The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, June 22, 1978 THREE
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Swimming instruction
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school attendance areas," but
is available at another district
school.
Parents, principals, and the
superintendent must then
agree that it would in the best
interests of the student for
educational or social purposes
to grant such a transfer.
No changes in district bus
routes will be made to
accommodate such transfer
students.
in April came under fire
shortly after it was1 approved
by Meg Murray of lone, who
sought a transfer on academic
basis for her son.
Mrs. Murray objected to the
earlier policy's provisions that
would have barred her athle
tically inclined son from
participating in sports as a
freshman at Heppner High.
At least one administration
official indicated that he did
not feel the dropping of the
athletic eligibility clause
would open the floodgates to
mass transfers within the
county, since the new policy
. sets down strict guidelines to
be met.
Superintendent Matt Do
herty suggested that parents
of elementary students submit
letters of intent on high school
preference with school offi
cials prior to the time children
reach high school age.
In other developments, the
board hired former Ionian
Anne Munkers as fifth grade
teacher at AC. Houghton
Elementary; Jennifer Spray
as second grade teacher at the
same school; Don Woolley as
fifth grade teacher at lone,
and Pat Campbell, a Central
Washington graduate, as
counselor at Riverside High.
Stan Scott, Physical Educa
tion teacher at A.C. Houghton,
was named Riverside High
football coach. Scott will
continue to teach at the
Irrigon elementary school. He
served as an assistant football
coach at Hermiston Hieh last
year. Scott is a former
Eastern Oregon State gridder.
The board accepted resigna
tions from retiring Heppner
High counselor Vi Lanham
and Riverside teacher Ro
berta Jenkins, as well as from
Heppner High teacher George
Koffler, A.C. Houghton staf
fers John M. Dawson and
Geneva Coker, and Heppner
Junior High staff member
Jerry Deford.
LaVonne Bergstrom was
hired as head cook at lone,
with Pauline Gates employed
as her assistant. Kristy Crow-
GORHAM SILVERPLATE
For A Limited Time
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ell was hired as bus driver at
lone, replacing Merlin Mar
vin, and Herb Ekstrom Jr.
was hired to replace lone
school bus driver Lindsay
Kincaid.
The board gave first reading
to a proposed early graduation
policy. Under the proposed
policy, students must meet all
academic requirements for
high school graduation, after
planning a course aimed at
early graduation with the high
school principal. Parents
must make a written request
for early graduation from the
school board at least one
semester prior to the planned
graduation date.
Early graduation requests
must explain educational or
Mrs. Bill Snow
attends daughter's
graduation in east
Mrs. Bill Snow recently
returned to lone from Millers
town, Pa., to attend the high
school graduation of her
daughter, Angie Parkhurst.
Angie, a member of the
National Honor Society, grad
uated fifth in her class of 73.
Mrs. Snow also visited son
Tom, also a high school
student at Millerstown.
OBITUARY
Anabel Alison
Word has been received that
Anabel M. Allison, 61, Port
land, founder and owner of
Allison Enterprises Inc., died
of cancer at her home in
Portland last month.
Mrs. Allison was born in
Heppner, the daughter of
Frank W. and Lillian Turner.
She grew up in Heppner and
was a graduate of Heppner
High School.
She is survived by two
daughters, Jan Allison of
Portland and Jo McKenzie of
Aloha; a sister, Jeanette
Huddleston, Boise, Idaho; a
brother Robert Turner, Wal
nut Creek, Calif.; and four
grandchildren.
There was no funeral. The
family suggests contributions
be made to the American
Cancer Society.
vocational purposes lor seek
ing the early graduation,
under the proposed plan.
Accelerated graduations
have not taken place in
Morrow County during past
years. Superintendent Do
herty said the intent of the
policy is to accomodate un
usually fast-learning, high
achieving students who may
wish to make use of the
early-out option in years to
come.
Due to the success of the
school board's recent con
struction bond sale, it was
announced that the amount of
taxes to be raised to finance
the budget for the coming
fiscal year will be $25,000 less
than expected.
Beef prices climb
After two and a half years of
relatively low prices, retail
beef prices have reached a
new record high, gaining 23
per cent over the prices
enjoyed by consumers in 1977.
The price turnaround comes
at a time when the supply of
beef is significantly less than
is has been in the past two or
three years, reports Stephen
Marks, Oregon State Univer
sity Extension agricultural
economist. '
This decrease in beef supply
stems from the forced liquida
tion of U.S. beef herds from
1974-77 when farmers and
ranchers had to cope with
drought as well as depressed
cattle prices, he explained.
"U.S. cattle numbers are at
their lowest point in seven
years, so fewer cattle are
going to slaughter," said
Marks.
"Now that the drought is
over and grass is plentiful,
ranchers are starting to hold
back cattle from market in
order to take advantage of the
available forage and to re
build their depleted herds," he
observed.
Although consumers are
feeling the effects in their
pocketbooks, beef prices are
not much higher than they
were in June, 1975 when
consumers boycotted super-
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Hours for next week's begin
ning of swimming lessons at
the Heppner municipal pool
have been changed.
The advanced beginners
class will be held Tuesday
through Friday starting at 9
a.m., as will the intermediate
Children's summer hour
features Japanese fea
The children's summer
reading program at Heppner
Elementary School library
during the coming week will
feature films on Japanese
fairy tales and a Japanese tea
ceremony.
The oriental flavored pro
markets, commented Marks.
Choice beef cuts, including
all the cuts from a steer
carcass, average around $1.70
a pound now compared with
$1.61 in June, 1975, the
previous record high. During
1977, however, average beef
prices dropped to a low of
about $1.38.
Ground beef with 30 per cent
fat costs $1.19 a pound now,
and leaner hamburger can
cost up to about $1.59 a pound,
estimates Marks.
One reason for the high
prices is that, with fewer
cattle going to packers, the
competitive demand has dou
bled the cost of slaughter cows
for packers relative to the
prices that prevailed in 1975
when herds were being liqui
dated. While ranchers are
reaping the benefits of such a
market now, Marks points out
that they have been operating
at a loss for the last four
years.
In addition, these price rises
are not due solely to the
decreased supply of beef, said
Marks. Increased marketing
costs for such things as
transportation, labor, packag
ing, taxes and utilities, have
also boosted retail meat
prices. Despite rising costs,
Marks believes consumers are
not likely to boycott beef
class.
Beginners classes will start
at 10 a.m. A "mother and tot"
swim session for mothers and
their toddlers will start on
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and
Thursdays at 11 a.m. and will
'continue through the summer.
gram will begin at 10 a.m.
Tuesday in the school library.
It is expected to last one hour.
The school library will be
open for book checkouts from
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. during the
remainder of the day.
to record
again, unless retail prices rise
more than consumers' spen
dable income. "Even with
inflation, consumers now
seem to feel they have enough
increase in income to afford
meat at current higher pri
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average of $6 an hour. This
hourly wage now buys about
14 per cent more beef than the
1975 wage did, he said.
"All in all, consumers are
getting a good buy in beef and
other farm products even
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Timothy D. Skow, son ,
of Mr. and Mrs. John
Skow of Heppner, won
the Harry S. Truman
Foundation
Award during recent
ceremonies at Gonzaga
University in Spokane.
The award, established
by congress as the
official memorial to
Truman, is a permanent
education scholarship.
though food does cost more.
This is because incomes have
increased faster than food
prices have," said Marks.
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