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
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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.
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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.
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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
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program siuiuiij; tti y.m,
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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).
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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