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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 31, 2022 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. Chris Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher .................................................................................................. Editor ............................................................................................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 publi- cation must be specified. Affidavits must be requested 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. Cutsforth makes world record shoot Stanley Cutsforth with his shooting rifle Stanley Cutsforth of Heppner has set a new Extreme Long Range Shooters (ELR Shooters) world record. He made three hits at 2,560 yards Cold Bore and took first place at the Spring Canyon Record match, including a first round hit at 3,700 yards. He also took first place at the Raton Thunder 1.64 Mile. ~ Letters to the Editor ~ Demand Port remove nitrates To the Editor: Commissioner Jim Doherty’s exposure of un- restrained nitrate poisoning in Morrow and Umatilla county has drawn the re- proach of many citizens. Has Commissioner Doherty used nitrate poisoning as a “headline grabbing attempt to make political hay out of the Port of Morrow’s nitrate issues?” (Jerry Rietmann, G.T. 8/24/22) Jerry raises valid concerns regarding the problem of greater scru- tiny from the DEQ, EPA, and multiple State of Ore- gon regulatory agencies on our private property. Riet- mann contends “the Port is not that much of a contrib- utor to the overall nitrate issue. No doubt with the large amount of current and future investment the Port will make the investment to remove nitrates from its water process.” (Rietmann, 8/24/22) If this statement is true and accurate then Commissioner Doherty deserves the criticism lev- eled against him. If not then Doherty has been unfairly attacked as “No good deed goes unpunished.” A local Morrow County Dairy Farm was recently fined and closed down for significantly less nitrate poisoning than the Port of Morrow gets away with every year. It is a docu- mented falsehood (Nitrate Poisoning, G.T. 6/22/22) to publically state “the Port of Morrow is not that much of a contributor of the overall nitrate issue.” The DEQ has been fining, then rescind- ing, then fining the Port of Morrow nitrate poisoning for more than two decades with zero success. In my letter documenting (G.T. 6/22/22) the egregious “reckless, deliberate” con- Immediate Care – Rolling Into Boardman Soon! OPEN OCTOBER 11 ______ Seven days a week 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. MCHD’s clinic will offer immediate care and occupational health to Morrow County. Working toward a healthier community, the Morrow County Health District is launching a new immediate care clinic in Boardman. Boardman Immediate Care will offer a range of immediate care and occupational health services that are convenient, affordable and accessible. Staffed seven days a week, the clinic will play a vital role in keeping the people of Morrow County healthy and safe. STEP RIGHT UP FOR CONVENIENT CARE What is it? Boardman Immediate Care is an immediate care and occupational health clinic with two clinical exam rooms and X-ray and laboratory services. Where is it located? Housed in a custom- designed motor coach, the clinic will be located at 101 Kinkade Rd. in Boardman. What kind of care is available? Patients can be seen for minor illnesses and injuries, skin rashes, irritation or infection, sprains, strains and muscle tears, scrapes or cuts, minor workplace injuries, drug screening and more. Who can get care here? Anyone needing immediate care or occupational health services can access care at Boardman Immediate Care. When will it open? The Boardman Immediate Care coach arrived in Boardman Friday, Sept. 2. It is scheduled to open for business Tuesday, Oct. 11, and will be open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Morrow County Health District accepts all major insurance plans and is committed to providing financial assistance to people who have health care needs and are uninsured, underinsured, ineligible for a government program, or otherwise unable to pay for medically necessary care. Working toward a healthier community in Morrow County. Find out more at HealthyMC.org tinuous nitrate poisoning by the Port of Morrow I was questioned by an Ione resident Virgil Morgan re- garding the excess total nitrogen applied by the Port from 2007-09. I highly re- spect Virgil, so I went back to the publication to make sure I documented correct- ly an excess of over three thousand pounds per acre of nitrogen in the permit violation. Confirmed but not satisfied I contacted the DEQ for actual documenta- tion in their records. “Mr. Dick please find attached the 2011 Notice of Permit Violation citing the 2007- 09 violation. By my quick count, the total excess nitro- gen applied across all fields during that time frame was 3,580 lbs. per acre.” (Jeff Bachman, DEQ , 7/18/22). Contrary to Jerry Ri- etmann’s confidence that the Port “will make the investment to remove ni- trates from its water pro- cess” there is no evidence to support his confidence. The Port relies on the pub- lic support of citizens and Port food processors that profit greatly by having their contaminated water removed. Therefore the Port has received scant public pressure to make any concrete commitment to remove nitrates from the water on farms they con- tinue to poison with excess nitrates. If the land owners and citizens of Morrow County want the DEQ, EPA and other regulatory agencies to back off and leave us alone, then it past time to demand the Port Commissioners use their authority to re- move the nitrates from the irrigation water instead of encouraging attacks against Jim Doherty. Jim Doherty is not the problem, he is just the whistle blower that brought it to the surface. Stuart Dick Grant graduates from Pacific Sophie Marie Grant of Heppner graduated from Pacific University in May- 22 with a bachelor of sci- ence degree in biology from the College of Arts & Sciences. “Pacific Univer- sity serves nearly 4,000 students in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs in the arts and sciences, business, educa- tion, optometry and health professions. Committed to inspiring students to think, care, create, and pursue justice in the world, Pacific offers a transformation- al liberal arts foundation paired with meaningful professional preparation. Pacific is the No. 1 private research university in the Northwest, with campuses in Forest Grove, Hillsboro, Eugene, and Woodburn, OR,” said a Pacific Univer- sity news release. Rebekah Lodge to host BUNCO Starting September 15, Hol- ly Rebekah Lodge is once again holding BUNCO parties at their Lodge Hall in in Lexington. 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