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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1969)
I- HEPPHEK GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday, february 87. TUT? GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner. Orefloa 17834 Fhooe 7 tt2 MORROW COUNTT5 HEWSFAFEB . ,,,.. Gazette established March 30. lfWl The Heppner T!mri ''SlUheTNwr 18. W Conaolld.ted February 15. VJii. NIWtMMI Vr-fY rum IHIII IOCIATION WESLEY A. SHERMAN HELEN E. SHERMAN . ARNOLD RAYMOND Shop Foreman Printer GAIL BURKENBINE Circulation S,S VS'ti 5 P.m.. until noon Saturday. A Pica on the School Marrow county's school ouncci is " - taxpayers and patrons a chance to review the expenditures imd receipts for the coming year. At this Mage of proceeding the budfiet U not fi rmly es tablW.. nor approved. This is the time when concerned c i i"n" l.ould conscientiously review it and scrutinize it. This the time that the questions should be asked, suggestions v'hould be offered, and criticisms should be maoe. Public hearing on the budget will be March 17 At that time if taxpayers and citizens have done a little n8 f the budget, they can express their feelings, particularly if !he feel something should be cut or some particular expen- ''''"Thw'm "be many who may look at the budge, and declare that they don', understand It. There are very ew people, even some who think they are experts, who will un derstand it 100 percent without explanation. Supt. Ron Daniels, any member of the school board or budget committee, or any of the school administrators will be happy to hear your questions and discuss them to give a better understanding. ... The point Is: Now Is the time to do It now Is the time to ask question. , The budget is published so that you the taxpayer and school patron may know. You have every right to be heard on your objections and criticisms. The great mistake made year after year Is that few ac tually review the budget. Very few ever attend a public hear ing on the budget. But one hears all sorts of objections on the street, and when It comes time to vote, the budget has a tough time passing or may not pass on the first try. This isn't a logical approach; it isn't a sensible approach; It Isn't an economical approach; nor is it a fair approach for those who have worked so long and hard to prepare It. One who Is really interested in economy, by any reas onable standard, should form his views now and bring them out at the hearing March 17, or see that someone else does It for him. Tell a budget committee member and he'll work on it for you at the hearing. By attempting to get the budget as palatable as possible for everyone by the time the public hearing is over, it stands a better chance of approval on the first try. Every succeeding election costs more money and takes more taxes. Supt. Daniels will appear or have other qualified per sons appear for him at meetings of organizations to discuss the budget and answer questions. Let's be different this year. Let's get at the job now and get the things ironed out that may be subject to scrutiny. Let's make any necessary changes at the public hearing so that when it comes time to vote, the school budget will find approval with most people as being the best we can do in supporting a good school system. By procrastinating we only compound our problems and add to our costs when we should make every dollar count. Put your questions, comments or criticisms to any of these: Ron Daniels, school superintendent (Ph. 989-8123 dis trict school office); Don McElligott, lone, chairman school board; Maxwell Jones, Irrigon; Irvin Rauch. Lexington; Bev erly Gunderson, Heppner; Dr. Wallace Wolff, Heppner; Jerry Peck, Boardman; Jack Sumner, Heppner, all members of the school board; C. E. McQuarrie, Albert Wright, and Frank An derson, all of Heppner; Elden Padberg, Lexington; Wanda Wltherspoon, Irrigon; Bob Sicard, Boardman; or Bob Rietmann, lone, all lay members of the budget committees; or Dick Car penter, Heppner High principal; Al Martin, Heppner Element ary principal; Harold Beggs, lone principal; Michael Tolar, A. C. Houghton principal; or Dan Daltoso, Riverside Junior Senior high principal. Morrow county folks show far better than average Inter est on such matters, as evidenced by their leading the state in the percentage voting in the general election. Let's con tinue to lead the way by taking a logical and fair approach on this school budget so that we get the job done and it doesn't drag out all summer. We Can Do as They Did When Robert Gaynor and Del Putman of the Small Busi ness Administration spoke to the Chamber of Commerce Mon day, they gave some thoughts that could serve as clues for hastening development of commerce and industry in Heppner and Morrow county. The two men spoke on behalf of community development progams, which the SBA is prepared to assist through financ ing. In a community such as Heppner, the federal agency will loan a development corporation up to 90 of the amount needed to start a business or industry, or to help expand ex isting ventures that are approved. They cited examples of what is being done in other communities. While many of us are trying to dream up ideas that may bring a little stronger economic base here, the thought comes that we can do as some Oregon communities have done. For example: Putman told of one town in Oregon where nothing was going. A group of businessmen decided to form a development corporation to try to bring business, and so they formed the corporation. They met every week or so, sat around and drank coffee, but didn't come up with any ideas. After a number of months, one of the members suggested that they get down to cases, go to work on one of the ideas that had been bandied around, and they did. They landed a packing plant, and at last count they had brought in four new industries to bolster their community. Probably McMinnville another example has one of the most shining records in the state. Its development corporation, formed a good many years ago, almost literally saved the city from economic ruin, bringing it now to the point of being one of the state's most prosperous and progressive cities. The SBA men said that on one recent day the corpor ation in McMinnville dedicated not one, but nine new indus tries all in one day. As an ogranization subsidiary to the Chamber of Com merce, Heppner already has organized the nucleus of a devel opment corporation. It was most active when the Boeing deal was first completed in 1961, but it has been in slumberland since. This group might well be rejuvenated and get together for regular meetings, drink coffee and bat around some ideas. HEPPNER MEMBER AuocWIon Founded MM EDITOR AND POBUSHER ASSOaATE FOBL1SHER pvr.r.ir PASCAL Linotype Operator DALE COOPER pressman KELLY tiKEEN Apprentice Mo - d.y th.h FrUw 9 .m. - Budget . . L!i. UA Im tViic UfkS Chaff nd Wes Sherman WHEN THE SNOW w.. .l.ep on the cr-.und. u ' Weatherman l"l Gilliam Ut he hoped that II would uult tx" taiiM eeror.e was tiwnS rum mriv ioor. Hut lie na ciw i.ii "I'm tivlmt mvself ilirtv now." he Mid when he hrutik'ti in hi report Tuesday mulit- If It keeps UP till white Muff commit down Don ma' soon ! in "ie Hi'-tmi r. ilow who talk to himself, and . ...... t . IL it.., I...I-W men iio .o.i.'K ALICE AND GRACE are sort of broken ut at MiLadles Appar el The oilier dav the delivery man rushed in via the front door. It flw r.(k. struck a dis play table and shattered the Iw.mw nlate elass. Tliev cover ed the door with plywood. Not lone aflerwanis a uu.e Iw.v wa in the store and some- how tanuled with their full- lenuth Plate class mirror, top pling It and shattering the Thev haven't vet Quite figured how many years of bad luck this adds up to. AND JERRY SWEENEY came back from the state eapitol with his eves glazed Tuesday. He appeared before a legislat ive committee hearing Monday r.nd found that It was some thing more than visiting with a neighbor over the backyard fence. When he made a state ment, he said, the committee members reallv pinpointed him and pursued the point. Probably felt more as if he were on the witness stand taking cross-examination in court than trying to present facts at a hearing. FATHER RAYMOND BEARD had a piece in his Sunday church paper at St. Pat's that two per sons have submitted to us. It really strikes home. Father Beard gives credit to an editor ial in The Atchison Globe for it: TEN WAYS TO RUIN YOUR TOWN 1. Attend no meeting of any kind. Criticize the way "they" are doing things. 2. Remind others at all times of the cold winters and hot sum mers and the ruggedness re quired for those who live here. 3. Complain about the police department, the fire department. Chamber of Commerce, and all other governmental and civic groups. 4. Keep convincing yourself that your attendance at school programs, service clubs, con certs, ball games, exhibits, and benefit programs is not import ant you'll never be missed. 5. Knock your city council or county commissioners and be sure you never attend while thev are in session. 6. Stay away from church. You might attend on Easter or during the Christmas season just to reassure yourself that all who attend are hyprocrites. 7. Purchase most of your re quirements through "discount" catalogs. These firms are the first to come forth with dona tions and service to the commu nity. 8. Remind others that your lo cal newspaper is no good it misses more local news than the out-of-town papers get by acci dent. 9. Remember that all the kids are delinquents. All the busi nessmen are crooks. And that uncomplimentary remarks about the town are the order of the dav. 10. Above all, always be skeptical, cynical, and negative about anything that is design ed for the community's progress and betterment. Your motto should be: "If it's good, it can't happen here." To which we vent a strong Methodist "Amen!" WE QUOTE from 'The Sidelin- Yes, there are some good ideas for development right here in Heppner. Who knows, maybe in a few months someone will get tired of drinking coffee and say, "Let's get the job done!" We can look at some other Oregon towns and do as they did. The Rhyming Philosopher SUFFICIENCY SIMPLY RIDICULOUS, WITH INCOME SO LOW, JUST BARELY ENOUGH FOR THE TAXES AND BREAD, WE'RE STILL BUYING WALNUTS AND OATMEAL TO FEED THE SQUIRRELS AND CHIPMUNKS; AND PACKETS OF SEED FOR LINNETS AND SPARROWS. SO IT CAN BE SAID WE'RE CRAZY? YET HUNGER IS SOMETHING WE KNOW. THE CHICKADEES MUST HAVE THEIR WALNUTS CHOPPED FINE, AND FLASH IN AND OUT OF THEIR OWN FEEDING BOX, BUT EV'RY SO OFTEN SOME BIRD HAS THE GUTS TO TRY TO MAKE OFF WITH THE SQUIRRELS' WHOLE NUTS; LIKE HUMANS AT TIMES IN THAT STRANGE PARADOX OF QUITTING GOOD SENSE FOR THE SHE'ER ASININE. OUR BUSHY-TAILED SQUIRRELS COME DOWN FROM THE TREES TO PEER THROUGH THE PAME IF BY CHANCE WE FORGET TO FURNISH THEIR QUOTA OF LUXURY FARE LIKE CHILDREN EXPECTING WITH CONFIDENT STARE THEIR PROMISED ALLOWANCE; REMINDER OF DEBT WE OWE FOR THE PLEASURE OF FRIENDS SUCH AS THESE. OUR PROGENY LEFT US FOR FAR FOREIGN SCENES. BUT ALL THE WILD CREATURES STAY HOME, THANK THE LORD, WHILE DOGS AND THE CATS HELP INHABIT THE PLACE, WHAT MORE CAN ONE ASK? WE ENJOY BREATHING SPACE WHICH NEVER A MILLIONAIRE COULD MORE AFFORD OR PURCHASE MORE PEACE THAN OUR LIMITED MEANS. HARRY W. FLETCHER Chatter er." siMrm column of the Blue Mountain K.ul John Day, 'l IVhru.irv 2o: "Heppner, tklm doubU ili.se of ilek pllU. fell out of the top rankings in the Jour nal poll hut for some stranue nason still rati-d ry the Ore coman. Sherman, the team that iloen'l want to pl.iy Grant Un ion, surprised everyone by knorking off Heppner." We rather think that we may bo of some assistance to The Sideliner about district tourna ment time when the Mustangs plav at L Grande. Our lourna l.stio friend mli;ht possibly leave llie tournament with a better understanding of uhv Heppner has been rated. IT COULD be that Pilot Rock might have some thoughts on the sublet'!. If a team ever de serves to feel the severe pangs of frustration, the Rockets do and have! In both ball games with Heppner this year, the Rockets came on like fire and brimstone. Thev looked great, and thev played as well as they looked. They rolled up substan tial leads over the Mustangs in both eamrs. onlv to get hump ed In the waning seconds. Well confess that the .Mus tangs almost made us feel guil t. s if thev had deliberately stolen the games from the Rock ets. But it was a case of coming through with the goods when the chips were down. I don't think ever saw a team as distraught in losing as the Rockets were Friday night, but anv team would feel that same way under the circum stances. After losing the one at Hepp ner, the Rockets probably fig ured that thev were really go ing to top the Mustangs at Pilot Rock, and it surelv looked as if thev would holding a 10-point lead late in the third quarter. But when the buzzer sound ed and Heppner was on top by one point after trailing since early in the game, the Rockets couldn't believe it. One of the boys jerked off his glasses, threw them half the length of the court and into the wall, ker-smash! Then he ran down the floor, and kicked the glasses into the wall again. If I were his dad. I don't know whether I would figure he was justified in smashing $40 or $50 worth of glasses or not. Pilot Rock has always dis played good sportsmanship and intense rivalry at the same time. It is enjoyable to visit their school and see the spirit they show. We certainly know how they feel after losing that one. Heppner has had a taste or two of this, too. Rocket brothers! II seems that Sherman County upset them and Wahtonka edged them bv one pont and they had to take their lumps! LOOKING BACK on that dandy ball game, one has to concede that every basket Heppner made was the winning one. If any one basket hadn't been made, the game as it turned out would have been lost. Take that steal that John Mc Cabe made. It was one of the most beautifully executed steals I have ever seen in basketball. It should have been recorded on movie film. John came from be hind his fast dribbling oppon ent, timed his movements per fectly, slipped his hand on the bouncing ball and was on his way down court with it while the Rocket was still trying to bounce a ball that wasn't there. John laid it in for two points. That steal could have been the difference in the game. Or at the end of the third per iod with perhaps three seconds left. Heppner had the ball deep in back court. McCabe got it in bounds and threw it the length of the court. It came close to the basket but bounded down School Bells ffifr i Br RON DANIELS Superintendent Morrow County Schools Sales Tax Package The 3 per cent sales tax pac k age has nuw been passed by both the House and Senate and signed bv the governor. The bill provides for a special election on June 3. IVH'.it to determine the fate of the sales tax 111 Ore gon. The final version of sales tax package Is quite different from the package worked out by the House. The House version pro vided for a 3 per cent sales tax with the proceeds to be distrib uted as property tax relief through the basic school support formula. No exemptions were irL.ri for food and drugs but a credit on Income taxes was Included in place of food and diua exemption. The program would also have included a new- up-to-date tax base for every rtutrii-t with an allow able 5 per cent increase In the from the backboard, Jon O'Don- uii ihi.ro nlcrtlv Picked it off and put up a pusher from the key. It was In the air as the buzzer sounded but it went through for two points. Again, the little extra effort was that which won the ball game. The team that gives it every thing they've got and then puts out a little bit more than that is the team that wins the hail games. We would like to see the Mus tangs demonstrate this for The Sideliner when they play at La Grande. YOU COULD see It on the face of Jon O'Donnell In that last quarter when he scored an amazing 16 points. That young man was determined he wasr't going home on the losing side. He wouldn't quit. Somehow hJ found the reserve within him self to do better than he ever thought he could bv his sheer determination. Jon, incidentally, made 12 of 19 field goal tries against Pilot Rock. But that was a team victory. Larry Pettvlohn probably was a big factor in the victory by his agile full court pressing tactics. Cal Ashbeck didn't make as many points as usual, but any two of the four points he did make can be construed as the winning ones and he was a demon on the boards. The same goes for Gary Kemp and the rest ol tne noys wno piayeu. WE DON'T care how they rate in the Oreeonian. nor the AF, nor the Journal, but when they perform like they did at Pilot Rock they rate wo. l wun us: INCIDENTALLY, the Sherman County Journal reports in the writeup on upsetting the Mus tangs: "Heppner hit 331 of 48 foul shots for 65 per cent." We hfr,n hov can continue to do that well Saturday night when the teams play again: You'd have thought that after Uonnnnr hnH crnrH 3110 Points. Sherman would have tossed in the towel! But we don't mean to be facetious. This is just one of those typos that beset all newspapers. COMMUNITY BILLBOARD HEPPNER BASKETBALL Saturday, March 1, Sherman, here, last league game March 7-8, District Tourna ment, La Grande Support the Mustangs! GOLDEN AGE CLUB Tuesday, March 4, 7:00 p.m. Episcopal Parish hall Potluck dinner and entertain ment WRANGLER MEETING Tuesday, March 4, 6:30 p.m. Potluck dinner, fairgrounds Important business meeting PUBLIC CARD PARTY Sponsored by Holly Rebekah Lodge Saturday, March 8, 8 p.m. Lexington IOOF Hall Bridge, pinochle, prizes and refreshments SUPPER AND CARD PARTY Saturday, March 8, Rhea Creek Grange Hall Pancake supper, 6-7:30 p.m., cards following Benefit for March of Dimes, Heart Fund, Cancer bociety Everyone welcome SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency P. O. Box 247 PH. I Heppner base each year as well as an ! iii-reuse for growth In the num ber of students. School elections would have been restricted to two elections per year and a new basic school support for mula was a part of Ihe total tax package. Tills bill was not acceptable to nianv groups and esjMiiallv the Portland area as thev fell the property tax relief should be generul and not tied to the basic school support formula. The Senate made numerous changes In the final sales tax package and the House Confer ence Committee accepted the changes. The final sales tax bill con tains the following provisions: 1. The rate of the sales tax will be established at 3 per cent and will exempt food and drugs. The rate of the sales tax can- ! not be changed without a vote of the people. 2. Receipts from the tax bill will be used exclusively for property tax relief and will be distributed through the Proper ty Tax Relief Account, not the Basic School Support Fund. Re lief will be approximately $6.21 per $1,000 valuation and will be uniformly applied throughout the entire state. 3. Individuals with Income be low $3,500. may receive a return on his Income tax based on an established schedule. A formula is also established to provide relief to low income renters. 4. If a person Is 65 years of age. owns a home worth $20,000 or less, and has been a resident in said home for a minimum of one year, then his property tax will be frozen at its present lev el. 5. Under the program a new tax base would be established for all school districts. The base would be the 1969-70 operating levy plus the basic school sup port plus the County School fund. This base could then be increased each year by 5 per cent 6. School districts could ex ceed the tax base by holding elections in March and May, if necessary. The number of elec tions to exceed the tax base is restricted to these two election dates. 7. The proposal increases the rate of corporate excise tax up on banks and financial institu tions from 8 per cent to 9 per cent, and on other taxable cor FOR A LIMITED TIME SAVE PLACE SETTINGS OF WALLACE STERLING For the first time in years and for a limited time until March 30, you can save when you buy 4, 8 or 12 basic 4-piece set tings of Wallace Sterling Flatware. knife, fork, ulid fork, taipM SAVE When you purchase 30 4 place settings SAVE Whan you purchase 65 8 place settings SAVE Whan you purchase '1 00 12 place settings Special Savings from Janairy 1 Mtrch 30, 1969. Offer also applies to: Dawn Mist, Evening Mist, Grand Colonial, Meadow Rose, Michele, Rose Point, Royal Rose, Royal Satin, Romance of the Sea, Sir Christopher, Spanish Lace, and Stradivari. Ask about savings on Serving Piece Ensembles too! Grande Baroque Store Hours: 9 A.M. to 6 VM. PH. 676-9200 177 MAIN ST- HEPPNER BankAmericadd porations from 0 ier cent to 7 per cent. Without advocation pawaue or defeat of the sales tax n-k. age i can say thai the Senate position of riistrihtiiini! " funds through the Property TX Relief Account Instead of the Basic School Support FomuLt u certainly an Improvement for Morrow county. If the funds were distributed through basic school uMirt Morrow county would have re ceived approximately S.'.'O.us) in Ptopcrtv Tax liellcf. Distributing the funds as Oneral lYopertv Tax Relief without taking Into account the present level of ptopertv Taxes or True Cash Vblue means that Morrow coun ty would receive approximately $608,000 in Proiierty Tax Relief. If the people defeat the sales tax package on June 3. It Is quite probable that the legislat ure will appropriate addllonal money to the Basic School Sup port Formula from existing rev. enues. This would be accomp lished by reducing appropria tion to other taxing agencies. Two bills have already been Introduced, one in the Senate and one In the House that would provide 70 to 75 million dollars to schools, over a two year per iod. MEETING CALENDAR Mandor. March 3 South Morrow Ministerial Asso ciation. 1 pm. City Council. City Hall. 7:30 p.m. Ruth Assembly jvo. do, uraer ox Rainbow for Girls. Masonic Hall. 7 p.m. American Legion and Auxiliary, Post No. 87, 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 4 Evening Group, Home txien- ci..ti 7 tn n m Catholic Altar Society, 8 p.m. Wranglers, Potluck mnner ana business meeting, ran l"ormi- Golden Age Club, Potluck din ner. Episcopal Parish nan, l D.m. Wednesday, March S Rhea Creek Extension bnit, 10:30 a.m., Knea crceK orange Hall County Court, 10 a.m. Willow Lodee. IOOF Hall. 8 P.m. Jaycees, 8 p.m. Thursday, March 6 Soroptimist, Business meeting, 12 noon, Wagon Wheel Cafe Holly Rebekah Lodge, Lexing ton, 8 p.m. Friday. March 7 Sans Souci Rebekah Lodge No. 33, IUU Hail, 8 p.m. Shenandoah A. 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