WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2016
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Opt out of health survey
cy services. Please, introduce your-
selves, I would like to meet you.
My phone number is 541-289-0782.
You are welcome to call if you don’t
want the enhanced services, also.
The Hermiston City Council, the
County Commission and the ¿re
chief are “all in” on this proposal to
combine ¿re districts, costing (only)
rural residents more taxes.
From my perspective, Hermiston
has outgrown its ability to provide
necessary services. If this growth
can’t support itself, then the leaders
are inept. Personally, I don’t buy this
sham of theirs, that it’s only for our
own good and they know what we
need out here. Apparently, they have
scratched their heads and pondered
Dear parents of 8th and 11th
grade students in Hermiston School
District, please remember that you
have the right and duty to know
what is directed at your child while
at school. Yes, you know and trust
the teacher(s); yet, have you asked
the school whether they will ad-
minister the Healthy Teens Survey
promoted and pushed by the Oregon
Health Authority across Oregon?
Who has access to this information
and what is it being used for?
Talk to a school of¿cial to make
sure that your child is not subject to
this. Compose an “Opt-Out” letter
with your signature advising that
you be personally consulted before
your child is submitted to any sur-
vey. Ask for access to information
on the school website.
Parents need to continually re-
mind the school that their job is edu-
cation not health care. We citizens of
Hermiston care about who decides
personal issues for our youth.
MARGE ROLEN
HERMISTON
Rural residents will pay for
merged fire districts
Who are you rural residents sur-
rounding Hermiston? From what
I’ve read you all want to pay more
ta[es for enhanced ¿re emergen-
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how to get more revenue. So, let’s
just jump outside the city limits and
plunder the dispersed rural minority.
This scheme is actually promoted as
more services within city and no tax
increase. *o ¿gure.
ROD TRIPLETT
HERMISTON
Community makes holiday
dinners possible
Thank you to those who helped
prepare the food, gave monetary
donations and/or themselves to pro-
vide the Community Fellowship
Dinner for Thanksgiving and Christ-
mas 2015.
We served 750 meals for Thanks-
giving and 877 meals for Christmas.
We also provided beverages for both
meals.
A big thank you to those who
came to volunteer their time.
Thank you to the following busi-
ness who graciously donate to our
ministry making these dinners pos-
sible: Safeway, Cottage Flowers,
Kopacz Flowers, Hermiston Fine
Foods, Sanitary Disposal, Wal-Mart
Distribution team, Cash and Carry,
Resers and the Chuckwagon Cafe.
Many have helped for more than 20
years.
LAURIE S. BALL-KISER
COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP DINNER
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