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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (June 27, 1968)
HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thunday, Jim 27. I9GS We Vote ye3 ON THE ii ostroct budget AT THE THIRD ELECTION AT THE SIX REGULAR POLLING PLACES Monday, July I, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. WE, AS CITIZENS WHO ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, BELIEVE THAT fT IS IMPERATIVE THAT EVERY ELIGIBLE VOTER CAST A BALLOT IN THIS ELECTION. THE MATTER IS IN THE CRITICAL STAGE, AND WE EARNESTLY ASK YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE BUDGET. In the hope of creating a better understanding about the budget and the present school situation, we submit this information: Budget Reduced After the budget defeat on June 3, 1968, the district budget committee reduced the budget by $47,656 and increased receipts by $2,400. This reduced the proposed tax levy by $50,056. Number of Teachers Cut Major reduction was made in the area of teachers' salaries by eliminating two teach ing positions. In all, this makes a total re duction of six teaching positions from this year's staff. ; Other Reductions Made Other cuts were made at any place in the budget where " it was felt the reductions would do the least damage to the year's educational program. ' ' Increase Now Only 4 These reductions eliminated more than half the proposed increase in the budget over that for 1967-68, so that the budget to be voted on July 1 shows an increase in require mens of $49,958. This amounts to an in crease of 4 over the present budget and parallels the 4 increase in the cost of liv ing index. Receipts Decline Budget receipts from sources other than property tax have declined in the amount of $52,388. This decrease is due primarily to a decline of state basic school support revenue. Most of the decrease in receipts is in the area over which the Budget Com mittee and School Board have no control. Retirement, Social Security Responsible For Half of Increase The largest single budget increase resulted from changes made in the social security law and the retirement law. The new rates must be applied for the 1 968-69 school year, without any choice by the school district, and have resulted in an increase to the dis trict of $25,000. The increase for these two items constitutes over half of the total budget increase. We emphasize that this is fixed by law and is a matter over which the Budget Committee has no control. Salaries Aim at Average Salaries for non-teaching personnel were al so increased to meet average state salaries for similar positions. Much of Budget Below Year 1967-68 Overall the remainder of the budget total is less than it was for the current year with reductions actually shown in several areas, such as in transportation, health services, and capital outlay. Committee Aims at Economy We believe that the School Board and the Budget Committee have endeavored to pre sent the most economical budget possible while meeting and attempting to correct a deficit situation faced during the past two years. WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS IMPERATIVE TO MAINTAIN AND OPERATE A FINE SCHOOL SYSTEM IN MORROW COUNTY FOR THE WELFARE OF OUR CHILDRENWE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE SOUNDEST INVESTMENTS THAT WE, AS CITIZENS, CAN MAKE. WITH THE FEELING THAT YOU MAY SHARE THESE VIEWS, WE URGE YOUR YES VOTE JULY 1 Paid Advertisement By ""' Committee To Maintain Better Education in Morrow County Harry O'Donnell, Heppner; Elden Padberg, Lexington; Don Peterson, lone; W. C. Rosewall, Heppner, Co-Chairmen ENDORSED BY- IQNE; ELBE AKERS JAMES B. BAHNETT DELORES BABNETT ROLAND E. BERGSTROM RUDY W. BERGSTROM R. B. BISHOP RAY BOYCE LILLIAN BOYCE DONALD BRISTOW E. W. BRISTOW PETE CANNON ' LAUREL CANNON CHARLES CARLSON LOUIS A. CARLSON IONE LIONS CLUB IRENE CRABTREE LEO CRABTREE MR. AND MRS. ARTHUR CRAWFORD HOWARD CROWELL JUNE CROWELL RALPH CRUM BEVERLY DOHERTY , ROBERT C DRAKE CLEO DRAKE JOHN R. EDWARDS HERBERT EKSTROM. JR. ROLAND EKSTROM LARRY FETSCH JOE HALVORSEN LEWIS HALVORSEN EVA AND ADON HAMLETT LOREN HAMS MR. AND MRS. WAYNE HAMS MARY M. HOLTZ I L. HOWTON BOB HUBBARD BETH HYND DICK HYND HAZEL HYND JACK HYND. JR. MB. AND MRS. BOB JEPSEN MR. AND MRS. JOHN JEPSEN BRYCE KEENE LOUISE KEENE LINDSAY KINCAID RALPH E. KINCAID MR. AND MRS. JOHN R. KREBS MR. AND MRS. ROY A. LINDSTROM MR. AND MRS. ROY W. LINDSTROM STEPHEN LINDSTROM WILLIAM H. LING EVELYN MARICK FLOSSIE MARICK FREDRICK T. MARTIN HELEN McCABE CHAS. R. McELLIGOTT DONALD McELLIGOTT EUNICE M. McELLIGOTT LOA G. McELLIGOTT MR. AND MRS. LELAND McKINNEY W. E. MELENA MR. AND MRS. LLOYD MORGAN MR. AND MRS. MILTON MORGAN ALFRED NELSON, JR. NORMAN NELSON CHAS. AND JUNE O'CONNOR MR. AND MRS. DARREL PADBERG MR. AND MRS. TED PALMATEER LEE PALMER MARDINE PATTON DON PETERSON ESTHER PETERSON OSCAR PETERSON ROBERT PETERSON HELEN PETTYJOHN MR. AND MRS. JIM PETTYJOHN MR. AND MRS. LEE PETTYJOHN PAUL G. PETTYJOHN. JR. BONNIE L. RICE MR. AND MRS. BILL RIETMANN MR. AND MRS. BOB RIETMANN ELAINE O. RIETMANN MR. AND MRS. GENE RIETMANN LAURENCE O. RIETMANN OMAR RIETMANN VICTOR RIETMANN VERA RIETMANN HUGH SALTER IDA SALTER ANNIE SCHAFFER E. R. SCHAFFER KENNETH SMOUSE GEORGE L. SNIDER GLADYS SNIDER MR. AND MRS. HAROLD SNIDER A. C. SWANSON MR. AND MRS. GARLAND SWANSON MR. AND MRS. PAUL TEWS HERSHAL TOWNSEND VERNER TROEDSON MR. AND MRS. GEORGE E. TUCKER MARGARET WEAVER GORDON WHITE MR. AND MRS. RON UMBARGER ALTON H. YARNELL HEPPNER: r. BOB ABRAMS FRANK ANDERSON EARL AYRES JOE BALFE KENNETH BATTY C. J. D. BAUMAN HERMAN BLETTELL ZELMA BROWN MARY BRYANT FORREST BURKENBINE RICHARD L. CARPENTER WILLIAM C. COLLINS O. W. CUTSFORTH BETTIE A. DOHERTY JERRY DAGGETT L. E. DICK, JR. MELVIN W. DIXON D. ALFRED DRAKE MILLIE EVANS JAMES J. FARLEY JAMES H. FOLLENSBEE NORMA FRENCH LeROY GARDNER EDMOND GONTY HERMAN GREEN MARION GREEN BELINDA GBEGG LOWELL P. GRIBBLE ELMA HARSHMAN BILL HEALY JAMES HEALY WILLIAM JOHNSON LOIS JOHNSTON FLOYD JONES PAUL JONES , RANDY LOTT P. W. MAHONEY RUTH MARLATT ERNEST McCABE ' ' DAVID McLEOD DR. ARCHIE D. McMURDO C. E. McQUARRIE MORROW COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RODERICK K. MURRAY WILLARD O'HARRA RANDALL E. PETERSON GENE PIERCE FLOY PRIVETT LARRY PROCK ARNOLD RAYMOND REV. DIRK RINEHART ' CLARENCE ROSEWALL CAL SHERMAN HELEN SHERMAN . , . ,. WES SHERMAN GLENN SMITH HUGH SMITH - BETH L. SPAITLDING - GENEVIEVE SPRINGER GEORGE A. STEAGALL JACK SUMNER RITA SUMNER ALICE VANCE DR. L. D. TIBBLES JACK VAN WINKLE JOHN A. VENARD HERMAN WINTER DR. AND MRS. WALLACE WOLFF ILENE WYMAN HARLEY YOUNG IRRIGON: AUDRA L. ALLEN DONALD L. ADAMS IVIA JOAN ADAMS ORVILLE J. BUCHANAN BURREL L COOLEY MARY ISABELLE JONES MAXWELL C. JONES MARGARET JORGENSEN ALCY JANE LAMB KENNETH W. LAMB DELORES PUMMEL ; PERRY PUMMEL MARILYN STEWART BOARDMAN: HAROLD C. BAKEB CARROLL DONOVAN HENRY B. GANTENBEIN PHOEBE HAYES WALTER HAYES ARNOLD HOFFMAN E. T. KUHN WAYNE D. KUHN .. i EARL McQUAW GERALD PECK r- JOHN PHILLIPS , HAROLD RASH -BARBARA RUSSELL VERNON RUSSELL ROBERT G. SICARD RALPH SKOUBO . ' ; MYRA SKOUBO DEWEY W. WEST. JR. IRMA JEAN WEST SHIRLEY ZIEUNSKI LEXINGTON; MARY ANN BARCLAY MAX BARCLAY D. O. NELSON MR. AND MRS. LARRY LINDSAY DONALD POINTER IRVIN RAUCH
