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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 29, 2010 Farming tradition continues ~ Letters to the Editor ~ The Heppner Gazette Times w ill print all letters to the Editor with the following criteria met: letters submitted to the newspaper w ill need to have the name o f the sender along with a legible signature. We are also requesting that >ou provide your address and a phone number where you can be reached. I he address and phone number w ill only be used for verification and w ill not be printed in the newspaper Letters may not be libelous The (1 1 re ,erve> the right to edit. The GT is not responsible for accuracy o f statements made in letters. Any letters expressing thanks w ill be placed in the classifieds undet "< ird H Thanks" at a cost o f $10. “We Piddle Around” sounds a lot like some of today's government employees And the tradition continues with another generation of farmers in training. Loren Heideman gets some farming advice from his youngest grandson, (iage Heideman, this past week while seeding at Sand Hollow. Local farmers are excited about the opportunity to seed into moisture. -Contributed Photo Oregon East Symphony’s youth ensembles start fall season and will take part in retreats and concerts in the com munity. The Young Voic es o f Eastern Oregon is a youth choir open to singers in grades 3-8. YVEO meets on T hursday afternoons from 3:45p.m. to 5 p.m. at The Little Vert Theatre, 345 SW 4th Street in Pendleton and started on Thursday, September 23. The group will take part retreats, con certs and performances at public events. YVEO is led by singer and educator Shauna Altman and accom panied by Shari Dallas. F o r r e g is tra tio n forms, schedules, and fur ther inform ation, contact Ronda Beers at 541-276- 0320 or print forms from the website at www.orego- neastsymphony.org. The O regon East S ym phony’s preparatory orchestras and youth choir are b eg in n in g th eir fall season. M usicians o f any age and singers in grades 3-8 are invited to join one o f these ensem bles for a great time making beautiful music. The A-Sharp Play ers Sym phony O rchestra is open to intermediate to advanced musicians o f any age. The Preludes String Orchestra is open to begin ner to intermediate string players of any age who can read music. Both groups meet at the Pendleton High School on Sunday after noons (Preludes - 2-3 p.m., A-Sharps - 3:15 to 5:15 p.m.) starting Sunday, Oc tober 3. Both groups are led by cellist, conductor, and educator Bruce Walker lone cheerleaders raffling Seahawks game tickets The lone cheerleaders are selling raffle tickets for two Seahawks vs. Falcons tickets for the game on December 19, with a roundtrip flight between Pendleton and Seattle. Raffle tickets are $5 each and $25 for six tickets. Tickets will be on sale through the first week of December. The winner will be announced at the basket ball bonanza. For more information contact Misti Stefani at 541-422-7142. M o rro w /G rant C o u n t y OHV P a r k S p e c ia l Y o u t h H u n t S e c o n d S e a s o n , S p ik e O n l y 6 - N N ovem ber A p p l ic a t io n s t h e M C o r r o w O f f ic e L e x in g MUST a r e 1 4 ,2 0 1 0 o vem ber n o w P o u n t y b e in g t a k e n u b l ic W a t o r k s 365 w. H w y 74.P.O. Box 428. t o n , OR. 97839. A p p l i c a n t s , b e M a R e s id e n t C e r t if ic a t e . A o r r o w E h u n t e r is G o r C o u n t y d u c a t io n r e q u ir e d SH O U LD BE 12 TO r a n t . A p p l ic a n t s 17 YEARS O LD. A LL Letter to Editor: Hooray for the Tea Party activists speaking out for people w ho are fed up w ith an out-of-touch spendthrift government leading us down the wrong path. Hope fully November will see a big turn around o f elected officials. I’ve been asked several times why 1 haven’t writ ten columns. I’m more of a tea partier, a trifle on the used side trying to stay out o f hot water. Meanwhile I’ve been busy working on my bucket list. There are a few things I’d still like to accomplish. Yet somehow it’s easier to imagine an accomplishment than to activate the “get ‘er done” process. Another list features things that bug me or are confusing. Number one concern is government leadership and political issues. It’s so obvious what is wrong in this great country. Many elected representatives with socialist type minds continue go against the will of the majority o f the people they were elected to represent when all it takes is common sense. On minor issues. I’m also offended by the idiot- type commercials on television aimed at moron-type mentality. Some don’t even make sense perhaps due to slowed-down thoughts processes or else I’m just not up to speed on trends. I don’t have to watch commercials, but that happens when the remote control takes a hike and hides. Sometimes those funny commercials exceed the quality o f the program they sponsor. If one doesn’t care for murder, mayhem or sexual content then there’s not a lot of choices. Some o f the reality shows seem like elaborate hoaxes. The English language continues to evolve. New words are being coined and added. Some defy explana tion especially when working crossword puzzles. But why desecrate established words with solid meanings? The dictionary definition o f troops means “a group of people or soldiers.” When did the word ‘troops’ become singular, as often said in the news, reporting the loss o f a ‘troop’ meaning one soldier. We aren’t supposed to favor different lifestyles or genders. 1 guess that’s why there’s such a liberal usage o f the word ‘guys.’ Even when a group of people is all female they are still referred to as ‘guys.’ W hat’s wrong with gals, folks or “Hi Everybody” when talking to a mixed crowd? Please can’t we come up with something else besides ‘awesome’? I’d settle for a few archaic ‘golly gee whiligers.’ A few high school shorthand symbols still help when taking notes. The current texting craze makes some words barely recognizable. How are young students go ing to learn how to spell or do they rely on a computer’s spell checker when doing homework? It’s also confusing to read a printed story with only the initials or acronym o f a body or organization, especially if you don’t know what that refers to. It does take more time and ink to spell out things in our hurry-up world. Take for example, WW1I for the last world war, though it seems we continued to duke it out in some part o f the world. With a little stretch o f imagination it could also stand for “Weird Wackos in Congress.” Or would that be WWC? If the country w asn’t so far in debt perhaps there could be another WPA (Works Progress Administration). In 1938 that program was part o f the new deal under Roosevelt that paid 3.3 million workers a salary that var ied from $19 to $94 dollars for a 30 hour week to work on public entities such as roads, parks, bridges, etc. Some criticized the program and called it “We Piddle Around” because at times men leaned on their shovels. That sounds an awful lot like some o f today’s government employees minus any shovels. Merlyn Robinson Heppner i «.« h h m t »« irs The Tic Tac : Man’s Birthday: Again! A P P L IC A T IO N S M U S T B E R E T U R N E D T O T H E M o r r o w C o u n t y P u b l ic N O LATER TH A N O C T O B E R 4:00 a t M W o r k s O 1 9. 2010 f f ic e BY P .M . A P P L IC A T IO N S W I L L B E D R A W N o r r o w O c t o b e r C o u r t C 2 0 o u n t y t h s e s s io n C o u r t d u r in g . F o r t h e HAPPY ; BIRTHDAY, ! EIUSI i o n C o u n t y m o r e IN F O R M A T IO N P L E A S E C O N T A C T T H E P U B L IC W O R K S O F F IC E A T 541 -989-9500. Demand accountability and journalistic integrity To the editor: The liberal left and media surrogates have put America at risk by inciting w orship o f a new god o f tol erance. All who fail to bow to this false god are labeled ‘ophobic’ (hateful, bigoted, intolerant i.e. terrorist). In reality the opposite is true. The liberal left has further endangered America by exercising zero tolerance in re moving the Bible, prayer, the Ten Commandments from America’s historical Christian heritage. The media, the government press and the liberal left have redefined the meaning of tolerance to advance a cunningly crafted revision o f America selectively tolerant o f everything except patriots that love America (tea party supporters) and Christians that honor Jesus Christ and the Bible. Is- lamophobia and homophobia represent the biased liberal m edia’s cunningly deceitful thrust to portray patriots holding conservative and traditional biblical Christian values as bigoted, hateful, and intolerant. The current controversy o f a mosque at ground zero removes the mask covering the false god of toler ance and the deceit o f the left. The liberal media and its pundits cry out to the god o f tolerance railing against the Islamophobia of angry, bigoted, intolerant Americans op posed to a mosque at ground zero. The liberal press and the Obama administration have endangered the liberty o f Americans by advancing the Cordoba House mosque o f Islamic Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf as a new founda tion for America based on tolerance, religious harmony and liberty under multi-religious cultures exhorting the peaceful virtues o f Islam. Historical truth that the liberal media deliberately delete and chillingly revise tells a different story. Throughout Islam's history o f conquest by the sword whenever a region was conquered the first sign was the erection o f a mosque atop the sacred site of the vanquished. In Mecca the pagan Ka’ba temple was converted to a mosque, the holiest site o f Islam. When Islam conquered Jerusalem the Dome o f the Rock, the al- Aqsa Mosque, was built atop of Solomon’s Temple. When Islam invaded and conquered Damascus the Umayyad Mosque was built atop the Church of St. John. When Constantinople was conquered the Hagia Sophia temple was converted into a mosque. It is no accident that Imam Rauf has chosen ‘Cor doba House’ as the name o f the victory mosque atop o f the ruins o f 9/11. Cordoba, Spain was the site of Islam’s greatest victory over the Christian Spanish infidels in the 12,h Century. Cordoba, Spain was the first western pow er conquered by the sword of Islam and became a base to launch further attacks into the heart of Europe. All Islam understands the conquest o f the Cordoba House over the West. The liberal press and the Obama administration function covertly as the lying mouthpiece for the Cordoba House intrusion o f America under the guise o f the god o f tolerance. Flight 93 has already been enshrined with a giant crescent pointing to Mecca to commemorate Islam’s great victory of 9/11. Wake up Americans. “My people are destroyed for lack o f knowledge.” (Hosea 4:6) There is no tolerance for liberty under Islam or the false peace o f a multicultural utopia the left is striving to create. Demand accountability and journalistic integrity from newspapers that promote the false god of tolerance with slanted news articles and biased liberal pundits. Stop tolerating the desecration and mocking o f G od’s grace and blessing on America. There is only one God and Christ is the only savior and redeemer for mankind, not Mohammed. Stuart Dick Pendleton P.S. The East Oregonian censored this editorial and as yet has refused to print this letter. Community Lunch Menu Heppner Christian Church m em bers will be serving lunch on Wednesday, October 6, at St. Patrick's Senior Center. The menu will include pork chops w ith sauerkraut and gravy, potatoes, green beans, applesauce, hot rolls, and German chocolate cake. Menu is subject to change. Garden Club to meet Oct. 5 Members o f the Heppner Garden Club will be sharing stories about things that have frightened them in their gardens during their next meeting. 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