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School Budget Cut
At Committee Meet
Cuts totaling $19,889 were
made In the proposed Morrow
county school district budget t
a meeting or the budget com
mlttee held at A. C. Houghton
school last week, Ron Daniels,
district superintendent, said
A large part of the cut enme
when It was decided to pare 2',i
teachers Irom the cert mod stair,
One teacher has already been
dropped Irom Riverside school
two will be cut from Heppner
tli'mentarv school, and one
hall teacher from Heppner High,
The one-half position at Hepp
ner High was budgeted for 1967
68 but was never filled. It was
Included again for the coming
year but will be cut out.
Effect of these changes will
be to reduce teachers' salaries
at Heppner High school to
$153,480 and those at Heppner
Elementary to a total of $192.
960, although amount allowed
for substitute teachers at the
elementary school is raised from
$7200 to $8200. The Instruction
ai budgets at Riverside, lone and
Houghton schools remain as pro
posed. Transportation Down
Transportation budget was
approved at a total of $106,435,
which Is down $6000 from the
current year. Both Health Serv
ice and Operation of Plant were
approved as listed.
Some changes were made in
the maintenance budget as fol
lows: $150 added to lone school
repair of equipment, bringing to
tal to $2,050; table saw and
delta scroll saw deleted, reduc
ing the replacement of instruc
tional equipment at lone
schools, to $1100 from $1,850; re
duced cost of photo and enlarg-
er at Kiverside to $150. bring
ing replacement of instructional
equipment there to $2541 from
$2770; deleted 34 horsepower
motor at Houghton school, re
ducing replacement of non-in
structional equipment item
there, to $375 from $415; drop
ped commercial vacuum cleaner
in lone non-instructional equip
ment, reducing item from $1000
to $750; dropped $1000 from
contracted services building
item of district budget, reducing
the figure from $3000 to $2000:
and $30 added for washer and
dryer at lone,
The 700 series in the budget
(maintenance) was proposed at
$35,731 and is now set at $33,
642, Daniels said.
The cuts in the instructional
budget will bring a saving of
$17,300. With $2,089 cut in the
700 series and a $500 error
found In the 500 series (trans
portation), the total cuts stand
at $19,889.
Retirement Increases Sharply
However, Daniels points out
that a sharp increase In the dis
trict's percentage of payroll to
be paid to the public employ
ees retirement fund will nulli
fy these cuts.
At the present time, the dis
trict pays at the rate of 3.4,
but this will go to 5.8, mean
ing that it will be necessary to
budget $40,000 for the item as
compared with $22,000 for the
year 1967-68. Daniels said that
$30,000 had been provided In
the proposed budget, expecting
a rate increase, but it will be
greater than expected, and so
$40,000 must be provided.
This year teacher salaries are
being budgeted on the new
starting base of $6000 (no ex
The only other area In which
a heavy Increase is expected is
that of fixed charges, which in
dudes the retirement fund and
Social Security.
Daniels estimated Tuesday
that the budget may approxi
mate a total of $1,300,000 for
next year as compared with
$1,216,600 this year. He said that
the budget committee Is being
very conservative, but that the
proposed budget will be more
realistic in some areas than It
was last year. Carryover funds
and receipts were underestimat
ed In the 1967-68 budget, he
pointed out In his budget mes
sage some time ago.
Another meeting on the budg
et was held Tuesday night at
Heppner High school to go over
the remaining; portions, but re
sults of that meeting were too
late to be included in this pa
per.
The budget will be published
later this month with the hear
ing to be in early April. Elec
tion on the budget will be at
the time of the school election
in early May.
85th Year
THE W T HI
2PPNER
GAZETTE-TIME
Number 2, ri I
iwim rooi
Progress
Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, March 7, 1968
'Believe It or Not'
Includes Article
On Heppner Man
Mayor W. C. Rosewall has
received a clipping from the
syndicated feature, Ripley's
"Believe It or Not," from
Wayne Harbour of Bedford,
Iowa.
Harbour addressed his en
velope to the Public Relations
Dept., City of Heppner, Ore
gon, and had a clipped title,
"Believe It or Not, pasted on
the outside.
A letter said that he had
seen the item in the feature
which was published in Iowa
on February 9. It concerns
"Henry Clay French of Hepp
ner, Oreg." and stated that "in
a period of 36 years he work
ed for 14 different railroads
as errand boy, telegrapher,
switchman, brakeman, bag
gageman, conductor, fireman,
station agent and engineer."
The Iowan said he was in
terested in more information
on Henry Clay French, and
Mayor Rosewall was attempt
ing to identify the man this
week. Raymond French claims
no knowledge of the man.
No reports have been receiv
ed here of anyone noticing the
item in the feature locally.
Hi Low Prec,
Wednesday 60 32
Thursday 64 33
Friday 64 40
Saturday 61 37
perience and a bachelor degree), Sunday 67 39
and this will mean a sizeable Monday 77 42
gain in budget expenditures. Tuesday 61 40 .02
New Record!
Temperature of 77 degrees on
Monday. March 4. is a new high
record tor that date, Don uu-
liam, weather observer, states.
Highest temperature ever re
corded on any day in the month
of March was 78 degrees on
March 26, 1960. The balmy week
truly prepares the way for
spring vacation next week if it
holds. A little precipitation
came Tuesday, being measured
at .02 in Heppner.
Complete report for the week
of February 28-March 5 is as
follows:
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CO-CAPTAINS DAVE HALL AND BILL McLEOD hold the district 7 A-2
basketball championship trophy after the Mustang basketeers won the tour
nament at La Grande Saturday nigh f
(Gazette-Times Photo)
Students Working
To Defray Costs
Of Tourney Trips
President McCrae Tells
Need for 3rd Building
' President Wallace McCrae of
Blue Mountain Community Col
lege explained the need for a
third building on the college
campus and discussed tne pro
posed method of financing the
project when he spoke to the
Heppner-Morrow county Cham
ber of Commerce February 26,
giving his "annual report" to
the Chamber.
The proposed "Cultural Com
plex," which would house the
library, classrooms, art and mu
sic center, administrative unit,
fine arts laboratory and accom
modations for other college
courses is direly needed because
of the growth of the school and
to provide for additional sub
jects, he said.
This would be the final phase
of the building program planned
by the board of directors and
would complete facilities to ac
commodate a student body of
between 1,000 and 1,200 (full
time equivalent) students.
President McCrae pointed out
that last year, the college ad
ministration "talked in terms of
660 equivalent students in en
rollment" and of serving a to
tal of 1200 persons.
"We ended up with more than
700 equivalents and serving
1500," he said. (Many of those
served by the college attend on
ly part time or take evening
classes through the college;
hence, the number served is re
duced to "full time" equivalen
cy). The president said that the
college is expecting 750 FTE
next year and eventually will
reach the 1,000 to 1,200 figure.
"Sixty-two of our students
transferred to state institutions
last year and others went to
private schools," he said. "How
ever, we are proud that we have
remained one-half transfer stu
dents and one-half vocational-technical."
McCrae said that by maintain
ing this 50-50 ratio the school
has continued to fulfill its in
itial promise of providing half
of its facilities tor vocatonai-
technical training and the oth
er half for liberal arts courses.
He added that the college is
"having trouble in the mech
anical and electronics areas
keeping students the second
year.
"They become employable af
ter a year's training," he said,
adding that companies hire
them before they can complete
their courses.
Adult Programs Increase
President McCrae said that
there is a "real increase" in
the adult programs offered by
the college in Morrow and Uma
tilla counties. Some classes are
also getting started in Gilliam
and Grant counties, but those
out of the district must pay
more for the classes because
they do not support the college
by local taxes.
"These adjoining counties
may join the college district in
years to come," he said.
Last year, dormitory facilities
were built across from the col
lege by a private person to of
fer housing to 60 students. The
same person this year plans to
build additional housing for 120
more, bringing the total to 180
units for the students, another
evidence of the Blue Mountain
"success story."
McCrae said that the third
building was first proposed for
last year, but the directors wait
ed on action by the legislature
that didn't come. They "did a
lot of visiting" to other colleges
and schools to determine what
was needed.
Meanwhile, the legislature has
set aside $250,000 for the Blue
Mountain construction this year
Heppner High school students,
working hard to earn money for
helping defray costs to the state
A-2 basketball tournament at
Coos Bay, have announced these
ventures and seek public sup
port on them:
PeD Club Bake Sale Thurs
day from 4 to 6 p.m., Central
Market, and Bake Sale Saturday
from 10 to 3, Central Market.
Car wash Friday from 4 to 6
p.m., Cars Richfield. Booster
sticker sale, at 50c per sticker.
Booster buttons will also be
available from the Pep Club.
Drill Team Car wash from
10 to 4' Saturday at Cal's Rich
field; pop bottle drive Friday
after school; candy sale started
Wednesday; rag sale (contact
Mona Marshall, Ph. 676-9754).
Price for car wash is $2, and
$2.50 for wash and vacuum in
terior. It is figured that it will cost
$20 per student attending the
tournament for food and lodg
ing. Incidental expenses will be
additional. It is expected to take
20 members of the Pep band,
meaning that $400 Is needed, i
Some of this may come from
student body sources, but the
bulk of it must be raised by
student elfort.
Some organizations have
pitched in to help. St. Patrick's
Altar Society donated $25, and
the Chamber of Commerce has
donated $25. Other organizations
were making similar plans as
of Tuesday. One ranch opera
tion, out of the Heppner area
learned of the need and the
owners gave $10, asking that
it ne Kept anonymous.
Students probably will have
other projects in store as the
week unfolds, offering their
services to the public for the
money-raising ventures.
BOUND FOR COOS BAY !
Mustangs Win
erth i
n State
With the district 7 A-2 basketball championship
safely tucked away by virtue of defeating Vale and
Grant Union at La Grande Friday and Saturday, the
Heppner High basketball team will depart for the
state A-2 tournament at Marshfield High gym, Coos
Bay, Sunday.
They will face the top-ranked A-2 team in the
state, Rogue River, in their first game at 8:45 p.m.
Monday. This will be broadcast locally , over FM
channel 3 (audio only) on the Heppner TV cable and
over Radio Station KUMA, Pendleton, as will all
games in which Heppner plays. ,
3 Firms Sponsor
Local Broadcast
Of Tourney Games
Through the courtesy of
three local firms, State A-2
Tournament basketball games
in which Heppner plays will
be broadcast locally, Gene
Pierce announced Monday.
The broadcast will come ov
er television channel 3 the
FM channel on the cable sys
tem, but it will be audio only
and no television picture.
Transmission will be by tele
phone hookup from Coos Bay.
The games will also be broad
cast over Radio Station
KUMA, Pendleton.
First game will be at 8:45
p.m. Monday, March 11, and
the second game will be eith
er sometime Tuesday after
noon or Tuesday night, de
pending on whether Heppner
wins or loses Monday.
Defraying costs of the
broadcasts here are the Bank
of Eastern Oregon, the Mor-'
row County Grain Growers
and Heppner TV, Inc.
By broadcasting over the FM
chanel on the TV system here,
all games should come in
"loud and clear."
The gesture on the part of
the local firms is especially
appreciated by those who
would like to make the trip
to Coos Bay but must stay
home.
Barnett to Head
Red Cross Drive
Jim Barnett, mayor of lone,
will be chairman of the 1968 Kea
Cross fund campaign in Morrow
county, Bob Abrams, chapter
chairman, announced Tuesday.
.Flans for the March campaign
will be made at a chapter meet
ing next Thursday, Abrams said.
wuota lor Morrow county is
placed at $1429, and the need
is especially great this year be
cause of the war in Vietnam,
Many local servicemen have
been helped through the local
chapter on emergency leaves and
in other manners.
The Bed Cross also offers its
first aid and swimming pro
grams, disaster aid. and other
home services.
It is expected that the drive
will get underway sometime next
week, the chapter chairman
said.
FBI Picks Up Man
Held Here Briefly
(Continued on page 8)
John William Nelson, who
was held in the Morrow county
jail after his arrest in Board-
man by state police, was turn
ed over to the FBI Monday
night, Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman
said.
The man was held for the FBI
on a charge of unlawful flight
to avoid persecution. He was
wanted on a burglary charge
in Nebraska, the sheriff said.
Nelson was arrested near
Boardman while hitch hiking.
The FBI said that he had a
history of escapes from Federal
prisons and the sheriff was re
lieved that the Federal Bureau
picked him up without staving
overnight here.
The team will leave at 6 a.m.
Sunday, early enough to allow
for a workout in the big gym
nasium before the tournament
begins. They will have a lunch
stop at Albany.
Should the Mustangs win
Monday night over the highly-
ranked Rogue River five, they
will play again Tuesday night.
If they lose, they will go into
the consolation bracket and will
play Tuesday afternoon.
Two 66-passenger buses will
leave from the high school here
at 5 a.m. Monday, carrying pep
band, cheerleaders, rally girls
and students. The team will be
quartered at the Dunes Motel
in Coos Bay, and Heppner High
has reserved room for 100 at
the North Bend Hotel for the
other students.
In all, Heppner High has or
dered 135 student tickets for the
tournament and 60 adult tick
ets. Any who have not yet made
arrangements for tickets should
call the school. Adult season
tickets for the 3-day tournament
are $7.
Many students are planning
to go with their parents, includ
ing some grade school pupils,
during the spring vacation week.
Pairings Given
The tirst rouna tournament
pairings at Coos Bay are as
follows:
At 2 p.m. Monday, Clatskanie
(District 1) vs. Pleasant Hill
(District 5).
3:45 p.m., Keedsport or Myrtle
Point (District vs. Yamhill-
Carton (District 2).
7:30 p.m., Sutherlin (Subdis
trict 6-A) vs. Stayton or Santi
am (District 8).
8:45 p.m. Heppner (District 7)
vs Rogue River (Sub-district 6-B).
Thus, a win Monday night
would pit the Mustangs against
the winner of the Sutherlin vs.
Stayton or Santiam game, and
a loss would match the Heppner
five with the loser of this con
test. Stayton and Santiam were
engaged in a Capital Confer
ence playoff with the Stayton
Eagles favored for the berth.
In winning the state tourna
ment berth, the Mustangs are
the second team in school his
tory to get to an A-2 tourna
ment, the other being in 1965,
the first year of Clough s coach
ing in Heppner. The Mustangs
in that year entered the tour
nament, with a 16-7 record, as
compared with this year's rec
ord of 16-8.
Set Records in 1965
While the Heppner team lost
both its games in that tourna
ment, it set some records and
made some respectful friends in
doing so. It bowed to Dayton,
65 to 58, in the opener and lost
to a very tall Phoenix team in
the next game, 81 to 78. Scor
ing records were set in the Phoe
nix game, a free wheeling af
fair. One of the finest achieve
ments for Heppner in the 1965
event was the winning of the
sportsmanship trophy. On the
squad for the Mustangs that
year were Mac Hoskins, Bruce
Spencer, Wayne Evans, Gene
Heliker, Tim Driscoll, Carl Bau
man, David Clark, Stuart Dick,
Mark Brown, Bill Snyder, Jim
Jacobs and Jim Doherty.
Before attaining A-2 size, the
Mustangs went to the state B
Anderson Takes
Wheeler Position
Nels Anderson, former Morrow
county agent, is back in east
ern Oregon after spending two
years in Africa and the past
five months at Albany as a
Linn county extension agent.
Anderson is filling a tempor
ary appointment as Wheeler
county agent at Fossil. The
county has been without the
services of an extension agent
since Les Marks left for Africa
on an assignment similar to
that of Anderson.
He expects to remain In
Wheeler county at least until
September 1. Anderson served as
Morrow county agent for 19
years, then took a leave of ab
sence to work in Niger, Africa,
for two years.
Mrs. Anderson and Rick do not
plan to come to Fossil until the
school year is over. Kit Ander
son will graduate from Albany
High school this spring. Other
members of the family are
grown and In college or
longer live at home.
Primary Filing
Deadline Nears
Monday, March 18, is the
deadline for candidates to file
for public office on the primary
election ballot, Mrs. Sadie Far-
rish, county clerk, said Tuesday.
Thus, the deadline is less than
two weeks away. No other can
didates in addition to those pre
viously reported have filed.
Attracting most Interest to
date is the office of sheriff with
three candidates running. In
cluded are Sheriff C. J. D. Bau
man, Republican, seeking re
nomination and reelection; and
John Mollahan and Bert Cor-
bin, both in the Democratic
ticket.
(Continued on page 4)
MERRILL TO SPEAK
AT CHAMBER MEET
Monday, March 11, Warren
Merrill, Portland, industrial rep
resentative, Oregon Department
of Commerce, Economic Develop
ment Division, will speak on
"Industrial Development Begins
at Home," at the luncheon
meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce.
Told Council
Heppncr's "new" swimming
pool is rapidly ncarlng the fin
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IU VentS Prt K'ven by Vic Groshens, city
superintendent, at the regular
meeting of the city council Mon
day night.
Contractors presently are fin
ishing the marble coating on the
pool, and the fencing crew is
due In this week to start its
work, he said.
As soon as the pools coating
is finished, it will be filled with
water.
Points were discussed regard
ing bleachers, finish on the
pump house and other items.
urosnens proposed to the
council that no parking be per
muted next to tne pool and that
he be permitted to make a park
ing area across the street from
the pool. Cars parked bv the
pool will stick out into the
street, he said.
Old water lines, some dating
back as far as 1898, have been
removed in the area of the pool
and new pipe Installed, Grosh
ens said. The old pine was
among original pipe laid in the
city.
Memorial Fountain Advocated
Mrs. Arnold Melby. appearing
in her capacity as city beautif-
ication committee chairman of
the Chamber of Commerce, pro
posed the erection and installa
tion of an ornamental fountain
at the city park as a cooperative
project of local organizations.
bne said that she understood
that Jess Turner worked for such
a fountain years ago and add
ed that it would not only add
beauty to the city but would be
refreshing to view on hot sum
mer days. She said that it might
De erected as a memoriam to
those who died in the flood in
1903 with a plaque installed to
commemorate the event.
"If we all got behind the pro
ject, with organizations support
ing it and individuals donating
labor and materials, it might
succeed," she said.
The proposal drew the inter
est of the council and was re
ferred to the city services com
mittee for further consideration.
Trailer Regulation Eyed
Dale Turner appeared at the
council meeting in reference to
his application for a condition
al use permit to provide for
parking his trailer on a lot that
he would purchase. Attorney
Bob Abrams said that the ap
plication should properly be for
a variance.
Turner's contention Is that he
cannot park the trailer in the
trailer court because of lack of
room and would like assurance
that he could live in the trailer
permanently on his purchased
lot without the necessity of mov
ing in six months.
After considerable discussion
the matter was referred to the
city planning commission with
no objection to Turner's propos
al from the council. If there is
objection from the planning
commission, it will be necessary
to hold a hearing on the mat
ter.
Lowe Talks on Water
Bob Lowe appeared in con
nection with the proposal offer
ed at the council meeting last
month bv the Heppner Invest
ors to open a tract behind the
hospital for possible residential
development.
Lowe said that the hospital
has put in a fire prevention
sprinkling system that requires
a pressure of at least 50 lb. per
square inch. He said the county
reservoir holds llW.OW gallons
of water. To maintain the pres
sure, the hospital must take its
water from the upper portion
of the reservoir.
If the residential development
hooked to the reservoir it might
be difficult to hold the neces
sary level, he said. Lowe expres
sed the opinion that it would
be necessary to install another
main from the reservoir and to
maintain the level at 23 full
before it would be practical for
devoting any of the water for
the proposed residential area.
Lowe also asked council con
sideration towards installing
"Yield" signs on Gilmore from
both sides of the Willow Street
intersection. Those coming up
Willow are on a steep hill, and
It is difficult to stop, he said.
Also, visibility is limited on the
part of those travelng Gilmore.
He reported an accident at the
corner the other day, and said
that the "Yield" signs might
help the situation by giving
right of way to vehicles coming
up the hill. An alternative that
he suggested might be to make
Willow a one-way street for
westbound traffic only.
He further proposed that the
rubber stop signs in the street
at the Heppner Elementary
school either be removed or be
enforced. He said that many
drivers in off-school times, Ig
nore the signs.
The latter two matters were
referred to the street committee.
Building permit was granted
to Fred Mankin for remodeling
a kitchen at his residence at
a cost of $700.
Application oi M ana k com
pany for a delivery parking per
mit was approved, and applica
tion of Bill Scott and Delvin
Matteson, purchasing Buck
num's Tavern, for a package
store class B and retail malt
class A beverage licenses was
approved.
Police Chief Kolkhorst receiv
ed permission to use the old
city library for a police interro
gation room.