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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday, August 8, 1983
Urban Property
Values Affected
By Ratio Change
(Continued from Page 1)
determined in the just-completed
reappraisal program ("true
cash value" being what a "will
ing buyer would pay a willing
seller"), under the ratio change
this property owner will pay
taxes on the same property as
if it were worth $10,000, thus
paying on $2,400 in property that
he does not actually own.
As explained by Mack, his re
course is by appeal. Evidence
must be presented, he said, to
prove the true cash value of the
property, and the Commission
must make its decision upon the
basis of the evidence presented.
In the event conclusive evidence
is introduced supporting lower
valuation, the Commision. would
lower the assessed value of the
property. Similarly, conclusions
of a higher value are possible
and must be acted on by the
Commission.
Taxpayers wishing to appeal
must mail or file thoir appeals
within 30 days of publication of
the last notice of ratio substi
tution. This means that the ap
pellant must have his forms in
by August 24, one copy going
to the State Tax Commission and
two to the county clerk.
The copy to the tax commis
sion should be mailed to: Sec
retary, State Tax Commission,
State Office Building, Salem,
Oregon. Hearing on the appeal
would be within 60 days with
an officer of the commission
coming to the county for that
purpose.
Assessor Thomson said that he
has received only 25 copies of
the appeal form, but the commis
sion said that more may be ob
tained if necessary. They may
be obtained in his office.
The assessor explained that it
will be too late this year for
a taxpayer to get relief, even if
an appeal is successful, but it
would probably bo necessary for
the county to make a rebate for
Full Schedule
Set for County Fair
(Continued from page 1)
livestock showmanship contest
will be staged in the judging
arena. This is a battle of skills
between the champions of beef,
sheep, dairy and swine show
manship contests. The person
doing the best job of showing
all four animals will be judged
the winner. Following this con
test, will be the 4-H Agricultural
demonstration contest wh 1 c h
will have 4-H members demon
strating various agricultu r a 1
practices they have learned in
their 4-H projects.
The pet show will again be
held on Thursday starting at
10:00 a.m. About 11:30 pet own
ers will have a chance to parade
their pets before the public in
the livestock judging arena.
One of the biggest events of
the entire fair will take place
at 7:30 Thursday evening. This
is the annual 4-H pig scramble.
The pig scramble will be held
at the sale arena, immediately
before the livestock auction
again this year. All boys and
girls will be eligible for the pig
scramble if they meet the fol
lowing qualifications: (1) They
must be 9-13 years of age in
clusive, and must have the con
sent of their parents or guard
ian; (2) The contestants must
be able to supply suitable fa
cililies and feed for pigs caught
in the scramble; (3) They must
feed out in a 4-H project the
pig which they catch and exhibit
it or one of its litter at the 19G4
fair; (4) They must not have
caught a pig in last year's
scramble; (5) They must have
a signed statement from thoir
parents granting permission and
releasing the show management
in case ot Injury.
Pigs for this year's scramble
are being donated by local or
ganizations, breeder, service
clubs and 4-H members who
have caught pigs in the 1!)G2
scramble. Boys and girls inter
ested in entering the scramble
should make application with
Alfred Nelson, Pig Scramble
chairman, at the fair grounds
the amount of overpayment by I some time during the day on
the taxpayer in the ensuing f is
cat year,
Seeking to add further clar
ification to the matter, Loggan
in his letter offered property
owners a guide to determine
whether they should or should
not appeal their assessed value
to the Tax Commission.
"If the property owner will de
cide what the market value of
his property is in dollars and
then take 19 per cent of that
amount, he will come up with
a figure representing his opin
ion of what the assessed value
should be," he said.
"If the assessed value on the
1963-G4 roll is considerably high
er than this figure he might
want to appeal to the Commis
sion. On the other hand, if the
assessed value shown on the roll
was equal to or less than this
calculated amount it would be
unwise for him to appeal. As an
example, suppose Mr. Doe es
timates his residential property
to be worth $15,000 (market
value). He takes 19 per cent of
this (.19 x 15,000 equals $2,850)
and finds that in his opinion
the assessed value should be
$2,850. If the assessor lias placed
a value higher than this on the
roll the owner would have cause
to consider an appeal; but, if
the assessor's value was less than
$2,850, the taxpayer would be
getting a break."
The same guide mav be used,
not only for urban property, but
for farm property in the county
ns well if a rural property owner
feels his assessment is too high.
Reappraisal of all the county's
urban property was completed
earlier this year, but farm re
appraisal is yet to be done. The
Tax Commission has held that
the county is delinquent in not
complying with the state law
to complete a reappraisal of all
property every six years.
Tuesday or Wednesday,
The 4-H livestock auction sale
is an event for which 4-H live
stock members work all year.
They try to produce the best
market animals possible for the
sale. Everyone interested in sup
porting the 4-H program or buy
ing a good piece of meat for
their locker should plan to attend
the auction sale Thursday even
ing. Friday will be a more eventful
day at the fair this year with
the open class livestock being
judged. Judging of this lop qual
ity livestock is scheduled for
10:30 a.m. and is exnoetod to
last into the afternoon.
Judging at this year's fair will
be Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Waud.
Othello, Wn Mrs. Russell Me
Kennon nnd Mrs. George Alkio,
Pendleton; Mrs. Clifford Brown
and Mrs. Kimbell Tellifson.
NOTICE
To Report A Fire
IN THE CITY OF HEPPNER
OR HEPPNER RURAL FIRE DISTRICT
DIAL 676-9109
This Number For Emergencies
Only!
Stay on the phone until it is
answered.
When reporting a fire, be prepared
to give:
1. Exact location of fire
2. If Rural fire, best way to get to it
3. Extent of fire and what is burning
4. Who is reporting
5. Answer any questions from fireman
TO CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR INFORMATION
OR PERMITS, DIAL
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676-9446 Bill Farra
If no answer at either of the above two. numbers,
another fireman's personal phone could be called but
do NOT dial the alarm number. It is for emergencies
only and may set off an automatic alarm system
calling all firemen to duty thus possibly endangering
lives of firemen and other people as well.
C. A. Ruggles, Chief
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Floyd Worden
Dies Thursday
Floyd Worden of Heppncr,
who would have been 69 on Aug
ust 18, died at his home here
about 10 a.m. Thursday. He was
a long-time resident.
Mr. Worden had been in ill
health for some time but just
a few days ago was out to look
alter matters at his ranch.
The body is at Creswick Mort
uary where funeral services are
pending. It was tentatively ex
pected that the service might be
held Monday.
A complete obituary will be
published next week.
Hermislon; David Burkhart,
Milton-Freewater; and Ronald
Black, Boardman.
Fair-goers are reminded that
food will be available on the
fair grounds all day, everyday,
during the fair. Everyone is in
vited to come and enjoy the fair.
Dr. Tibbies Hopes
To Return Soon
Dr. L. D. Tibbies, who has been
confined to the hospital and
home for several weeks because
of infectious neuritis, is feeling
considerably better, and if pro
gress continues, he expects to be
back on duty in his office in
two or three weeks, fit said
Thursday.
His receptionist for four or five
years, Mrs. Margaret Gaars
land of lone, has left the office
because of the curtailed work
schedule, and Mrs. Wilbur Van
Blokland is in the office on Mon
days and Fridays only from 9
to 4, the doctor said.
The doctor is able to be in
the office for short periods oc
casionally to do light work. He
is to return to Portland Friday
for treatment. Sale of tickets to
the Shrine football game, which
Dr. Tibbies has handled for
many years, has been turned
over to Turner, Van Marter and
Bryant.
Tell the advertiser vou saw it
in the Gazette-Times.
Penney's
2 Days Only! Begins August 9
Shcrri Lynn O'Brien
Injured in Fall
Shcrri Lvnn O'Brien, 11,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pat
O'Brien, suffered what was diag
nosed as a skull fracture when
she was thrown from a horse
Friday. The accident happened
at Camas Prairie, about 30 miles
from Heppncr.
Sherri Lvnn, who is one of the
young workers in the Gazette
Times' subscription campaign,
was hospitalized until Sunday.
Her Injury turned out to be not
as serious as was first feared.
Shortly after she was released
from Pioneer Memorial hospital,
Mrs. O'Brien received word that
her mother was quite ill in
Milton-Freewater, and they left
to be with her.
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PHOTO ALBUM WITH
HOSPITAL
Patients admitted to Pioneer
Memorial hospital for medical
care during the past week are
the following: Zelma Brown,
Ileppner; Elmer McQuinn, Spray;
Shirley Lynch, Ileppner; John
Ceglia, Jr.; Edna Yarnell, lone;
Nellie Mahon, Ileppner, and
Cecil Botts, lone.
Those dismissed during this
same period are: Raymond Petty
john, Arlington; Ruth Bedford,
ileppner; Richard Peterson, lone;
Gwen Huff, Ileppner; Avon Mel
bv, Ileppner; Sherri Lynn
O'Brien, Ileppner; Vida Heliker,
lone, and Linda Van Winkle,
Lexington.
Mr. and Mrs. David Bryant,
Kinzua, are parents of a 9 lb.,
,i oz. daughter, born Thursday,
August 8. The little girl joins
four older brothers.
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Directors Eye School Finishing Work
Consideration of work left un
done at the new Heppner High
school occupied the board of
Morrow County school district
K-l at its meeting Monday night
with Wayne Brubacher, new ad
ministrator, in attendance.
Causing concern was the poss
ibility of erosion by wind and
rain to the dirt piled around the
school from excavation work that
has been done. It was decided
to go ahead and take steps to
wards finishing the playing
field to alleviate this erosion
Director Howard Cleveland has
been working on plans for the
grounds and had estimates on
a sprinkling system that would
pump water from Willow Creek
to be used on the grounds. It
was decided to proceed with this
plan, and a call for bids on the
system was issued (legal notice
on page 9 of this paper).
Director Cleveland said that
because of the nature of the
soil about half of the excavated
area can be worked for seeding
this fall, but the other half will
need to settle. He pointed out
the serious dust problem and the
probability of severe washing in
Gilliam to Transfer
To Vets' Hospital
Lou Gilliam of Condon, who
has been hospitalized for nearly
a month after sufferinp a hasal
skull fracture in a fall while
nlavine tennis in Condon, will ho
transferred to the Veterans' hos
pitai, Portland, Monday, his wife
said Thursday.
Gilliam, son of Leonard L.
Gilliam of Heppner, has been
showing good improvement here
in Pioneer Memorial hospital
but is making the transfer to get
specialized treatment.
Lessons Begin Aug. 12
Adult beginning swimming
lessons will start at 5:30 p.m.,
Monday, August 12, at the Hepp
ner city pool, Mrs. Tom Hughes,
instructor, has announced. Plans
are now to have only one begin
ners class for adults this sum
mer, so all those interested are
asked to be present on that date
to register or contact Mrs. Hughes
before that time. There is a
charge of $1.00 for the two
weks session of lessons.
winter if it is not seeded. Ap
proximate cost of the sprinkler
system is 53000, the director said.
It was also decided to build a
new section of road to help cor
rect a drainage problem with a
limit of $1000 set for this project.
tne board discussed the mat
ter of completing the band room
in the new school. The Timber
Company, when it won the bid
on the high school construction.
had listed this alternative at
$24,000. However, directors ex
pressed the feeling that they
had no assurance now that the
contractors would do the work
at this figure because most sub
contractors Tiave completed their
work and are gone.
A figure of $18,000 is available
for the work, and the board de
cided to ask Principal Gordon
Pratt and Arnold Melby, band
instructor, to propose a plan with
alternatives that might allow
for a completion of the band
rooms within the $18,000 figure.
This plan, then, will be reviewed
by the board.
Also in connection with the
building, the district office had
investigated the possibility of
installing a vocational shop in
the area under the new building,
but by the time of the meeting
Monday had received no definite
answers from the State Depart
ment of Education and the Fire
Marshal's office. Therefore, any
plans were held in abeyance.
The matter of transporting
students within the city limits
of Heppner to the new high
school came up. Chairman Mil
ton Morgan said that he does
not believe the budget will al
low special buses to pick up
students, but the board seemed
to concur that in-town students
might meet buses coming in
from the country at specific lo
cations and ride to school. Prin
cipal Hillard Brown of the grade
school said that he would like
to have something worked out
so that high school students
would not assemble at the grade
school so that "the little children
do not have to fight their way
into the building."
The school administrators were
asked by the board to work out
a plan for picking up the stu
dents in town. Administrator
Brubacher advised that each in
town student be assigned to a
certain bus to avoid congestion
on a few of the buses.
Four teachers were offered con
tracts: Mrs. Diana Kincaid, Y2
time remedial reading for
year at lone; Mrs. Wayne (Betty)
Cacek (pronounced "Sawsik"),
first grade in Heppner; William
High school; and Mrs. Wayne
(Sarah) Wilson, fifth grade,
Nelson, mathematics, Heppner
Heppner. Mrs. Wilson is a newly
wed and comes from New Jer
sey. Mrs. Cacek taught seven
years in Nebraska and her hus
band works for Al Bunch. Nelson
will receive his master's degree
from Brown University soon af
ter taking undergraduate work
at Reed College, Portland.
Marguerite Glavey, still re
covering from a hip injury suf
fered in a fall last year, will
not be able to teach for the first
two or three months of the school
year, Principal Brown said, but
Mrs. Gene (Maxine) Rietmann
probably will be available to
take her place until she is able
to resume work.
This leaves three teaching po
sitions yet to fill seventh grade
at Irrigon, English and Spanish
at Heppner High, and girls'
physical education and English
at lone High. Brubacher said
that he is working to find ap
plicants for these positions.
While considering the hiring
of bus drivers, it was decided
to appoint a committee of the
school board and lay advisors to
study each zone in the county,
then to meet and form a pat
tern of routes. It will then be
decided which bus will take each
route, and salaries will be fixed
on the basis of the routes.
Bids will be called for on fuel
oil, bulk gasoline and servicing
buses. It was decided to leave
maintenance of buses on an in
dividual basis without calling
for bids.
Date of August 27 at 2 p.m.
was set for a meeting in the
north end of the county to re
view the contract with the
Corps of Army Engineers for the
Riverside High school. The board
will first meet at Irrigon then
go to Boardman for an evening
session, with a member of the
Corps to be asked to be present.
These matters, with other rou
tine actions, kept the board in
session until after midnignt.
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