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School Budget Shows
State Support Poses
Huli-t for the Morrow county
school district for 1!KS7 08, an
approved by thn buduct commit
! and published for the wo
und limp thin week on pages 2
and 3 of tlu second section
of till )iiht, show sub
Ktantlal Increase In estimated
expenditures above tliu current
scar.
Total taxes to he levied In
all fund of thn district Is plac
ed at $1,023,421 a compared
with $-2,8H7 for 19WI67. Thin
In an Increase of $1(30,324 to bo
added to the tux levy for
schools. Of the total levy of
$1,023,421. the Hum of $2t.V.21
Is within the six per cent lim
itation. An additions $HH,193 In
not subject to the six per cent
limitation, leaving $i:V.),:w)5 out
nlde the llmltittlon.
Voter will decide on April
17, when the special budget
election will be held, whether
to approve the levy outside the
Mix it cent limitation.
Total budget requirements are
placed t $2,918,537, but thU In
clude an estimated $1,500,000
for construction of the new Riv
erside High school. The district
hoard In now negotiating with
the Army Corps of Engineers
;(or these fund after, the turpi
rejected bids lato lasr year on
! the cuiiNtructlon of the school
on thn ground that all bids
- were too high.
' This sum for construction,
" which must be Included In the
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AT A PATRIOTIC CEREMONY at the Elementary PTA meeting
on March 8. members ol the American Lealon Pott No. 87
presented a new 50 star flag to tbe school. Taking part is the
ceremony were Gerry Rood. Don Munkere, Clayton Sweats. BUI
Alsup. Anile Hedman and Joe Yocom.
Legion Post Presents Flag
To Heppner Grade School
About 50 Heppner Elementary
ITA members worked their way
through n busy evening Wed
nesday, March 8, In the grade
school multipurpose room. FIA
President Mrs. Clyde Alstott
presided over a meeting which
included a patriotic presentation
bv the American Legion Post
No. 87, two educational film
strips and careful discussion of
four nieces of pending child
related legislation.
Legionnaire Gerry Rood, Don
Munkers, Clayton Sweek, BUI
Alsup, Arnle Hedmnn and Joe
Yocom were present to begin
the meeting with formal patri
otic ceremony including the
prayer, tho pledge to the flag
and a short Inspirational mes
sage. Bill Alsup presented a new
50-star flag to Principal Alan
Martin for the grade school, and
received the worn 48-star flag
which had served tho combined
high school and grade school for
many years. The Legion post
will supervise proper disposal of
this veteran flag.
One filmstrlp, presented early
In tho meeting was entitled
"Your Child's Mental Health"
and was accompanied by a pre
test on the subject ond dlstrl
tlon of handbooks for parent
use. Part of a packaged presen
tation arranged by Roberta C.
Frasler, family life specialist
with the Extension Service of
Oregon State University, the
filmstrlp listed characteristics
of emotionally healthy children
and suggested methods which
parents can use to encourage
children's good emotional devel
opment. Filmstrlp number two, pre
sented at the conclusion of the
evening, was being previewed
by parents of Junior high age
children because school admin
istrators felt that its use might
be controversial since It dealt
with venerlal disease. Not only
was no objection voiced by any
one present, but after the show
ing, several parents spoke In fa
vor of using it.
Four legislative proposals re
ferred to local PTAs by the state
organization were given a thor
ough going-over by the group,
but when it came to voting to
support these measures, only
about half of those present felt
that they had enough informa
tion to take a stand,
Those who did vote gave their
approval to a measure to place
family and Juvenile matters un
der ihe Jurisdiction of circuit
courts and to a provision for
enforcing Oregon public health
standards for day core centers.
They were against adding a so
cial work responsibility to pub-
lie schools at least as stated in
the luw under consideration and
they disapproved a law which
budget, gives an "Inflated" pic
ture because It Is listed among
the budget requirements. How.
ever, the construction cost Is to
be reimbursed by the Corps at
whatever figure Is agreed up
on. Support May Increase
While the budget shows that
the tax levy will be Increased
by the $160,521, this could be
reduced by action of the state
legislature which Is considering
bills that would Increase stutc
basic school support,
Like other district through
out the state, Morrow county
school district is left In some
thing of a quandary without
knowing what the statu support
Mill lie.
In the county school budget
for 1!M)7'CH. the bnslc school
support Is figured on tho pres
ent wale of $160 In aid per cen
sus child, coming to a total of
$111,087. This Is shown as a re
source (revenue coming to the
district).
However, one bill pending be
fore the legislature would In
crease state aid to $240 per
census child. If this should be
adopted, it would Increase the
budget resources In Morrow
county approximately $55,000,
according to Supt. David Pot
ter. It would reduce the amount
of tux levy required here by
the same amount.
Present bnslc school support
from the stale, la figured at
i n
Mi'uHum nit , K Wr-
would support kindergartens
and make them mandatory all
over the state while approving
another kindergarten law which
would make kindergartens op
tional for districts but would
provide basic school support
money for kindergartens.
Mrs. Robert Abrams asked for
more time for the nominating
committee to work on officers
for the next PTA year.
President Alstott announced
that the Joint PTA Band Parent
committee which is planning
the Rand Carnival had plans for
the April 1 event well In hand.
Refreshments of coffee and
cookies, prepared and arranged
by Mrs. Robert Jones and Mrs.
Herman Winter, were served af
ter the meeting.
Deadline Nearing
On Board Filings
Deadline for filing for election
to schoci board and advisory
committee positions for Morrow
County School District R-l is
March 31, Mrs. Alice Vance, dis
trict clerk advises. Election will
be Monday, May 1.
Terms of two of the county
directors from the Heppner area
will explrt as of June 30, and
terms of nine advisory commit
tee members from throughout
the county will also expire at
that time.
Anv registered voter mav run
for the elective offices for the
area In which he lives. Nomina
tion Is by petition and a mini
mum of ten names must be on
the petition. Petition forms may
be obtained from the office of
the district clerk at the Lexing
ton administrative bull ding.
Freedom Enjoyed
After Cast Removal
Doug Gunderson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Eddie Gunderson, is
home from Portland without the
c&st which he has worn since a
leg operation December 28. He
nnd his mother made tho trip
down Sunday and returned Mon
day with brother David and Jim
Dohorty to help.
Doug and his cast have been
a familiar sight around town
and at athletic events this win
ter but now Doug is going thro
ugh the difficult process of get
ting back on his fret again. A
fifth grader in Mrs. Williams'
room at Heppner Grade school,
he plans to get right back to
school alter spring vacation
probably on crutches.
Increase;
Question
about 28. The legislature is
considering bills that could In
crease the states share to as
much as 50. Whatever In
crease Is passed by the legis
lature would decrease the local
property tax load In proportion.
Costs Up Around State
Since most school district
around the state are being fac
ed with providing higher teach
er salaries and are also con
fronted with other Increasing
exM-nses, higher school cost
will result In many districts.
Thus, If state aid should re
main at $160 per census child
with the legislature providing
no Increase, the Btate percent
age of support will full well
below the 2H,
In addition to the $141,987
shown In the budget from state
biisle school support, the dis
trict also will receive an esti
mated $!il,fi03 from the state to
tie applied against transporta
tion costs.
The principal reason for the
Increase In estimated expendl
lures here for the coming year
Is the increase In teachers sal
aries approved by the H i board
und the budget committee. As
outlined in previous news stor
ies, the new scale will start
leui'hers with bachelor degrees
and no experience In the sys
tern at $.r800. This compares
with the present $5200. Incre
ments are provided for exper
ience and advanced training by
the certified personnel.
In addition, the board has
acted to place teachers on their
proper steps on the salary
schedule, after "freezing" them
two years ago at their levels
as of that time. This change
will require $9,000.
By mutual agreement be
tween teachers and the board
two years ago, teachers were
"frown" at their current steps
on the schedule for two years
when they were given a gen
eral salary Increase. This meant
that thev did not receive incre
ments for additional experience
during the period.
Proper Steps Asked
When the professional nego
tiating committer reported to
the board recently, it requested
that teachers be returned to
their earned places to give them
credit for their experience. The
teachers stated that the "freeze"
resulted In inequities. New
teachers coming to the system
would start at their earned steps
while holdover teachers here re
mained static on the scale.
After considerable debate at
the last board meeting, the dir
ectors agreed to placing the
teachers on their proper steps.
The higher salary scale for
teachers was authorized by the
board and budget committee af
ter lengthy discussion In a num
ber of meetings. Teachers had
asked that the scale start at
$11000, but the board compro
mised on the $5800 figure, and
this was accepted by the teach
ers. In some instances, pay for
extra duty will be decreased.
Opinions expressed by the
board and budget committee
was to the effect that the in
creased scale is necessary in or
der to provide salaries more In
keeping with those offered by
other districts around the state.
The opinion has been given of
ten, too. that the action is nec
essary to get and hold good
teachers in the county.
Salaries Up $93,817
Salaries for Instruction are
figured at a total of $721,000 for
the comlnr year as compared
with $G27.183 for 1966-67, there
by amounting to an Increase of
$93,817 foi Instruction.
Salaries for administration
are figured in the upcoming
budget at $25,653 as compared
with $25,829 this year. The
slight decrease reflects a trans
fer of duties where Lloyd John
son will devote full time to in
struction at lone rather than
work part time on the adminis
trative stair at Lexington.
Principals, whose salaries are
Included under "instruction,"
will receive Increases in salary
according to the new schedule
and their appropriate grade fig
ures. No salary increase is pro
vided for Supt. Potter, although
the board voted at its last meet
ing to continue his contract for
two years.
Many Cuts Made
In going over the budget, part
by part, the budget committee
made cuts In many areas.
Among those subject to the
most cutting were capital outlay
items, principally for new
equipment. It is estimated that
some $30,000 in cuts were made.
Neverthe less, the budget
shows that capital outlay Items
will be up more than $17,000
In the area of equipment. Cop
ies of the mimeographed budg
et, available in the school dis
trict office at Lexington or at
the Gazette-Times office, show
these items in detail, ad well
as some of the cuts which have
been made.
In addition, the budget shows
that cost of transportation has
increased by some $12,000, and
maintenance of plant is esti
mated to be $12,000 higher and
food services are up some
$5,000.
Included In the capital outlay
portion of the budget is an item
of $12,500 for equipment in Riv
erside High. This accounts for
some of the increase in that de
partment. $8,000 Transferred
One item, $8,000 for helping
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Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, March 16,
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WORKSHOP of Helen Cox Flowers and Gifts was charred and
blackened inside following a fire Saturday that did heary
damage. A walk-In cooler (doorway risible at left) was hardly
damaged, howerer, and flowers inside it were sored.
(G-T Photo).
Helen Cox Shop
Severely Damaged
In Saturday fire
Floral workshop of Helen Cox
Flowers and Gifts was severe
ly damaged Saturday morning
In a fire that struck the build
ing. Besides damage to the
building, loss to flowers and
supplies was heavy.
The fire apparently started
near a butane heater in the
workshop, sometime after 9 a.m.
Mrs. Cox first noticed It when
she saw smoke coming from the
windows. She went to investi
gate while her daughter called
the fire department at 9:55 a.m.
The workshop is behind the
Cox home and gift shop, which
is in one section of the home.
Fire Chief Forrest Burkenbine
said that nine volunteer fire
men answered the call, and they
spent about two hours exting
uishing the blaze and cleaning
up.
The blaze spread into the at
tic of the building, maklnjr It
more difficult to fight The
structure was heavily insulated
for the protection of the fresh
flowers. The interior of the
building was gutted.
A walk-in cooler in the work
shop remained Intact, and the
flowers In it were saved.
Chief Burkenbine said that
cans of spray paint in the build
ing exploded periodically, add
ing another problem to fighting
the fire.
No monetary estimate of the
damage was fixed as of Mon
day, although insurance adjust
ers arrived on that day to be
gin compiling the amount of
loss. Mrs. Cox said she believes
the loss is covered by insurance.
Repairs will be made to the
building as soon as possible. In
the meantime, Mrs. Cox will do
the floral work for her business
from her home and will contin
ue "business as usual."
Owner Extinguishes
Fire; Damage Light
Curtains near a stove in the
home of Opal Brings, 360 S.
Green, caught fire Friday after
noon as she started to light a
fire in the stove. The flames
spread quickly, and Miss Briggs
started to call the fire depart
ment but decided that action
would be needed immediately
to extinguish it.
She checked the spread by
throwing water on the celling,
using a cup, and then exting
uished tho flames by dousing
them with buckets of water.
Damage was confined to the one
corner of the room, Including
the burned curtains, blind and
some damage to a corner cup
board. The fire started when the
lighted match head flipped off
as she struck the match. It drop
ped Into some papers that ig
nited and spread to the curtains.
Miss Briggs was grateful that
she was able to extinguish the
fire without further loss.
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Brother Coming
To Manage Firm
Bruce Malcom brother of Bar
ncv Malcom who died unexpect
edly February 28. will come to
Heppner from bpringiieia to
take the position of general
manager of Heppner Lumber
Company, Mrs. Barney tMary)
Malcom announced Monday. He
plans to start here Monday,
March 20.
The brother has been associ
ated with Weyerhaeuser Timber
Company at Springfield for
about three years. He spent sev
eral months here with Heppner
Lumber Company In 1963-64.
Bruce Malcom Is a graduate
of forestry from Washington
State University. Like Barney.
he spent his childhood and
youth in Eatonville, Wash.
Wife and family of the new
manager plan to remain in
Springfield until after the close
of school this spring. Mrs. Mai
corn's first name Is Arlene, and
the couple has four children,
Steven, Lorie, Julie and Jimmy.
Conference Set
On Civil Defense
A special conference, intend
ed to increase the participants'
knowledge of what constitutes
"disaster preparedness" for both
county and municipal govern
ment, has been scheduled March
23 at the Elks' Temple, 142 N.
Main, in Heppner.
The conference will be the
ninth in a series of 18 to be
held in Oregon through May of
this year as the result of a Div
ision of Continuing Education
contract with the U. S. Office of
Civil Defense.
Invitations to attend have
been sent to county and city of
ficials within Morrow County,
heads of private and public
agencies, service organizations.
Bishop to Ordain Rinehart
An ancient service of ordina
tion will be observed at All
Saints' Episcopal church Friday
evening, March 17, at 7:30 P.m.,
when the Rev. Mr. Dirk T. Rine
hart will be ordained priest in
God's Holy Catholic church, ac
cording to the rite of the Prot
estant Episcopal church.
The Rt. Rev. Lane W. Barton,
D.D., Bishop of Eastern Oregon,
will ordain Mr. Rinehart and
celebrate the Holy Communion.
The Rev. Rustin Kinsey, Rev.
Rinehart's brother-in-law, will
be guest speaker, and the R
Armand Larive of Nyssa will
present Rev. Rinehart to the
Bishop for ordination.
The Episcopal church, through
the centuries, has retained a
three-fold ordained ministry
(deacon, priest, bishop) as
found in the ancient church, the
Roman Catholic church and the
Eastern Orthodox church. The
Rev. Rinehart has served nine
jTE-TIM
1967
on Riverside Offer
Senator Morse Appeals
To President Johnson
Problem of getting a new
school building constructed at
Boardman has now gone all the
way to the top in officialdom,
it was revealed In letters read
at the March meeting of the
Morrow county school board last
Thursday night.
Senator Wayne Morse has
written a letter to President
Lyndon B. Johnson pointing out
the problem of reaching a set
tlement with the U. S. Army
Corps of Engineers and stating
that "Implications of this are
very serious." He said it is being
charged in the Oregon state leg
islature that the Corps Is "In
tr rtering with the state educa
tional policies."
A copy of the letter was read
at the meeting, together with
two others sent by - Senator
Morse to officials in Washing
ton, D. C. The senator urged
the county school board not to
accept or reject any offer from
the Corps at this time and not
to rush into a settlement.
Listening to the reading of
the letters, unperturbed, were
three representatives irom tne
district office of the U. S. Army
Corps, Walla Walla, who at
tended the meeting. Col. Frank
McElwee, district engineer, told
the board that the three had
come to the meeting prepared
to negotiate.
Following the rejection of
construction bids on tne scnooi
late last year by the Corps, the
Engineers eventually made a
cash offer to the district of
$1,000,000. A counter proposal of
$1,661,000 was made by the
school board, after which the
Corps proposed a Sl.242,000
lump sum settlement via Col.
McElwee. .... . ,
"Not For Apart
The district engineer said
Thursday night that he felt the
school board and the Corps
were not very far apart He
said that he was empowered
to negotiate and effect a set
tlement. Carnival of Fun
Plans Underway
Heppner's 1967 PTA-Band Car
nival to be held April 1 at the
Fair Pavilion is shaping up as
PTA presidents, Mrs. Clyde Al
stott and Mrs. Marshall Lov
gren, and band director Arnold
Melby announce plans for the
event this week.
Heppner PTA officers hope
that this one event will take
place of a number of fund-raising
efforts and produce money
necessary for PTA scholarships,
and band members are hoping
to gain the funds to send stu
dents to Washington State Un
iversity's High School Summer
Music camp again this year.
Band students are selling
tickets for a typewriter to be
the main prize of the evening.
Sellers of the highest number of
tickets will receive cash prizes.
WEATHER
By DON GILLIAM
Official weather report for the
week of March 8-14 is as fol
lows: HI Low Prec.
Wednesday 61 35
Thursday 50 34 .07
Friday 43 33 .06
Saturday 44 32 .02
Sunday 46 23
Monday 47 30 .13
Tuesday 48 31
Snow
months as deacon since his or
dination to that ministry in
July. As priest in the church
he will be authorized to cele
brate the Holy Communion and
pronounce absolution, as well
as perform all the other duties
of the ordained ministry.
Women of All Saints' church
will serve a buffet dinner for
all out-of-town guests before the
ordination, from 5:30 to 6:30
p.m. Also, a reception will be
field following the ordination
service in the church parish
hall. The reception is open to
the public.
All friends of the Rev. Rine
hart, and especially members
and friends of All Saints' par
ish are invited to attend this
joyful event. Special invitations
have been extended to all Hepp
ner clergy to attend.
Many out-of-town faml 1 y
members, friends and clergy
are expected to be present.
Number 3
HEPPNE
10 Cents
Chairman Irvin Rauch asked
that a 5-page letter from Col.
Mchiwee be reaa to explain ae-
tails of the last offer and re
jection of the board's $1,661,000
proposal. It was read in full.
The colonel sueeested that if
the board did not wish to neg
otiate at the meeting, a time
and place be set to consider
the matter further.
After hearing the letters from
Sen. Morse and the text of Col.
McElwee's letter, the board
went into executive session.
When the directors were back
in regular session, a motion was
passed that the board support
the action suggested by Sen.
Morse. Then a meeting was ar
ranged with Col. McElwee and
the Corps for Wednesday after
noon. March la, to continue dis
cussions.
In outlining his position be
fore the board. Col. McElwee
pointed out that the offer of
the Corps approximated nearly
$23 per square foot lor tne new
building.
Senator Disapproves
One of Morse s letters saia
that he felt the $1 million of
fer was unsatisfactory and that
the $1,242,000 offer was also un
reasonable. He said that he felt
a proposed dike around the old
school building to continue
school there while the reservoir
waters were rising and the new
school was under construction
was "completely unacceptable."
He proposed a conierence in
Washington, D. C that would
Include county school oiltciais;
the architect; Sen. Al Flegel,
chairman of the State Senate
eoucation committee, the state
superintendent of public instruc
tion; and others.
Gen. W. T. Cassidy, Chief of
the Army Engineers; Congress
man Al Ullman; and S. Doug
lass Cater, special assistant to
the president on education; and
Sen. Morse would also attend
the conference.
But the school board made no
move Thursday night for a re
turn trip to Washington. Chair
man Rauch did comment that
he wasn't interested in another
trip east. Several went there
earlier in the negotiations in
the hope of getting an agree
able settlement from the Corps.
In a letter to Cater, Sen,
Morse called the Riverside
school matter a "serious poten
tial public controversy." It was
indicated that nothing short of
$1,500,000 in a cash settlement
to the school district is reas
onable nor adequate and that
79ths of the continuity cost is
the responsibility of the federal
government The "continuity
cost" is that of maintaining
suitable quarters for a school
building while the new build
ing awaits construction.
The school directors were
hopeful that further word from
Washington, D. C, would lend
strength to their cause before
Wednesday, but just prior to
the scheduled session at Walla
Walla, there was no indication
of further developments that
might complete the negotiat
ions. Meet Lasts Six Hours
This latest chapter In the
Riverside problem was the on
lv one important matter touch
ed upon at a meeting that last
ed six hours. The diiectors con
sidered teacher contracts (see
story elsewhere in this paper),
heard a report from lone on a
proposed six-six school organl
zation there, acted on policies
connected with the new salary
schedule, and handled many
other items of business.
Director Don McElligott and
Louis Cailson of the lone advis
ory committee told of favorable
impressions received after a
committee had investigated the
six-six plan. They asked the
board's permission to apply to
the State Department of Educa
tion for establishment of a sys
tem in lone that would have a
six-year elementary school and
the grades 7 through 12 in the
high school building. This move
was approved by the board.
The lone committee felt that
it could move ahead on the plan
if it seems desirable but could
meeting.
back off even though the appli
cation was made, if it seemed
undesirable. However, if there is
a possibility of starting such a
system in the fall, application
must be made soon.
The twj men said that some
of the committee had visited the
Pilot Rock schools and returned
with the idea that it was a "very
smooth" system. Visits with bus
iness people there found them
highly in favor of the system
although they recalled that in
the first few weeks of operation
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