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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 9,2009 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 240-420 Morrow County's Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly by Sykes Publishing. LLC and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of 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 arapidserve net or davidiurapidserve net Web site www heppner net Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, PO. Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $27 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 All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p m. For Advertising advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p m Cost for a display ad is $5 per column inch Cost for classified ad is 504 per word Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to 100 words Cost for a classified display ad is $5.75 per column inch. For Pubto'Legai Notices publiolegal notices deadline is Monday at 5 pm Dates for pub lication must be specified Affidavits must be required at the bme 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 vtfio wish to have the obituary written m 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 ‘ C art of Thanks' at a cost of $10. Contact Information for Elected Officials: U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley: 310 SE Second Street, Suite 105 Pendleton, OR, 97801; (541) 278-1129; Wash ington D.C. Office -107 Russell Senate Office Build ing W ashington, D.C., 20510; (202) 224-3753, Fax (202) 228-3997. To contact Senator Merkley, go to http://merkley.senate.gov/, and click on "Contact Jeff." U.S. Sen. Ron W yden: Sac A nnex B u ild in g , 105 Fir St., No. 201, La Grande, OR 97850; (541) 962- 7691, e -m ail, kath lee n _cath e y@ w yd e n .se n ate , gov; (Kathleen Cathey, com m unity representative); 717 Hart Building, W ashington, D.C. 20510, (202) 224-5244; Fax: (202) 228-2717. To contact Senator Wyden, go to www.wyden.senate.gov, and click on "e-mail Ron". U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (2nd District): 843 E. Main St., Suite 400, Medford, OR 97504, (541) 776-4646, (800) 533-3303; 1404 Longw orth Office Building, W a sh in gto n , D.C. 20515, (202) 2 2 5 -6 7 3 0 ; Fax: (202) 225-5774. To e-mail Representative Walden, log on to his website at www.walden.house.gov and click on the "contact me" link. ~ The Heppner Gazette Times will print all letters to the Editor with the follow ing criteria met: letters submitted to the newspaper will need to have the name of 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. Outrage at propaganda sent to wounded military personnel Letter to the Editor and to all livestock producers and others: 1 hope you too will be outraged at the propaganda sent to our wounded military personnel by the Depart ment o f Veterans Affairs to Champa beneficiaries. These brave soldiers who have endured tremendous pain and trauma are being fed a wacko environmental agenda. In the latest magazine sent to these ex-soldiers is an article entitled “A Convergence o f Health and Energy.” It reads as follows: “Raising beef instead o f broccoli results in a huge environmental cost. It produces more pollution (animal waste and methane gas, for example): it requires more land space (pastures) which is one of the reasons that the rain forests are disappearing; and it uses a huge amount of vegetable matter for animal feed. It is estimated that it takes 4.8 pounds of grain fed to cattle to produce one pound of beef for human consumption. This would seem to be a poor use o f resources in a world already plagued by hunger and malnutrition. It has also been noted that beef production alone uses more water than is consumed in growing the nation’s entire fruit and vegetable crops. One author points out that you would save more water by not eating a pound o f beef than you would if you didn’t shower for a year!” Oh yes, there is more. Further on in this article it advises veterans to eat less beef, poultry or fish. Then it says, “Even if you do not want to consider eating a lot less meat, even small changes count. We kill 10 billion animals per year for food, and if everyone substituted one or two meals a week with vegetarian menus instead o f meat, we could reduce that number by about 10% (1 billion fewer animals!) By eating smarter, we would not only be doing something good for ourselves and our families, we would be helping the world, too.” Join me in a letter writing campaign to the VA Health Administration Center Attn: Com m unications Division, Linda Carlson PO Box 469060 Denver, CO 80246-9060. Merlyn Robinson Kirk and Robinson Ranches Heppner Proctor, Baker announce engagement State: Gov. Ted Kulongoski, 160 State Capitol, Salem OR 97310, (503) 378-3111; Fax: (503) 378-6827. E-mail: http://www.oregon.gov/Gov/contact_us.shtml Sen. D avid N elson, R-U m atiila Co., D istrict 29, 900 Court St. N.E., S-206, Salem, OR 97301, (503) 986-1729; 1407 N.W. Horn, Pendleton, OR 97801, (541) 278-1396. E-m ail: sen.davidnelson@ state. or.us. Rep. Bob Jenson, R-Pendleton; District 58, 900 Court St. N.E., H-480, Salem, OR 97301, (503) 986-1458; 2126 N.W. 21st St., Pendleton, OR 97801, (541) 276-2707. E-mail: rep.bobjen-son@state.or.us. Rep. Greg Smith, R-Morrow, District 57, 900 Court St. N.E., H-280, Salem, OR 97301, (503) 986-1457; Fax: (503) 986-1669; P.O. Box 215, Heppner, OR 97836, (541) 676-5154. E-mail: smith.g.rep@state. or.us. Sen. Ted Ferrioli, R-John Day; District 30, 900 Court St. N.E., S-223 Salem, OR 97301, (503) 986-1950; 750 W. M ain, Jo h n Day, OR 97845, (541) 575- 2321. E-mail: ferrioli.sen@state.or.us. Rep. John E. Huffman, R-The Dalles, District 59, 900 Court St. N.E., H-476 Salem, OR 97301 (503) 986- 1459; P.O. Box 104, The Dalles, OR 97058, (541) 298-5959; E-mail: rep.johnhuffman@state.or.us. Senior Center Menu Obituaries Letters to the Editor ~ Dorothy Lucille Kostechka D o ro th y L u c ille W a lte r ’s jo b as Kostechka passed away No- an en gineer w ith UPRR vember 28,2009, at m o v e d th e m to The Hampton Care Hermiston in 1951 Center in Olympia, where they built two W ashington from homes. Lucille was c o m p lic a tio n s o f the contractor for stro k e an d h e a rt both and moved her disease. family into the un Lucille was Dorothy finished houses ear b o rn A u g u s t 21 ly to save money. Lucille 1921 in Boardman, Kostechka She was ac O reg o n to G lenn tive with 4-H, Our and Daisy (Villars) Brown Lady of the Angels Catholic on the family homestead. Church and babysat kids in At age 3, her family moved her home for income. She by horse-pulled farm wag later worked at the OSU ons to the family ranch on E x ten sio n o ffice for 10 Coppei C reek outside o f years. Waitsburg, WA. Moving to Portland After 8th grade in a after her husband’s retire one-room schoolhouse, she ment in 1976, she continued worked for room and board as a hospital worker, office in Waitsburg to complete tem p, property m anager, high school there. and as a bank proofreader. A t th e s ta r t o f She was an active member WWI1, Lucille m oved to of the Rose City Volkswalk- Pendleton and enrolled in ers. the National Youth Associa A f t e r W a l t e r ’s tion and worked at the PX at death, she moved to Hep the Air Base. Her customers pner where she volunteered included Army pilots who at the Morrow County Mu later flew as D o o little ’s seums. She was a member Raiders. Good scores on ci o f the VFW Auxiliary in vilian service tests brought Heppner and of the VFW notice from the N ational in Waitsburg. Selective Service to report P receding her in immediately to Washington death were: her parents; hus DC. In 1942, she traveled band, Walter; and siblings, by bus by herself for five Jim Brown, Bob Brown, days over Christmas to DC. and Doris Wagoner. She took her exams and her Lucille is survived oath to join the Women’s by; siblings, Frank Brown, Auxiliary Army Corps at B ill B ro w n and E le n a the Pentagon, which was Perry; and children, Carla still under construction. Day, Andrew Walter, Kay At the Texas Army Ellen Proctor of Heppner, Air bases where she was and Paul Carl of Olympia, stationed at to do office WA. work, she volunteered ev Rosary and M ass ery chance she could to ride w ill be h eld D ecem b er as ballast while pilots prac 12 atl0:30 a.m. at St. Jo ticed aerial maneuvers. seph the Workers Catholic A fte r h o n o ra b le Church in Portland. A sec discharge in N ovem ber, ond Mass will be December 1945, Lucille returned to 18 in Heppner at St. Pat Pendleton where she was rick ’s Catholic Church at bookkeeper for Milan Smith 11 a.m. Graveside services at Sm ith’s Frozen Foods. at the Waitsburg Cemetery On May 18, 1947, will be May 18, 2010. she and Walter Kostechka F o r th o s e w h o were married at St. M ary’s would like to make a dona Catholic Church. They later tion in Lucille’s Memory, renewed their vows during the fam ily su g g e sts St. a Caribbean cruise and on P a tric k ’s S enior C enter, the 50th wedding anniver P.O. Box 266, Heppner OR sary. 97836. BEO in lone to hold annual Christmas open house Bank o f Eastern Oregon in lone will hold their annual Christmas Open House on December 16 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.nq. The open house will include food and door prizes from local businesses. Weather permitting there will be pony cart rides provided by Kristy Crowell. Julie Brown Proctor and Mathew Howard Baker Many o f the local businesses and organizations Julie Brown Proctor and Mathew Howard Baker have donated wreaths for a silent auction. Proceeds will o f Lexington announce their engagement and upcoming be donated to various causes. These wreaths are currently wedding. on display at Taylor’s Restaurant in lone and bids will be Julie is the daughter o f Mike and Kay Proctor open until closing on December 19. o f Heppner. Mathew is the son o f Pat Baker o f lone and Nick and Teresa Parret o f Heppner. Julie is a 2002 graduate o f Heppner High School. She earned an AAOT from Blue Mountain Community Carson James Hand was bom on November 9, College in 2004 and a bachelor’s degree in child and fam 2009, at St. M ary’s Medical Center in Walla Walla, WA. ily studies from Portland State University in 2008. She He is the son o f Jodi and Mike Hand o f Walla Walla. works at the Bank of Eastern Oregon in Heppner. At birth he weighed eight pounds, nine ounces, Mathew graduated from Heppner High School and was 2 0 ‘/2 inches in length. in 2001. He is employed at Les Schwab Tire Center in He joins a 1 Vi year old brother, Owen. Heppner. He is the grandson o f Debby and Paul Sumner of The couple will be married June 26,2010 at Opal Heppner, Jan and Kay Wessel o f Walla Walla, and James Butte in Heppner. Hand of Walla Walla. He is the great-grandson of Don and Jean Bennett of Heppner, LaVonne Frazier o f Walla Walla, and the late Bob Frazier. Birth Announcement Willow Creek Children’s Choir to perform Dec. 16 St. Patrick’s Parish members will be serving lunch on Wednesday, December 16. The menu will in clude baked chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, peas The Willow Creek and carrots, fruit juice, hot rolls, and cake. C hildren’s Choir will be REGARDING BOMBING RANGE ROAD TEMPORARY CLOSURE Morrow County Public Works Department would like to announce Due to reconstruc tion on the south end of the Bombing Range / Hwy 207 Intersection project. It is necessary to close the South end section of Bombing Range road for a period beginning on January 4, 2010 and continuing through January 29, 2010 weather permitting. The primary north detour route will be Grieb Ln. The South de tour route will be Juniper Canyon to Baseline Rd. All traffic of any kind with the exception of those local residents will be restricted and the closure will be strictly enforced during this period. Local residents will be allowed access subject to following traffic control measures necessary at the time This project is an Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) Any questions or concerns may contact the Public Works office 365 W. Hwy 74, P.0. Box 428, Lexington. OR. 97839. 541-989-9500 performing “God With Us,” The Gospel Through Af rican American Spirituals. The perform ance will be held on W ednesday, D e cember 16, at 7 p.m. at lone Community Church. Refreshments will follow. i\ Justice Court Report Ju d g e C h a rlo tte G ray, H e p p n e r J u s tic e Court, has released the fol lowing report: -Patricia R. Pennington, 77, lone. Failure to Renew Registration and Driving Uninsured, $215 Rx Customers ^ We are now accepting Express Scripts & Cigna Insurance Please ask for details ^ Miuw Dm 217 North Main • Heppner • Phone 676-9158 • FI o n i I 676-9426 Serving Heppner, Lexington & lone fine. -Ruth Ellen Payne, 43, Yamhill, Transported in Motor Vehicle in Violation o f C o o p e ra tiv e T ra v e l M anagem ent A rea, $ 113 fine. -M a riin d a P earl Flynn, 50, Heppner, DUII Diversion. -Z a c h a ry Ja m e s Kurtz, 20, Lexington, DUII Diversion. - K e n n e t h Earl P a y n e , 56, Y a m h i l l , T r a n s p o r t e d in M o to r V e h i c l e in V i o l a t i o n o f C o o p e r a t i v e Tr avel M anagem ent A rea, $113 fine.
