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Newspaper Page TextLIBRARY u or e E U G E H E . ORE 07403 Number 1 hool District Budget HEPPNER Reflects Risina Costs 86th Year Sc jyrijlli Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, February Mustang 5 Seeks Tourney Clincher In Sherman Game WESTERN DIVISION V Li Wahtonka 5 1 Heppner 3 2 Pilot Rock 3 3 Madras J j Sherman 1 5 EASTERN DIVISION W L Grant Union J Vale 6 1 Burns Nyssa c Enterprise 0 6 Br MARK POINTER Heppner High's Mustangs can clinch a spot at the District 7-A-2 tourney at La Grande with a victory over the Sherman County Huskies. This game will be played on Heppncr's homo court Saturday night, March 1. The Mustangs will be looking for revenge against the Hus kios as the western division cel lar dwellers upset the Mustangs two week-ends ago. This will be the last home appearance for seven seniors on the Mustang squad. Jon O'Don ncll, Gary Kemp. Calvin Ash beck, Mel Ashbeck, Jerry Healy, Mike Smith, and Larry Petty, john, all have supported the Mustang cagers through the season. The Huskies have scoring punch with Dick Richelderfer, Jeff Paulson, and Eugene Tsu bota providing the Moro team with plenty of support. A loss to Sherman County could drop Heppner out of the district tournament. If Pilot Rock defeats Wahtonka this week and then downed Heppner in a play off game, that would end it for the Mustangs. However, if Heppner wins ov er Sherman and Wahtonka los es one of its remaining games, the Mustangs would be tied for first spot in the western divis ion. If Wahtonka loses both its remaining games, while Hepp ner wins, the Mustangs would be uncontested champions. And there are other possi ble combinations. But one thing is certain, a victory over Sher man Saturday night will put - , the Heppner lads in the tour--' nament on March 7 and 8 for sure. . , . At this time, Wahtonka and Heppner appear to loom as en trants from the west in the tournament while Grant Union and Vale have the call from the eastern division of the Greater Oregon League. Winner of the district tournament will go to state at Coos Bay. lone Lions Slate Jr. High Tourney Four basketball teams will participate in a junior high tour nament at lone Saturday, spon sored by the lone Lions club. Competing will be the junior high teams from lone, Arling ton, Riverside and Hermiston. This is the first time that such a tournament has b een held, and it is hoped that it can be made an annual event to give the junior high players a chance for competition. First game is scheduled at 10 a.m., pitting lone against Arlington. Second game will be at 11 a.m., matching Hermiston with Riverside, and consolation game will be at 2 p.m. with the championship contest conclud ing the day at 3 p.m. Lunch will be served at noon for both players and spectators. The public is invited and sup port is requested to encourage the young players in this invi tational tournament. Admission is nominal, $1.50 for adults and high school students for all games, or 50c for a single game. For junior high children, the full day's admission is 75c or 25c per single game. There will also be a nominal charge for lunch, which will be in the lone cafetorium. The tournament will be played in the lone High School gym. $33,000 in Relief Here Seen in Bill State Representative Irvin Mann, Stanfield, said today that Morrow county would receive $33,000 in direct property tax re lief over a two year period un der a program approved by the House last Thursday. Mann voted for the measure which would shift welfare costs from the counties to the state, so that property tax dollars would no longer be used to fi nance welfare. The proposal, Mann said, will also remove the unpalatable situation whereby counties are black-jacked into paying for programs they cannot control. i jr : i 1 J : X ' if' " f ;: ' 7 J '"'fp f if ; IF ONE PUTS THE QUESTION. "Will the real goat please stand up?" there might be some con iuZn fa this picture, for all are standing, and any of them could be the qoa Han n bal. the one with the long ears and lour legs, will proudly admit he's a goat Jerry Hollomon (leit). presi. dent ci thV HeOTnerjWwea. could have been the goat if his chapter didn't get two new mem. r. dS mSn, Us around Friday (but they did). The two Condon g Cooney and Dewey Kennedy, are also In the running to be goats, if they should have Hannl bal Friday night The Condon boys brought Hannibal to Heppner In the dark of night ta WM urauuY u u iiiciiiuvioii' .""'i' Carnival Proceeds To Buy Uniforms For School Band Plans for Heppncr's Annual Band Carnival, which is sched uled for the Morrow County Fairgrounds, Saturday, April 19, are moving ahead nicely, the sponsoring committee reports. New gold wool blazers for the band have arrived. The blazers are part of the complete new uniforms this carnival's pro ceeds will finance. Other parts of the uniform, probably trous ers, skirts, turtleneck sweaters and maybe berets, will be pre dominantly blue. It is hoped the complete uniforms will be here before the district basketball tournament in La Grande. Many people are becoming in volved in the carnival project. School students and adults are promising help. Bandmaster Ar nie Hadman has delegated sev eral big jobs. Mrs. Hedman will lead the group of mothers who will prepare and serve dinner that evening. Mrs. Bud Marsh all, Mrs. Bill Johnson, and Mrs. Cecil McDaniel are busy gath- orinor lictc nf nnrpnts who will operate various booths for that night. A dance committee is at work setting up the dance which will start at 10:00 on carnival night. Spray Kickoff Dance Opens Rodeo Season; May 24-25 Dates Set The Kick -Off Dance for the 21st annual Spray Rodeo, held in the Spray gymnasium on Sat urday, February 15, drew a crowd of 200. During intermission, Spray Rodeo Association President Don Griffith introduced the ro deo court and presented them with their tickets. Music for the dance was provided by "The Outlaws" of Mitchell and the Spray junior class served a mid night supper. Members of the Spray Rodeo Court are Phyllis Linn of John rimi. Bsirhara fnssitt. Snrav: Vohda Hettinga, Dayville; Becky ... a T". v. : Fulieton, Heppner; ana ikuuk Tippet, Monument. Following a regularly sched uled meeting on Friday nignt and a special executive meeting on Saturday morning, the Spray Rodeo Association has changed the dates of the rodeo, original ly scheduled for May 17 and 18, in Mau 24 and 25. Stock for the TOueO Will uc lumiaiicu uy Gibbs of Yelm, Wash., and Bob ww i c iv Tl I i ' .:n i ...inU1 Tim The Spray Rodeo Association will next sponsor a Smoker and Dance on Saturday, April 5. Basketball Proqram Billed for Chamber With basketball fever having reached a high pitch as tour nament time Is coming, Coach Bob Clough and some of the Heppner Mustangs will be on the program at the Chamber of Commerce meeting Monday. Ed Miley, managere of Farm Chemicals of Oregon, was orig inally scheduled to speak Mon day, but he asked that his ap pearance be postponed until la ter in the spring, Mrs. Avon Melby, program chairman, said. 27, 1969 ....... Harassed Hollomon Hosts Hannibal, Hustles Help Out of the dark of night last Wednesday, a unique visitor arrived in Heppner. He may not have been distinguished but he was aromatic, and al though his arrival was unex pected, he felt perfectly at home and was willing to make a stay of it. .The visitor was Hannibal, a handsome goat that figures in a Jaycee membership drive. Two of the Condon Jaycees, President Bob Cooney and Dewey Kennedy, brought Han nibal over unannounced to the Morrow county chapter, in session Wednesday night. The terms and conditions concerning Hannibal, who was originally from Gooding, Ida ho, stipulate that a club must keep him until it gets new members equivalent to each 1000 population of the town it serves. Condon achieved its goal and hastily packed Hannibal's bags to move him elsewhere Heppner, no less. Another clause in Hanni bal's conditions is that the president must keep him at his home until the member ship conditions are met. Fortunately for Jerry Hollo mon, president of the Morrow county chapter, the local group had just accepted two new members when the Condon pair came in with the be whiskered visitor. This met the population standard. Pres ident Hollomon had hustled his henchmen as if he might have had a premonition about Hannibal. As to the matter of being hosts for the goat, Mrs. Hollo mon had a voice in this. It wasn't Hannibal's taste in cosmetics that she took excep tion to, but she knew there was an ordinance against keeping a goat in the city, without the neighbors' per mission. If there hadn't been, 'Yesteryears' Set As Parade Theme "Yesteryears of Morrow" will be the theme of the 1969 Mor row county rodeo parade, Kan dall Peterson, parade chairman, announced this week. The theme was chosen from contest entries submitted last J U ia.ll uu tiic nicuiutio Soroptimist club of Heppner act- J n i.,A,mr T"Vi n nMrininrr on. members of the ed as judges. The winning en try was submitted by Mrs. Gar ry (Birdine) Tullis of lone. Twenty-four suggestions were submitted for the theme in the contest conducted, Peterson said. For her winning entry, Mrs. Tul lis will receive two free tickets to each afternoon performance of the rodeo. Golden Age to Meet Regular monthly meetings of the Heppner Golden Age club will resume Tuesday evening, March 4, at the Episcopal par ish hall. A potluck dinner will be served at 7:00 p.m., followed by a short business session and variety of entertainment. Vis itors are welcome to attend. Price 10 Cents she undoubtedly would have prevailed on Mayor Bill Col lins to summon the council in special session and pass one. So Hannibal was sent out to pasture in Hager's field in the southeast part of town and Bob Hager kept an eye on him. At last report the Morrow Jaycees were plotting to hast ily haul Hannibal to some other unsuspecting club. The chapter which has him when the competition ends, has to transport him all the way back to Gooding, and nobody wants to be the Well, like Hannibal. JERRY HEALY j. f jr f 1 ; V. , . i yi if i ; y 1 X I Two Win Elks Awards Sue Ellen Greenup and Jerry Healy, Heppner High school seniors, were recipients of the annual Elks' youth leadership awards at the afternoon session of the 72nd anniversary celebra tion of Heppner Elks Lodge No. 358, on Saturday, February 22. Making the presentation was R R. (Whitey) Schroth, Hermis ton, state president of the Ore gon Elks Association, assisted by Darrell Padberg, exalted rul er of the Heppner Lodge. The recipients will receive $100 U.S. Savings Bonds in recognition of the honor. , Sue Ellen is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Greenup, and has been an active leader through high school years. This year she holds the office of vice president of both the Girls' Pep club and the Future Business Leaders of America. She is chairman of sports in the Girls Athletic Association, has been chosen Girl of the Month for the qualities of honesty and sports manship, and has been a leader in Girls' League and Future Homemakers of America. She is a third year member of the Nat ional Honor Societey. In recognition of her active years and leadership in 4-H work, Sue Ellen was chosen one of two county delegates to State 4-H Club Conference in Salem earlier this month. Her 4-H live stock projects and judging at county and state fairs have won her many awards. She gained recognition last summer as a princess on the Increasing cost are reflected in I he proposed iyti'J-70 budget for Morrow county school district 1(1 which ha been prepared by the budget committee and U published for the first time In thin paper on pages 2 and 3 of section two. Total budget requirements In the general fund are shown nt S1,385,!W2 as compared with $1,266,220 In the 19i8-69 budg ..i T.,inl Hint wnuld bo reauired to be raised from taxes for the upcoming budget Is jush,wj. hs compured with $1,041,118 for the current school year, nil in crease of $152.5J2. Public hearing on me ouugei is scheduled for Monday night, March 17, at 7:30 p.m. In the SBA Officials Available for Two Portland officials of the Small Business Administration, Robert A. Gaynor and Del Put- man, outlined how the bBA can help community development in .I..! , f ra nt the HeDD- ner-Morrow county Chamber ol Commerce Monday. Gaynor described how the SBA can help a local develop ment corporation with loans as much as 90 for communities the size of Heppner to finance new business ventures or indus try, or for use in expanding pres ent industry. A minimum of 25 stockhold ers in the company or corpora tion is required. The corporation can take the money to build a facility, such as in an industrial park. It may lease this to small business, giving it an option to buy; it can build a plant and sell it on contract; or it can loan money to a business to build its own building. The SBA guarantee can be up to 90 of a bank loan. Gaynor outlined several loan arrange ments that may be worked out with local banks, one of the vnt:t nnmmnn heinp a first and second mortgage plan with the bank participating with perhaps 25 of the needed financing and the SBA 75. Cn,ontv.fivn nnrrent of the stockholders must be from the local area, and they must put up :al area, ana tw.o. a "reasonaDie equity, a town the size ol Heppner is firprt t 10. Thus, a develop- ment corporation could raise $10,000 and get financing for a venture of $100,000, the SBA loan being at the rate of 5V3 interest with a maximum pay off period of 30 years. Gaynor outlined the history of the SBA from its start in SUE ELLEN GREENUP Morrow County Fair and Rodeo court. , Following graduation, Sue El len plans to enter nurses train ing at Emanuel hospital in Port land, and later continue in a specialized field. Jerry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Healy, has displayed lead ership in a wide variety of ac tivities while attending Hepp ner High school. He is currently serving as stu dent body president, and is a member of the varsity basket ball team. He is a four-year letterman in baseball and in his sophomore year, was chosen all league first baseman. He has represented his class on the stu dent council, served as fresh man class president, is a mem ber of the National Honor Soc iety, a leader in the H-Club Athletic organization, and active in dramatics. A highlight of last year for Jerry was his selection as a dele gate to Boys' State Convention in Corvallis. . , Jerry plans to continue his ed ucation at Eastern Oregon Col lege, majoring in business ad ministration. , Contestants from Heppner and lone High schools were judged by a committee in the education field. Thev are chosen on the merits of leadership, citizenship, appreciation, perseverence, re sourcefulness, sense of humor, integrity, sportsmanship, gener al character and reputation. Neatness and arrangement of a brochure prepared for the award is also considered in the judging. school district office In Lexing ton. All Interested person are urged to attend to present their view on the budget. In the meantime, the M-Mool admin! trutoin and member of the budget committee will welcome any questions, and Supt. Hon Daniel will make apearnnccs before organizations, on invita tion, to explain the budget. Increases in the budget are particularly reflected In 11 sec tion. Instructional salaries nre list ed at $U.lt9 more for the up coming year despite the fact that the teacher negotiation committee's original request of a So 100 starting base and 5 increments was settled at $6100 Tell of Aid Development 1953. In its first 15 years, ap proximately 100.000 loans have been made, totaling about Si billion. Local development loans, with this program starting in 195S. total about 2,000. Putman, who was born in lone and once worked for Bert Mason there, told of what some other communities have done through local development loans. Parma, Idaho, witnout a doc tor, built a medical clinic and thus acquired a doctor. llillsboro's development cor poration has provided 1200 jobs through its program. Only one industry is financed by the SBA. McMinnville recently dedicat ed nine new plants in one day. A new steel mill there Is fi nanced through the SBA pro gram. Sweet Home, hurt by loss of laborers with completion of the Foster and Green Peter dams, formed a development company, put up a tannery with 100 per sons putting in $100 each. The h.,nr ma,!,, a first morteage loan and the SBA a second mortgage loan to provide the $90,000 additional needed. A second project was the erection of a millwork plant to make cooling tower stock. The com pany thus provided ou ,ous within five months after it was formed. Coos Bay's development com - -- , h h . " ,,, , ptman was instrumental in siami. I seafood processing piant. nnmnH:ilp. Tdaho. developed a hardwood mill plant. in iwnrmw rniintv. noiato pro cessing, pellet plants, and rec reation aeveiopmenis are tum ble for consideration, as possi ble examples of what might be done, Putman said. The talks were received wun ir.fr.mft nnri manv ouestions "avked regarding communi ty development program. Gene Pierce, secona vice-pitsiui-m, presided in the absence of Jerry Sweeney, president. Jepsen in Chicago To Promote Wheat Bob Jepsen of lone, past pres ident of the Oregon Wheat League, flew to Chicago Mon rtirinate in two nat ional meetings for the promo tion of wneat. , Named as representative of the Wheat League, Jepsen met with the Wheat and Wheat Foods Foundation to pian pro motion for more use of wheat, and on Wednesday attended a meeting with the Wheat Flour Institute to work on a sandwich promotion program. Tho Fnunrlatinn combines growers, millers and bakers in a joint etrort. unoer discussion was a proposal for legislation that would permit the group to tax itself for promotional pur poses. A proposed tax on the industries would bring in more than $1 million for the purpose, Jepsen said before leaving Mon day. At the Wednesday meeting, Jepsen was one of a 6-man na tional wheat committee work ing with the Wheat Flour In stitute to lay plans for promo tion of Sandwich Month in Aug ust and the Day of Bread Fes tival, a new promotion, in Oc tober. Kincaid Injured In Auto Accident Ralph Kincaid, 34, lone, was injured in a one-vehicle acci dent sometime prior to 4 a.m. Monday, February 24. His car struck a bridge abutment on the highway between Lexington and Heppner near the Jim Bloods worth place. He was brought to Pioneer Memorial hospital for treatment and inuries were reported by his doctor as being those of a mild concussion and facial lacerat ions. Kincaid was expected to be confined to the hospital un til Friday. He was traveling north at the timo nf thp arrident and hit the bridge railing on his left side of the highway. His car was ex tensively damaged. anil 4'1. with a $050 per month participation In the teachers' health Insurance plan by the district. Accounting f"f the increased cost in the nulury section are the Increment a provided in the salary Kchodulc, amounting to $1-1,000; the salary Increase (raising the base from SootiO to Ju'iKKii, amounting to a total of $10,000; addition of three tstaff members, $20,0X1. The budget lists requirements for teacher salaries at $773.5itf, ns compared with $?29.37U in the current budget. The Hection "other expenses o Instruction" Is up $3,855 to provide for teaching supplies for t,,niri fitiMrw-t mutter areas. This series was reduced 10 last year which eliminated some materials that Instructors felt were needed. The total for this section is $22,515 as compared with SIS.GfiO for 19ti8-69. Transportation Up Soro Transportation shows an In creased cost of $3,995 because of the addition of one halftlme driver at A. C. Houghton school and an Increase in the cost of transportation insurance. Trans portation is listed at $108,330 for l!M9-70 as compared with $104,335 for 1968-69. Operation of plant shows an Increase of $9,475, going to $137, 965 from $128,190. The increase is due to the addition of a part time custodian at Riverside, sal ary raises totaling $5,000, an In crease in supplies of 10 or $1,100, and an increase In heat, water and electricity of about $4,000. Maintenance of plant shows an increase of $2,903, going to $28,665 from $25,762 to replace a larger amount of equipment. Fixed charges show one of the greatest increases in the budget. Retirement fund pay ments are listed at $50,600. climb ing $9,800 from the $-10,800 of 1968-69 due to the Increase in total salaries and in the rate of employer contributions. Social security is up $3,328, reflecting the higher rate of district con- .;U..,l.,v (nnlrff in & R7 thi.O tllLUlMJll n"r - ----- year from 4.4 as required by the federal government), sum social security payments will take $40,528 in district funds as compared to $37,200 for 1968-69. Employee insurance win no uu by $11,315, from $4,500 to $15, 8i5, as a result of board action granting partial district partici pation in the employee health Insurance t$b.tw per monui pam by the district ol the total pay ment of $13 per employee). Outlay Items Added Capital outlay items account fnr tv.net- nf the rest nf the in crease in the budget. Improve ment to sites shows a climb of $10,600, most of which Is ac counted for by a $iu,uuo item ihat woa nut in th hlldcret for Improvement of the roads to Heppner High. Ths figure Is ex pected to be adjusted at the budget hearing when exact costs have been determined. The amnttnt hunVptprt for imnrnvp. ment to sites is $14,350 as com- pared with $3,750 for 1968-69. Funds for remodeling lone El ementary and Heppner Junior u,rrh Tiivpeiipu tn flphleve a standard rating with the State Board of Education, increase ine This section for 1968-69 called fnr evnenrlitnrps of 813.400. ana $18,528 is listed for 1969-70. Under new equipment tne budget is up $6,045 due to ad ditional requests for new equip- mont nt nil Kphnnls. In the 1968- 69 budget this figure was $13,- 354, and it is listed at for 1969-70. Pearsons Purchase Pharmacy in Idaho Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Pearson have purchased a drug store in Council, Idaho, and he expects to begin operation of the store March 15, they have announced. The store is Council Rexall Drugs, which is being purchased from the estate of Streeter Beall, the owner, who died in December. Pearson has been with Murray Rexall Drug as a pharmacist for the past four years. He came here from Boise, where he was a medical representative for the Upjohn Company for 10 years. Council is located 53 miles north of Weiser, Idaho, and Pearson states that it Is a town similar to Heppner with the same type of territory to serve. The family has offered their home here for sale. Both Mr. and Mrs. Pearson have been active in work of the Methodist church here, in PTA, and other community affairs. More White Stuff With .8 inch of snow record ed Monday and .5 Tuesday, win ter has not given up in Hepp ner yet, and a light fall was coming down Tuesday night. It turned cooler, too, with mini mums below freezing every night, according to the weekly report of Don Gilliam, weather observer. Complete report is as follows: Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Hi Low Prec. 38 30 34 26 31 29 .02 40 21 41 29 .02 41 21 .05 32 18 .05' ( .8 Inch snow; .5 inch snow).