TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, February 1,2012
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
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GAZETTE-TIMES
U.S.P.S. 240-420
Morrow C ounty's Hom e-Owned Weekly N ew spaper
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David Sykes...............................................................................................Publisher
Andrea Di Salvo............................................................................................. Editor
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The children of Heppner Day Care, under the leadership of
day care employee Ann Jones (right) visited Community Bank
last week to learn about pennies. Bank employees Jenelle
Von Gunten (left) and Nicole Skillings (center) explained the
importance of saving and the value of a penny. Each child
then received a piggy hank with a gold dollar and a penny to
take hack to the day care to continue to discuss the letter “P.”
-Contributed photo
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Remembrance 5K
walk/run planned
On M arch 17,
Friends Helping Friends
will commemorate Hep-
pner’s 30“’ annual St. Pat
rick’s Day celebration with
a Remembrance Walk/5K
Run fundraiser event.
The morning of the
event will start off at 8:30
a.m. with a wee bit o’ fun.
Friends Helping Friends
will host a social hour and
registration at Heppner
United Methodist Church.
Beginning at 9:30 a.m., the
Remembrance Walk/Run
will proceed following a
route of green shamrocks
and pink hearts. The com
mittee once again will make
Remembrance Shamrocks
for loved ones. With a $5
donation to Pioneer Memo
rial Home Health, an op
tional Remembrance Sham
rock will be added to the
walk route. Last year, 155
shamrocks were made with
202 names remembered.
Each walk/run participant
also will receive a 2012
remembrance wristband the
morning of registration.
Everyone is en
couraged and invited every
one to join the event. The
morning always proves to
be fun for those who partici
pate, and it’s a great oppor
tunity to visit with family
and friends while support
ing local home health.
“ As c o m m ittee
members, we feel it’s im
portant we support our
community while giving
back to health care in mem
ory of loved ones,” said a
walk/run coordinator.
For four y ears,
Friends Helping Friends
has honored the memory of
home health nurse, Donna
Schonbachler. The yearly
St. Patrick’s fundraiser sup
ports the group’s mission,
which is to give financial
assistance to local health
care programs. The funds
from this year’s event will
focus on aid to individuals
and families who endure
health-care hardships. All
proceeds stay within the
community; to date, nearly
$12,000 has been raised
for health care through
contributions to Pioneer
Memorial Hospital, PMH
Home H ealth, Hospice,
and Willow Creek Terrace.
In a joint community ef
fort, H eppner’s Pioneer
Memorial Hospital Emer
gency Room recently re
ceived a GlideScope, which
was made possible in part
from contributions through
Friends Helping Friends.
D o n a tio n s and
checks can be made payable
to Pioneer Memorial Home
Health and mailed to: Kathi
Dickenson, PO Box 566,
Heppner, OR 97836. Those
wishing to have a person
alized shamrock can mail
their photo and honoree
to Susan Hisler at 56504
Little Butter Creek Road,
Heppner, OR 97836.
Community lunch menu
United Methodist Church members will be serv
ing lunch on Wednesday, February 8 at St. Patrick’s Senior
Center. The meal will include navy beans and ham, broc
coli salad, com bread, brownies and tomato juice. Milk
is served at each meal. Suggested donation is $3.50 per
meal. Menu is subject to change.
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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.
Say no to wind
turbines
For Advertising advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p m Cost lor a display ad is $5 per
require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be
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First Friday session
this week
The next session of First Friday Friends of Jesus
will be held at All Saints Episcopal Church in Heppner
this Friday, February 3 from 8 a.m. until noon. Children
ages four through 12 are invited to attend a morning
filled with Bible stories, crafts, games and songs. Lunch
is included, and there is no cost to attend. Newcomers
are always welcome.
This monthly program is sponsored by the Shared
Ministry of All Saints and Hope Lutheran churches. For
more information, call the Shared Ministry office at 541 -
676-9970.
Nordic club skis
Martin Prairie
Ten members of the Arbuclde Nordic Ski Club met Saturday,
January 28 and skied into Martin Prairie. The group found
w arm temperatures, overcast skies and plenty of snow on the
trail. They stopped for a break with a good lunch and fire at
the cabin. A new member joined the group for the day. “Nor
mally, we have our assortment of hound dogs but we have
never had an actual Veti. The dogs kept their distance. He was
quiet on the trail and seemed to have a real liking of Little
Smokies at lunchtime,” said club member Bill Ewing. Join
ing in the «lay’s exercise were (L-R): Steve Brownfield, Dave
Fowler, Kay Fowler, Brian Fow ler (Yeti), Luanne Brownfield,
Kristi Crowell, Sherry Ewing, Dan VanLiew and Bill Ewing.
-Contributed photo
Missionaries to speak
at Nazarene church
Missionaries Bob and Rosa McCroskey will be
speaking at the Heppner Nazarene Church on Saturday,
February 18.
The public is invited to fellowship time and a
meal of pizza, spaghetti, salad and bread from 5:30 and
6:30 p.m. that evening. The service with the McCroskeys
will begin at 7 p.m.
Their program is geared toward young children
as well as adults, so all children and families are encour
aged to attend.
Holly Rebekah card party
Holly Rebekah Lodge will hold their February
card party on Saturday, February 4 at 7 p.m. The cost is $5
per person and includes snacks throughout the evening.
I’m opposed to any
wind turbine generating
facility with in a two-nau-
tical-mile radius of lone or
the Willow Creek Valley or
any affected home owner/
property owner who doesn’t
want them.
I feel the process
in which a proposed wind-
turbine facility is publicly
announced is too short.
One date in a newspaper is
too little time for people to
respond or even know about
the project. The project I
speak o f is the Ella Butte
project that the planning
department approved last
month. Anyone living with
in a two-mile radius of any
wind turbine project should
have been notified by mail
of the projects.
I m yself was too
late in getting a letter of op
position to the planning de
partment because of it only
being published in a local
paper on November 16; I
was not notified by mail as a
land owner affected by this
project. I live within 3800
feet of the project and will
have these turbines in view
from my home.
I urge the county
court to rethink putting
these wind turbine facilities
within at least two nautical
miles of lone for the sake
of the residents living there.
These wind turbines are an
eyesore to those of us who
enjoy our scenic views of
the Willow Creek valley
and the surrounding hills.
There are lots o f studies
and testimonials about the
decreased market values
that wind turbines have on
homes within close view
of the wind turbines. The
study that was submitted to
the county by the lawyer of
the applicant talked about
the assessed value but not
about the market value,
which is a huge difference.
Assessed value is what the
county thinks your home is
worth; market value is what
someone will pay you for
it. Their study showed no
change in assessed value
from the county tax as
sessors offices, but it said
nothing about the declined
market value o f 15-40%
or more in some areas in
the US that have wind tur
bines.
My question to the
county is: why are we the
ones who suffer from these
wind turbines? Why isn’t
the assessed value drop
ping with the market value
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A S ifm “ u r t
to lower the taxes of the
home owner? If the wind
turbine facilities are getting
tax breaks, why aren’t we,
as well? Why aren’t the
wind turbine facilities being
held accountable for this
loss to the affected home
owners? Their study shows
that real-estate sales have
increased but say nothing
about the declining value
of the homes.
We live in lone be
cause of the simple, peace
ful, quite life; the beauti
ful scenic views and the
abundant w ildlife. This
will all change once these
wind turbines are in place
and operating. Our quality
of life will change for the
worse unless we move from
here, but why should I or
anybody else move? This
is our home and our way of
life. Why should we have
to change or suffer because
of greed?
Wind turbines have
proven to be unsustainable
and not cost-effective. They
w ouldn’t be going in if
there were no subsidies. So
my next question is: what
happens when the subsidy
money runs out and the
wind turbine company can
no longer afford to keep
operating them? What then?
Will we be stuck with all of
these iron giants for good?
They supposedly will have
a salvage fund to dismantle
them, but who is going to
enforce that? The County
Court? Or will it just be an
other “Whoops, so sorry”?
I have submitted
two binders [of informa
tion] and this letter to the
planning department. One
binder is about real estate
values; it contains studies,
testimonials from real es
tate agents from around the
USA, and various articles
about wind turbines. The
other binder is all about
the health affects of living
around wind turbines; it
contains studies and tes
tim onials from affected
people.
Again, I hope the
Morrow County Court and
Planning Commission re
think their CUP process to
better suit the residents who
are affected by the wind
turbines. I applaud Uma
tilla County for requiring a
two-mile set-back for wind
turbines, and hope Morrow
County will do the same,
especially around the towns
where most o f the people
will be affected.
Also, what about
the golden eagles in the
area? Why haven’t they been
mentioned or addressed?
Are they expendable? Is
any o f the wildlife being
considered? What good is
a limited post-construction
mortality monitoring plan?
You can’t bring back the
dead. ODFW won’t shut the
wind turbines down after
they’re all up and running
and have killed many of
the birds and run off all the
other animals.
, Do you re a lly
think that the wind turbine
facilities are going to report
every bird that has been
killed? I don’t think so.
Sincerely,
Richard Sandford III
lone, Oregon
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