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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.