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
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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
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fr oduct t
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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
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