I- HEPPHEK GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday, february 87.
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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.
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Budget
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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
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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.
"Something from the Jeweler's,
is always something spedaL"
JEWELERS
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