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10 HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thttisdar. August 19, 1971 New Board Policy Geared To "Preventive Discipline" Much of the Monday night mooting of the Morrow County School District board or educa tion was spont in "preventive discipline". The board reviewed, discussed and adopted new pol icios resulting from prior board action or now legislation. Policy adoptions included: 30 minute duty free lunch period for all certificated staff mem hers below the rank of princi pal. It is hoped scheduling can bo arranged zo that aides will not be necessary. Health Insurance program for all employees, tuition reim bursement for teachers, Compul sory retirement, Election proced ures for consultation representa lives, Non-Rosident pupils tuit ion policy, Grievance Procedure, Jury Duty, Sick Leave, Teacher Evaluation, Fire Drills, Pay Day, Grooming and Dress for Teach ers and Student Drug Policy. Specific guide lines were set up in each policy adoption. Mr. Daniels said he was sure that the drug problem would be more evident this year than last. Student Drug Policy The Student Drug Policy reads: The state law prohibits the . possession, use or sale of narcotics and habit-forming drugs. This obligates the school district to enforce a policy pro hibiting the possession, use, sale or source of supply of narcotics and habit -forming drugs on or near the school grounds or at any time students are going to or from school or while being transported to any school-sponsored actlyityj The school board also wishes to emphasize that as a part of the principal's regular duties he is authorized to conduct period ic locker inspections and may, if he deems it necessary, make spot locker checks at any time. Recent court decisions have clearly affirmed the right of the administration to search stu dent lockers. Violations POSSESSION: Students in vio lation of this policy for the first time by being In possession of any narcotic or habit-forming drug will be suspended from school and may be subject to referral to the Board of Direct ors and the Board will consider expulsion from school. A confer ence with the parents or guard ian will bo required for rein statement. A second violation of being in possession will be re ferred to the Board of Directors and the Board will consider ex pulsion from school. USE: Students in violation of the policy for the first time by using narcotics or habit-forming drugs will be suspended from school and may be subjected to a referrul by the Board of Di rectors and the Board will con sider expulsion from school. A conference with the parents or guardian will be required for reinstatement. A second viola tion of using the narcotics or habit-forming drugs will be re ferred to the Board of Directors and the Board will consider ex pulsion from school. SALE OR SUPPLY: Students in violation of this policy by selling or supplying narcotics or habit-forming drugs will be re ferred to the Board of Directors and the Board will consider ex pulsion from school. STUDENTS FEINTING the selling, supplying, using or un der tho influence of narcotics or habit-forming drugs will be subject to disciplinary action commensurate with the ser iousness of tho act. Drug violations by students either In possession, use or sale will be reported to proper law enforcement officials for subse quent follow-up action on their part. Dress Cod In the preparation of a stu dent dress code, Supt. Daniels has asked the administrators to determine the wishes of their respective communities. He has asked that they meet with their student body officers, advisory committee, teacher representa tives and parent representatives A report from each of the meetings will be forwarded to the district office. The reports will be correlated and a uni form code for the county bnsed on broad principles will be written and presented for adop tion. Pendleton Round-Up Last year the board had a policy of excusing students for the Pendleton Kound-Up on an individual basis. This has some times been on Wednesday which is Family Day or on Friday to include the parade. This year there is the additional problem of Thursday being Morrow County Day. The board decided not to excuse school on any one of the three days and follow last year's policy of excusing pupils on request Employees The board approved the em ployment of Percy Cecil to drive the 8 Mile bus run and Jim Bar- nett the Zinter-Kinzer run. On the recommendation of the lo cal advisory committee Dolores Pummel was hired as head cook at Riverside at a salary of $2420 and Josephine Rands as assist ant at $2230. Alice Vance was hired as secretary at the Dis trict office on a half-time basl at $190 per month Certificated employees given contracts were Miss Sarah An drew to teach Language Arts and French at lone. She is graduate of Grinnell College at Grinnell, Iowa. She is on Step O of the salary schedule at $6900 plus 3 assisting in Girls sports. Delton LaRue was given contract to teach math-science at lone. He is a graduate of Pa cific University and has 10 years teaching experience at Lostine, ossu ana Moiiaia. He is on Step 8 of the salary schedule at $9150. He will receive an ad ditional 8 for coaching bas ketball and 5 for baseball. Financial Report Mr. Daniels reported there is a balance of $113,711 as of July 1, 1971. The financial condition of the district depends some what on whether the Boeing Company is to be classified un der the Farm Deferral Program In the event that it is, a great part of this balance will be re quired to repay the Boeing company. The board gave authorization to borrow, up to $200,000 this year. Supt. Daniels reported there was enough to pay the August pay roll and the Sept ember bills. They anticipate re ceiving $60,000 in basic school support in August. The district only borrows enough to pay the current bills and pay roll as its needed. Bus Runs The board considered bus runs and alternatives to the Robert Hoskins ranch, the Lindsay Kin caids, the Milton Millers who have moved out to the Ebb Hughes place and Gerald Reas who have moved out on the bombing range, In the matter of the Gerald Reas, the distance is about equal to the present end of the Riverside bus run to the Hepp ner bus run. Its 15 miles into Riverside and 30 into Heppner. Mr. Daniels noted the problems that may be encountered at this sage and sand country is filled in with homes. The distances to be travelled would be examined closely as a matter of econom ics when a second bus may be required. The board voted to abide by the policy of paying 10c a mile in lieu of transportation to fam ilies off the regular runs. Dry Well at Riverside Mr. Daniels reported that the filling up of the dry wells at Riverside is slowing down. A record is to be kept of the rate of '.' fine by periodic measure ments. It may be that no cor rective measures will need to be undertaken at this time.. John Brandt, new board mem ber from Irrigon, was given the oath of office by Board Chair man Jerry Peck. Big County Fair To Start Aug. 23 (Continued from page 1) courts and other entries are in vited. No advance entry is nec essary. An all-around cowboy will be chosen at the rodeo and he will win a set of Premium tires. A saddle is given for the Morrow County amateur calf roping champion. Hard-luck cowboy will receive an award, and many other prizes will be given. Rodeo stock will be furnished by Ronnie Raymond of Double R Rodeo Company, Paulina, Ore, for the RCA approved event. Those entering the rodeo must have their fees paid to Patsy Raymond, rodeo secretary, by Friday, Aug. 27, at 6:00 p.m. Queen Crowned At Big Event (Continued from page 1) Caller is lone Grand Squares. Darrell Wilson. Musical numbers were pre sented by the Sundowners, a Grass Valley combo. Mark Ncal presented a uni- cycle act, a difficult feat on the slick grass. Winners Winners of the innertube race were Maureen Healy, Teresa Peck, Jana Steagall. Winners of the Suitcase race: Mary Healy, Debbie Peck, Mary Abrams. Winners of Lance-the-spud ace: Jack Yocom, David Stea gall, Susan Healy. Prizes were provided by the Morrow County Jaycees and the Heppner-Morrow County Cham ber of Commerce. Ag Tour, Dinner Much Enjoyed ome to the Fair Visit 4-H Exhibits What is more American than the hustle and bustle of activ- it at a country county fair? Are any events more appealing than the youth activities and exhib its? The public is invited to at tend all 4-H events including demonstrations and contests. Four-H Home Economics and all miscellaneous 4-H exhibits are on display in the Annex building, open to the public each day and evening of fair. Four-H livestock exhibits in the barns are always ready for isitors! The best exhibits are the 4-H boys and girls, busy with con tests, learning by doing. Events you'll want to attend: Favorite Food Show Tues- ay evening, 6- p.m. Annex. Square Dancing Exhibit Tuesday evening, 8:30 p.m. outside Annex. Style Revue Wednesday evening 8:00 p.m. Grand stand arena. Dog Show and Fun Match- Thursday, 12:00 noon Little League field. Pig Scramble . Livestock A- wards Livestock Auction (Continued from page 1) planted potatoes, dry beans and some safflower and a little mi lo. Sample potatoes dug up looked good. Dinner A roast beef dinner was en joyed at Dodge City Inn. Chamber President Gene Pierce was master of ceremo nies for the event. He introduc ed Boardman City Council rep resentatives, Shirley Zielinski and Mr. and Mrs. Ron Black and Heppner Mayor Bill Col ins. Assistant Project Manager for Boeing, Elton Weeks and Mrs. Weeks were introduced. Port of Morrow Manager Rupe Kennedy introduced six men from Portland General Electric Co., who are looking for East ern Oregon nuclear power plant sites. Port of Morrow Commission chairman Gar Swanson and Commissioners Dick Krebs, Lar ry Lindsay and Oscar Peterson were introduced. Presented to the group were County Judge Paul Jones and Commissioner Walter Hayes, County Assessor Joyce Bergs from and Specialist Dick Schlich- ting. Mr. Greer, vice president of Desert Magic Farms was intro duced. I Speakers I Denver Grigsby, head of the Boeing project, told of their ag ricultural development covering some 60,000 acres of their 100, 000 acre tract in North Morrow County. His talk was interspers ed with a quiet and pleasing i humor. Mr. Grigsby told of the under. They will leave this for about a year or so. One test plot of 20 acres is mostly sand dune and they will try out their belief that the covering of waste material will prove a beneficial stabilizer. The area will be under circles for presoaking. They believe the high evaporation and lack of natural moisture in the area make it greatly suitable for this purpose. There is very little run off there. They believe leaving the soil treated in this manner for about a year will result in the break down of the material into natural elements. Mr. Grig sby said they do have some problems on convincing some environmentalists of the feasi bility of their plan. He said the barge shipping rate was about a fourth of the railroad rate. Desert Magic Farms Howard Kartchner of Desert Magic Farms told about form ing their corporation with some 20 stockholders. The group will spend some two to two and one half million dollars in Morrow County this year in developing their new farms in the Pater son Ferry area. Mr. Kartchner formerly managed 10,000 acres of row crop land near Ontario for the Heinz Co. He said they would have some 6000 acres under irrigation in 50 days. He stated they came here to make a profit and are anxious to do everything they can to improve the area. Some drawbacks here are a lack of population and a lack of available labor. He stressed that attracting in first 1800 acre development be- vestors here needs cooperation : I 1 . .1 C . 1 , o tnnn. affnwt- Knoic If,, aAA hik uiiKaieu lor oasiure soon.."" icam m.un uooi cuu- There will be considerable row crop development in an orderly fashion. He said Boeing is not interested in a boom and bust ed that today's farming is the most competitive business in the world. Large farming is here to stay because of high philosophy but wish to make a ! costs. Markets are changing and steady progress in their im mense development. This in cludes all kinds of agricultural things from pasture, row crops and even growing cottonwood trees for wood pulp. Mr. Grigsby told of their pro posod garbage disposal in one area which he feels will enrich the land. It is soon to be tried in an experimental way. From Portland will come barges load ed with shredded trash: glass, cans and probably around 70 percent paper products. This will be placed on the land four inches in depth, covered with a quarter inch coating of lique fied solid wastes then disced if farmers don't change with them, they will shortly be broke. He expects this to happen to almost 2 million farmers as he figures 600,000 farmers can feed America. He said a pellet mill or cub ing plant will go in the area some place to handle the al falfa. His firm expects to mar ket one third fresh potatoes and two thirds processed. Rupe Kennedy Rupe Kennedy, manager of the Port of Morrow, said he felt the Boeing Co, will function well in their project and Morrow County is extremely fortunate in having them here. He said their enthusiasm is invigorating, He expects other processing plants in the area in addition to the newly announced Lamb Weston plant coming to Her miston. He expressed a belief that nuclear power plants and their beneficial irrigating features will be forthcoming in the area. He is hopeful that the military road crossing Washington diag onally will have an acceptable route soon. A bridge at Board man would have many advant ages. Boardman, he said, is having a team of planners prepare the plans for a wonderful new city, He told of Boardmans water front park and the available recreation. Mr. Kennedy stressed the coming importance of county zoning, which he terms an ab solute necessity because of the nuclear power plant siting. This, he said, will protect the values of others. There are to be 30,000 acres in private development along the waterfront with processing plants and dairy locations. He told of the Port of Morrow de veloping an industrial tract. Mr. Kennedy complimented those who were on the nuclear siting committee and the high school students who conducted the county-wide meetings. He said 1973 could be the date of new land receiving wa ter. Morrow, Umatilla, Sherman, Gilliam and Wasco Counties are the only ones in Oregon to get Columbia River water, he said. He was commenting on the pos sibility of California "raiding" the Columbia for irrigation wa ter. He would advise using our fair share in a multiple use method. He concluded with the state ment that the people of Mor row are a pleasure to work for. President Gene Pierce prom ised this meeting would no doubt be noted as an annual event for the Chamber of Commerce. 4-H Horse Members Off to State Events Five Morrow County 4-H members will ' represent Morrow County Horse Clubs at State Fair this year. Qualifications to attend was determined by total points scored at the 4-H Horse Show Sunday. Marianne Pettyjohn, lone, will participate in Senior Horseman ship classes Aug. 25. Intermed iates Mary Healy, Heppner, Den ise Henkle, Boardman, and Dawn Peterson, lone, will par ticipate in Intermediate events which start Aug. 23. For the first time in several years Morrow County will have a Horse judging team at State Fair. This team was selected from highest scores in the horse judging contest held during the 4-H Horse Show. The team mem bers are Mary Healy, Marianne Pettyjohn, and Judy Bennett. Horse Judging contest will be Aug. 22. Two Morrow County Rodeo Princesses qualified to attend State Fair but Jan Schlichtiner and Dovie Alderman find their numerous royal duties prohibit their attending the State event. Smiths to Canada Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Smith took a vacation in Canada. They visited four National Parka and all the wonders to be seen at Lake Louise and Banff. I MOVING?? Local or Long Distance Free Estimates Call Gene Orwick 989-8586 or Condon 384-2292 Agents for United Van Lines HERMISTON LIVESTOCK AUCTION. INC. Sale every Saturday 12:30 p.m. sharp Carson Vehrs Emmett Roerer 567-5139 567-6644 Bill Bowden 567-5082 Sale Yard 567-3149 A statement on the Teaching of Reading and Improvement of Reading Instruction with em phasis on prevention was dis tributed. This paper was devel oped over a period of ten months and reflects the combin ed efforts and ideas of school board members, administrators, teachers and Morrow County Curriculum committee members. District Has Standard Rating Mr. Daniels announced that for the first time in 10 years the district has received a standard rating. Previously the district has been rated sub standard due to building defic iencies. He noted that the dis trict should follow up on rec ommendations made by the evaluating team or the district will slip to substandard again in 4 or 5 years. He said that the board would notice that many of the recommendatons made by the team were already listed on the District's Long Range program. The date for the Long Range Tlanning Committee meeting was deferred until late In September. Advisory committees are to provide a list of people from their areas to fill vacan cies on the Lorg Range Plan ning Committee. In-Service Open to Public Due to the lateness of the hour the summer maintenance and remodeling program was briefly sketched and the Teach er In-service Program was brief ly reviewed. The Teacher In Service day on Sept. 2 Is open to the public on Drug Educa tion, Parents and others inter ested are urged to attend any part of the day or all day. There will be n no-host luncheon at noon. The next meeting will be Sept 20 at 8 pan. at the District office. The meeting adjourned short ly at midnight. Thursday, 7:00 p.m. Plan to see all phases of 4-H in action at the Morrow Coun ty Fair, August 23-27. Emergency Work Day Scheduled August 22 "We're bulging the seams and overrunning the barns" said Birdine Tullis, with 4-H, FFA and open class livestock pre registrations at an all time high for county fair! The call is out for volunteer labor Sunday, Aug. 22, to put the final touches on the fair ground, build panels and pens to accommodate the record num ber of livestock and have ev erything in top shape in antic ipation of one of the biggest iairs ever held in Morrow County. All 4-H & FFA classes and events have larger pre-registra-tion than in the past. With spe cial exhibits and demonstrations added to open class, a larger than usual attendance is antic ipated. Fair Board, Fair Committee and Extension Service will be on hand at the fairgrounds Sun day afternoon to assist in the work day. Fair superintendents, 4-H leaders and parents are en couraged to turn out for the old fashioned "get ready for fair work day". HEPPNER Back - to - School Headquarters For 1971 GAZETTE-TIMES ALADDIN LUNCH KITS Complete with Vi pt. Bottle $244 CRAYOLAS 16 Count 2 for 39c 48 Count 2 for 97c 24 Count 2 for 53c 64 Count 54c 59c Playtime Point Sets . gjc 59c Sunset Colored Pencils 37c Wood or Plastic RULERS 2-130 15c Pink Pearl Eraser No. 99 .. 2 for Jc 29c Laundry Marking Pens 19- 87c Value 3 to Pkg. BIC PENS ....3970 49c SUNSET PENCILS No. 2 Lead pkg. of 12 33c 33c LePage's Tape Vz'xll yds. 2 for 37c SCHOOL SCISSORS 35c 4 in. Blunt Jgc 39c 5 in. Sharp .. 2JJc BOYS' SPORT SHIRTS Permanent Press Short or Long Sleeve Sizes 6-16 Sale Priced $1.97 to $2.47 Student s-m-l .. Sale Priced $2.97 to $3.97 FILLER PAPER 3-Hole Wide College Ruled or Typing Paper 100 Count 23c 200 Count 37c 500 Count 77c PEE CHEE PORTFOLIO Reg. 2 for 25c Now 3 for Jl)$ Bulldog Wall Mount PENCIL SHARPENER Reg. $1.49 ... Now 97c 'i ELMER'S GLUE 29c VA oz. 17c 59c 4 ox 29c 29c White Paste r. . 17c ALIVE COLLECTION $2.00 3-Ring Binder $1.27 $1.00 3 Section Notebook ft7c MORE TO CHOOSE FROM BOYS' or MEN'S Stretch Sox Velour 2 P'. Q7C Girls' Knee High 3 pr. BOYS' FLARE LEG SLACKS Permanent Press, Sizes 8-20 REG. and SLIMS Reg. Price $4.98 $3 77 pr. STUDENTS 28-36 Waist Reg. $6.98 Now $4.77 pr. PRICES GOOD THRU SEPT. 4, OR WHILE QUANTITY LASTS .. ? I.
