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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 10, 2021 -- THREE ~ 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. Email to editor@rapidserve.net or upload to Heppner.net. World turns blind eye Dollar General foundation, “Serving Others” To the editor, The world turned a blind eye to Adolf Hitler excusing, ignoring and ap- peasing his Nazi reign of terror until it was almost too late. A more malignant and ominous reign of terror is once against threatening the peace and freedom of the entire world and once again the world has turned a blind eye. Chinese Commu- nist President Xi rules as an absolute dictator enslaving over a billion Chinese cit- izens and murdering mil- lions of Uighur Muslims, enslaving their men and all who protest in concentra- tion camps and harvesting their organs while the world leaders offer appeasement, excuses and encourage- ment. You will not read or see the evidence of this satanic attack on humanity in the national or world news, nevertheless this malignant cancer will soon change the world as we know it and America (your family and mine) is the target. China sabotaged the presidential election making sure their man Joe Biden prevailed. Dominion chief executive John Poulos admitted be- fore Congress his voting machines were built with Chinese hardware from the screen on the interface down to the chip component level. (Philadelphia Trum- pet, Feb. 21) Congress, the CIA, FBI and the national news have documented evidence (Senate Commit- tee on Homeland Security, Hunter Biden, Burisma, and Corruption, Sept. 23, 20) that not only Hunter, Jim, but the “big guy” Joe Biden were heavily invested and had received billions of dol- lars from Communist Chi- nese controlled companies. They have barricaded the White House, hidden Joe Biden, orchestrated a fake white supremacy threat; to conceal the real danger fac- ing America and the world. Peter Schweizer’s Gov. Accountability Institute documentary “Riding the Dragon: The Biden’s Chi- nese Secrets” documents China’s boast “at the top of America’s core inner circle of power and influence, we have our old friends.” (Di Dongsheng, Professor of Economics, Beijing, Nov. 28, 20) Is it possible that traitors at the highest level of government, internet, big tech and media have been bought out by China? Democratic Represen- tative Eric Swalwell is a Represents positive economic growth within community member of the House in- telligence committee with access to the most essential government intelligence. He also has an intimate relationship with Christine Fang, an undercover spy for Chinese State Security. In addition, the chair of the Senate intelligence commit- tee Senator Feinstein, had a Chinese spy, Russell Lowe, as her office director, for two decades. With the aid of these America traitors, the Communist Chinese party has infiltrated every level of American govern- ment, media and big tech and now China controls, through bribes, blackmail and sophistry, our govern- ment, national ‘fake news’ media and the internet. There are 340,000 Chinese students in American uni- versities today, all paid for and controlled by dictator Xi. Xi and his henchmen are working a master plan to destroy the American Republic using sports icons like Labron James that prof- it mightily as a spokesman for their sophistry. While China, the trai- torous liberal left, and in- ternet elites use climate change and white suprem- acy lies and deceit to de- stroy our Republic, they are diabolically weakening us from within and omi- nously choking us from without. Over a half century ago a Democrat President Lyndon Johnson foolishly agreed to “major chang- es” regarding the Panama Canal. The Panama Canal made ‘America Great’ at a cost of 5600 America lives. The wonder of the world under Theodore Roosevelt opened up free trade to the entire world, over 340 million tons of cargo and over a million ships. This strategic jewel was given away by another Democrat President Jimmy Carter in the worst blunder in Amer- ican history. Today this stra- tegic jewel is controlled by none other than President Xi. Nighty percent of the world’s goods are transport- ed through the sea gates of the world once controlled by Great Britain and Amer- ica and now predominantly controlled by Communist dictator Xi. How and why has America turned from bless- ed to cursed? Is there hope? What must America and Americans do to restore our Republic and the blessings of one nation under God? To be continued. Stuart Dick, Irrigon To the editor, The following letter was sent to the city of Hep- pner and is being published as a letter to the editor in its entirety. The Honorable Jim Kindle, Mayor Cc: City of Heppner City Councilors, Dale Bates, John Bowles, Adam Doherty, David Gunder- son, Teresa Hughes, Corey Sweeney and City Manager, Kraig Cutsforth Dear Mayor Kindle, I hope this letter finds you well. As an elected leader of the Heppner com- munity, I understand, re- spect and appreciate that you are committed to serv- ing your community. At Dollar General, we share in your desire to serve the Heppner community as the foundation of service is rooted in our business op- erations and culture through our mission of Serving Others. As we complete a due diligence phase for a pro- posed store at 388 North Main Street in Heppner in partnership with our devel- oper partners at Zaremba Group LLC, I am grateful for the opportunity to pro- vide you with additional information on our compa- ny and the benefits we seek to bring local residents and your community. At Dollar General, we strive to be a positive business partner and good community neighbor. We believe the addition of a new store in Heppner would represent positive economic growth within the com- munity by providing new jobs, additional tax reve- nue for the city and help keep retail sales local as many residents now travel to Hermiston to purchase everyday essentials, which our store would aim to pro- vide. This is shown in many communities, including one of our most recent additions in Fargo, Georgia where Mayor Roy Abbott states: “The opening of the new Dollar General store in Fargo has been a godsend, especially with the onset of COVID. With this store here, the people in our com- munity can better limit their interactions with people in high-spread areas. Even without COVID, though, it is a big boost to our local economy. That will help boost sales tax revenues, which is a big part of our budget. As an addition, I can say that I have had a few residents say that they no longer even go out of Fargo to shop, since they can get pretty much every- thing they need right here.” We are a small-box general merchandise store that provides significant value on the essential items that American households use and replenish most of- ten and play an important role for customers who are looking for a convenient option. The critical role our stores play for families became more evident than ever during the recent (and ongoing) pandemic. During this time of national crisis, our customers have relied on Dollar General to remain open and to provide them with the items they need The Dollar General Stores are selecting Hep- pner as one of their next retail interests. A company that has been in business since 1939. This is an op- portunity for people in the town of Heppner to have employment and choices in products. Why wouldn’t you want that? I certainly remember the first week after we had obtained our business in Heppner that another re- tailer came over to our store, introduced himself and told us that we couldn’t sell certain things in our store because he had them in his store. The right to sell products and employ people in a business is the “American Way.” Small mindedness and selfishness for one’s own gain will keep a town small with its resi- dents driving out of town or ordering from the Amazon giant to find products they need. Dollar General is an American chain store. They seek to provide customers a better life and employees an opportunity to better themselves. Competition is healthy and provides customers with choices and lower prices. It keeps retailers in check, so they don’t gouge customers. Dollar General will employ people in the town of Hep- pner. Now why wouldn’t you want that? Kimberly Gartner (Former Co-owner of Heppner Family Foods) Las Vegas, NV Morrow County Public Works Projects - Morrow County, Oregon Morrow County, Oregon, requests proposals for a qualified Fire Consultant to provide services for Morrow County Parks. Contractors submitting qualifica- tions shall be considered based upon the following general evaluation criteria: Fee schedule. 2. Experience. 3. Method of approach. way to advance their career in our organization, which is evidenced by the fact that approximately 75 percent of current store managers were promoted from within our organization. We also offer employees with com- petitive wages and benefits, numerous development op- portunities including tuition reimbursement and educa- tion discounts, telemedicine health coverage eligibility on their first day, parental leave, adoption assistance and much more. In closing, I appre- ciate the opportunity to highlight our stance as a strong business partner and good neighbor and for your thoughtful consideration of our proposed Heppner lo- cation. My hope is to make the relationship between the City of Heppner and Dollar General a mutually beneficial one, and we hope you and your city council colleagues will take into consideration the numer- ous, positive economic benefits our stores bring to your community. Sincerely, Steve Brophy Vice President, Gov- ernment Affairs Dollar General Corpo- ration sbrophy@dollargener- al,com 615-855-5150 Crystal Luce, APR Senior Director, Public Relations Dollar General Corpo- ration dgpr@dollargeneral. com 615-855-5210 Dollar General: A great Dollar General has items not available in opportunity for Heppner Heppner residents REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR FIRE CONSULTANT 1. at affordable prices in a smaller, less crowded and easy in-and-out environ- ment. We and our employ- ees take this responsibility of service very seriously, and we are proud to have remained open for our cus- tomers during these uncer- tain times. Our efforts were also recognized by Forbes magazine, which identified Dollar General among its top 25 corporate responders to the COVID-19 pandemic and are reflected in a Harris Poll that outlines the es- sential role Dollar General stores in the lives of our customers. Through our mission of Serving Others, we are committed to the commu- nities we proudly call home and strive to be a good neighbor, as evidenced by our unwavering support of literacy and education ini- tiatives through the Dollar General Literacy Foun- dation. The addition of a Heppner store opens the opportunity for schools, nonprofit organizations and libraries within a 15-mile radius of the store to apply for Dollar General Literacy Foundation grants. Today, we proudly em- ploy approximately 600 individuals through our cur- rent store presence in Ore- gon, and we look forward to the opportunity to provide new career growth oppor- tunities to local Heppner residents with the addition of this new store. Employ- ees at the Heppner store will have access to world-class training and development opportunities and a path- To the editor, I just would like to voice my thoughts on the subject of a Dollar General coming to Heppner. I do respect those who oppose this business coming to Heppner. However, this store does have lots of little household items you can- not buy in Heppner. There are never coffee drinks, sandwiches, fruits, vege- tables, fresh meats in any I have been in. So, I cannot understand why anyone would want them to sell these items unless it is a loophole to keep them out. Now, if someone in Heppner really wants to buy cheaper items, they will go to the Dollar Store or Walmart in Hermiston. Dollar General stores do not have all items at a dollar. I was really glad when I lived in Glide and they built one there. It was nice to be DA’s Report Copies of the Request for Qualifications may be obtained from Morrow County Public Works, P.O. Box 428, 365 W Hwy 74, Lexington, Oregon 97839, (541) 989-9500, spointer@co.morrow.or.us Complete proposals will be accepted at the same address no later than 4:00 p.m., March 25, 2021. Any questions or concerns may be addressed to Sandi Pointer. S230563-1 ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. Morrow County Dis- trict Attorney Justin Nelson has released the following report: -Carlos Ramirez was convicted of burglary in the second degree, criminal trespass in the second de- gree and theft in the second degree and was sentenced to 18 months formal pro- bation with the Morrow County parole and pro- bation office, 30 days jail imposed, drug treatment evaluation and treatment, alcohol treatment evalua- tion and treatment. Addi- tional stipulations include no use of alcohol while on probation, no entry of bars or taverns, mental health evaluation and treatment, theft counseling program, 100 hours of community service work and no con- tact with victims. There is no restitution ordered- all items returned to victim. -Conrado Armenta Or- tiz was convicted of rob- bery in the third degree and was sentenced to 24 months formal probation with the Morrow County parole and probation office, 30 days jail imposed, alcohol treatment evaluation and treatment, no use of alcohol while on probation, no en- try of bars or taverns, anger management assessment able to go get a lamp shade without driving 18 miles to Roseburg. It is still there along with the grocery store that has been there forever. Heppner businesses may also pick-up shop- pers from Lexington and Ione who come to Dollar General. I am all for small business owners and do not wish to take business from anyone. I do feel this busi- ness would not hurt others in town. The store in Glide has been kept clean inside and the grounds around it. And they did hire local people to work there. All I am asking is to consider this store for the benefits it could provide to all the people who live in this area. I, for one, will continue to support local business but see this as an addition, not a minus. Monica Powell, Heppner and treatment, 240 hours of community service work and no contact with victims. There is no restitution or- dered- all items returned to victim. -Monte Shalean Mc- Guire was convicted of driving under the influence of intoxicants, reckless driving and driving while suspended. Sentencing in- cludes 30 days jail im- posed, alcohol treatment evaluation and treatment, no use of alcohol while on probation, no entry of bars or taverns, 200 hours of community service work, participate in victim impact panel and driving license revoked.
