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TW O - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 22,2012 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 240-420 M orrow County’s Hom e-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly by Sykes Publishing, LLC and entered as periodical maner at the Post Office at Heppner. Oregon under the Act of March 3,1879. Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon Office at 188 W Willow Street Telephone (541) 676- 9228. Fax (541) 676-9211. t-m ail editor ,i rapidserve net or davidiu rapidserve net Web site: www heppner net Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, PO. Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836 Subscriptions: $27 in Morrow County; $21 senior rate I in Morrow County only; 65 years or older); $33 elsewhere; $27 student subscriptions David Sykes............................................................................................... 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Obituanes Louanne E. DeSpain Louanne E. De- pital. Louie always chose Spain, 58, form erly o f a path of service, always Heppner, passed away at putting others before her St. Vincent’s Hospital in self and making the choice Portland on February 7, to help without ever asking 2012, with family present for anything in return. after a long battle of cancer. She was an avid A Celebration o f crafter. She enjoyed Life will take place c ro c h e tin g and at the Scappoose was a seamstress Adventist Church, for many years. 54289 C olum bia She also attended River Hwy„ Scap outings to hock poose, OR on Sat ey games, soccer urday, Feb. 25 at L o u a n n e F.. games. Trail Blazer DeSpain 1:30 p.m. games, the opera Louie was and music concerts born July 7, 1953, in Agu with her family. She had a iar, CO to Rose Marie Bro- passion for gardening and zovich and Edward Pfean- loved to be outside working ing. Her youth was spent in with flowers and landscap the Idaho panhandle. She ing the yard. was a graduate of Wallace, Lo u i e ma r r i e d ID high school in 1971. Chris in 1985. They resid She then worked ed in Heppner until 1989, in the food industry from when they moved to the 1971-1983. She went to W illam ette Valley with work for Pioneer Memorial their family. She lived in Hospital in Heppner, where Scappoose at the time of she stayed until 1989. She her passing. retired from St. Vincent’s She is survived by: Hospital in Portland, OR her parents; her sisters, after 20 years. Audrey and DeeDee; her Always reaching brother Eddie; her hus for her next goal, some of band Chris of Scappoose; her most proud achieve daughter Mickie (Cameron) ments were becoming a Parker o f Battleground. volunteer firefighter, work OR; son Jason Cameron ing as an EMT on the am o f St. Helens, OR; and bulance in Heppner, and daughter Randie Cox of winning the "Pride Award” Scappoose, OR. She had while working in the cardi five grandchildren. ac unit at St. Vincent’s Hos N ew S t . P a t ' s G e a r • Shirts J L • Sweatshirts • Long sleeve shirts Y ankee F all AND ~ Letters to the Editor ~ T he Heppner Gazette l imes 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 pros ide 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 reserv es 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 of Thanks" at a cost o f $10. More at issue than private property An article titled "Wind power protest airs in Mor row County,” printed in the EO on Saturday, January 28, contains an item worthy of further discussion. Specifically, a quote attributed to Jerry Reitmann, one of the primary organizers in the Ella Butte w ind power project, "It’s perfectly valid for people to not like the idea of having wind turbines in their neighborhood. But it’s still a private property issue.” While I agree whole heartedly w ith that statement, it is important to note that private property rights are not unlimited. T his seems to be a concept which escapes the notice of Mr. Reitmann. When the activities of Mr. Reitmann on his own property have a significant negative effect on the private prop erty rights of his neighbors, well then. Mr Reitmann’s activities are an infringement on his neighbor’s private property rights. While wind energy developers continue to deny it, there is ample experience to confirm there are real negative effects on property values and quality of life issues due to close proximity to modem industrial scale wind turbines. These negative effects are reduced as distance from the turbines increases—and there are real, measurable negative effects up to at least two miles from the turbines. So the functional meaning of Mr. Reitmann’s statement seems to be something like— I'll do whatever I want to do on my property to make money, and if that means your property value goes down, well, that’s just too bad. 1 find it extremely frustrating that Wind project developers (and the attorneys who advise them) seem to be capable of only claiming to be good neighbors, rather than actually being good neighbors. Indeed, here in Umatilla County, wind developers, involved property owners and their attorneys are doing everything they can to strike down development codes approved in June of 2011 which would force wind developers to actually be good neighbors, rather than just claim or pretend to be good neighbors. I have heard the Morrow County Planning Direc tor describe their wind energy siting codes as "robust.” My own review suggests that in this case, "robust” must mean something like—codes so loose they are easy to meet, hard to violate and with few enforcement mechanisms. Don't let hot button phrases like "private property rights" cloud your ability to consider all the issues related to siting commercial wind energy projects. Ed Chesnut Milton-Freewater. OR Nordic group meets On Feb. 18. the ski conditions were the best the Arbuckle Nordic Ski Club had seen this year. I’here was a good inch of fresh powder oil top of the base, and the group followed Ditch Creek south of where it Hows under the 53 road...a great route for skiers who want to practice gentle tips and downs. (L-R): Sherry Ewing; Dan, Sandy and Sam Van Liew; Bill Ewing, Jonathan and Doreen F.n/.; and John Edinundson. - Contributed photo Wind farm ‘red flags’ in Morrow County The East Oregonian article of January 28, 2012 regarding the wind power situation in Morrow County contains more "red flags” for the people of Morrow Coun ty, recognizing the problems the previous Willow Creek Wind Project caused for adjacent landowners and the county’s refusal to accept their responsibilities that went with issuing the permit is cause for serious concern. The statement by Mr. Reitmann raised a huge "red flag” for the people of Morrow County. The state ment regarding their future plans for w ind development and its potential impact on affected landowners highlights several issues. Morrow County Siting Standards and Require ments for future wind projects are dysfunctional and outdated. The total disregard for affected landowner rights needs to be corrected before proceeding with future wind project applications. Umatilla County made a stellar effort to deal with these issues. Unfortunately, implementation of the “Umatilla County New Rules” is on hold due to legal blocks being attempted by the Wind Energy attorneys. The Umatilla County intent with the New Rules was to bring a bafance to the property rights for affected as well as participating landowners; it is to provide a tool that would allow the flexibility of com promise. This is certainly lacking in Morrow County. Respectfully, Dave Price Athena. OR ‘Birth to college’ bad news for kids, parents To the Editor: Congratulations on a superb job of reporting the education goals of our governor, his panel of “experts,” and fellow travelers. (See February' 1,2012 State educa tion to stress "birth to college” says superintendent.) It is true that when they enter public school, children whose social interaction primarily consists of day care and tele vision are both socially and scholastically behind those children who interact with loving parents. It is also true that most of them never catch up. The governor’s solution is to deprive all students of a wholesome family life. The “disadvantaged” children will no longer be behind, because there will be no one for them to be behind. In the last century, every time the age for compulsory education was lowered, the student’s performance was lowered. When the liberals took over Russia in 1917. they took the young children away from their parents and put them in nurseries run by trained and accredited teachers and nurses. The death rate was so high that the Russians closed down the nurseries and let the parents raise their children. The governor’s plan may be closer to Hitler’s than Lenin's, but the results will be the same in all three cases. Stupidity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. I think parents would do well to read your article again and consider the implications of what the "experts” had to say. Dick Temple, DVM Lexington A special kind of Valentine lone youth baseball holds registration lone Youth Baseball is holding registrations on Thurs day. Feb. 23 from 5-6:30 p.m. at Wheatland Insurance Center. The cost is $35 per player with a $70 cap per family. Registration forms were sent home with students on Tuesday. Proof of residency and birth certificates are required to register. Please call Karen Padberg with any questions. C hristaaas C andles 40% OFF V ietri I r r esistib ly I talian DINNERWARE 20 % OFF D rink S pecials W erthers L atte $ 3 .2 5 T oasted M arshmallow H ot C hocolate $ 2 .5 0 W edding Table Travis Winters <& Laura Brown , Saturday March 3rd Muftoy'i thug 217 North M an St H o p p na • Phone 676-915* • Floral 676-9426 Serving Morrow, Wheeler & Gilliam counties Since 1959 f lone Library District to meet The lone Library District will hold their monthly meeting on Thursday. Feb. 23 at 2 p.m. at the lone Public Library, 255 W. Main Street in lone. Agenda topics include agreement for representa tion. interim financing, consideration of establishing a permanent tax rate and follow-up items from the January meeting. The public is invited to attend. Manuel Cegueda (left) and Adan Guerra (right) wanted to show1 their principal, Mr. Matt Combe (center), their very special Valentine's Day cards. The hoys made the cards using sign language. Manuel's first language is sign language, his second language is Spanish and his third language is English. Manuel and Adan are in Mrs. F.lguezabal's English Language Learner class at Heppner Elementary School. Both boys were very excited to take home their huge Valentine wishes. -C on tributed photo Chamber lunch meeting The next meeting of the Heppner Chamber of Commerce will be Thursday, Feb. 23. at 11:30 a m. at All Saints Episcopal Church in I leppner. The Port of Morrow commissioners will be the guest speakers. The commis sioners will report on what is going on at the port and will allow time for questions and discussion. Cost of the lunch is $9; Sweet Productions will cater. Those planning on attending are asked to RSVP by the Tuesday before. t I i
