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Bethel teachers settle with district
A tentative settlement was
aniiouni ed Tuesday after a
tour hour strike In tear hers m
the Hethel Si hool 1 tislru t
Teat hers walked out at ti
a m after lengths negotiations
failed to produi e an agreement
The settlement was annnuiu ed
about lit a in In state mediator
Naur v Km/
I he teai hers planned to vole
on the proposed i onlrar t later
m the day No details of the
i ontrai t were available mime
it lately
Hie settlement was .in
noiint ed alter a negotiation ses
sum that lasted nearly .'•!
hours About _'tl strikers
pu kelerl outside the distnet's
administration building I ues
day morning as talks r ontinued
inside
I he breakthrough i nine
when the entire seven member
s< hool board met is itb the
teat (lets negotiators at I tit
a 111 to make I lie distill Is filial
oflei said board i hair man I fa
s'id Brow n
Both sides were VS illitlg to
give and that's what brought
iis together hi' said
The distrir I s 2 i(> tear hers
were (old In work, in their
liuildings for four hours lues
if.iv tiefore (heir vole on the
contract. said David
Mandelblatt president of tfie
I'ugene lalur .ilion Assor i.ition
Nearh 4.00(1 students would
be bar k in si bool Wednesdas if
tear hers approver) the r ontrar t
he said
The walkout was the fust
leat hers strike in Oregon tins
si hoot vear and the loth lis Or
egoii teai hers sun e to:'2
Teai hers in the laigene Si bool
Itislnit went on strike in IMH7
and in 11 *7* 1
Meanw lnle teai hers 111
MiNtmmille said this woultl
sti ike rhursd.is it a 1 ontrar t Is
not real bed \ negotiating ses
sum in Mi M inns die ss as
si bedu led b a Wednesdas
File bethel teai hers 1 out 1.11 t
■ •spired last summer < ontiui t
talks began a sear ago but
iisii bed ao impasse 11 Ma.
leai hers re|et ted a t.u I tinder's
lei nmmcilded settlement III l)e
1 emliei
The main roadblot k had been
the teachers contention lh.it
thr\ should rec oive .salaries
,md lienefits < loser to those
paid to teat hers in larger near
b\ school districts in i.ugetie
and Springfield
Sc hool offi< nils said the
teachers contract demands
would recjime higher taxes and
hold Bethel taxpayers hostage
to wage levels set bv neighbor
ing sc bool clistr 11 ts
I'eac hers asked for .1 n per
cent salarv boost this veal that
would push their average sala
r\ to S tn ttltt The district of
fi led •) 1 portent, will! ti would
put the average salarv at
SJ'l K7 1
Te.ii tiers in the Kugone dis
ti n t rec eiv . cl a l 1 . pen cut
salarv hike this v ear and will
rec eiv e a 1 peri ent boost next
veal I he aveiage teacher sala
rv in Kugene 1 urrently is
S PI. I HO
(filler Issues included instil
arici* professional develop
nil-ill tin* ninnliei ol classroom
aide-, and extra cl ill v pav
Winter storm hits Oregon
A storm moving ;u ross ()i
egon on Tuesdav knot ked
out radio and television
transmitters with lightning
strikes on the south coast
and dusted low-lying vallevs
with snow th.it ( reated in
road < onditions blamed in
tvv o deaths
The National Weather Ser
vice issued a winter storm
warning (or the north toast
mountains above 500 feet,
predicting as much as 10
mi lies of snow bv the end of
the da\ Snow advisories
were issued for the south
and i entral t oast Range
Snow fell from Portland in
the north to Ashland in the
south. making sink driving
t onditions for morning t mil
muters in the U illalllelte
and Rogue valley s
lightning strikes around
( ims li.n knocked out two
radio transmitters, left a tele
vision station on rndiit ed
power and caused local
power outages said !)rew
Walker station nirinagnr fur
RUHR rati 10 in North Bond
Interstate n svas i losed pc
riodii alls over Mount Sex
ton north of ('.rants Pass and
some exits around Medford
were treat herons state po
lit e said
Through the Cascade
Range snowplows ssere
running and Irat tion ties it es
ssere required for vehit les
front the Columbia Rivttr
south to Santiarn Pass, the
state llighssas Division re
ported.
At the (California Border.
Siskiyou Pass on Interstate fi
ss as reported open
Snovs shosvers svere pre
dn teil for Tuesdas night
reat hing again to s.dies
floors in U tvstern (begun,
ss ith rain and sums expet ted
\\ ednesd.is as the snoss les
el i ises to 1 AIM) feet
l ast of the Cast ados, snoss
was predit ted tin the north
ern part of the stale with a
t ham e of snoss in the south.
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