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MH K • Th« Heppner Garrttr-TIlDM, Heppner. Oregon AAednesdas. IHt t inter 10, |<2Hh > « The O fficial Newspaper o f the C ity o f Heppner and the County o f M orrow w w.«.*. Ih r llrppner Morrow schools provide quality Not paying too much for education basis for a good education quality of a school Ax concerned parents with four T o the Editor V iii G A Z E T T E -T I M E S M o rro w ( ounly's H o m e O w n e d M r t k lt Newxpaprr U S P S 2 4 0 -« » ihtohrd n « ) H a 4 n n ( U i ta d r n lr r r d m w ru a d ila a i inai Irr al ito r i d IM T k r Itrp p n rr I V rg o n undrr tto A rt af M a rrh } , l » 7 » W u n d ilaai | »m a «r paid IW pwarr. < **t<ai I H ik e at 147 W «w SXIArwc M t w r . T tW ptaaa i t i l i »7 ». «2 2 » I d n a I iMniaunk « i n i la Ih r Itrp p n rr l.a jr T I r llaara. P ( I H ut 1.17. Ilrpp^ r. n r * * « SntM rrlpOua« «12 la M o r r » « . W h rrlrr I .Ullam and i . r . m m a in . «21 rW ah rrr 7 a l l a g ............................................................................................... ll f f lr f Manager •7 H titi M aria S t r a t h m Near Idttur ........................................................................ « a t r a ..................................................... lluglw a ....... I.r a p h k t O rp a rlm rn i I.rapfcki Urpartmml C.l SaHa A M p ra n u n g .......................................................................... ............. OtMrthuia.n David and April Sykes, Publishers Letters to the Editor Watch for unlawful currency To the Editor While traveling through Hcppner during the Ehanksgising holiday weekend, we purchased some sup plies from one of the local businesses Received in change on Saturday. November 2*2, |*28h. wjs a hill which was later discovered lo have stamped on the hack the following • W ARNING' This Note Is Not lawful Money nor ic it redeemable in lawful nk>ney. per Article I. Section It). U S Constitution ." Our children could not fuse had a better education than what they hate had within the M orrow Coun ty School Dittnet Three of our children graduated from Hcppner High Sdv»>l and the fourth wanted to The Hcppner schools provided the opportunities for our children to hate a well rounded background, making each child indit (dually unique Um atilla Schools need support not budget cuts tain and e t.«* not make cuts I urge everyone to suppuri this To the Editor In January we will he soling budget and s ote y e> Vote yes for the whether or not to collect more schools, sole yes tor fhc future of money for our school system I base Morrow County read the list of things that will he cut Sincerely. (siNancy Brownfield if there is a no sole I'm not happy Kl I Hoc U*20 about any of them It we are to hase Hcppner. OR *278.V» a solid schikil system we must main County rightfully proud of its schools I hope you will notify the residents of the area so lhal they can he aware of this "currency" floating around fhis is the holiday season and a lew seconds of closer examination ot change received nay save come even greater monetary loss You do not get reimbursed for counterfeit money you nuy rccctsc so please take the extra time and have a hap pier holiday seavin Sincerely. (si Theresa Morris I* 11 Boa - Warm Springs. OR *27761 Support schools and intact health services To the Editor When I moved to Morrow Coun ty last year, two factors which helped me decide on the move were the presence of good health care and a stable s c h o o l system I do not know what will come of the present plan to font) a health care district in the north end ol the court ty I only hope that our present health services survive relatively Our children and. we hope, many of yours hate been proud of the quaint education they receited from the Morrow County schools I he teachers and staff of Morrow Counts School District hate work ed hard to proside students with the necessary skills to succeed in this world of today As a total staff they represent excellence in education (siBctte and Ron F o rm T o the Editor I also do m« know whether the school serial levy will pass or fail next month I hope it passes there is no excuse tor voting it down I will do what I can lo save our prevent health care services and to sec the school serial levy passed I urge everyone else 11 Morrow Coun ty to do the same Is) Ercd I undin Hcppner 9 T I V V T J V 77 77 77 7717771777 7777 77 777777 7777777771 New Year’s Eve Party at Charlie's Dance lo the Music a( Go For Country-Go F>r Rock Sf.trts 10 p.m., ends sometime next ye.tr Enjoy 25« Beverages P uh cod'* go to the Heppner Volunteer Fire Dept To the Editor County and voting "yes" on January We work with the children of IV 1*287 Morrow County and we arc con (si Don Cole ccmcd about what is happening with I .illy Wilson our school programs Another Carol faith Peterson budget failure will set us hack to an Cherry Webber almost irreversible situation It could Karen Clough take y ears t.«get hac k w hat w c w oukl Pat Edmundson love I ea Calvert Morrow County is proud of ns Joy Krein schools and rightfully so Do wc Karen Dubuque really want to give up what wc have Cara Costa Mary Hagucwood thoughtfully and carefully developed through the years ’ Spec lal programs Doug Shcirhon Boh Briggs and teachers trained in these fields will he cut This will mean a cut Phyllis Payne riculum loss in library skills, music . Tim Hirkhy art and counseling D js c Gunderson Counseling, alone, is an area lhal Brenda W'cygandl we can not jltord Incut AAhere will Alan Hoc k the students go tor needed special Anne Met/ help i c . scholarship applications Sarah Carlson Karen Beck and confidential guidance This means that parents and classroom T e rn Gentry teachers will have to handle situa Jean Strange tmns without necessary training and Kay Chinon resources Robert I sled An additional concern is the loss Kitty Brcdemcier ot at least 25 stall positions Ibis I mdj Panter Linda Shaw will necessitate the reassignment ot personnel at mid year due lo scmori Eisa Nelson ty status and certification This Ron Eorrar would mean a shill in classroom I inda Pjdhcrg assignments resulting in a change in Nancy McElhany teachers (or many students Dus will Ginger Bowman definitely afTeci their learning en l-auri Hire vironment and progress Marlene Mitchell (Hir vote does count I et s he sure Betty Christman wc vote for what wc arc willing to Judy Aaron live with now and in the future Ease Seitz Start the New Year olt right hs Shawna W ilson supporting education in Morrow Harry Green Jean Adams Dan Van l.icw Christm as For Him children in the Morrow County schools. we would like lo express our feelings about the present firun cut situation of the district and the attitudes that seem prevalent at this time In the 8*^ years that our family has lived in Hoardman. we have been very supportive and pleased with the quality ot teachers, schools. and princ ipals with which wc have come in contact Wc feel like our children have been exposed to a first rate school system Wc never felt that we were paying too much for the schools and have always supported the budget Compared to other districts wc have been in. the tax amount paid to supjxrt the schools seemed scry low lor the quality ot education which our children were receiving For the past year and a half wc hasc become more and more disap pointed with the attitude ot the voting public in parts ol this district It „p pears to us that some people no longer care about the quality ol education which our young people obtain as long as it is cheap and doesn't raise taxes' Although the cost of lis ing increases steadily. they Icel that the cost ol education should remain the same as it was IS sears ago Nothing worth has ing costs the sjme now as it did I' years ago' W o think a good education is worth has ing Obviously, many people don't agree with us because, no nutter how much is cut from the school district budget, they won't vote to pass it We real ire that the economy is in a slump hut we Icel that the budget committee nude every effort to cut any “ unnecessary" items before the last election After cutting a total ot S7A<),0t8> from the budget, and putting por lions of it before the voters five times, the school budget still has not passed People have written letters to the editor, appeared at school board meetings, talked to anyone who will listen and still, some refuse to believe that wc need to pass the budget so that our children may get the quality of education that they deserve Now. the budget commit lee has come up w ith some final cuts which they have termed "non mandated" items in our budget Wc would like to suggest that these cuts are absolutely wrong In order to make everyone realize the seriousness of this situation, cuts need to be made that will affect the majority of the voting adults, not the majority of the children in school By cutting lour counselors at all levels, wc are hurting the students who need help the most There would be no crisis or guidance counseling, less career counseling, no help with scholarship applications (which is the only way some students will he able to attend college), and no one to "be there" for troubled kids whose parents aren't around, don't care, or arc loo buss Gutting counselors would not affect the soling adults until it is too late for some of these kids By cutting six librarians, we are destroying the education The v an he measured bs the quality of its library Without a librarian, the librars would he of little use to the students as the teachers and principal certainls would not hacc the time to order new materials, shelve hooks, work with computers. teach research techniques or all of the other nuns things that a librarian docs Bs cutting 12 3 aides, we arc put ting 4M 2 ' hours per week of work and duties bac k on the teachers who alrcads work more than the required eight hout'per das They would not have the time that they need to prepare lor classes because they would he doing recess duties, runn ing oil thousands of papers, correc ting transferring records, filing, recording scores, small gri>up in struction. and jll of the many other things that aides do so well The t»4 tom line is the teachers would he burned out and the children would again suiter Some teachers would choose not to work in this district under these conditions and wc would he hard put to hire quality replacements with our "tentative" budget situation The voting adults would not he touched We do not understand why the decision was made to cut only the elementary art and music specialists and litX the P I specialist Ifcutnng specialists was decided upon as a was to dec reuse costs, then is should be an acr os s the hoard, non selective cut Actually, we don't want to see cuts nude in these areas at all. if possible It it comes down to nuking drastic cuts in order to get the uncaring public to pass the budget, then we feel the cuts should he made where thes will he- tell bs the adults as well as the children W c suggest that the big three items on the "non- mandated" list arc where the cuts he made, d necessary co-curriculare activities (athletics, field!rip*, out door school, extended duty con tracts. annual extra duty con tracts! $1(8).*208 Eood services program $10.'.732 and transportation Slf>7.8S4 This totals S >72.4**4. somewhat more than the S VsbJ 8 8 1 needed in order to run the schixils us they are until the end of the scar Gutting these items would be noticed bs the public voters' Wc don't think n o many adults want to sec the sports programs go. haul their children to and from school, or take the lood out ol «he mouths of some children who depend on the lunch they get us their num meal of the us Mas be lac mg these cuts, the voters would sus I really do care die les s is neccssars in order to give these students the kind ot education which I was fortunate enough to get and which they deserve " Please think about the things we have written and put yourself in the shoes ot the students and teachers. Make an effort lo attend the next School Board meeting on December I A Support sour schools and you'll he supporting the tuture W e care. csijohn and Jeanette Jensen Hoardman keeping Trojan in business To the Editor By defeating Ballot Measure 14 voters chose to keep the 4(8) people at the Troian Nuclear Plant in business ptodiKing reliable, low cost electricity for Oregon W c arc proud ot Troian's It) year performance record and welcome O uA A jnr N fV fR OOC9 OUT O f S T > li levi’s For men s isitors People interested in touring the plant can get information by call ing 22h NS 10or by writing me at the I roian A isitors Information l enter. Rainier. Oregon *27(848 Sincerely. esi W S ( >rser General Manager Trojan Nuclear Plant keep Hospital in Heppner alt care This community Classic Styling mi HUGHES H A P P Y B IR T H D A Y SLIP INTO A CLASSIC. The Levi's* Shirt, always lops Featured in a great selection of color-coordinated plaids Free Gift Wrap Free Christmas Candy “The sweetest place in town to G a rd n e r’s - k* w & vw 'V W V & V 4 * * * 193 N Main St should count its blessings that we hase a To the Editor As a recent patient in Pioneer hospital ol this caliber Please let s do all we can to keep Memorial Hospital I have only praise for the cleanliness and the the hospital in Hcppner (si ila/el Mahoney triendls jx-rsonnel You know thes Heppner Picture Levi s* classic styling tailored to fit a man s body and you know what LesiS* for Men Jeans are all about 676-9218 MEN’S WEAR Heppner war \ s a f t ig HfÊÊà1 * * From Your Secret Sister M i:« 1 *%- *
