TWELVE The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Ore, Thursday. Feb. 3, 1977
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Negotiator asked for
employee-board talks
Salary disagreements
brought the Morrow County
School Board and classified
employees to impasse Wed
nesday, Jan. 26.
The two parties called on
the State Conciliation Service
to supply a mediator for the
talks. It was the first time
that the negotiation process
had been forced to bring in a
third party.
Main disagreement center
ed around the 6.7 per cent
salary increase the board has
Storm drainage system slows
60 -acre Hansen development
Development of 30 acres
included in the 60-acre Paul
Hansen development east of
Boardman is being held up
while Boardman city council
lors take a look at a proposed
storm drainage system.
Hansen approached the
council Tuesday night to
request that the city permit
him to dig out one of its
clogged sump drain systems.
He would then install the type
of dry well system he propos
es for his housing develop
ment. A dry well would
increase lot price $300 while
another storm drainage sys
tem piping water to a lagoon
would increase costs $1,000.
The dry well is designed for
a 10-foot depth, packed with
high grade gravel on the sides
to prevent sand from filtering
through. Storm water would
flow into the chamber and be
allowed to seep into the soil.
This system abolishes the
need for a holding lagoon.
"The high school (River
side) had a dry well for its
cooling water from the heat
pump," said Mayor Gerry
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Jorge do Coudo e SQva is Irrigon's latest
Brazilian transplant. A new member of the
Daryl and Dianne Brownlee family, 16-year-old
Jorge arrived Sunday, Jan. 23 from Porto
Alegre, Brazil. He will be attending Riverside
High School, Boardman, as a representative of
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Top selling bull
offered. It is slightly above
the cost of living index. "We
just don't feel we can afford to
live on that," said Don Adams,
chairman of the classified
employee negotiating team.
Employees were asking for
20 to 25 per cent increases.
When neither side could
agree, the board called for a
mediator to be brought in.
It is expected to take two to
three weeks before a state
mediator can be provided.
The mediator will not work to
Peck. "Sand filtered in
through the gravel and we
had to dig it out three times in
three years."
Hansen's associates con
tend that the well they
propose would not have that
trouble due to the type of
gravel they plan to use. The
offer extended by Hansen was
meant as a test of the dry well
in the cul-de-sac between
Columbia Avenue and Court
Street. Once tested on its
effectiveness the council
would then have the choice of
accepting or rejecting the dry
well system.
"I'm against this because I
know it will work there,"
explained councillor Dewey
West. "But who's to say it
would work in the Hansen,
property?"
A meeting later this week
will be held between the
council members to decide
about the dry well proposal.
Failing to get a majority vote,
the council turned down Han
sen's offer.
Feb. 15, the city council will
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Youth for Understanding foreign exchange
program. An avid soccer player, Jorge is shown
with his exchange mother, Dianne. He is looking
forward to participating in the Brownlee family
sports of motorcycling and water
skiing.
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the particular advantage of
either side. "It tries to bring
the two sides together on the
points they are far apart on,"
explained Adams, an A.C.
Houghton custodian.
Classified employees will be
briefed on the mediation
process through the Oregon
School Employees Associa
tion. "Hopefully it will end in
satisfaction for all of us,
(school board, resident, and
classified employees)," said
Adams.
hold a "philosophical meet
ing," according to city mana
ger Jim Thompson. On that
date at 7:30 p.m. Drs. Richard
Carpenter and Joe Gifford,
Heppner, will visit with the
council and interested resi
dents concerning the possibil
ity of a Health Care Plan
involving doctors in the north
end of Morrow County. The
doctor's proposal may also
include plans for the proposed
Boardman medical clinic.
David Noles, representa
tive of the Department of
Housing and Urban Develop
ment, will also be slated that
evening to discuss migrant
and low income housing for
the Boardman area. Thomp
son intends to move this
meeting to Riverside High
School. Exact location will be
announced.
In other action the council
approved:
The original form of
Boardman's Local Improve
ment District (LID) ordin
ance. The next meeting will
include the third reading. The
A $2,200 price tag was hung
on the top bull at the 10th
annual Horn, Acock and Mon
ahan bull and heifer sale
Monday. Jack Gregory, La
Grande cattle rancher, placed
the final $2,200 bid.
The sale drew a crowd in
excess of 100 potential buy
ers. Hilmer Horn and Sons,
Hermiston, together with C.
W. Acock and Son, Boardman,
and Frank Monahan, Condon,
sold 48 bulls and 24 young
heifers. '
Bulls brought a total of
Serious salary talks
to begin Thursday
The Morrow County School
Board and teachers missed
their Jan. 31 deadline for
concluding contract negotia
tions for the 1977-78 school
year.
The two parties expect to
begin serious salary discus
sions Thursday night at a 7:30
meeting in Lexington.
Most revisions and accept
ances of the teacher's 53-page
contract have been complet
ed. One particular area the
board has not addressed itself
to is the right of a teacher to
go into his personal file.
Teachers are asking that
they be permitted to enter
their personal file once a year.
ordinance merely provides
the procedure and mechanics
to form an LID. It does not
create one. Boardman is look
ing into an LID as funding for
an 18-inch water line leading
to Boardman South;
Paul Hansen develop
ment's sewer and water line
installed last summer. It was
inspected for proper bedding
techniques by city engineer
Stan Wallulis. Upon payment
of the $2,500 inspection fee
' the line will be accepted;
Payment of A.J. Zinda
Corporation, Portland. Zinda
is currently doing the con
struction of the Ranney water
collector and chlorination
chamber. The corporation will
receive payment for its total
bill of $124,451.19;
Purchase of a 1974, one
ton. Ford, flat-bed truck with
a crane on the back. For city
use, the truck will be purchas
ed for $3,000 from Bill Shark
ey, Boardman. The city has
$2,000 available for the pur
chase and Sharkey has agreed
to wait until the beginning of
the next budget year to
collect the third $1,000;
East Central Oregon As
sociation of Counties archeo
logical survey. The survey is
in compliance with historical
and archeological preserva
tion of Boardman land. It will
stipulate that any building
project by the city must be
cleared so that it will not
disturb any historical or arch
eological area. The survey is
offered on a $60,000 federal
grant to five counties;
Dewey West's proposal
that the council support state
revenue sharing and urge
legislators' support. West also
encouraged citizens to write
their representatives.
Through Senate Bill 11 and
House Bill 2197, the govern
ment will be offering $27
million to cities in need.
Boardman would be eligible
for a $9,496 share;
Setting a date for a sewer
rates committee meeting,
Feb. 8 at 3:30 p.m.
$14,525 with an $865.10 aver
age. Heifers captured an
$8,040 total price with a $335
average. Last year's sale of 47
bulls payed a total of $42,525.
A $600 bull was the lowest
price paid. The low-priced
heifer sold at $220. "Prices
were a little higher than we
expected," said a Horn Ranch
spokesman.
"From the bull sales I've
been watching I would say
those prices were in the
lower-middle bracket," said
Lynden Nicholson, Umatilla
This would give them the
opportunity to make notations
on materials they feel are
obsolete. They could then ask
the board that such materials
be removed from their file.
Teachers have observed that
some of the information in the
files could have a damaging
influence on future employ
ment. In-service days, used by
teachers to attend workshops
and seminars, are under con
sideration to be extended to
4Vi days. The 1976 contract
set aside a maximum of three
days. The board feels those
days should be used to
improve curriculum or other
wise drop them.
Teachers would like to use
the additional days to prepare
for parent-teacher confer
ences. Presently much of that
preparation is done on their
own time. They are asking the
added days be put at the end
of the grading periods.
"The real problem is that
nobody does the same thing
(with in-service days)" said
Marshall Hesla, team chair
man for the teachers.
The 176 day school year for
teachers has been extended to
179 days. Contract days,
however, remain the same but
students will be attending
school three extra days.
The board has offered
teachers three days for e
mergency leave. That would
TRI-COUNTY HEREFORD
57-Hereford Bulls-57
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 lp.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
$ P.O. Box 777, Elgin, Oregon
Wayne's Diesel
Under New Management
WAYNE WILSON, proprietor
Continued fine automotive service. Wayne
is also your local Dodge, Chrysler, and Plymouth
dealer.
COMING SOON
New pool and foos ball room
on Main Street in front of Wayne's
.Diesel and Auto Repair.
County Extension cattle
specialist, Milton-Freewater.
"Heifer prices are somewhat
erratic but that's a little low
from many I've seen."
Purebred cattle sales have
been in a volatile market,
according to Extension find
ings. "In the last three or four
years the cattle business
economics have been in quite
a depression," said Nicholson.
Some of the reason for the
lower bracket cattle prices
paid Monday are no doubt
reflected from that depres-
be granted one day at a time
except for extreme emerg
encies , and death. Board
members noted that teachers
often use the emergency time
for plumbing problems, etc.
Touching on salary, the
teachers decided to come
down from their proposed 12
per cent increase to 10 per
cent. Board negotiators have
chose to stick with the state
wide 4 per cent raise. They
asked the teachers to return
with a more reasonable pro
posal. The contract clause that
states if a teacher breaks
the contract after July 1 that
teacher must forfeit $200 has
been changed to 2.5 per cent
of the total salary. If the
teacher fails to pay the
amount, the teachers associa
tion will be called upon to pay
it.
The teacher's name can also
be turned in to the Teachers
Standards and Practices Di
vision Board. There, the
teacher's license can be re
voked for one year.
Many of the contract agree
ments depend of the teacher's
acceptance of a multi-year
contract proposal sponsored
by the board. They are
pushing for a three-year
agreement. This would mean
there would be" no, or only
partial, negotiations done un
til the end of the contract
period.
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sion. "If I didn't make any
money last year on my cattle,"
said Nicholson,, Tm not going
Miles
announces an
ownership change
Les Schwab Tire Stores have
purchased the store from Dexter
Miles on Main Street, Heppner.
Miles asks all customers who
have tires in the store to please claim
them at the earliest convenience.
The tires must be out by Feb. 11.
The tire store
will be closed Feb. 12-13 for
inventory and Les Schwab
will take over on Feb. 14.
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