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SCOUTMASTER DEL PIPER pins the Eagle Scout Award on his son Mark,
Mark Piper presented
Eagle Scoui Guard
"This is one of the happiest
moments of my life," said
Scoutmaster Del Piper as he
presented his son. Mark
I'ipcr, with his Kagle Scout
Award
The presentation was made
at the Heppner KIks Temple
Wednesday night with
approximately "5 scouts, par
ents and visitors attending the
ceremony,
Assistant Scoutmaster Her
man Winter gave a brief
summary of Mark's scouting
achievements. Robert Mark
filter's scouting history began
J.M 22. the date he was
burn
Mark joined Troop Ml in the
fall of WO He attained the
rank of Tenderfoot Scout In
1171. anil advanced lo the rank
of Second Class Scout the
nam year, Mark w as promot
ed to the rank of First Class
Seoul In the fall of u72. made
Star Scout in IM73 and Life
Scout in W4
lie passed the Oregon Trail
District Hoard of Review on
.lan II. 175. and is now
ele aled to the rank of Kagle
' Scout
During his scouting career,
he attended Oregon Trail
District Camporees at Wall
Creek in I't7f 71. Hull Prairie
in 1171 and the Blue Mountain
Council Camporce at Mee
chain in 197.1. He also partici
pated in Troop WW campouts
at Jone s cabin in 1971 and
Pcnland Prairie in 197.1, He
attended Camp Wallowa in
School board fakes look at sports programs
Kmphasis on athletics in
Morrow County's schools was
of major concern to school
board members at Monday
ev ening's meeting at Heppner
Klemenlary School. The new
emphasis on girls sMirt8 is
resulting in an increased
burden on schools to pay for
these programs, Similarity
there seems lo be increased
demand for earlier participa
tion of students in inter-school
sports again resulting in
increased costs and expendi
ture of time. Board member,
Don McKlligott. expressed his
view thai girls have been dis
criminated against in sports
for some time. One school
board within the league has
told its school officials to go all
the way in developing equal
programs. However, board,
members feared this
approach would be economi
cally impossible for Morrow
County Schools.
Administrators told the
board that they are currently
adding programs where the
pressure Is. Cost involved are
for mre staff as more
programs are added, space to
practice and hold competi
tions, transportation and uni
forms. Irv Rauch asked fellow
board members "Do we
curtail sports activities or do
we set dollar amounts to be
spent on athletics and let the
schools decide where to spend
the money?" The boards con
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NEWSPAPER L 1 B
EUGENE OR 07403'
WW
1972 and 1973 He has earned
the Historic Trail Award and
the So-Mile Hike Award, and
was initiated into the Order of
the Arrow in 1973 at Wallowa
Lake
Mark's Kagle project con
sisted of restoring and re
p.nnting the cross on Cross
Hill outside Heppner. He
managed to use an extra
gallon of paint in that project
as he spilled a full gallon on
the hill and not warning to
waste the paint he painted the
rock and rock cribs,
Hie keynote speaker of the
evening was Krvin C. Wil
liams, president of the Blue
Mountain Council, who stated
the unit is the largest in the
United States w ith the excep
tion of the Slate of Alaska. The
Hlue Mountain Council covers
i.l ixmi square miles in eight
counties, four in the Slate of
Washington,
Williams read a preface
from a Handbook of Scouting
dated 1909. one of the first
handbooks published by hu d
Haden Powell, founder of
scouting He also told of the
founding of scouting and
remarked. "It is a God inspir
ed story; it had lo be or it
would not have been success
ful " Powell started the scout
ing program with a few boys
and today there are more than
S million scouts in the I'nited
Stales and over 15 million
worldwide.
He concluded his scech
saving. "People of Heppner
sensus that they needed more
information and possibly out
side advice in assessing the
situation. They decided to
send a questionnaire to each of
the school attendance advi
sory committees outlining
possible costs and asking their
opinion.
Garth Davis, career educa
tion consultant from the Uma
tilla Intermediate Education
District, who also does career
education planning with Mor
row County Schools, reported
to the board on the long range
plan for career education in
the district. The plan, which is
required by the state depart
ment of education, outlines the
development of career educa
tion planned for the district's
schools over the next 5 years.
The new Oregon graduation
requirements place additional
emphasis on career education.
At present, Mr. Davis report
ed, three state approved
career clusters exist within
the district. These are agri
cultural clusters at Heppner
High and Riverside and a
secretarial cluster at River
side. A letter of resignation was
accepted by the board from
Heppner Elementary School
teacher, Delvin King. In
executive session the board
approved 23 teachers for
permanent contract status, 7
teachers for third year proba
tionary contracts and 25
teachers for second year
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should lake pride in their
scouting program, for Hepp
ner has another Kagle Scout to
represent this area I am glad
to see a young man reach out
and grab the pinnacle of
scouting Mark, from this day
birth you are a marked man,
' lor oti are branded with the
mark of the Kagle "
Assistant Scoutmaster Glen
Ward introduced the candi
date to the audience saying, "I
li.ie known this young man
all of his hie, anil his main
interests are hunting and the
great outdoors Mark is also a
great winter outdoor . enthu
siast and some of his outdoor
interests are the same as
mine "
Members of Troop Wit faced
the audience will) lighted
candles as Ward gave the 12
scout laws and recited the
scoui oath
.James I. Frost and Tom
Oliver ot the Hoard of Review
told of Mark's achievements
prior In passing Mark as an
Kagle Scout. "He has been
certified by the Ijoard and he
mccls all of the qualifications
for an Kagle Scout lie has the
ability in school, scout leader
ship and conimunily interesis.
and I Iherelore request thai
M.nk bo an Kagle Scout,"
Oliver said
Rob Mahoney. exalted ruler
ol the KIks l,odgc. praised
Mark for his years of hard
work and his final achieve
ment, the addition of another
K.mlc Seoul to the community
ol Heppner
probationary contracts,
The hoard approved an
increase in insurance fees
paid by students. The fees
were increased to $1 50 for
students, kindergarten
through the eighth grade and
to $4 25 for high school
students Traditionally the
student has paid half the cost
of the fee with the other, half
being met by the district. Over
the past few years insurance
costs to the district have risen
but cost to the students has
not. The increase was approv
ed to establish a 50 50 ratio
again.
The vandalism problem at
Heppner High school was
reported as having become
critical. It was suggested to
the board that a trailer site be
developed on the site so a
family could live on the
grounds. Other school dis
tricts have found this
approach to the problem
workable. However any deci
sion was tabled until the July
board meeting due to lack of
information about the possibi
lity of water hook-ups at the
present time and lack of
knowledge of the location of
the sewer line.
The board approved the
expenditure of an additional
$ttoo toward the support of an
additional staff member to the
Morrow County Mental Health
Clinic. At present the board
pays $800. Mental Health
Director, Terry Hirni, told the
Clef bods
Appraiser Hill Kletzer,
working for the Morrow Coun
ty's Assessor's Office was
guest speaker at the Chamber
of Commerce, Monday.
"My job is to do the
appraising of the residential
.area the assessor has not been
able to do, because of the lack
of help." said Klelzer. Under
Oregon law the assessor is
required to value properly at
loll per cent of its true cash or
market value, and this must '
he done by one of the following
three approaches.
The first approach is the
cost approach, which is an
estimate of the present cost to
replace the building less its
accrued depreciation plus the
cost of the land on which it is ,
placed.
The second is the income
approach, which is an esti
mate of the value of the net
income as a prudent invest
ment. Most business and
commercial buildings are
valued on this basis and they
have a tendency to be bought
and sold on this basis.
The third is the market
approach which is the com
parison of property to one or
THE
GAZETTE-TIMES
Vol.92, No.l
Attempted safecrack
at lone School fails
n amateur attempt to open
the oil ice safe at lone High
School last Friday was un
successful, according lo Prin
cipal. John Kdmundson. The
would U robber apparently
rem, lined in the building
billowing the basketball game
as no apparent evidence of
breaking and entering could
be fount! Nothing else seemed
io be disturbed or missing
ppaiently a weak solution
nl hydrochloric acid from the
Lions to sponsor
youth field day
An invitational youth field
(lav for 1 11 and FFA members
will In- hold on April 19 at the
Morrow County Fairgrounds.
'Hie event is under the
sponsorship of the Heppner
Lions and will give the young
'people an opHirtunily to
participate in a number of
events as well as demonstrate
their skills in various project
areas.
The vouths will be invited
board in a letter that currently
he sicnds 7u per cent of his
tune with school referrals.
Because the case load is
growing rapidly, especially in
the north end of the county a
second staff person is needed.
Superintendent told board
members that the amount of
money spent for the services
received wns probably the
best bargain the school dis
trict was receiving.
Outdoor school for sixth
grade students at Tupper
Ranger Station was approved.
Heppner students will attend
sessions at Tupper April 28
through May 2. Students from
A, C. Houghton and lone will
hold their school May 5
through 9.
Mr. Walter Stein has re
quested that the board con
sider selling the piece of
property that had been re
turned by Joyce Bergstrom
last year. The property, in
lone, is the North 25 feet of
block nine in the Sperry addi
tion and of no value to the
school, The area in question
measures 25 feet by 50 feet.
The board decided to inform
Mr. Stein that they are
interested in selling the pro-.
perty to him, however, before
a price can be arrived at more
information is needed.
The board approved a trip
by the Heppner High track
team to participate in an invi
tational meet at Mt. Angel
Mar. 25 and 26. Approximately
of appraisal eiiplained to
more properties which have
sold after screening to esti
mate both sales which would
accurately reflect the market
such as distrust sales or sales
in anticipation of foreclosures.
"The Department of Reve
nue requires that each prop
erty le appraised every six
years and the approach to be
relied on in this case will be
the cost approach and the
market approach," said Klet
zer. The market approach will
tell us what people think of
residential properties and
what their general estimate is
of the value of individual
houses and the depreciation
effect it. has on them as it
applies to their values. In a
town of this size there are not
the sales of homes or property
that there are -n Pendleton or
larger towns. There seems to
be a tendency for the seller to
be anxious to sell and the
buyer to be anxious to buy
here which distorts the
appearance of these values.
At the moment, lot values
are difficult to rate, but
fortunately there have been
some recent sales of bare land
science room had been used on
the safe dial and hinges. The
only effect the acid had was to
remove the paint around the
areas of the dial and hinges
and damaged the floor and
cabinet near the safe. A trail
oLbunil matches leading from
the office to the science room
indicated the acid solution was
taken from that room.
The attempted robbery was
investigated by Deputy Sheriff
I-irrv Fetch.
from a 10 county area of
Eastern Oregon to take part in
livestock judging, home eco
nomics, tractor driving, dog
oU'dience and to show their
skills in projects like leather
craft and woodworking.
Awards will Ik- made in each
division and team awards will
also he presented.
The public is encouraged to
attend andinspect the exhibits
and skills of the 4 11 and FFA.
:iti boys and girls will be
involved. They will be staying
in the homes of students at Mt.
Angel.
Mrs. Pat Dougherty will be
offered the Blackhorse bus
run. Mrs. Lorine Ledbetter,
the current driver, has indi
cated she wishes to resign,
effective Mar. 1.
The district budget hearing
will be Mar. 4, 7:30 p.m. at the
district office in Lexington.
The next regular board meet
ing will be Mar. 17, 8 p.m. at
the district office.
Board member. Jack Sum
ner was absent from the
meeting. He has not been
present at board meetings
since November.
Youth arrested
for DUIL
Wade Merle Padberg, 18,
was arrested by Heppner City
Police, early Sunday morning
following their investigation of
an accident involving a park
ed car owned by Bernard
Marshall, 160 S. Court St.,
Heppner.
Padberg was cited for
driving while under the in
fluence of intoxicating liquor
and is scheduled to appear in
Justice Court Feb. 25.
that we can use as a guide.
"As most of your know, who
have done any building, the
cost of materials has risen 35
per cent since 1971. with the
biggest jump occuring in the
past IS months. Land prices
have also jumped, probably to
reflect the present value of the
dollar, probably more than we
think. It is estimated that
more land value increases are
to come. With the American
dollar competing on the world
exchanges, land looks cheap
to some people, however, take
a look at the Japanese invest
ment in land in this country.
There is going to be an
increase in the value of
property that is going to be
assessed for this particular
year, how much we can't tell
yet. as our re-appraisals are
still continuing and at present
we have only completed one -small
section of the town and
have started on another. At
this time we feel that we will
fx- rushed to complete the job
by the specified date.
After his speech Kletzer
asked for questions from the
floor and was asked one of the
most common questions.
Heppner, Ore., Feb. 20, 1975
FFA chapter holds
annual awards banquet
The annual banquet of the
Future Farmers of America,
was held Tuesday night at the
Heppner High School Cafetor
ium Advisor Hal Whitaker
presented top honors for the
years achievements to Clay
West. Star Greenhand. and
Hill Van Choiack for Star
Chapter Farmer.
Hal Whitaker presented
plaques to the FFA members
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"Will the addition of a new
roof to my house increase my
taxes? Kletzer replied.
"There is no affect on the
value of a house for main
tenance. Homes must be
periodically painted, either
interior or exterior to pre
serve their value and if a roof
leaks, it must be replaced to
preserve the house. There
fore, the new roof is consider
ed maintenance. This does not
apply when the maintenance
costs are more than the sale
price of the house when it is
sold.
In many instances building
permits are required for
major repairs or remodeling
older homes, and if the work is
completed before the first of
the year, an appraiser is
called to re-appraise the w ork.
In those cases the completed
work will be added to the next
year's taxes. There is a
difference between main
tenance, remodeling and
ma jor repair work.
The question was asked
regarding the addition of a
new garage to improve the
looks of the home after the
existing garage had been torn
down Kletzer answered. "The
for the following: Beef Pro'
duciion. Bill Van Schoiack:
Clay West. Sheep Production:
Kelwayne Haguewood. Swine
Production: Agricultural me
chanics Curtis Cutsforth;
Home Improvements. Mike
Orwick: Overall Livestock
Production. Bill Van Scho
iack National FFA medals
were also presented to Curtis
Cutsforth. Bill Van Schoiack
and Mike Orwick.
HEPPNER'S TOP FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA winners, from the left,
Bill Van Schoiack. Star Chapter Farmer and Clay West, Star Greenhand.
PLAQUES WERE PRESENTED TO THESE FUTURE FARMERS OF
AMERICA for their achievements during the past year. From the left, Mike
Orwick, Home Improvements; Joe Kenny, Scholarship Award; Curtis
Cutsforth, Agricultural Mechanics; Kelwayne Haguewood, Swine Production.
chamber
addition of a new garage will
probably increase the taxes on
the property, but the increase
will be dependent on the cost
of the materials and labor
involved.
lie cited the case of a
landowner who replaced the
existing siding on his home
with aluminum siding. The
building permit was issued for
$:i.4M). yet w hen the appraiser
noted the new siding he found
the cost of the wooden siding
to be comparable to the
aluminum siding.
Mayor Sweeney asked Klet
zer what approach would be
used in the residential area,
and Kletzer answered. "The
principal approach will be the
market and the replacement
cost w ith the replacement cost
to be used as a guide more
than the market approach.
Kletzer expects to complete
his work by the end of April
,wd said "If w e can 'I get in to
appraise a house we will have
to base our estimates on the
best information that is avail
able to us." He concluded,
saying we would like to thank
the people of Heppner for the
friendly cooperation they have
shown us as it helps make the
work a little more pleasant.
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Ken drieb was presented
'he Outstanding Freshman
Award. Joe Kenny was pre-.
sen'ed the Scholarship Aw ard
and Sandy Bennett received
Outstanding Service Award. '
Prior to the presentation
Sieve Peck told of the FFA
trip to Kansas City and
Suzanne Cutsforth reported on
the chapter's activities since
their last banquet.
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