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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
HOSPITAL NEWS
The following patients were
admitted to Pioneer Memorial
hospital during the past week,
and are still receiving medical
care: Clyde Cox, Heppner: Na
dine O'Brien, Heppner; Mary
Healy, Heppner; Nellie Jones,
Heppner; Nate McBride, Hepp
ner, and Luke Padberg, Lexing
ton.
The headquarters of The Unit
ed States Jaycees is in Tulsa,
Okla.
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