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Page 8 Thurs., April 18, 1963 THE mi?af'i HWPNM" GAZETTE-TIMES H2PPNER. OREGON Article Explains School Budget Special Funds By ROBERT VAN HOUTE County School Superintendent Special School Budget Funds The previous three articles in this series dealt with the general operating budget of the school district. This last article deals with special funds in the bud get which do not influence the financing of the regular budget. A. Bond Interest and Redemp tion Fund. This account provides for the payment of the princi pal and interest, according to the schedule established, of the bonds of the school district. Dur ing 1962-63, the amount of pay ment was in excess of $100,000. This was divided as follows on bonds: Heppner (For elementary building $15,000), Boardman, for gymnasium, $4,000 and for the entire school district $44,000. The interest payments totaled $33, 827. All the taxpayers paid on the county-wide bond levy but not on the first two. For 1963-64, bonds and interest total $95,550. The Boardman bonds are retired and only the Iicppnor elementary and county wide bond issues remain. Board man residents will have a sub stantial reduction, while other taxpayers will have a very small drop of one-tenth of a mill. The Morrow county school bond levy is estimated at 4.4 mills with no change In the Heppner school bond levy. The county assessor places this levy on the tax rolls regardless of any vote on the operating budget. The bond redemption fund requirements will grad ually go down over a period of several years. B. The School Lunch Fund. The operation of the school lunch program is actually divided in two parts. The school cooks and helpers plus some suppliers are paid from the regular budget with tax monies, the other part deals with school lunch money received from the state and the money from the sale of meals in the cafeterias, Nearly 150,000 meals were served during 1961 C2. State funds are about 56500 while lunch receipts are expec ted to be $38,000. This account shows that $44,500 will be re ceived and spent during the year on school lunches aside from the regular budget. C. Construction Fund. This fund authorizes the spending of bond money for school building construction purposes. From the original $870,000, nearly $480,000 has been expended. Over $135, 000 at Irrigon and the rest at Heppner. The new budget auth orizes the expenditure of the re maining $390,000. Most of this amount will be spent on tne Heppner High building, about $270,000. The balance of $120,000 Is available for the school dis trict share of the builV.ing to replace the existing Boardman facilities. The major portion of the cost of the new Riverside building will be paid by the Corps of Engineers; this is es timated at 85. D. The Teacherago and Spec ial Buildings Fund. The school district owns several houses in Irrigon, Boardman and lone, in addition to a building in Pine City. These are usually rented and the income placed in this special account. Recently, th houses in Boardman were soil to the Corps of Engineers and this money has also been placed in this teacherago account. From this fund, the district pays for taxes and repairs to the build ings. Funds have been budgeted to build new teaeherages in the proximity of the new Riverside High school. The amount in tins account at present is $2t).atHi, in come from rentals is estimated at $2700 and this, with oilier minor income, brings the total to $29,350, potential expenditures for new housing would use virt ually all the funds in this account. Board to Call for Bus Bids; Hires New Teacher for lone Bedford's Sister Dies in Portland Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bedford re turned from Portland Wednes day night after attending the funeral services in that city for his sister, Mrs. Ora Beatrice Hepner, on Wednesday, April 10. The Bedfords had gone to Port land on Sunday, April 7, in or der that he could attend to bank business there the following day. Mrs. Hepner had been salmon fishing, and when the Heppner folks arrived they found her ly ing on a couch. They believed her to be asleep, but she had died of a heart attack. Mrs. Ida Beatrice Bedford, mother of Jack and Mrs. Hepner, had been visiting here with the Bedfords, and they were taking her home. She and her daugh ter lived together. The discovery came as a shock to the Bedfords and particularly to the mother. Funeral services w ere at Caldwell's Colonial Mortuary with burial in Lincoln Memorial Park. Mrs. Hepner was a native of Portland, having been born there February 18, 1912. She was em ployed as collection manager Tor the Portland Medical Clinic for the past five years. I Call for bids for a 48-passen ger school bus was approved by Morrow County school district R-l directors at their regular meeting on April 8. The ses sion, considerably shorter than most In recent months, was con cerned mainly with routine busi ness. The bus will replace another In the district's fleet, and the call fr bids will carry a pro visional 30-day clause for rejec tion in case the 1963-64 budget is not approved at the election April 22. The board approved a contract for Carol I. Miller to teach band and other subjects at lone, and it also approved employing of Clarence Johnson for an addit ional month's pay during the summer to do needed library work in making the shift from the old high school to the new building. He will make the transfer of books 'in the library arrange inem, and set up the card index for the books. A letter from Ray B. Osborn, coordinator of standardization services of the State Department of Education, on the Irrigon school was reported to the board. Speaking of the standardiza tion of the school, Osburn's letter said, in part, "It is quite ob vious from the scope of infor mation and materials furnished to this office that a vigorous ef fort has been put forth by the Board of Directors and school ad ministration to provide the school with good facilities and a well-rounded school program. Because of this it is likely one can be assured that the School Board and school administration are cognizant of the educational needs and desires of each com munity." Osburn quoted Lyle Riggs, ele mentary supervisor of the State Department, who said, "The Msrrow County School Superin tendent, Mr. Robert Van Houle, and the A. C. Houghton Ele mentary School Principal, Mr. Donald Olmseheid, as well as the entire district, should be com plimented upon the fine report from thus school. Much progress has been made in Morrow Coun ty to Improve the schools and the district school organization. The addition of an administra tive assistant, who is doing sup ervisory work in helping with special programs is of great val ue to the District. The building additions which have been com pleted at the school should make a re-evaluation of the school's rating necessary. The philosophy of education, the pol icies concerning athletic activ ities and the excellent organi zation of the entire report is commendable." Supt. Van Houto reported to the board on the financial con dition of the district, and said that indications are that the year will close with about the amount of surplus on hand as had been expected, some $60,000. In the new budget most of this has been budgeted for complet ion of alternates at the Heppner Lexington high school. The matter of signing a con tract with the Army Corps of Engineers on the reconstruction of the Riverside High school, cause of concern particularly to Irrigon school patrons, was not acted upon at the meeting, other than to defer its consideration to a later meeting. The proposed contract provides for work of construction to be started about September 1, 1966, with the Corps paying about 85 of the building cost. The new structure would contain some 15 more floor space than would be pro vided at goverrlment expense. High school administrato r s gave reports on student body finances, and in all schools ie ports were "in the black,' quite different from last year at this time. Good athletic years and crowd attendance at ball games helped make the healthy fin ancial condition. The board also decided to charge $10 per month for renting trailer space on school property to staff members but limited the action to one trailer at each place in order to avoid legal complications. Three One Act Plays Billed For May Staging An evening of one act plays will be presented in the Heppner High school gymnasium on In- day night, May 3, at 8 p.m., un der the direction of Mrs. Janet Groves, speech and drama in structor. The three plays are varied in type of plot, from farce-comedy to the highly dra matic and suspense-type, all promising good entertainment. One play, "Roughly Speaking," is being put on by the student body to substitute for the annual three act play held in the spring. Due to a busy spring schedule, the three act play was cancelled for the year and a one act play substituted. "Roughly Speaking' Is a farce comedy about a family who finds all its members wanting to use an old shack behind the houne at the same time not only the family members want it, but the hired man, the butter and egg woman and a would-be writer also want it. Cast of char acters include: Richard Clark as Mr. Fenton; Shirley Erwin, Mrs. Fenton; Kathy Ray, Sherry Fen ton; David Clark, Andy Fenton; Laura Sumner, Fay Fenton; Bill Sherman, James Fenton; Shirley Carlson, Margie; Rodney Ayers, Elmer Gorsuch; Mike Smith, Larrabie Chatfield; and Spencer Sampson, Uncle Fred Fenton. The plays, "Mr. Vincent" and "High Window" will be present ed by the students in the speech drama department. "Mr. Vincent" tells the story of a girl who pre fers painting to parties, and Van Gogh, or bums who look like him, to the local swoon kings. She keeps her family in a tur moil until the right "bum" comes along. The cast includes Pam Cochell as Penelope Gra ham; Mary Johnson as Caroline Graham; Don Majeske as Henry Graham; Ginny Moore as Susan Graham; Nancy Cleveland as Cynthia Dalyrimple; Lee Pad berg as "Mr. Vincent" and Doug Dubuque as Ted Mathews, the swoon king. The third play, a suspense, Heppner Ford APRIL SPECIALS! Repack Universal Joints 4.95 1, Remove & replace drive shaft 2. Clean & repack U. joints 8.95 Minor Motor Tune 1. Clean & test & adjust spark plugs 2. Clean & Adjust Distr. Point & Cond. 3. Vacuum adjust carb. & reset Timing 4. Inspect Fuel System 5. Test Voltage Regulator 6. Test Generator Output 7. Test Battery 1 5,000 Mile Fordomatic Cruise-O-Matic Service 1. Remove & clean pan & pump screen 2. Adjust bands & throttle linkage 3. Change Fordo Oil incl. parts & lbr. 15.95 4. Road test car BRING THIS AD WITH YOU HEPPNER FORD 124 N. MAIN, HEPPNER PH. 676-9152 Michael Benge At Vietnam Post Michael Benge, son of Mr. and Mrs. Terrel Benge of lone, is now at Ban-Me-Thuot, Vietnam, where he is serving with Inter national Voluntary Services. He teaches at a technical college there and goes to villages to teach such subjects as agricul ture, welding, English and an imal husbandry. A graduate of Oregon State university in 19C2, Benge also served in the Marines for two years, having been stationed in Japan. He went to Vietnam in Decem ber of last year. Vector Control Officers Chosen BOARDMAN Officers of the newly formed vector control dis trict were elected by the board of directors recently. Vernon Rus sell is president, Arthur Allen, secretary and Zearl Gillespie, treasurer. At the meeting the board drew up its budget for the coming year, the first year of its operation. will be "High Window" which centers around an invalid wo man in a wheel chair whose husband has mysteriously fallen from a high window. The cast include Marcia Rands as Emily Winthrop; Aaron Smith as Stephen Craig; Kitty O'Harra as Judith Ware; Larry Muessig as Walter Hodge, and Anita Groves as Linda Norton. All three plays will be judged and the best play will be given an award. A girl judged the best actress and a boy judged the best actor will also receive awards. Co-op Directors Take D. C. Trip Several directors of Columbia Basin Electric Co-op, together with Manager Harley Young and Bob Welty, The Dalies, engineer for the co-op, were in Washing ton, D. C, from Tuesday through Friday of last week on business for the cooperative. Directors making the trip were Walter Jaeger, president, of Con don; Dick Krebs, vice president, Cecil; Dick Wilkinson, Heppner; and Ken Smouse of lone. They had a breakfast meet ing with Cong. Al Ullman and assistants of Senators Wayne Morse and Maurine Neuberger, discussing the Northwest-Southwest intertie. Columbia Basin is one of 27 cooperatives in the northwest which form an organi zation that has submitted a pro posal to Bonneville Power Ad ministration to construct the in tertie line. They also zpent some time in the offices of the Rural Electrifi cation Administration, working on future financing for the co operative. They are concerned with expansion of services in the future to provide power for the Boeing Company, extending ser vice to mountain cabins, recrea tion areas, and other desiring service who are not now reached. This week the cooperative is asking any who would like elec tric service to contact the office here. An advertisement may be found elsewhere in this paper. The men spent most of Friday sightseeing in the nation's cap ital but found people generally unfriendly as contrasted with those of the west. They made the trip by airplane, and on the return trip, Manager Young left the group for a side trip from Kansas City, Mo., to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Young, at Marysville, Mo., stay ing with them a day and a night before coming home. HOSPITAL Patients admitted to Pioneer Memorial hospital for medical care during the past week are the following: William Cunning ham, Heppner; Irene Padberg, Heppner; Gladys Aide r m a n, Heppner; Colleen Greenup, Hepp ner. Those dismissed during the same period were: Frank An derson, Heppner; Edna Struthers, Heppner, and Dallas Dalzell, Condon. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Dougherty, Heppner, became the parents of an 8 lb., 6 oz. son on Easter Sunday, April 14. He has been named Clifford Joel. A son, James Lee, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Damon Hogan, Condon, on Easter Sunday, April 14. The young man weighed 9 lbs., 12 oz. Death in Portland Takes Fred Booker Fred Booker, 73, died Wednes day, April 3, at the Veteran's hospital in Portland after an ex tended illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday, April 9, at the A. J. Rose and Son Funeral Home, Poitland, with interment at Wil lamette National cemetery, Port land. Mr. Booker and his wife, Iva, have made their home in Hepp ner for the past 20 years. He had been employed by the county, and had been a patient in the Veterans' hospital for the past year. Tell the advertiser you saw it in the Gazette-Times. 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