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u C E S S I E r; s 7 3 r T , OF ORS ' z " J P A P £ R L I 3 1 " 3 “ - C R 9 7 4 0 3 The Heppner Gazette-Times Morrow County '• Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper NOI. I « } NO U Heppner, Orrgon 25* wki » fsi ».% v . ih - tobek n. i*o Deputies thwart escape attempt Morrow County Sheriff's I>eputies Jim Hankins and Hill Caldara thwarted an escape attempt by John Krebs Wednesday. Oct 9 while he and Richard Mcawley were being transported back to the (iregon State I'enitentiary following the jury trial in which McCuwley was found guilty of Robbery I. a charge stemming from the robbery at the lone Branch of the Hank of Eastern Oregon last spring Krebs who pleaded guilty to charges earlier had been in Morrow County to testify at the trial Morrow County Sheriff Roy Drago said that near Salem. Krebs who had somehow managed to free one hand from handcuffs which connected both of his hands to a chain reached through the window which isolates the back seal He said that deputies had opened the window because Krebs and McCawley had complain ed that there was not enough air in the back seat As Krebs got his hand on Deputy Kankms gun. Hankins, who was driving blocked Kreba arm with his shoulder and Deputy Cal dara was then able to push Krebs back into the back seat Krebs only managed to get his hand on the gun. Estes joins G-T staff Kstes has lived in Heppner 16 years, graduated from Heppner High School, attended Mt Hood Community College for one year and is a mem tier of the Heppner Klks, Club, Lions Club, and the Heppner Fire Dept Spring forward Fall back — Sunday. October 27 marks the end of Daylight Savings Time and the return to Pacific Standard Time Remember to set clocks back one hour Saturday night Electrical fire doused Rusty Estes Rusty Estes, 27. Heppner. has joined the staff of the Heppner Gazette Times following the shut down of Hutch's Printing Company last week Kstes did the printing at Hutch's for the past five years and will be doing the same type work at the Gazette-Times which is current ly expanding its print shop facilities to accommodate more printing or ders With the additional equipment fh the Gazette-Times print shop, "We will be able to do all the types of printing Hutch's did." said Kstes Three trucks and nine firemen of the Heppner Fire Department re sponded to a small electrical fire at the home of Rick and Shanna Paullus. 335'j N Chase Street dous ed flame* and cleared the smoke, said a fire department spokesper son At the time the fire involving an electric heater started. Shanna and baby were asleep at the residence Site woke up when the phone rang and smoke alarms sounded at about the same time, grabbed the baby and went next door where Tracy Wilson reported the fire She then left for the Pioneer Memorial hos pilal where the baby was treated for minor smoke inhalation and is being held overnight for observation Very minor damage was done to the home, concluded the spokesper not to unsnap it or remove it from the holster Sheriff Drago says that the matter has been referred to the Marion County District Attorney for prose ration McCawley reportedly made no attempt to escape but neither did he give the deputies any warning of Krebs activity A fiver, advising parents on Hal loween safety, won't be sent home with Morrow County school children this year, because the name of the Morrow County teachers union also apprars on the flyer, school superin tendent Doyle McCaslin said Mon day night Morrow County Kducation Asso ciation MCEA ior teachers union, was all set to give out the flyers, which advise parents on such things as how to dress their children safely for Hallow ten, when touchers were told not to do so through the school system McCaslin told the MCKA that a previous offer for the district to jointly sponsor the flyer with the MCEA was "being withdrawn'' and that the district did not wish to have its name on the flyer He said teachers would be wel come to distribute, and the district would print, flyers if neither name appeared on the information sheet The district and the MCKA are currently in the midst of negotia tions on a new teacher contract, the previous three year agreement hav ing expired Added attractions at Moonlight Sale Friday, Oct 25, Heppner mer chants will have specially priced Items during a Moonlight Sale from 7-9 pm Check the ads in this week's paper to know which items mer chants will tie offering at bargain prices Shoppers will also be able to sign up with participating business es for doorprizes Winning names will tie drawn and winners notified of the prizes they won the next morn mg In addition to sale items at the downtown Heppner businesses ex Ira concession* will be provided by the TOPS Club, the Christian Church October 28. I p m at the fair grounds Youth, the Nazarene Church. St to discuss changes for the I9H6 Kair Patricks Altar Society, the lone Extension Club, and Fuller Brush and Rodeo Premium Book The Heppner High School Honor In a joint meeting with the Fair Society will be downtown at 5 p m to Hoard and Rodeo committee. Aug sidewalks in preparation for ust 14 17 were agreed on as dates for dean the sale the 1986 fair and rodeo The next fair committee meeting will tie November It. 7 30 p m Six area farms receive 100 yr. awards at M C H S meeting By llelpha Jones The Morrow County Historical Society met at the la-xington Grange Hall on October 6 for an annual meeting Proceeding the business meeting a bountiful potluck dinner was served the main course was roast turkey , dressing and potatoes with the salads and desserts brought by guests Tables were decorated in a fall motif with scarecrows and pumpkins Several door prizes were given The meeting opened with a pledge to the flag, opening prayer and reading of the minutes of the last annual meetina A reimrt was on the Chronicles for this year, with those on the committee being intro duced They are put together each year by the following committee Lucile Peck. Chairman, Justine Weatherford. Helen Curnn, Inez Erwin l.orene Griffith and Jean Nelson ine Morrow County Histor ical Society president congratulated the ladies for a job well done The Society printed a centennial calendar with pictures of points of interest in Morrow County This commilte of Ruth Nutting. Cork Norene were congratulated and thanked also If tips proves a point of interest the group will perhaps print another one next year Frances Smouse and daughter Cheril n played several duets with tfie Omnicord and violin Since this was Cherilyn's birthday the group sang Happy Birthday and she was presented a birthday cake Steven Hunter, minister of the Baptist Church of Irngon sang a couple of numbers The nominating committee placed the following names for election for three year term s. Barbara Bloodsworth. Barton Clark, and Jim Hayes and the name of Jerry Peek to replace Harold Beckett All were duly elected Jean Nelson intro duced Ron Brentano. curator of technology at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland to present the Century Farms awards that are given by the stale Clint Carlson received for the Carlson Ranch. Alvin McCabe for the olden Ranch. Ray French for the Hammer Ranch. Helen O'Donnell for the Healy Ranch, and Helen Currin for the Brosnan Ranch Dorns Graves gave a slide presentation of early homes in Morrow County and explained history of the areas Don Kppenbaughl who has just accepted an appointment to the Oregon la»wi* and Clark Trail committee, gave a few highlights on the work of the committee and the plans for the future Annual Stockholder* meeting will be held Monday. Nov 4. at the Fair grounds Pavilion in Heppner Dinner will be served at 6 30 p m The featured speaker will be Jan Mauritz from the French grain trading firm. 1-ouis Dreyfus Mr Mauritz is president of the Pacific Alex Lindsay from the Heppner FFA chapter will report on his recent trip to the National Institute for Coopera live Kducation Free babysitting will be avallatile in the dormitory next door to the pavilion for the convenience of those with young children Free Ip 0 0 0 0 0 09 01 by the City of Heppner Teachers protest board's decision Over «> teachers crowded the school district office in l^xington Monday night protesting the school board s recent decision to move contract negotiations into faclfind ing MCEA Halloween safety flyer not to be distributed in schools Dates set for fair and rodeo The Morrow County fair commit tee met October 14 at the fair grounds and elected the following officers Hill Broderick president, Richard (.add vice president, and l/>rraine l.add secretary Members voted that exhibits which were entered as either 4 H of FFA could not be entered also as open class Kair superintendents will meet pa g e it Weather Tue» Wed Thurx Fri Sat Sun Mon October 15 October 21 1 ow High 43 78 36 63 36 69 39 68 39 66 41 69 36 56 McCaslin had no doubt the infor (nation on the flyer was important. balked .it tin the Ml K V using children for public relations of the union "By itself the information about Halloween safety has much merit," he said in a letter to MCKA Repre sentative Lori Longway Vince but our reservations about public rela lions efforts which use students (or distribution are serious indeed " Umgway Vince said later that the teachers would still try to get the Halloween safety information out to parents by putting the flyers in local businesses, but admitted that the cost of mailing them would be prohibitive The district has in the past allowed certain other groups to distribute information to school children to take home, and McCaslin said the board reserves the right to decide in each and every instance based on our assessment of not only the service provided but also the appar ent purposes, the overall effect and •to stands to tienefit, proportion ately, from the distribution The district and teachers have been trying to negotiate a new contract for the past 10 months, however, the two sides have been unable to agree on salaries teacher discipline, early retirement. Iiene (its and other issues Factfinding means that an outside person is brought in to hear both sides in contract negotiations A factfinder will present a report after hearing the arguments, and either side may accept or reject % factfinder '» solutions Kithor side may request that negotiations go to factfinding, but the Morrow County Kducation Asso nation iteachers union* says now is not the tune "As a member of the Morrow County Kducation Association I am here to speak not only for the Executive Committee and the Nego hating Team, but the teaching staff of Morrow County high school teacher Dale Conklin told the board "We understand that the Hoard has asked our negotiations be put into factfinding You are within your legal rights in doing so However, we wonder why you did this’ "It is in the best interests of the district, the kids, the teachers, and the patrons to reach an agreement as soon as possible As close as we are on the economic issues, and w ith very few new language items, we don’t understand why we aren't meeting instead of entering the timeconsuming and expensive pro cess of factfinding "Even though factfinding has tieen declared, we can still meet, and we urge the Hoard to do so Wo ask the Hoard to get together and negotiate a contract for the good of everyone as quickly as possible." lie concluded The school board heard the re quest from the education associa lion it took no action, however, and made no comment In the salary department, the district and the teachers are not far apart on the total dollar amount, only how it is distributed The teacher* would like to see more salary increases in the middle and upper level* of the salary scale, and the district is asking for tugger increases in the lower level*, appar ently to aid in attracting new teach ers to the district Conklin said he did not agree w ith big increase* for incoming and new teachers, say ing instead that teach ers who have tieen here would be more apt to stay if the pay were lietter "We think if people are willing to stay here they deserve a higher pay " None of the district's teachers have received substantial pay in creases in the past three years since |>ay raises were lied to the Portland Consumer Price Index <a measure of inflation) which did not raise Conklin also took exception to an information sheet handed out by district administrator during the board meeting, saying that it was misleading "Some of those things they say we are asking for. are in fact already in the contract, and we re just trying to keep them, said Conklin Many of the teachers at the meeting were wearing yellow and black buttons, saying "to Morrow is too late " "We came into the district without a contract and tomorrow is too late for one." explained teacher l»ri Umgway Vince will tie seeded number one trom the CBC and will host that quarter final playoff contest The loser of that contest will play the winner ol the Weston McKwen Riverside game slated for 6 15 p in for the numtier two spot in the state playoffs That game will be played Saturday al 7 30 p m Admission price* to the CBC tournament are 83 for adults and $2 for students with student body cards Heppner High School is trying to get a rooter bus organized to take fans to the tournament There iw II la1 a minimal charge to offset the cost of the bus and interested fans arc encouraged to contact the IRIS office The Class A state volleyball tournament is scheduled to be held Friday and Saturday. Nov H and » at the Child's Center on the Univer sity of Portland campus in Portland CBC volleyball tournament Oct. 26 The Columbia Basin Conference volleyball tournament will be held s.iim u ■ k 1 N al Rirantda High School The matches begin at 5 p in with the Heppner volleyballert meeting the Sherman County Huskies The top two place finishers at this tournament enter the state quarter final playoffs at sites yet to tie determined The winner of the Heppner Sherman County contest Veterans memorial hosted at John Day Grant County will host the touring 25 a 24 hour vigil begins to replica of the Vietnam Vetrran's October honor those lives lost in Vietnam, Memorial Wall, Marshall with viewing and reading of the Goldsmith. Director of the Straw Veterans’ A parade is berry Mountain Center for Human scheduled at names I p m Saturday, Development in John Day including drum and bugle corps Oct A 2» 5 announced recently The Salute will pm banquet will tie followed by a be a five day tribute to honor reunion for all Vietnam Veterans Vietnam Veterans, their families Salute is jointly sponsored by and friends, scheduled from October the The Strawberry Mountain Center for 23 until October 27 The display Human Development, the Vietnam begins at 6 a m at the Grant County Veterans of Orrgon Memorial Fairgrounds on October 23. with an iwho will receive donations to Fund the opening ceremony at noon Then, on Salute to benefit the living inemoriul park fund 1 and the Kills Tracy VFW Post No 77 Military units from the Northwest, including the National Guard, will camp in the area John Day residents will help in this effort by planning to provide daily homemade soup meals, opening their homes to visitors, and donating campers and trailers for use during the week of the Salute Recreational vehicles will tie accommodated at the Fair grounds for overnight camping MCGG sets stockholders meet Morrow County Grain Growers Norhtwest Grain Exporters group Investment seminar offered Oct. 23 learning how to build wealth in today's economy is the focus of a free seminar to be held Wednesday. (HI U at 7 Ml pm at Heppner Neighborhood Center Sponsored by IDS financial services, the nation wide financial planning and service firm. "Investing in the 19ftis ' will offer ideas about reducing the risk of investing, choosing investment that meet personal needs and how to lower the average cost of investing The seminar takes a look al today's economic clim ate and explains the relationship between the economy, investment and (man cial planning "You don't need a sum of money to begin building wealth in today s enconomy." say* Clint Conner "This seminar can show you how it's done without the benefit of an inheritance ’’ bears, ate a teddy bear cake, saw a The seminar is free For more Teddy bears were the theme of the teddy bear puppet show heard a information call collect 509-525 8927 hour 10-11 a m . Friday, Oct 18. teddy bear story and participated in and ask for Clint Connor when twenty children brought teddy a leddv bear picnic at the Teddy IDS is an American Express Company Teddy Bears Picnic Bear Day Care Center in Heppner operated by Nancy Welborn and M am a Kemp Cake was brought by Marie Lane
