Heppner gazette-times., July 13, 1967, Page 2, Image 2

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Cutting High School Sports
Now that Portlanders are realizing that the oty's school
board was serious lr. stating that the ir.terseholastic sport
program would be eliminated if the budget election didst
pass, cor-sterr-sikw is spreading.
The $5 million levy didst pass, and the board has act
ed to chop the sports program, as well as making other cuts
is the school system.
To marrr parents and school patrons this may seem to
be too severe a step, but the board apparently lee Is it is nec
essary, and it should be ia the best position to know.
Through the years there have been frequent comments
from time to toe about high school and college sports beir.g
overerr.phaiiied. Some would curtail interscholastic sports, and
probably others would favor eliminating the programs entire
ly. But now this move ia Portland brings it right down to
the rub: Just how important are sports in the secondary edu
catkical system?
Nothing as drastic nor or. as large a scale, has occurred
on the sports scene as the Portland action, and this brings
it into focus lor more serious examination.
Probably the sports program in our high schools is a
more integral part ol our educational system than we have
realized. The physical education aspect of the schools has
become a part of the warp and woof of the total curriculum.
There are some students who find their best incentive
through the sports program It is the morale builder that
carries them on. Without the opportunity to participate many
of these youngsters would surely become high school drop
outs. To student who are athletically inclined, sports" gives an
opportunity to achieve success, as well as to develop their
physical prowess. It is a chance for them to get a glow of
pride that some of them could never experience from getting
4.0 grades because some never could attain such scholastic
success. This is notwithstanding the fact that some athletes
are also fine students.
The sports program does contribute to fining young peo
ple for society and for taking a place in life. It teaches them
to meet other youngsters on a person -to-person basis, to learn
the elements of a competitive system, to appreciate the values
of sportsmanship. A high school sports program, properly op
erated, has the capacity to make backward participants blos
som into promising otirens. Any community can point to
examples.
All this is true if the program is not over-emphasized
and the "tail doesn't wag the dog." Perhaps in some schools,
there is more stress on sports than there should be, and the
athletic department becomes more important than the aca
demic program.
This obviously isn't true in Portland because the board
didn't cut any of the academic program. It didn't cut out
English, mathematics or science. It cut sports.
If curtailment had to be made, it seems quite fitting that
it be made In the realm of sports, as being of lesser import
ance in the total program
The fact that it is considered very important however,
becomes evident with the uprising around Portland to have
it restored. The city folks are finding that they can't have
their cake and eat it.
While the sports program may be of prime importance
in the minds of many of the youngsters, it may be consider
ed equally important by their parents. It would be a bit hard
to tell whether the kids become more involved in their inter
school competition or whether the zealous parents are more
enthused even rabid sometimes.
What if Portland's move would spread to other towns
where budgets have gone down to defeat? Then, what if it
spread to all schools in the state?
Our feeling is that it would be a real tragedy. An im
portant part of the secondary' system would be gone. It would
leave something less than a whole system of education for
the youngsters.
And when voters start to cast ballots against a school
budget after they have been told in all earnestness that
such cuts will be made, they should consider the consequen
ces. High school dropouts do become delinquents in many
cases. Delinquents cause trouble and become costly for so
ciety to support They aren't making constructive contribu
tions. This doesn't apply only to the kids taking an active part
in the competition. It affects the cheer leaders, the bands,
the pep clubs, and the thousands of students that spend time
going to the games and keeping occupied by taking this in
terest There is no citizen who doesn't have a stake in our edu
cational system. His family may be reared and gone, or he
may be childless, but he couldn't enjoy civilization as we
know it today without education.
We don't blame him for not pungling up when he thinks
he is getting a bad bargain, but we would urge him to con
sider whether he might be holding a nickel so close to his
eye that he can't see a dollar in the distance.
There are many angles to this school sports matter. They
involve community pride and prestige. It becomes a status
symbol for a community to say that its team won the state
tournament in 1950. Many find it stimulating and enjoyable
entertainment. They see the kids putting forth to their full
est extent, and as one Portland school board member said,
"There is no other activity in which they participate 100 per
cent"
If it came to a wager, we'd bet that Portland will have a
sports program, come fall. It may come from volunteer fund
raising efforts; it may come from another budget vote; it
may be somewhat curtailed. But it will come.
It's too much a part of our way of life to consign to ob
livion, as well a.s being important in developing kids.
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IT HX'EAELY is.it u to r
ru ir. n'-.tr!. 4 r strung
. iiecs-j1 h knc the k-l
. anr which rr .(! make it
i!v'.f or. vou But df Iws
' r b Abrams of t-y:r c
u uttrt nevs rruMcal cwrtsu.
: -The T'Mi? Flati '
! Ferr.a;, rumor the "four
! flats' trv wfvrd ir, tht aliegat
! k- nrrr.'l th kind that are
: cvrtiacrve to beautiful rruvic
A a mater vi fact, thrv may
have btgr-t k'-.r. some sounds
t'wr the n.wri that ere
arythir.g tut rr pticr. h- Or!
a:r.Jv no mortal wtuld ha
ce-uured E'jbert if he had vrt-
ed w.e m kdKus ranting
r.KT. xia tae p- C
Starr ana Orr.parv. under tr.e
crrumsltnoes -hn prevaJed.
You see. the Abram family
wert or. a rhurrh cutmc to
C'L-e Lake in I'kiah country
cn er the Fourth week end btiart
the arr:ed home at mjdmcht
on July 4. they had tour flat
tires on their van.
It. fact if Bob mi.hed to en
larre his combo, he could make
it "The Six Flats" bv recruit -ir.E
ed Clark and Mild Pnn-
die. who were also on the out-
j trx They each had or fiat ;
; m:ir.c it some sort of record
i that should hold up lor local
! ecclesiastical outmgs for some
jume to come.
Mrs. A trams came to town
with the van on July 3. On
! Tuesday momir.c. back at camp,
; they found a tire goir.c down, :
I She apparently had picked up
a cit oi -ire in tne tire on
. .
They put on the spare, and
I broke camp in early afternoon.
inev eni just a coupie fier w undcjied. ;
when the spare gave out The , Thus, he thinks he has al- ;
Rev. Dirk Purpart gave Bob a vie sutetantial inroads
lift to Dale. There he had both Ln hu campaign to unseat the -tires
fixed, and Rev E1.-tt-r.2rt fnior senator,
took him back. j -e suggested to the candidate
Merrily on the way again, the sen. Morse seemed to have
Abrams got to this side of ye:the ,bil;ty to come out ahead
Junction when a blowout on a a thou eh he appeared to be!
front tire brought another halt sunv -cussed and discussed" 1
to ihir.zs. Bob put on tne r.ewlv bv MBV vocal voterf in m
repaired spare, ana tr.is iasieo
unu tney
were
heaeed down
There it gave
1 climbing and j
Franklin grade.
j up aeain.
Bob's mourtai:
hiking experience at this pcir.t
I came into eooa use. tie ana
daughter Libby started hiking.
' They eot to the Jay Wheelhouse
! home, but no one was there.
IThev continued towards B.11
Weatherfords when Tom Gonty
happened along, stopped and
took them to Heppner. Here they
obtair
obtained professional assistance.
jot tack to the van. made re-1
pairs and finally made it home.
go
oai
It was a lone day. i ney naa ;
left camp probably about 1:30
p.m. and made it to Heppner by .
11:30 p.m. I
P. S. The Abrams van now ;
has a new set of tires. !
TKEP.E WERE many Shriners
in Heppner Saturday, what ,
with the mountain meeting
zom? on at Cuts'orth Park, and
lCueen Darlene appearing here
I on behalf of the Shrine A-2 and
i B football game. Most of the
! visitors were strangers to us. .
There was one who came from
some distance whose name I :
couldn't recall but his !ez was
familiar.
SATELLITE watching appears to
be the new sport around here.
We didn't realize it until we
heard on a recent telecast that
Echo I was due over in a few
minutes. We stepped out into
Willow street to give a look
John Lane came over and in
quired if we had spotted it"
yet. saying tnat it was aue at
11:21
Then Officer John Mollahan
drove by, inquiring the same
thing. Both seemed to know at
once what we were seeking.
And in a few minutes, we not
iced one of the "stars'" in the
ST skT It 1v apent that
it was traveling at a pretty good
clip, and so we presume this
was Echo I.
Next morning Spike Pardee
reported in a little sleepy-eyed.
He said that he and Vic Grosh
ens and some of the other neigh
bors had spent a good deal of
the night watching for satellites,
and declared that they had
spotted four.
On Thursday night we dis
covered Echo I going west to
east then a short time later,
' Echo II going north to south.
Since then, we ve heard that
"everbody's doing it" Well, it's
kind of fun on these balmy
nights, when it seems good to
be outside anyway. Does a per
son good to look ud to the heav
ens and contemplate on the
vastness of things, as well as
the modern miracles.
NELS ANDERSON, in a letter
accompanying a story on his
work in Niger, writes that Har
riet Isom, a former Heppner
girl, is in Niger, too.
"A few weeks ago, she and
I went to Lagos, Nigeria, to
bring back two Jeeps for an
AID project" he writes.
"Our trip is a story by itself,
including losing the battery out
of one of the new rigs and hav
ing to tow it for 300 miles with
a wire that kept breaking, over
the dustiest roads there are in
Africa.
"Only a good Eastern Oregon
wheat truck driver could have
don this Harriet has had lots
of experience in this on her
father's wheat farm near Pen
dleton." If we don't have NeLs' story
in thLs week's paper with pic
tures of the work being done in
Niger, we'll try to get it in next
week. It is very interesting, and
it can be seen that he has ac-
k ir
TV.TL McA13!0.vr bo ;: r-1
ed at Itarr.brr tJ Cat infrcr
htvt V;4v. did n ricrik-nt j
t'b & takirsjt mi r t V-l
r.ns cm tin. 30-cv X'.y th-r . '
despite the fact that he broke
r s iltht meter ana cciuii't re- j
place it een cm the Wat rr.ar- j
M-l He Kk h:i picture b i
fuess. rvd most of the ! K:fe '
Uvk i-kr a prcfew.Kr,al
een tfjouch he owiare he
strtctJv an amateur I
M-rAlramd Mid that he caer
ed Be Pncan beivrt Kttinc i
out to oprx Sen Waynr M:tw
ui the Uemocratx- rr:rr.ar- next
yvar. Duncan xoli him that be
hadnt made up his rr.ind on
whether he would enter the race,
but sid be had no objection
to VicAlr&ond ertt-nrg. too.
Duncan also id frarJi.lv that
he didn't believe McAlmond had
a chance cf defeatic Sen
Morse, but McAlmond. the first
to enter any m)or campaign
as an avowed candidate, decid
ed that he would ie every
effort and has been doing o
He made the tip clear lo
Heppner lust to show the film
here, then beaded ncht back to
Portland. He had to be in Wash
ington, D. C. the next day. So be
ha set a kr.. hard and expen
sive schedule for himself.
McAlroond. who differs sharp
Iv with Morse on the conduct i
of the Vietnam war as well as
nfher rrartef that a nir. !
Mt sun-,- shows that if an j
elect ion were held now. he f
wouW r-jve 31 percent of the!
ves, Morse 40 wr cent and 29 '
tij-rn MrAlmrnd uid he waa ;
aware of this and had spent j
tin-e trying to analyze i
why. '
f." ' .-m K, interestLnp. anv- '
way. McAlroond. with his pers
onality, zeal and convictions,
might do better against Sen
Morse than most candidates
with the handicap of name un
familiaxity. I, nor
f 1UI 1CCI
;
19 tfr X
Ponderings
By w. s. cavtbhuj.
An Old Timer's Analysii
Of Our Deficit
Most pioneers shunned exces
; sive debt. Some of them had
learned the hard way. They
; were conservative. The economy
was built on work and produc
tion. Thon bright boys saw a
j vision. The New Deal," a good
idea if they had kept national
income more nearly in balance
'with expenditures. They didn't
Now we face a deticit 01 5-w dij
lion and will carry a debt of
$365 billion. In addition, we
have people grown shy of ad
ditional taxes. What does a $V30
billion deficit mean to us? $150
for everv man, woman and
child in the country .For a f am-
ilv of six. SVjO. Will they get
part of it? Not much. The same
people who have profited by
former deficits will get most of
it and call for more. The es
calation of debt private and
ouhlie. has been a nice climate
! to live in but somewhere there
is the shadow of disaster. That
is what an old timer thinks.
Frank Unrein Takes
Marine Training
Marine Private Frank L. Un
rein, son of Mrs. Jack McTimp
er.y of Heppner, was graduated
from eight weeks of recruit
training at the Marine Corps
Recruit Depot in San Diego,
Calif.
He will now undergo about
three weeks of individual combat
training and then, after leave at
heme, will report to his first
Marine Corps assignment
The intensified Marine re
cruit training emphasizes rigid
physical conditionng and sur
vival techniques, both at sea
and ashohe, to develop self-confidence
and endurance. Marks
manship with the M-14 rifle and
45-calibre pistol are equally
stressed, and close order drill
instills '.he traditions of Marine
Corps teamwork.
High School Library
Open on Wednesdays
The Heppner High school li
brary will be open for circulat
ion of books on Wednesday af
ternoons on July 19, August 2,
16 and 30, Mrs. Madge Thom
son, librarian, announces.
On alternate Wednesdays, the
library will be open from 7 un
til 9 p.m.
rorrj.l;shrd
tt.i-rr
Memories
0; The
Old Fair (Building
IT AST CXAWTORD
ABT n
V- F-lnce Sn;n- (4 Hfppnrr.
da tester ui the late Id and
CUra Luella Brnu A.lkiris, was
Kr-n in the Fair Buiidmc un
S pt ZX 1?1T Her brt'ther I 1
ir. wa al.o txirr. there and
t'.eu tnother paaed aa while
h -t there
Elmer Bearr.an. the puroeer
cKi and coal man lived there
ir. his retirement year and it
as there he s-iwr.t bis last
days. 1 am told
Amor.E newly-wed who atari
ed hc.uMeepir.g in the ta
Buildirc were Vr and Mrs
Otheo G Crawford t Viola Dice'
at that time music teacher in
the crade and hich acl.tiol O
G a working on the G T. at
the time In later years he be
came publisher of the paper. He
now lives in retirement with his
second wife, F-osai In Lincoln
City. Ore
Mi. Dowtoa Was a Kiodly Mas
Going back downstairs again
and taking tip further discus
won of the old Fair Store when
under the management erf Mr
Giper. I recall that m 1SW2 Mr
Daw-son, who was always so
kind to children and so often
said. "O. to be a boy again."
had charge ci the drvgoods de
piartrnent He and Mr. Dawson
lived in the F R. Bishop house.
Trr. the site of Turn A Lum
Lumber Co on the corner Both
l't their live in the flood
when their home was swept
away. Some of the others work
ins in the store about thut time
included Frank and Elmer
Spauldmg. fine athlete. esf-c
talJy in baseball and fo.it ball.
They were brothers of Mrs. d
ger
Rjss and Charlotte Giger. the
two Gieer children, were dear
fnnds of the Crawford children
and I remember well the last
time I saw them. The school
vacation period in lS.i3 had tut
started and 1 was at irv depot
to sav goodbye. Mrs. Giger and
the children were leaving on a
trip to Portland and then to
Eastern points lor a visit with
relatives. In a matter of d.iys
the whole world changed for
them as it did for many other.
They were never to we their
father again. His was one of
the first bodies recovered in the
flood. The children, as far as 1
know, never returned to Hepp
ner. There was nothing to come
back to. Mrs. Giger did make
a brief visit later to attend to
business matters.
Tba West Sid Athletic Club
Who ever heard ol that one?
But since it again involves the
gjand old Fair Building and Dr.
Swinburn duty compels me to
relate the activities of the West
Side Athletic Club. This organ
ization would you believe
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gang " hai of,l mem
; hers una it . hasic idea w as the
I trcprvveTTictil t the phvoral I
jt'tK.'v, il not the brain, lis r-j
rMz-r rtiT-iveil their InM'lra 1
turn from Til TOP WJT-.Kl.V,
..r ,r..l,fir f.r.ulnf-lK ffurii !
.U i-'i n.,t,v -
tSe (n-ti 4 the lale BuM I.
Standish who a r- r! for
this wirt ol literature The llltle
brirhilv xvered periodical came
to patteron's Drug Store every
Tuesday on the dol and there
the Kids lined up to fcet their
ropv at 10 cents er. They muni
fullow the rr.ac'ilfK'etit feata
; demonstrated in the unlimited
prowess of the Merriwell broth
er. Frank and pick, and their
i ax well ax their foca
and adversaries. More entranc
ing than tla' aoap operas on
; telev ision. I truly believe. We
got the message and decided to
emulate the MerriweiU in ev- 1
erv pfsslble wav. So the West !
Side Athlete Club. The three and
onlv members were Abe Black ,
man. Earl Halleck and myself
Our track and field sulU were
our very BVD.'a, the working
hours were from 5 to 6:30 in the
mcaTiing, and all operations
startrd from the rear lot (open
I country 1 behind the old First
Christian Church. The agenda
event Included the high and
j broad jumps, the pole vault.
1 discus, javelin, the 100 yard
: dash and the distance runs. We
; ran through all of them. You
jwill note I didn't mention the
: shot put We didn't have any.
j The distance runs took place!
dow n to the end of Gale street, :
I and return, I may add.
' PUletiaq on the Drain pip
Yes. we didn't have a shot !
put but there ia usually a so :
iution to every problem Halleck ,
' wasn't around, but Blackman, !
who was really the brains of
the club, came up to me with
a paper bag in his hand and
said to me. "Come on Art, I am
going to get the shot put" 1
promptly fell in line and we
meandered over toward the Fair
Building I remember the annex
had Just been completed. We
went around the Mam Street
front and down to the rear of
the annex side A tie moved over
to the corner of the old section,
where a drain ple came down
from the roof, pulled a tool from
the paper bag which he siild
I w as a key hole saw and right
before mv eves he tcxik off
i some eight or ten inches of the
pure lead pipe at the bottom.
IMeanwhle my eyes roarm'd up
to the overhanging verenda up
stairs rear of the Old Fair, and
; there, of all people looking
dn utxm the entire proceed.
, ings. was pr. Swinburn. He
i didn't say a word. We left with
;the loot. A dav or so Inter, nt
!our morning workout, Abe crime
jover from his house across the
street and dropped a perfectly
ON NOW AT JERRY'S
routiili-'l t'll at idir f'-el, aaylng,
'Wi ll fi ll'w, bere'g our h(.
pill " ll"w ii ever rri'.hlrd It
I iii-ti't knew It n MH-rit
hr lirii-r r-vrci, liul a I kal,
M' the tit u I im of III" rlub.
A hott linie thrii'uflrr. Ilt-n-(V
!( kiiiiin, Al' ftitltrr, te.
ri-li-il a liill Ikiiii tde ltor
(mi our ilt-i'i- til rai (Ifaln
'J-uM tn Ate" A Iw had ti pay,
yiiu hii Im I "it that 1( you Knew
hi dmr "hi father, ju-iiry By
the way. the West Side Athlet
lc Club was short lived, (hough
11 endured wniie six Week of
a i'iiH hot sumrrier.
ITU 111." CONTIM Fill
. and Mii. Dirk lttnhot
and Ann returned Monday, July
HI to I nve for a two week ' ttay
during Junior Camp Reaalon.
COMMUNITY
BILLBOARD
Coming Events
HKPI'NFJl SWIMMING POOL
0ien Tuelnya thru Satur
days, 1 fo 4 pm, and 7
to 9 p m
Open Sundays, 2 to 7 p.m.
Closed Monday
Second session of swimming
rlaae for beginner, nter
mediute and swimmer to
start July 24
HO DFX) DANCE
Honoring Prince Bernlece
Matthew, of lone.
Saturday. July IS. 9:30 m. to
100 a m
Heppner Fair Pavilion
Music bv The Henchmen of
Heppner.
Everyone Welcome!
ALL STAR GAME
I.ltlle league All Star Game
Willow Creek Little League
All Stum vs Boardman AH-
St.irn.
Friday. July 14, 6 30 pm.
Little I-cague field. Heppner.
Instrn-t jilav otfs. Hood River.
July 1 22
FAREWELL DINN'F-K
U-xmgton Christian Church
Srtlurd.iv. July 15.
Honoring llarley Sager family.
I'othn'k dmnet, 6:) pm.
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SERVICE BY
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Insurance Agency
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