, like Bank of money is helping complete
Eastern Oregon, continues the business cycle.
to be a highly regulated
Come see your lo
institution. Both the FDIC cal community bank to
and the State Banking Di- day.
L adies Play Day,
in a scramble format, was
held on Tuesday, Septem
ber 30, at the Willow Creek
Country Club. Results are
as follows:
Tied for first place
were the teams o f Nancy
Propheter, Sandi Hanna,
Joanne Barbee and Karen
Thom pson, and V irginia
Grant, Luvilla Sonstegard,
and Betty Christman.
Second place was
Pat Edm undson, Lorrene
Montgomery, Bev Steagel,
and Lynnea Sargent.
T h ird p la c e w as
Corol Mitchell, Pat Dough Pictured are the Heppner High School September Students of
the Month for each grade level. They are (l.-R): Shane Miles, 7"’
erty, and Jacki Allstott.
HHS Students of the Month
grade; Alex Smith, 8"1 grade; Cassi Day, ‘>lh grade; Cory Silvia, 10*
grade; and Spencer Palmer, 12"’ grade. Not pictured is Cherisse
Lemmon, II* grade. Photo by Autumn Morgan
HES recognizes September Students of the Month
Comparison of Health District Current Tax Rates
tilth this Local Option Levy, the District is
John Day $ 2.1329 per $1,000 proposing to continue a tax rate o f SO. 39
Burns
S 1.9314 r per $1,00» to " $39
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fo r a house valued at SI00,000. Even
Enterprise $ 1.7997 per $ 1,000 H ith the proposed levy, the Health District 's
Morrow
$ 0.6050 per $ 1,000 ra,e would continue to he only ¡ m o f »hat
the other districts in our region average.
Why the Health District needs a
Five-Year Local Option Levy
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To Maintain the current level of services.
Current year budget projections indicate insurance discounts and charity
care will climb to a high of $984,780. Our current tax rate is estimated to
generate only $634,542 this year.
In the near future, current tax rate collections are projected to be flat
due to reductions of property values in the entire county.
Same 0.39 cents per $1000 as voted in 2004.
To provide Stability to local healthcare.
Heppner Elementary School recognized the Students of the Month for September. Kindergarten:
Hayden Hyatt (not pictured) and Madelyn Nichols. First Grade: Esan Kollman and Cheyenne
Shaw. Second Grade: Dakota Howard. Keegan Gibbs and Susie Teeman. Third Grade: Tarin
Troxell and Sophie (¿rant. Fourth Grade: Logan Grieb and Demi Schmidt. Fifth Grade: H eston
Putman and Rylee Kollman. Sixth Grade: T..I. Patton and M aken/i Hughes. The theme for the
month of September was respect. Photo by Autumn Morgan