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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 7,2011 ~ The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 240-420 Statement concerning death penalty M orrow C ounty’s H om e-O w ned W eekly Newspaper Published weekly by Sykes Publishing, LLC and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3,1 #79. Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon. Office at 188 W. Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676- 9228. Fax (541) 676-9211. E-mail: editor@rapidserve.net or david@rapidserve. net. Web site: www.heppner.net. Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. 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 Andrea Di Salvo..............................................................................................Editor All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. For Advertising: advertising deadline is Monday at 5 pm Cost lor a display ad is $5 per column inch Cost for classified ad is 50< 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 Publlc/Legal Notices: pubiic/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p.m Dates for pub lication must be specified Affidavits must be required at the time 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 who wish to have the obituary written in 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 win be placed in the classifieds under ‘ Card of Thanks' at a cost of $10. Justice Court Report Morrow County Justice of the Peace Ann Spicer has released the following Justice Court Report. -Wilbur Lynn Beard, Jr., 52, of Lexington was found guilty of DUII-alcohol. He was given a DUII diver sion with alcohol assessment/treatment to be completed at Community Counseling Services. -Nathan Lawrence Slocum, 39, of Corvallis, pled guilty to Criminal Trespass II. He was sentenced to one year bench probation to be reduced to a violation at the end of the year. Total fines, fees and assessments were $740. Holiday Happy Hour 3 -7 pm • U p t o 5 0 % o ff (°P en house s ty '* ) • A l l pro ducts , purses , tan s a n d J e w e lr y ON SALE! • G r e a t d o o r p r iz e s • G if t c e r t if ic a t e s a v a ila b le f The state’s district attorneys are responsible for ensuring that we are, in fact, a society that ob serves the rule of law. For that reason, many of us are profoundly disturbed by Gov. John Kitzhaber’s abrupt pronouncement that no jury’s verdict of death will be carried out during his term. K itzhaber’s per sonal opposition to capital punishment has never been a secret, and yet when he ran for governor, some of us who are in favor of the death penalty as the ulti mate punishment endorsed him. That was in part be cause the governor had respected the rule of law when it came to the execu tion of Douglas Franklin Wright in 1996, saying he (the governor) was “sworn to uphold the law and could not and would not inter vene.” That was the right decision legally and mor ally, and it respected the will of Oregonians, who twice in the past 30 years— in 1978 (by 64 percent of the vote) and then again in 1984 (by 75 percent of the vote)—have voted to rein state capital punishment. Gary Haugen, who was hoping for just this act by the governor, is not on death row for his first murder, but for his second murder, that of an inmate Haugen killed while doing a life sentence. Sentencing someone to prison should not mean a sentence to M ORROW C O U N TY HEALTH DISTRICT la H u l t k d r * The following was submitted by the Morrow County Health District. Sleep apnea oc curs when a person fails to breathe for periods of 10 seconds or longer during his sleep. While an occasional episode of sleep apnea can happen to anyone, a person who has spells of apnea ev ery couple minutes during the night will not get a good night’s sleep; it prevents a person from getting to the deeper stages of sleep. A T 171 W E S T LIN D EN W A Y HEPPNER, OREGON A G E N D A ITEM S IN C LU D E A N N O U N C E M E N T S , E V E N TS , R E V IE W O F PARKS, G R A N TS , A ND PR O JE C TS . THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ATTEND ä ff Don't Miss our..... CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE! D ecember 15 8 am -7 pm W ed d in g T ables • H ourly D oor P rizes • Blake Knowles & Whitney Machado-Chino Saturday ; December J7th Brooke R ust & T reasure hunt draw ing CHECK OUR OUR LIGHTS AND ORNAMENTS! Forget toi out your treasure lunt wish listi I od 'I Randy Camine IC itS S t’ f Saturday ; January 7th ^ Kathleen Dierkes , . S to v e r b oxed Often, the steps a person takes to improve his sleep will only make it worse. Using sleeping aids—such as sleeping pills, tranquilizers and alcohol— usually makes the problem worse by relaxing the tone of the muscles in the throat region. This muscle relax ation allows the airways to collapse and close off, making the typical snoring sound. It becomes diffi cult to inhale as the tissue around the airway caves in, especially in certain posi tions such as sleeping on . Saturday, jan u ary 7th MlWWUJ'i DtlUJ 217 North Main St , Heppner • Phone 876-9158 • Floral 876-9426 Drink Specials- Caramel Hazelnut Latte $3.25 Toasted Marshmallow Hot Chocolate $2.50 IMPROVING HLAITH FROM RIVTRS TO ROUINC HI1LS to end-of-life issues, and Oregon has a long tradition of listening to the voters when they make their will clear, so long as it does not violate the state or federal constitution. Both state and federal courts have ruled that Oregon’s capital pun ishment laws pass consti tutional muster. Oregon prosecu tors rarely ask for the death penalty, and jurors even more rarely impose it. The “conversation” about the death penalty that the governor now wants has been ongoing for years. It can and should continue without casting aside the extraordinarily difficult decisions made by jurors, such as those who voted for death for Joshua and Bruce Tumidge, who intentionally exploded a bomb that mur dered two police officers and grievously crippled a third. Or for Angela McAn- ulty, the first woman sent to Oregon’s death row in half a century, for the hor rific torture murder of her own daughter. Or, for the fourth time in 22 years, for Randy Guzek, for the 1987 execution of Lois and Rod Houser. The unique inter section of democracy and justice that is the death pen alty must be respected. Signed: Justin Nelson, Morrow County DA Oregon District Attorney Association pauses in breathing of 10 seconds or more, discuss it with a doctor and consider a formal sleep study. If simple measures, such as sleeping on the side and avoiding sedatives, do not help, there are c-pap devices to help keep the airways open during sleep. If necessary, a surgical re construction of the soft pal ate and surrounding tissues may be helpful. Medical providers may be able to recommend an appropri ate treatment plan to help decrease problems caused by sleep apnea. Knowles competes atNFR Heppner man Blake first place in steer wres Community lunch menu Knowles threw his steer in 4.3 seconds to place fifth in the opening round of steer wrestling last Thursday at the Wrangler National Fi nals Rodeo in Las Vegas. Knowles dropped back in round two, his time of 4.9 seconds giving him a tie for tenth place with Mickey Gee o f Wichita Falls, TX. C o u sin T rev o r Knowles of Mount Vernon, OR fared better, tying for tling against with Jason Miller from Lance Creek, WY during round one of the rodeo. His tying time of 3.0 earned him $16,010 and a move from seventh to fifth in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Associa tion world standings. Trevor went on to down his steer in 3.3 sec onds for a round two win and a move to second place behind Luke Branquinho. St. Patrick’s Catho lic Church members will be serving lunch on Wednes day, December 14 at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. The meal will in clude scrambled eggs with ham, bacon or sausage, hash browns, tomato juice, applesauce, gravy and cin namon rolls. Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change. M o r r o w C o u n t y T r a n s f e r S t a t io n s . S o u th e n d 5 7 1 8 5 H w y 7 4 , L e x in g t o n a n d N o r t h E n d 6 9 9 0 0 F r o n t a g e L n , B oardman . W ill be closed for the FOLLOWING HOLIDAYS S at . and S un . D ecember 2 4 2011 Serving Morrow, Wheeler & Gilliam counties Since 1959 COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIP OF MORROW COUNTY the worst kind of murder. Look at the people who populate Oregon’s death row and you’ll un derstand why the editorial board of The Oregonian has distinguished Oregon from other states. We host Jesse Caleb Compton, who in 1997 sexually assaulted and murdered 3-year-old Tess- lyn O’Cull. Conan Hale tor tured and killed three young teenagers. Dayton LeRoy Rogers is a serial killer of women. All of those killers, and everyone else on death row, received excellent representation, often two or even three lawyers as well as a team of investigators, mitigation specialists and psychologists. E vidence-based studies referenced by for mer University of Chicago law professor Cass Sun- stein, now in President Barack Obama’s adminis tration, show that there is both a specific deterrent to capital punishment (Ted Bundy will never again kill a young woman) and also a general deterrent. Statistics from the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics show that while use of the death penalty increased by 26 percent in the first decade of the new millennium, the murder rate went down 22 percent in the same time period over the previous decade. Oregonians are en trusted to make the most important decisions about their laws, from sentencing your back. The results are snoring, sleep apnea and poor sleep. Sleep apnea can of ten be improved, although the right steps to take are not easy. It is important to lose weight so there is no unnecessary compression of the airways. One should also avoid alcohol and seda tives, and stay physically fit. Anyone can evalu ate sleep apnea at home by using a tape recorder at night, then listening to the sleep pattem. If there is ex cessive snoring or frequent ca ndy. 2 0 % o f f Luke M urray & _ “gladiatorial combat,” and, yet, surely there are other sociopaths in prison who now have little to fear from committing another murder, of a corrections officer or inmate. The governor cited a “broken system” that he called a “perversion of jus tice.” No one on Oregon’s death row has ever made a credible claim of actual in nocence. No one has ever been removed from death row for police or prosecuto rial misconduct. He cited a U.S. Supreme Court deci sion a few years ago that banned the execution of murderers who committed their crimes before the age o f 18. Oregon has never allowed such executions. The governor cited prob lems in other states that have functionally abolished capital punishment without any input from voters. In 2006 voters in Wisconsin approved an advisory mea sure to bring back the death penalty, which had not ex isted there since before the Civil War. The legislature ignored their vote. In fact, the last time voters abol ished the death penalty was in 1964— here in Oregon. O re g o n v o te rs made very clear their sup port of the death penalty in 1978 and, after the state Supreme Court overturned that vote, again in 1984. Since then, polls have shown even greater support for the option of death for certain killers who commit Snoring and sleep apnea \ MORROW COUNTY PARKS BOARD WILL M EET ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8TH 2011 AT 1:00 PM AT THE COLUMBIA BASIN ELECTRIC CO -O P ROOM % ~ The Heppner Gazette Times will print all letters to the Editor with the following criteria met: letters submitted to the newspaper will need to have the name of the sender along with 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 of statements made in letters. Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under “Card o f Thanks” at a cost of $ 10. 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