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Vol. 92, No. 49
Heppner, OR, Thursday, Jan. 22, 1976
board approves plans
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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