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» E 7 2 E L L NEWSPAPER E O C E N E OR LIB 67403 The Heppner High Lues $8 Wed 60 Thurs 63 1 n X) Sat 78 Sun 7$ Mon 77 Gazette-Times M o r r o w C o u n t y ’s H o m e - O w n e d W e e k l y N e w s p a p e r b> the City of H**ppn»*r VOI IW NO 20 WEDNESDAY, May 21, IWA. H eppner, Oregon School Board considers retaining wall options ing scheduling problems with music programs at Sam Boardman and Riverside "In order to have the best educa lion and budget solution in the schools, we determined there should be one instrumental teacher and one vocal teacher in each community (Boardm an and Irrig o n )" Superintendent Doyle McCaslin said "School hoard members Monslay night wrestled with the problem of a crumbling retaining wall by the tennis courts near Heppner Elemen tary school It had earlier been estimated it would cost $19,000 to put in a new retaining wall and sislewalk. and Monslay tfie board heard an alternate plan that would cost less money Instead of a new retaining wall, the district could put in a sloped hill, and that project would cost only bet ween $4.(XX) and $5.(XX) Elementary school principal Don Cole objected to the slope, because it would wipe out much needed playground area School superintendent Doyle McCaslin recommended that the sidewalk be tom out and replaced County Measures ra •o c <0 0 c 1 r fO a. Democratic Candidates co Z Baccalaureate services at 7 U) tonight at St Patrick’s Catholic Church in Heppner begin the graduation services for area seniors Baccalaureate tor lone students will be Tuesday, May 27. 7 '() p m at St Williams Catholic Church Commencement ceremonies are at 7 'll p m Thursday . May 29 at the Heppner High School gym and at 8 p m Saturday. May 'I at the lone High School gymn Heppner graduates will hear ad dresses from three honor speakers, classm ates Lana Reid, Keith Kenivtn. and Chris Mcl-aughlin Additional Honor Scholars at Hcpp ner include medical practice July I. said the Keith Rcnison. son of I>in and hospital administrator New doctor may come July 1 Dr Curtis Thiessen. currently of Winnipeg.Manitoba. Canada, will he in Heppner this week meeting with the Pioneer Memorial Hospital Administrator, John Hcmpel, and with the hospital board and arrang ing for housing and office space Currcntls the best estimate is that he will he in Heppner reads to begin his Judy Kemson is a 4 (8) student who plans to attend Eastern t iregon State- College as a presidential scholar ami music education ma|or He is senior class president, student director ot the band, ami played golf and varsi ty basketball Chris Mclaughlin. son of Hob and Hetty Mclaughlin isa4(X )stu dent who plans to attend Oregon State University as a presidential scholar amt major in engineering He was student body vice president and president of honor society and out door club He participated in tr.uk and football Alex l mdsay. son of Larry and Cornne I mdsav of lexington plans continued pui>c 2 Chevrolet. Coast to (.oust, IVkl. A uto P j r t s and Repair I cs S chw ab Tire Center. Murrays Drugs. Hepp ner Bowl, and Case furniture Heppner Bowl and Case furniture will be closed Saturday also Gazette to close for Memorial Dav The Heppner Gazette- Times office will he closed Monday. May 2b observance of Memorial Day the newspaper will be published on Wednesday as usual, but news and classified advertising deadlines will be moved up to 8 U) a m Tuesday. May 27 Display advertising will be accepted until 5 p m Tuesday as usual Justice of the Peace Charlotte Gray, incumbent Justice of the Peace F E. "E d " Glenn District Attorney Richard J McNerney, incumbent District \ttorncv Jeff M Wallace Co° State Rep. Did. 59 C. Stanley Rasmussen ooly County Judge Donald C McElligOtt, incumbent County ( dmmissioner Irvin E. Rauch, incumbent County Commissioner Donald E Jorgensen _ . Ray French,incumbent County Judge Louis A Carlson County < ommlvsioner Cleo B. Childers Yes Yes No county °rW tow county ^ H a rd m a n I La C Q. Q. X 1 [ f ailed ■ 2 0 6 I 230 ■ 1 321 154 199 99 153 210 358 294 J , 388 264 242 215 290 177 170 112 102 197 186 153 No 114 76 J1 6 237 230 43 79 196 95 117 90 34 121 91 103 Yes No No 13 434 137 94 129 No 346 97 93 Yes Yes Yes No 23 2 316 302 388 ¡WON 333 153 200 | w "5" n 1 303 211 212 |W 0 N 132 131 181 164 137 Yes 191 276 ■ 1 momo * Registered voters cast their ballots at Morrow County Crouthousc in TUcsday s primary election L e x in g to n l No 8 Establish S W C D and $93,000 tax base Ralph Currin Voter turnout heavy in county precincts lo n e 8 No 6 Morrow County special $2,469.040 one-year operating levy No. 7 School Dist $6,180 808 special one-year operating levy Stale Rep. IMst. 59 Republican Candidates at the seven schmds in live district by four percent Principals now nuke $'9,99? per year voted to give seven confidential employees, district secretaries etc a four percent pay increase for 19Kb 87 accepted the resignations of 21 year lone teacher Gordon Meyers, and 11 year Riverside head basketball coach Ijrry Erench granted one year maternity leave to lone teacher Lori l.ongway Vince hired Randy Cole as lone swim ming pool manager B o ard m an Many local business and offices will be closed Monday, May 2b for Memorial Day Court S treet, C entral, and Bristow’s Markets, however, will remain open Monday as usual A spokesperson for Del's Market in l^xington was not sure Tuesday if the market would remain open next weekend The post office, the local banks. Extension office. Heppner City Hall and Morrow county offices will be closed Monday The following local businesses will close Monday as well Heppner Auto Parts. RAW Drive In.The Gazette-Times. Shoe Box, Petersons, Ron McDonald Did. Court Judge for Morrow and l matilla Counties X3 Commencement exercises slated at area schools I.ocal businesses close Memorial Dav Morrow County Primary Election Results May 20, 1986 </i 4> with gravel, and that the retaining wall be left in until it is determined how fast it is falling over, and the problem taken care of in a couple of years The school board took no action on the sidewalk In other business, the board •voted to raise temporary summer pay wages three percent The star ting pay for summer help is now $5 36 per h*mr for student help. Sb 21 for college students. $7 hi for semi-skilled adult help and $8 '2 for skilled adult help -voted to raise principal's salaries Irrig o n The Morrow County School Board Monday refused to intervene into the transfer of a hand teacher at Im gon's Columbia Junior High School, which has some parents concerned School administrators have mov ed hand teacher Kevin Egan out of the junior high, and Monday parents asked the school hoard to step tn and stop the move Apparently parents want the popular teacher to ramain at the Jr High, hut adm inistrators say scheduling problems have made the change necessary Presently Egan teaches fifth through 12 grade hand at Sam Bojrdman Elementary. Columbia Jr High and Riverside High Sch»*>l He travels 2b miles per day to teach at the threee schools, and ad ministrators say the arrangement is causing scheduling problems with he four music, (two coral and two sand teachers.) who serve the schools. Sam Boardman and Riverside High School are in Boardman. and Columbia Jr High is in Irngon Egan will now teach Kindergarten through grade 12 in Boardman schools Monday night hoard member elect Mary lam Carlson read a letter sign ed by six parents asking that the change not he made, and also read a letter from Boardman City Ad ministrator Larry Dalrymple, and said she received 1$ phone calls, all protesting the move "The change wasn’t doing justice to Mr Egan, and was not best for the music program," the letters said in part Parents say it is best for band students in seventh and eighth grades to be instructed by the same teacher as will instruct them in high school The administration says Egan's 26-mile round trip between three schools every day was costing the district SI .fiOO per year, and caus- May L3-I9 low Presip. 0 34 0 33 0 36 0 47 0 55 0 4b 0 48 T o ta ls BESSIE U OF ORE 468 7 1129 15 19 1209 1136 1224 988 367 116 398 186 148 64 68 145 69 75 76 22 84 69 49 679 620 154 241 526 266 242 262 92 317 285 219 10 — 16 1311 24 1902 19 1614 663 7 10 813 16 1476 8 826 7 823 6 678 4 385 16 916 11 806 9 670
