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The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 10, 197&-THREE
Chamber Hears Reasons ForBudget Hike
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Morrow County Judge D O.
Nelson defended the proposed
$267,406 increase in the 1979
1980 county budget Monday in
a speech to Heppner Chamber
of Commerce members at the
West of Willow Restaurant.
Nelson told members the
major reason for the in-
Pioneer
Picnic
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planning committee will pro
vide baked ham and scalloped
potatoes and those attending,
salads and desserts.
Peck says it's a time for
pioneer families and the
general public to socialize.
The County Fair and Rodeo
Court will be introduced and
county officials expect to
enjoy the festivities. Peck will
have his collection of antique
farm machinery on display as
a special treat.
Oldtimers and Peck family
members are expected to
attend and could travel from
as far away as Georgia to
attend.
Each year Heppner 's pio
neer families take turns in
hosting the event.
Grand jury indictments returned
cont. from page 1
exceptions." The jury met
seven times in secret meet
ings on Feb. 9, 12th, March
1st., April 5, April 13, April 20
and May 2; initially it handed
down 16 indictments, 11 of
those against a single defen
dant, Noel Gay Harshman Jr.
and the latest series against
Named Leader
Mark Sargent, Heppner, has
been elected by the student
body of Oregon State Univer
sity, Corvallis, to serve as a
student body officer for the
1979-1980 school year.
Mark, a sophomore, was
selected as a science senator.
Group sees
sewing film
April 28, 1979 we held our
last meeting at our leaders
house, Judy Wright, and saw a
film, "Painless Sewing" on
how to sew faster and easier.
Some of us finished up on our
skirts we are making. Before
next meeting, we are to have
our material for our fair
project.
News Reporter,
Kimberle Wright
Sfacfes
cAcccssoty Sterns
creased budget is the $100,000
proposed as a one year levy
for additional road funds
caused by the extreme weath
er conditions of the past
winter.
"We are asking for salaries
for two men, one to live in
Boardman and the other in
Irrigon to take care of road
problems," Nelson said.
And he reported there had
been further road washouts
during last weekend's torren
tial rainfall.
The county judge said the
other reasons for the increase
over last year's budget were
the loss of $35,996 in federal
CETA employment funds, a
$47,000 reduction in federal in
lieu of taxes attributed to a
decrease in forest receipts, a
phase-cut in anti-recession
funds amounting to $24,000, a
seven and a half per cent
salary increase in the road
dept. totalling $64,260 (Nelson
says the figure includes addit
ional employees).
A public hearing is sched
uled Wednesday, May 16 at 10
a.m. at the County Judge's
Office for the purpose of
discussing the proposed
$2,266,758 budget. Voters will
decide on the budget the
following week on Tuesday,
May 22.
four individuals.
Harshman is scheduled to
appear for a hearing on May
15 on the first indictment
against him, manufacture of a
controlled substance for which
he has pleaded not guilty. A
motion to suppress evidence
recovered in a Heppner raid
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The proposal asks a
$1,036,570 property tax levy to
balance the budget. If that
figure is adopted on the ballot,
$494,410 must be approved by
the voters outside the six per
cent budget limitation im
posed by the State Constitu
tion. The 1979-1980 tax request
is $267,406 greater than last
year's tax request.
Nelson released figures
Monday estimating the
county's total property value
at $450-million. Calling many
of the estimates "guess
timates", Nelson proposed a
tax levy of $1.33 per $1,000 in
assessed valuation for the
county hospital budget, $2.30
per $1,000 for the county
budget excluding the hospital
and $2.08 per $1,000 for the
county budget excluding the
hospital and $1,000 for roads.
Without Pioneer Memorial
Hospital being included in the
budget. Nelson estimated
taxes on a $40,000 home for the
1978 at $92.40 and in 1979 at $92.
The tax for the hospital alone
on a $40,000 home was
estimated at $17.60 in 1978 and
$53.20 in 1979.
However, he cautioned
chamber members that "this
does not necessarily mean
that the actual tax bill would
be reduced because the hypo-
was dismissed April 20 in
Circuit Court by visiting
Judge Werner Wasley, La
Grande, according to Doherty.
Seized in the raid were
marijuana plants, parapher
nalia to grow the plants,
scales and marijuana pipes.
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probably be indexed upward
each year increasing the
value. This value could cause
an increase in taxes, though
OBITUARY
Charles S. Kirk 1
Charles Sylvester Kirk, a
former Heppner resident, died
in Hermiston on May 2, at the
age of 70.
He was born on February 2,
1909, in Heppner, the son of
James and Mary Florin Kirk.
A retired auto mechanic, he
was an Army veteran of World
War II, and a member of the
Hermiston American Legion.
Services were Saturday,
May 5 at 2 p.m. at the United
Methodist Church with the
Rev. Steve Tollefson officiat-
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The chamber adjourned
early because several mem
bers were planning to attend
the funeral of County Commis
ing. Carl and Betty Marquardt
sang "In the Sweet By and
By", and "Old Rugged
Cross."
Concluding services and
interment were held at Hep-
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Bryant, Darrell Power, Ger
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Dick McElligott and James
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