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The Heppner March II 17 High Gazette-Times M o rro w C o u n ty '• H o m e - O w n e d Weekly N e w e p a p v r VOI IM NO i : H e p p n e r ,O r e g o n 25' m arch 11. I« 16 I 'M . l s Weather by the ( ’ it) o f H e p p n e r _ Budget levies, school board and W esterling pleads guilty adivisory position« go to voters Tuesday V oler» w ill drculr lhr fa ir of lhr county school Irvv, I hr county hospi tal ami oprralinii levies, ami (hr city of Heppnrr operating levy next Tuesday Aso on the March 25 Special Election ballot are two school board position* and several advisory com m itter positions See related stories inside) Polls will be open from 8 a m to 8 p m at the following locations Combined Hoardman precincts «ne and two will vote at the Green field Grange Hall lone precinct No 4 will vote at lone City Hall Combined Irngon precincts No & and 8 will mark their ballots at the North Morrow Annes la-xington precinct No 7 will vote at the Mormon Church and Combined Hardman Heppner pri emet» No 3,8.8.10. and It at the N eiA bortlood Center School levy up $282,631 over this yedr The proposed school budget levy is up 8282.631 or 4 78 percent over this year ' not 847.252 as reported In last week's newspaper ) The propo>ed operating levy for next is 86.180 mat. the levy approved for this y e a r’s op eration o f the d is tric t was 5 888 177 The 847.252 or six prreent increase in the district s tax base which is 8787.566 this year and will lie 88.14 8 uh nest year No election is required for approval of the tax base We regret the error and hope that it has mil caused voters or the district any inconvenience I See related section ) story in elections Tue» 57 Wed 55 la w Free ip 36 OK 37 Thurs 55 30 22 Fn 51 30 01 Sal 45 34 24 Sun 4» 35 02 Mon 52 34 City budget is down happen but in two lengths sessions Hx \\ ON M M H> Ihe com mittee managed to more rhe budget request by the City of than cut the reqiM-sted amount in Heppner on the ballot at next week's half election is for 825,30V An approxim In I heir effort to r«*«iuce the ate tax rate of 88 w per 81.out) of amount of property tax«-s needed, assessed property value is required they transferred 83.000 from the to support the budget Revenue Sharing fund lo Ihe general The budget includes 871,737 for a fund II was r«H-oinmend«-d that Ihe ■eater bond retirement pavment to be made during the year The tax city increase the sewer service charge from 85 to 86 p«-r month The ra'e of approximately 82 71 to raise city adopt«*«! the m-ommemlution 't • amount is included in the total and the new charge will go into r% 4 of 88 *>. which is 28 cent* less «•fleet July I than the rate supporting the current A copy machine costing 81.50(1 was yea r’s budget listed in the budget (or the city rhe city ’* tax base is 8167,277 The original request for thenew budget offii-e The city has b«*eri trying to presented the budget com m ittee was get this for several years, but it was for a tax levy of 872.47V Budget one of the first things cut out A shed officer Marshall Ian grriwwaid that to cover the gravel piled by Ihe city, at a coat of 85(X). was also elimin was a conservative amount and iltd " ***6,. would provide a lean budget because Str«-et repair is one of Ihe things costs of everything were up ihe budget commit!«-«- has cul each George Knfflor. a m em ber of the year M embers admi(ti*d it was committee, said he thought it would becoming a big problem, and (hat tie difficult to pass any budget this something would have (o tx- done year and asked that it be trimm ed to about raising ihe money, but th«-y within the tax base That didn’t »1 ill cut 820 .( xmi from that account Mayor t'uru Costa has appointed a com mittee from Ihe council lo see if u bond should be issued to raise funding for str«-et repair She told various alternatives for operation of Ihe budget com m ittee the city was the crusher including selling the looking into that course and if It entire thing and buy mg crushed rock from another source " I f it works " s«-«-m«*d leasable, a vole on bonds would tie held the Judge said, "the personal ser vices contract is the lies! solution " An amount of 82.500 was taken from the strt-et department supplies such as str«*el paint, rock and asphalt In the police department, the car expense fund was jixh ifi-d by 82.500 and 82.ooo was taken from sion potqlion No I. Irvin F. Hauch police reserve Car fund ttneumhent > and Donald K Jorgen In addition 82.(NX) was rut from »en have filed un the Democratlc the amount nee«i<Hl for un audit lickrt, Cleo H Childers bas fil«d on because of a lower than expected t ihe u- bid For ihe non partisan ofhee o( Materials for water supplies was Justic«- <>( ihe Peace, Charlotte S reduced by 84 >oo Gray <incumh«‘nl< and 8' E " K d " Kequestcd increased salaries lor Glenn have filed employ«-«** was trimmed lo a 2 5 pi-rcent cast of living increase This merely matched a 2 5 percent incen live pay increase which employ«-«-» had I h -«- ii receiving for several years, hut which hud been eliinin and Ihre«* trucks are exp txtrd to tx* ated by the council working on the patching by next K offler was not satisfied when all week Ihe culling w as done and still m ade a Thr«*e road graders are working million that u final cut. should lx* their way south through the county made to tiring the total within Ihe from the Bombing Range, he con tux has«- lie lost when he was eluded outvoted hy Ihe other five members pres«-ni Councilman Marvin Uane said he would like lo s«-e the voters have a chance to express their feelings on what they want of the accident Iasi Friday in Irngon city “ If it doesn't go servlc«*s will Tolar said a car driven by Dwight have lo tx- cut, he said Osborne crashed into a bus as it "N o more than it is, I can't six- waited t«i cross highway 730 None of cutting services said budget com the 12 slud«*nts on the bus were mitt«x- m em ber J.uki Allstott injured but the bus sustained minor County hires services of crushing consultants the judge continued The contract is Morrow County has hired Cnited open ended which means that if it Crushing Consultants to operate the turns out not to be satisfactory, the county's rock crusher. Judge Don county is not bound to its term » McKlligott announced Tuesday The The contract is the result of over a county has signed a personal ser year s discussion and negotiation on vices contract which means that they will buy live rock produced from the crusher at 81 per yard The crushed rock will be run over the county's belt scales and paid (or The following candidates have accordingly "T h ey made us an filed with the Morrow County Clerk offer ," the judge said and people tell for he May 20 P rim ary election us our plant is good Cnited Crushing has successfully operated / , offici ■( Morrow County it In Alaska *Juii--* Donutd C M er’ -JligM* .l (trt- a similar plant cumbenl I has filed on the Democra The county will maintain owner He ticket I.oui* A Carlson has filed ship of the crusher and he respnn on the Republican ticket Mibir for all m ajor overhaul work For the Morrow County Commis United Crushing will operate the crusher and do minor maintenance The county will furnish a tractor truck and driver to m ove (he equip ment from one set to another the Judge said T h e m inim um p rod u ction the County road crews have most of county is asking them to meet is the work done cleaning up recent 65.000 yards of crushed rock per washouts of county roads. County year " I f the quantity and quality Judge Don M cKlligott said Tuesday and maintenance it satisfactory and Crews have also started patching meets all requirements, the county some of Ihe badly dam aged roads will agree to extend the contract." Candidates file for M ay primary Sheriff Roy Drogo (left) escort» LeRoy Westerling following guilty plea LeK oy H ou r Westerling pleaded guilty by reason of insanity Tuesday morning lo the N ovem ber 30 murder of Son Vinh His form er plea was not guilty of murder by reason of insanity The change of plea was entered before Judge Hob Abrams in Morrow County Circuit Court The mandatory minimum senten ce for the plea is ten years for murder and five years for posses sion of a firearm under the jurisdic tion of the Psychiatric Security Review Hoard i PSR8> at the Foren sic (m axim um securityi Unit of the State Mental Hospital The senten ces to run consecutively Judge Abrams ordered a pre sentence in vestigation and advised both attor neys that he would consider the plea bargaining recommendalions. bul would not be bound by them Morrow County District Attorney Richard M cNerney said he had intended "to go to trial no m atter what,” for the crim inal murder charge, because there was evidence that Westerling had done some sane things before allegedly shooting Vinh who was working in the service area of his Heppner Chevron station W esterlin g* attorney Wally Terry of Pendleton had requested the guilty but insane com prom ise all along " W e ’re doing all we can to protect society and get my client the help he needs." Terry said " It was a lough decision." M cNer ney said about agreeing to go for the guilty by reason of insanity plea, but after an investigator talked with key witnesses additional evidence of W esterlm gs insanity cam e up W e s te rlin g was also d iagn osed "schizophrenic with paranoid delu sums," by A lice Shannon. M D of the Forensic Unit of the State Mental Hospital Three behaviors had to be considered 1) W esterling'» ability to help in his own defense. 21 his ability to understand the crim inality of his own actions, and Ji his ability to conform to standards of behavior accepted by society M cNerney made the decision, he says, because "th e evidence of his i Westerling » i insanity is overwhel ming It ’s also the option which will keep him off the streets for the longest period of tim e (because) 15 years is at least fiv e years longer than the best scenario I can envision off a crim inal conviction " M cNerney said he was skeptical about the parole board's ability to keep Westerling in jail if convicted crim inally, but expects the nature of Westerling s crim e will make the PSRB "re a l reluctant" to let him out A third concern M cNerney men tioned was Westerling him self "In prison, he gets no help al a ll" ; in the maximum security mental facility under control of the PSRB. however. " i f there is any way to help him. at least these people will be able to do this " Westerling. 24. of Heppner. is not m arried and had been unemployed for three-four week* prior to the alledged shooting of his form er em ployer E vidence in the case, says M cNerney. will not be released until after the sentencing April 22 County road patching begin« Roughness at basketball games not widespread, board hears Kxcessive roughness in basketball games this year is apparently not widespread, the Morrow County school board was (old Monday night The board heard a complaint from board m ember Jerry M cKlligott. who said he had witness«^ games at lone that seemed to be a little on the rough side "T h e re was one gam e I saw that had a lot more contact than I had ever s«*en. and I wondered if there was a rule change allowing no fouls on con tact," M cKlligott said M cKlligott and others from lone have said that this season werm-d to he especially bad. with referees not calling enough fouls and al times letting gam es gel out of hand Riverside Principal Dan Daltoso checked out the charges, and said he hasn't found widespread roughness throughout the state " I don't think it's common. I think it's when teams are exasperated with no other way to win that they tend to be more p hysical." he said Daltoso said he called the Oregon Schools Athletic Assoc and was lold that organization had not rtxceived one letter throughout the year on roughness " I t usually happens when you have one weak team, and weak offic ia ls ," he said In other business, the board voted unanimously to ratify the teacher-district contract agreed that the district will pay between 8700 and 8800 toward a trip by the R iv«rxid e baseball team to California this summer Previously the district was not to pay any money except providing a bus however, because of the high cost of liability insurance for out of state travel by a school bus. agreed to give the money for train or bus fair Fifteen baseball players, two chap crones, the coach his wife, and two children will go on the week long trip signed an agr«em ent with the Morrow County F air Board lor use of the rodeo arena by the schools for baseball, football gam es and other activities The board and the fair board have been working for quite some time to com e up with a contract agr«*eable to both sides agret-d to put a r«*que*t for a new tax base before voters May 20 The new base if approved would be 87.480,617. an amount the district would lie able to levy without a vole of the petiple The present tax base is aobut 8835.000 agreed to let an (ile x student a lte n d lo n e H ig h S c ^ The Olex school district will pay Morrow County School District 81 508 per year, the amount it costs to educate one student in this district for a year h«-ard a report from A C Hough ton principal Mick Tolar who said that no one was injured in a bus damage. Tolar said Osborne was driving a Volkswagen "bug Fillies claim cham pionship I f » le ft to Right Cooch Mike Royer, Missy Eubanks, Lana Reid, Cindy Sfroeber, Penny Connor, Theresa Lindsay, Cathy Martin Sandy Turner, Tina Davidson, Dana Reid, Missy Turner and Andrea Ball celebrate Fillies first place finish in sfate tournament M ore sport* second nection
