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We may all fail at taxes
and bookkeeping
To the editor:
This letter regards Doc-
tor Wenberg and your re-
cent article about his legal
troubles with the Internal
Revenue Service. Always,
there are things that we may
fail at and most certainly
taxes and bookkeeping are
something, by any standard,
that Doctor Wenberg is not
qualified to handle. But it
is important to note that he
is qualified to be a physi-
cian. He literally has, for
years, saved lives, helping
us through stressful times
and making sacrifices to
remain in Heppner.
Granted, I would never
want Doctor Wenberg to do
my taxes but if I had a medi-
cal emergency, he would be
the first one I would seek
help from. Therefore, I am
asking those who he has so
diligently taken care of, that
they support him by letting
the powers that be know we
want him to be retained as
our physician.
If someone stumbles,
and it does appear that he
did, then we need to offer
a helping hand so he can
stand again and correct his
mistakes. And there are
many ways we can achieve
this, such as advocating for
Doctor Wenberg to be re-
tained as our ER physician.
There is a petition asking
for this and furthermore
stating our community
wants it to be known that
we want the most lenient
approach in settling all his
legal issues, emphasizing
these are not in any manner
related to his performance
as a physician. Example:
if I am being stitched up in
an emergency room, clear-
ly, the quality of my care
should not be dependent
upon whether I paid my
taxes. Conversely, these
criteria should be equally
applied to Doctor Wenberg.
At some time or anoth-
er, all of us have made er-
rors in judgement, possibly
there were misdeeds, but be
they small or large, what we
would want is that chance
to make things right. Please
give Doctor Wenberg that
chance. He is a caring, de-
cent man. I am signing the
petition and urge all of you
to do the same thing.
Thank you,
Pat Walker, Heppner
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Missed opportunity if Oregon falls behind
on clean energy
Two qualities which
make our communities
strong are personal respon-
sibility and neighborly co-
operation. We do what we
can to contribute. We take
responsibility for our piece
of what needs to be done.
We clean up our own mess.
Some problems are too big
or we hit a rough patch. Our
neighbors step in to help.
We’re stronger for working
together.
I was born and raised
in Gilliam County, where
I’m proud to serve my com-
munity as road master and
as a commissioner at the
Port of Arlington. In my
lifetime, I’ve seen a lot of
changes. Only one winter
in the last twelve have we
had enough water. People
have to drill deeper wells.
Our aquifers are drying up.
The winters are too warm.
There’s not enough snow in
the mountains to feed our
water sources.
M y w i f e ’s f a m i l y
had a ranch, 26,000 acres
where they grazed cattle.
The wildfires, which have
gotten worse, damaged
so much rangeland. Ev-
ery blade of grass burned
means less acreage for the
cattle. You’re forced to
overgraze in other areas to
keep up the herd. Wildfires
are making things worse
for our economy, land and
health. Scientists predicted
this would happen and now
it’s coming true.
We ’ r e f a c i n g a
once-in-a-generation chal-
lenge and it’s going to take
responsibility and coopera-
tion to solve. For previous
generations it was fighting
dictators in Europe. For us,
it’s combatting a warming
climate. I believe this is a
global problem. I’m pleased
to hear things about China
and Europe starting to pull
some of the weight. But if
the U.S.A. really kicks in
with renewable energy, no
country in the world can
beat us. We have economic
freedom here. The world
would see us as an example.
Oregon is a prime place
to show others how it’s
done, while boosting our
homegrown economy. I’ve
seen Gilliam County and
our neighbors lifted up
thanks to the wind farms,
creating jobs and bringing
in revenue for counties and
towns. When I’m building
roads, I’m making them
as straight as I can so the
trucks carrying new wind
turbines have an easy time
coming in.
Now’s the time for
more investment in re-
newable power, in making
buildings and homes use
less energy, and to think
about how we can use better
fuels, made here at home.
I’m following this cap-and-
invest legislation in Salem
called “Clean Energy Jobs.”
The idea is Oregon
will put a “cap” on climate
pollution from the largest
sources in our state, about
100 of them. We’ll ask
those industrial polluters
to take responsibility for
what they’re putting into
our air by paying a fair price
for it. Those funds will be
invested in communities all
around the state -- in clean
energy like solar, upgrades
to homes and businesses
to save on energy bills and
projects to battle against
drought and prevent wild-
fires.
Like with the wind
farms, all this new work
requires people to do it.
It’s the kind of work that
can’t be outsourced – con-
struction workers, electri-
cians, engineers and more.
A project means hiring local
truckers, more business for
the hardware stores and
restaurants. This legislation
could mean more funding
to jumpstart those projects.
Up at the Port of Ar-
lington, we’re developing
a building to attract busi-
nesses. We’d like to put
solar panels up because the
electricity bill will be much
lower. It’s not in the budget
right now, but with Clean
Energy Jobs we could fund
those improvements. At
the landfill in Arlington, as
things decompose, we’re
pulling methane gas off and
making electricity from it,
more power than the whole
county needs. These clean
energy funds can help turn
landfills, dairy operations
and water treatment plants
into energy generators. Irri-
gation equipment upgrades
for farmers can help save
water and energy, protect-
ing us from drought.
Long term, if we’re
using energy made closer
to home, it’s going to be
cheaper and more reliable.
I hear the other side of this
debate too. Folks worried
about ‘will this be a burden
on the economy?’ and the
like. I plan a budget at the
road department. I know
prices for energy go up and
down, mostly out of our
control. You plan for those
as best you can. We need
to set ourselves up for the
future.
I’ll be watching closely.
This bill needs to invest in
all communities, not just the
Portland area. I hope to see
guarantees that rural coun-
ties will get our fair share
and some help because we
don’t always have the staff
to do the paperwork. I need
to see protections for large
businesses under the cap to
stay competitive. And we
should join up with other
states, so it doesn’t create a
new bureaucracy.
Oregon needs to do its
part. We might not grow
enough wheat to feed the
whole world, but we grow
wheat in Oregon anyway
because we contribute to the
market. The Clean Energy
Jobs bill is an economically
smart way to create jobs,
reduce pollution and save
money on energy while
we become more indepen-
dent. For our community to
thrive, we need new indus-
tries and protection against
the changing climate. This
is a balanced solution.
Dewey Kennedy, Gil-
liam County Road Master
Port of Arlington Com-
missioner
Working Together to be a
Healthier Community
Today and
Cap and Trade opposed
To the editor:
Cap and trade. What
does it really mean for
America? I believe it means
the death of America as
the greatest producer of
food and the wisest user
of conservation of natu-
ral resources upon earth.
America will not be able to
come out to help others in
times of disaster if we stop
using our heavy equipment
and ground our air service,
as the new green deal pro-
motes and eliminates all
our livestock as they pro-
pose. We’ll just become a
large third world nation and
greatest killer of kids the
world over with abortion
(population control).
Thank you, farmers
and ranchers for your stew-
ardship of the land and all
agriculture outside of the
Portland to Eugene area
who support Oregon’s real
economy.
The governors and leg-
islators of California, Or-
egon and Washington are
mocking God with their
social engineering and
slaughter of babies. The
greatest holocaust in hu-
man history, spread by the
greatest lie, just like Adolf
Hitler said, “Tell a lie and a
big lie and tell it often and
the people will believe it.”
That’s what young people
are believing, the biggest
lie.
Is wind power real-
ly green? It takes 80,000
pounds of copper per gen-
erator, tons of steel for the
towers, many pounds of
other metals to finish the
complete set up. Then there
are the massive holes dug
for the towers’ supports
and all the steel, aggregate
and cement to hold all those
tons in the air without fall-
ing over, massive 60-foot
wide roads to haul all of
this material in, then all
of the heavy equipment to
erect these behemoth wind
machines. All of this work
from start to finish needs
thousands of gallons of
diesel (“fossil fuel”). Then
there is the impact upon
wildlife of the area, many
dead birds, bats, displaced
deer, pronghorn and many
in winter wildlife areas.
How long do these last, then
whose problem? Nowhere
enough energy for their cost
and not really green at all.
This all costs millions
of dollars. I’ve heard the
cost is around 1.2 million
per tower. Wind, solar and
battery storage truly are
biased science promoted
by people only interested
in their own interests. Real
scientists speak about the
fallacy of climate change
promoted by globalists tell-
ing of flooding areas, which
now for over 20 years are
still not flooded or under
water as told by Al Gore,
selling fear to little school
children and promoting
hysteria.
In the 60s and 70s they
were talking of going into
another ice age, remember
that if you are that old? The
young have no real-life
experience concerning any
of this they are being pro-
pagandized with.
Real science and truth
are withheld by what’s
being called fake news
by those far-left liberals
controlling free speech,
promoting fear among the
young.
These people hate God
or his word: Genesis 8:22:
“While the earth remaineth,
seed time and harvest, and
cold and heat, summer and
winter, and day and night
shall not cease.” 9:13: “I
do set my bow in the cloud,
and it shall be for a token
of a covenant between me
and earth.” 15: “And I will
remember my covenant,
which is between me and
you and every living crea-
ture of all flesh; and the wa-
ters shall no more become
a flood to destroy all flesh.”
I put my trust in God,
before man or science;
for God says, Jeremiah
17:5, “Thus saith the Lord;
cursed be the man that
trusteth in man, and maketh
flesh his arm, and whose
heart departeth from the
Lord.”
Young people, seek
God, Jesus Christ for hope
and your future. His word
is truth and absolute, John
17:17.
(s) Beryl Stillman
Lexington, OR
is
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Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
With an emphasis on screening and prevention, the
colorectal cancer survival rate has increased in the
last 20 years. It’s also important that you be aware of
the symptoms of the disease and share what you’re
experiencing with a healthcare professional. Don’t
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Join us at these locations for refreshments and an
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