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School board prepares for arbitration in dispute with teachers
The Morrow County School
Board began making prepar
ations Monday for arbitration
proceedings between the
school dintrict and the county
education association.
The school dintrict and the
teachers, who are represented
by the education association,
have agreed to go into
arbitration to settle a contract
Community bids farewell
to Harold Kerr family
Friends bid farewell to Harold and Carol
Kerr and their son, Brian. The Kerrs are
leaving after 12 years in Morrow County
where Harold served as Morrow County
Extension agent. The couple was honored at
a roast and toast farewell last Thursday night
at the county fair pavilion.
"It's been a wonderful 12 years and I am
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Alan Kolibaba
A young man from the city
who learned about farm life by
living it in Germany will be in
Morrow County Feb. 18 - 21 to
tell about his experiences as
an International Four-H
Youth Exchange representa
tive. Alan Kolibaba, Portland,
returned In December from
West Germany where he spent
six months living and working
with farm families in the
international exchange pro
gram . ...
While in Morrow County,
Kolibaba will be available to
talk to school groups, 4-H
clubs, service organizations
and other interested groups.
Groups interested in meeting
with Kolibaba may make
arrangements through the
Morrow County Extension
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disagreement concerning in
surance benefits.
The school board, at its
monthly meeting Monday
night approved taking $1,000
from the contingency fund to
pay for the district's legal
council and one half the cost of
an arbitrator.
No date has been set for the
proceedings, however, a
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going to miss everyone," Harold said.
The Kerrs will be moving to The Dalles,
where Harold has been appointed Extension
agent for Wasco County. The Kerr's
daughter, Cindy, had recently been appointed
to Berve as a page in the Oregon Senate in
Salem and was unable to return to the farewll
party.
office by calling Birdine at
676-9M2.
During his six months in
Germany, Kolibaba, a senior
at Portland State University,
did farm work, met with
agricultural youth groups,
visited schools, toured factor
ies and met with members of
the press.
At one point he lectured a
high school English class
about Oregon, 4-H and the
Western United States. He
found the young people part
icularly interested in Mount
St. Helens and the presidential
elections.
On his host family's farm,
Kolibaba helped harvest and
crush grapes as 'well as being
involved with dairy farm
activities. He found the Ger
man farmers, like many of
their counterparts in Oregon,
concerned about the spread of
the cities into prime farmland.
The intensity of Germany
was of particular interest to
the former Multnomah County
4-H member. He found school
classes more intense than in
Oregon as well as the way the
agricultural land is worked.
He attributes part of this
intensity to the fact that 60
million people live in a
country about the size of
Oregon.
IFYE, a privately-financed
program, began in 1948 as one
of the people-to-people-programs
designed to build
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search is underway to locate
an arbitrator.
Monday night schools
superintendent Matt Doherty
told the board he estimates it
will cost the district about
$1,000 to hire legal council to
represent the district, and pay
one half the costs for an
arbitrator (the teachers will
pay the other half).
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He said the district will be
represented in the proceed
ings with council provided
through the Oregon School
Boards Association.
The district and the teach
ers are at odds over insurance
benefits provided for teachers
by the district.
Teachers are saying that
married couples do not re
ceive full benefits accorded
them under their contract
with the district.
They say the contract stip
ulates full family medical
coverage, for each employee
"and their dependents." How
Creek Road relocation begins
Work has begun on the relocation of Lower Willow Creek
Road up Shobe Canyon near Heppner, as part of the Willow
Creek dam project.
Earnest Grice and Sons Construction Company from
Federal Way, Wash., began construction on the road last
week, and work is expected to-continue through the end of
April.
Grice will build 3,200 feet of road and construct a site for
relocation of a city water storage tank.
Grice will grade the road but paving of the road will be part
of a second road contract. Bids for paving the road are
expected to be let in May.
Wheat Seminar set
The annual Wheat Seminar
held each year in Columbia
Basin counties, commonly
known as Norm Goetze "Dog
and Pony Show," will be held
in lone at the Willows Grange
Hall on Wednesday. January
28. it was announced by
Morrow County Extension
Agent Harold Kerr.
The program, which begins
at 10 a.m. and will conclude at
S p.m., includes: Dr. Norm
Goetze. speaking on "Wheat
Grades and Prices"; Michael
Welcome home!
Thirty Heppner Boy Scouts expressed what many of us felt
as they tied fifty-two yellow ribbons on the trees in Heppner
City Park Tuesday to commemorate the American hostages'
release from Iran,
As the small, but heartfelt ceremony came to a close, bells
resounded from the Heppner United Methodist Church.
The Scouts, forom dens one through six of the Blue
Mountain Council Pack No, 661. will leave the ribbons on the
ever, they say, the district
provides full family for only
' one spouse if a couple works
for the district. The other
spouse receives single insur
ance coverage.
The difference for teachers
is more coverage for couples
who work for the district. The
difference for the school
district is higher insurance
payments each year.
If an arbitrator rules in
favor of the teachers, the
added insurance coverage
would reportedly cost the
district an additional $8,000
per year.
Glenn - "Crop Residue and
Nitrogen Management Pro
grams": LeRoy Knox - "Fed
eral Crop Insurance Pro
grams for Grains": Dr. Ralph
Whitesides-"Goatgrass": and
Harold Kerr - "Cost of
Production 1980 and OSU
Fertilizer Recommendations
for Dryland Wheat."
Lunch will be served at noon
at the Grange Hall by Willows
Grange ladies. The cost will be
50.
Weather
by Don Gilliam
In other business at the
Monday meeting, the board:
learned that a bus run to
the Blake's addition has begun
and a driver, Jeff Burton, has
been hired.
moved to start restitution
proceedings in an attempt to
recover money for damage
done to a door at the Lexington
gym. Cost of repairs is
estimated to be between $250
and $300.
voted to rehire Irrigon
Columbia Jr. High School
Principal Vic Marchek, and
Sam Boarman Elementary.
School Principal Susan Black
Graves feted
Retiring Planning Commission Chairperson
holds plaque of appreciation
Dorris Graves, chairman of
the Morrow County Planning
Commission for the past 12
years, was recently honored
with a plague and dinner
following her retirement from
service to the county.
Graves became a member
and chairman of the planning
commission in 1968, and
served in that capacity until
1980.
At a Jan. 3 dinner in
Heppner, Dorris was present
ed with a plague by present
planning commission Chair
man Gene Trumball.
"I've enjoyed it very much,
but there is a time when you
want to quit," Dorris said
later. "I've enjoyed the people
I have met and worked with
from all parts of the county."
Although she has no plans to
run for an elected office in the
county, she is still active in
other areas.
Medals, awards presented
for 4-H achievement
by Birdine Tullis,
Extension Service
Fun and recognition of 4-H
achievement were combined
Saturday afternoon with pre
sentation of awards for the
past year and a skating party
for 4-H families.
A county medal for achieve
ment was presented to Paula
Palmer, Heppner, for her
participation and excellence
in both agricultural and home
economics programs. Paula, a
senior at Heppner High
School, is the daughter of Mr.
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for another year. This is the
last probationary contract for
both administrators, the
board was told.
extended John Edmun
son's contract for another
year. Edmunson is assistant
to the superintendent.
hired Dan Van Liew to
replace Darrell Vinson as
grounds keeper for Heppner
schools. Vinson is retiring.
discussed, but took no
action, on a request from
Principal Vic Marchek, Co
lumbia Jr. High, Irrigon, to
expand the basketball season
from 10 to 14 games.
on retirement
One of seven members of
the State Soil and Water
Conservation Commission,
chairman, and the only wo
man, Graves works as a liason
between county Soil and
Water Conservation districts.
Graves also recently re
turned from a trip to mainland
China, where she was part of
an agricultural group that
looked at farming practices
there. The tour was sponsored
by the National Association of
Conservation Districts.
Concerning her years on the
planning commission, she
says perhaps the biggest
accomplishment she has seen
has been the increased public
input into the planning pro
cess. "I have found that people
are all right if you explain
things to thera," Graves says.
"We've been able to generate
and Mrs. Roger Palmer. She
has been actively involved in
4-H programs throughout her
school years.
County medals in Style
Revue were presented to
intermediate Angie Evans and
Ann McLaughlin. Senior
medals went to Paula Palmer
and Diann Morter,
Awards for 4-H record books
were presented to junior,
intermediate and senior divi
sions in agriculture, home
economics, and natural
science. Winners in the record
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School budget
committee to
meet Jan. 26
The Morrow County School
district budget committee will
bold its third meeting Mon
day. Jan. 26, at 7:30 p.m. at
the Lexington school district
offices.
The committee will discuss
the proposed 1981-82 district
budget, which is expected to
go to a vote March 31. '
from service
Dorris Graves
more public input over the
years."
She says the plannig com
mission process in the county
still has problems ahead. The
county comprehensive plan
has not yet been approved by
the State Land Conservation
and Development Commis
sion, and growth in the north
end will cause problems in the
future. But, she adds, it will be
nothing the county cannot
cope with.
She says the Boardman area
needs a water system, and
there are sewer problems that
will have to be solved as that
area grows.
"We have a dedicated bunch
on that commission, and they
are going to work the best they
know how for the county," she
says. "I feel sure some way
the problems are going to be
worked out."
book contests were: Senior
Agriculture Book, Paula
Palmer; Senior Home Econ
omics book, Paula Palmer;
Intermediate Agriculture
Book, Cathy. Lindsay; Inter
mediate Home Economics
Book, Kimberly Hughes; In
termediate Natural Science
Book, Steve Curtis; Junior
Agriculture Book, Travis
Harrison; Junior Home Econ
omics Book, Kimberly
Wright; and Junior Natural
Science Book, Ken Curtis.
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