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8 HEPfNEH GAZETTE-TIMES, Thurxloy. Janwnr K. GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner. Oregon S7839 Phono 676-9221 MORROW COUNTrS hEWSPAPEH The Heppner Guz-it eHtnblished March 30. IkxJ. Th Heppner Time, wtibltahed November 18. 18U7. Consolidated February U 1912. ..,..rn WjHf? pulltHli V-aisociation WESLEY A. SHERMAN HELEN E. SHERMAN ..... AKNOI.I) RAYMOND Mi'ip Koroinan Printer CAIL BLRKENBINE Society Circulation Fnhvrription Rates: $1.50 Year, hvrry Thursday and Entered at as Second Class Mailer. Office II urs: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m until noon Saturday. Service in Bad Weather and Good There have been many expressions of gratitude hoard frcm the public during this bad weather of the good I service beinK riven by local businesses and utilities. Many who serve the public have gone far beyond the normal call of duty to take care of the emergency needs of poop e In dls,rTM- Garages, service stations, groecries-ln fact all s ores have nobly responded to do their best to see that the citizenry is as comfortable as possible. Oil companies hve met the pn. lems of the worst of the stormy season In getting d l.v es to customers, garages and service stations have Installed tire chains, changed tires, started stalled cars, and have striven to meet the demand for cold weather needs. These are only examples of a general response to the emergency. There have been a number of cases where some residents have been homebound during the storm. In these cases the business peop'e have gone to their homes to serve them. It Is good to hear the words of appreciation towards the friendly home business people. We had a little emergency of our own the other day that emphasizes this service. While making a delivery in late afternoon, we attempted to drive through a soft spot where mud was deep. An Imbedded rock knocked a hole In the car's oil pan. We Immediately drove to a local garage with the red "Oil" light flashing on to warn us. The garage rec ognized the emergency, knew that we needed the car. and had It repaired and ready to go first thing next morning. Whnt a relief to have this service. What if we didn t have the garages here to serve us, and we had to get a dis abled car 50 or GO miles to a garage? The point is that while these merchants offer fine service in bad weather, they also offer fine service In good weather, too. Those who recognize their response during the snowy and cold weather should well remember this when the weath er turns warm, the roads clear, and the temptation is to go somewhere else to do business. The local merchants need the business in both fair and foul weather to stay here. Without them, we'd be "sunk" in times of storm. If you are among those who appreciate their service In bad weather, express this by your year-around loyalty in supporting them with your business. Chaff and Wes Sherman OREGONIAN HEADLINE: "John son to Urge Keeping 10 Sur tax." So what else is new? A cynical public is coming to believe, with considerable justi fication, that there is no such thing as a temporary tax. WE DIDN'T have the right, for sure, but after the first heavy snow here some time ago we took the liberty of donating Al Bunch all the snow on the city streets on condition that he haul it to the ranch to help the up coming crop. Somehow it doesn't seem right that all that moisture will go to waste on the concrete and as phalt. Suiely, all the drivers 11 lib-r in Rfa it frnne. Well, sir, Al Isn't hauling it away very fast. But we see that ha ennur T1AU7 hflR all been heap ed up in the center of Main street to get It away from the curbs, which was a good stroke 01 business Dy tnese goou men. Thlo mnkos it pasv for VOU. Al. All you have to do is come along, scoop h up ana naui away! AT LEAST two good local Re publicans nave invuaiions 10 the inaugural of Richard Mill house Nixon as president. They are Mrs. Pauline Winter, central committee chairman in Morrow county, and LaVerne VanMarter. U 1 . . 1 V ... V . ' ' ' ' - O preparations to go, but it is nice to be rememocreu, mmeuit.-u.-ss. Wn hnvpn't Kfn tlin invitat ions but LaVerne says they are real inings or Deauiy. WE NOTICE by the Oregonian A-2 basketball poll that Rogue River is liimly entrenched in No. 1 position with a record of 10-0 for the season to date. Maybe they have most of their last year's state tourney team back, including Gary Shontz, 6-3, all state center. In the same poll, Heppner is now tied for 8th spot. The Mustangs, who last year went to the state meet as some thing of a "Cinderella" team, you may recall, came within an ace of knocking out Rogue River, No. 1 then as now, in the first round. The Mustangs stuck in there and led, 60-59, with 1:05 to go. Shontz came on with a rush, scored seven points in the remaining time and Rogue River won, 66-60. We're not counting chickens nor crossing bridges this early in the season. After all, Heppner still has not played a counting league game even though its 8-2 fVUVOI. NeVEpMper Aoclitlon Founded 1885 EDITOR AND PUBLISHER ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER RKGC1E PASCAL Linotype Operator DALK COOPER Pressman KELLY c;i;kkn Apprentice Single Copy 10 Cents. Publlsh'-d the Post Oil tK ol Heppner, Oregon, , Monday through Friday; 9 a m Chatter record is better than the start the boys got last year. They face their first counting test here Friday night against Pilot Rock. But it is interesting to note that among teams rated this year are a number of those who made ..he tourney at coos Bay last vear. The Stayton Eagles, who bounced Heppner out in the second round last year, are wen towards the top in this years ratings. On the basis of its record and rating to date, Heppner will no doubt be in the hot seat as one of the teams to beat and every opponent, therefore, will really be gunning for them. Their job from now on is to show that they have what, it takes. COACH BOB CLOUGH says that he believes lone is the equal of any team Heppner has faced this year or better. He's juag ing by their last performance when the caras oownea tne mus tangs at lone. 68-66. We've said it before: This! should be the big year for the Cardinal basketeers. With Jim Swanson back in there, and with the way Frank Halvorsen is going, they will be the team to beat in their league. This class B team (which refers to the size of the school only) no doubt could he among top contenders it it were in A-J, ranks this year. SEEING all the long-haired hippies or intellectuals (how can you tell them apart now days ) on TV reminds us of this anecdote: A staid gentleman, honorary judge of a horse show, was up set by the dress of some of the girls. "Just look at that young per son with the poodle cut, the cig arette and the blue, jeans," he decried to a bystander. "Is it a boy or a girl?" "It's a girl. She's my daugh ter." "Oh, forgive me, sir," apolo gized the old fellow. "I never dreamed you were her father." "I'm not," snapped the by stander. "I'm her mother." Pomona Sets Meeting Pnmnnn nranud will mprt Sat urday, January 25, at Willows , Grange hall in lone, starting at i W.M) a.m. f ollowing ine noon dinner, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Krebs will show pictures of their "People to People" tour in Eur nn nnl th Snvipt Union. The public is invited to enjoy the I . . J 0..jA program siuiuiij; tti y.m, I . ' i ' I ( S 6M f y .1- NEARLY hiding vehicles behind 1 this heap of tnow cleared from streets and sid walks near the corner of Main and May .trcet:. (G-T Photo). -I I I ill ) THE ELMER WEITZEL FAMILY lays claim to making the first snowman in the heavy weekend faU. They made this one at 11 p.m. Friday. The Woitzel children stand by the temporary new member of the family. (G-T Photo). School Bell: By RON DANIELS Superintendent, Morrow County Schools Special Education Programs In reviewing the needs of the Morrow county school district I feel that our most immediate concern should be to improve the school district program in the area of special education. Special education programs refer to those programs that are specifically designed to help pu pils who cannot fit into the nor mal school program. At the pres ent time our program is totally inadequate in this area. The law requires that a school district shall provide special ed ucation classes or may, when the board deems it advisable, contract with other districts to provide the special education programs. At the present time we have chosen to provide tuit ion payments to the pupils who reside in our district but attend special classes in another dis trict. We have attempted to place our special education students in already established programs at Hermiston or Pendleton. This policy is proving to be unsatisfactory for several reas ons. First, the Hermiston and Pendleton special education classes are already overcrowded and they have been very reluc tant to accept out-of-district pu pils. Second, both programs are located far enough from south Morrow county that it is nec essary to board these pupils away from home. Finding board and room for our pupils has been very difficult and quite of ten impossible. Third, this type program involves considerable expense to the parents involved. Fourth, it i very cmiicuh ior younger pupils to remain away from home during the entire school week. The Rhyming REMEDY A LIKELY YOUNG FELLOW WAS THOMAS McBLADE WHO WORKED VERY HARD FOR EACH PENNY HE MADE; HE FOUGHT HIS WAY UPWARD BY THRIFT AND DESIGN AND LAVISHED NO MONEY ON WOMEN OR WINE. BECAUSE OF HIS FRUGAL AND SEEMLY RENOWN, HE CAME TO THE NOTICE OF PEOPLE IN TOWN, AND THUS WAS ELECTED TO OFFICE OF STATE TO MAKE PROPER LAWS AND REDUCE THE TAX RATE. BUT LIKE MANY OTHERS, OUR PENNYWISE LAD, WHO USED TO PRESERVE EVERY DOLLAR HE HAD, FORGOT ALL HE CAME FOR AND JOINED IN A BASH OF RAISING OUR TAXES AND SQUANDERING CASH. HE VOTED FOR BILLIONS IN GIVE-AWAY BILLS AS IF MONEY GREW ON WILD BLUEBERRY HILLS. HE GAYLY UPHELD ALL NON SENSICAL SCHEMES REGARDLESS AND DEAF TO THE TAXPAYERS' SCREAMS. THE WONDER TO ME IS WHY PEOPLE PERMIT MINORITY RULE. WHEN THE ANSWER. TO -WIT: IS SIMPLY UNITE, USE OUR POWERFUL VOTE TO MAKE OURSELVES HEARD, AND STOP BEING THE GOAT! HARRY W. FLETCHER .. J The number of special educa tion students has increased in Morrow county and we now have about 12 students who need special education classes and another seven or eight who could profit from these classes. Those students who are not able to attend special education classes in other areas do not receive suIlfciurainlnR in our schools. We have a work train ing program at Heppner High school, but in our other schools we simply attempt to provide what extra help we can. We started a special educa tion program at Heppner Ele mentary last year, and it was our hope to improve and expand this program. However, this po sition was cut from the budget following the budget defeat and as a result we do not provide any special education program at Heppner Elementary. There are several inherent problems in the development of a satisfactory special education program in this district. First, while we do have a large enough number of pupils who need this service, they are scat tered all over the county. This necessitates more than one pro gram, or presents transportation problems. Second, the children range in age from six to 18 and this wide variation in ages makes it very difficult to place all of them in the same pro gram. Third, the cost of such a program would be very high for the number of children in volved. Fourth, teachers who are trained in this area are very difficult to locate and re tain, and fifth, the people who do not have children needing the special education classes do not feel moved to provide expens ive programs for those who do. When time and finances per mit, I feel this is the first area that we must improve. Philosopher Thieves in Portland Perform Modern Version of Scalping Fherron Brenner, daughter tt Mr. and Mrs. Al Bunch, en loved a recent holiday v s. It in her parents' home. Mie Is an assistant accountant 'or Shepherd Investments Co., and lives in Portland. , On her return trip to Port land. Sherron took two of her mother's valuable natural h.ar wigs with her to be cleaned and reset. The unin sured wit.lets, valued at $00, were stolen from her car It was parked In front of her apartment building. This way the third time the car hud bi-cn broken Into and Items stolon from It. Suvs Mrs. Bunch, laughing Iv, of her stolen wigs, "I was literally snatched bald head ed." ' Has Eye Surgery Don Bellenbrock entered St. Anthony hospital in Pendleton last Thursday for major eye sur gery, which was performed on Friday. January 10. He is report ed to be progressing very satis factorily from the surgery, dur ing which a cataract was remov ed from his eve. It is expected that he will be able to come home from the hospital by Fri day of this week. Back from Pendleton Mrs. Norah Rasmus returned with the aid of relatives last Friday to Heppner, where she reentered Pioneer Memorial hos pital to make reiovery from a broken hip. which she suffered in a fall on an icy sidewalk shortly before Christmas. Mrs. Rasmus had been hospitalized in St. Anthony hospital in Pen dleton since her accident. 'loneer Ponderings By W. S. CAVERHILL Plans and Planners The statewide sanitary survey to determine water and sewer needs is commendable and val uable but the report contains some absurdities. Outstanding is the report on Ukiah, a town of 275 people who have just assumed an obligation of over $100,000 for a supply of pure well water and distribution sys tem. When connections are made to all the users, there is no conceivable reason why ex isting septic tanks cannot han dle the sewer problem. There will be no wells to contaminate. It is easy for an expert pencil pusher or slide rule artist to sug gest that Ukiah take on a bur den of $1,000 for every man, woman and child for water and sewer service. He doesn't live there. Such a glaring fault in the report on Ukiah invites me to view others askance. I am convinced that in many places the extension of pure wa ter supply would resolve the sewer problem at less expense. We Urge Moth MARCH OF DIMES Monday Evening, January 20 MOTHERS WILL CALL AT YOUR DOOR FOR YOUR DONATION--5:00-8:00 P.M. In Heppner, lone, Lexington, Boardman and Irrigon A Quarter of a Million American Children Are Born Each Year With One or More Birth Defects. Your Contribution on Monday, January 20, Can Help Save This Human Potential Your Help Will Be Appreciated! THIS MESSAGE SPONSORED v V "N7 .LjLa REV. KENNETH D. DOOLET Yakima Pastor To Give Message The Rev. Kenneth D. Dooley of Yakima. Wash., will be spe cial guest of the Heppner Unit ed Methodist church Sunday evening, January 19, at a special program sponsored by the mis sions commission of the church. Tho mitim will be a continu ance of the church's observance of the Missions Emphasis of Southeast Asia, and will start with a potluck supper, served at 6:30 p.m. As pastor of tho Westpark United Methodist church, a re cently amalgamated Evangeli cal United Brethren church. In Yakima, Rev. Dooley has been associated with the E.U.B. Nat ional Board of Missions. He has taken several trips overseas in interest of the missionary work in Asia. At the Sunday evening meeting, he will present a glimpse in film, and speak about Japan, Hong Kong and the Philippines. Tho local pastor, kov. nieivin Dixon, invites the public to at tend the dinner and the pro gram following. Mrs. Queener Dies, Service Set Friday Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Tucker Queener, 89, will be held at the Heppner Christian church on Friday, January 17, at 1:30 p.m., with the Rev. Earl Sow ard officiating. Interment will follow in the Heppner Masonic cemetery. Mrs. Queener, a longtime res ident of Heppner and Lexington before making her home in Stanfield, died Sunday, January 12, in Pendleton. She had been under medical care at the Del amarter Nursing Home in Pen dleton for some time. Mrs. Queener was the mother-in-law of Mrs. Mildred Padberg and an aunt of Mrs. Alena An derson, both of Heppner. Other survivors include five daughters, Huldah Mortimore, Kent, Wash.; Elsie Tucker, Eu gene; Irene Atherton, Ontario; Edith Castle, Marysville, Calif.; Wilma Wallace, Pomeroy, Wn.; two sons, Wilber Tucker, Sun nyside, Wash., and Woodrow Tucker, Stanfield, also 26 grand children and several great grandchildren. The family suggests contribu tions to the Heart Fund, in lieu of flowers. You to Contribute ITS BY YOUR HOME-OWNED BANK CTRrClWE.:fOH HANK OF . D Eastern Oregon HEPPNER IONE ARLINGTON MEMBER. FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION PROPERTY TAX FAX If you have a question con cerning ifiil or personal prop, ertv please Mute nil tho fucw as briefly us possible and mail it to Mrs. Joyce Hitch. Morrow countv special assessor. QUESTlONi On June 1. I purchased a bus. 'nes and tho teal estate broker computed that I owed one month's taxes on the real prop erty because the taxes wei paid from Juno 30 of the pre vious year to July 1 of the cur rent year. He said I would al to owe seven months on the personal property tax to be paid next Novemoer as person al property taxes run by the calendar year rather than tho liscal year. Is this correct r ANSWEIt: Yes. The ciuie on wiucn nil assessments arc bused is Jan uary 1, for rout, pcrsonui and utility property; however, per sonal property taxes become n lion and are paid on the basis of the calendar tJnnuury through Dccomoor) year; real and utility property on a fiscal (July through June) year. Coming Events HEPPNER BASKETBALL Friday, Jan. 17, Pilot Rock, hero Saturday, Jan. 18. Burns, here Friday, Jan. 21, Enterprise, there Support the Mustangs! GRADE SCHOOL Frl., Jan. 17, Umatilla, here, 2 p.m. , Saturday, Jan. 25, Condon. here, 1:30 p.m. HEPPNER EXTENSION UNIT Special Meeting, Mon., Jan. 20, 10 a.m. County Fair Dormitory Program "World of Packag ing," by Molly Saul, Coun ty Extension Agent WILDLIFE FILM Wildlife of Eastern Oregon, 90-minute Color Film Wed., Jan. 22, 7:30 p.m. County Fair Pavilion, Hepp- ner Sponsored by Two Trackers 4-H club Public urged to attend MOTHERS' MARCH For March of Dimes Mon., Jan. 20, 5 to 8 p.m., Heppner, lone, Lexington, Boardman, Irrigon Help reach the $900 goal PUBLIC CARD PARTY Monday., Jan. 27, 8 p.m. Catholic Parish Hall Bridge pinochle dessert $1.00 per person SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency P. O. Box 247 PH. 676-9625 Heppner at the arc COMMUNITY U 1 BILLBOARD I The Front Door of Your Home is the Front Line in the Fight Against Birth Defects for the Volun teers Enlisted in this Jan uary's Traditional Mothers' March for the MARCH OF DIMES Help Reach Our Goal of $900! AS A COMMUNITY SERVICE
