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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 1976)
BESSIE WETZELL U OF ORE NEWSPAPER LIB EUGENE OR 97403 THE "If you don't want it published, don't let it happen GAZE TT7r PTH Vol. 92, No. 49 Heppner, OR, Thursday, Jan. 22, 1976 board approves plans 15c School Kimee Haguewood wins award Kimee Haguewood, Hepp ner High School senior was the first place winner in the Soro ptlmist Yruth Citizenship Aw ard of the local area Haguewood will receive a $25 bond for winning first place and now becomes eligi ble to compete in the District finals. District winners will then compete in Regional and then In National finals. Win ners of the Finalist Award may receive $2,500 in cash The Soroptimlst Youth Citl , jenshlp Awards are not scho larships but they are awards of merit. Each award may be used at the discretion of the recipient, in whatever way he "x 7 it V 1 f . K1MF.E HAGUEWOOD may decide, which will further his aims and purposes in achieving his goal, such as education, travel, etc. The contest is open to high school seniors only and to qualify for the award each student is judged on merit and worth including service to the community, school or home; dependability, leadership and a clear sense of purpose. Haguewood plans to further her education by attending a college of her choice this fall and plans to major in physical education. Her ultimate goal is to coach girls in college basket ball. V Waves crashing against the ocean rocks are a familiar scene along the Oregon coast. Oregon drivers lose licenses A record number of Oregon drivers lost their driving privileges during 1975, ac cording to statistics released by the Oregon Motor Vehicles Division. A total of 61,982 license suspensions were issued by the DM V during the year, a 6 4 per cent increase over the 6-1.792 suspensions issued in 1974 The total included 61.993 mandatory suspensions and 69H9 discretionary suspen sions Mandatory suspensions are required by law (or con viction of driving under the influence of liquor or drugs, attempting to elude police, refusing to submit to a chemical test for alcohol, failure to comply with the state's financial responsibility law and failure to appear in court when required to do so. Discretionary suspensions may be Issued for an unsafe driving record, failing to appear for or pass reexami nation, recommendation of a court or on the basis of report from a physician or mental health official. The division noted an 80 per cent decrease in the number of suspensions issued for a poor driving record. Bernard G. Hawes, manag er of the Driver and Vehicle Safrty branch of the DMV, Mid that instead of receiving license suspension, errant dri vers are now receiving proba tionary licenses, counseling and defensive driving courses. Hawes said that use of an alternative to suspension has proved to be successful In getting these drivers to im prove on their own. "At the same time, we'm keeping an e) eon them and using suspen n ... sion as a last resort when other rehabilitative efforts have failed " Mandatory license suspen sions for driving under the influence of intoxicating li quor numbered 15,383, a jump of 17 6 per cent over 1974 Convictions for a first viola lion rose from 8.579 to 11.274, second convictions from 2.438 to 2.861 and third or subse quent Dl'IL convictions from 1.10 to 1.248. The division also reported that 514 drivers received 10 ear license revocations und er the state's habitual traffic offender act. Drivers may be prosecuted under the law if they accumulate three or more major traffic offenses, such as manslaughter or criminally negligent homi cide, driving under the influ ence of intoxicating liquor, dangerous drugs or narcotic drugs or driving with a sus pended or revoked license, or twenty or more moving traffic violations within a five-year period During 137 J, the division received 5.15.407 traffic viola lion convictions from courts throughout the state, a 10 per cent increase over 1974. KOROI'TIMIST TO HONOR DR. Tlimi.F.S The membership of the Soroptimlst International of Heppner will present to the Pioneer Memorial Convales cent Home an acquarium in honor of Dr. L D. Tibbies. Pat Wright will be in charge of the arrangements and installation of the aquarium. Preliminary plans for the construction of new shop faci lities at Heppner High School were approved by the school board at their regular meet ing, Monday night, lone High Shool. Bob Smith presented the first draft of the plans for the new shop addition and notified the board the plans for A.C. Houghton, Riverside High Sc hool and lone High School had received approval from the State architect; however, the plans must be approved by the ' State Department of Archi tects. When approval is grant ed the preliminary plans will be turned over to an engineer ing firm for the necessary structural and electrical de sign. j As soon as the plans are approved, bids will be let and hopefully construction will begin within the next six weeks, approximately Mar. 1. While no estimated time of completion is set, it is hoped the construction will be com pleted for the fall semester. Smith advised the board s Oregon Ta About 8 per cent of the ; persons filing Oregon income tax returns may be affected by an error in the Form 40-S tax tables, advises the admi nistrator of Research and Special Services Division of the Oregon Department of Revenue. George Weber. Webef said that the error could slightly overstate the tax in some cases but affects only a small portion of those who use the short form. Persons who use the long form are not affected. The error is confined pri Airport Advisory Committee meets The Airport Advisory Com mittee met recently in Lex ington and nominated officers for the coming year. Those nominated were Mel Boyer, president; Pat Cutsforth. vice president and Herman Winter, secretary. During the meeting it was decided to check with the County and find where the funds come from for re-sealing the runway, as revenue from the airport goes into a separate fund for airport improvements. Boyer stated 'hat to meet Federal Standards for a grant the runway must be at least S.ooo feet' in length. The present runway is only 2.550 feet long and the committee feels they should try to obtain the necessary properly to lengthen the runway. In other business the com mittee made the following proposals : Submit a list of priorities to the county. The airport should be rated for aircraft no heavier than 12.500 pounds. -Proposed a turn about at the end of the runways. -Suggested that a taxiway was needed for runway 26 and a center string and numbers be painted on the rurway; Evans and Daly to ailend 4H Conference Kate Evans, Irrigon, and Tim Daly, Heppner, have been selected to attend the Oirgon 4 II conference Know Your State Government ), to be held In Salem, Feb. 8 10. Kate is a senior at Riverside High School and has been active In 4 11 projects for the past 7 years. Included In her list of project areas and achievemens are horse, cloth ing and junior leadership. that the projects could be completed however, he was doubtful if they would be ready for the fall semester. If all the material were stock piled at the various sites now, this would speed construction. However, contractors have had difficulty in the past in obtaining certain materials, especially electrical panels. Plans to have the school buildings re-evaluated were approved by the board mem bers. Matt Doherty pointed out the buildings had last been re-evaluated in 1967 and the present value of the existing buildings is only an estimate. The buildings are presently appraised at $5 million and Doherty suggested the value be raised to $8 million. The board voted to have the buildings appraised for their true value for insurance purposes. The school board granted approval to the Heppner Lions Club for the installation of lights about the tennis courts. The Boardman and Irrigon Lions Clubs received permis II Llefum error marily to taxpayers with adjusted gross incomes be tween $8,000 and $13,850. Some persons within this grouping are not affected. Maximum effect of the error for an ; individual is about $24. In most cases the effect is less. He added that those who have already, filed using, the incorrect tables have no cause for concern. In processing the return, the correction will be made automatically. The cor rected refund will be mailed to the taxpayer with an explana tion on the check stub. however, not until after it has been resealed. Boyer stated the runway needs to be re-sealed immediately as it is starting to break up. Boyer reported that the Morrow County Grain Grow ers tower could not be taken down. A discussion was held re garding the building of hang ers that would be acceptable to the county, with the following proposals: The county would give a long term lease (20 years) to hanger investors and in return the investors would be given free rent until their invest ment plus their interest was recovered The cost of the rental is approximately $30-35 per month. Leases could be assigned or sold at any time. The price of new hangers is approximately $4,000 for building 40 ft. by 30 ft. by 12 ft. without doors. Specifications should be adopted so all hangers conform with the new buildings. Multiple hangers were discussed and the com mittee decided they could best serve the purpose in either a set of 10 or sets of 5. Hangers w ill be restricted to aircraft use only, and floors are to be concrete. Tim has been active In 4 H livestock projects for the past seven years and Is a junior at Heppner High School. The conference provides an opportunity for 4H'ers to meet state government offi cials and learn first hand about our state government. It also provides an opportunity for members to get acquaint ed with other 4 H members throughout the state of Oregon. sion to conduct a survey to place lights about the River side High School football field. Jim Bier asked the board for permission to purchase some school property presently ow ned by the district. His mobile home is situated on the property and he plans to improve the property. After some discussion regarding the property the board recom mended that if they intended to sell tlw property they would have to call for bids on the parcel. In last year's budget, plans were made to hire a new teacher at Riverside High School, however, the vacancy has not been filled. Dan Daltoso asked the board to consider hiring another teach er at this time as the classes at Riverside are crowded. Some classes have over 40 students and to preserve the quality of teaching and eliminate any disciplinary problems which may develop Daltoso suggest ed the hiring of another teach er. Diane Brickman has been If the tax table error is the only problem with the return, there will be no delay in receiving the refund ;neither will there be penalty or interest charges on money due the department, advises Web er. The error occurred when the tax tables were constructed using a mathematical formula which resulted in an under statement of the standard deduction. Of the one million returns filed in the state, a maximum of about 80.000 returns are estimated to be affected. Happy Birthday Ida Hay Grabill is spry at 94 Ida May Grabill will cele brate her 4th birthday at her home in lone Sunday, with her many friends and relatives. Mrs. Grabill was born in lone. OR. Jan. 28. 1882, one of 12 children of Milton 4nd Mary Hale. Her father was born in Indiana and her mother was born in Iowa. After the pair migrated to Oregon the two were married in Brownsville, OR. Nov. 25. 1860. Ida May Hale married Thomas E. Grabill in 1902. Oregon City. The couple have five children. Mrs. Anna 1 IDA MAY ORA8ILL hired at lone for the remain der of the semester. Marie Johnson replaced Virginia Watts as an aide and Mrs. Marie Partlow has been hired to replace Janet Cooley as as cooks helper at A C. Houghton. The track team received permission to take an over night trip to Mt. Angel to compete in field and track events. Lola Landrum was appoint ed to the budget committee replacing Ken Belcher. Mr. Fluke was given a one year renewal on his contract: Mr. Edmundson was given a continuing two year contract and Dan Daltoso was granted a three year contract. A budget meeting will be held at Riverside High School. Jan. 26. 7:30 p.m. Board members whose terms expire this year are John Matthews, Pauline Wint er, Kenneth Broadbent and Jack Sumner. March 16 is the deadline for candidates wish ing to file a certificate of nomination. About 350.000 persons use the short form. Weber, acting in the ab sence of Director John Lobdell (in Pendleton attending an assessors conference), outlin ed three alternatives for persons w ho have not yet filed. 1 1 file form 40-S using the tax tables and the department will automatically make any nec essary correction; 2 file Form 40-S but do not enter the tax. The department will calculate the tax and send any refund due) (3) file on the Form 40. Wright. Baker, Mr. Gene Grabill, Sumpter, OR. Ellis and Mary Bristow. both of lone and Mrs. Helen Keithley. Heppner. Mrs. Grabill has 15 grand children. 34 great-grandchildren and four great -greatgrandchildren. She does her ow n housework and enjoys putting jigsaw puzzles .together. She also enjoys watching wrestling on television and attends the local meets in Heppner and occasionally in Portland. i " 'ft'
