‘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
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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
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