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Makeup or not we re still the same kids
Preschoolers a l A ll S aints E p iscopal posed fo r the ca m e ra M onday
m o rn in g in m ake up w h ich they w e re Irv in g on (o p re p a re them selves for
H alloween, G eorgia Van W in kle teacher at the presi hool explain^ that the
c h ild re n le arned that they w ould s till be the same person a lthough they
dressed up and put m a ke up on th e ir faces T his exercise helps to p re p a re
them to
not be sca re d ' when ghosts go b lin s, w itches and o ther
stran g e lo o kin g c re a tu re s appear on H allow een
Factfinder named in contract negotiations
Thom as Levak a L a ke Oswego
a tto rn e y , has been selected as an
independent a rb itr a to r and fa c tfin d
er in c o n tra c t ne g otia tio n s between
the M orro w County School D is tric t
and the d is tric t's teachers He has
had e xp e rie n ce in labor and a rb itr a
lio n w o rk in both the p u b lic and
p riv a te sector
N a m in g o f a fa c tfin d e r is the th ird
step in the ne g otia tio n process and.
fro m the m anagem ent p e rsp e ctive ,
is "n o th in g to get e x c ite d about "
Jack L ile s of the O regon School
Hoards A ssociation who has been
re p r e s e n tin g th e s c h o o l b o a rd ,
points out th a t th e o re tic a lly the
issues co u ld be resolved at any tim e
and an a greem ent reached. We ju s t
h a ve n't got It to g eth e r ye t ”
The teachers and the D is tr ic t have
been tr y in g to reach a c o n tra c t
agreem ent since Nov of la st ye a r
Now th a t a fa c tfin d e r has been
nam ed, the d is tric t and the teachers
are p re p a rin g re p o rts to present to
Levak at a 10 a m D ecem ber 2
pu b lic h e a rin g at the School D is tric t
o ffic e in 1/exington
l.e va k w ill have 30 days fo llo w in g
the h e a rin g to p re p a re a w ritte n
re p o rt w ith re co m m e n d a tio n s fo r
se ttle m e n t on each issue in dispute
The school board and the teachers
union then have fiv e w o rk in g days
fro m the tim e the re p o rt is m a ile d to
n o tify the E m p lo y m e n t R elations
B oard w h e th er they accept the
U ndecided ixxues w h ich teachers
w ill lis t in the fa c tfin d in g re p o rt
are sa la ries, re tire m e n t, fa ir share.
vacancies and tra n s fe r, and " ju s t
cause” fo r d ism issa l
Roth R ill Jacobson of the O regon
E d u ca tio n A ssociation, n e g o tia to r
fo r the teachers, and U le s agree
that one of the m a jo r issues w here
they d isagree 11 the d is trib u tio n of
s a la ries
The to ta l d o lla r am ount
d iffe re n c e is s lig h t, the d is tric t has
o ffe re d a 26 percent increase over
three years and the teachers have
proposed a 26 5 percent increase
Because the s a la ry schedule i t
non c o m p e titiv e com pared to o ther
d is tric ts . M o rro w County i t not able
to com pete when h irin g new em
ployees, e xp la in s L ile s T he d is tric t
is tr y in g to increase the base s a la ry
to be c o m p e titiv e in h irin g new
em ployees and also p ro v id e a cost of
liv in g increase to teachers a lre a d y
in the d is tric t in o rd e r to. in the
B o a rd 's opin io n , " tr e a t a ll d is tric t
s ta ff m em b e rs fa irly .* '
Jacobson says that the teachers
want a la rg e r percentage o f increase
to go to lo n g te rm teachers as w e ll as
in crea sin g the s ta rtin g s a la ry
He
says that when the s a la ry issue and
an issue labeled " ju s t ca u s e " are
t
settled that the o th e r issues should
" f a l l in lin e ”
T eachers a re not
a sking fo r a n y th in g new. Jacobson
says, but w ant to m a in ta in the
language in the present c o n tra c t
w h ich gives them “ p ro te ctio n fro m
a r b itr a r y and c a p ric io u s a ctio n s of
the board " He says the proposal
w h ich teachers re ce ive d fro m the
d is tric t w ould re m o ve the " ju s t
ca u se " clause fo r d is m is s a l ( fir in g
d u rin g the school ye a r > of pe rm a
nenl and p ro b a tio n a ry teachers
(those in the fir s t th re e ye a rs of
em ploy m ent w ith the d is tric t > o r the
non ren e w a l of a c o n tra c t fo r proha
tio n a ry teachers because such m at
le rx are covered by the fa ir d ism iss
al law
Jacobson fu rth e r contends that the
fa ir dism issa l law (due pro ce ssi
governs o n ly the m an n e r in w h ich a
d ism issa l occurs, not the reasons
w hy it o ccu rs "J u s t c a u s e ," he says
m akes the board do rig h t o r p ro ve a
reason fo r its a ctions, w h ich helps
e lim in a te d ism issa l o r non ren e w a l
fo r reasons such as p e rso n a lity
co n flic ts D is c ip lin a ry a ctio n s m ust
be a p p ro p ria te under “ ju s t ca u se ,”
he says, a teacher could not lie fire d
fo r being la te one d a y, hut w ould
have to d e m o n stra te a p a tte rn of
being la t r before he co u ld be fire d
It is the teachers po sitio n that
some d ism issa ls in I 'm a t llla and
M o rro w C ounty in the last tw o years
prove that the " ju s t c a u s e " w o rks
T w o teachers in the M o rro w County
d is tric t have faced d ism issa l by the
hoard, one is s till w ith in the d is tric t
and the o th e r is not
"J u s t c a u s e " is a p rim a r y issue
fo r the teachers w h ich is d iffic u lt to
co m p ro m ise because th e re is no
gray area, Jacobs says K lth e r the
language of the c u rre n t c o n tra c t is
m a in ta in e d o r it is n 't
On the o th er hand, L ile s says that
the d is tric t has the rig h t h \ statute
to dism iss o r non renew p ro b a tio n
a ry teachers fo r "re a so n s w h ic h it
deems s u ffic ie n t " The "d u e pro
cess p ro v is io n " m akes it d iffic u lt to
non renew c o n tra c ts fo r p e rm a n e nt
teachers, so the " ju s t c a u s e " clause
is not necessary The d is tric t has
that la titu d e under law and m ere ly
w ants to re g a in that w h ic h it con
tr a d e d aw a y se v e ra l ye a rs ago
"J u s t c a u s e ." he said, w o u ld apply
to teachers w ith te n ure (p e rm an e n t
teachers i w h ic h w o u ld m ake the
d ism issa l process m o re rig o ro u s ,
re q u irin g the d is tric t to prove that
rules w h ich the te a che r knew ala>ut
w ere vio la te d K e g a in in g the rig h t
w h ich sta tu te gu a ra n te e s is a m a jo r
issue fo r the d is tric t, he concludes
Proposed salary schedules
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On T hu rsd a y a fte rn o o n . O ctober
24. the C ity of H oardm an and the
P o rt of M orrow hosted a m ee tin g to
o rg a n ize a task fo rc e to " s tu d y ,
support and lobby fo r lo ca tio n of a
s u p e rco n d u ctin g super c o llid e r
(SSCi research c e n te r proposed by
the U S D e p a rtm e n t o f E nergy
H oa rd m a n has been id e n tifie d as one
o f th re e p o te n tia l sites in O regon to
be co nsidered fo r th is fa c ility , sa id a
c ity of H oardm an spokesperson
Several o th e r states a re also v y in g
fo r th is fa c ility
The g ro u p selected an e xe cu tive
c o m m itte e to d ire c t the task fo rce
and nam ed seven persons to s it on
the c o m m itte e
A rt K e g le r, I ’ resi
«lent of the H oardm an N o rth M orrow
C h a m b e r o f C o m m e rce . Alan Don
n a lly . P re sid e n t o f the H e rm isto n
fh a m t> e r of C o m m e rce Joe B urns,
^ 're s id e n t of H e rm is to n D evelop
C o rp o ra tio n
J a c k Strege,
P o rtla n d G e n era l Klee t r i e . G ale
« trill. H oardm an M a y o r, John Mris
tow , lone and M orro w C ounty P lan
n ir g C o m m issio n . M a tt D o h e rty ,
P o rt o f M orrow
The E x e c u tiv e C o m m itte e s h a ll
select th e ir own c h a irm a n and w ill
a ppoint sta n d in g c o m m itte e s to han
die p u b lic in fo rm a tio n and re la tio n s ,
fund ra is in g budgets and te ch n ica l
re p o rts The fir s t E x e c u tiv e Com
m ttte e m ee tin g w ill be M onday.
Nov 4 at I lodge C ity in H oardm an
O v e r 45 p e rs o n s r e p r e s e n tin g
num erous re g io n a l agencies and
in te re s t* w ere present at th is in itia l
m eeting
F o llo w in g the O ctober 24 m ee tin g
County Counsel M ike o th s d e scrib e d
the SSC as a m on stro u s p a rtic le
a c c e le ra to r w hich the fe d e ra l I V
jia rtm e n t of E n e rg y p la n s to b u ild
1'he p ro je c t w ill re q u ire 50-«0
m ile s o f tunnel ten feet under
ground It w ill em ploy a p p ro x im a te
jy
perm a n e nt em ployees and
have an o p e ra tin g budget of S44X)
m illio n per y e a r
A p ro je c t w h ich
could p o te n tia lly double the c o u n ty 's
p o p ulatio n deserves serious a lie n
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lio n . Oths co n tin ue s, a lth o u g h the
odds are 25 l th a t the H o a rd m a n site
w ill not be app ro ve d
A lthough Congress has not yet
approved funds fo r the p ro je c t. 12
states in c lu d in g O regon huve ex
pressed in te re s t and a re in the
process of choosing th e ir m ost fa v o r
able site to s u b m it fu r a p p ro v a l
C rite ria w h ich a proposed site
m ust meet in clu d e access to a g re a t
deal of w a te r and a v a ila b ility o f land
a c q u is itio n The co n s u ltin g fir m of
CH2M H ill has been e v a lu a tin g the
Oregon sites and Oths said that a l
last T h u rs d a y 's m ee tin g , se n tim e n t
was that th e ir stu d y of the proposed
N E M orrow w e ste rn C m a tilla site
near O rdnance d id not go in to
enough depth und th a t the site w ould
tie even m ore fa v o ra b le if a d d itio n a l
fa c to rs w ere considered
la n k of access to la rg e areas of
population was liste d as a draw back
to the H oardm an site, but Oths said
that the CH2M re p o rt fa ile d to
consider the p ro x im ity o f the T r i
C itie s
S cie n tists c o m in g to the
research o rie n te d fa c ility w ill need
support fa c ilitie s fro m la rg e popula
lio n areas, he said "P e o p le w o rk in g
on the p ro je c t ne isl to lie happy in
the a re a ." so the task fo rce is fir s t
charged w ith fin d in g out w hat addi
tio n a ily can be done to polish H oard
m a n 's im a ge
M.C.G.G. sets
annual meeting
Jan M a u ritz fro m the F re n ch
g ra in tra d in g fir m . la iu is D re y fu s
w ill bo the fe a tu re d speaker at this
y e a r's M orrow C ounty (¡r a in Grow
ers A nnual M eeting M onday . Nov 4
The annual m e e tin g w ill la- held at
the fa irg ro u n d s in H eppner. Iiegin
ning at fi to p m
H a b y s ittin g w ill tie p ro v id e d fo r
those w ith young c h ild re n
MCSWCD annual meeting is Nov. 5
In clu d e d in this w e e k's paper is a special section on the I9K5 annual
m ee tin g o f the M orro w County Soil W ater C onservation D is tric t
The m ee tin g w ill tie held Tuesday, Nov 5 at the l-e xm g to n (¡ra n g e H u ll
s ta rtin g a t 6 30 p m
CBEC annual meeting set Nov. 7
T h e 41st A n n u a l M e e tin g o f
C o lu in b iu Basin E le c tric Coopera
liv e . Inc w ill be held at the Condon
tir a d e School P la y Shed in Condon,
on T h u rs d a y , N o ve m b e r 7 ite g is tr
a tio n w ill Iiegin at 5 p m . d in n e r at 6
p m and the business m ee tin g at 7
p m T his m ee tin g is fo r the pur|Mise
of e le ctin g tw o d ire c to rs lo r u in ree
y e a r te rm and a h a lln l on seven
proposed by law re visio n s
A special p ro g ra m at the m ee tin g
w ill ce le b ra te the MHh a n n iv e rs a ry
of r u ra l e le c trific a tio n . "K ve ryb o d y
w ill lik e it , " assures Co op M an u g e r
Kred Toom bs
P io n e e r M e m o ria l H o sp ita l w ill be
x ra y in g a ll H allow een candies and
fr u its , as a fre e s e rv ic e to the
m em b e rs of the Heppner, lu'X ington
and lone c o m m u n itie s The s ta ff of
P io n e e r M e m o ria l H o sp ita l is c o n ­
ce rn e d about the w e lfa re of our
reside n ts and w ould lik e everyone to
have a safe and happy Hallow een
Those who a re in te re s te d in this
s e rv ic e , should go to the lobby of the
H ospital, betw een the hours o f 5 and
to p m , O ctober 31
"P io n e e r M e m o ria l, in p ro v id in g
th is sevice. accepts no re s p o n s ib ility
fo r any o m issions o r o v e rs ig h ts
M any, but not a ll fo re ig n o b je c ts of
va rio u s n a ture s w ill not show upon
x ra y in g
T h e re fo re , we cannot tie
held resp o n sib ile fo r any om issions
o r o v e r s ig h t s , ”
s a y s h o s p ita l
a d m in is tra to r. John H einpel
PMH offers to x-ray Hallowe'en tretfts
Fillies try for district
title on home court
W in n in g the C o lu m b ia Basin Con­
fe re n c e v o lle y b a ll c h a m p io n s h ip
laxt S a tu rd a y at H o a rd m a n givex the
H eppner H ig h School v o lle y b a ll
team the rig h t to hoxt the fir x t round
of the O SAA ( la s s A v o lle y b a ll
p la y o ffx th ix S a tu rd a y at H eppner
agam xi P in e k a g t x k f M M G am e
tim e i i 7 p m
H eppner earned the p la y o ff ip o t
w in n in g tw o o f th re e gam ex fro m the
S herm an C ounty H uxkiex Sherm an
C ounty a lxo earned a p la y o ff xpot by
la t e r d e fe a tin g R iv e r iid e H ig h
School in the CBC to u rn a m e n t
T his m a rk x the fir s t tim e HHS hax
won the CBC c h a m p io n ih lp and the
I
">e in to the it a t e p la y o ffx
In IV7B, H eppner e a rn e d xecond
place in the CBC and tra v e le d to
E n te rp ris e w here they w e re ç L m jit
I cr#41t*4 with 10 F**r* of riper tent*
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ated fro m a d v a n c in g by the Sav
agex
The w in n e r o f S a tu rd a y '« context
w ill tra v e l to P o rtla n d . N o ve m b e r I
and 9. fo r the e ig h t team x ta te
to u rn a m en t to be held at C h ild a
Center on the t ’n iv e rx ity of P o rtla n d
cam pus
The f i n t g a m e fo r the
w in n e r w ill be at 5 p m , F rid a y ,
N ovem ber S
Adm ixaion charge« fo r S a tu rd a y '«
c o fite sl between H eppner and W all
owa w ill be 13 50 fo r a d u lU and I I 50
fo r a ll student«
No passes w ill
honored