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11 1 1 1 1 111...11 1 11 • 1 1 111 1 Proposed cuts ‘would be devastating’, says state economic development officer 1 1 ■ 1 Bessie Wetzell Newspaper Library University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403 Minster says now is wrong time to cut lottery funds for economic development By David Sykes “The message here is this is no tim e to cut e c o n o m ic d e v e lo p m e n t fu n d s,” Rick M inster o f the state Business Develop- ment Dept, told the Hepp centage of a certain project the use o f lottery funds for ner Chamber of Commerce and have loaned millions of use in purchasing land for last week. dollars to small businesses.” parks and conservation, so Minster, who lived As an exam ple, M inister there was nothing that could in H e p p n e r and pointed to the new be done about it. raise d his fam ily Greenwood Indus Minster did say that here but whose of tries saw m ill near one bright spot o f his dis fice is now based in B oardm an w hich trict is the Port of Morrow John Day, said with used money from a in north Morrow County. the poor state of the special “Governor’s "W hen I go through and econom y and O r Fund” for econom see what they have done egon’s 10.4 percent ic developm ent to there, I just say this is the unem ploym ent, a Kick Minster set up. He said the way it should be.” He said plan to cut 25 per business develop it is the only place in the cent o f the lottery m ent fund in his sate of Oregon you can find funds received by his de department is the one that 300 contiguous acres for partm ent is simply not a going to take the biggest hit development. good idea. with the cuts. On the contrary, The cuts have been Minster took com Minster said Hamey Coun proposed as a solution to a m ents from the Cham ber ty has been devastated with $375 million state budget audience and Larry Mills the loss of businesses there. shortfall this year. The 25 of Heppner said “I am ap- “ T hey have rea lly nice percent reduction in lottery p alled w ith 9.5 percen t em pty b uildings. “ They funds to economic devel unemployment and the Na have nothing. Their manu opment would shift money ture Conservancy and State facturing has all left.” to other areas of the state Parks want to put 15 percent He said w ith o u t budget. Minster says eco o f lottery into buying up b u sinesses and the jo b s nomic development gets 7.2 m ore land. Now is not a that go with them any com percent o f the lottery funds good time and I can’t see m unity is going to have generated in Oregon. “We locking up 15 percent of the problems attracting young all know education is a big lottery with the unemploy people and their families, part o f the lottery funds,” he ment we have,” he said. but retired people will come said. “Both parties (Demo M inster said that to the smaller communities crat and Republican) have voters had earlier approved to live. p u i l l l d t u to I U I1UIU CUULUUU1I 1 . 1 1 » « promised hold education harmless. If that happens A llC l th fi SCnOOl y C B T D C g l l l S . . . there goes the rest of gov ernment,” Minster said of the state’s large education budget. If the lottery money is reduced, his department’s funding will be cut back by $8 million out of a budget o f $408.3 million. He said that o f the 65 people in the department, nine positions could be eliminated. Minster has worked for the department for 12 years after he was laid off following the 1998 closure o f the Kinzua sawmill in Heppner. His coverage area has grown where he now serv ices seven counties and says each one of those counties has benefited from the Business Development Department. “Every com munity out here has used our development funds,” he Top Photo: Oskar Peterson (8th grade) and Junior Verduzco pointed out. “We work with (4th grade) get ready to head home after the first day of the businesses on financing. We 2010-11 school year at lone Community School. Bottom Photo: do lots of loan guarantees. Students at Heppner Elementary School enjoy their first after We will come in at a per- noon recess of the new school year. -Contributed Photos □ .•J' k HEPPNER imes m a VOL. 129 NO. 35 6 Pages Wednesday, September 1,2010 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon Health district hires physician’s assistant for Irrigon Clinic By April Sykes M o rro w C o u n ty Health District CEO M i chael Blauer told the board at their August 30 meeting in Heppner that the district has hired a new physician’s assistan t for the Irrigon Medical Clinic. Blauer said that PA John Adair from Idaho will start shadowing physicians in Heppner on September 13 and will begin work at the Irrigon clinic when he becom es licensed in Or egon. Dr. Russell Nichols will be his supervising phy sician. Dr. Kenneth Wen- berg is covering the clinic in Irrigon in the interim. According to Blau er, Adair, who graduated from Idaho State Univer sity, grew up in Bums and his wife is from Vancouver. They have a two-year-old child. Blauer also report ed that the district is in the process o f remodeling Pioneer M em orial Clinic in Heppner. Board Chair Larry M ills said that the rem odeling will improve the reception area, aid in sound absorption and will -See HEALTH DISTRICT/ Page SEVEN Football season begins with trip to Gold Beach, community ties The 2010 Heppner ber 3, with an away game special will happen that tie M ustang football season against Gold Beach. But the two teams, and towns, begins this Friday, Septem during haifrime something together. To start o ff their season Gold Beach High School will be inducting the first group o f people into their newly started Hall of Fame. Among those people is a former Heppner resi dent, Charles Edward (Ted) Ferguson, now deceased. Ferguson was bom and raised in Heppner and moved to Gold Beach after finishing college in 1954. Ferguson, who had a love for sports, became one of the founders o f the Gold Beach football team. A fu ll s to ry on Ferguson will run in next While fishing near Astoria, Marv Padberg, with the help of week’s edition o f the Hep- Howard Mullins, caught these salmon on August 18. Marv and pner Gazette-Times a few others have been fishing for salmon to serve at the Annual lone Education Foundation Dinner that is held in September. G-T Trophy Corner -Contributed Photo lone School District to clarify admissions policy By April Sykes The lone Commu n ity S chool B oard, at a work session prior to their regularly scheduled meet ing Tuesday, A ugust 24, discussed their policy on admission o f non-resident students. Superintendent M ark M ulvihill told the board that their charter and policy statements concern ing non-resident student admission, particularly in the new ly published stu dent handbook, differed somewhat and asked that the board to give him clear direction concerning their philosophy on admissions, enrollment limits and class size targets. Mulvihill said that a policy statement clarify ing the board’s expectations o f the district’s admission policy would be presented to the board for review at the next board meeting. It w as also s u g gested that the district’s ath letic handbook be revised to include activities as well as athletics. During the m eet ing, Principal Jerry Archer introduced the d is tric t’s new music teacher, Jordan Bemrose, whose position was funded by the lone Ed ucation Foundation. Archer rem arked on B em ro se’s “excellent” qualifications and remarked, “The educa tion foundation is fantas tic. It is so supportive. It’s am azing.” He said that num erous students have indicated that they plan to participate in the program and several musical instru ment rental companies have been scheduled to come to the school for students wishing to play an instru- -See IONE SCHOOL DIS- TRICT/Page SEVEN The Heppner Gazette-Times wants to see pictures o f your trophy animals from this hunting season. Stop by to have your picture taken, drop off photos, or email them to editor@rapidserve.net. Heppner Gazette-Times closed for Labor Day The Heppner Gazette-Times will be closed on Monday, September 6, in ob servance of the Labor Day holiday. The deadline for news and advertisements for the September 8 edition o f the newspaper is Friday, September 3, at 5 p.m. Tribes seek ‘Squaw’ name changes The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla In dian Reservation is seeking to have “derogatory” names changed for three areas in Morrow County, the tribes said in a recent letter to the Oregon Historical Society. T he T ribes have identified Squaw Creek, Squaw Spring and Squaw Butte in M orrow County as the three nam es they want changed. In all there are a total o f 44 proposed name changes across Baker, G rant, Harney, M orrow, Union and Wallowa coun ties. “ Pursuant to O r egon Senate Bill 363, the Confederated Tribes o f the Umatilla Indian Reservation Cultural Resources Protec tion Program is seeking to replace derogatory names for g eo graphic featu res identified as ‘Squaw’ w ithin the ceded lands boundaries and traditional use areas of the Weyiiletpuu (Cayuse), Imatalamlama (Umatilla), and W aluulapam (W alla Walla),” the Tribes said in an August 9 letter to the Oregon Geographic Names Board of the Oregon His torical Society. In the p ro p o sa l, Squaw C reek w ould be changed to Ninipa Creek, which means “by the as pens”. Squaw Spring would be changed to Ninipa Spring and Squaw Butte would be changed to Sisu Butte which means “smelly”. The creek and spring are located at Big Rock Flat in Morrow County and Squaw Butte is near Ella. The Tribes say they w ant the nam e changes because they say the word “squaw” is offensive as it is a derogatory term for an Indian woman. Pettyjohn’s offers Direct TV discounts too An article in last w eek’s Gazette- Times about the closing o f Heppner TV, quoted a Direct TV satellite employee as saying people who want to switch to satel lite need only to call the Heppner TV office to receive a special discount. Pettyjohn’s Building Supply in Heppner, which is also a Direct TV dealer, contacted the Gazette to say they can also offer the same discounts as the Heppner TV office, so former cable subscribers who want to switch to satellite may also call their business. ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: THIS FRIDAY AT 5:00 P.M. 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