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P r S S ! E IE T IE L L U OF ORE NEWSPAPER LIP EUGENE »7403 OK The Heppner High Gazette-Times Tues , Feb Wed Feb Thurs Frh F ri . Feti Sat , F eb Sun Feb M on Feb Morrott' C o u n t ’s H o m e - O w n e d M e e k l y N e w s p a p e r VOI.. I S3 NO » IK H K t IK V 27. I M Heppner. * PAG ES $2,980,470 tax levy ' needed to balance budget ^ The Morrow County Budget Com mittee mrt February 8. 9 and 12 and a p p roved an $8 284.279 budget, which reflect* a six percent increase over last year's total adopted bud get The county's total income other than property taxes is 35 (107.937 so the county must levy 3 1 472.92.1 in local taxes to balance the budget The county 's lax base is 8492 414. so voters will be asked to approve a one year special levy of 12.980,470 in the March 26 election The levy is 3198 (Mil m ore than last year, a 20 percent increase This means an increase in the tax rate from $3 55 per SI.OllO of assessed valuation to 34 19 per $1 ouu last year, voters approved a budget requiring a 34 90 per 31,utxi rale, but the County Court later reduced the budget decreasing the rate to 34 S5 The tax rate will increase for two reasons, explains Budget Officer UiKayne Bowman 1> the expected cash carryover from last year's budget is 3383.9 iki less than at the beginning of 1984 and 2 the amount of money which the county normally receives from federal revenue shar ing funds became uncertain when President Keagan made significant cuts in revenue sharing amounts Consequently, money lost from Kev enue Sharing will have to be made up from local taxpayers The carryover in the Revenue Sharing fund is 3279.742 This is adequate to fund the services nor mally paid for from this source Amounts budgeted include Senior Services 38.428 the Neighborhood Center 310.0(81. and the Boardman UayCare Center la tc h Key Pro- gram 340 000 and a repair for the Courthouse roof Other necessary repairs to the Courthouse windows and electrical system will not lie completed at this tim e unless a revenue sharing money is paid to the county which will cover the cost No salary increase for elected officials The budget includes several inter esting items, perhaps most im por tant lo note is that no salary increases are budgeted for elected officials, dollar amounts are the same as last year Other salary increases for classified employees are based on union contract negoti ations Road Department employ ees are scheduled to receive a four percent increase and the Sheriff's Department and other classified employees, a three percent in crease lifegu a rd Serial l evy Submitted for consideration by the budget com mittee was a special tax levy for LifeGuard helicopter which has been entirely supported by a Umatilla County serial tax levy Since the service is used by other counties, they were asked to const der sharing the cost The Budget Committee decided not to indude the amount in the county budget but to submit it to voters as a separate serial levy in May Turner Sanitary l andfill Because the County's lease at the Turner Sanitary la n d fill expires in six months, and the property owners have expressed a desire not to renew the lease, amounts budget ed for its operation are about 20 percent of last year's budget Also, no funds are presently included in the budget proposal for operating a landfill at a new site This however, does not mean that there will lx- no county operated la n d fill exp lain s ( o m m issio n er 1’eck The Solid Waste Committee will have some decisions to make at a 7 3d p m February 28 m eeting at the 1'ublic Works Building in l-exing ton The com m ittee consists of Mayors Cara Costa Heppner. John R ip p le L exin gto n . W ayne Ham s lone Don Kppenbach irngon, and Gale (.rill Boardman and Morrow Co Kxtension Agent Steve Camp hell Budget Committee Represen tative Terry Thompson. Planning Commission Chairman Gene Trum bull. Planning Director Deane Sx-e ger and a representative from the Port of Morrow Right now everything is a big m aybe' and it's difficult to budget an amount when dealing with chan ges to I k - made during the next budget year, said Peck Hospital The total hospital budget is 31.791. 071. which minus resources leaves a balance of 3459,357 lo be funded by taxes Because hospital revenues depend on the number of people who use the hospital, income fluctuates with use. which is down from past years The major expenditure* for the hospital are moderately increas ed over last year with the exception of the capital replacement fund which is 20(i percent greater because the building needs a new roof, and some equipment needs to In* updat ed On his last day as hospital adm in istrator, John Ochsner explained that the hospital "I* at a crossroads We either put money back in and replace equipment or let it slide and continue to deteriorate Because occupancy is down, revenue is down, but expenses have been cut as much as possible to still maintain mini mum requirements for both the hospital and nursing home The budget committee questioned the Hospital Board's request for Physician Recruitment funds, but the board defended the amount as necessarv should the Doctor Place ment Firm find a doctor for the area during the next year Road Department The (otai Road ix-purtment Bud gel is 32 606 430 which, minus re sources, means that 31,269 290 tax dollars are necessary to balance the budget The number of employees is to remain the same with negotiated salary increases included in the budget Major project* included in the budget are restoration of three county bridges for which the county will receive matching funds, prelim inary survey and engineering for the proposed lone B oardm an road, m ainten ance of ex is tin g county roads, and capital outlays for of 36o.lax) for a semi tractor lo use fifth wheel with equipment which the department has 326 non for two Fillies Day proclaimed H ll l . l t l VS Morrow ( .xmlv hat aiw avt held Its voting peoplr in the highest esteem, and W H FH FAS, Morrow ( ounlv it extrem rlv ptoud of (he Heppner Htgh School girls basketball learn, and W H FH FAS. T ill fillie s had a fantastic 14-1 srason and W HEREAS. the I lilies continued their tuccess at the District Tournament with a first ever Columbia Batin ( onference Championship and a berth in the Regional tournament and W IIF K F AS the trrmrndout tupport provide«! by the rheerleadert and pep band have brought everyonr a tt n* of tommunitv pride NOW. T H F K F F O H K MF IT RESOLVED that bv the proclamation of the Morrow (ou nty Coart, Friday. March I. 1985 It herrby proclaimed FU I I t s DAY It Q February 27. 1*85 x A •arsr. » s Judge Donald M et lligott ( 1 1 Irv in Rauch (11 (. W i Jerry I I’ eck Morrow ( o. ( ourt mran HHS girl chosen Ore. 4-H representative the Cniversity of Nevada planning the June. 1985 conference Paula was selected from among last year's delegates from Oregon In addition lo planning tins year ■ program, she will lx* a staff member at the conference The purpose of the conference is lo provide leadership and program (ruining (or 4 II ers from nine west ern states It will lx- held June 23 28 at ta k e Tahix- in Nevada Kach state can send a limited number of delegates Selection criteria limits delegates lo icniof loth through 12 th grade 4 H ers who are fulfilli lini leadership roles in their clubs a communities In addition to the workshops that the team attend there e re ret rea tional .uni social events planned The opportunity to meet outstanding teens from all across the makes this more than just a learning even'. H> comparing ! dif different philo sophies concerning The role of teens in the 4 11 program everyone gains from just fx*ing the e Paula's input and her responsi bilities at the program will provide her with unique opportunities tor personal and professional growth and development She will coordi nate the activities of the Oregon Si Paula Plocharsky By S T E P H E N J C A M P B E L L OSt Kxtension Agent l ’aula Plocharsky was selected as Oregon's 4 II represents live to the Western Regional leadership Con ferent e for Teens Regional Planning Committee As the representative from Oregon. Paula traveled to Reno Nevada and spent one dav at On to Regionals! ! ! Heppner * girls basketball (earn captured the school's first e v e r Dis trict championship Friday night with a 40 16 win over Sherman County, and in the proves* earned a spot in this weekend s regional tournament in LaGrande The F il lies will play Imbler High School Friday night at Eastern Oregon State College, for the right to ad vance to the State Tournament F riday's win. 40 36 over previous ly top ranked Sherm an County, earned the Fillies the 7-A title Despite what Fillies coach Mike Royer called "our worst shooting night of the season," Heppner stay ed cloae to Sherman for 3‘ j quarters, then took the lead for good in Ihe Iasi four minutes Balanced scoring and a key defensive job on Sherman's Patty Sharp keyed the Heppner attack Heppner survived 15 for 66 shooting in avenging an earlier 47-41 loss to the Huskies Sherman County also then lost Saturday night to Um atilla and the defending Stale runners up are now out of the tournament As District champions. Heppner and Im bler will play for an automat ic spot in the State tourney, to be held March 6 9 at Pendleton's Arm ory The loser of F riday's gam e will pup-trailers to transfer rock more efficiently to job sites 31o ixai for a dt up taix to be used on the new st n tractor 319.000 for two new pi sups to rotate with older existing pi- kups, 311,(881 for a portable traffic *1 iper and 35 5(8) for snow plows The mam problem for the county road department during the last budget year has tieen maintaining production at the rock crusher The Budget committee was very specific in it* recommendation to the Road Department that since the crusher is now in working order, it should produce a "reasonable amount of crushed rock. So.isxi yard*, during the next budget period or next y ear's budget would probably include a recommendation to sell the crusher and acquire rock by other means la s t year * budget included 340 ixx> to buy rock The amount is decreas ed lo 325(881 for buying rock next year By Morrow County Court Dated play the winner of the gam e between the District runner* up Pine Kagle and Umatilla Both Friday and Saturday uf necessary! games will be p la y «! at 7 p m at the E 0 S C g>m In trying to best Imbler. Heppner will be trying for a clean sweep in second chance" games this season The Killies. 15-3 for the season, have already avenged earlier losses to Umatilla and Sherman County, and will be trying to even the score for a season-opening loss !u the Imbler Panthers The F illi's loss to Imbler cam e in the first gam e of the Morrow County Tournament, at Riverside, in December Imbler. 2 3. finally broke through this year a* Champions of the lough Wapiti Conference The Panthers have finished second each of the past four years, each time to the eventual s la te cham pions 1 Joseph th ree times. Pine Eagle last y e a r' The Panthers have been to the District Tournament in every one of coach M ary Cant's eight seasons, this is their second trip to the Regional* Imbler beat Enterprise and Pine Eagle to earn the top spot in the District Coach Royer rem em ber* the earlier gam e with Imbler. and expec ts a tough contest ' They're a big team - like U m atilla." said Royer "T h ey run and press liiey re very quick " Royer slated that the Imbler press bothered Heppner considerably the first lime, but hopes that his Fillies will have better success negotiating it this time around Heppner s second year coach is guardedly optimistic about his team 's chances "W e 'v e been playing gixxi defense - it won the g a m e fo r us against Sherm an County I d almost guarantee that we II shoot better than we did last week so if we can keep play ing well defensively, we should have a gixxi chance." The team appears to tx- at full strength, having overcom e some recent injury problems A Heppner win on Friday night would put them in the State Tourna ment, with the first game to tie played Thursday afternoon at I to probably against Neah Kah Nie A Heppner loss on Friday would mean they would need to play Saturday A win on Saturday would mean a I Ml game on Wednesday, also at the Armory A capacity crowd is expected for this weekend's regional, and fans are urged to arrive early «see related story). 47 46 49 53 57 54 49 30 30 36 36 SflOto 15 rain 01 rain 02 rain 41 26 28 b> the ( !it\ of Heppner 2.) O rv jJ iH I 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 OH Preclp delegation relative to the rest of the program In addition, she will assist in tne dev elopment and presentalion of one leadership workshop at the conference . Kahl to lead H.E.D.C. Bob Kahl was recently elected Ihe 1985 president of ihe Heppner Kcono mic Development Corporation He and his wife, Marianne have three children A b b ). 3 Megan 13. and Deter. 18 Kahl works at Turner. Van M arter and Bryant Insurance Agency in Heppner He lived in the C'anby, Oregon I 'd ) area prior lo moving lo Heppner I y e a r s ago which has both advantages and disadvantages, he explains H a v in g lived in other communities, 1 can see how thinks worked there but Heppner has a unique set of problems and assets so no one can really come in with a preconceived notion of how things will work because people have unique talents," w hat people w ant to have happen here is what is good for us. not for everybody else Times and things change Heppner is nice as it is, bul we can I slop change If we say we re nol going lo do anything lo change (brigs. Iltat is a decision and ihings will change accordingly, so we have to he careful to make the decisions that are conducive lo the lifestyle and wav we want Ihings lo happen here He sees Ihe HKDC as a non con Iroversial agency trying lo work with people and existing agencies lo gel lo where we want lo be realizing that we can t please everyone but hopefully can create an environment that most people will tie comfortable in Kahl replaces outgoing president Jim Hayes who remains on Ihe committee for the Willow Creek Dam Project Other officers elected by »hr H.F D.C 8(wrj| of D irect!» include vice president C liff f'.reen. Treasurer Kent (ioodyear and Sec retary Ann Spicer The Morrow County C lerk '« office is accep tin g a p p lic a tio n * for absentee ballots for the March 26 election Because Ihe election will be during the spring vacation, for the schools, many people may be away from Ihe county tf you plan to be gone. It is important to rem em ber to stop at the Clerk's office and fill out an application or mall a letter saying (bat you will ih - absent during Hie election and need an absentee ballot One letter may he sent for a husband and wife who txdh plan to lie gone, but txdh must sign the letter empha sizes Morrow County Clerk Barbara Blqodsworth H ead in g to R e g io n a ls ? G et there early The Heppner Fillies are making their (irsl ever appearance at Ihe Regional*, this Friday night in laG rand e For fans interested in going, here are some things you should know' Time again to get ready for Rolling Hills Walk-Run The fourth annual Rolling Hills VS .ilk Hun has been slated for Sun day. April 14 beginning at I p m The slightly downhill course, which is the same as Ihe past three years, will start again at Heppner Element ary School and l(x»p up and back along the Heppner Pilot Rock High way finishing at the Heppner City Park on Mam Street Participants ran choose from either a 5K (3 1 mile 1 or luK 16 2 m ile' distance Kihixms will lx- awarded to the first three finishers in all age groups (or both distances Additionally, c a rv e d wooden plaques w ill be awarded to the fastest male and female in Ihe 10K run and to the oldest male and female participants The age divisions include Ihe follow mg for both distances 07, 8-10, 11 13. 14 19. 20 29. 30 19 40 49 and over 50 An awards assembly will be field in Ihe multi purpose- room at Heppner Elementary School follow ing the run The pre registration 36) deadline Apply for absentee ballots is March 22nd but participants may register 1371 ihe day of the run T shirts, which feature the distinc live Rolling Hills Hun logo, are included in the regular registration fee Additional information concern mg fees can lx- obtained from the reg is tra tio n form s H egistration forms will lx- available at the Shoe Hox. Murray's, and Heppner Kir mentary School The Kolling Hills Walk Hun is lx-mg sponsored by Ihe Morrow County E d u cation Association ( hairman (or this year's run is Dave Gunderson, fifth grade teacher at Heppner Elementary School Pro ceed* lor Ihe run will lx- used toward the final slages of construction of Willow Crook Little League's new baseball field, immediately down stream from Willow Creek Dam For further information or reg ■stratum contact Liz Curtis by cal ling 679-9454 or writing Liz Curtis in C O Rolling Hill* Hun Project, P 0 Box 652, Heppner, (iregon 97836 At press time, it doesn't appear that there w ill tx- an advance sale of tickets The door* open at 6 p m for the evening session It 1* advisable to get there somewhat eurlv as the second gam e of the session involved Enterprise's Ixiys team, which al ways has a large following Imbler is only a few miles from LaGrande so it Is also reasonable lo expect them to bring a large crowd Tickets prices are 33 50 for adults and 32 50 for students At presstime, there is no organi/ ed mass transportation effort plan ned for the trip to laiGrande To get to the gam e site, driver* should take the first laiGrande exit off I 84. and follow the signs to Eastern Oregon State College Should Heppnei win Friday night, they would not play Saturday If they lose Friday, they play Satur day. also at 7 p m If they win Friday, they will play in Ihe State Tournament at the Armory in Pen dlelon on Thursday, at I 30 p m If they lose Friday and win Saturday, they play in Pendleton on Wednesday ■1 1 a p m Drivers should lx- advised thal parking al the KOSC gym 1* on street, there is no central parking lot St. Pat s parade entries invited SI Patrick's Day is rapidly ap proaching and the St Patrick s Day Com m illee says they are looking forward to another weekend of fun at one of Ihe state's largest celebra tions right here in Heppner As Iasi year, we re looking forward lo hav ing another fine parade in addition lo the other exciting events taking place A number of entries from all around the northeastern Oregon area, including a number of bands, have said they plan lo attend The St Patrick's Day Committee is pleased and proud lo announce that tfM H " m l"hfi F Kilkenny is the Parade Marshall and Cecelia Ruck man is the gueen of the Parade for the 1985 Heppner SI Patrick's Day Parade Both of these folks are longtime residents of the Heppner area who have made tremendous contributions to the community over the years Those who would like to p a rtic i pate in the parade are invited to do *0 There will be a number of prizes for entries such as Irish F a m ily Groups, floats and antique autos to name just a few For more inform » lion and or get official entry in the parade, contact either Bob Kahl at 676 91 l.l or Jim barley at 678 9116 The parade is planned for I p m Saturday March 16, 1985 Don Dorify Used C a rs' pack m ules will he among Ihe entries in Ihe Heppner St P a trick 's D ay parade
