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‘We want our Cardinals,’ Padberg tells school board T h * H rppner VOL 104 NO 43 Morrow County's Homo-Own#d Newspaper Wednesday. October 22, I986 Heppner. Oregon 25* Museum gets thresher Eleanor (Mrs Ed) Gonty and Harold ‘ Shorty” Peck This stationary threshing machine arrived Thursday to become part of Shorty's Museum at the Morrow County Fairgrounds During the 1420s it belonged to Charles Hcmrtch who farmed what is now the Don Evans Sandhollow Ranch A hinder cut the grain and put it in sheaves A team and wagon haul ed sheaves to the thresher where they >*cic fed by hand into the machine A grain spout at the side of the machine deposited kernels of grain into a waiting wagon. Shorty Peck explained An average crew was IS men, he said Extension service hires livestock agent Bill Broderick lone, has been hired to serve Morrow County as the 4 H and livestock agent tor the ex tension service There has been no agent in the county since Steve Campbell's resignation a veal ago Broderick has lived in Morrow County for lOyears five of them in lone He and his wile I aura, a teacher at lone Elcmentarv School, have two sons, Kvlc and Hrvan His recent employ nient has been directly with livestikk. at Snow McElligott. a commercial livestock and wheat ranch Before that he worked for (irieb Ranches with registered Angus He attended Col lege of Sequoia and California State at bresno where he earned a Bac helor ot Sc tentr degree in animal science This is his first experience Bill Broderick 12 PAGES Soil and water district asks tax base approval By Marvia Krntp The Morrow Soil and Vk atcr Con servation District is asking voters to approve $93.000 00 tax base on Nos ember 4 Die district is presently managed by Jim Van Winkle with the help of a seven member hoard of directors Van Winkle is also weed manager, but due to the volume ot N>th the district programs and weed program. Van Winkle can no longer devote adequate lime to the district The district provides programs for control and eradication of noxious weeds, range inventory and manage ment assistance control and erosion prevention, water resource develop ment. flood control, water quality improvement, fish and wildlife habitat improvement, and timber management assistanve In addition thev pros ale conservation education, improve water drainage, and assist in developing recreation Also the CRP program has in creased the responsibility and work Heinrich (Eleanor (Jonty's father) sold the mac hine to Charles Bernard in 1434. who used the machine in the Willamette Valle) Bernard's son Jack has had the machine stored in a Kirn at Aloha but had indicated that he would like to donate the machine to Morrow Count) W ith the help of Morrow County Judge Don McElligott. a county truck which ha2 v be la dw area hauled the thresher hack to Morrow County last week The machine is in working order. David Hall Heppner High 1468 Peck said "If I had a wagon load graduate, win ot (Jene and of sheaves. I could run a threshing Harriet Hall and ot the Heppner. has recent bee.” ly moved, with his family to State College. Pennsylvania He is employed as lull time instructor in the Agriculture and Extension Hunters may also exchange tags Education Department at the Penn until the cutoff dale for the tag they sylvunia Slate Cnivcrsity His duties, wish to exchange Tag exchanges in addition to undergraduate instruc may be nude only at department lion, include undergraduate advis headquarters in Portland, regional mg. competency verittficaiion. offices around the state, and district offices in Charleston and Springfield Hunt units included in the Caw .ale elk season October IK lb will not be Pendleton is "Roundup City." open during the other general lone is "(«rowing with Pride" and seasons Condon has “ It's the People" Heppner needs it's own motto, and the Chamber of Commerce is ask ing for your help Submit your idea for the motto that best identities Heppner. and you could be the winner of a $30 gift ccr tor the extension service ' I'm excited aNnil the position, tificate good at local businesses The motto should be short and and anxious to get settled in and get started ' he said "It will be dll identity something positive and uni que aN>ut Heppner and surrounding terent lor awhile For eight years, he has been the area The winning motto will he us North I exington I ivcstock4 H club ed in advertising and promotions lor leader A new leader has been Heppner So get your pencils working and selected tor the club He has served with various 4 H leadership commit tees A member ol the Morrow Countv Fair Committee lor three years, he served one year as chair man "I enjoyed the fair." he said Til still he there, only in a different capac ity ” By Ashley Conklin Broderick will siart recruiting4 H Heppner High School junior Shan members in the schools soon Men litying needs tor new clubs and tin non Mcl^iughlin was one ol 30 ding leaders will also occupy his seinifuialisis in Oregon's "At Issue' time In addition to the basic clubs essay contest To increase interest in the political that have been strong in Morrow County. he says he would like to see progress among Oregon's youth, biking and cross country skiing gubernatorial candidates Neil clubs because, "kids need physical (Joldschuudt and Norma Paulus activity to help stimulate their agreed to panic ipalc in a live teles is minds ' A club that studies ed lorum on Portland's K< MN teles i marketing cereal grains might also sion station that aired Sunday afternoon be interesting, he said A second contest was spon ored Another part ol his Julies at the extension service will be to work hy the Oregon Department ot Educa with livestock gniwers helping them lion and the Oregon Newspaper identify their needs and then to bring Publishers that involved student educational workshops and lours to journalists Those students who reported on them Integrated Resource Manage ment is a new concept, he said, but the forum were then to write a story it encourages ranchers to work either as a straight news story or feature story for the school together with "their program." Between now and the farm city newspaper Mcl-aughlin and the other 44 banquet, he will he helping organiza tions organize their annual meetings semiftnalists were interviewed bet and working w ith others involved in ween October 3-8 to chose 10 finalists tor the “ At Issue" forum making the djy a success Ten people were selected from Elk tag deadlines near Hunters planning to hunt in the general Rocky Mountain and coast (Roosevelt) elk seasons this tall will need to bus then tags soon Tag sale cutoff deadlines arc approaching Die dates arc Rocks Mountain first season October 28. Rocks Mountain second season November 7, Coast first season November 7, and Coast second season November 14 V delcgatMW Irom lone headed by Marvin Pudberg and John Bristow •*4d the Morrow Count) School Board Monday night lhal closing sc'Nxiis at the south end ot the count) in not a good signal when the coun ty i' trving so hard tor growth We would like to Nee the Hoard adopt a polk’) that says the district will not close schools, hut will huild for 8* iwth. Bristow said Padberg told the Nurd that a com inittre rccvmuiendatk’n to close lone High Vh«»i| and bus tN»se studsents to Heppner. to close Heppner Jr High and bus those students to lone, to tear down the elementary school at lone and the tumor high in Hepp ncr aikl build additional classrooms in N>th towns, was a gicd effort, but was not salid and should not be adopted as district policy It did not include cost estmutes or anticipated growth at lone, he said Ihe com Former Heppnerite load ot the district Die district will he nuking sure CRP recipients meet requirements and will be monitoring other conservation programs Today the district is funded by the counts in the amount of $2*).841 30 to operate the district's programs along with the weed program The funds include Van Winkle's salary, a part time secretary, supplies, and operating expenses "If the tax base passes the $24.1(41 V) w ill be taken out ol the county budget Approximately $h J. 138 M) added w ith that amount will pav tor hiring a manager and lor some additional operating ex penves. said Scott Madison, a Madison pointed out that one thing that the manager will be doing is ap plvmg for federal funding tor pro jectv that would benefit towns av well as Units These, in return, would bring additional monies into the area The tax base would cost tax payers aN>ut I2‘ per $1.188) Joins Penn. Slate faculty supervising ol beginning Vo Ag leas hers, supervising Vo Ag student teachers, and advising the Penn Stale Collegiate Chapter of Future Farmers ot America While at Penn State Hall plans to finish his Ph D program in Agriculture Education His witc. Nancv, is also employed by the Pennsylvania State Cniverst ty in the Department ot Individual and Family Studies and will he working on the completion ol her Bachelor ot Science in Accounting Heppner needs a motto either mail your entries to the Chamber ot Commerce P () Box 232. or drop them oft at Ray Boyce Insurance in Heppner Entry blanks can be picked up at the following local businesses Peter son’s Jewelers. Coast to Coast, Court St Market. Central Market. Shoe Box. Bank ot F-astern Oregon. Gardner's. Ray Boyce Insurance, or the Heppner ( Jazettc Tunes W inner ol the motto contest will he announced at the Town and C’ountrs Banquet Fridas. November 21 Deadline tor entries is Nov 14 Die contest iv open to anyone and vou may enter as often av you wish HHS junior is seniifinalist in essay contest each of the live congressional districts with two of those semiftnalists from each district to he finalists Those It) that were selected to par ticipate in the torum were to ask the candidates questions concerning issues facing Oregon today The It) students received a $'<8) cash award as well as an all expense paid trip to Portland tor the event The theme ol the stale wide essay contest was "Portrait of a l-eadcr Students in grades 7 12 then wrote •in essay to describe someone that they considered to he a good leader or aNiut the characteristics ol good leadership Both a senior and tumor winner were selected from Heppner High School with Malt Wilson being the senior winner Honorable mention certificates were awarded to seniors Ashley Conklin. Missy Fuhanks. Jason Palmer, and Cindy Strocher as well as |uniors Kathleen Rrazcll. Beth Heather ly and J J Osmin mittce lost sight ot its goal to pro jeet needed facilities lor the added students expected in the district fhe committee was not directed to recommend closing nc N x >I s and shit ting students to other schools, he said It's discriminatory to people in outlying areas to tuition their children out to ad|accni districts, Padbcrg said It's turning our backs on rural folks at this end of the coun ly who have supforted the sc N h >I s When the kide leave, parents take their business away, loo "Why tut non kids out when we re trying to hang on. when we need all the growth we can get’" he asked The committee used a Portland State University study which predicts a decline of population in the schools at the south end of the county. Padberg said The study did not take into account the possibility of the proposed lone Roardman Road, the ctfeci of a proposed hous ing development the Enter! Addition adjacent to lone, the pco pic working a new north county jobs who. given thow: two developments, might choose to live in lone rather than in Hermiston or the Tn-Citics lone will not hurt Boardman's economy . he said lone recognizes the need tor immediate c’tuwth in the north end of the ciHtniy Towns lose their identity when they lose a high school. Padberg continued "We want our Cardinals just like Heppner wants its Mustangs We want that school there It is a viable part of our com mumty and the only rev reation in our town " Ibere is pride in our com mumty. Bristow said, "it's not a hit tcrncsN against other towns, it's pride in our town and we're willing to pay a little more tor that Some things we can't give up” without a better reason than it may cost less, he said There are no facts aN>ut cost savings in the committee's report. Padberg said The saving is vague It's impossible to project building costs It) years trout now "No valid decision can he made w i t h o u t cost data." he said "I'm not talking aNiut Roardman and Irrigoti We know we must have more space there right away lone school, however, is struc turally sound, he said, it needs remodeling and has no handicapped access, hut it has a good firefighting system now ITic elementary school needs a new gym floor and air con Jitioning in some of the classrooms where kids sutler from the heal in the spring and fall The building's comers are separating and need to he strapped, hut that will he done right away “ I suspect that retikxlel ing will be cheaper than building a new structure.” he said Another problem, he said, is that since the current school site is in the tloodway (not flood plain), another building cannot he put next to it Just because the building is old doesn't mean our kids don't get a good education. Padberg continued "W e know of no study that says there is a correlation between the age ot the building and the quality ol the education W'c doubt that the kids would get a heller education somewhere else.” he said A 13 year study indicates that 80*3 of lone graduates go to college Their SAT stores arc good, and many go on to be leaders ( Kir district otters the same classes in all its high schools, he continued Our kids use the same Nmks that the rest of the district uses "The only thing you don't have." board member Bob Mahoney pointed out. "is competition ” Bristow replied that kids at lone must compete against a scale rather than other students Size isn't neccssari ly better, Padberg said, "lone and Heppner have a lot in common. N>th arc small schools ” "< )ne thing we can't change is the geographic location" of the schools. Padberg said Busing lone high school students to Heppner Hepp tier junior high school students to lone, and elementary students to N>th towns would create a busing nightmare ' ' Buses still travel at the same speed Although roads arc het ter than 23 years ago. some kids would have to catch the bus at b 30 Schools dismiss early Oct. 27 There will he an early dismissal Monday. Oct 27 lor students at Heppner High School. Heppner Elementary School, and lone sc Nails Buses will run at I p m at Hi-pptHT High School and at I 10 p m at Heppner Elementary School Fairly dismissal will allow staff IMPACT (drug and alcohol awareness and intervention) training conducted at HHS by a professional Irom Adolescent Care Unit at Spokane a m .” he said lone has a relatively large tax base. Padberg said, although it is shitting somewhat "W e are paying our own way. the rest ot the county isn't subsidizing us We hear stories of doom and gloom' because the CRP (Crop Reduction Plan) will take so much money from the county." he said "But. for some of us. it will mean more money to tarm the rest of our property I expect to have more spendable income than without the program " Finally, the group pointed out the political ramifications of the pro posal "Accepting the study will tm plcmcnt school closure." Padherg said "We see that as a threat Some areas of the county vote 'no' on budgets lone has a 40*3 turnout at elections because we're all trying to help out The district can count on at least U8) 'yes' votes from lone Closing the school would mean a block of '300' no votes at budget lime " There's an element of mistrust, Joe McElligott of lonesaid "lone School district merged with the county and now the county is talk ing aNnit closing the school " Dr Steve Zielinski of Roardman com mented that although he is a newcomer to the area, he still sees resentment between Irrtgon and Roardman because the high school at Irrigon was moved to Roardman "I'm not sure I would recommend causing more animosity,” the doc tor said We haven't heard Heppner people say they want their junior high closed. Bristow said "I know many of them won't want to send their kids to lone " We've heard no opposition to meeting the growth needs at Board nun and Irrigon Joe McElligott con tinued "W e need a united front," he said, not more problems Schools plan for expected growth Morrow County School Board Monday night told Superintendent Doyle McCashn to start planning to avid classroom space at the district 's north end They authorized him to have an architect look at the pro hlems, estimate building costs, and recommend solutions At the hoard's September meeting, a population and building study committee rccoiiuncndcd ad ding tour i lassrooms to Columbia Jr High School at Irrigon and cither converting the present gymnasium ut Riverside High School in Boardman to upstairs and dow nstairs classrooms and building a new gym nasiunt. or adding tour classrooms to the school Adding classrooms at Columbia would mean moving sixth graders Irom both Roardman and Irrigon elementary siNxils to the |unior high school Assistant Sujicrinteiklcnt Chiu k Starr told the Ncird they need to he aware that (lie recoiiuiKTKl.it ion was not unanimous The Niard will need to be concerned with the effects ot ilk iv ing sixth graders into a |umor high building, he said The v irtuc of the report is that the committee says we must start mov ing and doing something. McCashn said The norlh end schools are lull, just aNiut to capacity, he said Ihe Niard tikik no action on the committee’s third recommendation Board member Jerry McElligott. in the form ol a nkition. advised the district to re evaluate the recommen dalion hy 1441 to sec it the district needs to demolish the elementary schikil at lone, the junior high building in Heppner, add live new classrikims to the high xchikil Continued Page 2 Weather Report Hg C*y of ffoppoo* Tues Wal ITturs Fn Sat Sun Mon (blotter 14 20 High h m Presiji 68 34 0 67 36 .0 0 67 38 34 0 62 61 0 33 37 63 0 64 37 0 Market Report ComfMmort» at ff«o Morto* Cok**y Gkwrv (V raw or» 1 ursduy, ( Klober 21 S.ift 33 hitc (Kt »2 R4 Nov »2 86/*2 88 Dec *2 90/»2 92 Jan »2 94/*2 46 Burley *84 Hard Red Winter *2 88 PIK (Jcnertc certificates 12833 cash
