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L I BRARY U OF 0 EUGENE , ORE . 97103 i IIa' i Vn i i illLi r i i r Movie, Fireworks Planned at lone Wednesday, July 3 Something now has been added to the Fourth of July ob tervance at lone this year. In addition to the annual fireworks display, a full-length motion picture will bo shown for family entertainment prior to me lireworks, Herb Ekstrom, Jr., president of the lone Lions club announces. The fireworks display, spon sored by the lone post, Amer ican Legion, will start at 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 3, at the lone Memorial field. The Legionnaires again have a "bang-up" . display planned There is no admission charge, as such, but freewill donations will be taken to help defray cost of the fireworks. The movie will be provided to arid extra enjoyment for the families attending the fire works, and it will be shown under sponsorship of the lone Lions in the American Legion nail. The movie will roll prompt' ly at 8 p.m., the sponsors state, Name of the film was not available by press time, but the sponsors will have a good full length feature and were seek ing a top-notch comedy aimed particularly at delighting the children. The name of the pic ture will be announced by pos ter and other means sometime next week. Admission to the motion pic ture will be SI for adults, 50c tor children 12 and under, and no cnarge lor pre-school child ren. The movie will be out in plen ty of time for the viewers to get out and see all the fire works. ine Lions plan to sponsor movies periodically through the summer and winter for the en leriainmenr. oi tne pudiic it a good response Is shown to this initial endeavor. Holiday Next Week; Paper Due Early Since the Fourth of July fulls on Thursday this year next Thursday, in fact The Gazette-Times will be placed In Heppner post office boxes late in the afternoon of Wed nesday, July 3. Like virtually all places of business here, the paper of fice will be closed on Inde pendence Day. In view of the short week, all those with advertising or news matter can help the staff for the holiday week by get ting their material In early. While there are no observ ances set for the Fourth in Heppner, the neighboring cit ies of lone and Condon have celebrations that will attract many people. The lone fire works display, preceded by a full-length motion picture at the Legion hall, will be Wed nesday evening; and Condon offers its great all-day cele- Drauon on July 4. Third School Budget 85th Year lection Scheduled Monday Levy Pared $50,000 AfterDefeaf 'Number 18 GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, June 27, 1968 10 Cents Mountain Zoning Need Discussed Condon Slates Big Celebration, 'Fabulous Fourth' Condon Is ready for Its "Fab ulous Fourth" celebration, and Darrell Blake, president of the Condon Commercial Club, and Bill Flatt, also of the organiza tion, were In Heppner June 17 to tell about it. They appeared at the meet ing of the Heppner-Morrow county Chamber of Commerce, pressed their request for Hepp ner's organization to enter a float in the parade, and told of h iNeed tor establishing some form of building codes and zon ing for recreational centers un der development or in the plan ning stages was discussed brief ly at the Heppner-Morrow coun iy Chamber of Commerce meet ing Monday. Orville Cutsforth said that he felt it is one of the most press ing needs facing the county to day, pointing out that mount' ain home sites along fronts of proposed lakes and in other ar eas should have codes that con trol building, sanitation, drain age and other matters. He called for the Chamber to back up the county court in adopting building codes for such areas through "spot zon ing." However, others felt there were legal technicalities that might not permt such "spot zon ing." County Judge Paul Jones said that it is something that the "county is going to have to con sider very carefully" and said it must be considered by the Morrow county planning com mission. "It's something that is star ing us all in the face right now," he said. President Wes Sherman turn ed the matter over to the coun tywide development committee of the Chamber of Commerce for consideration and recom mendation. Cutsforth said that in his pro posed Penland Prairie develop ment, which offers private lots for sale as well as providing a public recreation area, provis ions will be stipulated in the deeds regarding mason founda tions on buildings, sanitary re quirements and other items. events planned for the Four: of July celebration. Blake outlined events for In dependence Dav as follows uucKaroo oreaktast. 6.30 a.m. until 10 a.m.; welcome (commer cial club and mayor) at the city park, 9:30 a.m. until 10 a.m.: parade. Main street. 10:30 until 11:30 a.m.; porcupine race, 12 to 12:30 p.m.: rodeo and horse show, 1 to 3 p.m. at the fair grounds; hole-in-one contest at the city golf course, 2 p.m. un til finished; kids' games, city parn, i p.m. to z;w p.m.: soft tall game, Commercial club vs Air orce, grade school field. to 4:30 p.m.; swimming, tennis, horseshoes at the city park, all lauernoon, Preliminaries in an old time fiddlers contest will be at the high school gym, 2 to 4:30 p.m.; barbecue at the city park, 5 to 7 p.m.; finals in the fiddlers' contest, 7:30 to 9 p.m.; fireworks display, football field, 9:30 to 11:30; and Dance with music by the Western Gentlemen at the fairgrounds, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. An antique sale and flea mar ket will be at Memorial hall Friday and Saturday. Julv 5 and 6. Blake pointed out that the por cupine race Is sanctioned by uossil, worlds capital of porcu pine racing and that the Com mercial club is entering its prize racer; "Dirty Ernie." Other entries are invited. Salary Increases In City Budget Lexington Grounds On Meeting Agenda Members of the Lexington City Council have been invited to the July 15 meeting of the Morrow County school board at the district office in Lexington to discuss the matter of the Lex ington school playground, Supt. Ron Daniels of the school dis trict announces. The superintendent said that because of some misleading re ports regarding the school board's action at its June meet ing, the district's position should be clarified. "Action taken by the board was simply to leave the matter as it now stands until an agree ment can be reached with the City of Lexington," he said. It is hoped that a satisfactory agreement can be reached at the July 15 meeting. The city is in terested in taking the playground for development for park pur poses and has asked the district to convey it to city ownership. The directors have been reluctant to deed the property to the city without a stipulation that it could revert to the district in case it is later needed for school purposes. Motion to give seven full- time Heppner city employees a 7 wage increase in lieu of placing them on a proposed re- lrement plan was approved at the heading on the 1968-69 city budget at the city hall Monday night. The seven who will be given the raises are the same ones who would have been eligible on the retirement plan. It was decided to give the wage in crease rather than adopt the re tirement plan because of the fact that increased deductions are cutting into employees' pay. Among the increases are those in Federal withholding, Social Security, and the health insur ance plan. The increase does not affect the tax levy because it was pro vided for in the budget as eith er an adoption of the retire ment plan or the increase. There were no other changes in the city budget from the pub lished document No one ap peared at the hearing to speak for or against the budget, and it was adopted with only the one change. f.W(i ' . IF i" a i. M I I r i rf II '. 5 ; it I M Eii h i mm mi nm t n I ifr m MORROW COUNTY had a good-sized delegation to the recent 4-H Summer School at Corvallis with 27 attending. All but two are pictured above. They are (front row, from left) Peter Mc Elligctt Craig Munkers, Cindy Harsin, Kristin Nelson. Christine McCabe, Kelli Snyder, Nancy Doherty. Carley Bergstrom and Debbie Warren. Second row Rick Partlow, Leonard Munkers (bus driver). Herb Ekstrom III. John Hall. Karla Weatherford. Becky Doherty, Sherri O'Brien. Mary McElligott, Dee Ann Petty john, Darlene Warren, Patti Healy, Tracie Norene. Kristine Peter son and Gail McCarty. county extension agent Back row, Mike Partlow, a counsellor at the school, Dave Hall. Chuck Nelson. Ron Baker, Keith Nelson and Leon Wilson. Not present for the picture were Katnieen Ayres ana Shauna Bergstrom. 1 Harvest Ahead Warm weather is bringing harvest time on fast with an other new high for the season set Tuesday with 95 decrees re corded, Don Gilliam, weather observer, reports. Mlnimums never dropped below 50 during the week. Complete report is as follows: Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Hi 85 80 85 75 81 87 95 Low 56 51 50 57 50 51 55 Prec, .02 Sidewalk Bazaar Two Weeks Away Sidewalk Bazaar which has proven to be one of Heppner s most successful and most en joyable promotional events is just two weeks away. It will be held on Friday and Saturday, July 12 and 13. At this time merchants and local organ izations will display merchan dise and put up all manner of booths on the Main street side walks for benefit of customers. There will be many great bar gains and lots of fun, according to Bill Hust, chairman of the merchants committee of the Chamber of Comemrce. Organizations who wish to re serve space for booths, displays or other ventures are advised to get in touch with LeRoy Gard ner at Gardner's Men's Wear as soon as possible. "The more that participate the better it will be!" Hust declares. Members Find Variety At 4-H Summer School Rodeo Committee To Meet Wednesday Meeting of the Morrow coun ty Rodeo committee will be Wednesday, July 3, at 8 p.m. in the conference room of the Heppner branch, First National Bank. Meeting place has been changed from the fairgrounds. With the rodeo set for August 24 and 25, the committee is en tering the final planning stages for the event. Anyone with mat ters to present or in any way interested in attending is invited to the meeting. I Court to Appear At Chamber Meet Royalty will be on hand at the meeting of the Heppner Morrow county Chamber of Commerce at noon Monday in the Wagon Wheel Cafe banquet room. The Morrow county Fair and Rodeo court, accompanied by Mrs. Archie (Dimple) Munk ers, win oe guests of tne or ganization. In the group are Queen Ber- niece Matthews of lone and Princesses Sue Greenup of Lena. bneila Luciani of Lexington, Marcia Jones of Heppner and Kathy Hinton of Boardman. Twenty-seven Morrow county 4-H members and their chaper ones attended the 53rd annual 4-H Summer School at Oregon State University. There, they joined some 1900 other 4-H members from all over Oregon While on campus, the 4-H'ers attended classes participated in social events, competed In sports, listened to top-flight en tertainers, and were exposed to a college atmosphere. In classes, 26 different sub jects were offered in all, with nine of these being offered for the first time. These covered a variety of subjects as diverse as karate, art appreciation, fi nancial planning for education, recreation and song leadership, careers, leathercraft modeling, microbiology, and electricity, among others. This is a far cry from the days when agriculture and home economics were the sole curriculum. Each delegate Is provided with a $25.00 scholarship for sum mer school itself, but pays his own transportation cost and other expenses. This year's delegation and their sponsors include: Kathleen Ayres Mahoney & Abrams, Heppner; Ronald Bak er Boardman Tillicum Club; Shauna Bergstrom Bank of Eastern Oregon, Heppner Branch; Carley Bergstrom lone PTA; Becky Doherty Lexington Grange; Nancy Doherty Sorop timist Club of Heppner; Herbie Ekstrom Boardman Soil & Wa-1 ter Conservation District; John Hall Rhea Creek Grange; Cyn thia Harsin Central Market; Patti Healy Umatilla Electric Co-op; Christine McCabe Wil lows Grange; Peter McElligott Gar Aviation, Lexington; Mary M. McElligott Jordan Elevator & Paul Pettyjohn, lone. Craig Munkers Padberg chinery, Inc.; Keith Nelson Morrow County Grain Growers; Kristin Nelson South Morrow 4-H Council; Charles Nelson Elks Lodge No. 358; Tracie Nor ene Heppner Grade School PTA; Sherri O'Brien Murrays Rexall; Richard Partlow Board man Garden Club & U. S. Na tional Bank Hermlston; Kris tine Peterson Pendleton Grain Growers, Hermiston; Dee Ann Pettyjohn First National Bank, Heppner Branch; Kelli Snyder Irrigon PTA & Del's Market, Lexington; Darlene Warren South Morrow 4-H Council; Deb orah Warren Om Fellows Lodge, Heppner; Karla Weath erford Turner, Van Marter & Bryant Insurance; and ' Leon Wilson Inland Empire Bank, Hermiston. Chaperones were Leonard Munkers and Gail L. McCarty, county extension agent. Public Is Invited To Help Becky's Fund Residents in this area who wish to assist the Becky How land Heart Fund of Hermiston are invited to do so through the efforts of Mrs. Frank Ham lin and the Morrow County Jay cees. Big Beef tickets may be purchased for $1 from Mrs, Hamlin or any Morrow County Jaycee for chances on a quar ter of a beef, the drawing to be held Saturday night at the Fair Pavilion in Hermiston. You need not be present to win. Mrs. Hamlin has been a per sonal friend of the family and in deep sympathy with the ef forts of Becky's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elton Howland, to have the needed heart transplant surgery as soon as it becomes available. Much effort is being made to laise the necessary money through individual and organi zation donations to save the life of seven-year-old Becky. Heart specialists have advised that if a growth in the heart should increase as expected, would be fatal. it EDITORIAL Let's Get the Job Done Ma- Beef Certificate Given Morrow County CowBelles have awarded their "baby of the year" beef gift certificate to Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Anderson, Con don, who became parents of a baby boy on June 11. born closest to Father's Day at Pioneer Mem orial hospital. The baby, named David Wayne, weighed 7 lb., 4 oz., and his father is emploved by Inland Chemical in Condon. County Budget Hearing Friday Hearing on the Morrow coun ty budget for 1968-69 will be Friday, June 28, in the county judge's office at the courthouse. The budget, which was printed in the last two issues of The Gazette-Times, will require a to tal tax levy of $346,137 of which S203.137 is within the 6 limi tation and $143,000 is not sub ject to the limitation. The $143,000 is the amount of the road serial levy which was approved by voters in a special election late last year. Anv person may appear at the hearing to discuss the budg et or any part of it. Morrow county's school budget comes up for vote for the third time Monday, and it is to be hoped that it will receive a good winning margin on this try. Actually, the budget was defeated only once that on June 3 but the May 6 election, which gave it a 3-vote yes margin, was nullified when five votes were questioned as being irregular. Time is now running out, since certification deadline for the levy is July 15. This is not mentioned as a threat but a fact. It could be possible that if the majority is still dis satisfied an extension of time would be granted from the departments which have the power to do so. The school system cannot operate without the public ap proving some kind of budget. Its only alternative would be to try to conduct schools within the 6 limitation. In the 1968-69 budget the amount within the limitation amounts to $292,000. As Supt. Daniels points out, this would pay for in struction only for about three months. Since the defeat June 3, the budget committee has held two hearings, called for suggestions, heard all those with comments, and has made some $47,000 in cuts in various areas. In short, it seems that the committee has sought to at tack the problem in line with the wishes of the majority. In so doing, they may have lost some affirmative votes from those who favored the budget as it stood and are con sequently provoked by some of the cuts. It is quite obvious, however, that the directors and budget committee have attempted to conform to the wishes of the people. The $50,000 cut is a major one and brings the budget down "to the bone." It could not go much farther without getting into such services as transportation, the school lunch program and similar areas that would really hurt school stu dents and patrons. It is time to get the job done and pass the budget. The delay is costly. It takes the time of staff which should be de voting attention to other matters. Each election costs money. The delay also is demoralizing to personnel working In the district. Signs appear considerably more optimistic now with a good response reported by the Committee to Maintain Better Education in making rounds of the public in the hope of pro moting understanding on the budget. This paper fully supports the committee's efforts and joins in the appeal for a resounding Yes vote on Monday. I Third special election this year on the l!H8 69 Morrow county school budget is sched uled for Monday, Julv 1, with the polls to be open from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. in six polling plac es throughout the county. With reductions having boon made in a number of areas fol lowing defeat of the budget in the June 3 election, the pro posed tax levy is now $50,056 loss than that on which voters balloted at the two earlier elec tions. After the budget election was Invalidated on May 6, when it registered a three-vote afflrma- tlve margin but five voters were in question, it was presented without change on June 3. On he second 'try, it was defeated by a margin of 114 votes. A ma lor reduction has been made in the instruction section of the budget with two more teaching positions eliminated following two hearings after the une b defeat. Thus, in all, six teaching positions have been eliminated throughout the dis trict this year. As a result of the reductions made after the second election, the proposed increase in the 1968-69 budget has been cut nproximately in half, accord- . Ing to Supt. Ron Daniels. The proposed increase over the 1907- 68 budget as it now stands rep resents about an increase of 4 and parallels the 4 Increase in the cost of living index, he said. Some areas of the budget, ov er which the district and budg et committee has no control such as fixed charges (social security and retirement) are In creased over the present year. Other areas of the budget, such as transportation, health serv ices and capital outlay, are be low the 1967-68 budget. One thing that has tended to increase the proposed tax levy required is the fact that receipts from sources other than prop erty tax have declined. A de cline in basic school support revenue from the state is a ma jor area contributing to the to tal decline of $52,388. - - Should the budget fail again to be passed, the district would face a critical problem in hav ing its needs certified for the tax roll for the coming fiscal year. Law requires that the dis tricts' needs be In the hands of the county assessor by July 15. This would mean that there would not be time for another election, and a defeat would threaten the district with oper ating within the 6 limita tion, which totals some $292,000, only about 21 of its total gen eral fund requirements of $1,-266,000. The amount within the 6 limitation would pay costs of instruct'on for about three months," Daniels said. If the budget should be de feated, the district would seek to apply to the State Depart ment of Education and the coun ty assessor for an extension of time for certification. Polling places for the election are: Rhea Creek Grange Hall, Ruggs; Heppner Elementary School; Lexington School; lone High School; the A. C. Hough ton school, Irrigon; and Board- man City Hall. Within the past week an or ganization, Committee to Main tain Better Education in Mor row County, was formed to pro vide information to the public on the budget and the need for its passage at the forthcoming election. Chosen as co-chairmen were Elden Padberg, Lexington; Don Peterson, lone; Harry O'Donnell and W. C. Rosewall, both of Heppner. The committee solicit ed various areas to obtain sup port for the budget and to raise funds for sending, out a letter to registered voters as well as supplying an advertisement in this paper (page 5). Reports from those working on behalf of the committee early this week was that response was very encouraging from the public. Chamber Supports School Budget Members of the Heppner- Morrow county Chamber of Commerce Monday voted sup port of the 1968-69 budget for the county school district with Ihe third election on the budg et set for Monday, July 1. Don McElligott. chairman of the school board, read a letter being sent to county voters ex plaining changes in the budget, need for its passage and urg ing support. The letter is auth orized by the Committee to Maintain Better Education in Morrow County. After McElligott's presenta tion, a motion was made by Herman Winter that the cham ber support the school budget and endorse the position of the committee. The motion was ap proved unanimously by the some 30 members present, and a sum of $25 was voted to help defray expenses of sending the letter and promoting passage.
