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KKillT The lleppner Gazette-Times, lleppner, Oregon. Thursday. May K. 1!W0 SEPOYS lone trac J Condon eppiier, H 1. 'is, lleppner's Jim Parker bends over recent track meet. Valuation Persons wishing to dispute their property valuations must take their complaints to the Board of Equalization rather than the county as of May 1. Greg Sweek. assessor, said the members of that board are County Judge Don McElligott. county budget member Terry Thompson and Bill Nelson, a builder in the Boardman area. Sweek said persons can file an appeal by submitting a letter or talking to one of the three board members by May 17. The county assessor said his office physically appraises one-sixth of the county each year. The rest of the county is valued with the use of a Value Index. The assessor's office monitors the sales of property in the area and compares those figures to the previous appraisal. The difference in the two figures is computed Reserve wheat price drops Old reserve agreement wheat may no longer be removed from the farmer owned grain reserve without penalty since the national average mid-month price for April is $3.40 per bushel. 10 cents below the $3.50 reserve release level. Ray Fitzgerald, executive president of the Commodity Credit Corpora tion (CCC). said recently. "Old agreement wheat: is wheat placed in the reserve prior to restriction of grain shipments to the Soviet Union announced Jan. 4. Corn and sorghum also may not be removed with penalty. Fitzgerald said Oats conti nue in release while barley and rice remain in call status, he said. Fitzgerald said the reserve status decisions were made following a review by CCC of 2 YEAR TERM This Political Advertisement Paid By I tf- J t &. J .Js Jr j -TV backwards to have a good mark disputes go to board into a percentage average increase for all property. All property. in that area is taxed as being equal to that percen tage increase. Sweek said not all property increases in value'at the rate it is taxed so some people dispute the Value Index ap praisal. The Board of Equali zation looks at the property and can hire an outside appraiser to physically decide the valuation of the property rather than relying on the Value Index. The appraisal can increase. Sweek said, and if (hat is the case, the property will be taxed at the higher rate. He said it does not happen too often but added that some times a person will dispute the valuation and want it to be valued higher because he wants to put the property up for sale. the U.S. Department of Agri culture's agricultural prices report released here April 30. Storage earnings will re sume today in all states for wheat and continue in effect for corn, oats and sorghum. No storage payments will be made for barley and rice. Data used by CCC in determining the release and call levels include five-day average prices as reported by USDA's Agricultural Market ing Service which show prices bid by buyers at selected markets) and the month-end report of prices received by farmers issued by USDA's Economics, Statistics and Cooperatives Serice. This end-of-month report shows the previous month's average price and the current mid-month price. KEEP AS MOftftOW COUNTY COMMISSIONER Dorothy Krbt in the high jump at a All new construction must be physically appraised to be put on the tax rolls The county assessors physically valued Lexington. Boardman and lone this past year and will assess the Heppner area this fall. In the county budget for 1980-81. the county assessor's office is asking for funding for a third appraiser to be stationed in the north end of the countv. Superintendent says schools won't open School superintendant Matt Doherty spoke to the Chamber of Commerce Monday about the school budget. "We have an insufficient tax base so there is no way we can open the schools next year if we don't pass a hudget hy then." Doherty warned. The school levy on the Mav 20 ballot is for about $3 million. The lax base would only allow a hudget nf about Sfioo.flon which would only operate the schools for about a month. Doherty said. He explained that the re quested budget going to the voters is for 2fi percent more than last year but 13 percent of that is because two new schools will be opera ting in the north end of the county Increased salaries of 14 per cent for cert ificd sta f f and 13.8 percent for classified staff also add to the increase. Salaries makeup 79 percent of the budget. The estimated tax rate is $.() per $1,000 valuation, an increase of 35 cents per $1.0OO. A person with a $60,000 property valuation would pay $448 next vear while this vear lone easily dofoaled Hepp iHTf Condon and Ukiiih in a boys (rack nuM( last week in Heppner. The Cardinal Ixiys scored VM points with Hoppnor sec ond with fi9'-j. Condon third with 24 and Ukiah last with It. ls Thompson came in first place in the hitih jump with a 5-8 jump with teammate Shawn La Hue second and Eurl Hammond of lleppner third. Mustang Jim Parker fin ished first in the discus with a throw of 12S-8'-... Terry Starr was second, Jerry Rietmann third, Wes Marlatt fourth and Craig Gutierrez fifth Gregg Hielmann won the long jump competition at 18-8 ' i with Jeff Hams second. Todd Sherer fourth and Ham mond fifth. lone won the 4iM) meter relay with a time of 47.92 with Heppner second at 50 IB and Condon third with 52.2A. ;?;c - Russell llrill. K years old. is niakinc his mark as an angler. Recently he caught (his l-int-h tiiiiil in upper Ithea ( reek, lie used a fishing pole with hiHik arid norm. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. linger Brill nf I lie lleppner area. if budget keeps failing he paid $427 for schools Doherty s;nd the defeat of the school budget at the March 25 election was because of "lack nf publicity " Doherty said a committee has been formed to explain the budget In different orgatiia lions. In other chamber news. Extension Agent Harold Kerr said he expects another "grasshopper problem" this year Kerr said there were prob lems with the sprav program last year and there may be even more this year because nf more government restric tions. The government will only allow spraying in range- 7 s ,thw !Lrv6 Sundqt), (Uqtj 11 $525 Fine Foods 1 lone 422 Jerry Rietmann was first in the pole ynult Bt 10-6 with Les Thompson second and Duune Garrett of Heppner third. lleppner's Dan Nix finished first in the 1500 meter run with a time of 4:46.1. Shawn LaRue was second, Jari Alasuvanto third, and Garrett fourth. Parker won the shot put with a toss of 46-6" -j with Terry Starr of lone second, Gutier rez third and Marlatt fifth. Hams won the 100 meters with a clocking of 11.9 seconds with Jones second. Dunne Fetsch third, .and Buck Estes fourth. Gregg Rietmann won the triple jump with a leap of 38-10. Jerry Rietmann was second. Jim McCabe wnn the 400 meter run in a time of 57.17. flams was second. Parker won the javelin throw with a toss of 144-7'j. Karl Hammond was second. Jim McCain third. Terrv Linda Schultz bowls 200 game in Koffee League Linda Schultz bowled a 200 game and a 505 series for the high marks of the week in the Koffee Kup Keglers League. Hi llo's had the high team game at 575 and the New comers had the high series with l.58i. Judy Rickert made the 3-8-10 split and had a 503 series. With one week remaining, the Three 1,'s bowling team is in first place with a 38-2f record with the Wearv Wives land area. Kerr said. He added that many people were not satisfied with the program last year when they were charged 40 cents per acre and some did not pay. Farmers should check in the rangeland and cropland areas for grasshoppers. Kerr said. Stale and federal agents will be in the area checking the problem "At this point, we think we will have a spray program but with more restrictions." Kerr said Orville Culsforth announced at the meeting that his family planted 17.000 trees in the forest recently. II I & Lounge - 955 111 Ma it louitli HIIU l.UllelTOZ fifth. lone took the first three places In the 110 meter high hurdles with Robin LnRue capturing first in lfi.OB. Les Thompson second and Mike Conklin third. lleppner's Brett Sherer cruised to his win in the 800 meters with a time of 2:12 01. tone's Shawn l-aRue was second, 18 seconds behind the winner. McCnhe won the 200 meter competition in 24 47 seconds edging teammates Rietmann in 24.7:1 and Fetsch in 24 91. Estes was fourth for the Mustangs. In the 300 meter intermedi ate hurdles, Rohin LaRue wnn in 44 3 seconds with Thompson second and Cnnklm fourth. Nix was the only competitor in the :).ixk) meters and he ran the distance in 10:50 03 lone won the HiOO meter relay in 4: Hi 13 I'kiah was second in 4:3158 team second at 37-27. The Dregs team is 32'? -3 1'., the I'ytls 32-32. the Cutter Dusters .11-33. the Newcomers 30 34, the Three Holers 28' .-35' - and the Hi llo's 27-37 Three L's is first in the i' total wives "utter pins with 24.754. Weary second with 24.743. G Dusters third with 24.524. Dregs fourth with M.51. Hi llo's fifth with 24.5811. Three Holers sixth with 24.4-1!). 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