Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 5„ 2010 - FIVE
An Oregon Perspective: Bipartisan
Plans for Job Creation
By Senator Jeff Merkley
The unemployment
rate in Oregon has been in
double digits for the past
year, but it seems as though
many politicians in the na
tion’s capital are focused
on creating frustration and
gridlock instead o f new
jobs.
Bipartisanship isn’t
completely dead, though.
Recently, 1 jo in ed with
members of both parties,
including Republican Sena
tors Richard Lugar of Indi
ana and Lindsey Graham of
South Carolina, to introduce
a bill that will both create
jobs and lower monthly
energy bills for families and
businesses.
It’s called the Rural
Energy Savings Program
and it works like this: ru
ral electric co-ops like the
Columbia Basin Electric
Co-op in Heppner will ad
minister low-cost loans to
help families and business
owners afford the up-ffont
costs o f energy efficient
renovations. The families
and business owners will
see their energy bills go
down, and can pay off the
loan out of these savings.
In fact, they can pay it back
with a charge on their elec
tric bill, so they don’t even
have to pay an additional
bill.
The construction
and manufacturing sectors
have suffered major job
losses during the reces
sion. This program will
put people back to work in
stalling and manufacturing
energy efficient materials
like insulation, windows,
roofing, and heating and air
conditioning units. The vast
majority of these products
are made in the U.S., and
many of them are made in
Oregon, like the insulation
products made at Owens
Corning in Portland, the
efficient lighting made at
Energy Wise Lighting in
the Eugene area, or the win
dows made at J ELD-WEN
in Klamath Falls.
I’ve been working
to develop similar energy
efficiency programs called
“Home Star” and “Build
ing Star” that will be put
into action at the local level
to offer rebates and low-
cost financing options to
home and business owners,
whether or not they live in
areas that are served by
electric co-ops.
The only way out
o f this recession will be
through hard work and co
operation, and the support
for this program that I’ve
seen from both Democrats
and Republicans makes me
confident that we can put
Americans back to work
and move our economy
forward.
HHS class of ’65 starts
Facebook page
M em bers o f the
Heppner High School class
of 1965 have started a Fa
cebook page. Currently the
page class administrators
are: Phyllis Nelson Hyder
(1964), Douglas A nder
son and Dale Van Blok-
land (1965), Peggy Sny
der O’Donnell (1967), and
Bonnie Lee Kessel Van Atta
(1968).
At this point, 390
graduates have becom e
“ffiends” of the “Heppner
High School (HHS) page.
States represented by the
graduates include: Oregon,
W ashington, California,
Maine, Montana, Nevada,
Indiana, Texas, Florida,
Idaho, Arizona and Alaska.
Douglas Anderson lives and
works in Egypt.
Red Hats to meet May 20
The Red Hat’s May 20 meeting will be held at
noon at the Heppner Public Library.
The program will be a Smithsonian Inter-active
Civil War Art presentation. A light lunch and beverage
will be provided.
You do not have to be a member of Red Hats to
attend. This presentation is open to the general public.
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Saturday Before Mother's
HHS gifted with portable
American flag
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letters. Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under
“Card of Thanks” at a cost o f $10.
Support for Ballot M easures #30-83
and 30-84
Pictured left to right are Jordan Hatfield, Zech Hint/, Sam
Hornbeck, Dave Stone, Ashley Wolff, Devin Robinson, Cory
Miller, and John Flaherty. -ContributedPhoto
By Zechariah Hint/
H e p p n e r Hi g h
School was honored last
Thursday when Sam Horn-
beck and Cory Miller from
the Willow Creek Tea Party
Patriots gifted the school
with a portable American
flag.
Standing at 10 feet
in height, this flag bears
our country’s history in its
stripes and stars. In history
classes ranging from world
history, which explains the
beginning of our country,
to AP Government, which
breaks down our political
system and explains how
this country runs, teacher
John Flaherty has taught
us about this great land and
what we should do to par
ticipate in helping inspire
the leaders of America.
The Willow Creek
Letter to the Editor:
I am Morrow County Sheriff Ken Matlack. I am
encouraging all voters in Umatilla and Morrow County
to support and fund the Umatilla/Morrow Radio and Data
District that provides emergency and radio services to po
lice, fire and emergency responders to both our counties.
Sixteen agencies and three dispatch centers depend on
these services each and every day for the ability to com
municate with each other and respond to emergencies.
I well remember the days in Umatilla and Morrow
County when we couldn’t communicate with each other
when responding to emergencies or trying to direct fire
fighters to a scene orgetting instructions from ambulance
service personnel for people that were injured. In some
locations, you couldn’t even contact your dispatch center.
It made the job much more difficult and dangerous and
the public serve was put more at risk.
We have the opportunity to take over a multi
million radio system but have to find a way to manage and
fund it. We believe we have the most economical way to
manage it with a five-member board and to pay for it w ith
a .17 cent per 1,000 tax rate. That’s $17 for a $100,000
home. None of the agencies can do this alone. We need
help of both counties to make this happen.
Please support Ballot Measures #30-83 and 30-
84. We can’t afford to go back to the way it was. Your
life may depend upon it.
Ken Matlack
Morrow County Sheriff
Tea Party Patriots are en
couraging America’s youth
to get more involved in
participating and learning
about our government and
history. Tigs organization
has held forums and infor
mational discussions to give
the public an opportunity to
understand the way that
certain laws work and what
candidates want to strive for
if they are elected.
We, the students
of Heppner High School,
appreciate this gift from
the Willow Creek Tea Party
Patriots. This flag is a mag
nificent addition to our
school, and we really do ap
preciate the effort put forth
by this organization to keep
the youth in our schools in
The annual C el
formed of the issues that are ebrate Heppner Days will
happening in America.
be held June 11 and 12.
Friday, June 11
Get ready to “Cel
ebrate Heppner” with fun
activities for all ages on
Friday, June 11, starting
with children’s activities at
10 a.m. in City Park. The
day will be filled with a
sidewalk sale by downtown
merchants (9 a.m.-4 p.m.);
special treats/promotions
offered by our local mer
chants; as well as all kinds
of games and activities. A
“Welly Toss” competition
between businesses, as well
as individuals, is also being
organized.
Brady Goss will
be providing the Friday
evening’s entertainment.
Main Street will be closed
Former resident David Harrison of Vancouver, WA was re off from Willow to May
Celebrate Heppner Days
to be held June 11-12
Harrison honored for Masonic
Lodge membership
cently honored at Temple Masonic Lodge 42 in Cheney, WA
for 60 years of membership. He was active in Heppner Lodge
No 69 and was junior warden in 1977 when working on the
planning committee for the Lodge’s 100“ celebration. -Con
tributed Photo
M orrow SW CD m eeting to be held
The Morrow SWCD Board will hold a Weed/
Regular meeting on Tuesday, May 11,6 p.m. at the Ag
Service Center in Heppner. Agenda items include minutes
of the April meeting, treasurer’s report, manager report,
2010-2011 budget update, written staff report, partner
agency reports.
Meetings of the Morrow SWCD are open to the
public. The meeting location is accessible to persons with
disabilities. A request for an interpreter for the hearing
impaired or for other accommodations for persons w ith
disabilities should be made at least 48 hours before the
meeting to Janet Greenup, 541-676-5452 extension
109.
for an evening of fun, food
and entertainm ent. The
evening event will begin
at 5:30 p.m. with Bank of
Eastern Oregon sponsoring
a barbecue. Bucknum’s will
be having a beer garden
set up. Murray’s will be
leaving their store open to
serve beverages through the
evening activities.
Saturday, June 12
The Drama/Com-.
edy Dessert Theatre will
begin at 7 p.m. at the Elks
Lodge. This year’s play,
written by Doris Brosnan
and Sharon Harrison, will
give highlights from the 20
year history of the Palace
Hotel. The cost will be $10
a ticket. Tickets will be go
ing on sale June 1.
For more informa
tion contact the chamber at
541-676-5536.
Neighborhood Center to
hold rummage sale
The Neighborhood
Center o f South Morrow
County will be holding a
rummage sale in May. All
clean and usable donations
are accepted. Donations are
accepted Monday through
Thursday.
The board mem
bers are: Judy Cowett, pres
ident; Dean Antonucci, vice
president; Glennave Ar
riaga, secretary-treasurer;
and Sherron Woodside,
financial advisor. Direc
tors are Faye Seitz, Martha
Munkers, Daniel Picard,
Norman Lee, Ken Grieb,
Jonathan Enz, and Arletha
Brannon. Janice Skaggs is
the coordinator.
The center recently
had their parking lot paved.
That project was made
possible by donations from
Wildhorse and county dis
cretionary funds.
The Neighborhood
Center o f South Morrow
County helps with provid
ing for utilities, rent, medi
cal, and fuel for out-of-town
medical appointments.
The Neighborhood
Center can be reached at
541-676-5024. The center’s
emergency number is 541 -
676-5459.
Local Shrine football players honored
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The Shrine football player« and alternate« were honored at a
Shrine dinner held in lone. The annual Shrine game will be
held in Raker City July 31. Pictured are: Archie Rail. Coach
Greg Grant, alternate Mark McCabe, playei Bry an Holand,
alternate Eric Jepxcn. Merlin Hughe« and Coach Denni« Ste
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