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HEPPNEH GAZETTE-TIMES. Tbundoy. January 30. 1969 District Proposes Higher Base Pay, Lower Increments (Continued from page 1) the teachers In a Sfi.sO xt month payment towards health inMirance for employees work ing throe fourths time or more. Total Cost Low It Is expected that total cost of this idiin to the district would be onlv about $3000 above the builuet presented by Supt. Hon Daniels to the budget com mittee. His budget did not pro vide for any salary Increases hut did Include $10 per month for employees on the health In surance plan. The board had made the $10 offer as an alternative to the teachers' original proposal of a j nase salary or $tH(Ml per year and 5 Increments. Most rcvent proposal from teachers, through their negotiation committee, was a base salary of 50300 and 4'i increments, together with full payment of $13 per month on the insurance plan. In reaching the decision, the board also considered the teach ers' proposal of $6300 base and 4 increments; and another with the same base and 3'-.. increments. In proposing the S'MOO base and reducing the annual Incre ments, the board was aware of settlements made In other dis tricts on base salaries: Albany, SfilOO; Condon, $G100; Coos Bay, tMKj; culver, SH700; Days t reek, 5.d(K; Gold Beach, $0tJO0 renrueton, 5tJ()(); fine Ragle fU.V.0; and Sweet Home, $0500. Index Extended The board also voted to ex tend administrators' index from 9'i months to U months, which was previously estimated to bring average hikes to the ad ministrators of $300. However, If the new salary schedule is adopted, it would reduce this figure, since most administrat ors are on higher steps in the salary schedule because of ex perience and training, and the index would be applied to the lower increments of the propos ed schedule. The board went into execu tive session to consider the sal ary of Supt. Ron Daniels. Re convening, it passed a motion to increase his salary $500 per year. After the meeting, Daniels said that ho had not decided whether he would accept the increase, his action being con tingent on what is offered oth er certified personnel in the district. He said that lie does not feel he should accept a raise that may bo disproportion ate to what others in the dis trict are offered. Proposal of the board to teachers will be considered by the teacher negotiation commit tee for acceptance or rejection. If it is rejected, and agreement Semester Rolls Listed at lone lone High whool students have been listed on the first semester honor roll by Prinei tial Harold Beees. Named on the "A" honor roll were two seniors, Charitv lleeR and Jodi Snow; two Juniors, Joy Beggs and Kristin Nelson; two sophomores, Jane Krebt and Chris McCabe, and one fresh man. Clint Krcbs. Those placed on the "B" roll were seven seniors, Bonnie kmc Akers. Bnnl Morgan. Linda Nichols. Ron Palmateer, Karl Pelt viohn. Teresa Slcfani anil Teresa Tucker. Juniors were Ron Christopherson, Anita Crawford and Linda Petlviohn; sopho mores, t artey uergstrom, runny Holt. Marianne Pettyiohn and Jerl Snow; freshmen, Cheri C'ail son. Wendy Christopherson, Mary McKlllgott and Marleiic Magill. Junior high honor students were, in the eighth grade, D Ann Burnett. Doug Beggs, Cindy Kkstrom and Kathleen McKlll gott, and in the seventh grade, Cassy Chapel, Donna Klaek and Mary Pat McElligott. - -- ' . nn mi ! il', 1'm. WHEN BICYCLES BOO down in anow, you ccn isly on Dobbin. Jack Yocom, 10. daily paper carrier at Ltxlngton. ha discov ered. Ho ridei hit horse, Cindy, to deliver The Oreqonian and The Oregon Journal to aubtcriberi there while mow is on the ground. At left in the picture is his sister. Debbie, 13, mounted on her horse, Don. Jack is a third qrader and Debbie is a sev enth grader. Both are children of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Yocom. Rep. Mann Committee Chosen St a Chairman Committee Tackles School Budget, Hears of Problems Representative Irvin Mann. Stanfield. has been named chairman of the elections com mittee of the House of Repre sentatives. Mann said that because of the rash of court cases resulting from alleged violations of tin corrupt practices act and delays due to "bedsheet" ballots, lie anticipates the committee will have a heavy work load. Mann was also appointed to his third term on the House tax ation committee and to the committee on planning and development. (Continued from rage li th? To Make Booklets lone Super Stitcners 4-11 club met at the home of Melanie Ball. It was called to order by Teena Slefani; Barbara Palmer led us in the American pledge and Melanie Ball in the 4-H pledge. Cheryl Hams substitut ed for secretary and gave roll call. We discussed making little booklets of all the dates of our meetings, and decided on dates for our next meetings. Refresh ments were served by Lea White and Barbara Palmer. Our next meeting will be at the home of Cindi Martin on February 6. Jan Ekstrom, reporter cannot be reached, it may be necessary to bo to arbitration with the board and teachers each appointing one person, and these two selecting a third. The three would then attempt to reach agreement, after which their proposal would be submit ted to the board. OT Personal property taxpayers are re quired to file a return of taxable prop erty as of January 1, 1969 with the Assessor on or before March 3, 1969. A penalty is provided for late filing. Inventory owners (including all livestock) will again be eligible for some reduction of property tax this year if the return is filed on time. The law does not permit the Assessor to allow the reduction in inventory value for tax relief under certain circumstan ces when the personal property report is not accurately reported or is filed after March 3. Any person who has not had an op portunity to report by mail or personal contact may obtain the forms at the office of the assessor. Time is getting short. ORS 308.290 makes it the responsibility of the tax payer to file these reports on time or incur the penalty provided by law. JOYCE RITCH Special Assessor Morrow County and Mipplies us a result of present inf latiomirv period. "While the budget doe- n reflect any program changes, it would be unrealistic for us to as; ume that some changes a not needed. When the economy of the district has improved v.c need to develop a strong pro gram for our .special education children, we need to improve our elementary counseling program we need to improve our secon dary vocational program, we peed to replace or remodel the Heppner Junior High and lone Klemontary School, and we need o add one more staff member at our district level whose job it would be to devote his time to the improvement of our total educational progr a m. This would consist of the develop ment of special programs as well as those programs spons ored by the use of federal funds. It would also involve correlat ing all phases of our curriculum among the schools of the dis trict. "I consider this position to be of paramount importance be cause I feel it can greatly im prove our program and give us maximum educational benefit from the money we now spend. The business and technical as pects of operating this school district have grown to the ex tent that it is no longer pos sible for the superintendent to devote any great amount of time to the development and super vision of the educational pro gram." 8 Increase Seen The proposed $100,000 increase in the budget represents an in crease of approximately eight percent. Daniels told the committee, "It is now our duty to evaluate each section of the budget and to present a document to the voters that will provide us a maximum educational program at the lowest possible cost. It is not going to be an easy task." Summary of budget increas es, as itemized by Supt. Daniels, include the following: instruction, up $42,335. Salary increments are in excess of $14,000, and the board has giv en tentative approval of the ad dition of three new staff mem' bers at a cost of about $30,000. (Six were cut from the district statt last year). Amount for sup pnes is also increased to cover higher costs and the textbook fund is increased since this is a textbook adoption year. Transportation, up $3,995, In crease is primarily iri salaries. A part time driver at Irrigon was also approved and drivers' salaries for field trips and ac tivity trips were transferred to this section. Transportation in surance is increased to cover seven additional vehicles on fleet insurance. Operation of plant, up $9,475. About half of increase is due to salary increments and the addition of a part time custod ian at Riverside. Also included is an increase in supply funds County Students On BMCC Rolls Two Morrow county students were named on the honor roll and six on the dean's honor IM for fall term at Blue Moun t.iin Community college, Pen dleton. The honor roll inchi:! i'll in l time students with a !r;tfle point average or J.50 or ahuve. The dean's list includes all full-time students with an average of 3.00 to 3.50, accord ing to Truman A. Baily, director of admissions. Named to the honor roll were Verina French, Heppner, and Hichard Skoubo. Boardman. Tlwe achieving the dean's list were Michael Bunch, Erin Dick, Carl Jones, Mary Malcolm and Wesley Marlatt, all of Heppner; and Betty Eppenbach, Irrigon. New Variety Store Has Long History In East Oregon Accounting II Class To Start February 7; Enrollments Needed Blue Mountain Community College will offer a course in Accounting II at Heppner High school starting Wednesday, Feb ruary 5, providing that enough students sign up for the course. Class hours will be 7 to 10 p.m. The class will run for 12 weeks and will cover such top ics as partnerships, cash control notes, asset valuation, depart mental accounting, and ac counting for sales and property taxes. Costs of the course are $15 for tuition, $7.50 for textbook and $3.35 for workina papers. Anyone wishing further lnfor mation about the course is ask ed to call Heppner High school and an increase in electric pow er costs at Riverside. Maintenance of plant, up $3,903. Increase in requests for replacement of equipment. Fixed charges, up $29,700, An increase in retirement rates to 5.41 amount to an increase of $9,100. Social Security rates increased from 4.4 to 4.8, re suiting in an increase of $2,i This also includes the $10 per month district payment to em ployees on health insurance, of fered in lieu of a salary increase, at a total cost of $15,700. Inter est on loans is also increased by $1,000. Remodeling, up $3,528. This section includes funds for some limited remodeling at Heppner Junior High and lone Element ary schools. Capital outlay equipment, up $11,036. This was cut drastical ly in last year's budget. The in crease this year reflects an in crease in equipment requests. On the district budget com hiittee are: Chairman Sumner, Don McElligott, Maxwell Jones, Irvin Rauch, Gerald Peck, Dr, Wallace Wolff, and Mrs. Gun- derson, secretary, all school board directors; Albert Wright, Clint McOuarrie and Frank An derson, all of Heppner, Elden Padbere. Lexineton. Mrs. Wan da Witherspoon. Irrigon, Bob Sicard, Boardman, and Bob Riet mann, lone, all citizen members. Next budget meeting is sched uled for February 3 at lone High scnool at 7:30. More Fun, Always... eugene 215 Coburg Road Phone: (503)342-5181 RESTAURANT WITH 24-HOUR COFFEE SHOP When the E. L. Knox Compn. nv openx it variety store in Heppner within a few months, it will continue an operation that dates back to the turn of the century in Eastern Oregon. History of the firm Is reixirt ed In a Ktorv In the Blue Moun tain Eagle of John Dav In the January 23 Issue, which an nounced the closure of the store there. The story that tells history of the business and plans for the future Is reprinted below: K. L. Knox Co.. a John Dav landmark since 1907. will pass from the Main Street scene this spring. Henry Hank I Gohrlng. w ho has operated the family-owned department, general merchan dise and variety business since 1951, confirmed recurring ru mors of recent weeks that the company would close its John Dav store. Gohring said the comnanv plans to open a new variety store in Heppner. Headquarters for the company will be in Her- miston, where the firm now op erates a variety store. A variety store In Burns is the third mem ber of the chain. "We figured our chances for expansion were greater In the area we're going into," Gohring said. With the closing of the John Dav store, he added, the firm's merchandise will be ex clusively of the variety type. The firm got its start about the turn of the century when E. L,. Knox, who died In 1959 at age S9, started a general stor in Mitchell in adlacent Wheel"r County. Knox moved about 1900 to Antone before coming to John Day in 1907 to form a combination hardware general store business with W. H. John son. Johnson's sons built the Knox store building in 1902. The company continued to sell groceries and dry goods until 1947, when the grocery part of the business was sold to Ches ter's Market, John Day, which Is now located diagonally across East Main .Street. The Knoxcs acquired a gener al More in Dayville in the late l!)20'g or 'arlv 19.10's and con tinued to operate il until March l!Ki7. when the business, now known as Itipa's Mercantile, was sold to Mr. and Mrs. Don Itipa. Four years earlier, in April 19t3, the company purchased the store in Burns. The newest and largest Hermiston store was purchased In September, 1!N!7. Theron Knox, n son of E. L. Knox, Joined his father in a partnership In 1922 and con tinued In the business until he was Incapacitated by a heart at tack in 1951. Gohring. who Is married to Theron's daughter, Anne, moved to John Day in 1951 from Yakima. Wn., to lake over active oiH-ratlon of tin business. Gohring began his retail ca reer in MeMinnville In I'.Kiti in a grocery store, moving later to .'.hcriilan and !lillMort. He switched to the dry goods bu.-i-nefs In 1912. Besides surviving severe eco nomic conditions in the county through the years. Knoxcs' store rallied from a disastrous fire In Kelruarv. 1957 and opened again two months later with all ni'W merchandise. Gohring said the firm will cease Its operations no later than May 1 and will start its closing-out sa'es In mid-February. L'oth families will move to Hermiston. 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