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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1973)
IIEPP.VKR (ORE.) GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. February I. I73 School Budget Message Boardman Tillicums Plan Sweetheart Dinner January 23. IS73 Thw budget message is being presented to the Budget Committee in compliance with ORS SM.391, which requires that the budget officer provide an explanation of the budget document. Such explanation is to include an outline of financial policies for the ensuing year, the reasons for changes from the previous year in appropriation and revenue items, and an explanation of the major changes in financial policy. The budget document as presented here contains an estimate of the requirements necessary to operate the Morrow County School District from July 1. 1973 to July I. 1974. The budget calendar mandates that we estimate our expenditures from six months to eighteen months in advance of the actual expenditures. This makes exact budgeting very difficult due to changing cost patterns over relatively short periods of time. However, all budget estimates are based on detailed cost records from past years and do include price increases in instances where our suppliers have indicated that price increases are forthcoming. The receipts section of the budget shows an Increase in rash carryover of fcM.lMtt. This increase ill result in a smaller increase in the tax levy than is reflected in the total increase in the expenditure section of the budget. Basic school support money has been computed on the same basis as the proceeding year. However. I am confident thai receipts in this fund will be increased substantially prior to our budget election. .As you know. Governor McCall has proposed a broad new program for the financing of education in Oregon. The Governor's proposal would provide 100 percent state funding and if passed, would make part of our present budget procedure obsolete. Realistically it would seem that 100 percent financing may be very difficult to achieve and may. in fact, be less than desirable. Several members of the legislature have talked in terms of 50 percent financing and it is their opinion that this can be achieved with only minor changes in current tax programs. If So percent state funding is achieved it would mean an increase in BSSF fund of approximately HOfl.WKI for our district. The Governor's budget, aside from any major change in school financing, dues include an additional 92.3 mil I ion is the BSSF. This amount would appear to be a minimum increase and would provide an additional SXo.noe to The Boardman Tillicum Club met Tuesday of last week at the of Greenfield went to lone Members Morrow County School. As thr picture of state funding becomes ';r7. ': . . clearer, it will he necessary lo adjust the receipt, section to reflect ':"ZZ,7 lway ,nr "ss,"n the increase in state funds The balance of the receipts section show s only minor changes and wrs. newey west jr. at Co-hostesss. Guests included t ..i i . - i they will be discussed in detail as we review the receipts section. r","u ana Flans were made for the The major increase in the requirements section al the budget is reflected in salaries and fixed charges. These sections reflect aa increase of tsa.tC over current year costs. Retirement and social security increases account fur 122.MW of the increase. New positions which are described on page 3 of this budget document account for another SI4.S79. The balance of S24.34? reflects salary increases for the approximately 135 school district employees. Other sections of the budget show an Increase of IS. lit. The total budget increase then is f 7(J77. which amounts to a 4.37 percent increase oer the current years budget. However, due to the increase in cash carryover, the increase in the tax levy would only amount to MS.ISS. which is aa increase of 2.77 percent. The budget as presented here docs not contain any major program changes. It is hoped however, that the 1974-75 budget will contain some program changes that will make our programs more realistic in view of current needs. The maintenance, remodeling, and equipment setions of the budget have been reviewed by the local Advisory' Committees and over $22,000 in equipment and projects were dropped at that time. It is interesting to note that while school levies in the state of Oregon have increased on a state average of from eight to fourteen percent, each of the last five yrars. the school let ies of Morrow County Schools have exceeded fix r percent only once in the last fie years and has been less than four percent the other four years. Additional tax levy comparisons can be found on pages S3 and W of the budget document. The increased tax levy of l:ts.35 would require an additional levy of approximately 39 cents per Sl.iHMl of T.C.V. This budget document has been prepared for your review and consideration. It is now the duty of the budget committee to consider this document in connection with the total costs, as well as benefits to the educational program and to reach a concensus of opinion as to the amount that should be submitted to the voters for their consideration. annual Sweetheart Dinner which will be held al the Greenfield Grange hall Feb. 11. The affair will be pot luck and will be a dinner-dance. Mrs. Roy Partiow brought new books from the school library and displayed them to the group. Money w as voted to purchase new fireman's pants for the Boardman Volunteer Fire Department. A traveling food sale is planned for Feb. 17. The next regular meeting will be held Mar. 13 at the home of Mrs. Ronald Black with Mrs. I. M. Docken as co-hostess. There were three tables of pinochle in play at the card party held last week at the Greenfield Grange hall, spons ored by the Women's Activity Committee of the grange. Mrs. Tom Harrison was hostess. High prize was won by Mrs. Ben Donovan and second high went to Mrs. W. G Seehafer. Mrs. Seehafer and Faye Ander son received the traveling pinochle prizes. Morrow County Pomona Grange at Willows Grange included Mr. and Mrs Rov Ball, Mrs. W. G. Seehafer. Hazel Carpenter. Mrs. Frank Marlow, Mrs. Donald Baker. Bill Bates, Mrs. Tom Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Thorpe and Andrew Skiles. MRS. PETE PETERSON has returned home from a two and a half week's trip visiting relat ives in Montana. At Anaconda she visited at the home of her brother-in-law and sister Mr. and Mrs. Joe Varelia. and at Choteau she visited at the homes of her mother. Mrs. Martin Gronberg. and her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs Bob Gronberg. On her way home she stopped in Spokane, to visit at the home of another brother and sister-in-law. U. Col. (Ret.) and Mrs. Richard Gronberg. Mr. Peter son went to Spokane to meet her and bring her home. Mrs. M. 1. Oveson is a patient in St. Anthony's Hospital in Pendleton. Robert Harwood has returned home from there after being a patient the past two weeks. light snow Light snow was falling in Boardman at 3 pa Monday, but it was melting as it fell Temperature was 35 degrees. Flu and colds caused a total of 39 students absent from class at Riverside Junior-Senior High School Monday out of an enroll ment of 175. MEM' Cafeteria menus for River side Junior-Senior High School for the week of Feb. 5-9 are as follows: MONDAY-Corn dogs, French fries, buttered peas, fruit and cookies. TVESDAY-Toasted cheese sandwiches, pickles, buttered green beans and pudding. W EDNESDAY-Goulash. hot rolls, vegetables sticks, cottage cheese and fruit, and jello. THL'RSDAY-Beef stew, cheese sticks, fruit and cake. FRIDAY-Potato soup with crackers, tuna and peanut butter sandwiches and fruit salad. Bread, butter and milk are served with all meals. Scott McMurdo of Corvallis drove up to Heppner Friday to see his mother, Mrs. A.D. McMurdo. On Sunday another son Ted McMurdo flew up from Portland to see his mother. Carpenter Comes to lone Jack Morris, his wife, Par- lene and two children have moved to the lone area from Newport, recently. .Mr. Morris is a carpentar. with many years experience in all facets of the building trade. He has been a journeyman in ' the carpenters union for seven years and was recently the supervisor for Summerville Homes, a general contracting firm in Newport. Prior to Newport, the Morris" lived in the Portland area where Mr. Morris was with a con struction firm. He hopes to establish himself in the area doing general repairs and remodeling. He can also do tile, linoleum and carpet laying or practically anything that calls for a carpenter as he has Unit houses from the foundation up Eventually, Mr. Morris would like to get into furniture making. Mr. Morris says he loves this part of Eastern Oregon and they look forward to having a place for horses and livestock here. Their two children . are Johnetta, 10 who is in the 4th grade at lone and Kyle, age 3. With today's pollution, ALL bridges are over troubled waters. n n n n nv n r" i vtv u u u w f U k ""J u u u UJ for ' i icfcff; H ' t 7 f1 Scouting. It Knows No Limits There ore no city limits or county lines in Scouting. A boy is o boy, whether he comes from o big me tropolis or o farming community. His interests moy differ, but his high goals never vary working to better the community or working at developing a personal skill. He will give his all to achieve good sportsmanship as well as to conservation. He is a realist who deals honestly with himself on all counts. Bright, alert and proud of what he stands for, the only limit he might strive for is the sky. We think he'll make it. Congratulations . . Jo Our Local Boy Scouts and Their Leaders Because America's Man power begins with Boy power. ..we are especially proud of the Boy Scouts of our community and of their leaders, who give of their time and effort that Scouting may flourish. To all our Boy Scouts, our hearty, thanks and con gratulations, during Boy Scout Week. 0b HtSZ Americas Ull I ICQ I manpower 1 I begins with I 1 BOYPOWER 1 g ml Wg0 The Following Merchants Congratulate You For Your Achievements Through Scouting, "Boypower" grows... developing "Manpower" for our com munity and our nation. We're proud of the "Boypower" of Scouts and Scouting here in our area . . . and we wish our Scouts much good fortune in all future projects. Bank of Eastern Oregon Cal's Arco Service Cal's Lounge and Cafe Case Furniture Co. - Central Market Coast-to-Coast Store Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative L. E. Dick Elma's Apparel Farley Motor Co. Fiesta Bowl First National Bank of Oregon Heppner Branch Gardner's Men's Wear John Gochnauer Farm Bureau Insurance The Gazette-Times Gonty's Gray's Repair Shop and Union Oil Consignee Heppner Auto Parts Heppner Cleaners Heppner Inland Chemical Co. Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce Heppner Nor-Gas Leonard's Mobil Service Kinzua Corporation M & R Company MiLadies Apparel Morrow County Abstract & Title Co. Morrow County Grain Growers, Inc. Murrays Rexall Drug Northwestern Motel Peterson's Jewelers Paul Pettyjohn Co. Pettyjohn's Farm & Builders Supply Ruggles-Boyce Insurance Agency Jack Van Winkle's Sears Authorized Catalog Sales Merchant Thomson Bros. Grocery Turner, Van Marter and Bryant Ins. Van Winkle's Motel Wagon Wheel Cafe & Lounge Western Auto Store
