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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1987)
These programs will be cut if $366.736 levy fails on January 13: (If levy is approved, these programs will continue) Supplies and R o o k s..........................................................................................$72.47*4 Supplies, library hooks and textbook« C'i>-C'urricular A ctivities.............................................................................. $100 ‘Kl.H Athletics $31 94s Coaches' salaries and retirement and u s uil sec urnv benefits |4X contracts! Basketball ( Vs season) $||.S40 Wrestling ( Vs season) 9 4' Baseball h XV) Track 14.73* Uolf l.Mtl Tennis ’ ,762 Total Salaries and Benefits 340 IIX Supplies and Officials SnlOO Transportation 3VtXX) Field Trips 3 ’ St a i Includes gas drivers, and vhaprrnnrs Fxtended Contract Day» (22 contracts) 3 |9 os- All benefit« including insurance beyond 191) normal days for cenilkaied employees Includes agriculture leachers librarians alternative «chssil teacher, art Iracheis. home ec leachers. music teachers, shop teachers and counsekxs Annual Fxtra Duty Contracts Includes all extra duly contracts except coaches 14 contracts cut in hall Also indi. 33.2*2 tor Talented and («fled Program sujsplies Morros* C ounty • H om e-O w ned N ew sp ap er Ih e Heppner imes Aides..................................................................................................................... $26.N VOL 105 NO 1 Wednesday^ January 7„ 1987 Heppner, Oregon 25• Heppner Council continues to hear concerns regarding pit bulls It«. S e e on n V t-lhl Hv A* Melby There were SO r e q u e s t s lor Revenue Sharing funds al a public hearing preceding the regular Hepp ncr council inerting al cits hall Mon day, so the city general tund receiv cd a $7.8(X) increase City A dnunislralor M arshall Lovgrcn said al the lime the budget was n u d e up last year no Revenue Sharing Funds were anticipated lu ter 32. HU) hail been received from federal Revenue Sharing, and an ad ditional $5.(XX> was received in state revenue sharing Preliminary budget work tor nest year is underway. and " The budget is looking good." Lovgren told the council Fie said it appeared now the city could meet its requirements and remain within the six percent allow cd increase without going to the voters for more money. First budget committee work meeting was later set by the council for 7 p m January 21 at city hall For the fourth month the subject of pit bulls dogs running in the street was brought up. the last two months by members of the public asking what can be done Police ChicI Doug Rathbun had asked the council to get an ordinance on exotic animals including rattle snakes and pit bulls, at the ( Jctobcr meeting ( hi question ing. City Attorney Bill Kuhn said he did not have one ready yet The council thought something should be done now lovgrcn suggested the public, having trouble with loose, barking, or vicious dogs, sign com plaints at city hall The problem is that the person signing the complaint must know who the owner is A man complaining Monday said he knew who owned the animal that had gone after his daughter's cjt and would sign Procedure is for the city to send the owner a letter, telling him the animal must be kept within the ow ner's property If a week later it is still loose a warrant is signed tor arrest First offense is a $20 line, a second offense is a 340 tine, and the third, and any further offenses are $60 Die council agreed to go with this policy until one covering just the exotic animals could be adopted Water supply from the city for the proposed W illow C reek Park District complex to be built on the south bank under the bridge on Balm Fork junction with Willow la k e , was requested by Ken Turner He said the Park District expected to sign a lease with the Corps by March, and that it had alreadv up plied for a VRAM*** park grant from the state There arc a minimum of 20 RV pads planned on three ter races above a three acre grass plot and sands beach on the cove of the lake Matching tunds will be in the form of donated labor by area heav y equipment builders, with construe tion to start in the spring of 1988 He said the district would like to cut in to city water by using the same pipes supplyinjflhc Corps complex and that there would be no cost to the city He said the District an ticipaled passage of a request tor a tax base, in the spring o f 1988. and that it would probably be about the $30.000 figuro which was rejected by the voters last spring The District would pay the hookup charge and regular water rates charged outside city users They would also like to use city sewer Councilman Doug lo w e opposed the idea because the city has not been granting requests for water outside the city unless it benefits the city Turner and Mayor Costa, said they thought the recreational park would be of benefit to the city Lowe said “ I feel it would he subbing Ken Key. in the hack '' Ployhar agreed the ci ty had recently turned down another request and he did not feel right about going ahead with this now Turner sjid when he had a la« base, and the grant had been receiv cd. he would be back Ihc matter will be held over Personnel policies tor citv police had been questioned by Chief Rathbun at the December council meeting He said things that had never been discussed had been in eluded in the finished policy as returned to the council by the city at tomes Attorney Kuhn had been ask ed to bring copies of both pola. íes to the meeting After he passed them amund councilman Bob Ployhar said he did not want to have to go over them again When the council left the (three and a half hour) meeting last spring the counc il was in agree ment on what they wanted " Police Chief Rathbun said "right now this policy is completely different than it was when we adopted it in April Ployhar suggested we go back to the one we approved that night latwe agreed, saying " I don t see why any changes should be made in anything the council lias agreed on Ployhar said he was not against nuk ing changes but this was the principal of the thing "It is |ust that w fieri the council approves something it should not he c hanged tor anv reasons by o Antes who are monitoring students urder prmsijsal supervision (library aides, Columbia Jr Mi. M P E ades. and Idusalion Resource Center aides tor teachers covering I wo schools are not set to he cut OfTice Aides $7,362 Includes I fulltime auk. I halftime aisle, and I two hour pri day aisle Instructional Aides 319.2h() 12 Pages 1 anyone " Kuhn was instructed to resubmit the polls v next month, u* mg only those changes approved at Ihc April meeting Heppner is 1(10 years old on Feb 9, the stale anniversary is on Feb 14. and the county on Feb 13. Mayor Costa noted She said the county Historical Soviets would come up with ideas tor a celebration of some kind and asked council members lor any input thev might wish to n uke She also announced lirn Hager had an antique hitching post he had donated to the Historical Society, and dial the county had offered to naive it to the city if a location tor putting it up could be designated The police chicl said the county wanted a no parking sign on either side ol the . . dc sac on Rock Street Parking is provided for the office workers who will he using the building Ita- county is worried about traffic being tied up at the county offices there lovgrcn noted 1 incoln's birthday is on the calendar Februarv 2 as an official holiday so next council meeting will tie held the following dav. Februarv 3 hlenientar> A rt..................................................................................................$11.24'’ Includes | full lime equivalent employee Klcnunturv M u s k ........................................................................................... $ 4 6 .l‘>‘> Includes ' 4 7 lull lime equivalent employees (e r ti flouted Media Sp ecialists.......................................................................$65,44*’ Six full tune employees If employees are laid off. Iihranes will he suited hy aides under pruKipal » supersisHin Counselor*........................................................................................................ $4I(*12 one elrrnenury. one |umor high, and two high school Vote on school levy Tuesday Bolls will he open 8 a m 8 p m amount (see chart) if this last attempt Tuesday. Jan 13 in Morrow Coun to pass a 3 *66.7 lb three vear serial ly Voters will mark hallots on one. levy tails Funds raised hy the levy much publicized ich o o l levy are needed to supplem ent a measure in this special election 33.140,64 1 spec ul levy already ap The school hoard has said that it proved lor this year's operating will cut pmgrams fouling ihe less expenses Polling places arc Greenfield Grange tor Hoard' lone City Hall toi I North Mornivs V precincts, the Morn»' L exington pres in. t Neighborhood ( cm I and Hardman precincts 1 : Council concerned about project debt By Avon Mt'lby Heppner City Council members expressed concern about going in debt on the hotel project Monday They said they tecl uncomfortable about the project, and wondered if they were risking the public's money more than thev should The subject came up when At tomey BilP Kuhn, who has been spearheading ihc project for ihe ci ty. »aid he needed approval of the ci ty to "act ax contact " for a $2.000 amount which now has to he paid to clear papers on the application for loan The city has been granted 3300,(XX) which will not need to he jmh I back, lor Us effort to lum Hepp ncr Hotel into a housing unit for senior citizens But a loan of 3390,(XX) must he obtained to com píele (he work The city is try ing lo get this from a local bank Three members. Hob Ployhar. I>mg laiwc. and Terri Denton have been on the council since (he project first came up Two new members, Richard Curiis and John Hcmpcl, said (hey knew hule of (he project Originally the city wav juvi pro siding a body to make the grant possible, and the housing was to he administered hy l 'malilla Housing Aultvirity Then last fail Ihe Cmutillu agency pulled out because (hey said il would he too expensive to try to oversee 11 lromih.it coi.ntv I ty in November signed sor to operate 11 Kuhn, who has w,> k. Heppner Fconomic In- Corporation which has r> prune promoter said hi . separately w ith eac h . i " 1 ' during the next two wees. .4t see that they Ihoroughls . all factors of the proposal 1 you lo make .1 final dc. 1 ill want you to know es.ictlv .. are doing." he said The Senior Citizens ot S ,ti M row County are to have it . . floor space lor a Senior ( n r are investing $70,(XX 1 Thev I 99 year lease dies w.nd.i • city to sign soon Council members did not were opposed lo (he pro .i seemed to think il migfii b. .111 to ihe city They just wanted in >' more of the financial pictu . signing anything Approval of signing !■ 1 t; 3 was given with (he actual m come from another s o u k Heppner man charged in connection with Wagon Wheel burglary John F Sallee, 39. Heppner. was arraigned in Morrow County Justice Court Monday morning on charges of Itieft I. Burglary II. and Criminal Mischief 1 Hail was set hy Judge Sheriff Roy Drago (left), Commissioner Irv Rauch, Judge Louis Carlson, and his grand Charlotte Gray at $13,(XX) He is daughter Jodie meet informally Monday morning at the Morrow County Courthouse lodged at the Cmatilla City Jail The charges stem from a January shoortly after Rauch and Carlson were sworn into office by Judge Robert Abrams of 2 incident at (he Wagon Wheel Cafe Pendleton __________________________ _— __________________ on Main Si iii Heppner. Heppner Police said The side door of Ihe restaurant on Willow St wav broken marketing in t rnatilla County total up from 3 2,MX) acres to 35.7(X) into, dishes were broken, food Agricultural commodity sales ed 3120.472.(XX). a 12* decrease acre» were down in Morrow County Iasi thrown on the floor, liquor hollies - Potatoes were the most important broken and a game machine broken year 9 * from 1983 sales to $9(1 Acres seeded lo grains were off commodity in Ihe counts with sales into, and several pound« of meat, li million Commodity sales were about 10 percent to 203.600 acres, o f over $27 million, with cattle and quor. cash, and piz/av were taken $98.b7l.(XX) and in 1981 were with 267.bb() acres planted to all Agrie uliural $ 1 0 8 ,8 8 4 .0 0 0 from Ihe premises, police said Continued page 5 crops Hay and forage ac reage was Sallee wav arrcvtcd by Sheriff v Getting Started Ag commodity sales down 9% deputies and Ihc Hi j j I Dept near Anson W ii.tii T alter midnight Janu.itv the items missing from if recovered at the tutu t th. police said Additional items id restaurant were f i I >■ ner and ( >iegon Stale I' ed lo the suspec t I search warrant, (soils. Damage al the W ,ig i value ot ihc missing i $I2IX). police said Weather Repc December 31 Janu.tr* 6 High 1 n s Rain SliO' Heppner council members swear oath of office $0tft»r Aruoai AM C roes b i \ AM Live»lu<.li fr oduct t JJX By Avon Melby Oath of office was taken by five Heppner council member» ami other city officials at the beginning of Monday's council meeting Appoint ments to committee», commissions and boards were announced by Mayor Cara Cost« Mayor Costa administered the oath of office to council members T ern Denton, two year term. Richard Curtis, four year term. Boh Ployhar. four year term. John Annual Chamber of Commerce bancpiet slated January 13 Chamber members should call M orrow C o u n ty 's Man and Woman of the Year will he named at the Chamber of Com merce's an nual banquet. Tuesday. Jan 13 f iuc - si speaker tor i J k evening will be the Rev John Maas of Our S aviour's Lutheran Church in Princvillc lo nuke re-a-rv.ilions lor ihe 7 prime rib banquet, non 676-9021 between 9 a m ami 3 p m A no host social hour will precede the hjnquet from 6 7 p m Chamber officers to he installed tor the coming year arc George Kof (1er. president. IXmg Dubuque, first vice president, and landa (iehrkc. sec retarv treasurer Hcmpcl, two year term, and Doug Lowe, four year term Curtis and Hcmpcl arc new on the council, the odiers were re-elected There is dill one member to he appointed, to replace Marvin la n e, who is mov ing from the city Ployhar was nam ed chairman of the council Oath of office was given to tXmglas Rathbun as chief of police Other city officials retained are For rest Burkenbine. fire chief. Kuhn A Spicer, city attorneys. Dr Wallace Wolff, health officer. Mary Jean M cC abe, trea su rer M arshall laivgren received oath of office as municipal judge and again as city recorder Susan West will remain the city's representative to Blue Mountain Fconomic Development Council with Bob laughlin as alternate Council members were assigned commissions as follows. Terri Den ton. Police A Fire. Richard Curtis. Parks A Pools. John Hcmpcl, Per sonnel. Franchises, Contracts and Ordinances. IXmg Ixiwc. (ieneral Government. Revenue Sharing A Budget. Boh Ployhar. Streets The mayor said the new appointed member will he commissioner of water A sewer Budget committee will he made up of alt council persons, plus six ap pointed by the mayor They are George Koffler. Frank Pearson, laury Mills, Jackie Allstott. Charlie Wisdom and Becky Gossman Serving as commissioners on lan d Commission and Development and on the Planning Commivsion will he Nancy tankford, Chloe Pearson, Merle Cowett. Avon Melby, Bill Cox. David Allstott and Jerry Hollomon The library hoard will he made up of Bethel Heinrichs. Librarian. Bill Rawlins. Myma Johnson, Lucille Peck, and Pauline Winter 2 1 Wed 30 Thurs 44 24 36 49 33 Fri <4 46 Sat 31 T Sun 52 32 0 0 Mon 31 51 0 Tues 26 38 Total precipitation toi T was 0 87" with C " of « Market Report T.omf*meme at i*# Mo » ’ >m I • Tuevdav, Jan 6 Soft White Jan Feb March *2 96 *2 Barley Jan Feh ‘ 76 0 » 79 * 81 ) Hard-Red W inter Jan PIK Generic certificares •2 82 M l b 'V t c a s h
