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Virginia Grieb of Lexington
ws elected to a one year term
as chairman of the Morrow
County Fair Board at its
meeting on Monday, Jan. 9.
She succeeds Paul Hisler.
Beginning her third year on
the five-member Board, Mrs.
Grieb said her interest in fairs
stemmed from her childhoon
on a farm near Walla Walla
where her family raised and
showed Angus cattle, and she
participated in 4-H. She and
her husband Gary also raise
Angus cattle on their ranch
near Lexington and show
them at many fairs.
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committee members
Morrow County School Dis
trict Supt. Matt Doherty
Monday presented budget
committee members with a
proposal of $3,538,459 a fi
gure which represents a 15.4
per cent increase over the
current school year budget.
In his budget address to the
committee, Doherty said the
budget package presented
was $472,241 higher than the
1977-78 budget but added that
coupled with a reduction in
available resources of the
District, the additional
amount to be raised by taxes
would be $615,015. Based on a
projected District value of
$325,000,000, this would re
quire an increase of $1.90 per
thousand over the current tax
rate of $7.58.
Doherty said the budget
proposal had been prepared
by staff members, admini
strators, advisory committee
members as well as by
members of the Board and
central administrative staff.
He pointed to several areas
responsible for the increase,
including:
Increased staff to care for
a growing student population,
education of the handicapped
and improvement of the
educational programs offered.
Salary increases as a
result of adjustments to meet
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Much of the Monday night
meeting was given to discus
sion of possible new members
to be appointed to the Rodeo
Committee, which will put on
both the jackpot rodeo and the
Friday night Morrow County
show.
The Board decided to reduce
the Rodeo Committee from 11
to nine members, eliminating
an assistant dance director
position and shuffling duties in
other directorships. In addi
tion to a chairman and
secretary, positions on the
reorganized committee will
include directors responsible
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budget proposal shows 15.4
negotiated agreements.
Increased costs in Social
Security and Retirement Be
nefits. Increased purchased ser-.
vices due to inflation and
additional requirements for
handicapped children.
Increases in supplies due
to added student population,
inflation and shortages result
ing from under budgeting last
year.
Increases in capital outlay
Emergency telephone system gains approval
The approval of the "911"
emergency telephone system
by the Heppner City Council
last week means the system
can now be installed in south
Morrow County. Approval was
given late last year by the City
Councils of lone and Lexing
ton, and by the County Court.
Special lines will be instal
led to the courthouse by
Pacific Northwest Bell and the
system should be operational
on or before July 1. After that
time, dialing 911 in an
emergency will connect the
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for prizes and promotion;
parking, tickets and conses
sions; dance; racing;
grounds; livestock; and court.
Members of the Rodeo
Committee will include both
old and new appointees, and
the Fair Board expects to
finalize and announce the
committee appointments
within the next two weeks.
In other action, the Board
voted to use Frank Beard of
Outlook, ,Wash., as livestock
contractor for the 1978 jackpot
rodeo if a satisfactory con
tract can be negotiated.
Members agreed on two
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due to inflation, increased
student numbers and the need
to improve programs and
maintain facilities.
Approximately one quarter
of the proposed budget
$873,677" represents flexible
items where the costs are not
fixed and can therefore be
adjusted by the committee as
they see fit in their delibera
tions. The remaining $2,644,
782 represents fixed cost items
such as negotiated salaries
caller with the sheriff's office
where a special phone will be
used to quickly contact the
proper persons to handle the
emergency.
The total annual operating
cost of the system in south
Morrow County is projected at
$1,610, plus $340 for installa
tion. The cost is determined by
the number of phones in
volved, with each city paying
for phones within its limits
and the county covering the
cost of rural phones.
Heppner, with 725 or 51 per
cent of the total in the area
suggestions to improve the
county fair rating and evalua
tion system: 1) that credit be
given for volunteer hours used
and 2) the same rater be used
for two consecutive fairs so
that improvements can be
noted.
Jim Launer, who took over
fairground caretaker duties .
from Jack Wallace on Jan. 1,
discussed with the Board
maintenance and improve
ment work that needed to be
done on the grounds. Persons
who need to use the fairground
buildings should contact
Launer at 676-5290.
begin deliberations
and fuel costs.
Doherty said in order to
reduce the budget to a 14 per
cent increase over the current
year, $42,971 would have to be
cut; achieving a 13 percent
increase would mean trim
ming $73,633; and to reduce it
to a 10 per cent increase, a
total of $165,579 would have to
be eliminated.
Committee members were
told that prior to the current
year's budget deliberations,
covered, will pay $821 opera
ting costs plus $173 installa
tion, lone will pay $195 for
operation plus $41 installation,
having 172 phones or 12.1 per
lone Planning Commission
seeking public comment
The lone Planning Commis
sion and City Council invites
comments from residents on
the lone Draft Comprehensive
Plan at a public hearing to be
held on Monday, Jan. 16, at
7:30 p.m. in the lone City Hall.
lone is the only city in the
county to propose to expand
their urban growth boundary
beyond the present city limits.
Gene Rietmann, vice-chairman
of the lone Planning
Commission, explained:
"This is because at this stage
of the game, most of the
built-up limits of the city have
Bank of Eastern Oregon
employes Judy Barber and
Pam Mabe pick out their
favorite paintings from the
collection of Richland artist
Robert Thomas on display at
the bank through Jan. 20. The
paintings may be purchased;
for information ask any Bank
of EO employee.
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the District was boosted by a
$248,000 beginning cash bal
ance carried over from pre
vious years. Most of that
mount was used up last year
to reduce the budget after it
was defeated by county vo
ters. This year, Doherty said,
the District is expected to
have a cash balance in the
$50,000 range.
"We went down to the
bottom of the barrel to reduce
cent of the total. Costs for
Lexington with 110 phones or
7.7 per cent will come to $124
for annual operation plus $26
installation.
been declared flood hazard
plain, so most of the buildable
land is under that cloud at this
time." ,
Rietmann said that the
Planning Commission decided
to include land in their growth
boundary above the present 11
foot flood hazard level so the
city wouldn't be locked in by
possible future restrictions.
"We're hedging, not knowing
the whims of the bureau
crats," Rietmann comment
ed. Agricultural land included
in the expanded boundary
may still be continued to be
Applications open
for lone Recorder
Applications for the position
of lone City Recorder are now
being accepted by the City of
lone, to be considered at a
special meeting on Monday,
Jan. 16, at 7 p.m. in the City
Hall.
Interested persons should
contact Mayor Robert Drake
on or before that date at
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the budget last year and this
year we had to borrow money
to pay our bills," Doherty
said. "So you can see we have
an interest problem."
The budget committee elec
ted officers for the year and
set dates for upcoming budget
meetings. Jim Wishart was
elected to serve as chairman,
Pauline Winter as vice chair
man and Alice Vance as
secretary.
The county will pick up the
rest of the tab, paying $571
plus $101 installation, for 416
rural phones or 29.2 per cent of
the total in the area.
farmed after the growth plan
is adopted until the landowner
decides to convert the land to
urban uses, subject to city,
county and state regulations.
After the public hearing on
Monday, the draft plans will
be revised, after review and
comment, to be adopted as
city policy-.
Anyone who has questions
or comments concerning the
draft plan, sent to all lone
residents, may contact Marie
Hall, ECOAC, P.O. Box 339,
Pendleton, OR 97801, or may
call toll free 1-800-422-8112.
422-7222.
Elizabeth Ernst of lone has
held the recorder position for
the past three years. She said
her resignation, effective Feb.
1, was tendered because she
didn't have enough time to
give to the job. Mrs. Ernst is
an employee at Morrow Coun
ty Courthouse.
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Kevin McCabe goes high for a rebound as Cards Dennis
Thompson, Robin LaRue and Dennis Stefani look on. lone
tagged Ukiah twice over the weekend for the Cards first wins
of the season.
News
Pole fire plunges
area into darkness
An insulator failure caused a poletop fire and pulled the
power plug on south Morrow County for as much as three
hours Monday afternoon.
Columbia Basin Electric Co-op general manager Dave
Harrison said the pole fire occurred in an area east of
Lexington. The power outage put a temporary kink in the
routines of residents in Heppner, Lexington, lone, Ruggs,
Olix and Sand Hollow.
Harrison said the fire was touched off by Monday's
heavy rains which soaked through a bad insulator. The power
was grounded and in the process, the fire spread to an
arrestor on an adjoining span that serves Lexington, causing
additional outage time.
The lines went dead at 2:22p.m. and CBEC was about to
begin sectionalizing tests to determine the location when
CBEC member Jim Bloodsworth called in to report a fire
flash east of Lexington. CBEC workers began patrolling the
lines in that area and after locating the blaze, it took them
about 30 minutes to extinguish it.
"We had checked with Bonneville and were just about to
open the switch to start sectionalizing when we got the call,"
Harrison said. "When we located the fire, the extinguisher
we had didn't do the job so we had to return for more."
Harrison said once the fire was controlled, workers
sawed off the top of the pole and completed their repairs.
Harrison said a new pole will have to be set, adding that it
will be done while the "line is hot" to avoid another
shutdown.
Power in Olix, Sand Hollw and lone was back on line by
3:35 p.m., Heppner got its juice at 4:41 p.m. and Lexington
wsa back in business by 5:47 p.m.
Charter night set
for Arlington Lions
A charter celebration for the newly-founded Arlington
Lions Club is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 14, featuring a
social hour, dinner and guest speaker. The new Lions Club is
the first to be sponsored by the Heppner Lions, said president
Dave Harrison.
The new club will have 23 charter members the same
number that started in the Heppner club, Harrison said.
Included are five present or former Lions, three having
served as Lions presidents in other clubs. The first president
of the Arlington Lions will be Dean Robinson, past president
of the Sherman Lions.
The evening will begin with a social hour from 6 p.m. to 7
p.m. at the PGE building in Arlington. Dinner is scheduled to
begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Arlington Elementary School. Vern
Hawn, a past Lions International director will be the guest
speaker.
Good timing....
The Morrow County stork finally made his first trip of
the year to Pioneer Memorial Hospital on Tuesday, but
the new baby boy is unfortunately ineligible to collect the
gifts offered in the first baby contest because his parents are
Umatilla County residents. Under contest rules, the parents
of the first baby winner must be residents of Morrow,
Wheeler or Gilliam Counties.
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Kubin of Pendleton are the proud
parents of their second son, still unnamed, horn at 1:08 a.m.
on Tuesday, Jan. 10. He weighed in at 6 pounds 14 ounces.
Dr. Richard Carpenter delivered Mrs. Kubin's first
child, Bryan, now two years old, when he was practicing in
Pendleton. Mrs. Kubin wanted him to deliver her second
child, so regularly traveled to Heppner for prenatal care.
And he delivered her second son Tuesday morning.
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