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IK H K t IK V 27. I M
Heppner.
* PAG ES
$2,980,470 tax levy ' needed to balance budget
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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
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February 27. 1*85
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s Judge Donald M et lligott
( 1 1 Irv in Rauch
(11 (. W i Jerry I I’ eck
Morrow ( o. ( ourt
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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
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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
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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