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i""T " " f-ff-r f i - i-, i ,, ,.,,., i, , , ,11 y -. ,..(,- ..... ... -t .. y-i-gm tll t , -i ui j jr '-'ji " " " ' 'p "r" T"T"T" " I "'1' "I ' '"" -n .n. "1 i "i Ti TfTTTT V" U" U.J U "ti'"uu"r"aii"ir,,n""ir,ip-"r--iu ui p ji , The Heppner Gazette-Time. Heppner. Oregon. Thursday, June 5. I9R0-ELEVEN Portland wheat market tour includes 30 from area r far C!, j i ..iV i' iiy - Alwul 30 portions are ex pected to attend the Morrow County Whent Growers Public Notlct rouiuB-i "Wheat Marketing Tour" In Portland today and tomorrow, The group left Heppner thin Public Notict NOTICE Of BUDGET HEAWNQ morning at 7:30 on a Morrow County School District bus. On I for use of the bus was $15 Public Notict a Lexington City Cgwell Jun .. 60 Bar vmmwmi ui r--- I-ixlngton CltT Hall fT ,.n .! a ..-,-, far the fUca I year bo-tr-ine July 1. U flP aa aim a i o by the CltT of Lexington Bull C arnlttee, A euaimary af the a 1 hi pmnlri Mow. A ao af Ota arida" ) a y m eheaa itil.ni.. r,f TnUV. 411-1 I n 1Q am n r i T axe-ryot wao iMlmbnliWi DJ aeadolaaa ll taoetita--itatiaaaleef areea fraeaf 1 r" eaodaWtsf the illiig far. Majer Horrow ((-ay) If my. 4 liMlr aftal h bwKM. aUt Lexliwton 5-30-flO IMmt. Mayor Lee PadberK Tlii 1 1 FINANCIAL SUMMARY 1 I "hTt?" I Total Proa aa-. L 33 ANTICIPATED Total Mfto Ifcrrt , ?1.Ti1 2Li9 RUJlURriONTS lulCaalUl Outlay LStJSi tZJUH TrAllC r.paafltu-aaai dRMil'ii"e . 17..? lfl.992 TOTAL ANTICIPATES MQUDUtMOTO qqj ANTICIPATED ToUlRotoauaofii-ul Pmti.rii T 99,2A o?.T9ft REVENUES Total Pn .y Tax Raqul I to tain Bumf '. 7 .9?! 8i997 TOTAL ANTICIPATED REVEWUM KT7,?fr7 m.OOS ANTICIPATED Total F ty Tun R-oul d la aVUaaae Bu4M 7.963 fl. flfl7 TAX LEVY H a liaPocxnyTaaoeNat. oR.o.r-d 1,1 ISO .VS TOTAL PROPERTY TAX LEVY 9 12J 0 TAX IX VIES Lt Wlthta Tu Baa - - 1721 1.916 PARTIALLY One Year Be lal Lory Ou 4. Tea Rami FUNDED BY Serial I tee , STATE OP TOTAL PROPERTY TAX TO BE PARTIALLY ORKOON PUMPED BY STATE OP OREQOW 1.7?3 1.916 TAX LEVIES 0YarSNL-jyOiiUTa-BaM TOTALLY IJefLt-tae 2J 7r.0Q FUNDED BY u-(-P.-. f Bioo-D LOCAL TOTAL PROPERTY TAX TO BE TOTALLY , , TAXPAYERS FUNDED BY LOCAL TAXPAYERS I 7,600 7,1.00 BTATKMPff OF fJCDUTRDWKflS OUT fXTTVTAMXMMO I DOT UmUX.IrtHCUtS nomr O mm itmtmomojjm iUMiiwmii nmisH tabu( bzu OHLY if oourm PCBT OUTWl -ANDtNO I DTBT Al HCXUZJg). NOT BMCUIUgP TW T HiTt llaTar NiTt rmr or nmr 1.79 i.no ) B, 11fl.97i none non Inn 1 1 nmm Wamnia han-Tar a Now MJMri total pmrBTEPiVEas IMO.M lift, 973 . I FUNDS RX QUDUNO A PROPERTY TAX TO BE LEVIED .FUND Omluaa all Pay U Casta) TMal TatJa-a Total CaanaJ Outlay , Tatal AUOtWUpti tuna and RaoAiii-aanta Tatal faara-uui a aad Raouran-mU . Tatal Rimiairiinul PiuinjTa fTa PBnr Taaaa Raauln d U Balanaa . Eatla-wd Pi larnlj Taaaa Nat la a Baatn i . Tatal PimmHj Tu L ,, ., La WUhtaTwBa- Ons-Yaar Sfvia) LnrMa Ouuaoa Tu B-a . banal and CanUruaof Uma (OpanUli) Sart-I bmm (Castlal Csc-Or-ttunJ La For Pa aantaf Bud.d Data . o Tatal Pa- alSa t flmhalai all Pa mI Caata) Total MalonaJ and oaf ton ., Total CaailaJ Outlay ................. .. .. Total All Olhar Eqmditun aad Raoiinmanta ..... Total Eipaa dltu land Raqium nrau Total Ran uroaa tu pt ProotnyTaaoa P ipar ty Taaaa Rml 1 .................... Ptopany Taaaa Raauira a i to Balaaaa ........... Laumaud Proo QrTaaaa Not lo aaReari i Total Fyoparty TuL . .... La WilhioTaiBaaa Ona- Yaw Spocwl Uvmo Oulatda Taa Baat S nal and Conunulnf Lavtot lOparattnf I ,.. Sana) Uviaa (Captul Coaatnieuon) Lay For Payrmnl of Boodad Dobt lat ti att78 iaWAaaaa tmn ru lt 1.17Q rl zja i.s i.zn 22 1-6 1-301 1.170 116 1flrlfei 9f9?0 7.761 l?r7 pfW 5.1.15 1,Tfig ,-,.,;..' 1.525 l.B?6 1 1 r.v 12a jio f i, -r - 1 . , . ,, j lr721 1.916 fire Truck ."irrlal LgvY fund actum. Data I oo to iLDOCr I novtoajocuri UT"1A THylAyS MP-jl j,i.1A fl.117 f.,LV 8f117 I II ,. I. MM Vlil I .., . 6riq 6.9P1 a ; ' v62 L19 1 '' ' Li 'nn 7, .no fOT " ,j i '. 1 ' ' - ' 1 FUNDS NOT REQUIRING A PROPERTY TAX TO BE LEVIED TV Cbla Service FUND Total hnunal atrncat (Includn all Payroll Cotu) . ToUl Miltrtab and Sotvtcoi Tout Capital OulUy Total All Othar Exptnditunt and Rtqulcamonit . . . Toul Eiptrtditum and Ktc;uiitmtnu Total Rdouroat ACTUAL DATA AUWTtO PUUlitT AWHOVtO UIX.f T I.AST VCAH 78-79 THIS Vt AW 79-0Q WfKT Yf AH BO-Pj, ?75 , 1QQ 360. 5,621 2il 1,765 0 2S2 5.559 11.-A7 S,?71 ' H,6fU ItOAd. FUND Toul Fonnnal SorvKaa (Includoa ill Payrull Com) , Toul MtKiula and Soivkci Toul Cipiial OulUy , , Toul All Othar tap ndiliirci and Roqulramcntt Toul Lapendiiurci and Hcqulnmonit ToUl Rriourcet , , , , , ToUl rWnal Scrvkot (Includea all Payroll Com) , Total Mjltualt and Sorvkat Toul Capital Ouilay Total All Other r.apcndiluroi and Requirement! . , , Toul l:.npendiluriii and RcqulrenMtita . , Toul Reroute! ACTUAL DATA I AUOfTrO RU0t.T AMOVt0 ByUOLI LAST VtAH JZ0VJ?9 THIS YtAR?3-CD. M XT '-fAft 00-01 ?i4? 53JQ Z25P3 2oyo g.sw 2.112 L6.180 l-i.u?z I 17T-07 I -6"W I 1.L?2 I 5HljLilOnU!l.5bCn FUND ACTUAL DATA 1 ADOPHU ByOGMT I APVHOVt 0 BUWitT LAST VtAH 70-79 I THIS Yt,t79-5Q . NKT VAHQ-aL 7i9 55? 1.051 I 1.552 I Pi 560 -iiatex. I l!M) Toul Ptiional Stivkri (Includct all Paytoll Com) lolal Mtltrult and ScrvKCt ToUl Capital Oulla) ToUl All Oilier I kxn Jnuiei and Kutimeiili . , Total ImpenUiluiu jud ReuuimiMittt Total Rcioutcct ACTUAL DATA LAST YEAR 7Q-r79 -1?A? ISA -1909 AUOPItU this vt ah 1,100 ...5,n-i, . i3 AfPHOVtl) ByocrT Nt XT Yf AH Q0-G1 tideral. fievenua Shoriru . 1.1.0 ".0,117" ?.500, :'9.39 HIND Total Pcrrorul Sarvicci (Include! all Payroll Com) . Toul MaKrialt and Strvicta Toul Capital Outlay Toul All Othar Ltprndilurat and Ketuireimnti , . . Total l.nptnditutti and Kcauiretmntt Total Koourcct , . , Toul Periorul ServKct (Intluiki all Payroll Com) , Total Matetula and Servtcea Toul Captul Outlay Toul All Other l.xpcndituret and Requirements . . , Toul lApcndilutes and Keqiiiitinenii Toul Rttoutvci ACTUAL 0AJA I AllOTL-l) BUUliU. I AWHOVtU BUUCLI LAST YCAH xu.r!79 Hl Yf AR 79-eO Nl X t Yf AR CO-rl r 6if i ,3oi 6 i 2205 IfA ZrSZ$ 75P. i 2.1.7 I 2 I 75Q .':'ater. Bond .Principle .ft Interns!- Panwnt ,,,N) AC1UAL 0ATA,o I ADOCTfD BUDfiLt I APPHOVT 0 BuLlC.pT LAST YCAH -?0.-"9 THIS V t AH .79-T P Ni T Yf AR nO-Hl . U.X2 Z fi-S22 IIITXZZII 1, W ''.f5?2 a person. The tour group will meet on the River Queen for lunch at noon and visit a grain handl ing facility at 2 this afternoon. The wheat growers will then tour Terminal No. 6. container shipments, at 4 and partici pate in wine tasting at 6 p.m. Public Hotkt MORMOW COUNTY SCHOOL DIITBICT P.O. aaalaa " Leilftaton, Oreaan 7IM (MJIMMIl! MORROW COUNTY SCHOOL DIS TRICT Invltet bidt on the lot lowing: Antral covered utility building ac X ac with concrete floor Intuiated, wired, and plumbed. Specification and bid form era encloted or are available upon the reaoev at me addrett betow. Rid will be opened at Lexington on June 11, 190 at 1:10 p m. and will be pretented to the dittrlct board on June 14, vm at 00 p m . at the Dittrlct Office m Lexington. Bidl are to be tent or delivered In aealed envelope plainly marked AAetel building BID All bldt are to be mailed or delivered to the Atorrow County School Dittrlct Office, Box MB, Lexington, Oregon f7tM before the time and date (pacified above. The acnool district ret vet the right to relect any and all bid. Dare AAay 30, 1ao. Atemiew P. Doherfy, Dittrlct Superintend t fuMUM- June S, 1J. t0 ' AOltAwi5UWTV : SCHOOL DISTBICT P.O. Bex Mi LenlnaTaa. Oreaea eyue (Ml) tat-IHI MOB ROW COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT invire bldt on the following: One Compact Pickup, and One Ton axa Pickup Specification and bid form are encloted or are available upon request at the addrett below. Bidt will be opened at J 10 p.m. on June la, 1tX and will be presented to the dittrlct board on June M. 19B0 at I p m. m the School District Office m Lexington. Bid are to be sent or delivered In sealed envelopes plainly marked PICK UP BIO All bidt ere to be mailed or delivered to the AAorrow County School District Office. Box Ma. Lexington. Oregon 07SJ before the time and dale specified above The school ditrlct reserves the right to retecr any and all bid. Matthew P. Doherty, Dittrlct Saooi IntontHiil PuWIsk: June S. It, IN Public Notict ' the Oak Knool Winery. Dinner will be at 7 at a Chinese Restaurant. Wheat Growers will stay at the Imperial Hotel tonight. Rooms are expected to cost 125 for a double and1 $20 for a single. Tomorrow, the group begin? the day at 9:30 a.m. with Jar Public Notict MORROW COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT P.O BOX Ml Lt XINOTON, ORROON 7IJ4 NOTICR OF CALL FOR BIOS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that tealed bids will be received et the Morrow County School Dittrlct olfice. P 0 Box Ma, Lexington, OR 7, for furnithing and delivering the following: 3 45 passenger tchool buses, (comlete) unittl. Delivery date not later than Aug. IS, 1M0 JO passenger mini -school bus, (com plete unit ) . Delivery date to be not later than Aug. IS, teao. Bids will be opened at 3 p m ., Monday. June 1e, 190, at the District office in Lexington, and will be ores red to the School Board at their regular meeting at I p.m., Monday, June II. tM at the district office in Lexington. The School Board reserve the right to relect any and all bids and to waive any or all technicalities or claim. Specification and bid forms may be acquired at the office of me pittrid Superintendent at Lexington. Only bid form furnished by the chool dittrict will be used Bidt must be received In sealed envelope and clearly marked "BUS BID". Signed: Kenneth Broedbent, Chairman Matthew Doherty, Dlitrlct Clerk Publish June . June H, leap NOTICE OP BUDGET CO.AMITTEE MEETING Pursuant to ORS Wa 401. Notice i hereby given that meeting of the tone Lexington Cemetery Maintenance Dittrlct Budget Committee will bbe held on June , !9tj. at I 00 p m. at the lone City Hall, lone Oregon, at which time the budget message and budget documents are to be delivered. The budget document Is available at the officer of Winter and Sweeney. 741 N. Main Street, P 0 Box S82. Heppner. Oregon 97134, between the hours of 9 00 a m. and S 00 pm. The meeting it a public meeting wheree deliberation of the budget committee will take piece and any person may appear and discuss the proposed program with The budget committee at that time. i Dean Hunt, Chairman of the Board of Director, lone Lexingfon Cemetery Maintenance Qtstric Public Notict irjnct or auD heskoc r.illeland explaining Commodity Futures Trading. At 11:15. the Portland Grain Exchange will explain the cash grain' market. At noon, the lour group will attend a luncheon with the agricultural committee from the Portland -Chamber of Commerce. At I ::t0 p m.. the group will tour a bakery and then begin the trip back to Heppner at 3. arriving at about 8 p.m. Heppner unit planning session set Public participation is Invit ed by Umatilla National Forest officials at a meeting in Heppner July 15. as a part of a curent forest planning effort. H B. Rudolph, forest super visor, announced from Pend leton that the "Forest Plan" is to incorporate all land and resource activities into a single, integrated, compre hensive plan for the Umatilla National Forest. The Forest Plan will be developed according to the provisions of federal law. An environmental impact state ment will be prepared. The project will be super vised by Rich Reeves, forest planner. The Heppner meeting will ' be held in the multipurpose room of the Heppner Elemen tary School at 235 E. Stans bury. The meeting will start at 7:30 p.m. Reeves said all interested persons are invited, particu larly those owning land within or directly adjoining the national forest boundary. Questions and comments may be addressed to: Forest Planner, Umatilla National Forest, 2517 Hailey Avenue, Pendleton. Ore. 97801. Public Notict TeUthefact$onbeef The Oregon Cow Belles have procured Gov. Vic Atiyehs' support of a national Cow Belle resolution which demands the federal government disseminate nutrition Information based only on "scientific fact." Polly Owen, Eugene, Oregon Cow Belles president, says the governor's support is the first step in insuring that consumers are told all the facts as to the contributions red meat makes to a balanced diet. The resolution also asks that Federal funds spent on nutrition research be allocated so that all sides of the diet-heart disease issue are investigated. challenging the theory that cholesterol arid saturated fats in the diet cause heart disease. Also red meats contribute a complete protein plus the most absorbable source of iron, trace minerals and important B vitamins. This coupled with the fact that cattle play an integral part in the world food supply scheme makes beef production a very important segment of American agriculture, she said. Farmer for Smith Harvey Keudell of Stay ton and Glen Hudspeth of Prineville have been named as co-chairmen of the Fanners for Denny Smith organization by Congressional nominee Denny Smith, nominee Denny Smith. Hudspeth, a Crook County cattle rancher, raises breeding stock on his family farm near Prineville. Weather slotc$ some harvests The first Farm Labor Information bulletin of the season, issued by the State Employment Division last Thursday, reports that adverse weather conditions in some parts of the state have slowed pre-harvest activities. However, weather conditions are improving, and the strawberry harvest in the Willamette Valley is being favorably affected. Areas experiencing the Mt. St. Helens ash fallout have reported no crop damage at this time. Ranchers may boost cowcalf production aa hale aa See af eke Doara or uiroexora .. an 4 . w-- o. l2?i "vlJ the flaeal -mt r Uaalaf Jly I, 19 0 aa a re - ay the Heppoer C terT Malntaaianoe DleTtrltrt Wilrleel Cars atlaa J aaaaa Cettaa. a ry mt taa Mat la ireaoared aalae. a co ml eke mmtt aay mt TinnH er ekuiaad fna af caaraa at 630 I. Main Street , a. fc.. u 10 kM. . L tM. '" ' mo 1 aa a koala af artixatloi jjj aawiataat J aat aaaalatau rut taa koau of mi Una aoad tu laa taw prarwllas -oar. riajot akaeeea, Ut a, aat thatjr efface aa laa t laac. ara erajlalaea oelae. ffimmtt r&W- (Baca) (C-Mjyirye. af tleearalaj Ely) nmjrcLU. oaevmT Ts&iffKlao tgTTSe fgggjl tetaJ. Paeoaaal. tamca, (Tot lea ae aU rarnU caata) . . . 19.TjO.00 1.o70O9 total trU mi toreUoa 1rl.'50 6.t5Qltl aamciraTD ' T ' "r r UWrtlllia tesal Carttal oacl 2.091,33 2.614.13 letai AU Oca Ixoar-tr-oo end r-wolroaairo 32.03aJV9 33aA47rOO Tom, aimcii'tna pgtoairrorua 72.jiV3ttM total I, rroaarcy tmm U.r3,1 46.j16.ia eanCXFATB airiaua total Praoartt Taaaa aaeairod ta - ivafac 27.630.00 T6t56TaOO Tout uicimtd ajrrantt 72Ui3.t1 total Ptooast; loaae laealtaa to ielaace agat 27.620.00 16.56T 00 amcintn O Maai lailanal Fro oarty toaoo kK tokt laoal a . tAI IXtrt UMa.a to HI nut mt taaaa aot rota ) 3qo13oOO 1.000.00 iPT rtomn tu un 31,433.00 ' 17.6T00 uit-r. t a 16.573.00 tT.S6T.00 tUMUAT or Oaa-Taar Saacial I Ootataa taa leaa 14.860,00 , ui usn ' iatlal L laa aad roattoMlas, UUa 1 la tor raraaat of ieataf Pott I rurtuBft or DcrjTcxxss out auniA-outs oat aUT-xiusvjtt oca b mm aa mmuAua tmst nota aa aeaMirria aavoa) FUNDS REQUIRING A PROPERTY TAX TO BE LEVIED CKNEJUL FUND Total Persona) Servkei (Include! all Payrull Colts) Total Material and Services .... Total Capital Outlay Total All Other Expenditures and Requirement! . Total Expenditures and Requirement! Total Reiouicei Except Property Taxes Property Taxes Received Property Taxes Requited to Balance ....... Estimated Property Taxes Not to be Received . , Total Property Tax Levy Levy Within Tax Base One-Year Special Levies Outside Tax Base Serial Levies and Continuing Levies Levy For Payment of Bunded Debt ACTUAL OAT A ADOPTtO BUDGE T AWROVCO gUOGET LAST Yf AR 78-79 THIS Yf AR 79-80 NEXT YEAR 80-81 9,190.2, 19.756.60" 19.B70.00 4.952.69 18,550.00 t.550.00 00. 00i 00. 1o74950 1j920.1)Cr; 2,527.00 25Ao92.40 401220.00 29,347.00 16a8.08 12,to0.00 1275BpOO T2t6ao7o9 " " """'' ,,,,, , ; 3t81.00 1.000.00 3i;ll,pg 17.?fS7.00 ,,,,,,,,,, 16T57M)0 17.567.00 14,6600 FUNDS NOT REQUIRING A PROPERTY TAX TO BE LEVIED Pa rpe t ual C ara FUND Total Personal Service! (Includes all Payroll Costi) . Total Materials and Service! Total Capital Outlay Total All Other Expenditures and Requirements . . . Toul Expenditures and Requirements Total Resources Total Personal Servicei (Includes all Paytoll Costs) . Total Materials and Services Toul Capital Outlay ToUl All Other Expenditures and Requttenwnls . . . Total Expenditures and Requirements Total Resources ACTUAL OATA LAST YEAR 1978-79 ADOPTED iUDUST js1Aij3d aulpawaiT 30,794.49 JOA 32.49 APPROVED BUDGET NEXT YEAR J9aW8a JlxOOjOOj JI. 020.00 FUND ACTUAL I1ATA I ADOPTED BUDGET J APPROVED BUDGET LAST VEAHt97jfc79 THIS YEAR 1979 3C NEXT VEAf49aO-31 226.62 " 2.091.33" 2r490.6S ; 2il3l ZJfiUll 125v7 2.319T94 2,091.32 2.6loll2 2tl!9.94 2.091.33 1 2.616:12" Eastern Oregon ranchers may be able to boost profits by tying their cow-calf produc tion systems more closely to market conditions, two Ore gon State University researchers have learned in a ' computer study. "We found that, over an 11-year period, keeping year lings (calves in their second year) through the summer and selling in August increas ed the net farm income for a 300-head herd by 79 percent, from $218,292 to $391,646," said Carol Whitley, a graduate student who conducted the research under the super vision of Oregon Agricultural ' Experiment Station economist Carl O'Connor. The key to higher profits, explained O'Connor, was pay ing close attention to the weight-times-price formula used to calculate a calf's value, and to partially pre dictable fluctuations in the price of feed and cattle cycles. During periods when supplies at the marketplace were dwindling, and prices were rising, it became profit able to hold yearlings and fatten them on summer past ures (rather than selling them in the spring as some ranchers do), he said. When supplies were increasing, and prices were decreasing, losses could be minimized by switching pro duction systems and selling calves when they were wean ed in September (at about four to six months of age). The researchers used data ' collected through OSU's East ern Oregon Agricultural Re search Center at Burns to simulate in the computer the operation of a "typical" eastern Oregon cow-calf pro duction ranch. They examined business during the 11-year period from 1968 through 1978 because it represented common" cattle cycle, said Whitley. She said ranchers in eastern Oregon usually use one of PvbHc Hetlct PUBLIC NOTICI Second Notice Of Budget Hearing A meeting of the Heppner City Council will be held on June lath, (ago at 00 p.m.. at Heppner City Hall, laa W. Willow Street. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the budget for the fiscal year beginning July I, IIKM as approved by the City of Heppner Boooel Committee. A copy of the budget may be Inspected or obtained free of charge af Heppner City Hall between the hours of 00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. AAarshall Lovgren, Recorder City of Heppner, Oregon Publish: June Lira. three production systems: -The cow-calf system-calves are sold at weaning time in September. -The cow-yearling system calves are held through winter and sold in the spring. -The cow-long yearling system-calves are kept through their second summer and sold , in August. Artquake . applications available The fourth annual "Art quake". Portland's downtown celebration of the arts will take place Sept. 5. 6, and 7. Applications are now avail able for artists, crafts per sons, dancers, actors, music ians, writers and filmmakers. Applications for all pro grams may be obtained at the ARTQUAKE office, The Gal leria. 921 S.W. Morrison, Suite 404.'or by calling 227-ARTS. Driven license hours revised Tfje Heppner office of the Motor Vehicles Division will be open 5 days a week as usual until June 16, said Gene Murty, the license examiner in chacse. From June 16 to the end of the month, Lou Voytko, man ager of the Hermiston office, will open on Tuesdays and Thursdays. He will also do business in Condon June 18. For answers to any ques tions, phone 676-5165, or 567-3804. A taped message at the Heppner number reviews the dates of closure, and a calender will hang in the door of the office, Murty said. Book readin g program set Oregon students who read ten or more books this summer will earn a reading certificate signed by Gov. Vic Atiyeh and State School Supt. Verne A. Duncan. This is the fourth year of the program introduced by Dun can. More than 13,000 students have received certificates. "We are convinced that this is an excellent program that encourages our young people to continue to build reading skills during the summer months," Duncan said. Students must finish the books by Sept. 15 and send a. letter which includes their name, age, return address, signature of parent or guard ian, and titles of books to Verne Duncan, state superin tendent of schools, SalemV Ore. 97310. V mMmmlkmimmmmimmmt h