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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday,June 26, 2024 -- THREE Ladies WCCC June 18 th Golf Invitational ~ 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 Willow Creek from Meadow Springs and 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 $15 Email to editor@rapidserve.net or upload to Heppner.net. Country Club hosted a Karen Thompson from blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled….” What if the first time 1 Peter 3:14 By Susie Crosby from you heard a 12-year-old Prineville, Or. kid spout the F word in the grocery store, you stopped him and said “Hey there young man. You need to watch your language”? I can hear it now…...”But it’s none of my business”. Well, what if we had made it our business way back when. I wonder how dif- This letter is a re- ferent things would be now. sponse to Commissioner Maybe Mayberry wouldn’t Jeff Wenholz BOC letter be so far off. Can you imag- (G.T. 6/19/24). The G.T. ine someone walking down quoted me (G.T. 6/12/24) Main Street with their pants giving due credit to Bobbi below their buttocks and Childers and her staff for their skivvies hanging out? their “diligent, integrity I bet they would have been driven staff for their un- immediately escorted into a wavering commitment to belt store. Aunt Bea would the cause”. What I actually have been horrified. We wrote regarding our clerk need more Aunt Beas. But and staff was kudos for I fear the effective shock their “diligence, integrity factor is behind us. and plain old hard work on I know some parents behalf of Morrow Coun- don’t give a hoot how their ty.” The issue in this recall kids behave. They just take is what best for Morrow the path of least resistance, County. Nearly 700 Mor- and it shows. But truth is, row County registered vot- those kids interact with ers signed a petition ask- other human beings….and ing for a recall vote of our their behavior affects peo- current BOC because they ple in their path, one way or do not believe these Com- another. Yes, you can do ev- missioners are doing what erything “right” in raising is best for Morrow County your kids and still end up on every contentious issue: with a rebellious brat, but (nitrate well water con- a good amount of parental tamination, ASA ambu- effort usually pays off…. lance service, new Circuit for everyone. Example: if Courthouse, Amazon tax and when one of my seven abatement, transparency). children ever got caught in Wenholz and the BOC a lie, I didn’t brush it off. claim they are “following They were lucky to see their the law and legal process- next birthday……because es and being prudent with credibility counts. taxpayer dollars.” (G.T. Remember the old say- 6/29/24) I contend they are ing “It takes a village”? A using the law as a batter- lot of truth in that. Society ing ram to dismantle the is a teacher. It can be a MCHD ambulance system good one, or a bad one. It as part of their Boardmen all depends on who remains first agenda. This Morrow silent. I just get the feeling County ambulance system we’ve been sitting on our was one of the most highly moral behinds too long, and rated in Oregon for nearly now we’re reaping the con- 30 years and that is a tes- sequences. Our silence and tament to Rusty Estes and complacency have allowed over 60 EMT’S and Para a new “morality” to breed Medics. The BOC Board- until our country is almost man first agenda claims no unrecognizable. Are we previous Morrow County really that afraid of being Commissioners or OHA confronted with “Get your passed ASA plan has been hands of my uterus” and “updated since 1998.” “It’s my body, my choice”? (Wenholz, G.T. 6/19/24) Heaven forbid someone Had Jeff Wenholz attend- points out the fact that your ed one of our five county hands are nowhere near her BOC meetings in January uterus and it’s NOT her and February he would body being disassembled. have heard testimony and In our moral absence, documents proving that is we’ve allowed ourselves to a falsehood. be scammed into thinking The current BOC has “Reproductive Choice” been responsible to de- isn’t killing, and antisemitic termine a site for the new rants are just “freedom of Circuit Courthouse since speech”. And, of course, January 2023. Eighteen destroying others property months later, multiple pub- is acceptable behavior if lic meetings and great con- you’re a college student. troversy, Morrow County Meanwhile, quote the Bible citizens still do not know and you’re guilty of hate where the new Courthouse speech. will be. If it were up to Speak up enough and Commissioner Wenholz someone might even hit you the new Courthouse would with the only Bible verse be in Boardman (G.T. they know….”Judge not, 6/12/24) and the BOC lest ye be judged”. I hon- Boardman Agenda may estly wonder if Jesus were well have been the reason to turn a few tables today, for the 18 month delay. people would be admonish- The BOC Boardman ing him for not being more Agenda has never been tolerant. “Now remember proactive regarding the Jesus….judge not….” County nitrate problem. I can tell you what that “This is an issue that has verse DOESN’T mean. It been known about since doesn’t mean we should 1990…did not occur just pretend like everything overnight and will not be is good. And it DOESN’T solved overnight.” (Wen- mean we should let our holz, G.T. 6/19/24) Had schools’ become cesspools, Wenholz attended any of our borders become free- the five city meetings he ways for sex traffickers and would have known the terrorists, our government nitrate issue was most become a sanctuary for Morrow County citizens’ liars and thieves, and our number one priority, espe- country become Commu- cially in the north end. In nist China. So, speak up…. the face of a recall the cur- please. rent BOC is now claiming “ B u t e v e n i f y o u to make nitrate contami- should suffer for righteous- nation a priority: Morrow ness’ sake, you will be County (Commission) “is Say something Response to- Commissioner Jeff Wenholz BOC letter taking a leadership role in finding solutions (for ni- trate contamination)” (G.T. 6/12/24). The CREZ BOC Boardman Agenda is il- lustrated by the current contention in CREZ fund- ing allocation. The Board- man Agenda has always dominated allocation of funds from CREZ. Sykes and Wenholz as current Board members of CREZ II always vote with Board- man and so has the Port of Morrow until John Murray and Kelly Doherty were elected. Wenholz claims “Morrow County would not be the beneficiary of the $21.3 million that Amazon paid in property taxes in 2023…and does not include the about $12 million they paid in Enter- prise Zone fees last year.” (Wenholz G.T. 6/19/24). Morrow County property taxes have increased every year since the first Amazon arrived. Our county energy requirements have sky- rocketed 550 times. Each new Amazon complex re- quires the megawatts of 15,000 households. The electric rate payers fund the infrastructure for each new Amazon. Not only have Amazon property taxes not benefitted Morrow Coun- ty taxpayers, the $12 mil- lion tax abatement goes to special interest controlled by the Boardman Agenda. Only one of the Amazons is in the city of Boardman and “very few of the CREZ business are in Boardman’s juris- diction.” (Mike Gorman, G.T. 6/19/24) These Am- azon data centers employ few technicians when complete and require ex- cessive amounts of water and power that will end up costing Morrow County citizens unknown conse- quences. The Amazon tax abatements are the driving force behind the Boardman Agenda and the current BOC. Morrow County Citi- zens organization expects and will exhort the Gover- nor, in a successful recall, to appoint Commissioners that will negotiate Ama- zon tax abatements to low- er county property taxes, fund equally our cities es- pecially with citizen water needs and finally attend to the needs of our aging schools, plus nitrate reme- diation, plus restore Mor- row Counties Ambulance system. One final issue that must be addressed by the Recall is the Wenholz/ BOC giveaway of our industrial/agricultural property at the Columbia Development Authority. Why would Commissioner Wenholz and the BOC give away priceless industrial land that belongs to the citizens of Morrow Coun- ty? This industrial land on I-82 and I-84, with railroad access and next to the sec- ond largest Port in Oregon, with proper innovation and technology could make Morrow and Umatilla county the industrial/man- ufacturing capital of East- ern Oregon. The Wenholz/ BOC give away has no transparency. Jeff Wenholz as vice Chair of Umatilla Electric Company, who has the contract for power for the CDA, has a conflict of interest and is the sub- ject of two UEC ethics in- vestigations. Commission- er Wenholz as UEC Vice Chair. is required under a duty of loyalty to “Act only in the best interests of UEC and its members.” (UEC Board requirements) Now you know what “KEEP LOCAL CON- TROL” really means. Stuart Dick Irrigon, Or Good News Only by Doris Brosnan 9-hole Invitational on June 18 th for the T-Bird Associa- tion. One of 7 events held through the golfing year for 8 different clubs around the area. 35 guests from 7 area clubs were represent- ed, Meadow Springs C.C, Zintel C.C, Touchet Valley C.C, La Grande C.C, Buck- skins C.C, Walla Walla C.C, and Walla Walla Veterans C.C. 12 Willow Creek C.C. ladies from our 9-hole Tuesday morning group joined in the play for a total of 48 players. The WCCC Tuesday ladies group also hosted the salad luncheon following the 9 holes of golf. 12 teams of 4 each with winners of teams and spe- cial events as follows: Team Events- Low Gross – 1 st Karen Thomp- son, 2 nd Virgina Grant, Low Net- 1 st Kris Lindner, 2 nd Betty Carter. KP 2 nd shot #2 Mary Apple from La Grande, Karen Sinclair from Mead- ow Springs, and Karen Wolff from Heppner. Longest putt #5 Jackie Allstott, Heppner. Longest Drive #6 Stephanie Zimmerman WCCC Men’s play Twenty-one players participated in men’s play on Sunday June 23 rd , at Wil- low Creek Country Club. Results are as follows: Special Events, KP #4/13 Tim Wright, KP 2 nd shot 1/10 Dennis Peck, KP 2 nd shot 6/15 Dave Pranger, KP 2 nd shot 8/17 Dave Pranger, Least Putts Charlie Fergu- son. Net, 1 st Dave Gunder- son 59, 2 nd Tim Hedman 60, 3 rd Tom Shear/Curt Day 6. Gross, 1 st Erin Mason 60, 2 nd /3 rd Dave Pranger-Jerry 177 N. Main A slow week for school graduation…. And P.O. Box 337 Good News? the “plus”? Bringing back Heppner, OR 97836 This writer won a sort to Heppner the “grand Chris@sykesrealestate.net of “triple crown” plus one last week: 1) Trip with daughter and granddaugh- ters to see the school in CA that the recent Salem graduate will attend. 2) Gathering with grandson and two families of grands to celebrate his earning an associate’s degree at Linn-Benton. 3) And gath- ering with many families and friends to celebrate that granddaughter’s high dog” from Salem, to spend a couple of weeks! GT readers report en- joying the Good News tid- bits. We also need to hear from readers who enjoy sharing if we are to con- tinue. Sharing is as easy as sending to dbrosnan123@ gmail.com or calling 541- 223-1490. Here’s hoping that good news comes to everyone reading this! Heppner. Birdies- Andrea Mol- lonet from Zintel Creek, Lura Powell from Meadow Springs, and Betty Carter from Heppner. The Heppner course was in great shape through the help of various volun- teers. All their hard work to help get the course prepared for this pre-planned special event was greatly appreci- ated by the ladies’ group. The day turned out sunny and without too much wind. Great day for golf. A big thank you to the ladies’ group who pitched in and helped make the day a success, and a special shout out to Pat Dougherty who came out and helped with our morning snacks, kitchen duty, and lunch. We would also like to thank: Rick Johnston, Bill Mor- ris, Mike Sweek, and Joe Sherman for their help or- ganizing carts and assisting the ladies as they arrived from out of town. Without their help, we would have been in trouble. Special recognition goes out to the volunteers who loaned out their carts so we could provide rides for the guests. Gentry 68. There will not be play next Sunday as the annual WCCC men’s invitational will be taking place. The next regular men’s play will be Sunday July 7 th Hosts for that event will be Duane Disque, John Bowles, and Rick Paullus. 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