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Heart attack takes lone business leader
Paul (i. IVttvjohn
Haul (iarland 1‘ettyjohn. 70. lone,
d ie t Saturday. Aug 24 at Good
Samaritan Hospital in Portland,
from a heart attack while under
going a heart examination
Funeral is 2 p m Wednesday. Aug
28 at lone l nilod Church o( Christ
with vault interment following at
High View Cem etery, lone
H on orary casket h e a rers are
l.lo v d M organ. John Eubanks.
Harlev Smith
Kenneth Smouse,
Getting in Shape
‘Safe home' recommended for battered women
"L a w enforcement used to turn
their backs, but not anym ore, she
said
Heppnei policeman M vrle
Cowell accompanied llurse to the
meeting in Heppner
Women can stay ul the shelter in
Pendleton for up to three weeks and
are asked to pay what they can,
either money or help around the
house
She said Domestic Violence Ser
vices, which is funded by m arriage
license tax and grants such as the
recent $6i»i from I'm ted Way of
Morrow County also offers councel
mg and has a part time staff of four
and 25 volunteers It is a division of
Children's Services Division, and
has an office phone, 276-3322. which
women can call for m ore infor
(nation
Morrow County School District
recently announced its policy for
free and reduced price meals for
children unahlr lo pay the full price
of meals served under the National
School Punch Program
Each
school and the school district office
has a copy of the policy, which may
he reviewed by any interested party
The following household sue and
,■ i me criteria will lie used for
determining eligibility
Children
from households whose income is at
or below the levels shown are
eligible for free or reduced price
meals
Income Kligilnlty Guidelines
for 1984 K5
Household
Free Meals
Household
Free Meals
Size
Year
Month
W «-k
1
6.825
569
i H
2
9.165
764
177
3
11.505
959
222
4
1 1 845
1.154
267
5
16 185
1.349
312
6
18 525
1.544
357
7
8
20.865
1.739
402
23.206
1.934
447
For each additional household
member add $2,340 per year $195
per month, or $45 per week
Household
H « ! u c « l Price
Size
Meals
Year Month W «-k
1.
9,713
810
187
2
13 043
1,087
251
3.
16.373
1.366
315
4
19.703
379
t.tna
5
1 920
443
23.033
6
26,363
2.197
5417
7
29.893
2.475
572
• ...
8
.33 023
2,752
For eachi additional housi •bold
member add $3.330 per yeur. $278
per month. or $65 per wi-ek
Application forms are being sent
to all homes with a letter to parents
or guardians To apply fur free or
reduced price meals, households
should fill out the application and
return it to the school
Additional
copies are available at the prin
«p u l's office in each school
The
informatin provided on the uppli
cation will be used for the purpose of
District's new teachers welcomed with tour of Morrow County
ly n d a ll H urse
Women who experience violence
at home should have a tem porary,
safe place to stay in the community
while deciding what they should do
a re p r e s e n ta tiv e of D om estic
Violence Services said in Heppner
Tuesday. Aug 2u
Here to address a group of Block
Hom e p aren ts. L y n d a ll Hurse.
director of the Pendleton based ser
vice, said that women who are
lieaten by their husbands or boy
friends need a safe place in which lo
sort out their plans
Stic said Block Home participants
i a block home is intended lo serve as
a safe refuge for children who are
frightened, injured, lost, in danger,
crim e victim s, or in any emergency
situation1 were being approached
about designating a home in Hepp
ner as a 's a fe ” home for battered
women
Hurse said it would only be tern
porary until the women could tie
transferred to Domestic Violence
Services' safe home in I ’ endleton
How much of a problem is dome
stic violence in Morrow County’
"W e 'v e only had six cases from
Morrow County," said Hurse. ' but
t
Fair attendance doubled
Attendance at this yea r's Morrow
County Fair nearly doubled that of
last year, says a spokesperson for
the Fair Committee Attendance at
the Morrow« County Kesident Kodeo
was up about 200 but the weekend
rodeo attendance was about the
same, reports a Kodeo Committee
spokesperson
The Fair and Kodeo and especially
Family Fun Night are considered "a
great success It was good to see so
many people attend Fam ily Fun
Night and lo see all ages out dancing
until 1 a m .,' the fair com m ittee
spokesperson continued
Several open class contests were
held during the fiv e d a y show with
the help of the follow ing merchants
Heppner Bowl, the Shoe Box. Talk n
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K ip N o rris
Teachers new to Morrow County
toured the district Monday, August
26 with stops at all of the district s
schools and several businesses and
points of interest at both ends o f the
count y
Kip Norris, will
teach social studies and language
arts at lone -Schools
Tops. Mycals. H A W
Drive In
Central .Market and Pettyjohns
A total of 114 passengers were
tran sp ort«! by the
Fair Bus
pros i d « ! by the Morrow County
School District during the lair and
rod « i
New teachers at Heppner elementary school are
Back row from left i Jov Krem second grade. Cara
Costa fourth grade. Bob Isted. music. «Front row i Julie
Heynolds. I ’ E and health, and Sharon Chinn, music
V
determining eligibility and may be
verified at any tim e during the
school year by school or other
program officials
For the school officials to deter
mine eligibility, the household must
provide the following informatin
lis t«l on the application Names of
all household m em b ers. Social
Security numbers of ull adult house
hold members or a statement that
the household m ember does not
possess one food stamp case num
ber or total household income and
source for each household mem tier,
and the signature of an adult house
hold m ember certifying that the
information provided is correct
Households are r«|Uired lo report
increases in household income of
over $5o per month or $600 per year
urn! decreases in household sire
Applications may I m - s u b m it!«! ut
any time during the yrur
I'nder the provisions of the f r « -
und reduced price policy, building
principals will review applications
and determine eligibility
If a
parent or guardian is d issa tisfi«t
with the ruling of the official, he may
wish to discuss the dn ision with the
determining official on an informal
tuisis If the parent w ishes to make a
formal appeal, he may make a
request either orally or in writing to
D oyle Mct aslin. Su perintendent.
Morrow County School District. Box
368. L e x in gto n , O regon 978.79.
(989 H202), for a hearing to apjieal
the decision The policy contains an
outline of the hearing precedurr as
referred lo in the agreement pack
age on file with the district
If a household member becomes
unemployed or if the household size
changes, the household should con
tact the school Such changes may
make the children of the household
eligible for re d u c «l price meals, or
for additional benefits such as f r « '
meals if the household income falls
at or below the levels shown above
In certain cases foster children
are also eligible for these benefits
If a household has foster children
living with them and wished to apply
for such meals for them, the house
hold should contact the school for
more information
The information p ro v id «! by the
household is confidential und will he
used only for purposes of deter
m ining e lig ib ility and v e r ify in g
data
In the operation of child fe «!in g
programs a d m in ister«! by the U S
Department of Agriculture, no child
w ill be d is crim in a te d against
la-cause of race, color, sex. national
origin, ugr or handicap
If any
member of a household believes
they have been d is crim in a te d
against, they should write immedi
alely to the Secretary of Agneul
lure. Washington. IM' 20250
Insurance agent
rivalled by ran Am
Substitute teachers
needed
The Morrow County School Dis
trict is in need of additional suhsli
tute teachers for the 198.« H6 school
year Anyone in terest«!, who is a
form er teacher or who currently
holds and Oregon teaching or substi
lute c e r tific a te , should con tact
Chuck Starr at the district office in
Lexington. 969 82 ir 2
J7 years, tne Eagles laalge in
Pendleton. 19 year m em ber of the
Willows Grange No 672. m em ber of
the I U C C and served several
years on the lone City Council
As a businessm an. P e tty jo h n
ap p re c ia te d his cu stom ers and
encouraged Ins truck drivers and
service station operators to t>e
honest and fair to ull customers
He liked kids and tried to help out
by supporting the 4 II stock sale and
buying all or part of a scholarship to
4 It Summer Week each year and
helping with various other projects
His hobbies were his business and
Ins fam ily whom he enjoyed taking
on vacations and trips
He is survived by his wife. Helen
of lone, one daughter Mrs Wayne
(Diannai Hums. lone, one son Paul
"S k ip ” Petty John. Jr of lone, two
sisters. Beulah Sherer of lone and
Geneva Palm er of lone
One
lirother. Hoy Pettyjohn. Portlund.
eight grandchildren one step grand
child and six great grandchildren
He was precede*! in death by his
parents and by one brother, lu-e
Contributions to the Heart Fund
and Diabetes Foundation may be
made in ra re of Burns Mortuary or
to a charily of choice
Km* ami reduced price lunches again offered by school district
No. Heppner High School h.isn l invited Kiris to join the Mustang football
squad Aerobic instructor Joyce Hughes assists grid coach Tim Hirkby b\
aerobicizing his squad during daily doubles See related story P age 7
that doesn't mean it doesn't exist
She said transportation to Pendleton
for battered women is a problem,
hut more so is the public's treatment
of the crim e
"I t 's one of the crim es that's
underreported People don t like to
report it because of the fam ily
stigm a,' llurse pointed nut
It's a
matter of educating the people that
responsibility is with the person
perpetuating the crim e, not with the
victim "
Women who are lieing battered at
home can call the crisis line collect
at 278 0241, llurse said There is a
24 hour answering machine, hut
someone will call back within 15
minutes She recommends thut the
police tie called first, however
A lfre d
Nelson.
Jr . Koy
W
lands!rom. Charley Ikiherty. and
Hay Hoyce Active casket hearers
are Hill and Boh Kietntann. Art
Ijndslrom , Sonny Biddle. G «>rge
Miller and V irgil Morgan
Kikka
T ew s is organ ist and T e r r i
M cElllgott soloist
The funerul
service will lie read hy the Kev
Cathy Barker of the I I C f and the
Kev Bill Arthur form er I l i t'
pastor
Born in Heppner May 31. 1915. the
son of Noah and Ella Jackson
Pettyjohn
He a tte n d «! grade
school at Morgan and graduated
from lone High School in 1935 He
was m arried to Helen I.undell in 1939
at Walla Walla. Washington
In 1939, he liought and operuted
the Heppner Fossil Stage lane until
1941 From 1941 to 1944, he w o rk «!
at the Cmatilla Army Depot at
Herm ifton
From 1943 to 1973 he
was the manager of Jordan Klevutor
in lone From 1947 to the time of his
death, he o w n «! and operated Paul
Pettyjohn Co Petroleum Jobber In
1961 he acquired Penney till Co in
Pendleton and traveled to that office
once or twice each week
He was a 4« year m em ber and past
master of the lone U s lg e lit) AF and
AM, Heppner Flks I.odgr No 358 for
Pictured above, from left teachers new to Heppner
High Sc hool are iBack row «
l>ee Block mat)) and
computers. Hob Frazier industrial arts Hnbert Isted.
music «front row ' Julie Heynolds P E and health
Barbara Hayes, librarian, and Linda Dulcher. language
arts
Jim Hayes. Farm ers Insurance
Agent with offices In Heppner and
Boardman. has been unexpectedly
r « ailed by Pan Am erican Airways
Currently in training by Pan Am.
Hayes and his wife, Barbura. plan to
remain in Heppner
Hayes was
furloughed by Pan Am nine years
ago after flying for nine years He
will commute from
Heppner
Bob Playhar 31 Heppner will ta
in the office during the late after
noon until he completes training,
and then will he there full tim e