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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1986)
F ro m P a g e 1 "The Department of Education in Salem informs m e." McCaslin said."that it is. in fact, legal to building at lone, and four classrooms separate the money required to and a caleteru multipurjmv mom to balance the budget into program Hcppner elementary vhool “ We don't know what this end (of the components and vote each vparatc county i will look like in live year»." ly For example, hoards have dccid cd to site their basic program on one he said Hoard member Hob Mahoney said ballot, their transportation program he was concerned that the two older on another, their athletics or extra buildings at lone and Heppner would curricular activities on another, and have problems "There will he a certainly kindergartens have been lime when vimething has to be done kvoted on separate ballots in several districts around the state to those buildings," he said "Cuing vvcral examples the Cost ol hiring the architect will be budget analyst that I spike to in included in next year's budget The formed me that defeat of all except board and superintendent presented the basic levy is virtually assured in vmie additional budget needs lor the this typ- ol vparation. so dial Nurds next school year to the Budget Com are only vparating programs lor mittee "This year's experience levy purpivs out ol some exaspera teaches us that wc need to review lion and p ’rhaps desperation at this carefully, with the best advice punt in tune." he said Hudget available, our budget priorities." the Committee member l-ee Padhcrg superintendent said "It would be had asked the sup-rintcndcnl to com very expensive to to consider ment on the pissibility of splitting everything on our list Wc need to be very judicious You (the budget committed need to give us vutte direction Hoard Chairman Joe Stevens ask ed the committee to check lor ob v discrepancies in district stall mg " Ikies one vlvml have six aiil^s and another vhool that is two thirds the size, have seven ’ It vi. this may be an excess." he said We're always open to the critic ism thal 1» w» many people work here Is it possi ble to justify everyone who works (lor the district >" Marv I mu Carlson another board member advised the committee that it is "essential to make the best use of the district's dollar Wc need the most effic ient use of our money and to lustily a need lor everything the district has." she said McCaslin told the board thal he didn't believe that the successive budget defeats were a sign ol voters lack ol confidence in them I v c no reavin lor a majority ol board members to resign." he suid. because budgets arc tailing, not |ust in our district, but all over the state "Should a majority ol the board resign at one time, the replacement procedure is lor the counts court to appoint the members with all deliberate speed vi that the district The Sunday vhool class and does have a governing body and is teachers ol All Saints Fpivopal able to transact business legally Church in Heppner show off the 4txi Hoard member Jerry SKI lligott had asked the superintendent to rcfx'rt on piunds ol potatoes they gleaned possible cflects ol a m a s s resignation from a field lor donation to the NcighNuhood Center of the board T W O - Th» Hrppnrr t .a z r t t r finir», Hrppnrr, Orrgon M rd nrvlat, (ktnhrr 22, IWk County refuses to reduce right-of-way Morrow Couniy Court last Wednesday denied a reque -1 by Col umbia Hj%in Electric to reduce it* right of way along the road running Irom Cutdonh Comer to Baseline Kil Fred Toombs. nunager of the co op. appeared hclorc the court to re quest that the county reduce its ease ment from 60' to 40' The co-op is obtaining casements to rebuild the power line which supplies lone. I.cx ington and Mcppncr. he said Most of the property owners along the proposed route have been very cooperative, but since Juniper Ca nyon Koad is not as wide as the case ment. staking the line IK" outside the properly owner's line will place it 22’ into the adjacent field, he said •'We've already told the property owner lhat we have no intention of lowering the right of way to 40', Judge Don McTilligott told Toombs “ The right-of ways are tia> hard to get for us to give them up •'I’m not sure we could reduce the right of way even if we wanted to.” Commissioner Jerry Peck agreed •'Slate law says we must establish a right ol way at a certain width "W e have a bO' right of way with the title." Commissioner Irs Rauch added "W e're not ready to narrow it. but we understand the owner has been (arming our land and it's lough to give that up.” he said The county will check to see if the roller skating program at the fairgrounds can be continued in cooperation with the lair hoard under the supers ismn of juvenile sers ices, the court told Mcrlyn Robinson of the Morrow County f air Hoard "The J-air Hoard is not able to stand the inc reased insurance costs for the program.” she said "We are at a place where we must require the private party operating the skating to carry his own insurance and (hey have indicated to us that they would have to quit the program because the insurance is too expensive We would really hate to lose the activi ly for the kids." she said In other business, the court heard that forms are being built for the foundation of the addition at the North Morrow Annex Architect Hob Smith discussed the project approved reimbursing Pat Brin School growth die for expenses for a trip she made to the I astern Oregon Health System Committee as a county representative heard from Commissioner Peck that since a change in management has occurred in Umatilla Couniy. they may he interested in talking about a jail contract again heard a report from Commix - sioncr Rauch on the Oregon Coun ties land Use Coalition •approved a request from the county aci.*untant to alter the book keeping sy^lem by putting the road department in the general ledger The county's auditor advised the change Cost of computer pn>gram change is not to exceed the estimated *962 V) jpproved easements across coun ty property for the Columbia Hasin power line approved claims went on record oppising ballot measures No 9(1 All Property Tax I imitation), and No A iMarquana Initiative) approved hiring Hart Sarzmski for the pisition ol speech language therapist lor the north end School» He will obtain an emergency teaching certificate because he lacks vmie of the ciairse work Oregon re quires lor a regular certificate in the area, and because there is a recognized shortage of qualified applicants voted to require a special voca tional certificate in addition to an ap propnate teaching certificate lor the p-rvin in charge of the diversified occupations program at Heppner High School accepted Hudget Committee member larc Padberg's resignation approved maternity leave for Iea Calvert, second grade teacher at Heppner clcmentarv vhool. and for Sharon Morris, second grade teacher at lone clcmentarv io u s authorized Road Supervivir Don Hall to put "Children at Play " and "Slow, Danger" signs on Coun ly line Road, which had been re quested because the road is heavily traveled by the trucks while kids arc plaving heard that the taxes have no been paid on a portion of a lot in Hard man The Museum owns part of the lot and the taxes are paid on lhat por tion The county decided not to pay the past due property taxes tor the unknown owner advised the road supervivir that he should withhold payment from subcontractors who fail io provide proof that they arc covered by workmen's compensation or that they arc exempt from the requirement discussed a request to bury a telephone line along laurel lame in Hoardnun Potato Pickers approved a ‘JO day 96.000 lb load permit lor Hombing Range Road Pre-W in Sale Ends October 25 CENEX Gasline Antifreeze 99 CENEX CENEX Superlube 518 10W30 Motor Oil 99 3 FOR * 12 or bora«» Windshield Washer Fluid 79 ♦ 0T. I * a/ GALLON CENEX “ Country Fresh’ Detergent J ^ — O a ii ciotti«« cl«an and trasbi the levy for the I9R7 KH vhool year so that people could vote by programs "If. after three or four defeats of the budget. we use the split lev y ap proach, we will get the basic educa lion through." Nurd member Hill [Xiherty observed The district's auditor. Brent Fife, presented the district ' '9 page audit rep>n and his recommendations lor future management The repirt in dicates that the "district s records are in good shape " he said In other business, the Nurd heard that 116 people rode the bus from downtown Heppner to the fairgrounds during the lour day. '2 hour Morrow County Fair and Rodeo -confirmed a refusal of an offer Irom kenn I vans to give the district "quiet title and a quit claim to pro pens" at A C Houghton elemcn tary vhool in exchange for SNXX) The district says it is not clear that I vans owns the land CENEX CENEX Antifreeze All Natural Wild Bird Food Premium rust corrosion protactor All w«atb«r cóokng protaction Syltam Pic class spent Sunday at the alter the machines had Andervin farm near lone gathering over the pitaloes. which had been left harvested the field the previous day Senior Citizens plan for Center The Heppner Senior Citizens Building Center Hoard last Wednes day assured the Moffos*. County Court that they will locate a senior center on the ground floor of the housing project planned lor the Heppner Hotel it the City of Hepp tier is able to proceed with the project The seniors have been offered a lease tor 4 ‘A XI vj It on the east end of the hotel's ground floor. Jane Rawlins, president of the Nurd said In exchange, the senior Nurd will contribute *60.000 tor the building's construction and a pledge ol their "best ellon" to raise an additional *40.(XX) before the project s comple lion, she vi id "Including * l'tx i raised at last weekend's auction, we have SAq.txxi in the building lurid righi now ." she vik I Die vnmr citizens will need to raiv an estimated S'VIXXI in addi In in to building costs, lor lur nishings at the center The seniors already have a separate fund ol *2. MX) lor a con section oven, and have a freezer and two refrigerators which are in u v at the current meal site They will need to buy tables, chairs, a ranee, a dishwasher, and a range hood and Ian to start out Wc will have space for a cooling room and a walk in treczer. hut will add that later. Rawlins said I he center will include a main din mg and assembly room which can he used lor dances or parties as well as tor vrvmg meals, she said A kit chen. recreation room, office lor Area Agency on Aging Reprcscn lativc Phyllis Hunter, a conference room, and restrooms will complete the center, she said rhe vnmrs plans to jmt the center on the ground floor of the Heppner Hotel building depend on the City of Heppner's going through with the project to renovate the Heppner Hotel building creating 19 self contained a|urimcnts for vnm r citizens Nothing is signed vet. City Attorney Bill Kuhn said, but the seniors hjve said they want in il the project goes Attorney Hill Kuhn said, hut the vnmrs have said they want in Although the architect's cost estimates are a lot higher than we had hojx-d. by the end of the week we should he able to nuke vtrnc decisions. 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