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tliRART u or o r u Q C N E t 85th Year 97403 ORE Number 49 Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, January Happy Silver Anniversary! Charles Hodde to Speak At Conservation Meet (Also see paces 2 and 3, section 2) Charles W. Hodde of Vancou- r. Wash., chairman of the Ta- cific Northwest River Basins i i . 111 1. I U. n.l CHARLES W. HODDE College Regional Rodeo Scheduled Here in Late May Northwest regional competit ion of the National Intercolleg iate Rodeo association will be held at the Morrow County Ro deo grounds in Heppner on May 30, 31 and June 1, Riley Free man, agriculture instructor at Blue Mountain College, said Monday. The college is host for the regional event, and Freeman is the faculty reperesentative in charge of arrangements. Some 150 contestants from colleges of Montana, Washing ton, Oregon and northern Idaho are expected to come for the event, which will be held la week earlier than the national finals in Sacramento, Calif. Freeman said the Heppner grounds were chosen as the lo cation because they are consid ered ideal for this competition. The facilities are excellent for accommodating the contestants and the events planned. Helping with arrangements here are the members of the Morrow county rodeo committee, Freeman said. Plans are under way to coordinate the event with the annual Old-Timers pic nic on Memorial day. From 15 to 18 colleges will have entrants in the events scheduled. Blue Mountain has some outstanding performers in rodeo. Mrs. Patti Pettyjohn Mc Coin of lone, student at Blue Mountain, won third nationally last year in barrel racing, and is favored as a national winner in the event this year. In addition to five standard rodeo events, the regionals will have barrel racing and goat ty ing contests for women, ribbon roping for men, and a wild cow rain the next four months col lege students will work in planning the event and mak ing arrangements. It is expect ed that as many as possible of the contestants from other localities will be housed here, but some will probably have to stay at Boardman, Hermiston and Pendleton, Freeman said. A former Northwest Rodeo as sociation cowboy, Freeman him self has won trophy saddles and other awards in active compe tition. His home town is Baker. Freeman, who was guest speaker at the Chamber of Commerce meeting here Mon day and discussed the agricul ture program at Blue Mountain, said that he plans to return at a later date to appear before the Chamber and coordinate plans for the regional rodeo. Willow District" Meetinq Called Annual meeting of Willow Creek Distr f Improvement Co. creeK LiisLiii-T uuv ,, will De neia ai mc win u i.ti . ., trK,,, ceurtnouse on mvimay, tcmu ary 3, at 7:30 p.m. There will be election or new oincers, aiiu principal speaker win De yuen- tin Bowman, state water resour ces director, of Salem. Discussion of Willow Creek dam project will be on the a genda. Local support needed to encourage placing $250,000 in next budget to get project un derway, according to Herman . Winter. li. : V i r-- . i .- f 1 '-il I 1 THE m pal speaker at the Silver Anni versary annual meeting! of the iieppner oou ana vvuii-r iuikt vntion district at the Lexington r, range Hall Tuesday night, February 4. at 7:30 p.m. uc iiic ,n.wi Appointed oy i-rvuii-iii -."-don Johnson. Hodde has served ;V . " in hlu rrrKi.nt nnsitinn since I .. .1 t. 1.1.... 1 . n Miirrh fi. lfl7. Previously, he was Pacific Northwest regional j coordinator lor me uepanmeni I I nf Inlorinr. Port In nd. His topic will be, "Water for Morrow County Farmlands." This address by the outstaml inn authority on water resourc- .. ...111 L .. .. . U UI.,Uli..Wt ICS Will UK VllK Ul IMC IIIKIIIIKIIl of the annual meeting. Herb and Bob Fetereson or lone, cnosen as State Conservation Men of the Year for 1968, will be present ed by the 1967 state winner, Louis Carlson, also of lone. Tu-n ctn)firvknr will he elect ed at the business meeting, and reports of an outstanding year for the district will be given. Mve original supervisors oi thp HUtrift will he neknowledp- ed at the 25th anniversary meet ing, lliey are rienry reierson, I,,hn Wiuhlman O V. Wrieht. W. E. Hughes and O. W. Cuts- forth. The district was actually formed in 1941 but was inact ive during two war years, thus making this the official 25th anniversary. Current supervisors are Ray mond French, chairman; Ken Turner, vice chairman; Dick Mc Elligott, secretary; Ed Gonty, treasurer; Bryce Keene, Albert Wright, David Baker and Ger ald Peterson. Advisory supervis ors include D. O. Nelson, O. W. Cutsforth, Ray Heimbigner and Paul mty.ionn. Refreshments, Including a spe cial anniversary cake, will be served after the meeting with the compliments oi ine aisinti. Everyone is invited to attend, and all are urged to come to hear of developments of import ance to the county and to take advantage of the opportunity of hearing Hodde. Harold Kerr Chosen Morrow County Agent Harold Kerr, presently Crook county extension agent, will as sume the position of chairman of the Morrow county extensison staff in March, according to an announcement from Gene M. Lear, director of extension. Kerr will fill the position form erly handled by Gene Winters, who is now on overseas assign ment in Jordan. Kerr is expec ted to report for duty about March 17, following completion of economic planning efforts in the area of youth work and hu man resources in his present post in Crook county. Kerr has served with Oregon State University Extension Ser vice since 1960, with his whole period of service in Crook coun ty. He is a 1957 graduate of Ore gon State University with a bachelor of science degree, and served in the U. S. Army 1957 59. He recently completed a graduate program at Colorado State University, receiving a master of education degree in June of 1968. Kerr's responsibilities in the Crook Extension program have included leadership of the youth program, the weed control work and some responsibilities for livestock. He is a member of PTA Reschedules Panel Meeting The Elerr.entary PTA meeting, film and panel discussion orig inally planned for last month has been rescheduled, and will be held next Wednesday, Feb ruary 5, 7:30 p.m., in the multi purpose room at the grade school. At this time there will be a brief PTA meeting, 101- lowed by the film strip "Sex, the Moral Dilemma," after which hu hom a nanel discussion. wt - . I tr- nf tho nanel will be iuucii.u ,.r7 . Mrs. Herman Winter. Other nanul mpmhprs include Dr. L. D Tihhlps Dr Wallace H. Wolff iUro Rin Rawlins. Rev. Raymond Beard, Rev. Dirk Rinehart and Lynn Pearson. The eler entary PTA extends an invitation to interested par ents and high school students in surrounding areas to attend this educational meeting H7-TT V K M Jl M 30, 1969 t T. A WORLD OF WHITE has surrounded resident, here for the past ill 1. . n nurA whita InnricrrmA were coniinuincr wccr. auu kiiviv v t--- - - " , t HmUa sky was taken looking west from the Earl Ayres home on Skyline Drive. Homes of j0"9 ana uick uarponier uio in u 8 Inches More Snow Ups Total over 3 Feet More than eight inches of i fkulty of getting buses through snow falling from Saturday the drifts on country roads. . . ' . . . . 1 Hnnnrtr enhnn a rnmainnH fine. through Tuesday nas Drougni. . H .... ... I iha wintor'c tnlal in Hpnnner to 37.7 inches, Don Gilliam, weath er observer, reported Tuesday evening. This is the fifth heav iest snow on record in Heppner since 1910. Heaviest winter's snow was 1915-16 at 65.25, followed by 1949-50 with 46.4, 1928-29 with 42.5, and 1922-23 with 41.75 inches. This week's snow closed schools In Heppner and lone at noon Monday because of the dif- Kiwanis and a member of Look out Mountain Grange. Kerr is .nn.iAj nrtA Via artH hie wifp. Carol, have two children, Cindy, s, ana tsryan, i. Bank of EO Notes $400,000 Increase In Deposits in '68 An increase in deposits of ap proximately $400,000 for the year 1968 was reported for the Uanlr ,.f TAl ttom flrPPftll bV President Gene Pierce in the directors report to stocKnoiaers at the annual meeting in the AiOinfTtn pitv hnll nn Wednes day, January' 15. The report cov ers the banKS at Heppner, Ar lington and lone. Accompanying the increase in deposits was a 10 percent increase in gross earnings, the president reported. More than $40,000 was added to the undiv ided profits and reserves of the bank at the year's end. Stockholders received a divi rfoH at si!innn naid on Decem ber 17, at the rate of $10 per share lor tne stocKnoiaers oi rec ord as of December 1. This was the 18th dividend paid in 20 years, the president said. At the annual meeting, 34 stockholders, owning or holding proxies tor 1111 shares, were present. There are 1500 shares outstanding. Howard Bryant of Heppner was elected chairman of the board at the meeting. He has served as a director since July, 1QV7 at thp time nf the incep tion' of the Heppner branch of the bank. D. L.. Lemon oi Ar lington was elected vice-chairman. All rirpconf rlirotnrc wprp re elected, including Bryant, Pierce and R. B. Ferguson, all of Hepn ner; John W. Krebs, Earl P. H A. David rhilfl'o all nf Arlincrtnn! Arthur A. Allen of Boardman; and Gar Swanson of lone. All rtffifprc U7CTP atcn rpplect aA inplnHincr Piprpp. nresident: Wm. F. Siewert, vice president and cashier; James F. Green, as sistant cashier and manager of the Arlington office; Veldon W. Robinson, assistant cashier; Marion C. Green. assistant cashier; and Larry F. Prock, as sistant cashier. JJL XL A li.JJ iuhuko "j"'" art TitacHmi mir SMncuoc rnc mpr ed Tuesday, but classes resumed In lone. Boardman and irngon schools remained open through out the period. All schools were in operation Wednesday. Teaching staffs re mained on auty in tne scnoois that were closed. Parents of rural children were asked to bring them to the main traveled roim-j-rto meet the buses. Tho aatmtxr rnnnrlnH Ihrit cpv- pral rnart wprp hlnpWprt wi(h Knnw rlrifts a nf Tnpsrlav and crews were working to open inem. Gilliam said that there has day this month except for Jan uary o, as wen as ior eacn oi the last four days of December. Ac nf TiipcHav thnro ivqc 19 inches of snow on the ground nero. The month of January brought rrorlnitat inn nf 9 fifl inhpa ae compared with the normal of 1.29. Of the precipitation, 1.92 inches was from snow, with the moisture going into the ground. December brought 11.2 inch es of snow and so far this month, 26.5 inches has fallen. Accompanying the snowfall this week was another drop in temperature with the thermom eter dropping to 8 degrees be low zero on Knaay, live aegrets hplnw last Thursday, and three degrees below on Tuesday. Maximum tor tne ween never climbed above freezing, 31 de grees on Sunday being the high est. Complete report for thee week is as tollows Hi Low Prec. 16 6 Tr. Snow 16 -5 9 -8 .01 (.03 Snow) 13 4 .17 (2V Snow) 31 8 .15 (2" Snow) 30 2 .06 (1.3 Snow) 14 -3 .05 (1.3 Snow) Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Mustangs to Meet Eagles, Irish Greater Oregon League BASKETBALL STANDINGS (Western Division) w 2 1 1 0 0 Wahtonka Heppner Madras Sherman Pilot Rock By PAT KILKENNY Heppner High school cagers will be looking to better their season record of 11-3 when they face Wahtonka and DeSales on January 31 and February 1. They meet the Eagles of Wah tonka at Chenoweth Friday night. The game is the Mus tang's second league clash of the year. The two teams met once in a preseason battle. The Mustangs defeated the Eagles, 60-47, during the Christmas tcurney at Chenoweth. Saturday night they will meet DeSales at Heppner in a non conference battle. The Mustangs hope to square a 56-50 loss to the Irish suffered in Walla Walla Saturday night. Price 10 Cents six weeks, and "t "whita hlonriina With a mottlea WniW Don't Be Alarmed; Firemen to Test Flood Siren Friday When the city flood siren sounds Friday evening at 7:30, don't be alarmed. Fire Chief Forrest Burkenbine advises Heppner residents. It has been 412 years since the siren has been used, and the test will be made to be sure that it is still in good working order, he said. Newcomers to Heppner may not realiie that the city has a flood siren, as well as the more familiar lire alarm. The lire alarm is an air horn, ana tests of this are made each Monday noon. With the heavy snow cover and the possibilitv of a fast runoff in case of warming temperatures, the fire depart ment feels it prudent to be sure that the flood siren is working properly. If there were a real Hood emergency, the community would be notified by three se quences of three soundings of the flood siren, a total of nine soundings. "1 Sherri O'Brien Named Princess for The 1969 Morrow County Fair and Rodeo court is completed with the selection of the fourth princess. Miss Sherri Lynn O'Brien, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pat O'Brien, is the choice of the Heppner Wranglers Riding club for this year's princess, succeed ing Marcia Jones. Others select ed earlier for the court of Queen Sheila Luciani are Princess Pat ti Healy, Princess Joyce How ton and Princess Rhonda Bel linger. Continuing her services as official chaperone will he Mrs. Archie Munkers. New tail ored riding outfits have been ordered by the court, to be ready for early spring appear ances. Princess Sherri, a senior at Heppner High school, was thrill ed with her selection, fulfilling one of her lifetime dreams. She has been a member of the Wranglers every since she can remember, and has enjoyed rid ing all her life. Much of her riding has been in competition in Wrangler Play Day events, i a u uj--a thnus and in helo- ing friends in cattle drives ioi fun". When small, she rode on hpr narents' ranch on Little Butter Creek, tut now rides mostly for pleasure, since oei family has moved into town. Sherri has been a Wrangler pennant bearer for four years, and for the past three years has been one of four pennant bearers who accompanied the court in local and nearby ap pearances. She has completed seven years in the 4-H horse club, has won ribbons in the county 4-H show, and has been a two-year competitor in show manship and horsemanship at the state fair. She attended 4-H summer school for three years, and is a member of the Em pire Builders 4-H club. Born in Walla Walla, Wn., September 26, 1951, she came here with her parents when a small baby, and Heppner has teen her only home. She has attended the Heppner schools through grade and high school, and is one of the school's most ardent supporters. She has tak- Superintendent Presents Message School Budget Poses rrobleins of rising costs. un certainty of proixrty tax relief from the state level, a deficit in beginning bulance, and the matter of reaching agreement rn teacher salaries confront Morrow County School District R 1 in preparing Its budget lor 1969-70, Supt. lion Daniels told the budget committee In his budget message Tuesday night. The budget message and the budget document were particu larly difficult to prepare this year," he said. "A salary sched ule statisfactory to both the dis trict and the teachers has not been established, classified sal ary adjustments might be made, and the amount of basic school support funds remains an un certainty. Therefore, this budg- Board Offers Higher Base, Less Increment 1,1 an nttpmot to avoid an impasse on teacher salary neg otiations, the Morrow county school board Tuesday nignt pro posed a plan that wouid sub stantially increase starting sal aries in the district but would decrease the annual salary in crements. Under the proposal, which was approved unanimously by the board lollowing ine him budget committee meeting, a new teacher with bachelor de gree would receive $6400, us compared with the present $6000. Annual increments ii each added year of experience far uH.litlnn.'il training would be at the rate ot $uu, as com pared with the present 5. TMnt pffnr-t nf the proposal would be to reduce increases for teachers at higher levels 01 tne schedule but provide a higher base, thus putting the district on a more competitive basis with other districts in the state in attracting teacners nere. To help compensate iur mc ,-,i,,ntwm at thp hieher levels. another step for experience is nrnnnsnil fnr tpachers With bach- ln .1 .i rir....u nlns 30 hnura aca demic training; for those with master degrees or Dacneior uu gree plus 60 hours; and for those with master degrees plus cn hmirc Ar thp nrpspnt time those with bachelor degrees plus 30 hours reacn tne maximum after 11 years experience. This ho nvtnnflpH tn 12 VearS. providing the additional step. In the two other cases, the pres ent 12-year maximum would be extended to 13 years. Accompanying this offer to (Continued on page S) Wranglers 4 J PRINCESS SHERRI O'BRIEN en part in many school activ ities, is a member of the pep club, Girls' League, FHA, GAA, annual staff, Hehisch staff, nhntnrunhv plnh. and was sec retary of the junior class. She is in her second year as varsi ty cheerleader. Future plans for the brown eyed princess include attending college, probably at Blue Moun tain Community, where she can join a rodeo club and continue her favorite sport riding. Schools to Continue School buses to Ruggs and Hardmcm area left Heppner schools early Wednesday af ternoon and were not to re turn until Monday, due to strong winds drifting the snow along those routes, the district office announced late Wednesday. Plans are to keep schools operating, and stu dents are to meet other buses on tnodn roads throughout the county through the remainder of the week. , i Problems et document as presented Is ctr tulnlv subieot to draxtie revis ion before the final adoption.' Sumner is Chairman This was the organization meeting of the committee, and Jack Sumner, a district director, whs elected chairman. Mrs. Bev erly Gumlcrson. also a director, was elected wcretary. The committee adopted a cal endar that provides for three budget meetings during Febru aryon the 3rd, 11th, and 18th; publication of the Budget on February 27 and March 6; pub- lif Iw.jirinir nn March 17: and election on April 7. This schedule may De iaceu with delays, principally depend ing on the time it takes to reach agreement on teacher salaries. In presenting his message, Supt. Daniels, as budget officer, o i ,i that hie fiirnrps nn the ten tative document are based on present salary schedules, in cluded is a figure for health inuorianno hiiKpH nn the board offer of $10 per month for each employee tnat worKS more man three-fourths time, even though the teacher negotiation commlt taa hu, rntpptprl this as a set tlement in lieu of a salary in crease. , , Receipts figures inciuae a cm from haxic Kchnol SUUDOl't calculated on revenues that are nresentlv available and as rec ommended in the governor's budget. State Aid Uncertain "These figures win resuu in a continuing decrease in the at fiinHs nrnvided bV the state," Daniels said. State aid to local scnooi uium.- reached a high of 40.4 In 1951 52 and has declined steadily to about 24 in 1967-68. In Morrow county our state aid for the 1968 69 school year will amount to ....,.,im.,t..lu 1fi7 nf nur total cost. The reason we are below the state average in lunas re ceived is that we do not receive any equalization funds." Daniels said that Morrow county ranks third, behind Sher man and tiiinam mumira, the amount of true cash value per student among the states 3b counties, in raoi-oo, nuc value of property in Morrow was $8,7U per siuuem. , uses this measure in apportion ing basic scnooi Bupyon lunua. Th aarl truth, however, Daniels said, "is that Income, not true cash value, is needed to pay property taxes." irA irM.1H Rrlna Relief He added that a "large In crease" in basic school support funds will depend on voter ap proval of a new tax source. This vote cannot occur until 40 days after it is adopted by the leg islature, so no vote is antici pated before the last of April or early May. o nmi, tn v aniirrp received voter approval, it still would not be in time to De a pari oi uie 1969-70 budget estimate," the budget officer said. "In the event a new tax source is not approved, indica tions are that the legislature will revise the governor's budg et to provide more funds for education. It therefore seems certain that we will receive Kr,..if oohnnl ciinnort mon- 1I1U1C uaaii. ey than is anticipated in the budget." However, In view of all fac tors considered at this time, in dications are that the budget for operation of schools in Morrow county for 1969-70 will be in creased by some $100,000, Dan iels said.' The portion of this that would be levied against property depends on what tax relief is forthcoming. Figures in the proposed budg et will be scrutinized in ensu ing meetings by tne Duager. committee and the public. Poor Crops Hurt Economy "The estimated budget re quests contained In this docu ment represent immediate dis ncr npprta neenrdinff to the combined feelings ex pressed Dy teacners ana au- mink-trgtnn: " rinnipla POntln- ued. "The budget needs in this itemized document were prepar- aA urith tha lrnnulpftoro that! 1. The audit report on June 30, 1968, showed the district with a minus ha latino nf MP, 1 SOR."?. 2. The economy of Morrow coun ty has sunered as a direct re sult of poor crops for the past two years. 3. Property taxes have been paying a proportion ately higher share for the oper ation of schools." Thp "minus balance" referred to by the superintendent devel oped several years ago, princi pally Decause receipts nuiu sources other than taxes have not been received in the full amounts budgeted. Daniels said that it would be "unrealistic" to recover all the deficit balance in one year but that he would hope that it could be recovered within the next Uaa nv fnilf VPAffi. kpPDinff costs down enough in the com ing year to recapture part oi it. No New Programs "For the second straight year the budget does not include any new programs or expansions of present services," he said. "It does, however, reflect the phil osophy that the patrons of Mor row county desire to provide a sound, fundamental education for every child residing in the district. The budget also reflects the rising costs for maintenance (Continued on page 8)