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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 26, 1986)
Town — Country Day The Hrppner Featured speaker Lee Pitts visits following the Town & Country banquet last Friday in Heppner Pitts, who among other things, writes a column for Livestock Digest, gave a humorous speech on the life of farming Morrow County s Home-Owned Newspaper \i*w I'a \ l aws CPA Hank Dennis ex- pi tins the effects of the new unes VOL 104 NO 48 Wednesday. November 26. I986 Heppner. Oregon 25‘ ta h.ive bill been "Ma removed, Suctions but the si ndard exemption and p( rsonal exemptions have been increased, so for most 8 Pages w .ge earners, taxes will d*- rease slightly, he said Board will axe $366,736 from school budget if January initiative fails lion dale in March To gel an elc-v lion in Januarv voters must present a petition with 9)4 signatures to the County Clerk who verifies thetn js re-giste-red voters With that petition in hand, the hoard can notify the Clerk and -»hc-dulc an election We don't have a choice." Board Vice- Chairman Jerry M illlig o tt said " A n election re-quest must come from the- electorate- Until a pe-tition requesting another vote on the serial levy comes to us. wc can't sjy "put it on the ballot," he said District Superintendent Doyle McCaslin cautioned the hoard Programs totaling 5366,736 vst■ I be- dropped from the whonl budget in January if a thrice defeated serial levy is not approved by a special election before the semester break, the Morrow County School Board said Monday night The following programs not re ejuired by state law will get the axe Supplies and books will he cut .551,079, leaving a balance o f 510.(>89 m this year's budget lor buying library and text books J>anguage arts textbooks which the district planned to bus at the end of this school year will not be purchas against waiting until March to get a ed until next tall and will have to be decision on the serial levy hctausc paid for out of next year’s budget "w e arc getting closer and closer to Assistant Superintendent Chuck the- w a ll." he said "Other districts Starr explained in the stale- have been in this posi -Co-curricular activities will In lion and we can't keep hacking olt cut 5100.908. the lull amount ex W e e a n i )ust ke-cp putting the- levs peeled to be left for that Item at the up and letting it he defeated.'' he semester break The cuts o f co- said cumcular activities include A spectator advise-d the board that 551.948 from athletics including cutting the budget now would be let coaches' salaries for the last one ting down voters who have sup third o f basketball season (5 1 1.540), ported the schools so far the last half of wrestling season Kivcrside- High School i Hoard (5947). all of baseball I Si' 550), all nun) Principal Dan Dttltovo remind o f track (514.738), all of golf eel the- board. " I I wc eliminate (53.581). and all of tennis (52.762) counselors in the- seionelary sc hools, Supplies and officials and transpor wc run the risk of not being ae lalion will be cut by 5b.830 and credited Maybe- accreditation’s not 55.000 respectively that important, hut it is in cduca 57.500 for field trips No monev (tonal circles Speaking tor the- North will be left in the budget to pay for end schools, we do value- our gasoline, bus drivers, or chaperones counselors because they are the- ones 519,089 for teacher work days re who are able to turn some students quired beyond the normal 190 con around and keep them in school I tract days for teachers ot agriculture, would not like- working in a school alternative school, a rt, home- without a counselor economics, music, shop, and for Jim Bier, principal ol Heppner librarians and counselors High School, pointed out that media 522.371 for extra duty contracts spc-cialists are required lor accreditu Thirty-four contracts will be cut in lion in some- schools, at least part half The amount also includes time in a sc'hool the si/c of Heppner 55.282 for supplies used lor talented High School, and lulltimc in larger and gifted programs schools Aides will he laid o ff at the semester break saving the district 548.222 Those- to go will be one fulltime, one fulltime, and one two hour per day office aides (57,562). (wo half time media aides (54,280), and eight fulltime and one halftime instructional aides i S36,380 i Come Home lor Christmas is the H cmontary art will he eul theme ot this year's Christmas open 511.247 One fulltime employer will ing in Heppner. starting f-ridav he dropped from Ihe payroll Nos 28 F.lcmentary music will he eul Santa and his helper will he on 546.199. representing the loss ot 1 hand Satuidav. I p m . at Lev 4 7 lulldmc employees Schwab I ire Center to take re-quests Certificated media specialists will from the children, and ! J's ( amera he dropped saving the district will be there to take photographs 565.449 The district now has the- Real money coupons will he given equivalent of six fulltime certificated out by local husiiK-sves again this media specialists " It the- certificated vear. so shoppers can save on then personnel arc eliminated, the- district Christmas shopping w ill need to sta ll lih ra n c s l or cae h five dollars ol purchase, somehow.” Starr said "Perhaps shoppers will receive a 50 cent real with a non-certified aide supervised money coupon good at any par by the principal ticipating business except where- the ■Counselors will he eliminated tor coupon was received Pick up your the second semester, for a cost s.iv real money coupons at the- following ing of 543.632 Die district now has businesses Hueknum's Tavern. four fulltime counselors, one at the Case Furniture. Charlie's P )//a A elementary level, one for tumor high Video World, ( oast loCoast. Conn students, and two for high school try Rose. Heppner Bowl. Morrow "W e are not on this hoard to close County (irain Growers. Murray s schools," the hoard's newest elected Drug Pettyjohn’s Builder's Supply. member Mary Lou Carlson. Hoard Peterson’s Jewelers. Shoe Box. K A man. explained to an audience of W Drive In. and Wagon Wheel nearly 40 people "B u i. it has come Restaurant to a point where we would rather cut the budget in order to stay open than to close down It's not that we're vacillating or threatening the viXcrs.” she said "W e've hc*en try ing desperately to find options and fhe He-ppncr (iazette Times office have reached a place where we must take some action Wc feel there is no will he closed Thursday and Friday. other option now than to put the levy Nov 27 28 lor Thanksgiving Deadlines for next w eek's up. say what will he cut if it fails and then, if the levy is not approved, do newspaper will he the same as usual precisely what wc said wc would 5 p m Monday for news items noon Tuesday for classified ads. and do" State election law presents the 5 p m Tuesday for display adver hoard's putt-ng the serial levy up for using The newspaper will hi- mailed Wednesday as usual election before the next regular elec Come home for Christmas McCaslin also pointed out that many scholarships the- district's seniors receive- are "not accidental, but arc received because" counselors are working hard" at finding anti recommending that students applv lor them John Hughes, language arts teacher at Riverside High School, cautioned the K u rd also that cutting programs such as art and music in the middle ol the- year may create a difficult educational situation Kids who have been in these- programs may become frustrated and cause- behavior problem v, he- said I fa t hers also arc Icary ot consider ing working in a district which has laid olt teac hers the scat before. I would hate to see us c m e to that point in M o n iw ( I agree witheveryhodv Hoard Member Bob Mahoney sat.! but the board must take a -land We also realize that it would he even hauler lor out seniors at the end of the year it they haven’t completed high school.’ " the vice-chairman ad de"d I he superintendent w a s asked it a pr-' ate- source- could fumi a program winch the district had cut Mc( asini explained that it is possible but very complex because- (he district has three high schools and two iunior high schools, all .4 whic h have-girls an boss programs State laws die tat how the programs must tv run. he aul. hut the district could se-t up a h nd to receive- money and then conduct the- program with those fui Is Other district programs not re qu e»l by state law which cost the di ■ ic I ih.ii the hoard did not cut ari lo. I servtecs 5103 e-lcmcntary I’ I 5 2 2 .119. trans)«irtadon to and from school 5 1 6 ".HM the alter nam e school 51 t 4(18, and kn lergarten 519 r r 4 w — a Don Bennett (left), Judy Buschke, Vice President of Oregon Wheat Growers Ken Hart ol Moro, Larry Mills, and Cliff Green make up panel talking about farm programs at Friday's Town-Country luncheon at the Heppner Elks Club \Nhvs of Farm Programs la riv M nun.i.er ol Morrow County Grain Growers c haired a panel ot speakers who answered questions jhout farm programs tor people who do not have or work on farms at Friday's Town and Country Dav luncheon Juelv Buschke \XCS field auditor, explained how farm programs are administered Ken Han said that most farmers choose to participate in farm programs lo survive and to regain a fair nuiki-t share Don Bennett said he chose- to seed a portion of his farmland to grass arul entei the ( on serial ion Reserve Program hceausc his machinerv was wearing out and because he was approaching retirement age and didn't reallv want to be- out plowing in It) years ('fill Green explained that Mam Slree-t merchants appreciate the the lu , i ' ssiiv ot the ( ’onservatHin Reserve Program tor some farmers' surv ival It is also noecssarv lor all farm and town people to work together to "find diMeient wavs lo increase the areas economy We all need to help, shop at home, please WV mostly need support to improve ami support the economy vote (or budgets whic h lead to a quality of life we arc accustomed to ami which attracts ami keeps ¡vople here," he said • Mills au! (ha: •!.. Grain Gr.rwerv Ihe area’s largest suppliei .■! (arm ihem nals ami machim-rv. has hail to layoff some pc-oplc. cut margins, and lia s cxpenence-d a dei rease in sales f arm cquipim-nt sales were 54 million lout sears ago and only 51 2 million last year, hut that is not only due to the < RP Ihe lami economy is gem-rally depressed, he said, hut dtversifiea lion amf community unity will benefit the entire area Marcelle Straatman. OSU Human Development Specialist places "stress dot" on wrist of a seminar participant Friday Rural families communicalinj* Farming has always he-cn one ot the most slrcsslul m i opinions M an elk- Straatman OSU Development Specialist, said at a seminar last Fridas Farm wives, in spile of the modem washing machine are doing more work on the farm than they have ever done before she said W must run our lives hv how we feel, ami if we can identify something which causes us to tool stress, then we can cither fix it or torgci it "Stress makes some people tick and thci peopk n. k shi aid People gene-rails tall into two categories Racehorse IVople who like stn-ss and tit-ale it lor themselves, ami lurlle People who like routines ami huoim - highly stressed in a racehorse situation It s a mailer ol lemperment. not abilitv. she emphasized Both kinds ol people arc nii(«inant Stress is not something new. she continued ll was n-rv stresslull com ing across the prairie in a covered wagon ll vou cot sn y you died ami cooking wav no pie me without a mu row.ivc Die urrent epidemic presents ditlcrent stressors, she proposed change, impermanence disruption, new new w and obvifesemc a sense- ol hmrv up anil a ihang trom .u live to sedentary occupations Motto selected Heppner Oregon’s gateway to the Blue Mts " w js the winning nlotto announced Frulav night at the I own Country banquet in Heppner local organizations organized the contest in ( Vtohcr ami offered a S'( ) gift certificate for the person who submitted the winning motto The m otto, submitted bv Maungraci- Healey who works tor the Forest S ervice’ s Heppner districl. is similar toothers that were submitted. Ag Agent and rourism ('onimittce ('h a im u n Fred I umlm said, except that it places Hcppnei in Oregon so people can find it on the map ami it identities the moun It was a difficult decision. In- said. the tourism committee selected the It) best entries and an inti-rcitv group chose the w inner Many other suggestions will also he helpful pro moling Ihe town, he said Healey was not available for a photo, and has not yel been notified of her entry’s selection as the win ncr. Lundin said, because she is enroute to her home in Massachusetts She will return to Heppner in the spring, he said G-T office will he closed Friday tains Bill Broderick, (left) Morrow County Livestock Agent and Bill Zollinger , • , . . . I ivestmk Management lo earn a profit is to hamllc vour resources well. Bill Zollinger ( ISl I x tension I iveslnck I \|>crt. told cattlemen during a seminar at Frulav s fiiwn Country Day I m not saving vou nce-el to increase production hut that you ru-etl to productive-lv produce trom the resources you have. he said f or example. ,i proton supplement is unne-ecssarv lor cattle grazing in altall.i that s monev wasted He .idvised iattlcincn to monitor carefully such things as growth rale i alv ing ivile . feeding ihe right amount to maintain a cows fori Hits length of Ihe calving season, and h-mlity checks not onlv on young hulls |ust pur chased, hut .il'" periodic cheeks on older animals By paving .itliiilion lo these- things, vou mav increaw pntduelivity by as much as K>‘> he said Zollinger said tfi.it fie hstkeel for a very steady beet market over the next live veals .mil that cattlemen as a group ol businessmen could impact the imlustrv .ill In tug 1 1 an indivulu.il pnuliucr probably could lux el lei I marketing and consumer attitudes He- Training* Weather Report Sue Brewer. Job framing and Partnership Act represen tative, told farmers and townspeople that there is a possibility displaced farmers will qualify for the program's dislocated worker program The problem, she said, was how to document the applicant's eligibility for the retrain ing program * By C** a* 1 UCv Wed Thurv Fri S.it Nun Mi >n November 18 24 1 liw I ' k - i ip High 61 II 42 0 61 42 6 1 »6 D 40 V 02 19 52 10 59 47 0 28 16 34 Market Report Mt*r*rj* ' < u,< ', *>i» . **** C<#ev( 3 f-merits o# I ui-sdav. Nuv. 'X Soli While •W,------------ A 'w m—- « fS k ii W (K)dlan(ls M anagem ent Lee Palmer, lone, (left) and Maurice Mitchell, Oregon State University Forestry Extension Agent answer ques tions about wood stoves and forest management at the Private Woodlands Assoc table during Town-Country Day. Nov Dee Jan Feb ’ 2 89 *2 9 | ’ 2 91 *2 95 ’ 2 97 »2 99 *.1 ()| Hard Red Winter Nov »2 89 Barley Nov »81 IX-c *82 Ian *82 PIK Generic certificates 1 13*< cash
