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GAZETTE-TIMES
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Phone 676-9228
MOBROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
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WESLEY A. EHERMAN
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GAIL BURKL'NBINE
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A Good and Reasonable Budget
While many school districts In the state have agreed to
substantial increases In teacher salaries for the coming school
year, the Morrow county district Is unusual In that it holds
the line" on salaries. Only two other districts are known to
keep their base salary as low as Morrow county Sf.100. Others
go as high as $,745.
Local teachers agreed to this course In view of difficult
economic conditions on the heels of poor crops In the recent
drouth years, and with the hope that the economy will im
prove for the coming year.
Keeping these salaries down means that the proposed
l')(;0-70 budget, which will be presented to the public for
vote hero Monday, April 7, shows only a very minimum in
crease over last year. The amount to be raised by taxes will
be increased only 45c per $1000 true cash value, and this in
the face of the spiraling costs and Inflationary trends.
If the budget Is approved here, Morrow county taxpayers
will pay about $13.15 per $1000 true cash value of property
as a maximum figure. This could be lower if property relief
comes at the state level.
This figure is among the lower ones for school districts
In the area. Pilot Rock taxpayers currently pay $16.67 per
$1000 TCV, and it will go to $20.17 for lflf.9-70 if their budget
is approved. Echo pays $18.05. and it will go to $21.29. Her
miston pays $21.21, and. it will go to $23.02. Pendleton cur
rently pays $16.90, and the next year's figure Is still uncer
tain. Stanfield this year Is at $17.68 and Ukiah at $18.40.
Keeping the teacher salaries down this year takes all
the "bargaining power" away from the Morrow district in
seeking new teachers which it must to replace the usual
number resigning. Why should a teacher take a position for
$6100 when he can get one for $6500 or $6700? In a sense,
all of Morrow county is tightening its belt and sacrificing to
keep costs down. The teacher doesn't get a substantial raise,
the district has and will have a difficult time getting new
teachers, the child may suffer because teachers may not want
to come here, and the parents may be regretful because their
children may not get all the educational opportunities that
they might otherwise receive.
But some redemption may come and this is important
if taxpayers approve the budget on the first try. Remember
that other districts still must have their budgets approved.
Many of them had problems last year when the budgets
weren't loaded with heavy teacher salary increases. If Mor
row county's budget is approved, while others may go down
to defeat in view of their sharp increases, perhaps some of
the teachers would rather come here where they are sure of
getting a base of $6100 rather than go to a district where
the proposed $6500 or $6700 base has not been approved by
the taxpayers, even though these figures have been adopted
by the district. Remember that it. took as many as five votes
in some districts and considerable budget cuts to get some
budgets approved.
Our teachers need this vote of confidence. If the voters
turn their backs on them when they have agreed to one of
the lowest salary schedules in the state, it certainly will be
a blow to their morale, to the school directors and to all
others who have worked so earnestly for good education here.
At one time it appeared that the 1909-70 school district
budget might require an increase of from $150,000 to $200,000
over 1968-69. But the fact that the teacher salaries were
held down, the boost from unforeseen additional receipts, and
a careful scrutinizing of costs have held the tax levy increase
to $42,547, or just 3.7 over last year.
The district has proposed a sound, good and reasonable
budget. Defeat at this election could only result in the added
cost of holding another vote, but worse would be the detri
mental consequences to a district that has already sacrificed
its bargaining power.
Every economy-minded taxpayer should give it his sup
port and vote "Yes" Monday.
WE JUST WASHED OUR HARE
AND
CAN'T
DO A
THING
WITH
IT!
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BUT WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR FINANCIAL
PROBLEMS. IF YOU OPEN AN ACCOUNT AND MAKE
DEPOSITS REGULARLY. WE'LL DO THE REST. YOUR
SAVINGS WILL GROW. AND YOU'LL HAVE MONEY WHEN
YOU NEED IT.
OPEN AN ACCOUNT TODAY
ACCOUNTS NOW INSURED TO $15,000
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Thoughts on the Resurrection
By THE REV. DIRK RINEHART
Pastor, All Saints' Episcopal Church
There are many ways In which a person can approach
the question of the Resurrection of Jesus. I ask you to con
!lder three with me this Faster Season.
We 20th century jwoplo live In a scientific age, and we
approach mo.'t questions with a scientific frame of reference,
whether or not we realize It. 'Trove It to me!" Is one of
our usual responses when something puzzling confronts us.
So let's first of all consider the Resurrection of Jesus from a
scientific perspective.
Rit;ht away we run Into troubles primarily because this
central event in Christianity occurred In a prescient if if age.
Men In the 1st century did not have the intellectual tools to
validate an historical event scientifically. Men In the first
century did not even pretend to write objective, scientific his
tory. For example: Near the end of St. John's Gospel the
writer makes very clear his bias. (Chapter 20:30 31).
There were Indeed many other signs that Jesus performed
in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded In this
book. These written here have been recorded in order that
you may hold the faith that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of
God, and that through this faith you may possess eternal life
by his name."
In other words, St. John (and this would be true of M.
Matthew, St. Mark and St. Luke, too) wrote about the life,
death and resurrection of Jesus, so that all who read their
words would believe In Jesus and know Him to be the Son
of God. The four Gospels, then, are not objective, historical
documents. Rather, they are propaganda documents in the
best sense.
Speculate with me for a minute. If the claim were made
that a resurrection from the dead took place today, wouldn't
there be great effort made to prove or disprove the event
through scientific evidence? This simply was not true in the
days of Jesus.
So, we seem to be a dead-end street with the scientific
approach. The fact remains that the scientific method can
not help us decide the truth or falsity of the Resurrection.
Science cannot prove the Resurrection of Jesus to be true
neither can science prove the Resurrection to be false.
The second approach to the question of the Resurrection
of Jesus seems more productive and that is the historical
approach. It is a fact of history that Jesus was a man who
lived in the first century. It is a fact of history that a relig
ious movement called Christianity has its roots in this man's
life. The witness of the New Testament, and documents from
the early Church testify, without question, that the early dis
ciples had some profound experience of Jesus the Risen
Lord after the crucifixion. How else can one explain the
tremendous enthusiasm of the early Church? How also can
one explain a St. Paul, who became a changed man from a
devout Jew to a dedicated worker for the early Christian mis
sion? There can be no doubt that some experience of tre
mendous influence happened to the early followers of Jesus,
which gave them great strength and courage, even under
cruel persecution. The early Church's unanimous voice is that
men experienced the Risen Lord that Jesus somehow came
through death and was very much with them in their work.
So anyone who is skeptical of the Christian faith and of
the Resurrection of Jesus must explain in some convincing
way what brought the Christian Church into being, and what
provided her great spiritual resources. It seems to me that
the most logical explanation is that, in some Aery personal
way, the disciples knew Jesus after the crucifixion, just as
the New Testament claims.
But, undoubtedly, to many, these questions seem rather
remote, for we are still talking about the first century, and
now it is the 20th century. I, personally, am fascinated by
history and the study of historical documents, but certainly
not everyone is so inclined.
Let's move on to the third approach to the question of
the Resurrection, and without a doubt, this approach is the
most vital and the most compelling. For lack of a better
word, let's call it the "personal experience" approach.
This fact is obvious: The Christian faith is going to mean
very little to a person if he or she, personally, is not able to
share in the power of Christ's Resurrection, or to say it an
other way, the Christian faith will mean very little to a per
son if he or she has not, to some degree, experienced "new
ness of life" in relationship to Him. And thank God that one
does not have to be a scientist or a historian to know the
Risen Lord in a very personal way.
I would guess that each one of our lives has been en
riched and strengthened through a relationship with Jesus
Christ even though we might claim to be non-believers. I
would guess that we are deeper men and women because of
Him. I would guess that our lives are more loving and more '
sensitive because of Him; that we care more- about each oth
er because of Him; that we know we are loved in an ultimate
kind of way because of Him.
Certainly, to some degree, each Christian person has ex
perienced the Resurrection of Christ. Mlilions of men and
women throughout history have tasted "abundant life" through
the Presence of the Risen Lord.
Our own personal experience is really the final truth for
each one of us. If we have experienced newness of life, heal
ing in our lives, direction and strength, because of Jesus, then
we know that the Resurrection is true. May each of us grow
in this Truth, The world desperately needs the power of the
Resurrection.
Has Back Surgery
Pat Brindle remains hospital
ized in Good Samaritan hospi
tal in Portland where she un
derwent major back surgery on
Wednesday, March 26. Mrs.
Brindle was taken to the hos
pital a week before her sur
gery by her daughter, Ann, who
reports that her mother is pro
gressing well following a visit
with her on Saturday. She ex
pects her mother to remain in
the hospital for about three
more weeks. Her hospital room
number is 420.
Mrs. Ann Fehmerling of Sea
week at the home of her sister-in-law,
Mrs. Grace Buschke.
Col. and Mrs. Clayton Shaw
Of Corvallis spent the past week
end In Heppner visiting at the
home of his mother, Mrs. Emma
Hager. Also a house guest of
Mrs. Hager last week was
Shaw's mother, Mrs. Ray Shaw,
who had been in Pendleton vis
iting relatives. Shaw is Profes
sor of Military Science at Ore
gon State University in Corvallis.
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Chaff and Chatter
Wes Sherman
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MEETING
CALENDAR
GILES FRENCH, Harlan McCurdy and the Jacket that used to fit
IT ISN'T without precedent for
iijrinn MnCnrAv in show rare
courage. It may be recalled that
he summoned enougn iormuae,
a couple of years ago, to sing
an a rnnnplla solo while acting
as toastmaster of a teachers' re
ception.
But he topped hmself last
Wednesday night. He served as
master of ceremonies for the
American Legion and auxiliary
50th anniversary program at
lone.
When all the speaking had
been done and all the stories
told, he produced his army
iurkot from World War I davs.
Like a true soldier, he muster
ed the courage to put on tne
jacket to illustrate, by his com
narative circumference. how
many years had passed.
Oddly enougn, tne lacKei nt
fairly well.
The above photo shows Har
lan looking pretty dapper, but
one may note that the jacket is
not buttoned. We don't say that
it wasn't possible to do so, mind
you, but we just point out that
he didn't try to make the ends
meet.
Giles French, an old warrior
himself going back to WW I
days and a legionnaire for 40
years, poked a bit of fun at Har
lan about the whole proceed
ings. Giles had come to Mor
row county to do some research
on the forthcoming county his
tory book, and so we invited
him to go to lone with us while
we took some pictures. Giles en
joyed it, renewed acquaintanc
es' with some of the folks and
met others.
We tried to tell Donna Mc
Curdy that her husband always
was a big guy even in college
The Rhyming Philosopher
EASTER
EASTER IS KNOWN AS A SPECIAL OCCASION
REFERRING TO LIFE RESURRECTING ITSELF,
DEPENDING ON HOW YOUR RELIGIOUS PERSUASION
OR FAITH IN YOUR DOCTOR PROGNOSTICATES
HEALTH.
WHATEVER THE REASON TO DITCH INHIBITIONS,
OUR LENTEN RESOLVES ARE ALL LEFT IN THE
LURCH
WE WOLF A BIG BREAKFAST, THEN HONOR TRADITIONS
BY NEEDLE AND WHEEDLE GET FATHER TO CHURCH.
THEN, WEATHER PERMITTING, WE GET BACK TO
NORMAL,
WITH OVER-INDULGENCE TO HASTEN DEMISE.
LIKE BIRDS AND THE FISHES WE'RE FREE AND
INFORMAL ,
UNTIL SOME FINE MORNING WE'RE CUT DOWN TO
SIZE.
SO SOMETIMES I WONDER, WHEN I BREAK CONNECTION
AND SLIDE DOWN THAT SLIPPERY PATH TO THE
GRAVE
WILL SOMETHING LIKE EASTER CONFIRM MY ELECTION
TO START A NEW LIFE, IF I'M WORTHWHILE TO
SAVE?
SO THERE I'D BE NAKED, WITH NOTHING TO HIDE ME,
AND NOTHING TO LEAN ON EXCEPT WHAT I'D
LEARNED.
I'M THINKING RIGHT NOW IF THE SOUL THAT'S INSIDE
ME
IS WORTH A FRESH CHANCE, OR JUST TRASH TO BE
BURNED?
HARRY W. FLETCHER
FOR EASTER
GIFTS
CHOCOLATES
A FINE
ASSORTMENT
OF CHOCOLATES
FOR EASTER
GIFT-GIVING
From $2.25 up
Murrays Rexall Drugs
Monday, April 7
C hamber of Commerce, 12 noon,
Wagon Wheel Dining Room
South Morrow Ministerial Asso
ciation. 1 P m. ,,
Cltv Council, City Hall. 7:30 p.m.
Ruth Assembly No. SO, Order of
Rainbow fur Girls, Masonic
Hall, 7 p.m.
American Leulon ft Auxiliary
Legion Hull. Post No. 87. 7
Hc'rihouse Biddies. Lexington
Cltv Hall. 1:30 pm.
Tuesday, April 8
Degree of Honor, tplscopal Par
ish Hull. H p.m.
LDS Relief Society, Legion Hall,
a.m.
Wednesday. April 9
lone Garden Club
Willow Lodge. IOOF Hall, 8
p.m.
Javcees, 8 p.m.
Thundery, April 10
Lexington Three Links Club, 2
p.m.
Soroptimlst Club, 12 noon, Wag
on Wheel Dining Room, Pro
gram Meeting
Morrow County Port Commis
sion, Boardman City Hall
Friday, AprU 11
Rhea Creek Grange, potluck
dinner, 6:30 p.m., meeting following
-t K,,t cha riicA creed. She
said that he once weighed 150
pounds.
But, like us. he still weighs
150 pounds. ... at least.
THE TALK Monday was about
the school budget, about the
difficulty of getting anyone to
turn out at the public hearing,
and of the taxpayers' apparent
apathy until it comes time to
vote.
C of C President Jerry Swee
ney thereupon told the story
about the fellow who was asked
if he knew what the word
"apathy," means.
"No," replied the man, "and
what's more, I couldn't care
less."
RON DANIELS tells good stor
ies, too, even if he does oc
casionally leave out parts of
them.
In speaking of the continu
ing battle to put over the school
budget, he told of the big guy
that came up to the little fel
low sitting at a counter. With
out warning, the big man
whopped the small one across
the neck with the edge of his
hand.
The little guy plummeted
through six rows of tables and
crashed into the wall.
"That's karate from Japan,"
said the big man.
The small fellow resumed his
Again the monster whacked
the little fellow who reeled
across the room.
"That's karate from Japan,"
again boasted the giant.
This time the little fellow
went outside, and the big man
sat down.
Suddenly, the small one re
appeared. He jumped up, struck one
blow, and the big fellow crump
led into an unconscious heap.
"That's tire iron from Sears
and Roebuck," announced the
little guy.
SAY, let's don't fight all sum
mer over this school budget.
Let's pass it on the first try.
COMMUNITY
BILLBOARD
HEPPNER HIGH BASEBALL
Heppner at Wahtonka, doub-
leheader
Saturday, April 5, 1 p.m.
Heppner at Umatilla, varsity
and Jayvee
Friday, April 4, 1 p.m.
BAND CARNIVAL
Saturday, April 19, Fair Pa
vilion Dinner, 5 to 7 p.m., booths,
6:30-10:00 p.m., dance 10
1:00 Plan now to attend
PUBLIC DANCE
Saturday, April 5, 10:00 to
1:00
Music by Burnt Sleep combo
Sponsored by Morrow County
Jaycees
Fair Pavilion
EASTER MONDAY
CARD PARTY
Monday, April 7, 8 p.m.
Episcopal Parish Hall
Dessert, bridge and pinochle
$1 per person
LUNCHEON, CARD PARTY
Saturday, April 12, 1:30 p.m.,
lone Masonic Hall
Sponsored by lone Topic Club
Proceeds to lone Public Li
brary Bridge, pinochle, prizes
Everyone welcome!
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C. A. RUGGLES
Insurance Agency
P. O. Box 247 PH. 676-9625
Heppner
Ph. 676-9610
Heppner
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