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I I 8RARY U OF 0 EUGENE. ORE. 97453 i County School Budge? Loses in Second Election Morrow county school district R 1 budget, which passed by a 3-voto contested margin on Hie first try May 6, lost by 113 vote in a second election throughout the county Monday, 497 yes to 610 no. The second election was call ed when the school board In validated the first vote because five ballots were contested. Turnout of voters was Just about twice as great In the sec ond election, attracting just over 50 of the registered voters as compared with only about 25 In the first election. In all, 1107 voted Monday as compared with 569 on May 6. In the second election, five of the six precincts recorded neg ative majorities, Bourdman being the only one ballot inn in favor, this by 98 yes, 38 no. in other precincts, the tally was as follows: lieppner, 225 yes, 242 no; lone, 100 yes, 115 no; Lexington, 23 yes, 92 no; Irrlgon. 37 ves, 98 no; and Hard man, 14 yes, 25 no. In the May 6 election, the pre cinct vote was as follows: liepp ner, 118 yes. 85 no; Roardman, 53 yes, 9 no; lone, 65 yes, 86 no; Lexington, 16 yes, 37 no; Irrlgon. 26 yes, 45 no; and Hard man, 8 yes, 21 no. In lieppner, the yes vote was nearly twice as great In the sec ond election but the negative vote was almost three times as much as the first time. The pat tern was somewhat similar In most other precinct. On May 6, lleppner's vote came In last and overcame countywide negative majority. In the second election, it (ailed to override the no vote else where, voting against the budg et dv 1 votes. Commenting about the out come Tuesday, Sunt. Ron Dan lels said, "All I can say at this time is mat it is very dlscour aging." 85th Year Number 15 GAZETTE-TIME Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, June 6, 1968 10 Cents Cutsforth Tells Plan to Develop Penland Lake Orville Cutsforth said Monday that he is initiating plans for a semi-private development of a reservoir at Penland Prairie in view of the fact that plans for public development of a fish impoundment there are current ly at a standstill. Tentative plans call for the construction of a 26 ft. dam to create a lake of some 40 to 50 acres, perhaps 1 times the size of Bull Prairie, and a max imum depth of 20 feet. Cutsforth has purchased the property and it is now under option to Morrow county. Any plans he has are contingent on obtaining permission of the countv court, he said. Under his proposal, part of the shore would be used tor a pud lie park, and tracts then would be subdivided around the snore line, each affording perhaps 80 ft. frontage. Some of the plots would be deep enough to con tain as much as three acres, and some going back far enough to include "quite a lot ol mead ow." ' Cutsforth said that the plan is to sell 15 lots at $3000 each, giving each owner a share of the lake to use lor docks and private development. The 15 lots would bring a total of $45,000 which would be placed in escrow and tne money would be used for construction of the dam and spillway. The dam would cost an esti mated $20,000 to $25,000, and the remainder would be used for the sDillwav and other facilities. He said that he is applying to the U. S. Forest Service for a use permit for that portion which is on federal land. Cuts forth added that the Forest Serv ice has shown every cooperation to this time, but if for some reason, the permit cannot be granted, the dam could be moved back to extend 900 feet across a meadow and go to a shallower depth. Otherwise, the dam would be 300 feet in length and would serve as the road way through the area. Cutsforth said that terms on the lots would require $1500 down. He emphasized that the plan would have to be done with the consent of the county, and cooperation of the county would be sought in relocating roads. If plans proceed without de lay, engineering may be done in June and July and construc tion could begin in August and September. Only about 60 days would be required to build the dam, Cutsforth said. 1 ir'JrW - JL T X:.- TfTT T S - I ( h 4 . 5 7 J flf 4 f : 'A' ;:l ' I-. . SCHOOL'S OUT and kids celebrated the event, together wth a few parents, by enjoying free swims at Heppner's renovated swimming pool Saturday and Sunday. Despite uncertain weather, about 200 came out each day. Stuart Dick, lifeguard, was enthusiastic about the (features of the "new" pool, the ease of cleaning, and safeguards, it provides. Kids obviously enjoy the big wide deck. Shortly after this picture was taken Sunday, it started to rain torrents but the youngsters were ready they had on their swim suits I Dick is making plans for summer classes and special evening swims for various groups. (G-T Photo). Meetings Scheduled To Consider Cuts; Comments Invited At a special school board meeting Tuesday night, a meeting, of the district R 1 budget committee was called fur Friday night, June 7. at 8 p.m. In the Lexington school office to consider cuts In the 19ti8 G9 budget before resub mitting It to voters. This will be held In the na ture of a public hearing, and comments and suggestions from the public are invited. Another hearing will bo held at the A. C. Houghton school In Irrlgon Monday night, June 10, at 8 p.m. to hear anyone else in the dis trict who has suggestions to offer. After the second session, which Is planned to take per haps an hour, the board and citizen members of the budg et committee will pare the budget in whatever manner Is deemed best. The third election on the budget is scheduled for Mon day, July 1. Because of the fact that law requires the budget require ments to be certified to the county assessor by July 15, it Is necessary to move quickly, Sunt. Ron Daniels points out. If a budget is not approved by that time, the district will have insufficient funds avail able to operate the schools. It would be necessary to stay within the 6 limitation. which In Morrow county's dis trict is approximately $292,000. Another $87,000 Is not sublect to the 6 limitation. This would mean that a total of only $379,000 would be avail able for the schools as com pared with total requirements proposed in the 1968-69 budg et of $2,144,000. less than one- fifth the amount that the budget committee deems nec essary to operate the schools. Supt. Daniels strongly urges anyone with suggestions on the budget to appear either at the Lexington or Irrigon meet ings. ttl. r ' 1968-69 City Budget Increases But Stays Within 6 Limitation Heppner's city budget for 1968-69 shows total require ments of $227,630 as compared with $234,490 for 1967-68, and total taxes to be levied will be $44,134 as compared with $28,- 212 for the current year. Much of the increase in levy is due to the first year's prin cipal payment and interest on the $110,000 swimming pool bond issue, amounting to $8,730. Another $10,800 is for repayment of water bonds and interest. Increase in the city's general fund requirements, as shown by the budget published for the first time in this paper on pages 4 and 5, is up $2,900 from last year, going to $77,500 from $74,600. The budget for the coming Council Talks Zone Change, Disposal Plant Water Use Jernstedr, N is tad Billed for Chamber ReD. Kenneth Jernstedt of Hood River, winner of the Re Dublican nomination for state senator (18th district, including Morrow county) in the primary election, will be program speak er at the luncheon meeting of the Chamber of Commerce in the Wagon Wheel Cafe at noon Monday. Jernstedt. who currently rep resents district 22 (Wasco and Hood River counties) in the leg islature, is also apparent win ner of the Democratic nomina tion for senator by writein. Al though official returns have not been announced for the five county district, he appeared to be leading Bill Weatheriord, who entered the race late as a Democratic writein, in unoffic ial returns. At the June 17 meeting of the Chamber, Allen Nistad, general manager of Kinzua Corporation, will be the speaker. To Smash Bodies John Ceglia reports that a number of persons have shown interest in his car body smash ing operation at the auto wreck ing yard since a recent article was printed in The Gazette Times. Some have stated that they would like to see how this is done. In view of this, he in vites the public to a "body smashing operation" at the wrecking yard on Riverside Ave nue Sunday at 2 p.m. Heppner's city council consid ered a routine assortment of municipal problems at its June meeting Monday night. The zoning commission met with the council for a hearing to allow conditional use of a commercial zone to provide for a trailer pad in the zone. Dick Robison applied for the change in order to locate a trailer on Chase street, zoned as commer cial. No argument against the change was presented at the hearing, and the commission stated that it had no objection The conditional use cannot be granted, however, until after a waiting period is completed fol lowing the hearing. A letter from Gail McCarty asking that an agreement be worked out to share water ef fluent from the sewage dispos. al plant was read. McCarty states that he needs the water for irrigation of his place close to the treatment plant. At the last meeting. P. W. Mahoney asked that the council agree to turn the effluent over to the golf club to be piped to the course for irrigation there. City Attorney Bob ADrams said that he had checked with the state engineer and was in formed that water rights do not apply to the effluent until it is diverted back to the creek, since it comes from city wells. Once it is in the creek channel, however, it Is sublect to water rights. Mccarty, who could not be 1 present at the meeting, contend ed in his letter that there is more outflow from the treat ment plant than either could fully use and suggested a "mu tual benefit program." City Supt. Vic Groshens said that about 150,000 gallons per 24-hour day are discharged from the plant. Some councumen expressed sympathy towards a sharing 1 program. McCarty's letter was referred to Mahoney to get his opinion on the matter. Application of Leonard Toll to (Continued on page 8) Judge Reports On Highway Meet Judge Paul Jones Monday re ported to the Chamber of Com merce on a meeting of the State Highway Commission last Wed nesday at which a 5-man dele gation told of highway needs in Morrow county. The group received only a few minutes time, he said, and emphasized the need for con tinued work on Highway 74. Re sponse from the commission was - - iJ. 1 lit: W111I1IHILI, JU? VUlllUUiJCU that funds for such work lor of councjimen and citizen mem- year remains within the 6 limitation and of the total tax es to be levied, $24,604' is with in the limitation as compared witn last year. $19,530 for Bond Payments A total of $19,530 that for payments on the swimming pool bonds and water bonds is not subject to the 6 limita tion. The am6unt included for the water bonds for the coming year is $10,800 as compared with $5,000 for 1967-68 for the reason that some revenue from used to apply against the payment and interest, so that only $5,000.00 was lev ied to taxes for the purpose. However, for the coming year $6,000 has been set aside for a new city well, If needed, which would cut the revenue avail able to apply against the bond payment. The city is author ized to levy the $10,800 outside the 6 limitation by virture of vote of the people on the water bonds when they were author ized. If it is indeed necessary to spend the $6000 for the city well to supplement the water supply, the full $10,800 will be I levied. Since all taxes are either with in the 6 limitation or not sub ject to it, there will be no vote on the budget Tne swim pool bond issue was voted by the people in a special election, The budget committee, of which Lynn Pearson is chair man, approved the estimates for 1968-69 at a meeting on May 20. The committee is composed lerk, Teacher Resign Positions Mrs. Alice Vance, clerk of the Morrow county school district, submitted her resignation to the district board of directors at Tuesday night's special meeting of the board. She has been clerk for the past three years. The board accepted the resignation very reluctantly." Mrs. Vance has agreed to con tinue with her duties until July 31. but Supt. Ron Daniels said that the district is now inviting applications for the position. Bookkeeping and typing exper ience are considered necessary. Mrs. Anita Stockard, teacher in the Heppner elementary school for years, also resigned, and this, too, was accepted re luctantly. She is a second grade teacher at the school. Mrs. Stock ard expects to move to the Eu-gent-Springfield area. Three of her four children have gradu ated from high school here and are enrolled in college, Joan at OSU, Jean at the University of Oregon, and Bill to Southern Oregon College, entering in the coming fall. Democrat Committee Slates Friday Meet Meeting of the Morrow county Democratic Central Committee will be Friday night, June 7, at 8 o'clock in the old library room of the Heppner City hall, Mrs. W. C. (Virginia) Rosewall, chair man, announces. She states that important busi ness will be on the agenda. LOUIS CARLSON, chosen Oregon Conservation Man of the Tear by te Oregon Wheat League after being named county Con servation Man in 1967. will be honored at a state Conrervation . Field Day at the Carlson ranch Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Carl son will be hosts to visitors from all over the state attending the event (G-T Photo). State Field Day Set; To Honor Carlsons Persons Interested in conser vation from all over the state will gather at the Louis Carlson ranch, next to the Valby church, 17 miles from lone, Wednesday, June 12, for the 1968 Conserva tion Field Day. The event will honor Carlson. chosen State Conservation Man of the Year after his selection as county Conservation Man in 1967, and Mrs. Carlson. The Field Day is sponsored by the Oregon Wheat Growers League and the John Deere Company of Portland. Schedule calls for the group to assemble at the Carlson Ranch at 10:30 a.m., and a program will follow. Bob Rietmann, president of the Morrow County Wheat Growers League, will make in troductions, and Carlson will re spond with a word of welcome, Talks will be given by Charles Forman, I9fa7 cnairman of the selection committee: Ralph Richards, conservationist of the Heppner Soil and Water Conservation district; and by Don Robinson of the John Deere Co. Guests will enjoy a free lunch at noon through the courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pettyjohn, Shell Oil jobbers in Heppner and lone, who are currently ob serving their 21st anniversary in business. A tour of the ranch will fol io"." at 12:45, and the tour will end at 3:45. The public is invited, and a good delegation of county resi-, dents is expected to join the visitors from around tne state. The Carlsons' ranch comprises 2,760 acres of which 1,628 is cropland, 635 is in stubble mulch ecah year, and 750 acres Is in wheat and barley each year. They received the Conserva tion title for the successful use of adopted conservation practic es and wise use of land for which it is best suited. Addit ional details are told on page six of this paper. Barbecue Sunday To Honor Rawlins As Father of Year Injured in Vietnam Marine Private Simon B. Win ters. Jr.. has been wounded in action in Vietnam and is under medical care at Phu Bai hospi tal, according to word received Saturday by his mother, Mrs. Mildred Winters, from his base headquarters. No particulars were included as to tne serious ness of his wounds. He has seen two months of action in Viet nam, arriving there April 6, and according to recent letters to the family, has been under close enemy contact. the present are virtually ex hausted. They indicated that the best that could be expected would be continuation of the improvement program, when feasible, that was started a few years ago with the rebuilding of the highway for a distance of three miles. It is planned to improve other segments when funds make it possible. Included in the group irom here were Judge Jones, Commis sioners Jack Van Winkle and Walter Hayes, Harold (Doc) Sherer, county roadmaster, and Dick Carpenter. Carpenter was in Salem on school business and dropped in at the short session to help represent the county. Dr. Gerald Jones showed beau tiful colored slides of Alaska as the program feature at the Monday Chamber meeting. Some of the pictures were taki:n on a trip over the Alcan Highway and others during the time he and his family lived at Palmer where he practiced medicine. bers. Hearing June 24 Public hearing on the budget is set for Monday, June 24, at 8 p.m. at the city hall. Except for the swimming pool, there is little significant change in amounts in the budget from the 1967-68 year. Salaries for city employees re main the same although there is provision for adopting a re tirement plan, now under con sideration. If this Is not done. some small addition may be made in salaries. A sum of $5000 is included for possible acquisition of a site for a sanitary landfill dump to replace the present city dump if a suitable location can be found. Provision Is also made for the new well to supplement the present water system, if it is deemed necessary, and $6000 is earmarked for this purpose. A reserve lund sets aside (Continued on page 8) Teen-age Recreation Program to Start Monday Full schedule of activities for teen-agers seventh grade through nigh scnooi ages win start Monday night at the high school gymnasium with an or ganizational meeting, the Rev. Dirk Rinehart, chairman of the youth activities committee of the sponsoring Chamber ol com merce, announces. All boys and girls of the jun ior and senior high school ages are invited to come and partic ipate. It is planned to conduct the program nightly, Mond ay s through Thursdays, from 7 un til 9 p.m. during the months of June and July. Stuart Dick and Martha Doherty will be instruct ors. Sports activities, gymnastics and other recreation will be or ganized on the planned pro gram. Intramural teams will be developed in volleyball and basketbal. The recreation program, de veloped to offer worthwhile ac tivity for young people in the summer, is financed primarily by the Chamber of Commerce, the City of Heppner and Mor row county, with each contrib uting $100. However, a registra tion fee of $2 per participant will be charged. Of this, $1 will go towards insurance for the participant and $1 will be turn ed over to help finance the pro gram. All who wish to participate are urged to come to the organ ization meeting Monday night at the high school gymnasium at 7 p.m., the Rev. Rinehart states. Any who cannot come that night may register on any other night during the week. Before school was dismissed for the summer, a survey among students indicated that approxi mately 110 in Heppner were in terested. It is emphasized that all in the area in the age span are eligible to take part. Rinehart and his committee prepared the proposal and met with city, county, school and Chamber officials to present the idea. This is intended to be a start on a summer recreational program, and if it proves suc cessful, it may be expanded in an ensuing year to include adults and children. Dick, a student at Eastern Oregon College, is also lifeguard at the Heppner swimming pool and is trained in physical edu cation instruction. Miss Doher ty is a senior at University of Oregon and is a physical edu cation major. Any parents interested are in vited to come to the organiza tion meeting. William Rawlins will be hon ored as Father of the Year in Morrow County for 1968 at an annual barbecue at the Morrow county fair pavilion under the sponsorship of the Morrow Coun ty CowBelles. The event Is scheduled to start at 4 p.m. The public Is Invited, and those attending are asked to bring their own steaks, hambur ger or whatever meat they wish to barbecue. Salads, coffee gar lic bread, dessert and Dixie cups will be furnished by the Cow-Belles. The program will be brief, but Rawlins will be presented by Mrs. Frank (Kay) Anderson, president of the CowBelles, and he will be accorded honors as Father of the Year. Rawlins was selected a num ber of weeks ago from nomina tions submitted to the Cow Belles. He was nominated by the Empire Builders 4-H culb. In his family are his wife, Jane; and children Thomas, 20, Carol, 19, both students at Ore gon State University; John, 18, a graduate of Heppner High with the class of 1968 and vale dictorian of the class; and Charles, 9. The Father of the Year was chosen not only for his activi ties that make him an outstand ing father but also for the achievements of his children and his example in contributing to them. Photographer Due Back with Proofs Woltz Studios. Inc., of Dans- ville, N. Y., which recently took pictures ol cniidren in Heppner and lone that will be run as a news feature in The Gazette Times, will have a representa tive here on Tuesday, June 11, with proofs of the pictures taken, according to word from the Studios. The photographer will be at the American Legion Hall, lone, from 9 a.m. until noon, and will be at the Hotel Heppner from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m., both on June 11. A Good One! Another good rain came to Morrow county Sunday with .41 inch measured in Heppner by Don Gilliam, official weather ob server. This, with .12 inch on Monday, brought May's total rainfall to near normal for this month of the year. Total for May, 1968, was 1.16 inches as compared with the average of 1.29. Weather warmed to as much as 88 degrees, coming on Saturday. Complete Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday I Tuesday report for the week: Hi Low Prec. 69 49 70 37 80 44 88 59 T 79 54 .41 70 46 .12 76 41
