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Board, Teachers Reach Pay
Supt. Daniels Predicts
Deficit to Start 1968-69
Starting salary of $G000 per
yrar for teachers with a bach
elor degree and no experience
was agreed upon as a base for
the Morrow county scnooi uis
trict ut a meeting of the board
of directors and me profession
si mnsultatlon committee, rep
resenting teachers, Tuesday
night at the Lexington school
administration oillce.
An earlier request for $G200
by the committee had been re
jected by the board at its last
regular meeting. Three of four
other proposals by the teachers
were also rejected at me rej4
ular meeting.
The $6000 proposal was made
Tuesday night, following the
first budget meeting 01 me
school district, as one of three
Doints substituted lor those
which had been rejected.
Committee proposals were as
follows:
1. That a salary schedule with
the present columns and index
be maintained but wun me ioi
lowing adjustment made: a,
That the base salary for a be
ginning teacher with a BABS be
$uuuu.
2. That the Morrow county
Snhnni Rnard become a partic
ipant In the purchase of a health
insurance plan for each teacher
In the district.
3. That the Board re-evaluate
the present personal leave pol
icy for teachers.
Increment at 4
At the regular January meet
ing the teachers had also asked
for an increase to 5 incre
ments each year on the salary
schedule instead of the present
4. Their second proposal elim
inated asking for the increase,
and the 4 increment remains.
As tentatively figured at the
meeting, the increase to a $6000
base from the present $5800
base with proper raises to oth
er teachers throughout the
schedule will increase instruc
tional costs of the district about
$25,000 per year.
Present instructional budget
is approximately $691,000 for the
1967-68 year. Next year with in
crements it would increase to
approximately $702,045 on the
current salary schedule. With
the new base, the figure will
go to about $727,000.
Supt. Kon uanieis, wno iuuk
no position in tne discussion ex
writ tn nresent facts and fig
ures, said that It is possible that
some teaching positions may
not have to be tilled tor me
coming year because some con
solidations of teaching loads
may be made and because the
enrollment in the system has
declined somewhat during the
past several years.
Vote a to 1
Vote on the new base, which
followinff a motion by Dir
ector Ralph Skoubo, was three
yes, one no ano one udsuuhuik.
Director Beverly Gunderson vot
ed in favor with SkouDo. uirect
nr Trvin Rauch voted no, and
Director Jack Sumner abstained.
Mrs. Gunderson said that she
did not feel a 2 to l vote oe
picive pnnush on such an im
portant matter, and Chairman
Don Mclinigoti men case jus
vote in favor of the motion, mak
ing it 3 to 1. Two directors, Max
well Jones and Dr. L. D. Tib
bies, were absent.
The second point of the pro
posal brought probably more
discussion men me uase oaioij.
tvio consultation committee ask
ed that the district participate
In a purchase of a health plan
for each teacher in the district
because under the plan propos
ed the benefits are broadened
when the district participates by
sharing in the cost of the in
surance. , ,
Currently about 90 of the
90-member faculty in the sys
tem is covered on a health in
surance plan. Cost per. teacher
per month is $9.62. Those who
cover families pay additional.
The teachers asked that the
district pay any part of the cov
erage so that they would qual
ify for the broader benefits.
Director Rauch proposed that
the base salary of $6000 be re
considered and lowered to $5900
per year with the district pay
ing all the health insurance,
which would amount to approx
imately $115 per teacher per
year. He argued that the teach
ers would gain about $15 per
year more by this method than
they would with the $6000 sal
ary base.
Vote Against Participation
However, some directors hesi
tated to open this area of
"fringe benefits," and a poll of
the six of seven consultation
committee members present
showed that they wished to
stand on the $6000 base.
. The committee then pointed
out that any small participa
tion by the board would qualify
them for the broader coverage.
Eventually Director Sumner
moved that the board pay $2
per teacher per month, and this
resulted in a 2-2 tie vote. Chair
man McElligott broke the tie by
voting no, and the matter stands
at that point
The proposal for re-evaluating
the personal leave policy for
teachers will be considered at
a later date. Dick Carpenter,
who was spokesman for the
committee at this meeting, said
that it was not the intention of
the committee that a decision
be made on this now, but that
it be studied in the future.
In presenting the three new
proposals, Carpenter said that
the teachers had reviewed their
requests, made adjustments and
felt that their new proposals
were "realistic.
He Dolnted out that lndlca
tlons are that starting salaries
of teachers around the state will
he increased this vear and will
average probably about $too0
for the base.
Carpenter stressed the need
for cooperation and working to
pother, addlnir that the teach
ers wanted full suDDort of the
board, the budget committee
and the public.
He stressed that the salary
schedule should be comparable
to other districts so that gooci
teachers could be hired and held
in the svstem.
Supt. Daniels will use the
$6000 base salary in computing
figures for the 1968-69 school
budget.
Red Cross Points
To Vietnam Needs,
Chapter
Needs of servicemen in Viet
nam are getting major atten
tion of the American Red Cross
at the present time. Bob Mock
abee of Yakima, Wash., field
roDresentative of the organiza
tion, told members of the Mor
row county chapter of the Red
Cross at a luncheon meeting
January 11 in the Wagon
Wheel Cafe.
The needs are "really taxing
the Red Cross program," he said.
One out of every three serv
icemen in Vietnam received
Red Cross service during the
past year, Mockabee said. More
than 51.000 messages were han
dled for the servicemen overseas
during the past month. Includ
ed were a number of Morrow
county men.
"These young men are serv
ing, fighting and dying over cir
cumstances which they have no
control," Mockabee declared.
"They need and deserve our
support."
He pointed out mat mis serv
ice to the military bv the Red
Cross is in addition to the com
munity programs of first aid,
water safety, blood, oisas'.er re
lief and others.
A regional meeting was held
in Pendleton on January 23 to
consider additional support
needed because of the demands
of Vietnam. Letters were mailed
to many in Morrow county ask
ing their participation in the all
dav meeting.
"I have nothing but praise for
Morrow county's support of the
Red Cross and the work being
done by the chapter here,"
Mockabee said. He pointed out
that the county "came real
close" to raising its $1400 Red
Cross fund goal last year. Quota
for the fund drive this year, to
be held in March, will be $1428.
The chapter is now in the pro
cess of organizing for -the drive.
Another School
Suffers Burglary
Another school was hit by
burglary, apparently Friday
night, when four typewriters
and two portable record players
were taken from the Heppner
junior high school building, Ron
Daniels, district school superin
tendent, said.
Only a few weeks ago, the
Riverside High school lost more
than $800 when a burglary oc
curred there.
Janitors noticed Saturday that
someone had been in the jun
ior high building, Daniels said,
but it has not been learned det
initely how entrance was gain
ed. Teachers pinpointed the loss
Monday when they reported for
duty. Value of the missing art
icle's is estimated at $400, Dan
iels said.
This loss Is not covered by
insurance because directors de
cided sometime ago in consid
ering theft insurance that pre
miums would exceed probable
loss. Another check is being
made of insurance costs now,
the superintendent said.
Entry in the junior high
school is another in a series of
local burglaries that have been
unusually heavy this winter.
Bristow's Market in lone and
Del's Market in Lexington are
among those business etablish
ments which have been entered
recently.
Two More File
For Offices Here
Two more incumbent Morrow
county officials filed for the
May primary election during the
week in the office of Mrs. Sadie
Parrish, Morrow county clerk.
Mrs. Sylvia McDaniel, treas
urer, will be a candidate for
nomination on the Republican
ballot as she seeks another term
in the treasurer's office.
Walter Hayes of Boardman,
county commissioner, filed also
to run on the Republican ticket
for nomination to succeed him
self as commissioner.
84th Year
THE
GAZ1ETT&TIMES
Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursdoy, Jonuary
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THREE MEMBERS of the Heppner Soroptlmist Club admire a handknit sweater of Irish wool
wrn onf of a number of souvenir items ihon by Judy Conner (right). IFYE tuden to ' "
ESS frXwina heriUusUated talk at th. club', meeting last week. At left .are Mrs. John Pto I-
College Directors
Propose Bond Issue
ITmntilla and Morrow county
voters will soon be asked to
authorize construction of the
third phase of the Blue Mount
ain Community College campus.
The college board of directors
voted unanimously January
11 to place before dis
trict voters a 31.250,000 bond, is
sue to add a third multipurpose
building to accommodate me
growing cultural and agricultur
al needs of the college.
Facilities to be included in the
proposed new building include
a library, student center, voca
tional agricultural wing, fine
arts, lecture hall, and adminis
trative offices. Several teaching
stations and faculty offices
would be included in the new
building.
In approving plans for the
bond issue election the board of
directors proposed a major
change in the college's financ
ing structure. The college is
presently financing its building
nroeram under a serial levy of
$120,000 a year. If the bonding
proposal is approved by the vot
ers, the serial levy would be
replaced by the bonds at an in
itial savings to taxpayers of
about 20 percent for the first
three years. Thus, a taxpayer
who is rjresentlv paving approx
imately $2.50 in taxes for col
lege construction on a $10,000
home, would pay only about
$2.10 per year under the propos
ed bonding program, if the bond
is retired in equal amounts over
a 20-year period.
Three More Years on Lew !
The present $120,000 annual
serial levy would expire in three
'Medley of Songs'
Theme for Parade
"Medley of Songs" will be the
theme for the 1968 Morrow
county Rodeo parade, Randall
Peterson, parade chairman, an
nounces. The theme was submit
ted by Mrs. Bill (Ida) Farra in
a public contest, and she will
receive tickets to rodeo perform
ances as a prize.
Judges chose the winner from
a number of selections submit
ted in the contest.
Parade will be on Saturday,
August 24, this year. Rodeo per
formances will be on August 24
and 25, and the Morrow county
fair will start on August 20.
In the past two or three years,
the theme selection contest has
been held early in order to give
organizations and firms a better
opportunity to plan and prepare
their entries.
Theme for the 1967 parade
was "Fashions ana a towers.
Others in recent years were as
follows: 1966, "Between the
Bookends"; 1965, "The Good Old
Days"; 1964, "Famous Quota
tions"; 1963, "Songs, Old and
New"; and 1961, "The Soaring
60's". There was no theme for
the 1962 parade.
Judge Henry Kaye
To Speak Monday
Circuit Judge Henry Kaye of
Pendleton, who serves on the
bench in the second position for
Umatilla-Morrow county district
circuit court, will be the speaker
at the Monday luncheon meet
ing of the Heppner-Morrow coun
ty Chamber of Commerce.
Agreement; Coming Budget
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years, if the bond issue were
not passed. Whether or not the
levy would be extended at that
time would have to be approved
by the voters.
At its Thursday night meeting
the board directed that an edu
cational program be conducted
to explain throughout Morrow
and Umatilla counties the needs
now facing the college. Actual
date for the election has not yet
been set. In approving the pro
posed bond issue, members of
the board expressed concern ov
er the rapidly increasing needs
of the college and the accom
panying trend of building costs.
"The college has already out
grown its present facilities,"
President Wallace W. McCrae
told the board, "and if needed
facilities are not added, enroll
ment would have to be curtail
ed and needed programs reduc
ed." Construction costs are going
up at about 5 a year, the board
was told by Architect Donald
Erickson. and the increase in
costs this year is expected to
be 5.7.
Matching Funds Available
The board also noted the
timeliness of starting construc
tion this year in order to take
advantage of state matching
funds. The state has allocated
$250,000 to Blue Mountain Com
munity College mis year, aim u
construction is delayed, this
money could be reassigned to
another college. Also considered
hv the hoard was the promise
of additional state funds for fu
ture construction. . II the propos
ed building levy is approved,
Blue Mountain would De entit
led, under the present state for
mula, to additional future con
struction funds. Under the prior
credit provision approved by the
last session of the legislature,
state funds will be available on
a 65 -35 basis for additional
building bond retirement with
out additional local matching
money.
The board of directors has
studied the college's building
needs for the past nine months
and visited several community
colleges in Oregon and Wash
ington before its Thursday night
meeting.
Members of the board express
ed concern over the lack of ade
quate library facilities and the
absence of a vocational agricul
tural center. They emphasized
the need for a student center,
especially for the commuting
students, and agreed mat a lec
ture hall was needed for a wide
variety of teaching and cultur
al activities. An office for col
lege administratiorl would also
be provided. The administrative
office is presently located in
rented office space In downtown
Pendleton. .
Attorneys to Open
Office in Condon
Winter and Balfe. attorneys,
will open an office in Condon
beginning next week. The office
there will be staffed on Mon
days and Tuesdays with Herman
Winter and Joe Balfe alternat
ing at various times on going
there.
Both attorneys will continue
to live in Heppner and conduct
their practice from the office
here. For the present the Con
don office will be open only on
Mnndavs and Tuesdays, but oth
er times may be arranged by
appointment.
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Number 48
HEPPNER
25, 1968 10 Cents
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National Wheat
Meet Calls Three
Three from Morrow county, in
cluding Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jep
sen and E. H. (Tad) Miller, Jr.,
are attending the annual meet
ing of the National Association
of Wheat Growers in Wichita,
Kan., this week.
Miller left Saturday by train
for the convention and Mr. and
Mrs. Jepsen left Sunday by air
plane. Mrs. Miller said Tuesday
that her husband had called and
said that he had arrived Mon
day. Those who had gone by
plane encountered some delay
from fog but also have arrived
at the convention site.
Jepsen, past president of the
Oregon Wheat League, repre
sents the public relations com
mittee at the national meeting
and Miller represents the re
search committee.
C. Allen Tom of The Dalles,
national president, is presiding
at the sessions which started
Mondav and continues through
Thursday. He gave his report on
Tuesday morning. An address by
the Hon. Robert B. Docking, gov
prnnr of the state of Kansas,
was a highlight of the after
noon. '
rirville L. Freeman. Secretary
of the Department of Agricul
ture, was scheduled to address
the convention on Wednesday
and Sen. Frank Carlson of Con
cordia, Kan., is to speak Thurs
day morning at 11:15.
The Jepsens plan to be back
home Friday and Miller is due
early Saturday morning.
Wranglers Slate
Princess Tryouts
Wranglers club will hold try
outs for princess for the 1968
Morrow ccunty Fair and Rodeo
on Sunday, February 4, at 2 p.m.
at the Wrangler grounds, Mrs.
Ron Currin, sceretary, states.
To be eligible a girl must be
a 1967 Wrangler member, 16
years of age or a junior in high
school, and not be more than
21 years of age.
If weather is bad, the contest
will be moved to the fair
grounds to be held in the indoor
arena. . .
Those taking part will be jud
ged, 50 on horsemanship, 30
ori' personality and 20 on ap
pearance. "Everyone interested is invit
ed to come to see this year's sel
ection," Mrs. Currin said.
Merchants Decide
On Year's Events
Heppner merchants decided on
promotional events for the year
when they met last Thursday at
the Wagon Wheel Cafe with Bill
Hust, merchants' chairman, pre
siding. A Washington's Birthday sale
is the next event scheduled, to
be held in February. In April, a
Moonlight Sale is tentatively
planned. May will emphasize
Mother's Day, and June will be
Father's Day and Dollar Days.
Sidewalk Sale will be in early
July, and Back to School pro
motion is planned in August.
Moonlight Sale will be in Sep
tember, Crazy Days In October
and Christmas Opening in late
November.
$6,000 Base Granted;
Insurance Help Rejected
Because of decline in re-tour
ces from sources other than tax
es during the 1967-68 school year
and the Met that tne luui-bf
budget was overexpcmled, the
Morrow county school district
faces the prospect of starting
the coming fiscal year with a
deficit of $15,385, Supt. Hon Dan
lels told members of the school
board and budget committee
Tuesday night
Ho Dresented his budget mes
saee at the meeting, the organ
ization session of the budget
committee, in the school admin
1st nit Ion office at Lexington.
"This presents a rather bleak
Dicture to begin with. Daniels
said, "but any omer approacn
would be unrealistic."
The sunerlntendent, who Is
budget officer for the district.
said that the 1966-67 school year
finished with a deficit of $8,3Sa.
Budeet for 1967-68. which nec
essarily had been prepared sev
eral months prior to the start
of the fiscal year, had antlci
pated a cash carryover of $7,000.
This amount was included In
an expected increase in receipts
of approximately $10,000. How
ever, the $10,000 Increase was
not realized, and tne oeiicu re
sulted.
Wahfonka There,
Blue Devils Here
On Mustang Slate
By BOB DOBBS
Heppner Invades The Dalles
Friday to meet the Wahtonka
Eagles. It will be the second
league game for both squads
and the second time they have
paired off this season.
The first clash turned out to
be a disaster for the Wahtonka
boys. Heppner bumped the Eag
les' off in the opening round of
the Mid-Columbia tournament
at Sherman County, by a 64-45
margin. The Eagles went on to
win the consolation bracket.
Russ Kilkenny was the big
gun for the night with 26 points,
whllp Rill McLeod was second
with 15 counters. Bruce Wilkies
was high for wahtonka wun
10 points, which was matched
by Heppner's Dave Hall.
Both the Eagles and the Mus
tangs have been dumped by the
Pilot Rock squad in league
play. Heppner was downed by
a close margin of three points.
It was 70-73 at the close of the
contest. The Wahtonka bunch
was destroyed by the Rockets
Friday, 93-68.
On Saturday, January 27, the
Condon Blue Devils come to
Heppner for the second and last
clash for these teams. The first
game, played at Condon, De
cember 15, left the Condon club
with a 16-point advantage, 49
65. High point honors went to
Jamie Grabenhorst with 34!
pointers, only two or wnicn
came from the charity stripe.
Gary Kemp was high for Hepp
ner with 15 points.
Condon has since proved to
be a tough club, if it wasn't es
tablished by this earlier game,
nnd the Mustangs know their
work is cut out for them Sat
urday night.
County Publishes
Budget Addition
Revenue coming to the coun
ty road department above that
anticipated for the year has
caused the county court to pub
lish a small supplementary
hiiHorpt in this week's Gazette-
Times (page 6), and hearing on
the budget has been set for the
courthouse at 10 a.m. on Mon
day, February 19.
The state attorney-general has
ruipri that tustice of the peace
fines which are allocated to the
county from traffic offenses
must go to the county's general
road fund, rather than the gen
eral fund. These are shown in
the supplementary budget as in
creasing the road fund resour
ces by $5,521.
In addition, the county road
department has received some
$15,104 in revenue that was not
anticipated from sales of grav
el, oiling Jobs, work done for
the school district and others.
The county received $6,000 from
Pacific Gas Transmission com
pany in connection with road
work for the new gas compres
sor station.
The supplementary budget
thus is to show $20,625 addit
ional receipts in the general
road fund and proposes $20,625
in expenditures.
Since all the revenue is from
sources other than taxes, it will
not raise the current year's
county budget above the 6
limitation, and therefore is not
subject to vote of the people.
County Judge Paul Jones said
that it is proposed to replace
three trucks with the funds, and
to make a payment on a trac
tor. An additional amount Is in
cluded for repairs.
Any interested person is wel
come to attend the hearing on
February 19 to ask questions or
to speak for or against the sup
plementary budget.
Discussed
He said that the 1966 67 budg
et was overexpended In 41 of
Hi categories and that the 1967
6H budget was not increased to
cover all the categories in which
a deficit existed.
New Syitem DeUed
"To insure that we do not en
counter the same problems
again, we have initiated a new
accounting system whereby wa
are able to keep an up to date
accounting of all funds expend
ed and a day by day balance
of funds remaining in each
budget category," he said.
Daniels said that this year
the system is trying to under
expend Its budget by $20,000 "in
order to start even."
However, prospects for this aro
not too bright. Unexpected de
mands have been keeping the
nressure on the budget. Later
Tuesday night, Principal Alan
Martin of the Heppner Elemen
tary school presented estimates
that repairs to the junior high
gvm would cost $1,473. Ceiling
nlaster had to be removed after
some of it fell in the auditor
ium.
The board took no action on
the matter because of the short
age of funds, and the principal
said that the auditorium por
tion of the building will be clos
ed. Without a fire resistant cov
ering over the exposed wooden
lath, the building does not meet
state fire code. Some remaining
bits of plaster also present a
hazard from the possibility of
falling, he said. Junior high bas
ketball games will be played at
the high school gymnasium.
Receipts to Be Down
Daniels compared resources oi
the current budget, point by
noint. with those expected for
the coming year. He showed the
areas where receipts were below
those anticinated. In the 1967-
68 budget, the resources other
than taxes were listed at $332,
590. In the proposed budget for
1968-69, the figure is set at $273,-
102.
He deferred presenting any
detailed analysis of 1968-69 ex
penditures until the next budget
meeting because action had not
been taken on proposals for a
teacher salary increase at the
time of this message. This was
done after the budget meeting
when the board agreed to a
$6000 base salary for teachers.
Elden FadDerg oi L,exingion
was elected chairman of the
budget committee and Harley
Young of Heppner was elected
secretary.
Election May 6
Date of Mav 6 was set as time
of the election on the budget,
coinciding with the regular
school election. This date, later
than usual, was decided upon
to save the expense of a special
election.
Ensuing meetings of the
budget committee are scheduled
for February 13 at 7:30 at the
lone High school and on Feb
ruary 27 at the A. C. Houghton
school. Final budget meeting
will be March 5 at Heppner High
school.
Publication of the budget Is
tentatively set for March 20 and
March 27, and the public hear
ins for April 9 at 7:30 In the
school district office.
All members of the school
board are members of the budg
et committee, together with the
lay members, Chairman Pad
berg of Lexington; Secretary
Young of Heppner; Clinton Mc
Quarrie, Heppner; Mrs. Warren
McCoy, Irrigon; Frank Anderson
of Heppner; Bob Sicard of
Boardman; and Bob Rietmann of
(Continued on page 8)
Saturday s 70
Ties Warm Record
Saturday's maximum temper
ature of 70 degrees, coming dur
ing a springlike week, tied the
high temperature record for this
time of year, according to Don
Gilliam, weather observer.
Fifty years ago on January 1,
1918 a 70-degree temperature
was recorded on the New Year
day but that stands alone un
til the same mark was hit this
January 20.
The warm weather, with max
imums of the week ranging from
45 to the 70 and minimums
ranging from 32 to 52, is taking
a toll on the snow at Arbuckle
Mountain. In mid-week it seem
ed dubious that conditions there
would permit skiing this week
Official report for the week of
January 17 through January 23
as compiled by Gilliam, is as
follows:
Hi
45
55
64
70
59
48
47
Low
32
42
48
52
49
33
32
Prec.
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
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Premature Spring t
Closes Arbuckle
Premature spring has resulted
in the closure of Arbuckle
Mountain ski course for the
coming week-end, Ed Dick of
the directors announced Wed
nesday morning.
Warm terrmerature has melt
ed snow and made it unsatis
factory for skiing, he said. It
la hniM.fi that more snow will
come soon to make it possible
to reopen for ensuing weeK-enas.