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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday,December 10, 2014 Letters to the Editor ~ The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 240-420 Morrow County's Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly by Sykes Publishing. LLC and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act o f March 3 , 1879. Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon. Office at 18* W Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676- 922* Fax (541) 676-9211. E-mail: editorttrapidserve.net or davidittrapidserve. net. Web site: www.heppnernet. Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97*36. Subscriptions: $30 in Morrow County; $24 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 65 years or older); $36 elsewhere; $30 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 p m Cost (or a display ad is $5 per column inch Cost for classified ad is SO* per word Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to 100 words Cost tor a classified display ad is $5 75 per column inch For Public/Legal Notices public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p m Dates for pub lication must be specified Affidavits must be required al 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 G T 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 M UST be signed by the author The Heppner GT will not publish unsigned letters All letters M UST include the author s address and phone number for use by the G T office The G T reserves the right to edit letters The G T 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 of $10 Church youth give a gift to span the ocean 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 o f 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. I he 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, fhe 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 o f $ 10. Mustang sportsmanship America’s schools, not matched by some “The battleground fo r hometown fans freedom To the editor— We would like to say congratulations to the Heppner Mustang football team. You were awesome this season. So proud of how you played and conducted yourselves—a great example of working together and good sportsman ship. Your attitudes will carry you a long way in your future endeavors. We were disappointed with a group of seven Heppner women and mothers who so rudely and blatantly stood at the rail and blocked the view of some of us spectators who were in the lower seats. Our view was blocked and you made it impossible to see a lot of the last half of the game. We had paid for our seats with anticipation of watching the whole game— it was too cold to move higher up to wet and snowy seats. We asked politely if you would please sit down and you refused. A lady from Helix made a comment about the rudeness displayed. A fan from Bums stated that it was sad our own Heppner crowd was behaving in such a manner. She talked to you, too, and again you refused to listen. Some o f your comments to and about the cheerlead ers were very uncalled-for. They were freezing cold and trying their best under very adverse conditions. Shame on you. Again, congratulations to the team, cheerleaders. Coach Grant and his staff. You’re the best. (s) Rita Bowman, Heppner, and Ann Elgin, Heppner Funeral Notice Luvilla Sonstegard—Luvilla Sonstegard, 84, long time Heppner resident, passed away peacefully in her sleep Saturday, November 29,2014 in Tacoma, WA. She was bom September 13, 1930 in Mosier, OR to Clarence and Nedra Rice. A celebration of life for Luvilla will be held 11 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 11, at the United Methodist Church in Heppner. Holly Rebekah Bunco party this week Jeri McElligott, Director of Religious Education at St. Wil liam’s Catholic Church, lone, and Keaton Coiner presented a check for $580 to Fr. Kumar Ddagandla of St. Mary’s Parish in Pendleton Sunday. The money was raised by students at St. William’s through bake sales and collecting coins, and, along with $309 raised through a second collection at Mass, will buy Christmas gifts for Fr. Kumar's children’s home in India. This is the second year the students have done fundraisers for the children. The fundraisers have, McF.lligott noted, shown them being Catholic goes beyond attending Mass on Sundays. One student commented, “When I grow up I want to have a chil dren’s home just like Fr. Kumar.” Fr. Kumar, w ho was previ ously the parish priest at St. William’s, expressed his gratitude to parishioners for their generosity. -Contributedphoto Holly Rebekah Lodge will be hosting its Bunco party this Thursday, Dec.l 1. It will start at 7 p.m. at the lodge hall in Lexington. This event is the lodge’s fundraiser for the Vocational School Scholarship the lodge gives to a graduating senior from both Heppner and lone high schools. “Please come and help support the local youth,” says a lodge spokesman. The cost is $5 per person. Historical society to meet Sunday The Morrow County Historical Society will hold its quarterly meeting on Sunday, Dec. 14, in the front room of the St. Patrick’s Senior Center building on Main Street in Heppner. The meeting will begin at 2 p.m. The group will be discussing possible field trips, the 2015 Morrow County Chronicles and a possible speaker The 2014-2015 Arbuckle Nordic Club’s ski season from Heppner. Members of the public are invited to come, is about to begin. Anyone interested in skiing with the join and participate. group is invited to meet at Bill and Sherry Ewing’s home at 61187 Highway 207 at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 16. Lack o f ski equipment is not a problem; members may be able to lend some to those who need it. O f course, there will be pie and ice cream at the meeting. The Heppner United Methodist will host a free break fast on Sunday from 8-10 a.m. in the church community room. This month’s breakfast will include orange-glazed The Morrow County Clerk’s office has released the French toast. The breakfast is open to the public and everyone following report of marriage licenses: December 8, 2014: -Cuauhtemoc Romero Sanchez, is welcome. The Heppner United Methodist Church is 44, of Hermiston and Graciela Garcia, 44, of Hermiston. located at 175 West Church St. For more information call 541-676-9224 or e-mail heppneroregonmethodists@gmai 1 .com. Nordic ski club to begin new season Free breakfast Sunday morning Marriage Licenses W E PARTICIPATE IN C h e c k o u t o u r TOYS, DECOR, GIFTS, C h r is tm a s SECRET SANTA s e le c tio n ! FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS L U N C H S P E C IA L S wed. - Hot Roast Beef sw & Split Pea soup Thurs.- Homemade Tomato Bisque soup w/ Grilled Ham & Cheese Frl. - Homemade stew w/ cornbread Mon. - Phiily Cheesesteak wrap Tues. - Chicken & Dumpling Soup wed. - sweet & Sour Meatballs w / rice STEVE RHEA'S Retirement Open House December 18th 2-5:30 pm W h e a tla n d I n s u r a n c e 217 North Main St Heppner • Phone 676-9158 • Floral 876-9426 « A 4-H cookie baking workshop is planned for Friday, Dec. 18, from 10 a.m. till noon at the lone Community Church. This is part two of a Cit izenship series presented by Morrow County 4-H. Par ticipants will donate cook ies for a community service project, and will also get to take some home. Space. - is limited. To sign up for , the workshop, visit http:// w ww.signupgenius.com/ go/10c0a49a9ad22a4fe3- 4hchristmas. ., Questions? Email A sh-.. ley Jones at Ashley.jones@ oregonstate.edu. IN F R O N T O F W IL K IN S O N A R E SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14TH 9AM-3PM :O R B A R R E L R A C IN G CORN DOGS, CHICKEN STRIPS, BURGERS, FINGER STEAKS, ELEPHANT EARS Caramel Gingerbread Latte $3.50 Candy cane Peppermint Frappe $4.00 ^ Serving Morrow, Wheeler & Gilliam counttot Sine* 1959k 4-H program to bake . up good citizenship QUALITY CONCESSIONS OPEN 12 -4 PIVI SUNDAYS DEC. 13TH AND DEC. 2QTH M imuuj ' j D aiuj The below was submitted to E. Oregonian and Herm iston Herald in response to their article(s) titled ’’Big, Bad Common Core.. .or is it?” and “Area school officials discuss some of the misconceptions about new education standards,” dated Nov. 12 and 15, 2014. My response concerning the truth, the origination, the intent and consequences of “Common Core” and its new education standards in area school systems: Common Core...a rumor (as per the article)? No. The term sustainable development was bom in the pages of “Our Common Future,” the official report of the 1987 United Nations Commission (UNCED), Authored by Gro Harlem Brundtland, VP of the World Socialist Party. The term Common Core is part and parcel of t h e United Nations Rio Accord “Sustainable Development Agenda 21.” The accord was officially signed by U.S. 1 President George H. W. Bush at the Rio conference in 1992. Common Core is a reality...yes. President Clinton’s signing o f “Goals 2000” es-> tablished the framework for U.S. National Standards, Curriculum, and Assessments. All 50 states adopted “Goals 2000,” thus receiving the funding that came with it. Without knowing what, in its entirety, it entailed (aka sign it and read it later). In 2002 President George W. Bush creates “No Child Left Behind,” and in 2003 ESD (Educational Sustainable Development) was created, to leverage “The UN Decade ’ Project.” Common Core has been steadily implementing itself into our school systems under all kinds of designs and fronts, under many different titles, ESD, NCLB, NGO, NSCA, CCSS, SBA, and CC among them. Don’t know ' these acronyms? Seek and leam. The idea of Agenda 21 or its “Common Core” agenda has not as yet been presented to any of the federal or state legislative bodies as of this date. In 2012 President Obama rewrote the federal privacy laws, allowing the powers to share all student academic and personal records with virtually anyone. Scary? Did your school superintendent, the school board, the principal or your child’s teacher let you know about this...? In the academic school year 2014-2015 Smarter Bal-' ance Assessment must be fully implemented in Oregon school districts in English language arts and mathematics., These were solely created by bureaucrats, NGOsi * and committees mostly put together by non-teacher input. Thus, astonishingly, “Common Core” so-called standards were implemented virtually without regard to any scientific or theory evidence of its value. The 60 members o f two national committees and its composition is highly suspect as to its motivation and accountability of our nation’s school curriculums. I implore you to research and leam the truth about Agenda 21 and it’s designs on America, which is real, it’s here and its intent is to divide and conquer the America we have taken a pledge and oath to protect and defend (against) any encroachment that will be detrimental to our nation. Common Core is not a rumor...if that’s the view of our academic system, we are in trouble. We need to pray... seek the truth...ask for courage and strength, and be care ful of the rhetoric. The stakes are high...our children’s education is critical...the players in this effort are motivated to make changes...we are the pawns...our nation’s educational system is at the apex...control of our educational system^ which will ultimately lead to our Christian community, is the goal of the United Nations. References: America’s Schools-the Battleground of Freedom by Allen Quist, Oregon Common Core State Standards, Oregon Rep. Dennis Richardson’s Newsletter, Portland Oregonian, John Eppolito, Common Core Re port, American Policy Institute’s Special Report “Agenda 21,” Cascade Policy Institute, Gro Harlem Brundtland, VP o f the World Socialist Party. Submitted by, (s) Dick Sargent, Hermiston Join us Steve » we congratulate his retirement ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M.
