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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 27, 2020 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 SEARCH OLD COPIES OF THE HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES ON-LINE: http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/ Published weekly by Sykes Publishing and entered as periodical matter 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. 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: $31 in Morrow County; $25 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 65 years or older); $37 elsewhere; $31 student subscriptions. David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher Bobbi Gordon................................................................................................ Editor Giselle Moses.........................................................................................Advertising All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. For Advertising: advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Cost for a display ad is $5.25 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 $6.05 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 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 will be placed in the classifieds under “Card of Thanks” at a cost of $10. Obituaries Elvyn Edward Bell Elvyn Edward Bell, 93, being with family and gar- of Baker City, died May 11 dening. He was a mem- at his home. His memorial ber of the Elks, VFW and American Legion. service and celebration Elvyn is sur- of life will take place vived by his wife, at a later date. Patricia; sons, Elvyn was born Kevin Bell (Terri) Dec. 10, 1926, at Wal- of Baker City and lowa to Leslie (Bus) Kent Bell (Kar- and May Martin Bell. He attended school in Elvyn Edward men) of Grants Pass; grandchil- Wallowa and Baker, Bell dren, Kyle Bell graduating from St. Francis Academy in Baker (Kelsey) of Portland, OR, Kristen Anderson (Bernt) City, OR. He served his country of Haines, OR, Drew Bell, in both the Army and then Meggan Martin (Miles) the Air Force, returning to all of Grants Pass. OR; Baker in 1950 to marry his great-grandchildren, Bra- high school sweetheart, den Bell (Jacqui) of Tem- ple, TX, stationed at Fort Patricia Louise Schmidt. Bell worked in the lum- Hood, McKenzie Hayhurst ber industry; Collins/Pon- (Kris) of Raeford, NC, dosa Pine, in Pondosa, OR stationed at Fort Bragg and for eight years and Kinzua Salvi Anderson of Haines, Corporation, Kinzua, OR, OR. He was preceded in then at Heppner when the Kinzua Corporation moved death by his parents, Leslie their operations. He worked and May Bell; a sister, Flor- there for 31 years, retiring ence Bell and a great-grand- daughter, Gyda Anderson. as a supervisor in 1990. Memorial contribu- He and Patricia spent many years enjoying retire- tions may be made to Best ment. They traveled in their Friends of Baker through fifth wheel to Yuma, AZ and Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer beyond with their friends. Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave., They sold their home Baker City, OR 97814. To in Heppner and relocated to light a candle in memo- Baker City in 2003. Elvyn ry of Elvyn or to leave a enjoyed hunting, fishing, condolence, go to www. travel, woodworking, just grayswestco.com. New Baby in Your Family? Engagement? Wedding? We want to share your life events! Stop in the Heppner Gazette office or email us with details and photos. All birth, engagement and wedding announcements are always free! 188 W Willow Street Heppner, OR editor@rapidserve.net BRUCE YOUNG LOGGING LLC E YOUNG LOGGING, L LC BRUC -Timber Management -Consulting -Harvesting Services -Fire suppression For all your heavy equipment needs! -Excavator -Dump Truck -Lowboy -Backhoe -Water Trucks -Grader Bruce and Luke Young Partners 80963 Black Mountain Lane, PO BOX 98 Heppner Oregon 97836 Office phone 541-676-5309, Fax 541-676-5189 BEO Bancorp announces 2020 Ione academic scholarships Library reopens BEO Bancorp and its subsidiary, Bank of Eastern Oregon, have selected the 2020 high school senior scholarship winners. This scholarship is awarded to students planning to enroll in agriculture or business and judging is based on scholarship, leadership and citizenship. Applications are accepted from gradu- ating seniors in all areas where Bank of Eastern Or- egon and Bank of Eastern Washington branches are located. $500 scholarships were awarded to Oregon seniors Sierra Villegas, Riverside High School, Kimberly Renteria, Irrigon High School, Garrett Wal- chli and Jazlyn Romero, Hermiston High School, Catherine Rhodes, Sherman County High School, Gage Tatum, Fossil High School, Cooper Johnson, Condon High School, Nicole Proph- eter, Casey Fletcher, Kellen Grant, Jason Rea, and Mat- thew Orem, Heppner High School, Calvin Bennett, Mitchell High School, Ellie Justice, Grant Union High School, Risa Thompson, Crane Union High School, Brooklyn Hutchins, La ~ Letters to the Editor ~ 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 of Thanks” at a cost of $10. Grande High School, and Cloe Davis, Weston McE- wen High School. $500 scholarships were awarded to Washington seniors Cotton Booker, Lauren Stubbs and Gunnar Aune, Colfax High School, and Tayven Seney, Dayton High School. “We know this has been an unprecedented time for our high school seniors. We wish them the best of luck as they move on to college and look forward to hearing of their continuing success,” said President and CEO Jeff Bailey. Senior golf season cancelled The officers and execu- tive board of the Columbia Blue Senior Golf Associ- ation have announced that the 2020 tournament season is cancelled due to the coro- navirus. The CBSGA board in- tends to meet again in No- freely given back liberty vember to plan for the 2021 and freedom? This will season. be their answer. When all viruses are eradicated by government dictated home 4,000 babies this year. Let quarantines, social distanc- that sink in. 144 Wuhan flu deaths, ing of all public entities, mandatory tracing vaccina- all already sick and com- tions, and all church, busi- promised, and not one child ness and sporting events at- 19 or younger and now tendance numbers governed bring on the tracing teams. by the state. Celebrations, Had enough? Put a sign sporting events, football out Morrow and Umatilla games, rodeos are way too County. “Tracing Teams and mandatory vaccinations dangerous. The government must not allowed on our blood protect our health and safe- bought property.” You have ty. They must make sure inflicted as much damage as we do not catch a virus we will tolerate. Stuart Dick. Irrigon and if we do, they must trace every person we had contact with and put them in quarantine to protect us from ourselves. Kiera Adeline Esther Wenberg – Nels Wenberg and While the Governor’s edicts have emptied our Kristi Worden, Heppner, announce the birth of a daughter, hospitals, ruined a devas- Kiera Adeline Esther tating percentage of small Wenberg, on January businesses, stressed out 30, 2020 at 1:01 p.m. Kiera weighed 6 our youth, their teachers and their parents, the Or- pounds, 7 ounces and egon abortion industry has was 18.5 inches long. prospered without missing She joins siblings murdering a single baby at Klynn, James, Richard Oregon taxpayer expense. and RitaJo McNamee. Grandparents are While our Governor is shut- ting down our schools to Bob and Pam Worden protect our youth, her gov- and Kenneth and Bo- Kiera Adeline Esther Wenberg ernment financed abortion nita Wenberg, all of industry has killed nearly Heppner. Higher chance to die of lightning strike than Wuhan flu To the editor: As of May 21, 144 Oregonians have died of Wuhan Flu. All had com- promised health, 50 percent were over 80 years old and 75 percent were over 70. That means in Oregon your chance of dying of Wuhan flu is .00004 percent. You have ten times the chance of dying by a lightning strike (.0003 percent) during your life. The Governor has closed all schools, yet not one child has died in Ore- gon. Americans have been driven to fear a virus that is no more dangerous than the common flu, yet the govern- ment police state dictates have virtually destroyed our present liberty and freedom and now Socialism is being forced down our collective throats. Contact tracing teams will soon be inter- rogating all Oregonians (180,000 contact tracers na- tionwide) with the ultimate power of the state to force home quarantines and in Washington State, “legally enforceable” authority to remove children if parents do not comply. When will America and Oregon return to normal? When has a dictator ever The Ione Library re- opened May 19 with reg- ularly scheduled hours, 1 to 6 p.m. Monday and Wednesday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday. Some restrictions apply. Respect of social dis- tancing is expected, which may mean limiting the number of people allowed in the library at any given time. Patrons are requested to use face masks when at the librarian’s desk for check-in or check-outs. Masks have been ordered and will be available for patrons who do not bring their own mask. The library has hand sanitizer and it is required that visitors use it when they enter the library. One computer station will be open to the public with a 10-minute time limit. The area will be cleaned after each use. Common areas will be cleaned often, using disinfectant on the tables, door handles, chairs, desks and other high traffic areas. The outside covers of books will be wiped with a disinfectant before they are checked out and when they are returned. Returned books will not be re-shelved for 48 hours. Those who are uncom- fortable coming into the library should call 541- 561-9828 with their book request and the librarians will meet them at the door or take the book to the curb. In-town home delivery can also be arranged. Books, e-books, audio books and DVDs can also be ordered on-line through the Sage system. Patrons are encouraged to call if they need assistance with online ordering. Births Condemnation ‘license to transfer property from those with few resources to those with more’ To the editor: My name is Alexandra Hobbs. I am an educator, mother and recipient of a bachelor’s degree in polit- ical science from Oregon State University. In addition to these monikers, I am also the wife of a business owner whose property is set to be condemned. The purpose of this letter is to state my unequivocal opposition to the condemnation of private property at the behest of Umatilla Electric Coop- erative for the benefit of a private corporation. The reason for this opposition is clear: The Fifth Amend- ment of the United States Constitution. The Fifth Amendment states that, “No person shall . . .be deprived of life, liber- ty of property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.” Although the Fifth Amendment has been ad- judicated over the years, and precedent has been set, it possesses-without ques- tion-a public requirement. The condemnation in ques- tion is unconstitutional as it clearly does not meet this requirement. There are mul- tiple reasons for this. First, Vadata is not a public entity and through tax deferments will offer no increased tax revenue to Morrow County. I do not believe any other monetary contributions (i.e. philanthropy in the form of a community fund) in lieu of taxes should count towards Amazon or Vadata being called a public entity. In addition to failing to meet the first criterion, the immediate beneficiaries of the powerlines will be a singular private entity, not the greater public. To be sure, UEC will attempt to misrepresent this aspect but it is clear the powerline is being constructed to serve Vadata first and foremost. In the Supreme Court Case “Kelo v. City of New London (2005),” the re- spondents argued that their use of eminent domain was constitutional because the city had a compelling interest to condemn private property due to deteriorat- ing economic conditions. This is pertinent to mention because even before the construction of the data centers, Morrow County had a labor shortage prob- lem. In other words, any sort of argument which hinges upon these power- lines through the planned route as being crucial to economic development is farcical. With these reasons in mind, the Fifth Amendment rights of citizens and busi- ness owners are absolutely being infringed upon. This happened when a few se- lect individuals plopped giant concrete bunkers in their community’s back- yard without public input or infrastructure to support them. I will close with a quote from Justice Antonin Scalia in his dissenting opinion in the aforementioned case. He writes, “The beneficia- ries are likely to be those citizens with disproportion- ate influence and power in the political process, in- cluding large corporations and development firms. As for the victims, the gov- ernment has now license to transfer property from those with fewer resources to those with more. The Founders cannot have in- tended this perverse result.” With sincere thanks, Alexandra Hobbs, Boardman Have a news story or photo for the Gazette? e-mail editor@rapidserve.net call 541-676-9228 or stop by the office on Willow St., Heppner Today
