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TEN The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Ore., Thursday, Jan. 27, 1977
Teachers move toward contract settlement
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Contract talks are proceed
ing smoothly in the Morrow
County School District.
Teachers have completed
85 to 90 per cent of the
non-economic areas in their
52-page negotiating packet.
They now hope their goals
don't start dying on the vine
once the sessions turn to
money.
Teachers are asking for a 12
per cent salary increase. The
school board has offered them
Boardman women plan
speaker for Feb. meeting
"Hearts and Flowers" will
be the theme for the Board
man Christian Business and
Women hold
observance day
Thursday, Jan. 27, at noon,
the United Methodist Women
in Heppner, along with over
one million women in the 50
states, will observe an annual
Day of Prayer and Self-De-nial.
Anyone wishing to partake
in this special observance
should come to the church
basement with a sack lunch as
close to 12:00 as possible.
The program, provided by
the Board of Global Minis
fries, will be followed in a
Kinzua
Dave and Sue Mattison and
daughters, Jodi and Robin,
went to Odell on Friday
evening to visit with two for
mer Kinzua families now
living in Odell. The Mattisons
spent Friday night at the Herb
Luper home. Saturday, the
Ken Sewell family, now living
in the Portland area, arrived
to spend some time with their
former neighbors. Dave and
Sue and girls spent Saturday
night and Sunday with Grady
and Margeret Rogers. Old
friends in the area will be glad
to hear that Grady is feeling
better after a bout of lung
trouble.
Earl and Carol Norris went
to John Day on Saturday to
take care of some business.
Laura Hire went to Hermis
ton Monday for a Home In
terior meeting.
Jill and Kris Wood, young
children of Bart and Yvonne
Wood, Baker, have been in
Kinzua visiting with their
grandparents, Henry and Hal
lie Spivey, while Yvonne is
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4 per cent.
"Statewide advice to school
boards has been to stick to the
national average of 4 per
cent," said Marshall Hesla,
A.C. Houghton chairman for
the teacher negotiating team.
"What's mainly wrong with
that is that people in this area
are not living on the national
average. We're primarily
above."
Negotiations were schedul
Professional Women's Council
meeting scheduled for Tues
day, Feb. 1 at 7:30 p.m. at the
shortened form, as the com
plete program takes three
hours, and the service here
will end before 1 p.m. ,
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The U.M.W. is cancelling its
Feb. 2 regularly scheduled
monthly meeting because of
this additional service and be
cause of the illness of several
members.
The next meeting of the
group will be on Wednesday
evening. Mar. 2, at 7:30 in the
church basement.
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recovering from surgery. Hal
lie and Bonnie Campbell will
take the two children to John
Day Tuesday to meet their
parents for the trip to Baker.
Mel Bailey and Bonnie
Campbell accompanied Hallie
Spivey and her grandchildren
to Bend Friday where they
visited with Hallie's daughter
and son-in-law, Rainy and
Curt Harrison and their son,
Shad. Following the visit and a
medical appointment, the
group returned home.
Spending the weekend at the
home of Chuck and Melba
Mitchell was her father, Rob
ert Reid, Hermiston, and Mel
ba's niece, Maria Wilson and
infant daughter from Umatil
la. LDee Larangel was visiting
this weekend at the home of
his parents, Louis and Betty'
Larangel. LDee went back to
Hermiston Sunday evening.
Robert Misener, Bend, and
Steve Conlee went to Lexing
ton on Sunday to take care of
some business.
INSURANCE
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Heppner
ed to conclude at the end of
January.
Don Adams, A.C. Hough
ton, chairman--for the classi
Irrigon's sewer project has
hit a snag. What agency is
going to supply the thousands
Boardman Grange Hall.
Mrs. Reata Homey, a work
er with young people at the
Circle H Youth Ranch in
Madras, will be the guest
speaker. The Riverside High
School will perform with
special music under the direc
tion of Mr. Rick Bateman.
One of the special features
for the evening will be a
program by Erin Evans who
will demonstrate various
ways of recycling denim.
All ladies are cordially
invited to the meeting and
may make resrvations by
calling one of the following
numbers: 481-4685, 676-5869,
454-2613.
FFA holds
speaking
contest
The Heppner chapter of
Fit'ure Farmers of America
v ill hold a local, public speak'
ing contest Wednesday, Feb.
2, at Heppner High School.
The 7:30 p.m. contest will
feature students from the area
who will write and present a
six to eight minute dis
sertation on any agricultural
subject.
Winners will represent this
area at the district contest in
Pendleton on Feb. 12.
TRI-COUNTY HEREFORD RANGE BULL SALE
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HORNED AND POLLED - CLEAR PEDIGREED
Range Bulls Being Offered Are The Tops From The
Hereford Herds of Oregon
CLEAR PEDIGREES GUARANTEE BY CONSIGNORS
There will be no sale in the Northwest where there will be the
selection offered such as this.
FAIRGROUNDS LA GRANDE, OREGON
LUNCH WILL BE SERVED BY
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 9
Sale I p.m. Show 9:30 a.m.
Free delivery to central point on highway up to
150 miles at buyer risk.
"Home of Reputation Cattle"
Auctioneer: Ken Trout
For further information Write or Call Dave Shepherd
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"Hearing Loss is not
a sign of Old Age"
Electronic hearing tests will be
given by the Beltone Hearing Aid
Service office at the Northwestern
Motel Friday Feb. 4, 12-6 p.m.
Factory trained hearing special
ists will be at the Northwestern
Motel Heppner, to perform the tests.
Anyone who has trouble hearing or
understanding is welcome to have a
test using the latest electronic
equipment to determine if his loss is
one which can be helped. Some of the
causes of hearing loss will be ex
plained and diagrams of how the ear
works will be shown.
Everyone should have a hearing
test at least once a year if there is
any trouble at all hearing clearly.
Even people now wearing a hearing
aid or those who have been told
nothing could be done for them
should have a hearing test and find
out whether the latest methods of
hearing correction can help them
hear better.
fied staff, feels negotiations
are probably farther along
than the teacher's. The 5 per
cent salary increase proposed
Irrigon sewer project clouded
of dollars necessary to cover
the cost?
Much of the grant-funded
facility plan for exploring
alternate methods of sewer
water disposal is completed.
City Engineer Val Toronto,
Pendleton, has worked up
three alternated plans for
sewage disposal despite the
uncertain funding outlook.
Plan number one, costing
Irrigon
news
James Wilson who is em
ployed by the Dept. of Agri
culture has returned to his
home in Hermiston after
working for a few months in
Ontario. He and his daughter
Randi were guests of his
parents Mr. and Mrs. Chester
Wilson in Irrigon, on Christ
mas Day.
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Pinochle 7:30 p.m.
Thurs. Jan. 27
Lodge 8 p.m.
Friday Jan. 28
Happy Hour 5-7 p.m.
Dinner 6: 30-8 p.m.
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by the board has come under
particular scrutiny of the
classified people.
"In comparing our salaries
an estimated $851,575, pro
poses to purify the water and
drain it back into the Colum
bia River.
The second plan involves a
sprinkler irrigation system
for treated water that would
also be returned to the
Columbia. It would carry a
$939,000 price tag.
Third alternate, the most
costly plan, suggests a sprink
ler system method for use in
sprinkler irrigation. That de
sign would cost $1,107,250.
Public hearing on these
proposals is set for Feb. 17 at
7 p.m. in A.C. Houghton
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businesses, we're finding that
we're underpaid," stated
Adams. Some of the 52
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Resident decision on one of
the plans will then be made as
a grant application to the
Environmental Protection
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one of those agencies agrees
with the plan for the most
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classified Morrow employees
feel "they have reached the
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the A.C. Houghton custodian.
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environmental effect, taking
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The remaining 25 per cent
of the total cost will have to
come from city funds, possibly
a levy. Property for either
plan will have to be negotiat
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"After you (a custodian) have
been here 10 years, you have
reached the end of your steps
for base salary." A Wednes
day night's session was to
start off with a counter-proposal
from the board to the
following classified proposal: :
Secretaries 25 per
cent plus cost of living in
crease; Teacher's aide 25 per
cent plus cost of living in
crease; Cooks 20 per cent plus
cost of living increase; ;
Custodians 15 per cent
plus cost of living increase;
Bus Drivers $20 more
per month plus cost of living;
increase;
Activity bus driver
$3.50 more per month plus
cost of living increase.
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