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0 OF ORE NEWSPAPER LIB EUGENE OR 97403 New personnel hired chool board begins budget sessions a -- -ft If Candidates file by Feb. Tuesday . Feb 1 1 . has been scheduled as the deadline for candidates wishing to file for the nM-n positions on the Morrow County School Hoard mid on the three attendance area advisory committees ttiihin the district. Two school hoard positions will lie up for election mid six advisory committee positions The oM'n positions on the school board are Zone 3, lone, now held by Don MeElligolt. and Zone 4. Lexington, held by Irv Ranch MeElligolt, who has served on the county board two terms and has been involved with school boards for 20 years, has expressed his desire not to run again Kuuch. who has served 12 years, has nol decided to dale whether he will run again or nol The school board term Is for four years. To be eligible a candidate must be a register ' n ! ; i CATTLE ON THE BANK? Residents crossing Willow Creek on May Street lake a "second take" these days when they see cattle browsing on lop of the First National Bank Building. Bui It's an optical illusion. The cattle are grazing on a hill a quarter Qf a mile west of the bank. .'A ed voter in the zone he is filing lr and must file a petition containing at least 25 signa tures ot registered voters residing In said district. The petition must be died with the County School District office in Lexington or wiih the comity clerk by Feb. II The term of office on an advisory committee is three years The candidate must be a registered voter in the school al tendance area in which he is running and file a petition containing the signa tures of al least 10 registered voters in that area There are three attendance advisory committees in the school district : Boardmanlrrigon lone, and Heppner Lexington. Three positions are up for election on the Roardmnn Irrigon Advisory Committee. Those positions are now filled hy Kenneth Broadbenl, Bar bara Hug and Francine r. i . - KLiFiaiUriltiCliAliHHIHNNPilfffMiHMIIMH MARSHA LOVGREN. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Uvgron. is shown in a free fall sky dive al Ridgely. Md. The photo is included in the Andy Keech book. "Skies Call." the first book on sky diving over the U. S. Marsha, who lives in Vienna. Va,. and is a federal government employee, does sky diving as a hobby. She is shown here in a dive, photographed bv Keech who mounted a camera on his helmet and jumped wiih Marsha for this picture. Marsha is a 18 Heppner High School graduate and visited her parents here during the bolidavs, must 11 Kan Mrs Hug and Mrs. F.vans were appointed earlier in Die school year to fill mimIioiis on the committee which were vacated. By law Ihoy must run in the next election for the remainder of ; the term in order to serve. Mi s Hug has said she w ill run again Mrs Kvans is un divided Broadlionl has stated he will probably run again. He ' has served four and a half years Duly one position is coming up on the lone Advisory Com mittee and this position is currently held by Mike Pal mer Palmer, w ho has been on the committee for two years, is undecided about running. Two positions are up for re-election on the Hoppner Lexinglon Advisory com mittee Virginia Grieb. who has served four years, has expressed the desire to run again Iton Hagucwood is un divided, He has served two years. ' The purpose of the school al tendance advisory com mittee is to make recom mendations on matters of concern to the schools in their attendance area to the school hoard. They meet once a month The responsibilities of the school board tire considerably more. School board members act on all business and financial matters concerning the school district at monthly school board meetings, Panter out of hospital David Panter, a City of Heppner police patrolman who was hospitalized Jan. 1 at Pioneer Memorial Hospital for a kidney contusion, is now convalescing at his home. His health is such that he is unable to continue his duties as a city patrolman, according lo Chief of Police Dean Gilman. Panter, his wife and three children, came to Heppner last August from Hermiston. He became a city patrolman on Aug. 13. ... . $605 or 120 days in jail A fine of SratS or 120 days in i.nl was meted out lo a 22-x ear-old Heppner youth in Hist ice court Tuesday. .I.inies Wayne Avers ,iiieared before Justice of the Peace diaries O'Connor lo i pic w guilty lo the charge of dining while under the in lliicnce of intoxicating liquor lie had Ix-en arrested Friday inglil by Heppner City Police alter n chase through town. He was charged with DWII, and also wiih attempting lo elude the police Caught at North Cale and Main Street, he was taken lo Hermiston City Jail. Avers pled not guilly to the charge of attempting to elude miico. No trial date has been set lor his appearance on this charge Judge O'Connor imposed the $ii.'i fine for the guilty plea, in lieu of which Avers would spend 120 days in the county jail. Avers agreed to pay the court $50 each payday, or Sinn per month. O'Connor also placed Avers on proba tion with the provision that if such probation terms are nol met Avers will be jailed with an additional 30 days added to his sentence. Theft charges filed Three men were arrested Thursday and Friday and charged with burglary in the second degree. Sheriff's deputies arrested Steven Noel Potter, 22; Ron ald Ray Harper, 23; and James Benjamin Eaton, 23; all of Condon, and charged with theft at Morrow County Grain Growers on Sept. 1, 1974. Potter is also charged with theft in the second degree and negotiating a bad check. IHVIN MANN TO SPEAK MONDAY Irvin Mann, former director of the State Department of Agriculture, will speak to the Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce Mon day at its noon luncheon. Mann will speak on the "Strength and Weakness of the Oregon Department of Agriculture." A series of budget meetings and negotiations meetings have been scheduled by the Morrow County School Board to prepare the 1975-76 school budget. The first budget message was presented on Jan. 21 at the district office. A second budget committee meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 28, 7:30 p.m., at Riverside High School. On Thursday, Jan. 30, a special board meeting has been called to review economic proposals in regard to salary by the five administrators in the district. This meeting, to be held at the district office, will be followed by a negotiation meeting scheduled with representa tives of the certificated staff. A final budget committee meeting is planned for Feb. 4, beginning at 7:30 p.m. at Heppner High School. In his report to Monday evening's school board meet ing. Supt. Matt Doherty re ported lo the board some of the items of interest lo education which will be com- THE Vol 91. No 49 Cases heard in justice court The following cases were tried Jan. 16 in justice court by Judge Charles O'Connor: ' Gregory Robert Hull, Port land, charged with criminal ie of drugs, was sentenced lo pay a fine of $205 or spend 40 days in jail. He was released to secure bail. Nathan Ray Hammons. Heppner, was fined $105 for illegal possession of drugs. Gomez sentenced for manslaughter Avelino P. Gomez pled guilty to manslaughter in circuit court at Pendleton Monday and sentenced to seven years in prison, con ditionally suspended. Gomez w as indicted by the Morrow County Grand Jury recently for the Nov. 17 fatal stabbing of Vicente Ortiz in a Boardman trailer court. The charge was reduced to man slaughter when a polygraph examination indicated that premeditation was not the issue in the slaying and that the matter was mostly a case of self-defense. Judge Henry Kaye's sen tence was suspended on con dition that Gomer serve six months in the county jail at Pendleton, with credit for time already served; the balance of the six months will Appeal lost by Penland The Department of Revenue last week denied the Lake Penland Corporation a reduc tion in the true cash value of its property as of Jan. 1, 1974. The land was appraised by the county at $71,560. The corporation had requested a reduction to $28,000, and had taken an appeal to the Department of Revenue. The property in question contains 45 individual parcels, of which 42 have lake fron tages. Witness for the county presented evidence of five comparable sales. The sales to the State Game Commission indicated a lakefroni value of $12.93 per foot with a depth of approximately 248 feet. This parcel contains 11.80 acres with 1.160 front feet on the lake, showing an indicated I ing before this session of legislature out of the Interim Committee on Education. A redistribution formula for county school funding will be an issue to watch carefully, Doherty told board members. It could hurt Morrow County. Other items mentioned were curriculum development, dis crimination in schools, early childhood education, censor ship as it pertains to school libraries, the metric system, post -secondary education, special education and the school lunch program. Doherty said that two of the buses on main runs between Lexington and Heppner and Lexington and lone are run ning "1 passengers each when each bus has a 66-passenger capacity. If the number grows the situation will have to be changed. However, Doherty said a solution was not economically feasible at this lime. Joyce Bergstrom was awarded the ('larks Canyon bus run at 44 75 cents per mile. The run had been contracted to Ijtf Hamilton, but was GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner. Ore. Jan. 23. 1975 less than one ounce. Aaron Klinger was arraign ed on two counts of theft in the second degree. O'Connor sus pended sentence until the .school term is completed., during which lime Klinger, a student, was placed on proba tion. Martin Kay Poller. Lexing ton, was fined $25 for con tempt of court stemming from he suspended at such time as the U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service takes custody of Gomez for the sole' purpose of deporting him to Mexico: Gomez must not return to the I'nited States following deportation except by legal authority and means; and Gomez is to reimburse Morrow County for such sums as have Ix-en expended in the investigation, preparation and prosecution of the case. It is expected that Gomez, along with the five material witnesses being held in Uma tilla County Jail, will be deported soon. All are illegal aliens. Gomez had about $400 worth of assets at the time of his arrest. This is probably the only reimbursement the coun ty can expect to receive. value of $1,271 per acre. Other sales in the Blake Ranch addition, a recreational sub division less than 10 miles from the Penland property, show an average appraisal of $1,622 per acre, well above the appraised value of the Pen land property. In a recent letter to the corporation the Department of Revenue stated, "It is our opinion that the best evidence of the value of the property is (he expert opinion and testi mony of the county which supports the value of the roll. I therefore find the appeal must be denied." On Oct. 8, 1974, the State Real Estate Board approved the subdivision, as did the Department of Environmental Quality, provided disclosure statements be prepared for all prospective buyers. broken when Hamilton moved from the area. Two aides were hired out of Federal Title I funds for special education in Heppner and lone. Carol Moon was hired for the Heppner position and Kathy Peterson in lone. The board approved a contract for Ruby Shear to finish out the school year as a 5th grade teacher at Heppner Elementary. She replaces Suzanne Sherman, who re signed. Permanent contract status was granted to three eligible administrators. Bier, Tolar. and Edmundson. The board voted to have a wooden storage shed placed on the newly developed trailer site on the old George proper ty in Heppner. The construc tion of such will exceed the $2,000 budgeted by about $300. The board's reason for adding the building is that such a building was customary for such sites and they had agreed to develop a standard mobile homesite in the original agreement. Board member Irvin Rauch questioned recent his failure to pay a fine previously imposed. Jerry Ray Johnson. Echo, was fined $205 and sentenced to four months in the county jail.' suspended,--for - illegal possession of game i venison . He was also placed on strict probation. Sweeney heads bicentennial On Jan. 8 Mike Sweeney accepted an appointment by the Morrow County Court as county bicentennial chair man. He replaces Marlene Peterson who resigned after doing organizational work for the Oregon Slate Bicentennial Subcommittee. Sweeney has requested that committee members and others interested meet at the courthouse Jan. 28 at 7:30 p.m. Because the bicentennial committee is a county-wide cllnri and its activities will involve all parts of the county, the new chairman is urging all residents to meet with the committee and offer sug gestions "The national bicentennial should not come and go without this county really taking positive action to assure that specific goals and projects are completed." Sweeney said. Several pro MIKE r"" w w V u $6,500 worth of expenditures while only $3,000 had been realized in income since July 1 into the teacherage fund. It was pointed out that $2,000 of this was for development of the trailer site, which would bring in added income. The larger portion of the remain ing amount was reroofing the teacherage at lone and the teacherage in Irrigon. Several people were hired to fill vacancies in classified employee positions in the north end of the county. Jack Cayman was hired as a full time bus driver and Perry Pummel as a half-time driver to replace Fred and Mary Frederickson. who resigned. Cheryl Hobbs was advanced to the head cook's position va cated by retiring Verdie Isom. Janet Cooley was hired to the assistant cook position. Vera Cooley was hired to replace Delores Pummel. Mrs. Pum mel has not been able to fill the position because of health reasons. In Heppner. Joan McDaniel was hired to fill the vacancy left by Verna Brinda i Continued on page 21 15c Jan, 21. James Harvey Brannnn. Heppner. was cited by police for driving while under the influence of intoxi cating liquor and for driving with a b!ixid,alcohol content of .15 or ov er He w as given time to consult an attorney before entering a plea to the charge. jects have moved ahead already, especially the forma tion of the Morrow County Historical Society. Other projects and goals will fie reviewed and discussed at this Jan. 28 meeting. Sweeney has lived in Hepp ner more than 10 years. He came here w ith his family . the .Jerry Sweeney s. from Grants Pass He completed high school here in l6. gained his II S degree from the Uni versity of Oregon in 1970. and in December. 1974 completed requirements for the Juris Doctor degree at Gonzaga University's Law School. Sweeney has been working in Robert Abram's law office as a legal clerk, and upon the completion of his Oregon slate bar examination intends to practice with Abrams. He is a member of St. Patrick's Holy Name Society, of BPOE No. 358. and of the Morrow County Chamber of Commerce. SWEENEY
