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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1967)
8 HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thurtdcrf. May 1967 R-l School Board Covers Wide Range of Business Morrow county's school dir ectors covered a wide range of business in another four hour session at the regular meeting Monday night In Lexington. Thev heard a report from Supt. David rotter that the State Department of Education has approved the six-six plan for lone, stating that it appear ed to be a sound and well-considered program. A letter from the department suggested, however, that some plans for the curriculum for the 7th and 8th grades could be strengthened, and that the de partment would work with the schools on this matter. Grandstand Talked Members of the fair board were present to ask the direct ors what plans they would like incorporated in a new grand stand at the rodeo grounds if such a facility were built. Flovd Jones, chairman, said they "would like to know if dressing and shower rooms would need to be built under the stands. Tentative plans are to build the new stand at ground level, thus saving ex pense, but in that case, no rooms could be provided underneath. Director Jack bumner propos ed separate frame structures for dressing rooms, and this seem ed to be a popular suggestion. The fair board was advised that so far as the school district is concerned, they should go ahead with their plans for the ground level stands. "We have enough funds to build a grandstand without any thing underneath it" Jones said. The matter caused Principal Dick Carpenter of Heppner High and the board to consider the future of athletic fields serving Heppner High. Carpenter said that he did not think it feasible to consider lighting the new field at the high school. Foot ball requires only four or five games per year, but in the spring, with track and baseball season at the same time, and students of all levels needing facilities, it is necessary to find space for as many as 150 in the programs, he said. It was agreed that Carpenter and Sumner would continue to work with the fair board on plans, with the assistance of coaches if needed. Fence Talked Another matter relating to the fair and rodeo grounds came up In regard to fencing the school property where bus sheds are located, from the rodeo grounds. Tad Miller of the rodeo board said that 375 feet of fencing would be needed and that gates cost $190 each. One suggestion was that pres ent woven fencing around the Lexington school grounds be taken down and be moved to the rodeo grounds location. Supt. Potter said that it could be mov ed at a cost of about $1 per foot as compared with a cost for new fencing of $2.25 per foot. Elden Padberg entered a mild protest on behalf of the City of Lexing ton, stating that the city want ed the fence left in Lexington as it is. It was finally agreed to in stall new fence between the school property and rodeo grounds. Field Discussed The talk of fences led to a discussion on the school play ground at Lexington. The dis trict has sought to get the city to provide water for the grounds while the district made the property available for recreation to tne city. Padberg asked that the prop erty be deeded to the city, af ter which the city would sup ply the water and maintenance. The matter was tabled until the June meeting when it will be considered further. Nine Teachers Needed There are currently openings for nine teachers in the county system. Potter said. Openings include these: Heppner High commercial subiects ana speecn (one position). Riverside High commercial and girls physical education (one position), social studies and basketball coach (one position). A. C. Houghton Third grade teacher (one po sition): fifth and sixth grade teacher and nhvsical education I (one position). lone High School English teacher, librarian, and one teacher for reading and commercial. In addition, there is need for a special education teacher for Heppner High school. The board approved contracts for: Arnim Freeman for Hepp ner Elementary on a 9 months program. He will work on the special education program there and will help with the guid ance program. He is of Milwau kie where he has taught in the grade school, is married, and has several children. Miss Alice Riley for Heppner High school as language teach er. She has been teaching in Utah for a number of years. The board also approved ex tending contract for three weeks for Kirk Horn at Heppner High to do work necessary in setting up a new course in field biol ogy. Educational TV Planned Educational TV plans for the school system are rapidly tak ing form, and it is expected that it will be in use by next fall, Supt. Potter said. Both Umatil la and Morrow counties expect to have it for teaching. To this end, a workshop is planned for Hermiston on Mon day, May 22, with local teach ers attending. School will be dismissed earlier than usual here that day in order thatsion was granted, teachers may attend the work shop. Teacher Resigns Mrs. Marilyn Murray, teacher at A. C. Houghton school, ten dered her resignation to the board, and it was accepted with a motion for a letter of com mendation to be sent for her work. Cooks' Salary Changed The board approved salary recommendations for cooks after a study made by Ron Daniels. Riverside High principal, and Alioe Vance, clerk. It was rec ommended that the board grant regular increments plus $10 per month to all cooks for the liHw SS vear. This would keep the total expenditure at $24,093, within the budgeted item. Effective for the 1908 69 year, a now schedule will take effect. A cook with no experience in the svstem will start at $2160 and go to $2430 with three years' experience. Assist ant cooks would start at $1980 and go to $2250. Votes Canrassed Vote of the May 1 election was canvassed and certified with Jack Sumner reelected and Beverly Gunderson elected as directors. Tie vote between Dr. Wallace Wolff and Mrs. Edda Mae Lov gren for the one-year term on the Heppner-Lexington advisory committee was resolved by flip of a coin. Dr. Wolff won." Mrs. Phil Mahoney, who had been elected to a 3-year term on the committee, advised the clerk that she did not wish to serve. The board named Jerry Sweeney to this place. He was one of those who received sev eral writein votes for the po sition. (Sweeney said Wednesday that he had declined appoint ment to the advisory committee because of other commitments). House Bids Planned Principal Harold Beggs of lone said that lot had been pur chased and all is ready to call for bids on a teacherage at lone. He urged the board to act promptly on the call for bids because of the housing shortage for teachers in lone. Although six teachers leit tne system there are only three houses left vacant because of circumstanc es, he said. In one case (Arnie Hedman) the teacher leaving already lived in Heppner. In another, two unmarried women teachers shared a house. He said that he hopes the house will be ready by August 15. It will be occupied by the principal and his family. Bus Bids Planned The board agreed to call for bids on a 30-passenger bus and an 8-or 9-passenger panel. The bus will be used to replace a small bus in lone, which will go on a Cecil run. Three older vehicles will be traded in on the deal. It was also recommended that the Huber-Campbell bus run be bid, and that the Balm Fork Willow Creek run be bid as two separate runs because of ad ditional children. These recom mendations were approved. Field Trips Talked Field trips came in for con siderable discussion at the meeting. Jim Jacobs, student body president of Heppner High, requested a field trip for HHS seniors to Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Monday, May 22. He said this is not to be considered a senior sneak and outlined plans for visiting OMSI and the Portland zoo, ex pecting to be back home by 8 or 9 in the evening. He said that the trip would be under the supervision of Principal Car penter and that students would pay all expenses except for transportation. This request received some protest from members because it was made so near to the end of the school year and because it might set a precedent in lieu of a senior sneak. Supt. Potter reiterated a firm posit io n against senior sneaks but said he felt this trip would be edu cational and would be well chaperoned. It was approved with one dissenting vote, two in favor and two abstaining. Three other .field trips were approved: From lone, fourth grade class of Mrs. Ely and third grade of Mrs. Martin to the Whitman Mission; 6th, 7th and 8th grade field trip to Pen dleton by bus to visit the air port and weather station; first andTsecond graders of Mrs. Wal lace and Mrs. Hynd to go by train from Hinkle to Pendleton and visit the airport. Zone Change Eyed Some consideration was given to changing Heppner city zones for school directorships so that the area would be expanded in to the surrounding rural area in order to expedite getting can didates for the board. The mat ter was turned over to Attorney Bob Abrams for further study and recommendation. The board granted the Cath olic church use of the Heppner Elementary school for summer school again. Text Fund Expanded Supt. Potter pointed out the concern of teachers that money set aside in the coming budget for textbooks was inadequate and asked permission to over expend the fund up to $4,000. In the budget for the coming year is $6140 as compared with $8500 in the 1967-68 budget. The added money will come out of another fund in the budget Af ter some discussion the permis- if -. ,j DINGY condition of the dressing rooms in the bath house at the Heppner municipal swimming pool is noted by Mayor Clarence Rose wall in this photo. Pool and bath house have been con demned by the State Board of Health. The building was converted to a bath house after serving as Heppner's first power house. Partitions (note in background) are thin and were designed so that they could be moved to use structure lor recreation center at times when pool was not in use. (G-T Photo). Bond Issue Vote Gives Swim Pool Short Reprieve (Continued from page 1) gress towards a new pool has been quite encouraging, we are modifying our earlier position. Wt recognize that some time is required to complete the prepar ations necessary for bringing the existing pool up to an accepta ble state Therefore, we will no lcnger require that the bonds be approved before the 1967 oper ating license is Issued." Smythe said that the state board would require that minor improvements be carried out to render the existing pool "marg inally acceptable" for the 1967 season. "We sincerely hope that by this time next year you will be ready to open the new pool," he concluded. Meanwhile, all plans are mov ing forward for tne election on May 31 when the vote on the $110,000 bond issue will be held in the old city library with .oils to be open from 8 a.m. un til 5 p.m. 20 -Tear Ir-sue As proposed by the city, the bond issue would be for a per iod of 21- years, with $5500 in bonds to be retired each year. Clark and Groff, engineers who made a study of costs and requirements for rebuilding or replacing the pool, estimated that $104,000 would be necessary for the job. An additional $6000 ir the proposed bond issue is ellowed for possibility of in creasing costs since the time of the study and contingencies. The engineers estimated that it would cost $144,000 to build an entirely new pool. In the cost estimates for the rebuilding lob are these items Gunite pool walls and floor, Siy,00; mechanical work, 520, 000; new concrete decks, $8,700; lighting and pool equipment, v.. f t JH 4 rj) REIHA Lstso Western Wear It colorful, bright, nd best of all , . . practical. Our Reina coordinates are a Dacron polyester and cotton blend, machine washable, and all stretch for freedom of action. They fea ture a new Scallop back yoke. Black, raspberry, turn, amber. Suit, $52.50. Pants, Regular and Lo-Boy, $16.95. Chatoco, $10.95. Cotton shirt, $10.95. Misses Sizes.. NEW YORK STORE S. W. EMIGRANT and MAIN PENDLETON Ph. 276-4551 St.000; fencing. $800; bonds, contractor overhead, miscellan eous, $4,000; bathhouse, 27 x75'. $28,300; engineering and con Urgencies 'i 20'r, $17,100. It is to be noted that the bath house would be new under the lebuilding plan. Cost on a mlllage basis to taxpayers Is difficult to ascer tain accurately because it is not known how much interest would be required on the bond issue until the bonds are sold; be cause assessed valuation is not exactly known at this time; and other factors. However, using the city's 1967- 63 assessed valuation of $1,727. 000 and assuming an Interest rate on the bonds of 4 per cent (which may be low), the first year's taxes to cover the bond retiiemont and Interest for th tt year w.iuM he close to six mills The principal payment would lie $.Vx), and Interest on $U0.(XX) at I per cent would be $4100, making a total of $!X0() to lie paid. One mill on the above assessed valuation would raise $1,727, thereby requiring ne.irly six mills for first year's pay i lent and Interest. In succeeding years, the mill nge levy would decrease as l.onds were retired and interest dropped Next week, the paper plans to publish a sketch drawn by Clark and Groff of the rebuilt pool, together with a layout of the bath house and other infor mation. Tour of District Slated Monday Annual adult conservation tour of the Heppner Soil and Water Conservation district Is schedulon for Monday, May 22, and the public U Invited, ac cording to Kogcr Palmer, who U working on arrangement for the tour on behalf of the district. A bus will leave from the county fairgrounds at S);:t() a.m. mid all Interested both men anil women are Invited, tt Is .suggested that women wear slacks. All should bring sack luin'he Visit at the ranch of Louis Carlson, 1W7 Conservation Man of the Year, will highlight the tour. It Is planned to arrive there at 11:30 a in. and have lunch at the ranch. Stubble mulching will be I'leu'int nil I lie Carlson lilaiv. and after lunch, Kalph Itlchnrd, conservationist of the district, will give a demonstration on soil structures. Spring develop ments, sod waterway and in version ditches will be ahown ami discussed. White In the area they will note (iimpitrlson In grass near the Valby church, After leuvlng the fairground at the Htnrt of the tour, tho group wilt go first to the Don Kvuim place where channel work and new alfalfa needing will bo ob served. Second visit will be at the Paul Hrown ranch where they will discus wind break nod view strip cropping on the Hrown and Al Hunch place. At the linger CamptH'll place they will nee. Ktulihle mulching. 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